Week of December 5, 2020 - Shawn Mendes (3)

Shawn Mendes (3)

Since it’s nearing the end of the year, the Countdowns are gonna be pretty inactive. We’re probably only going to have one to two debuts per week. No announcements this week. Here’s the exit.

Song We’re Saying Goodbye To

WOW - Zara Larsson (#25) [#25] {2 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (2)

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

#29: Bummerland - AJR (DEBUT) [8* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: going out - ROLE MODEL (-) [#28] {5 weeks}

#27: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-3) [#24] {3 weeks}

#26: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+3) [#26] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#25: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear (+1) [#25] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#24: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (+3) [#24] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#23: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-1) [#20] {8 weeks}

#22: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (+1) [#21] {3 weeks}

#21: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-1) [#20] {4 weeks}

#20: Dynamite - BTS (-5) [#14] {10 weeks}

#19: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (-) [#17] {8 weeks}

#18: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-) [#11] {19 weeks}

#17: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+4) [#16] {11 weeks}

#16: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (-) [#16] {5 weeks}

#15: Falling - Harry Styles (-2) [6 weeks at #1] {14 weeks}

#14: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-2) [#8] {10 weeks}

#13: Heather - Conan Gray (-2) [#6] {19 weeks}

#12: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-2) [#2] {15 weeks}

#11: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (+6) [#11] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+4) [#10] {11 weeks} *new peak*

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

#8: Bang! - AJR (-) [#3] {16 weeks}

#7: positions - Ariana Grande (-) [#7] {6 weeks}

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

#5: Save Myself - Ashe (-2) [#3] {12 weeks}

#4: Golden - Harry Styles (-) [#3] {6 weeks}

#3: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-1) [#2] {12 weeks}

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (+3) [#2] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#1: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-) [3rd week at #1] {9 weeks}

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

Countdown Extra: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

So our one and only debut this week, at #29, is Bummerland by AJR. This definitely isn’t my favourite AJR song, but that doesn’t mean that it’s bad. It’s just missing some of that over-the-top AJR charm that they have in most of their songs. Jack Met sounds good though and I like the bridge when the instruments just kind of blend together, I find that kind of cool. Anyways, this is a pretty good song, but nowhere near as good as Bang!.

Biggest DROP!!!: Dynamite - BTS (-5): I can’t believe Hits 1 isn’t making this a hit here. It should be in the top 5, not nearly out of the top 20.

Biggest Jump: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (+6): Ayyyy, I am glad that this is gonna be in the top 10 soon though.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

1 - Bad:

#29: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#28: going out - ROLE MODEL

#27: Golden - Harry Styles

2 - Mediocre:

#26: Small Talk - Niall Horan

#25: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#24: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

3 - Decent:

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

#22: Save Myself - Ashe

#21: Falling - Harry Styles

#20: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

4 - Good:

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

#18: Bummerland - AJR

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

#16: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#15: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#14: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#13: Diamonds - Sam Smith

5 - Great:

#12: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#11: you broke me first - Tate McRae

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

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#8: Dynamite - BTS

#7: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear

#6: Bang! - AJR

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

#4: positions - Ariana Grande

#3: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Overall Score: 109/150 = 73%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Save Myself - Ashe & Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear {12 weeks}

#4: Falling - Harry Styles {14 weeks}

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior {15 weeks}

#2: Bang! - AJR {16 weeks}

#1: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid & Heather - Conan Gray {19 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Coco - 24kGoldn/DaBaby

My Favourite Song Last Year: Time - NF

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus

Artist with the Most Songs on Hits 1: blackbear (4)

Hit-Bound

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [3]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [3]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [9*]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [4]

Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug [3; 2nd time*]

Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber [2]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [3]

Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV [6]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [5]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [5]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [13*]

Goodbye - Shaylen [5]

Fly Away - Tones And I [3]

Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo [3; 2nd time]

Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey [1; 2nd time]

Be Happy re-entered Hit-Bound after leaving last week. Can’t say I’m sad that it’s not totally gone, but I highly doubt it’ll re-enter the Countdown.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

1 - Bad:

#14: Never the 1 - ROSIE

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#13: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#12: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#11: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

4 - Good:

#10: Fly Away - Tones And I

#9: Goodbye - Shaylen

#8: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#7: Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey

5 - Great:

#6: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#5: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#4: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

#3: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

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

#1: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

Overall Score: 56/75 = 75%

Blurb-erland, Here I Am

Our only exit this week was WOW. I’m really glad this wasn’t a hit and I’m happy it only lasted a couple weeks.

Not too much happened this week except for one major thing. Golden didn’t move and it’s still sitting at #4. Meanwhile, Levitating is at #2. I really really hope that Levitating hits #1 soon. The best outcome of this would be that Levitating hits #1 next week, then actually blocks Golden for a couple of weeks. The worst outcome would be that Golden ends up dethroning Wonder and Levitating never gets to see the light of day. I’d even be happy if Levitating just got one week at #1. That’s all I ask.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#3: Dynamite - BTS

#4: positions - Ariana Grande

#5: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#6: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

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

#8: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#9: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

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

#11: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#17: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#18: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

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

#24: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#26: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

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

#28: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#29: Bang! - AJR

#30: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#32: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

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

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

#36: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

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

#41: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#54: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#55: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#56: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#57: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

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

#59: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#60: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#63: you broke me first - Tate McRae

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

#75: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#78: FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A.

#81: Golden - Harry Styles

#91: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#95: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#96: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#9: WHATS POPPIN - Jack Harlow

#8: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#7: Mind Is A Prison - Alec Benjamin

#6: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

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

#4: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer

#3: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#2: Save Myself - Ashe

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

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Golden - Harry Styles

#9: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#7: Bang! - AJR

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#5: Dynamite - BTS

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

#3: positions - Ariana Grande

#2: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later.

Week of November 28, 2020 - Shawn Mendes (2)

Shawn Mendes (2)

Hey guys, I’ve actually got quite a bit to talk about today. So first, the weird scheduling for this week. Since it’s Thanksgiving Weekend, Hits 1 aired the Countdown today, on a Thursday. I wasn’t too aware of this, so I planned to get my Hot 100 post dated for this weekend out tomorrow, when it would normally come out. So my Hits 1 posts will just come out before my Hot 100 post, which will definitely drop tomorrow. November Callout Scores will come shortly after that. Next, let’s talk about Year-End posts. Since this is the official end of the Billboard tracking year, Billboard and Hits 1 should get their year-end lists out really soon, at which point, I’ll do a full review of each list. After the last Countdown in December (December 26), I’ll put my Year in Review post out, which is basically just a bunch of statistics and fun stuff like that for this year. Once January rolls around, you’ll probably see my Bottom 10 Songs of 2020 post and my Top 45 Songs of 2020. If I plan anything else, I’ll let you guys know. Also, the 2019 Ultimate Rank should finish soon. I’m sorry that that took so long, but I should wrap it up soon enough. Oh also, the 2020 Ultimate Rank will start in January, at which point I’ll explain some of the changes that I made this year so that it doesn’t take so long. Wooh! I apologize for that super long intro. Here’s the exit for this week.

Song We’re Saying Goodbye To

Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey (#23) [#18] {6 weeks}

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

#30: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (-8) [#22] {2 weeks}

#29: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (-2) [#27] {2 weeks}

#28: going out - ROLE MODEL (+2) [#28] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#27: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#26: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear (-) [#26] {2 weeks}

#25: WOW - Zara Larsson (-) [#25] {2 weeks}

#24: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-) [#24] {2 weeks}

#23: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-2) [#21] {2 weeks}

#22: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+6) [#20] {7 weeks}

#21: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-5) [#16] {10 weeks}

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

#19: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (-2) [#17] {7 weeks}

#18: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-3) [#11] {18 weeks}

#17: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (+2) [#17] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (+13) [#16] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#15: Dynamite - BTS (-1) [#14] {9 weeks}

#14: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-3) [#11] {10 weeks}

#13: Falling - Harry Styles (-3) [6 weeks at #1] {13 weeks}

#12: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-3) [#8] {9 weeks}

#11: Heather - Conan Gray (+2) [#6] {18 weeks}

#10: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-6) [#2] {14 weeks}

#9: you broke me first - Tate McRae (+9) [#7] {9 weeks}

#8: Bang! - AJR (-1) [#3] {15 weeks}

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

#6: Small Talk - Niall Horan (-1) [#5] {6 weeks}

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (+1) [#5] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#4: Golden - Harry Styles (-1) [#3] {5 weeks}

