Saturday, September 28, 2019

Callout Scores

Hey, you guys might know what's happening, since Nick did this a while ago but stopped and I really missed it. I'm dropping the WECDBT20R for this. I'm not sure if you guys like this or not, but I'm doing it anyways. Full credit for this goes to Nick. Here's a form, it's all explained on that:
https://forms.gle/UzWyvKuijekoeKqw6

Week of September 28, 2019 - Jonas Brothers (1)

Jonas Brothers (1)
Hey. The #1 sucks. ON WITH THE COUNTDOWN!!!

Song We're Saying Goodbye To
Let Me Down Slowly - Alec Benjamin (#43) [#4]

Last Week's #1: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (1)

#45: With You - Kaskade/Meghan Trainor (-1) [#21]
#44: Bad Liar - Imagine Dragons (+1) [#6]
#43: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus (-2) [#7]
#42: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-10) [#19]
#41: Never Really Over - Katy Perry (-1) [#10]
#40: Here With Me - Marshmello/CHVRCHES (+2) [#5]
#39: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (-6) [#6]
#38: Trampoline - SHAED (-1) [#27]
#37: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (+1) [#2]
#36: Nightmare - Halsey (-14) [#2]
#35: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin (DEBUT) [7 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#34: Shameless - Camila Cabello (-5) [#29]
#33: Dream Boy - Waterparks (-3) [#30]
#32: Harder - Jax Jones/Bebe Rexha (-1) [#31]
#31: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (+8) [#31] *new peak*
#30: Dancing's Not a Crime - Panic! At The Disco (-5) [#10]
#29: Look Away - Stephen Puth (-1) [#22]
#28: bad guy - Billie Eilish (-1) [#10]
#27: Liar - Camila Cabello (-6) [#21]
#26: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (+9) [#26] *new peak*
#25: Graveyard - Halsey (+9) [#25] *new peak*
#24: I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (-1) [#5]
#23: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House (-7) [#16]
#22: Mother - Charlie Puth (+14) [#22] *new peak*
#21: Small Talk - Katy Perry (-2) [#19]
#20: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (-5) [#15]
#19: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (-1) [#18]
#18: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (+2) [#10]
#17: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD (+7) [#17] *new peak*
#16: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-9) [#3]
#15: Goodbyes - Post Malone (-3) [#10]
#14: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (+3) [#13]
#13: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (-3) [#10]
#12: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (+2) [#12] *new peak*
#11: All the Time - Zara Larsson (+15) [#11] *new peak*
#10: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+3) [#4]
#9: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (-5) [2 weeks at #1]
#8: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (+3) [#3]
#7: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-4) [13 weeks at #1]
#6: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (-) [3 weeks at #1]
#5: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (+3) [#5] *new peak*
#4: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-2) [1 week at #1]
#3: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (+6) [9 weeks at #1]
#2: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-1) [1 week at #1]
#1: Cool - Jonas Brothers (+4) [1st week at #1] *new peak*

Last Year's #1: High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco [4/8 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Memories - Maroon 5

Our first and only new song this week is Jesus In LA by Alec Benjamin. This is a pretty mediocre song. Alec doesn't have the best voice here, it sounding really young even though he's 25. It's not even that catchy. I don't really get what Hits 1 sees in this song or Alec Benjamin in general, with If We Have Each Other doing really well, even though it's not a single. I don't really want this song to do well.

Biggest DROP!!!: Nightmare - Halsey (-14): Geez. This fell really hard. Good. I hate this song and I really didn't want it to be a huge hit here. (I say that because it hit #2 a lot)

Biggest Jump: All the Time - Zara Larsson (+15): Okay, I have no clue why this song is at #11 since it's gaining zero traction everywhere else. I really hope this starts dropping and I have no clue why people like it.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House (#23)
#4: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (#26)
#3: Trampoline - SHAED (#38)
#2: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (#12)
#1: Goodbyes - Post Malone (#15)

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: All the Time - Zara Larsson (#11)
#4: bad guy - Billie Eilish (#28)
#3: Nightmare - Halsey (#36)
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers (#1)
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (#5)

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#19: Cool - Jonas Brothers

1 - Bad:
#18: All the Time - Zara Larsson

2 - Mediocre:
#17: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco
#16: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes

3 - Decent:
#15: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#14: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin
#13: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII

4 - Good:
#12: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha
#11: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#10: Sucker - Jonas Brothers

5 - Great:
#9: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#8: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett
#7: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#6: Rescue Me - OneRepublic
#5: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#4: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD
#3: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#2: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:
#1: Goodbyes - Post Malone

Overall Score: 72/100 = 72%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Here With Me - Marshmello/CHVRCHES (#40)
#4: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (#7)
#3: Bad Liar - Imagine Dragons (#44)
#2: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (#9)
#1: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (#6)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey

Hit-Bound
Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco [8]
frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie [4]
Time - NF [4]
Stack It Up - Liam Payne [2]
Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean [3]
What Am I - Why Don't We [4]
Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson [4]
Lover - Taylor Swift [7]
WHO DO U LOVE? - Monsta X/French Montana [1]
Good As Hell - Lizzo [8]
Memories - Maroon 5 [2]
Only Human - Jonas Brothers [12]
Circles - Post Malone [4]
Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [6]
Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston [5]

Our Hit-Bound entrant this week is WHO DO U LOVE? by Monsta X (which sounds like a k-pop group's name) and French Montana. This song is okay. It kind of actually sounds like a k-pop song. Just english. But also not really. It's kind of cool. It's really not what I expected when I saw the title, and it's probably better than Who Do You Love. (Aw, geez. That's gonna get confusing.) Honestly, I wouldn't be mad if this debuted eventually. Ah. They are k-pop. Alright then.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
NONE!

1 - Bad:
#15: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson

2 - Mediocre:
#14: Lover - Taylor Swift

3 - Decent:
#13: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco
#12: Stack It Up - Liam Payne
#11: WHO DO U LOVE? - MONSTA X/French Montana

4 - Good:
#10: Memories - Maroon 5
#9: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#8: Only Human - Jonas Brothers

5 - Great:
#7: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#6: frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie
#5: What Am I - Why Don't We
#4: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#3: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean
#2: Circles - Post Malone
#1: Time - NF

Overall Score: 59/75 = 79%

Jesus In Blurb-A



We lost Let Me Down Slowly this week. The song was never that good. I'm glad to see it go and it just never really appealed to me, but I can see why people liked it even though it shouldn't have stayed that long. Good riddance.

Make You Mine hit the bottom 5 this week. Yeah, I'm not sure why this ever hit the countdown, but it was still pretty good.

Khalid finally credited Disclosure on Talk, and so did I!

Both Shameless and Liar fell this week. I'm kind of surprised, but honestly, I can kind of see neither of these songs doing well.

The Hype, Graveyard and Mother have their sights set on the top 20. I'm totally okay with The Hype and Graveyard hitting it, but Mother not so much.

boyfriend fell out of the top 20 this week just as I start to like it. Come on.

Hate Me's in the top 20. That's pretty good.

It's not looking too good for Goodbyes which is a shame since it's a great song.

I know I've said this a lot, but Hey Look Ma should not still be here. It's not even on the Hot 100 anymore.

You Need To Calm Down fell off of #1. *sigh* It was a good run.

But it got replaced by Cool. Why? Just because "WOW! The JOnas Brothers are BACK!"? That's not a reason. I'm sorry, this shouldn't be at #1 if the countdown at all. Come on. Stop it Hits 1. Get Only Human on the countdown instead of this hitting #1.

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Circles - Post Malone [2]
DOLLAR - Becky G/Myke Towers [11]
Feelings - Lauv [1]
Talk - Khalid/Disclosure [20]
Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey [2]
Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus [25]
Sweettalk My Heart - Tove Lo [1]
bad guy - Billie Eilish [19]
Motivation - Normani [6]
Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello [?]
God Is A Dancer - Tiesto/Mabel [1]
Truth Hurts - Lizzo [13]
Wanted - OneRepublic [3]
boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House [3]
LOVE U - Monsta X [1]

No Longer Trending
Mother - Charlie Puth [1]
Graveyard - Halsey [1]
Runaway - Sebastian Yatra/Jonas Brothers/Daddy Yankee/Natti Natasha [14]
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi [6]
Somebody To Love - OneRepublic [1]
You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift [12]
Goodbyes - Post Malone [1]

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Week of September 21, 2019 - Taylor Swift (1)

Taylor Swift (1)

I don't really have much to talk about this week except for our new #1. So let's get into it!

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Without Me - Halsey (#44) [5 weeks at #1]
This Feeling - The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini (#41) [7 weeks at #1]

Last Week’s #1: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (1)

#45: Bad Liar - Imagine Dragons (-) [#6]
#44: With You - Kaskade/Meghan Trainor (-17) [#21]
#43: Let Me Down Slowly - Alec Benjamin (-1) [#4]
#42: Here With Me - Marshmello/CHVRCHES (+1) [#5]
#41: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus (-11) [#7]
#40: Never Really Over - Katy Perry (-8) [#10]
#39: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (-2) [#37]
#38: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (-4) [#2]
#37: Trampoline - SHAED (+3) [#27]
#36: Mother - Charlie Puth (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound]
#35: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (+3) [#35] *new peak*
#34: Graveyard - Halsey (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound]
#33: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (-21) [#6]
#32: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-4) [#19]
#31: Harder - Jax Jones/Bebe Rexha (+4) [#31] *new peak*
#30: Dream Boy - Waterparks (+6) [#30] *new peak*
#29: Shameless - Camila Cabello (+10) [#29] *new peak*
#28: Look Away - Stephen Puth (-2) [#22]
#27: bad guy - Billie Eilish (-4) [#10]
#26: All the Time - Zara Larsson (+3) [#26] *new peak*
#25: Dancing’s Not a Crime - Panic! At The Disco (-5) [#10]
#24: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD (+1) [#24] *new peak*
#23: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (+1) [#5]
#22: Nightmare - Halsey (-5) [#2]
#21: Liar - Camila Cabello (+10) [#21] *new peak*
#20: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (-4) [#10]
#19: Small Talk - Katy Perry (+3) [#19] *new peak*
#18: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (+15) [#18] *new peak*
#17: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (-2) [#13]
#16: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House (+3) [#16] *new peak*
#15: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (+3) [#15] *new peak*
#14: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (+7) [#14] *new peak*
#13: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (-2) [#4]
#12: Goodbyes - Post Malone (-2) [#10]
#11: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-8) [#3]
#10: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (+4) [#10] *new peak*
#9: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (-3) [9 weeks at #1]
#8: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-) [#7]
#7: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (+6) [#3]
#6: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (+1) [3 weeks at #1]
#5: Cool - Jonas Brothers (+4) [#4]
#4: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (+1) [2 weeks at #1]
#3: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (+1) [13 weeks at #1]
#2: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [1 week at #1]
#1: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (+1) [1st week at #1]

