Hey all! Wow, it's been a while since I've been here. I hope you're all doing well, and I've missed checking in on you guys every week. However, I have an announcement to make, and I think it's one that you guys will be very excited about. In the coming months, I'm planning on hosting a HUGE 2022 Ultimate Pop Rate!! Basically, I'll post a form for you guys to rate every Weekend Countdown song and every Billboard Pop song in 2022. Then, over the course of a few weeks, I'll reveal the list! It's important to note that I won't be including every single song to reach either chart over the past year, only the ones that were the most successful in 2022 on either chart. So for example, I won't be including Shivers or Creepin', as Shivers performed better in 2021 on both charts, and I expect Creepin' to perform better in 2023 on both charts. However, I will be including songs like Heat Waves, as while it didn't chart at all on the Countdown in 2022, it was actually more successful in 2022 than in 2021 on the Billboard Pop Chart. Because of that, I won't be releasing the form right away, as I need to see how things shake up in the coming weeks (possibly even a month or two), to see if certain songs will be bigger in 2022 or 2023. I likely won't be participating in this myself, as I've really grown these past months to just appreciate music, rather than trying to form an opinion on it, so I'll be solely acting as your host.
Now, to just talk about the state of this blog, as I know I kind of abandoned it without really letting you guys I was going to, and the reason for that is that I didn't know I was going to either. Life just really got busy, and I've almost completely run out of time for stuff like this. That's why I want to let you guys know that this will probably end up being the last year that I post here, as I really can't see myself having time for this at all in the future. But if it is my last year, I want to make it a memorable one instead of quietly drifting away, so I'm going to try my best to give you guys a different post every month. The posts will probably be quite different from what you're used to, and I have a few ideas bouncing around that I know you guys will like. But we'll kick it off with a top 10 songs of 2022 that I'll release this month (I'll also post what I had as my top 45 of 2021 in the comments of this one, as I promised you guys that post, and then never delivered).
Q&A will be open in the comments below, so if you guys want to ask me about anything in particular, music-related or not, drop your questions down below, and I'll try to get back to you guys ASAP.
Kwaheri, everybody! See you all in the next one.
