Week of February 20, 2021 - Harry Styles (4)

Harry Styles (4)

“Whaaat? No, we don’t rig the surveys so that Harry Styles constantly gets- Yeah, okay, we rig the surveys so that Harry Styles constantly gets the #1.” - Somebody at Hits 1 to somebody else at Hits 1.

So this week had its ups and downs. An up: I got the first two rounds of reveals up on my 2020 Countdown Extras Rankdown and I plan to do another today. A down: Our #1 is Harry Styles again. An up: Our Hit-Bound entrants were pretty good. A down: So were our Hit-Bound exits. An up: The biggest jump is great. A down: The biggest drop is also a good song.

Here’s our list of exits for this week:

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane (#28) [#28] {2 weeks}

Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (#13) [#13] {13 weeks}

Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (#12) [#10] {12 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (3)

#30: Good Days - SZA (DEBUT) [3 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: I’m not Pretty - JESSIA (-2) [#27] {2 weeks}

#28: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine (+2) [#28] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#27: Fly Away - Tones And I (+2) [#27] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#26: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (-) [#26] {4 weeks}

#25: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-6) [#6] {22 weeks}

#24: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (-) [#24] {3 weeks}

#23: positions - Ariana Grande (-8) [#2] {17 weeks}

#22: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+3) [#20] {9 weeks}

#21: Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett (-3) [#18] {4 weeks}

#20: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+3) [#17] {18 weeks}

#19: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (+3) [#19] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#18: We’re Good - Dua Lipa (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#17: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-) [#15] {15 weeks}

#16: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur (-2) [#14] {8 weeks}

#15: Anyone - Justin Bieber (+5) [#15] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#14: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (+7) [#14] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#13: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran (+3) [#11] {8 weeks}

#12: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-2) [#7] {21 weeks}

#11: Love Story (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#10: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-2) [#8] {6 weeks}

#9: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (-) [#9] {6 weeks}

#8: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-3) [#3] {14 weeks}

#7: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (+4) [#7] {14 weeks} *new peak*

#6: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-) [4 weeks at #1] {23 weeks}

#5: willow - Taylor Swift (+2) [#5] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#4: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-) [#2] {21 weeks}

#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-2) [3 weeks at #1] {19 weeks}

#2: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (+1) [#2] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#1: Golden - Harry Styles (+1) [4th week at #1] {17 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Adore You - Harry Styles [2/10 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

Yup, I was not expecting this at all. Surprisingly, our first debut at #30 is SZA’s new hit, Good Days. It really doesn’t sound like the type of song that would typically debut on the Countdown, but honestly, I think I’m starting to like it. It’s an extremely R&B song, which is probably a first for Hits 1. Anyways, onto the actual song. I think SZA sounds pretty great here. She’s always sounded great and that definitely showed in her past three Countdown songs. The chorus is actually somewhat catchy and I can remember what it sounds like after a few days of listening to it, which doesn’t normally happen with R&B music with me. My only real issues with it is that the verses can get kind of boring and it’s much longer than it needs to be. Other than that, though, it’s actually quite good. Expect it to start changing colours very soon.

So the other week, Dua Lipa released Future Nostalgia Side B, which added four new songs to her album Future Nostalgia. Her new single from those four new tracks, We’re Good debuts at a pretty high #18 this week. This wouldn’t have been my pick as the new single. I would have chosen Not My Problem featuring JID. Don’t get me wrong, this song isn’t bad. It just has a really different vibe from the other singles from Future Nostalgia and it’s not as interesting or catchy. It doesn’t have that infectious 80s vibe which was so prominent on most of the album, especially Physical. Other than that, it’s fine, she sounds good and the production’s alright, but it could’ve been much better.

Well, this is quite weird. I’m not sure how well the original Love Story did on the Countdown, but it probably hit the top 10 and I definitely wouldn’t be surprised if it hit #1 back in the day. So this means that two versions of Love Story by Taylor Swift will soon have both hit the top 10. I’m not entirely sure this re-recorded version was really meant for radio, but honestly, I don’t really care. This is one of those (rare) times that Hits 1 really liking an artist actually pays off for a lot of people. It’s really nice to hear this gem of a song back on the radio. It’s a great song in every meaning of the term. Taylor sounds fantastic, even better than she did in the original, you can hear the instruments here much more than in the original, but every single aspect of the original song is still here. I really love it and it would make me super happy if this hit #1 here. I would definitely expect this to turn to purple in the coming weeks if I were you.

