Hot 100 Top 40: Week of August 22, 2020 - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion (1)

Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion (1)

So the Hot 100 changed its formula this week, removing a sales tactic that many artists used. So expect to see some big movement this week, and some surprising debuts.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Bluebird - Miranda Lambert (#40) [#26] {6 weeks}

Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt (#38) (#26) {11 weeks}

The Box - Roddy Ricch (#37) [11 weeks at #1] {33 weeks}

exile - Taylor Swift/Bon Iver (#36) [#6] {2 weeks}

the 1 - Taylor Swift (#23) [#4] {2 weeks}

Move Ya Hips - A$AP Ferg/Nicki Minaj/MadeinTYO (#19) [#19] {1 week}

Last Week's #1: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (1)

#40: Cool Again - Kane Brown (DEBUT) [#40] {1 week}

#39: my future - Billie Eilish (-33) [#6] {2 weeks}

#38: Chasin’ You - Morgan Wallen (+1) [#16] {18 weeks}

#37: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (DEBUT) [#37] {1 week}

#36: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande (-1) [1 week at #1] {12 weeks}

#35: Girls in the Hood - Megan Thee Stallion (RE-ENTRY) [#28] {2 weeks}

#34: Party Girl - StaySolidRocky (-) [#21] {13 weeks}

#33: Say So - Doja Cat/Nicki Minaj (-) [1 week at #1] {25 weeks}

#32: We Paid - Lil Baby/42 Dugg (-1) [#10] {10 weeks}

#31: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo (+1) [#5] {27 weeks}

#30: Life Is Good - Future/Drake (-1) [#2] {31 weeks}

#29: The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch (+1) [#11] {5 weeks}

#28: The Bones - Maren Morris (-) [#12] {33 weeks}

#27: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD (-6) [#5] {5 weeks}

#26: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa (-4) [#2] {35 weeks}

#25: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee (-1) [#23] {18 weeks}

#24: cardigan - Taylor Swift (-16) [1 week at #1] {3 weeks}

#23: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake (-5) [#3] {4 weeks}

#22: Die From A Broken Heart - Maddie & Tae (+4) [#22] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#21: One Margarita - Luke Bryan (+6) [#19] {10 weeks}

#20: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-) [#6] {6 weeks}

#19: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey (-9) [#8] {22 weeks}

#18: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (-1) [#2] {5 weeks}

#17: Mood Swings - Pop Smoke/Lil Tjay (+8) [#17] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion/Beyoncé (-3) [1 week at #1] {21 weeks}

#15: Circles - Post Malone (+1) [3 weeks at #1] {50 weeks}

#14: Adore You - Harry Styles (-2) [#6] {35 weeks}

#13: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa (+1) [#13] {20 weeks} *new peak*

#12: Rags2Riches - Rod Wave/ATR Son Son (DEBUT) [#12] {1 week}

#11: I Hope - Gabby Barrett (+4) [#11] {22 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (+1) [#10] {14 weeks} *new peak*

#9: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-) [#9] {10 weeks}

#8: Smile - Juice WRLD/The Weeknd (DEBUT) [#8] {1 week}

#7: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (-) [#7] {7 weeks}

#6: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek (-1) [#4] {20 weeks}

#5: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (-4) [1 week at #1] {11 weeks}

#4: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne (-1) [#2] {18 weeks}

#3: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (+1) [4 weeks at #1] {33 weeks}

#2: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (-) [7 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

#1: WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion (DEBUT) [1 week at #1] {1 week}

Last Year's #1: bad guy - Billie Eilish [1/1 week at #1]

Our first and lowest entrant this week is by Kane Brown, and it's called Cool Again. I seriously didn't think I would like this, since Kane Brown is a pretty big hit and miss for me, and he was my least favourite part of Be Like That, but I think he works much better with this song than with that one. He's the highlight here, but the song just seems to fit more with him. The chorus is great, the verses are really good, and his voice is honestly pretty solid. The only parts I don't really like are the guitar, and that weird bridge. But other than that, this is a good song.

Geez, back-to-back Kane Brown. Like I said earlier, I think Cool Again is better than Be Like That featuring Swae Lee and Khalid. The best part in this song are the features. Swae Lee does a good job here (for Swae Lee standards. Nothing can be better than Sunflower) and Khalid delivers a really solid verse, but I find that this song gets kind of boring. The production is super uninteresting, and the melody's alright. Still good, but definitely not as good as Cool Again.

It's been a while since I last reviewed this next song, but it returns for its second week this week. I'm talking about Girls in the Hood by Megan Thee Stallion. This definitely isn't as good as Savage, but I think Megan still has really good flow, and the chorus is good. The production's alright, and I think Meg does a good job at working with it, but this isn't as good as Savage. Still good though.

Wow, Rod Wave must really not use that tactic, since his song Rags2Riches featuring ATR Son Son makes its debut this week pretty high. Which is great, since this song is pretty good. I think the chorus is pretty good, even if it's just one line repeated over and over again, and the beat was pretty well-made. It feels a little boring at parts, and it's kind of short, but it's still not bad.

I guess Juice WRLD's label had another song that they wanted to add to Legends Never Die, since Smile with The Weeknd was just released. This is definitely good (I mean, I liked a good chunk of the album). I think The Weeknd adds some to the song, and he delivers pretty well, but I have a problem with this. This should be much better. The chorus is only alright, and The Weeknd uses his voice that he used for the boring songs from After Hours, which just brings me bad memories. But I still think it's alright. Juice sounds great.

