Jonas Brothers (12 & 13) – Weeks Of June 15 & 22, 2019

Hey guys! So yeah. This is gonna be another combination of posts because I was very unmotivated to get last week's countdown post done in a timely manner. So I just decided to combine last week's countdown with this week's countdown and there's definitely a lot to talk about this week. Before we get to last week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we said goodbye to last week.

• Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#40)

Last Week's #1 Song: Jonas Brothers – Sucker

The Countdown

45. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#45)

44. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#44)

43. Jordan McGraw – Flexible (#31)

42. Billie Eilish – When The Party's Over (#43)

41. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#39)

40. Alessia Cara – Out Of Love (#38)

39. Post Malone – Wow (#42)

38. NOTD/Felix Jaehn/Captain Cuts/Georgia Ku – So Close (#41)

37. BTS/Halsey – Boy With Luv (#37)

36. Andy Grammer – Don't Give Up On Me (#34)

35. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (#24)

34. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend (#32)

33. Bazzi – Paradise (DEBUT)

32. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine (#26)

31. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#33) [7 Weeks At #1]

30. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#25)

29. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (#11)

28. Lauv/Troye Sivan – I'm So Tired (#21)

27. Martin Garrix/Macklemore/Patrick Stump – Summer Days (#35)

26. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (#23)

25. Ava Max – So Am I (#30)

24. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#29) [8 Weeks At #1]

23. Khalid – Talk (#28)

22. Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other (#36)

21. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (#16) [2 Weeks At #1]

20. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#14)

19. MAX/Quinn XCII – Love Me Less (#27)

18. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (#13)

17. P!nk – Walk Me Home (#17)

16. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing's Not A Crime (#20)

15. Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber – I Don't Care (#15)

14. Katy Perry – Never Really Over (#19)

13. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#12)

12. Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (#22)

11. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier (#18)

10. Halsey – Without Me (#4) [5 Weeks At #1]

  9. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#8)

  8. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#9)

  7. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#10) [3 Weeks At #1]

  6. Halsey – Nightmare (#6)

  5. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me (#7)

  4. The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#3)

  3. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You (#5)

  2. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME! (#2)

  1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [12^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (2)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (–18)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other (+14)




With that, I will move on to this week's countdown. Then I will just have blurbs and reviews for this week's list. Last week's countdown is just there because I started working on it and didn't want to delete it. So yeah. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• BTS/Halsey – Boy With Luv (#37)
• Dan + Shay – Tequila (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Jonas Brothers – Sucker

The Countdown

45. Billie Eilish – When The Party's Over (#42)

44. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#44)

43. Jordan McGraw – Flexible (#43)

42. Alessia Cara – Out Of Love (#40)

41. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine (#32)

40. Post Malone – Wow (#39)

39. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#41)

38. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (#21) [2 Weeks At #1]

37. Bazzi – Paradise (#33)

36. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend (#34)

35. NOTD/Felix Jaehn/Captain Cuts/Georgia Ku – So Close (#38)

34. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#24) [8 Weeks At #1]

33. Kaskade/Meghan Trainor – With You (DEBUT)

32. Lauv/Troye Sivan – I'm So Tired (#28)

31. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#31) [7 Weeks At #1]

30. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#30)

29. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (#29)

28. Andy Grammer – Don't Give Up On Me (#36)

27. Martin Garrix/Macklemore/Patrick Stump – Summer Days (#27)

26. P!nk – Walk Me Home (#17)

25. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#20)

24. MAX/Quinn XCII – Love Me Less (#19)

23. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (#18)

22. Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other (#22)

21. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#9)

20. Ava Max – So Am I (#25)

19. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#13)

18. Khalid – Talk (#23)

17. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing's Not A Crime (#16)

16. Katy Perry – Never Really Over (#14)

15. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (#26)

14. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (#35)

13. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier (#11)

12. Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (#12)

11. Jonas Brothers – Cool (DEBUT)

10. Halsey – Without Me (#10) [5 Weeks At #1]

  9. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me (#5)