Best Debut: Love Story (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift

Biggest DROP!!!: positions - Ariana Grande (-8): Aw. That kind of sucks that this song is starting to drop, but it got a #2 peak, which is great here especially considering Hits 1 doesn’t exactly love Ariana Grande. I’m pretty sure this is one of the if not the highest-peaking Ariana song. So it’s good that she finally got that.

Biggest Jump: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (+7): On the other hand, I’m so happy that this song is jumping. It’s debuted on the Hot 100 now and I can only see it climbing everywhere from here on out. It’s a fantastic song and I think it has huge potential to be a huge hit.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Golden - Harry Styles

1 - Bad:

#29: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#28: Fly Away - Tones And I

#27: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#26: Good Days - SZA

3 - Decent:

#25: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#24: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

4 - Good:

#23: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#22: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#21: We’re Good - Dua Lipa

#20: willow - Taylor Swift

#19: I’m not Pretty - JESSIA

#18: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#17: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

#16: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

#15: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#14: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#13: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#12: Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett

#11: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#10: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#9: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#8: positions - Ariana Grande

#7: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey

#6: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#5: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#4: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

#3: Love Story (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift

#2: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#1: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

Overall Score: 119/150 = 79%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke {18 weeks}

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby {19 weeks}

#3: you broke me first - Tate McRae & my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear {21 weeks}

#2: Diamonds - Sam Smith {22 weeks}

#1: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {23 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: no body, no crime - Taylor Swift/HAIM

My Favourite Song Last Year: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Say So - Doja Cat

Most Missed Countdown Song: It’s Time - Imagine Dragons

Hit-Bound

Provide - G-Eazy/Chris Brown/Mark Morrison [1]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [1; 2nd time]

Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug [4]

Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat [3]

Cry Over Boys - Alexander 23 [2]

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays [2]

Way Less Sad - AJR [1]

Girls Like Us - Zoe Wees [5]

Overdrive - Conan Gray [1]

Body - Megan Thee Stallion [10]

Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae [3]

rubberband - Tate McRae [3]

cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa [3]

Skin - Sabrina Carpenter [3; 2nd time*]

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [2]

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

So G-Eazy and Chris Brown have sampled an old song by Mark Morrison. I’m not sure what that song is, but I’ll probably figure it out. Anyways, so now that new song, Provide in on Hit-Bound. This song is actually really good. The blue ranking is definitely just a placeholder right now. G-Eazy actually works really well with the beat here. He works much better than he did in Hate The Way. His extremely non-melodic rapping somehow fits and I don’t know how. Chris Brown also delivers a pretty great hook. Vocally, he’s quite good and he also works well with the production. I really hope that this is a hit here.

Fix It to Break It left the Countdown and re-entered Hit-Bound this week. I never expected this to be a hit, so I’m definitely not that sad about it. I highly doubt that it’ll re-enter the Weekend Countdown.

So AJR have announced since Bummerland that their new album, OK ORCHESTRA will be released on March 26, which honestly isn’t that far away and if the rest of the songs are at all like this new one and Bang!, I’m so excited. Anyways, this new single is called Way Less Sad and this is now my second-favourite AJR song (after Bang!, obviously). This really reminds me of an extremely toned-down version of 100 Bad Days. They hit that great balance of over-the-topness without going overboard that they hit in Bang! and it works so well. The chorus here is actually fantastic and I’m so glad that they didn’t give it to Kygo and Keith Urban or Cardi B. The horns honestly work so well here, Jack Met is singing in the range that works the best for his voice and he’s not trying to go way too high like in Dear Winter, and the lyrics are great too. I honestly can’t think of a single thing that would make this song better. I really hope that this debuts very soon.

So Conan Gray’s now released another single that’s made it onto here and I cannot tell you how happy I am that this is much more like Maniac than Heather. I would honestly say that Overdrive is better than Maniac. It has the same synth-heavy vibe that Maniac did, but Maniac was mainly just a catchy chorus and that was literally the only thing that made it special. This song has more layers to it. Conan actually sounds great here, the chorus has a really interesting melody that I can seriously get behind. The production is also just much more. Yeah, I’m not sure how to describe it. This is a great song though. It was a really good batch of Hit-Bound debuts this week. I want all of these songs to be hits.

