Hello, fam! We’re closing in on my two-year anniversary. For those who don’t know, I started this blog two years ago. I just want to say thank you for reading this amazing blog. You guys are absolutely special. I do hope to keep going. Right now, I’m going to continue to catch up on my posts. Here’s the first of many. Before we get to this week’s fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More (#39)
• Cardi B featuring Bruno Mars – Please Me (#40)
• 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood (#41) [Spent 5 Weeks at #1]
• Maren Morris – GIRL (#43)
• Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies (#44)

45. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#34) [–11]
44. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#45) [+1] [Spent 1 Week at #1]
43. Post Malone featuring Swae Lee – Sunflower (#42) [–1]
42. FLETCHER – Undrunk (#36) [–6]
41. Austin Brown – In Betweenin’ (#33) [–8]
40. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#37) [–3]
39. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (DEBUT)
38. Benny Blanco featuring Halsey and Khalid – Eastside (#35)
37. Jake Miller – Wait For You (#30)
36. Alessia Cara – Out Of Love (DEBUT)
35. Avril Lavigne featuring Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde (#20)
34. Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (Remix) (#38) [+4]
33. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#28) [–5]
32. NOTD featuring Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts, and Georgia Ku – So Close (DEBUT)
31. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (#32) [+1]
30. MAX featuring Quinn XCII – Love Me Less (DEBUT)
29. YUNGBLUD & Halsey featuring Travis Barker – 11 Minutes (#26) [–3]
28. Lizzo – Juice (#23) [–5]
27. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend (DEBUT)
26. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#29) [+3]
25. Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper – Shallow (#18) [–7]
24. Khalid – Better (#21) [–3]
23. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine (#31) [+8]
22. Post Malone – Wow. (#27) [+4]
21. Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES – Here With Me (#24) [+3]
20. Ally Brooke featuring Tyga – Low Key (#25) [+5]
19. Lil Peep featuring iLoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy – I’ve Been Waiting (#19) [=]
18. Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (#12) [–6]
17. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#22) [+5]
16. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored (#15) [–1]
15. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#7) [–8] [Spent 8 Weeks at #1]
14. Lauv featuring Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired… (#17) [+3]
13. P!NK – Walk Me Home (#16) [+3]
12. Sam Smith featuring Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#8) [–4]
11. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#6) [–5] [Spent 7 Weeks at #1]
10. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#9) [–1]
9. Marshmello featuring BΔSTILLE  – Happier (#11) [+2] [Spent 2 Weeks at #1]
8. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#13) [+5]
7. Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close to Me (#10) [+3]
6. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#14) [+8]
5. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#2) [–3]
4. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#3) [–1] [Spent 3 Weeks at #1]
3. Halsey – Without Me (#5) [+2] [Spent 5 Weeks at #1]
2. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds of Summer – Who Do You Love (#4) [+2]
1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [=] [5^th Week at #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (1^st And Only Week At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Avril Lavigne featuring Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde (–15)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie between TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine and Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (+8)

New Entrants:
– So, we have two songs that debuted straight to the countdown this week. First up is newcomer Lewis Capaldi with a piano ballad called Someone You Loved. I do like what the song is supposed to be about. It basically talks about love and we’ve have a lot of songs like these nowadays. I think his voice is okay, but he doesn’t really stand out to me. But I do like the piano work here and the lyrics are nicely done. I might grow into this one, but I don’t see it sticking with me in the long run.

– Next, Alessia Cara returns with her latest single titled Out Of Love. Earlier, she gave us Growing Pains, which I did like. But then, there was Trust My Lonely, which was not good and thus was one of my least favorite singles from her. As far as her album goes, I was pretty mixed on it for the most part. But Out Of Love is a good song. Like Someone You Loved, this one is also a piano ballad. I like her voice in this one, and the lyrics are nice. I’ve been a fan of Alessia, and I can say I kinda like the song overall.

– We have the return of NOTD, and they’re collaborating with Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts, and Georgia Ku in their latest single titled So Close. Last year, the EDM duo introduced themselves to the world when they collaborated with Bea Miller in I Wanna Know. I did like that one at first, but I realized it wasn’t all that special. As far as So Close goes, I think it’s a step up from that. Production-wise, I like the beat and I think these guys did a nice job in that aspect. My concern is that I’m not a big fan of Georgia Ku’s voice. I don’t think she stands out. While it is better than its predecessor, it’s not really something I’ll come back to in the long run.

