Shawn Mendes (4) - August 3, 2019

In case you didn't know, I've been very unmotivated these past few weeks to push anything out. I only finished half of the countdown for July 20 and did nothing at all for July 27. So now I'm back and there's actually some stuff I want to talk about. But before that, let's just begin with the sole exit this week.

• Ariana Grande - 7 Rings (#45)

Last Week’s #1 Song: The Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love (2)

45. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine (#44)

44. Sam Smith ft. Normani - Dancing With A Stranger (#41)

43. Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier (#42) [2 Weeks at #1]

42. Ellie Goulding x Diplo - Close to Me (#43)

41. Push Baby - Mama’s House (#36)

40. P!nk - Walk Me Home (#40)

39. Bazzi - Paradise (#39)

38. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (#38)

37. Martin Garrix ft. Macklemore, Patrick Stump - Summer Days (#37)

36. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#35) [8 Weeks at #1]

35. The Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#34) [7 Weeks at #1]

34. AJR - 100 Bad Days (DEBUT)

33. P!nk - Hustle (#30)

32. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (#29)

31. Public - Make You Mine (#33)

30. Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie - ME! (#28)

29. Halsey - Without Me (#27) [5 Weeks at #1]

28. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (#24)

27. Blanco Brown - The Git Up (#31)

26. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#26)

25. Kaskade ft. Meghan Trainor - With You (#32)

24. Post Malone - Goodbyes (#23)

23. Andy Grammer - Don’t Give Up On Me (#18)

22. Lizzo - Truth Hurts (#25)

21. Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other (#15)

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

19. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (#8)

18. Khalid - Talk (#10)

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

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

15. The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine (#21)

14. MAX ft. Quinn XCII - Love Me Less (#22)

13. Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello - Senorita (#15)

12. Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber - I Don’t Care (#6)

11. 5 Seconds of Summer - Easier (#9)

10. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (#12)

9. Jonas Brothers - Cool (#13)

8. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (#7)

7. Ava Max - So Am I (#14)

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

5. The Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love (#1) [2 Weeks at #1]

4. Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down (#17) (...)

3. Jonas Brothers - Sucker (#5) [13 Weeks at #1]

2. Halsey - Nightmare (#4)

1. Shawn Mendes - If I Can’t Have You (#3) [4th Week at #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Taylor Swift - Delicate (3)

Biggest DROP!!!... of the Week: Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (-11)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down (+13) (...)

NEW ENTRANTS

• At this point, I don't really even feel like reviewing the entrants so this is gonna be a breeze. Summed up, 100 Bad Days is just generic and bland music and the only good thing is the lyrical interpretation about being optimistic even when you feel like you can't.

HITBOUND

Here is the HitBound list this week.

• Dominic Fike - 3 Nights
• OneRepublic - Rescue Me
• Mark Ronson ft. Camila Cabello - Find U Again
• Ellie Goulding ft. Juice WRLD - Hate Me
• Stephen Puth - Look Away
• Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep
• Jonas Brothers - Only Human
• SHAED - Trampoline
• Jax Jones ft. Bebe Rexha - Harder
• Taylor Swift - The Archer (DEBUT)
• Thomas Rhett - Look What God Gave Her
• Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter
• Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid - Beautiful People (DEBUT)
• Asher Angel - One Thought Away
• Zara Larsson - All the Time

TOP 5 HITBOUND PICKS

1. OneRepublic - Rescue Me

2. Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid - Beautiful People

3. Jonas Brothers - Only Human

4. SHAED - Trampoline

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

THE BLURB UP

• We must start with the #1 this week which returns from an absence. This song is If I Can't Have You. I'm honestly okay with this as long as it doesn't stay for a lot longer. I've kinda lost it on this song and it reminds me of There's Nothing Holdin Me Back a little too much.
• There's literally only four good songs in the Top 20. That's not a good sign :P.
• Why are we letting The Git Up become a hit? It's generic space filler that's just an uncanny attempt at making a fun dance song. And my mother seems to agree, she hates it too.
• What I am starting to lose it on is ME!. It's starting to get seriously overplayed and just kinda annoying to the point where sometimes I might switch the station.
• ...and just like that, Mama's House is just about to be wiped out on all radio fronts. It's not as great of a song as I first imagined it to be anyway so eh. I'm fine with it leaving.
• And now, for the greatest part of this post. The exit reviews. This includes one of the weakest and most asinine attempts at good trap music from pretty much the whole decade. 7 Rings is scorching garbage that was never even close to deserving all of the success it got on charts like Billboard and it's insane to live in a world where this is the same person who made bops like Popular Song and Break Free. It's just unbelievable how downhill she went in the span of less than one year. This is garbage. Get this out of my face.

TOP 20 BREAKDOWN

0 - Crap

20. Katy Perry - Never Really Over

19. Halsey - Nightmare

18. 5 Seconds of Summer - Easier

17. Khalid - Talk

16. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

15. Jonas Brothers - Cool

1 - Bad

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

13. Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down 12. Jonas Brothers - Sucker

2 - Mediocre

11. MAX ft. Quinn XCII - Love Me Less

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

9. Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello - Senorita

3 - Decent

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

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

6. Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber - I Don't Care

5. Ava Max - So Am I

4 - Good

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

3. The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine

5 - Great

2. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me

BONUS: 6 - Best Song on the Countdown

1. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

Total Score: 41/100 (F)

Most Missed Countdown Song: OneRepublic - Wherever I Go

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: At this point, there isn't anything that good in music at all that I'd recommend this already awful radio station to pick up on, so Tyler the Creator ft. Playboi Carti - Earfquake I guess.

TOP 5 COUNTDOWN PICKS

1. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

2. Marshmello ft. CHVRCHES - Here With Me

3. The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine

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

5. Public - Make You Mine (if the countdown is so bad this is in the Top 5, clearly something's wrong)

BOTTOM 5 COUNTDOWN PICKS

1. Blanco Brown - The Git Up

2. Halsey - Without Me

3. Katy Perry - Never Really Over

4. Halsey - Nightmare

5. 5 Seconds of Summer - Easier

Sorry if I seem so aggressive today but in all honestly the countdown hasn't been that great.