#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: New Rules by Dua Lipa (1^st of 4 Weeks At #1)

Biggest Fall Of The Week: Electricity by Silk City featuring Dua Lipa (–22)

Biggest Rise Of The Week: 7 Rings by Ariana Grande (+15)

– We get only one new entrant this week, as Sam Smith collaborates with Normani in probably one of my favorite singles at the moment, titled Dancing With A Stranger. I’m not the one to care for Sam Smith’s music, although most of his discography has been pretty decent. During an interview with Ryan Seacrest, he mentioned that he’s a big fan of Fifth Harmony, hence why he probably decided to choose Normani for the song. I’m sure he’s interested in collaborating with all the members of the group. He’s probably going to have fun singing with them. Anyway, Dancing With A Stranger is just divine. I absolutely love the production and the beat. Sam’s soulful voice meshes very well with the instrumentation. Then, get Normani, who herself sounds amazing. She definitely delivered in the chorus and thus, makes the song even better. I originally thought Lauren Jauregui was the best singer out of all the members of Fifth Harmony. But that was before we got to hear more from Normani. This song shows that Normani is better, though not by much. It’s a great song in every way possible. Hopefully, this ends up doing well.

Ooh, Baby, Baby, I’m Blurbing With A Stranger
– As far as our exit goes, we say goodbye to Consequences. Camila isn’t particularly the best singer overall, but she did have some good music. Consequences was a beautiful ballad that I genuinely enjoyed. That song will be somewhat missed by me.

– Before introducing Lucid Dreams, Ryan Seacrest mentioned that The Chainsmokers are working on a collaboration with Juice WRLD. I don’t know how I feel about this. My expectations are pretty low coming in.

– Not too happy about the big drop from Electricity. It’s pretty sad that it wasn’t as successful as I hoped. I guess people are now over Dua Lipa after about a year. Oh well.

– However, it’s nice to see Taki Taki take a big drop. Honestly, this is probably the worst I’ve heard from DJ Snake, and to think I enjoyed this one a few months ago when it was new. It’s crazy how much my opinion has changed since then.

– I just found out that Ava Max has a birthday coming up. So, Happy Early Birthday to her! It’s nice to see the song continuing its momentum. It’s catchy overall, and I like her voice for the most part.

– Of course, the monstrosity that is of 7 Rings takes a big jump this week into the Top 20. It’s terribly-sung, terribly-produced, and terribly-written. Yet, people love this for some reason. I already know it’s going to be a hit on this countdown, so I’m bracing for the absolute worst.

– However, we get the Top 5 entrant from Sunflower. The song just keeps getting better and better as time goes along. I can now consider this to be my favorite song from Post Malone. Hopefully we’ll get to see it at #1, so long as 7 Rings doesn’t get there first, which it’ll probably end up doing.

Breakouts/On The Verge:

• My Blood by TWENTY ØNE PILØTS
• Hurts Like Hell by Madison Beer featuring Offset
• You Say by Lauren Daigle

Extras/Optional Extras:

• God’s Plan by Drake
• Bad At Love by Halsey
• Trust My Lonely by Alessia Cara
• FRIENDS by Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie
• Delicate by Taylor Swift
• Slow Hands by Niall Horan
• Mi Gente by J. Balvin featuring Willy William
• It Ain’t Me by Kygo featuring Selena Gomez
• Wait by Maroon 5
• Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran