1. Psycho by Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign (#1) [=] [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Stay by Zedd featuring Alessia Cara (3^rd of 5 Weeks At #1)

Biggest Fall Of The Week: Pray For Me by The Weeknd featuring Kendrick Lamar (–5)

Biggest Rise Of The Week: I Like It by Cardi B. featuring Bad Bunny and J. Balvin (+7)

New Entrants
– To start off this week’s new arrivals, we have Big Boi making his debut with the song called All Night. Not too much I can say about this one. I listened to this a couple of times in its entirety…and simply put, it straight up sucks. It’s not really all that different in comparison to some of the hip-hop/rap songs we’ve been getting on Billboard. I’m not very fond of the guy’s voice. The production here is very bland pretty much across the board and the lyrics aren’t to my liking either. So yeah, pretty much everything about this song blows. Moving on.

– Oh, great. We have more Post Malone who replaces himself with his latest single, which is steadily gaining steam while his current representation spends another week at #1. Enter Better Now. Right off the bat, it’s really not all that different compared to his previous singles. The positive thing I can say about this is that Post Malone sounds okay with his vocals. But outside of that, the song really does nothing for me. The production pretty much reminds me of Rockstar, which I still loathe. Simply put, I’m not a fan of this either. But unfortunately, I can see it sticking around and probably become another hit for him. Maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but we’ll just see.

– It was only a matter of time until we get another Maroon 5 song on the countdown as Wait begins to die out. With the highest debut of the week, they have a new single which is currently gaining a lot of steam. The song is called Girls Like You, which features Cardi B. who has made her presence known in 2018. I talked about this in depth when it debuted on the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown two weeks ago. But to sum it all up, I just don’t like the idea of Adam Levine taking over the band. In their recent singles such as Don’t Wanna Know and Cold, that seems to be what he’s doing. This song is no exception. Cardi B’s contribution is okay, and so is Adam’s vocals. But the rest of the song is just mediocre all around. I know I said this before, but I miss the days of Maroon 5 sounding like a band. Oh well.

I Need A Blurb Like You
– We’ll begin with our exits. First off, All The Stars sadly left after weeks of decline. I was hoping it would catch on especially after the Black Panther hype, but it didn’t and was therefore underrated on the countdown. On The Loose was enjoyable and I felt that Niall should’ve had another hit. I’m hoping we hear more from him soon. On a more positive note, let us celebrate as I say good riddance Rockstar, which has left the countdown!

– We have Friends entering the Top 5. Blech. This is another song that continues to get worse with each listen. I can’t wait until this song starts moving down soon.

– I’m getting annoyed that I Like Me Better is now in the Top 10. Who is still supporting the song? This isn’t what I want to hear on the radio every day. I hope its time in the Top 10 is short-lived.

– Not too thrilled about the big jump from I Like It either. With the song doing well in sales and streaming, I unfortunately expect it to stick around.

Breakouts/On The Verge:

• Move To Miami by Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull
• Dinero by Jennifer Lopez featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B.
• Home With You by Madison Beer

Extras/Optional Extras:

• Summer by Calvin Harris
• Almost Love by Sabrina Carpenter
• Break Free by Ariana Grande featuring Zedd
• Don’t Tell ‘Em by Jeremih featuring YG
• Thumbs by Sabrina Carpenter
• Latch by Disclosure featuring Sam Smith
• Send My Love (To Your New Lover) by Adele
• Locked Out Of Heaven by Bruno Mars
• Why by Sabrina Carpenter

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

1 – Bad:
16. Wait by Maroon 5 

2 – Mediocre:
15. God’s Plan by Drake 

3 – Decent:
None!

4 – Good:
None! 

5 – Great:
14. Alone by Halsey featuring Big Sean and Stefflon Don
13. Nice For What by Drake
12. Delicate by Taylor Swift
11. Mine by Bazzi
10. In My Blood by Shawn Mendes
9. Back To You by Selena Gomez
8. Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons
7. New Rules by Dua Lipa
6. Pray For Me by The Weeknd featuring Kendrick Lamar
5. IDGAF by Dua Lipa
4. Done For Me by Charlie Puth featuring Kehlani
3. The Middle by Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey
2. One Kiss by Calvin Harris feautring Dua Lipa

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande 

Total Score: 74/100 = 74% (C)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Billie Jean by Michael Jackson (1983)

Most Missed Song: Praying by Kesha

#1 Recommendation For The American Top 40: Let You Be Right by Meghan Trainor

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie between There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back by Shawn Mendes (#12) and Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers featuring Coldplay (#3)

My Top 5 Picks
1. No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande
2. Finesse (Remix) by Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B.
3. One Kiss by Calvin Harris featuring Dua Lipa
4. The Middle by Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey
5. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart by Backstreet Boys

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Psycho by Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
2. Friends by Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie
3. All Night by Big Boi
4. Meant To Be by Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line
5. Never Be The Same by Camila Cabello

Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Down by Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane: One of their first singles without Camila, and if I’m being honest it sounds pretty much like Work From Home, which I detested. Only good thing I can say is that the vocals are slightly better.
Redbone by Childish Gambino: It took me a while to grow into the song after it left the countdown. I realized that the song has some throwback vibe to it. That kind of stuff pulls me in. I may have disliked it when it was new. But I’ve since grew into it.
2U by David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber: This was a good song for the most part. While it wasn’t David’s best work, I thought he did a nice job here, and I like Bieber’s vocals. With Justin Bieber as big as he was last summer, I thought he would give David a huge hit. But I was wrong. I guess people were starting to get tired of Bieber around that time, mainly due to his overexposure.