Friday, November 9, 2018

AT40 - Ariana Grande (1) - November 10, 2018



Hello ... God Is A Woman finally did hit the top spot this week but two songs could challenge it in two weeks..more on that later..... Let's get to this week's countdown by saying goodbye to 4 songs this week

This Week's Exits:
X Weezer - Africa [#36]
X Jason Derulo/David Guetta/ Nicki Minaj/ Willi William - Goodbye [#29]
X Charlie Puth - The Way I Am [#27]
X Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love [#23]

Last Week's #1: 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
40 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same [#39] ↓1 [5 weeks at #1]
39 Mike Posner - Song About You [#40] ↑1
38 Lauv - I Like Me Better [#37] ↓1
37 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow [Debut]
36 Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends [#35] ↓1
35 The Chainsmokers / Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling [Debut]
34 Zedd / Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle [#33] ↓1 [4 weeks at #1]
33 Camila Cabello - Consequences [Debut]
32 Taylor Swift - Delicate [#31] ↓1 [1 week at #1]
31 Drake / Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me [Debut]
30 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode [#38] ↑8
29 Bazzi - Mine [#28] ↓1 [1 week at #1]
28 LSD - Thunderclouds [#32] ↑4
27 Post Malone / Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho [#26] ↓1 [4 weeks at #1]
26 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [#34] ↑8
25 Tyga / Offset - Taste [#25]
24 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises [#22] ↓2
23 Halsey - Without Me [#30] ↑7
22 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry [#19] ↓1 [1 week at #1]
21 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#21]
20 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix) [#24] ↑4
19 CARDI B / Bad Bunny & J. Balvin - I Like It [#13] ↓6
18 lovelytheband - Broken [#18]
17 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore [#16] ↓1
16 Tiesto & Dzeko / Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan [#15] ↓1
15 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful [#17] ↑2
14 Ariana Grande - Breathin' [#20] ↑6
13 DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer [#07] ↓6
12 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside [#14] ↑2
11 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess [#10] ↓1
10 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#11] ↑1
09 NF - Lie [#12] ↑3
08 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams [#08]
07 Maroon 5 / Cardi B - Girls Like You [#06] ↓1 [4 weeks at #1]
06 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier [#09] ↑3
05 Selena Gomez - Back To You [#04] ↓1
04 Post Malone - Better Now [#02] ↓2 [2 weeks at #1]
03 Khalid & Normani - Love Lies [#03] [3 weeks at #1]
02 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood [#01] ↓1 [2 weeks at #1]
01 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman [#05] ↑3 [1 week at #1]

This Week's #1 One Year Ago:
Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry [only week at #1]

Biggest Rise of the Week:
Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode [#38-#30] ↑8
Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [#34-#26] ↑8

Biggest Fall of the Week:
CARDI B / Bad Bunny & J. Balvin - I Like It [#13-#19] ↓6
DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer [#07-#13] ↓6

The 3 songs under the top 30 that needs to go:
40 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (43 weeks in)
38 Lauv - I Like Me Better (44 weeks in)
34 Zedd / Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle (38 weeks in)

New Entries:
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow
A Star Is Born film, directed by Cooper, features this song which he and Gaga does a good job on the vocals... Production of it is well done...My pick to win Best Song in the Globes and the Oscars

The Chainsmokers / Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling
This follow up to Side Effects is a wonderful revelation from the guys..Country star Ballerini has a great voice that works in this song..Drew has made an improvement on his voice and the production and choruses makes the vocal sound amazing...Best song since Closer...Its should hit top 5 

Camila Cabello - Consequences 
WAY better than Never Be The Same..the orchestra backing in the songs along with her improved voice works on the song...should go far..top 10 hit for sure

Drake / Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me
This posthumous collaboration of the busiest artist in the planet right now and the late King of Pop is mixed production, well done BTW, of original material from Drake and the samplings from the same set of unreleased recordings Jackson did in 1983 with another music legend Paul Anka that produced posthumously hits This Is It and Love Never Felt So Good (with Justin Timberlake) in 2014... This should be a big hit

BEST DEBUT: Drake / Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me

OTV - Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower
BO - Dean Lewis - Be Alright
BO - Alessa Cara - Trust My Lonely
BO - Loud Luxury Feat. Brando - Body

Extra/Optional Extras:
Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes
Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito
Major Lazer featuring DJ Snake & MO - Lean On
J. Balvin featuring Willy William & Beyonce - Mi Gente
Maroon 5 - Maps
Logic featuring Ryan Tedder - One Day
Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran & Future - End Game
 Anne-Marie - 2002
Shawn Mendes - Stitches

Shallow Blurbs:
*We say goodbye to 4 songs Africa BYE FELICIA...Goodbye just debut 5 weeks ago but it peaked too soon...Almost Love was 3 weeks in the Breakout/On The Verge slot b4 it debuted 9 weeks ago and prolly lost momentum b4 it went in the top 30 ...The Way I Am was another disappointment for Charlie Puth, though song was decent

*Biggest Rises this week goes to Sicko Mode and Electricity (↑8) while Biggest Falls goes to No Brainer (woohoo) and I Like It (↓6)

*Ariana Grande finally hit #1 with God Is A Woman ..it should stay there for another week or two b4 Happier gets it , then Breathin' gets it after that

*After two weeks in a row as Biggest Riser, High Hopes stalls at #21...Hope it hasn't peaked too soon

*Do you know how sucky I Like Me Better is ..Heard that it was accidentally written while Lauv was messing with his synthesizer in the studio...SMH

*With his involvement with Silk City and LSD, Diplo will be breaking up Major Lazer after their last set of new collaborations gets released..Right now "Essentials" a mixed set of old and new collaborations is out now

*Ryan mentioned that Happier was the most personal tune for Marshmello ...The song and video for it is a semi-biographical account of the death of his dog and how it effected him to this day

Top 20 Review:
0-BOGUS 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
NONE

3-Decent
16 CARDI B / Bad Bunny & J. Balvin - I Like It
15 Maroon 5 / Cardi B - Girls Like You

4-Good
14 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix)
13 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful

5-Great
12 NF - Lie
11 Post Malone - Better Now
10 Tiesto & Dzeko / Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan
 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 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier
 2 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman

6-(BONUS) Best Song in the Top 20
 1 Ariana Grande - Breathin'

TOTAL SCORE: 77/100 (77%-B) Good

My Recommedation for AT40
Why Don't We - 8 Letters

Throwback Pick of the Week:
LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (2011)

Most Missed Song:
Calvin Harris / Dua Lipa - One Kiss (May 2018)

Favorite Tune on Countdown Last Year:
Kesha - Praying [#10]

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
Nick Jonas - Find You ((Debuted at #39)
Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask (Debuted at #37)

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