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.

Hot 100 Top 40: Week of December 26, 2020 - Taylor Swift (1)

Taylor Swift (1)

Hey guys, so yeah, I realize that I'm a bit behind with my Hot 100 posts and the reason for that is that I'm really just trying to focus on my Year-End posts right now. I have the entire list for My Top 45 Songs of 2020, so I'm just working through the reviews on that, so expect that to be out in a week or so. As for the 2020 Ultimate Rank, it's gonna start as soon as I get all of my Year-End posts out. So if you want to do Community Rankings (which are just mini rankdowns of the reveals) the link for that is right here. Remember that Community Rankings are more crucial than ever this year and if you want to find out why, just go and click the 2020 Ultimate Rank tab for an explanation on that and any more info you might want on the 2020 Ultimate Rank.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (#38) [#8] {3 weeks}

(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como (#37) [#32] {? weeks}

Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Gene Autry (#36) [#28] {? weeks}

It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - Michael Bublé (#33) [#33] {2 weeks}

On Me - Lil Baby (#30) [#30] {1 week}

Last Week's #1: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (4)

#40: gold rush - Taylor Swift (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#39: 'tis the damn season - Taylor Swift (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#38: White Christmas - Bing Crosby/Ken Darby Singers/John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra (-6) [#12] {? weeks}
#37: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (-6) [#29] {? weeks}
#36: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-13) [#2] {5 weeks}
#35: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-9) [#8] {7 weeks}

#34: no body, no crime - Taylor Swift/HAIM (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#33: Bang! - AJR (-5) [#24] {13 weeks}
#32: Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande (+7) [#32] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#31: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry (+3) [#16] {? weeks}
#30: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-8) [#13] {12 weeks}
#29: Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (+11) [#29] {? weeks} *new peak*
#28: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson (-3) [#25] {? weeks}
#27: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [#20] {7 weeks}
#26: Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season - Andy Williams (+3) [#24] {? weeks}
#25: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-4) [#6] {24 weeks}
#24: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (-5) [#6] {15 weeks}
#23: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez (-6) [#5] {7 weeks}
#22: Body - Megan Thee Stallion (-4) [#12] {4 weeks}

#21: champagne problems - Taylor Swift (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#20: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-8) [#3] {40 weeks}
#19: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (+1) [#19] {? weeks} *new peak*
#18: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-11) [4 weeks at #1] {51 weeks}
#17: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (-9) [#2] {18 weeks}
#16: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-3) [#9] {28 weeks}
#15: The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole (+1) [#11] {? weeks}
#14: Last Christmas - Wham! (-3) [#11] {? weeks}
#13: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-4) [#3] {13 weeks}
#12: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como/The Fontane Sisters/Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra (+23) [#12] {? weeks} *new peak*
#11: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin (+4) [#11] {? weeks} *new peak*

#10: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano (-) [#10] {? weeks}

#9: Dynamite - BTS (+15) [3 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

#8: positions - Ariana Grande (-4) [1 week at #1] {8 weeks}

#7: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (-1) [#6] {? weeks}

#6: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives (+8) [#4] {? weeks}

#5: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-3) [6 weeks at #1] {18 weeks}

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

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

#2: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (-1) [4 weeks at #1] {? weeks}

#1: willow - Taylor Swift (DEBUT) [1st week at #1] {1 week}

Last Year's #1: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey [2/4 weeks at #1]

Yeah, so Taylor Swift released yet another surprise album this week titled evermore. It's extremely similar to folklore, but in my opinion it was an improvement on folklore, although I recently watched folklore: the long pond studio sessions on Disney+ and it made me grow a deeper appreciation for folklore. Anyways, the first song from evermore this week is called gold rush and this is definitely a solid song. The chorus is pretty good and as always, Taylor sounds really good here. The best part in my opinion would be the production in the post-chorus, as it just sounds really good. Yeah, this is a pretty solid track.

