Monday, June 14, 2021

Week of June 12, 2021 - Olivia Rodrigo (2)

Hey, everyone! I know that this is a bit later than expected, but it's here now, so that'll just have to do. Just letting you guys know in advance that I'll be away again this weekend. Now, obviously, I've had to turn Comment Moderation back on, because it just simply didn't work with it off. Again, this may be only temporary, but this is proving to be a consistent problem, so it's likely that it won't be. Now, onto this week's countdown. It was alright. There were a couple of stupid things that happened, but overall, it was still a solid week, as our #1 is still fantastic and we have a few songs finally getting justice here. Here are our exits for this week.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To
la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn (#30) [#30] {1 week}
Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (#17) [#10] {8 weeks} [x2]

Last Week's #1: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo (1)

#30: By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#29: Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Brothers (-2) [#25] {3 weeks}
#28: A-O-K - Tai Verdes (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#27: 90s Kids - Jax (+2) [#27] {4 weeks} *new peak*
#26: Build a B**** - Bella Poarch (+2) [#24] {3 weeks}
#25: Butter - BTS (-1) [#24] {3 weeks}
#24: telepatía - Kali Uchis (+2) [#24] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#23: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (-2) [#3] {14 weeks}
#22: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (-) [#16] {12 weeks}
#21: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (-9) [#11] {13 weeks}
#20: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (-) [#20] {8 weeks}
#19: Wave of You - Surfaces (+6) [#19] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#18: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat (-4) [#14] {5 weeks}
#17: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-9) [#3] {16 weeks}
#16: Your Power - Billie Eilish (+7) [#16] {6 weeks} *new peak*
#15: We're Good - Dua Lipa (-6) [2 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}
#14: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (-1) [#9] {19 weeks}
#13: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (-6) [2 weeks at #1] {9 weeks}
#12: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots (+6) [#12] {9 weeks} *new peak*
#11: Our Song - Anne-Marie/Niall Horan (+8) [#11] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#10: Follow You - Imagine Dragons (-) [#9] {7 weeks}
#9: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+7) [#9] {14 weeks} *new peak*
#8: Way Less Sad - AJR (-2) [#4] {16 weeks}
#7: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+4) [#7] {14 weeks} *new peak*
#6: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+9) [#6] {20 weeks} *new peak*
#5: pov - Ariana Grande (-1) [#4] {11 weeks}
#4: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+1) [#4] {9 weeks} *new peak*
#3: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (-) [1 week at #1] {9 weeks}
#2: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (-) [#2] {10 weeks}
#1: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo (-) [2nd week at #1] {3 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi [1/1 week at #1]

Countdown Extra: Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo

Our first debut this week skips Hit-Bound and debuts directly onto the Countdown at #30. It's By Your Side by Calvin Harris and Tom Grennan, who makes his Weekend Countdown debut this week. I find this song pretty enjoyable. While it's definitely not as good as Tom Grennan's other song on Hits 1 right now, Little Bit of Love, and I find his voice a little worse here than in that song, it's definitely not unwelcome here. I really appreciate how Calvin Harris is going back to his older sound after making some not-so-great songs like Over Now with The Weeknd. The drop is pretty interesting to listen to, even if it gets a little repetitive. My only problem with this song is that it's pretty forgettable. I really can't see this sticking around for very long at all. Actually, I'd be surprised if it's still here next week.

So for whatever reason, our highest debut is A-O-K by Tai Verdes at #28. I talked about this song a couple of weeks ago when it debuted Hit-Bound, and I believe I said that I doubted that it would debut, but alas, here we are. This isn't for the better. I find this song quite annoying. I don't love Tai Verdes' voice, the verses are forgettable and the chorus is just a little obnoxious. The only redeeming factors of this song are that the writing's good and it at least sounds like Tai's having fun... holy crap. This is how everybody else feels about AJR.

Best Debut: By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan

Biggest Drop: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion & forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-9): I like both of these songs, but Beautiful Mistakes is starting to get a little overplayed, and forget me too actually isn't even a single, so I'm fine to see both of these go and I'm satisfied with how well they did here.

Biggest Jump: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+9): So for whatever reason, this song's all the way up at #6. I thought that this song was interesting when it first came out, and now it's gotten kind of stale, so I'm not sure why it's just now gaining a lot of traction here.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Awful:
#30: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon
#29: Your Power - Billie Eilish
#28: Build a B**** - Bella Poarch

1 - Bad:
#27: A-O-K - Tai Verdes

2 - Mediocre:
#26: telepatía - Kali Uchis
#25: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS
#24: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae
#23: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat
#22: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

3 - Decent:
#21: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic
#20: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA
#19: Heat Waves - Glass Animals
#18: By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan

4 - Good:
#17: We're Good - Dua Lipa
#16: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
#15: 90s Kids - Jax
#14: Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Brothers
#13: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X