Last Year’s #1: High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco [4?/8 weeks at #1]

Hit-Bound
Time - NF [3]
Memories - Maroon 5 [1]
frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie [3]
What Am I - Why Don’t We [3]
Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston [4]
Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin [7]
Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [5]
Circles - Post Malone [3]
Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson [3]
Stack It Up - Liam Payne [1]
Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean [2]
Lover - Taylor Swift [6]
Good As Hell - Lizzo [7]
Only Human - Jonas Brothers [11]
Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco [7]

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bad guy - Billie Eilish [18]
Wanted - OneRepublic [2]
Mother - Charlie Puth [1]
Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus [24]
Motivation - Normani [5]
boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House [2]
Graveyard - Halsey [1]
Truth Hurts - Lizzo [12]
Runaway - Sebastian Yatra/Jonas Brothers/Daddy Yankee/Natti Natasha [14]
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi [6]
Somebody To Love - OneRepublic [1]
You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift [12]
DOLLAR - Becky G/Myke Towers [10]
Goodbyes - Post Malone [1]
Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey [1]

No Longer Trending
Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid [1]
Let It Be Me - Steve Aoki/Backstreet Boys [1]
Graduation - benny blanco/Juice WRLD [2]
October - Alessia Cara [1]
Carry Me Away - John Mayer [1]
Talk - Khalid/Disclosure [19]

When I was fixing the highlighting on this, I accidentally deleted all of my reviews, so I guess this is just an info post now. Sorry about that.

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Week of September 14, 2019 - 5 Seconds of Summer (1)

5 Seconds of Summer (1)

We had a really eventful week, which is weird considering we had a seven-debut-really-eventful week last week too. You might be able to tell what our weird new #1 is, and we got 3 pretty good songs on the countdown. Let’s do this! Hopefully it’ll be Easier than last week! ;)

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Speechless - Dan + Shay (#42) [#9]
One Thought Away - Asher Angel (#40) [#33]
100 Bad Days - AJR (#30) [#19]

Last Week’s #1: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (9)

#45: Bad Liar - Imagine Dragons (-1) [#6]
#44: Without Me - Halsey (+1) [5 weeks at #1]
#43: Here With Me - Marshmello/CHVRCHES (-2) [#5]
#42: Let Me Down Slowly - Alec Benjamin (-5) [#4]
#41: This Feeling - The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini (+2) [7 weeks at #1]
#40: Trampoline - SHAED (-1) [#27]
#39: Shameless - Camila Cabello (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound]
#38: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (DEBUT) [5 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#37: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (+1) [#37] *new peak*
#36: Dream Boy - Waterparks (-1) [#35]
#35: Harder - Jax Jones/Bebe Rexha (+1) [#35] *new peak*
#34: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (-) [#2]
#33: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (-) [#33]
#32: Never Really Over - Katy Perry (-16) [#10]
#31: Liar - Camila Cabello (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound]
#30: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus (+2) [#7]
#29: All the Time - Zara Larsson (-2) [#27]
#28: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-2) [#19]
#27: With You - Kaskade/Meghan Trainor (+4) [#21]
#26: Look Away - Stephen Puth (+2) [#22]
#25: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD (+4) [#25] *new peak*
#24: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (-9) [#5]
#23: bad guy - Billie Eilish (+1) [#10]
#22: Small Talk - Katy Perry (+1) [#21]
#21: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (+1) [#21] *new peak*
#20: Dancing’s Not a Crime - Panic! At The Disco (+1) [#10]
#19: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House (+6) [#19] *new peak*
#18: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (-1) [#17]
#17: Nightmare - Halsey (-5) [#2]
#16: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (+3) [#10]
#15: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (-2) [#13]
#14: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (+4) [#14] *new peak*
#13: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-2) [#3]
#12: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (+2) [#6]
#11: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (-6) [#4]
#10: Goodbyes - Post Malone (+10) [#10] *new peak*
#9: Cool - Jonas Brothers (-5) [#4]
#8: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-) [#7]
#7: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (+3) [3 weeks at #1]
#6: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (-5) [9 weeks at #1]
#5: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (-2) [2 weeks at #1]
#4: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-2) [13 weeks at #1]
#3: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (+4) [#3] *new peak*
#2: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (+4) [#2] *new peak*
#1: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (+8) [1st week at #1] *new peak*

Last Year’s #1: Youngblood - 5 Seconds of Summer [2/5 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean

Honestly, I didn’t expect to get a 3 debut week after a 7 debut one, but I mean… I’ll take it! Let’s kick it off with one of the Camila Cabello songs from last week, Shameless. The production here is really great and definitely better than Liar. I like the vibe here a lot, but I think the thing that brings this song down a lot are the mediocre vocals and the mediocre song-writing. The song is still good, but I don’t know… the vocals could definitely be better. I can see this being a hit though despite all that. Hope it does well.

