- Selena Gomez – Fetish (#34)
- Panic! At The Disco – L.A. Devotee (#35)
- Zedd/Liam Payne – Get Low (#39)
Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl
The Countdown
45. Kygo/Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me (#44)
44. Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/Digital Farm Animals – Back To You (#45)
43. The All-American Rejects – Sweat (#40)
42. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low (#43)
41. Bruno Mars – That's What I Like (#42) [1 Week At #1]
40. Charlie Puth – Attention (#41) [1 Week At #1]
39. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (DEBUT)
38. Lady Gaga – The Cure (#38)
37. Harry Styles – Two Ghosts (#37)
36. Justin Bieber/BloodPop – Friends (#36)
35. Fergie/Nicki Minaj – You Already Know (DEBUT)
34. The Revivalists – Wish I Knew You (#27)
33. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid – 1-800-273-8255 (#17)
32. Evaride – Heartless (DEBUT)
31. Zedd/Alessia Cara – Stay (#28) [4 Weeks At #1]
30. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#31) [9 Weeks At #1]
29. Camila Cabello – Havana (#26)
28. Linkin Park – One More Light (#29)
27. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber – Despacito (#23)
26. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes (#25)
25. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt – Let Me Go (#24)
24. Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road (#18)
23. Sabrina Carpenter – Why (#32)
22. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay – Something Just Like This (#10) [3 Weeks At #1]
21. The Script – Rain (#33)
20. Taylor Swift – ...Ready For It? (#22)
19. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (#21) [3 Weeks At #1]
18. Macklemore/Skylar Grey – Glorious (#14)
17. Kesha – Praying (#20)
16. Imagine Dragons – Believer (#15) [3 Weeks At #1]
15. Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#9) [5 Weeks At #1]
14. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft (#16)
13. Charlie Puth – How Long (#30)
12. P!nk – What About Us (#7)
11. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato – No Promises (#19)
10. Maroon 5/SZA – What Lovers Do (#13)
9. Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do (#12)
8. Halsey – Bad At Love (#8)
7. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (#5) [3 Weeks At #1]
6. Mono Mind – Save Me A Place (Bridge & Mountain Remix) (#6)
5. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#11)
4. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (#2) [2 Weeks At #1]
3. Imagine Dragons – Thunder (#3)
2. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (#4)
1. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl (#1) [2nd Week At #1]
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid – 1-800-273-8255 (–16)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Charlie Puth – How Long (+17)
New Entrants
~ Hits 1 just can't get enough of Ed Sheeran. He brings his fourth song on the countdown this week, Perfect, which as far as I know is the first time (at least in a while) that an artist has more than three songs on the countdown at one time. But anyway, this song is fantastic. It's a beautiful love song that really highlights Ed Sheeran's talent not only as a songwriter, but as a vocalist as well. I can see this as a great song for the start of a relationship. Then Thinking Out Loud would be a great choice when things get a bit more serious and you've spent a lot of time together. I have no doubt that Perfect will do well on the countdown, especially since it's a pretty big hit right now.
~ Next we have Fergie with You Already Know featuring Nicki Minaj. I much preferred Fergie when she was in The Black Eyed Peas. Her solo music is not that great (at least the recent stuff). This song actually took several listens for me to really enjoy it and even now, I consider it to be a little bit of a guilty pleasure. Nicki Minaj's verse is easily the best part of the song. If you were to take that out, the song would be almost nothing. So that's kind of what's keeping it in green right now. It's definitely a strange song overall. The one thing I can give it though is that it isn't as big of a mess as M.I.L.F.$. I don't see this song doing very well here and frankly, I don't really care too much. It's one of those songs that's kind of just there.
~ Finally, we have Evaride with Heartless. I've been really enjoying this song for the past couple of days. It has this pop-rock feel that I really like. The lyrical content is good. Their vocals shine very nicely. All in all, it's a really good song and I'm glad it was able to make its debut here. Here's to hoping it does well.
Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid – 1-800-273-8255 (–16)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Charlie Puth – How Long (+17)
New Entrants
~ Hits 1 just can't get enough of Ed Sheeran. He brings his fourth song on the countdown this week, Perfect, which as far as I know is the first time (at least in a while) that an artist has more than three songs on the countdown at one time. But anyway, this song is fantastic. It's a beautiful love song that really highlights Ed Sheeran's talent not only as a songwriter, but as a vocalist as well. I can see this as a great song for the start of a relationship. Then Thinking Out Loud would be a great choice when things get a bit more serious and you've spent a lot of time together. I have no doubt that Perfect will do well on the countdown, especially since it's a pretty big hit right now.
~ Next we have Fergie with You Already Know featuring Nicki Minaj. I much preferred Fergie when she was in The Black Eyed Peas. Her solo music is not that great (at least the recent stuff). This song actually took several listens for me to really enjoy it and even now, I consider it to be a little bit of a guilty pleasure. Nicki Minaj's verse is easily the best part of the song. If you were to take that out, the song would be almost nothing. So that's kind of what's keeping it in green right now. It's definitely a strange song overall. The one thing I can give it though is that it isn't as big of a mess as M.I.L.F.$. I don't see this song doing very well here and frankly, I don't really care too much. It's one of those songs that's kind of just there.
