Jonas Brothers (9) - May 25, 2019

Hey, guys. This was the least interesting week. We have one exit and an inevitable debut and everything else moving very short moves. Honestly, I expected something even a bit more. Here is our one exit, I guess.

• Avril Lavigne ft. Nicki Minaj - Dumb Blonde (#45)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Jonas Brothers - Sucker (8)

45. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow (#44)

44. Ally Brooke - 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 ft. 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 ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv (#32)

31. Post Malone - Wow. (#28)

30. Dean Lewis - Be Alright (#33)

29. Jennifer Lopez ft. 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 ft. Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired (#18)

25. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (#31)

24. Ciara - Thinkin Bout You (#19)

23. MAX ft. Quinn XCII - Love Me Less (#26)

22. Lizzo - Juice (#23)

21. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#22)

20. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close (#21)

19. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (#17)

18. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier (#13) [2 Weeks at #1]

17. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me (#14)

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

15. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger (#16)

14. Halsey - Nightmare (DEBUT)

13. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (#20) (just shut up already, we get it)

12. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#10) [7 Weeks at #1]

11. Ed Sheeran ft. Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (#12)

10. Marshmello ft. 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. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love (#2)

3. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME! (#3)

2. Halsey - Without Me (#5) [5 Weeks at #1]

1. Jonas Brothers - Sucker (#1) [9th Week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... of the Week: Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend (-9)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (+7)

New Entrant

• Our lone entrant this week comes from Halsey's new song, Nightmare. This is a step up from most of her discography; I almost had it in green this week but decided that it wasn't as worthy anymore. Now the production is definitely pretty good. I don't know about her vocals though. I find them kind of grating in the chorus and boring in the verses. Maybe it just takes some time. But overall, not huge on this but it's okay for the time being.
• Overall Rating: 6.5/10

HitBound

Here is the HitBound list for this week:

• Push Baby - Mama's House (DEBUT)
• Martin Garrix ft. Macklemore & Patrick Stump - Summer Days
• In Real Life - Crazy AF (DEBUT)
• 5 Seconds of Summer - Easier (DEBUT)
• SZA x The Weeknd x Travis Scott - Power Is Power
• Ava Max - So Am I
• Jonas Brothers - Cool
• Chainsmokers - Kills You Slowly
• Khalid x Disclosure - Talk
• P!nk - Hustle
• Kygo ft. 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

Top 5 HitBound Picks

1. Martin Garrix ft. Macklemore & Patrick Stump - Summer Days

2. SZA x The Weeknd x Travis Scott - Power Is Power

3. 5 Seconds of Summer - Easier

4. P!nk - Hustle

5. Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

I Keep a Record of the Blurbs In My Life

• I'm not going to do blurbs this week largely because nothing really even happened this week; both of our biggest movers are less than ten slots. However, I will say that Bury A Friend deserved the drop, I'm happy about So Close surging into the Top 20, and Without Me needs to stay as far from #1 as possible. That's pretty much it.

Top 20 Breakdown

0 - Crap

20. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier

19. Halsey - Without Me

1 - Bad

18. Ed Sheeran ft. Justin Bieber - I Don't Care

2 - Mediocre

17. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

3 - Decent

16. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me

15. Halsey - Nightmare

14. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

4 - Good

13. Jonas Brothers - Sucker

5 - Great

12. P!nk - Walk Me Home

11. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

10. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger

9. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar

8. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road

7. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

6. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love

5. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me

4. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

3. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

2. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close

BONUS: 6 - Best Song on the Countdown

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

Total: 77% (B+)

Most Missed Countdown Song: Steve Aoki ft. Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Tie Between The Marion Cranes - Wondering and Kacey Musgraves - Rainbow

Top 5 Picks

TIE: 1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

TIE: 1. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

3. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close

4. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

5. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (Don't throw your tomatoes please)

Top 10 Songs from the Chainsmokers

DJ Alex Pall's birthday unexpectedly passed about a week ago. You know what time it is. I did it with Urie's Panic! At The Disco and I am now doing it for Pall's Chainsmokers. I can consider myself a big fan. I like most of what they put out. Here, I will count down my ten favorites from them.

