Hello everyone....JoJo's co-host this weekend was Dillon Francis ...and on the show they discussed rumors of that Francis knows the actor who played Chunk in "Goonies" (Jeff Cohen is his real name BTW ...and he's slim now)... well three songs debut (all last week's extras..all good)...so three exited the charts (one lousy)...and they are:
x Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman [#14][1 Week at #1]
x Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess [#10]
x Imagine Dragons - Natural [#04]
Last week's #1: Marshmello /Bastille - Happier
20 Why Don't We - 8 Letters [Debut]
19 LSD - Thunderclouds [#19] =
18 Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower [#20] +2
17 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises [#18] +1
16 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams [#16] =
15 Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper - Shallow [#17] +2
14 The Chainsmokers / Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling [Debut]
13 Camila Cabello - Consenquences [#15] +2
12 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix) [#13] +1
11 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode [#03] -8 [1 Week at #1]
10 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#12] +2
09 lovelytheband - Broken [#09] =
08 Ariana Grande - thank u, next [Debut]
07 NF - Lie [#08] +1
06 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside [#06] =
05 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful [#11] +6
04 Halsey-Without Me [#07] +3
03 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier [#01] -1 [2 Weeks at #1]
02 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [#05] +3
01 Ariana Grande - Breathin' [#02] +1 [1st Week at #1]
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Biggest Rise:
+6 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful [#11-#06]
Biggest Drop:
-8 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sickomode [#03-#11]
Recommendation for exiting next week:
Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams
New Entries:
Why Don't We - 8 Letters
The latest song from the LA based boy band is a love song (hence I Love You has 8 letters) has a electronic jazzy romantic feel ...the harmony works in it.... Great tune here... can be a #1 hit
The Chainsmokers / Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling
The latest from these guys is a wonderful revelation ..Country star Ballerini has a great voice that works in this song ..Drew made a drastic improvement on his voice and the production and choruses makes the vocals sound great...Best song since Closer....Top 5 hit here
Ariana Grande - thank u, next
This song, from an album of same name that's gonna be release in Feb 2019, is a breakup song, unlike Without Me by Halsey which is sad and bitter, is mutual and grateful one ... she saying thanks to ex-fiance Pete Davidson for wonderful memories ...she also divulges in her other past exes as well....the production and vocals is a lil weaker than all of her hit singles from Sweetener... already #1 in Billboard and looks on it way to do the same here
Best Debut: Why Don't We - 8 Letters
Need to Know/Extras:
NTK Monsta X - Shoot Up
XTRA Drake / Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me
XTRA Dillion Francis / Lao Ra - White Boi
blurb u, next:
* TFG I'm A Mess is gone...it would be interesting if God Is A Woman stayed for one more week as Ariana Grande's thank u, next debuted and Breathin' moved in the top spot (which BTW replaced Happier there).... Natural lost momentum after it yo-yoed back and forth in spots 4-5-4
* Sicko Mode could be in its final week as it became the Biggest Fall (-8...#3-#11) while Beautiful surprisingly the Biggest Riser (+6..#11-#5)
* The three main challengers for #1 moved significantly big: High Hopes (#12-#10), Without Me (#7-#4), Electricity (#5-#2)
Top 20 Review:
0-BOGUS
20 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams
1-BAD
NONE
2-Mediocre/Meh
NONE
3-Decent
19 Halsey-Without Me
18 LSD - Thunderclouds
17 Ariana Grande - thank u, next
4-Good
16 Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower
15 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises
14 Camila Cabello - Consenquences
13 Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper - Shallow
12 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix)
11 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful
5-GREAT
10 NF - Lie
09 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sickomode
08 lovelytheband - Broken
07 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
06 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
05 The Chainsmokers / Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling
04 Why Don't We - 8 Letters
03 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity
02 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier
6-BEST SONG IN THE COUNTDOWN