Best Debut: Way Less Sad - AJR

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

1 - Bad:

#14: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME

3 - Decent:

#12: rubberband - Tate McRae

#11: Girls Like Us - Zoe Wees

#10: Cry Over Boys - Alexander 23

4 - Good:

#9: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

#8: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#7: Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug

#6: Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae

#5: Provide - G-Eazy/Chris Brown/Mark Morrison

#4: cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa

5 - Great:

#3: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#2: Overdrive - Conan Gray

#1: Way Less Sad - AJR

Overall Score: 52/75 = 69%

The Goldn Hour

One More Time - Daft Punk

3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn

Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

acting like that - YUNGBLUD/Machine Gun Kelly

So over a year after the YouTube 15 was discontinued, we’re finally getting a third show on Hits 1 again! It’s an artist-hosted show with 24kGoldn! He shares some of his favourite, a throwback, some of his music and Hits 1 favourites too. He hosts it with one of his producers, Omer Fedi and I think they actually do a pretty great job of hosting. “But wait, Beluga, there’s only five songs on that list. That’s a ridiculously short show!” You’re probably saying. The thing is, I noticed that Golden and Omer actually only picked about five songs. The rest were just songs that Hits 1 would regularly play and it changes with every replay. So here I’ve only listed the songs that they actually chose, because the rest of the list is just Countdown songs. Personally, I think that they should be given more selection on what they play, but for now, this is fine. If they decide to give them more options, though, I’d be all over that.

So the first song that they chose was a throwback. I can’t remember exactly what they called it, but I’ll just call it a throwback. Anyways, the song that they chose was the 2007 hit One More Time by EDM duo Daft Punk. I’ve never really loved Daft Punk’s stuff. Honestly, the only Daft Punk stuff that I like is their collaborations with The Weeknd and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (or Kanye’s song that sampled that one). The production isn’t fantastic and the robotic vocals are really weird and don’t really work with anything. Also, this song really doesn’t need to be five minutes long.

Anyways, since 24kGoldn hosts the show, he gets to play his new song, 3, 2, 1. So I’ll be reviewing it today. I think this is pretty good. It’s definitely not his best, I would for sure say that Mood and Coco are both better, but this is still enjoyable. The electric guitar in the chorus fits pretty well with the song and I think Golden’s voice works pretty well with it. The chorus is pretty catchy too. The song’s a little too short though, only clocking in at 2:11. I think it would have benefited from a bridge and another chorus.

So I won’t review Mood, but I just want to share the story that he told right before playing it. So apparently, him, Omer and some other producers were just hanging out at iann dior’s house. Then, one of the producers (I can’t remember if it was Omer or not) picked up a guitar and started playing the riff that can be heard throughout the entire song. While playing Call of Duty, 24kGoldn, on the spot, sang the chorus to Mood. Then, he stopped the game, recorded the chorus, him and iann did their verses and the whole thing only took about 20 minutes. It’s insane how quickly great songwriters can make a huge hit.

They also played WITHOUT YOU by The Kid LAROI. Nothing to add on that one, they just played it.

So I’m pretty sure every week they get at least one song that they can play that isn’t theirs. This week, that song is acting like that by pop-punk artists YUNGBLUD and Machine Gun Kelly. It seems like Travis Barker helps to produce a lot of pop-punk songs nowadays. Anyways, this song is fantastic. I’ve always been a huge fan of pop-rock. I would definitely consider it my favourite genre, Imagine Dragons, Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy are among my favourite artists. I think both YUNGBLUD and Machine Gun Kelly sound great here and they sound honestly really great together. The instrumentation here is also really really good. I’d love to see it debut Hit-Bound sometime soon.

Best Goldn Hour Song: acting like that - YUNGBLUD/Machine Gun Kelly

It’s a Love Story, Baby Just Say “Blurbs”

The Countdown exits this week (other than FItBI) were Lonely and Prisoner. Lonely was never fantastic, even though I didn’t hate it, so I’m not too sad to see it go and Prisoner was only alright, so I’m also not disappointed to see that go.

As for our Hit-Bound exits… oh man. SO DONE and Stay Next To Me. For the former, I’m really sad that it didn’t debut. It’s still doing well on pop radio and did not deserve to drop out. As for the latter, I’m not entirely convinced that it’s gone for good, as it’s still getting consistent spins and it would be weird to just let it go when it’s been leading in spins for the longest time now. Point being, I really hope that it manages to debut next week.

I’m not Pretty fell to #29, because y’know… the One to Watch can never do well. That’s just how it works.

Okay, can we please let go of Diamonds soon? I’ll be really tired of it if it doesn’t leave very soon.

Go Crazy and What You Know Bout Love just keep jumping and dropping. I mean, come on. Just make up your minds already.

I really hope that forget me too becomes a big hit here. That would be awesome.

Yay! Anyone is now a top 15 hit! I really hope that this becomes Justin Bieber’s biggest song here from the past few years.

