![]() And hip-hop continued to not have a good week here, with all the gains for 'Goosebumps' by Travis Scott and Kendrick evaporating at 67, 'Selfish' by PnB Rock dipping to 78, and 'OTW' by Luke Nasty falling to 92. ![]() well, let's start with our cases of continued lost momentum, with 'Castle On A Hill' by Ed Sheeran falling to 50, 'Redbone' by Childish Gambino down to 94, and on a slightly better note 'No Heart' by 21 Savage and Metro Boomin at 73. The dropouts aren't all that surprising here - 'Chill Bill' by Rob $tone, J.Davis and Spooks really did better than I ever expected, 'Cold Water' by Major Lazer, Justin Bieber, and M0 had a solid run, and I'm not complaining that 'Sneakin' by Drake & 21 Savage or 'Song For Another Time' by Old Dominion took serious hits. ![]() Granted, when we take a look at our losers and dropouts, that could very well be possible, because this week was wild across the board. but it's got enough radio presence that it's not going away any time soon unless it starts really slipping. It's almost anticlimatic that 'Scars To Your Beautiful' by Alessia Cara held #10 - yes, it was losing airplay too and the sales and streaming are miserable. It only rose because 'Black Beatles' by Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane utterly collapsed at #9 - it's bleeding in every category, especially on the radio, and the shift to Pandora streams has definitely not helped here. which is kind of in a weird place, because the radio was wavering and sales and streaming aren't solid right now. Same case for 'Starboy' by The Weeknd and Daft Punk - yes, it regained to #7 on generally being a healthier song across the board, but it's still losing airplay. And that might be possible - 'Don't Wanna Know' by Maroon 5 and Kendrick Lamar started to slip in airplay - which is all it has - and though it rose to #6, that's more because another song lost harder. It's bleeding in every category, especially airplay, unless there's serious weakness beneath it it's dropping hard. Then we have the slip for 'Closer' by The Chainsmokers and Halsey to #5 - yes, it tied the record for the most weeks ever spent in the top 5, but it's probably not staying there. Now all of this activity leaves 'Bad Things' by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello in an awkward place - it's got airplay and sales, which got it to #4, but its momentum is sputtering and streaming is not getting better here, I don't see this going higher. although not quite at the level to push it higher, which I thought was interesting. But this discounts the third major competitor 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' by Zayn and Taylor Swift, which rose to #3 on airplay, huge sales, considerable streaming, and YouTube. if only it had a little more radio and sales traction, it could have done better. But 'Bad And Boujee' held up strong too at #2 - boosted by the release of CULTURE, dominant in streaming. And while it is a pretty close race - it's not quite as dominant in YouTube as it was, it lags in streaming, and it lost the sales lead - it's still such an airplay powerhouse that nothing's beating it right now. In the mean time, the top ten! Yes, as I already alluded to, 'Shape Of You' by Ed Sheeran is back at #1. this was the week Migos came in force, and nearly half of our new arrivals involved them - and that's not counting another song that seemed destined to even further sink my regards for the artist into the earth's crust, but we'll get to that in a bit. On the one hand, I'm reasonably happy with a few shifts in our top ten - we've got a returning #1 I actually like and it looks like it'll have some staying power. ![]() To say I have some mixed feelings about this week would be understating it. ![]()
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