official chart B200: Leave The Door Open #1, Levitating #2

[Enoch]

1 hour ago, MJLover said:

The meltdown 

 

S/o to Bruno for being one SMART businessman, with NO manager. He knew radio is VERY important in the Billboard formula and he promoted the song on radio shows when it dropped, also knowing that radio stations play songs for a much longer period than Spotify TTHs playlists and what have ya, ensuring longevity 

ATRL stays minimizing the importance of radio

[Galah]

Billboard employees better not leave the door open tonight.

[dirrtydiana]

In hindsight I’m kind of glad they didn’t pour all the effort and resources on Hallucinate because I’d be crying right now. It still stings she got Problemed/blackouted. 
 

With Olivia gunning for #1 in less than a week i don’t see Dua getting another chance like this week

[dirrtydiana]

5 hours ago, G.U.Y. Gaga said:

There are people literally being blown up rn

 

it could go #1 next week 

Against Olivia? Idk

[HalcyonParadise]

oh no

[stjosephprey4us]

Trash

[Guest]

[P!NK2LOVE]

Lollll

[Capruni]

I can’t really believe what happened this week. It’s so embarassing and I feel so sorry for “Levitating”.

 

As a chartfreaker, I never seen anything like that in years.

 

#JusticeForLevitating

[PopMusicJunkie]

I know we love to see the girls win, but "Leave the Door Open" is good.  

Miss. Dua  released the best pop album of last year.  No one is taking that away from her.  

[thetea]

6 hours ago, Roman Holiday said:

It’s not that deep, why are y’all freaking out 

exactly. it was a huge hit anyway without going #1 and it's served longevity. 

 

6 hours ago, Greg said:

If they're using Dua as a precedent for the BTS bulk buy next week, that sucks for Dua. They probably want to avoid the wrath of the BTS fans at all costs if webstore sales no longer count.

hopefully, it was embarrassing how Life Goes On went #1 and charted for 3 weeks, literally everyone knows that every BTS #1 is  fraudulent 

[Holiest Dreams]

6 hours ago, Miss Show Business said:

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING MEEEEE 

 

So Taylor stans and BTS stans can get a #1 with website sales but Dua can't? Billboard needs to explain this 

Taylor didn’t get a #1 with website sales. It was close for Willow but website sales contributed minimally to that one. Cardigan was locked with or without website sales.

 

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The conspiracies in here  Congrats Bruno and Anderson  

[Katy V.!]

The way that ATRL will side with every corrupt institution just so they can "drag" a popgirl

[infrared]

I don’t really feel bad for Dua. The song has been out for months, they only made an effort recently. It’s had several

high profile performances, discounts, remixes, TTH placements (and #1s have been weak for months). It even had a push on radio. 
 

it’s a lesson learned, her team will never make the same mistake. She’ll obviously get a #1 very soon given the trajectory of her career. 

[Headlock]

3 hours ago, Green said:

 

No. Without this airplay recalibration the points would have been:

 

1. Levitating  293

2. Leave the door open 292

 

Bruno's airplay was 4 million higher than predicted and Dua's airplay was 2 million higher than predicted:

 

Airplay predicted for Bruno, Dua and Bieber:

Bruno: 83.1 million

Dua: 57.4 million

Bieber: 78 million

 

Airplay reported this week:

Bruno: 87 million 
Dua: 59.7 million

Bieber: 80.6 million

 

That wasn’t what I was saying, I was saying that radio was negligible in this discussion because both have benefitted from radio, Dua’s resurgence on radio played a major part in her even getting this far, so being mad at Billboard changing it, which they do all the time, serves no purpose.

 

The real story is the sales difference 

[TaggedGalaxy]

I know the stans of that racist ain’t getting brave 

[Headlock]

9 minutes ago, Katy V.! said:

The way that ATRL will side with every corrupt institution just so they can "drag" a popgirl

“Corrupt institution” the absolute dramatics, it’s a friggin magazine 

[Headlock]

1 hour ago, Enoch said:

ATRL stays minimizing the importance of radio

Which is a kii because Dua herself wouldn’t be top 10 currently without it (not trying to shade/say she uses payola, her callouts are great).

[ALA]

The billboard charts twitter retweeting Dua's tweet ffff

[Green]

39 minutes ago, Headlock said:

That wasn’t what I was saying, I was saying that radio was negligible in this discussion because both have benefitted from radio, Dua’s resurgence on radio played a major part in her even getting this far, so being mad at Billboard changing it, which they do all the time, serves no purpose.

 

The real story is the sales difference 

 

You don't get it. Without the radio re-calibration she would have been #1 this week.

[Headlock]

26 minutes ago, Green said:

 

You don't get it. Without the radio re-calibration she would have been #1 this week.

I’m not denying that. What I am saying is without radio she wouldn’t have even being fighting for #1 in the first place, so focusing on it makes no sense. Plus she’s been increasing faster on radio than Bruno.

 

She had bad luck with the re-calibration, it happens, it’s not some conspiracy. Billboard changes random rules all the time.

Edited May 19, 2021 by Headlock

[Holiest Dreams]

26 minutes ago, Katy V.! said:

The way that ATRL will side with every corrupt institution just so they can "drag" a popgirl

The dramatics and conspiracies are hilarious  

[fridayteenage]

maybe qanon and antifa did it! 

 

looking forward to MPG olivia getting #1 next week!

[Riot]

5 hours ago, ClashAndBurn said:

Low competition. "Don't Start Now" wasn't THAT big. Nobody was releasing.

Don't Start Now was the #4 most successful song of 2020 in the US, the most successful female song at that.

Why do y'all have to lie like this?

[professor2000]

1 hour ago, Aurora said:

Billboard employees better not leave the door open tonight.