The #1 debut that I'm pretty sure everyone saw coming is next. WAP by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. The production's alright, and both girls deliver pretty well, but there's an obvious problem with this. The lyrics are... questionable, to say the very least. The clean version censors it to "Wet and gushy", which is weird. Yeah, I don't think there's much else to say about this.

Best Entrant: Cool Again - Kane Brown

Biggest DROP!!!: my future - Billie Eilish (-32): I expected this to drop, but this dropped HARD. Hopefully, this is the song that makes Billie Eilish fade to irrelevance.

Biggest Jump: Mood Swings - Pop Smoke/Lil Tjay (+8): Wow, I seriously didn't expect this to do better than For The Night, or especially The Woo. Good, though.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande
#4: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo
#3: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch
#2: The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch
#1: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

My Bottom 5 Picks

#5: Adore You - Harry Styles
#4: Die From A Broken Heart - Maddie & Tae
#3: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#2: my future - Billie Eilish
#1: We Paid - Lil Baby/42 Dugg

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Adore You - Harry Styles

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#19: WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion

3 - Decent:

#18: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#17: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

#16: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#15: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby

4 - Good:

#14: Mood Swings - Pop Smoke/Lil Tjay

#13: Smile - Juice WRLD/The Weeknd

#12: Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion/Beyoncé
#11: Rags2Riches - Rod Wave/ATR Son Son

#10: Circles - Post Malone

5 - Great:

#9: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#8: I Hope - Gabby Barrett

#7: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne

#6: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek

#5: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey

#4: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#3: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo
#2: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

Bonus: 6 - Best Song in the Top 40:

#1: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

Overall Score: 75/100 = 75%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo {27 weeks}
#4: Life Is Good - Future/Drake {31 weeks}
#3: The Bones - Maren Morris & Blinding Lights - The Weeknd {33 weeks}
#2: Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa & Adore You - Harry Styles {35 weeks}

#1: Circles - Post Malone {50 weeks}

On the Verge

Nobody's Love - Maroon 5

The Box - Roddy Ricch (RE-ENTRY)

Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt (RE-ENTRY)

Tap In - Saweetie

Emotionally Scarred - Lil Baby

The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby

Got What I Got - Jason Aldean

If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels

Done - Chris Janson

the 1 - Taylor Swift (RE-ENTRY*)

Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton

Why We Drink - Justin Moore (DEBUT)

I Love My Country - Florida Georgia Line

Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane (RE-ENTRY)

Bluebird - Miranda Lambert (RE-ENTRY)

A few songs left the Top 40 and re-entered On the Verge this week. The Box, Hard To Forget, the 1 and Bluebird. It really sucks to see The Box and Hard To Forget gone, and I wish the latter had gotten more success, but I'm glad Bluebird's gone.

The only new song this week is a country song, Why We Drink by Justin Moore. This song is essentially just saying "we drink all the time, because we're awesome!" So yeah. Other than that, there's not much else to talk about. His voice is annoying and the production isn't that interesting. Next.

Like That is back again. Hopefully, it'll debut the Top 40 sometime soon.

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Bluebird - Miranda Lambert

#14: Tap In - Saweetie

#13: Emotionally Scarred - Lil Baby

#12: Why We Drink - Justin Moore

#11: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton
#10: Got What I Got - Jason Aldean

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#9: Done - Chris Janson

3 - Decent:

#8: I Love My Country - Florida Georgia Line

#7: Nobody's Love - Maroon 5
#6: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels

4 - Good:

#5: Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane
#4: The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby

5 - Great:

#3: the 1 - Taylor Swift

#2: The Box - Roddy Ricch
#1: Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt

Overall Score: 34/75 = 45%

From Blurbs to Riches

There's two Top 40 songs that left that I haven't already talked about: exile and Move Ya Hips. I'm kind of glad Move Ya Hips wasn't a hit, but it sucks that exile isn't getting any success, since it's really good.

Wishing Well took a huge dip this week. I guess the release of it hasn't really helped all that much.

cardigan also took a huge tumble down to #24. Gotta say, I definitely expected this, and it's not like it deserved to take up a top 10 slot.

Seems like Blueberry Faygo's losing momentum. I'm kind of alright, since it did really well while it was here, but I still really like it, so I'm sad to see it go.

Before You Go is somehow in the top 10. I mean, seriously? This just means it'll stay for even longer on Hits 1.

Bruh, Watermelon Sugar fell to #5 after hitting #1 last week. I didn't really expect that, but I'm not too disappointed.

Hot 100 Exits from Past Top 40 Songs

Falling - Trevor Daniel (#48) [#17] {38 weeks}

Walk Em Down - NLE Choppa/Roddy Ricch (#59) [#38] {20 weeks}

the last great american dynasty - Taylor Swift (#66) [#13] {2 weeks}

my tears ricochet - Taylor Swift (#69) [#16] {2 weeks}

august - Taylor Swift (#73) [#23] {2 weeks}

invisible string - Taylor Swift (#85) [#37] {2 weeks}

mirrorball - Taylor Swift (#93) [#26] {2 weeks}

Blood On My Jeans - Juice WRLD (#96) [#12] {4 weeks}

seven - Taylor Swift (#98) [#35] {2 weeks}

There's not too much to talk about here, since most of it is either folklore songs or the one Legends Never Die song, but we did get rid of two other songs: Falling and Walk Em Down. I really liked Walk Em Down, so it's sad to see that go, but Falling was overdue.

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all soon.