Immediately after that one, coming in at #39 is 'tis the damn season from the same album. This is one of my favourite songs from the album. Mainly, it's just because of the chorus. It really stood out to me and I think it's honestly just pretty well-made. Yeah, that's pretty much all I have to say on that one.

My favourite song from evermore is next, no body, no crime featuring HAIM. Oh, this is so good. The first thing I want to touch on is that the story is actually just really compelling and not too hard to follow, as I found with a lot of Taylor's new songs. They were really well-written, but needed a little explanation for me to fully get a grasp on what they're about. Other than the writing, the song itself is just a little more upbeat and both artists sound pretty good here. The chorus is especially really good and this is just a great song. The only part I don't love is when the person from HAIM says "She was with me, dude" it just sounds a little out of place, but whatever. Still a great song.

Next, at #21 is champagne problems. This song's a little slower than I'd like, but that's really my only issue with this. The writing's good, Taylor sounds great and the melody's pretty good too. Not too much to complain about, just a really solid track.

So Taylor's single from evermore actually managed to dethrone All I Want for Christmas Is You halfway through its #1 run, which a surprising feat. But anyways, willow is our new #1 this week. I've talked about this a couple times on my blog already, as it's already decently high on the Weekend Countdown. Listening to the rest of the album, I'd say that this is one of the stronger tracks on the album and I'm definitely beginning to like it more and at this point, I'd go as far to say that it's better than cardigan. Personally though, I prefer the dancing witch version, featuring ELVIRA, as it's just a little more upbeat and radio-friendly, but there's nothing wrong with this song.

Best Debut: no body, no crime - Taylor Swift/HAIM

Biggest Drop: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-13): Yay! Hopefully, the Christmas songs can move this out of the list entirely, although it'll probably be back as soon as all those songs leave.

Biggest Jump: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como/The Fontane Sisters/Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra (+23): No comment.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby
#4: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior
#3: positions - Ariana Grande
#2: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV
#1: no body, no crime - Taylor Swift/HAIM

My Bottom 5 Picks

#5: N/A
#4: N/A
#3: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish
#2: Body - Megan Thee Stallion
#1: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#20: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano

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

#18: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes

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

#16: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

4 - Good:

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

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

#13: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

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

#11: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

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

#9: willow - Taylor Swift

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

5 - Great:

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#6: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#5: Dynamite - BTS

#4: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#3: Last Christmas - Wham!

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 82/100 = 82%

On the Verge

Tequila Shots - Kid Cudi (#41) [1]

It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - Michael Bublé (#42) [1; 2nd time]

(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como (#43) [1; ?nd time]

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

Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney (#46) [2]

Deck The Halls - Nat King Cole (#47) [1]

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

happiness - Taylor Swift (#52) [1]

Whoopty - CJ (#53) [2]

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

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (#56) [4; 2nd time*]

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

Take Me Home For Christmas - Dan + Shay (#58) [1]

Better Together - Luke Combs (#59) [4; 2nd time]

On Me - Lil Baby (#60) [1; 2nd time*]

Before I start going through new On the Verge songs, Bublé's It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas and Home for the Holidays left the Top 40 and re-entered On the Verge. It's funny because with all of the Taylor Swift, some Christmas songs actually had to leave. Oh yeah, On Me also left the Top 40.

So Kid Cudi also released an album this week titled Man On The Moon III: The Chosen and three songs from it debut On the Verge this week, the first one being Tequila Shots. I actually quite like this song. I think Kid Cudi sounds really good here, actually much better than he did in THE SCOTTS, and he works really well with the production here. Pretty good song.

The next song from Taylor Swift's album evermore, is called tolerate it. This definitely isn't my favourite. It's kind of boring and pretty slow, as is the case with every other song from evermore that I'm gonna talk about. The only reason it's decent is because Taylor sounds good and it's not too boring.

Deck The Halls by Nat King Cole is next. Whatever, it's just another Christmas song.

The next Kid Cudi song is next, called She Knows This. This is a pretty solid song. (It also reminds me of the SNL character, Dr. Wenowdis... just comment if you get that reference) Kid Cudi sounds pretty good here and works well with the production. I think the production's also pretty good here. I especially like when it speeds up a bit though.

Jumping back to Taylor Swift, we have happiness. This song's very boring and honestly kind of substanceless. Taylor still saves it from being bad though. Also, when the piano line actually starts, that helps it a bit.

Geez, we're really flip-flopping here, as we're jumping back to Kid Cudi. It's Show Out with Skepta and Pop Smoke. This song's good. In the hook here, Pop Smoke is using the vocal effects that he used in Dior and I'm not too much a fan of that, as I think he was better when he sounded like how he did in The Woo and songs like that. Skepta sounds pretty good here and I really like his flow, but unfortunately, Pop Smoke stops this from being too good, which kind of sucks because I like Pop Smoke.

Okay, we're going back to Taylor Swift now, with the title track from her album, evermore featuring Bon Iver. This was so disappointing. After exile, I had pretty high hopes for this song, but for starters, it's kind of boring. It picks up a little when Bon Iver comes in, but geez, he doesn't sound good here. He's singing way too high and honestly this just isn't a good song.

Okay, finally, we have a Christmas song from Dan + Shay, Take Me Home For Christmas. I think this is actually a pretty good modern take on a Christmas song. I already like Dan + Shay and I think they literally just made a Dan + Shay song and put Christmas lyrics to it... and I love it. Great song, I'd really love for this to start re-entering every year.

Best Debut: Take Me Home For Christmas - Dan + Shay

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#15: On Me - Lil Baby

2 - Mediocre:

#14: evermore - Taylor Swift/Bon Iver

#13: happiness - Taylor Swift

3 - Decent:

#12: (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como

#11: Deck The Halls - Nat King Cole

#10: Better Together - Luke Combs

#9: tolerate it - Taylor Swift

#8: Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

4 - Good:

#7: Show Out - Kid Cudi/Skepta/Pop Smoke

#6: Whoopty - CJ

5 - Great:

#5: She Knows This - Kid Cudi

#4: It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - Michael Bublé

#3: Tequila Shots - Kid Cudi

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

#1: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

Overall Score: 53/75 = 71%

I Think He Blurbed It But I Just Can't Prove It

The only other exits from the Top 40 were Monster and Here Comes Santa Claus. Sad to see the former go, I don't care at all about the latter.

Our On the Verge exits were Errbody, Big, Big Plans, Diamonds, Hawái, Ain't Always The Cowboy, Happy Anywhere, Starting Over, Under The Mistletoe, I Should Probably Go To Bed, Love You Like I Used To and B.S.. I expect most of these songs to re-enter soon.

There was literally nothing to talk about this week, so I'm just gonna leave it at that.

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

Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (#44) [1 week at #1] {26 weeks}

More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen (#49) [#15] {26 weeks}

Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani (#57) [#36] {20 weeks}

Under The Mistletoe - Kelly Clarkson/Brett Eldredge (#59) [#59] {2 weeks}

7 Summers - Morgan Wallen (#69) [#6] {17 weeks}

Wonder - Shawn Mendes (#70) [#18] {10 weeks}

Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (#73) [#14] {17 weeks}

LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE - Bad Bunny/ROSALÍA (#74) [#53] {2 weeks}

Hit Different - SZA/The Neptunes/Ty Dolla $ign (#82) [#29] {14 weeks}

Took Her To The O - King Von (#84) [#47] {5 weeks}

pov - Ariana Grande (#85) [#40] {6 weeks}

Don't Stop - Megan Thee Stallion/Young Thug (#86) [#30] {10 weeks}

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI (#90) [#59] {7 weeks}

Somebody's Problem - Morgan Wallen (#92) [#25] {3 weeks}

Life Goes On - BTS (#93) [1 week at #1] {3 weeks}

Heather - Conan Gray (#95) [#46] {15 weeks}

Again, I expect most of these to re-enter eventually.