10. Everybody Hates Me
Album: Sick Boy
Rating: 8/10


9. Paris
Album: Memories... Do Not Open
Rating: 8.5/10

8. #SELFIE
Album: The Duff (Original Motion Picture)
Rating: 8.75/10

7. Beach House
Album: Sick Boy
Rating: 9/10

6. Side Effects (featuring Emily Warren)
Album: Sick Boy
Rating: 9/10

5. Kills You Slowly
Album: World War Joy
Rating: 9/10

4. Closer (featuring Halsey)
Album: Collage
Rating: 9.25/10

3. Who Do You Love (featuring 5 Seconds of Summer)
Album: World War Joy
Rating: 9.5/10

2. You Owe Me
Album: Sick Boy
Rating: 9.75/10

And of course, there's one song that cannot be left out...
1. This Feeling (featuring Kelsea Ballerini)
Album: Sick Boy
Rating: 10/10

I don't care what you think; this song is just amazing in every way. I have no idea why it isn't on my charts yet. Kelsea and Drew fit so well together with the charming and quick production. I love the meaning about your friends disagreeing with you in your relationship. Overall, I don't understand how and why one could hate this.

Thank you for taking the time to read this! Happy Belated Birthday to Alex Pall and I'll see you soon!

1K Pageviews - Pyoris's Q&A

I decided to lean away from the whole 2018 Hits 1 Year-End and scrap that for 10K. Instead, we will be doing a normal and generic Q&A. Basically, just fill in the two basic requirements: name (you can use your Blogger name, real name, or submit as Anonymous) and your question. Here are the basic considerations for this:

• DO NOT ask for personal information. My personal information is kept personal like I said in my blurb for I'm So Tired on May 18.
• This is due June 14, 2019 so you have about three to four weeks to ask questions. The post containing all the questions and answers may be out by up to two weeks later (June 28).
• You can ask a maximum of five questions, each in an independent response.
• This is NOT restricted to music! Feel free to ask questions about my non-music life!

Thank you for taking some time to read this. Click here to submit questions.

Jonas Brothers (8) - May 18, 2019

Hey, friends! I've only got two more weeks of school at the moment so it's gonna get a little tough. I should be able to get the posts out by the end of the weekend like always. In countdown news, this was certainly one heck of an interesting week. In fact, there are four Top 10 entrants this week and I Don't Care debuted all the way at #12. Here isthe countdown.

• Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (#45)
• Yungblud & Halsey ft. Travis Barker - 11 Minutes (#40)

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

45. Avril Lavigne ft. Nicki Minaj - Dumb Blonde (#43)

44. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow (#44)

43. Ally Brooke - Low Key (#41)

42. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#36)

41. Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah (#37)

40. Billie Eilish - When The Party's Over (#42)

39. Jordan McGraw - Flexible (DEBUT)

38. Ariana Grande - 7 Rings (#29)

37. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine (#30)

36. Alessia Cara - Out of Love (#39)

35. Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen ft. Fall Out Boy - I've Been Waiting (#32)

34. Jennifer Lopez ft. French Montana - Medicine (#33)

33. Dean Lewis - Be Alright (#22)

32. BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv (#20)

31. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (#34)

30. Khalid - Better (#31)

29. Panic! At The Disco - Dancing's Not A Crime (#38)

28. Post Malone - Wow. (#23)

27. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (#26)

26. MAX ft. Quinn XCII - Love Me Less (#24)

25. Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (#13)

24. Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend (#28)

23. Lizzo - Juice (#25)

22. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#14)

21. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close (#27)

20. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (#10)