Next we have The Hype by Twenty One Pilots. Looking at this song, I don’t know why I even liked Chlorine in the first place. This song is so much better. The beat is great, and Josh Dunn does a great job. Tyler Joseph’s vocals are really good and it doesn’t sound like he’s holding much back. I love how unique this is. The ukulele in the bridge somehow sounds really good and fits. Honestly just a really great song that deserves to be a hit.

I’m so conflicted on whether Liar or Shameless is better. On this side, Liar has great vocals, a super solid beat and it returns to a Havana-like vibe. The instrumentation is pretty good but something just feels like it’s missing from this song. I’m not sure what. I’ve already discussed Shameless, and I feel like even with the messy vocals, the production kind of makes up for it and that’s my favourite one at the moment. However, Liar will probably be the bigger hit.

Best Debut: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots

Biggest DROP!!!: Never Really Over - Katy Perry (-16): Yeah, I expected this to drop sometime. It was flopping everywhere else. Pretty okay drop.

Biggest Jump: Goodbyes - Post Malone (+10): Honestly, this is the best song this year. I mean, there’s no denying it. I’m so happy this song is in the top 10 and I’d like to see it in the top 5.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#4: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#3: Trampoline - SHAED
#2: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#1: Goodbyes - Post Malone

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House
#4: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#19: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#18: Nightmare - Halsey
#17: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:
#16: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco
#15: Dancing’s Not a Crime - Panic! At The Disco

3 - Decent:
#14: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#13: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#12: Talk - Khalid

4 - Good:
#11: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII
#10: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin
#9: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha
#8: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer

5 - Great:
#7: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#6: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#5: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett
#4: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#3: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#2: Rescue Me - OneRepublic

Bonus: 6 - Best Song on the Countdown:
#1: Goodbyes - Post Malone

Overall Score: 65/100 = 65%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#4: Let Me Down Slowly - Alec Benjamin
#3: Without Me - Halsey
#2: This Feeling - The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini
#1: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth (RE-ENTRY)

Hit-Bound
Good As Hell - Lizzo [6]
Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean [1]
Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston [3]
Mother - Charlie Puth [1]
Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco [6]
Graveyard - Halsey [1]
Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [4]
Time - NF [2]
What Am I - Why Don’t We [2]
Only Human - Jonas Brothers [10]
Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin [6]
Circles - Post Malone [2]
Lover - Taylor Swift [5]
frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie [2]
Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson [2]

This first song, Dear Future Self (Hands Up) is honestly just a good Fall Out Boy song. It’s pretty much everything you would expect from Fall Out Boy. Great vocals from Patrick Stump a great beat and some awesome production. I could probably do without Wyclef Jean, but the “Knock, knock, knock, who is it?” line is pretty awesome. I really hope this becomes a hit.

Mother is a pretty weak replacement for I Warned Myself. I mean, it’s not bad, but… come on. IWM was so much better. This is honestly just a generic Charlie Puth song. It might debut, I’m not sure. We’ll see.

For our last Hit-Bound debut, we have yet another Halsey song by the name of Graveyard. I will say that it's not as bad as Nightmare. In fact, it’s not that bad at all. She’s not screaming all the time in this one, and it’s not terribly annoying like Without Me. I have a feeling this will get overplayed to death. I could probably do without the gasp, but it’s not that bad.

Best Hit-Bound Debut: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
NONE!

1 - Bad:
#15: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson

2 - Mediocre:
#14: Lover - Taylor Swift
#13: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin

3 - Decent:
#12: Mother - Charlie Puth
#11: Graveyard - Halsey

4 - Good:
#10: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco
#9: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#8: Only Human - Jonas Brothers

5 - Great:
#7: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#6: lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie
#5: Circles - Post Malone
#4: What Am I - Why Don’t We
#3: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean
#2: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#1: Time - NF

Overall Score: 58/75 = 77%

Blurbless

Just kidding. I have lots to talk about. First of all, we lost I Warned Myself and I’m very sad. I’m happy they tried to promote it by making it the countdown extra last week, but unfortunately, it wasn’t enough… you will be missed.

We lost 3 countdown songs this week. Speechless, One Thought Away and 100 Bad Days. For Speechless, this was due a long time ago, so I don’t really care. For One Thought Away, I mean, it was never gonna do well, so goodbye! As for 100 Bad Days, I’m really sad. It will be missed.

Without Me has to leave.

I’m so sad that Trampoline is probably leaving soon. It deserved much more.

I’m kind of shocked that Dream Boy didn’t jump. I thought more people would vote for it than that.

I’ve softened up on How Do You Sleep? a little bit. It’s honestly just good Sam Smith.

With You shouldn’t still be here. It’s super irrelevant.

I’m sad I Don’t Care didn’t do better. I’m happy it at least hit #5, but come on…

boyfriend shouldn’t be top 20. It doesn’t deserve it.

It seems as if we might be seeing Nightmare starting to drop soon. Yay!

Someone You Loved fell off of the top 5. Kind of sucks.

So did Cool! Yay!

Hey Look Ma, I Made It had better start dropping soon or else I’m gonna scream.

If I Can’t Have You finally fell off #1. About time…

Our top 3 is great. #3 is Señorita. I’m happy it’s up here and I’d love to see it at #1. You Need To Calm Down is #2 and I’d also love to see it hit #1. Our #1 is… Easier? Um. Okay. I’ll take it. I seriously didn’t expect this at all. I don’t think anybody did. Congrats.