  8. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#8)

  7. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#7) [3 Weeks At #1]

  6. Halsey – Nightmare (#6)

  5. Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber – I Don't Care (#15)

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

  3. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You (#3)

  2. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME! (#2)

  1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [13^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (3)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (–17)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (+21)

New Entrants
~ Last week, we had one debut in the form of Paradise by Bazzi. I'm not huge on Bazzi as a whole and my opinion on this is similar to my opinion on most of his music. I think he's talented and has a good voice, but his music is underwhelming and he doesn't use his voice to its full potential. I'll take this over his newer single with 21 Savage, but I still don't like this and given that it's not really a hit, I hope it doesn't stick around.

~ Moving on to this week, we have With You by Kaskade and Meghan Trainor. I'm not sure why Hits 1 has been making such a big deal about this song. I completely forgot about it when it was released last week because iTunes was not promoting it and it was not very high at all on their Hot Tracks. The song itself is not very good as it's just another generic EDM track with underwhelming production and mediocre vocals. I like a few of Kaskade's songs, but he can do so much better than this. And Meghan Trainor is typical untalented Meghan Trainor. So need I say more? This is not a hit, so I hope to see it on its way out soon.

~ Finally, we have the Jonas Brothers, who have been a big name on Hits 1 this past year. They bring Cool. I do think Sucker is pretty catchy and it's a nice little tune despite being extremely overrated. It can seem underwhelming at times. But Cool is basically Sucker without the catchiness. It's just underwhelming, boring, forgettable, and Nick Jonas does not sound good. I haven't listened to Happiness Begins and I don't exactly plan to, but I'm sure there are much better songs on there that should've been pushed instead of Cool. This is very bland and it's absolutely insane that this debuted at #11. This for sure is because of Jonas Brothers stannage because there is absolutely nothing unique or original about this.


Best Debut of the Week: You're not honestly gonna make me pick, are you?


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

• Lizzo – Truth Hurts
• AJR – 100 Bad Days
• Kygo/Rita Ora – Carry On
• Asher Angel – One Thought Away
• P!nk – Hustle
• Miley Cyrus – Mother's Daughter
• Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – Señorita (DEBUT)
• The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha – Call You Mine
• Push Baby – Mama's House
• Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down
• Public – Make You Mine
• Ed Sheeran/Chance The Rapper/PnB Rock – Cross Me
• Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello – Find U Again
• OneRepublic – Rescue Me
• In Real Life – Crazy AF

~ Last week, we saw the debut of You Need To Calm Down by Taylor Swift. I like what she was going for with the song and the video and I loved the moment she had with Katy Perry in the video. But the song is just so painfully bland. I don't like the beat, I don't think Taylor sounds good here, and I just think this is an example of a generic unoriginal pop song. To me, this song sounds like pure album filler and not single material at all. I like Taylor and I'm still interested in how her album is going to sound, but this song is not working for me at all.

~ Our one debut this week is a collaboration between Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello with Señorita. I think the Latin vibe is pretty cool and it's a well-produced track. Camila sounds pretty bad, but I quite like Shawn's vocals. So I'm conflicted vocal-wise. It is pretty new though, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. I do also think this is the superior Shawn and Camila collaboration.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Kygo/Rita Ora – Carry On

