1. Never Be The Same by Camila Cabello (#2) [+1] [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: That’s What I Like by Bruno Mars (2^nd of 3 Weeks At #1)

Biggest Fall Of The Week: Tie between Havana by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug, Tell Me You Love Me by Demi Lovato, and Finesse (Remix) by Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B. (–4)

Biggest Rise Of The Week: No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande (+8)

New Entrants
– We have a shake-up with new songs entering this week. To start, we have the return of ZAYN with his new single that’s been around for about a month or so, by the name of Let Me. Now, I did find this to be pretty enjoyable from the first listen. But I did start to slightly lose interest in it. I’ll say that it’s not as good as Dusk Till Dawn. ZAYN does sound pretty good throughout the song and I do like the lyrical content, so I’ll give him that. The production is nice, but it lacks something that makes it stand out. I’ve juggled between putting this in blue or green for this one, and I decided to stick with the former for now. Though, I can see myself putting it back in green soon.

– Next, we have more Drake with his latest single that just recently hit #1 after its predecessor did. Enter Nice For What. I don’t really have too much to say about this one. What I can say is that it’s a step up from God’s Plan. I do like that Drake sounds pretty energetic throughout the song, and it’s pretty fast paced than its predecessor. It’s a good song. I’m looking forward to seeing that one do well here.

– So, unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week or so, then you probably have heard that Charlie Puth, who replaces himself on the countdown this week, has just released his new album, Voicenotes this past week. One of the songs from the album makes its long-overdue debut. Enter Done For Me. This song also features Kehlani, who last year did have a song with G-Eazy called Good Life which didn’t take off. After listening to his first two singles from his album, it was obvious that Charlie Puth has indeed improved upon himself. Done For Me is another example of such. The production is very good throughout the song. Just like with his two predecessors, Charlie does most of the work in that aspect and I think he did a good job with it. I love the vocals from Kehlani, and how they blend together makes things better. When looking at the lyrical content, it’s basically a love story about what one has done for the other. I’m glad this was able to debut because this song is really good. I’d say this is probably one of my favorites from Charlie Puth thus far. I hope it ends up having the same success as How Long and Attention.

Best Debut Of The Week: Done For Me by Charlie Puth featuring Kehlani

I’d Do Anything For Blurbs
– We’ll begin with our exits. First off, the departure of Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato is one I’m sure some here are happy about. How Long by Charlie Puth lasted a little shorter on this countdown than I had expected it to. I thought it might hang around in the 30’s for a little while. Finally, we sadly lost Say Something by Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton. I was hoping this song would be a success after the flop of its predecessor, but that wasn’t the case. And it’s pretty unfortunate that it’ll miss the Year-End list for Billboard. That song definitely deserved better.

– I’m not thrilled by our new #1 song to celebrate my one-year anniversary. Never Be The Same by Camila Cabello is not what I wanted to see take the top spot. This song is bad in and of itself, in large part because Camila doesn’t sound good at all. As I said in one of my posts, I wasn’t fond of Havana from the beginning because I wasn’t looking forward to hearing from her at that time. I have since grown into Havana. But Never Be The Same is a different story unfortunately. So yeah, seeing it at #1 is really a shitty way to start off my weekend.

– Blech. Friends by Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie makes an unwelcome entry into the Top 10. I honestly don’t get what people like about this. Anne-Marie just doesn’t do well with the verses. But the production is straight up garbage and the lyrics are poorly written. I’m certain Marshmello and Anne-Marie are capable of better. But apparently, America seems to be in love with a friend-zone anthem such as this. I’m afraid this song will be stuck with us for a while.

– Speaking of which, our Top 10 isn’t looking very good right now. We have three songs that are really annoying. Then there’s two songs that are simply mediocre. And finally, we have four really good songs (Hint: there’s one I really, really still like. Can you guess what it is?). Again, not a good Top 10 if I do say so myself.

– The best thing that’s probably happened is the big jump from No Tears To Cry by Ariana Grande. I’m pretty sure this will probably end up being another hit for Ariana. I’ll be waiting.

Breakouts/On The Verge:

• These Days by Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore, and Dan Caplen
• Merengue by Kent Jones
• Sober Up by AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo

Extras/Optional Extras:

• Needed Me by Rihanna
• Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man
• Stay With Me by Sam Smith
• Stitches by Shawn Mendes
• I Took A Pill In Ibiza by Mike Posner
• Water Under The Bridge by Adele
• Slide by Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean and Migos
• Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
• Gold by Kiiara
• Location by Khalid

Top 20 Breakdown:
0 – Garbage:
20. Psycho by Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
19. Friends by Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie
18. Meant To Be by Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line
17. I Like Me Better by Lauv
16. Never Be The Same by Camila Cabello

1 – Bad:
15. Wait by Maroon 5
14. Let You Down by NF

2 – Mediocre:
13. God’s Plan by Drake

3 – Decent:
12. No Excuses by Meghan Trainor

4 – Good:
11. Mine by Bazzi

5 – Great:
10. In My Blood by Shawn Mendes
9. Him & I by G-Eazy featuring Halsey
8. Perfect by Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé
7. New Rules by Dua Lipa
6. All The Stars by Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA
5. Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons
4. No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande
3. Finesse (Remix) by Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B.
2. The Middle by Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Pray For Me by The Weeknd featuring Kendrick Lamar

Total Score: 62/100 = 62% (D–)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Anything For You by Gloria Estefan (1988)

Most Missed Song: Anything Could Happen by Ellie Goulding

#1 Recommendation For The American Top 40: Back To You by Selena Gomez

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers featuring Coldplay (#2)

My Top 5 Picks
1. Pray For Me by The Weeknd featuring Kendrick Lamar
2. The Middle by Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey
3. Finesse (Remix) by Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B.
4. No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande
5. Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Psycho by Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
2. Rockstar by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
3. Friends by Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie
4. Meant To Be by Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line
5. I Like Me Better by Lauv

Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back by Shawn Mendes: The idea of Shawn Mendes doing a song with a latin vibe kinda came out of nowhere, but I’m glad it worked out well. It’s still a favorite of mine to this day.
I’m The One by DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper, and Lil’ Wayne: As I said before, Justin Bieber does make the song more decent than what I give credit for. But I feel without him, it’s not memorable.