Save Your Tears is now at #7, which is fantastic. I’d love to see this become a top 5 hit, it really deserves it.

willow’s now a top 5 hit. I would be totally fine if this hits #1 soon. Especially considering…

Golden is back at #1, dethroning Levitating. I mean, come on. This is just absolutely ridiculous. It’ll probably just stay there until Treat People With Kindness can hit #1, completely blocking off drivers license from hitting #1. Also, listening to Adore You and Golden back-to-back made me grow a deeper dislike for Golden, because they’re really just the same song, except Harry sounds slightly less annoying in Golden.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#3: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#4: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#5: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#6: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#7: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#8: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#9: positions - Ariana Grande

#10: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#13: Good Days - SZA

#14: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#15: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#16: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#20: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#21: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#23: Bang! - AJR

#24: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#25: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

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

#29: willow - Taylor Swift

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

#32: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#34: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#41: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#43: Dynamite - BTS

#44: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#45: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#48: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#49: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#57: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

#58: Golden - Harry Styles

#59: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME

#62: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#64: Provide - G-Eazy/Chris Brown/Mark Morrison

#69: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#74: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

#82: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#91: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#95: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

#98: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#99: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Fly Away - Tones And I

#9: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#8: Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae

#7: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#6: going out - ROLE MODEL

#5: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

#4: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME

#3: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#2: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

#1: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#9: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#8: positions - Ariana Grande

#7: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#6: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#5: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#3: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#2: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#1: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all in the next one. #GoldnHour (Yup, not sure why I put that either)

Week of January 9, 2021 - Harry Styles (3)

Harry Styles (3)

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Last Week’s #1: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (2)

#30: Holding On - iann dior (-) [#29] {5 weeks}

#29: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran (-6) [#23] {2 weeks}

#28: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (-) [#24] {8 weeks}

#27: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur (+2) [#27] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#26: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-9) [#14] {8 weeks}

#25: Heather - Conan Gray (-) [#6] {24 weeks}

#24: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-) [#20] {13 weeks}

#23: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent (+4) [#23] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#22: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (-1) [#18] {8 weeks}

#21: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-1) [#2] {20 weeks}

#20: Bang! - AJR (-2) [#3] {21 weeks}

#19: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-4) [#15] {9 weeks}

#18: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (+1) [#18] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#17: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (+9) [#17] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Dynamite - BTS (-) [#13] {15 weeks}

#15: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (-3) [#12] {13 weeks}

#14: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-) [#10] {16 weeks}

#13: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (+9) [#13] {10 weeks} *new peak*

#12: willow - Taylor Swift (+1) [#12] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#11: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (-) [#11] {5 weeks}

#10: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-) [#7] {15 weeks}

#9: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-2) [#6] {15 weeks}

#8: Save Myself - Ashe (-) [#3] {17 weeks}

#7: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+2) [#7] {16 weeks} *new peak*

#6: positions - Ariana Grande (-) [#5] {11 weeks}

#5: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-) [3 weeks at #1] {14 weeks}

#4: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-) [#3] {8 weeks}

#3: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-2) [2 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [#2] {13 weeks}

#1: Golden - Harry Styles (+2) [3rd week at #1] {11 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan [6/8 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Deep End - Fousheé

Biggest DROP!!!: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-9): It kind of sucks that this isn’t becoming a hit, but then again, this isn’t my favourite The Weeknd song.

Biggest Jump: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X & Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (+9): I’m really glad that HOLIDAY’s rebounded from its big drop last week. As for Take You Dancing, it’s nice to see it doing well.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

1 - Bad:

#29: Golden - Harry Styles

#28: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#27: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#26: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

3 - Decent:

#25: Save Myself - Ashe

#24: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#23: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

4 - Good:

#22: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#21: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#20: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat

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

#18: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#17: Holding On - iann dior

#16: willow - Taylor Swift

#15: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#14: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#13: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

5 - Great:

#12: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#11: Dynamite - BTS

#10: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#9: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#8: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#7: Bang! - AJR

#6: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#4: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#3: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#2: positions - Ariana Grande

#1: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

Overall Score: 115/150 = 77%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper & Diamonds - Sam Smith {16 weeks}

#4: Save Myself - Ashe & Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {17 weeks}

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior {20 weeks}

#2: Bang! - AJR {21 weeks}

#1: Heather - Conan Gray {24 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

My Favourite Song Last Year: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Centuries - Fall Out Boy

Hit-Bound

Deep End - Fousheé [5]

Anyone - Justin Bieber [2]

Fly Away - Tones And I [8]

Body - Megan Thee Stallion [4]

Goodbye - Shaylen [10]

Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug [8; 2nd time*]

Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler [4]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [10]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI [5]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [9]

One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa [5]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [8]

In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez [2]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [8]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [8]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [14*]

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#16: Deep End - Fousheé

#15: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

1 - Bad:

#14: Never the 1 - ROSIE

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#13: Fly Away - Tones And I

#12: In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez

#11: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

4 - Good:

#10: Goodbye - Shaylen

#9: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

5 - Great:

#8: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#7: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#6: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#5: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

#4: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#3: One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa

#2: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

#1: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

Overall Score: 58/80 = 73%

Blurbs

No exits this week, just one Hit-Bound exit, Blueberry Eyes… again. I have absolutely no clue why it re-entered last week if it just left again.

