Hello, fam! Once again, it’s a very late post. I know, it’s been a very slow process. But my work schedule has been killing me lately. I’m just gonna skip the introductions and get right to the post. Before we get to this week’s fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:
- Meghan Trainor – All the Ways (#39)
- LSD featuring Lil Wayne – Genius (Remix) (#40)
- Madison Beer
featuring Offset – Hurts Like Hell (#41)
- Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#44)
- Bebe Rexha – I’m A Mess (#45)
The Countdown:
Last Week’s #1 Song: Jonas Brothers – Sucker
45. Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies (#43) [–2]
44. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#42) [–2] [Spent 1 Week at #1]
43. Post Malone featuring Swae Lee – Sunflower (#20) [–23]
42. Maren Morris – GIRL (#35) [–7]
41. Cardi B featuring Bruno Mars – Please Me (#38) [–3]
40. FLETCHER – Undrunk (DEBUT)
39. Grandson – Apologize (#31) [–8]
38. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#37) [–1]
37. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (#33) [–4] [Spent 5 Weeks at #1]
36. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#28) [–8]
35. Jake Miller – Wait For You (#26) [–9]
34. Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More (#25) [–9]
33. Benny Blanco featuring Halsey and Khalid – Eastside (#14) [–19]
32. Marshmello featuring CHRVCHES – Here With Me (DEBUT)
31. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (DEBUT)
30. Austin Brown – In Betweenin’ (#22) [–8]
29. Lil Peep featuring iLoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy – I’ve Been Waiting (#29) [=]
28. Avril Lavigne featuring Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde (DEBUT)
27. Lizzo – Juice (#34) [+7]
26. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#12) [–14]
25. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored (DEBUT)
24. YUNGBLUD & Halsey featuring Travis Barker – 11 Minutes (#27) [+3]
23. Post Malone – Wow. (#36) [+13]
22. P!NK – Walk Me Home (#23) [+1]
21. Ally Brooke featuring Tyga – Low Key (#32) [+11]
20. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine (#19) [–1]
19. Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (#30) [+11]
18. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#15) [–3]
17. Khalid – Better (#24) [+7]
16. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#8) [–8]
15. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#11) [–4]
14. Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper – Shallow (#17) [+3]
13. Lauv featuring Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired… (#16) [+3]
12. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#21) [+9]
11. Sam Smith featuring Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#18) [+7]
10. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#13) [+3] [Spent 8 Weeks at #1]
9. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#7) [–2] [Spent 7 Weeks at #1]
8. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#4) [–4]
7. Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close to Me (#9) [+2]
6. Marshmello featuring BΔSTILLE – Happier (#10) [+4] [Spent 2 Weeks at #1]
5. Halsey – Without Me (#6) [+1] [Spent 5 Weeks at #1]
4. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#3) [–1]
3. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#2) [–3]
2. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#5) [+2] [Spent 3 Weeks at #1]
1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [=] [3rd Week at #1]
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (6th of 9 Weeks At #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! of the Week: Post Malone featuring Swae Lee – Sunflower (–23)
Biggest Jump of the Week: Post Malone – Wow. (+13)
New Entrants:
– To kick things off, we have a newcomer making her first appearance on the Weekend Countdown. FLETCHER brings us her single titled Undrunk. This was on the YouTube 15 earlier this year and I gave a brief review of the song. I thought it was pretty good for the most part. But it has gotten better with each listen. I think FLETCHER has a good voice and she uses it well in the song. The production is pretty neat, and the lyrical content is well written. Overall, I’m in love with the song.
– Next, we have more of Marshmello, and this time around, he collaborates with the alternative band CHVRCHES in their latest single called Here With Me. I personally think this is a step up from what Marshmello had done previously. Friends was just straight up garbage and one of my least favorite songs of last year, and Happier isn’t very good either. As far as Here With Me goes, the production is better. Marshmello did a nice job overall as a DJ. Lauren Bradberry’s voice is amazing. I think she shines in the chorus. I do like the lyrics as well. So yeah, this is really good and I hope to see it do well.
