Dua Lipa (6) Week Of March 9, 2024

As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it looks super amazing. The countdown is now officially all great songs which was the best thing. And we also have quite some more interesting debuts this week, but like always, I'm gonna get to them later on in this post. 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 30, here are the songs dropping out of the countdown this week.

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Seasons

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Girls

Paul Russell - Say Cheese

Umi/V - Wherever U R

Nicki Minaj/Lil Uzi Vert - Everybody

Last Week's #1 Song: Dua Lipa - Houdini

The Countdown:

#30. Usher - Kissing Strangers (DEBUT)

#29. Madison Beer - Make You Mine (DEBUT)

#28. Girl In Red - Too Much (DEBUT)

#27. SZA - Saturn (DEBUT)

#26. Dua Lipa - Training Season (#24)

#25. Jessie Murph/Jelly Roll - Wild Ones (#25)

#24. Jung Kook - Standing Next To You (#22)

#23. Victoria Monet - On My Mama (#23)

#22. Selena Gomez - Love On (#29)

#21. Teddy Swims - Lose Control (#9)

#20. Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em (DEBUT)

#19. Henry Moodie - Pick Up The Phone (#13)

#18. Tate McRae - Greedy (#10)

#17. Knox - Me Myself & Your Eyes (#30)

#16. Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (#18)

#15. Tyla - Water (#19)

#14. Justin Timberlake - Selfish (#11)

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

#12. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (#20)

#11. Ariana Grande/Mariah Carey - Yes, And? (#16)

#10. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (#15)

#9. Doja Cat - Agora Hills (#14)

#8. AJR - Yes, I'm A Mess (#7)

#7. Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back! (#6)

#6. Kenya Grace - Strangers (#8)

#5. Knox - Not The 1975 (#5)

#4. Tate McRae - Exes (#4)

#3. Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (#3)

#2. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather (#2)

#1. Dua Lipa - Houdini (#1) [6th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Miley Cyrus - Flowers (5 of 6 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased to see Knox - Me Myself & Your Eyes (+13) gain lots of airplay on there throughout this week. This deserves to take the biggest jump this week! What a week for him! Now, let's see if it'll go to the Top 10 soon.

I'm not that thrilled to see Teddy Swims - Lose Control (-12) take the biggest drop. I know this does not deserve to take it, but I'm sure it's going to be out of here soon.

New Song/s on the countdown this week are:

Usher - Kissing Strangers: So he has put out a new album last month and this is one of the songs that was off of the album. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. But definitely not as good as Good Good, but it's still amazing. With my opinion, the production was so amazing, Usher's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were super interesting, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see how far this goes on there.

Madison Beer - Make You Mine: This was actually her first countdown appearance on there since Hurts Like Hell back in 2019 which was so interesting. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Home To Another One, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion on this one, the production was so phenomenal, Madison's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a huge fan of, and the chorus was so heavenly. Let's see how far it'll go on there.

Girl In Red - Too Much: She has finally made her first ever countdown appearance after Serotonin dropped out of Hit Bound back in 2021. And of course I've been hearing this song a lot on Alt Nation. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song and it's actually a step up from Serotonin. With my opinion, the production was so phenomenal, her vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a huge fan of, and the chorus was so heavenly. Let's see if it'll do better on there than on the Alt-18.

SZA - Saturn: The best countdown debut this week. And it looks like that she's working on the deluxe edition of her album SOS, and we now have one of the songs from it on there this week. As far as the song goes, it's definitely another phenomenal song and it's actually a step up from Snooze. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, SZA's vocals were super phenomenal, I'm definitely a huge fan of the lyrics, and the chorus was super heavenly. Hopefully this should do well on there.

Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em: So she has put out a country album recently. And now, we have her first ever country song making it's debut on there this week. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song and it's definitely a step up from Cuff It. I've gone through this song before when it debuted the AT40 this week. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Beyonce's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were so interesting, and the chorus was so heavenly. Let's see how this one does on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Knox - Not The 1975: I'm glad that it's still in the Top 5, but again I'm sure this is going to be out of here very soon since we have another song from him on there.

4. Tate McRae - Exes: I'm still waiting for this song to move up and get back in the Top 3, but I'm not sure if it'll actually happen. But let's see what happens next with it.

3. Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now: Come on, this song needs to get moving and get to the top spot. She has been having lots of #1 songs on there so this needs to move up and get to there.

2. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather: I'm sure this song has been waiting to go to the top spot since it has been in this spot for weeks. But again I'm sure it's never going to be in there.

