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We love charts here at Idolator, but sometimes they can be so elitist. Who cares what critics think, or what the program directors of America feel like shoving down peoples’ throats? We want to know: What are the people demanding to hear? What songs inspire people to vote with their wallets, making them insert a dollar into a machine with one hand while holding a longneck in the other?
Turns out the answer is: Anything by Lil Wayne. Weezy took five of the ten spots on June’s edition of the “Ecast BarPulse” chart, which reflects purchases on jukeboxes operated by the Internet-juke company Ecast. (These are different than the ones operated by the Foreigner fans at TouchTunes. The Sugarland track is proving to be a real juggernaut, holding strong on the iTunes download charts as well. However, even Weezy can’t knock off Katy Perry, which proves that my decision to never go anywhere is proving to be a good one.
The chart for June:
1. “I Kissed A Girl,” Katy Perry
2. “A Milli,” Lil Wayne
3. “Lollipop,” Lil Wayne
4 “Viva La Vida,” Coldplay
5. “Bust It Baby Part 2 (ft. Ne-Yo),” Plies
6. “All I Want To Do,” Sugarland
7. “Mr. Carter,” Lil Wayne
8. “Got Money,” Lil Wayne
9. “Mercy,” Duffy
10. “Mrs. Officer,” Lil Wayne
Katy Perry Leads the Pack but Lil Wayne Comes Up Big on the June Ecast BarPulse [PR Newswire]
I’m sorry, but that’s totally like half the tracklisting for NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 48, or whatever number they’re currently on.
@Tauwan: LOL so true! In fact, judging by this list, the next installment should be called “Now that’s what Weezy calls music”
@HONEYBFLY:
Exactly. And it’ll feature him freestyling over every track that isn’t his. It’ll then go on to rank in the top ten on Pitchfork’s/countless other blogs’ year end albums list and land Weezy on the cover of Time Magazine under the headline Best Rapper Alive. Watch.
@Tauwan: While we’re on the topic, since when did Weezy and Kanye become the only 2 actively recording (successful) rappers? Everybody else with a song out is some hybrid brand of rapper/singer/dancer/actor/producer/reality show star……
@HONEYBFLY:
I know right. Shit, don’t speak too soon. You know executives at VH1, MTV, and BET would go KURAZY if they could land Kanye or Weezy for some sort of nonsensical day in the life reality show.
[Looks up to the heavens and asks God to let both Ye and Weezy knock out at least another three or four albums before doing so]
Also,
To all those “hybrid brands of rapper/singer/dancer/actor/producer/reality show star”: Please, for the love of God, quit freestyling over the beat to a Milli. JESUS!
Also, Kanye will be pissed if Lil Wayne becomes the Grammy Awards rapper of choice.
Hey – Weezy was drunk when he made most of his music. It’s the least we can do to return the favor.