YouTube 15
Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid [1]
DOLLAR - Becky G/Myke Towers [9]
Let It Be Me - Steve Aoki/Backstreet Boys [1]
bad guy - Billie Eilish [17]
Graduation - benny blanco/Juice WRLD [2]
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi [5]
October - Alessia Cara [1]
Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus [23]
Motivation - Normani [4]
You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift [11]
Carry Me Away - John Mayer [1]
Truth Hurts - Lizzo [11]
Runaway - Sebastian Yatra/Jonas Brothers/Daddy Yankee/Natti Natasha [13]
Talk - Khalid/Disclosure [19]
Wanted - OneRepublic [1]

No Longer Trending
Not 20 Anymore - Bebe Rexha [1]
How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith [1]
When It Comes To You - Sean Paul [1]
Hot Girl Summer - Megan Thee Stallion/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign [4]
Circles - Post Malone [1]

YouTube 15 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#15: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

1 - Bad:
#14: DOLLAR - Becky G/Myke Towers
#13: bad guy - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:
#12: Runaway - Sebastian Yatra/Jonas Brothers/Daddy Yankee/Natti Natasha
#11: Graduation - benny blanco/Juice WRLD

3 - Decent:
#10: Talk - Khalid
#9: Motivation - Normani

4 - Good:
#8: Carry Me Away - John Mayer
#7: Let It Be Me - Steve Aoki/Backstreet Boys
#6: October - Alessia Cara

5 - Great:
#5: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#4: Wanted - OneRepublic
#3: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus
#2: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#1: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid

Overall Score: 49/75 = 65%

Songs That Spotify Recommended For Hits 1:
I Can’t Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
Hope - The Chainsmokers/Winona Oak
Boy In The Bubble - Alec Benjamin
Rewrite The Stars - James Arthur/Anne-Marie
8 Letters - Why Don’t We
Lost In Japan - Shawn Mendes
Polaroid - Jonas Blue/Liam Payne/Lennon Stella
Rise - Jonas Blue/Jack & Jack
comethru - Jeremy Zucker
you should see me in a crown - Billie Eilish

Saturday, September 7, 2019

Week of September 7, 2019 - Shawn Mendes (9)

Shawn Mendes (9)

We had a very eventful week this week. 7 debuts, huge jumps and a surprising top 20 entrant. Let’s kick it off with our 7 exits!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To
Sweet but Psycho - Ava Max (#45) [#2]
Happier - Marshmello/Bastille (#42) [2 weeks at #1]
High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco (#40) [8 weeks at #1]
Find U Again - Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello (#39) [#23]
So Am I - Ava Max (#37) [#7]
Mother's Daughter - Miley Cyrus (#24) [#20]
The Git Up - Blanco Brown (#23) [#22]

Last Week's #1: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (8)

#45: Without Me - Halsey (-2) [5 weeks at #1]
#44: Bad Liar - Imagine Dragons (-) [#6]
#43: This Feeling - The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini (-2) [7 weeks at #1]
#42: Speechless - Dan + Shay (-11) [#9]
#41: Here With Me - Marshmello/CHVRCHES (-7) [#5]
#40: One Thought Away - Asher Angel (-7) [#33]
#39: Trampoline - SHAED (-12) [#27]
#38: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (DEBUT) [8 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#37: Let Me Down Slowly - Alec Benjamin (+1) [#4]
#36: Harder - Jax Jones/Bebe Rexha (DEBUT) [6 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#35: Dream Boy - Waterparks (DEBUT) [3 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#34: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (+1) [#2]
#33: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (DEBUT) [6 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#32: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus (-) [#7]
#31: With You - Kaskade/Meghan Trainor (-5) [#21]
#30: 100 Bad Days - AJR (-10) [#19]
#29: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD (DEBUT) [8 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#28: Look Away - Stephen Puth (-6) [#22]
#27: All the Time - Zara Larsson (+3) [#27] *new peak*
#26: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (+3) [#19]
#25: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House (DEBUT) [5 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#24: bad guy - Billie Eilish (-12) [#10]
#23: Small Talk - Katy Perry (-2) [#21]
#22: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (DEBUT) [5 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#21: Dancing's Not a Crime - Panic! At The Disco (-7) [#10]
#20: Goodbyes - Post Malone (-3) [#17]
#19: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (-1) [#10]
#18: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini (+1) [#15]
#17: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (+19) [#17] *new peak*
#16: Never Really Over - Katy Perry (-5) [#10]
#15: I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (-7) [#5]
#14: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (-1) [#6]
#13: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (+12) [#13] *new peak*
#12: Nightmare - Halsey (+4) [#2]
#11: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (+4) [#3]
#10: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (-5) [3 weeks at #1]
#9: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (+1) [#5]
#8: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (+20) [#7]
#7: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-1) [#5]
#6: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-3) [#3]
#5: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+4) [#4]
#4: Cool - Jonas Brothers (+3) [#4] *new peak*
#3: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (+1) [2 weeks at #1]
#2: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-) [13 weeks at #1]
#1: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (-) [9th week at #1]

Last Year's #1: Youngblood - 5 Seconds of Summer [1/5 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth

We got 7 songs this week. Our first is 3 Nights by Dominic Fike. This is a pretty good song for the most part. It’s nothing special, it’s just a ukelele track with a guy singing, but it’s pretty catchy. It’s just a really fun song here. I don’t expect it to do that well, but that’s alright.