1. Dua Lipa - Houdini: Holding the top spot for the 6th week in a row. Gosh, this song sure has been doing so phenomenal on there recently. And yes, I feel like this song is the Flowers of 2024. Now, let's see if it'll stay in there next week or not.

Now, let's review this week's Hit Bound:

1. Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust

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

3. Teddy Swims - The Door

4. Hayes Warner/Billy B/Kevin Rudolf - Just A Girl (DEBUT)

5. Luke Hemmings - Shakes (DEBUT)

6. Pharrell/Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out)

7. Dasha - Austin (DEBUT)

8. Djo - End Of Beginning (DEBUT)

9. 24kgoldn - Clarity (RE-ENTRY)

10. Lay/Lauv - Run Back To You

11. Charli XCX - Von Dutch (DEBUT)

12. Twenty One Pilots - Overcompensate

13. Liam Payne - Teardrops

14. Galantis/David Guetta/5 Seconds Of Summer - Lighter

15. The Beaches - Blame Brett

16. Jagwar Twin - Bad Feeling (Oompa Loompa)

New Song/s on Hit Bound this week are:

Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love): So she has released her album Eternal Sunshine yesterday, and now we have one of the songs from it that made it's debut on there. As far as the song goes, it's definitely another phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Yes, And, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion, the production was so phenomenal, Ariana's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and the chorus was so heavenly. Hopefully it'll be on the countdown very soon.

Hayes Warner/Billy B/Kevin Rudolf - Just A Girl: The best Hit Bound entrant this week. And it looks like she either covered or sampled No Doubt's 1995 hit song which was actually super interesting. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. With my opinion on it, the production was so phenomenal and I actually found out that Kevin, from who we remember when he had Let It Rock back in 2008, he actually produced the song. I actually thought that he did an amazing job producing it, But other than that, Hayes's vocals were super phenomenal and Billy B's flow was also super phenomenal, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and the chorus was super heavenly. Hopefully it'll be on the countdown soon.

Luke Hemmings - Shakes: We now have the first 5 Seconds Of Summer member going solo with music. I've actually been waiting for him to do it, and now we have his first solo song on there. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. With my opinion on this one, the production was so phenomenal, Luke's vocals were super phenomenal, I'm definitely a huge fan of the lyrics, and the chorus was so heavenly. Hopefully it'll be on the countdown soon.

Dasha - Austin: I've been hearing this song a lot on The Highway. And I've also found out that she's actually one of the newest Highway Finds on there. And now, she has her first ever song on there this week. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Dasha's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were so interesting, and the chorus was so heavenly and I really stand for it. Let's see if it'll be on the countdown soon.

Djo - End Of Beginning: This is another song that I've been hearing a lot on Alt Nation. And what I've noticed about him is that his real name was Joe Keery, who was an actor on Stranger Things which was super interesting. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. With my opinion, the production was so amazing, Djo's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were so interesting, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see if this should be on the countdown soon.

24kgoldn - Clarity: I'm fine with this song coming back on there. I'll still give credit to that. Now, let's see if this should have another chance to be on the countdown soon.

Charli XCX - Von Dutch: So I've heard that she's got a new album coming out soon, and here's one of the songs from her upcoming album on there. As far as the song goes, it's definitely another phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Speed Drive, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion on this one, the production was so phenomenal, Charli's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were super interesting, and the chorus was so heavenly. Hopefully it'll be on the countdown soon.

My Top 30 Review:

0 - Crap:

None

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

None

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

30. Noah Kahan - Stick Season

29. Teddy Swims - Lose Control

28. Usher - Kissing Strangers

27. Henry Moodie - Pick Up The Phone

26. Jung Kook - Standing Next To You

25. Tate McRae - Greedy

24. Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me

23. AJR - Yes, I'm A Mess

22. Tyla - Water

21. Selena Gomez - Love On

20. Doja Cat - Agora Hills

19. Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em

18. Justin Timberlake - Selfish

17. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather

16. Knox - Me Myself & Your Eyes

15. Tate McRae - Exes

14. Dua Lipa - Training Season

13. Madison Beer - Make You Mine

12. Girl In Red - Too Much

11. Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back!

10. Dua Lipa - Houdini

9. Victoria Monet - On My Mama

8. Knox - Not The 1975

7. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

6. Kenya Grace - Strangers

5. Ariana Grande/Mariah Carey - Yes, And?

4. SZA - Saturn

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

2. Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

1. Jessie Murph/Jelly Roll - Wild Ones

Total Score: 151/150 = 100.6% (A+) [Awesome]

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