Hot 100 Top 40: Week of December 19, 2020 - Mariah Carey (4)

Mariah Carey (4)

Hey guys, so this will probably be the last Hot 100 post of 2020 that I'll actually get out on time, since I normally get my posts out on Friday and on top of already being busy with Year-End stuff, the next two Fridays fall on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. So yeah, I may not get my posts out on those two days, but they should come somewhat shortly after. Here's the exits for this week.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (#35) [7 weeks at #1] {33 weeks}

WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion (#33) [4 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen (#32) [#15] {12 weeks}

Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (#31) [#19] {17 weeks}

Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (#29) [1 week at #1] {23 weeks}

Life Goes On - BTS (#28) [1 week at #1] {2 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (6)

#40: Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (RE-ENTRY) [#36] {? weeks}

#39: Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande (DEBUT) [#39] {1 week}

#38: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (-) [#8] {3 weeks}
#37: (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como (RE-ENTRY) [#32] {? weeks}
#36: Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Gene Autry (-) [#28] {? weeks}
#35: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como/The Fontane Sisters/Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra (RE-ENTRY) [#28] {? weeks}
#34: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry (+6) [#16] {? weeks}
#33: It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - Michael Bublé (+6) [#33] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#32: White Christmas - Bing Crosby/Ken Darby Singers/John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra (+5) [#12] {? weeks}
#31: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (RE-ENTRY) [#29] {? weeks}

#30: On Me - Lil Baby (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#29: Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season - Andy Williams (+5) [#24] {? weeks}
#28: Bang! - AJR (-1) [#24] {12 weeks}
#27: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-1) [#20] {6 weeks}
#26: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-1) [#8] {6 weeks}
#25: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson (+5) [#25] {? weeks} *new peak*
#24: Dynamite - BTS (-14) [3 weeks at #1] {16 weeks}
#23: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-3) [#2] {4 weeks}
#22: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-3) [#13] {11 weeks}
#21: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-4) [#6] {23 weeks}
#20: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (+3) [#20] {? weeks} *new peak*
#19: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (-6) [#6] {14 weeks}
#18: Body - Megan Thee Stallion (-4) [#12] {3 weeks}
#17: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez (-12) [#5] {6 weeks}
#16: The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole (+2) [#11] {? weeks}
#15: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin (+7) [#15] {? weeks}
#14: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives (+10) [#4] {? weeks}
#13: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+2) [#9] {27 weeks}

#12: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-4) [#3] {39 weeks}
#11: Last Christmas - Wham! (+10) [#11] {? weeks}

#10: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano (+6) [#10] {? weeks} *new peak*

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-2) [#3] {12 weeks}

#8: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (-2) [#2] {17 weeks}

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (+4) [4 weeks at #1] {50 weeks}

#6: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (+6) [#6] {? weeks} *new peak*

#5: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (+4) [#3] {? weeks}

#4: positions - Ariana Grande (-1) [1 week at #1] {7 weeks}

#3: Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (+1) [#2] {? weeks}

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-1) [6 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

#1: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (+1) [4th week at #1] {? weeks}

Last Year's #1: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey [1/4 weeks at #1]

So the first returning Christmas song this week comes in at #40, Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry. This isn't that good. Chuck Berry really doesn't sound that good and the song itself isn't all that interesting. Also, why is it called Run Rudolph Run when the line is "run run rudolph"? It just makes no sense.

So Ariana Grande's Christmas song Santa Tell Me makes its debut on the Top 40 this week (I think) and I'm really glad that it's here, as it's one of the best Christmas songs of all time. Ariana Grande's already a good artist and this song's honestly just really catchy and a lot of fun. Yeah, great song and I hope it does decently here.

I don't really feel the need to talk about the three Christmas songs that debuted On the Verge last week.

Anyways, our last entrant is On Me by Lil Baby at #30. This song just isn't that interesting and Lil Baby doesn't sound good. There's not much else to say about this, since the song's just kind of substanceless and I can't see this sticking around at all.

Best Debut: Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande

Biggest Drop: Dynamite - BTS (-14): Aw. Whatever, it's kind of old anyways and it'll be back as soon as these Christmas songs clear up.

