A Year in Review - 2020 (Part 2)

Yeah, so I recently remembered some more stats that I wanted to do, so I figured I'd just do a part 2 to my previous Year in Review post. I'm just gonna jump right into it with our first award.

Most Entrants in a Week

I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay (#30), my future - Billie Eilish (#28), Lose Somebody - Kygo/OneRepublic (#26), Daisies - Katy Perry (#19), Whats Poppin - Jack Harlow (#18), Heather - Conan Gray (#17), & me & ur ghost - blackbear (#5) [7 entrants] [August 8]

Cool. There were definitely some other years when this happened more than just once, but it's still cool when this happens every once in a while.

Next is some awards relating to the length of songs.

Shortest Countdown Song

CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn (1:52)

Longest Countdown Song

The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (4:25)

Shortest Hit-Bound Dropout

Backyard Boy - Claire Rosinkranz (2:09)

Longest Hit-Bound Dropout

exile - Taylor Swift/Bon Iver (4:45)

Next up is just a percentage of all of the genres for the Countdown songs.

Countdown Song Genres

Upbeat Pop (37%)

Slow Pop (22%)

Rap (16%)

EDM (9%)

Pop Rock (9%)

Country (4%)

R&B (2%)

K-Pop (1%)

Latino (1%)

Upbeat Pop (predictably) is the #1 genre of the year, but I think the most notable thing here is that rap actually had 16% of all of the Countdown songs. That's insane especially compared to other years when we had little to no rap on here. Other than that, pop rock only had 9% this year, which I'm pretty sure is less than usual, especially since Hits 1 really likes pop rock. But I think that's mostly because bands like Imagine Dragons, Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy didn't really release much this year.

Biggest Whiff of the Year

Life Is Good - Future/Drake

Yeah, this was released back when Hits 1 weren't huge fans of rap and even now, I'm not sure if it would be picked up.

Alright, so here's the last award that I'm giving out. It's called the Oops! I Forgot award. It goes to the most forgettable Countdown song of the year. But first, some honourable mentions:

CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn

Cuz I Love You - Lizzo

Demons - Alec Benjamin

Fight - Tayla Parx/Florida Georgia Line

Funny - Zedd/Jasmine Thompson

Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

Head & Heart - Joel Corry/MNEK

I Love Me - Demi Lovato

Mad at Disney - salem ilese

Mother - Charlie Puth

my future - Billie Eilish

Nobody's Love - Maroon 5

Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd

Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers

queen of broken hearts - blackbear

Ride It - Regard

Stuck with U - Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber

Walking - Joji/Jackson Wang/Major Lazer/Swae Lee

WOW - Zara Larsson

X - Jonas Brothers/KAROL G

17 - Pink Sweat$

10/10 - Rex Orange County

100 Ways - Jackson Wang

And the award goes to...

Banana (Minisiren Remix) - Conkarah/Shaggy/DJ Fle

Yeah, don't tell me you remembered that that song existed, because you didn't.

Little thing that I forgot to do for my Hits 1's Top 30 of 2020 post. Rank the freakin' songs. I forgot to do this last year too. Anyways, here it is:

Hits 1's Top 30 of 2020 Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Moral of the Story - Ashe/Niall Horan

#29: Adore You - Harry Styles

#28: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton

1 - Bad:

#27: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer

#26: Say So - Doja Cat

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#25: Graveyard - Halsey

#24: No Judgement - Niall Horan

4 - Good:

#23: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber

#22: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

#21: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels

#20: Only Human - Jonas Brothers

#19: me & ur ghost - blackbear

5 - Great:

#18: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith

#17: Level of Concern - Twenty One Pilots

#16: My Oh My - Camila Cabello

#15: Maniac - Conan Gray

#14: Good as Hell - Lizzo

#13: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo

#12: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#11: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#10: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

#9: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#8: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers

#7: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

#6: Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa

#5: hot girl bummer - blackbear

#4: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan

#3: Circles - Post Malone

#2: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas

#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Overall Score: 118/150 = 79%

Hunh, this was actually better than last year. Interesting, considering there were a lot less songs that I hated this year, even with the shortening.

Kwaheri, everybody! See you in the next one.