AT40: Dua Lipa (2) Week Of July 10, 2021

I really hope everyone had a great 4th Of July on Sunday. I really did had a fun one, because I really enjoyed watching the fireworks at night. Anyway. As far as the countdown goes, it actually looks so interesting. There has been lots of great things that happened on there. I'll get to all of those later on in this post, but for now, let's get to it! Before we get to this week's Fresh 40, here are the songs dropping out of the countdown this week.

Billie Eilish - Your Power

Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am

Dua Lipa - We're Good

Last Week's #1 Song: Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating

The Countdown:

#40. Chris Brown/Young Thug - Go Crazy (#40)

#39. NF - Just Like You (DEBUT)

#38. 24kgoldn/Iann Dior - Mood (#37)

#37. Coldplay - Higher Power (#39)

#36. Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On (#34)

#35. Cheat Codes/Tinashe - Lean On Me (DEBUT)

#34. Jackson Wang - LMLY (#35)

#33. Tate McRae - You Broke Me First (#32)

#32. DJ Khaled/Post Malone/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby/DaBaby - I Did It (#36)

#31. Bella Poarch - Build A Bitch (#38)

#30. Polo G - Rapstar (DEBUT)

#29. Ariana Grande - 34 + 35 (#28)

#28. Nessa Barrett/Jxdn - La Di Die (#33)

#27. Riton & Nightcrawlers/Mufasa/Hypeman - Friday (#29)

#26. Olivia Rodrigo - Driver's License (#25)

#25. Annita - Girl From Rio (#27)

#24. Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary (#26)

#23. Duncan Laurence - Arcade (#24)

#22. Machine Gun Kelly/Blackbear - My Ex's Best Friend (#21)

#21. AJR - Way Less Sad (#23)

#20. Nelly/Florida Georgia Line - Lil Bit (#20)

#19. Ariana Grande - Positions (#16)

#18. Marshmello/Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me (#19)

#17. Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae - You (#18)

#16. Glass Animals - Heat Waves (#15)

#15. Kali Uchis - Telepatia (#17)

#14. BTS - Butter (#14)

#13. Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion - Beautiful Mistakes (#11)

#12. Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu (#12)

#11. Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open (#7)

#10. Saweetie/Doja Cat - Best Friend (#10)

#9. Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean (#9)

#8. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U (#13)

#7. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (#8)

#6. The Kid Laroi - Without You (#6)

#5. Doja Cat/SZA - Kiss Me More (#5)

#4. Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon - Peaches (#2)

#3. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (#4)

#2. Ariana Grande - POV (#3)

#1. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating (#1) [2nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Justin Bieber/Quavo - Intentions (2nd and final week at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm super glad to see Bella Poarch - Build A Bitch (+7) gaining lots of airplay on the pop radio charts this week. What a week for her! Now, let's see if it'll be in the Top 30 next week.

Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open (-4) unfortunately had the biggest drop this week and it's out of the Top 10. I'm not too thrilled to see that.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

NF - Just Like You: He has finally made his return on there. Now, the last time we heard from him was Time from a year and a half ago. And now, he's back. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. With my opinion, the production here was super outstanding, NF's vocals were so amazing especially his rapping, those lyrics were definitely what I'm a huge fan of, and that chorus was super amazing. Hopefully it'll do amazing on there.

Cheat Codes/Tinashe - Lean On Me: The best debut this week. It's actually been a few years since we last heard from them. The last time we heard from them was Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It's Way with U2 back in 2018, and that was a song that I really enjoyed back then. And now, they have finally made their big return on there. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. For my opinion, the production was so amazing, Tinashe's vocals were super amazing, and that guy from Cheat Codes has been taking on vocals again just like what he did in the chorus of No Promises. I think his vocals were super amazing. and the lyrics were definitely super nicely-written, the chorus was super amazing, and the drop was so phenomenal. Let's see how far this one goes.

Polo G - Rapstar: This is just another decent song. There really isn't anything here that's interesting to say about it. Though this has been #1 on the Hot 100, so I'm okay with that. But it's still a decent song. With my opinion, the production here actually sounded great, but I'm still not huge on Polo G's vocals. He still doesn't sound good here. But the lyrics were fine and I think the chorus was decent. But yeah, this is decent overall. Let's see how this one does on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Doja Cat/SZA - Kiss Me More: Can we please let this song be in the Top 3 as of right now? I don't really want it to stay in this spot. But hopefully next week it'll be in there.

4. Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon - Peaches: Well, it's out of the Top 3. I actually didn't think it was going to be out of here this week, but it did. But I'm sure it'll stay in the Top 5 for a little while longer.

3. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name): I'm fine with this song in the Top 3. Although I'm sure this is probably going to be at the top spot very soon. and if it does, I'll still give credit to it.

2. Ariana Grande - POV: It's almost at the top spot. And I'm sure this is going to be at the top spot next week. Hopefully I'm right.

1. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating: Holding the top spot for the 2nd week in a row. I'm so pleased that it's still there, although I'm sure another song is going to be at the top spot next week. But let's see if it'll stay in there or not.

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

None

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

20. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

19. The Kid Laroi - Without You

18. Saweetie/Doja Cat - Best Friend

17. Kali Uchis - Telepatia

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

16. Ariana Grande - POV

15. Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae - You

14. Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon - Peaches

13. Nelly/Florida Georgia Line - Lil Bit

12. Marshmello/Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me

11. Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean

10. BTS - Butter

9. Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open

8. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating

7. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

6. Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu

5. Doja Cat/SZA - Kiss Me More

4. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

3. Ariana Grande - Positions

2. Glass Animals - Heat Waves

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

TIE: 1. Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion - Beautiful Mistakes

Total Score: 93/100 = 93% (A) [Great]

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