Week of December 19, 2020 - Harry Styles (2)

Harry Styles (2)

Hey folks! Welcome to the second-last Countdown of 2020! I think that Hits 1’s Year-End list is gonna air today, but I’m not sure when it would air. If not today, next week probably. This week was… okay. There were some good things that happened, but for the most part, it wasn’t great. Mostly due to our #1. No exits this week, so let’s just jump straight into the Countdown!

Last Week’s #1: Golden - Harry Styles

#30: Holding On - iann dior (-1) [#29] {2 weeks}

#29: Bummerland - AJR (-3) [#26] {3 weeks}

#28: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-5) [#23] {5 weeks}

#27: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent (+3) [#27] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#26: going out - ROLE MODEL (-1) [#25] {7 weeks}

#25: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (+3) [#25] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#24: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-7) [#17] {6 weeks}

#23: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (+4) [#22] {5 weeks}

#22: Heather - Conan Gray (-2) [#6] {21 weeks}

#21: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-) [#20] {10 weeks}

#20: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (+2) [#20] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (-) [#16] {7 weeks}

#18: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+6) [#18] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#17: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-5) [#2] {17 weeks}

#16: Bang! - AJR (+2) [#3] {18 weeks}

#15: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-1) [#11] {21 weeks}

#14: Dynamite - BTS (-1) [#13] {12 weeks}

#13: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (+2) [#13] {10 weeks} *new peak*

#12: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-3) [#9] {13 weeks}

#11: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-) [#7] {12 weeks}

#10: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+6) [#10] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#9: Save Myself - Ashe (-2) [#3] {14 weeks}

#8: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (-) [#8] {6 weeks}

#7: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+3) [#7] {12 weeks} *new peak*

#6: positions - Ariana Grande (-1) [#5] {8 weeks}

#5: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-2) [3 weeks at #1] {11 weeks}

#4: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-) [#4] {5 weeks}

#3: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (+3) [#2] {14 weeks}

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [#2] {10 weeks}

#1: Golden - Harry Styles (-) [2nd week at #1] {8 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan [3/8 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: willow - Taylor Swift

Biggest DROP!!!: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-7): Yaaaay! Even though I don’t hate this song, I don’t really want it to be a hit and it sucks that it’s gaining in pop radio.

Biggest Jump: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco & Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+6): Wooh! Good week for Justin Bieber! I’m super glad that Holy’s become a top 10 hit here and I’d be alright if Lonely was a hit. I don’t really care about that song though.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

1 - Bad:

#29: Golden - Harry Styles

#28: going out - ROLE MODEL

#27: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#26: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#25: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

3 - Decent:

#24: Save Myself - Ashe

#23: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#22: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#21: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

4 - Good:

#20: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#19: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat

#18: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#17: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#16: Holding On - iann dior

#15: Bummerland - AJR

#14: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#13: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#12: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#11: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#10: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#9: Dynamite - BTS

#8: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#7: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We

#6: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#5: Bang! - AJR

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#3: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 111/150 = 74%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Diamonds - Sam Smith & Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper {13 weeks}

#4: Save Myself - Ashe & Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {14 weeks}

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior {17 weeks}

#2: Bang! - AJR {18 weeks}

#1: Heather - Conan Gray & Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid {21 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: A Little Bit Yours - JP Saxe

My Favourite Song Last Year: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Just Like Fire - P!nk

Hit-Bound

One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa [2]

Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur [3]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [5]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [6]

Body - Megan Thee Stallion [1]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [11*]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [5]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [7]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI [2]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [5]

Deep End - Fousheé [2]

Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler [1]

Goodbye - Shaylen [7]

Fly Away - Tones And I [5]

Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug [5; 2nd time*]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [7]

So despite no Countdown debuts, we actually got two Hit-Bound debuts, the first one being… Body by Megan Thee Stallion. I’ve already talked about this in my Hot 100 posts and yeah, it’s quite bad. Megan sounds fine and she actually has good flow in the verses, I just absolutely hate that chorus. It’s literally “Body-ody-ody” over and over again and it’s very annoying. Also, the production’s kind of questionable. I hope this doesn’t debut.

So Quinn XCII gets his first song on Hits 1 as a lead artist today, after he featured on Love Me Less with MAX in 2019. This song’s called Stay Next To Me and it’s with Chelsea Cutler. This is a really fantastic song. It’s honestly just a lot of fun. Chelsea doesn’t sound great, but Quinn XCII sounds quite good. The chorus is also just very fun. I really hope this is a big hit.

Best Debut: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#16: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#15: Deep End - Fousheé

1 - Bad:

#14: Never the 1 - ROSIE

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#13: Fly Away - Tones And I

#12: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

#11: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

4 - Good:

#10: Goodbye - Shaylen

#9: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#8: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

5 - Great:

#7: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#6: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#5: One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa

#4: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

#3: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#2: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

#1: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

Overall Score: 56/75 = 75%

As Long As You’re Right Here, Blurb Next to Me

So we technically lost a Hit-Bound song this week, willow by Taylor Swift, but it played as the Countdown Extra this week, so it’s really not gone.

Wow, Overwhelmed jumped. I definitely didn’t expect that to happen.

How is Heather not gone yet? Come on! There’s absolutely no way that anybody’s listening to this anymore.

Why is Mood down at #17? Really? This should be #1! But instead, it’s freaking Harry Styles again.

So Bang! jumped a couple of spots this week and I’m pretty happy about that. I’d like for it to re-enter the top 15.

positions fell off of the top 5. Really?

Monsters is at #3 again and I can actually see this hitting #1 sometime soon, as it’s actually gaining elsewhere.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#4: positions - Ariana Grande

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

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

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#12: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#13: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#18: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

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

#22: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#23: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#24: Dynamite - BTS

#26: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#27: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#28: Bang! - AJR

#38: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#42: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#44: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

#46: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#47: Whats Poppin (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne

#48: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#50: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#53: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#55: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

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

#64: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#67: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#68: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#69: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#70: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#73: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#83: Golden - Harry Styles

#90: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

#95: Heather - Conan Gray

#98: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin

#9: positions - Ariana Grande

#8: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

#7: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#6: Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj

#5: Golden - Harry Styles

#4: Yummy - Justin Bieber

#3: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#2: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

#1: Mind Is A Prison - Alec Benjamin

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#9: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#7: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#6: Bang! - AJR

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#4: Dynamite - BTS

#3: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later.