Afterglow fell to #29 this week, which kind of sucks, because I’m starting to really like it.

Wow, Overwhelmed is actually coming up to the top 20. I don’t really care about this song too much.

Monsters fell to #3 this week. I’m kind of sad, because I like it. Especially more than what our current #1 is…

Golden returned to #1 this week, beating out Dua Lipa again. I’m so upset that Hits 1 loves Harry Styles so much that they refuse to give anybody but him the #1 spot.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#2: positions - Ariana Grande

#3: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#4: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#5: Dynamite - BTS

#6: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

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

#8: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#10: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#11: Bang! - AJR

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

#16: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#18: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#19: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#21: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#22: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#23: willow - Taylor Swift

#25: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#26: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#30: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#31: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

#32: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

#34: Whats Poppin (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne

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

#43: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#45: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#46: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#47: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#49: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#51: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#56: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#63: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#67: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#75: Golden - Harry Styles

#79: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#81: MIdnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#84: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#88: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#95: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#96: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

#9: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#8: I’m Ready - Sam Smith/Demi Lovato

#7: Fly Away - Tones And I

#6: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

#5: Bummerland - AJR

#4: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

#3: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#2: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#1: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Dynamite - BTS

#9: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#7: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#6: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#5: Bang! - AJR

#4: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#2: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later.

Week of December 19, 2020 - Harry Styles (2)

Harry Styles (2)

Hey folks! Welcome to the second-last Countdown of 2020! I think that Hits 1’s Year-End list is gonna air today, but I’m not sure when it would air. If not today, next week probably. This week was… okay. There were some good things that happened, but for the most part, it wasn’t great. Mostly due to our #1. No exits this week, so let’s just jump straight into the Countdown!

Last Week’s #1: Golden - Harry Styles

#30: Holding On - iann dior (-1) [#29] {2 weeks}

#29: Bummerland - AJR (-3) [#26] {3 weeks}

#28: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-5) [#23] {5 weeks}

#27: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent (+3) [#27] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#26: going out - ROLE MODEL (-1) [#25] {7 weeks}

#25: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (+3) [#25] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#24: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-7) [#17] {6 weeks}

#23: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (+4) [#22] {5 weeks}

#22: Heather - Conan Gray (-2) [#6] {21 weeks}

#21: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-) [#20] {10 weeks}

#20: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (+2) [#20] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (-) [#16] {7 weeks}

#18: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+6) [#18] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#17: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-5) [#2] {17 weeks}

#16: Bang! - AJR (+2) [#3] {18 weeks}

#15: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-1) [#11] {21 weeks}

#14: Dynamite - BTS (-1) [#13] {12 weeks}

#13: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (+2) [#13] {10 weeks} *new peak*

#12: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-3) [#9] {13 weeks}

#11: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-) [#7] {12 weeks}

#10: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+6) [#10] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#9: Save Myself - Ashe (-2) [#3] {14 weeks}

#8: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (-) [#8] {6 weeks}

#7: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+3) [#7] {12 weeks} *new peak*

#6: positions - Ariana Grande (-1) [#5] {8 weeks}

#5: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-2) [3 weeks at #1] {11 weeks}

#4: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-) [#4] {5 weeks}

#3: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (+3) [#2] {14 weeks}

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [#2] {10 weeks}

#1: Golden - Harry Styles (-) [2nd week at #1] {8 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan [3/8 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: willow - Taylor Swift

Biggest DROP!!!: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-7): Yaaaay! Even though I don’t hate this song, I don’t really want it to be a hit and it sucks that it’s gaining in pop radio.

