Week of April 18, 2020 - Harry Styles (10)

Harry Styles (10)

Well, I have a few things to talk about here. First of all, we finally got our 10K Pageview Special out, which is amazing! In case you didn’t know, the 2020 Ultimate Rank will be put on hold until we catch up on the Pageview Specials. Secondly, our countdown post from last week is now officially the #2 most viewed post ever on this blog, which is amazing! It’s our first post to pass 300 views since December! Also, as a little added bonus, I’ve started fixing my older posts that you weren’t able to see earlier due to style changes. So, if you wanna go check out the older posts that I’ve done so far, be sure to do that! Also, if you haven’t checked out the 2015 Pop Hits Rankdown yet, you only have one more month to submit! So, make sure you get your lists in by then! As for the countdown this week, it was solid other than the #1. Some older songs have started dropping, so that’s pretty nice to see. Watermelon Sugar continues to continue the absolute weirdest countdown run probably in the history of the countdown. Two songs left this week, and here they are! (Sorry about the super long intro)

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (#43) [#11] {32 weeks}
10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (#42) [#9] {26 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Adore You - Harry Styles (9)

#45: Good As Hell - Lizzo (-1) [#3] {28 weeks}
#44: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (+1) [1 week at #1] {33 weeks}
#43: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (-2) [#3] {24 weeks}
#42: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy (-2) [#13] {15 weeks}
#41: Dance Monkey - Tones And I (-6) [#21] {25 weeks}
#40: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (-1) [3 weeks at #1] {52 weeks}
#39: RITMO - Black Eyed Peas/J Balvin (DEBUT) [6 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#38: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-2) [3 weeks at #1] {47 weeks}
#37: Heartless - The Weeknd (-14) [#22] {11 weeks}
#36: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-5) [1 week at #1] {29 weeks}
#35: Sunday Best - Surfaces (+3) [#34] {4 weeks}
#34: Graveyard - Halsey (-2) [#3] {31 weeks}
#33: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee (+4) [#28] {4 weeks}
#32: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B (-3) [#7] {18 weeks}
#31: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas (-1) [#9] {20 weeks}
#30: Level of Concern - Twenty One Pilots (DEBUT) [1* week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#29: Modern Loneliness - Lauv (-7) [#22] {8 weeks}
#28: Some Kind Of Disaster - All Time Low (-2) [#15] {10 weeks}
#27: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake (+6) [#27] {4 weeks} *new peak*
#26: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [#25] {3 weeks}
#25: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton (-1) [#24] {3 weeks}
#24: Circles - Post Malone (-16) [2 weeks at #1] {29 weeks}
#23: Moral of the Story - Ashe (+5) [#23] {4 weeks} *new peak*
#22: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo (+5) [#22] {6 weeks} *new peak*
#21: I Love Me - Demi Lovato (-) [#21] {6 weeks}
#20: me & ur ghost - blackbear (-) [#19] {7 weeks}
#19: the other girl - Kelsea Ballerini/Halsey (-) [#19] {4 weeks}
#18: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (-9) [2 weeks at #1] {26 weeks}
#17: Say So - Doja Cat (+1) [#14] {14 weeks}
#16: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels (+1) [#16] {9 weeks} *new peak*
#15: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (-8) [8 weeks at #1] {27 weeks}
#14: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish (+1) [#9] {15 weeks}
#13: hot girl bummer - blackbear (-7) [#4] {14 weeks}
#12: Stupid Love - Lady Gaga (+4) [#12] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#11: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (+23) [#11] {6 weeks} *new peak*
#10: My Oh My - Camila Cabello (+2) [#8] {14 weeks}
#9: Maniac - Conan Gray (+5) [#9] {6 weeks} *new peak*
#8: The Man - Taylor Swift (+2) [#8] {10 weeks} *new peak*
#7: No Judgement - Niall Horan (+4) [#7] {6 weeks} *new peak*
#6: You should be sad - Halsey (+7) [#6] {11 weeks} *new peak*
#5: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (-1) [#4] {11 weeks}
#4: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers (-2) [#2] {12 weeks}
#3: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa (-) [#2] {18 weeks}
#2: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (+3) [#2] {9 weeks} *new peak*
#1: Adore You - Harry Styles (-) [10th week at #1] {19 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Sucker - Jonas Brothers [4/13 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Six Feet Apart - Alec Benjamin

The Black Eyed Peas get their first song on the countdown since 2011, with J Balvin this week. RITMO debuted at #39, and this is one of my favourite songs on the countdown right now. I find the Rhythm of the Night sample fits really well with the song, and even though spanish Black Eyed Peas is a bit of an odd concept, I think it works pretty well. This song is really catchy, and I could see it doing well here, except for the odd fact that it’s still not on the voting poll. Not sure what that’s about, but I’m hopeful that it can do well nonetheless.