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all tomorrow.

Hot 100 Top 40: Week of December 19, 2020 - Mariah Carey (4)

Mariah Carey (4)

Hey guys, so this will probably be the last Hot 100 post of 2020 that I'll actually get out on time, since I normally get my posts out on Friday and on top of already being busy with Year-End stuff, the next two Fridays fall on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. So yeah, I may not get my posts out on those two days, but they should come somewhat shortly after. Here's the exits for this week.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (#35) [7 weeks at #1] {33 weeks}

WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion (#33) [4 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen (#32) [#15] {12 weeks}

Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (#31) [#19] {17 weeks}

Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (#29) [1 week at #1] {23 weeks}

Life Goes On - BTS (#28) [1 week at #1] {2 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (6)

#40: Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (RE-ENTRY) [#36] {? weeks}

#39: Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande (DEBUT) [#39] {1 week}

#38: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (-) [#8] {3 weeks}
#37: (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como (RE-ENTRY) [#32] {? weeks}
#36: Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Gene Autry (-) [#28] {? weeks}
#35: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como/The Fontane Sisters/Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra (RE-ENTRY) [#28] {? weeks}
#34: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry (+6) [#16] {? weeks}
#33: It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - Michael Bublé (+6) [#33] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#32: White Christmas - Bing Crosby/Ken Darby Singers/John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra (+5) [#12] {? weeks}
#31: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (RE-ENTRY) [#29] {? weeks}

#30: On Me - Lil Baby (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#29: Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season - Andy Williams (+5) [#24] {? weeks}
#28: Bang! - AJR (-1) [#24] {12 weeks}
#27: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-1) [#20] {6 weeks}
#26: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-1) [#8] {6 weeks}
#25: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson (+5) [#25] {? weeks} *new peak*
#24: Dynamite - BTS (-14) [3 weeks at #1] {16 weeks}
#23: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-3) [#2] {4 weeks}
#22: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-3) [#13] {11 weeks}
#21: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-4) [#6] {23 weeks}
#20: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (+3) [#20] {? weeks} *new peak*
#19: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (-6) [#6] {14 weeks}
#18: Body - Megan Thee Stallion (-4) [#12] {3 weeks}
#17: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez (-12) [#5] {6 weeks}
#16: The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole (+2) [#11] {? weeks}
#15: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin (+7) [#15] {? weeks}
#14: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives (+10) [#4] {? weeks}
#13: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+2) [#9] {27 weeks}

#12: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-4) [#3] {39 weeks}
#11: Last Christmas - Wham! (+10) [#11] {? weeks}

#10: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano (+6) [#10] {? weeks} *new peak*

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-2) [#3] {12 weeks}

#8: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (-2) [#2] {17 weeks}

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (+4) [4 weeks at #1] {50 weeks}

#6: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (+6) [#6] {? weeks} *new peak*

#5: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (+4) [#3] {? weeks}

#4: positions - Ariana Grande (-1) [1 week at #1] {7 weeks}

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

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-1) [6 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

#1: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (+1) [4th week at #1] {? weeks}

Last Year's #1: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey [1/4 weeks at #1]

So the first returning Christmas song this week comes in at #40, Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry. This isn't that good. Chuck Berry really doesn't sound that good and the song itself isn't all that interesting. Also, why is it called Run Rudolph Run when the line is "run run rudolph"? It just makes no sense.

So Ariana Grande's Christmas song Santa Tell Me makes its debut on the Top 40 this week (I think) and I'm really glad that it's here, as it's one of the best Christmas songs of all time. Ariana Grande's already a good artist and this song's honestly just really catchy and a lot of fun. Yeah, great song and I hope it does decently here.

I don't really feel the need to talk about the three Christmas songs that debuted On the Verge last week.

