SirusXM Hits1 - Panic! At The Disco (5) - Week Of October 6, 2018

Hello, fam! Sorry if this is late. The wedding I attend this past weekend was enjoyable and memorable, mainly to the slow dancing with my girlfriend. The American Music Awards was overall average but it had wonderful performances by Panic! At The Disco, Cardi B, Camilla Cabello, Dua Lipa and the Aretha Franklin tribute.. AND NOW, here's the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown post that you've all been waiting for! Before we get to this week's fresh 45, here are the songs leaving the countdown this week:

Dua Lipa – IDGAF (#35)
Train f/ Cam and Travie McCoy – Call Me Sir (#36)
Clean Bandit f/ Demi Lovato – Solo (#43)

Dua Lipa's IDGAF, follow up to New Rules, did better here than in other charts.... Solo wasn't a strong song overall and reason it didn't last.... Call Me Sir, BYE FELICA

The Countdown:
Last Week's #1 Song: Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
45. DJ Khaled f/Justin Bieber, Quavo, and Chance The Rapper – No Brainer (#45) [=]
44. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (#44) [=]
43. Marshmello f/ Anne-Marie – Friends (#41) [–3]
42. Niall Horan – On The Loose (#42) [=]
41. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry (#39) [–2]
40. Brown & Gray – Top Down (#38) [–2]
39. Taylor Swift – Delicate (#17) [–22] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
38. Silk City/Dua Lipa – Electricity (DEBUT)
37. The Vamps – Just My Type (#40) [+3]
36. Kim Petras – Heart To Break (#33) [–3]
35. Shawn Mendes – Lost In Japan (Zedd Remix) (DEBUT)
34. Bryce Vine – Drew Barrymore (#37) [+3]
33. AJR – Burn The House Down (#34) [+1]
32. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (DEBUT)
31. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#29) [–2]
30. Calvin Harris f/ Dua Lipa – One Kiss (#26) [–4]
29. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#19) [–10]
28. Sabrina Carpenter – Almost Love (#28) [=]
27. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#32) [+5] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
26. NOTD f/ Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (#30) [+4]
25. Maroon 5 f/ Cardi B. – Girls Like You (#9) [–16]
24. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#31) [+7]
23. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (#21) [Spent 1 Week At #1]
22. Post Malone – Better Now (#18) [–4]
21. Zedd f/ Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle (#8) [–13] [Spent 9 Weeks At #1]
20. Bazzi f/ Camila Cabello – Beautiful (Remix) (#22) [+2]
19. lovelytheband – Broken (#27) [+8]
18. LSD – Thunderclouds (#24) [+6]
17. Weezer – Africa (#25) [+8]
16. Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman (#14) [–2]
15. George Ezra – Shotgun (#23) [+8]
14. Bebe Rexha – I'm A Mess (#12) [–2]
13. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#16) [+3] [Spent 4 Weeks At #1]
12. The Chainsmokers f/ Emily Warren – Side Effects (#10) [–2]
11. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#11) [=]
10. Zedd f/ Elley Duhé – Happy Now (#20) [+10]
9. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (#5) [–4] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
8. NF – Lie (#15) [+7]
7. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#3) [–4]
6. Khalid f/ Normani – Love Lies (#4) [–2]
5. Marshmello f/ Bastille – Happier (#13) [+8]
4. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#7) [+3]
3. Selena Gomez – Back To You (#6) [+3]
2. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood (#2) [=] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
1. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#1) [=] [5th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: 
Liam Payne – Strip That Down (2nd And Final Week At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: 
Taylor Swift – Delicate (–22) (.....)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: 
Zedd f/ Elley Duhé – Happy Now (!!!!!!)

New Entrants
- To kick off our new entrants for the week, we have a new duo by the name of Silk City. The duo actually consists of Diplo and Mark Ronson, the latter who was behind one of the biggest hits of this decade (And I'm sure you guys can guess what it is) while the former currently with a song I will not mention. They are collaborating with Dua Lipa, the  hottest artist in the planet, in their debut single titled Electricity. I LOVE THIS SONG as much as her collaboration with Calvin Harris "One Kiss".

- Shawn Mendes' Lost In Japan (his remix with Zedd) is next official single off of his self-titled album, and it's a song that sounds lil off than the recent Zedd's mixes he did with The Middle and Happy Now but it works to give a newer sound for Shawn Mendes. Shawn shows that he has a smooth voice and when combined with the smooth groove I'm glad he chose it as a single over another song of his, Nervous. I'm sure it'll do well.

-The Chainsmokers' collaboration with country singer Kelsea Ballerini This Feeling is in this weeks countdown. After a string of mediocre songs, the four singles between Side Effects and Something Just Like This are big disappointments, they managed to continue their improvement with the release of this song, which is ABOSULTLY AMAZING. First off, Kelsea has a great voice and she uses it well throughout the song. We also get an improvement in Drew's voice, back to the voice styling he had in Closer. The production we get from these guys is  wonderful. Here's to hoping it ends up doing well in here.

Best Debut Of The Week: The Chainsmokers f/ Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

High Blurbs
- Taylor Swift, who's Delicate has the biggest drop this week, did perform her new single I Did Something Bad from Reputation at the American Music Awards. The live performance is so-so but the recording is ok 
- On the upswing It's really, really nice to see Happy Now not only getting the biggest jump of the week, but also enter the Top 10! It can be a pleasent suprise top 3 hit.

- Dan + Shay's Tequila looks like its mini spark didn't help here and could be on its way down

- Like Solo, WTFF is ppl supports songs like Weezer's Africa and LSD's Thunderclouds? Please they are not good. Glad the wedding I attended to played Toto's original classic instead of the reboot.

- Shotgun, on the other hand, is definitely welcomed in the Top 20. Its a wonderful tune. I don't know why its not gaining airplay elsewhere.

