Billboard Notes: 2023-04-06
Apr. 6th, 2023 04:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dwvanstoneI don't just listen to the current Billboard Hot 100, I also go back in time and listen to a randomly-selected six month period. I'm finishing up the second half of 2009, the time of big hits by Lady Gaga, The Black-Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, and lots of contemporary country artists.
This was also the start of a string of short-lived hits by the cast of Glee. Whenever a song was covered on an episode, it was simultaneously released for digital download (and maybe streaming?) and gobbled up by fans. From 2009-2015 the Glee cast broke the record for the most entries in the Hot 100, featuring 207 songs in total.
The songs usually debut somewhere in the middle of the Hot 100 then drop out the following week. It was a great strategy to reach that Billboard record. (This record was finally surpassed by Drake in 2021.)
The only songs in 2009 that I really enjoyed were pairings of covers mixed together, like "Rumour Has It" together with "Someone Like You."
This was also the start of a string of short-lived hits by the cast of Glee. Whenever a song was covered on an episode, it was simultaneously released for digital download (and maybe streaming?) and gobbled up by fans. From 2009-2015 the Glee cast broke the record for the most entries in the Hot 100, featuring 207 songs in total.
The songs usually debut somewhere in the middle of the Hot 100 then drop out the following week. It was a great strategy to reach that Billboard record. (This record was finally surpassed by Drake in 2021.)
The only songs in 2009 that I really enjoyed were pairings of covers mixed together, like "Rumour Has It" together with "Someone Like You."
