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

24kGoldn/iann dior (6)

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

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Top 5 Picks

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

My Bottom 5 Picks

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

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:

#20: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

1 - Bad:

#19: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

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

#17: Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano

#16: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

4 - Good:

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

#14: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

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

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

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

#10: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#9: DÁKITI - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez

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

5 - Great:

#7: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#6: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#5: Dynamite - BTS

#4: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

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

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 77/100 = 77%

On the Verge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

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

#14: Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane

#12: TE MUDASTE - Bad Bunny

#11: Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

3 - Decent:

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

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

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

#7: Better Together - Luke Combs

4 - Good:

#6: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#5: Diamonds - Sam Smith

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

5 - Great:

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

#2: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#1: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

Overall Score: 47/75 = 63%

Last Blurb-mas I Gave You My Heart

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

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

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

Haha Life Goes On BEEG FLOP.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If the Countdown Made Sense: Week of December 12, 2020 - 24kGoldn/iann dior (7)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Falling - Harry Styles (#30) [#16] {12 weeks}

Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (#25) [#25] {2 weeks}

Heather - Conan Gray (#24) [#21] {16 weeks} [x2]

Small Talk - Niall Horan (#21) [#20] {6 weeks}

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

#30: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-1) [8 weeks at #1] {31 weeks} {N/A}

#29: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (RE-ENTRY) [#17] {11 weeks} {N/A}

#28: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (-) [#2] {16 weeks} {N/A}

#27: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-) [#2] {34 weeks} {N/A}

#26: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-) [#2] {21 weeks} {N/A}

#25: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {-3}

#24: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (DEBUT) [7 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {-7}

#23: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (DEBUT) [4 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {+4}

#22: Save Myself - Ashe (-2) [#18] {9 weeks} {-15}

#21: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-3) [#17] {11 weeks} {-15}

#20: Fallin' (Adrenaline) - Why Don't We (-6) [#11] {8 weeks} {-12}

#19: you broke me first - Tate McRae (+4) [#19] {7 weeks} {-8} *new peak*

#18: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-6) [#8] {9 weeks} {-15}

#17: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (+2) [#17] {4 weeks} {N/A} *new peak*

#16: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-) [#12] {7 weeks} {N/A}

#15: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+7) [#15] {6 weeks} {-5}

#14: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (+1) [#14] {5 weeks} {+5}

#13: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (+4) [#13] {2 weeks} {+15} *new peak*

#12: Baby, I'm Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (+1) [#12] {6 weeks} {+3} *new peak*

#11: Golden - Harry Styles (-1) [#10] {6 weeks} {-10}

#10: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+1) [#10] {7 weeks} {+14} *new peak*

#9: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-) [#9] {4 weeks} {-5}

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-) [#8] {11 weeks} {+1}

#7: Bang! - AJR (-) [#7] {17 weeks} {+11}

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [#5] {9 weeks} {-4}

#5: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-1) [#3] {20 weeks} {+9}

#4: Dynamite - BTS (+1) [#2] {16 weeks} {+9}

#3: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-1) [#2] {12 weeks} {+13}

#2: positions - Ariana Grande (+1) [#2] {7 weeks} {+3} *new peak*

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [7th week at #1] {15 weeks} {+11}

Biggest DROP!!!: Fallin' (Adrenaline) - Why Don't We & Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-6)

Biggest Jump: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+7)

Hit-Bound

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [4]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [6]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [10]

Bummerland - AJR [10]

Deep End - Foushée [1]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [4]

Fly Away - Tones And I [4]

going out - ROLE MODEL [6]

Goodbye - Shaylen [6]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [4]

Holding On - iann dior [1]

Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur [2]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [6]

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

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [14]

Save Your Tears - The Weeknd [5]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI [1]

What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke [10]

willow - Taylor Swift [1]

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later.

If the Countdown Made Sense: Week of December 5, 2020 - 24kGoldn/iann dior (6)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (#30) [3 weeks at #1] {20 weeks}

WOW - Zara Larsson (#24) [#24] {2 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (5)

#30: Falling - Harry Styles (-2) [#16] {12 weeks} {-15}

#29: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (RE-ENTRY) [8 weeks at #1] {30 weeks} {N/A}

#28: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (-1) [#2] {15 weeks} {N/A}

#27: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (+2) [#2] {#2] {33 weeks} {N/A}

#26: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-) [#2] {20 weeks} {N/A}

#25: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (-) [#25] {2 weeks} {N/A}

#24: Heather - Conan Gray (-1) [#21] {16 weeks} {-11}

#23: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-1) [#21] {6 weeks} {-14}

#22: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-2) [#15] {5 weeks} {-8}

#21: Small Talk - Niall Horan (-) [#20] {6 weeks} {-15}

#20: Save Myself - Ashe (-2) [#18] {8 weeks} {-15}

#19: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-) [#18] {3 weeks} {N/A}

