Varo Yan 2,984 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's Hot 100 Triumph With 'Shallow' Marks the Return of the Pop Culture Moment No. 1 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "Shallow" makes for an anomaly at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019 for a number of reasons. It's an unusual No. 1 as a pop-rock ballad with country DNA, as a duet between singer-songwriters, as a live-recorded performance, as a song lacking in conventional verse-chorus structure. Hell, it's even somewhat unusual as a Lady Gaga No. 1, since despite remaining one of the pop world's most successful stars, she hadn't previously topped the Hot 100 since "Born This Way" in 2011. But the most interesting thing about the "Shallow" triumph might be that it marks the return of a kind of chart-topper we don't see so often these days: The pop culture moment No. 1. In other words, a song that doesn't necessarily make sense as a contemprary No. 1 strictly in musical terms, but which can be explained through cultural context and the extra-musical factors that have supported it. - - - But even compared to these other recent examples, "Shallow" is somewhat refreshingly pure, as an example of a song that simply wouldn't even exist without its parent movie. Specifically written for A Star Is Born as a kind of love theme between the main characters of Ally and Jackson Maine (played by Gaga and Cooper, respectively), "Shallow" is absolutely inextricable from Star, and it's unsurprising that its chart success has correllated almost directly with public excitement over the film. It debuted on the Hot 100 at No. 28 on the chart dated Oct. 13, the week after both Star's Friday release and the single's first full week of tracking, then jumped to No. 5 the next week following both the movie's first full week in theaters and the Billboard 200-topping soundtrack's first full week of availability. - - - Why is it important to have these kinds of pop culture moment No. 1s? Well for one thing, it offers much-appreciated variety at the top of the charts -- after a succession of up-tempo, streaming-friendly hip-hop songs and mid-tempo, radio-friendly pop&B hybrids, it's fun to have an old-fashioned pop-rock power ballad at No. 1 for the first time in ages. It also adds to a chart's feeling of really defining its moment in time: The memories of A Star Is Born at the Oscars will remain such a vivid part of the cultural memory of early 2019 that it feels only right that the No. 1 song in the country should reflect that. And perhaps most importantly, a No. 1 like "Shallow" gets the different core institutions of our popular culture -- movie theaters, radio, TV, social media -- in conversation with one another, enriching all of them in the process and allowing the culture to grow communally. MORE READ HERE: Spoiler https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8501177/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-shallow-pop-culture-number-one?utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2zbuVA9pOLEX6ETDNgtd2gUTzkXn_DdTGpnWCqrqEWsLAS0SWQePRPO30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANVEEROY 61,190 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Ariana rn Stream Kylie-Janet Discographies! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastertoyo 22,728 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 We did it Honey (B)illboard! please enlighten me to death Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMENiCURE 9,381 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 reinvented pop music 10 years ago doing the same 10 years after queen of pop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamo 19,048 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I will NEVER get bored of these think-pieces. The bitch truly did THAT only a decade into her career - QUEEN. Ï could be your girlfriend for the weekend... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAstroLeo 14,424 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIKELADYAGAGA 4,080 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 OMG it is the main story on their website. USING GAGA FOR VIEWS. what a new concept Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 26,836 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Ugh truly a MOMENT. Love this article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 73,773 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 and we thought Joanne was the influential sis Joanne crawled so Shallow/ASIB could soar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versace 7,959 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Remember when we had tons of threads debating whether Gaga was ever going to have a number one again and y'all were so negative on the polls 99% of you thought the day would never come but only 1% believed she could Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond heart99 5,262 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 The world deserved this iconic moment. Gaga and the Raccoon are the heroes we need. I’m blonde, I’m skinny, I’m rich and I’m a little bit of a bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brie Candy 18,642 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Gaga is creating a huge legacy for her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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