Social Songs 100 Forecast: The Script Leads

 

It's that time of week again! The mid week numbers are finally through, and there's some interesting chemistry going on. Here's my mid week analysis of tracks duking it out on the Social Songs 100. It's going to be one wild week, so remember to keep it here for more news, and don't forget to vote for your favorites of the week by clicking here! See the biggest climbers and highest entries through the mid week point just below.


First led by The Madden Brothers' "We Are Done", this week's Social Songs 100 opened with a faulting start. Last week's top 5 all plummeted downward, most of them landing below #20. Then, things started to get a bit more interesting. Though it had barely missed the top 10 on the Social Songs 100 in the previous frame, Usher's "She Came to Give It To You" quickly dethroned "We Are Done" to reign on the Social Songs 100. Approximately 20 hours later, The Script's "Superheroes" moved 2-1 thanks to a large drive in votes from the Twitter community. On Wednesday things were about even, with Mandy Rain's "Riot" (which ranked at #3 last week) and Sia's "Chandelier" (which held #3 last week) posting the biggest drop offs and R3HAB's collaboration with Nervo and Ayah Marar ("Ready For the Weekend") soaring to #11 just hours after being added. It wasn't until approximately 3 P.M. PST on Thursday afternoon that things got a major turn around.

The Script's "Superheroes" (which was about to drop to #2) posted a huge increase in overall points, bolstered by a massive Twitter frenzy that erupted at around 11 P.M. in Britain (where a majority of the votes came from). The frenzy spurred over 30 retweets and over 40 favorites. That translated into a positive score of 100 (105 up votes and 5 negative votes), the highest for a song to date in the 13 week history of the Social Songs 100. At this point, any given song would need 101 positive votes (and no negatives) to dethrone The Script's song. That is nearly impossible. The current runner up (Maroon 5's "Maps") has a positive score of 0 (19 up votes and 19 down votes), with only 4 songs having scores of 0 or higher this week.

Nick Jonas' "Chains" (which was a mid week debut) is off to an incredibly slow start, currently ranking at #50. It opened at #13 and dropped out of the top 10 as soon as its third vote was cast.

It's also worth noting that lots of European acts tallied large position strides following the outburst of "Superheroes" (a song by a European band). At press time, 7 songs are sung (or partly sung) by a European artist.

Here's the current top 10 and percent index (Red denotes a drop and green denotes increase).

1. "Superheroes" by The Script 1.000
2. "Maps" by Maroon 5 0.000
3. "Boom Clap" by Charli XCX 0.000
4. "I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith 0.000
5. "Sing" by Ed Sheeran -0.010
6. "Chandelier" by Sia 0.010 (Positive, so should be #2 but only 7 votes have been cast)
7. "Flashlight" by DJ Fresh and Ellie Goulding -0.010
8. "No Mediocre (feat. Iggy Azalea)" by T.I. -0.010
9. "Strange Enough" by VÉRITÉ -0.010
10. "Black Widow (feat. Rita Ora)" by Iggy Azalea -0.030

Songs Debuting On the Social Songs 100 Next Week
- "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj
- "Fireball (feat. John Ryan)" by Pitbull
- "Chasing the Sun" by Hillary Duff
- "Bang Bang (feat. Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande)" by Jessie J
- "Wait On Me" by Rixton
- "Ordinary Human" by OneRepublic
- "It Was Always You" by Maroon 5
and select others!

Come back on Friday for the highlights, on Sunday night for the full chart and early Monday morning to vote in week 14. More posts released randomly throughout.

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Social Songs 100 Forecast: Oliver Heldens x Becky Hill and DJ Fresh x Ellie Goulding Among Top Debuts

We've already covered the Hot 50 forecast, so it's time to look at which songs are burning up the Social Songs 100. It's going to be one wild week, so remember to keep it here for more news, and don't forget to vote for your favorites of the week by clicking here! See the biggest climbers and highest entries through the mid week point just below.

