Thanksgiving Weekend 2019 - Lewis Capaldi (3)

Lewis Capaldi (3)

Hey guys! So something huge happened last week that I completely forgot about. I know, I know. I’m amazing. Anyways, all jokes aside, I’ve now been blogging for over a year! *enthusiastic applause for myself*

Song We’re Saying Goodbye To
Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (#35) [3 weeks at #1]

Last Week’s #1: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (2)

#45: Cool - Jonas Brothers (-2) [1 week at #1]
#44: I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (+1) [#5]
#43: Nightmare - Halsey (-1) [#2]
#42: Dear Winter - AJR (-6) [#30]
#41: Dance Monkey - Tones and I (-) [#38]
#40: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (-) [#18]
#39: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (-16) [#23]
#38: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish (-) [#38]
#37: Lights Up - Harry Styles (DEBUT) [8* weeks at #1]
#36: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston (+1) [#29]
#35: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-1) [#3]
#34: Liar - Camila Cabello (-1) [#21]
#33: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-8) [13 weeks at #1]
#32: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia (-1) [#31]
#31: frick, i’m lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie (-2) [#29]
#30: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (-2) [#5]
#29: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson (+10) [#29] *new peak*
#28: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-2) [1 week at #1]
#27: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (+3) [#19]
#26: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (+1) [#3]
#25: Time - NF (+19) [#25] *new peak*
#24: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez (-2) [#22]
#23: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers (+9) [#23] *new peak*
#22: Trampoline - SHAED (+2) [#22] *new peak*
#21: What Am I - Why Don’t We (-3) [#18]
#20: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown (+1) [#20] *new peak*
#19: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (+1) [9 weeks at #1]
#18: Memories - Maroon 5 (-2) [#11]
#17: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-) [#2]
#16: Mother - Charlie Puth (-1) [#15]
#15: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (-1) [#14]
#14: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (+5) [#9]
#13: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (-1) [#12]
#12: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [2 weeks at #1]
#11: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (+2) [#11] *new peak*
#10: Graveyard - Halsey (-7) [#3]
#9: Lover (Remix) - Taylor Swift/Shawn Mendes (+1) [#9] *new peak*
#8: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-) [1 week at #1]
#7: Circles - Post Malone (-3) [#2]
#6: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (-5) [2 weeks at #1]
#5: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-) [1 week at #1]
#4: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (+2) [3 weeks at #1]
#3: Good As Hell - Lizzo (+6) [#3] *new peak*
#2: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (-) [#2]
#1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+6) [3rd week at #1]

Last Year’s #1: High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco [8/8 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae

Just one debut this week at #37 in the form of Lights Up by Harry Styles. This song is really strange. It changes a lot and it’s kind of all over the place. But I kind of love it. I think Harry sounds great in every section, but personal favourite is the “SHINE!” part. I hope this does well and that Watermelon Sugar doesn’t make it flop. *7 weeks in Hit-Bound, 8 weeks on Voting Poll

Biggest DROP!!!: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (-16): Good thing we’re getting this super mediocre Liam Payne song out of here quick.

Biggest Jump: Time - NF (+19): LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#4: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#3: Trampoline - SHAED
#2: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#1: Time - NF

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Mother - Charlie Puth
#4: Dear Winter - AJR
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

1 - Bad:
#19: Mother - Charlie Puth

2 - Mediocre:
#18: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes

3 - Decent:
#17: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#16: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer

4 - Good:
#15: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#14: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#13: Graveyard - Halsey
#12: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#11: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#10: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#9: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

5 - Great:
#8: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#7: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#6: Lover (Remix) - Taylor Swift/Shawn Mendes
#5: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (This may change soon…)
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#2: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#1: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan

Overall Score: 77/100 = 77%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#4: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#3: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#2: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#1: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Kissing Other People - Lennon Stella

My Favourite Song Last Year: Body Talks - The Struts/Kesha

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: I Wanna Know - NOTD/Bea Miller

Hit-Bound

Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker [4]

Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco [3*]

Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott [4]

ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas [3*]

Wanted - OneRepublic [5]

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles [2*]

Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi [7]

Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa [3]

everything i wanted - Billie Eilish [3*]

South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B [5]

Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath [7*]

Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers [3*]

Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy [3]

I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae [4]

Panini - Lil Nas X [4]

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#15: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas

1 - Bad:
#14: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker
#13: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae

2 - Mediocre:
#12: Wanted - OneRepublic
#11: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa

3 - Decent:
#10: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#9: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

4 - Good:
#8: Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers

5 - Great:
#7: Panini - Lil Nas X
#6: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi
#5: Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco
#4: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath
#3: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy
#2: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#1: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott

Overall Score: 51/75 = 68%

Blurbs Up

Something huge happened this week. We lost Hey Look Ma, I Made It. I just have to say, OOF! It was definitely on its way to be the first song to hit 3 calendar years, but Hits 1 just disregarded it and said “‘Aight. This should probably leave now.” R.I.P. Hey Look Ma. You will be missed. (Although it’s probably the #1 song of the year)

Yes! Dear Winter is flopping! We really didn’t need this to be a hit.

