AMERICAN TOP 40 - 5 Seconds of Summer (3) - NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Hello All... On a personal note I got news on a pending open heart surgery ...it will be done a week or two after Thanksgiving... I will take a 2-3 weeks off blogging so i can recover... b4 i do i continue on til then...Without further due, Here's the this week's exits:

X Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes [#40]
X Logic / Ryan Tedder - One Day [#39]
X Anne-Marie - 2002 [#33]

Last Week's #1: 5 Seconds of Summer -  Youngblood
40 Mike Posner - Song About You [Debut]
39 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same [#38] ↓1 [5 weeks at #1]
38 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode [Debut]
37 Lauv - I Like Me Better [#36] ↓1
36 Weezer - Africa [#31] ↓5
35 Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends [#34] ↓1
34 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [#37] ↑3
33 Zedd / Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle [#32] ↓1 [4 weeks at #1]
32 LSD - Thunderclouds [#35] ↑3
31 Taylor Swift - Delicate [#30] ↓1 [1 week at #1]
30 Halsey - Without Me [Debut]
29 Jason Derulo/David Guetta/ Nicki Minaj/ Willi William - Goodbye [#28] ↓1
28 Bazzi - Mine [#27] ↓1 [1 week at #1]
27 Charlie Puth - The Way I Am [#17] ↓10
26 Post Malone / Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho [#24] ↓2 [4 weeks at #1]
25 Tyga / Offset - Taste [#25] ↔
24 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix) [#26] ↑2
23 Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love [#22] ↓1
22 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises [#23] ↑1
21 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#29] ↑8
20 Ariana Grande - Breathin' [#21] ↑1
19 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry [#18] ↓1 [1 week at #1]
18 lovelytheband - Broken [#20] ↑2
17 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful [#19] ↑2
16 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore [#16] ↔
15 Tiesto & Dzeko / Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan [#15] ↔
14 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside [#14] ↔
13 CARDI B / Bad Bunny & J. Balvin - I Like It [#12] ↓1
12 NF - Lie [#13] ↑1
11 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#10] ↓1
10 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess [#09] ↓1
09 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier [#11] ↑2
08 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams [#07] ↓1
07 DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer [#08] ↑1
06 Maroon 5 / Cardi B - Girls Like You [#06] ↔ [4 weeks at #1]
05 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman [#05] ↔
04 Selena Gomez - Back To You [#04] ↔
03 Khalid & Normani - Love Lies [#02] ↓1 [3 weeks at #1]
02 Post Malone - Better Now [#03] ↑1 [2 weeks at #1]
01 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood [#01] ↔ [3 weeks at #1]

This Week's #1 One Year Ago:
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still [1st of 2 weeks at #1]

Biggest Rise This Week:
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#29-#21] ↑8

Biggest Fall This Week:
Charlie Puth - The Way I Am [#17] ↓10

The 3 songs under the top 30 that needs to go:
39 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (42 weeks in)
37 Lauv - I Like Me Better (43 weeks in)
33 Zedd / Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle (37 weeks in)

New Entrys:
Mike Posner - Song About You
The artist who brought you the hit I Took A Pill In Ibiza is back with this song which has a production that is manageable...Not great but OK...This could hit the top 20

Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode
The best Hip-Hop song this year IMO is by the guy who gave us Antidote and the busiest artist in the planet....The hooks, production and lyrical vocals all works here... It can hit top 5 here

Halsey - Without Me
The latest from her is not all great here...Its better than Now Or Never but weaker than Bad At Love and Alone...

Top debut: Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode

Breakout/On the Verge: 
BO Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower
BO The Chainsmokers / Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling
BO Kayne West / Lil Pump - I Love It
BO Drake / Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me


Extra/Optional Extra:
Pink - Just Like Fire
twentyonepilots - Stressed Out
Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me
Justin Bieber - Sorry
The Weeknd - Earned It
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Drake - In My Feelings
Fifth Harmony /Kid Ink - Worth It
Charlie Puth - How Long
Dua Lipa - New Rules

Blurb Mode About You:

* Wrong Anne-Marie tune drops out.... 2002 instead of Friends... Also dropping out too soon One Day...and Whatever It Takes does drop out after 34 weeks in the chart, peaking in the top 3

* As you just saw i added a new segment which i highlight the 3 oldest songs under the top 30 that wear out its welcome every week... that way i rant less on them

*  High Hopes better chance to crack the top 20 next week in a lofty spot to may enter the top 10 two weeks after that

* If the Drake / Michael Jackson collab debuts, it will only the 2nd hit posthumously by the King Of Pop in AT40 (His posthumous collab with Justin Timberlake Love Never Felt So Good charted in 2014)

* It's concerning about Eastside stalling at #14...afraid it peaked and may never enter the top 10...  Equally alarming that Better Now has better chance to reclaim #1 than Back To You or God Is A Woman getting it

Top 20 Review:

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

1-BAD
18 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore
17 DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - 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 / Camila Cabello - Beautiful

5-Great
13 NF - Lie
12 Tiesto & Dzeko / Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan
11 Post Malone - Better Now
10 lovelytheband - Broken
09 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood
08 Selena Gomez - Back To You
07 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
06 Imagine Dragons - Natural
05 Khalid & Normani - Love Lies 
04 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry
03 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier
02 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman

BONUS 6-Best Song in the top 20
01 Ariana Grande - Breathin'

TOTAL SCORE: 78/100 (78%-B) Good

My Top 3 Recommendations  for AT40:
Elle Goulding f/ Diplo & Swae Lee - Close To  Me
Gryffin f/Elley Duhé - Tie Me Down
Alan Walker f/ AuRa and Tomine Harkett - Darkside

Throwback Pick Of The Week:
Queen - I Want it All (1989)

Most Missed Song:
Queen - One Vison (1986)

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
4 Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity
5 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode

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
Macklemore f/ Kesha - Good Old Days (Debuted at #39)
Kahild - Young, Dumb And Broke (Debuted at #37)
Charlie Puth - How Long (Debuted at #33)