Anyways, our last entrant is On Me by Lil Baby at #30. This song just isn't that interesting and Lil Baby doesn't sound good. There's not much else to say about this, since the song's just kind of substanceless and I can't see this sticking around at all.

Best Debut: Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande

Biggest Drop: Dynamite - BTS (-14): Aw. Whatever, it's kind of old anyways and it'll be back as soon as these Christmas songs clear up.

Biggest Jump: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives & Last Christmas - Wham! (+10): For Holly Jolly Christmas, whatever and for Last Christmas I'm happy that it tied its peak from last year already and I really hope it enters the top 10.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby
#4: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber
#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: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish
#3: On Me - Lil Baby
#2: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson
#1: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:

#20: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#19: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano

#18: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes

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

#16: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

4 - Good:

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

#14: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

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

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

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

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

#9: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#8: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez

5 - Great:

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#6: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#5: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#4: Last Christmas - Wham!

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

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

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 79/100 = 79%

On the Verge

Errbody - Lil Baby (#41) [1]

Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney (#45) [1]

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (#48) [3; 2nd time*]

Whoopty - CJ (#51) [1]

Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane (#52) [5]

Diamonds - Sam Smith (#53) [4; 2nd time]

Better Together - Luke Combs (#54) [3; 2nd time]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd (#55) [2; 2nd time*]

Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi (#56) [5]

Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani (#57) [3; 2nd time]

Starting Over - Chris Stapleton (#58) [3; 2nd time]

Under The Mistletoe - Kelly Clarkson/Brett Eldredge (#59) [1]

I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay (#60) [16]

Love You Like I Used To - Russell Dickerson (#61) [3; 2nd time]

B.S. - Jhené Aiko/H.E.R. (#62) [3; 2nd time] 

Lil Baby scores another song on the Hot 100 this week, called Errbody. This literally sounds exactly like On Me except Lil Baby sounds slightly better and the production's slightly better.

Paul McCartney (of The Beatles)'s Christmas song, Wonderful Christmastime appears On the Verge this week. While I like this song, it's just really odd and hard to get behind. I don't know, it's just a very strange song.

An actual mainstream song, Whoopty by CJ debuts this week. This is alright. Overall, nothing about it is too special and it could easily just fade into the background as just another rap song, but all that being said, it's pretty good. CJ has decent flow and the production's pretty cool. Yeah, this is a good song.

The much better Kelly Clarkson Christmas song debuts on the Hot 100 this week. It was just released this year, but Under The Mistletoe with Brett Eldredge is so much better than Underneath the Tree. Both artists actually have pretty great chemistry here and despite Brett Eldredge being a country singer, he has a pretty big voice. Yeah, good song.

Both I Should Probably Go To Bed and B.S. re-entered this week. I couldn't care less about either song.

Best Debut: Under The Mistletoe - Kelly Clarkson/Brett Eldredge

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#15: Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi

#14: Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Errbody - Lil Baby

#12: B.S. - Jhené Aiko/H.E.R.

#11: Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane

#10: Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

3 - Decent:

#9: Better Together - Luke Combs

#8: Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

4 - Good:

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

#6: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#5: Love You Like I Used To - Russell Dickerson

#4: Whoopty - CJ

#3: Under The Mistletoe - Kelly Clarkson/Brett Eldredge

5 - Great:

#2: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#1: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

Overall Score: 46/75 = 61%

Santa Tell Me If You're Really Blurbs!

So the Top 40 songs we lost this week were: ROCKSTAR, WAP, More Than My Hometown, Be Like That, Savage Love and Life Goes On. All of these will probably come back except for probably Life Goes On.

We also lost some On the Verge songs: Prisoner and the two Bad Bunny songs. I don't really care that any of these songs are gone.

Both Go Crazy and Blinding Lights were the only non-Christmas songs to jump this week. I guess Go Crazy's just gaining a lot in pop airplay and Blinding Lights is probably there because of it being named #1 of the year.