Biggest Jump: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives & Last Christmas - Wham! (+10): For Holly Jolly Christmas, whatever and for Last Christmas I'm happy that it tied its peak from last year already and I really hope it enters the top 10.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby
#4: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber
#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior
#2: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV
#1: positions - Ariana Grande

My Bottom 5 Picks

#5: N/A
#4: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish
#3: On Me - Lil Baby
#2: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson
#1: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:

#20: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#19: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano

#18: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes

#17: Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee

#16: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

4 - Good:

#15: The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole

#14: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

#13: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

#12: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin

#11: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams

#10: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk

#9: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#8: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez

5 - Great:

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#6: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#5: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#4: Last Christmas - Wham!

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#2: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 79/100 = 79%

On the Verge

Errbody - Lil Baby (#41) [1]

Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney (#45) [1]

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (#48) [3; 2nd time*]

Whoopty - CJ (#51) [1]

Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane (#52) [5]

Diamonds - Sam Smith (#53) [4; 2nd time]

Better Together - Luke Combs (#54) [3; 2nd time]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd (#55) [2; 2nd time*]

Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi (#56) [5]

Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani (#57) [3; 2nd time]

Starting Over - Chris Stapleton (#58) [3; 2nd time]

Under The Mistletoe - Kelly Clarkson/Brett Eldredge (#59) [1]

I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay (#60) [16]

Love You Like I Used To - Russell Dickerson (#61) [3; 2nd time]

B.S. - Jhené Aiko/H.E.R. (#62) [3; 2nd time] 

Lil Baby scores another song on the Hot 100 this week, called Errbody. This literally sounds exactly like On Me except Lil Baby sounds slightly better and the production's slightly better.

Paul McCartney (of The Beatles)'s Christmas song, Wonderful Christmastime appears On the Verge this week. While I like this song, it's just really odd and hard to get behind. I don't know, it's just a very strange song.

An actual mainstream song, Whoopty by CJ debuts this week. This is alright. Overall, nothing about it is too special and it could easily just fade into the background as just another rap song, but all that being said, it's pretty good. CJ has decent flow and the production's pretty cool. Yeah, this is a good song.

The much better Kelly Clarkson Christmas song debuts on the Hot 100 this week. It was just released this year, but Under The Mistletoe with Brett Eldredge is so much better than Underneath the Tree. Both artists actually have pretty great chemistry here and despite Brett Eldredge being a country singer, he has a pretty big voice. Yeah, good song.

Both I Should Probably Go To Bed and B.S. re-entered this week. I couldn't care less about either song.

Best Debut: Under The Mistletoe - Kelly Clarkson/Brett Eldredge

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#15: Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi

#14: Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Errbody - Lil Baby

#12: B.S. - Jhené Aiko/H.E.R.

#11: Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane

#10: Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

3 - Decent:

#9: Better Together - Luke Combs

#8: Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

4 - Good:

#7: I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay

#6: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#5: Love You Like I Used To - Russell Dickerson

#4: Whoopty - CJ

#3: Under The Mistletoe - Kelly Clarkson/Brett Eldredge

5 - Great:

#2: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#1: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

Overall Score: 46/75 = 61%

Santa Tell Me If You're Really Blurbs!

So the Top 40 songs we lost this week were: ROCKSTAR, WAP, More Than My Hometown, Be Like That, Savage Love and Life Goes On. All of these will probably come back except for probably Life Goes On.

We also lost some On the Verge songs: Prisoner and the two Bad Bunny songs. I don't really care that any of these songs are gone.

Both Go Crazy and Blinding Lights were the only non-Christmas songs to jump this week. I guess Go Crazy's just gaining a lot in pop airplay and Blinding Lights is probably there because of it being named #1 of the year.

Not too much else to talk about. Next week should be pretty interesting though, as Taylor Swift released an album, but there's also all the Christmas songs.

Hot 100 Exits from Past Top 40/On the Verge Songs

Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (#31) [#19] {21 weeks}

Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (#42) [#9] {44 weeks}

ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (#43) [#23] {28 weeks}

Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo (#44) [#17] {22 weeks}

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (#50) [1 week at #1] {37 weeks}

Still Goin Down - Morgan Wallen (#86) [#46] {2 weeks}

I literally don't care that any of these songs are gone.

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all tomorrow!