I’m kind of surprised that all the good girls didn’t jump at all.

Okay, why is Make You Mine jumping? Can someone explain this to me?

I just realized we’re Panic! At The Disco-less. It feels so weird.

Oof to Teeth.

Can Nice To Meet Ya hit #1? … pretty please?

Also, Someone You Loved is #1 again. Yay!

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing On The Hot 100
#1: Circles - Post Malone
#2: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#3: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#5: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#6: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#8: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#9: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#10: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#11: Panini - Lil Nas X
#12: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#13: Trampoline - SHAED
#15: Lover - Taylor Swift
#17: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#19: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#23: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#24: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#27: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus
#30: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#32: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure
#33: Goodbyes - Post Malone/Young Thug
#35: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#38: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#39: Graveyard - Halsey
#42: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#43: Time - NF
#45: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#48: Dancing With A Stranger - Sam Smith/Normani
#57: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#60: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#69: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD
#71: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#72: Liar - Camila Cabello
#76: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish
#77: Lights Up - Harry Styles

Week of November 9, 2019 - Lewis Capaldi (2)

Lewis Capaldi (2)

We had an eventful week this week, I’ll let you Take What You Want from it. Heh. Puns.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Dream Boy - Waterparks (#41) [#30]
Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco (#39) [#31]

Last Week’s #1: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (1)

#45: Goodbyes - Post Malone (-1) [#10]
#44: bad guy - Billie Eilish (+1) [#10]
#43: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (-3) [#31]
#42: Nightmare - Halsey (-) [#2]
#41: Trampoline - SHAED (+2) [#27]
#40: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez (DEBUT) [2* weeks in Hit-Bound]
#39: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (-2) [#5]
#38: Dance Monkey - Tones and I (-) [#38]
#37: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-2) [#19]
#36: Time - NF (-) [#36]
#35: Cool - Jonas Brothers (-18) [1 week at #1]
#34: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston (-1) [#29]
#33: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#32: frick, i’m lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie (+2) [#32]
#31: Liar - Camila Cabello (-5) [#21]
#30: Dear Winter - AJR (+2) [#30] *new peak*
#29: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (-) [3 weeks at #1]
#28: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-1) [#3]
#27: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (+4) [#18]
#26: What Am I - Why Don’t We (+4) [#24]
#25: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (-2) [#5]
#24: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (+4) [#24] *new peak*
#23: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (-4) [#18]
#22: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-4) [#3]
#21: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-16) [1 week at #1]
#20: Mother - Charlie Puth (+5) [#18]
#19: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-11) [13 weeks at #1]
#18: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (-6) [#12]
#17: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (-1) [#13]
#16: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (-5) [9 weeks at #1] 
#15: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (+7) [#15] *new peak*
#14: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-12) [#2]
#13: Lover - Taylor Swift (+1) [#13] *new peak*
#12: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-2) [3 weeks at #1]
#11: Memories - Maroon 5 (+13) [#11] *new peak*
#10: Graveyard - Halsey (-3) [#7]
#9: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (+6) [#9] *new peak*
#8: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-4) [1 week at #1]
#7: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (+14) [#7] *new peak*
#6: Good As Hell - Lizzo (+3) [#6] *new peak*
#5: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (+15) [#5] *new peak*
#4: Circles - Post Malone (+9) [#4] *new peak*
#3: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (+3) [2 weeks at #1]
#2: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-1) [1 week at #1]
#1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+2) [2nd week at #1]

Last Year’s #1: Happier - Marshmello/Bastille [1/2 weeks at #1]


Countdown Extra: Lights Up - Harry Styles

Our first Selena Gomez debut is Look At Her Now at #40. I used to really hate this song, but it’s so catchy that I just can’t. That’s pretty much all for this one though. I did mention before that it would’ve been a better marketing strategy if she released this one before Lose You To Love Me, but whatever. It’s a pretty good song even if it does remind me a bit of her last couple of albums. *1 week in Hit-Bound, 2 weeks on voting poll

And at #33, we have Lose You To Love Me also by Selena Gomez. This song is just amazing in so many ways. Her voice is actually really good and the instrumentation, when it kicks in at the second verse is also really great. The hook is the best part here even if she says “yeah” after every line. Clearly a lot of people agree with me since it’s already #1 on the Hot 100. I hope it hits #1 here too.

Best Debut: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez

Biggest DROP!!!: Cool - Jonas Brothers (-18): YAY!!!!

Biggest Jump: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (+15): Um. What? I never expected this song to hit top 5, but… I’ll take it, honestly. I hope this hits #1 if it has a shot.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Trampoline - SHAED
#4: Circles - Post Malone
#3: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#2: Time - NF
#1: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Mother - Charlie Puth
#4: Dear Winter - AJR
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

1 - Bad:
#19: Mother - Charlie Puth

2 - Mediocre:
#18: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes

3 - Decent:
#17: Lover - Taylor Swift
#16: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer

4 - Good:
#15: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#14: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#13: Rescue Me - OneRepublic
#12: Graveyard - Halsey
#11: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett
#10: Only Human - Jonas Brothers

5 - Great:
#9: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#8: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#7: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#6: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#5: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#3: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#2: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#1: Circles - Post Malone

Overall Score: 78/100 = 78%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: bad guy - Billie Eilish & If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#4: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#3: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#2: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#1: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Make It Right - BTS/Lauv

Hit-Bound

Panini - Lil Nas X [1]

all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish [6]

Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey [5]

One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown [6]

Wanted - OneRepublic [2]

Lights Up - Harry Styles [5*]

Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia [3]

Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers [5]

South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B [2]

Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi [4]

Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott [1]

We Made It - Louis Tomlinson [3]

Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath [4*]

I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae [1]

Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker [1]

Also Available For Vote

Motivation - Normani [6]

*sigh* I have no clue why I like Lil Nas X, but I really do. Panini is absolutely no Old Town Road, but it’s still really good. His falsetto could use some work, but other than that, the song is really catchy and the hook is really great. It’s a little short, but I guess that’s a trend with his music. I kind of hope this is just a little less of a hit than Old Town Road. I mean, it’s already hit top 5 on the Hot 100, so that’s a good sign.

This next song is called Take What You Want by Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott. Ozzy opens the song with a chorus that actually sounds really great. His voice works really well with the beat (which slaps) and then it turns into a verse by Post, which is also really good, you never know what to expect with Post Malone, and this is a pleasant surprise. It then flows into a chorus by Post which also works well, then it flows into a verse by Travis which is always pretty good. It then goes into another chorus by Ozzy, which then goes into an awesome guitar solo which you have to hear to believe. Overall, this is a great song that I’d love to see debut soon.

Next up we have I Hate LA by Hot Chelle Rae. This song is so minimalistic and boring and there’s really not much to talk about. The storyline here is that somebody lives in LA, and then the guy hates LA because that person is there. Than the person moves away, so he now loves LA. Yup, not much to talk about here.

The beat in this next song is really good. It’s a shame though that the rest of Purple Hat by Sofi Tukker isn’t that good. It’s literally just a person talking on top of a beat. There are some verses, but they’re really weird and the “dancing, people” part is really odd and I just don’t really get this song.

Best Debut: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#16: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker
#15: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae

1 - Bad:
#14: all the good girls go to hell - Billie EIlish

2 - Mediocre:
#13: Motivation - Normani
#12: Wanted - OneRepublic
#11: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson
#10: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers

3 - Decent:
NONE!

4 - Good:
#9: Lights Up - Harry Styles
#8: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia

5 - Great:
#7: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi
#6: Panini - Lil Nas X
#5: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#4: Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey
#3: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#2: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#1: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath

Overall Score: 52/80 = 65%

Lose Blurbs To Love Me

We lost 2 songs this week, Dream Boy and Roaring 20s. Neither song was very good and I don’t really care that they left.

I’m surprised Dance Monkey or Higher Love aren’t moving.

You Need To Calm Down fell out of the top 20 entirely. It’s getting old though, so I get it.

Sucker’s finally falling.

Memories and Teeth jumped up a lot!

Our top 5 is crazy. At #5, we have Nice To Meet Ya which just randomly jumped to #5 out of absolutely nowhere, at #4 we have Circles which also came out of nowhere. At #3, we still have Who Do You Love, after so long. At #2, we have Beautiful People which fell off of #1. And at #1, we have Someone You Loved which I’m very happy hit #1 again.

Truth Hurts doesn’t even have a shot anymore.

Takeaway left Hit-Bound this week for a Chainsmokers song that didn’t even debut. Which kind of sucks.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing On The Hot 100
#1: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#2: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#4: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#5: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#6: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#9: Panini - Lil Nas X
#10: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#11: Memories - Maroon 5
#12: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#15: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#16: Trampoline - SHAED
#20: I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#21: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus
#22: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#24: Goodbyes - Post Malone/Young Thug
#25: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure
#26: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#27: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez
#30: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#41: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#42: Dancing With A Stranger - Sam Smith/Normani
#47: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#48: Lover - Taylor Swift
#49: Time - NF
#50: Graveyard - Halsey
#52: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#58: Liar - Camila Cabello
#59: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#68: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD
#86: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#95: Light Up - Harry Styles
#98: Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey
#99: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston

Week of October 26, 2019 - Lewis Capaldi (1)

Lewis Capaldi (1)

Hey guys, the countdown has been getting pretty boring lately. Have a look and see for yourself. We have a pretty good number one, and some decent debuts, but still. Music isn’t that good right now. You might not see that in my post, because I’m generally a positive person.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (#45) [#6]
Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (#41) [#10]
Small Talk - Katy Perry (#39) [#19]

Last Week’s #1: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (1)

#45: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (-1) [#2]
#44: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (-1) [#31]
#43: Nightmare - Halsey (-1) [#2]
#42: Time - NF (DEBUT) [7 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#41: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (-3) [#5]
#40: Trampoline - SHAED (-) [#27]
#39: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (DEBUT) [5 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#38: bad guy - Billie Eilish (-1) [#10]
#37: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-4) [#19]
#36: frick, i’m lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie (-) [#32]
#35: Dream Boy - Waterparks (-) [#30]
#34: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin (-4) [#22]
#33: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco (-2) [#31]
#32: What Am I - Why Don’t We (-4) [#24]
#31: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (+3) [#18]
#30: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (DEBUT) [9 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#29: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston (+3) [#29] *new peak*
#28: Mother - Charlie Puth (-4) [#18]
#27: Goodbyes - Post Malone (-10) [#10]
#26: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (-4) [#22]
#25: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (-13) [3 weeks at #1]
#24: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (-4) [#20]
#23: Memories - Maroon 5 (+3) [#20]
#22: Liar - Camila Cabello (+1) [#22] *new peak*
#21: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-10) [#3]
#20: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (-1) [#5]
#19: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-10) [#3]
#18: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (+11) [#18] *new peak*
#17: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (-1) [#13]
#16: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-13) [#3]
#15: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (+12) [#15] *new peak*
#14: Lover - Taylor Swift (+7) [#14] *new peak*
#13: Circles - Post Malone (+12) [#13] *new peak*
#12: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (+2) [#12] *new peak*
#11: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (+7) [9 weeks at #1]
#10: Good As Hell - Lizzo (+5) [#10] *new peak*
#9: Cool - Jonas Brothers (+4) [1 week at #1]
#8: Graveyard - Halsey (+2) [#8] *new peak*
#7: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-5) [3 weeks at #1]
#6: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-2) [1 week at #1]
#5: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-4) [1 week at #1]
#4: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (+3) [#2]
#3: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (+5) [2 weeks at #1]
#2: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (+4) [13 weeks at #1]
#1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+4) [1st week at #1] *new peak*


Last Year’s #1: High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco [7/8 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia

For our first debut at #42, we have Time by NF. This song is just amazing. Nate is such a talented person. He can sing and rap, which is a good combo. His songwriting is really good and relatable too. This song is no exception. The violins throughout add a lot to the song and the song as a whole is just really great. My only criticism would be the high vocals in the chorus, but whatever. This is a really good song and I’d love to see it do well here.

Next, at #39, we have Stack It Up by Liam Payne. This song is just really boring. It sounds a lot like Same Old Love by Selena Gomez, which is a horrible song, and there’s really nothing to talk about. I mean, come on. Even A Boogie Wit da Hoodie adds something to the song. That’s saying something.

For our highest debut this week, at #30 we have Teeth by 5 Seconds of Summer. I probably like this song more, because I heard it live. It’s still really good though. That guitar is amazing throughout the song. I love this rock thing that they’ve got going, and I expect this to do really well since Hits 1 loves 5SOS.

Best Debut: Time - NF

Biggest DROP!!!: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco AND Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-13): For Hey Look Ma, I Made It, get this. This is its first week all year not in the top 20. That is absolutely ridiculous and I couldn’t think of a better song to do it. For Beautiful People, I kind of wish it got a few more weeks in the top 5, but that #3 peak looks good on it.

Biggest Jump: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots AND Circles - Post Malone (+12): Both of these songs are great and I’m very happy to see them in the top 20. I wish them both the best.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: What Am I - Why Don’t We
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#2: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#1: Time - NF

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Mother - Charlie Puth
#4: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#19: Cool - Jonas Brothers

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:
#18: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes

3 - Decent:
#17: Lover - Taylor Swift

4 - Good:
#16: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha
#15: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#14: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#13: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#12: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#11: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett
#10: Rescue Me - OneRepublic
#9: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift

5 - Great:
#8: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#7: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#6: Graveyard - Halsey
#5: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#4: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean
#3: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#2: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#1: Circles - Post Malone

Overall Score: 77/100 = 77%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie
#4: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#3: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#2: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#1: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Mine All Day - PewDiePie

Hit-Bound

Dance Monkey - Tones and I [4*]

We Made It - Louis Tomlinson [1]

Motivation - Normani [4]

Lose You Too Love Me - Selena Gomez [1]

Dear Winter - AJR [3]

Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia [1]

Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath [2*]

Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi [2]

One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown [4]

Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers [3]

all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish [4]

Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/Lennon Stella/ILLENIUM [3]

Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey [3]

Lights Up - Harry Styles [3*]

WHO DO U LOVE? - Monsta X/French Montana [5]

Also Available For Vote

Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez [1]

Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson [8]

For our first new Hit-Bound song we have a new one from Louis Tomlinson called We Made It. This is definitely better than Kill My Mind, but it’s still not that great. I mean, by no means is it bad, it just could definitely be better. The production is… okay at best. His voice is fine and everything. I don’t know, this is off my first listen, so it might not be that accurate.

We get our first of two Selena Gomez songs this week, Lose You To Love Me. This is the better one. For sure. Selena has a great voice, even if she didn’t show that in the past two albums and I’d love to see this be a hit. It’s a really nice ballad, and the production starts to get really good by the second verses. I love it when she layers her voice on top of itself in the last chorus. I don’t know, there’s just something about this song that really gets me.

Okay, so next is a new single from Kesha called Raising Hell. This one really sounds like the old Ke$ha, compared to her last Rainbow album. This one is bop. The beat is great, the chorus is amazing and yeah. It’s overall just a really solid song. I’m not sure why Big Freedia is credited when he adds essentially nothing to the song, but whatever.

Then available for vote, we have Selena Gomez’s other single of the week, Look At Her Now. Yeah, this one is worse. It’s a little more poppy and upbeat, but I think they kind of missed a mark here and probably shouldn’t have released Lose You To Love Me the same week, since that one is really good. The production here is really off and I just can’t get behind this at all.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#17: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#16: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish

1 - Bad:
#15: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson
#14: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez

2 - Mediocre:
#13: Motivation - Normani
#12: Dear Winter - AJR

3 - Decent:
#11: WHO DO U LOVE? - Monsta X/French Montana
#10: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson
#9: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers

4 - Good:
#8: Lights Up - Harry Styles
#7: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia
#6: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi

5 - Great:
#5: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#4: Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey
#3: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#2: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath
#1: Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/ILLENIUM/Lennon Stella

Overall Score: 52/85 = 61%

Stack Blurbs Up

We lost three songs this week, Talk, Love Me Less and Small Talk. All three songs I’m okay to see go. Talk and Love Me Less were old and due to go and Small Talk was just meh.

What Am I should be doing better.

Higher Love hit a new peak!

Both 10,000 Hours and Nice To Meet Ya dropped this week which is weird because they’re both really good songs.

Goodbyes, If We Have Each Other and Señorita all fell 10 spots this week. That’s okay for IWHEO and Señorita, but not for Goodbyes. I wish that one did better than it did.

Good As Hell hit top 10 this week!

Only Human fell off of #1 after only one week.

Why are Who Do You Love and Sucker in the top three? I mean, come on, who decides this?

And our #1 is… Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi! This is a great song to have at #1 and I hope it spends even more weeks at #1! Although I do know of a certain breakfast food who would disapprove of this…

Alright, so the YouTube 15 ended last week, so that’s it! That’s the post! It feels kind of weird without the YouTube 15. Ah, well. All good things come to an end. I mean, even the countdown will one day and then this community will die, (I mean, it’s dead already, but…)