Jonas Brothers (2) – Week Of April 6, 2019

Hey guys! I forgot to announce it here, but I'm extending my rankdown deadline. The new date is Saturday, April 20. Procrastinators should really get to work on it if interested because I'm probably not extending it any further. If you have questions about it, just drop a comment and I'll answer. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Zedd/Katy Perry – 365 (#31)
• Kelsy Karter – Harry (#39)
• Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You (#43)

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

The Countdown

45. Bebe Rexha – I'm a Mess (#44)

44. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#45)

43. Khalid/Normani – Love Lies (#42)

42. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#41) [1 Week At #1]

41. Madison Beer/Offset – Hurts Like Hell (#37)

40. LSD/Lil Wayne – Genius (#38)

39. Meghan Trainor – All The Ways (#23)

38. Cardi B/Bruno Mars – Please Me (#32)

37. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#35)

36. Post Malone – Wow (#36)

35. Maren Morris – GIRL (#27)

34. Lizzo – Juice (DEBUT)

33. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood (#29) [5 Weeks At #1]

32. Ally Brooke/Tyga – Low Key (DEBUT)

31. Grandson – Apologize (#30)

30. Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (DEBUT)

29. Lil Peep/iLoveMakonnen/Fall Out Boy – I've Been Waiting (#22)

28. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#29)

27. Yungblud/Halsey/Travis Barker – 11 Minutes (#25)

26. Jake Miller – Wait For You (#33)

25. Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More (#20)

24. Khalid – Better (#26)

23. P!nk – Walk Me Home (#34)

22. Austin Brown – In Betweenin' (#40)

21. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#24)

20. Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower (#19)

19. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine (#18)

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

17. Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper – Shallow (#16)

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

15. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#7)

14. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside (#17)

13. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#4) [8 Weeks At #1]

12. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#14)

11. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#8)

10. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (#11) [2 Weeks At #1]

  9. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#10)

  8. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#9)

  7. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#13) [7 Weeks At #1]

  6. Halsey – Without Me (#6) [5 Weeks At #1]

  5. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#2) [3 Weeks At #1]

  4. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#12)

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

  2. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#3)

  1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (5)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Meghan Trainor – All The Ways (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Austin Brown – In Betweenin' (+18)

New Entrants
~ First up is Juice by Lizzo. I don't really get the hype for this song. It's okay and it's pretty catchy. It has solid production. But that's kind of it. I don't like her voice and I find the chorus kind of annoying. I'd prefer if this didn't become a hit. Same goes for Low Key by Ally Brooke, except this song is worse. The production is just so generic and bland that I see no appeal to this whatsoever. Ally Brooke is not a good singer, which is not surprising since no one from Fifth Harmony is good aside from Normani. The lyrics are shit too. I already know this will do poorly because of how irrelevant it is. We need to stop trying to make untalented Fifth Harmony members successful in their solo careers.

~ The only good debut this week is Last Hurrah by Bebe Rexha. I find this song very similar to I'm A Mess in terms of the sound and production. But her vocals here are stronger. One of the reasons I like Bebe Rexha is that she has such a unique voice that makes it easy to distinguish her from others. I think her voice shines well here, especially in the chorus. Is it her best work? Probably not. But it's still a great song and I hope it does well because I like Bebe Rexha and Last Hurrah is really good.


Best Debut of the Week: Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah


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

• Kygo/Valerie Broussard – Think About You
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I'm Afraid
• Jordan McGraw – Flexible (DEBUT)
• Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored
• Panic! At The Disco – Dancing's Not A Crime
• Avril Lavigne/Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde
• Ciara – Thinkin Bout You
• Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend
• Jonas Brothers – Cool (DEBUT)
• MAX/Quin XCII – Love Me Less (DEBUT)
• Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me
• Ava Max – So Am I
• FLETCHER – Undrunk
• Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us
• NOTD/Felix Jaehn/Captain Cuts/Georgia Ku – So Close

~ All of our debuts this week were songs I listened to days ago and don't feel up to listening to again right now. So my thoughts are based on first listens. Basically everything was very meh and underwhelming. I prefer Love Me Less of the three, but none of them are that great.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Kygo/Valerie Broussard – Think About You

2. FLETCHER – Undrunk

3. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me

4. Avril Lavigne/Nicki Minaj – Dumb Blonde

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

Last Blurb-ah

~ Can we not continue to push Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly into the Top 5? This song is just so lifeless and no one is gonna remember this guy afterwards. This shouldn't even be a thing right now.

~ I'd also appreciate if we didn't make Lauv/Troye Sivan – I'm So Tired a thing. It's so generic and annoying and Lauv sounds so bad in this song. I don't know why people like this and are voting for it. This song is ass and Troye Sivan should know better than to work with Lauv.

~ I find it interesting how Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger continues to make small drops because I hear this song a lot on Hits 1. Maybe it's just coincidental timing when I tune into Hits 1. But this song gets played a lot when I'm listening.

~ I really hope this Austin Brown kid doesn't become the next Alec Benjamin. I still have In Betweenin' in blue, but it could easily change to red in the near future. I just don't like his voice and the rest of the song slowly gets worse with more listens.

~ Jake Miller – Wait For You is still here for some reason.

~ We had some good drops this week including, Girl, All The Ways, Hurts Like Hell, and Please Me. The former two are incredibly bland and the latter are just annoying. I'd appreciate if they all left soon.

~ However, LSD/Lil Wayne – Genius should not be dropping like it is. For once, an LSD song is actually good.

~ As far as the exits go, Harry was garbage and should've never debuted. I genuinely hope to never hear this song again, but I know I'm gonna have to revisit it come December. Girls Like You is old as shit and really should've left a while ago. I know it was in my Best of 2018 list, but the song is bland for Maroon 5 standards. Finally, we have the biggest flop of 2019 so far, 365 by Zedd and Katy Perry. This is what happens when you don't promote your song. The Middle was featured in Target commercials and stuff like that and 365 got nothing. Plus Katy Perry hasn't had a real hit since 2014. So I can't say I'm that surprised. Hopefully people are starting to realize we don't want generic sellout Zedd.

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings

19. Halsey – Without Me

18. Lauv/Troye Sivan – I'm So Tired

1 – Bad:

17. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly

16. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine

2 – Meh:

15. Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower

3 – Decent:

14. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

13. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me

4 – Good:

NONE

5 – Great:

12. Jonas Brothers – Sucker

11. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

10. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

9. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside

8. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier

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

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

5. Dan + Shay – Tequila

4. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar

3. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

2. Dean Lewis – Be Alright

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:

1. Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper – Shallow

Overall Score: 71/100 = 71% (B)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Shinedown – If You Only Knew

Most Missed Countdown Song: Aloe Blacc – The Man

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Avicii/Aloe Blacc – SOS

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between Walk The Moon – One Foot (#2) and Bad Wolves – Zombie (#14)

My Top 5 Picks

1. Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper – Shallow

2. Dean Lewis – Be Alright

3. Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More

4. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

5. Khalid – Better