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Post by SharksFan99 on Sept 6, 2018 20:44:27 GMT 10
I decided to look at the latest issue of the Billboard Hot 100 just a few minutes ago and I was surprised at some of the entries which are on the chart. "Psycho" is still in the top-half of the Billboard Hot 100. What's even more of a joke is that Camila Cabello's "Never Be The Same" is still within the Top-50, even though it has been off the UK, Australian and NZ Charts for over three months now.
Why is the United States so evidently behind on the latest hits/trends in music? In years gone by, the Hot 100 charts were a good indication of the upcoming trends in the music scene. For instance, if a song from a new genre of music became a hit on the Billboard Hot 100, it likely would have become a hit in other parts of the world just a few months later. Nowadays, the UK, Australian and NZ Top-40 charts are seemingly much more progressive and variable. Why has this changed?
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Post by longaotian on Sept 6, 2018 21:54:00 GMT 10
I decided to look at the latest issue of the Billboard Hot 100 just a few minutes ago and I was surprised at some of the entries which are on the chart. "Psycho" is still in the top-half of the Billboard Hot 100. What's even more of a joke is that Camila Cabello's "Never Be The Same" is still within the Top-50, even though it has been off the UK, Australian and NZ Charts for over three months now. Why is the United States so evidently behind on the latest hits/trends in music? In years gone by, the Hot 100 charts were a good indication of the upcoming trends in the music scene. For instance, if a song from a new genre of music became a hit on the Billboard Hot 100, it likely would have become a hit in other parts of the world just a few months later. Nowadays, the UK, Australian and NZ Top-40 charts are seemingly much more progressive and variable. Why has this changed? Not sure why but I definitely noticed it too. For example, when "New Rules" by Dua Lipa was released around August last year it went top 10 straight away on the three charts you mentioned and became one of the biggest songs of 2017 globally but yet didn't peak on the Billboard Hot 100 until 2018.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Sept 6, 2018 22:05:42 GMT 10
Not sure why but I definitely noticed it too. For example, when "New Rules" by Dua Lipa was released around August last year it went top 10 straight away on the three charts you mentioned and became one of the biggest songs of 2017 globally but yet didn't peak on the Billboard Hot 100 until 2018. I guess it could be explained by Americans preferring to listen to the same songs over and over again, but then again, that still doesn't explain why songs can sometimes take a while to debut onto the chart, especially songs by well-known artists.
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Post by longaotian on Sept 6, 2018 22:11:28 GMT 10
Not sure why but I definitely noticed it too. For example, when "New Rules" by Dua Lipa was released around August last year it went top 10 straight away on the three charts you mentioned and became one of the biggest songs of 2017 globally but yet didn't peak on the Billboard Hot 100 until 2018. I guess it could be explained by Americans preferring to listen to the same songs over and over again, but then again, that still doesn't explain why songs can sometimes take a while to debut onto the chart, especially songs by well-known artists. People need to stream songs and the radio needs to play songs for them to reach the charts.......Americans are resistant to new music = songs take long to reach the charts. Americans then listen to that same song on repeat = takes a long time to leave the chart = stops other songs from charting. 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Sept 18, 2018 10:48:30 GMT 10
I wasn't sure whether to post this in the "Random Thoughts" thread or here, but I figured that because the subject matter is strictly based on the Billboard charts, it makes more sense to post it in this thread. I know the Billboard Hot 100 is quite often criticised for it's lack of imported pop music and chart placements, but it hasn't always been the case IMO. I actually the Billboard charts were generally quite decent up until about the Early '90s, even to the extent of rivaling the UK Chart in terms of overall quality.
They were a lot more progressive as well. For instance, the United States allowed R.E.M's first hit single ("The One I Love") to peak within the Top-10. It would be pretty much unheard of now for an underground artist/band to achieve such resounding success on the Billboard Hot 100 and that has been the case for quite a long time. It just seems like America's taste in music has been on a gradual decline since the Early '90s.
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