If the Countdown Made Sense: Week of May 15, 2021 - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (2)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (#30) [#30] {1 week}

you broke me first - Tate McRae (#26) [#2] {28 weeks}

Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (#23) [#17] {14 weeks}

Overdrive - Conan Gray (#21) [#16] {8 weeks}

The Business - Tiësto (#18) [#18] {11 weeks}

Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK (#14) [#14] {2 weeks}

Last Week's #1: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI/Miley Cyrus (1)

#30: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-2) [3 weeks at #1] {26 weeks} {N/A}

#29: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (-4) [5 weeks at #1] {17 weeks} {N/A}

#28: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (DEBUT) [9 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {-15}

#27: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (RE-ENTRY) [#3] {24 weeks} {N/A}

#26: positions - Ariana Grande (+1) [8 weeks at #1] {29 weeks} {N/A}

#25: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon (DEBUT) [5 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {N/A}

#24: Follow You - Imagine Dragons (+5) [#24] {3 weeks} {-15} *new peak*

#23: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+1) [#5] {28 weeks} {N/A}

#22: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (DEBUT) [3 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {+2}

#21: telepatía - Kali Uchis (+1) [#21] {2 weeks} {N/A} *new peak*

#20: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-1) [#18] {9 weeks} {-15}

#19: Way Less Sad - AJR (-6) [#13] {8 weeks} {-12}

#18: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (+2) [#18] {8 weeks} {-15} *new peak*

#17: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME (-1) [#16] {14 weeks} {N/A}

#16: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (+1) [#16] {4 weeks} {-15} *new peak*

#15: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line (-) [#15] {3 weeks} {+14}

#14: Your Power - Billie Eilish (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {+14}

#13: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (-1) [#12] {5 weeks} {-7}

#12: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (-1) [#10] {5 weeks} {+3} *new peak*

#11: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat (RE-ENTRY) [#11] {7 weeks} {+12} *new peak*

#10: Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande (-4) [1 week at #1] {21 weeks} {+15}

#9: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (-) [#9] {5 weeks} {-5}

#8: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+2) [#8] {5 weeks} {-} *new peak*

#7: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+1) [#7] {10 weeks} {+5}

#6: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (-1) [#5] {10 weeks} {+5}

#5: We're Good - Dua Lipa (-1) [#4] {13 weeks} {-3}

#4: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI/Miley Cyrus (-3) [1 week at #1] {16 weeks} {+15}

#3: pov - Ariana Grande (+4) [#3] {6 weeks} {+11} *new peak*

#2: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+1) [#2] {9 weeks} {+8} *new peak*

#1: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (+1) [2nd week at #1] {7 weeks} {+15}

Last Year's #1: Say So - Doja Cat [1/3 weeks at #1]

Biggest Drop: Way Less Sad - AJR (-6)

Biggest Jump: Follow You - Imagine Dragons (+5)

Hit-Bound

Arcade - Duncan Laurence [7]

Build a B**** - Bella Poarch [1]

First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior [9]

Fool's Gold - Sofia Carson [2]

Girl From Rio - Anitta [3]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [6]

Higher Power - Coldplay [1]

In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII [4]

la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn [2]

Lean On Me - Cheat Codes/Tinashe [1]

Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande [6]

Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low [7]

Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G [8]

RAPSTAR - Polo G [3]

Serotonin - girl in red [4]

Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots [5]

STOP - AJ Mitchell [5]

The Way You Felt - Alec Benjamin [2]

Wave of You - Surfaces [5]

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

Hunger Games Countdown: Week of May 8, 2021 - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (1)

Song We're Saying Goodbye To

Way Less Sad - AJR (#30) [1 week at #1] {8 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low (1)

#30: Up - Cardi B (-14) [#3] {5 weeks} {2Drunk}

#29: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (-23) [#6] {9 weeks} {N/A}

#28: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (-23) [1 week at #1] {22 weeks} {N/A}

#27: Bummerland - AJR (-7) [1 week at #1] {23 weeks} {N/A}

#26: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low (-25) [1 week at #1] {5 weeks}

#25: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (-15) [#10] {2 weeks} {Best Friend}

#24: In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez (-13) [#8] {12 weeks} {N/A}

#23: In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII (-5) [#18] {2 weeks} {Momma Always Told Me, The Eulogy of You and Me & Beautiful Mistakes}

#22: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin (-14) [2 weeks at #1] {60 weeks} {Momma Always Told Me, The Eulogy of You and Me & Beautiful Mistakes}

