DANCE WAVES (BILLBOARD 2-18)

[gregg75]

A few Dance and semi-Dance items from Billboard (2-18).........up for discussion.

1.) HOT 100
Kelly Clarkson moves into #1 with her semi-Dance "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
******I see several Dance remixes of Kelly on YouTube.......which are best? 7th Heaven,
Nicky Romero, Promise Land, other?

Rihanna/Calvin Harris "We Found Love" down from 3 to 4
Madonna debut #13 "Give Me All Your Luvin"
TW LW LW
(60) 62 69 (week 12) Avicii "Levels" (peak 60)

HOT 100 airplay
Madonna debut #28

HOT digital songs
#1 Kelly Clarkson
Madonna debut #7

HOT digital traks
#1 Kelly Clarkson
Madonna debut #5

HOT single sales
#2 Avicii

2.) HOT R&B/Hip Hop
TW LW LW
(54) 65 57 (week 14) Rihanna/Calvin Harris (peak 54)
only thing that looks halfway Dance (to me) on the chart

3.) HOT Dance sales
#1 Avicii "Levels"
#2 Justice "On'n'On"
#3 Calvin Harris "Feel So Close"

4.) Dance/mix show airplay
#1 Rihanna/Calvin Harris "We Found Love"
DEBUTS
#19 Sak Noel "Loca People"
#20 Gym Class Heroes... "Ass Back Home"
#21 Madonna.... "Give Me All Your Luvin"
#22 Bingo Players "Cry (Just A Little)"

5.) Dance club play
#1 Rihanna "You Da One"
DEBUTS
#28 Pitbull/Chris Brown "International Love"
#36 RLP, Barbara Tucker & Lil Jon"R.E.S.P.E.C.T."
#38 Ono "She Gets Down On Her Knees"
#45 George Acosta... "Never Fear"
#47 RCDM.... "Yes No Maybe"
#49 Beyonce "End Of Time"

 

[DJ_Perry]

Nice to know the folks at Billboard on quite on Top of things with songs by Bingo Players (Cry), Avicii (Levels), Sak Noel (Loca People), and Calvin Harris (Feel so Close) while the rest of the world has already moved on to the next singles by them :

 

[gregg75]

There is a lot more on the charts than this small sample, but mostly in decline.

I just think as Dance we are supposed to be ALL OPEN to Pop crossover/Hip-Hop crossover. It's almost like they have reserved spaces on "our" charts. Yet, on the Pop and R&B charts.......just how open are they to Dance music? It's like our door is 80% open, but their door is only 10% open. And we are supposed to be happy? It's just not right, fair.

I think our door is too wide open and inviting too much in for very little in return. The result is Dance artists who don't make it to "our" chart because somebody else is sitting in a chair they'd like to be in.

 

[DJ_Perry]

I would doubt anybody uses them as a Dance resource. Beatport is pretty much the standard now. And I'm pretty sure RCDM is NOT making any noise in sales! Just shows how crooked Billboard is.

 

[gregg75]

Yes Billboard is a BIG MESS.....and I also like Beatport. BUT, 10 years from now when someone
wants to find out what was hot today......they will look at Billboard (the standard). The chart
Beatport presents today will be long gone in the eyes of history.

 

[TonySantiago]

I also agree with DJ Perry about Billboard.

Beatport I will go with. FMQB I will go with. The latter is more effective in terms of the dance music aspect (from the commercial and our branded artists).

Take a look - http://www.fmqbproductions.com/dance/

 

[DJ_Perry]

FMQB is very close to Billboard IMO. It's the same ole Promo Only stuff