#18: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-1) [#17] {10 weeks} {-15}

#17: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {N/A}

#16: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-) [#12] {6 weeks} {N/A}

#15: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (-) [#14] {4 weeks} {+1}

#14: Fallin' (Adrenaline) - Why Don't We (-2) [#11] {7 weeks} {-3}

#13: Baby, I'm Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (-) [#13] {5 weeks} {+6}

#12: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-3) [#8] {8 weeks} {-11}

#11: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+3) [#11] {6 weeks} {+15} *new peak*

#10: Golden - Harry Styles (-) [#10] {5 weeks} {-6}

#9: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (+2) [#9] {3 weeks} {+13} *new peak*

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-) [#8] {10 weeks} {+2}

#7: Bang! - AJR (-) [#7] {16 weeks} {+1}

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-1) [#5] {8 weeks} {-4}

#5: Dynamite - BTS (-3) [#2] [15 weeks} {+15}

#4: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-1) [#3] {19 weeks} {+14}

#3: positions - Ariana Grande (+1) [#3] {6 weeks} {+4} *new peak*

#2: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+4) [#2] {11 weeks} {+15}

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [6th week at #1] {14 weeks} {+11}

Biggest DROP!!!: Wonder - Shawn Mendes & Dynamite - BTS (-3)

Biggest Jump: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+4)

Hit-Bound

Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D'Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey [19]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [3]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [5]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [9]

Bummerland - AJR [9]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [3]

Fly Away - Tones And I [3]

going out - ROLE MODEL [5]

Goodbye - Shaylen [5]

Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear [8]

Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo [9]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [3]

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X [4]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [5]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [13]

Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa [2]

Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney [7]

Save Your Tears - The Weeknd [4]

What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke [9]

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all very soon.

Callout Scores: November 2020 - BTS (1) & 24kGoldn/iann dior (2)

If you were looking for my Weekend Countdown or Hot 100 posts, you just have to scroll down a bit.

Okay, welcome to another edition of Callout Scores! Rather than run through all the songs that are here, I thought I'd just give the rules. Here are the songs that are being selected:

1. Any song that hit the top 15 on the Weekend Countdown any time in November.

2. Any song that debuted the Weekend Countdown any time in November.

3. Any song that debuted Hit-Bound any time in November.

4. Any song that re-entered either the Weekend Countdown or Hit-Bound that didn't play at all last month.

5. Any song we ranked in the top 5 for last month's Callout Scores that played in either show this month.

6. Any Countdown Extra any time in November.

Here's Part 1 and Part 2.

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Wooh! Eight responses! Thanks so much you guys!

#1: Dynamite - BTS: POS: 100, LOVE: 75, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 212.5)

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior: POS: 100, LOVE: 75, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 212.5)

#3: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 62.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 181.25)

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby: POS: 100, LOVE: 50, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 175)

#5: positions - Ariana Grande: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 62.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 162.5)

#5: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 50, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 162.5)

#7: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X: POS: 75, LOVE: 50, NEG: 0, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 131.25)

#8: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 50, NEG: 0, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: 125)

#8: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 37.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 125)

#8: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 25, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 125)

#11: Mad at Disney - salem ilese: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 37.5, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 112.5)

#12: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 106.25)

#13: Bang! - AJR: POS: 75, LOVE: 37.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: 93.75)

#13: you broke me first - Tate McRae: POS: 75, LOVE: 37.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: 93.75)

#13: 34+35 - Ariana Grande: POS: 50, LOVE: 37.5, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 93.75)

#16: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV: POS: 62.5, LOVE: 37.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 75 (Score: 89.0625)

#17: Fallin' (Adrenaline) - Why Don't We: POS: 75, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 75)

#18: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito: POS: 75, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 75 (Score: 70.3125)

#19: Bummerland - AJR: POS: 62.5, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 0, FAM: 100 (Score: 68.75)

#19: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear: POS: 75, LOVE: 37.5, NEG: 25, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: 68.75)

#21: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber: POS: 50, LOVE: 25, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 75 (Score: 65.625)

#22: Diamonds - Sam Smith: POS: 75, LOVE: 25, NEG: 0, BURN: 37.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 56.25)

#23: Goodbye - Shaylen: POS: 62.5, LOVE: 0, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 87.5 (Score: 54.6875)

#24: Fly Away - Tones And I: POS: 50, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 75 (Score: 51.5625)

#25: Kings & Queens - Ava Max: POS: 87.5, LOVE: 37.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 62.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 50)

#25: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus: POS: 62.5, LOVE: 25, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: 50)

#25: Wonder - Shawn Mendes: POS: 62.5, LOVE: 25, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: 50)

#28: WOW - Zara Larsson: POS: 25, LOVE: 25, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 31.25)

#29: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid: POS: 62.5, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 0, BURN: 37.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 25)

#30: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear: POS: 37.5, LOVE: 0, NEG: 0, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 18.75)

