Friday, December 15, 2017

Halsey (1) - Week Of December 9, 2017


As I am coming closer to midterms, I have come to the point where I need to start studying. I am sorry for the delay again. I usually tell myself I am going to do these after I finish my homework late at night, but then I just decide to sleep. However, I did have a snow day on Tuesday, so I focused mainly on preparing some year-end posts, and I actually released one the other day. If you have not seen that yet, it is just the previous post from this one. All set aside, we are inching closer and closer to the end of this year, and the start of something new, so let's get started. There were no exits this week, so right onto the countdown.

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl
#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

The Countdown
45. Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid - 1-800-273-8255 (#43)
44. The Script - Rain (#44)
43. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (#45)
42. Mono Mind - Save Me A Place [Bridge & Mountain Remix] (#40)
41. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#42) [9 Weeks At #1]
40. Charlie Puth - Attention (#41) [1 Week At #1]
39. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#38) [3 Weeks At #1]
38. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#39)
37. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises (#33)
36. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay (#35) [4 Weeks At #1]
35. Harry Styles - Kiwi (#34)
34. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (#25)
33. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#27) [3 Weeks At #1]
32. Lauv - I Like Me Better (#26)
31. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#30) [3 Weeks At #1]
30. Zayn/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn (#31)
29. X Ambassadors - Ahead Of Myself (#32)
28. Nick Jonas - Find You (#29)
27. Linkin Park - One More Light (#28)
26. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#24) [2 Weeks At #1]
25. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#36) 
24. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar (#20)
23. Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask (#18)
22. Dua Lipa - New Rules (#22)
21. The Shadowboxers - Hot Damn (#37)
20. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#19) [3 Weeks At #1]
19. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#21) [5 Weeks At #1]
18. Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves (#17)
17. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be (#23)
16. Kesha - Praying (#13)
15. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (#14)
14. Charlie Puth - How Long (#12)
13. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (#16)
12. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? (#10)
11. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do (#7)
10. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt - Let Me Go (#15)
9. P!nk - What About Us (#8) [1 Week At #1]
8. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (#9) [1 Week At #1]
7. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (#1) [4 Weeks At #1]
6. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious (#11)
5. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft (#6)
4. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (#3) [2 Weeks At #1]
3. Camila Cabello - Havana (#2)
2. Ed Sheeran - Perfect (#5)
1. Halsey - Bad At Love (#4) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (-9)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Shadowboxers - Hot Damn (+16)

#1 Recommendation Of The Week: G-Eazy & Halsey - Him & I


HitBound

  • WOLVES - Animal
  • Walk The Moon - One Foot
  • Spencer - Whatever
  • Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Tight Or Don't
  • P!nk - Beautiful Trauma
  • Liam Payne - Bedroom Floor
  • Symon - Lonely Girl (DEBUT)
  • Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days 
  • AJR/Rivers Cuomo - Sober Up
  • Louis Tomlinson - Miss You
  • Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes
  • Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You
  • Bruno Mars - Chunky
  • Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game
  • Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno - Best Friend
My Top 5 HitBound Picks
1. Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game
2. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma
3. Louis Tomlinson - Miss You
4. Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You
5. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes


Blurb Of Myself

~ Halsey - Bad At Love gaining steam and reaching the #1 slot on the countdown is completely okay with me. I find it quite relieving after seeing last week's #1 song return for an unnecessary extra week. Although there are better choices to reign the countdown in the top 5, I don't mind this one being here at all. 

~ Ed Sheeran - Perfect has reached a new peak at #2. I would certainly not mind seeing this overtake the countdown in the coming weeks. I especially like the new version of this song as well. It is a very sweet love song. It's one of the most decent love songs we've had in a while.

~ Thankfully, Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl dropped out of the #1 slot this week. Frankly, one week at #1 for this song was overkill enough. It's just not a song that should be peaking that high up. 

~ We received a re-entrance into the top 10 from Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso this week. Let Me Go, featuring Florida Georgia Line and watt has come back. I would love to see this one peak a little higher. It is one of the best songs here. However, I'm not sure that it is going to go further than this here.

~ Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? has officially dropped out of the top 10. Oh well. I am just glad it did okay here. 

~ What really would be a miracle this holiday season is if Imagine Dragons would just drop below the #20 mark with Believer. We're getting really close to removing the only bad song currently in the top 20.

~ Yes! The Shadowboxers - Hot Damn had the biggest jump this week. I am so happy to see this one doing good here. It's been growing on me a lot more lately.

~ Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road jumping over ten spots is definitely not okay. Other direction please, pal. I am very sick of you.

~ Harry Styles - Kiwi is off to a bad start. I somehow expected this. Maybe it's just going to surprise us (hopefully).

~ I thought for sure that The Script - Rain would be gone by now. It's really surprising that it's still hanging on, but I'm sure it will leave next week.


Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Garbage
20. Imagine Dragons - Believer

1-Bad
NONE

2-Mediocre
NONE

3-Decent
19. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious

4-Good
18. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
17. Imagien Dragons - Thunder
16. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl
15. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft

5-Great
14. P!nk - What About Us
13. Kesha - Praying
12. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
11. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes
10. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be
9. Halsey - Bad At Love
8. Charlie Puth - How Long
7. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do
6. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
5. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt - Let Me Go
4. Ed Sheeran - Perfect
3. Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves
2. Camila Cabello - Havana
1. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?

Score: 85% (B)


My Bottom 5 Countdown Picks
1. Sam Smith - Body Like A Back Road
2. Imagine Dragons - Believer
3. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill
4. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar
5. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low

My Top 5 Countdown Picks
1. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?
2. Camila Cabello - Havana
3. Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves
4. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
5. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

Thanks for reading!

~ Jack :)








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