Expert

2y

I don't think it's bad but I don't think it represents the essence of #1 hit. But in the end, it's how the listening habits have evolved. In the past radio determined this more than anything else and now there is a shift to streaming so makes sense tbh.

I need to update my view of #1s with the times I guess lol. It would mean a lot to have number 1s in the past.

quadra

2y

Yeah but who controlled radio and which stations counted the most

#1s feel more accurate now

Even now radio is counting more than it probably should

Ghetto Lenny

2y

Christmas songs should have their own chart. It should be already assumed that they are going to be the most listened to songs during Christmas. It never used to be like this. TV Off is the real number 1 next week.

KayTray

2y

Could have easily been 4 but he released Euphoria on a Tuesday.

TheFader

2y

I agree with this. Songs need to be weighted differently now.

Kendrick debuting at #1 is amazing but any of these songs can freefall off the chart and never return, and it would still count as a “#1”

Just kinda losing the weight of what a #1 used to mean, when it was a song that was ubiquitous and everyone knew

KayTray

2y

tv off or luther have a chance at #1 after Christmas if they get a video or get sent to radio.

TheFader

2y

I agree with this. Songs need to be weighted differently now.

Kendrick debuting at #1 is amazing but any of these songs can freefall off the chart and never return, and it would still count as a “#1”

Just kinda losing the weight of what a #1 used to mean, when it was a song that was ubiquitous and everyone knew

Ghetto Lenny

2y

Christmas songs should have their own chart. It should be already assumed that they are going to be the most listened to songs during Christmas. It never used to be like this. TV Off is the real number 1 next week.

americana

2y

Euphoria debuted #2 behind NLU

Spice o Clock

2y

nah bro theres #1s in the 90s and 00s and before that youve never heard of and are just as meaningless as recent bogus #1s

TheFader

2y

I just looked at a random year from the 90s and a random year from the 2000s.

1995: The only #1 I don’t know is “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” by Bryan Adams

2006: Not a single #1 from this year I don’t know

quadra

2y

Which #1 from 2022 don't you know

TheFader

2y

Anti-Hero

The rest of them I personally have heard, but you have to remember I am a person who engages in discussion on a music forum. I’m not the average person.

quadra

2y

The average person doesn't care about #1s or if they know them so why should they necessarily should have heard them?

Music consumption as a percentage of everyone's lives has waned as more content is being produced

Back then, radio was king because it was one of the only things to do

TheFader

2y

What I’m saying is that pre-streaming, a #1 record was usually a record that the average person knew, or at least could recite a line or two from.

The same cannot be said today.

I’m not even tryna hate either because I’m saying this after Kendrick just scored a #1. I just think the “album drops that flood the Top 25” phenomenon that happens with streaming is a little ridiculous

TheFader

2y

I just looked at a random year from the 90s and a random year from the 2000s.

1995: The only #1 I don’t know is “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” by Bryan Adams

2006: Not a single #1 from this year I don’t know

quadra

2y

Because music had an easier chance at intersecting in their every day lives

Millions of different ways content is consumed now causes you to miss music

Spice o Clock

2y

2006 ur capping u do not know Do I Make You Proud

TheFader

2y

I’m not talking about all #1s. There are definitely #1 nowadays that transcend culture and become ubiquitous.

Not Like Us and A Bar Song out now.

What I’m referring to are the major album drops that result in the Top 25 being flooded with songs from said album, sometimes with one of them hitting #1, and then a week or two later 80-90% of those songs disappear from the chart.

I’m not saying this is definitely what will happen with GNX, but I’d bet that probably 8 or 9 of the 12 songs are gonna off the Hot 100 within the next 2-3 weeks or so

quadra

2y

They used to limit how many tracks off an album could debut on the chart? Do we need that again? No

Why not? Because it's not accurate of what got consumed that week

Why should we filter what's get to see the chart? What is this based on?

Those songs got consumed enough to see the chart
Them being gone after 1,2,3 weeks show they didn't get consumed

Why is this a bad thing lol I don't get it

Should we only care about songs that get to stay on the chart with weak streaming and over play by pop radio?
Or can songs that get streamed from an album debut matter?