AT40: Taylor Swift (4) Week Of September 16, 2023

As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it looks so phenomenal. We do have one debut this week that was going to be in my Top songs of the year, which I'm gonna get to later, and we also have some more interesting stuff happening on there. But again I'm gonna get to them later on in this post like what I always do. 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.

OneRepublic - Runaway

Zayn - Love Like This

Coi Leray - Players

Last Week's #1 Song: Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

The Countdown:

#40. Taylor Swift - Lavender Haze (#38)

#39. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (DEBUT)

#38. Post Malone - Chemical (#36)

#37. Pitbull/Lil Jon - Jumpin (#27)

#36. Kaliii - Area Codes (#37)

#35. The Weeknd - Die For You (#33)

#34. Jelly Roll - Need A Favor (#39)

#33. Travis Scott/Bad Bunny/The Weeknd - K-Pop (#35)

#32. Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start The Fire (#34)

#31. Jain - Makeba (#28)

#30. Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed (#26)

#29. Noah Kahan/Post Malone - Dial Drunk (#30)

#28. SZA - Kill Bill (#25)

#27. Selena Gomez - Single Soon (DEBUT)

#26. Metro Boomin/The Weeknd/21 Savage - Creepin' (#23)

#25. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (DEBUT)

#24. David Guetta/Anne-Marie/Coi Leray - Baby Don't Hurt Me (#14)

#23. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For (#24)

#22. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? (#31)

#21. Morgan Wallen - Last Night (#19)

#20. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular (#21)

#19. David Kushner - Daylight (#22)

#18. Bakar - Hell N Back (#18)

#17. Miley Cyrus - Jaded (#12)

#16. Jung Kook/Latto - Seven (#17)

#15. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red (#20)

#14. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy) (#16)

#13. Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa (#15)

#12. Miley Cyrus - Flowers (#11)

#11. Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life (#9)

#10. Taylor Swift - Karma (#9)

#9. Fifty Fifty - Cupid (#7)

#8. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World (#10)

#7. Luke Combs - Fast Car (#8)

#6. Miguel - Sure Thing (#5)

#5. SZA - Snooze (#6)

#4. Rema/Selena Gomez - Calm Down (#3)

#3. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (#4)

#2. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (#2)

#1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (#1) [4th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Harry Styles - Late Night Talking (2 of 3 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased to see Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? (+9) gain lots of airplay on the pop radio charts this week. This deserves to take the biggest jump! And I'm really hoping it should go to the Top 20 next week.

Pitbull/Lil Jon - Jumpin and David Guetta/Anne-Marie/Coi Leray - Baby Don't Hurt Me (-10) sure have been losing some airplay recently. And I'm sure they're going to be out of here sometime soon.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam: The best debut this week. And this was actually her first song on there since 2007, which was interesting. And now, she has made her humongous return on there this week. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a super heavenly song. With my opinion on this song, the production was super heavenly and sounds a bit like a Tiesto song, Kylie's vocals were extremely heavenly, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a humongous fan of, and the chorus was extremely heavenly. This is definitely going to end up in my Top 5 Songs of the year. Hopefully this should become a hit on there.

Selena Gomez - Single Soon: This was actually her first solo song since My Mind & Me last year, and that was a song that I enjoyed back then. As far as this new song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. But definitely not as good as My Mind & Me, but it's still amazing. With my opinion, the production was so amazing, Selena's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were very nicely-written, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see how this one does on there.

Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young: We now have this song debuting the countdown since Jaded is about to be on it's way out of here. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song and it's actually a step up from Jaded. With my opinion on this one, the production was so phenomenal, Miley's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a huge fan of, and the chorus was so heavenly. Hopefully it'll become a hit on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. SZA - Snooze: I'm pleased to see this song in the Top 5. Gosh, she sure has been having a lot of Top 5 Songs on there. And I'm really hoping that it should go to the Top 3 soon.

4. Rema/Selena Gomez - Calm Down: Well it finally got out of the Top 3. And I'm sure it's going to be out of the Top 5 very soon.

3. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night: I'm pleased to see this song in the Top 3. And I'm sure this is going to be at the top spot very soon. Let's see if it does.

2. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire: Yeah I'm sure this song is going to remain at this spot and never come back to the top spot because of what's going on in there. But let's see how long it'll remain in the Top 3.

1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer: Holding the top spot for the 2nd week in a row. Gosh, this song sure has been doing super duper well recently. Now, let's see if it'll stay in there next week or not.

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

None

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

20. Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

19. Bakar - Hell N Back

18. Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa

17. Jung Kook/Latto - Seven

16. Miguel - Sure Thing

15. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy)

14. Rema/Selena Gomez - Calm Down

13. Miley Cyrus - Jaded

12. Fifty Fifty - Cupid

11. Luke Combs - Fast Car

10. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World

9. SZA - Snooze

8. Taylor Swift - Karma

7. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

6. Miley Cyrus - Flowers

5. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

4. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular

3. David Kushner - Daylight

2. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

TIE: 1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (+2 extra points for being #1)

Total Score: 101/100 = 101% (A+) [Awesome]

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