charts discussion Gwen has two top 40 hits on the Hot 100 this year

[GwennyGwenGwen]

With Happy Anywhere rising 10 spots to #36 this week, she becomes the first woman over 50 in history to have two top 40 hits in the same calendar year (Tina Turner did it within a year, but off calendar).

[brainmaniac]

Two Blake Shelton duets in one year? 

[chosensparkles]

Gwen always keeps on winning, a true queen

[selena_lavigne]

An elderly icon did that 

[MusicLoverDude]

I mean, it's only cause of Blake Shelton but congrats. 

[99sandthe2000s]

I'm shook to find out she's over 50 and still looks so stunning!

congrats to this queen 

 

[NightCrawler]

Nice

 

6 minutes ago, 99sandthe2000s said:

I'm shook to find out she's over 50 and still looks so stunning!

congrats to this queen 

Yup, she still looks great

Edited November 17, 2020 by NightCrawler

[GwennyGwenGwen]

2 minutes ago, MusicLoverDude said:

I mean, it's only cause of Blake Shelton but congrats. 

This just isn't true. Look at Blake's Hot 100 history...Nobody But You is arguably his biggest Hot 100 hit ever, and Happy Anywhere will likely end up being one of his biggest ever as well....out of TONS and TONS of singles. Is it in part because of the commercial power of their 'love story' yes, absolutely...but that certainly is as much about her as him. And they also just happen to be cute, good songs.

[CandleGuy]

All these girls (Gwen, Jennifer, Mariah) being over 50 is giving me an existential crisis 

[SinnerCity]

Another Vegas act finding success after. Not everybody has that to their credit I'm afraid

[Ampersand13]

[MusicLoverDude]

15 minutes ago, GwennyGwenGwen said:

This just isn't true. Look at Blake's Hot 100 history...Nobody But You is arguably his biggest Hot 100 hit ever, and Happy Anywhere will likely end up being one of his biggest ever as well....out of TONS and TONS of singles. Is it in part because of the commercial power of their 'love story' yes, absolutely...but that certainly is as much about her as him. And they also just happen to be cute, good songs.

Except Blake's most recent Top 20 hit before the Gwen collabs was literally only last year and that peaked at #17 while Nobody But You peaked at #18, and their year-end positions are pretty much almost the same (#53 for God's Country and NBY is projected for #51). Not to mention that Blake has had a LOT of chart presence, especially if you compare 2016 where he had two different songs chart higher than anything from Gwen's last record and it actually had a Top 40 hit with it. Not to mention that Blake has had a consistent chart presence and country radio presence. 

 

"This just isn't true"...when Gwen would have never been this high in her later years without someone as powerful as Blake is in country. 

[rihannabiggestfan]

Gwen hasn't released ANY solo non-Xmas music this year, so the "It's only because of Blake!" drag attempts fall flat. 

 

and Blake's last non-Gwen single peaked at #99, while his last 2 Gwen singles went top 40

[GwennyGwenGwen]

28 minutes ago, MusicLoverDude said:

Except Blake's most recent Top 20 hit before the Gwen collabs was literally only last year and that peaked at #17 while Nobody But You peaked at #18, and their year-end positions are pretty much almost the same (#53 for God's Country and NBY is projected for #51). Not to mention that Blake has had a LOT of chart presence, especially if you compare 2016 where he had two different songs chart higher than anything from Gwen's last record and it actually had a Top 40 hit with it. Not to mention that Blake has had a consistent chart presence and country radio presence. 

 

"This just isn't true"...when Gwen would have never been this high in her later years without someone as powerful as Blake is in country. 

But here is the thing you're missing...I never said this is ONLY because of Gwen...you said this is ONLY because of Blake. It is very obviously because of both of them. Nobody is taking away Blake's contribution to the success of these songs, or his ability to get solo hits...you're taking away Gwen's contribution,...which considering they'll probably end up being two of Blake's top 5, definitely top 10 biggest singles ever...and none of Gwen's top 5, probably not even top 10 biggest singles ever...seems rather silly.

Of course Blake helped her get these hits, and she helped him get these hits lol.