01 Ariana Grande - Breathin'
TOTAL SCORE: 84/100 (84%-A-) Great
Hello everyone...I sang two songs last night ("Happier" and Whatever It Takes") at karaoke...I did ok with em... well this week's top 40 is action packed ...and like the BAS countdown this week, lousy songs exited and better tunes enters..so here's to we say BYE FELICIA to:
EXITS:
X Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same [#40] [5 weeks at #1]
X Tyga / Offset - Taste [#25]
Last Week's #1: Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman
40 Loud Luxury/brando - Body [Debut]
39 Lauv - I Like Me Better [#38] -1
38 DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer [#13] -25
37 Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends [#36] -1
36 Mike Posner - Song About You [#39] +3
35 Zedd / Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle [#34] -1 [4 weeks at #1]
34 The Chainsmokers / Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling [#35] +1
33 Taylor Swift - Delicate [#32] -1 [1 week at #1]
32 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow [#37] +5
31 Bazzi - Mine [#29] -2 [1 week at #1]
30 Drake / Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me [#31] +1
29 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode [#30] +1
28 Post Malone / Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho [#27] -1 [4 weeks at #1]
27 Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower [Debut]
26 Camila Cabello - Consequences [#33] +7
25 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry [#22] -3 [1 week at #1]
24 LSD - Thunderclouds [#28] +4
23 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises [#24] +1
22 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [#26] +4
21 CARDI B / Bad Bunny & J. Balvin - I Like It [#19] -2
20 Tiesto & Dzeko / Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan [#16] -4
19 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore [#17] -2
18 Halsey - Without Me [#23] +5
17 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix) [#20] +3
16 lovelytheband - Broken [#18] +2
15 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful [#15] =
14 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#21] +7
13 Selena Gomez - Back To You [#05] -6
12 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#10] -1
11 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess [#11] =
10 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside [#12] +2
09 Ariana Grande - Breathin' [#14] +5
08 NF - Lie [#09] +1
07 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams [#08] +1
06 Post Malone - Better Now [#04] -2 [2 weeks at #1]
05 Maroon 5 / Cardi B - Girls Like You [#07] +2 [4 weeks at #1]
04 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier [#06] +2
03 Khalid & Normani - Love Lies [#03] = [3 weeks at #1]
02 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood [#02] = [2 weeks at #1]
01 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman [#01] = [2nd week at #1]
This Week's #1 One Year Ago:
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still [last week of 2 weeks at #1]
BIGGEST RISE
(Tie) +7
Camila Cabello - Consequences (#33-#26)
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#21-#14)
BIGGEST FALL
DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer (#13-#38) -25
The 3 songs under the top 30 that needs to go:
39 Lauv - I Like Me Better (45 weeks in)
38 DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer (40 weeks in)
35 Zedd / Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle (39 weeks in)
New Entries:
Loud Luxury/brando - Body
The first of two new debuts comes from a new EDM duo Loud Luxury and vocalist brando... Been hearing this a lot on Music Choice and this is a beat thumping tune that works to a degree... This can challenge for a top 10 spot
Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower
This somg featured in the upcoming animated film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse..The vocals from Post and Swae sounds ok along with the production....Should stick around for a while
Best Debut: Loud Luxury/brando - Body
Breakouts/On The Verge:
* Dean Lewis - Be Alright
* Alessa Cara - Trust My Lonely
* Kahlid - Better
Extras/Optional Extras:
* Weezer - Africa
* Lukas Graham - 7 Years
* Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes
* The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar - Pray For Me
* Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love
* Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
* Charlie Puth - The Way I Am
* Jason Derulo & David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj & Willi William - Goodbye
* Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ - Cold Water
* Big Boi - All Night
* Ed Sheeran - Photograph
Blurb Up The Volume:
* Glad both Never Be The Same and Taste..the former was way overdue to leave after 43 weeks in the countdown...the latter just bad...