Our next song is really mediocre. It’s Harder by Jax Jones and Bebe Rexha. Honestly, I’m just really not feeling this song. The vocals are pretty good, but it’s just so boring. The production isn’t that great, and for Jax Jones making his countdown debut, I think they could’ve picked a better song. Like That’s What I Like About You with Theresa Rex.

Immediately after that, we have a song that I didn’t really expect to debut. It’s Dream Boy by Waterparks. This song is a bop. The vocals are pretty good for the most part, except for the part with the electronic vocals. I like how this is one of the songs that like, only Hits 1 picks up. I honestly don’t know where they find these songs. I hope this becomes a hit. We’ll see.

Sam Smith has his first solo debut of the countdown this year with How Do You Sleep?. This song isn’t bad, just kind of underwhelming. I like his voice, that always sounds good, but my problem with it is the weird production in the hook. It just doesn’t work that well with his voice. But not a bad song by any means.

Juice WRLD makes his countdown return with Ellie Goulding on Hate Me. I really like this song. Both artists sound great on it and I love the chorus. It’s just so catchy. I think Juice WRLD is super talented and I hope this song gives him more success on Hits 1.

Our only bad debut this week comes from Ariana Grande (Who else?) and Social House. boyfriend is legit just another bad Ariana Grande song. I hope this isn’t from a new album ‘cause I don’t think I can handle more Ariana Grande. Social House doesn’t add much to this song and I just don’t want to see it do well.

For our highest debut, we have a spectacular song by the name of Beautiful People by Ed Sheeran and Khalid. This song is just so Beautiful. ;) But seriously, this is a collaboration I never saw coming, but it works so well. The second verse gives me chills every time when Khalid says “LA” and then the track just stops. Great debut, and it will do well.

Best Debut: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid

Biggest DROP!!!: Trampoline - SHAED & bad guy - Billie Eilish (-12): For Trampoline, I’m so sad it’s not doing well here, since it’s doing fine everywhere else. For bad guy, I’m happy. I hated this song from the very beginning.

Biggest Jump: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (+20): No.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Small Talk - Khalid
#4: 100 Bad Days - AJR
#3: Goodbyes - Post Malone
#2: Trampoline - SHAED
#1: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#4: Nightmare - Halsey
#3: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#2: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#19: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#18: Nightmare - Halsey
#17: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco
#16: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#15: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#14: Never Really Over - Katy Perry
#13: Talk - Khalid
#12: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin
#11: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII
#10: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha
#9: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#8: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#7: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#6: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#5: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett
#4: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#3: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#2: Rescue Me - OneRepublic
#1: Goodbyes - Post Malone

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Speechless - Dan + Shay
#4: Let Me Down Slowly - Alec Benjamin
#3: Without Me - Halsey
#2: This Feeling - The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini
#1: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

Hit-Bound
Time - NF [1]
What Am I - Why Don’t We [1]
Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston [2]
Liar - Camila Cabello [1]
Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [3]
Circles - Post Malone [1]
I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth [3]
The Hype - Twenty One Pilots [5]
frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie [1]
Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin [5]
Good As Hell - Lizzo [5]
Only Human - Jonas Brothers [9]
Shameless - Camila Cabello [1]
Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco [5]
Lover - Taylor Swift [4]
Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson [1]

Our first new Hit-Bound song is by the extremely talented NF. Time is one of my favourite songs by him. His voice sounds really great, the beat is amazing and the violins work really well with the song and the outro is probably the best part of the song. The chorus isn’t bad either. I’m not sure about the high voice, but overall, this is a great song that should definitely be a hit.

Our second song is a really sweet song. I was kind of waiting for Why Don’t We to get a big mainstream hit, ‘cause they’re not bad. When I first heard What Am I, I never thought it would be this. But little did I know, it is. I’m not sure if it’s gonna be a huge hit, but it’s still really good. All of them sound really good and the chorus is very catchy. The bridge is great too. I hope this debuts.

Our first of two Camila Cabello songs on Hit-Bound is Liar. I like the vibe here even though it’s similar to her other songs. It’s pretty catchy and pretty good. I’m gonna have to listen to it a few more times to review it properly, so I’ll do a more thorough review when it debuts.

Our fourth Hit-Bound song is Circles by Post Malone. This also has a unique vibe. It doesn’t work as well with his voice than Goodbyes, but that’s okay. The vibe is great. I like the guitar throughout the song and his voice isn’t bad. My main problem with this is that his voice doesn’t work that well.

Next is another song from 13 Reasons Why. It’s frick, i'm lonely (or, i’m lonely according to Hits 1, but that just doesn’t sound that good) by Lauv and Anne-Marie. This is a great song. I know I’m gonna get a lot of hate for this because a lot of people don’t like these artists. Anne-Marie is my favourite female artists, so I like it a lot. I don’t find Lauv’s voice that bad. However, I do find their voices quite compressed in the verses for some reason, but whatever. It’s still good.