5 - Great:
#12: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion
#11: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI
#10: Our Song - Anne-Marie/Niall Horan
#9: Wave of You - Surfaces
#8: Butter - BTS
#7: pov - Ariana Grande
#6: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey
#5: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots
#4: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf
#3: Follow You - Imagine Dragons
#2: Way Less Sad - AJR
#1: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

Overall Score: 103/150 = 69%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS, Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf & Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic {14 weeks}
#4: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey & Way Less Sad - AJR {16 weeks}
#3: We're Good - Dua Lipa {17 weeks}
#2: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI {19 weeks}
#1: Heat Waves - Glass Animals {20 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: All My Favorite Songs - Weezer/AJR

My Favourite Song Last Year: Heartless - Diplo/Julia Michaels/Morgan Wallen

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee

Most Missed Countdown Song: Grip - Seeb/Bastille

Hit-Bound
u love u - blackbear/Tate McRae [1]
I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby [4]
Lost Cause - Billie Eilish [2]
Little Bit of Love - Tom Grennan [3]
Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [10]
F***BOY - Dixie [3]
Girl From Rio - Anitta/DaBaby [7]
First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior [2; 3rd time]
Frankenstein - Claire Rosinkranz [2]
la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn [1; 2nd time]
Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo [2]
Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line [3; 2nd time*]
Good Without - Mimi Webb [10]
SUN GOES DOWN - Lil Nas X [2]
Higher Power - Coldplay [4; 2nd time*]

*Skipped Hit-Bound, so this is technically its first time around

Our one and only Hit-Bound debut this week is a song that I've really been enjoying for these past couple of weeks. It's a new one from blackbear, a collaboration with Tate McRae, u love u. I never doubted for a second that this would get a shot here and I'm definitely not disappointed. I really enjoy blackbear's music and I think his sound is really cool. Tate McRae also sounds decent here and her voice works surprisingly well with the production. Speaking of the production, it's great. It's simple, but it's perfect for the song. Top it all off with a catchy chorus, and you have a great song that will no doubt do well here.

After spending only one week on the Countdown at #30, (sound familiar?) la di die re-enters Hit-Bound this week. I didn't really expect this to last very long on the Countdown, but I was hoping that it would at least spend a couple of weeks in the bottom 5 before coming back here. Oh, well. Hopefully, it can re-enter.

This is probably our first week in a while where we haven't had any Hit-Bound dropouts, as the only song leaving Hit-Bound this week is Once In A Lifetime, which dropped off of the Countdown last week. The song was forgettable, so I don't really care.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Awful:
#15: Lost Cause - Billie Eilish
#14: F***BOY - Dixie

1 - Bad:
#13: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

2 - Mediocre:
#12: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

3 - Decent:
#11: Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo
#10: la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn

4 - Good:
#9: Frankenstein - Claire Rosinkranz
#8: Girl From Rio - Anitta/DaBaby
#7: Higher Power - Coldplay

5 - Great:
#6: SUN GOES DOWN - Lil Nas X
#5: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior
#4: u love u - blackbear/Tate McRae
#3: Good Without - Mimi Webb
#2: Little Bit of Love - Tom Grennan
#1: I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby

Livin' In a Big Blue Blurb

Our only other Weekend Countdown exit this week was Remember That Night?, which, while it was admittedly pretty forgettable, it was still enjoyable, so it will be missed.

I really expected Leave Before You Love Me to do well here and I'm really surprised to see it drop to #29, especially since it's gaining traction elsewhere.

For whatever reason, telepatía is not only still here, but it actually jumped this week. I'd really rather not have this stay.

I'm really surprised that Wave of You is still here, but I'm even more surprised that it jumped up six spots to #19 this week. I'm certainly not complaining, but... hunh?

Despite it being in the top 5 on airplay for nearly the whole week, Best Friend dropped four spots and looks like it may not do too well here. Can't say I'm disappointed, but can't say I'm happy either.

Okay, why is Your Power up at #16!? T h i s i s n o t a r a d i o s o n g.

Both We're Good and Mr. Perfectly Fine took big hits this week, which I'm okay with. Both are good songs and I'm glad that both got a couple weeks at #1.

Shy Away finally jumped up to #12 this week. This is long overdue, because this is a great song.

For whatever reason, Our Song really grew on me. It also jumped all the way up to #11. I would say that I'm surprised, but... it's Hits 1, what do you expect?

Yeeeessssssss Astronaut In The Ocean is getting what it deserves! It jumped up to #9 this week and I'm really happy.

Looks like Way Less Sad won't become a big hit here for AJR, which makes me sad, because I still really like the song.

Ugh, can we leave Leave The Door Open? It's about to dip into mediocre really soon.

