Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Billboard Alternative Songs (BAS) - Imagine Dragons (9) November 3, 2018



Hello all....this week is more uneventful than last week...plus YET another re-entry and one new entry...Now here's this week's exit (guaranteed non of these will return):

x Death Cab For Cute - Gold Rush [#35]
x CHVRCHES - Miracle [#20]

Last Week's #1: Imagine Dragons - Natural
40 Smashing Pumpkins - Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) [Re-Entry]
39 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Ohio [#40] ↑01
38 twenty one pilots - Jumpsuit [#34] ↓04 (3 Weeks at #1)
37 Mike Posner - Song About You [#39] ↑02
36 Tom Morello f/ Portugal. The Man & Whethan - Every Step That I Take [NEW]
35 Robert DeLong - Revolutionary [#33] ↓02
34 Rex Orange County f/ Benny Sings - Loving Is Easy [#30] ↓04
33 Shinedown - Get Up [#32] ↓01
32 Bishop Briggs - Baby [#38] ↑06
31 Hozier f/ Mavis Staples - Nina Cried Power [#31]
30 Young The Giant - Superpostion [#36] ↑06
29 Badflower - Ghost [#37] ↑08
28 Blue October - Daylight [#28]
27 Albert Hammond, Jr. - Far Away Truths [#25] ↓02
26 Mike Shinoda F/ k.flay - Make It Up As I Go [#27] ↑01
25 Muse - Pressure [#29] ↑04
24 The 1975 - Love It If We Made It [#26] ↑02
23 Bob Moses - Back Down [#23]
22 Barns Courtney - 99 [#22]
21 DREAMERS - Screws [#21]
20 Weezer - Can't Knock The Hustle [#24] ↑04
19 The Dirty Heads F/ Kitten  - Visions [#19]
18 Thirty Seconds To Mars - Rescue Me [#18]
17 Elle King - Shame [#17]
16 lovelytheband - These Are My Friends [#16]
15 Portugal. The Man - Tidal Wave [#15]
14 The Struts - Body Talks [#14]
13 Weezer - Africa [#12] ↓01 (3 Weeks at #1)
12 Billie Eilish - You Should See Me In A Crown [#13] ↑01
11 Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind [#08] ↓03
10 flora cash - You're Somebody Else [#11] ↑01
09 The Revivalists - All My Friends [#10] ↑01
08 Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light [#09] ↑01
07 The Interrupters - She's Kerosene [#07]
06 lovelytheband - Broken [#06] ↔ (9 Weeks at #1)
05 twenty one pilots - My Blood [#05]
04 AJR - Burn The House Down [#02] ↓02
03 Marshmello f/ Bastille - Happier [#03]
02 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#04] ↑01
01 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#01] ↔  (9th Week at #1)

This Week's #1 song One Year Ago:
Imagine Dragons - Thunder [1st Week at #1]

Biggest Jump of the Week:
Badflower - Ghost [#37] ↑08

Biggest Fall of the Week:
twenty one pilots - Jumpsuit [#34-#38] ↓04
Rex Orange County f/ Benny Sings - Loving Is Easy [#30] ↓04


Entrys:
Smashing Pumpkins - Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) is a re-entry

Tom Morello f/ Portugal. The Man & Whethan - Every Step That I Take is the first solo chart entry from the guitarist from Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage...He teams up with PTM and Whethan on a tune that sounds ok...Not great but OK... Not sure if this will make a dent in the top 20

AAA YouTube channel's recommendation:
Death Cab For Cutie - Northern Lights Just as Gold Rush exiting, This follow up from their album "Thank You For Today" is an upbeat tune... Song pretty good..if this song does debut, it can do lil better than its predecessor. 