* No Brainer became the 2nd largest drop in the countdown history without exiting (-25 ... #13-#38)...only Damn Yankees' Where You Goin' Now dropped more in 1993 (-26...#12-#38)
* Consequences (#33-#26) and High Hopes (#21-#14) moved 7 notches this week to be the Biggest Risers...The latter will move in the top 10 next week
* God Is A Woman stays at #1 for its 2nd week... way it looks that it'll stay at the top spot til Happier gets it 2-3 weeks later
* Ryan mentions this tidbits during the show
**Halsey was crying during the recording of Without Me, a song about her breakup of her and G-Easy, the collab partner of Him And I.... bet its the reason her voice suffered in it
**Dua Lipa's ideas of storylines in her songs "feels like she's writing from a diary"... Oh really??
**hope the Bebe Rexha/Camila Cabello collab doesn't happen..hate to hear what it sounds like....
* Upset that the two worst songs in the top 20 (I'm A Mess and Lucid Dreams) is straying around too long ..hope both starts to drop significantly
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
2-Mediocre
NONE
3-Decent
17 Halsey - Without Me
16 Maroon 5 / Cardi B - Girls Like You
4-Good
15 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix)
14 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful
5-Great
13 NF - Lie
12 Post Malone - Better Now
11 Tiesto & Dzeko / Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan
10 lovelytheband - Broken
9 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood
8 Selena Gomez - Back To You
7 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
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: 81/100 (81%-B) Good
My Recommedation for AT40
Why Don't We - 8 Letters
Flashback Pick of the Week:
M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume (1987)
Most Missed Song:
Foster The People - Sit Next To Me (June 2018)
Favorite Tune on Countdown Last Year:
Kesha - Praying [#9]
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 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess
2 Lauv - I Like Me Better
3 Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends
4 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams
5 DJ Khaled / Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer
This Week's Debuts One Year Ago
* Fifth Harmony - He Like That (#40)
* Calvin Harris/Kehlani/Lil' Yatchy - Faking It (#38)
Hello All.....Mumford & Sons new album "Delta" comes out Friday.... i hope it contains a potential follow-up to "Guiding Light"..ok three good songs enters and three lousy songs exits...so here they are:
This Week's Exits:
X Rex Orange County f/ Benny Sings - Loving Is Easy [#37]
X Robert DeLong - Revolutionary [#34]
X Weezer - Africa [#14] [3 Weeks at #1]
To all three ....BYE FELICIA.. GOOD RIDDANCE
Last Week's #1: Marshmello f/ Bastille - Happier
40 Lil Peep/XXXTENTACION - Falling Down [#40] ↔
39 Smashing Pumpkins - Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) [#38] ↓1
38 The Blue Stones - Black Holes (Solid Ground) [NEW]
37 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Ohio [#39] ↑2
36 Mike Posner - Song About You [#35] ↓1
35 morgxn f/ Walk The Moon - Home [NEW]
34 Hozier f/ Mavis Staples - Nina Cried Power [#33] ↓1
33 Death Cab For Cutie - Northern Lights [NEW]
32 Max Frost - Good Morning [#36] ↑4
31 Albert Hammond, Jr. - Far Away Truths [#30] ↓3
30 Shinedown - Get Up [#32] ↑2
29 Bishop Briggs - Baby [#29] ↔
28 Thirty Seconds To Mars - Rescue Me [#19] ↓9
27 Blue October - Daylight [#28] ↑1
26 Tom Morello f/ Portugal. The Man & Whethan - Every Step That I Take [#31] ↑5
25 The Dirty Heads F/ Kitten - Visions [#23] ↓1
24 Badflower - Ghost [#27] ↑3
23 Mike Shinoda F/ k.flay - Make It Up As I Go [#26] ↑3
22 Young The Giant - Superpostion [#25] ↑3
21 Bob Moses - Back Down [#22] ↑1
20 DREAMERS - Screws [#21] ↑1
19 The 1975 - Love It If We Made It [#24] ↑5
18 Barns Courtney - 99 [#20] ↑2
17 Muse - Pressure [#18] ↑1
16 Weezer - Can't Knock The Hustle [#17] ↑1
