2018: A Year In Review, Part 2: Stats And More

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Hello, fam! Now that 2018 is about to be officially in the books, I was able to put together the final stats for the whole year. It’s been quite a ride, as we had plenty of things happened throughout the year. Here is the color code that I’ll be using:

  • Purple – Best Song
  • Green – Great
  • Blue – Good
  • Pink – Decent
  • Yellow – Mediocre
  • Turquoise – Bad
  • Red – Garbage
  • Orange – Worst Song

Let’s begin with the list of #1 songs for both charts that I review weekly: The American Top 40 and the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown.

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

  • Imagine Dragons – Thunder (5 Weeks Total; 2 Weeks in 2017, 3 Weeks in 2018)
  • Ed Sheeran – Perfect (2 Weeks Total; 1 in 2017, 1 in 2018)
  • Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future – End Game (1 Week)
  • Charlie Puth – How Long (2 Weeks)
  • Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days (1 Week)
  • Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (9 Weeks)
  • Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go (1 Week)
  • Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (1 Week)
  • Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (1 Week)
  • 5 Seconds Of Summer – Want You Back (1 Week)
  • Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (1 Week)
  • Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (4 Weeks)
  • Taylor Swift – Delicate (3 Weeks)
  • Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (2 Weeks)
  • Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (8 Weeks)
  • Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (2 Weeks)
  • 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (5 Weeks)
  • Marshmello featuring Bastille – Happier (2 Weeks)

American Top 40:

  • Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug – Havana (7 Weeks Total; 3 in 2017, 4 in 2018)
  • Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé – Perfect (2 Weeks)
  • Dua Lipa – New Rules (4 Weeks)
  • NF – Let You Down (2 Weeks)
  • G-Eazy featuring Halsey – Him & I (1 Week)
  • Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B. – Finesse (Remix) (2 Weeks)
  • Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (4 Weeks)
  • Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (5 Weeks)
  • Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign – Psycho (4 Weeks)
  • Bazzi – Mine (1 Week)
  • Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry (1 Week)
  • Taylor Swift – Delicate (1 Week)
  • Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B – Girls Like You (5 Weeks)
  • Post Malone – Better Now (2 Weeks)
  • Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies (3 Weeks)
  • 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (3 Weeks)
  • Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman (3 Weeks)
  • Marshmello featuring Bastille – Happier (5 Weeks)

Overall, I’d say this was another solid list of songs that hit #1. There were a couple of mediocre songs, but other than that the rest of the list looks good. Hopefully, 2019 will be better.

Hit-Bound Dropouts:
We’re gonna move along now and talk about the world of Hit-Bound. There were plenty of songs on Hit-Bound that were unable to make the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown. Some of these songs, however, did end up on the American Top 40. You may see some of them on my Year-End posts. Here are the songs listed below:

  • Big Boi – All Night*
  • Bruno Mars – Chunky
  • BTS – FAKE LOVE
  • Cole Redding – Father Father
  • Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You*
  • HRVY – Personal
  • In Real Life – Tattoo (How ‘Bout You)*
  • Jason Derulo & David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj and Willy William – Goodbye*
  • Julia Michaels featuring Trippie Redd – Jump
  • Justin Timberlake – SoulMate
  • Noah Cyrus featuring MAX – Team
  • Post Malone – I Fall Apart*
  • Sofi Tukker featuring NERVO, Alisa Ueno and The Knocks – Best Friend*
  • Spencer – Whatever
  • The Chainsmokers – Everybody Hates Me*
  • The Chainsmokers featuring Drew Love – Somebody
  • Thirty Seconds To Mars – Walk On Water*
  • TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Legend
  • Welshly Arms – Legendary
  • Why Don’t We – Trust Fund Baby*
  • Wild Things – Don’t Wanna Feel It
  • Years & Years – If You’re Over Me

*Denotes that the song charted on the American Top 40.

This year, there weren’t a whole lot of songs that stood out to me. Some of those ended up sticking with me, but there were others that I wasn’t too fond of. I will now present to you my Lights Over Paris Hit-Bound Hero Award. This award is given out to a song that I fell in love with, but ultimately didn’t graduate to the Weekend Countdown. After going through a whole year of listening to all the songs on Hit-Bound, I’ve finally made my decision. Here’s the song that wins the award:

Lights Over Paris Award: Bruno Mars – Chunky

Tenure Trophies

Every year, we have songs that lasted a very long time on both countdowns, and there were some that didn’t last too long. Here are the some of the songs that are given their respective trophies.
Shortest Tenured Songs On Either Countdown:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:
Lady Gaga – I’ll Never Love Again (1 Week) (Debuted on October 27, 2018; Departed on November 3, 2018)
American Top 40:
Daya – New (1 Week) (Debuted on January 27, 2018; Departed on February 3, 2018)
G-Eazy featuring Charlie Puth – Sober (1 Week) (Debuted on June 16, 2018; Departed on June 23, 2018)
Elle Mai – Boo’d Up (1 Week) (Debuted on September 15, 2018; Departed on September 22, 2018)
Longest Tenured Songs On Either Countdown:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:
MAX featuring Gnash – Lights Down Low (61 Weeks) (Debuted on April 8, 2017; Departed on June 16, 2018)
American Top 40:
Dua Lipa – New Rules (52 Weeks) (Debuted on October 7, 2017; Departed on October 13, 2018)

Other Stats:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

Smallest “Biggest DRRRRRROP!! Of The Week”:
Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran – River [–5] (February 17, 2018)
Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same [–5] (February 17, 2018)
Lauv – I Like Me Better [–5] (February 17, 2018)

Smallest “Biggest Jump Of The Week”:
NF – Let You Down [+8] (February 17, 2018)
U2 featuring Cheat Codes – Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way [+8] (June 30, 2018)
Liam Payne featuring J. Balvin – Familiar [+8] (June 30, 2018)

Biggest “Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week”:
NF – Lie [–31] (October 20, 2018)
Zedd featuring Elley Duhé – Happy Now [–31] (November 3, 2018)

Biggest “Biggest Jump Of The Week”:
Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho [+23] (June 23, 2018)

Smallest Combined Biggest Movers:
Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran – River, Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same, Lauv – I Like Me Better, and NF – Let You Down (23 Spots; February 17, 2018)

Biggest Combined Biggest Movers:
G-Eazy featuring Halsey – Him & I, Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go, Bad Wolves – Zombie, Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me, and Echosmith – Over My Head (74 Spots; June 16, 2018)

Highest Debut Of The Year:
G-Eazy featuring Halsey – Him & I (#20) (January 13, 2018)
Meghan Trainor – No Excuses (#20) (March 10, 2018)

Lowest Debut Of The Year:
Hundred Handed – Too Good (#42) (June 16, 2018)
American Top 40:

Smallest “Biggest Fall Of The Week”:
NF – Lie [–2] (December 1, 2018)
Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman [–2] (December 1, 2018)

Smallest “Biggest Rise Of The Of The Week”:
Halsey featuring Big Sean and Stefflon Don – Alone [+3] (May 5, 2018)
Shawn Mendes – In My Blood [+3] (May 5, 2018)
Lauv – I Like Me Better [+3] (May 5, 2018)

Biggest “Biggest Fall Of The Week”:
DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, and Chance The Rapper – No Brainer [–25] (November 17, 2018)
Imagine Dragons – Natural [–25] (December 8, 2018)

Biggest “Biggest Rise Of The Week”:
Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next [+19] (December 8, 2018)

Smallest Combined Biggest Movers:
MAX featuring Gnash – Lights Down Low and Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (9 Spots; April 28, 2018)
Selena Gomez – Back To You and Loud Luxury featuring Brando – Body (9 Spots; November 24, 2018)

Biggest Combined Biggest Movers:
Imagine Dragons – Natural and Ariana Grande – Thank U Next (44 Spots; December 8, 2018)

Highest Debut Of The Year:
Justin Timberlake – Filthy (#20) (January 27, 2018)

Lowest Debut Of The Year:
Lauv – I Like Me Better (#40) (January 13, 2018)
Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (#40) (January 20, 2018)
P!NK – Beautiful Trauma (#40) (February 10, 2018)
Troye Sivan – My My My! (#40) (February 17, 2018)
Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Tight Or Don’t (#40) (March 10, 2018)
Niall Horan – On The Loose (#40) (March 31, 2018)
Alice Merton – No Roots (#40) (April 14, 2018)
ZAYN – Let Me (#40) (May 19, 2018)
G-Eazy featuring Charlie Puth – Sober (#40) (June 16, 2018)
Nicki Minaj featuring Ariana Grande – Bed (#40) (July 14, 2018)
Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#40) (August 25, 2018)
Elle Mai – Boo’d Up (#40) (September 15, 2018)
Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#40) (December 1, 2018)

And last but not least, I now present to you the Biggest Whiff Of The Year Award. This is given out to a song that was unable to make the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown, despite it becoming a major hit elsewhere. Here is the song that wins this award:

Biggest Whiff Of The Year: Drake – Nice For What

So that’s it. 2018 has been quite a ride in terms of stats. Next, I’ll finally be counting down My Top 50 favorite songs of the year.  I hope everyone here has a good weekend as we get ready to enjoy Christmas. Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

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