Week of January 25, 2020 - Niall Horan (8)

Niall Horan (8)


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Last Week’s #1: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (7)

#45: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-3) [#3]
#44: Nightmare - Halsey (+1) [#2]
#43: Panini - Lil Nas X (-) [#38]
#42: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (+2) [#3]
#41: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-1) [1 week at #1]
#40: Walking - 88rising/Joji/Jackson Wang/Swae Lee/Major Lazer (+1) [#36]
#39: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (-1) [#9]
#38: hot girl bummer - blackbear (+1) [#38] *new peak*
#37: Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco (-1) [#24]
#36: Yummy - Justin Bieber (+1) [#36] *new peak*
#35: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [2 weeks at #1]
#34: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae (-2) [#27]
#33: Trampoline - SHAED (-2) [#17]
#32: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-2) [#2]
#31: Wanted - OneRepublic (-2) [#17]
#30: Say So - Doja Cat (+5) [#30] *new peak*
#29: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (-1) [9 weeks at #1]
#28: My Oh My - Camila Cabello (+5) [#28] *new peak*
#27: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish (-4) [#23]
#26: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-2) [#17]
#25: Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers (+2) [#23]
#24: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy (+2) [#24] *new peak*
#23: Dance Monkey - Tones and I (+2) [#23] *new peak*
#22: What Am I - Why Don’t We (-1) [#14]
#21: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia (-1) [#20]
#20: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson (-3) [#17]
#19: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas (+3) [#19] *new peak*
#18: Lover (Remix) - Taylor Swift/Shawn Mendes (-2) [#3]
#17: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B (+1) [#17] *new peak*
#16: Memories - Maroon 5 (+3) [#10]
#15: Mother - Charlie Puth (-2) [#13]
#14: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (-3) [#11]
#13: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (+2) [#9]
#12: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (-) [#11]
#11: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [3 weeks at #1]
#10: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa (+4) [#10] *new peak*
#9: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (-2) [2 weeks at #1]
#8: Graveyard - Halsey (+1) [#3]
#7: Good As Hell - Lizzo (+1) [#3]
#6: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-) [1 week at #1]
#5: Adore You - Harry Styles (-) [#5]
#4: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (-1) [3 weeks at #1]
#3: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-1) [1 week at #1]
#2: Circles - Post Malone (+2) [#2]
#1: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (-) [8th week at #1]

Last Year’s #1: Without Me - Halsey [3/5 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: 10/10 - Rex Orange County

Biggest DROP!!!: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish (-4): Yeah, this dropped 4 spots… I really don’t have much to say about it except that I guess that I’m happy?

Biggest Jump: Say So - Doja Cat & My Oh My - Camila Cabello (+5): Boo for Say So, yay for My Oh My.

My Top 5 Songs
#5: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#4: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#3: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#2: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#1: Circles - Post Malone

My Bottom 5 Songs
#5: Wanted - OneRepublic
#4: Yummy - Justin Bieber
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#1: Say So - Doja Cat

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Adore You - Harry Styles
#19: Mother - Charlie Puth

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:
#18: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson
#17: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer

3 - Decent:
#16: Graveyard - Halsey
#15: Good As Hell - Lizzo

4 - Good:
#14: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#13: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#12: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#11: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#10: Lover (Remix) - Taylor Swift/Shawn Mendes

5 - Great:
#9: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#8: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#7: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#6: Memories - Maroon 5
#5: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#4: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#3: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#2: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas

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

Overall Score: 76/100 = 76%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#4: Nightmare - Halsey
#3: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#2: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#1: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Everything Sucks - Scott Helman

My Favourite Song Last Year: Sunflower - Post Malone/Swae Lee

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: thank u, next - Ariana Grande

Hit-Bound

10/10 - Rex Orange County [4*]

Up All Night - Khalid [3*]

Some Kind Of Disaster - All Time Low [1]

Make It Right - BTS/Lauv [3*]

Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi [7]

You should be sad - Halsey [3]

Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott [12]

Put A Little Love On Me - Niall Horan [7]

Heartless - The Weeknd [2*]

Demons - Alec Benjamin [2]

Rare - Selena Gomez [3*]

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles [?]

