AT40: Benson Boone (1) Week Of May 11, 2024

I hope everyone's been having a great Mother's Day weekend! Anyway. As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it actually looks so phenomenal. We once again have one debut that was going to be in my top songs of the year, which was the best thing to see. And we also have another brand new #1 song on there which was always nice. But I'm gonna get to it later on in this post like always. 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.

Dua Lipa - Training Season

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor

Last Week's #1 Song: Teddy Swims - Lose Control

The Countdown:

#40. Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang (#40)

#39. SMITH - Run (#37)

#38. The Beaches - Blame Brett (#38)

#37. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (#36)

#36. Tate McRae - Exes (#34)

#35. Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back! (#32)

#34. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (DEBUT)

#33. Taylor Swift/Post Malone - Fortnight (DEBUT)

#32. Madison Beer - Make You Mine (#30)

#31. Beyonce/Miley Cyrus - II Most Wanted (#33)

#30. Meghan Trainor/T-Pain - Been Like This (#29)

#29. Dua Lipa - Houdini (#26)

#28. Usher - Kissing Strangers (#27)

#27. Selena Gomez - Love On (#18)

#26. Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (#23)

#25. Dua Lipa - Illusion (#35)

#24. Shinedown - A Symptom Of Being Human (#25)

#23. Jessie Murph/Jelly Roll - Wild Ones (#24)

#22. Jelly Roll/Lainey Wilson - Save Me (#22)

#21. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red (#17)

#20. Hozier - Too Sweet (#31)

#19. Djo - End Of Beginning (#21)

#18. Knox - Not The 1975 (#20)

#17. The Weeknd/Jennie/Lily Rose Depp - One Of The Girls (#19)

#16. Justin Timberlake - Selfish (#10)

#15. Victoria Monet - On My Mama (#16)

#14. Tyla - Water (#11)

#13. Nicki Minaj/Lil Uzi Vert - Everybody (#15)

#12. Olivia Rodrigo - Obsessed (#14)

#11. Renee Rapp/Megan Thee Stallion - Not My Fault (#12)

#10. SZA - Saturn (#14)

#9. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (#9)

#8. Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em (#7)

#7. Tate McRae - Greedy (#6)

#6. Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) (#8)

#5. Doja Cat - Agora Hills (#5)

#4. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather (#4)

#3. Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (#3)

#2. Teddy Swims - Lose Control (#1)

#1. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (#2) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Miley Cyrus - Flowers (9th and final week at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm super pleased to see Hozier - Too Sweet (+11) take the biggest jump to the Top 20. It totally deserves it! What a week it has been for him! Now, let's see if it'll go to the Top 10 soon.

Selena Gomez - Love On (-9) sure has been losing some airplay recently. Although I'm not too thrilled to see it take the biggest drop, but I'm sure it's going to be out of here soon.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso: The best debut this week. We now have this song making it's debut on there after Feather hit the top spot. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a heavenly song and it's actually a huge step up from Feather. With my opinion on this song, the production was so heavenly, Sabrina's vocals were super heavenly, the lyrics were super duper nicely-written and they're definitely what I'm a huge fan of, and the chorus was extremely heavenly. This is definitely going to end up in my Top 10 Songs of the year. Hopefully it'll do amazing on there.

Taylor Swift/Post Malone - Fortnight: So she has released her new album The Tortured Poets Department recently, and now we have one of the songs from the album making it's debut on there this week. But I gotta say, this is just a decent song. I know it's because she collaborated with an artist that I hate. Though the production still sounds amazing and Taylor's vocals were still phenomenal here, but of course Post's vocals were so awful in his contribution. But the chorus was still amazing and the lyrics were still so interesting. But this is decent overall. Let's see how this one does on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Doja Cat - Agora Hills: I feel like this song doesn't want to leave the Top 5, but I know it's been in there for a while so I'm sure it should be out of here next week.

4. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather: Yeah I'm sure this song is going to be out of here sometime soon. But I'm still pleased that it's still in the Top 5 though.

3. Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me: Gosh, this song sure has been in the Top 3 for quite a while. But I'm sure it's going to be out of here and out of the Top 5 very soon.

2. Teddy Swims - Lose Control: It dropped out of the top spot. But it still had an amazing run in there for a few weeks. But I'd like it to stay in the Top 3 for at least a few more weeks and then be out of here.

1. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things: I'm so pleased to see this song at the top spot. And this has now become his first ever #1 song on there which was amazing. Now, let's see how long it'll hold the spot.

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

None

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

None

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

20. Noah Kahan - Stick Season

19. Teddy Swims - Lose Control

18. Djo - End Of Beginning

17. Tate McRae - Greedy

16. Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me

15. Tyla - Water

14. Doja Cat - Agora Hills

13. Nicki Minaj/Lil Uzi Vert - Everybody

12. Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em

11. Justin Timberlake - Selfish

10. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather

9. Olivia Rodrigo - Obsessed

8. Victoria Monet - On My Mama

7. Knox - Not The 1975

6. Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)

5. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

4. SZA - Saturn

3. The Weeknd/Jennie/Lily Rose Depp - One Of The Girls

2. Renee Rapp/Megan Thee Stallion - Not My Fault

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

TIE: 1. Hozier - Too Sweet

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

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