This is definitely the better Camila Cabello song that debuted Hit-Bound this week. I know Adrian is gonna argue that her voice sucks in this but I mean, come on… it’s not that bad. I like how this is stepping away from the latin vibe a bit, and it works really well. The production is great here. The writing isn’t anything special, but that’s alright. I hope this one debuts before Liar. If these songs both debut, they’ll be Camila Cabello songs #4 and #5 of 2019. (Consequences, Señorita, Find U Again)

Alright! The fourteenth song that I have to review this week! This is it! Oh no. Kill My Mind by Louis Tomlinson isn’t that good. Not a great way to end Hit-Bound. His voice doesn’t sound that good. I don’t really like the vibe here either. Can we have Two of Us back? No? Okay. Fine.

Best Hit-Bound Entrant: Time - NF

Hit-Bound Ranking
#16: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson
#15: Lover - Taylor Swift
#14: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin
#13: Circles - Post Malone
#12: Liar - Camila Cabello
#11: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco
#10: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#9: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#8: Shameless - Camila Cabello
#7: lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie
#6: What Am I - Why Don’t We
#5: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#4: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#3: I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth
#2: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#1: Time - NF

We lost 7 songs this week. Sweet but Psycho, Happier, High Hopes, Find U Again, So Am I, Mother’s Daughter and The Git Up. For both Ava Max songs, they weren’t that good and were pretty much the same song. For Happier, it was probably due time for this to go, but I still liked it. For Find U Again, it was mediocre and I didn’t expect it to do well. For Mother’s Daughter, it was good and I’m sad it’s gone. For The Git Up, I wish it lasted longer because it was pretty good. For High Hopes, it’s been here for way too long. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a great song, but when you hear a song on the countdown and then also on last year’s #1, you know something’s wrong.

Speechless should leave soon. We shouldn’t have a country song be the #5 oldest song.

100 Bad Days fell out of the top 20 this week. Sucks. I wish this lasted a bit longer.

Dancing’s Not a Crime fell out of the top 20. No doubt it’ll get a boost when it’s released.

Um. Look What God Gave Her is in the top 20. Alright. I’ll take it.

Rescue Me hit top 15 this week. I hope this becomes a huge hit.

Please leave, Hey Look Ma, I Made It.

Why is Cool in the top 5? Get rid of this for Only Human please.

There are much better songs that should be at #1 other than If I Can’t Have You. Like You Need To Calm Down, Señorita, Someone You Loved. Maybe even Sucker again.

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bad guy - Billie Eilish [16]
Runaway - Sebastian Yatra/Jonas Brothers/Daddy Yankee/Natti Natasha [12]
Not 20 Anymore - Bebe Rexha [1]
Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus [22]
Motivation - Normani [3]
How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith [1]
When It Comes To You - Sean Paul [1]
You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift [10]
Hot Girl Summer - Megan Thee Stallion/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign [4]
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi [4]
Circles - Post Malone [1]
Truth Hurts - Lizzo [10]
DOLLAR - Becky G/Myke Towers [8]
Talk - Khalid/Disclosure [18]
Graduation - benny blanco/Juice WRLD [1]

No Longer Trending
Dancing With A Stranger - Sam Smith/Normani [26]
I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth [1]
Try - Lost Kings/SAFE [1]
What Am I - Why Don’t We [1]
Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [1]

YouTube 15 Ranking
#15: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#14: Hot Girl Summer - Megan Thee Stallion/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign
#13: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#12: DOLLAR - Becky G/Myke Towers
#11: When It Comes To You - Sean Paul
#10: Graduation - benny blanco/Juice WRLD
#9: Not 20 Anymore - Bebe Rexha
#8: Talk - Khalid
#7: Motivation - Normani
#6: Runaway - Sebastian Yatra/Jonas Brothers/Daddy Yankee/Natti Natasha
#5: Circles - Post Malone
#4: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#3: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#2: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus
#1: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Week of August 31, 2019 - Shawn Mendes (8)

Shawn Mendes (8)

Our biggest jump was 5 spots. I think that speaks for itself. Boring week.

Last Week's #1: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (7)

#45: Sweet but Psycho - Ava Max (-) [#2]
#44: Bad Liar - Imagine Dragons (-2) [#6]
#43: Without Me - Halsey (-) [5 weeks at #1]
#42: Happier - Marshmello/Bastille (+2) [2 weeks at #1]
#41: This Feeling - The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini (-) [7 weeks at #1]
#40: High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco (-1) [8 weeks at #1]
#39: Find U Again - Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello (-10) [#23]
#38: Let Me Down Slowly - Alec Benjamin (-2) [#4]
#37: So Am I - Ava Max (-2) [#7]
#36: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (+4) [#36] *new peak*
#35: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (-1) [#2]
#34: Here With Me - Marshmello/CHVRCHES (+3) [#5]
#33: One Thought Away - Asher Angel (+5) [#33] *new peak*
#32: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus (-1) [#7]
#31: Speechless - Dan + Shay (+2) [#9]
#30: All the Time - Zara Larsson (+2) [#30] *new peak*
#29: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (+1) [#19]
#28: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-1) [#7]
#27: Trampoline - SHAED (+1) [#27] *new peak*
#26: With You - Kaskade/Meghan Trainor (-) [#21]
#25: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (-2) [#23]
#24: Mother's Daughter - Miley Cyrus (-) [#20]
#23: The Git Up - Blanco Brown (-1) [#22]
#22: Look Away - Stephen Puth (+3) [#22] *new peak*
#21: Small Talk - Katy Perry (-) [#21]
#20: 100 Bad Days - AJR (-1) [#19]
#19: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (-1) [#15]
#18: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (-1) [#10]
#17: Goodbyes - Post Malone (+3) [#17] *new peak*
#16: Nightmare - Halsey (-1) [#2]
#15: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (+1) [#3]
#14: Dancing's Not a Crime - Panic! At The Disco (-1) [#10]
#13: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (+1) [#6]
#12: bad guy - Billie Eilish (-1) [#10]
#11: Never Really Over - Katy Perry (+1) [#10]
#10: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [#5]
#9: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+1) [#4]
#8: I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (-) [#5]
#7: Cool - Jonas Brothers (-) [#5]
#6: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-1) [#5]
#5: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (+1) [3 weeks at #1]
#4: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [2 weeks at #1]
#3: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (+1) [#3] *new peak*
#2: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-) [13 weeks at #1]
#1: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (-) [8th week at #1]

