Billboard has updated its rules for removing songs from the Hot 100 chart, shortening the time successful songs remain on the list. The changes, aimed at addressing issues with streaming and radio play, are expected to significantly reshape the chart dynamics, leading to quicker turnover and new record possibilities.
has revised its system of removing songs from the Hot 100 singles chart once they've gotten too old to qualify as contemporary hits.has revised its system of removing songs from the Hot 100 singles chart once they've gotten too old to qualify as contemporary hits.
The measure,shorten the amount of time successful songs spend on the Hot 100, knocks 10 tracks off this week's chart — including Swims'"Lose Control," which spent more than two years on the Hot 100 — and in the process cements a record that could take a decade to surpass.has long had a problem with streaming — as well as with radio stations' growing reluctance to pull hit songs from heavy rotation after many, many months. When you look at the list of the songs with the longest-ever runs on the Hot 100 , they're all from the streaming era. Streaming services use algorithms that feed people songs they've already played, and that's created a doom loop that's allowed recent-vintage songs likeemployed a system that seemed reasonable enough: Songs were pulled from the Hot 100 if they'd dropped below No. 25 after 52 weeks, or below No. 50 after 20 weeks. That generally prevented the chart's lower reaches from getting crowded with stubborn-but-declining hits — endlessly charting smashes like's"A Bar Song " finally dropped off the chart in recent months thanks to this system — but didn't have an answer for songs that just weren't descending far enough or quickly enough. Effective this week, the thresholds have moved dramatically, in ways that will reshape the charts in the months and years to come. Now, if a song drops below No. 5 after 78 weeks — a year and a half! — it's gone. If a song drops below No. 10 after 52 weeks, it's gone. If it drops below No. 25 after 26 weeks? Bzzzt. And if it drops below No. 50 after 20 weeks? That's a wrap.is reserving the right to bend its own rules and keep songs on the chart beyond those benchmarks on a case-by-case basis, and you can see a handful of exceptions on this week's chart. Most notably,'s"Wildflower" — the longest-charting song left on the Hot 100 — is in its 70th week on the chart and sits at No. 50. But, while it's lasted way more than 26 weeks, it's actually, jumping from No. 63. Also, once the holidays roll around, the usual chestnuts won't be held to precisely the same standards, provided they rank at No. 50 or higher, same as in previous years. So be sure to take a moment, light a candle and pause to reflect on such once-immortal, now-vanquished eternals as…'s"Beautiful Things" and"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" , Morgan Wallen's"I'm the Problem" and"Just in Case" and. We'll never know how long they might have lasted under the old system — except in the case of"Lose Control," which we can state with virtual certainty would have left the Hot 100 sometime after the next Ice Age.
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