– We have the return of Ciara with her comeback single titled Thinkin Bout You. We haven’t heard much of Ciara in a while. This is just fun! Although it can be repetitive at times, I do like everything about it. Ciara doesn’t disappoint me with her voice at all. I love the chorus in this one, and the production here is just awesome. I hope it ends up being successful.
– Next, we have an interesting collaboration between two artists: Avril Lavigne and Nicki Minaj. They give us their single titled Dumb Blonde. When I first heard about a possible collaboration between those two, I was interested coming in. After listening to the song in full, I was happy with the way it turned out. Avril sounds good here. I like the verse we get from Nicki Minaj. I think she has a good flow here. The production is pretty solid as well. Sure, it may be controversial on its own. But everything about the song works well.
– Last and definitely least, we have Ariana Grande with another single from Thank U, Next called Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored. I’ll say that it is a step up from 7 Rings. But that’s not saying too much because there’s nothing about the song that really appeals to me. I don’t like the lyrics and I hate the beat. However, I do like her voice and she sounds better here. That’s probably the only redeeming quality I can say about the song. So yeah, not a good song overall.
Best Debut Of The Week: Ciara – Thinkin Bout You
I’ve Been Thinkin Bout Blurbs
– Our five exits for the week mostly comes from songs that deserved to go. Hurts Like Hell was a step down from its predecessor that I liked last year. I wasn’t really fond of Genius even though it’s slightly better than most of LSD’s music. It’s about time we got rid of the atrocious mess that is of I’m A Mess. I genuinely hope to never have to suffer through this song again. The Way I Am had been here for a while and I was ready for that one to leave. With that, this is the first time we don’t have any songs from Charlie Puth on the countdown. The only song that I’m really sad about leaving is All The Ways. It’s a damn shame that Meghan Trainor’s music is underrated. That song deserves better in my opinion. But of course, it’s just not meant to be.
– Seriously, Hits 1? Was is really a good idea to allow songs like Eastside and Sunflower (especially the former) to drop this many spots?!?! I’m definitely not okay with this. I hope they hang around for a little while longer.
– GIRL and Miss Me More aren’t doing as well as I hoped, which is very disappointing because I find both of the songs to be amazing. But at least they’re here. It’s a shame because both Kelsea Ballerini and Maren Morris are very talented singers.
– On that note, Tequila took a massive drop this week as well. I can’t really say that’s disappointing to me because it has had a nice run on this countdown. I still enjoy the song, however. We’ll see how long it can stick around.
– In it’s place, we have Speechless making it back to the Top 20. That I’m definitely cool with. It’s just as good as its predecessor. I’m glad it is still here.
Hit-Bound:
Alec Benjamin was the guest host for Hit-Bound that weekend as he took over for Mikey Piff. Here’s the full list:
- Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (Remix) (DEBUT)
- Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend
- NOTD featuring Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts, and Georgia Ku – So Close
- BTS featuring Halsey – Boy With Luv (Remix) (DEBUT)
- lovelytheband – Maybe, I’m Afraid
- MAX featuring Quinn XCII – Love Me Less
- Ava Max – So Am I
- Jonas Brothers – Cool
- Panic! At The Disco – Dancing’s Not A Crime
- Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other (DEBUT)
- Kygo featuring Valerie Broussard – Think About You
- Jordan McGraw – Flexible
- Jennifer Lopez featuring French Montana – Medicine (DEBUT)
- Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us
- The Chainsmokers – Kills You Slowly (DEBUT)
Entrant Reviews:
– We’ll kick things off with my new least favorite song of the year so far. It’s from
Lil Nas X and he brings us the remix of
Old Town Road with
Billy Ray Cyrus. I won’t really go in-depth about it’s origins. But I’ll tell you that the remix just recently came out and thus, it ended up hitting #1 on Billboard. As far as the song goes, everything about it is shit. I hate the beat and his vocals are terrible.
Billy Ray Cyrus himself doesn’t sound good in the remix. As of right now, it is my least favorite song of the year. I’ll talk more about it in the next post.
