2018 YE Post Part 1: 2018 A Year In Review

2018 was a great year. TBH, I’ll have to disagree with others in 2018 in music. It was a great year for music. It was my favorite year in general. However, I still feel very sad for Avicii’s death. He passed away back in April from suicide. We also had our first 7 exit week this year in almost 3 years. That’s something. In other news, I’ve graduated high school this year and I’m off to college. I’ve also had a prom back in June.

There were a lot of bad songs in 2018. Rap music was really bad. A lot of them made Hits 1 unfortunately. Now, with #1 being the worst, here’s the worst songs of 2018.

Bottom 5 Songs Of 2018:

1. Drake - God’s Plan
2. AJR - Burn The House Down
3. Post Malone - Psycho
4. Tiësto & Dzeko/Preme/Post Malone – Jackie Chan
5. Lauv - I Like Me Better

Now, we’ve had a lot of #1s this year. Some of them were good, and others, not so much. Now I may present to you the all the #1s of 2018.

#1 Parade:

Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (9 Weeks)

Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (8 Weeks)

5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (5 Weeks)

Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night) (4 Weeks)

Imagine Dragons - Thunder (3 Weeks/5 Total)

Taylor Swift - Delicate (3 Weeks)

Charlie Puth - How Long (2 Weeks)

Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (2 Weeks)

Fall Out Boy - The Last of the Real Ones (2 Weeks)

Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (2 Weeks)

Ed Sheeran - Perfect (1 Week/2 Total)

Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game (1 Week)

Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days (1 Week)

Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt - Let Me Go (1 Week)

Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be (1 Week)

Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (1 Week)

5 Seconds of Summer - Want You Back (1 Week)

Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (1 Week)

Imagine Dragons - Natural (1 Week)

Breakouts:

We’ve had some breakout artists this year. Breakout artists means new artists. However, there’s one that I loved so much by one that was also terrible. Without further ado, here’s the best and worst breakouts of 2018.

Best Breakout Artist Of 2018: NF

Worst Breakout Artist Of 2018: Lauv

We’ve had plenty of songs that were on HitBound. However, some of them didn’t make the list, unfortunately. Here’s the list of all the songs that were on HitBound this year but never even made the countdown.

2018 HitBound Dropouts:

Big Boi - All Night

BTS - FAKE LOVE

Cole Redding - Father Father

Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You

HRVY - Personal

In Real Life - Tattoo (How 'Bout You)

Jason Derulo & David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Willy William - Goodbye

Julia Michaels/Trippie Redd - Jump

Justin Timberlake - SoulMate

Noah Cyrus/MAX - Team

Post Malone - I Fall Apart

Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno - Best Friend

Spencer - Whatever

The Chainsmokers - Everybody Hates Me

The Chainsmokers/Drew Love - Somebody

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Walk On Water

Twenty One Pilots - Legend

Welshly Arms - Legendary

Why Don't We - Trust Fund Baby

Wild Things - Don't Wanna Feel It

Years & Years - If You're Over Me

Lights Over Paris Award:

Now, out of these 21 songs, it’s time to mention my 2018 LOP Award. That means my favorite songs that didn’t graduate HitBound this year. There’s a ton of good songs and you can easily see that All Night is the worst. This songs was from an artist I truly enjoy. It was on of the first songs to leave HitBound this year. Now, I may present to you my LOP Award this year.

2018 Lights Over Paris Hit-Bound Hero Award Winner: Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You

Biggest Whiffs:

First off, here’s my Biggest Whiff of Hits 1. It’s a song that I really like but it never made Hits 1, unfortunately. I really like this song and it should’ve definitely made it to Hits 1. And now without further ado, here’s my Biggest Whiff Of Hits 1.

My Biggest Whiff Of 2018: Nicki Minaj/Ariana Grande - Bed

Now, let’s To the actual Biggest Whiff. It was on the Hits 1 voting poll, it it never made HitBound or the countdown. It was popular on many platforms as well including the Billboard. To be honest, I don’t like this song but let’s go.

Actual Biggest Whiff Of 2018: Drake - Nice For What

Song That Should’ve Made Big:

Now, there’s one song that I really enjoy, but it’s a shame that it didn’t make it big. It should’ve made it big because I really love this song so much. It’s on Jack’s rankdown and it’s a song that I really loved. Now, here’s a song that should’ve been a Hit.

2018 Song That Should’ve Made Big: Bebe Rexha/Quavo - 2 Souls On Fire

Weeks:

Now, the next important thing is to present to you the best and worst weeks. I’ll have to tell you that this year’s countdown activity has been growing within the past 2 years. We had a 7 exit week earlier this year, but it wasn’t the best week. Now, it’s time for my favorite and least favorite weeks of 2018.

Best Week Of 2018: 06/16/18

Worst Week Of 2018: 09/15/18

Tenure Trophies:

There’s have been many short tenured songs this year. A couple of 2 weekers, few 3 weekers, some 4 weekers, and a whole bunch of 5 weekers. But one song was on the countdown this year for only one week here’s it is.

Shortest Tenured Song Of 2018: Lady Gaga - I’ll Never Love Again (10/27/18-11/03/18)

Now our longest tenured song is still here but it mad its debut back in January. Now with further ado, here it is.

Longest Tenured Song Of 2018: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (2/3/18 - Still There)

Biggest Movers:

Now I may present to you the biggest biggest drop first. Last year, we didn’t have any drops with 30+ spots but this year, we had 2. Here they are.

Biggest Biggest Drop Of The Year:

NF - Lie (-31 on 10/20/18)

Zedd/Elley Duhé - Happy Now (-31 on 11/3/18)

Now as for the jump, we didn’t have any 30+ jumps but one week had the biggest biggest drop. Now, here’s the week.

Biggest Biggest Jump Of The Year:

Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho (+23 on 6/23/18)

Now as for the smallest biggest drop this year, I honestly think it’s the smallest biggest drop we’ve ever had in SXM Hits 1 history. It was also a 3 way Tie. Here’s the smallest biggest drops this year.

Smallest Biggest Drop Of The Year:

Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (-5 on 2/17/18)

Eminem/Ed Sheeran - River (-5 on 2/17/18)

Lauv - I Like Me Better (-5 on 2/17/18)

And finally, the smallest biggest jump this year happened twice. It’s not as small as the 3 drops. One of the weeks had a the smallest biggest jump in the same week as the 3 smallest biggest drops. And the other week was a tie of 2 songs. Now, here’s the 3 songs that had such small biggest jumps this year.

Smallest Biggest Jump Of The Year:

NF - Let You Down (+8 on 2/17/18)

U2/Cheat Codes - Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (+8 on 6/30/18)

Liam Payne/J Balvin - Familiar (+8 on 6/30/18)

That wraps up part 1. Now it's time to wait for part 2.