Halsey (2) – Week Of December 30, 2017

Hey guys! I apologize as this post was originally intended to be posted a few days ago. But in all honestly, laziness is a strong weakness of mine. But I will still plan on posting the next two year-end posts I've talked about very soon and maybe even something additional. We'll see. No songs leaving the countdown this week. So let's get right into it.



Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran – Perfect
The Countdown
45. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low (#45)
44. Macklemore/Skylar Grey – Glorious (#38)
43. Harry Styles – Kiwi (#42)
42. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato – No Promises (#41)
41. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#44) [9 Weeks At #1]
40. Charlie Puth – Attention (#43) [1 Week At #1]
39. Zedd/Alessia Cara – Stay (#32) [4 Weeks At #1]
38. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (#27) [3 Weeks At #1]
37. Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do (#31)
36. Nick Jonas – Find You (#30)
35. Symon – Lonely Girl (#33)
34. Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor (#39)
33. Linkin Park – One More Light (#37)
32. Eminem/Ed Sheeran – River (#35)
31. Louis Tomlinson – Miss You (#36)
30. P!nk – What About Us (#20) [1 Week At #1]
29. Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#22) [5 Weeks At #1]
28. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (#28) [1 Week At #1]
27. The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn (#34)
26. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#26)
25. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (#25) [2 Weeks At #1]
24. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (#28) [3 Weeks At #1]
23. Dua Lipa – New Rules (#17)
22. Imagine Dragons – Believer (#16) [3 Weeks At #1]
21. Lauv – I Like Me Better (#19)
20. Walk The Moon – One Foot (#40)
19. Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days (#23)
18. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself (#24)
17. Post Malone/21 Savage – Rockstar (#21)
16. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes (#18)
15. Selena Gomez/Marshmello – Wolves (#15)
14. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask (#14)
13. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (#13)
12. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl (#7) [4 Weeks At #1]
11. Kesha – Praying (#11)
10. Zayn/Sia – Dusk Till Dawn (#12)
  9. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft (#9)
  8. Charlie Puth – How Long (#10)
  7. Taylor Swift – ...Ready For It? (#8)
  6. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt – Let Me Go (#6)
  5. Maroon 5/SZA – What Lovers Do (#5)
  4. Imagine Dragons – Thunder (#3) [2 Weeks At #1]
  3. Camila Cabello – Havana (#2) [1 Week At #1]
  2. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (#1) [1 Week At #1]
  1. Halsey – Bad At Love (#4) [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (3)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Niall Horan – Slow Hands (–11)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Walk The Moon – One Foot (+20)

Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list.

• P!nk – Beautiful Trauma
• All Time Low – Last Young Renegade
• Alan Walker/Noah Cyrus/Digital Farm Animals – All Falls Down
• Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels – I Miss You
• Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future – End Game
• NF – Let You Down
• Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
• Spencer – Whatever
• Wolves – Animal
• Sofi Tukker/NERVO – Best Friend
• AJR/Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up
• Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same
• G-Eazy/Halsey – Him & I
• Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Tight Or Don't

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes

2. G-Eazy/Halsey – Him & I

3. Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels – I Miss You

4. Sofi Tukker – Best Friend

5. Alan Walker/Noah Cyrus/Digital Farm Animals – All Falls Down

Blurbs

~ I'm going to keep the blurbs minimal this week as I have other posts I want to get done. But there are a few things I want to comment on.

~ First off, Zayn/Sia – Dusk Till Dawn entered the Top 10 this week, which I find quite impressive given that it's not necessarily a hit outside of Hits 1. But this is a quality song that deserves the treatment it's getting on this countdown. So I'm definitely pleased with this rise towards the top.

~ We also see Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days rising into the Top 20 this week. I'm very pleased by this as well. I would love to see this become another big hit for Macklemore. It's very deserving. And following right behind, we have One Foot from Walk The Moon, which is the only debut from last week that made a reasonable jump of more than five spots. Another favorite of mine that I'm glad to see doing well so far. Both of these songs deserve all the success they can get.

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

NONE

1 – Bad:

20. Post Malone/21 Savage – Rockstar

2 – Mediocre:

19. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft

3 – Decent:

18. Imagine Dragons – Thunder

4 – Good:

17. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl

5 – Great:

16. Halsey – Bad At Love

15. Camila Cabello – Havana

14. Taylor Swift – ...Ready For It?

13. Charlie Puth – How Long

12. Maroon 5/SZA – What Lovers Do

11. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask

10. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes

9. X Ambassadors – Ahead of Myself

8. Selena Gomez/Marshmello – Wolves

7. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be

6. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/F.G.L./watt – Let Me Go

5. Kesha – Praying

4. Ed Sheeran – Perfect

3. Zayn/Sia – Dusk Till Dawn

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:

1. TIE: Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days

1. TIE: Walk The Moon – One Foot

Total Score: 92/100 = 92% (A–)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: N/A

Most Missed Countdown Song: Armin van Buuren/Trevor Guthrie – This Is What It Feels Like

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#13) and Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#16)

My Top 5 Picks

1. TIE: Walk The Moon – One Foot

1. TIE: Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days

1. TIE: Macklemore/Skylar Grey – Glorious

4. Zayn/Sia – Dusk Till Dawn

5. Eminem/Ed Sheeran – River