#3: Save Myself - Ashe (+5) [#3] {11 weeks} *new peak*

#2: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-) [#2] {11 weeks}

#1: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-) [2nd week at #1] {8 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi [3/3 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

Our only debut this week is the second single from Miley Cyrus’ upcoming album, Plastic Hearts. This one’s called Prisoner and it features Dua Lipa. It sounds like Miley’s album’s gonna be super based on 80s music and since Dua Lipa released a pretty 80s-sounding album, Future Nostalgia, earlier this year, she really fits here. I’m not too sure if I’m entirely on board with 80s Miley Cyrus, as I don’t think her voice works too well with that type of production. As for Dua Lipa, I’ve made it pretty clear on this blog that I like her with 80s music. My other problem with this song other than Miley Cyrus is the fact that the chorus is pretty much exactly the same as Physical by Olivia Newton-John. Maybe not the entire chorus, but definitely the “Prisoner, prisoner” part and I find it odd how Miley couldn’t think of an original melody. Still a good song though.

Biggest DROP!!!: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (-8): Aww, that sucks that this song dropped to the very bottom of the Countdown on its second week. However, the bottom spot isn’t off the Countdown, so I still hold hope.

Biggest Jump: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (+13): That’s good that this is getting success. It’s fading on me a bit, but I’m still happy that it’s in the top 15.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

1 - Bad:

#29: going out - ROLE MODEL

#28: Golden - Harry Styles

#27: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#26: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

2 - Mediocre:

#25: Small Talk - Niall Horan

#24: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#23: WOW - Zara Larsson

3 - Decent:

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

#21: Save Myself - Ashe

#20: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#19: Falling - Harry Styles

4 - Good:

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

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

#16: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#15: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#14: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#13: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#12: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#11: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

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

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#8: Dynamite - BTS

#7: Bang! - AJR

#6: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear

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

#4: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#3: positions - Ariana Grande

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Overall Score: 106/150 = 71%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Save Myself - Ashe & Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear {11 weeks}

#4: Falling - Harry Styles {13 weeks}

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior {14 weeks}

#2: Bang! - AJR {15 weeks}

#1: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid & Heather - Conan Gray {18 weeks}

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

My Favourite Song Last Year: Time - NF

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Starboy - The Weeknd/Daft Punk

Artists with the Most Songs on Hits 1: blackbear & Justin Bieber (3)

Hit-Bound

Never the 1 - ROSIE [4]

Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV [5]

Fly Away - Tones And I [2]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [4]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [2]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [2]

Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo [2; 2nd time]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [3]

Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber [1]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [2]

Bummerland - AJR [8*]

Goodbye - Shaylen [4]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [8*]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [12*]

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

Our only Hit-Bound debut this week is an extremely Canadian collaboration and I’m actually quite surprised it hasn’t happened yet. This song, Monster will probably appear on both Shawn Mendes’ upcoming album, Wonder and Justin Bieber’s upcoming untitled album. This song is fantastic. I expected it to be pretty upbeat, but I’m actually glad that it’s not. I like the direction they took with this much more than I thought I would. It actually sounds quite pop-rock and it’s got some pretty groovy production in the chorus. Shawn and Justin both sound fantastic and their voices actually blend pretty well together. I’m really excited for this song’s chart run and both of these albums. Great song.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#14: Never the 1 - ROSIE

3 - Decent:

#13: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#12: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#11: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

4 - Good:

#10: Fly Away - Tones And I

#9: Bummerland - AJR

#8: Goodbye - Shaylen

#7: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

5 - Great:

#6: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#5: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#4: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

#3: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

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

#1: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

Overall Score: 57/75 (Hee hee, palindrome) = 76%

Prisoner, Prisoner, Blurbed Up Can’t Get You Off My Mind, Off My Mind

It was actually a pretty active week this week despite it being a short week. So there should be quite a few blurbs.

So our only exit this week was Be Happy. I liked this song although I never found it great, but I kind of wished that it did better here.

We also had a Hit-Bound exit this week, FRANCHISE. I’m quite sad that this flopped, as it was a good song and it would’ve been cool to see it on the Countdown. Also, it would’ve given both Travis Scott and Young Thug two songs on the Countdown this year. (Take What You Want and Go Crazy)

Lonely dropped a couple of spots this week. Meh. I honestly don’t care that much.

What You Know Bout Love actually jumped up to #22 this week, which is really surprising. It’s having a weird run.

Holy isn’t doing well, which sucks because it’s actually a hit.

Falling dropped out of the top 10. Hunh. Hopefully, this leaves soon, because I’m kind of sick of it.

Heather jumped? Really? This needs to leave soon.

What the heck? Why is Mood almost out of the top 10? It’s such a huge hit right now and it deserves to be spending at least its third week at #1 this week, not almost out of the top 10 entirely.

Both you broke me first and positions jumped into the top 10 this week. I’m super glad that these are here, especially the latter since I’ve been enjoying it A LOT lately.

Levitating swapped places with Small Talk!!! How could Hits 1 even let this happen? This is amazing!

Golden by Harry “The King of Hits 1” Styles… dropped? You mean… before it hit #1 for over five weeks in a row? This is practically unheard of.

So Save Myself is up at #3? Okay? I guess I’ll take it. There’s definitely better that could be here.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#2: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#3: positions - Ariana Grande

#4: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

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

#6: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

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

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

#12: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#13: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#14: Dynamite - BTS

#17: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#18: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

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

#20: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#21: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

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

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

#24: Bang! - AJR

#26: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#27: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

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

#32: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#37: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#44: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#47: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#48: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#49: Adore You - Harry Styles

#51: you broke me first - Tate McRae

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

#58: FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A.

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

#63: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#65: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#77: Golden - Harry Styles

#83: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

#84: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#87: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#88: Heather - Conan Gray

#94: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#96: Tap In - Saweetie

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#9: Golden - Harry Styles

#8: exile - Taylor Swift/Bon Iver

#7: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#6: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#5: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

#4: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#3: going out - ROLE MODEL

#2: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#1: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Golden - Harry Styles

#9: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#7: Bang! - AJR

#6: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#4: positions - Ariana Grande

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

#2: Dynamite - BTS

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all tomorrow!

Week of November 21, 2020 - Shawn Mendes (1)

Shawn Mendes (1)

It was a super eventful week this week. I wouldn’t necessarily say good, but any week where a One Direction member isn’t #1 is MUCH better than bad. So, here’s the long list of exits for this week:

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo (#27) [#27] {4 weeks}

Mad at Disney - salem ilese (#25) [#21] {5 weeks}

Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (#24) [#24] {3 weeks}

I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (#23) [#3] {23 weeks}

Kings & Queens - Ava Max (#21) [#2] {20 weeks}

Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer (#12) [#2] {12 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Falling - Harry Styles (6)

#30: going out - ROLE MODEL (-) [#30] {3 weeks}

#29: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (-3) [#26] {3 weeks}

#28: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-8) [#20] {6 weeks}

#27: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (DEBUT) [5* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#26: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear (DEBUT) [5* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#25: WOW - Zara Larsson (DEBUT) [9** weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#24: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#23: Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey (-5) [#18] {6 weeks}

#22: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#21: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#20: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (+8) [#20] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (+10) [#19] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#18: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-2) [#7] {8 weeks}

#17: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (+5) [#17] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+3) [#16] {9 weeks}

#15: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-1) [#11] {17 weeks}

#14: Dynamite - BTS (+1) [#14] {8 weeks}

#13: Heather - Conan Gray (-6) [#6] {17 weeks}

#12: positions - Ariana Grande (-1) [#11] {4 weeks}

#11: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+6) [#11] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Falling - Harry Styles (-9) [6 weeks at #1] {12 weeks}

#9: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-1) [#8] {8 weeks}

#8: Save Myself - Ashe (+1) [#8] {10 weeks} *new peak*

#7: Bang! - AJR (-2) [#3] {14 weeks}

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (+7) [#6] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#5: Small Talk - Niall Horan (+1) [#5] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#4: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [#2] {13 weeks}

#3: Golden - Harry Styles (+7) [#3] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#2: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-) [#2] {10 weeks}

#1: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (+2) [1st week at #1] {7 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year’s #1: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [2/2 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Bummerland - AJR

The lowest debut this week is the second single from Justin Bieber’s upcoming untitled studio album. It’s called Lonely and he decided to collaborate with benny blanco and the uncredited FINNEAS on this song. I seriously don’t think benny blanco should be credited here, as he adds essentially nothing. I think this song’s kind of boring, although Justin definitely sounds decent in the verses. My main issue with this song is in the chorus when he’s singing “Loo-oo-oo-oo-oonely” and it actually sounds like he’s yodelling. Other than that, the lyrics are good and everything, but this still isn’t that great of a song.

