45. Avril Lavigne featuring Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde (#43) [–2]
44. Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper – Shallow (#44) [=]
43. Ally Brooke featuring Tyga – Low Key (#41) [–2]
42. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#36) [–6]
41. Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (#37) [–4]

40. Billie Eilish – When The Party’s Over (#42) [+2]

39. Jordan McGraw – Flexible (DEBUT)

38. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#29) [–9]

37. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine (#30) [–7]

36. Alessia Cara – Out of Love (#39)

35. Lil Peep featuring iLoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy – I’ve Been Waiting (#32) [–3]

34. Jennifer Lopez featuring French Montana – Medicine (#33) [–1]

33. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#22) [–11]

32. BTS featuring Halsey – Boy With Luv (#20) [–12]

31. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (#34) [+3]

30. Khalid – Better (#31) [+1]

29. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing’s Not A Crime (#38) [+9]

28. Post Malone – Wow. (#23) [–5]

27. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (#26) [–1]

26. MAX featuring Quinn XCII – Love Me Less (#24) [–2]

25. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored (#13) [–12]

24. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend (#28) [+4]

23. Lizzo – Juice (#25) [+2]

22. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#14) [–8]

21. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku – So Close (#27) [+6]

20. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#10) [–10]

19. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (#21) [+2]

18. Lauv featuring Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired… (#15) [–3]

17. Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (Remix) (#35) [+18]

16. Sam Smith featuring Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#18) [+2]

15. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#19) [+4] [Spent 8 Weeks at #1]

14. Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close To Me (#7) [–7]

12. Ed Sheeran featuring Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care (DEBUT)

11. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#8) [–3]

10. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#11) [+1] [Spent 7 Weeks At #1]

9. Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES – Here With Me (#16) [+7]

8. Shawn Mendes – If I Can’t Have You (#17) [+9]

7. P!NK – Walk Me Home (#12) [+5]

6. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#2) [–4] [Spent 3 Weeks at #1]

5. Halsey – Without Me (#3) [–2] [Spent 5 Weeks at #1]

4. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#5) [+1]

3. Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie – ME! (#9) [+6]

2. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds of Summer – Who Do You Love (#4) [+2]

1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [=] [8^th Week at #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (8^th of 9 Weeks At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! of the Week: Tie between BTS featuring Halsey – Boy With Luv and Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored (–12)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (+18)

– Up first, we have the son of Dr. Phil whose name is Jordan McGraw. He makes his debut with the single titled Flexible. Right off the bat, this is a pretty underwhelming song. The production is a little too weird for my liking, and I’m not a big fan of the lyrical content. I just think it’s cringe-worthy. That’s just me. I don’t really like his voice either. So yeah, it’s pretty mediocre. The song is slightly closer to red for me than it is green, so don’t be surprised if I decide to change it into that color soon.

– Next is the big return of two acts: Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber. These guys have teamed up in their latest single titled I Don’t Care, which makes its second highest debut ever at #12. Having listened to the song in its entirety, I can say this is nowhere near as good as some of the singles from Divide. I think Ed and Justin both sound good with their vocals. I like the chemistry between the two artists. But my concern is that the production is just underwhelming and some of the lyrics are questionable. Overall, I do kinda like the song for the time being. But I can definitely see myself getting sick of it in about a month or so.

Best Debut Of The Week: Ed Sheeran featuring Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care

– We’ll start with our two exits. To begin, we have the departure of 11 Minutes, which I thought was a great collaboration between Halsey and YUNGBLUD. Too bad this didn’t become a bigger hit that I wanted it to be. Finally, there’s Thank U, Next, which I was losing interest in, so I’m okay with it leaving. I’d say this was probably one of the few standouts from Ariana Grande’s recent album, which was not good overall.

– By no surprise, ME! ends up in the Top 3, which I’m happy about. I’m positively sure this will hit #1 in a matter of weeks. With Hits 1 still falling in love with Brendon Urie, I don’t think it’ll be much of a problem.

– As for the rest of the Top 10, we have some new songs making their entrance. If I Can’t Have You isn’t a surprise. With Shawn Mendes being as relevant as he is right now, I’m sure the song will be there for a good long while. Here With Me entering is nice to see. It is superior than anything Marshmello has released recently (except for Wolves, which was my #2 favorite song of 2018).

– Of course, Old Town Road takes a massive jump this week despite the song being absolute garbage. I am not thrilled about this. I do hope it doesn’t last very long. I have a bad feeling it’ll end up as being #1 of the year on Billboard, which is something I don’t want.

– On the note of mediocrity, we have two songs that took big drops this week. Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored made its way out of the Top 20, which I’m happy about. That song is not good. Ariana can do so much better. Boy With Luv dropped big as well. I may not like the song, but it’s quite shocking to see it take a hard fall (partly because Hits 1 loves Halsey). Then again, it’s not a big hit elsewhere so I probably shouldn’t be surprised by this move.

Hit-Bound:

• Kygo featuring Rita Ora – Carry On
• Halsey – Nightmare (DEBUT)
• Bazzi – Paradise

• Khalid – Talk
• Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other
• The Chainsmokers – Kills You Slowly

• Ava Max – So Am I
• Jonas Brothers – Cool
• SZA featuring The Weeknd and Travis Scott – Power Is Power
• Andy Grammer – Don’t Give Up On Me
• Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up
• P!NK – Hustle

• Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us

• Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore and Patrick Stump – Summer Days (DEBUT)
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I’m Afraid

Entrant Reviews:
– We have more of Halsey with her newest single titled Nightmare. This is only a bit of a step up from Without Me. She sounds better vocally and I like the production, though the lyrics are still kinda questionable. I’ll have more on this in the next post.

– Then, we have Martin Garrix with his new single titled Summer Days, which features Macklemore and Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy. I did a brief review of the song when it was on the YouTube 15. The groove and the beat are interesting. I like the vocals we get from Macklemore and Partick. Overall, it’s a great song and I would like to see it debut soon.

Best Hit-Bound Entrant Of The Week: Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore and Patrick Stump – Summer Days

Hit-Bound Breakdown:
0 – Crap:
None!

1 – Bad:
15. The Chainsmokers – Kills You Slowly

2 – Mediocre:
None!

3 – Decent:
14. lovelytheband – Maybe I’m Afraid
13. Khalid – Talk
12. Bazzi – Paradise
11. Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other
10. Jonas Brothers – Cool
9. Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up

4 – Good:
8. Ava Max – So Am I

5 – Great:
7. P!NK – Hustle
6. Halsey – Nightmare
5. Andy Grammer – Don’t Give Up On Me
4. Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us
3. Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore and Patrick Stump – Summer Days
2. Kygo featuring Rita Ora – Carry On 

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On Hit-Bound:
1. SZA featuring The Weeknd and Travis Scott – Power Is Power

Overall Grade: 59/75 = 78% (C+)

Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. SZA featuring The Weeknd featuring Travis Scott – Power Is Power
2. Kygo featuring Rita Ora – Carry On
3. Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore and Patrick Stump – Summer Days
4. Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us
5. Andy Grammer – Don’t Give Up On Me