Broken Chart

In today's music methodology where streaming songs jump to #1 then fall off the chart within weeks, 24 weeks at #1 is something meaningful. Not saying the methodology is right but in that context this is meaningful.

We all know it will be knocked off by the Maria Carey dreck in a couple of weeks.
 
Music buyers and radio station music directors are no longer choosin' Choosin' Texas. Here are today's headlines from Billboard – and what the heck is an "encore reissue"?

Taylor Swift's Patient Zero debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Swift scores her 16th leader, dethroning Ella Langley's record 24-week chart-topper, Choosin' Texas.

Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 after 'encore' reissue
 
*Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!* "Johnny, tell him what he's won!"

Yes the reissue of The Life Of A Showgirl includes four new songs: Patient Zero, Cleveland, Babylon.....and Pink Clouding:

"Met the magenta sunrise, fuchsia forever intertwined
Threw the rosewood on the fire
Neither of us knew at the time that I was a liar
I was pink clouding from the thrill of it
Skydiving as you wrapped your arms around my body
Gray rocking where the arrow hit"

My one-word review of the song: "Huh?!?!?" And did she plagiarize the tune of Bette Davis Eyes?

 
FAKE NEWS! Well, I mean of course it did just happen but....

...this wouldn't occur on a not-broken chart. Use some rules from previous decades, where you couldn't just pay somebody over in Somewhere-istan to use their network of compromised PCs to stream it to #1. In real numbers, it probably debuted at #199 then fell off.
 
Top five on the October 10 2026 Billboard Hot 100:

NEW 1 Patient Zero – Taylor Swift
1 –-– 2 Choosin' Texas – Ella Langley
NEW 3 Cleveland! – Taylor Swift
NEW 4 Babylon – Taylor Swift
NEW 5 Pink Clouding – Taylor Swift

Also on the chart:

10 – 16 Be Her – Ella Langley
17 – 19 I Can't Love You Anymore – Ella Langley/Morgan Wallen
12 – 21 I Knew It, I Knew You – Taylor Swift
25 – 24 Jaded – Koe Wetzel/Ella Langley
24 – 25 Loving Life Again – Ella Langley
 
Top five on the October 10 1987 Billboard Hot 100:
1. Michael Jackson "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
2. Michael Jackson "Bad"
3. Michael Jackson "The Way You Make Me Feel"
4. Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"
5. Michael Jackson "Dirty Diana"

Oh wait, they weren't monitoring people's cassette decks at home and in the car. That can't be right.
 
It "can't be right," you say? It isn't. Here is the October 10 1987 top ten:

02 - 01 Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
03 - 02 Lost In Emotion – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
05 - 03 Carrie – Europe
04 - 04 I heard A Rumour – Bananarama
06 - 05 U Got The Look – Prince/Sheena Easton
01 - 06 Didn't We Almost Have It All – Whitney Houston
07 - 07 Who Will You Run To – Heart
16 - 08 Bad – Michael Jackson
09 - 09 Paper In Fire – John Mellencamp
11 - 10 Casanova – Levert
 
3 four-stars for me:

02 - 01 Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
07 - 07 Who Will You Run To – Heart
09 - 09 Paper In Fire – John Mellencamp

But 5 one-stars:

03 - 02 Lost In Emotion – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
04 - 04 I heard A Rumour – Bananarama
06 - 05 U Got The Look – Prince/Sheena Easton
16 - 08 Bad – Michael Jackson
11 - 10 Casanova – Levert
 
This week's Hot 100 includes five Taylor Swift songs and five Ella Langley songs. Let's see who else is on the chart:

13 - 09 Stupid Song – Olivia Rodrigo
21 - 20 Drop Dead – Olivia Rodrigo
28 - 26 The Cure – Olivia Rodrigo
81 - 65 Maggots For Brains – Olivia Rodrigo
85 - 68 Honeybee – Olivia Rodrigo
98 - 74 Expectations – Olivia Rodrigo
RET 88 What's Wrong With Me – Olivia Rodrigo/Robert Smith
RET 91 Less – Olivia Rodrigo
RET 93 Cigarette Smoke – Olivia Rodrigo
RET 97 u + me = <3 – Olivia Rodrigo
RET 99 Begged – Olivia Rodrigo

So three artists account for 21 of the top 100 songs. Yeah, that sounds about right. :rolleyes:
 
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