HOT 100: 'Shake it Off' debuts at #1 w/ 544k, 'Anaconda' blasts to #2

[Travis 543]

HOT 100:

 

TOP 10:

1. Taylor Swift - Shake it Off

2. Nicki Minaj - Anaconda

3. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

4. Sam Smith - Stay With Me

5. MAG!C - Rude

6. Iggy Azalea - Black Widow (ft. Rita Ora)

7. Ariana Grande - Break Free (ft. Zedd)

8. Sia - Chandelier

9. Jessie J - Bang Bang (ft. Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)

10. Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong

 

 

Taylor Swift rockets onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 1 with "Shake It Off." As expected, her new self-empowerment anthem debuts at the top following its first week of availability.

 

The explosion of "Shake" also spurs Swift to vault to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (which measures song and album sales, radio airplay, streaming and social activity), up from No. 69 last week. (A deeper story covering the latest Artist 100 to follow on Billboard.com.)

The lead single from Swift's Oct. 27 Big Machine Records album 1989 soars in at the Hot 100's summit fueled by a combination of immense sales, radio airplay and streaming (the chart's three measurement components). Swift released the song for digital purchase and to radio, and premiered its official video, last Monday (Aug. 18, just after 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET), the same day that she hosted a Yahoo! live stream announcing the new set's release.

 

As "Shake" enters at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" makes its own headlines, hurdling 39-2 following the premiere of its racy video. Meanwhile, the chart's top song for the past six weeks, MAGIC!'s "Rude," tumbles to No. 5.

 

On the Streaming Songs chart, "Shake" roars in at No. 2 with 18.4 million first-week U.S. streams, according to Nielsen BDS. With the song not available on on-demand audio subscription services, it arrives with 98 percent of its streaming points from Vevo on YouTube clicks for its video. On Radio Songs, "Shake" skyrockets 45-9 in its second week with a 139 percent increase to 71 million all-format audience impressions, according to BDS. (Why was "Shake" on Radio Songs last week but not Digital Songs or Streaming Songs? Radio Songs follows a Wednesday-Tuesday tracking week, while sales and streaming cover a Monday-Tuesday period. "Shake" debuted on Radio Songs last week with 29 million impressions in its first two days, aided by hourly plays on participating Clear Channel and Media Entertainment-owned pop and adult pop radio stations in its first day-and-a-half; those plays, thus, do not contribute to the song's sum on this week's list.) Following the release of its video on Aug. 19, 

"Anaconda" makes a 42-1 lunge on Streaming Songs with a 1,287 percent surge to 32.1 million streams; 95 percent of its total is from Vevo on YouTube. The overall sum is the highest since Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" drew 36.4 million streams (Sept. 28, 2013) following the first full week after its video premiered. The greatest streaming total since the chart launched on March 2, 2013, and the only other song (in addition to "Wrecking Ball") to tally more weekly streams than "Anaconda": Baauer's "Shake" peaked with 103 million (powered heavily by user-generated clips featuring the song's audio) the week that the survey debuted.

 

 

The "Anaconda" video, and her performance at the VMAs, spurs a 24-6 leap for the cut on Digital Songs (120,000, up 132 percent). The track is slithering toward Radio Songs, primed to pounce in with 25 million (up 33 percent).

With the 39-2 ascent of "Anaconda," Minaj snares her highest Hot 100 rank. The song passes the No. 3 peaks of two 2011 hits: her own "Super Bass" and her featured turn on Spears' "Till the World Ends."

"Anaconda" is Minaj's 11th Hot 100 top 10, extending her record among female rappers. Missy Elliott ranks second with nine.

Meanwhile, the 39-2 ascent for "Anaconda" marks the second-biggest jump ever within the Hot 100's top 40. Only the Black Eyed Peas made a loftier leap in the region when "Boom Boom Pow" blasted 39-1 on April 18, 2009.