15 Elle King - Shame [#16] ↑1
14 Portugal. The Man - Tidal Wave [#15] ↑1
13 lovelytheband - These Are My Friends [#13] ↔
12 The Struts - Body Talks [#12] ↔
11 Billie Eilish - You Should See Me In A Crown [#11] ↔
10 flora cash - You're Somebody Else [#10] ↔
09 The Revivalists - All My Friends [#09] ↔
08 lovelytheband - Broken [#07] ↓1 [9 Weeks at #1]
07 AJR - Burn The House Down [#05] ↓2
06 Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light [#08] ↑2
05 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#03] ↓2 [9 Weeks at #1]
04 The Interrupters - She's Kerosene [#06] ↑2
03 twenty one pilots - My Blood [#04] ↑1
02 Marshmello f/ Bastille - Happier [#01] ↓1 [1 Week at #1]
01 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#02] ↑1 [1st Week at #1]
This Week's #1 One Year Ago:
Imagine Dragons - Thunder [3rd week at #1]
Biggest Rise of the week:
Tom Morello f/ Portugal. The Man & Whethan - Every Step That I Take [#31-#26] ↑5
The 1975 - Love It If We Made It [#24-#19] ↑5
Biggest Fall of the week:
Thirty Seconds To Mars - Rescue Me [#19-#28] ↓9
New Entries:
The Blue Stones - Black Holes (Solid Ground)
The latest from these guys is good rocking tune... It took awhile for the song to hit the charts...Hope it sticks awhile
morgxn f/ Walk The Moon - Home
Instead of a regular follow-up to Kamikaze, the lads from Cincy teams ups with Nashville born alternative singer/songwriter morgxn on his single which is wonderful produced tune...this should be a top 10 hit here
Death Cab For Cutie - Northern Lights
This follow-up to Gold Rush is an upbeat tune that sounds pretty good here...Lot better than their predecessor....Should hit the top 5
BEST DEBUT: Death Cab For Cutie - Northern Lights
My 5 recommendations for the week
LANY -Thru These Tears
Houses - Fast Talk
SMYL - Clean Eyes
Greta Van Fleet - You're The One
The Revivalists - Change
Northern Blurbs:
* Every Step That I Take [#31-#26] and Love It If We Made It [#24-#19] both moves up 5 notches to be this weeks Biggest Risers.. while Rescue Me [#19-#28] goes down 9 notches to be Biggest Fall and prolly fall out next week
* As expected, High Hopes moves into the #1 spot to make it two in a row for Panic! At The Disco's "Pray For The Wicked" album .. while Happier drops to #2
* Burn The House Down is FINALLY dropping significant spots on its way out of the chart ..also Broken is three notches away from dropping out of the top 10 or even out of the chart ...Hope it stay in til the Billboard's End of its calendar year
* Falling Down stays put ...so in hope it means falling out of the countdown
* Also sadly Nina Cried Power lost momentum when it drop in its 3rd week after moving big in its 2nd week and never recover from it.... It looks like it exits next week
Top 20 Review:
0-BOGUS
20. AJR - Burn The House Down
1-Bad
19. DREAMERS -Screws
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. Muse - Pressure
13. Weezer - Can't Knock The Hustle
12. Barns Courtney - 99
4-Good
11. lovelytheband - These Are My Friends
10. The 1975 - Love It If We Made It
9. twenty one pilots - My Blood
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: 69/100 = 69% [B- Good]
Flashback Pick:
Cake - Sick Of You (2010)
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. (TIE)Lil Peep/XXXTENTACION - Falling Down
1. (TIE)AJR - Burn The House Down
3. Max Frost - Good Morning
4. Bishop Briggs - Baby
5. Elle King - Shame
New Debuts One Year Ago:
Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending [#40]
Bishop Briggs - Dream [#38]
Weezer - Happy Hour [#27]
Hello JoJo's guest hosts this week are The Chainsmokers and Kelsea Ballerini, who hyped their single This Feeling...and told stories of their experiences on tours... well we got three new entries ...so here's who exited:
THIS WEEK'S EXITS:
X Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore [#20]
X Tiesto & Dzeko f/Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan [#18]
X Tyga / Offset - Taste [#04]
Last Week's #1: Marshmello /Bastille - Happier
