Hot 100 Top 40: Week of January 2, 2021 - Mariah Carey (5)

Mariah Carey (5)

Oh boy, I'm extremely behind on these posts. It's FINE! I'm going to catch up, don't worry!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

gold rush - Taylor Swift (#40) [#40] {1 week}

'tis the damn season - Taylor Swift (#39) [#39] {1 week}

Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (#36) [#2] {5 weeks}

no body, no crime - Taylor Swift/HAIM (#34) [#34] {1 week}

Kings & Queens - Ava Max (#30) [#13] {12 weeks}

champagne problems - Taylor Swift (#21) [#21] {1 week}

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (#18) [4 weeks at #1] {51 weeks}

Dynamite - BTS (#9) [3 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

Last Week's #1: willow - Taylor Swift (1)

#40: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-5) [#8] {8 weeks}

#39: This Christmas - Donny Hathaway (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#38: willow - Taylor Swift (-37) [1 week at #1] {2 weeks}

#37: Bang! - AJR (-4) [#24] {14 weeks}

#36: Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) - Bing Crosby/The Andrews Sisters (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#35: Body - Megan Thee Stallion (-13) [#12] {5 weeks}

#34: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez (-11) [#5] {8 weeks}

#33: Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley (RE-ENTRY) [#33] {? weeks} *new peak*

#32: You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft (RE-ENTRY) [#32] {? weeks} *new peak*

#31: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (-7) [#6] {16 weeks}

#30: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-10) [#3] {41 weeks}

#29: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-4) [#6] {25 weeks}

#28: Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney (DEBUT) [2 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#27: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [#20] {8 weeks}

#26: Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Gene Autry (RE-ENTRY) [#26] {? weeks} *new peak*

#25: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (-8) [#2] {19 weeks}

#24: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-8) [#9] {29 weeks}

#23: It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - Michael Bublé (RE-ENTRY) [#23] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#22: (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como (RE-ENTRY) [#22] {? weeks} *new peak*

#21: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-8) [#3] {14 weeks}

#20: White Christmas - Bing Crosby/Ken Darby Singers/John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra (+18) [#12] {? weeks}

#19: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (+18) [#19] {? weeks} *new peak*

#18: Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season - Andy Williams (+8) [#18] {? weeks} *new peak*

#17: Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande (+15) [#17] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry (+15) [#16] {? weeks}

#15: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como/The Fontane Sisters/Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra (-3) [#12] {? weeks}

#14: positions - Ariana Grande (-6) [1 week at #1] {9 weeks}

#13: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (+6) [#13] {? weeks} *new peak*

#12: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson (+16) [#12] {? weeks} *new peak*

#11: The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole (+4) [#11] {? weeks}

#10: Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (+19) [#10] {? weeks} *new peak*

#9: Last Christmas - Wham! (+5) [#9] {? weeks} *new peak*

#8: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin (+3) [#8] {? weeks} *new peak*

#7: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-2) [6 weeks at #1] {19 weeks}

#6: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano (+4) [#6] {? weeks} *new peak*

#5: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (+2) [#5] {? weeks} *new peak*

#4: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives (+2) [#4] {? weeks}

#3: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (+1) [#3] {? weeks}

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

#1: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (+1) [5th week at #1] {? weeks}

Last Year's #1: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey [3/5 weeks at #1]

Oh yeah, I guess it's still Christmastime. Oh boy. Anyways, this is the last week of these songs being here, so we won't have to deal with this for too long. The first song is This Christmas by Donny Hathaway and I actually quite like this song. I really like the jazz sound that this song has and Donny Hathaway sounds really good here.

Okay, so Bing Crosby has another song now, being Mele Kalikimaka with The Andrews Sisters. I find a lot of Bing Crosby's Christmas music to be pretty boring and this is no exception. I prefer almost every cover of this.

A classic is next, Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley. I quite like this song, I think Elvis works spectacularly with this song and the song itself is pretty catchy. I also really like whatever the heck the backup singers are doing. It actually fits surprisingly well with the song.

You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Thurl Ravenscroft is next. This song's fine. Thurl sounds decent and the song's interesting enough.

Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney makes its debut this week. Again, I find this to be one of the more obscure Christmas songs.

Here Comes Santa Claus, It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas and Home for the Holidays all re-entered this week. Not much to say on that one except that it was expected.

Best Debut: This Christmas - Donny Hathaway

Biggest Drop: willow - Taylor Swift (-37): Oof. Well, I guess I expected it to drop so much from its #1 debut last week, but this is still a little sad.