My top 3 recommendations:
The Blue Stones - Black Holes (Solid Ground)
Max Frost - Good Morning
Morgxn F/Walk The Moon - Home

Blurb Against The Audioslave Machine

* Two good songs leaves us this week... Gold Rush peaked at #6 for Death Cab For Cutie while Miracle did three spots better (#13) than Get Out (#16 in April ) for CHVRCHES

* Ghost is this week's bigger jumper as former #1 Jumpsuit and Loving Is Easy is this week's Biggest Fallers

* Rivers Cuomo of Weezer I guess is spending too much time posting meme spoofs of his album covers than appearing in his music videos... Can't Knock The Hustle has Pete Wentz plays as Rivers Wentz while "Weird" Al Yankovic in Africa plays Rivers Yankovic

* Great Chance  High Hopes will dethrone Natural at #1 next week... Happier could be #1 2-3 weeks later after that


Top 20 Review:
0-BOGUS
20. AJR - Burn The House Down
19. Weezer - Africa

1-Bad
18. Elle King - Shame
17. flora cash - You're Somebody Else

2-Mediocre
16. Portugal. The Man - Tidal Wave
15. Billie Eilish - You Should See Me In A Crown

3-Decent
14. Weezer - Can't Knock The Hustle
13. lovelytheband - These Are My Friends

4-Good
12. The Dirty Heads F/ Kitten  - Visions
11. Thirty Seconds To Mars - Rescue Me
10. twenty one pilots - My Blood
 9. Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind 

5-Great
 8. Imagine Dragons - Natural
 7. The Struts - Body Talks
 6. The Revivalists - All My Friends
 5. lovelytheband - Broken
 4. The Interrupters - She's Kerosene
 3. Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light
 2. Panic! At The Disco- High Hopes

BONUS 6-Best Song of the Top 20
 1. Marshmello f/ Bastille - Happier


 Overall Grade: 71/100 = 71% [B- Good]

Flashback Pick:
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (2011)

Most Missed Song in Countdown one year ago:
Royal Blood - I Only Lie When I Love You

 Top 5 Songs on Countdown
1. Marshmello f/Bastille - Happier
2. Panic! At The Disco- High Hopes
3. Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light
4. The Interrupters -  She's Kerosene
5. Hozier f/ Mavis Staples - Nina Cried Power

5 Worst Songs on Countdown:
1. AJR - Burn The House Down
2. Weezer - Africa
3. Bishop Briggs - Baby
4. Elle King - Shame
5. flora cash - You're Somebody Else





Friday, October 26, 2018

iHeartRadio Countdown - Ariana Grande (1) October 26 2018


Hello  all...I will start posting the iHeartRadio countdown in here....least on IHRC, there are no prejudice on what enters the charts....Next week I'll do Blurbs here.... hope you like this.... here is the exits..

X Selena Gomez - Back To You [#20]
X DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer [#02]

Last Week's #1: Travis Scott / Drake - Sickomode
20 Camila Cabello - Consenquences [Debut]
19 Halsey-Without Me [Debut]
18 Tiesto & Dzeko f/Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan [#12] ↓6
17 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises [#18] ↑1
16 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#19] ↑3
15 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix) [#17] ↑2
14 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful [#15] ↑1
13 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore [#16] ↑3
12 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside [#14] ↑2
11 lovelytheband - Broken [#13] ↑2
10 Ariana Grande - Breathin' [#11] ↑1
09 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [#09]
08 Tyga / Offset - Taste [#10] ↑2
07 NF - Lie [#07]
06 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier [#06]
05 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams [#08] ↑3
04 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#04]
03 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess [#03]
02 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sickomode [#01] ↓1
01 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman [#05] ↑4

This Week's Entrys:
20 Camila Cabello - Consenquences This latest from her solo debut album "Camilla" is a wonderful tune ... way better than Never Be The Same

19 Halsey-Without Me This song is lil weak than Bad At Love and Alone but better than Now Or Never....Halsey is planning a strip down side in her music....hopefully its better than this song

Need To Know/Extras:
NTK DJ Snake/Cardi B/Selena Gomez/Ozuna - Taki Taki
EX LSD - Thunderclouds
EX Mike Posner - Song About You

0-TRASH
20 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess
19 Tyga / Offset - Taste
18 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams

1-BAD
17 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore

2-Mediocre
NONE

3-Decent 
16 Tiesto & Dzeko f/Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan

4-Good
15 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful
14 Halsey-Without Me 
13 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises
12 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix)

5-Great
11 NF - Lie
10 lovelytheband - Broken
09 Imagine Dragons - Natural
08 Camila Cabello - Consequences
07 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sickomode
06 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
05 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
04 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity
03 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier
02 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman

6- BONUS Best Song In The Countdown
01 Ariana Grande - Breathin'

