charts discussion Radio sabotages SZA’s last chance to top the Hot 100

[brianc33710]

8 hours ago, pride4jc1222 said:

It was more like 1995-1998 where the chart was 'fake' because Billboard refused to include airplay only songs on the chart. Torn and Iris would have easily been #1 on the Hot 100. I haven't taken the charts seriously since Billboard removed UGC in early 2020, and I won't do so until sales are removed from the Hot 100.

No, Iris would've peaked at #3 & Torn #4 had airplay only songs charted on the  Hot 100 in 98. They wouldn't have reached #1 without any sales. Remember huge sellers like Too Close & The Boy Is Mine were #1 & You're Still The One had 9 #2 weeks in there too. All 3 sold 2 million+ physical singles. So the Top 2 were definitely out of reach for airplay only Iris & Torn. 

[IBeMe]

6 hours ago, BrokenMachine said:

Well, during the Future Nostalgia era we basically got used to this kind of arbitrary changes 

 

They way they weighted down radio numbers when Break My Heart was about to reach top 10, just when radio was its strongest format. Then, when they weighted radio UP, just when Levitating was about to reach a new peak, and just when radio was its weakest format 

 

And for a third time when Levitating was about to reach #1, they changed the way they weighted radio numbers AGAIN and it gave Leave The Door Open a pretty suspicious advantage. People always call it on the quick narrative of 'BB taking out 'fake' sales and taking the #1 away from Dua', but even without the 'fake' sales, she had enough points to reach #1. It was the change in radio weighting what made her #2 that week. Winston, TOTC and chartdata were quick to call it out, but ODHs were just too happy circlejerking to even get their facts right 

 

And of course I'm not directly saying 'BB and radio charts are against Dua', but the way they can change radio weighting just because they want to, even with no actual reason to do it, and affecting chart runs for too many songs, it just goes to put their credibility on the pits 

Both Dua and SZA come from a muslim family / background. I smell a conspiracy