AT40: Khalid (2) Week Of October 6, 2018

Hello my fellow bloggers! We are now in the last quarter of the year. Overall, that countdown this week was okay. Our Top 20 this week does still not seem good. But the #1 song this week was the best thing I should say about it. Now, 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.

Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa - One Kiss

Last Week's #1 Song: Khalid/Normani - Love Lies
The Countdown:
#40. Dua Lipa - New Rules (#40)
#39. Tyga/Offset - Taste (#39)
#38. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (#37)
#37. Anne-Marie - 2002 (#38)
#36. Jason Derulo/David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Willy William - Goodbye (DEBUT)
#35. Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (#34)
#34. Weezer - Africa (#35)
#33. Zedd/Elley Duhe - Happy Now (#33)
#32. Lauv - I Like Me Better (#29)
#31. Ella Mai - Boo'd Up (#36)
#30. Calvin Harris/Sam Smith - Promises (#31)
#29. Marshmello/Anne-Marie - Friends (#26)
#28. Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love (#27)
#27. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (#24)
#26. lovelytheband - Broken (#28)
#25. Taylor Swift - Delicate (#14)
#24. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (#30)
#23. Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful (Remix) (#25)
#22. Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho (#20)
#21. Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore (#22)
#20. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (#19)
#19. Bazzi - Mine (#18)
#18. Tiesto/Post Malone/Dzeko/Preme - Jackie Chan (#17)
#17. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am (#21)
#16. Imagine Dragons - Natural (#23)
#15. NF - Lie (#16)
#14. The Chainsmokers/Emkily Warren - Side Effects (#12)
#13. Kygo/Miguel - Remind Me To Forget (#11)
#12. Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry (#10)
#11. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (#15)
#10. Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess (#13)
#9. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer (#9)
#8. Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman (#8)
#7. Drake - In My Feelings (#7)
#6. Cardi B./Bad Bunny/J. Balvin - I Like It (#5)
#5. Selena Gomez - Back To You (#4)
#4. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (#6)
#3. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You (#3)
#2. Post Malone - Better Now (#2)
#1. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#1) [2nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Niall Horan - Slow Hands (1 of 2 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

Imagine Dragons - Natural (+7) has finally gained lots of airplay on pop radio charts! What a week for them. Let's see if this one can move up even more.
I'm not too thrilled about the big drop this week from Taylor Swift - Delicate (-11). And it looks like it's about to be out of here soon unfortunately.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Jason Derulo/David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Willy William - Goodbye: It's such an awesome song. I love the production on this one, Jason's vocals are nice, and both Nicki and Willy did a nice job on their verses. Let's see how this one does.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Selena Gomez - Back To You: Oh god. No. Please don't let this one drop. I want it to be in the Top 3 here next week.
4. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood: It debuted the Top 5 this week after it spent 2 weeks at #1 on the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown. I was so pleased by that. Now, back to my opinion. This is definitely their best song. The instrumentation is amazing, the vocals shine throughout the whole song, the lyrics are amazing, and I fell in love with the chorus. Let's see if this should hit #1 here like it did on the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown.
3. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You: I'm still okay with this song still in the Top 3. But I'll still be okay if it drops soon.
2. Post Malone - Better Now: Whew. It didn't go back to the top. Now this song needs to stay out of there and it needs to drop next week. I'm tired of hearing his music.
1. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies: I was extremely pleased that it's still at the top. It's pretty awesome that it's still there. Now, this song needs to stay there for a little while longer at the very least.

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

Logic/Ryan Tedder - One Day
Jonas Blue/Jack & Jack - Rise
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

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

Madison Beer - Home With You
Skrillex/Diplo/Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now
Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself
Zayn - Pillowtalk
Maroon 5/Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know
Alessia Cara - Growing Pains
Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Rihanna - Love On The Brain

My Top 20 Review:
0 - Crap:
20. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams
19. Cardi B./Bad Bunny/J. Balvin - I Like It
18. Post Malone - Better Now
17. Tiesto/Post Malone/Dzeko/Preme - Jackie Chan
16. NF - Lie
15. Bazzi - Mine

1 - Bad:
None

2 - Mediocre:
None

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

4 - Good:
None

5 - Great:
13. Imagine Dragons - Natural
12. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer
11. Selena Gomez - Back To You
10. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects
9. Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman
8. Kygo/Miguel - Remind Me To Forget
7. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood
6. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am
5. Drake - In My Feelings
4. Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry
3. Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess
2. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:
TIE: 1. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (+2 extra points for being #1)

Total Score: 71/100 = 71% (C-) [Mediocre]

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