Not too much else to talk about. Next week should be pretty interesting though, as Taylor Swift released an album, but there's also all the Christmas songs.

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

Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (#31) [#19] {21 weeks}

Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (#42) [#9] {44 weeks}

ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (#43) [#23] {28 weeks}

Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo (#44) [#17] {22 weeks}

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (#50) [1 week at #1] {37 weeks}

Still Goin Down - Morgan Wallen (#86) [#46] {2 weeks}

I literally don't care that any of these songs are gone.

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all tomorrow!

Hot 100 Top 40: Week of December 12, 2020 - 24kGoldn/iann dior (6)

24kGoldn/iann dior (6)

So a ton of Christmas songs re-entered the Top 40 this week... we'll get to how I feel about that later. But, for now... (trying to think of something to say)... I can't think of any announcements. Here's the exits.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

One Of Them Girls - Lee Brice (#40) [#17] {13 weeks}

WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne (#39) [#2] {33 weeks}

ONE BEER - HARDY/Lauren Alaina/Devin Dawson (#38) [#33] {6 weeks}

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (#36) [1 week at #1] {26 weeks}

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd (#35) [#12] {3 weeks}

Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo (#34) [#17] {9 weeks}

ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (#33) [#23] {9 weeks}

Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (#32) [#14] {6 weeks}

Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (#28) [#9] {29 weeks}

Somebody's Problem - Morgan Wallen (#25) [#25] {1 week}

Stay - BTS (#22) [#22] {1 week}

Blue & Grey - BTS (#13) [#13] {1 week}

Last Week's #1: Life Goes On - BTS (1)

#40: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry (RE-ENTRY) [#16] {? weeks}

#39: It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - Michael Bublé (DEBUT) [#39] {1 week}
#38: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (-30) [#8] {2 weeks}

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

#36: Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Gene Autry (RE-ENTRY) [#28] {? weeks}

#35: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (-9) [7 weeks at #1] {33 weeks}

#34: Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season - Andy Williams (RE-ENTRY) [#24] {? weeks}

#33: WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion (-10) [4 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}
#32: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen (-12) [#15] {12 weeks}
#31: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-4) [#19] {17 weeks}

#30: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson (RE-ENTRY) [#30] {? weeks} *new peak*

#29: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (-10) [1 week at #1] {23 weeks}
#28: Life Goes On - BTS (-27) [1 week at #1] {2 weeks}
#27: Bang! - AJR (+2) [#24] {11 weeks}
#26: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-2) [#20] {5 weeks}
#25: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (+5) [#8] {5 weeks}

#24: A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives (RE-ENTRY) [#4] {? weeks}

#23: Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (RE-ENTRY) [#21] {? weeks}

#22: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin (RE-ENTRY) [#15] {? weeks}
#21: Last Christmas - Wham! (RE-ENTRY) [#11] {? weeks}
#20: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-9) [#2] {3 weeks}

#19: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-1) [#13] {10 weeks}
#18: The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole (RE-ENTRY) [#11] {? weeks}
#17: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-1) [#6] {22 weeks}
#16: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano (RE-ENTRY) [#12] {? weeks}
#15: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+2) [#9] {26 weeks}
#14: Body - Megan Thee Stallion (-2) [#12] {2 weeks}
#13: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (-3) [#6] {13 weeks}
#12: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (+25) [#7] {? weeks}
#11: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-2) [4 weeks at #1] {49 weeks}

#10: Dynamite - BTS (-7) [3 weeks at #1] {15 weeks}

#9: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (+22) [#3] {? weeks}

#8: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-3) [#3] {38 weeks}

#7: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-1) [#3] {11 weeks}

#6: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (+1) [#2] {16 weeks}

#5: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez (+10) [#5] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#4: Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (+17) [#2] {? weeks}

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

#2: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (+12) [3 weeks at #1] {? weeks}

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (+1) [6th week at #1] {16 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Heartless - The Weeknd [1/1 week at #1]

So the first Christmas re-entry this week pops up at #40, and it's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry. I'm gonna keep these reviews short. It's alright, the Burl Ives version is better, this version's just kind of boring and Gene Autry's voice isn't that great.

