The Week's Billboard Hot 100 #1

Missy :D
Pharrell D:

(here's a preview)

Uncomfortably close to that ATM Jam disaster at times but it could be fun.

edited 27th Oct '15 8:16:03 AM by LE0Night

The guy on the chorus is, uh... something.

edited 29th Oct '15 9:25:13 PM by LE0Night

That music video and those constant mouth close-ups make me highly uncomfortable.

And that is a hilarious chorus. I love this song just for that.

I think that's the first song where I can actually understand what the hell Grande is saying. And yes, that chorus is hilarious, that guy's just way too into it. But I do like the brass section, though.

LOL that chorus. I do like the brass section.

"Hello" debuts right up top, of course, with 1.11 million in digital sales, the highest first-week sales in US history.
Which doesn't just inch ahead of the previous record (Flo Rida's Right Round with 636.000 downloads) but practically pole-vaults over it with a jet-pack.

Hello. Is it Adele you're looking for...at the top of the Billboard Hot 100?

'Twas a Foregone Conclusion, but it's official: Adele's new song debuts at #1 this week thanks to over a million downloads in a week, more than any other song...well, ever. Of course, this chart event is so historical that it deserves its own article, but this is looking to be a much bigger hit than "What Do You Mean?". If it's not going to stay at #1 through the end of the calendar year, it's going to do so through the end of the chart year (the end of November). It's a shame that this song came out too late for Adele to have as much impact this year as Taylor Swift has with her 1989 singles ("Bad Blood" was the last #1 by a female act, believe it or not), but she'll likely be enormous next year like she was in 2011. As for "Hello" itself, it's shaping up to be the "Uptown Funk" or at least the "Blank Space" of 2016, so it's essentially reserved a spot in that year's year-end top ten, if not the top five.

And now for the not-quite-as-important songs.

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 (November 14, 2015):

1. Adele — "Hello" (debut; 1 week at #1)
2. Justin Bieber — "Sorry" (debut)
3. Drake— "Hotline Bling"
4. The Weeknd — "The Hills"
5. Justin Bieber — "What Do You Mean?"
6. Shawn Mendes — "Stitches"
7. Taylor Swift — "Wildest Dreams"
8. Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz — "679"
9. R. City featuring Adam Levine — "Locked Away"
10. The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"

Songs outside the Top 10:

12. Elle King — "Ex's and Oh's"
13. Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend — "Like I'm Gonna Lose You"
15. Alessia Cara — "Here"

...wow. The top two is consumed by two brand-spankin'-new songs. This is probably the most action in the top ten we'll get for some time, for "Hello" is looking to have longevity in the number-one spot.

Let's focus on the thing that truly matters here, folks:

"Watch Me" has finally dropped out of the Top Ten.

edited 2nd Nov '15 12:43:33 PM by Xeroop

This is going to be buried under the "Hello" hype, but what the hell.

I can't wait for 25 to come out, because probably every other song on that album is better than "Hello".

I swear Adele, Beiber, and The Weeknd are collaborating to keep Drake out of that number 1 spot.

He comes close, Weeknd's there to block.

Weeknd falls off the top, Adele takes his place.

Then Bieber makes him drop to 3.

Collusion.

You'd think that Degrassi star power would help.

^ Never saw any of those shows.

It was the show Drake was on before becoming a rap star. He played Jimmy Brooks, who was shot during the show and confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his run.

"Best I Ever Had" got him to #2 in 2009, but I believe the Black Eyed Peas blocked him from hitting the top. The closest he's ever been at the top of the chart was Rihanna's "What's My Name?" in late 2010. It wasn't his song, though, so it doesn't count.

The band must have seeked for inspiration outside their comfort zone. Unfortunately, they came up with a repetitive sample that is interesting at first, but grating in subsequent listens. It feels wrong having a discount Jonsi repeating a line again and again on top of Chris Martin's vocal mix in a Coldplay song, you know?

Hey, people! Here's another inspirational song by Sia the motivational vocalist!

I agree on the sentiment about the Coldplay song, though I do prefer it to most of their slower material. There's times when Coldplay can be really good, but a bit too often I find them to be an anaesthetic.

That Sia song feels like her version of "Hello"; pretty standard fare, and really nothing new from her, but on the other hand, she can make it work. Her "standard" is still pretty good.

Coldplay sounds like they're half trying to ape Capital Cities and half trying to ape Random Access Memories.

It's better than any of the terrible stuff (read: all of it) on their last album at least. Their last album was one of the worst albums I've had the displeasure of listening to. My friend had it on his phone when it first came out and we listened to it while driving somewhere. I'm pretty sure that's the most ranting I've ever done in a single car ride. Especially when it came to that song "Midnight" (I think that was the song? Who cares, they all sounded basically the same anyway, and even if they didn't sound the same, they certainly weren't memorable enough for me to care enough to differentiate them). Never before have I heard a song that so utterly fails at the whole "slow buildup" thing. Sure, there's plenty of buildup in the song, but what does it all amount to?

What I'm trying to say is Coldplay sucks. And I'm saying this as someone who actually kind of enjoys some of their stuff.

As for that Sia song...I mean, I like the music, it's got a pretty great feel to it. I'd love to hear this as a montage song in a movie or something. Unfortunately, until it gets to the chorus, I cannot understand a single word she's singing because she is not e-nun-ci-ating. I kinda wanna make a "misheard lyrics" of this, because I haven't a damn clue what she's trying to say, other than that she's still breeding and she's a lion.

edited 9th Nov '15 12:08:55 AM by Odd1

Surprise, surprise, Adele is #1 once more. Ariana Grande debuts. In fact, it looks like we're getting a healthy supply of female acts back in the top ten again, with others possibly about to follow suit later on.

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 (November 21, 2015):

1. Adele — "Hello" (2 weeks at #1)
2. Drake— "Hotline Bling"
3. The Weeknd — "The Hills"
4. Justin Bieber — "Sorry"
5. Justin Bieber — "What Do You Mean?"
6. Shawn Mendes — "Stitches"
7. Ariana Grande — "Focus" (debut)
8. Taylor Swift — "Wildest Dreams"
9. Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz — "679"
10. Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend — "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" (new entry)

Songs outside the Top 10:

12. Elle King — "Ex's and Oh's"
13. Alessia Cara — "Here"
23. Chris Stapleton — "Tennessee Whiskey"

I really want "Here" to crack the top 10. It's one of my favorite pop songs in years.

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that song. Heard it a couple months ago and liked it, great lyrics. Kinda forgettable musically, though.

This track has become increasingly frequent on my radio in the last 3 weeks.

Chris Brown - "Zero"

Best. Breakup Song. Ever.

Stop supporting Chris Brown.

Or else he'll pinch you.

It's a Pharrell production so mileages will vary on that one but Missy kills it and the video is amazing.
And it's actually pulling up some decent numbers too, it's #3 in the iTunes charts at the time of writing so people seem to be on board.

edited 13th Nov '15 12:00:00 PM by LE0Night