![]() All of which don't really surprise me, given they were on their way out anyway, and most of our losers fall in the same category. Wow, we had a lot of these across the board, with the most notable in the latter case being 'Loving You Easy' by Zac Brown Band, 'Should've Been Us' by Tori Kelly, 'She's Kinda Hot' by 5 Seconds Of Summer, 'Hell Of A Night' by Dustin Lynch, and finally 'Post To Be' by Omarion ft. That makes it vulnerable to challenges from our other overexposed celebrity of 2015: Taylor Swift and her song 'Wildest Dreams', which is making major pushes in sales and airplay, but YouTube didn't quite take off the way her previous singles had and the streaming is painfully weak - she'll have a hard time making more headway to the top without it.Īnd on the topic of failures, present and future, we have our losers and dropouts. Not quite as bad as 'Cheerleader' by OMI, which fell again to #9 thanks to losses across the board, but especially in radio where it's just in freefall. Next came the surprising tumble of 'Good For You' by Selena Gomez & A$AP Rocky - I honestly thought that song would have more longevity, but it looked to have peaked in airplay and it took losses in sales and streaming this week. Regardless, it was finally enough to shove 'Watch Me' by Silento down to #5, which despite having a not particularly strong week in sales actually gained on YouTube - folks, isn't this Soulja Boy wannabe played out already? The summer's over, this can stop already! Beyond that, Fetty Wap rides some of the hype from his debut with '679' rising to #6 thanks to streaming gains, decent sales, and even picking up some more airplay, somehow overtaking 'Locked Away' by Rock City and Adam Levine to #7, which despite a good sales week and even better airplay gains doesn't really have huge streaming, and that can be a problem in today's world. But right behind it, we see that Drake's got the 'Hotline Bling' riding surges in airplay, big sales, and even bigger streaming to #4 - and that's without even having a video! And look, I still don't see the appeal - it's jerky, Drake's hook is way too clumsy, and a decent melody can only excuse Drake's obnoxious concern trolling for so long. Meanwhile, 'Can't Feel My Face' by The Weeknd held #3 despite declining at the very top in radio, not great sales, and losses in streaming - although YouTube surprisingly picked up a bit of speed. In comparison, 'What Do You Mean?' by Justin Bieber surged on radio and still leads streaming and has plenty of YouTube, but this week it slipped just enough in sales to imply interest might be waning early. But the gains in airplay, sales, and YouTube along with continued strength in streaming shows that unless it faces a serious challenger, it might hold the top for a while. But before we get to him, we have The Weeknd holding down #1 with 'The Hills' - even despite not leading in a single category. But apparently the mainstream public disagrees, because we had seventeen new songs this week and nearly half of them had Drake on them.Īnd that's not even counting the Top 10, where Drake had even more success. ![]() And given the somewhat mixed critical response I've seen for What A Time To Be Alive, I'm suspecting we're going to hit the backlash zone any time now, because Drake is reaching dangerous points of overexposure. Coupled with my suspicions that Views From The 6 will probably still end up dropping this year - and the fact that Drake was responsible for cosigning The Weeknd and helping him become huge - the hip-hop story has been dominated by Drake this year, and yet he got there by making some of the least interesting music of his entire career. And please tell me that I'm not the only one who's starting to get a little sick of it at this point. For all of you who wanted me to cover Drake & Future's surprise collaboration release, you're going to get your wish - because it effectively crushed everything in its path and for I think is the third time this year, turned the Hot 100 into the Drake show.
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