Hit-Bound:

Calvin Harris f/ Sam Smith – Promises
Shawn Mendes – Nervous (RE-ENTRY)
Tiësto & Dzeko f/ Preme and Post Malone – Jackie Chan
Halsey – Without Me (DEBUT)
Walk The Moon – Kamikaze
Pitbull f/ Theron Theron – Free Free Free
Ariana Grande – Breathin'
The Struts f/ Kesha – Body Talks
Jason Derulo & David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj and Willy William – Goodbye
Lady Gaga – I'll Never Love Again (DEBUT)
Benny Blanco f/ Halsey and Khalid – Eastside
Alex Aiono – Big Mistake
Twenty One Pilots – My Blood
Loud Luxury f/ brando – Body

Entrant Reviews:
- We get a re-entry from Shawn Mendes – Nervous So, that leaves us with two new songs entering Hit-Bound this week.

- First, we wish Halsey a belated 24th Birthday this past week, so Happy Birthday to her! Anyway, she has her latest release titled Without Me. To put it short, I'm not fond with the song. I find Halsey's vocals to be somewhat a downgrade. More on this when it inevitably debuts, but the song is closer to red for me than it is green.

- Second, we have Lady Gaga with her latest new single titled I'll Never Love Again, which is taken from A Star Is Born movie soundtrack. It's a slow, piano ballad that works well for Lady Gaga. The song, which is to her what Evergreen is to Striesand, is moving and mesmerizing. This is probably her best song from a lyrical standpoint. I'll talk more about this when it debuts.

- Loud Luxury f/ brando – Body is just a simple catchy tune, no special here.

Best Debut On Hit-Bound: Lady Gaga – I'll Never Love Again

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Lady Gaga – I'll Never Love Again
2. Ariana Grande – Breathin'
3. Benny Blanco f/ Halsey and Khalid – Eastside
4. Alex Aiono - Big Mistake
5. Calvin Harris f/ Sam Smith – Promises

YouTube 15:

Maroon 5 f/ Cardi B. – Girls Like You
Dinah Jane f/ Marc E. Bassy and Ty Dolla $ign – Bottled Up
HRVY – I Wish You Were Here
Juice WRLD – Lucid Dreams
Alan Walker f/ AuRa and Tomine Harkett – Darkside
Drake – In My Feelings
Jess Glynne – 123
Post Malone – Better Now
Nick Jonas f/ Robin Schultz – Right Now
Cardi B. f/ Bad Bunny and J. Balvin – I Like It
Mike Posner – Song About You
Khalid f/ Normani – Love Lies
R3HAB f/ Sophia Carson – Rumors
Marshmello f/ Bastille – Happier
Tiffany Young – Teach You

Song Reviews:
- Dinah Jane collaboration with Marc E. Bassy and Ty Dolla $ign Bottled Up. There's not a whole lot there that is special. It's catchy for sure.

- HRVY's I Wish You Were Here is a song that need a lil work ... not fond of it

- Jess Glynne's latest single, 123, is pretty low key but it works. I always like Jess' unique voice and she knows how to take advantage of it. Most definately the best of the newest songs on YouTube 15

- Mike Posner, who was behind I Took A Pill From Ibiza, a self testimonial from 2016, released a new single titled Song About You. This one is not as good as his last one but the production is manageable. Nothing special for me here. it could be around for a while.

- Finally, we have Tiffany Young with Teach You. Right off the bat, I'm not truly feeling this one. The weird noise in the song just annoys me sounds childish. I don't really like Tiffany's voice. She just sounds childish as well. Worst song of the week

My Top 5 YouTube 15 Picks
1. Alan Walker f/ AuRa and Tomine Hacket – Darkside
2. Nick Jonas f/ Robin Schulz – Right Now
3. Khalid f/ Normani – Love Lies
4. Jess Glynne – 123
5. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier

Top 20 Review:
0 – Crap:
20. Bebe Rexha – I'm A Mess
19. Weezer - Africa

1 – Bad:
NONE

2 – Mediocre:
18. LSD - Thunderclouds

3 – Decent:
NONE

4 – Good:
17. lovelytheband - Broken
16. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones
15. Bazzi f/ Camila Cabello – Beautiful (Remix)
14. Zedd/Elley Duhé – Happy Now
13. Selena Gomez – Back To You
12. Dan + Shay – Tequila

5 – Great:
11. NF – Lie
10. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am
9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood
8. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen
7. Khalid/Normani – Love Lies
6. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier
5. George Ezra - Shotgun
4. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
3. Imagine Dragons – Natural

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. (TIE) Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1. (TIE) The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren – Side Effects
1. (TIE) Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman

Overall Grade: 83/100 = 81% (B–)

Top 5 Recommendation For Hits 1: 
Camila Cabello - Consequences
Avril Lavigne – Head Above Water
Hozier/Mavis Staples - Nina Cried Power
Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light
Gryffin f/ Elley Duhé - Tie Me Down

Throwback Pick Of The Week: 
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) BTW PATD did justice to it

Most Missed Countdown Song: 
Major Lazer f/DJ Snake & MØ - Lean On (3 years ago)

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: 
Kesha – Praying (#14)

My Top 5 Picks
1. (TIE) Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1. (TIE) The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren – Side Effects
1. (TIE) Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman
4. Silk City f/ Dua Lipa – Electricity
5. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling 


My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Bebe Rexha – I'm A Mess
2. AJR – Burn The House Down
3. LSD – Thunderclouds
4. Marshmello f/ Anne-Marie – Friends
5. Weezer – Africa

Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso f/ Florida Georgia Line and watt – Let Me Go
The Script – Rain
Camila Cabello f/ Young Thug – Havana
Taylor Swift – ...Ready For It?