Hello, fam!  I just want to say Happy Leap Day to everyone!  I hope y’all had a good time.  It’s a special day that occurs every four years.  Whether it was your birthday, or wedding, or anything special, I’m sure this was a day to celebrate.  So how did things go on the Weekend Countdown for that weekend?  Well, I thought it turned out pretty good for the most part.  Let’s get right into it.  Before we get to this week’s fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• The Chainsmokers – Push My Luck (#34)
  

The Countdown:
Last Week’s #1 Song: Harry Styles – Adore You
45. Shawn Mendes featuring Camila Cabello – Señorita (#43) [–2]
44. Lizzo – Truth Hurts (#44) [=]
43. Why Don’t We – What Am I (#45) [+2]
42. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#41) [–1] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
41. Taylor Swift – Lover (#40) [–1]
40. PUBLIC – Make You Mine (#33) [–7]
39. Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep? (#42) [+3]
38. Rex Orange County – 10/10 (#24) [–14]
37. Shawn Mendes – If I Can’t Have You (#37) [=] [9 Weeks At #1]
36. OneRepublic – Wanted (#27) [–9]
35. The Weeknd – Heartless (#31) [–4]
34. Tayla Parx featuring Florida Georgia Line – Fight (#22) [–12]
33. Lauv – Modern Loneliness (DEBUT)
32. Lizzo – Cuz I Love You (#35) [+3]
31. Dan + Shay featuring Justin Bieber – 10,000 Hours (#32) [+1]
30. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me (#30) [=]
29. Fall Out Boy – Bob Dylan (#29) [=]
28. Maroon 5 – Memories (#11) [–17]
27. The Weeknd – Blinding Lights (#39) [+12]
26. Halsey – You Should Be Sad (#26) [=]
25. Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid – Beautiful People (#25) [=] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
24. Tones & I – Dance Monkey (#28) [+4]
23. Alec Benjamin – Demons (#20) [–3]
22. Taylor Swift – The Man (#23) [+1]
21. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier (#17) [–4] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
20. JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels – If The World Was Ending (#38) [+18]
19. Lizzo – Good As Hell (#19) [=]
18. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (#15) [–3] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
17. Selena Gomez – Rare (#21) [+4]
16. Jonas Brothers – Only Human (#13) [–3] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
15. All Time Low – Some Kind Of Disaster (#36) [+21]
14. Doja Cat – Say So (#16) [+2]
13. Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted (#18) [+5]
12. Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby – My Oh My (#12) [=]
11. Lewis Capaldi – Before You Go (#9) [–2]
10. Halsey – Graveyard (#7) [–3]
9. Arizona Zervas – Roxanne (#14) [+5]
8. Jonas Brothers – What A Man Gotta Do (#6) [–2]
7. Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B – South Of The Border (#10) [+3]
6. Blackbear – Hot Girl Bummer (#8) [+2]
5. Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now (#5) [=]
4. Niall Horan – Nice To Meet Ya (#3) [–1] [Spent 8 Weeks At #1]
3. Post Malone – Circles (#2) [–1] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
2. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Teeth (#4) [+2] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
1. Harry Styles – Adore You (#1) [=] [3^rd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (7^th And Final Week At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Maroon 5 – Memories (–17)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: All Time Low – Some Kind Of Disaster (+21)

New Entrants:
– On this Leap Day Weekend, we get the return of Lauv with his new single titled Modern Loneliness.  I wasn’t looking forward to hearing any more from him.  But alas, here he is again.  I’ve not been impressed with what he has had to offer over the years.  Modern Loneliness is really no different compared to his older singles.  This is basically a piano ballad and I’m usually a sucker for those.  But Lauv just doesn’t have a good voice overall.  I’m not a fan of how unenthusiastic he sounds throughout the song and everything else, even the piano leaves a lot to be desired.  I really don’t have much more to say about this one except it’s not good.  Hopefully, it doesn’t last very long here.

Modern Blurbs
– Speaking of songs which didn’t last long, we have The Chainsmokers – Push My Luck.  I actually liked this quite a bit and I thought this would have a respectable tenure on Hits 1 much like their recent singles before it.  But their luck has just run out (see what I did here).  Then again, I’m not complaining since I probably won’t remember it in the long run.

– Meanwhile, we still have Who Do You Love here.  I’m sure not a lot of people support this song anymore, and neither do I.

