Hello Everyone, and welcome to my second Countdown post! This was more active than last week for sure, with 4 exits, and a new #1!
This Week's Exits:
Drake - Nokia [#30] {13w} Peak: 27
Kendrick Lamar & SZA - 30 for 30 [#28] {13w} Peak: 20
Doechii - Anxiety [#18] {18w} Peak: 6
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra [#13] {23w} 6w @ #1
30. AJR - Betty [Debut]
29. Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other [Debut]
28. Justin Bieber - Daisies [Debut]
27. Blackpink - Jump [Debut]
26. Jonas Brothers - No Time To Talk [-7] {4w} Peak: 18
25. Audrey Hobert - Sue Me [+4] {4w} Peak: 25* - One To Watch
24. Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae - What I Want [-4] {9w} Peak: 20
23. Charli xcx - party 4 u [==] {11w} Peak: 17
22. mgk - cliche [==] {7w} Peak: 22
21. Jessie Murph - Blue Strips [+4] {10w} Peak: 21*
20. Lewis Capaldi - Survive [+6] {3w} Peak: 20*
19. Alessi Rose - Same Mouth [+2] {9w} Peak: 19*
18. Maroon 5 feat. LISA - Priceless [-1] {11w} Peak: 17
17. Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching [+10] {5w} Peak: 16
16. Alex Warren feat. ROSE - On My Mind [+8] {3w} Peak: 16*
This Week's Countdown Extra: Kpop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden
15. Jonas Brothers - Love Me To Heaven [-11] {16w} Peak: 3
14. Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover [+1] {9w} Peak: 14*
13. Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You [+1] {10w} Peak: 12
12. Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not [+4] {10w} Peak: 12*
11. Benson Boone - Sorry, I'm Here For Someone Else [-5] {20w} 3w @ #1
10. Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman [+1] {18w} 3w @ #1
09. sombr - undressed [+1] {10w} Peak: 9*
08. Ariana Grande - twilight zone [+1] {15w} Peak: 8
07. Alex Warren - Ordinary [+1] {16w} Peak: 3
06. Miley Cyrus - End Of The World [-1] {15w} Peak: 5
05. Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [+7] {12w} Peak: 5*
04. Rose - Messy [+3] {10w} Peak: 4*
03. Role Model - Sally, When The Wine Runs Out [-2] {16w} 2w @ #1
02. Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild [+1] {6w} Peak: 2*
01. Ed Sheeran - Azizam [+1] {15w} 1w @ #1
Biggest Climb: Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching [+10] ...
Largest Fall: Jonas Brothers - No Time To Talk [-7]
Last Year's #1: Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso [5/6 wks @ #1]
My Throwback Pick: Troye Sivan feat. Kacey Musgraves & Mark Ronson - Easy Remix (2020)
1 Recommendation for Every 1: Alex Warren - You Can't Stop This
Entering Top Five for the first time
Rose - Messy (after 10 weeks)
Benson Boone - Mystical Magical (after 12 weeks)
Debuts:
AJR debuts with their first song since Yes I'm A Mess in 2023/2024. This reminds me too much of a song I hate, I'm Ready, for me to really enjoy it, but it doesn't have the annoying parts in here that I'm Ready has so it's overall good.
Justin Bieber makes his grand, or not so grand, return with Daisies. This grew on me slightly but I still can't really get into this. It's too slow and unlike the Justin Bieber I know and love for me to enjoy.
Blackpink also make their grand return with Jump. Again, I like this and it did grow on me but it still has some more growing on me to do before I can officially say I love it.
Finally for the song I didn't talk about last week. Olivia Dean debuts out of nowhere with Nice To Each Other. This is cute, I like this. It's kind of underwhelming but it's not terrible. I don't love it yet but I might soon. I'm not disappointed in this!
HitBound
Wow, we got another 6 debuts and a re-entry, so let's see what we got this week.
Let's get the re-entry out of the way. Castle by Haven Madison re-enters after 3 weeks off Hit-Bound. I guess this makes sense since it is almost top 20 on pop radio. Anyways, I usually love Haven Madison but this is too uninteresting for me to enjoy. It also doesn't help that this a complete radio plant. Like seriously, 200k streams on Spotify and (almost) top 20 on Pop???? If you want a good Haven Madison song, check out her new song Anybody that just released, It's sooooo much better.
Going from worst to best, we start with Maroon 5, who I normally like but this new era is so lackluster. All Night (which Hits 1 didn't pick up for whatever reason) was good, but Priceless sucks and so does this. Remember when I said Castle was uninteresting? Well this is that times a thousand. and it's also too short to be a good ballad anyways. Like, 2:16? C'mon Maroon 5, You can do better.
Renee Rapp is another artist I usually like, but her new song Why Is She Still Here? is the Snow Angel of this new era and as I didn't really care for Snow Angel, I don't really care for this either. Renee sounds good but this is too boring for me to enjoy.
The Jonas Brothers are another artist I usually like and while this isn't too bad, it's kind of generic and forgettable and too much so that I can't really enjoy it. Still, the brothers here sound good.
Alessi Rose gets not one but two songs on Hit-Bound at the same time, with That Could Be Me staying in and now this new song Everything Anything debuting. I like this, but it won't beat or even come close to Same Mouth, which is probably my favorite Alessi song Hits 1 has picked up.
We can finally get to the songs I like. Alex Warren released his new debut album 'You'll Be Alright, Kid' and while Eternity is only the 6th best of the first disc, It's still amazing and I really want to see debut the countdown, and not get robbed like Bloodline. Like many Alex songs, the bridge is by far the best part of this song. But overall, the production is really cool, especially in the bridge, and I hope to see Alex go to great places soon, because he really deserves way more success and not fall in to the ether after Ordinary. If you want a more upbeat Alex Warren song, you should listen to The Outside and You Can't Stop This. Both are great.
Okay, from the best song to the funniest song. Jessie Murph gets her *checks notes* 14th song on Hits 1 with '1965', because Hits 1 really needs to pick up every song of hers. and while 1965 isn't her best song, it's definitely her funniest. I would hate it if the lyrics weren't so hilariously bad that it makes the song itself great. Because, y'know, I might get a little slap slap, but you wouldn't hit me on Snapchat. Oh, and You wouldn't drive off before you get in the fucking door you fuck fuck- fuck youuuuu (pardon my language). So yeah, with that and the TV airings at the beginning of the song, Idk this is a HUGE guilty pleasure for me. Of course, it's just going to drop out of Hit-Bound anyways, so I shouldn't get my hopes up.
Exits
Kpop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden [3]
Renee Rapp - Mad [3]
Kehlani - Folded [3]
Super-HI feat. Neeka - Following The Sun [6]
Golden finds itself in the abyss. Mad gets replaced by Why Is She Still Here?, Folded I didn't care about. and Following The Sun shouldn't have been here in the first place since it's from 2021 and had no traction elsewhere.
Weeks Passed: 29
Current Dropout Count: 110
Dropouts Per Week: 3.79
Estimated total: 197 (is this right???) (+1)
Blurbzizam:
We lost two bottom 5 staples: Nokia and 30 for 30. I'll leave the obituary for both of these for Ethan to post. But we also lost Abracadabra and Anxiety, and in the case of the former, after 23 weeks and 6 of those at #1. Anxiety also did well, with 17 weeks total and a peak of #6.
Can they make up their mind on Just Keep Watching? It was +13 three weeks ago, then last week it fell 11, and now it jumped back 10. It's a great song, don't flip flop it.
We also saw big jumps from Alex Warren and Rose's On My Mind along with Benson Boone's Mystical Magical
And we got a new #1, and no it's not Manchild. It's Azizam, bringing Ed Sheeran his first #1 since Overpass Graffiti in early 2022. This probably won't stay at #1 for long, but we'll see.
Poll of the week results:
Role Model - Sally, When The Wine Runs Out
62.5% (5 votes)
Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
12.5% (1 votes)
Jonas Brothers - Love Me To Heaven
12.5% (1 votes)
Miley Cyrus - End Of The World
12.5% (1 votes)
Ed Sheeran - Azizam
0% (0 votes)
That's all the blogging for now, See you for my Pulse Top 15 post later this morning (or afternoon)!
ugh i hate that we got Flopzizam at #1, hopefully Manchild is #1 next week😍
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