Today’s thread is brought to you by the numbers 4 and 5.
Two X-factor artists climb into the top 5 on the Hot 100 this week with collaborations. Camila Cabello is from the US version of the show and her “Bad Things” rises to 4. Teaming with Taylor Swift, Zayn from the UK goes top 5 with “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”. Turns out that it pays to leave the band early.
In other news, Pandora has been added to the Streaming statistics (that is why there is no percentage change). I remember learning about Pandora on this very site back in 2006. Billboard also re-balanced their formulas for the Hot 100 to increase the value of each sale and decrease the value of each stream.
1 (1) “Bad and Boujee” Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert 51K (-25%), 47M streams [#1], 19.7M on-demand [*1], 49M AI (+20%)
2 (2) “Shape of You” Ed Sheehan 104K [#1] (-14%), 26.5M streams, 93M (+25%)
3 (4) ‘Closer” The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
4 (6) “Bad Things” Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello 42K (-10%), 16.7M, 109M AI (10%)
5 (8) “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” Zayn and Taylor Swift 61K (-16%) 16.3M Streams, 78M AI (+12%)
6 (3) “Black Beatle” Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane
7 (9) “Don’t Wanna Know” Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar 136M AI [#1] (-4%)
8 (5) “Starboy” The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
9 (11) “Fake Love” Drake
10 (13) “Scars To Your Beautiful” Alessia Cara 22K (-11%); 12.6M streams, 128M AI (-1%)
