The Week's Billboard Hot 100 #1

Every time I hear that track I'm like "WTF is he saying? WTF is a 'ne ne'? WTF is a 'stanky legs'?"

Is it some lingo understandable only to the artist and not anyone else? Kinda like how the Dougie was?

"Allah may guide their bullets, but Jesus helps those who aim down the sights."

They're dances. Nae Nae, Stanky Leg

do tha mash potatoe

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Do the Charleston! Do the Twist! Do the Loco-motion!

Compared with other dance-based novelty songs, "Watch Me" is abysmal.

Honestly, most dance-based songs in general are pretty bad. And incredibly interchangeable.

edited 8th Sep '15 10:20:00 PM by Odd1

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The thing with "Watch Me" is that it doesn't have an original dance unlike "Loco-Motion" or "Macarena". The whole song is just a bunch of pre-existing dances mashed together.

Potentially unpopular opinion: besides "679" (which I haven't heard) and "Watch Me", this is the overall best Top 10 we've had all year.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

I agree with you. Honestly though, I've really liked this year's top 10 in general. Watch Me, See You Again, and maaybe Bad Blood are really the only songs I've had any sort of dislike towards this year.

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My thing with "Watch Me" is, forgive me for referencing race but how did this become the song that white people latched onto?? There have been so many hip hop dance trends including the ORIGINAL "Nae Nae", "Whip", "Stanky Leg" songs that never became popular outside of black people and somehow this song by some random 18 year old from Atlanta that combines all of them becomes the hit song.

edited 9th Sep '15 8:27:28 AM by wuggles

My guess is Vines.

Vine definitely played no small role in blowing up some of the hip-hop hits this year. For instance, a song called "Nasty Freestyle" by some dude named T-Wayne was in the top ten for a few weeks almost solely because of streaming numbers. Never heard of it? Well, if it was on the radio at all, I never heard it.

"Trap Queen" and "Watch Me," meanwhile, managed impressive sales along with some decent airplay, so they're the ones that have longevity.

edited 9th Sep '15 9:20:23 AM by BurntMario

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Last week, The Weeknd doubled up in the top three. This week, he doubles up in the top two. Numbers four through nine don't change.

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 (September 26, 2015):

1. The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face" (3 weeks at #1)
2. The Weeknd — "The Hills"
3. Justin Bieber — "What Do You Mean?"
4. Silentó — "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
5. OMI — "Cheerleader"
6. Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ — "Lean On"
7. Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky — "Good for You"
8. Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz — "679"
9. R. City featuring Adam Levine — "Locked Away"
10. Ed Sheeran — "Photograph" (new entry)

Songs outside the Top 10:

12. Taylor Swift — "Wildest Dreams"
14. Shawn Mendes — "Stitches"
16. Drake — "Hotline Bling"

So now both of The Weeknd's follow-up hits have outpeaked his lead hit. To be fair, though, "Earned It" did have to compete against "See You Again" and "Trap Queen."

Call me Willy Whistle 'cause I can't speak, baby. Something in TV Tropes really drove me crazy.

I'm finally hearing "The Hills" on the radio.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

Self-replacement at the top spot.

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 (October 3, 2015):

1. The Weeknd — "The Hills" (1 week at #1)
2. Justin Bieber — "What Do You Mean?"
3. The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"
4. Silentó — "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
5. Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky — "Good for You"
6. R. City featuring Adam Levine — "Locked Away"
7. Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz — "679"
8. OMI — "Cheerleader"
9. Drake — "Hotline Bling" (new entry)
10. Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ — "Lean On"

Songs outside the Top 10:

12. Shawn Mendes — "Stitches"
16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz — "Downtown"
43. Selena Gomez — "Same Old Love"

'Tis the week for Canadian male solo artists, according to Billboard. At least we're seeing more turnover at the top of the chart than whatever the hell happened earlier this year.

Call me Willy Whistle 'cause I can't speak, baby. Something in TV Tropes really drove me crazy.

Pitbull, Ellie Goulding, Echosmith & A Great Big World dropped new tracks.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

The Ellie Goulding song has an interesting beat. The Echosmith song keeps uniform with the rest of their discography, as in it's totally forgettable and bland. The song by A Great Big World sounds nice enough, but the piano sounds like somebody slowed down the one piano riff from "Roar"/"Brave".

The less Pitbull I'm exposed to, the better.

edited 21st Sep '15 1:13:01 PM by Xeroop

I thought you liked "Cool Kids".

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

That's the sole exception to the rule. I adore "Cool Kids", but every song I've heard from them ever since has been a disappointment. In my heart, they're a one hit wonder.

edited 21st Sep '15 2:22:54 PM by Xeroop

"Lights" was great, but I'm not thrilled by anything else she's done. Echosmith bores me, A Great Big World infuriates me, and Pitbull...actually doesn't bother me too much anymore.

Another green world.

What's wrong with AGBW?

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

They're one of those bands that is so boring that it makes me irrationally angry. (See also: Daughtry, The Fray)

Another green world.

"Cool Kids" is just meh. The only good thing about it is how it's used in Project Voicebend. Aside from that, it's really just a bland as all hell song with a cliche chord progression.

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Peace is the only battle worth waging.

^ Hmm...not bad. It needs the horn from "Cheerleader" though.

And it's three months late for summer themes like that.

"Allah may guide their bullets, but Jesus helps those who aim down the sights."

That's basically what Coldplay is for me. (Even though I like two or three of their songs.)

I would like it if Pitbull just. Stopped. Permanently, if possible.

Gave them our reactions, our explosions, all that was ours For graphs of passion and charts of stars...