#31: Never the 1 - ROSIE: POS: 12.5, LOVE: 0, NEG: 0, BURN: 0, FAM: 62.5 (Score: 7.8125)

#32: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane: POS: 25, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 25, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 62.5 (Score: 0)

#32: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd: POS: 12.5, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 75 (Score: 0)

#32: Save Myself - Ashe: POS: 50, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 37.5, FAM: 100 (Score: 0)

#35: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent: POS: 25, LOVE: 0, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 100 (Score: -6.25)

#36: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur: POS: 25, LOVE: 25, NEG: 37.5, BURN: 25, FAM: 62.5 (Score: -7.8125)

#37: Golden - Harry Styles: POS: 62.5, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 37.5, BURN: 37.5, FAM: 100 (Score: -12.5)

#37: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish: POS: 37.5, LOVE: 25, NEG: 50, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: -12.5)

#39: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA: POS: 25, LOVE: 0, NEG: 25, BURN: 12.5, FAM: 87.5 (Score: -16.40625)

#40: going out - ROLE MODEL: POS: 37.5, LOVE: 0, NEG: 37.5, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: -37.5)

#41: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco: POS: 25, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 50, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: -43.75)

#42: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney: POS: 25, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 62.5, BURN: 25, FAM: 100 (Score: -56.25)

#42: Small Talk - Niall Horan: POS: 12.5, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 12.5, BURN: 50, FAM: 100 (Score: -56.25)

#44: Falling - Harry Styles: POS: 50, LOVE: 25, NEG: 25, BURN: 87.5, FAM: 100 (Score: -68.75)

#45: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer: POS: 25, LOVE: 0, NEG: 0, BURN: 75, FAM: 100 (Score: -87.5)

#46: Heather - Conan Gray: POS: 25, LOVE: 12.5, NEG: 75, BURN: 75, FAM: 100 (Score: -143.75)

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all soon.

Hot 100 Top 40: Week of November 28, 2020 - 24kGoldn/iann dior (5)

24kGoldn/iann dior (5)

With my super-long intro yesterday, there's not much else I have to put here except that you should definitely go check out Waffle's 2020 Hit-Bound Dropouts Rankdown, which you can find the link for here. Here's our list of exits this week!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Diamonds - Sam Smith (#40) [#40] {1 week}

Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (#38) [#2] {18 weeks}

What That Speed Bout!? - Mike WiLL Made-It/Nicki Minaj/YoungBoy Never Broke Again (#35) [#35] {1 week}

Got What I Got - Jason Aldean (#34) [#16] {12 weeks}

Wonder - Shawn Mendes (#32) [#18] {6 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (4)

#40: Forever After All - Luke Combs (-13) [#2] {4 weeks}
#39: Better Together - Luke Combs (-) [#30] {3 weeks}
#38: Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani (-2) [#36] {2 weeks}

#37: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#36: Pretty Heart - Parker McCollum (+1) [#36] {3 weeks} *new peak*
#35: Love You Like I Used To - Russell Dickerson (-4) [#31] {4 weeks}
#34: ONE BEER - HARDY/Lauren Alaina/Devin Dawson (-1) [#33] {5 weeks}
#33: One Of Them Girls - Lee Brice (-4) [#17] {12 weeks}
#32: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-4) [#25] {7 weeks}

#31: Drankin N Smokin - Future/Lil Uzi Vert (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#30: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne (-5) [#2] {32 weeks}

#29: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (RE-ENTRY) [3 weeks at #1] {37 weeks}

#28: Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo (-6) [#17] {8 weeks}
#27: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (+3) [#8] {3 weeks}
#26: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (-5) [#14] {5 weeks}
#25: Starting Over - Chris Stapleton (DEBUT) [2 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}
#24: Bang! - AJR (-) [#24] {9 weeks}
#23: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (-) [#23] {8 weeks}
#22: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd (-10) [#12] {2 weeks}
#21: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (-3) [1 week at #1] {25 weeks}
#20: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (+6) [#20] {3 weeks} *new peak*
#19: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (+1) [#19] {15 weeks}
#18: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (-2) [#9] {28 weeks}
#17: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (-3) [7 weeks at #1] {31 weeks}
#16: WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion (-5) [4 weeks at #1] {15 weeks}
#15: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen (+4) [#15] {10 weeks} *new peak*
#14: Dynamite - BTS (+3) [3 weeks at #1] {13 weeks}
#13: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (+2) [#13] {8 weeks} *new peak*
#12: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+1) [#9] {24 weeks}
#11: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (-2) [1 week at #1] {21 weeks}

#10: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (-) [#6] {20 weeks}

#9: Dakiti - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez (-1) [#8] {3 weeks}

#8: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (-2) [#6] {11 weeks}

#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-2) [4 weeks at #1] {47 weeks}

#6: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+1) [#3] {9 weeks}

#5: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (-1) [#2] {14 weeks}

#4: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-1) [#3] {36 weeks}

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

#2: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [5th week at #1] {14 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Circles - Post Malone [1/3 weeks at #1]

Aw, I was hoping that this first song would debut MUCH higher. Instead, HOLIDAY by Lil Nas X debuted at #37 this week. This is a fantastic song and it deserves to be higher. I've already talked about this quite a bit: I love the production here, Lil Nas X sounds great and I love the lyrics. I hope this jumps in the next few weeks.

