Jonas Brothers (9) – Week Of May 25, 2019

Hey guys! So here's my first full countdown post in almost a month. I definitely have some things to talk about. Also reveals for the 2010s Rankdown has begun. I've already revealed the first 15 and I plan on doing the next 5 tomorrow. So be on the lookout for that. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Avril Lavigne/Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: what the hell do you think?
The Countdown

45. Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper – Shallow (#44)

44. Ally Brooke/Tyga – Low Key (#43)

43. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#42)

42. Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (#41)

41. Billie Eilish – When The Party's Over (#40)

40. Lil Peep/iLoveMakonnen/Fall Out Boy – I've Been Waiting (#35)

39. Jordan McGraw – Flexible (#39)

38. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#38)

37. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine (#37)

36. Alessia Cara – Out Of Love (#36)

35. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing's Not A Crime (#29)

34. Khalid – Better (#30)

33. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend (#24)

32. BTS/Halsey – Boy With Luv (#32)

31. Post Malone – Wow (#28)

30. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#33)

29. Jennifer Lopez/French Montana – Medicine (#34)

28. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (#27)

27. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (#25)

26. Lauv/Troye Sivan – I'm So Tired (#18)

25. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (#31)

24. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (#19)

23. MAX/Quinn XCII – Love Me Less (#26)

22. Lizzo – Juice (#23)

21. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#22)

20. NOTD/Felix Jaehn/Captain Cuts/Georgia Ku – So Close (#21)

19. Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (#17)

18. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (#13) [2 Weeks At #1]

17. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#14)

16. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#15) [8 Weeks At #1]

15. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#16)

14. Halsey – Nightmare (DEBUT)

13. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#20)

12. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#10) [7 Weeks At #1]

11. Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber – I Don't Care (#12)

10. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me (#9)

  9. P!nk – Walk Me Home (#7)

  8. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You (#8)

  7. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#11)

  6. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#4)

  5. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#6) [3 Weeks At #1]

  4. The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#2)

  3. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME! (#3)

  2. Halsey – Without Me (#5) [5 Weeks At #1]

  1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [9^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (9) (thank the lord this was its last week at the top)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend (–9)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (+7)

New Entrants
~ Debuting way too high at #14 is Halsey with Nightmare. This song honestly sucks and Halsey is capable of making good songs (see Alone). But this is just terrible and I cannot stand the chorus. We don't need Halsey yelling. She sounds awful. The rest of the song is mediocre. And honestly she is not worth much more of my time. I hate this song, I think she's overrated, and I'll just leave it at that for the time being.


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

• Push Baby – Mama's House (DEBUT)
• Martin Garrix/Macklemore/Patrick Stump – Summer Days
• In Real Life – Crazy AF (DEBUT)
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier (DEBUT)
• SZA/The Weeknd/Travis Scott – Power Is Power
• Ava Max – So Am I
• Jonas Brothers – Cool
• The Chainsmokers – Kills You Slowly
• Khalid – Talk
• P!nk – Hustle
• Kygo/Rita Ora – Carry On
• Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other
• Bazzi – Paradise
• Andy Grammer – Don't Give Up On Me
• Mabel – Don't Call Me Up

~ I haven't talked about over half of these and I don't really feel like it, so I'll just speed through. Push Baby (formerly Rixton) bring Mama's House and it sucks. Crazy AF is fine, but lacks anything to make it memorable. And Easier is underwhelming. Please remember that 5 Seconds of Summer is a band. There is no band here. They should be held to higher standards than this because they can do so much better.

~ Summer Days is only here because of Patrick Stump because I know Hits 1 doesn't give a rat's ass about Martin Garrix despite how talented he is. It's a good song, but Garrix has done a lot better and I feel like this song should be better.

~ Hustle is pretty good but once again, there is much better on the album. I don't even think this was released as an official single. But it's here and it's good. But I've listened to Hurts 2B Human and there are at least five songs on there that are better than this including all of the collaborations except the Cash Cash one.

