Ed Sheeran - Year Of 2017 (Billboard Hot 100)

Hello again everyone! Well, I guess that this really was the year for Ed Sheeran. He has been topping so many year-end charts, and the year-end Billboard Hot 100 is no exception. Anyways, he did also top Hits 1's year-end chart as well. Alright. The same color code does apply here as well. Peak numbers will also be in parentheses. Let's get started, shall we?

Last Year's #1 Song: Justin Bieber - Love Yourself 

The Chart
100. Kieth Urban/Carrie Underwood - The Fighter (#38)
99. XXXTentacion - Look At Me! (#34)
98. blackbear/Gucci Mane - do re mi (#40)
97. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do (#9)
96. Camila Cabello/Young Thug - Havana (#2)
95. YFN Lucci/PnB Rock - Everyday We Lit (#33)
94. Dustin Lynch - Small Town Boy (#36)
93. Gucci Mane/Migos - I Get The Bag (#11)
92. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#6)
91. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises (#38)
90. Marian Hill - Down (#21)
89. Miley Cyrus - Malibu (#10)
88. Adele - Water Under The Bridge (#26)
87. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#4)
86. Migos/Gucci Mane - Slippery (#29)
85. Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla (#29)
84. P!nk - What About Us (#13)
83. Gucci Mane/Drake - Both (#41)
82. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#12)
81. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie/Kodak Black - Drowning (#38)
80. SZA/Travis Scott - Love Galore (#32)
79. Playboi Carti - Magnolia (#29)
78. Khalid - Young, Dumb, & Broke (#22)
77. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (#4)
76. Luke Combs - Hurricane (#31)
75. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#16)
74. Calvin Harris/Pharrell Williams/Katy Perry/Big Sean - Feels (#20)
73. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#4)
72. Kane Brown/Lauren Alaina - What Ifs (#26)
71. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide (#25)
70. D.R.A.M./Lil Yachty - Broccoli (#5)
69. Maroon 5/Future - Cold (#16)
68. Travis Scott/Kendrick Lamar - Goosebumps (#32)
67. Kesha - Praying (#22)
66. Kendrick Lamar/Rihanna - Logyalty. (#14)
65. Drake - Passionfruit (#8)
64. Rae Sremmurd - Swang (#26)
63. Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall - Juju On That Beat [TZ Anthem] (#5)
62. Kendrick Lamar - DNA. (#4)
61. Ayo & Teo - Rolex (#20)
60. Aminé - Caroline (#11)
59. Halsey - Now Or Never (#17)
58. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#2)
57. Brett Young - In Case You Didn't Know (#19)
56. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar (#1) [8 Weeks]
55. Kodak Black - Tunnel Vision (#6)
54. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#15)
53. Yo Gotti/Nicki Minaj - Rake It Up (#8)
52. Migos - T-Shirt (#19)
51. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (#4)
50. J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente [Beyoncé Remix] (#3)
49. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1) [1 Week]
48. 21 Savage - Bank Account (#12)
47. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (#6)
46. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#4)
45. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (#4)
44. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (#9)
43. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#4)
42. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#6)
41. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#4)
40. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#6)
39. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (#1) [3 Weeks]
38. Maroon 5/Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know (#6)
37. Drake - Fake Love (#8)
36. Liam Payne/Quavo - Strip That Down (#10)
35. Big Sean - Bounce Back (#6)
34. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#4)
33. Rihanna - Love On The Brain (#5)
32. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#11)
31. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid - 1-800-273-8255 (#3)
30. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#8)
29. Julia Michaels - Issues (#11)
28. Kyle/Lil Yachty - iSpy (#4)
27. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#10)
26. Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#2)
25. Childish Gambino - Redbone (#12)
24. Cardi B - Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) (#1) [3 Weeks]
23. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#6)
22. Charlie Puth - Attention (#5)
21. Khalid - Location (#16)
20. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#1) [1 Week]
19. Rae Sremmurd/Gucci Mane - Black Beatles (#1) [7 Weeks]
18. DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts (#2)
17. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay (#7)
16. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#4)
15. French Montana/Swae Lee - Unforgettable (#3)
14. Future - Mask Off (#5)
13. Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3 (#7)
12. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper/Lil Wayne - I'm The One (#1) [1 Week]
11. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#11)
10. Post Malone/Quavo - Congratulations (#8)
9. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#4)
8. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#6)
7. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#1) [12 Weeks]
6. Migos/Lil Uzi Vert - Bad & Boujee (#1) [3 Weeks]
5. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#3)
4. Kendrick Lamar - Humble. (#1) [1 Week]
3. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#1) [1 Week]
2. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito [Justin Bieber Remix] (#1) [16 Weeks]
1. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#1) [12 Weeks]

So, a large percentage of the picks that Billboard made for the chart are pretty bad in my opinion. However, their picks were aided by the opinions of the general public, the sales, and airplay of each song. This country has, in the recent years been drawing more towards the genres of rap and hip hop. This allows genuine and decent pop (and other genres) songs, to decline on the charts. I feel like the opinions of the public are slowly beginning to degrade in quality, as there are completely utter stupid songs here such as Everyday We Lit (my worst pick), Rolex, and Juju On That Beat [TZ Anthem]. This music is just utter stupidity based on lyrics and meanings, and there are certainly more on here. However, it is nice to see that people still appreciate songs like Shape Of You, Closer (my best pick), and Starboy. To contradict that, though, there is only THREE songs in the top 20 I consider "great". So, I just feel like our taste in music, in my opinion is beginning to decrease, as there are so many genuine and good songs that don't get enough recognition.

Chart Review

Garbage Songs- 32 (x0) = 0 points

Bad Songs- 9 (x1) = 9 points

Mediocre Songs- 9 (x2) = 18 points

Decent Songs- 4 (x3) = 12 points

Good Songs- 17 (x4) = 68 points

Great Songs- 29 (x5) = 145 points

Final Chart Score: 252/500 (50%) [F]


So, as you can see the chart barely made a 50% rating of approval in my opinion. So, therefore it received an F based on the overwhelming amount of bad songs that we saw on the chart this year.


My Bottom 5 Chart Picks
1. YFN Lucci/PnB Rock - Everyday We Lit
2. Ayo & Teo - Rolex
3. Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall - Juju On That Beat [TZ Anthem]
4. Migos/Gucci Mane - Slippery
5. Migos - T-Shirt

My Top 5 Chart Picks
1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
2. Camila Cabello/Young Thug - Havana
3. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things
4. Julia Michaels - Issues
5. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

Next post will be coming soon!

~ Jack :)