Times that a #1 seemed in the bag but it got blocked

[Slap]

What  songs do you remember thinking were guaranteed Hot 100 #1 hits only for them to be blocked and miss the top spot?

 

Gewn's The Sweet Escape charted at #2 for multiple weeks only to be blocked by Mims' This Is Why I'm Hot  

 

Her new album Bouquet was also blocked from #1 on the Billboard 200 (by 94 albums)
 

Edited November 25 by Slap

[synk]

Levitating the most iconic one 

[Strawberry Bubble]

bad romance being blocked by tik tok is a good example of this

[.Odyssey.]

Medellin being blocked by about 100 songs seems like a good example.

[ONOPKA]

shake it off by mariah

 

blocked by herself

[Popboi.]

2 minutes ago, Strawberry Bubble said:

bad romance being blocked by tik tok is a good example of this

Kesha was breaking digital sales records on the weekly, Bad Romance (or any song at the time for that matter) never stood a chance.

Edited November 25 by Popboi.

[LesFleur]

These GG classics got stuck at #2

 

[CherryBay]

[NoAngelus]

4 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

Kesha was breaking digital sales records on the weekly, Bad Romance (or any song at the time for that matter) never stood a chance.

Exactly. Monsters are trying to rewrite history by implying TT was not bigger hit when in fact it was.

[Kern]

Wasn't Nasty almost #1 on the bubbling under chart? She was so close!

Edited November 25 by Kern

[bielneira]

Dua Lipa's "Levitating" and Ariana Grande's "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored"

[NewStanner]

5 minutes ago, ONOPKA said:

shake it off by mariah

 

blocked by herself

I mean, getting blocked by yourself is one thing, but the fact that she reached #2 behind WBT's LAST week at #1, just for Gold Digger to leapfrog it and block for following six weeks is insane

[Doctor Dick]

9 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

Kesha was breaking digital sales records on the weekly, Bad Romance (or any song at the time for that matter) never stood a chance.

Bad Romance was breaking YouTube records and became the most-viewed video of all time WITH healthy digital records. You cannot tell me that if Billboard counted streams back then (like they started just some years later) that BR wouldn't have gone #1 and pushed TikTok down. It stood a chance but it just wasn't meant to be. 

 

Edited November 25 by Doctor Dick

[NewStanner]

7 minutes ago, LesFleur said:

These GG classics got stuck at #2

 

LBM peaked at #3, but other classic from them applies tho:

 

 

Spent 7 weeks at #2 behind Janet's All For You Love AFY, but Survivor deserved too

[SeeingStars1515]

 Survivor by destiny's child; Drunk in Love and Sorry by Bey

 

My own naivety but i really thought Love So Soft was going to be a #1 by Kelly

 

Shake It Off by Mariah given the time period. I would also argue I thought HATE U would be the WBT of E=Mc2

 

if Out of the Woods by Taylor Swift was released earlier, I think it would have gone number 1 

 

[Popboi.]

14 minutes ago, Doctor Dick said:

Bad Romance was breaking YouTube records and became the most-viewed video of all time WITH healthy digital records. You cannot tell me that if Billboard counted streams back then (like they started just some years later) that BR wouldn't have gone #1 and pushed TikTok down. It stood a chance but it just wasn't meant to be. 

 

No one expected streaming to count back then, so 

[Michael196]

ME! getting blocked with 600+ points is still insane 

[The7thStranger]

Express Yourself being blocked by Toy Soldiers.

[Doctor Dick]

9 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

No one expected streaming to count back then, so 

Yes but popularity was still measured in terms of how many views you had and people consumed music like that as well. Bad Romance was a monster smash and was even more supported for free than Kesha's song was. In today's charts BR would've knocked down Kesha. 

Edited November 25 by Doctor Dick

[Kern]

24 minutes ago, bielneira said:

Dua Lipa's "Levitating" and Ariana Grande's "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored"

I was about to ask which one blocked which 

[Moonlight Nation]

As far as the Billboard 200 goes, I still get war flashbacks about The Weeknd's "Dawn FM" getting blocked by Gunna's "DS4EVER" in early 2022. 

On paper, even without the physicals, one would expect a new project from The Weeknd to comfortably get the #1, which had consistently been the case since 2015. Critically acclaimed, filled with impeccable tracks front-to-back, and not dealing with significant competition on the charts. But "pushin P" had to blow up into viral meme status, where paired with the mixed fan reception of "Dawn FM", gave Gunna the advantage by the end of the tracking week. 

 

Once the physicals were finally shipped, it briefly returned to its #2 peak, this time blocked by peak "Encanto" mania.

 

 

As for the Hot 100, "Die With A Smile" this week, which might have been an inspiration for this thread. I really thought it was finally going to happen, especially given Talk Of The Charts' impressive track record in terms of #1 predictions.

 

 

But nope, this was the rare instance they got it wrong, and with the Christmas freeze set to dominate the remainder of the year, I'm not sure "Die With A Smile" will get another chance.

 

Ironic, given the other notorious case involved Bruno Mars as the blocking party, when "Leave The Door Open" returned to #1 despite Dua Lipa's "Levitating" being expected to finally top the charts.

 

 

[xperience30]

beautiful-xtina

frozen-madonna

you're still the one - shania 

[Sailor Moon]

ariana's problem .. i remember it missing #1 being a few points short against fancy 

[xperience30]

im just saying my fav.no2 peaking songs 

[jdanton2]

this year Espresso and Die With A Smile seemed like obvious #1 songs . both were huge global #1 songs but the US got it wrong.