AT40: Maroon 5 (4) Week Of September 1, 2018

I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend. We’re getting close to September. I start school on Tuesday. I hope everybody has a great summer break. Anyway. Alessia Cara guest-hosted the American Top 40 this week because Ryan Seacrest is absent this week. He’s been absent two weeks in a row. Anyway. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 40, here are the songs dropping out of the countdown this week.

Drake - Nice For What
Jennifer Lopez/DJ Khaled/Cardi B. - Dinero [BYE BYE YOU PIECE OF CRAP!!!!!!]

Last Week’s #1 Song: Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You
The Countdown:
#40. NF - Let You Down (#39)
#39. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am (#40)
#38. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be (#37)
#37. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (DEBUT)
#36. Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind (#36)
#35. Dua Lipa - New Rules (#34)
#34. Meghan Trainor - Let You Be Right (#33)
#33. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar - Pray For Me (#31)
#32. Nicki Minaj/Ariana Grande - Bed (#23)
#31. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (#29)
#30. Tiesto/Dreko/Preme/Post Malone - Jackie Chan (#35)
#29. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (#38)
#28. Maroon 5 - Wait (#27)
#27. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (DEBUT)
#26. Madison Beer - Home With You (#26)
#25. Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (#24)
#24. NF - Lie (#28)
#23. Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore (#22)
#22. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (#17)
#21. Bebe Rexha - I’m A Mess (#21)
#20. Backstreet Boys - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (#19)
#19. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (#18)
#18. Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman (#25)
#17. Lauv - I Like Me Better (#15)
#16. Kygo/Miguel - Remind Me to Forget (#16)
#15. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer (#20)
#14. Alessia Cara - Growing Pains (#14)
#13. Bazzi - Mine (#11)
#12. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (#12)
#11. Drake - In My Feelings (#13)
#10. Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho (#8)
#9. Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa - One Kiss (#10)
#8. Taylor Swift - Delicate (#4)
#7. Marshmello/Anne-Marie - Friends (#3) [I QUIT!!!!!!]
#6. Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry (#6)
#5. Selena Gomez - Back To You (#9)
#4. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#7)
#3. Cardi B./Bad Bunny/J. Balvin - I Like It (#5)
#2. Post Malone - Better Now (#2)
#1. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You (#1) [4th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Charlie Puth - Attention (1 of 5 week’s at #1)

This Week’s Mover and Shaker:

The fact that Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (+9) having the biggest rise of the week this week makes me wanna scream. This song is definitely garbage. This better not go to the Top 20.
I did not expect Nicki Minaj/Ariana Grande - Bed (-9) having the biggest fall of the week. I really want to see it move back up.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside: This song is so amazing. I love the production in this one, Halsey’s vocals shine pretty much throughout her verse, I love the chorus, and I enjoyed Khalid’s verse. Hopefully this should do amazing on the countdown.

The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects: This is such an awesome song. As what I said, Andrew Taggart worked on the production instead of taking vocals. I really like the production and Emily’s vocals in this one sounded so awesome. I highly doubt it’s going to do awesome on this countdown. Let’s see if it does.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Selena Gomez - Back To You: It debuted the Top 5 this week on this countdown. This song is so amazing. I love the production, I really love Selena’s vocals, I also love the lyrics in this one, and that chorus was amazing. Hopefully this could go to #1 on this countdown.
4. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies: It even debuted the Top 5 this week. I was very pleased to see that. This song is definitely Khalid’s best song. The production is so amazing, Khalid’s vocals are so much better than Location and Young, Dumb, & Broke, I love Normani’s vocals in the second verse, and oh my gosh that chorus is heaven. This is going to be in my Top 5 songs of the year. I would be extremely pleased if I see it hit #1 on here.
3. Oh no. Please don’t let it jump. I don’t want it at the top. I’m really hoping it should drop.
2. Post Malone - Better Now: I’m still waiting for it to stay out of the top spot. Can we please let this song drop? I better hope so.
1. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You: Holding the top spot for the 4th week in a row. I’m still fine it’s still there. I really want another song at the top next week.

Now, here are the songs they played for Breakouts/On The Verge:

Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love
lovelytheband - Broken
Imagine Dragons - Natural

And here are the songs they played as Extras/Optional Extras:

Taylor Swift - Blank Space
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay*
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are
Eminem/Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
Alessia Cara - Here
Imagine Dragons - Demons
Alessia Cara - Wild Things
Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful

* = The song grew back on me

My Top 20 Review:
0 - Crap:
20. Cardi B./Bad Bunny/J. Balvin - I Like It
19. Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho
18. Post Malone - Better Now
17. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle

1 - Bad:
None

2 - Mediocre:
16. Bazzi - Mine

3 - Decent:
15. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You

4 - Good:

5 - Great:
14. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer
13. Selena Gomez - Back To You
12. Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa - One Kiss
11. Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman
10. Kygo/Miguel - Remind Me To Forget
9. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood
8. Lauv - I Like Me Better
7. Drake - In My Feelings
6. Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry
5. Alessia Cara - Growing Pains
4. Backstreet Boys - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
3. Taylor Swift - Delicate
2. Marshmello/Anne-Marie - Friends

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:
TIE: 1. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies

Total Score: 76/100 = 76% (C) [Decent]

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