Camila Cabello (1) - Week Of December 16, 2017

Hey guys! So, I am very happy with how this countdown turned out, considering our #1 this week. I am also very I happy I finally got a day off from the madness today. No, we did not get off from school earlier this week, and I had about fifty assignments due (no joke, I was up until like 2:00 every night). So, I am finally on winter break! It's also my favorite time of the year! Year-end posts are the part of the year I always look forward to. Although not many of you seemed to care for my first one, I hope you will read and enjoy the other ones (please!). They are very long and time-consuming and I do them for those of you who still view this blog. Here are the two songs that left us this week. 

• The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#39) [3 Weeks At #1]
• Mono Mind - Save Me A Place [Bridge & Mountain Remix] (#42)

Last Week's #1 Song: Halsey - Bad At Love

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

The Chart

45. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid - 1-800-273-8255 (#45)

44. The Script - Rain (#44)

43. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito [Justin Bieber Remix] (#43)

42. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#41) [9 Weeks At #1]

41. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises (#37)

40. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#38)

39. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay (#36) [4 Weeks At #1]

38. Symon - Lonely Girl (DEBUT)

37. Linkin Park - One More Light (#27)

36. Charlie Puth - Attention (#40) [1 Weeks At #1]

35. Harry Styles - Kiwi (#35)

34. Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days (DEBUT)

33. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#33) [2 Weeks At #1]

32. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (#34)

31. Nick Jonas - Find You (#28)

30. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#31) [3 Weeks At #1]

29. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#26) [2 Weeks At #1]

28. X Ambassadors - Ahead Of Myself (#29)

27. The Shadowboxers - Hot Damn (#21)

26. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious (#6)

25. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#19) [5 Weeks At #1]

24. Lauv - I Like Me Better (#32)

23. Sam Smith - Body Like A Back Road (#25)

22. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar (#24)

21. P!nk - What About Us (#9) [1 Week At #1]

20. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (#15)

19. Dua Lipa - New Rules (#22)

18. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (#13)

17. Zayn/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn (#30)

16. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#20) [3 Weeks At #1]

15. Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves (#18)

14. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be (#17)

13. Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask (#23)

12. Kesha - Praying (#16)

11. Charlie Puth - How Long (#14)

10. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (#8) [1 Week At #1]

9. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do (#11)

8. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft (#5)

7. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (#7) [4 Weeks At #1]

6. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt - Let Me Go (#10)

5. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? (#12)

4. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (#4) [2 Weeks At #1]

3. Halsey - Bad At Love (#1) [1 Week At #1]

2. Ed Sheeran - Perfect (#2)

1. Camila Cabello - Havana (#3) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious (-20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Zayn/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn (+13)

#1 Recommendation Of The Week: Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler - Flare Guns

New Entrants

~ Our first entrant this week comes from one of the hosts of Hits 1 In Hollywood, Symon. She debuts with Lonely Girl this week, her next single. Although she has come out with a few songs in the past year, it's clear that she has not been very popular with the public. Considering how her video for her first single which was released earlier last year, has not even reached one million views on its video yet. Lonely Girl is nothing special to me, but I can appreciate what it is trying to accomplish as a track. I don't think it will be something I will remember very much, and it could turn out being something I don't like if it stays long. However, it's okay for now.

~ Our second and final entrant this week comes from Macklemore with his now second single on the countdown, Good Old Days, featuring Kesha. I believe that this one tops the other song he has on the countdown right now, but we'll have to see how things play out long term. Kesha has great vocals on this one and I really like how this song also showcases the new sound and lane she's been approaching lately. Macklemore also does very nicely with his verses in this one. All in all, it has good vocals that blend perfectly, as well as nice lyrical content, and a decent enough production behind it. I would like to see this one do as well as its predecessor if it can.

Best New Entrant Of The Week: Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days

Hit-Bound

• AJR/Rivers Cuomo - Sober Up
• Bruno Mars - Chunky
• Louis Tomlinson - Miss You
• Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You
• All Time Low - Last Young Renegade (DEBUT)
• Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game
• Walk The Moon - One Foot
• WOLVES - Animal
• Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno - Best Friend 
• Liam Payne - Bedroom Floor
• P!nk - Beautiful Trauma
• Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Tight Or Don't
• Spencer - Whatever
• Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game

2. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma

3. Louis Tomlinson - Miss You

4. Walk The Moon - One Foot

5. Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You

Blurbs

~ I thought that I would save you all the trouble from reading blurbs this week. I didn't think there was all that much to talk about this week, so I probably would have had only two or three blurbs in this section. It'll be back next post. :)

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

20. Imagine Dragons - Believer

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

NONE

3-Decent

NONE

4-Good

19. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

18. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft

17. Imagine Dragons - Thunder

16. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry

5-Great

15. Dua Lipa - New Rules

14. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be

13. Charlie Puth - How Long

12. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes

11. Kesha - Praying

10. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do

9. Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask

8. Zayn/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn

7. Halsey - Bad At Love

6. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt - Let Me Go

5. Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves

4. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

3. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

2. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?

1. Camila Cabello - Havana

Score: 91% (A-)

My Bottom 5 Countdown Picks

1. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road

2. Imagine Dragons - Believer

3. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

4. Liam Payne - Strip That Down

5. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar

My Top 5 Countdown Picks

1. Camila Cabello - Havana

2. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?

3. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

4. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

5. Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves

Love you guys!

~ Jack :)