#21: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (-7) [#7] {4 weeks} {Best Friend}

#20: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear (-3) [1 week at #1] {25 weeks} {Momma Always Told Me}

#19: Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha (+2) [1 week at #1] {7 weeks} {N/A}

#18: Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells (-15) [#3] {5 weeks} {N/A}

#17: 2Drunk - Nick Jonas (-2) [#5] {7 weeks} {N/A}

#16: Bad Girl - Daya (+7) [#5] {7 weeks} {Best Friend}

#15: 3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn (+12) [2 weeks at #1] {9 weeks} {Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version)}

#14: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (+15) [#10] {3 weeks} {Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version)}

#13: Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae (+11) [1 week at #1] {12 weeks} {Best Friend}

#12: Good Days - SZA (-3) [#3] {11 weeks} {N/A}

#11: Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande (+8) [#11] {4 weeks} {Beautiful Mistakes} *new peak*

#10: We're Good - Dua Lipa (+18) [#3] {9 weeks} {Peaches}

#9: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine (-7) [#2] {8 weeks} {N/A}

#8: Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug (+5) [#2] {13 weeks} {Haunt You}

#7: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (+15) [#4] {9 weeks} {You All Over Me (Taylor's Version)}

#6: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+1) [#6] {2 weeks} {You All Over Me (Taylor's Version), Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version), Best Friend & Peaches} *new peak*

#5: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo (-1) [#2] {25 weeks} {You All Over Me (Taylor's Version)}

#4: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (+8) [#4] {3 weeks} {Peaches} *new peak*

#3: You All Over Me (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Maren Morris (+22) [#3] {5 weeks} {N/A} *new peak*

#2: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat (+24) [1 week at #1] {13 weeks} {N/A}

#1: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (RE-ENTRY) [1st week at #1] {3 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year's #1: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth [1/1 week at #1]

Biggest Drop: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low (-25)

Biggest Jump: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat (+24)

Hit-Bound Exits

Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line [1]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [4]

Hit-Bound

#15: Wave of You - Surfaces (-4) [4] {The Way You Felt}

#14: The Way You Felt - Alec Benjamin (DEBUT) [1] {Shy Away, positions, telepatía & Girl From Rio}

#13: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon (-8) [5] {N/A}

#12: Hold On - Justin Bieber (-9) [4] {Serotonin}

#11: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots (+1) [4] {Girl From Rio}

#10: RAPSTAR - Polo G (+3) [2] {N/A}

#9: Serotonin - girl in red (+1) [3] {Way Less Sad}

#8: On The Ground - ROSÉ (+1) [3] {N/A}

#7: positions - Ariana Grande (-5) [4; 2nd time] {Way Less Sad}

#6: Way Less Sad - AJR (RE-ENTRY) [1; 2nd time] {N/A}

#5: Girl From Rio - Anitta (+3) [2] {Your Power}

#4: Your Power - Billie Eilish (DEBUT) [1] {N/A}

#3: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (+1) [6] {telepatía}

#2: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME (+4) [3; 2nd time] {N/A}

#1: telepatía - Kali Uchis (+6) [2]

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

If the Countdown Made Sense: Week of May 1, 2021 - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (1)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (#30) [#3] {20 weeks}

Up - Cardi B (#22) [#18] {4 weeks}

willow - Taylor Swift (#17) [#12] {18 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (1)

#30: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-1) [#5] {16 weeks} {N/A}

#29: Follow You - Imagine Dragons (DEBUT) [4 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {-15}

#28: positions - Ariana Grande (-) [8 weeks at #1] {27 weeks} {N/A}

#27: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-1) [3 weeks at #1] {24 weeks} {N/A}

#26: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+1) [#5] {26 weeks} {N/A}

#25: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-22) [2 weeks at #1] {24 weeks} {N/A}

#24: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (-) [5 weeks at #1] {15 weeks} {N/A}

#23: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (-3) [#17] {13 weeks} {-15}

#22: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-20) [#2] {27 weeks} {N/A}

#21: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (-) [#21] {6 weeks} {-15}

#20: The Business - Tiësto (+3) [#18] {10 weeks} {N/A}

#19: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (+6) [#19] {2 weeks} {-15} *new peak*

#18: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-) [#18] {7 weeks} {-15}

#17: Overdrive - Conan Gray (-1) [#16] {7 weeks} {-15}

#16: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME (+3) [#16] {12 weeks} {N/A}

#15: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line (DEBUT) [11 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {+15}

#14: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK (DEBUT) [7 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {+15}