– Up next, we have the return of MAX and he teams up with Quinn XCII with Love Me Less. I’m not really the biggest fan of what MAX has to offer when it comes to his music. I will say that Love Me Less is better than Lights Down Low. I like his voice here, but I’m not feeling the production and the beat isn’t too interesting. Quinn XCII doesn’t really contribute to much of the song. Overall, I find this to be okay. It’s not really special.

– The best debut of the week comes from Billie Eilish, and she makes her very first appearance with Bury A Friend. Unlike most people in the blogging community, I’m actually into her music. I think she has a mysterious voice and she uses it well, though it took me a while to grow into the song. Sure, there may not be much to the production. But it is really her voice that impresses me, even though it doesn’t sit well with most people. So yeah, I really like this and I hope it can stick around.

Best Debut Of The Week: Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend

Would You Blurb Me Less?
– We’ll start with our exits. First, we have two songs that’ll be missed by me. Miss Me More was something I loved and is one of Kelsea’s best solo singles, and GIRL was an amazing lead single for Maren’s latest album. It’s too bad both of them didn’t do very well. I do like Please Me as well, but I’m too disappointed about it leaving, seeing as that one never really took off. Love Lies and Youngblood have both been here for a while, but they did have great countdown runs so I’m happy with their respective success.

– It was nice to see 2002 fall all the way to the bottom of the countdown. That song has definitely overstayed its welcome. I do wish the song would end up leaving soon.

– Dumb Blonde took quite a big drop in its third week of its tenure. I would say I’m disappointed about this. But given that not very many people care about Avril Lavigne right now, I’m not all that surprised.

– Can we please not with Happier and Let Me Down Slowly?!?! Why are they jumping? Hopefully, Hits 1 can fix this soon because this is seriously not okay. We have better songs that deserve to be in the Top 10 than these two.

Hit-Bound:

• SZA featuring The Weeknd and Travis Scott – Power Is Power
• Billie Eilish – Bad Guy 
• Bazzi – Paradise 
• Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie – ME! (DEBUT) 
• Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other 
• Ava Max – So Am I 
• Jennifer Lopez featuring French Montana – Medicine 
• The Chainsmokers – Kills You Slowly
• Jonas Brothers – Cool
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I’m Afraid
• Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us 
• BTS featuring Halsey – Boy With Luv
• Kygo featuring Valerie Broussard – Think About You 
• Panic! At The Disco – Dancing’s Not A Crime 
• Jordan McGraw – Flexible

Hello, fam! So, I’ve got another post for you today. This time, it’s about the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown. I hope to continue catching up on my posts. As soon as I’m done, I might have a surprise coming hopefully this month. We’ll see. Before we get to this week’s fresh 45, here are the songs leaving us this week:

• Grandson – Apologize (#39)

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (7^th of 9 Weeks At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (–14)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie between Lil Peep featuring iLoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy and Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored (+10)

Hello, fam! So, I’m planning on spending most of my day getting posts done. That way, I can be able to catch up faster. No, I’m not skipping weeks that I missed. I’ll be posting all of the weeks at one time. And then, I’ll shift my focus towards other things. Here’s the first of many posts to come. Before we get to this week’s fresh 40, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• Bad Liar by Imagine Dragons (#27)
• Broken by lovelytheband (#38)
• Tequila by Dan + Shay (#40)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Too Close by Next (1997)

Most Missed Song: Alejandro by Lady Gaga

#1 Recommendation For The American Top 40: ME! by Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Pray For Me by The Weeknd featuring Kendrick Lamar (#5)

My Top 5 Picks

Hello, fam. I don’t really have anything to say for my introduction at this moment. We still have the same annoying #1 song for the week, and our debuts this week aren’t really that good. But oh well. Can’t really do anything about that. Before we get to this week’s fresh 40, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• 365 by Zedd featuring Katy Perry (#28)
• God Is A Woman by Ariana Grande (#40) [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]

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) [=] [3^rd Week at #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (6^th 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)

Hello, guys! So, I’m back once again. I know it’s been rough for me for the past month or so. But I just want to let you guys know that I do have a life outside of blogging. Work is just killing me right now. Again, like I said before, I do hope things will be back to normal soon. You’ll just have to bear with me for the time being. Before we get to this week’s fresh 40, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• This Feeling by The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini (#27)
• Sue Me by Sabrina Carpenter (#38)
• Damn by LIVVIA (#40)

Hello, fam! We’ve entered the month of April, and it’s good to have some fresh air while it’s warm outside. Plus, baseball season has already started. I do hope to get tickets to see the Braves play. Anyway, I’m still slowly, but surely trying to catch up. So, I’m going to make this post a short one. Let’s get on with it. Before we get to this week’s fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• Zedd featuring Katy Perry – 365 (#31)
• Kelsy Karter – Harry (#39)
• Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B – Girls Like You (#43)