This next song grew on me quite a bit since it debuted on Hit-Bound last week. Twenty One Pilots’ new song Level of Concern is actually pretty solid. It’s definitely not as good as the Trench singles, but it’s still extremely catchy, and fairly good. I’d be okay with seeing this do well, and since it is getting some success out of Hits 1, I can see it doing pretty well. *0 weeks in Hit-Bound, 1 week on Voting Poll

Best Debut: RITMO - Black Eyed Peas/J Balvin

Biggest DROP!!!: Circles - Post Malone (-16): I’m pretty happy with how this song did. It still remains an amazing song, but it’s time was probably up anyways, so I’m fine with it dropping.

Biggest Jump: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (+23): Excuse me? This song isn’t getting any more traction anywhere! Why the heck is it almost in the top 10 here? It makes no sense!

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo
#4: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#3: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#2: RITMO - Black Eyed Peas/J Balvin
#1: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#4: Say So - Doja Cat
#3: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#2: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton
#1: Adore You - Harry Styles

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Adore You - Harry Styles (-30 points for still not leaving #1)
#19: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#18: Say So - Doja Cat

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:
#17: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

3 - Decent:
#16: My Oh My - Camila Cabello
#15: No Judgement - Niall Horan
#14: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels
#13: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

4 - Good:
#12: Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
#11: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#10: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#9: me & ur ghost - blackbear

5 - Great:
#8: The Man - Taylor Swift
#7: You should be sad - Halsey
#6: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers
#5: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#4: Maniac - Conan Gray
#3: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#2: the other girl - Kelsea Ballerini/Halsey
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Overall Score: 40/100 = 40%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Only Human - Jonas Brothers & Circles - Post Malone {29 weeks}
#4: Graveyard - Halsey {31 weeks}
#3: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid {33 weeks}
#2: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer {47 weeks}
#1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi {52 weeks}

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: The Box - Roddy Ricch

My Favourite Song Last Year: I’ve Been Waiting - Lil Peep/Fall Out Boy/ILOVEMAKONNEN

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: 7 rings - Ariana Grande

Hit-Bound

SUGAR - BROCKHAMPTON [7]

Six Feet Apart - Alec Benjamin [2*]

Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj [11]

Toosie Slide - Drake [3*]

Break My Heart - Dua Lipa [3]

CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn [2*]

Small Talk - Niall Horan [5*]

Falling - Trevor Daniel [4; 2nd time]

Ride It - Regard [3*]

In Your Eyes - The Weeknd [5*]

YOU CAN’T HOLD MY HEART - Monsta X [6]

Bad Child - Tones And I [5*]

Lay Your Head On Me - Major Lazer/Marcus Mumford [3*]

Oh My God - Alec Benjamin [9*]

17 - Pink Sweat$ [6]

Also Available For Vote

I’m Ready - Sam Smith/Demi Lovato [1]

Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne [1]

Boyfriend - Selena Gomez [1]

I have no clue why Oh My God is still here since we got Six Feet Apart.

Replacing To Die For this week, we have I’m Ready by Sam Smith and Demi Lovato. This song is honestly pretty great. The production in the verses is really cool, and if Sam Smith were ever to go another way, I feel like this would be a good idea. Their voice sounds really good with this style. But then, the chorus goes full Sam, and despite it being a bit of a sloppy transition, I still like it. Both Demi and Sam sound really good together, and I can for sure see this debuting soon.

This next song is so much more different than Stack It Up that it’s hard to believe it’s still Liam Payne. But Midnight with Alesso is nothing short of a masterpiece. The chorus is literally breathtaking. Liam just sounds so good, and this is easily the best song he’s done so far. Alesso’s drop is pretty well-done, and overall, I think his production is just really good. This will probably do really well here, since Hits 1 stans One Direction members, and I’m absolutely fine with that. The bridge is also really well done and is a great build-up to the last chorus.

So if you guys don’t know, I actually don’t like Selena Gomez. It turns out Lose You To Love Me was just a fluke, because I really don’t like Boyfriend at all. The production is really weird and doesn’t compliment her voice whatsoever. It feels incomplete, and when she says “boyfriend” it makes me feel really uncomfortable for some reason. Especially in the end, when she’s whispering on top of it. Yeah, I’d really prefer if this didn’t become a hit.