Completely unsurprisingly, good 4 u holds on for another week at #1. I hope that this stays for a while at the top spot, because at least for now, it's the best song that's anywhere close to the top spot.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100
#1: Butter - BTS
#2: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo
#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby
#4: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic
#5: Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande
#6: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon
#7: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA
#8: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo
#9: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf
#10: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X
#11: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI
#13: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo
#14: RAPSTAR - Polo G
#17: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#18: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion
#21: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK
#22: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat
#23: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon
#24: Up - Cardi B
#25: Heat Waves - Glass Animals
#30: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior
#31: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear
#32: Track Star - Mooski
#34: telepatía - Kali Uchis
#37: pov - Ariana Grande
#41: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke
#53: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line
#54: We're Good - Dua Lipa
#56: Build a B**** - Bella Poarch
#60: Your Power - Billie Eilish
#72: Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Brothers
#77: Way Less Sad - AJR
#83: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME
#85: Arcade - Duncan Laurence
#86: Follow You - Imagine Dragons
#91: The Business - Tiësto
#97: Hold On - Justin Bieber

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown
#10: la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn
#9: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat
#8: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion
#7: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear
#6: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine
#5: A-O-K - Tai Verdes
#4: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo
#3: Arcade - Duncan Laurence
#2: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
#1: In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense
#10: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo
#9: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat
#8: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion
#7: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon
#6: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf
#5: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA
#4: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X
#3: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic
#2: pov - Ariana Grande
#1: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all in the next one.

70 comments:

  1. When you are home for the weekend can you turn comment moderation off for that time?

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  2. First welcome back Beluga nice new post how was ur vacation

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  3. They're playing I DID IT!!!

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  4. Hit-Bound Spin Counts:
    Higher Power: 33 spins
    Hold On: 33 spins
    Arcade: 30 spins
    Good Without: 27 spins
    Lil Bit: 24 spins
    Girl From Rio: 21 spins
    Saturday: 20 spins
    la di die: 17 spins
    First Time: 14 spins
    Heartbreak Anniversary: 13 spins
    Need To Know: 12 spins
    Cloudy Day: 12 spins
    Jalebi Baby: 5 spins
    I DID IT: 1 spin

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  5. Event 1 on the Weekend Countdown Olympics is up!!!

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  6. 10 more placements have been revealed on my blog!

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  7. Hit-Bound Spin Counts:
    Higher Power: 33 spins
    Arcade: 33 spins
    Hold On: 30 spins
    Lil Bit: 26 spins
    Good Without: 24 spins
    Girl From Rio: 21 spins
    Saturday: 21 spins
    Jalebi Baby: 20 spins
    la di die: 16 spins
    Heartbreak Anniversary: 12 spins
    Need To Know: 12 spins
    Cloudy Day: 12 spins
    First Time: 10 spins
    I DID IT: 2 spins

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  8. Surprise! 10 more placements have been revealed!

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  9. Hit-Bound Spin Counts:
    Higher Power: 34 spins
    Arcade: 33 spins
    Hold On: 28 spins
    Lil Bit: 26 spins
    Good Without: 21 spins
    Girl From Rio: 20 spins
    Saturday: 20 spins
    Jalebi Baby: 18 spins
    la di die: 16 spins
    Heartbreak Anniversary: 13 spins
    Need To Know: 12 spins
    Cloudy Day: 12 spins
    I DID IT: 9 spins
    First Time: 6 spins

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  10. Predictions For Weekend Countdown This Weekend:
    Out:
    Build A Bitch
    Wave Of You
    By Your Side

    In:
    Arcade
    Girl From Rio
    Lil Bit (Re-Entry)

    Biggest Jump: Best Friend (+13)

    Biggest Drop: Deja Vu (-24)

    Countdown Extra: I DID IT
    #1 Song: Good For U (3rd Week)

    Hit-Bound Entrants:
    By Your Side (Skipped Hit-Bound, so technically it's a Hit-Bound debut, not re-entry)
    Saturday
    Cloudy Day
    Need To Know
    Working (New Tate MCRae)

    Hit-Bound Dropouts:
    First Time
    Little Bit Of Love
    F-BOY

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  11. New On Hits 1: Tate McRae/Khalid - Working

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  12. Hello, fam! My posts will be up soon. I've been really busy lately, again.

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  13. 9 more submissions revealed! We only have the top 10! Which, I may release later tonight!

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  14. very sad to see first time leaving, wish it had a better run
    very happy to see i did it getting spins, hope it debuts this week

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  15. Track Star Remix just got a spin. Probably goldn hour, but idk.

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  16. 9-4 has been revealed! Only 3 songs remain... Will it be Kings & Queens??? Rockstar?? or FLETCHERS Strangers?!? This will be revealed by the end of the day!