So blackbear scores yet another song on the Weekend Countdown this week, despite this song getting little airplay this week. It’s Hate The Way with G-Eazy. I don’t really think that G-Eazy is that talented and his rapping has absolutely no tune to it and he’s essentially just talking. blackbear’s hook here is pretty good though and I really like it. It’s funny, there’s so much blackbear on Hits 1, but I still actually quite like his stuff. Overall, I still think this is good, but I think G-Eazy brings down the song a lot.

Wow, I actually can’t believe that this next song debuted. Yes, pun definitely intended. I’m talking about WOW by Zara Larsson, debuting at #25. I don’t really love this song. I definitely think Zara Larsson is talented and I really like her voice a lot. I think she does really well in the verses here. Key word being “verses”, because the drop is really bad. It was made by Marshmello and it’s pitched weirdly and has some weird bass effects. So yeah, I hope this doesn’t do well and it should’ve dropped out of Hit-Bound when it did.

Our fourth debut in a row is the first song from The Weeknd that I get to review today. It’s called Save Your Tears. This is not one of the strongest singles from After Hours. It’s the third 80s-sounding song released from that album and it’s definitely the worst. I find this song kind of boring and forgettable. He doesn’t sound fantastic in the chorus, but this is definitely more upbeat than his recent collaborations with Calvin Harris and Ariana Grande, so it’s better.

The second debut this week that only spent a week in Hit-Bound comes up next, HOLIDAY by Lil Nas X. I’m pretty sure I like this more than Panini now. I actually really like Lil Nas X’s rapping voice and here it’s definitely good. The chorus is really catchy and the production’s cool. Good song.

Our highest debut this week comes from Billie Eilish and this new one’s called Therefore I Am. Um… this isn’t absolutely horrible? It’s for sure not good though. The chorus is actually pretty solid and is pretty much on par with all the good girls go to hell. As for the verses, that’s a completely different story. She’s doing her whisper- uh… singing? No. Whisper-talking. Which I guess is technically just whispering. Okay, I’ve just confused myself now. Boy, I do that a lot.

Best Debut: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

Biggest DROP!!!: Falling - Harry Styles (-9): Yaaaaaaaaay! We actually have a week where Harry Styles isn’t #1!!! This stayed at #1 for way too long and I’m glad it’s almost out of the top 10 entirely. Hopefully we get a couple of weeks before Golden hits #1.

Biggest Jump: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (+10): Oh, that’s good! I didn’t expect this song to jump that much, but I’m super happy that it did and I hope it does really well here.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

1 - Bad:

#29: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#28: Golden - Harry Styles

#27: going out - ROLE MODEL

#26: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

2 - Mediocre:

#25: Small Talk - Niall Horan

#24: WOW - Zara Larsson

#23: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

3 - Decent:

#22: Save Myself - Ashe

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

#20: Falling - Harry Styles

#19: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

4 - Good:

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

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

#16: Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey

#15: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#14: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#13: Diamonds - Sam Smith

5 - Great:

#12: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#11: you broke me first - Tate McRae

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

#9: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear

#8: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#7: Dynamite - BTS

#6: positions - Ariana Grande

#5: Bang! - AJR

#4: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

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

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Overall Score: 106/150 = 71%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Save Myself - Ashe & Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear {10 weeks}

#4: Falling - Harry Styles {12 weeks}

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior {13 weeks}

#2: Bang! - AJR {14 weeks}

#1: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid & Heather - Conan Gray {17 weeks}

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

My Favourite Song Last Year: Time - NF

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Play That Song - Train

Artist with the Most Songs on Hits 1: blackbear (4)

Hit-Bound

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [1]

Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV [4]

Goodbye - Shaylen [3]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [7*]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [11*]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [3]

Bummerland - AJR [7*]

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. [9*]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [3]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [2]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [1]

Fly Away - Tones And I [1]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [1]

Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug [1; 2nd time*]

Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo [1; 2nd time]

Our first new song this week is by Clinton Kane. It's called Fix It to Break It and I like it. This song’s a bit slower, but it’s not boring, which is really good. The production actually evolves kind of nicely and I like Clinton Kane’s voice. I can definitely see this moving into green next week. I hope this debuts, but it doesn’t sound like the type of song that would.

I’m really excited that this next song is on Hit-Bound, Maluma’s Hawái, except a remix with The Weeknd. As I said yesterday, I wasn’t disappointed with The Weeknd’s performance here, because this was exactly what I was expecting. So I think The Weeknd actually added a lot to this song and I like Maluma’s voice. The song itself is pretty interesting and I like the chorus a lot. Even though I legit can’t understand any of it except for the stuff in the chorus and the word “Instagramo”.

So Tones And I brings a fourth song to Hits 1 this week. Will this be her second Countdown debut? No, definitely not. It’s probably gonna drop out of Hit-Bound like Bad Child and Ur So F**kInG cOoL. This is probably the worst out of all of her songs, but I still like it. I like her voice and I find it pretty cool, but the chorus here just doesn’t have much substance to it and the verses aren’t that interesting. That being said, it’s still a good song.

If anybody remembers Undrunk from last year, the artist from that song, FLETCHER, scores another song on Hits 1 this week. It’s called Bitter and it’s with Kito, who I think did the production here. They said that this was the Trevor Daniel remix, but they just played the original song, so it may switch in the next couple of weeks, but I don’t know. This is a good song. I definitely don’t think FLETCHER sounds nearly as good as she did in Undrunk, but the production here is cool and she definitely doesn’t sound bad. I don’t really like when it goes: “I’m bitter- I’m bitter- I’m bitter- I’m bitter” but it’s still a good song. (Also, don't judge how much I like this song based on where I ranked it on Hunter's rankdown. Just putting that out there.)

Both Go Crazy and Haunt You left the Countdown and went to Hit-Bound this week. I’m sad that Go Crazy didn’t stick around for too long and I really hope that it re-enters the Countdown soon. As for Haunt You, I find it funny how it left the Countdown as soon as they stopped pushing it and that shouldn’t have happened to Let There Be Love.

Best Debut: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#14: Never the 1 - ROSIE

3 - Decent:

#13: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#12: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#11: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

4 - Good:

#10: Fly Away - Tones And I

#9: Bummerland - AJR

#8: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#7: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#6: FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A.

#5: Goodbye - Shaylen

5 - Great:

#4: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#3: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

#2: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

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

Overall Score: 55/75 = 73%

Save Your Blurbs for Another Day

Our exits other than the two I already talked about this week are: Mad at Disney, I Hope, Kings & Queens and Wildflower. I’m kind of sad that Mad at Disney left, but it was admittedly kind of forgettable, so it makes sense why it’s gone. As for the other three, they were all old, so I’m not disappointed.

Both Take You Dancing and What You Know Bout Love fell to the bottom three this week and I think both of them deserve to be much higher than that.

Okay, why is Put Your Records On actually becoming a hit? Does anybody actually like this song because I really don’t understand the appeal.

Yay, Heather is starting to drop! This stayed for way too long and should’ve left many months ago.

Diamonds is actually close to the top 10 and I’m happy, but this song is starting to fade on me. I just don’t like it as much as I used to.

Levitating is actually really close to the top 5 and I seriously hope that this can make it to #1, but I bet it’ll just be blocked by Golden.

Speaking of Golden, does this really need to be at #3? This makes more sense than Falling, as this is actually a single, but seriously? This is just way too much.

Our new #1 this week is Wonder by Shawn Mendes. Alright, it’s better than Harry Styles. It’s definitely not the best song in the top 10 right now, Mood should be #1 for many reasons, but I’ll take this instead.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#2: positions - Ariana Grande

#3: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

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

#5: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

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

#7: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

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

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

#13: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#14: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#15: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#16: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#17: Dynamite - BTS

#18: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

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

#21: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

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

#24: Bang! - AJR

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

#26: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#28: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#30: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#32: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#38: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#40: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#43: Adore You - Harry Styles

#44: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#46: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek

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

#50: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#55: FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A.

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

#63: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#64: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

#70: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#78: Golden - Harry Styles

#79: Heather - Conan Gray

#82: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#86: Tap In - Saweetie

#94: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#96: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Mind Is A Prison - Alec Benjamin

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

#8: KIngs & Queens - Ava Max

#7: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#6: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

#5: Toosie Slide - Drake

#4: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#3: Save Myself - Ashe

#2: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer

#1: Diamonds - Sam Smith

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Golden - Harry Styles

#9: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#8: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#7: Bang! - AJR

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#5: positions - Ariana Grande

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

#3: Dynamite - BTS

#2: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later.