Play Your Game - X Lovers [6]

Good Thing - Zedd/Kehlani [6]

Paper Rings - Taylor Swift [1]

Also Available For Vote

Don’t Let It Break Your Heart - Louis Tomlinson [1]

Fight - Tayla Parx/Florida Georgia Line [4*]

Cuz I Love You - Lizzo [6]

What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers [2]

So for some reason, we got like four Hit-Bound debuts, but no countdown debuts. I don’t know why. Just roll with it. Our first one is Some Kind Of Disaster by All Time Low. These guys had a song a couple years ago called Last Young Renegade, and it was really good. So is this. I love these types of songs, and this is definitely no exception. The vocals are good, and the instrumentation is really nice. I’d love to see this song do well, considering that Last Young Renegade only lasted for like two weeks.

Next is actually a re-entry. Except it’s kind of confusing. Okay, so basically, this song, Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles, lasted one week in Hit-Bound, before debuting the countdown, but it only lasted two weeks on the countdown. But it was actually a decent hit. So it stayed on the poll for a while. But then it left. But then it came back. And now they put it on Hit-Bound. I’m confused on how many weeks it has technically, so I just put a question mark. Anyways, I’m glad to have it back though, and I hope it debuts quickly.

Next we have a single from Taylor Swift’s album Lover. This song, Paper Rings, is my second-favourite from the album, (after Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince). It’s just such a fun bop. I love the vibe of it, and her voice sounds really good in this. I have no doubt this’ll hit #1.

Finally, (not on Hit-Bound), we have Louis Tomlinson’s fourth single from his new album, Don’t Let It Break Your Heart. I feel like Louis was trying to go for a 1D sound, and it worked. I can’t really remember what it sounds like at the moment, but I like it, and I’m pretty sure it’s gonna debut.

Best Entrant: Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#19: Cuz I Love You - Lizzo
#18: Heartless - The Weeknd
#17: Demons - Alec Benjamin

1 - Bad:
#16: Rare - Selena Gomez
#15: Play Your Game - X Lovers

2 - Mediocre:
NONE!

3 - Decent:
#14: You should be sad - Halsey
#13: 10/10 - Rex Orange County

4 - Good:
#12: Put A Little Love On Me - Niall Horan
#11: Up All Night - Khalid
#10: Don’t Let It Break Your Heart - Louis Tomlinson

5 - Great:
#9: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#8: Fight - Tayla Parx/Florida Georgia Line
#7: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers
#6: Some Kind Of Disaster - All Time Low
#5: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#4: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#3: Good Thing - Zedd/Kehlani
#2: Make It Right - BTS/Lauv
#1: Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

Overall Score: 65/95 = 68%

Blurbs

Really nothing happened this week except for two things:

Don’t Start Now is in the top 10, which is really good.

Circles is #2. That’s not high enough. It has to dethrone Nice To Meet Ya.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#5: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#6: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#7: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#8: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#9: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#10: Yummy - Justin Bieber
#11: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#14: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#18: Heartless - The Weeknd
#20: Trampoline - SHAED
#22: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#24: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#25: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#26: Adore You - Harry Styles
#28: Panini - Lil Nas X
#29: You should be sad - Halsey
#30: Rare - Selena Gomez
#33: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#34: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#38: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#40: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#42: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#44: My Oh My - Camila Cabello/DaBaby
#48: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure
#50: Lover - Taylor Swift
#56: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#58: Graveyard - Halsey
#70: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#77: Say So - Doja Cat
#92: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez
#94: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#95: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan

Album of the Week: Rare - Selena Gomez

General Review

Geez, it’s really nice to not have to listen to a rap album. Even though this album wasn’t amazing, it was still refreshing. Most of the songs here were just kind of mediocre/boring. There’s not much to any of them, and really it just makes for a kind of disappointing listen. There were a few good songs, and I didn’t really particularly hate any of them, they’d all just kind of don’t feel complete to me. So this isn’t bad, but it’s certainly not good.

Best Track: Ring
This song has one of the coolest vibes ever, and Selena’s voice just compliments it really well. It’s kind of odd, but it’s got a sort of charm to it. The bass here is really good and works with the song really well. Yeah, not much else to say here.

Worst Track: Rare
Okay, you guys know why this is my least favourite. It’s just way too boring to be an album song, let alone a radio single. There’s just a simple bassline, and some lazy vocals on top of it. So yeah, this isn’t great.

Overall Ranking: 6/10 (Not terrible. Not great either.)