20 Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower [Debut]
19 LSD - Thunderclouds [Debut]
18 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises [#16] ↓2
17 Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper - Shallow [Debut]
16 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams [#06] ↓10
15 Camila Cabello - Consenquences [#19] ↑4
14 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman [#15] ↑1 [1 Week at #1]
13 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix) [#14] ↑1
12 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#13] ↑1
11 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful [#12] ↑1
10 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess [#07] ↓3
09 lovelytheband - Broken [#11] ↑2
08 NF - Lie [#08] ↔
07 Halsey-Without Me [#17] ↑10
06 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside [#10] ↑4
05 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity [#09] ↑4
04 Imagine Dragons - Natural [#05] ↑1
03 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sicko Mode [#03] ↔ [1 Week at #1]
02 Ariana Grande - Breathin' [#02] ↔
01 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier [#01] ↔ [2nd Week at #1]
Biggest Rise:
Halsey - Without Me [#17-#07] ↑10
Biggest Fall:
Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams [#06-#16] ↓10
New Entries:
Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower
This song is featured in the upcoming film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse ...The vocals for Post and Swae sound ok along with the production....i believe it stay for a while here
LSD - Thunderclouds
After being in the bubble for the past two weeks, this collab of Labrinth, Sia and Diplo finally debuts...Except for Sia's wails, this song is decent enough for the lyrics about relationships
Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper - Shallow
The song from the film A Star Is Born, which is directed by Cooper, has good vocals from Cooper and Gaga and the production is well done...This is my pick to win the Globes and the Oscars for Best Original Song
BEST DEBUT: Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper - Shallow
Need to Know Breakout/Extras:
NTK Ariana Grande - thank u, next
XTRA Why Don't We - 8 Letters
XTRA The Chainsmokers / Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling
Chain"Blurb"ers:
*Good Riddance to Taste and Drew Barrymore ... Jackie Chan had an Ok run
*Happier stays at #1 with Breathin' and Electricity poised to challenge for the #1 spot
*As i predicted, Lucid Dreams, by dropping 10 notches, will exit next week ...Without Me moved up 10 notches.. could challenge for #1 in two weeks
*if God Is A Woman stays in again next week and for some weird reason thank u, next debuts, Ariana Grande will have 3 chart entries by herself in the countdown
*I'm A Mess could drop out from #10 ..if so, i won't be bit surprised
Top 20 Review:
0-BOGUS
20 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess
19 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams
1-BAD
NONE
2-Mediocre
NONE
3-Decent
18 Halsey-Without Me
17 LSD - Thunderclouds
4-Good
16 Post Malone / Swae Lee - Sunflower
15 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises
14 Camila Cabello - Consenquences
13 Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper - Shallow
12 Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (Remix)
11 Bazzi / Camila Cabello - Beautiful
5-GREAT
10 NF - Lie
09 Travis Scott f/ Drake - Sickomode
08 lovelytheband - Broken
07 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
06 Benny Blanco / Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
05 Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity
04 Imagine Dragons - Natural
03 Marshmello /Bastille - Happier
02 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman
6-BEST SONG IN THE COUNTDOWN
01 Ariana Grande - Breathin'
TOTAL SCORE: 81/100 (81%-A-) Great
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)