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  17. Hit-Bound Spin Counts:
    Higher Power: 33 spins
    Arcade: 33 spins
    Lil Bit: 27 spins
    Hold On: 24 spins
    Jalebi Baby: 22 spins
    Saturday: 21 spins
    Good Without: 20 spins
    la di die: 19 spins
    Girl From Rio: 16 spins
    Heartbreak Anniversary: 13 spins
    Need To Know: 13 spins
    I DID IT: 12 spins
    Cloudy Day: 10 spins
    First Time: 5 spins
    working: 3 spins

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  18. #1 Reccomendation For Hits 1: Mabel - Let Them Know

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  19. hit bound entries:
    friday
    company
    bed
    need to know

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  20. LETS GO FRIDAY DEBUTED HITBOUND

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    1. WOOOOOO and im still jackson ok just remember i keep on being on different devices

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  21. LETS GO RAPSTAR RE ENTERED HITBOUND

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  22. Hit-Bound So Far:
    Riton/Nightcrawlers/Mufasa/Hyperman - Friday (Debut)
    Mimi Webb - Good Without
    Doja Cat - Need To Know (Debut)
    Nessa Barrett/jxdn - La Di Die
    Polo G - RAPSTAR (Re-Entry)
    Tones & I - Cloudy Day (Debut)
    Blackbear/Tate McRae - U Love U
    DJ Khaled/Megan Thee Stallion/Post Malone/Lil Baby/Dababy - I DID IT

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    1. Hit-Bound Part 2:
      Coldplay - Higher Power
      jxdn - Think About Me (Debut)
      Mooksi/Chris Brown - Track Star (Re-Entry)
      Billie Eilish - Lost Cause
      Annita/Dababy - Girl From Rio
      Nelly/Florida Georgia Line - Lil Bit
      Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary

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    2. Possible Countdown Debuts/Hit Bound Dropouts:
      Dixie - F-BOY
      Tom Grennan - Little Bit Of Love
      Illenium/Iann Dior - First Time
      Claire Rosinkranz - Frankenstein
      Tesher/Jason Derulo - Jalebi Baby
      Lil Nas X - Sun Goes Down

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    3. I think it's Jalebi Baby of First Time

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  23. Our one lone exit: Till Forever Falls Apart

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  24. im still jackson and if you know JALEBI BABY DEBUTED THE COUNTDOWN

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  25. RAPSTAR IS BACK BUT THEY STILL FORGOT TO BLEEP A SWEAR WORD DJDHHDIDHEBDNDJDHBS

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  26. Guys breaking news!!!!! COVID-19 IS OFFICIALLY ENDING IN NYC AND LONG ISLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND CONNNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS SO IT IS THE NEW NORMAL

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  27. My rankdown is complete! Go see who won!

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  28. Recommendations for Hits 1:
    seaside_demo - SEB
    Having Our Way - Migos/Drake
    FOREVER AFTER ALL - LUKE COMBS
    Hats Off - Lil Baby, Lil Durk & Travis Scott
    RUN - ONΞREPUBLIC
    body (remix) - TION WAYNE X RUSS MILLIONS/ARRDEE/A1 (3X3)/ZT (3X3)/BUGZY
    MALONE/BUNI/FIVIO FOREIGN/DARKOO
    TWERKULATOR - CITY GIRLS

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  29. I think they're playing last weeks countdown right now

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  30. they played bys, lbylm, aok, 90s kids, butter, bab (even though it wasn't listed) telepatia, tffa, peaches, now bm

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  31. Hits 1 made a big oopsie! They are playing last week's countdown

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    1. They need to return to their studios now. It's getting ridiculous. The quality is dropping so much.

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    2. They played the actual one once

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  32. I have no idea if I'm doing this right lol

    Hit-Bound Spin Counts*
    33 Arcade
    33 Lil Bit
    21 Girl From Rio
    20 Higher Power
    16 Saturday
    15 Good Without
    15 Hold On
    14 I Did It
    14 La Di Die
    13 Cloudy Day
    13 Need To Know

    *includes spins from being played on Hit-Bound and as the countdown extra

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  33. New on Hits 1: Fine Apple - Nic D

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  34. Recommendations For Hits 1:
    Zara Larsson - Look What You've Done
    Mabel - Let Them Know
    Ava Max - Everytime I Cry
    Topic/Bebe Rexha - Chain My Heart
    Rezz/Dove Cameron - Taste Of You
    Tate McRae/Khalid - Working
    Brandy - Starting Now
    Bebe Rexha/Travis Barker - Break My Heart Myself
    Zara Larsson - Morning
    Victoria Justice - Too F**kin Nice
    Armin Van Buuren/Sarah Reeves - Tell Me Why
    Madison Beer - Reckless
    CHVRCHES - He Said She Said
    Lorde - Solar Power
    FLETCHER - She Said
    OneRepublic - Run

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