Best Debut: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

Hit-Bound Ranking:

0 - Crap:
#18: Boyfriend - Selena Gomez
#17: Falling - Trevor Daniel

1 - Bad:
#16: Ride It - Regard

2 - Mediocre:
#15: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin

3 - Decent:
#14: Small Talk - Niall Horan
#13: Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj
#12: 17 - Pink Sweat$

4 - Good:
#11: Lay Your Head On Me - Major Lazer/Marcus Mumford
#10: YOU CAN’T HOLD MY HEART - Monsta X
#9: Toosie Slide - Drake
#8: Six Feet Apart - Alec Benjamin

5 - Great:
#7: SUGAR - BROCKHAMPTON
#6: Bad Child - Tones And I
#5: I’m Ready - Sam Smith/Demi Lovato
#4: In Your Eyes - The Weeknd
#3: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
#2: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne
#1: CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn

Overall Score: 63/90 = 70%

This Is the Rhythm of the Blurbs

The Box has literally been stuck in my head for the past two weeks, and I really want Hits 1 to pick it up so I can listen to it more.

Anyways, we lost two songs this week, How Do You Sleep? and 10,000 Hours. Both songs were fairly old, and well past their run here, so I’m pretty glad they’re both gone, because they were just taking up space.

We also lost three Hit-Bound songs this week, Know Your Worth, To Die For and P.S. I Hope You’re Happy. Know Your Worth was really good, and I’m sad it didn’t get the recognition it deserved. I’m Ready’s better than To Die For, so I’m not too sad about that one, and PSIHYH was never really a single, so I don’t really care that it’s gone.

Our losses this week are: Dance Monkey, Heartless, Only Human, Modern Loneliness, Teeth, Nice To Meet Ya and hot girl bummer. For Dance Monkey, I’m really sad that it didn’t do well here, and I wish it had a better run. For Modern Loneliness and hot girl bummer, I like them both a lot, but I can see them coming back in the near future. I never really caught on to Heartless, so I’m not too upset to see it going. And for Only Human, Nice To Meet Ya and Teeth, they were all old, so I’m really glad to see them dropping finally.

Our gains this week are: The Other Side, Moral of the Story, Intentions, Maniac and You should be sad. I really like all of these songs, but the ones I’m most happy about are The Other Side, Intentions and Maniac.

Someone You Loved has officially been on the countdown for a year now. Although this song is long overdue its run, I’m glad it was this and not any other song. Also fun fact: this song debuted lower than Out Of Love and So Close. Yeah.

Easier has been on the countdown for way too long now, and has to leave soon or else I’m really gonna hate it.

Why is Sunday Best jumping so slowly? It’s actually becoming a really big hit, and I’d love to see this do well here.

the other girl needs to start jumping up a bit higher soon.

Yeah, I’ve kind of lost interest in If the World Was Ending. It feels kind of boring at times, and I’ve learned to realize that JP’s voice isn’t that great.

No Judgement comes into the top 10 this week, and despite this not really being a hit, I honestly don’t care at this point.

Listen, I know Blinding Lights isn’t my #1 anymore. It’s not because I don’t love it anymore, it’s really not. It’s just that it’s been on the countdown for a while, and I decided to give another song a shot.

That song being The Other Side. I’ve actually been really enjoying this song lately, and it sucks that it’s not higher.

Okay, why in the holy name of heck is Adore You still #1? Blinding Lights clearly has more traction than it, and it for sure deserves to be #1. Adore You doesn’t even deserve one week, much less ten.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100
#1: Toosie Slide - Drake
#2: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#4: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#6: Circles - Post Malone
#7: Adore You - Harry Styles
#8: Say So - Doja Cat
#9: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo
#10: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#11: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#13: My Oh My - Camila Cabello/DaBaby
#15: Memories - Maroon 5
#16: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#17: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#19: Heartless - The Weeknd
#21: Dance Monkey - Tones And I
#23: Falling - Trevor Daniel
#28: RITMO - Black Eyed Peas/J Balvin
#32: Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
#33: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#34: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#39: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
#41: I Love Me - Demi Lovato
#44: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#47: In Your Eyes - The Weeknd
#52: You should be sad - Halsey
#61: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton
#63: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#75: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake
#83: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels
#88: The Man - Taylor Swift
#94: Yummy - Justin Bieber
#98: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown
#10: Memories - Maroon 5
#9: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton
#8: Lights Up - Harry Styles
#7: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#6: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#5: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#4: Graveyard - Halsey
#3: Rare - Selena Gomez
#2: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#1: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense
#10: Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
#9: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#8: My Oh My - Camila Cabello
#7: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#6: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo
#5: Say So - Doja Cat
#4: Circles - Post Malone
#3: Adore You - Harry Styles
#2: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all soon!