Shawn Mendes (3) - Week #29

Sorry for the delay. I was with my cousins this weekend, so I had absolutely no time to even check the #1 song. We did have a bit of a countdown shuffle this week. Most of it was not necessary, some of it was downright frustrating, although a few good things happened. The exits were okay, but the debuts range from awesome to awful.

Exits:
Maroon 5 - Cold (#35)
Niall Horan - This Town (#40)
Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#45)

45. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#43)
44. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#44) [3 Weeks At #1]
43. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - I'm The One (#30)
42. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#42) [4 Weeks At #1]
41. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#38)
40. Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life (#29)
39. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#37)
38. Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later (#41)
37. All Time Low - Good Times (DEBUT)
36. Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club (#27)
35. Fall Out Boy - Champion (DEBUT)
34. Jon Bellion - Overwhelming (#39)
33. Miley Cyrus - Malibu (#15)
32. DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts (DEBUT)
31. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#33)
30. Bruno Mars vs. David Guetta - Versace On The Floor (#34)
29. Train - Play That Song (#31)
28. Noah Cyrus - Stay Together (#26)
27. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#32) [8 Weeks At #1]
26. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#28)
25. Childish Gambino - Redbone (#36)
24. Julia Michaels - Issues (#24)
23. Luis Fonsi/Justin Bieber/Daddy Yankee - Despacito (#12)
22. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#23)
21. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#25) [1 Week At #1]
20. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#21)
19. Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry - Feels (#18)
18. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (#19)
17. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#16) [1 Week At #1]
16. Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls (#17)
15. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#20)
14. AJR - Weak (#22)
13. Halsey - Now Or Never (#14)
12. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#13) [9 Weeks At #1]
11. Charlie Puth - Attention (#10)
10. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#11)
9. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#8)
8. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#5)
7. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#9)
6. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#7)
5. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#3) [3 Weeks At #1]
4. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#6) [3 Weeks At #1]
3. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#1) [4 Weeks At #1]
2. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#4)
1. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#2) [3rd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (2)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Miley Cyrus - Malibu (-18)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Childish Gambino - Redbone (+11)

Comments on debuts
I talked about Wild Thoughts last week.

Champion is amazing! I finally heard it on Hits 1 yesterday. The guitar intro is well done, and the verses are spot-on, but my favourite part is the chorus. Fall Out Boy hit all the right notes, and I love the rock feel. Fall Out Boy never disappoint.

I can find no flaws in Good Times but there is nothing that leaves an imprint after I listen to the song. Dirty Laundry is much better. I know that All Time Low can do much better, but they have always written good lyrics, and this one is no exception. I can't say much otherwise.

Hit-Bound

Bebe Rexha - The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody) (DEBUT)
All-American Rejects - Sweat (DEBUT)
Andy Grammer - Give Love
The Chainsmokers - Honest
Paramore - Hard Times
Kesha - Praying
Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/Digital Farms Animals - Back To You (DEBUT)
Julia Michaels - Uh Huh
Harry Styles - Two Ghosts (DEBUT)
Shawn Hook/Vanessa Hudgens - Reminding Me
Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious
Imagine Dragons - Thunder
Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

So Praying is is purple on five blogs out of six. I realized that I had to give this more listens. I grew into this one. The chorus is powerful, her voice is amazing, but the verses drag on a bit. I feel as if this song could break at any moment. But it is still a great song.

With Cut To The Feeling gone, there is no pink on Hit-Bound! Honest is orange, but it would be red if Cut To The Feeling would still be here.

I won't forget the good blurbs
So, out of four great/good songs out of five in the top 5, the only bad song had to hit #1. I did expect this, this song is really popular. But it deserves much less than it got.

Believer has been hanging out too much in the #2-4 range. It should really hit #1 as soon as possible before it misses its chance. It is a great song.

Otherwise, the top 10 hasn't been witnessing much activity.

I don't understand why Weak is making comebacks. It should really leave the top 20 for good before it drives me insane.

We have two extremely strange drops this week from Justin Bieber. They are both in the top 5 everywhere else. I'm not complaining about I'm The One, but Despacito is so underrated! It has 2.7 billion views on youtube and can't even reach the top 10 here.

Malibu dropping out of the top 30 is fantastic. Redbone jumping into the top 30 is great, too. I grew into this song after millions of listens. The electronic instruments are very catchy, and the voice does not disturb me. It is actually pretty cool. The song stays in my head for hours after I listen to it.

I votes 25 more times for Lights Down Low, and it is still in the #26-28 area. At this point, staying there would satisfy me.

Nice to see that Sooner Or Later lasted another week and got out of the bottom 5. I believe its peak is #34, and if it left at that peak it would show just how underrated it was, just like Don't Leave, whose peak was #35.

Crying In The Club really was a flop after all.

I didn't realize that Sign Of The Times was this low until I heard it at #41 yesterday. It did absolutely nothing on this chart and might not even make the year-end list. How absurd!

Top 20 score: 54% okay

Top 5:
1. Sooner Or Later
2. Champion
3. Lights Down Low
4. Despacito
5. Feels

Bottom 5:
1. Wild Thoughts
2. Bad Liar
3. Pay That Song
4. I'm The One
5. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

Most missed countdown song: Nick Jonas - Bacon
Throwback pick of the week: Linkin Park - Numb
#1 recommedation for Hits 1: Hey Violet - Hoodie

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