Overall Score: 72/100 (72%- B) Good

AT40 - 5 Seconds Of Summer (2) OCTOBER 27, 2018




Hi there everyone.... The countdown this week is not really active with only one debut and very small moves in there... So here's the only exit:

X Drake - In My Feelings [#14] ....Enough Said

Laat weeks #1: 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood

40 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes [#39] ↓1
39 Logic / Ryan Tedder - One Day [#38] ↓1
38 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same [#37] ↓1 [5 weeks at #1]
37 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [#40] ↑3
36 Lauv - I Like Me Better [#35] ↓2
35 LSD - Thunderclouds [#36] ↑1
34 Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends [#33] ↓1
33 Anne-Marie - 2002 [#34] ↑1
32 Zedd / Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle [#31] ↓1 [4 weeks at #1]
31 Weezer - Africa [#30] ↓1
30 Taylor Swift - Delicate [#29] ↓1 [1 week at #1]
29 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#32] ↑3
28 Jason Derulo/David Guetta/ Nicki Minaj/ Willi William - Goodbye [#28]
27 Bazzi - Mine [#26] ↓1 [1 week at #1]
26 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix) [Debut] ↑2
25 Tyga / Offset - Taste [#27] ↑2
24 Post Malone / Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho [#24] [4 weeks at #1]
23 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises [#25] ↑2
22 Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love [#23] ↑1
21 Ariana Grande - Breathin' [#22] ↑1
20 lovelytheband - Broken [#21] ↑1
19 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful [#20] ↑1
18 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry [#18] [1 week at #1]
17 Charlie Puth - The Way I Am [#17]
16 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore [#19] ↑3
15 Tiesto & Dzeko / Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan [#16] ↑1
14 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside [#15] ↑1
13 NF - Lie [#13]
12 CARDI B / Bad Bunny & J. Balvin - I Like It [#09] ↓3
11 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier [#12] ↑1
10 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#10]
09 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess [#11] ↑2
08 DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer [#07] ↓1
07 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams [#08] ↑1
06 Maroon 5 / Cardi B - Girls Like You [#04] ↓2 [4 weeks at #1]
05 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman [#06] ↑1
04 Selena Gomez - Back To You [#05] ↑1
03 Post Malone - Better Now [#03] [2 weeks at #1]
02 Khalid & Normani - Love Lies [#02] [3 weeks at #1]
01 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood [#01] [2 weeks at #1]

This Weeks #1 One Year Ago:
Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (Only Week at #1)

Biggest Rise:
Tied with ↑3
Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [40-37]
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [32-29]
Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore [19-16]

Biggest Fall:
Cardi B / Bad Bunny / J. Balvin - I Like It [09-12] ↓3

This Week's Only New Entry:
Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix) This is a remix of a song which the original sounded so funky ... The remix drowns out the funk in Zedd's EDM style ... It does works to give a newer sound for Shawn Mendes but its a little off from what Zedd gave us in The Middle and Happy Now...  Overall a fine tune that could hit the top 10

Breakouts/On The Verge:
BO Halsey - Without Me
OTV Travis Scott / Drake - Sicko Mode
OTV Mike Posner - Song About You

Extra 
Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
David Guetta / Sia - Titanium
NF - Let You Down
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Halsey / Big Sean & Stefflon Don - Alone
Niall Horan - Slow Hands
Drake / Rihanna - Too Good
Drake / WizKid & Kyla - One Dance
Camila Cabello / Young Thug - Havana

Lost In Blurbs:
Thought i am happy of In My Feelngs leaving but...Whatever It Takes (is very old (But still likes it)), Never Be The Same, I Like Me Better, Friends, The Middle didn't leave like it suppose to last week, these songs (plus Africa) needs to GTFO next week

 Sia gonna be busy with not one but two musicals .. 
** "Von Lux", which open in theaters in December, starts Natalie Portman as an eccentric pop star..it has several tunes penned by Sia
** "Music", which could open in theaters in 2019, is a musical drama co-written and directed by Sia and stars Maggie Ziegler (who appeared in Sia's videos Chandelier and Elastic Heart) as an autistic teen who is under the care of her recovered drug addict older sister, played by Kate Hudson.

