Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Crappy Number One Songs

So, Billboard has just announced that Maroon 5's "One More Night" is spending a ninth week at number 1 this year. Wow, I can't believe this song even topped the chart, let alone for 2 months straight. It's not that it's bad, but come on, NINE weeks at number one? That's kind of ridiculous. I can see why "Call Me Maybe" spent nine weeks at number one this year, that song is catchy as hell. But not "One More Night", this I don't understand. But I have a bad feeling that it might become the longest running number one of 2012, and it clearly doesn't deserve it. But, then I remind myself that this isn't even the worst song to top the chart for more than one week. "One More Night" is just one in a LONG line of songs that are either ok or bad, but yet ended up selling millions of copies. Here are some examples of such songs:

Flo Rida-Whistle (2 weeks at number 1)
Lil Wayne-Lollipop (5 weeks at number 1)
50 Cent-Candy Shop (9 weeks at number 1)
Wiz Khalifa-Black and Yellow (1 week at number 1)
Brandy and Monica-The Boy is Mine (13 weeks at number 1)
Soulja Boy-Crank That (7 weeks at number 1)
Chris Brown-Kiss Kiss (3 weeks at number 1)
Beyonce-Single Ladies (4 weeks at number 1)
Nelly and Kelly Rowland-Dilemma (10 weeks at number 1)
Ashanti-Foolish (10 weeks at number 1)
Rihanna and Drake-What's My Name? (1 week at number 1)
The Black Eyed Peas-Imma Be (2 weeks at number 1)

You see? I just don't understand all the hooplah. In other Billboard news, they also announced that "Gangnam Style" falls 2-5. Thank. God. I will evaluate my disdain of the song later, but there's the other bit of news that Rihanna's new song "Diamonds" jumps 4-2 and might possibly top the chart next week. Now THAT is a song that deserves number one. But this is my opinion, do you think that "Diamonds" is better than "One More Night"?

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