Hello, fam! I don’t really have much to say for my introduction. We got a new #1 for this week, and of course it comes from a certain band who Hits 1 adores with great intensity. We did get some activity here and there, though I’m not crazy about our debuts this week. More on that in just a bit. Before we get to this week’s fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• David Guetta featuring Anne-Marie – Don’t Leave Me Alone (#27)
• Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (#36)
• Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (#42) [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]

The Countdown:
Last Week’s #1 Song: The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling
45. lovelytheband – Broken (#44) [–1]
44. Bebe Rexha – I’m A Mess (#45) [+1]
43. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#43) [=]
42. George Ezra – Shotgun (#40) [–2]
41. Jennifer Lopez – Limitless (#41) [=]
40. Backstreet Boys – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (#38) [–2]
39. Travis Scott featuring Drake – Sicko Mode (#39) [=]
38. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#37) [–1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
37. Lauv featuring Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired (DEBUT)
36. Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B – Girls Like You (#35) [–1]
35. Post Malone – Wow. (DEBUT)
34. Stephen Puth – Sexual Vibe (#32) [–2]
33. Grandson – Apologize (DEBUT)
32. Jake Miller – Wait For You (#34) [+2]
31. Sabrina Carpenter – Sue Me (#25) [–6]
30. Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies (#29) [–1]
29. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood (#28) [–1] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1]
28. Zedd featuring Katy Perry – 365 (#30) [+2]
27. Lil Peep featuring iLoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy – I’ve Been Waiting (#31) [+4]
26. Lauren Daigle – You Say (#33) [+7]
25. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#17) [–8]
24. Seeb featuring BΔSTILLE – Grip (#24) [=]
23. Khalid – Better (#21) [–2]
22. Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More (#22) [=]
21. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#15) [–6]
20. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#26) [+6]
19. Avril Lavigne – Tell Me It’s Over (#12) [–7]
18. Post Malone featuring Swae Lee – Sunflower (#19) [+1]
17. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#18) [+1]
16. Cardi B featuring Bruno Mars – Please Me (#23) [+7]
15. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#20) [+5]
14. Benny Blanco featuring Halsey and Khalid – Eastside (#13) [–1]
13. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#16) [+3]
12. Sam Smith featuring Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#11) [–1]
11. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine (#14) [+3]
10. Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close To Me (#7) [–3]
9. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#8) [–1] [Spent 8 Weeks At #1]
8. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#9) [+1]
7. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#10) [+3]
6. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#3) [–3]
5. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#4) [–1]
4. Halsey – Without Me (#5) [+1] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1]
3. Marshmello featuring BΔSTILLE – Happier (#6) [+3] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
2. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#1) [–1] [Spent 7 Weeks At #1]
1. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#2) [+1] [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (2^nd of 9 Weeks At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (–8)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie between Lauren Daigle – You Say and Cardi B featuring Bruno Mars – Please Me (+7)

New Entrants:
– This week’s new class of entrants aren’t very appealing to me. We’ll start with my least favorite debut of the week. Lauv makes his return once more, and he teams up with Troye Sivan in their single, I’m So Tired. Those who have been following my blog for the past year or so should know that I was not very fond of what Lauv has to offer. I Like Me Better was absolutely horrific in every way and I placed it in my Bottom 10 Songs of 2018, where it landed at #4. Then he gave us There’s No Way, which wasn’t as bad as its predecessor because I kinda liked the production in a way. But it was still pretty undesirable from a vocal standpoint. Now we have I’m So Tired. When I first heard about a possible collaboration between the two artists, I knew then and there that it would not turn out to be very good and after hearing it for the first time, I was sadly proven to be right. Everything about the song is pretty bad. The production, while not as bad as it was in I Like Me Better, is still underwhelming as a whole. Lauv does not sound good singing in the chorus. Troye’s contribution to the song was decent, but even he couldn’t save the song unfortunately. And this is coming from someone who placed My My My! as my #34 best song of 2018. I also kinda liked Youth even though it didn’t stick with me. But this is the worst thing Troye has been a part of so far. Overall, I’m not a fan of this at all and I hope it doesn’t stay for too long.

– Up next, there’s more of Post Malone with his latest single Wow.. I’ve grown to enjoy his recent music, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the bad singles stopped coming in. Wow. is just underwhelming and not very good. I’ll say that it’s not nearly as bad as his other singles such as Congratulations, Rockstar, and Psycho. But the song itself doesn’t wow me very much. The production is too basic and I’m not feeling the lyrics. Post Malone sounds okay, but he doesn’t really stand out for much of the song. So yeah, I’m not a fan of this and I can’t really see it growing on me. NEXT!

– For our last debut, we have the artist named Grandson (no joke) making his first appearance on the countdown with Apologize. I don’t have too much to say about the artist himself because he’s not relevant just yet. I do like the instrumentation for the most part. But I’m not really feeling his voice here. He sounds just a little bit annoying in the chorus. I feel like the song would’ve been better if his voice was better. But it is what it is, I guess. While it’s not a bad song at all, it’s not really something that I’ll see myself coming back to in about a year or so.

Best Debut Of The Week: Grandson – Apologize

I’ve Been Blurbing
– For our exits, The Last Of The Real Ones had a very strong run here. And even though it was off the voting poll, I did hear the song quite a bit this week. But I thought the song left a little sooner than I expected. I kinda thought it would end up hanging around in the Bottom 5 for a while. But oh well. As for the other two exits, I’m very sad about Nothing Breaks Like A Heart. This song is just amazing and it definitely deserved better. But of course, it had to get underrated. And finally, I was slightly losing interest in Don’t Leave Me Alone, so I’m alright with it leaving.

– I figured Hey Look Ma, I Made It would get its #1 eventually, given how much Hits 1 still loves Brendon Urie and company. I certainly don’t mind this because it’s a good song. And this is actually their third song in a row from Pray For The Wicked to achieve the #1 spot. So congrats to them!

– There really wasn’t much to talk about this week. We did get a few big drops from Thank U, Next which I’m okay with. And it was nice to see 2002 finally dropping out of the Top 20 as well. Hopefully, this is the beginning of the end for that song.

– On the opposite side, we have big jumps from You Say and Please Me. I’m very pleased about the former, and it looks like with the song doing well in sales it may end up making the Year-End list for the Billboard Hot 100.

Hit-Bound:

• LSD featuring Lil Wayne – Genius (Remix)
• P!NK – Walk Me Home
• Austin Brown – In Betweenin’
• Kelsy Karter – Harry
• Ally Brooke featuring Tyga – Low Key
• Panic! At The Disco – Dancing’s Not A Crime
• Maren Morris – GIRL
• Kygo featuring Valerie Broussard – Think About You
• Avril Lavigne featuring Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde (DEBUT)
• Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (DEBUT)
• YUNGBLUD & Halsey featuring Travis Barker – 11 Minutes
• Meghan Trainor – All The Ways
• Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend (DEBUT)
• Madison Beer featuring Offset – Hurts Like Hell
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I’m Afraid
• Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us (DEBUT)