Biggest Jump: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco & Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+6): Wooh! Good week for Justin Bieber! I’m super glad that Holy’s become a top 10 hit here and I’d be alright if Lonely was a hit. I don’t really care about that song though.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

1 - Bad:

#29: Golden - Harry Styles

#28: going out - ROLE MODEL

#27: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#26: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#25: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

3 - Decent:

#24: Save Myself - Ashe

#23: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#22: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#21: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

4 - Good:

#20: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#19: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat

#18: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#17: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#16: Holding On - iann dior

#15: Bummerland - AJR

#14: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#13: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#12: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#11: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#10: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#9: Dynamite - BTS

#8: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#7: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We

#6: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#5: Bang! - AJR

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#3: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 111/150 = 74%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Diamonds - Sam Smith & Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper {13 weeks}

#4: Save Myself - Ashe & Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {14 weeks}

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior {17 weeks}

#2: Bang! - AJR {18 weeks}

#1: Heather - Conan Gray & Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid {21 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: A Little Bit Yours - JP Saxe

My Favourite Song Last Year: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Just Like Fire - P!nk

Hit-Bound

One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa [2]

Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur [3]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [5]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [6]

Body - Megan Thee Stallion [1]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [11*]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [5]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [7]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI [2]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [5]

Deep End - Fousheé [2]

Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler [1]

Goodbye - Shaylen [7]

Fly Away - Tones And I [5]

Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug [5; 2nd time*]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [7]

So despite no Countdown debuts, we actually got two Hit-Bound debuts, the first one being… Body by Megan Thee Stallion. I’ve already talked about this in my Hot 100 posts and yeah, it’s quite bad. Megan sounds fine and she actually has good flow in the verses, I just absolutely hate that chorus. It’s literally “Body-ody-ody” over and over again and it’s very annoying. Also, the production’s kind of questionable. I hope this doesn’t debut.

So Quinn XCII gets his first song on Hits 1 as a lead artist today, after he featured on Love Me Less with MAX in 2019. This song’s called Stay Next To Me and it’s with Chelsea Cutler. This is a really fantastic song. It’s honestly just a lot of fun. Chelsea doesn’t sound great, but Quinn XCII sounds quite good. The chorus is also just very fun. I really hope this is a big hit.

Best Debut: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#16: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#15: Deep End - Fousheé

1 - Bad:

#14: Never the 1 - ROSIE

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#13: Fly Away - Tones And I

#12: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

#11: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

4 - Good:

#10: Goodbye - Shaylen

#9: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#8: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

5 - Great:

#7: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#6: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#5: One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa

#4: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

#3: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#2: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

#1: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

Overall Score: 56/75 = 75%

As Long As You’re Right Here, Blurb Next to Me

So we technically lost a Hit-Bound song this week, willow by Taylor Swift, but it played as the Countdown Extra this week, so it’s really not gone.

Wow, Overwhelmed jumped. I definitely didn’t expect that to happen.

How is Heather not gone yet? Come on! There’s absolutely no way that anybody’s listening to this anymore.

Why is Mood down at #17? Really? This should be #1! But instead, it’s freaking Harry Styles again.

So Bang! jumped a couple of spots this week and I’m pretty happy about that. I’d like for it to re-enter the top 15.

positions fell off of the top 5. Really?

Monsters is at #3 again and I can actually see this hitting #1 sometime soon, as it’s actually gaining elsewhere.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#4: positions - Ariana Grande

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

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

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#12: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#13: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#18: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

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

#22: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#23: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#24: Dynamite - BTS

#26: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#27: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#28: Bang! - AJR

#38: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#42: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#44: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

#46: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#47: Whats Poppin (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne

#48: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#50: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#53: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#55: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

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

#64: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#67: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#68: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#69: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#70: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#73: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#83: Golden - Harry Styles

#90: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

#95: Heather - Conan Gray

#98: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin

#9: positions - Ariana Grande

#8: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

#7: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#6: Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj

#5: Golden - Harry Styles

#4: Yummy - Justin Bieber

#3: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#2: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

#1: Mind Is A Prison - Alec Benjamin

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#9: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#7: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#6: Bang! - AJR

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#4: Dynamite - BTS

#3: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later.

Week of December 12, 2020 - Harry Styles (1)

Harry Styles (1)

(Quick Editor's Note: This has actually been finished for hours and I just forgot to put it on my blog from the Google Doc... oops)

Ahhhhhh. I’m SO DONE with Hits 1 right now. (Pun definitely intended; if you’re not sure why that’s a pun, you’ll find out) Anyways, elephant in the room. I didn’t get my Hot 100 post out yesterday. I’ve been kind of busy with Year-End posts and life in general, so we’ll see what happens with that. It’s definitely not ending though, but I may take a break and just do a catch-up post in January. I don’t know. We’ll get there when we get there. OH MY GOSH I ALMOST FORGOT! I finally finished the 2019 Ultimate Rank after nearly a year of reveals, so if you want to read all of that, the link can be found here. Here’s the list of exits for this week.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear (#25) [#25] {3 weeks}

Falling - Harry Styles (#15) [6 weeks at #1] {14 weeks}

Small Talk - Niall Horan (#6) [#5] {7 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (3)