~ Carry On is good but one of Kygo's weaker singles. I do want to point out that this is tropical house. This is what Kygo does and this is what got him started. So if you think this is underwhelming, this is kind of what you should expect from someone who does tropical house. I like Rita Ora here and I think the song is nice.

~ I don't remember how Don't Give Up On Me sounds and I don't feel like listening to it now. More thoughts on it in the future. Don't Call Me Up is really catchy and I quite like her voice. So I'm impressed. I know I said the same thing about Sweet But Psycho when it was new, but I feel like this will stick longer.

~ Maybe I'm Afraid by lovelytheband finally dropped out, along with Two Of Us by Louis Tomlinson, which does not surprise me since this never became a hit.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Kygo/Rita Ora – Carry On

2. Mabel – Don't Call Me Up

3. SZA/The Weeknd/Travis Scott – Power Is Power

4. P!nk – Hustle

5. Martin Garrix/Macklemore/Patrick Stump – Summer Days

Blurbs

~ Time to go off on this countdown because almost nothing has changed in the amount of time I've been away. Sucker is still #1. This is too long. It is a good song. Hits 1 is treating it like the best thing ever and it's not. This is more so about the Jonas Brothers returning and not so much about the song.

~ Why the fuck is Without Me in the Top 2??? This song should not still be here and there's no way it's the #2 song in North America.

~ Who Do You Love and Hey Look Ma, I Made It are starting to get overplayed and are fading on me. And then Sweet But Psycho has already done a complete 180 on me. Radio killed it.

~ How is This Feeling still in the Top 15? I honestly forgot this song exists because it's not relevant anymore. Hits 1 made this a much bigger hit than it should've been and now they're holding on to it too long.

~ High Hopes still in the Top 20 is insane. I've been a defender for this song since day one. But this is pushing it. It's time for this song to drop seriously. And don't even get me started on Close To Me, which has proven to be one of Ellie Goulding's worst songs. The annoying chorus and mediocre production are not doing it any favors.

~ Old Town Road is awful and should not be in the Top 20. This is Hits 1's attempt at trying to be cool because they like this joke of a song.

~ I'm So Tired thankfully dropped out of the Top 20 and Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored is slowly dropping as well, which is good.

~ In better news, Medicine is in the Top 30, which it deserves. It's a great song and insanely catchy.

~ When The Party's Over is just chilling in the Bottom 5 and hopefully it will leave soon because the song absolutely sucks. And I completely forgot Low Key was here. That song sucks as well and is not relevant at all.

~ And coming in dead last is the best song on the countdown, which is a problem. Shallow deserved much better than it got. I'm thankful it got a second run here and got to spend more time in the Top 20. But it really deserved some weeks in the Top 10. This is an Oscar-winning song and it was not treated as such.

~ The one exit this week was Dumb Blonde, which does not surprise me since Avril Lavigne cannot seem to get another hit unfortunately.

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Halsey – Without Me

19. Halsey – Nightmare

18. Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road

1 – Bad:

17. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly

16. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

15. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me

2 – Mediocre:

14. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

13. Jonas Brothers – Sucker

12. NOTD/Felix Jaehn/Captain Cuts/Georgia Ku – So Close

11. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

10. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier

3 – Decent:

9. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It

8. The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love

7. Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber – I Don't Care

6. P!nk – Walk Me Home

4 – Good:

5. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You

4. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar

3. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me

2. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME!

5 – Great:

1. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

Overall Score: 46/100 = 46% (C)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Backstreet Boys – As Long As You Love Me

Most Missed Countdown Song: Bad Wolves – Zombie

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Lady Antebellum – What If I Never Get Over You

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Bad Wolves – Zombie (#10)

My Top 5 Picks

1. Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper – Shallow

2. Jennifer Lopez/French Montana – Medicine

3. Khalid – Better

4. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

5. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME!