Shawn Mendes (1) – Week Of June 29, 2019

Hey guys! Just an update that reveals for the 2010s Rankdown are still happening. Be sure to check out the page every now and then. Anyway, it feels nice to have this done today, especially since I'll be out all day tomorrow at Chicago's Pride Parade for the end of Pride Month. So I figured the sooner I get this done, the better. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Alessia Cara – Out Of Love (#42)

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

The Countdown

45. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#44)

44. Jordan McGraw – Flexible (#43)

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

42. Bazzi – Paradise (#37)

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

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

39. Post Malone – Wow (#40)

38. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine (#41)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. P!nk – Walk Me Home (#26)

27. Kaskade/Meghan Trainor – With You (#33)

26. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#19)

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

24. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#21)

23. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (#14)

22. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (#23)

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

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

19. Ava Max – So Am I (#20)

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

17. Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down (DEBUT)

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

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

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

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

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

11. Jonas Brothers – Cool (#11)

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

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

  8. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#8)

  7. Khalid – Talk (#18)

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

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

  4. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [13 Weeks At #1]

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

  2. Halsey – Nightmare (#6)

  1. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You (#3) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (4)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (–9)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Khalid – Talk (+11)

New Entrants
~ Our one new entrant this week comes from Taylor Swift with You Need To Calm Down from her new album Lover. As much as I like the lead single, I'm not really digging this new song. I like the music video and the concept she was going for. I just think the song itself is really bland and sounds like pure album filler. It's the kind of underwhelming album track that should never be released as a single. I also don't think she sounds that good here and the chorus kind of annoys me for some reason. I am still interested in how Lover will sound, but this was not a good choice for the second single. Hopefully, she will make smarter decisions in the future.


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

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

~ Apparently making songs similar to Old Town Road has become a trend as Blanco Brown is here with The Git Up. I compare this to Old Town Road, but I think this is worse because while Lil Nas X has a mediocre voice, Blanco Brown sounds awful here. I will say this is the more country-sounding song between the two. Maybe if it was a different singer, the song would be better. But as of right now, this sucks.

~ Next is alt-crossover Trampoline by SHAED. This song has been around for a while, but I just recently listened to it for the first time. I like the song a fair amount, but I can see why others might not. It's a cool song and I like the mysterious-type vibe it has. Her voice is good and the song is interesting. So I would like to see it be a hit.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Kygo/Rita Ora – Carry On

2. The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha – Call You Mine

3. SHAED – Trampoline

4. P!nk – Hustle

5. Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello – Find U Again

You Need To Blurb Down

~ The record-breaking Sucker has finally been dethroned by If I Can't Have You by Shawn Mendes. I'll take it over Sucker, but this song is still decent at best. It remind me too much of There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back and I prefer pretty much all of the singles from his self-titled last year, especially In My Blood, which was my #2 favorite song of 2018. This does not get anywhere near that height, but it's still a fine song.

~ Nightmare by Halsey hit a scary peak at #2 this week. I just don't get the appeal to this. I think it has an extremely obnoxious chorus with every other part of the song being mediocre and bland and Halsey sounds terrible. Even though I don't love If I Can't Have You, I need that song to keep this nightmare of a song away from #1.

~ Talk by Khalid is already in the Top 10 out-peaking Better, which was the better song by a clear mile. Once again, I don't really get the appeal to this. Khalid has a good voice, but it does not fit with this weird electronic production. Stick to R&B, Khalid.

~ Never Really Over by Katy Perry is just chilling in the teens right now. I really don't want this to be a hit with how generic it is and how bad the chorus sounds. Hopefully it doesn't become one because she hasn't had a hit here in a long time.

~ So for some reason, I've been really enjoying This Feeling enough to call it the best song on the countdown despite how old it is at this point. I will say that it's mostly because of weak competition and a severe lack of great music on this countdown.

~ Paradise by Bazzi fell into the Bottom 5. I'm hoping this means it will leave soon because it's not a very good song.

~ As far as the exit goes, I pretty much knew Out Of Love would be leaving soon. It's very boring and I don't know why it even debuted. It seems like the kind of song I would only hear on AC radio, yet Hits 1 picked up on it anyway. I'm not surprised by how it did performance-wise. I am surprised by how long it stuck around.

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Halsey – Nightmare

19. Halsey – Without Me

18. Ava Max – So Am I

1 – Bad:

17. Katy Perry – Never Really Over

16. Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down

15. Jonas Brothers – Cool

14. Khalid – Talk

13. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

12. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

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

2 – Mediocre:

10. Jonas Brothers – Sucker

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

3 – Decent:

8. Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other

7. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier

6. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You

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

4 – Good:

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

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

5 – Great:

2. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME!

1. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me

Overall Score: 38/100 = 38% (D)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Chumbawamba – Tubthumping

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Kygo/Whitney Houston – Higher Love

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. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

2. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me

3. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

4. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar

5. Andy Grammer – Don't Give Up On Me

My Bottom 5 Picks

1. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings

2. Halsey – Nightmare

3. Billie Eilish – When The Party's Over

4. Halsey – Without Me

5. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored