Hello, fam! Happy New Year in Hits 1 Countdown land! Or let me put it this way: Happy New Decade because we’re now in the 2020’s! I can’t wait to see what new trends come up and what kinds of music will be getting. I have a couple of Year-End posts that I’m still working on. They should be up sometime by the end of this week. Right now, let’s dive in to the first countdown of the new decade! There are no songs leaving us this week, which isn’t a surprise. So, let’s get right to it!
The Countdown:
Last Week’s #1 Song: Niall Horan – Nice To Meet Ya
45. Camila Cabello – Liar (#44) [–1]
44. AJR – Dear Winter (#45) [+1]
43. Marshmello featuring Kane Brown – One Thing Right (#21) [–22]
42. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#43) [+1] [Spent 13 Weeks At #1]
41. Halsey – Nightmare (#41) [=]
40. NF – Time (#26) [–14]
39. Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other (#39) [=]
38. Lil Nas X – Panini (#40) [+2]
37. Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down (#36) [–1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
36. Sofi Tukker – Purple Hat (#42) [+6]
35. Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean – Dear Future Self (Hands Up) (#37) [+2]
34. Shawn Mendes featuring Camila Cabello – Señorita (#30) [–4]
33. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – The Hype (#31) [–2]
32. Tones & I – Dance Monkey (#38) [+6]
31. Panic! At The Disco – Into The Unknown (#28) [–3]
30. Lizzo – Truth Hurts (#19) [–11]
29. Diplo featuring Jonas Brothers – Lonely (#25) [–4]
28. SHAED – Trampoline (#17) [–11]
27. Hot Chelle Rae – I Hate (Love) LA (#35) [+8]
26. Kesha featuring Big Freedia – Raising Hell (#34) [+8]
25. Shawn Mendes – If I Can’t Have You (#20) [–5] [Spent 9 Weeks At #1]
24. Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now (#32) [+8]
23. OneRepublic – Wanted (#33) [+10]
22. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#16) [–6] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
21. Louis Tomlinson – We Made It (#27) [+6]
20. Arizona Zervas – Roxanne (#29) [+9]
19. Charlie Puth – Mother (#16) [–3]
18. Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B – South Of The Border (#23) [+5]
17. PUBLIC – Make You Mine (#24) [+7]
16. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me (#13) [–3]
15. Harry Styles – Adore You (#18) [+3]
14. Why Don’t We – What Am I (#22) [+8]
13. Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep? (#12) [–1]
12. Dan + Shay featuring Justin Bieber – 10,000 Hours (#9) [–3]
11. Taylor Swift – Lover (#11) [=]
10. Maroon 5 – Memories (#15) [+5]
9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier (#8) [–1] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
8. Lizzo – Good As Hell (#10) [+2]
7. Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid – Beautiful People (#5) [–2] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
6. Halsey – Graveyard (#7) [+1]
5. Jonas Brothers – Only Human (#4) [–1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
4. Post Malone – Circles (#6) [+2]
3. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Teeth (#2) [–1] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
2. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (#3) [+1] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
1. Niall Horan – Nice To Meet Ya (#1) [=] [5th Week At #1]
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (4th of 7 Weeks At #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Marshmello featuring Kane Brown – One Thing Right (–22)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: OneRepublic – Wanted (+10)
New Decade’s Blurbs
– Let’s start things off by talking about One Thing Right getting the Biggest DRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week this week. You honestly have no idea how much I’m thrilled by this move. I’m glad that this thankfully didn’t get very far on this countdown.
– Can we get Nightmare to leave soon? It’s still irritating having to hear this each and every week. It’s Halsey worst single since New Americana. Hopefully, when she releases a new album this month, we won’t get anymore songs like this.
– It looks like we’re seeing the end of songs such as Time, Trampoline, and Truth Hurts as they had big drops this week. The former I was losing interest in, so seeing it leave doesn’t really affect me. The latter two I enjoyed for a while and I’m happy that these songs were successful.
– The big jump from Wanted isn’t exactly what I wanted to see. OneRepublic has had better music in the past and the song doesn’t really come close to topping what they had before. I would prefer if it ended up leaving soon, but I don’t really care what happens either way.
– I’m not surprised to see Memories enter the Top 10. But it does not make me happy. This is probably one of the most boring songs I’ve heard from them. I normally don’t classify songs as “boring”. But this one just puts me to sleep mostly because of Adam’s voice. I want something more along the lines of their older singles and some of V.
– And then we have Nice To Meet Ya still at #1. I’d say this is a good start to the new decade. I’m glad Hits 1 is treating it well. I’m still interested in Niall’s new album, which we should be getting soon.
Hit-Bound:
- X Lovers – Play Your Game
- Halsey – Finally // Beautiful Stranger
- Blackbear – Hot Girl Bummer
- Camila Cabello
featuring DaBaby– My Oh My (DEBUT) - Lewis Capaldi – Before You Go
- Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
- The Chainsmokers – Push My Luck
- Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
- Zedd featuring Kehlani – Good Thing
- Niall Horan – Put A Little Love On Me
- 88Rising featuring Joji & Jackson Wang, Major Lazer, and Swae Lee – Walking
- Fall Out Boy – Bob Dylan
- Post Malone featuring Travis Scott and Ozzy Osbourne – Take What You Want
- Alec Benjamin – Mind Is A Prison
- AJ Mitchell featuring Ava Max – Slow Dance
Entrant Reviews:
– The world of Hit-Bound enters the new decade! We’re kicking things off with Camila Cabello who replaces herself this week with My Oh My. I’ve listened to the majority of her latest album, Romance, and I was not impressed for the most part. My Oh My is not one of those songs I like unfortunately. Camila doesn’t sound good here and DaBaby’s verse doesn’t help matters. I’ll have more on this when it debuts.
Hit-Bound Breakdown:
0 – Crap:
15. Blackbear – Hot Girl Bummer
14. Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby – My Oh My
1 – Bad:
13. Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
2 – Mediocre:
12. 88Rising featuring Jojo & Jackson Wang, Major Lazer, and Swae Lee – Walking
3 – Decent:
11. Alec Benjamin – Mind Is A Prison
10. Halsey – Finally // Beautiful Stranger
9. Zedd featuring Kehlani – Good Thing
8. AJ Mitchell featuring Ava Max – Slow Dance
4 – Good:
None!
5 – Great:
7. Lewis Capaldi– Before You Go
6. The Chainsmokers – Push My Luck
5. X Lovers – Play Your Game
4. Fall Out Boy – Bob Dylan
3. Niall Horan – Put A Little Love On Me
2. Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott – Take What You Want
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On Hit-Bound:
1. Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
Overall Grade: 51/75 = 68% (C)
Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Wild Things – Don’t Wanna Feel It
My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
2. Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott – Take What You Want
3. Niall Horan – Put A Little Love On Me
4. Fall Out Boy – Bob Dylan
5. X Lovers – Play Your Game
Hits 1 Weekend Countdown Top 20 Breakdown:
0 – Putrid:
20. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
19. Arizona Zervas – Roxanne
1 – Bad:
18. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier
17. Maroon 5 – Memories
2 – Mediocre:
None!
3 – Decent:
16. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Teeth
15. Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep?
4 – Good:
14. PUBLIC – Make You Mine
13. Charlie Puth – Mother
12. Post Malone – Circles
11. Why Don’t We – What Am I
5 – Great:
10. Jonas Brothers – Only Human
9. Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B – South Of The Border
8. Dan + Shay featuring Justin Bieber – 10,000 Hours
7. Halsey – Graveyard
6. Louis Tomlinson – We Made It
5. Niall Horan – Nice To Meet Ya
4. Harry Styles – Adore You
3. Lizzo – Good As Hell
2. Taylor Swift – Lover
1. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me
Overall Grade: 74/100 = 74% (B)
Throwback Pick Of The Week: Kool & The Gang – Celebration (1980)
Most Missed Countdown Song: BΔSTILLE – Pompeii
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: The Weeknd – Heartless
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#1)
My Top 5 Picks
1. Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
2. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me
3. Taylor Swift – Lover
4. Lizzo – Good As Hell
5. Kesha featuring Big Freedia – Raising Hell
My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Marshmello featuring Kane Brown – One Thing Right
2. Halsey – Nightmare
3. Arizona Zervas – Roxanne
4. AJR – Dear Winter
5. Diplo featuring Jonas Brothers – Lonely
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
None!
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