AT40: Panic! At The Disco (1) Week Of January 5, 2019

Hey my fellow bloggers! Welcome to the first AT40 countdown post for 2019! I really hope everyone has a great 2018. Also, this is the 15th anniversary for Ryan Seacrest being the host for the show. He's been hosting this show for 15 years. Anyway. 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.

Shawn Mendes/Zedd - Lost In Japan
LSD (Labrinth/Sia/Diplo) - Thunderclouds
Marshmello/Anne-Marie - Friends

Last Week's #1 Song: Marshmello/Bastille - Happier

The Countdown:

#40. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (#39)

#39. Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life (DEBUT)

#38. Taylor Swift - Delicate (#37)

#37. Why Don't We - 8 Letters (DEBUT)

#36. Loud Luxury/brando - Body (#36)

#35. Bazzi - Mine (#35)

#34. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#38)

#33. Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho (#33)

#32. Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (DEBUT)

#31. Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry (#30)

#30. Dean Lewis - Be Alright (#32)

#29. Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess (#28)

#28. Drake/Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me (#31)

#27. Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely (#34)

#26. Cardi B./Bad Bunny/J. Balvin - I Like It (#25)

#25. Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper - Shallow (#24)

#24. Khalid - Better (#27)

#23. Selena Gomez - Back To You (#20)

#22. DJ Snake/Selena Gomez/Ozuna/Cardi B. - Taki Taki (#29)

#21. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#23)

#20. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (#11)

#19. Ellie Goulding/Diplo/Swae Lee - Close To Me (#26)

#18. Travis Scott/Drake - Sicko Mode (#21)

#17. Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman (#12)

#16. Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity (#18)

#15. Camila Cabello - Consequences (#19)

#14. NF - Lie (#6)

#13. lovelytheband - Broken (#14)

#12. Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower (#15)

#11. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You (#10)

#10. Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful (Remix) (#13)

#9. Post Malone - Better Now (#9)

#8. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#5)

#7. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (#17)

#6. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (#4)

#5. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (#7)

#4. Halsey - Without Me (#8)

#3. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (#1)

#2. Ariana Grande - Breathin' (#3)

#1. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#2) [1st Week At #1] [STAY THERE!!!!!!!!!!]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Camila Cabello/Young Thug - Havana (4 of 7 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm not too thrilled about Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (+10) having a big jump this week into the Top 10. This needs to not hit #1 on here.

But thankfully, Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (-9) had the biggest drop this week. It's almost out of the Top 20, so that's amazing.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life: The best debut of the week. Though it wasn't as good as Never Forget You, but it is still amazing. The song itself is very similar to Zayn - Pillowtalk. The production is amazing, Zara's vocals are amazing, the lyrics are amazing, the chorus was amazing, everything on this song was amazing. Let's see if it'll do great on here.

Why Don't We - 8 Letters: This is just a step up from Trust Fund Baby. I really love the production on this one, the vocals in this one are so awesome, the lyrics are so nice, and I love the chorus. Let's see how far it gets on here.

Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart: What an awesome song. I pretty much already explained why this song was awesome when it debuted the countdown a couple of weeks ago. I really love that production, Miley has some nice vocals, and it also has nice lyrics. I enjoyed the chorus in this one. Let's see if it'll do great here.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside: It debuted the Top 5 this week and I was very pleased about that. Now, back to my opinion. The production here is amazing, Khalid's vocals sounded amazing in his verse, Halsey's vocals shine pretty much throughout the second verse, and that chorus was heaven. I really hope this song goes to #1 soon.

4. Halsey - Without Me: It also debuted the Top 5 here. Unfortunately, I wasn't very happy about that. Now, back to my opinion. The production is underwhelming and her autotuned vocals do not sound good. This better not go to #1 on here.

3. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier: It dropped out of the top spot. Though it did had a pretty good time spending 3 weeks at the top on here.

2. Ariana Grande - Breathin': It's almost there. It's going to be pretty amazing if it hits the top spot. Let's see if it does soon.

1. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes: I was very pleased about this song at the top. Now, I want this song to stay at the top on here, because this is definitely their best song.

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

Steve Aoki/BTS - Waste It On Me

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

Bad Bunny/Drake - MIA

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

Imagine Dragons - Natural

Kendrick Lamar/SZA - All The Stars

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises

Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Nick Jonas - Jealous

Fifth Harmony/Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

20. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams

19. Travis Scott/Drake - Sicko Mode

18. Post Malone - Better Now

17. Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower

16. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next

15. NF - Lie

1 - Bad:

14. Halsey - Without Me

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

13. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

12. Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman

11. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier

10. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood

9. Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity

8. Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful (Remix)

7. Ariana Grande - Breathin'

6. lovelytheband - Broken

5. Ellie Goulding/Diplo/Swae Lee - Sunflower

4. Camila Cabello - Consequences

3. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside

2. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

1. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (+2 extra points for being #1)

Total Score: 67/100 = 67% (D) [Bad]

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