Last Year's #1: The Last Of The Real Ones - Fall Out Boy [2/3 weeks at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Find U Again - Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello (-10): Oof. Yeah, I didn’t really expect this to do that well anyways, so I don’t care that much.

Biggest Jump: One Thought Away - Asher Angel (+5): This is probably the smallest biggest jump I’ve ever seen. It would be much appreciated if this didn’t jump any higher, please and thank you.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie
#4: 100 Bad Days - AJR
#3: Small Talk - Katy Perry
#2: Goodbyes - Post Malone
#1: Trampoline - SHAED

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#4: One Thought Away - Asher Angel
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#19: Nightmare - Halsey

1 - Bad:
#18: bad guy - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:
#17: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco
#16: Never Really Over - Katy Perry

3 - Decent:
#15: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure
#14: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#13: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes

4 - Good:
#12: Dancing's Not a Crime - Panic! At The Disco
#11: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin
#10: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII
#9: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha
#8: Sucker - Jonas Brothers

5 - Great:
#7: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#6: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#5: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#4: I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#3: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#2: 100 Bad Days - AJR
#1: Goodbyes - Post Malone

Overall Score: 69/100 = 69%

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/ILLENIUM/Lennon Stella

Hit-Bound
How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith [6]
Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [2]
Good As Hell - Lizzo [4]
I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth [2]
The Hype - Twenty One Pilots [4]
Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD [8]
boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House [4]
Dream Boy - Waterparks [3]
Only Human - Jonas Brothers [8]
3 Night - Dominic Fike [8]
Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco [4]
Lover - Taylor Swift [3]
Harder - Jax Jones/Bebe Rexha [6]
Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin [4]
Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran [5]

Also Available For Vote
Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston [1]

Well, we got a song on the voting poll this week, so I guess that counts for something. It’s Higher Love by Kygo and Whitney Houston of all people. I didn’t grow up listening to her, so I don’t have that kind of connection with the song, but I think it’s a really great tribute to her. It sounds really good and I’m happy Kygo decided to do this. I really hope it debuts next week.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#16: boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:
#15: Lover - Taylor Swift
#14: Harder - Jax Jones/Bebe Rexha

3 - Decent:
#13: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith

4 - Good:
#12: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin
#11: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike

5 - Great:
#10: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco
#9: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#8: Dream Boy - Waterparks
#7: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#6: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#5: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD
#4: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#3: I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth
#2: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#1: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots

Overall Score: 65/80 = 81%

All the Blurbs

I don’t know who’s still voting for High Hopes, but they need to stop.

Speaking of High Hopes, If I Can’t Have You has now tied its weeks at #1.

This really wasn’t an interesting week, so I’m just gonna wrap it up.

YouTube 15
Dancing With A Stranger - Sam Smith [26]
DOLLAR - Becky G/Myke Towers [7]
I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth [1]
Truth Hurts - Lizzo [9]
Hot Girl Summer - Megan Thee Stallion/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign [3]
bad guy - Billie Eilish [15]
Try - Lost Kings/SAFE [1]
Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus [21]
Runaway - Sebastian Yatra/Jonas Brothers/Daddy Yankee/Natti Natasha [11]
Talk - Khalid/Disclosure [18]
What Am I - Why Don't We [1]
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi [3]
Motivation - Normani [2]
You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift [9]
Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [1]

No Longer Trending
In Your Arms - ILLENIUM/X Ambassadors [1]
Indigo - NIKI [1]
On My Way - Alan Walker/Sabrina Carpenter/Farruko [20]
Slide Away - Miley Cyrus [1]

YouTube 15 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#15: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

1 - Bad:
#14: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#13: Dancing With A Stranger - Sam Smith/Normani
#12: Hot Girl Summer - Megan Thee Stallion/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign

2 - Mediocre:
#11: DOLLAR - Becky G/Myke Towers
#10: Motivation - Normani

3 - Decent:
#9: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure
#8: Runaway - Sebastian Yatra/Jonas Brothers/Daddy Yankee/Natti Natasha

4 - Good:
#7: What Am I - Why Don’t We
#6: Try - Lost Kings/SAFE

5 - Great:
#5: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#4: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus
#3: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#2: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#1: I Warned Myself - Charlie Puth

Overall Score: 46/75 = 61%

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