19. Ciara - Thinkin Bout You (#21)

18. Lauv ft. Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired (#15) (I keep my personal information personal...)

17. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (#35)

16. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger (#18)

15. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#19) [8 Weeks at #1]

14. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me (#7)

13. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier (#6) [2 Weeks at #1]

12. Ed Sheeran ft. Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (DEBUT)

11. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (#8)

10. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#11)

9. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me (#16)

8. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You (#17)

7. P!nk - Walk Me Home (#12)

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

5. Halsey - Without Me (#3) [5 Weeks at #1]

4. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (#5)

3. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME! (#9)

2. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love (#4)

1. Jonas Brothers - Sucker (#1) [8th Week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... of the Week: Tie Between BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv and Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (-12)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (+18)

New Entrants

• Our first entrant comes from newcomer Jordan McGraw who apparently is Dr. Phil's son. He delivers with Flexible. I like this one quite a bit. His vocals are good and the verses are done pretty well. I think the production is pretty cool and gives it that electronic-pop vibe. What I believe is the best part of this song is the chorus. It flows really well and even with the cheesy rhymes, it's a very good chorus and it feels very vibey and nice. I don't mind this being a hit at all and I think it could last.
• Overall Rating: 9/10
• Our much higher entrant all the way up at #12 is I Don't Care by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber. Honestly, I have really mixed feelings about this. The vocals are pretty mediocre and the production isn't that good and doesn't fit with the theme of the song. It's definitely a pretty bad song. But I don't absolutely hate it. It could be in blue within the next few weeks but for now I don't really like it.
• Overall Rating: 3/10

Entrant Ranking

1. Jordan McGraw - Flexible

2. Ed Sheeran ft. Justin Bieber - I Don't Care

HitBound

Here is the HitBound list for this week.

• Kygo ft. Rita Ora - Carry On
• Halsey - Nightmare (DEBUT)
• Bazzi - Paradise
• Disclosure x Khalid - Talk
• Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other
• Chainsmokers - Kills You Slowly
• Ava Max - So Am I
• Jonas Brothers - Cool
• SZA x The Weeknd x Travis Scott - Power Is Power
• Andy Grammer - Don't Give Up On Me
• Mabel - Don't Call Me Up
• P!nk - Hustle
• Louis Tomlinson - Two Of Us
• Martin Garrix ft. Macklemore & Patrick Stump - Summer Days (DEBUT)
• lovelytheband - Maybe, I'm Afraid

Top 5 HitBound Picks
TIE: 1. Martin Garrix ft. Macklemore & Patrick Stump - Summer Days
TIE: 1. SZA x The Weeknd x Travis Scott - Power Is Power
3. P!nk - Hustle
4. Louis Tomlinson - Two of Us
5. Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

I Don't Blurb

• Sucker at #1 for all these weeks is getting on my nerves now. Don't be surprised if you see this in orange soon because the overrating and love for it is honestly really unnecessary. If anything, Cool is actually the better song and should it debut, it's pretty much locked for my Top 45 of 2019 unlike Sucker which is lingering around at the moment.
• Despite this, we have a Top 5 entrant this week at last! The entrant is ME! which is of course a great song. I'm a little sad it replaced Hey Look Ma, I Made It but it was a great choice. I think Without Me should have been kicked but at least ME!'s in the Top 5 now. Hopefully it hits #1 next week.
• I'm also very pleased with the jumps from Here With Me and If I Can't Have You. These are both great songs which are destined for success (see the latter) so I'm glad they made it. I'll definitely listen to either more than songs like Happier, I Don't Care, Without Me, and Bury A Friend.
• Apparently, Old Town Road made a jump into the Top 20 which is weird because I've never seen Hits 1 praise rap music. What's even funnier is that I said Old Town Road wouldn't succeed here when it debuted and I even emphasized that last week but it turns out, it made a leap up. It probably won't last but if I learned a thing, it's don't speak too soon.
• *you see #18 in green* Oh, don't worry about me, I'm just doing my casual thing... oh yeah and I have no email address.
• Something else that kinda felt needed was a drop from Let Me Down Slowly. It's actually getting out of my system now and I would like for it to find its way down soon.
• The jump from Bury A Friend was definitely unneeded and unwanted. It's literally some of the biggest crap I've heard my whole life and it is locked for the Bottom 10 of 2019. Bad Guy should be the much larger hit at the moment and I don't understand much of the praise that goes to her.
• I don't really care that Boy With Luv took that drop but I'm definitely irritated that Be Alright followed. Dean Lewis is much more talented than people make him out to be and it's sad that his music is being underrated in the United States but is doing great in the United Kingdom and Australia. Sometimes, Americans are weird though.
• Tracing the same lines, Someone You Loved is doing rather well. This is a pretty underrated song that I definitely regret rating like I did when it debuted. I'd be glad to see this reach the Top 20 soon and also get some of his other songs like Hold Me While You Wait to get on Hits 1 soon. For now though, give this and Two of Us some love and success.
• About the exits, I didn't particularly care about either of them. 11 Minutes was the better song but it never stood out to me. The same applies to Thank U, Next which I never really liked. So yeah. Definitely better debuts than exits.

Top 20 Breakdown

0 - Crap

20. Halsey - Without Me

19. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier

1 - Bad

18. Ed Sheeran ft. Justin Bieber - I Don't Care

2 - Mediocre

17. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

3 - Decent

16. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me

15. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

4 - Good

14. Lauv ft. Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired

13. Ciara - Thinkin Bout You

12. Jonas Brothers - Sucker

5 - Great

11. P!nk - Walk Me Home

10. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road

9. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger

8. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar

7. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love

6. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

5. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

4. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

3. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me

2. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

BONUS: 6 - Best Song on the Countdown

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

Overall Points: 77% (B+)

Most Missed Countdown Song: Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up (quick tribute to Avicii)

#1 Recommendation to Hits 1: Tie Between Alec Benjamin - If I Killed Someone For You & Audien ft. Echosmith - Favorite Sound

Top 5 Picks

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

2. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

3. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me

4. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

5. Dean Lewis - Be Alright

Jonas Brothers (7) - May 11, 2019

Hey friends! This is honestly the worst countdown week so far this year. Eastside left, TWO Billie Eilish debuts, songs like Shallow and Last Hurrah taking huge drops. I don't really have much else to say besides happy Mother's Day to all mothers and women reading. I hope you have an excellent day. Here are the fresh exits for this week:

• Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower (#45)
• Anne-Marie - 2002 (#44)
• Benny Blanco ft. Halsey & Khalid - Eastside (#43)
• Austin Brown - In Betweenin' (#42)

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

45. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (#41)

44. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow (#30)

43. Avril Lavigne ft. Nicki Minaj - Dumb Blonde (#38)

42. Billie Eilish - When The Party's Over (DEBUT)

41. Ally Brooke - Low Key (#37)

40. Yungblud & Halsey ft. Travis Barker - 11 Minutes (#25)

39. Alessia Cara - Out of Love (#39)

38. Panic! At The Disco - Dancing's Not A Crime (#40)

37. Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah (#17)

36. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#34)

35. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (#33)

34. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (DEBUT)

33. Jennifer Lopez ft. French Montana - Medicine (DEBUT)

32. Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen ft. Fall Out Boy - I've Been Waiting (#19)

31. Khalid - Better (#20)

30. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine (#27)

29. Ariana Grande - 7 Rings (#26)

28. Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend (#32)

27. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close (#29)

26. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (#36)

25. Lizzo - Juice (#24)

24. MAX ft. Quinn XCII - Love Me Less (#28)

23. Post Malone - Wow. (#31)

22. Dean Lewis - Be Alright (#16)

21. Ciara - Thinkin Bout You (#22)

20. BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv (#35)

19. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#23) [8 Weeks at #1]

18. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger (#7)

17. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You (DEBUT)

16. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me (#21)

15. Lauv ft. Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired (#14)

14. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#18)

13. Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (#15)

12. P!nk - Walk Me Home (#10)

11. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#11) [7 Weeks at #1]

10. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (#12)

9. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME! (#13)

8. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (#8)

7. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me (#9)

6. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier (#6) [2 Weeks at #1]

5. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (#3)

4. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love (#2)

3. Halsey - Without Me (#5) [5 Weeks at #1]

2. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#4) [3 Weeks at #1]

1. Jonas Brothers - Sucker (#1) [7th Week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... of the Week: Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah (-20)

Biggest Jump of the Week: BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv (+15)

New Entrants

• Our first debut comes from the of course terrible Billie Eilish with When The Party's Over. Let me just recap the review of Bury A Friend just in case it's needed but it applies here too. Just dull and uninteresting. Her voice is complete crap and it sounds like what Jeremy from CinemaSins describes, "she is afraid she will set off an alarm if she raises her voice over 22 decibels." The production lacks any sort of interest and is very lackluster. I don't get a good vibe from this song either. I'm over this. We need to stop this for everyone's sanity.
• Overall Rating: 0.5/10
• Our next entry is from... Billie Eilish with Bad Guy. Now it's time to heal up from rant time because I have realized this is a somewhat enjoyable song. She is still silent as a stone but the production is somewhat fun and enjoyable. I really like the prechorus too. I grew on this a lot within the past few weeks. You can actually expect this to be in green in the next few weeks.
• Overall Rating: 7/10
• Next up we have Medicine by Jennifer Lopez featuring French Montana. This is a great bop. I really like what Jennifer has to offer here. The production is fun too. I love the chorus too; it's extremely cool and fun. Even French Montana plays a pretty solid part. Overall, it's a really catchy and entertaining song and I would love to see it get big.
• Overall Rating: 9/10
• Finally at #17, we have If I Can't Have You by Shawn Mendes. This is extremely fun too. Shawn's vocals shine bright and sound great with the production. I love the verses too and the prechorus is a good part. What makes me like this song the most is the chorus. He sounds so good there and the production jump feels great. Great song and would be nice to see it become a hit.
• Overall Rating: 9.5/10

Debut Ranking

4. Billie Eilish - When The Party's Over

3. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

2. Jennifer Lopez ft. French Montana - Medicine

1. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

HitBound
Here is the HitBound list this week:

• Mabel - Don't Call Me Up (DEBUT)
• Ed Sheeran ft. Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (DEBUT)
• SZA x The Weeknd x Travis Scott - Power Is Power
• Chainsmokers - Kills You Slowly
• lovelytheband - Maybe, I'm Afraid
• Ava Max - So Am I
• Jonas Brothers - Cool
• Kygo ft. Rita Ora - Carry On
• Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other
• Disclosure x Khalid - Talk (DEBUT)
• Louis Tomlinson - Two of Us
• P!nk - Hustle
• Jordan McGraw - Flexible
• Andy Grammer - Don't Give Up On Me
• Bazzi - Paradise

Top 5 HitBound Picks

1. P!nk - Hustle

2. SZA x The Weeknd x Travis Scott - Power Is Power

3. Jonas Brothers - Cool

4. Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

5. Bazzi - Paradise

I Could Be Your Blurb-icine, Yeah

• Sucker is still #1 after what feels like forever. I will be shocked if it isn't #1 on the Year-End Chart for this year. I have a feeling it'll drop off soon. If it does, Who Do You Love, ME!, and Sweet But Psycho are good #1 contenders.
• We've had this same Top 5 for about a month. This needs to stop. We need a new Top 5 entry, I'm sick of Hits 1 always overrating the same songs every week. Also another fact; Without Me has lasted half a year in the Top 10 for Billboard Hot 100, being the song to have the longest tenure in the Hot 100 Top 10 by a female artist. *sigh*
• I'm pretty disappointed that ME! didn't go higher than it did this week. But I'm still very happy. I can tell it's gonna reach #1 sooner or later. I'm also awaiting the rest of her upcoming album; I'm sure it'll be a blast.
• Boy With Luv took a big jump into the Top 20 this week. I'm cool with it. I've come to appreciate the song itself and I like it. It can stay as long as it wants as long as it isn't overplayed.
• Someone You Loved is taking a good rise this week. It jumps ten spots which is cool with me. I like this and I find it a nice song. You really wouldn't expect a song from Lewis Capaldi to get big unless you're from the United Kingdom where I think four or five of his songs are charting on the Top 75 UK chart. I'm glad it's becoming a hit here.
• We have multiple big drops from great songs, namely Shallow, Last Hurrah, I've Been Waiting, and Better. These are all good and it's sad to see that the fact I stated a few weeks ago is being proven correct. Hopefully these don't leave so soon, especially the very former.
• For a chart of the "top 45 songs in North America," Old Town Road is not doing well. At the same time though, they call this a child-friendly radio but here's this. SOS by Avicii has the word drugs censored out but Kills You Slowly by Chainsmokers is left with the words f*ck and sh*t uncensored. So that's something weird.
• As far as the exits this week go, 2002 was way overrated by Hits 1 and needed to go. Sunflower I didn't care much for so I'm neutral on it. In Betweenin' was a space filler and we didn't really need it here so I'm glad it went on its way out. But what actually made me sad was Eastside like I mentioned in the introduction. This is one of Halsey's best so I'm disappointed that it got a fate like this. It got a peak at #6 and did very well overall, spending a lot of time in the Top 20. It was Benny's breakout hit and I think it's his best song. I know another person who agrees with me on most of these notes (not calling names). Goodbye, Eastside. You will be missed. Oh, and Khalid did cheap but great too.

Top 20 Review

0 - Crap

20. Halsey - Without Me

1 - Bad

19. Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

18. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier

2 - Mediocre

NONE

3 - Decent

17. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me

16. Lauv ft. Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired

15. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

4 - Good

14. P!nk - Walk Me Home

5 - Great

13. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

12. BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv

11. Jonas Brothers - Sucker

10. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger

9. Dan + Shay - Speechless

8. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love

7. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar

6. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

5. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

4. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

3. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

2. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me

BONUS: 6 - Best Song on the Countdown

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

Overall: 81/100 (A-)

Most Missed Countdown Song: Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (I loved it, ngl)

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Lil Dicky ft. Various Artists - Earth

Top 5 Picks

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!
2. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me

3. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close

4. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

5. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

Jonas Brothers (6) - May 4, 2019

Welcome back to the blog, everybody! I am working on a special at the moment to celebrate 500 pageviews. It's not much but it's a good start. We had quite a bit happen this week; three entries and a few surprise debuts on HitBound. IMPORTANT NOTE: I am yet again delaying all dates for the 30 Pop Rankdown by three weeks. I want to get at least six participants, we have three as of now. This may be the last postponing of these times so make sure you get to work now. It's on the pages widget on the sidebar (30 Pop Rankdown - Get involved here!). 

Here is another important announcement: I am going to simplify the color code. The phasing colors (orange, cyan, pink) will not be changed nor will Color Code B but Color Code A is getting a big rework. First of all, light red and dark green will be removed and phased into red and green respectively. Red will no longer only indicate crap music and will also indicate bad music too. Green will no longer only indicate good music and will also indicate great music too. Blue does not have a partnered color. Maroon and purple will remain the same. Color Code A will be used for new entrant ratings too. Color Code B will now be only used for Top 20 Review and Year-End Reviews.