Biggest Jump: Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (+19): Ok cool.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: Bang! - AJR
#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby
#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: N/A
#3: N/A
#2: Body - Megan Thee Stallion
#1: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:

#20: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#19: White Christmas - Bing Crosby/Ken Darby Singers/John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra

#18: Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry

3 - Decent:

#17: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como/The Fontane Sisters/Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra

#16: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry

#15: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes

#14: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love

#13: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano

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

#11: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

#10: Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season - Andy Williams

4 - Good:

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

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

#7: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

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

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

5 - Great:

#4: Last Christmas - Wham!

#3: Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 68/100 = 68%

On the Verge

Deck The Halls - Nat King Cole (#43) [2]

Please Come Home for Christmas - Eagles (#45) [1; ?nd time]

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Jackson 5 (#46) [1]

Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys (#47) [1]

Take Me Home For Christmas - Dan + Shay (#48) [2]

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Michael Bublé (#49) [1]

I'll Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby (#50) [1]

Whoopty - CJ (#52) [3]

Hallelujah - Carrie Underwood/John Legend (#54) [1]

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (#56) [5; 2nd time*]

Better Together - Luke Combs (#57) [5; 2nd time]

On Me - Lil Baby (#58) [2; 2nd time*]

Afterglow - Ed Sheeran (#59) [1]

Gnat - Eminem (#60) [1]

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Justin Bieber (#61) [1]

Please Come Home for Christmas by the Eagles is the first On the Verge debut. This song's fine. It's not too interesting, but it's fine. Whoever's singing sounds good and the production's alright.

Yeah, so I really like Michael Jackson, and I think he had a really good voice for his age when he was younger, but oh boy, it's pretty annoying. Yeah, that's pretty much all I have to say. (Oh yeah, by the way, the song is Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by The Jackson 5)

Oh yeah, The Beach Boys existed. These guys really only have one sound and in their Christmas song, Little Saint Nick, they don't really change up that formula at all. It's fine.

I've already expressed how much I like Michael Bublé's Christmas music and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is definitely no exception here. I really love his voice with this music and this is a great song too.

Okay, just copy+paste everything I said about Mele Kalikimaka except with I'll Be Home For Christmas.

Oh dang, Hallelujah by Carrie Underwood and John Legend is pretty great. Both of these artists have fantastic voices and they sound pretty good together. This song is only slightly boring, but I think their voices definitely more than make up for it.

Wow, this was a while ago. Afterglow by Ed Sheeran makes its On the Verge debut this week. I really like this song. I think Ed Sheeran sounds pretty great here aside from the robotic harmonies and the production and the song as a whole are good enough to support a slower song like this. This is a pretty good song and although I personally prefer his faster stuff, I definitely don't hate these types of songs either.

Okay, so Eminem released Music To Be Murdered By - Side B on this week and Gnat debuts On the Verge this week. This song's fine. It's definitely not one of his best and can't really compare with songs like Godzilla, Love The Way You Lie or The Monster. The production's not too interesting and there's way too many COVID-19 references for me to enjoy this.

Yeah, so Justin Bieber released an Amazon Prime Music original cover of Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree and while I have Amazon Prime Music, I really don't feel like going out of my way just to listen to a Christmas song. So... yeah, no opinion.

Best Debut: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Michael Bublé

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#14: On Me - Lil Baby

2 - Mediocre:

#13: I'll Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby

#12: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Jackson 5

#11: Gnat - Eminem

3 - Decent:

#10: Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys

#9: Deck The Halls - Nat King Cole

#8: Please Come Home for Christmas - Eagles

#7: Better Together - Luke Combs

4 - Good:

#6: Whoopty - CJ

#5: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

5 - Great:

#4: Hallelujah - Carrie Underwood/John Legend

#3: Take Me Home For Christmas - Dan + Shay

#2: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Michael Bublé

#1: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

Overall Score: 47/70 = 67%

You're a Mean One, Mr. Blurbs

There's literally nothing to talk about especially considering that all of the exits from both the Top 40 and On the Verge are just going to re-enter next week.

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

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (#18) [4 weeks at #1] {55 weeks}

gold rush - Taylor Swift (#40) [#40] {1 week}

Whats Poppin (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne (#44) [#2] {45 weeks}

tolerate it - Taylor Swift (#45) [#45] {1 week}

She Knows This - Kid Cudi (#49) [#49] {1 week}

ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (#50) [7 weeks at #1] {35 weeks}

happiness - Taylor Swift (#52) [#52] {1 week}

Show Out - Kid Cudi/Skepta/Pop Smoke (#54) [#54] {1 week}

evermore - Taylor Swift/Bon Iver (#57) [#57] {1 week}

I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay (#70) [#42] {20 weeks}

B.S. - Jhené Aiko/H.E.R. (#76) [#24] {20 weeks}

Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi (#93) [#55] {16 weeks}

Errbody - Lil Baby (#98) [#41] {2 weeks}

All of these songs except for maybe the evermore songs will re-enter next week.

Kwaheri, everybody! See you in the next one.