Does Drake have the most forgettable billboard number one singles of all time?

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I'm going to one star this thread based sorely on the fact that every poster in this thread can't name their favorite #1 singles or the artist that OP used.

Even an artist most popular or memorable song might not have even been #1 on the billboard charts.

 

[Rapmastermind]

There’s your answer. Going number 1 back then required unanimous support more or less - now you can go number 1 with streams just off the hype and your fanbase all listening. Staying power is a greater indicator.

When something was #1 before. It was big on radio, then the video was playing everywhere. Then the singles were selling in the stores. It took much more to go #1 before than it does now. The songs that were #1 felt inescapable. Now joints be going #1 and you didn't even hear the song or know what it is. Rihanna and Usher caught the last the Physical era. "Confessions" is still the highest selling R&B album of the last 20 years. It had 4 #1 singles on it. All of them joints from "Yeah" to "Burn" or "Confessions" Usher is still touring off till this day.

Rihanna hasn't dropped an album in a Decade and her Hits are still keeping her numbers afloat all these years later. As for Drake, again I think the earlier #1's are more memorable with "Views" through "Scorpion" timeframe than the stuff he releases recently that came in #1 but didn't stay on the charts as long. As or Taylor I only know "Shake it off" because I was always like, "Why she jack Mariah's hook" lol which was a #2 hit song for her too by the way. The rest of her #1's I've never heard.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

When something was #1 before. It was big on radio, then the video was playing everywhere. Then the singles were selling in the stores. It took much more to go #1 before than it does now. The songs that were #1 felt inescapable. Now joints be going #1 and you didn't even hear the song or know what it is. Rihanna and Usher caught the last the Physical era. "Confessions" is still the highest selling R&B album of the last 20 years. It had 4 #1 singles on it. All of them joints from "Yeah" to "Burn" or "Confessions" Usher is still turning off till this day. Rihanna hasn't dropped an album in a Decade and her Hits are still keeping her numbers afloat all these years later. As for Drake, again I think the earlier #1's are more memorable with "Views" through "Scorpion" timeframe than the stuff he releases recently that came in #1 but didn't stay on the charts as long.

The only problem with this is that it pretends like labels weren't manipulating those as well. They were. It's just more easier to do it now.

Hell we're not going to sit here and pretend like artist back in the day weren't releasing the same album multiple times with one to two new songs on it.

 

[ConPHIdential]

The Booth been slipping lately. We were overdue for a Drake hate thread.

 

[No1]

The only problem with this is that it pretends like labels weren't manipulating those as well. They were. It's just more easier to do it now.

Hell we're not going to sit here and pretend like artist back in the day weren't releasing the same album multiple times with one to two new songs on it.

Artists are doing those same things right now (swift being the prime example). But the physical act of purchasing a song, or having to see it on TV and decide to you like it, etc., is still very different. It was impossible back then to go number 2 and drop 35 spots the next week. That’s something that can only happen with streams and inorganic number 1s.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Artists are doing those same things right now (swift being the prime example). But the physical act of purchasing a song, or having to see it on TV and decide to you like it, etc., is still very different. It was impossible back then to go number 2 and drop 35 spots the next week. That’s something that can only happen with streams and inorganic number 1s.

Agreed, but it doesn't mean that the numbers weren't be manipulated back then, which is my point.

Labels don't have to worry about buying their artist album by the bulk and stuffing them in a warehouse as they can easily manipulate cheapers at a cheaper cost.

 

[Rapmastermind]

The only problem with this is that it pretends like labels weren't manipulating those as well. They were. It's just more easier to do it now.

Hell we're not going to sit here and pretend like artist back in the day weren't releasing the same album multiple times with one to two new songs on it.

Yeah it happen occasionally but it was much harder to do than the streaming farms today. As for the "Special Edition" releases, those were always released later, sometimes even a year later with the bonus songs after the album was already a success. "Special Editions" were always used to give an album a second wind on the charts. What Taylor is doing now is different as she's releasing multiple versions of the album when the original album hasn't even had time to be out yet.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Yeah it happen occasionally but it was much harder to do than the streaming farms today. As for the "Special Edition" releases, those were always released later, sometimes even a year later with the bonus songs after the album was already a success. "Special Editions" were always used to give an album a second wind on the charts. What Taylor is doing now is different as she's releasing multiple versions of the album when the original album hasn't even had time to be out yet.

Manipulation is still manipulation regardless of how it's done. Streaming is more cheaper and lucrative for labels to do it compared to physical albums.

I don't necessarily have an issue with what Taylor is doing as other artist back then and now could do it if they had a loyal and naive fanbase like she does.

 

[Diddly Drogba]

Where's kendrick?

 

[zerorequiem]

Not gonna lie Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Drake seem out of place compared to the other artists. Maybe due to the streaming era?

 

[Patrick Kane]

The Booth been slipping lately. We were overdue for a Drake hate thread.

Literally always the same nikkas in here writing paragraphs trying to downplay the boy

He still the biggest rapper of all time and going down as a legend. Nothing hating ass broke ass Booth nikkas can do about it

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Buncha flabby nikkas in here reliving their glory days of buying cassette tapes at tower records

Times have changed, move on

 

[Rapmastermind]

Where's kendrick?

Dot has 6 #1 Hot 100 Hits:

Bad Blood with Taylor
Humble
Like That with Metro/Future
Not Like Us
Squabble Up
Luther with SZA


"Mona Lisa" and "TV Off" both hit #2. "Euphoria" and "N95" hit #3. So I was wrong, I actually heard 2 of Taylor's #1's because I've heard that "Bad Blood" song a long time ago.

 

[PHamm]

OvHoes crashing out again ITT ?