On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "Anaconda" becomes Minaj's third No. 1 (10-1). It's her third No. 1 on Rap Songs (4-1), where it dethrones Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Grande, after a record-tying 18-week reign. (Elliott's "Hot Boyz," featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip, reigned for 18 weeks in 1999-2000). On the Hot 100, "Fancy" falls out of the top 10 (5-11). The collab spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and remains the only title to have led Billboard's Songs of the Summer chart this year; one week remains in the survey's tracking period before the season's final rankings are revealed.

 

 

 

DIGITAL SONGS CHART:

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" blasts in at No. 1, selling 544,000 downloads in its first week  the biggest sales week of 2014 and the fourth-largest debut week ever.

 

The only starts that were larger were logged by Flo Rida's "Right Round" (636,000 in 2009), Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000 in 2012) and Katy Perry's "Roar" (557,000 in 2013)

 

"Shake It Off" is the first single from Swift's upcoming fifth studio album, 1989, which is due to be released Oct. 27. The song was released commercially on Monday, Aug. 18.

Last week's Digital Songs No. 1, Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass," falls to No. 2, despite a sales gain. It sold 283,000 downloads (up 18 percent).

Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's "Bang Bang" is also pushed back even though it makes a gain, as the diva team-up slips 2-3 with 159,000 (up 21 percent). Like many of the songs in the top 10, this track benefits from a performance on the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, which were broadcast Aug. 24, the final day of the latest sales tracking week. "Bang Bang" was one of the three songs that opened the awards show, as Grande also performed her own "Break Free" and Minaj did her single "Anaconda." The latter track slithers 24-6 with 120,000 (up 132 percent) following the double-whammy of the VMAs performance and the Aug. 20 premiere of its music video.

 

Iggy Azalea's "Black Widow," featuring Rita Ora, moves 3-4 with 142,000 (up 14 percent), and Smith's "Stay With Me" holds at No. 5 with 122,000. Both were also performed on the VMAs.

Clean Bandit's "Rather Be," featuring Jess Glynne, climbs 8-7 with 104,000 (up 9 percent). Charli XCX's "Boom Clap" steps 12-8 with 97,000 (up 22 percent) after it was performed on the VMA’s pre-show. Sia's "Chandelier," which was nominated for a number of VMAs - including video of the year  rises 10-9 with 96,000 (up 3 percent). It wasn’t performed on the show, but did take home a non-televised category: best choreography.

Magic's "Rude" closes out the top 10, descending 7-10 with 88,000 (down 15 percent).

 

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6229439/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-no-1-hot-100-nicki-minaj-anaconda?utm_source=twitter

[exoskeleton123 6]

It's gonna get 1

[SlaeUrAnus 14,743]

She will debut at #1 on the Hot 100 with these figures.

[Travis 543]

It's gonna get 1

 

I'm waiting to see where 'Anaconda' falls

[amenART 429]

slay me taylor 

[MonsterOfSpain 8,275]

It will be #1... congrats Taylor for her second #1 hit.

[Haroon 49,685]

Absolutely amazing She pretty much lived up to the high benchmark set by the debut single of her previous album Plus having 2 of the 4 biggest debut weeks is amazing

I wish her album and following singles continued success :yes:

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

Taylor, the digital queen. Congrats. You deserve this! Perfect timing, perfect promo, what else I can say!

1989 will be HUGE!

[ALX 170]

As much as I dislike her, it's going to be #1 with sales figures and that record airplay, not to mention video streams

[Levine 18,373]

I wanted her to beat Roar but

 

Those are huge sales, dear lord. 

[Envi 765]

Queen

[Sunny 12,174]

Congrats Taylor

I still don't like the song, don't hate me

[Noel Kahn 2]

Considering she's 8 years into her career, these sales are incredible. Congrats Taylor!

[Yanko 9,860]

itll be #1 huge sales congrats  

[Redstreak 6,651]

Taylor is killing it left and right :legend: