Hits 1 Review: Shocker. (12) - June 15, 2019

No, I'm not giving you a picture, guess the #1.

Not much to say except I plan to host a new rankdown soon and Happy Father's Day to all the fathers reading. Hopefully you get a nice gift. Here is our lone exit this week:

• Dean Lewis - Be Alright (#40)

Last Week's #1 Song: Hmm... (11)

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 x Diplo - Close to Me (#39)

40. Alessia Cara - Out of Love (#38)

39. Post Malone - Wow (#42)

38. NOTD, Felix Jaehn, & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku - So Close (#41)

37. BTS ft. 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 ft. 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 ft. Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired (#21)

27. Martin Garrix ft. 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 ft. Bastille - Happier (#16) [2 Weeks at #1]

20. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger (#14)

19. MAX ft. 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 ft. Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (#15)

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

13. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#12)

12. Lil Nas X ft. 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 ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me (#7)

4. Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love (#3)

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

...you should be able to guess the #1 by now.

2. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME! (#2)

1. Woah, this is really difficult. (#1) [Record-Tying 12th Week at #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night) (2/4)

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)

New Entrants

• We only have one entrant this week and it is by a returning artist after two big hits. This artist is Bazzi who you might know for his breakthrough with Mine and Beautiful, the latter with Camila Cabello. His new song is titled Paradise. This reminds me of Mine in a way which I loved. I like his vocals to begin with. The instrumentation is spot on. The chorus is good. I really like the verses. Overall, this isn't as good as Mine but it still works well for me.

HitBound

Here is the HitBound list this week:

• Mark Ronson ft. Camila Cabello - Find U Again
• OneRepublic - Rescue Me
• In Real Life - Crazy AF
• Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine
• AJR - 100 Bad Days
• Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down (DEBUT)
• Lizzo - Truth Hurts
• P!nk - Hustle
• Jonas Brothers - Cool
• Push Baby - Mama's House
• Kygo ft. Rita Ora - Carry On
• Ed Sheeran ft. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me
• Kaskade ft. Meghan Trainor - With You (DEBUT)
• Asher Angel - One Thought Away
• Public - Make You Mine
• Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter

HitBound Breakdown

0 - Crap

NONE

1 - Bad

NONE

2 - Mediocre

NONE

3 - Decent

16. AJR - 100 Bad Days

15. In Real Life - Crazy AF

14. Jonas Brothers - Cool

4 - Good

13. Kaskade ft. Meghan Trainor - With You

12. Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down

5 - Great

11. Push Baby - Mama's House

10. Lizzo - Truth Hurts

9. Mark Ronson ft. Camila Cabello - Find U Again

8. Kygo ft. Rita Ora - Carry On

7. Ed Sheeran ft. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me

6. Public - Make You Mine

5. Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter

4. Asher Angel - One Thought Away

3. P!nk - Hustle

2. OneRepublic - Rescue Me

BONUS: 6 - Best Song on HitBound

1. Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine

Overall: 73/80 (A+)

Blurbadise

• Gee, I wonder what the #1 song is this week... seriously though, why is this mediocre song the Jonas Brothers' biggest hit? It's nothing to love or stan so I don't understand how this tied the record of twelve weeks when all three of the other songs that originally had it deserve it much more than this unappealing stock of wasted radio time. Watch it break the record.
• On the other hand, nothing interesting really happened in the Top 10 other than Here With Me reaching the Top 5. I'm glad this gained all the recognition it deserved despite losing traction everywhere as this is much better than Marshmello's other representation on the countdown. On the same Marshmello note, I recommend to you his new song with band A Day to Remember titled Rescue Me. According to Your EDM News, it's also the start to his upcoming album, Joytime III. So I would recommend it to you.
• It's really difficult to believe Love Me Less, a song with literally no recognition, is the 19th biggest song in North America. Hits 1 is weird sometimes, though. I prefer this over Lights Down Low (both are good) but it doesn't need weeks in the Top 10 yet.
• It's about that darn time that Happier falls out of the Top 20. With Here With Me booming here, I hope that this eventually dies out because this is literally locked for my Bottom 10 of 2019 unless some more Billie Eilish and Halsey crap comes around to Hits 1.
• I guess I'm fine with If We Have Each Other rising to #22. This feels like it's about to be a repeat of Let Me Down Slowly but as long as it gets up to maybe the Top 10 and isn't extremely overplayed like its predecessor, I'll be fine. Also, the other day I listened to this in the car and I don't know why but it reminded me of Queen. Huh.
• I don't have much to say about Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored falling to the edge of the Top 30. Please let Bloodline get here and rise above this as Bloodline is the best representation off of Thank U, Next.
• That's how it's done, kids. Over the course of four weeks, Close to Me fell from #17 to the rink of its end. I'm okay with this leaving because it's really mediocre and just a space filler in general.
• I have a feeling Tequila and High Hopes will make it to their one-year anniversary here. Two weeks away. Hopefully the former slides in but we don't need any more longetivity from High Hopes. It's peaked already and I don't need more of this.
• My condolences to Be Alright. It deserved some weeks in the Top 5. It will be missed. Locked for my Top 45 of 2019.

Now I wanted to do something special for you all as a nice little gift for your support...

Top 20 45 Breakdown

That's right. Just like a Top 20 Breakdown but the whole countdown.

0 - Crap

45. Ariana Grande - 7 Rings

44. Billie Eilish - When The Party's Over

43. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier

42. Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend

41. Khalid - Talk

40. Halsey - Without Me

1 - Bad

39. Katy Perry - Never Really Over

38. Halsey - Nightmare

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

36. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

35. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

34. Jonas Brothers - Sucker

33. Alessia Cara - Out of Love

32. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me

31. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine

30. BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv

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

2 - Mediocre

28. Jordan McGraw - Flexible

27. Andy Grammer - Don't Give Up On Me

3 - Decent

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

25. Ciara - Thinkin Bout You

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

23. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

22. Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other

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

20. Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

19. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

4 - Good

18. Ava Max - So Am I

17. MAX ft. Quinn XCII - Love Me Less

5 - Great

16. Post Malone - Wow

15. Dan + Shay - Speechless

14. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar

13. Dan + Shay - Tequila

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

11. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

10. P!nk - Walk Me Home

9. 5 Seconds of Summer - Easier

8. Bazzi - Paradise

7. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me

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

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

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

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

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

BONUS: 6 - Best Song on the Countdown

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

Overall: 128/225 (F)

Yeah, not a great countdown. I'll find a better week.

Top 5 Countdown Picks

1. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME!

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

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

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

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