Halsey (1) - Week Of January 12, 2019

I have a feeling that Hits 1 is keeping the songs that I want for once. However they'll have to leave eventually. Now, here's this week's exits.

• Shawn Mendes – Nervous (#31)
• Bazzi/Camila Cabello – Beautiful (#41)
• Twenty One Pilots – My Blood (#42)
• NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

The Countdown

45. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#44) [2 Weeks At #1]

44. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#43) [9 Weeks At #1]

43. George Ezra – Shotgun (#40)

42. Steve Aoki/BTS – Waste It On Me (#37)

41. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#38)

40. Silk City/Dua Lipa – Electricity (#32)

39. Olly Murs – Moves (#21)

38. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren – Side Effects (#39)

37. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#35) [4 Weeks At #1]

36. Bebe Rexha – I'm A Mess (#36)

35. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#33)

34. Little Mix/Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me (#26)

33. Dan + Shay – Speechless (DEBUT)

32. Selena Gomez – Back To You (#30)

31. Lauv/Julia Michaels – There's No Way (#27)

30. Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life (DEBUT)

29. Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You (#29)

28. Khalid – Better (DEBUT)

27. Imagine Dragons – Machine (DEBUT)

26. Camila Cabello – Consequences (#16)

25. Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (#34)

24. lovelytheband – Broken (#19)

23. Lauren Jauregui – Expectations (#22)

22. James Arthur – Empty Space (#25)

21. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#20)

20. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine (#23)

19. Ariana Grande – Breathin (#14)

18. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#13)
17. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside (#18)

16. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#15) [1 Week At #1]

15. David Guetta/Anne-Marie – Don't Leave Me Alone (#24)

14. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#17)

13. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#28)

12. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#11)

11. Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower (#12)

10. The Struts/Kesha – Body Talks (#9)
  9. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#6)

  8. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (#7) [2 Weeks At #1]

  7. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#8)

  6. Khalid/Normani – Love Lies (#10)

  5. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (#5) [5 Weeks At #1]

  4. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (#4) [2 Weeks At #1]

  3. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#2) [8 Weeks At #1]

  2. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#1) [4 Weeks At #1]

  1. Halsey – Without Me (#3) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Ed Sheeran – Perfect (2)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Olly Murs – Moves (–18)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (+15)

New Entrants:

Oh my gosh. Imagine Dragons is bad but has produced a song worse than all heir other songs. I cannot stand Dan Reynolds yelling one bit. It doesn’t look like a song in my opinion. They should’ve picked up Bad Liar instead of this piece of crap.

Dan + Shay are proven to not be a good duo with their song, Speechless. The production is lame. I’m also not a fan of generic country music. Tequila is far better than this.

Yes I do find Better more interesting now. Khalid isn’t a very bad singer. I’m actually now starting to like more and more rap music. This song is no exception. It doesn’t reach the height of Love Lies, unfortunately but it’s still tolerable. It won’t be too long before I get sick of it.

For the best debut, Zara Larsson is here with Ruin My Life. It’s a great song. Zara is a really good singer and all and she is just like a Goddess when she hits those notes. Many of us would listen to her music. This song better not flop like Never Forget You. But because it’s Zara, it will probably flop anyway.

• Post Malone – Wow (DEBUT)
• Sabrina Carpenter – Sue Me (DEBUT)
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I'm Afraid
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Killer Queen
• Charli XCX/Troye Sivan – 1999
• Seeb/Bastille – Grip
• Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More (DEBUT)
• Benny Blanco/Calvin Harris – I Found You
• Avril Lavigne – Tell Me It's Over
• Pitbull/Rhea – Ocean To Ocean
• Dean Lewis – Be Alright
• Stephen Puth – Sexual Vibe
• Alessia Cara – Trust My Lonely
• Lauren Daigle – You Say

I’m actually very upset that Wow is just not as good as Sunflower. Sue Me is my favorite entrant this week. And Miss Me More is one of the better country songs I would like to here.

Blurber:

Yes, Without Me skipped all the way from a blue song to being a pink song. I was #1 on most of the Wutchuwant Countdowns this week so no surprise that it’s #1.

I honestly cannot believe that Shotgun is still here.

I really don’t want Zedd/Madden Morris to last a year. This is one of his more generic songs. This song should leave next week.

Moves having the biggest drop was very unexpected. I seriously thought that this song isn’t going to last this short on the countdown but now it probably will.

I do not see Thank U, Next as a #1 song, unfortunately.

Why do people think that Alec Benjamin can’t sing? He sings beautifully and I really like his voice. The production in Let Me Down Slowly is catchy and he’s a very good music producer with great vocals.

We’ve had no major activity so far this year. This is the 2nd week in a row without any top 10 or top 5 entrants.

It doesn’t look like - lovelytheband - Broken is going to stay with us much longer.

Why is I’m A Mess flopping? This song is better than Meant To Be. Please let it have more of as long of a tenure.

Imagine Dragons - Natural is losing popularity but it’s still in the top 20 here.

Speaking of songs flopping, Ariana Grande - Breathin’ isn’t doing as well here. Please do not let this be another Ariana Grande flop.

Most Missed Countdown Song: Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls

Top 5 Picks:

1. Bebe Rexha - I’m A Mess
2. Anne-Marie - 2002
3. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
4. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next
5. Camila Cabello - Consequences

Top 20 Review:

0-Crap: 

NONE

1-Bad:

Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine

Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood

2-Mediocre:

Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones

Khalid/Normani – Love Lies

Halsey – Without Me

Dan + Shay – Tequila

The Struts/Kesha – Body Talks

3-Decent:

NONE

4-Good:

Marshmello/Bastille – Happier

Imagine Dragons – Natural

5-Great:

Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It

David Guetta/Anne-Marie – Don't Leave Me Alone

Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower

Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside

The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

Ariana Grande – Breathin

Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly

Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next

Anne-Marie – 2002

Total Score: 71/100