official chart Billboard: Taylor #1, next week: Cardi B will be 1, Post #3

[Fruity]

3 hours ago, brainmaniac said:

Look at my other reply sis, I said potential streams and sales. Obviously no one will ever know how many sales and streams were lost exactly but I can see it being a huge amount.

 

I know on my local stations I've heard Ready For It nonstop and Look What You Made Me Do like twice  and from what I've seen that seems to be the case for lots of cities and casual listeners are getting more exposed to Ready For It and more likely to stream or purchase that 

 

And yeah tangible airplay was definitely lost since there is only so much airplay that can go around and most stations aren't going to give the same amount of rotation to two songs by the same artist at the same time 

 

The point is, despite some minimal airplay conflict the effect is not that substantial. LWYMMD was going to fall off pretty quickly anyway.

[ManDown]

7 minutes ago, Raster said:

To say Cardi is breaking barriers is such an overstatement tbh

I disagree. Look at all of the other female rappers (Missy, Kim, Nicki) who have hit #2 (some more than once) and were just barely kept off of the top spot. Cardi is achieving this as a new artist at that. I don't even stan for the girl, I just think that it's an amazing accomplishment.

 

Just now, ChartsFan said:

Again never said it wasn't

Cool! Glad we sorted that out.

[Willy.]

4 hours ago, Green said:

 

2014: Iggy and Nicki: Black Widow, Bang Bang, Anaconda

http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2014-10-18

 

 

Let's get it. 

[Mattyboy]

35 minutes ago, ManDown said:

I disagree. Look at all of the other female rappers (Missy, Kim, Nicki) who have hit #2 (some more than once) and were just barely kept off of the top spot. Cardi is achieving this as a new artist at that. I don't even stan for the girl, I just think that it's an amazing accomplishment.

 

Cool! Glad we sorted that out.

Super Ball was Nicki’s first breakthrough single and went #3. It could’ve gone #1 in the streaming era. Iggy also went #1. 

[Cap10Planet]

The biggest robbery of the #1 spot for a female rapper was Missy's "Work It," but it lost to "Lose Yourself" all those weeks.

[PurrKaty]

11 minutes ago, Mattyboy said:

Super Ball was Nicki’s first breakthrough single and went #3. It could’ve gone #1 in the streaming era. Iggy also went #1. 

Last Friday Night and Party Rock Anthem still would have blocked Nikki in streaming. Those songs had crazy high YouTube streams for their time. LFN and PRA have both passed 1B views, where as SB is approaching 700M on their official videos.

[Sinister]

14 minutes ago, PurrKaty said:

Last Friday Night and Party Rock Anthem still would have blocked Nikki in streaming. Those songs had crazy high YouTube streams for their time. LFN and PRA have both passed 1B views, where as SB is approaching 700M on their official videos.

Yeah...ppl are always saying SB would be went #1 In the streaming era but it was going up against 2 streaming hits as well

 

Maybe it could've snuck a week at #2...but all 3 were doing damage across the board

[World Eater]

Wait so The National debuted at #2 and not #3?

[ManDown]

1 hour ago, Raster said:

To be fair, her team is doing everything possible to hit #1 like sending texts to people living in the US and crossing over to pop radio and such. Not a bad thing at all, I just think it smells of desperation a little.

True, but it's understandable since this is likely her only chance at going #1. It's too early to say but I doubt she'll be sitting at #2 again with such an easy margin for #1 anytime soon. 

 

1 hour ago, Cap10Planet said:

The biggest robbery of the #1 spot for a female rapper was Missy's "Work It," but it lost to "Lose Yourself" all those weeks.

Agreed.

[B-Rabbit]

1 hour ago, Cap10Planet said:

The biggest robbery of the #1 spot for a female rapper was Missy's "Work It," but it lost to "Lose Yourself" all those weeks.

Lose Yourself is a classic

[okgo]

12 minutes ago, B-Rabbit said:

Lose Yourself is a classic

so is Work It.

 

[B-Rabbit]

5 minutes ago, okgo said:

so is Work It.

 

So it wasn't a robbery. Just unlucky 

[URBAN]

2 hours ago, Raster said:

To say Cardi is breaking barriers is such an overstatement tbh

 

How is it an overstatement??

 

In the last 7 years (someone correct me if I'm wrong) Rihanna's been the only women of color to go #1 on the Hot 100.

 

Cardi will be breaking this barrier not only as a women of color, BUT also as a female rapper. Let alone breaking a record that Lauryn Hill set yearrrs ago.

 

 

3 hours ago, ManDown said:

Yes, Lauryn did it... 19 years ago. It hasn't been done since. This is still a very big, important moment for women.

 

Especially women of color!

[butterflysupreme]

1 minute ago, URBAN said:

 

How is it an overstatement??

 

In the last 7 years (someone correct me if I'm wrong) Rihanna's been the only women of color to go #1 on the Hot 100.

 

Cardi will be breaking this barrier not only as a women of color, BUT also as a female rapper. Let alone breaking a record that Lauryn Hill set yearrrs ago.

 

 

 

Especially women of color!

Halsey, Janelle Monae 

[URBAN]

1 minute ago, butterflysupreme said:

Janelle Monae 

I meant as lead artists, but thank you.

[Letters From Adi]

1 minute ago, butterflysupreme said:

Halsey, Janelle Monae 

Who even considers Halsey as black tbh?  

[45seconds]

3 minutes ago, URBAN said:

 

How is it an overstatement??

 

In the last 7 years (someone correct me if I'm wrong) Rihanna's been the only women of color to go #1 on the Hot 100.

 

Cardi will be breaking this barrier not only as a women of color, BUT also as a female rapper.

 

 

 

Especially women of color!

Phew! WoC winning is my aesthetic 

[URBAN]

Just now, Letters From Adi said:

Who even considers Halsey as black tbh?  

! 

 

I chose to keep my mouth shut on that one, but peep my reply.

 

[URBAN]

1 minute ago, 45seconds said:

Phew! WoC winning is my aesthetic 

 

[45seconds]

Just now, Letters From Adi said:

Who even considers Halsey as black tbh?  

 I mean, racially she's a woman of color. But...come on. She couldn't sound and look more European. 

 

The only reason it's always so celebrated when WoC succeed is because they are marginalized. Halsey won't be, since she doesn't share any normal characteristics of a classic WoC.

[slw84]

1 hour ago, butterflysupreme said:

Halsey, Janelle Monae 

You know what...

 

 

I do think it's overstated but I don't think this should be an argument to use halsey and janelle. I mean you might as well you rihanna. they are not rappers.

Edited September 23, 2017 by slw84

[slw84]

1 hour ago, B-Rabbit said:

So it wasn't a robbery. Just unlucky 

it was robbed and unlucky.

 

A shake it off/gold digger tea.

[butterflysupreme]

1 minute ago, slw84 said:

You know what...

 

 

I do think it's overstated but I don't think this should be an argument to use halsey and janelle. I mean you might as well you rihanna. they are not rappers.

The post mentioned woc no rappers...

[Cap10Planet]

2 hours ago, B-Rabbit said:

Lose Yourself is a classic

Never said it wasn't. I just think "Work It" should have gotten a week at #1, but it was up against a juggernaut. Any song having 10 weeks at #2 deserves a week at #1. It was robbery TO ME.

Edited September 23, 2017 by Cap10Planet

[LostInStereo100]

I knew Thunder would smash in the fall. As soon as I heard it back in April

it sounds like something youd hear at a football game or high school game