Imagine Dragons (4) Week Of January 20, 2018

We have another super duper old song leaving this week. Also, I'm starting to do the Top 20 Review Grading Scale. The Top 20 Review Grading Scale is by color-coding what grade the Top 20 has on the weekend countdown every week. So, here's the color-coding code for this scale:

Purple = (100) [Awesome]
Green = (90 - 99) [Great]
Blue = (80 - 89) [Good]
Pink = (75 - 79) [Decent]
Yellow = (70-74) [Mediocre]
Turquoise = (60-69) [Bad]
Red = (25 - 59) [Awful]
Orange = (0 - 24) [Garbage]

With the total score coming out of the Top 20, I'm going to see what the percentage the Top 20 has by using one of those colors. Now let's get into the countdown. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs dropping out of the countdown this week.

Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran - Perfect

The Countdown:

#45. The Shadowboxers - Hot Damn (#41)

#44. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (#44)

#43. Harry Styles - Kiwi (#45)

#42. P!nk - What About Us (#37)

#41. Charlie Puth - Attention (#40) [GO AWAY!!!]

#40. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#39) [YOU TWO!!!]

#39. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#38) [YOU THREE!!!!!!]

#38. Maroon 5 - Wait (DEBUT)

#37. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#36)

#36. Kesha - Praying (#33)

#35. Zayn Malik/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn (#32)

#34. Symon - Lonely Girl (#27)

#33. Bruno Mars/Cardi B. - Finesse (Remix) (#30)

#32. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (#31)

#31. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? (#35)

#30. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#43) [WHAT THE HECK?!]

#29. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (#28)

#28. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holding Me Back (#29)

#27. X Ambassadors - Ahead Of Myself (#21)

#26. Liam Payne - Bedroom Floor (#26)

#25. Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Tight Or Don't (#19)

#24. Eminem/Ed Sheeran - River (#14)

#23. Justin Timberlake - Filthy (#24)

#22. Louis Tomlinson - Miss You (#34)

#21. G-Eazy/Halsey - Him & I (#20)

#20. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (#13)

#19. Lauv - I Like Me Better (#18)

#18. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (#23) [Glad to see you making your comeback.]

#17. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar (#16)

#16. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do (#15)

#15. Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game (#22)

#14. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#17)

#13. Selena Gomez/Marshmello - Wolves (#8)

#12. Walk The Moon - One Foot (#25)

#11. Dua Lipa - New Rules (#12)

#10. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft (#7)

#9. Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days (#10)

#8. Hailee Steinfeld/Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/Watt - Let Me Go (#4)

#7. Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask (#11)

#6. Camila Cabello - Havana (#5)

#5. Ed Sheeran - Perfect (#1)

#4. Halsey - Bad At Love (#2)

#3. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be (#6)

#2. Charlie Puth - How Long (#9)

#1. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (#3) [4th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving (4th and final week at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I wasn't very pleased to see the jump back in the Top 30 from MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low. But I was so pleased to see Walk The Moon - One Foot (+13) back in the Top 20.

I did not expect Eminem/Ed Sheeran - River (-10) to drop out of the Top 20. I hope it gets back here soon.

New Song/s on the countdown this week are:

Maroon 5 - Wait: Not as good as What Lovers Do, but it's still great. It's just a step up from it. I love the production of this song, Adam Levine's vocals sounded outstanding, his falsetto in the chorus sounded so great, and the lyrics are awesome. Let's see if it does well on this countdown.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Ed Sheeran - Perfect: It dropped out of the #1 spot. I did not expect it to drop out of the Top 5, I really want it to go back to the top. I'm pretty sure it's going to. Let's see if I'm right.

4. Halsey - Bad At Love: Come on, this song seriously needs to not leave the Top 5. This song needs to try and stay there for a little while longer. Let's hope it stays there.

3. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be: Making it's debut here. This was Bebe's first song to hit the Top 5 on this countdown. Now, my opinion on this song is that I heard it a lot on The Highway. This song was #5 this week on the Highway Hot 30. I like Florida Georgia Line's part in this song. They sang the first and last verse. And then after the first chorus, Bebe sang the second verse, but she didn't sing all of it because as she singing in this verse, Florida Georgia Line told her to hold up and told her that she's beautiful. Her vocals are outstanding. I love when they both sang together in the second and last chorus. Looks like it's about to do better than the Highway Hot 30 countdown. Let's see if it'll be at #1 soon.

2. Charlie Puth - How Long: It even debuted the Top 5 this week. For my opinion on this song is, this song is basically Attention 2.0. And with Attention hitting #1 for one week on this countdown, and with this song being Attention 2.0, this song is definitely going to spend 1 week at #1 here on this countdown. Let's see if it does.

1. Imagine Dragons - Thunder: It's finally back at the top. I hope this song is here to stay for a little while longer at the very least. Whatever It Takes needs to debut the countdown soon because this song hit #1 here. Let's see how long it can hold the spot.

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

1. NF - Let You Down

2. Kesha/The Dap-Kings Horns - Woman

3. Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same

4. Alan Walker/Noah Cyrus/Digital Farm Animals - All Falls Down

5. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma

6. Spencer - Whatever

7. Troye Sivan - My My My!

8. Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You

9. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

10. The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy (DEBUT)

11. Wolves - Animal

12. All Time Low - Last Young Renegade

13. AJR/Rivers Cuomo - Sober Up

14. Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno - Best Friend

New Song/s on Hit Bound this week are:

The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy: Not as good as Closer or Something Just Like This, but it's still great. This song is so catchy. I love the production, Andrew Taggart's vocals sounded absolutely amazing, and the drop is awesome. Let's see if it'll make the countdown soon.

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

20. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar

19. Imagine Dragons - Believer

1 - Bad:

18. Camila Cabello - Havana

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

None

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

17. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft

16. Imagine Dragons - Thunder

15. Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask

14. Hailee Steinfeld/Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/Watt - Let Me Go

13. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes

12. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be

11. Dua Lipa - New Rules

10. Walk The Moon - One Foot

9. Halsey - Bad At Love

8. Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days

7. Charlie Puth -How Long

6. Lauv - I Like Me Better

5. Selena Gomez/Marshmello - Wolves

4. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do

3. Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

TIE: 1. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

TIE: 1. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

Total Score: 88/100 = 88% (B+) [Good]

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