#13: Way Less Sad - AJR (+2) [#13] {6 weeks} {-1} *new peak*

#12: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (+2) [#12] {3 weeks} {-5} *new peak*

#11: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+2) [#11] {3 weeks} {+9} *new peak*

#10: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+2) [#10] {3 weeks} {-} *new peak*

#9: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (+1) [#9] {3 weeks} {-4} *new peak*

#8: pov - Ariana Grande (+3) [#8] {4 weeks} {+3} *new peak*

#7: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+2) [#7] {8 weeks} {+8} *new peak*

#6: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (+2) [#6] {8 weeks} {+11} *new peak*

#5: We're Good - Dua Lipa (+1) [#5] {11 weeks} {-4} *new peak*

#4: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+1) [#4] {7 weeks} {+9} *new peak*

#3: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-2) [1 week at #1] {19 weeks} {+15}

#2: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (+2) [#2] {14 weeks} {+7} *new peak*

#1: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (+6) [1st week at #1] {5 weeks} {+15} *new peak*

Last Year's #1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd [4/8 weeks at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-22)

Biggest Jump: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift & Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (+6)

Hit-Bound

Arcade - Duncan Laurence [5]

DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez [20]

First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior [7]

Girl From Rio - Anitta [1]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [4]

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [4]

In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII [2]

Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande [4]

Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low [5]

On The Ground - ROSÉ [2]

Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G [6]

RAPSTAR - Polo G [1]

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays [12]

Serotonin - girl in red [2]

Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots [3]

STOP - AJ Mitchell [3]

telepatía - Kali Uchis [2]

The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY [8]

Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham [8]

Track Star - Mooski [4]

Wave of You - Surfaces [3]

You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae [2]

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

Hot 100 Overview: Week of April 3, 2021 - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (1)

Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (1)

So Justice by Justin Bieber has been released, so I guess this post will serve as my album review for that. So yeah, needless to say, it was an extremely active week.

The Top 10

#1: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (DEBUT) [1st week at #1] {1 week}

#2: Up - Cardi B (-1) [1 week at #1] {7 weeks}

#3: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (-1) [#2] {3 weeks}

#4: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (-1) [8 weeks at #1] {11 weeks}

#5: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-) [#4] {15 weeks}

#6: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-) [4 weeks at #1] {68 weeks}

#7: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [#5] {25 weeks}

#8: What's Next - Drake (-4) [1 week at #1] {3 weeks}

#9: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+3) [#9] {29 weeks}

#10: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-2) [8 weeks at #1] {33 weeks}

Aside from the obvious elephant in the room, which I'll address later, it wasn't a too active top 10. I'm sad that Up isn't at #1 anymore because it's quite a good song. It looks like What's Next will be out of here soon, which I'm alright with.

Debuts

#1: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

Okay, why is this #1? I literally can't see any appeal in this song at all and I have no clue why it's becoming such a big hit. I really hope that this ends up like Yummy, flopping. Nobody sounds good here and the chorus is honestly quite annoying. I really hope that this flops.

#42: Headshot - Lil Tjay/Polo G/Fivio Foreign

This is pretty good. All artists sound quite good here and I really like their flow. The production's cool and fits pretty well with the song. Overall, this is just really solid and I'd be totally fine if this decided to become a hit.

#43: As I Am - Justin Bieber/Khalid

I really hope that Justin ends up officially releasing this as a single, because it's really good. Both Justin Bieber and Khalid sound great here and their voices mix surprisingly well together. This song's also quite catchy. I really like the chorus and the production is pretty great too. I really really hope that this song gets released.

#62: Unstable - Justin Bieber/The Kid LAROI

I'm sure somebody's gonna really hate this song. Honestly, though, even though I had decent expectations for this, it's not fantastic. It gets kind of boring even if both artists sound fine. Not much else to say here.

#64: Off My Face - Justin Bieber

This one's also pretty boring, but Justin sounds good. That's it.

#66: Ghost - Justin Bieber

This one's better than the last two even though it's slightly boring, mainly because there's just more going on in the production.

#68: 2 Much - Justin Bieber

This song's really boring and extremely forgettable.

#76: Deserve You - Justin Bieber

Again, this one just has more going on in the production.

#81: Die For You - Justin Bieber/Dominic Fike

This song is much more upbeat, which is great. I think Dominic Fike fits pretty well with this song and I like his contribution here. Overall, this is good.

#82: Tombstone - Rod Wave

Quick break from Justin Bieber to talk about Rod Wave for a second (who, spoiler alert, has an album bomb next week). I don't think that this song's as good as Street Runner and it's slightly boring, but Rod Wave sounds good, the production's good and honestly, it's just a solid song.