(Sigh), it truly is Christmastime when I hear Michael Bublé singing Christmas songs, and I'm really glad that he actually scored a song in the Top 40 this year. It's his version of It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas and this is much better than the original (which pops up later). Michael's voice was just tailor-made for Christmas music and he just works so well with the song. Awesome song, I hope it does pretty well this year and starts consistently reaching the Top 40 every year.

White Christmas by Bing Crosby and co. is next and this song's really boring. It's also kind of really bad quality on Spotify. Yeah, not one of my favourites, that's for sure.

Gene Autry's Here Comes Santa Claus is next and I find this song really annoying, as this is pretty much the only version of the song that radio stations actually play. That being said, it's not bad per se, it's just kind of annoying.

Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season by Andy Williams is next and this is alright. The song itself is pretty good, I just don't think Andy Williams works too well with it.

Fun fact about me: Underneath the Tree by Kelly Clarkson is one of my least favourite Christmas songs of all time. It's just so annoying. It feels like Kelly was trying to make All I Want for Christmas Is You 2.0, but the chorus is actually just really obnoxious. I hate this song.

A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives is next, and again, this is only decent. Burl sounds fine and all, the production's just kind of non-existent and the song as a whole is a little boring.

Sleigh Ride by The Ronettes is next. There's so many better versions of this song. That's really all I have to say. A pretty enjoyable song, there's just better versions.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! by Dean Martin is next and this one's really enjoyable. Dean Martin does pretty well on this, and it's just a classic. Good song.

Yeah, so Last Christmas by Wham! is one of the best Christmas songs ever written except for possibly Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande. I think George Michael does a fantastic job with this song and it's just ridiculously catchy and the writing's great. I love this song.

Nat King Cole brings us The Christmas Song next, and although there's one questionable lyric (if you know, you know) this song's still pretty enjoyable. Nat King Cole sounds pretty good and as a whole I just think it's well-produced although slightly boring.

Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano is next and this song is fine. I think José's voice is kind of annoying, but the song isn't bad by any means.

Biggest Drop: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (-30): Well, the good news is that this song's still here, and it'll probably still be here next week due to Wonder being released, so that's good.

Biggest Jump: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (+25): Awesome. One of the best Christmas songs this could've gone to.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: Last Christmas - Wham!
#4: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV
#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior
#2: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber
#1: positions - Ariana Grande

My Bottom 5 Picks

#5: N/A
#4: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish
#3: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen
#2: Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson
#1: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:

#20: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

1 - Bad:

#19: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

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

#17: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano

#16: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

4 - Good:

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

#14: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

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

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

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

#10: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#9: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez

#8: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby

5 - Great:

#7: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#6: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#5: Dynamite - BTS

#4: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

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

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 77/100 = 77%

On the Verge

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (#41) [1; ?nd time]

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como/The Fontane Sisters/Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra (#45) [1; ?nd time]

(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como (#47) [1; ?nd time]

Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani (#49) [2; 2nd time]

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (#51) [2; 2nd time]

LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE - Bad Bunny/ROSALÍA (#53) [1]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd (#54) [1; 2nd time]

Better Together - Luke Combs (#55) [2; 2nd time]

Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane (#56) [4]

Diamonds - Sam Smith (#58) [3; 2nd time]

Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (#59) [2]

TE MUDASTE - Bad Bunny (#60) [1]

Love You Like I Used To - Russell Dickerson (#61) [2; 2nd time]

Starting Over - Chris Stapleton (#62) [2; 2nd time]

Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi (#63) [4]

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love is the first On the Verge Christmas song. Whatever. If anything, this song's just extremely forgettable and Darlene doesn't sound great.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (the original; by Perry Como) is next and Bublé does a much better job with this. This version's just kind of boring.

(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays by... again, Perry Como is next. Literally nothing interesting to say about this that I haven't said already.

So Bad Bunny released an album this week, and the first song from it is next, and it's called LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE with ROSALÍA. This shares a similar vibe with Hawái, another latino song that's here. So, yeah, I like it. Bad Bunny could sound better, but ROSALÍA sounds quite good in this song. The chorus is quite good and I like the production here. Yeah, great song and I hope it comes back after all the Christmas songs clear out.

TE MUDASTE also by Bad Bunny is last. This is much worse than LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE. Bad Bunny doesn't sound that great and the song's a little boring and forgettable.

Oh yeah, I guess Hawái left the Top 40 and re-entered On the Verge this week. :(

Best Debut: LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE - Bad Bunny/ROSALÍA

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#15: Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi

#14: Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane

#12: TE MUDASTE - Bad Bunny

#11: Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

3 - Decent:

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

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

#8: (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como

#7: Better Together - Luke Combs

4 - Good:

#6: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#5: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#4: Love You Like I Used To - Russell Dickerson

5 - Great:

#3: LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE - Bad Bunny/ROSALÍA

#2: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#1: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

Overall Score: 47/75 = 63%

Last Blurb-mas I Gave You My Heart

So yeah, here's why I don't like Christmas songs on the Hot 100: Bang! jumped two spots this week. That might seem like a good thing, but it now rests at #27. Here's the issue: Without the Christmas songs, it would be at #17. That's a top 20 AJR song, folks! But no, instead it rests with its peak of #24. This also happened with ROXANNE by Arizona Zervas last year. That song has an official peak on the Hot 100 of #4. However, it should've peaked at #2, but of course, Christmas songs blocked it from doing so. I mean, come on.

Another thing, we lose songs we don't have to. Here's the Top 40 exits this week: One Of Them Girls, WHATS POPPIN, ONE BEER, Watermelon Sugar, Hawái, Said Sum, ily, Lonely, Before You Go, Somebody's Problem, Stay and Blue & Grey. We really didn't have to lose One Of Them Girls, WHATS POPPIN, ONE BEER or Hawái. The others, I'm fine with.

As for On the Verge, we lost Pretty Heart, Still Goin Down, Forever After All, I Should Probably Go To Bed, 7 Summers and Don't Stop. Honestly don't care about any of those songs leaving.

Haha Life Goes On BEEG FLOP.

34+35 actually jumped this week. This is really becoming a hit? Alright, then.

DÁKITI jumped into the top 5, which is good, even if it only jumped because of Bad Bunny's album.

All I Want for Christmas Is You is sitting at a dangerous #2, although I am glad that Mood managed to hold it off for another week.

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

Blue & Grey - BTS (#13) [#13] {1 week}

Stay - BTS (#22) [#22] {1 week}

ONE BEER - HARDY/Lauren Alaina/Devin Dawson (#38) [#33] {25 weeks}

One Of Them Girls - Lee Brice (#40) [#17] {26 weeks}

Pretty Heart - Parker McCollum (#43) [#36] {20 weeks}

Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (#60) [#2] {20 weeks}

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. (#78) [1 week at #1] {9 weeks}

Girls in the Hood - Megan Thee Stallion (#80) [#28] {18 weeks}

Drankin N Smokin - Future/Lil Uzi Vert (#90) [#31] {2 weeks}

Wishing Well - Juice WRLD (#90) [#5] {20 weeks}

Some Girls - Jameson Rodgers (#93) [#29] {16 weeks}

POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake (#96) [#3] {19 weeks}

Just for the ones that I haven't talked about yet, I'm sad that both of the Juice WRLD songs are gone, I'm honestly kind of sad that FRANCHISE wasn't a bigger hit, I didn't care about Some Girls, POPSTAR was whatever and I don't care about the ones that were just there because of albums (Girls in the Hood, Drankin N Smokin).

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all Friday (hopefully)!