 Three songs moves 3 notches to be this week's co-biggest rise, Electricity [40-37], High Hopes [32-29], Drew Barrymore [19-16]...while I Like It [9-12] is this week's biggest fall


 Youngblood stays at #1 for a second week.. while Back To You gets a second chance to get to the top spot as well as God Is A Woman 

My 20 Reviews:
0-TRASH
20 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess
19 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams

1-Bad

18 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore
17 Dj Khaled w/Bieber/Chance/Quavo - No Brainer

2-Mediocre/so-so

NONE

3-Decent

16 Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It
15 Maroon 5 & Cardi B - Girls Like You

4-Good

14 Bazzi f/ Camila Cabello - Beautiful

5-Great

13 Charlie Puth - The Way I Am
12 NF - Lie
11 Tiesto & Dzeko  f/Preme/PostMalone - Jackie Chan
10 Post Malone - Better Now
 9 lovelytheband - Broken
 8 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood 
 7 Selena Gomez - Back To You
 6 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside 
 5 Imagine Dragons - Natural
 4 Khalid & Normani -  Love Lies
 3 Ariana Grande -  No Tears Left To Cry
 2 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier

BONUS 6- Best Song of the Countdown

 1 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman

TOTAL SCORE:  77/100 (77%- B) Good


My Top 5 Recommendations  for AT40:
The Chainsmokers f/ Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling
Camilla Cabello- Consequences
Gryffin f/Elley Duhé - Tie Me Down
Alan Walker f/ AuRa and Tomine Harkett - Darkside
Jonas Blue F/ Liam Payne and Lennon Stella – Polaroid

Throwback Pick Of The Week:
Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is) (1993)

Most Missed Song:
Kygo / Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (August 2017)

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago:
Kesha - Praying (#12)


My Top 5 Picks
1 Ariana Grande - Breathin
2 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman
3 Marshmello/Bastille - Happier
3 Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity
4 Khalid & Normani -  Love Lies

My Bottom 5 Picks
1 (TIE) Tyga F/ Offset -  Taste
1 (TIE) Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess
3 Lauv - I Like Me Better
4 Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends
5 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams

This Week's Debuts One Year Ago
Blackbear - Do Re Mi (#40)
Post Malone / 21 Savage - Rockstar (#36)

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Billboard Alternative Songs (BAS) - Imagine Dragons (8) 0ctober 27, 2018




Hey everyone.... This week's Chart had lots of non-movers, Major droppers, Three huge debuts, and Another potential re-entry in the near future. So here is ....
This Week's Exits:
X Smashing Pumpkins - Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) [#40]
Shocked this dropped out this week... like several tunes this year, this could re-enter
X Greta Van Fleet - When The Curtain Falls [#38]
This song did a little better than Highway Tune .... but not by much
X Muse - Something Human [#37]
This song stalled after it moved up fast and did manage to be in the 10 for a week.


Last Week's #1: Imagine Dragons - Natural
40 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Ohio [#39] ↓1
39 Mike Posner - Song About You [#34] ↓5
38 Bishop Briggs - Baby [#32] ↓6
37 Badflower - Ghost [#36] ↓1
36 Young The Giant - Superpostion NEW ---
35 Death Cab For Cute - Gold Rush [#25] ↓10
34 twenty one pilots - Jumpsuit [#26] ↓8 03
33 Robert DeLong - Revolutionary [#31] ↓2
32 Shinedown - Get Up [#35] ↑3
31 Hozier f/ Mavis Staples - Nina Cried Power [#33] NEW
30 Rex Orange County f/ Benny Sings - Loving Is Easy [#27] ↓2
29 Muse - Pressure NEW ---
28 Blue October - Daylight [#30] ↑2
27 Mike Shinoda F/ k.flay - Make It Up As I Go [#29] ↑2
26 The 1975 - Love It If We Made It [#28] ↑2
25 Albert Hammond, Jr. - Far Away Truths [#24] ↓1
24 Weezer - Can't Knock The Hustle NEW ---
23 Bob Moses - Back Down [#23]
22 Barns Courtney - 99 [#22]
21 DREAMERS - Screws [#21]
20 CHVRCHES - Miracle [#19] ↓1
19 The Dirty Heads F/ Kitten  - Visions [#20] ↑1
18 Thirty Seconds To Mars - Rescue Me [#18]
17 Elle King - Shame [#16] ↓1
16 lovelytheband - These Are My Friends [#17] ↑1
15 Portugal. The Man - Tidal Wave [#15]
14 The Struts - Body Talks [#14]
13 Billie Eilish - You Should See Me In A Crown [#13]
12 Weezer - Africa [#11] ↓1 03
11 flora cash - You're Somebody Else [#12] ↑1
10 The Revivalists - All My Friends [#10]
09 Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light [#9]
08 Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind [#5] ↓3
07 The Interrupters - She's Kerosene [#8] ↑1
06 lovelytheband - Broken [#7] ↑1 09
05 twenty one pilots - My Blood [#6] ↑1
04 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#3] ↓1
03 Marshmello f/ Bastille - Happier [#4] ↑1
02 AJR - Burn The House Down [#2]
01 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#1] 08



