Week Of December 8, 2018

5 Seconds Of Summer (5)

So, it turns out Spyder was at his honeymoon last week. Which makes sense because he got married the week before last week. (Yeah, that seems kind of obvious to me now, but the thought never crossed my mind. We’ve got a not too great #1 again, but whatever. No songs leaving the countdown this week, so let’s get right into it!

#45: Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman (-1)

#44: Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (+1) (2 weeks at #1)

#43: Calvin Harris/Sam Smith - Promises (-2)

#42: Taylor Swift - Delicate (-2) (3 weeks at #1)

#41: Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful (+2)

#40: NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know (-1)

#39: Charlie Puth - The Way I Am (-1)

#38: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (-1) (9 weeks at #1)

#37: George Ezra - Shotgun (+5)

#36: Alex Aiono - Big Mistake (-10)

#35: Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night) (+1) (4 weeks at #1)

#34: Loud Luxury/Brando - Body (+1)

#33: Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga - Shallow (-3)

#32: Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan (-1)

#31: Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (+1)

#30: Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity (-8)

#29: Lauv/Julia Michaels - There’s No Way (+5)

#28: Selena Gomez - Back To You (-4)

#27: Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (+1)

#26: The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (-12)

#25: Backstreet Boys - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (-5) #24: Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (-6)

#23: Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It (+2) #22: David Guetta/Anne-Marie - Don’t Leave Me Alone (+7)

#21: Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (+6)

#20: Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (-3)

#19: Little Mix/Nicki Minaj - Woman Like Me (+14) #18: Twenty One Pilots - My Blood (+5)

#17: Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower (-1) #16: Camila Cabello - Consequences (+5)

#15: The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks (-)

#14: Bebe Rexha - I’m A Mess (-6)

#13: Shawn Mendes - Nervous (+6)

#12: Ariana Grande - Breathin’ (-)

#11: Lovelytheband - Broken (+2)

#10: Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (-)

#9: Dan + Shay - Tequila (+2)

#8: Anne-Marie - 2002 (-5)

#7: Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones (+2) (2 weeks at #1)

#6: Halsey - Without Me (-1)

#5: Imagine Dragons - Natural (+1) (1 week at #1)

#4: Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (-) (2 weeks at #1)

#3: Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (-2) (8 weeks at #1)

#2: The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (+5)

Last Year’s #1: Halsey - Bad At Love (1st week at #1)

#1: 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (+1) (5th week at #1)

Biggest DROP!!!: The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (-12): That’s okay. When this debuted, I didn’t really expect it to do well, since it wasn’t on Hit-Bound. Honestly, this one faded on me. I prefer This Feeling a lot more.

Biggest Jump: Little Mix/Nicki Minaj - Woman Like Me (+14): I really really like this song. I’m happy it got the biggest jump on it’s second week. I talked about it a lot last week, and my opinion hasn’t really changed except for the fact that I like it more.

My Top 5 Picks

#5: Ariana Grande - Breathin’

#4: The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

#3: Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower

#2: Little Mix/Nicki Minaj - Woman Like Me

#1: The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks

My Bottom 5 Picks

#5: Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity

#4: Backstreet Boys - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart

#3: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle

#2: Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You

#1: NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know

Ranking Of Da Top 15

#15: Lovelytheband - Broken

#14: 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood

#13: Dan + Shay - Tequila

#12: Bebe Rexha - I’m A Mess

#11: Halsey - Without Me

#10: Khalid/Normani - Love Lies

#9: Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones

#8: Shawn Mendes - Nervous

#7: Imagine Dragons - Natural

#6: Anne-Marie - 2002

#5: Marshmello/Bastille - Happier

#4: Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

#3: Ariana Grande - Breathin’

#2: The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

#1: The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks

5 Oldest Songs

#5: NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know

#4: Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)

#3: TIE Taylor Swift - Delicate AND Shawn Mendes - In My Blood

#2: Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

#1: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle

Blurbs

Big Mistake took quite a tumble to #36. That’s a shame. I really enjoy this song. Oh, well. I don’t think it really got popular anywhere other than Hits 1, so whatever.

Don’t Leave Me Alone rose quite a bit. I also enjoy this song. It’s super fun. I wouldn’t mind seeing it hit the top 15.

My Blood has been slowly rising for quite a bit now. Which means it could drop suddenly at any time now. It’s close to the top 15 now, but I’m not gonna jynx it.

Nervous made it to the top 15. I enjoy this song. It’s fun again. It’s not one of Shawn’s better songs, but I wouldn’t mind seeing it do well here.

This Feeling is at #2. I really think this one is going to hit #1 just because it’s so close.

And Youngblood hit #1 again. I really don’t think this deserved 5 weeks at the top spot.

It’s okay, but just not that good.

Hit-Bound

Steve Aoki/BTS - Waste It On Me

James Arthur - Empty Space

Olly Murs - Moves

Dan + Shay - Speechless

Ellie Goulding/Diplo - Close To Me

Imagine Dragons - Machine

5 Seconds Of Summer - Killer Queen

Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life

Khalid - Better

Lauren Jauregui - Expectations

Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine

Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely

Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (DEBUT)

Dean Lewis - Be Alright

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

New in Hit-Bound, we have the return of Miley Cyrus partnering up with Mark Ronson on Nothing Breaks Like A Heart. It’s nice to see Miley’s steering away from where she was going before, and back to country. I just don’t know how I feel about the country/EDM mash-up, because I think it doesn’t really work. Maybe it’ll grow on me, but not now.

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

#5: Steve Aoki/BTS - Waste It On Me

#4: Ellie Goulding/Diplo - Close To Me

#3: Olly Murs - Moves

#2: Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

#1: Dean Lewis - Be Alright