2. The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha – Call You Mine

3. P!nk – Hustle

4. Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello – Find U Again

5. Miley Cyrus – Mother's Daughter

Parablurbs

~ So Sucker by the Jonas Brothers is now the longest running #1 song in Hits 1 Weekend Countdown history at 13 weeks. It was previously a tie between Shake It Off by Taylor Swift, Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon, and Hello by Adele each at 12 weeks. Then before that, it was Apologize by OneRepublic at 11. First of all, I just want to say that Apologize is easily the best out of all of these. Second, I don't think Sucker is worthy of holding this record. But then again, of the previous three holders, Shut Up and Dance was the only one worthy and I don't like the idea of four songs tied for one record. It's nice to be back at one even if Walk The Moon deserved it the most out of these four. But Sucker is really not that great of a song. It's a cute little bop that I can enjoy on the radio every now and then (certainly not every hour). I'm pretty much certain that this only got big because "OMG the Jonas Brothers are back!" This song is not groundbreaking or that amazing. It's a fine song and that's not enough for it to be breaking records in my eyes. I guess Hits 1 sees it differently, which is fine I guess. I'm happy to see these guys back. I just wish that this fine song called Sucker was not made out to be so much better than it actually is because I doubt I'll remember this song in the next few years.

~ ME by Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie is still at #2. I doubt this will hit #1 at this point because Sucker has been blocking songs from the top for the past 2-3 months. I don't think ME is amazing, but I do think it would've been nice to see it spend one week at #1.

~ I Don't Care by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber finally hit the Top 5. I think the song is okay, but it has been getting better with each listen. It's really catchy. I'd be down to see this song at #1 in the near future given that it's been a really long time since Justin Bieber had a #1 song, assuming he ever even had one.

~ Here With Me by Marshmello and CHVRCHES peaked in the Top 5 last week, which I think is pretty cool. It's nice to see CHVRCHES finally have some mainstream success. For some reason, I didn't see this song as a Top 5 hit, but I'm happy with it. I do like the song quite a bit even though it's Happier with a different singer.

~ Thinkin Bout You by Ciara made a pretty big jump after falling last week. I don't know why, but I just can't get into this song. It's fine, but not very exciting and pretty underwhelming for the most part. I can't see myself disliking it, but I also can't see myself loving it.

~ Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi rose into the Top 20. I know my thoughts on this changed pretty quickly. I just think the oversinging sounds pretty bad and the song itself is pretty boring. I know I usually like ballads, but they need great singers to work.

~ If anyone here likes generic songs, then you're probably happy to see Talk by Khalid and So Am I by Ava Max in the Top 20. But me on the other hand, I prefer actual R&B music from someone like Khalid and original music from someone like Ava Max.

~ Bad Liar by Imagine Dragons dropped out of the Top 20, which I can't really say surprises me. I'm surprised it stuck around as long as it did. It's a great song though and I'm glad it was a hit here even though it did poorly everywhere else.

~ Happier by Marshmello and Bastille dropped quite a bit this week. It's been around for a long time now, so I'm surprised it didn't drop sooner. It's still a good song even though it's gotten a little stale. I applaud Marshmello for choosing Bastille because Dan Smith's vocals are the reason I still think this is a good song.

~ Out Of Love by Alessia Cara is now in the Bottom 5. This song's time is ending. I don't know how else to say it. I'm surprised it even debuted, although Hits 1 has been picking up on her latest mediocre singles. I can say this is the best of the three, but this one in particular is pretty boring.

~ I'm ready for the two pieces of trash in the Bottom 2 to leave us soon. One for being very annoying and braggy and the other for being excruciatingly boring.

~ As far as the exits go, Be Alright and Tequila are great and will be missed and Boy With Luv sucks. I'm glad this overrated collaboration did not stick around.

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Halsey – Without Me

19. Halsey – Nightmare

18. Ava Max – So Am I

1 – Bad:

17. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

16. Jonas Brothers – Cool

15. Khalid – Talk

14. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

13. Katy Perry – Never Really Over

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

2 – Mediocre:

11. Jonas Brothers – Sucker

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

3 – Decent:

9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier

8. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You

7. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You

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

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

4 – Good:

4. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing's Not A Crime

5 – Great:

3. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME!

2. Dan + Shay – Speechless

1. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me

Overall Score: 44/100 = 44% (C)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Whitney Houston – Run To You

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: P!nk/Wrabel – 90 Days

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (#1) and Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (#6)

My Top 5 Picks

1. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

2. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me

3. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar

4. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

5. Dan + Shay – Speechless