– On the note of mediocrity, both 10/10 and Fight took some massive drops this week.  The former is just straight up mediocre (more like 3/10 if you ask me), and the latter is very annoying and has no business being here.  Luckily, we won’t be seeing them for too long

– Memories had the biggest drop this week, which is also good news.  Thankfully this didn’t reach #1 on this countdown and it only peaked at #10.  Hopefully, it’ll end up leaving soon.  Even better is the fact that it just got dethroned from the #1 spot by Circles on the AT40 this week.

– I’m not all that thrilled about If The World Was Ending jumping big into the Top 20.  This song is slightly getting less interesting with each and every additional listen.  Their unenthusiastic vocals aren’t helping make the song any better.

– Some Kind Of Disaster as expected would take the Biggest Jump Of The Week into the Top 15.  I guess Hits 1 is starting to show more love for All Time Low, which I’m cool with.

– I’m not even going to comment on the fact that Roxanne enter the Top 10 despite the song being a auto-tuned mess.  I’ll never get the appeal to the song whatsoever.  And the asinine lyrics aren’t helping at all.  Seriously, stop this madness.

Hit-Bound:

• Khalid featuring Disclosure – Know Your Worth
• Lady Gaga – Stupid Love (DEBUT)
• Louis Tomlinson – Don’t Let It Break Your Heart
• Blackbear – Me And Ur Ghost
• Dua Lipa – Physical
• Niall Horan – No Judgement
• Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
• Trevor Daniel – Falling
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Old Me
• Meghan Trainor featuring Nicki Minaj – Nice To Meet Ya
• Conan Gray – Maniac
• Sam Smith – To Die For
• Alec Benjamin – Oh My God
• Justin Bieber featuring Quavo – Intentions
• Post Malone featuring Travis Scott and Ozzy Osbourne – Take What You Want

Hit-Bound Breakdown:
0 – Putrid:
15. Justin Bieber featuring Quavo – Intentions
14. Blackbear – Me & Ur Ghost
13. Meghan Trainor featuring Nicki Minaj – Nice To Meet Ya

1 – Bad:
None!

2 – Mediocre:
None!

3 – Decent:
12. Trevor Daniel – Falling
11. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Old Me
10. Alec Benjamin – Oh My God

4 – Good:
None!

5 – Great:
9. Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
8. Conan Gray – Maniac
7. Khalid featuring Disclosure – Know Your Worth
6. Louis Tomlinson – Don’t Let It Break Your Heart
5. Niall Horan – No Judegement
4. Sam Smith – To Die For
3. Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott – Take What You Want
2. Dua Lipa – Physical

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On Hit-Bound:
1. Lady Gaga – Stupid Love

Overall Grade: 55/75 = 73% (B)

Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Carly Rae Jepsen – Cut To The Feeling

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Lady Gaga – Stupid Love
2. Dua Lipa – Physical
3. Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott – Take What You Want
4. Sam Smith – To Die For
5. Niall Horan – No Judgement

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown Top 20 Breakdown:
0 – Putrid:
20. Blackbear – Hot Girl Bummer
19. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
18. Arizona Zervas – Roxanne

1 – Bad:
17. Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby – My Oh My
16. Doja Cat – Say So

2 – Mediocre:
None!

3 – Decent:
15. JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels – If The World Was Ending
14. Selena Gomez – Rare

4 – Good:
13. Jonas Brothers – Only Human
12. Post Malone – Circles

5 – Great:
11. All Time Low – Some Kind Of Disaster
10. Dan + Shay featuring Justin Bieber – 10,000 Hours
9. Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B – South Of The Border
8. Jonas Brothers – What A Man Gotta Do
7. Halsey – Graveyard
6. Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
5. Lizzo – Good As Hell
4. Niall Horan – Nice To Meet Ya
3. Harry Styles – Adore You
2. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now

Overall Grade: 72/100 = 72% (B)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: T.I. featuring Rihanna – Live Your Life (2008)

Most Missed Countdown Song: The Chainsmokers featuring ROZES – Roses

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Billie Eilish – No Time To Die

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. Lizzo – Good As Hell
3. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me
4. Harry Styles – Adore You
5. The Weeknd – Blinding Lights

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Blackbear – Hot Girl Bummer
2. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
3. Arizona Zervas – Roxanne
4. Tayla Parx featuring Florida Georgia Line – Fight
5. Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby – My Oh My

Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Lil Peep featuring iLoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy – I’ve Been Waiting: Not much I can say about this one.  Production-wise it’s okay, but not memorable.  Patrick Stump was probably the best thing about the song.

Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar: Imagine Dragons’s last stand.  Aside from Natural, this is one of (if not) the only good songs off of Origins.  It bears a striking resemblance to Demons, which was also a favorite of mine.