#30: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent (DEBUT) [13* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Holding On - iann dior (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#27: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (+3) [#22] {4 weeks}

#26: Bummerland - AJR (+3) [#26] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#25: going out - ROLE MODEL (+3) [#25] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#24: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+2) [#24] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#23: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (+4) [#23] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#22: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (+2) [#22] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#21: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+2) [#20] {9 weeks}

#20: Heather - Conan Gray (-7) [#6] {20 weeks}

#19: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (-3) [#16] {6 weeks}

#18: Bang! - AJR (-10) [#3] {17 weeks}

#17: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (+4) [#17] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+1) [#16] {12 weeks}

#15: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (+4) [#15] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#14: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (+4) [#11] {20 weeks}

#13: Dynamite - BTS (+7) [#13] {11 weeks} *new peak*

#12: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [#2] {16 weeks}

#11: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-2) [#7] {11 weeks}

#10: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+4) [#8] {11 weeks}

#9: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+1) [#9] {12 weeks} *new peak*

#8: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (+3) [#8] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#7: Save Myself - Ashe (-2) [#3] {13 weeks}

#6: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-3) [#2] {13 weeks}

#5: positions - Ariana Grande (+2) [#5] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#4: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (+18) [#4] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#3: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-2) [3 weeks at #1] {10 weeks}

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [#2] {9 weeks}

#1: Golden - Harry Styles (+3) [1st week at #1] {7 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year’s #1: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan [2/8 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Goodbye - Shaylen

Our first debut this week comes in at #30 and I seriously didn’t expect this to debut. It’s Overwhelmed by Royal & the Serpent. This song’s decent. Overall, I think the production’s kind of odd, but I like her voice and the chorus is pretty good. Yeah, not much else to say about this one, except I hope it does decently.

So our next debut at #29 skipped Hit-Bound and I’m pretty sure it’ll be named the next One to Watch next week. It’s iann dior with his brand new song Holding On. This isn’t nearly as good as Mood. But, that’s not to say that it isn’t good. The chorus is super catchy and he sounds great in the verses. My only problem with this song is that he’s singing a bit low for his range in the chorus. I seriously hope that it’s the next One to Watch.

I’m really happy that this next song ended up debuting so soon, because I was a little nervous it would take a while to debut. It’s Monster by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber from Mendes’ brand new album, Wonder, which came out last week. I listened to it and I’d say that this is the best song from it. Both artists sound great here and I love the production here. The writing’s also pretty good and I think that’s one thing that Justin Bieber’s been doing pretty well lately. I seriously hope that this does well.

Monsters by All Time Low and blackbear got a remix this week, this time around adding Demi Lovato. Do I think this is better than the original? No, not really. I don’t think Demi fits too well with the song and I’m still trying to decide if what she did with the production in blackbear’s verse made that part better or worse. That being said, it’s still a great song.

Best Debut: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

Biggest DROP!!!: Bang! - AJR (-10): Awwww. I really wanted this to hit #1. It’s actually still gaining in pop radio and I was hoping that since Hits 1 really likes AJR, they could let this go to #1. Oh well, it’s probably gonna make Year-End anyways.

Biggest Jump: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (+18): Why is this in the top 5? I guess it’s the best Billie Eilish hit (I say hit because all the good girls go to hell did freakin' NOTHING even though it was great) to be the first one to make it into the top 5, but it’s still not good.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

#29: Golden - Harry Styles

1 - Bad:

#28: going out - ROLE MODEL

#27: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#26: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#25: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

3 - Decent:

#24: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#23: Save Myself - Ashe

#22: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#21: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

4 - Good:

#20: Bummerland - AJR

#19: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#18: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat

#17: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#16: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#15: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#14: Holding On - iann dior

5 - Great:

#13: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#12: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#11: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#10: Dynamite - BTS

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#8: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#7: Bang! - AJR

#6: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We

#5: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#2: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 111/150 = 74%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper & Diamonds - Sam Smith {12 weeks}

#4: Save Myself - Ashe & Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {13 weeks}

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior {16 weeks}

#2: Bang! - AJR {17 weeks}

#1: Heather - Conan Gray & Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid {20 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: A Little Bit Yours - JP Saxe

My Favourite Song Last Year: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Love The Way You Lie - Eminem/Rihanna

Hit-Bound

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [6]

Deep End - Fousheé [1]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [6]

Goodbye - Shaylen [6]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI [1]

Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur [2]

willow - Taylor Swift [1]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [10*]

One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa [1]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [4]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [4]

Fly Away - Tones And I [4]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [4]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [5]

Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug [4; 2nd time*]

So our first Hit-Bound debut this week is Deep End by Fousheé. I feel like sometimes people just stream TikTok songs for the sole reason that they’re TikTok songs and they don’t actually like them. Because who could actually like this song? Fousheé’s voice has some weird vocal effect on it and especially in the pre-chorus she sounds really bad because she’s singing really high and practically whispering. The chorus is fine, I guess, but overall this is just quite bad.

