Week Of December 22, 2018
- Beluga
- Dec 30, 2018
- 6 min read
The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini (2)
We got a lot of new songs this week, and there were some big jumps and drops. I don’t have much else to say though. So let’s start this thing!
Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Taylor Swift - Delicate (#43) (3 weeks at #1)
Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (#31) (2 weeks at #1)
Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga - Shallow (#37)
Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (#33)
Calvin Harris/Sam Smith - Promises (#45)
#44: NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know (-6)
#43: George Ezra - Shotgun (-2)
#42: Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful (-)
#41: Twenty One Pilots - My Blood (-20)
#39: Steve Aoki/BTS - Waste It On Me (DEBUT)
#38: Charlie Puth - The Way I Am (+1)
#37: Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (DEBUT)
#35: Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity (+1)
#34: James Arthur - Empty Space (DEBUT)
#33: The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (-7)
#32: Lauv/Julia Michaels - There’s No Way (-7)
#31: David Guetta/Anne-Marie - Don’t Leave Me Alone (-7)
#30: Backstreet Boys - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (-3)
#29: Selena Gomez - Back To You (-1)
#28: Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine (DEBUT)
#27: Ellie Goulding/Diplo - Close To Me (DEBUT)
#26: Shawn Mendes - Nervous (-7)
#25: Little Mix/Nicki Minaj - Woman Like Me (-3)
#24: Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (+5)
#23: Lauren Jauregui - Expectations (+9)
#22: Olly Murs - Moves (+13)
#21: Bebe Rexha - I’m A Mess (-9)
#19: Ariana Grande - Breathin’ (-12)
#18: Lovelytheband - Broken (-3)
#17: Camila Cabello - Consequences (+3)
#16: The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks (+1)
#15: Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (+15)
#14: Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (+9)
#13: Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (+5)
#12: Dan + Shay - Tequila (+1)
#11: Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower (+3)
#10: Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (+6)
#9: Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It (+2)
#8: Anne-Marie - 2002 (+1)
#6: Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (+4)
#4: Halsey - Without Me (+1)
Last Year’s #1: Ed Sheeran - Perfect
For the first debut, we have Steve Aoki and BTS with Waste It On Me. Normally, I hate BTS. But, I feel like they actually really work with this song. I feel like I would hate it a lot more if they sang in Korean. Oh, well.
Then, we have Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart. When I first heard this one I thought it was a little weird. Okay a lot weird. But now, I actually kind of like it. It’s actually pretty good, and like I said a couple of weeks ago, I’m so glad Miley’s gone back to country. This one’s just overall a pretty good song.
For the third debut of the week, we have James Arthur on Empty Space. This one is really good, and I just overall really enjoy James Arthur. Although I prefer songs like Say You Won’t Let Go, this one is pretty catchy and he sounds great in the chorus.
Ellie Goulding/Diplo - Close To Me comes in as the fourth debut of the week. This one’s pretty good. In my opinion, the version with Swae Lee is a bit better, and for some reason, they edited it out after one week of his version being in Hit-Bound, but whatever.
And with the highest debut of the week, at #28, we have the monstrosity that is Chlorine by Twenty One Pilots. I really hope this one flops like Jumpsuit and My Blood. This one is just bad. Twenty One Pilots have done so much better in my opinion, and this is just bad.
Best Debut Of The Week: Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
Biggest DROP!!!: Twenty One Pilots - My Blood (-20): CALLED IT!!! Also, I’m sad. I really enjoyed this one, and I’m sad to see it drop down to the bottom 5 so fast. I wish this one did better, and I hope Chlorine flops and does worse than this.
Biggest Jump: Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (+15): This one is super catchy. It’s great. I really like it, and I’m glad it jumped up into the top 15 on it’s second week.
My Top 5 Picks
#5: The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling
#4: Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho
#3: The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks
#2: Little Mix/Nicki Minaj - Woman Like Me
#1: Ariana Grande - Breathin’
My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine
#4: Backstreet Boys - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
#3: Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You
#2: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle
#1: NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know
Ranking Of Da Top 15
#15: 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood
#14: Dan + Shay - Tequila
#13: Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly
#12: Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next
#11: Halsey - Without Me
#10: Khalid/Normani - Love Lies
#9: Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones
#8: Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It
#7: Anne-Marie - 2002
#6: Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside
#5: Marshmello/Bastille - Happier
#4: Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
#3: Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower
5 Oldest Songs
#5: Selena Gomez - Back To You
#4: NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know
#3: Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)
#2: Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
#1: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle
Blurbs
We had 5 exits this week. Delicate, Whatever It Takes, Shallow, Lost In Japan and Promises. Delicate and Whatever It Takes were kind of old, and faded on me. Shallow was pretty good. It got lots of success everywhere else, and I’m kind of surprised it didn’t get much here. Lost In Japan was also good, and I’m sad to see it go, and Promises grew on me alot.
I Wanna Know is finally in the bottom 5! Now if it could just leave…
I find it funny how Side Effects, There’s No Way and Don’t Leave Me Alone are next to each other, and they all dropped 7 spots.
Honestly, who the heck would vote for Chlorine? Listen, I know I’ve been ranting on about this one, but seriously. It’s just terrible.
Why does Girls Like You have to be so unpredictable? Like, just drop already!
Moves moved up a lot this week. (Okay, I’ll try to be a little lighter on the puns in the future.) But in all seriousness, this one’s really good.
Natural and Breathin’ dropped quite a bit. That sucks. I kind of liked both of them. It’s a shame Breathin’ got replaced by Thank U, Next.
Hit-Bound
Lauren Daigle - You Say
Charli XCX/Troye Sivan - 1999
Dan + Shay - Speechless
5 Seconds Of Summer - Killer Queen
Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely
Seeb/Bastille - Grip
Imagine Dragons - Machine
Pitbull/Rhea - Ocean To Ocean (DEBUT)
Avril Lavigne - Tell Me It’s Over (DEBUT)
Benny Blanco/Calvin Harris - I Found You (DEBUT)
Dean Lewis - Be Alright
Khalid - Better
Stephen Puth - S**ual Vibe (DEBUT)
Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life
Lovelytheband - Maybe I’m Afraid (DEBUT)
For the first new Hit-Bound song, we have Ocean To Ocean by Pitbull and someone named Rhea. When I first heard this one, I just heard Pitbull rapping, and then, faintly I heard the familiar DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DOOOOOOOO of Africa by Toto. Honestly, Pitbull should not be doing this. Even though Rhea’s singing. It’s just bad.
And then we have a better one by the name of Tell Me It’s Over by the beautiful voice of Avril Lavigne, Adam Levine’s twin sister. This one’s actually really good. Avril just has a spectacular voice. I really hope this one debuts soon.
And then we have Benny Blanco/Calvin Harris - I Found You. I really enjoyed Eastside, but I just think Benny Blanco picked the wrong voice to sing this one. Obviously, Calvin helped a bit with the DJing, but his voice just doesn’t really work.
Now we have Charlie Puth’s actual brother Stephen Puth with S**ual Vibe. This one just feels really weird and uncomfortable. I just don’t like it. NEXT!!!
Finally, we have the second song from Lovelytheband’s first album, Finding It Hard To Smile, Maybe I’m Afraid. This one’s pretty good. I haven’t heard it much, so I can’t give it a strong opinion yet.
My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
#5: Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life
#4: Seeb/Bastille - Grip
#3: Dan + Shay - Speechless
#2: Lauren Daigle - You Say
#1: Dean Lewis - Be Alright
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