So Future and Lil Uzi Vert released an album together this week, Pluto x Baby Pluto. So there's only one song here, then three On the Verge. The single is called Drankin N Smokin and this is actually quite good. Both artists deliver a pretty good performance and even though it's pretty forgettable, the production is still good and I like it.

So I guess it's time for the holidays again, as Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You re-entered the Top 40 this week. (By the way, the number of weeks is probably not right. I tried figuring it out, but it took a lot of time, then I screwed up. So you'll probably get a more... um... right number next week.) This is hands-down the most popular Christmas song of all time, as it actually hit #1 around this time last year. I'd say it holds that title for pretty good reason. Mariah Carey sounds good and the song's ridiculously catchy. Good song.

So Chris Stapleton debuts this week with his new song Starting Over. This grew on me a tiny bit. Mostly just because I don't hate his voice and the melody's really well-done. But, I still find this song kind of boring and forgettable. The guitar's kind of bland and there's not too much production. Mediocre song.

So this new Billie Eilish song actually debuted the Hot 100 last week at #96, because it was released on a Thursday, so it got a couple days of tracking. So now, it jumps all the way up to #2 with its first full week of tracking. Anyways, this isn't her worst, but it's still not good by any means. The only reason I say it isn't horrible is because the chorus slaps. But, the verses just bring down this song SO MUCH. She's literally just whispering. She's not even singing. I'm glad that Mood could block this from being #1 though.

Best Debut: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

Biggest DROP!!!: Forever After All - Luke Combs (-13): Hunh, I didn't expect this to not do well at all. Whatever, I don't care about it that much.

Biggest Jump: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (+6): YES this is in the top 20! Hopefully this makes it to the top 10 really soon, because I really want it to be a huge hit.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: positions - Ariana Grande
#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby
#3: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X
#2: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV
#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

My Bottom 5 Picks

#5: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish
#4: Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani
#3: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee
#2: Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo
#1: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:

#20: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen

1 - Bad:

#19: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#18: WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion

3 - Decent:

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

#16: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#15: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

4 - Good:

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

#13: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#12: Dakiti - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez

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

5 - Great:

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

#9: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#8: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#7: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#6: Dynamite - BTS

#5: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#4: positions - Ariana Grande

#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

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

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Overall Score: 78/100 = 78%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch {31 weeks}
#4: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne {32 weeks}
#3: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth {36 weeks}
#2: All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey {37 weeks}
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd {47 weeks}

Artists with the Most Songs on This Post: DaBaby, Future & Lil Uzi Vert (4)

On the Verge

Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane (#42) [2]

pov - Ariana Grande (#45) [2; 2nd time*]

Stripes Like Burberry - Future/Lil Uzi Vert (#46) [1]

Diamonds - Sam Smith (#48) [1; 2nd time]

That's It - Future/Lil Uzi Vert (#50) [1]

you broke me first - Tate McRae (#51) [8]

I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay (#52) [14]

Real Baby Pluto - Future/Lil Uzi Vert (#54) [1]

Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi (#55) [2]

Mr. Right Now - 21 Savage/Metro Boomin/Drake (#56) [5; 2nd time*]

Iris - Phoebe Bridgers/Maggie Rogers (#57) [1]

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. (#58) [4; 2nd time*]

my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (#59) [6; 2nd time]

Took Her To The O - King Von (#60) [2]

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

Our next Future and Lil Uzi Vert song is called Stripes Like Burberry. This is the best song from this album that we got this week. I really like the chorus. The verses are only alright, but the chorus is really good. The production's decent and both artists here sound good. Not much else to say here.

So Diamonds left the Top 40 after only one week at #40. Whatever, I guess.

The next song from Pluto x Baby Pluto is called That's It. Meh. There's literally nothing that sticks out here or is all that interesting. That being said, both Future and Uzi Vert both sound good and the production exits, so this is decent.

The last song from that album is called Real Baby Pluto. This is good. I actually quite like the flow from both artists here. The production's good too. Not much else to say.

So because Joe Biden won the US election, Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rogers released a cover of Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls for one day for sale only. Unfortunately, that means that this song isn't on Spotify, so I searched YouTube for as much as I could hear. The original is definitely better. I don't think that Phoebe and Maggie do a bad job with this, I just think the original's much better. The harmonies here could be a lot tighter and a few more takes would've benefited this. Still a good cover though, they both sound quite good.

Best Debut: Stripes Like Burberry - Future/Lil Uzi Vert

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

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

2 - Mediocre:

#14: B.S. - Jhené Aiko/H.E.R.

#13: Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane

#12: Took Her To The O - King Von

3 - Decent:

#11: That's It - Future/Lil Uzi Vert

4 - Good:

#10: Real Baby Pluto - Future/Lil Uzi Vert

#9: Mr. Right Now - 21 Savage/Metro Boomin/Drake

#8: Iris - Phoebe Bridgers/Maggie Rogers

#7: Stripes Like Burberry - Future/21 Savage

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

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

#4: Diamonds - Sam Smith

5 - Great:

#3: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#2: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#1: pov - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 53/75 = 71%

Ay, It's a Blurb-iday

Other than Diamonds, we lost Come & Go, What That Speed Bout!?, Got What I Got and Wonder. I'm sad Come & Go didn't do too well, I'm not too surprised that a Nicki Minaj song didn't do well, Got What I Got was never good and I'm sad that Wonder wasn't really a hit.

For On the Verge, we lost Everywhere But On by Matt Stell, Tyler Herro by Jack Harlow and SO DONE by The Kid LAROI. I don't care about Everywhere But On, but I'm really sad that Tyler Herro and SO DONE are gone.

34+35 jumped this week, which I find a little surprising, since I didn't think it would be the type of song that would rebound from an album bomb, even despite being released as a single.

Hawái dropped ten spots this week, which I don't find all too surprising.

Lemonade... dropped? Hunh. How is that even possible?

Mood held at #1 this week, which I honestly didn't expect. Definitely happy though.

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

What That Speed Bout!? - Mike WiLL Made-It/Nicki Minaj/YoungBoy Never Broke Again (#35) [#35] {1 week}

Rags2Riches - Rod Wave/ATR Son Son (#42) [#12] {19 weeks}

Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek (#46) [#4] {24 weeks}

Lovin' On You - Luke Combs (#51) [#23] {20 weeks}

motive - Ariana Grande/Doja Cat (#80) [#32] {2 weeks}

off the table - Ariana Grande/The Weeknd (#95) [#35] {2 weeks}

just like magic - Ariana Grande (#98) [#43] {2 weeks}

Other than the Positions dropouts, I'm sad we lost What That Speed Bout!?, Rags2Riches and Roses, but glad that Lovin' On You is gone.

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all tomorrow, I think.

If the Countdown Made Sense: Week of November 28, 2020 - 24kGoldn/iann dior (5)

Song We're Saying Goodbye To

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. (#19) [#19] {3 weeks} [x2]

Last Week's #1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (4)

#30: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (-) [3 weeks at #1] {20 weeks} {N/A}

#29: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-) [#2] {32 weeks} {N/A}

#28: Falling - Harry Styles (-3) [#16] {11 weeks} {-15}

#27: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (-1) [#2] {14 weeks} {N/A}

#26: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (+1) [#2] {19 weeks} {N/A}

#25: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (DEBUT) [4 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {N/A}

#24: WOW - Zara Larsson (-) [#24] {2 weeks} {+1}

#23: Heather - Conan Gray (+5) [#21] {15 weeks} {-12}

#22: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-1) [#21] {5 weeks} {-13}

#21: Small Talk - Niall Horan (-1) [#20] {5 weeks} {-15}

#20: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-5) [#15] {4 weeks} {-8}

#19: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-1) [#18] {2 weeks} {N/A}

#18: Save Myself - Ashe (+5) [#18] {7 weeks} {-15} *new peak*

#17: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-) [#17] {9 weeks} {-15}

#16: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-) [#12] {5 weeks} {N/A}

#15: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (-1) [#14] {3 weeks} {+1}

#14: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (-2) [#12] {5 weeks} {+15}

#13: Baby, I'm Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (-) [#13] {4 weeks} {+6}

#12: Fallin' (Adrenaline) - Why Don't We (-1) [#11] {6 weeks} {+5}

#11: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (+11) [#11] {2 weeks} {+12} *new peak*

#10: Golden - Harry Styles (-) [#10] {4 weeks} {-6}

#9: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-1) [#8] {7 weeks} {-8}

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+1) [#8] {9 weeks} {+6} *new peak*

#7: Bang! - AJR (-) [#7] {15 weeks} {+1}

#6: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-4) [#2] {10 weeks} {+15}

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

#4: positions - Ariana Grande (+1) [#4] {5 weeks} {+3} *new peak*

#3: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (+1) [#3] {18 weeks} {+15}

#2: Dynamite - BTS (+1) [#2] {14 weeks} {+13}

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [5th week at #1] {13 weeks} {+9}

Biggest DROP!!!: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-5)

Biggest Jump: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (+11)

Hit-Bound

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [2]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [4]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [8]

Bummerland - AJR [8]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [2]

Fly Away - Tones And I [2]

going out - ROLE MODEL [4]

Goodbye - Shaylen [4]

Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear [7]

Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo [8]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [2]

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X [3]

Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber [1]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [4]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [12]

Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa [1]

Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney [6]

Save Your Tears - The Weeknd [3]

What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke [8]

Kwaheri, everybody! See you soon.

If the Countdown Made Sense: Week of November 21, 2020 - 24kGoldn/iann dior (4)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (#30) [3 weeks at #1] {31 weeks} [x2]

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (#29) [4 weeks at #1] {31 weeks}

Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer (#27) [#17] {12 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (3)

#30: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (-2) [3 weeks at #1] {19 weeks} {N/A}

#29: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-21) [#2] {31 weeks} {N/A}

#28: Heather - Conan Gray (-6) [#21] {14 weeks} {-15}

#27: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-21) [#2] {18 weeks} {N/A}

#26: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (-) [#2] {13 weeks} {N/A}

#25: Falling - Harry Styles (-9) [#16] {10 weeks} {-15}

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

#23: Save Myself - Ashe (+1) [#23] {6 weeks} {-15} *new peak*

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

#21: you broke me first - Tate McRae (+4) [#21] {4 weeks} {-3} *new peak*

#20: Small Talk - Niall Horan (+1) [#20] {4 weeks} {-15} *new peak*

#19: FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. (+1) [#19] {3 weeks} {N/A} *new peak*

#18: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {N/A}

#17: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-) [#17] {8 weeks} {-15}

#16: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-4) [#12] {4 weeks} {N/A}

#15: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+8) [#15] {3 weeks} {-6} *new peak*

#14: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (+5) [#14] {2 weeks} {+15} *new peak*

#13: Baby, I'm Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (+2) [#13] {3 weeks} {+4} *new peak*

#12: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+6) [#12] {4 weeks} {+15} *new peak*

#11: Fallin' (Adrenaline) - Why Don't We (+3) [#11] {5 weeks} {+8} *new peak*

#10: Golden - Harry Styles (+3) [#10] {3 weeks} {-7} *new peak*

#9: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+2) [#9] {8 weeks} {+2} *new peak*

#8: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (+1) [#8] {6 weeks} {-7}

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

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-1) [#5] {6 weeks} {-}

#5: positions - Ariana Grande (+5) [#5] {4 weeks} {+7} *new peak*

#4: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-1) [#3] {17 weeks} {+11}

#3: Dynamite - BTS (-1) [#2] {13 weeks} {+11}

#2: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+2) [#2] {9 weeks} {+14} *new peak*

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [4th week at #1] {12 weeks} {+3}

Biggest DROP!!!: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth & Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-21)

Biggest Jump: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+8)

Hit-Bound

Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D'Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey [18]

Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito [1]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [3]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [7]

Bummerland - AJR [7]

Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane [1]

Fly Away - Tones And I [1]

going out - ROLE MODEL [3]

Goodbye - Shaylen [3]

Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear [6]

Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo [7]

Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd [1]

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X [2]

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

Never the 1 - ROSIE [3]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [11]

Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney [5]

Save Your Tears - The Weeknd [2]

What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke [7]

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all soon.

Hot 100 Top 40: Week of November 21, 2020 - 24kGoldn/iann dior (4)

24kGoldn/iann dior (4)

There wasn't that much movement this week, which is a little weird since we're just coming off of an album bomb. There was a lot of new songs though. Not really any huge releases, but a good chunk of On the Verge debuts. Enjoy!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

pov - Ariana Grande (#40) [#40] {1 week}

The Woo - Pop Smoke/50 Cent/Roddy Ricch (#39) [#11] {16 weeks} [x3]

Adore You - Harry Styles (#37) [#6] {47 weeks}

off the table - Ariana Grande/The Weeknd (#35) [#35] {1 week}

motive - Ariana Grande/Doja Cat (#32) [#32] {1 week}

Last Week's #1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (3)

#40: Diamonds - Sam Smith (DEBUT) [5 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#39: Better Together - Luke Combs (RE-ENTRY) [#30] {2 weeks}
#38: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (-7) [#2] {18 weeks}
#37: Pretty Heart - Parker McCollum (+1) [#37] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#36: Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani (DEBUT) [7 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#35: What That Speed Bout!? - Mike WiLL Made-It/Nicki Minaj/YoungBoy Never Broke Again (DEBUT) [0 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#34: Got What I Got - Jason Aldean (-6) [#16] {12 weeks}
#33: ONE BEER - HARDY/Lauren Alaina/Devin Dawson (+3) [#33] {4 weeks} *new peak*
#32: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (+1) [#18] {6 weeks}
#31: Love You Like I Used To - Russell Dickerson (+3) [#31] {3 weeks} *new peak*
#30: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-22) [#8] {2 weeks}
#29: One Of Them Girls - Lee Brice (-2) [#17] {11 weeks}
#28: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+2) [#25] {6 weeks}
#27: Forever After All - Luke Combs (-9) [#2] {3 weeks}
#26: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (+3) [#26] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#25: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby (-1) [#2] {31 weeks}
#24: Bang! - AJR (+2) [#24] {8 weeks} *new peak*
#23: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (+2) [#23] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#22: Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo (-2) [#17] {7 weeks}
#21: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (-) [#14] {4 weeks}
#20: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (+2) [#19] {14 weeks}
#19: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen (+4) [#19] {9 weeks} *new peak*
#18: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (-1) [1 week at #1] {24 weeks}
#17: Dynamite - BTS (-1) [3 weeks at #1] {12 weeks}
#16: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (-2) [#9] {27 weeks}
#15: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (+4) [#15] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#14: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (-1) [7 weeks at #1] {30 weeks}
#13: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+2) [#9] {23 weeks}