Hot 50 Forecast: Vita Chambers For Top 5, VÉRITÉ and DJ Fresh For Top Openings

With the week halfway over, and 3 days left to go, let's take a look at just how well (or poorly) tracks are doing relative to their position last week. Remember, nothing is confirmed just yet. All ranks will be finalized this weekend. Additionally, there has been some slight confusion: the chart dated July 17th was supposed to be uploaded at the end of last week, but with a newly updated format and a major reconstruction of the video component, things got a little hectic. All data below reflects songs impacting or moving on the chart dated July 24th (sorry for the confusion). Another post will reflect the first 3 days of the Social Songs 100 (previously titled the Voter's Top 100). Said post will arrive tomorrow, given that the Social Songs 100 only counts data Monday through Friday. Other than that, here we go!

CDS Picks: Maroon 5, Kiesza, Mandy Rain and More

Welcome back to another installment in the wildly popular CDS Picks feature. This time, I'm focusing on new recordings by Maroon 5, Kiesza, Mandy Rain, and more. Have more picks for this week? Just tweet me them and I'll give them a spin? Maybe they'll be make next week's rundown.

Maroon 5 - "Maps"
It doesn't really have the same pizzaz that previous singles "Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)" and "One More Night" did, but it's still a decent effort. Upon first listen, it's a bit underwhelming though it does manage to sound better with every subsequent listen. Still, "Maps" is unlikely to beat the debut frame of Kiesza's "Giant In My Heart" (a fellow debut that could steal Maroon 5's thunder this week). At this point, it's almost guaranteed to not open past the 116 spin debut of "Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)" and an opening past 100 spins is looking a bit out of reach. I do, however, think track will be able to stand strong in the coming weeks and should at least end with over 900 points if it plays out similarly to Maroon 5's other releases.

Kiesza - "Giant In My Heart"
While it certainly doesn't have the same instantaneous hit quality that "Hideaway" did, but "Giant In My Heart", the follow up single, still will likely make listeners want to dance and groove all night long. At this point, "Giant In My Heart" will likely finish the week within the top 5. If it does debut their, it will be Kiesza's 2nd consecutive debut within the upper region. It won't match the #1 debut on "Hideaway", which blasted in at #1 with 115 plays 2 months ago, but it will still manage to post strong numbers and could easily wind up as Kiesza's second consecutive #1 single on the CDS Music Chart Hot 50.

Mandy Rain - "RIOT"
Yes, it has been out for quite a while but Mandy Rain's recent release, "RIOT", has just started to heat up around the world - particularly on Twitter in the United States. After skyrocketing on the Trending 140, Mandy Rain grew in both sales and social media marketing. That prompted me to list the track as a pick of the week, because let's be honest "RIOT" is extremely catchy and pop/dance friendly.

You can start voting for "RIOT" as your favorite song of the week here: vote now!

T.I. - "No Mediocre (feat. Iggy Azalea)"
I'm not normally a huge fan of T.I. (I normally avoid most releases by him), but "No Mediocre (feat. Iggy Azalea)" caught my ears by surprise when it had its world premiere this morning (Monday, June 16th, 2014). Mainly because you can understand what T.I. is saying (for once) and because of Iggy Azalea's interesting performance (she even references her 2013 track "Change Your Life" which coincidentally features T.I.).

The track could be one of the very few rap tracks to actually crack the CDS Music Chart Hot 50. We'll see at the end of the week.

Mike WiLL Made-It - "Buy the World"
Following the huge success of his first single, "23" (which featured Juicy J, Miley Cyrus, and Wiz Khalifa), Mike WiLL Made-It is finally back with another track. This one is titled "Buy the World". The track features Future singing the song's chorus as well as both Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar delivering the song's rap verses.

Despite the fact that Mike WiLL Made-It's "23" was listed as the WORST song of 2013 by me, "Buy the World" is actually a huge step up from his debut record ("23").


Le Youth - "Feel Your Love (feat. Javeon)"
The track is a perfect summer anthem brilliantly produced by American disc jockey Le Youth. "Feel Your Love", which features Bristol based artist Javeon, is likely to be another smash single for Le Youth, and will likely dominate clubs worldwide through the early fall.

The track is a beautifully sung masterpiece that continues the trend of popular 90s electronic tracks that have dominated the marketplace throughout much of early 2014.


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