- Avril Lavigne - Tell Me It's Over (#30)
- Lauren Daigle - You Say (#35)
- Stephen Puth - Sexual Vibe (#38)
- Seeb/Bastille - Grip (#39)
- George Ezra - Shotgun (#41)
- Jennifer Lopez - Limitless (#42)
- lovelytheband - Broken (#44)
45. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am (#43)
44. Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess (#45)
43. Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#40)
42. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#34)
41. Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (#37)
40. Post Malone - Wow. (#36)
39. Kelsy Karter - Harry (DEBUT)
38. Zedd/Katy Perry - 365 (#32)
37. Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper - Shallow (RE-ENTRY)
36. Madison Beer - Hurts Like Hell (DEBUT)
35. LSD/Lil Wayne - Genius (DEBUT)
34. Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me (#23)
33. Imagine Dragons - Natural (#33)
32. Maren Morris - GIRL (DEBUT)
31. Cardi B/Bruno Mars - Please Me (#31)
30. Meghan Trainor - ALL THE WAYS (DEBUT)
29. Lil Peep/ILoveMakonnen/Fall Out Boy - I've Been Waiting (#28)
28. Ariana Grande - thank u, next (#26)
27. Jake Miller - Wait For You (#29)
26. grandson - Apologize (#25)
25. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (#27)
24. Khalid - Better (#24)
23. Yungblud/Halsey/Travis Barker - 11 Minutes (DEBUT)
22. Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower (#16)
21. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#22)
20. Anne-Marie - 2002 (#21)
19. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (#17)
18. Lauv/Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired (#19)
17. Kelsea Ballerini - Miss Me More (#18)
16. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine (#20)
15. Sam Smith/Normani - Dancing With a Stranger (#12)
14. The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love (#13)
13. benny blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (#14)
12. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#11)
11. Ariana Grande - 7 rings (#4)
10. Panic! at the Disco - High Hopes (#9)
9. Ellie Goulding - Close To Me (#10)
8. Dean Lewis - Be Alright (#15)
7. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#6)
6. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (#3)
5. Halsey - Without Me (#2)
4. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (#5)
3. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (#8)
2. Jonas Brothers - Sucker (#7)
1. Panic! at the Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#1) [3rd Week At #1]
Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me (-11)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Dean Lewis - Be Alright (+7)
Debuts
~ Kicking things off at #39... No.
~ Next is a re-entry, something very rare these days but a welcome one nonetheless. Shallow was a song I was very indifferent on during its first tenure but soon grew to like right as it left. Good thing it's back.
~ Welcome to the countdown, Hurts Like Hell! ...now please stay forever. Despite a general consensus of thinking it's terrible, I personally think it's amazing, partly because I fell for Madison's voice and partly due to the fact that Offset was removed. It just seems to be one of those that every time I listen to it it gets better, and hopefully this sticks around for a good long while.
~ Genius is a perplexing case. I liked it on its own when it blew up last summer, but the addition of Lil Wayne's part was interesting in the least. It felt like a ruiner at first, but again, it was a grower.
~ Let's get one thing straight. GIRL S U C K S. It's just another putdown of men by a woman who's trying way, way too hard. It's slow and boring. Maren Morris was ruined by The Middle. And the worst thing? It's super popular. Might as well suffer through this keeping a fiery hate on standby.
~ So, ALL THE WAYS. Yet another installment in the Everyone Hates Meghan series, but to be fair, this is just flat-out adorable any way you listen to it. Sure, some might disregard it as trash bubblegum pop, and they wouldn't be totally off as it does feel off at some points, but it's nice to have Meghan Trainor back on the charts again, even if her album was scrapped.
~ Lastly, the all-star collab known as 11 Minutes debuted. Yet another one where Halsey doesn't sound half bad! I never knew how well this song fit well with both her and her boyfriend Yungblud, but it really does once you listen to it more. With Without Me on the drop and Eastside spending forever here, it's time for another fresh tune from Miss Frangipane on the countdown.
Blurbs Like Hell
~ Can we just have a new #1 for once in a while? 11 weeks in the year and only 3 #1 songs. It just feels like we need a change, especially with the bad choices. Sucker, SBP, LMDS, 7 rings and WDYL are the most likely (at least based on airplay) are the most likely candidates.
~ Speaking of Sucker, I did NOT see that high debut coming. All I'll say is that I knew it would debut high, I'm glad I was there for it and I hope it does well.
~ When I last posted, Let Me Down Slowly debuted. Now it's at #4. Hmm.
~ Cutting through this sappy bullshit, Without Me has spent enough time at the top. I didn't think I would ever be sick of it, but I am.
~ Yes, I hate Who Do You Love. It's a rare misfire for both parties involved, and I really expected more. I dread knowing this will hit #1, but we all know it will.
~ But I LOVE Dancing With A Stranger. It's another one where the two voices fit extremely well with each other, playing their parts in a sort of musical act. And when it hits the crescendo and they're singing together? It proves that the two people were mean to be there with each other in the first place.
~ And yes, I hate 2002. In the past little while, I've grown to really notice how very bland the song was and started to dislike it more and more. I did like it for a small bit recently, but the magic's gone for me.
~ I never really got into Sunflower. Even though it's been popular everywhere, I just never really found its appeal.
~ Love Lies - soon to be gone too soon.
~ As for the exits, we said goodbye to some really annoying ones (Shotgun and Limitless in particular), but we also got rid of one of my favorite songs ever to grace the Hits 1 airways in Grip. So rest in peace, you will be missed, and I hope you'll get the life you deserved someday.
Top 5 Picks:
1. Sam Smith/Normani - Dancing With a Stranger
2. Kelsea Ballerini - Miss Me More
3. Jonas Brothers - Sucker
4. Madison Beer - Hurts Like Hell
5. Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me
Bottom 5 Picks:
1. Kelsy Karter - Harry
2. Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower
3. Dan + Shay - Tequila
4. Anne-Marie - 2002
5. Maren Morris - GIRL
Thanks for reading this, if you did at all. See you soon.