The Kid LAROI makes his very first appearance on Hits 1 this week, as SO DONE enters Hit-Bound this week (notice the pun in the intro). I’ve already talked about this song in my Hot 100 posts, but I’ll talk about it again anyways. This song is super catchy and the production here is pretty great. But I don’t love The Kid LAROI’s voice. I feel like if it was anybody else, this would be great. But this is still a good song.

So Lasting Lover re-entered Hit-Bound this week, which I’m really happy about. I predicted that this would be back, although it took a while. I hope this debuts.

So Taylor Swift released yet ANOTHER surprise album this year. It’s called evermore and she called it the sister album to folklore. Normally she switches sounds every single album, but she said she just couldn’t move away from the folklore sound. I actually liked evermore a lot more than folklore. There were more songs that stood out to me, such as ‘tis the damn season and no body, no crime with HAIM among others. I think she found her groove with this sound and I quite liked it. Anyways, the lead single from that, willow debuts Hit-Bound. I think this was a pretty good choice for a single. She sounds pretty good here and although it’s slightly boring, it’s more upbeat than cardigan, which I like a lot. Good song.

So Dixie D’Amelio brings her second song to Hits 1 this week. It’s called One Whole Day and this time it features Wiz Khalifa. Wow, this is a big step up from the original Be Happy. The production was actually really well-made and her voice works pretty well with it. The writing in the chorus is a little ridiculous, as it’s legit “One day, one day, I was really really really really sad” but whatever. I’d also say that Wiz Khalifa brings this song up a bit. He sounds quite good and he also just works quite well with the song. Yeah, this is actually quite great.

Best Debut: One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Deep End - Fousheé

1 - Bad:

#14: Never the 1 - ROSIE

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#13: Fly Away - Tones And I

#12: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#11: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

4 - Good:

#10: Goodbye - Shaylen

#9: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

#8: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#7: willow - Taylor Swift

5 - Great:

#6: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#5: One Whole Day - Dixie D’Amelio/Wiz Khalifa

#4: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

#3: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#2: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#1: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

Overall Score: 56/75 = 75%

I Get Over-Blurbed So Easily

We lost three Countdown songs this week: Hate The Way, Falling and Small Talk. I never really cared that much about Hate The Way, Falling should’ve never hit #1 and what? How is Small Talk gone already? I’m pretty happy that it didn’t hit #1 and barely even cracked the top 5.

We also lost three Hit-Bound songs this week: Lemonade, Haunt You and Be Happy. For Haunt You, I’m really glad that it didn’t re-enter because it sucked. For Be Happy, I don’t care, because One Whole Day is better. But Lemonade? Come ON, Hits 1! Seriously? This is just starting its pop radio run and it’s a fantastic song. Ugh.

going out jumped this week and I seriously hope that it doesn’t stick around after it isn’t the One to Watch anymore.

It looks like Heather is finally gonna be leaving. This took way too long.

Does Put Your Records On really have to become a hit?

Dynamite is close to the top 10 and I really hope it makes it.

Wooh! Fallin’ is in the top 10!

So I’ve really grown into positions lately. So much so that it’s the best song on the Countdown and I’m really happy that it’s in the top 5 now.

Argh, does Golden seriously have to be #1? Why can’t Hits 1 just give the #1 to Dua Lipa ONE TIME? I’m done. This is ridiculous.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#3: positions - Ariana Grande

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

#7: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#8: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#10: Dynamite - BTS

#11: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

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

#15: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#19: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#20: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#25: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#26: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#27: Bang! - AJR

#29: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

#31: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#35: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#38: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#42: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#43: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee

#46: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#48: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne

#50: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#51: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#52: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#54: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#57: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#58: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#59: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

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

#67: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#73: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#76: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#77: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#92: Golden - Harry Styles

#99: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#9: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

#8: Mind Is A Prison - Alec Benjamin

#7: Golden - Harry Styles

#6: 10/10 - Rex Orange County

#5: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#4: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

#3: WHATS POPPIN - Jack Harlow

#2: Toosie Slide - Drake

#1: Bummerland - AJR

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#9: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#7: Bang! - AJR

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#5: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#4: Dynamite - BTS

#3: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#2: positions - Ariana Grande

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later.