FRESH EXITS

• Imagine Dragons - Natural (#44) [1 Week at #1]
• FLETCHER - Undrunk (#42) (That was... quick)
• Jake Miller - Wait for You (#37)

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

45. Post Malone ft. Swae Lee - Sunflower (#43)

44. Anne-Marie - 2002 (#45)

43. Benny Blanco ft. Halsey & Khalid - Eastside (#38)

42. Austin Brown - In Betweenin' (#41)

41. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (#40)

40. Panic! At The Disco - Dancing's Not A Crime (DEBUT)

39. Alessia Cara - Out of Love (#36)
38. Avril Lavigne ft. Nicki Minaj - Dumb Blonde (#35)

37. Ally Brooke - Low Key (#20) (Good.)

36. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (#39)

35. BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv (DEBUT)

34. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#33)

33. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (#34)

32. Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend (#27)

31. Post Malone - Wow. (#22)

30. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow (#25)

29. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close (#32)

28. MAX ft. Quinn XCII - Love Me Less (#30)

27. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine (#23)

26. Ariana Grande - 7 Rings (#26)

25. Yungblud & Halsey ft. Travis Barker - 11 Minutes (#29)

24. Lizzo - Juice (#28)

23. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#15) [8 Weeks at #1]

22. Ciara - Thinkin Bout You (#31)

21. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me (#21)

20. Khalid - Better (#24)

19. Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen ft. Fall Out Boy - I've Been Waiting (#19)

18. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#10)

17. Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah (#18)

16. Dean Lewis - Be Alright (#17)

15. Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (#16)

14. Lauv ft. Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired (#14)

13. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME! (DEBUT)

12. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (#8) (yoyo.exe)

11. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#11) [7 Weeks at #1]

10. P!nk - Walk Me Home (#13)

9. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me (#7)

8. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (#6)

7. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger (#12)

6. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier (#9) [2 Weeks at #1]

5. Halsey - Without Me (#3) [5 Weeks at #1]

4. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#4) [3 Weeks at #1]

3. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (#5)

2. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love (#2)

1. Jonas Brothers - Sucker (#1) [6th Week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... of the Week: Ally Brooke - Low Key (-18)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Ciara - Thinkin Bout You (+9)

New Entrants

• What I like about Panic! At The Disco is that they can make a great bop but apply a good meaning or storyline to it. This is shown in their new song, Dancing's Not A Crime. I like the production and verses a bit. I think that was cool. I really like Urie's vocals too and that chorus is so good and moving; it really shows his talent as a singer. He performed Hey Look Ma, I Made It on Wednesday for Billboard Awards 2019 but I think this should've been performed instead because this shows his talent and vocal range much more than the former does. Back on topic. I love the lyrical story too. From what I can tell, it's about Brendon in his days of college and the urge to find his soulmate which I'm pretty sure is relatable for several of us. I love this song a lot and I can see it having momentum despite not being a single off Pray for the Wicked.
• Overall Rating: 9.5/10
• Our second debut and my "least favorite" out of all is BTS featuring Halsey on Boy With Luv. There's just something I like about this. I like the vocals a small bit and I'm a fan of Halsey's contribution. I'm not huge on the production though. It's probably the groove or something like that making me like the song a fair amount. This isn't worth writing a Dancing's Not A Crime-long review but I like this. I can see it growing on me a good amount during its tenure.
• Overall Rating: 8/10
• Finally, the long-awaited return of Taylor Swift. She makes her rebound with Brendon Urie on the team and her new song, ME!. This song is amazing. I love Taylor Swift's vocals here and like you would expect out of a Panic! stan, I really like Brendon Urie's contribution here. The production is somewhat interesting too. I know the bridge is very cringeworthy (i.e. and you can't spell awesome without me!) but it's fun. I like the hook too mainly because it's so infectious and distracting. The best thing about this is the message about self-confidence and empowerment. It's a thing we use everyday in our lives and it's good to see that we have people who care about this kind of thing. All things considered, this is an amazing song and hopefully this does better than her more relevant songs (i.e. Delicate) though that's off the list because (a) it's all the way up at #13 and (b) Hits 1 stans Taylor Swift and Panic! At The Disco. Also please check the Hits 1 credits for this song. It's half wrong, half right, what do you think?
• Overall Rating: 10/10