This Week's #1 Last Year: 
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still [17th week at #1]

This Week's Biggest Jumper:
Shinedown - Get Up [#32-#35] ↑3

This Week's Biggest Dropper:
Death Cab For Cute - Gold Rush [#25-#35] ↓10


New Entrys:
Young The Giant - Superpostion 
The follow up to SImplify is a very good tune... Hope this can reach the top 10..maybe its first top 5 since It's About Time

Muse - Pressure
The follow up to recent dropout Something Human sound a lil mainstream... and lil  weak in the production... it may do lil better than its predecessor in the top 10
Weezer - Can't Knock The Hustle
This song is WAY BETTER than Africa ... But still not strong as their classics... Not sure sure if this will enter the top 10

Best Debut: Young The Giant - Superpostion 

AAA YouTube channel's recommendation:
Jade Bird - Uh Huh This artist trys too to be another Melissa Etheridge or K.T. Tunstall and fails in this production... I won't suggest this at all


My top 3 recommendations:
Tom Morello f/ Portugal. The Man & Whethan - Every Step That I Take
Donna Missal -Keep Lying
Kurt Vile - Loading Zones

Can't Blurb The Hustle:
Not many songs moved up ...only Shinedown - Get Up (35-32) moved up 3... rest of the risers only 1 or 2 

While there are plenty of droppers...14 songs dropped down including these hefty ones:
TW Song/Title [LW] Total Notches
35 Death Cab For Cute - Gold Rush [#25] ↓10
34 twenty one pilots - Jumpsuit [#26] ↓08
38 Bishop Briggs - Baby [#32] ↓06
39 Mike Posner - Song About You [#34] ↓05

Its looks like Mike Posner's Song About You gonna be big on pop instead of here....I fear he will be gone next week and not returning back in this countdown

Hozier goes back up but i feel it is not enough to save Nina Cried Power from falling out next week or two ... 

Broken by lovelytheband is looks strong enough to stay in the top 10 for the rest of  calendar year as it goes back up this week

Top 20 Review:
0-BOGUS
20. AJR - Burn The House Down
19. Weezer - Africa

1-Bad
18. Elle King - Shame
17. flora cash - You're Somebody Else

2-Mediocre
16. Portugal. The Man - Tidal Wave
15. Billie Eilish - You Should See Me In A Crown

3-Decent
14. CHVRCHES - Miracle
13 .lovelytheband -These Are My Friends

4-Good
12. The Dirty Heads F/ Kitten  - Visions
11. Thirty Seconds To Mars - Rescue Me
10. twenty one pilots - My Blood
 9. Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind 

5-Great
 8. Imagine Dragons - Natural
 7. The Struts - Body Talks
 6. The Revivalists - All My Friends
 5. lovelytheband - Broken
 4. The Interrupters - She's Kerosene
 3. Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light
 2. Panic! At The Disco- High Hopes

BONUS 6-Best Song of the Top 20
 1. Marshmello f/ Bastille - Happier

 Overall Grade: 71/100 = 71% [B- Good]

Flashback Pick:
U2 - Desire (#1 this week in 1988)

Most Missed Song in Countdown one year ago:
Royal Blood - I Only Lie When I Love You

 Top 5 Songs on Countdown
1. Marshmello f/Bastille - Happier
2. Panic! At The Disco- High Hopes
3. Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light
4. The Interrupters -  She's Kerosene
5. Hozier f/ Mavis Staples - Nina Cried Power

5 Worst Songs on Countdown:
1. AJR - Burn The House Down
2. Weezer - Africa
3. Bishop Briggs - Baby
4. Elle King - Shame
5. flora cash - You're Somebody Else