– Up next, we have a collaboration between the K-Pop band BTS and Halsey in the remix of Boy With Luv. There’s really nothing I like about the song for the most part. While the production is okay, the rest of the song is just unappealing. Halsey is a non-factor in the song even though she is featured in it. More on this when it debuts.
– With Alec Benjamin hosting that weekend, he brings us his new single titled If We Have Each Other. I do think this is a step up from Let Me Down Slowly. Although I’m not too fond of his voice, he does sound slightly better in the song. I think this song has a better chance of growing on me than its predecessor.
– Next, we have the return of Jennifer Lopez, and she collaborates with French Montana in their new single titled Medicine. Earlier this year, she gave us Limitless, which I did like. I can pretty much say the same for Medicine. I think Jennifer sounds good here and French Montana’s contribution is solid as well. Do I think it’s her best song overall? Not really, she has had better. But this is still a good song and I hope to see it debut soon.
– Lastly, we have more of The Chainsmokers with their next single called Kills You Slowly. I can’t say I’m loving this one. I’m not a fan of Drew’s voice in the song. He just doesn’t sound good. The production is not very good here, either. I feel like they put forth a lazy effort with the song. I’ll talk more about the song should it debut.
Best Hit-Bound Entrant Of The Week: Jennifer Lopez featuring French Montana – Medicine
Hit-Bound Breakdown:
0 – Crap:
15. Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (Remix)
1 – Bad:
14. The Chainsmokers – Kills You Slowly
13. BTS featuring Halsey – Boy With Luv (Remix)
2 – Mediocre:
12. Jordan McGraw – Flexible
3 – Decent:
11. lovelytheband – Maybe I’m Afraid
10. MAX featuring Quinn XCII – Love Me Less
9. Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other
8. NOTD featuring Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts, and Georgia Ku – So Close
4 – Good:
7. Jonas Brothers – Cool
6. Ava Max – So Am I
5 – Great:
5. Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us
4. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing’s Not A Crime
3. Jennifer Lopez featuring French Montana – Medicine
2. Kygo featuring Valerie Broussard – Think About You
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On Hit-Bound:
1. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend
Overall Grade: 50/75 = 66% (D+)
Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Alesso featuring Nico & Vinz – I Wanna Know
My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend
2. Kygo featuring Valerie Broussard – Think About You
3. Jennifer Lopez featuring French Montana – Medicine
4. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing’s Not A Crime
5. Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us
Hits 1 Weekend Countdown Top 20 Breakdown:
0 – Crap:
20. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
19. Lauv featuring Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired…
18. Marshmello featuring BΔSTILLE – Happier
1 – Bad:
17. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly
2 – Mediocre:
16. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine
3 – Decent:
15. Halsey – Without Me
4 – Good:
14. Dean Lewis – Be Alright
5 – Great:
13. Khalid – Better
12. Jonas Brothers – Sucker
11. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
10. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It
9. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love
8. Post Malone featuring Swae Lee – Sunflower
7. Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah
6. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar
5. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho
4. Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close To Me
3. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling
2. Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper – Shallow
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Sam Smith featuring Normani – Dancing With A Stranger
Overall Grade: 76/100 = 76% (C)
Throwback Pick Of The Week: Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)
Most Missed Countdown Song: Alesso featuring Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be)
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Ellie Goulding – Flux
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B – Finesse (Remix) (#9)
My Top 5 Picks
1. Sam Smith featuring Normani – Dancing With A Stranger
2. Maren Morris – GIRL
3. Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper – Shallow
4. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling
5. Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close To Me
My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
2. Lauv featuring Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired
3. Marshmello featuring BΔSTILLE – Happier
4. Post Malone – Wow.
5. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Drake – God’s Plan: This was Drake’s biggest hit this past year and the #1 song of 2018 on Billboard. Despite this, it didn’t do so well on Hits 1. There’s really nothing about the song that appeals to me. But if anything, he has done a lot worse than this.
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