Halsey (2) - Week Of December 30, 2017

Hey guys! So, I have gotten most of the Year-End Posts out of the way and the big one will be coming up in a few days. This was the last countdown of the year and as expected, there were no exits. There are typically no exits the last week of the year and the first week of the following year. So, let's just get right into it.

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran - Perfect
#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Niall Horan - Slow Hands (-11)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Walk The Moon - One Foot (+20)

#1 Recommendation Of The Week: Timeflies/Shy Martin - Raincoat


Hit-Bound

• P!nk - Beautiful Trauma 
• All Time Low - Last Young Renegade
• Alan Walker/Noah Cyrus/Digital Farm Animals - All Falls Down
• Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You
• Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game
• NF - Let You Down
• Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes
• Spencer - Whatever
• WOLVES - Animal
• Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno - Best Friend
• AJR/Rivers Cuomo - Sober Up
• Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same
• G-Eazy & Halsey - Him & I
• Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Tight Or Don't

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same

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

3. G-Eazy & Halsey - Him & I

4. Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You

5. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma

One Blurb

~ Well, Halsey - Bad At Love is back at #1. Although I still find this one good, our #2 or #3 song I would much more prefer. It's alright, I'll take it for now.

~ Now, we have Zayn/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn in the top 10. To be honest, I thought that this one would have not made it this far, but I'm sure glad that it did. 

~ So, we received four new songs in the top 20. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar entered, which I am not pleased about. However, we got two good songs, X Ambassadors - Ahead Of Myself, Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days, and Walk The Moon - One Foot. So, at least we got more good than bad.

~ Yes! We finally got Imagine Dragons - Believer out of the upper part of the countdown. Now, only if we can keep it dropping, that would be good.

~ I'm glad that The Shadowboxers - Hot Damn made a little resurgence. 

~ P!nk - What About Us saw a pretty good sized drop this week. It's a shame because this song really is good.

~ Well, the rest of our debuts from last week all failed to do well on their second week on the chart. Louis Tomlinson - Miss You only jumped five spots, Eminem/Ed Sheeran - River only jumped three, and Liam Payne - Bedroom Floor only jumped five. None of them made it out of the top 30. I would have rather preferred that the first two did, but hopefully they will next week.

~ Well, it looks like Harry Styles - Kiwi is not going to last much longer. I find it kind of sad that this station fails to appreciate his music as a solo artist, and decides to respect his band mates notably more. He is equally as good, if not, better.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Garbage

20. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

NONE

3-Decent

19. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

18. Imagine Dragons - Thunder

4-Good

17. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft

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

5-Great

15. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes

14. Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask

13. Charlie Puth - How Long

12. Zayn/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn

11. Kesha - Praying

10. Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days

9. X Ambassadors - Ahead Of Myself

8. Halsey - Bad At Love

7. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do

6. Walk The Moon - One Foot

5. Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves

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

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

2. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

1. Camila Cabello - Havana

Score: 89% (B+)

My Bottom 5 Countdown Picks

1. Imagine Dragons - Believer

2. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

3. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar

4. Liam Payne - Strip That Down

5. Niall Horan - Slow Hands

My Top 5 Countdown Picks

1. Camila Cabello - Havana

2. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

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

4. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

5. Louis Tomlinson - Miss You

I hope everyone has a great 2018!

~ Jack :)