#84: Love You Different - Justin Bieber/BEAM

This song's quite uninteresting, but I guess it's fine because Justin sounds good. BEAM's verse is alright too.

#87: Loved By You - Justin Bieber/Burna Boy

I like this one. It's got a cool beat and I think the chorus works pretty well with it. Burna Boy's verse is decent.

#91: Somebody - Justin Bieber

Okay, how is this the lowest song from the album? It's actually quite good. Justin sounds great here and the song's pretty upbeat and fun. I quite like it and I'm disappointed that it's not higher.

#94: Famous Friends - Chris Young/Kane Brown

Just your typical country song. Neither artist sounds great and the song's kind of boring.

Best Debut: As I Am - Justin Bieber/Khalid

Worst Debut: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

Losses

#27: Streets - Doja Cat (-11) [#16] {11 weeks}

#50: willow - Taylor Swift (-11) [1 week at #1] {15 weeks}

#56: Lemon Pepper Freestyle - Drake/Rick Ross (-25) [#3] {3 weeks}

#58: Damage - H.E.R. (-10) [#44] {15 weeks}

#69: Real As It Gets - Lil Baby/EST Gee (-11) [#34] {3 weeks}

#70: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-10) [#55] {13 weeks}

#72: Buss It - Erica Banks (-10) [#47] {11 weeks}

#77: Wasted On You - Morgan Wallen (-11) [#9] {11 weeks}

#86: Almost Maybes - Jordan Davis (-13) [#73] {9 weeks}

#88: You Got It - Vedo (-10) [#75] {13 weeks}

#89: GIRL LIKE ME - Black Eyed Peas/Shakira (-17) [#67] {11 weeks}

#96: Sand In My Boots - Morgan Wallen (-16) [#32] {11 weeks}

#100: Beers And Sunshine - Darius Rucker (-19) [#42] {15 weeks}

I expect most of these to get a bounce back in a couple weeks after the Rod Wave album bomb before falling back down again because of Fearless (Taylor's Version). I'll go through them anyways, though. I'm glad that Streets fell and it never should've been a top 20 hit. I kind of wish that willow was bigger, although I'm getting slightly tired of it. Lemon Pepper Freestyle is great and it shouldn't be dropping. Damage and Real As It Gets and Buss It are pretty forgettable, so not too much to say on those ones. Monsters is still here? Okay then. I'm still utterly shocked at how both Morgan Wallen songs are still here. Almost Maybes I don't really care about, You Got It is good, so I'm sad and GIRL LIKE ME and Beers And Sunshine are both bad, so I'm glad that they dropped.

Gains

#16: Anyone - Justin Bieber (+21) [#6] {12 weeks}

#20: Hold On - Justin Bieber (+39) [#20] {3 weeks} *new peak*

Haha.

Dropouts

Throat Baby (Go Baby) - BRS Kash (#50) [#24] {22 weeks}

On The Ground - ROSÉ (#70) [#70] {1 week}

LOST - NF/Hopsin (#79) [#79] {1 week}

Follow You - Imagine Dragons (#83) [#83] {1 week}

Baila Conmigo - Selena Gomez/Rauw Alejandro (#84) [#74] {2 weeks} [x2]

Like I Want You - Giveon (#87) [#87] {4 weeks} [x2]

DAYWALKER! - Machine Gun Kelly/CORPSE (#88) [#88] {1 week}

Hellcats & Trackhawks - Only The Family/Lil Durk (#94) [#74] {2 weeks}

Opp Stoppa - YBN Nahmir/21 Savage (#95) [#78] {6 weeks}

Still Trappin' - Lil Durk/King Von (#96) [#53] {12 weeks}

Finesse Out The Gang Way - Lil Durk/Lil Baby (#97) [#39] {7 weeks}

Gone - Dierks Bentley (#98) [#98] {3 weeks}

Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line (#99) [#99] {2 weeks}

Undivided - Tim McGraw/Tyler Hubbard (#100) [#76] {2 weeks}

Sucks that a bunch of the good debuts from last week dropped off, but needless to say, I'm glad that DAYWALKR! is gone. Throat Baby was always kind of forgettable, so whatever. Baila Conmigo and Like I Want You only re-entered because of album drops, so whatever. Hellcats & Trackhawks wasn't good, so I'm glad it didn't stick around, Finesse Out The Gang Way should've been a bigger hit and the rest are either forgettable or bad.

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