And also in the same boat we have 'Without Me' by Halsey, which might have slightly better sales and more radio, but the streaming is even worse.
This pushes over 'Sunflower' by Post Malone and Swae Lee to #5 as it is declining across the board, and it's a similar state of affairs for '7 rings' by Ariana Grande at #6, as even more radio won't hold up for weaker sales and streaming. And this leaves a song like 'Wow.' by Post Malone in a tough situation, pushed to #3 even as its radio peaks and its sales and streaming slips - it'll probably wind up getting overtaken by 'Sucker' by the Jonas Brothers up to #4 as I predicted, given how that song is still utterly dominant on the radio and has had good sales - streaming isn't there, but if the margin's big enough, it won't matter. Make no mistake, this is a two horse race and I do think Taylor can take the #1 if sales and radio hold up while Lil Nas X slips. Brendon Urie, which had an even more aggressive radio surge, beat it on sales, and was right behind on streaming. I didn't expect it to hold this kind of momentum and I still think it might be vulnerable, but I have to give it props for fighting back 'ME!' by Taylor Swift ft. Now thankfully for a change we mostly missed this and seemed to walk away with about as good of a result as we could hope for, although with still more quiet weeks ahead it begs the question where the hell the Hot 100 could even go in the next week or two.Īnd I say all this specifically with an eye for the top 10, because to my surprise, 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus held onto the #1, mostly thanks to streaming and the sort of radio swell that I could have never predicted for this sort of meme.
I think the best way to describe this week would be a deflation of expectations - yeah, I knew this week wouldn't quite have the same impact as what happened with album releases, but I was open to the possibility of larger hits from acts like ScHoolboy Q or P!nk or even AJR.
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