The Countdown:
Last Week’s #1 Song: Jonas Brothers – Sucker
45. Bebe Rexha – I’m A Mess (#44) [–1]
44. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#45) [+1]
43. Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies (#42) [–1]
42. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#41) [–1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
41. Madison Beer featuring Offset – Hurts Like Hell (#37) [–4]
40. LSD featuring Lil Wayne – Genius (Remix) (#38) [–2]
39. Meghan Trainor – All The Ways (#23) [–16]
38. Cardi B featuring Bruno Mars – Please Me (#32) [–6]
37. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#35) [–2]
36. Post Malone – Wow. (#36) [=]
35. Maren Morris – GIRL (#27) [–8]
34. Lizzo – Juice (DEBUT)
33. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (#28) [–5] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1]
32. Ally Brooke featuring Tyga – Low Key (DEBUT)
31. Grandson – Apologize (#30) [–1]
30. Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (DEBUT)
29. Lil Peep featuring iLoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy – I’ve Been Waiting (#22) [–7]
28. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#29) [+1]
27. YUNGBLUD & Halsey featuring Travis Barker – 11 Minutes (#25) [–2]
26. Jake Miller – Wait For You (#33) [+7]
25. Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More (#20) [–5]
24. Khalid – Better (#26) [+2]
23. P!NK – Walk Me Home (#34) [+11]
22. Austin Brown – In Betweenin’ (#40) [+18]
21. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#24) [+3]
20. Post Malone featuring Swae Lee – Sunflower (#19) [–1]
19. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine (#18) [–1]
18. Sam Smith featuring Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#15) [–3]
17. Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper – Shallow (#16) [–1]
16. Lauv featuring Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired… (#21) [+5]
15. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#7) [–8]
14. Benny Blanco featuring Halsey and Khalid – Eastside (#17) [+3]
13. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#4) [–9] [Spent 8 Weeks At #1]
12. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#14) [+2]
11. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#8) [–3]
10. Marshmello featuring BΔSTILLE – Happier (#11) [+1] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
9. Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close To Me (#10) [+1]
8. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#9) [+1]
7. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#13) [+6] [Spent 7 Weeks At #1]
6. Halsey – Without Me (#6) [=] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1]
5. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#2) [–3] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
4. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#12) [+8]
3. The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#5) [+2]
2. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#3) [+1]
1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [=] [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (5^th of 9 Weeks At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Meghan Trainor – All The Ways (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Austin Brown – In Betweenin’ (+18)

New Entrants:
– We’ll begin our new round of entrants with a song that’s been around since the start of the year. Here, we have Lizzo bringing us her single titled Juice. Right off the bat, the song is just a fun retro jam. When I listen to her voice, it kinds reminds me of a singer from the soul/R&B genre that I grew up listening to. It fits her well for a song that has a funky vibe. The production is just solid all around. So yeah, I’m in love with this one. Hopefully, it sticks around for a little while.

– Our next debut of the week comes from another member of Fifth Harmony who has a solo single. Ally Brooke makes her debut with Low Key. With that, all of the members of the group have released their solo music. I think Normani is the best out of all of them, with Lauren Jauregui coming in a close second. Dinah Jane is decent for the most part. I have very mixed feelings about Camila Cabello, but she has released some good songs. So, where does Ally Brooke stand in my opinion, you might ask? Well, I personally think she is a talented singer. But she doesn’t show it in the song. She sounds pretty underwhelming in the chorus. The lyrics aren’t really any good. The song also features Tyga, who doesn’t add much to the song whatsoever. Luckily, Hits 1 did edit out his verse, but it doesn’t really change my opinion on the song. Yeah, I’m not fond of this. Honestly, I expected more out of Ally. But this is just disappointing overall and frankly, not very good. And it’s very sad because I like her. Oh well.

– Finally, we have more of Bebe Rexha with her next single making its debut on the countdown, by the name of Last Hurrah. I’ve been waiting for her to release the follow-up to I’m A Mess, which I still loathe with great intensity. And after hearing this song, I found it to be a massive step up from that.

Best Debut Of The Week: Lizzo – Juice

Gotta Blame It On My Blurbs
– In terms of our exits for the week, Harry lasted only two weeks on the countdown, thus making this the shortest-tenured song on the countdown so far this year. But it really wasn’t that good of a song, so I’m happy about it leaving. Girls Like You lasted a long time here, and while it was something I kinda grew into it wasn’t really memorable in the long run. Lastly, there’s 365, which I loved. It’s too bad it didn’t get as big as The Middle, which was a huge hit in 2018. Oh well.

– Did we really need Let Me Down Slowly back in the Top 5?!?! I’d like to think not. I personally think there are better songs that are worthy of being in that region over that song.

– On that note, we have This Feeling back in the Top 10, which is very nice to see. I still absolutely love the song, so I certainly wouldn’t mind it staying in the Top 10 for as long as it wants.

– The massive jumps from In Betweenin’ and Walk Me Home were no surprise. The former is one I’m not thrilled about. The latter, on the other hand, is one I’m okay with even though it isn’t nearly P!NK’s best song.

– Speaking of Kelsea Ballerini, it looks like Miss Me More is dying out on this countdown. She definitely deserves more recognition outside of Hits 1. One would think that since This Feeling was a multi-week #1, her solo single would follow suit. But that is unfortunately not the case.

– On the note of big drops, All The Ways fell down to the Bottom 10 at #39. It was expected, but it’s still highly disappointing, especially since I love the song. Of course, this had to be underrated.

Hit-Bound:

• Kygo featuring Valerie Broussard – Think About You
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I’m Afraid
• Jordan McGraw – Flexible (DEBUT)
• Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored
• Panic! At The Disco – Dancing’s Not A Crime
• Avril Lavigne featuring Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde
• Ciara – Thinkin Bout You
• Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend
• Jonas Brothers – Cool (DEBUT)
• MAX featuring Quinn XCII – Love Me Less (DEBUT)
• Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES – Here With Me
• Ava Max – So Am I
• FLETCHER – Undrunk
• Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us
• NOTD featuring Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts, and Georgia Ku – So Close

Hello, fam! I have another late post. It just seems like I can’t find any motivation to commit to my blog lately. But, I have been actively working on my personal chart. If you haven’t yet, feel free to check it out. I’m still annoyed that we have the same #1, but whatever. Let’s just jump right in. Before we get to this week’s fresh 40, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• Swan Song by Dua Lipa (#26)
• Hurts Like Hell by Madison Beer featuring Offset (#32)
• Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD (#39)

Hello, fam! So, all last week, while I was working on catching up on all of my posts, I’ve decided to join crownnote. It’s a place where I can share you all my personal chart. I highly recommend that you check it out if you haven’t already. As for my rankdown involving the 2012 Year-End list for Billboard, it’ll still be going on. I don’t have a deadline set yet, but I hope to get started on it within the next month or so. Let’s jump right in to my late countdown post. Before we get to this week’s fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• Sabrina Carpenter – Sue Me (#34)
• Backstreet Boys – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (#43)

The Countdown:
Last Week’s #1 Song: Panic At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It
45. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#45) [=]
44. Bebe Rexha – I’m A Mess (#44) [=]
43. Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B – Girls Like You (#41) [–3]
42. Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies (#42) [=]
41. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#33) [–8] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
40. Austin Brown – In Betweenin’ (DEBUT)
39. Kelsy Karter – Harry (#39) [=]
38. LSD featuring Lil Wayne – Genius (Remix) (#35) [–3]
37. Madison Beer featuring Offset – Hurts Like Hell (#36) [–1]
36. Post Malone – Wow. (#40) [+4]
35. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#28) [–7]
34. P!NK – Walk Me Home (DEBUT)
33. Jake Miller – Wait For You (#27) [–6]
32. Cardi B featuring Bruno Mars – Please Me (#31) [–1]
31. Zedd featuring Katy Perry – 365 (#38) [+7]
30. Grandson – Apologize (#26) [–4]
29. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#20) [–9]
28. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood (#25) [–3] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1]
27. Maren Morris – GIRL (#32) [+5]
26. Khalid – Better (#24) [–2]
25. Yungblud & Halsey featuring Travis Barker – 11 Minutes (#23) [–2]
24. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#21) [–3]
23. Meghan Trainor – All The Ways (#30) [+7]
22. Lil Peep featuring iLoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy – I’ve Been Waiting (#29) [+7]
21. Lauv featuring Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired (#18) [–3]
20. Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More (#17) [–3]
19. Post Malone featuring Swae Lee – Sunflower (#22) [+3]
18. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine (#16) [–2]
17. Benny Blanco featuring Halsey and Khalid – Eastside (#13) [–4]
16. Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper – Shallow (#37) [+21]
15. Sam Smith featuring Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#15) [=]
14. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#12) [–2]
13. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#7) [–6] [Spent 7 Weeks At #1]
12. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#4) [–8]
11. Marshmello featuring BΔSTILLE – Happier (#6) [–5] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
10. Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close To Me (#9) [–1]
9. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#19) [+10]
8. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#11) [+3]
7. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#8) [+1]
6. Halsey – Without Me (#5) [–1] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1]
5. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#14) [+9]
4. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#10) [+6] [Spent 8 Weeks At #1]
3. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#3) [=]
2. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#1) [–1] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#2) [+1] [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (4^th of 9 Weeks At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Anne-Marie – 2002 (–9)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper – Shallow (+21)