~ Finally, we have Evaride with Heartless. I've been really enjoying this song for the past couple of days. It has this pop-rock feel that I really like. The lyrical content is good. Their vocals shine very nicely. All in all, it's a really good song and I'm glad it was able to make its debut here. Here's to hoping it does well.
Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:
- Lauv – I Like Me Better
- Harry Styles – Kiwi (DEBUT)
- Dua Lipa – New Rules
- Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days (DEBUT)
- X Ambassadors – Ahead of Myself
- Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor (DEBUT)
- Zayn/Sia – Dusk Till Dawn
- Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (DEBUT)
- Post Malone/21 Savage – Rockstar
- Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask
- Bruno Mars – Chunky
- The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn (DEBUT)
- Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
- Nick Jonas – Find You
~ First up, we have Harry Styles with Kiwi. As I've said before, I really like this style of music he's chosen. I think it works very well for him. Kiwi is definitely an enjoyable song and, in my opinion, better than Two Ghosts. It has more to it.
~ I don't think Good Old Days is as good as Glorious. But it does have great lyrical content and Kesha sounds great in the chorus. But I think the lyrics are what stand out the most and it's songs like this that remind me why I love Macklemore. I really do hope this one debuts.
~ Bedroom Floor is definitely better than Strip That Down in terms of the production. The lyrics are still as uninteresting as before. Liam's falsetto isn't bad, but I don't think it should be taking up such a large portion of the song. Overall, it's not the worst thing I've ever heard. It's better than Strip That Down and Get Low, so that's something. But it's not something I want to see become a hit.
~ Now this is what I want to hear from Imagine Dragons. Whatever It Takes is definitely one of the best songs off of Evolve and I'm so happy it's the next single. I love the way it starts and it has a great chorus to it. It makes songs like Thunder look mediocre (I still like it though). I'll talk more about it when it debuts, but this is definitely something I'm enjoying right now.
~ The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn is enjoyable in a way. It does seem a little underwhelming in certain parts. But I was able to get into the majority of it. It's in green right now, but it could possibly change to blue just because it's not exactly a great song. But who knows? My opinion could change with more listens.
~ We lost two songs this week: Why Don't We – Something Different and PRETTYMUCH – Would You Mind. The latter I never really cared for. But I'm a little disappointed by the former. With time and more listens, it actually became a good song. It would've been nice to see it on the countdown.
Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
2. Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days
3. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself
4. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
5. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask
Blurbless
~ Not very much happened with the Top 5 except for the jump from Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing this as a future #1 song. It'd be nice to have an alternative song that's not from Imagine Dragons make it to the top of the countdown.
~ Aside from Feel It Still, we welcome What Lovers Do into the Top 10 as well as welcoming back Look What You Made Me Do into the Top 10. I can accept both even though Look What You Made Me Do is fading on me. But it's fine for now as long as it doesn't get any higher.
~ Charlie Puth – How Long took a pretty big jump this week. It has definitely gotten better after listening to it several more times. And I really enjoyed that music video. That aside, very good song.
~ After having spent a very long time in the Top 10, Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back has finally dropped out and allowed another song to take its place. Don't get me wrong. I still like the song. But I think it's about time to let another song have a place in the Top 10.
~ The Script – Rain had a nice recovery jump this week after having dropped last week. Hopefully this means it'll stay for a little while. It's not exactly one of the biggest hits right now, but it's nice when we can get some songs that are more adult contemporary (like songs you'd hear on SiriusXM The Pulse). Besides, The Script used to be pretty successful on more mainstream charts. That shouldn't just end all of a sudden. They're still a good band.
~ The Chainsmokers/Coldplay – Something Just Like This took a little bit of a drop out of the Top 20. Frankly, I'm just happy that it was successful. It had a very run and spent quite a while in the Top 10. So I'm happy with that.
~ Camila Cabello – Havana continues to slowly drop. I'm not too surprised since her last song didn't do very well here. I wouldn't be too disappointed if this one flopped. But I also wouldn't mind if it did well.
~ I'm not too happy about the drop from 1-800-273-8255. But I shouldn't be surprised because Hits 1 always underrates really good songs. Like I always say, at least it was here.
~ As far as the exits go, L.A. Devotee was starting to fade on me. But I did really enjoy it while it was here. Good riddance to both Fetish and Get Low. Thankfully neither of them lasted long and they both did nothing but drop.
Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Liam Payne – Strip That Down
1 – Bad:
19. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft
18. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
2 – Mediocre:
NONE
3 – Decent:
17. Imagine Dragons – Believer
4 – Good:
16. Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do
5 – Great:
15. Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
14. Halsey – Bad At Love
13. Niall Horan – Slow Hands
12. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl
11. Taylor Swift – ...Ready For It?
10. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill
9. Maroon 5/SZA – What Lovers Do
8. Charlie Puth – How Long
7. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
6. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still
5. Kesha – Praying
4. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato – No Promises
3. P!nk – What About Us
2. Macklemore/Skylar Grey – Glorious
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Mono Mind – Save Me A Place
Total Score: 85/100 = 85% (B)
Throwback Pick Of The Week: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream (since it was her birthday yesterday)
Most Missed Countdown Song: Rachel Platten – Stand By You
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Kygo/The Night Game – Kids In Love
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend
My Top 5 Picks
1. Mono Mind – Save Me A Place
2. Macklemore/Skylar Grey – Glorious
3. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid – 1-800-273-8255
4. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/F.G.L./watt – Let Me Go
5. P!nk – What About Us
~ I don't think Good Old Days is as good as Glorious. But it does have great lyrical content and Kesha sounds great in the chorus. But I think the lyrics are what stand out the most and it's songs like this that remind me why I love Macklemore. I really do hope this one debuts.
~ Bedroom Floor is definitely better than Strip That Down in terms of the production. The lyrics are still as uninteresting as before. Liam's falsetto isn't bad, but I don't think it should be taking up such a large portion of the song. Overall, it's not the worst thing I've ever heard. It's better than Strip That Down and Get Low, so that's something. But it's not something I want to see become a hit.
~ Now this is what I want to hear from Imagine Dragons. Whatever It Takes is definitely one of the best songs off of Evolve and I'm so happy it's the next single. I love the way it starts and it has a great chorus to it. It makes songs like Thunder look mediocre (I still like it though). I'll talk more about it when it debuts, but this is definitely something I'm enjoying right now.
~ The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn is enjoyable in a way. It does seem a little underwhelming in certain parts. But I was able to get into the majority of it. It's in green right now, but it could possibly change to blue just because it's not exactly a great song. But who knows? My opinion could change with more listens.
~ We lost two songs this week: Why Don't We – Something Different and PRETTYMUCH – Would You Mind. The latter I never really cared for. But I'm a little disappointed by the former. With time and more listens, it actually became a good song. It would've been nice to see it on the countdown.
Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
2. Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days
3. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself
4. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
5. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask
Blurbless
~ Not very much happened with the Top 5 except for the jump from Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing this as a future #1 song. It'd be nice to have an alternative song that's not from Imagine Dragons make it to the top of the countdown.
~ Aside from Feel It Still, we welcome What Lovers Do into the Top 10 as well as welcoming back Look What You Made Me Do into the Top 10. I can accept both even though Look What You Made Me Do is fading on me. But it's fine for now as long as it doesn't get any higher.
~ Charlie Puth – How Long took a pretty big jump this week. It has definitely gotten better after listening to it several more times. And I really enjoyed that music video. That aside, very good song.
~ After having spent a very long time in the Top 10, Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back has finally dropped out and allowed another song to take its place. Don't get me wrong. I still like the song. But I think it's about time to let another song have a place in the Top 10.
~ The Script – Rain had a nice recovery jump this week after having dropped last week. Hopefully this means it'll stay for a little while. It's not exactly one of the biggest hits right now, but it's nice when we can get some songs that are more adult contemporary (like songs you'd hear on SiriusXM The Pulse). Besides, The Script used to be pretty successful on more mainstream charts. That shouldn't just end all of a sudden. They're still a good band.
~ The Chainsmokers/Coldplay – Something Just Like This took a little bit of a drop out of the Top 20. Frankly, I'm just happy that it was successful. It had a very run and spent quite a while in the Top 10. So I'm happy with that.
~ Camila Cabello – Havana continues to slowly drop. I'm not too surprised since her last song didn't do very well here. I wouldn't be too disappointed if this one flopped. But I also wouldn't mind if it did well.
~ I'm not too happy about the drop from 1-800-273-8255. But I shouldn't be surprised because Hits 1 always underrates really good songs. Like I always say, at least it was here.
~ As far as the exits go, L.A. Devotee was starting to fade on me. But I did really enjoy it while it was here. Good riddance to both Fetish and Get Low. Thankfully neither of them lasted long and they both did nothing but drop.
Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Liam Payne – Strip That Down
1 – Bad:
19. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft
18. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
2 – Mediocre:
NONE
3 – Decent:
17. Imagine Dragons – Believer
4 – Good:
16. Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do
5 – Great:
15. Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
14. Halsey – Bad At Love
13. Niall Horan – Slow Hands
12. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl
11. Taylor Swift – ...Ready For It?
10. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill
9. Maroon 5/SZA – What Lovers Do
8. Charlie Puth – How Long
7. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
6. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still
5. Kesha – Praying
4. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato – No Promises
3. P!nk – What About Us
2. Macklemore/Skylar Grey – Glorious
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Mono Mind – Save Me A Place
Total Score: 85/100 = 85% (B)
Throwback Pick Of The Week: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream (since it was her birthday yesterday)
Most Missed Countdown Song: Rachel Platten – Stand By You
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Kygo/The Night Game – Kids In Love
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend
My Top 5 Picks
1. Mono Mind – Save Me A Place
2. Macklemore/Skylar Grey – Glorious
3. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid – 1-800-273-8255
4. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/F.G.L./watt – Let Me Go
5. P!nk – What About Us