Debut Ranking

3. BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv

2. Panic! At The Disco - Dancing's Not A Crime

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

HitBound

Friendly reminder that Color Code A is being used for HitBound now. Here is the list for this week:

• Kygo ft. Rita Ora - Carry On (DEBUT)
• Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You (DEBUT)
• Jennifer Lopez ft. French Montana - Medicine
• Ava Max - So Am I
• Andy Grammer - Don't Give Up On Me (DEBUT)
• Chainsmokers - Kills You Slowly
• Bazzi - Paradise
• P!nk - Hustle (DEBUT)
• Jonas Brothers - Cool
• SZA x The Weeknd x Travis Scott - Power Is Power
• Jordan McGraw - Flexible
• Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other
• Billie Eilish - Bad Guy
• Louis Tomlinson - Two of Us
• lovelytheband - Maybe, I'm Afraid

Top 5 HitBound Picks

1. P!nk - Hustle

2. SZA x The Weeknd x Travis Scott - Power Is Power

3. Jennifer Lopez ft. French Montana - Medicine

4. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

5. Jonas Brothers - Cool (suddenly)

Hey Kids! Blurbs Are Fun!

• Sucker is #1 yet again. I think this might be here for two more weeks or so. It's been having a lot of gains and is still going strong. I can also see Cool making it on the countdown which, in my opinion, is the better song. This is a good song too.
• Something strange happens to me when Happier plays on the radio. Instead of making me plug in my ears, somehow I can actually stand it. Just wanting to say I've grown into it. Probably not for long but enjoy it while it lasts.
• I'm starting to compare Let Me Down Slowly to a yoyo in my head. It drops low then it ressurects back up. Rinse, repeat. I would appreciate to see this start taking actual drops and not -4 per week because it's getting on my nerves now.
• Thinkin Bout You leaped up to #22 this week most likely given the performance on Billboard Awards 2019. I'm growing into this song more so I like to see it jumping higher. Hopefully Ciara has another hit this year.
• As far as our last-week debuts go, none have really gotten a step. Bury A Friend and Out of Love actually dropped in fact and the others didn't really jump much. Someone You Loved had the biggest jump out of the five and it's only +3. I don't see much potential for these songs besides Bury a Friend and maybe Love Me Less. I'm pretty sure So Close is about to flop but I may be wrong, you never know.
• Low Key took a tumble which I am thrilled about. We don't need generic tunes from generic artists *cough* Marshmello *cough* becoming big hits because we have a generic radio. Get out.
• Natural left a bit later than I thought it would but I'm happy about it because I really liked it. Undrunk is a good song that deserved way more success than it got. Wait for You was never really relevant so I'm happy to see it go rather early.

Top 20 Breakdown

0 - Crap

20. Halsey - Without Me

1 - Bad

NONE

2 - Mediocre

19. Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

18. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier

3 - Decent

17. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me

16. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

15. Lauv ft. Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired

4 - Good

14. Khalid - Better

13. P!nk - Walk Me Home

5 - Great

12. Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen ft. Fall Out Boy - I've Been Waiting

11. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love

10. Jonas Brothers - Sucker

9. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar

8. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger

7. Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah

6. Dan + Shay - Speechless

5. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

4. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

3. Dean Lewis - Be Alright

2. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

Overall: 81% (A-)

Most Missed Countdown Song: Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Martin Garrix ft. Macklemore & Fall Out Boy - Summer Days (listen to it NOW!)

Top 5 This Week

1. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close

2. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!
3. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

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

5. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

Three Brendon Urie songs in one week. Bingo?