New Entrants:
– So, we’ve got two new entrants to cover for this week. First, we have newcomer Austin Brown with the song In Betweenin’. I feel like the song had potential to be solid, but overall it didn’t quite do it for me. The production is good and I like the beat. But Austin’s voice is just a little too childish, and that’s what bought it down for me. I don’t have much more I can say beyond that. So yeah, the song is okay. But his voice just needs a little work.

– Next is the comeback single from P!NK after about a year. This time, she brings us Walk Me Home. I’ve been a fan of P!NK ever since she was relevant at the start of the 21^st Century. Songs like Get The Party Started, Raise Your Glass, and Just Give Me A Reason are all very good songs. Walk Me Home is a little weaker compared to those songs, though it’s definitely a good song for the most part. I like her voice as usual, and the lyrics are pretty solid. The production is good, though not quite as amazing. It may not stick with me in the long run, but right now I’m enjoying this.

Best Debut Of The Week: P!NK – Walk Me Home

Blurb Me Home In The Dead Of Night
– We’ll start with our two exits. First, Sue Me wasn’t very interesting, so I’m kinda glad that it left. But then there’s Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, which was a good comeback single for the Backstreet Boys. It was nice to hear from them again after a long while. The song showed me that they can still make good music and their new album is pretty solid. It had a good run while it lasted. The song will be missed by me.

– And just like that, the Jonas Brothers hit #1 in its third week with Sucker. They have now tied the record for the fastest rise to #1 with Adele – Hello, which first accomplished this feat on November 14, 2015. I have a feeling now that it’s taken the top spot, it’s going to be there for a long while. I really don’t see any song that’ll be able to compete with it (except for maybe Who Do You Love). I do like the song for the time being, so I’m perfectly fine with this.

– Speaking of Who Do You Love, the song has now reached the Top 5. And with that, The Chainsmokers have replaced themselves in the Top 10. And I’m cool with this because I love the song overall. Normally, I would envision this one being a #1 song at some point in time. Well, I think it still could. But because of our current #1 song, it’ll probably be difficult. We’ll see how its tenure in the Top 5 plays out.

– On the note of other Top 5 entrants, we get a re-entry from…High Hopes? Seriously? I mean, don’t get me wrong. I still like the song. But I think this is becoming a little too much for a song that’s died out elsewhere. But of course, Hits 1 just can’t seem to let go of anything related to Panic! At The Disco. Oh well.

– Also in the Top 10 is the re-entry of 7 Rings (Blech) and the arrival of Bad Liar (Yahoo!). I’m glad that Bad Liar was able to enter the Top 10 unlike Machine, which was a mess. It’s probably the best song off of Origins. I hope it ends up staying up there for a while.

– Shallow’s second run on the countdown is getting off to a good start, as it has taken a massive jump into the Top 20 this week. It’s nice to have the song gain back some momentum after hitting #1 on Billboard Hot 100.

– It’s about time 2002 made that big drop. Even though it was only a small biggest drop, this was overdue for some time. I would appreciate it if the song started to leave soon.

Hit-Bound:

• Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah
• Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES – Here With Me
• Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us
• Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend
• NOTD featuring Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts, and Georgia Ku – So Close
• Panic! At The Disco – Dancing’s Not A Crime
• Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (DEBUT)
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I’m Afraid
• Ally Brooke featuring Tyga – Low Key
• Ava Max – So Am I
• Lizzo – Juice (DEBUT)
• FLETCHER – Undrunk
• Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored
• Avril Lavigne featuring Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde
• Kygo featuring Valerie Broussard – Think About You

Hello, fam! So this week, I’ve started working on a personal chart of mine. The place where I can do all of that is on crownnote. Feel free to check it out! I’m still trying to play catch up when it comes to my posts, albeit slowly. Hopefully, things will be back to normal soon. Right now, here’s another late post. This was not a good week overall. Let’s jump into it. Before we get to this week’s fresh 40, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:

• 8 Letters by Why Don’t We (#26)
• Lie by NF (#40)