AT40: Lil Nas X (1) Week Of July 17, 2021

As far as the countdown goes, I thought it actually looks pretty good, although we did get rid of a song that's going to be in my Top 10 Songs of the year, which was very sad. Though we do have some more amazing debuts, which I'll get to later. But other than that, I don't have anything else to say here, so 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.

Glass Animals - Heat Waves

Jackson Wang - LMLY

Chris Brown/Young Thug - Go Crazy

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

The Countdown:

#40. 24kgoldn/Iann Dior - Mood (#38)

#39. NF - Just Like You (#39)

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

#37. Coldplay - Higher Power (#37)

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

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

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

#33. Polo G - Rapstar (#30)

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

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

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

#29. Doja Cat/The Weeknd - You Right (DEBUT)

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

#27. Tate McRae/Khalid - Working (DEBUT)

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

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

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

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

#22. Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary (#24)

#21. Duncan Laurence - Arcade (#23)

#20. Ariana Grande - Positions (#19)

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

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

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

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

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

#14. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (DEBUT)

#13. Kali Uchis - Telepatia (#15)

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

#11. BTS - Butter (#14)

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

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

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

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

#6. Ariana Grande - POV (#2)

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

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

#3. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating (#1)

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

#1. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (#3) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (4 of 5 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased to see Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu (+5) in the Top 10. And I'm sure it'll probably go to the Top 5 very soon. Hopefully I'm right.

Ariana Grande - 34 + 35 and Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion - Beautiful Mistakes (-6) were both tied for the biggest drop. I'm really not too thrilled about the last one, because this does not deserve it. But I was actually expecting the first one to have it. And I'm sure the first one is going to be out of here very soon.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Doja Cat/The Weeknd - You Right: The best debut this week. Now, the last time they collaborated, they did the remix for In Your Eyes, and of course that was a song that I've enjoyed back then. Though I do know this countdown didn't actually play that remix, but I actually still enjoyed it. And now, here they are again. As far as this new song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. But not as good as Kiss Me More, but it's still amazing. The production is so fun, Doja's vocals were absolutely amazing, those lyrics were super interesting, and Abel's vocals were super amazing in the chorus. But yeah, overall it's amazing. Hopefully it'll become a hit on there.

Tate McRae/Khalid - Working: Since You Broke Me First is on it's way out of here, this song has now made it's debut on there. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song and this is definitely a step up from You Broke Me First. With my opinion, the production was super outstanding, Tate's vocals were super amazing, Khalid's vocals were so amazing in his contribution, I'm definitely a huge fan of those lyrics, and that chorus was so phenomenal. Hopefully it'll do amazing on there.

Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits: This is absolutely another amazing song and this is actually a step up from Afterglow. With my opinion, the production was so amazing, Ed's vocals were so amazing, the lyrics were so amazing, the chorus was so amazing, everything on this song was so amazing. And of course, with it's debut in the Top 20, I'm sure this is going to become a huge and massive hit on there. Hopefully it'll do absolutely amazing on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon - Peaches: I'm sure this song is probably going to leave the Top 5 within the next week or so. Maybe it might stay in there for one more week, we don't know yet.

4. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U: I'm so pleased to see this song make it's debut in the Top 5. And I'm sure this is going to be in the Top 3 next week. Hopefully I'm right.

3. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating: It dropped out of the top spot. But it really had a very nice run in there. But I do have a feeling that it might hang around in the Top 3 for a little while longer.

2. Doja Cat/SZA - Kiss Me More: It's almost at the top spot! Now, can this be her second #1 song on there? We're gonna have to find out. Let's see if it'll be at the top spot soon.

1. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name): I'm definitely still giving credit to this song for being at the top spot, because I'm fine with it being in there. Though I wish there was a better song to be at the top spot next week, but let's see how long it could hold the spot.

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. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

8. Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open

7. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating

6. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

5. Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu

4. Doja Cat/SZA - Kiss Me More

3. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

2. Ariana Grande - Positions

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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