Panic! At The Disco (6) – Week Of October 13, 2018

Hey guys! I've been a little stressed and overwhelmed these past few days with school and things going on in my personal life, which is why the post is out now. There will be fewer blurbs this week because I am not motivated to write a ton of them this week. But I will briefly go through and rank all of the performances from the American Music Awards last Sunday Tuesday. So that's something. No songs leaving the countdown this week. So let's get right into it!



Last Week's #1 Song: Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
The Countdown
45. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper/Quavo – No Brainer (#45)
44. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (#44)
43. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends (#43)
42. Niall Horan – On The Loose (#42)
41. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry (#41)
40. Brown & Gray – Top Down (#40)
39. Sabrina Carpenter – Almost Love (#28)
38. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#31)
37. Taylor Swift – Delicate (#39) [3 Weeks At #1]
36. Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa – One Kiss (#30)
35. AJR – Burn The House Down (#33)
34. Bazzi/Camila Cabello – Beautiful (#20)
33. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#21) [9 Weeks At #1]
32. Post Malone – Better Now (#22)
31. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#27) [2 Weeks At #1]
30. NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (#26)
29. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#29)
28. Kim Petras – Heart To Break (#36)
27. The Vamps – Just My Type (#37)
26. LSD – Thunderclouds (#18)
25. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#13) [4 Weeks At #1]
24. Bryce Vine – Drew Barrymore (#34)
23. Shawn Mendes/Zedd – Lost In Japan (#35)
22. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (#23) [1 Week At #1]
21. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#32)
20. Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You (#25)
19. Silk City/Dua Lipa – Electricity (#38)
18. Weezer – Africa (#17)
17. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#24)
16. lovelytheband – Broken (#19)
15. Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman (#16)
14. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (#9) [2 Weeks At #1]
13. Bebe Rexha – I'm a Mess (#14)
12. George Ezra – Shotgun (#15)
11. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren – Side Effects (#12)
10. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#11)
  9. NF – Lie (#8)
  8. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#7)
  7. Zedd/Elley Duhé – Happy Now (#10)
  6. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#4)
  5. Khalid/Normani – Love Lies (#6)
  4. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (#5)
  3. Selena Gomez – Back To You (#3)
  2. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood (#2) [2 Weeks At #1]
  1. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#1) [6^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl (1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Bazzi/Camila Cabello – Beautiful (–14)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Silk City/Dua Lipa – Electricity (+19)

Blurbs! At The Disco
~ The Top 3 remains unchanged. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier is up to #4. I talked about this song in the latest episode of the Wake The Pop Up podcast, which has yet to be uploaded. But basically, the song is growing on me, but mostly because of Bastille. The production is still underwhelming. But I really like Dan Smith's voice and I like the lyrics as well since they relate to my life to some extent.

~ Bazzi/Camila Cabello – Beautiful does not seem to be doing very well. I actually like this song a lot compared to its predecessor. But seeing it go off soon would not be a huge loss. Same goes for Sabrina Carpenter – Almost Love.

~ So apparently Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson called off their engagement. I can't say I'm surprised since the whole engagement seemed kind of random and sudden. It did look like they were in love though seeing them at the latest music award shows. And of course, she has a song on her album named after Pete, which probably has no meaning anymore.

~ Because of the very few blurbs, I thought I'd just rate each of the performances from the American Music Awards this past week. If you want an elaborate review for any of them, let me know in the comments.

• Taylor Swift – I Did Something Bad (5/10)
• Twenty One Pilots – Jumpsuit (2.5/10)
• Mariah Carey – With You (4/10)
• Shawn Mendes/Zedd – Lost In Japan (8/10)
• Ella Mai – Boo'd Up (5/10)
• Cardi B/Bad Bunny/J Balvin – I Like It (8/10)
• Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside (8.5/10)
• Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho / Better Now (3/10)
• Dua Lipa – One Kiss / Electricity (6/10)
• Jennifer Lopez – Limitless (7.5/10)
• Camila Cabello – Consequences (7/10)
• Ciara/Missy Elliott – Level Up / Dose (5/10)
• Carrie Underwood – Spinning Bottles (10/10)
• Panic! At The Disco – Bohemian Rhapsody (9.5/10)
• A Bunch of People – Aretha Franklin Tribute (9/10)

Those were my performance rankings. I gave some thoughts on the awards in the latest episode of the Wake The Pop Up podcast, which, once again, is not uploaded yet. But when it is, you can listen to it on YouTube or SoundCloud. Our blog is in the "Other Blogs" tab on this site and the new episode, whenever it's uploaded, will be Episode #4.

~ 2013 Rankdown Update: For those who were interested, but haven't been paying attention, the Bottom 10 for the 2013 Billboard Year-End chart rankdown was revealed last Thursday night. The next ten songs (#90 - #81) are scheduled* to be revealed this upcoming Thursday night. So I just wanted to let you guys know where I am on that.

*Scheduled meaning it's tentative and last minute changes could happen, though it's unlikely.


Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Zedd/Elley Duhé – Happy Now

1 – Bad:
NONE

2 – Mediocre:
19. Anne-Marie – 2002
18. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am

3 – Decent:
17. Silk City/Dua Lipa – Electricity
16. Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman
15. Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You
14. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier

4 – Good:
13. George Ezra – Shotgun

5 – Great:
12. NF – Lie
11. Bebe Rexha – I'm A Mess
10. lovelytheband – Broken
9. Weezer – Africa
8. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren – Side Effects
7. Khalid/Normani – Love Lies
6. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood
5. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
4. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones
3. Imagine Dragons – Natural
2. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Selena Gomez – Back To You

Overall Score: 81/100 = 81% (A)


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Beyoncé/Jay-Z – Crazy In Love

Most Missed Countdown Song: Travie McCoy/Jason Mraz – Rough Water

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Cardi B/Kehlani – Ring

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between Macklemore/Skylar Grey – Glorious (#14) and Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid – 1-800-273-8255 (#17)


My Top 5 Picks
1. Selena Gomez – Back To You
2. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart
3. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me
4. Dan + Shay – Tequila
5. Imagine Dragons – Natural