#12: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd (DEBUT) [8 weeks On the Verge] {1 week}

#11: WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion (-1) [4 weeks at #1] {14 weeks}

#10: For The Night - Pop Smoke/Lil Baby/DaBaby (+2) [#6] {19 weeks}

#9: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (-3) [1 week at #1] {20 weeks}

#8: Dakiti - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez (+1) [#8] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#7: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+4) [#3] {8 weeks}

#6: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV (+1) [#6] {10 weeks} *new peak*

#5: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-1) [4 weeks at #1] {46 weeks}

#4: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (-1) [#2] {13 weeks}

#3: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (+2) [#3] {35 weeks} *new peak*

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

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [4th week at #1] {13 weeks}

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

Surprisingly, Diamonds by Sam Smith debuts the Top 40 a week after their album release. I find that a bit odd, but I guess it's getting traction. I've kind of lost a bit of interest in this song and you'll likely see this sink to blue around this time next week. It's good, the production's still good and Sam still sounds good, I've just heard it a little too much and don't like it as much.

Better Together by Luke Combs re-entered the Top 40 this week for its second week in the Top 40. Not surprised that this came back, as it only sank to #41 last week with the album bomb.

After a while of being On the Verge, Happy Anywhere by Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani debuts this week. Oof, this shrank on me a lot since I first reviewed it. Again, I don't really like country artists' voices and Blake Shelton is definitely no exception. The production pretty much doesn't exist and overall this is just really boring. Yeah, I hope this doesn't do well.

So next is a brand new song from Mike WiLL Made-It, Nicki Minaj and YoungBoy Never Broke Again. This is called What That Speed Bout!? and this is actually quite good. Mostly just YoungBoy, as I really like his voice here and it works really well with Mike WiLL's production. I'm still not a fan of Nicki Minaj, but she doesn't sound terrible here. Overall, pretty good song.

So Hawái by Maluma's been in and out of On the Verge for a while now and it's just now entering the Top 40 at #12 entirely due to a remix by The Weeknd. Personally, I think this is better than the original. The song itself is kind of slow, but I think I like The Weeknd with it, because that's exactly what I was expecting, (tbc)

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

Biggest DROP!!!: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-22): Don't tell me you didn't see this coming, because that's just not possible.

Biggest Jump: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen, Kings & Queens - Ava Max & Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+4): It sucks that More Than My Hometown is in the top 20, as it's not good. I'm really happy to see Kings & Queens getting success and I'm for sure happy that Holy is back in the top 10.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: Bang! - AJR
#4: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug
#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby
#2: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV
#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

My Bottom 5 Picks

#5: Happy Anywhere - Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani
#4: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee
#3: Said Sum - Moneybagg Yo
#2: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen

#1: Got What I Got - Jason Aldean

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#20: More Than My Hometown - Morgan Wallen

2 - Mediocre:

#19: WAP - Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion

3 - Decent:

#18: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

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

#16: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#15: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

4 - Good:

#14: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#13: Dakiti - Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez

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

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

5 - Great:

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

#9: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#8: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#7: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#6: positions - Ariana Grande

#5: Hawái (Remix) - Maluma/The Weeknd

#4: Dynamite - BTS

#3: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

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

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Overall Score: 81/100 = 81%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi {27 weeks}
#4: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch {30 weeks}
#3: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne {31 weeks}

#2: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth {35 weeks}
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd {46 weeks}

Artist with the Most Songs on This Post: DaBaby (4)

On the Verge

pov - Ariana Grande (#45) [1; 2nd time*]

Took Her To The O - King Von (#47) [1]

Starting Over - Chris Stapleton (#48) [2]

I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay (#49) [13]

you broke me first - Tate McRae (#50) [7]

Mr. Right Now - 21 Savage/Metro Boomin/Drake (#52) [4; 2nd time*]

Everywhere But On - Matt Stell (#54) [4]

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. (#55) [3; 2nd time*]

Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane (#56) [1]

Tyler Herro - Jack Harlow (#57) [2; 2nd time*]

Ain't Always The Cowboy - Jon Pardi (#58) [1]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI (#59) [1]

my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (#60) [5; 2nd time]

B.S. - Jhené Aiko/H.E.R. (#61) [1; 2nd time]

Some Girls - Jameson Rodgers (#62) [3; 2nd time]

pov by Ariana Grande only fell to On the Verge this week and I'm very happy that this isn't gone and the USA realized that this is better than motive and off the table.

Our first actual new song is Took Her To The O by King Von. Eh. I don't love this. King Von's voice is a little weird and I don't like how a new line starts before the current one even ends at some times. The production's alright, but King Von's yelling really just distracts from it.

Starting Over by Chris Stapleton re-entered On the Verge this week and since it's been a while since I reviewed this, I figured I'd review it again. I still don't really like this, but I like it more than I did a while ago. I still think it's kind of boring and I don't think Chris Stapleton's voice works that well with it. However, I just have those opinions, but just a bit less than last time.

Next up is Big, Big Plans by Chris Lane. I'm kind of done with country right now. The chorus here is fine, but I don't love his voice and it's kind of boring. Yeah. Next.

Oh no, back please. Another country song is next and it's called Ain't Always The Cowboy by Jon Pardi. I'll keep this short. Same issues as the last two songs, but Jon Pardi's voice sounds really bad.

I've reviewed The Kid LAROI a couple times now, both times with Juice WRLD, so this would be the first time I'm reviewing one of his solo songs. It's called SO DONE and it debuts On the Verge this week. The chorus here is honestly quite good and I quite like the production. The second verse is especially good as LAROI shows some pretty good technicality, although it's pretty obvious he took multiple takes to do it. Overall, this is a blue because I'm not totally in love with his voice and it's a little raspy. Good song, though.

my ex's best friend re-entered On the Verge this week. Good, I hope this re-enters the Top 40 soon.

So this next song actually debuted in the Top 40 a week or two before I started doing these posts, so this is actually the first time I'm hearing this song. It's B.S. by Jhené Aiko and H.E.R.. I'm pretty sure this only came back to here because a remix featuring Kehlani was released. I'm not a huge fan of R&B. Pretty much every R&B artist has a good voice, which is good, but I just find the genre kind of boring. This isn't really an exception. Both artists here sound good, but the production and the song as a whole are pretty underwhelming.

Best Debut: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

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

#14: Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

2 - Mediocre:

#13: B.S. - Jhené Aiko/H.E.R.

#12: Some Girls - Jameson Rodgers

#11: Big, Big Plans - Chris Lane

#10: Took Her To The O - King Von

3 - Decent:

#9: Everywhere But On - Matt Stell

4 - Good:

#8: Mr. Right Now - 21 Savage/Metro Boomin/Drake

#7: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

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

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

5 - Great:

#4: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#3: Tyler Herro - Jack Harlow

#2: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#1: pov - Ariana Grande

Overall Score: 49/75 = 65%

Hawái de Blurbione', Mis Fеlicitacione'

We lost a few other songs from the Top 40 other than pov this week. We also lost: The Woo by Pop Smoke, 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch, Adore You by Harry Styles, off the table by Ariana Grande and The Weeknd and motive by Ariana Grande and Doja Cat. I liked The Woo and I'm sad that it's probably gone for good now. Adore You was never good, so I'm really glad that it's gone and it shouldn't have stayed for so long. As for the two Ariana Grande songs, I definitely expected it.

Our On the Verge exits this week were: just like magic, shut up, nasty and safety net, all of which are by Ariana Grande and the last one featuring Ty Dolla $ign. Definitely expected this, surprised no other songs left.

Just six short things I want to touch on this week:

Come & Go should've been a bigger hit and I'm sad that it's in the bottom 5.

For The Night is back in the top 10, which is weird but welcome.

Dakiti jumped? Um... I guess I'll take it, but I'm super surprised.

How is Blinding Lights still in the top 5? What?

I forgot to mention that last week I Hope broke the record for the longest climb to the top 5 and I'm happy. It's at #3 now and if it doesn't hit #1 in the next couple of weeks, it's probably not going to.

Also, how is it possible that Mood is still growing on me? If you noticed, I have it in purple this week, because I just can't get enough of it.

That's it for the blurbs, see you guys soon.

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

shut up - Ariana Grande (#47) [#47] {1 week}

Thriller - Michael Jackson (#48) [#4] {20 weeks}

nasty - Ariana Grande (#49) [#49] {1 week}

Break My Heart - Dua Lipa (#50) [#13] {32 weeks}

safety net - Ariana Grande/Ty Dolla $ign (#52) [#52] {1 week}

Yeah, so just a bunch of Ariana Grande songs and I forgot to mention last week that Thriller re-entered last week because of Halloween. As for Break My Heart, it got old very quickly, but it was still a good song.

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all tomorrow! (Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber review coming up!!!)