AT40: Panic! At The Disco (2) Week Of January 12, 2019

Hey guys. I apologized about the delay. I've been very busy lately. Also, I really hope you enjoyed reading my Year-End posts. My weekend countdown post will be out later today. So, look forward to that. But first, here's this week's AT40. Benny Blanco guest-hosted the American Top 40 this week because Ryan Seacrest is out for this weekend. So, 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.

Drake/Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me

Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle

Last Week's #1 Song: Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

The Countdown:

#40. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (DEBUT)

#39. Taylor Swift - Delicate (#38)

#38. Bad Bunny/Drake - MIA (DEBUT)

#37. Bazzi - Mine (#35)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#22. Khalid - Better (#24)

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

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

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

#18. NF - Lie (#14)

#17. lovelytheband - Broken (#13)
#16. Travis Scott/Drake- Sicko Mode (#18)
#15. Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity (#16)
#14. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You (#11)
#13. Ellie Goulding/Diplo/Swae Lee - Close To Me (#19)
#12. Camila Cabello - Consequences (#15)
#11. Post Malone - Better Now (#9)
#10. Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower (#12)
#9. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#8)
#8. Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful (Remix) (#13)
#7. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (#6)
#6. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (#5)
#5. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (#7)
#4. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (#3)
#3. Halsey - Without Me (#4)
#2. Ariana Grande - Breathin' (#2)
#1. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#1) [2nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Camila Cabello/Young Thug - Havana (5 of 7 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm glad Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life and Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (+9) are gaining lots of airplay on pop radio charts. What a week for them!

It's crazy that we had 4 songs that are tied for the biggest drop this week. I'm not really happy to see Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman to be out of the Top 20. I'm also not too thrilled about lovelytheband - Broken having tied for the biggest drop this week. At least it's still in the Top 20, so that's good. But I was actually pleased about NF - Lie dropping all the way out of the Top 15. But the one that I was extremely pleased to see is that Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (-4) having tied for the biggest drop this week all the way out of the Top 20. I was so pleased about that.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho: The best debut of the week. I pretty much already explained why this song was heaven when it debuted the countdown a few weeks ago. Ava's vocals are pretty heaven. It really shows how talented she is. And the production, the lyrics and the chorus are pretty heaven. Everything on this song was pretty heaven. I really want this song to do heaven on this countdown.

Bad Bunny/Drake - MIA: Why do we need another rap song to be on here?! This one is just pure garbage. Bad Bunny does not sound good in here and the production is terrible. Drake doesn't sound good in his verse, either. This better not do amazing on here.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next: I'm not too thrilled about this song making it's debut in the Top 5. Now, back to my opinion. The production is bland and generic, her vocals are underwhelming, and that chorus was just awkward and unnecessary. If this hits #1 and if Breathin' doesn't, I'm going to scream. This better not happen.

4. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier: I really don't have anything to say about this one. Of course, I'm glad that it's still in the Top 5.

3. Halsey - Without Me: Oh no! Don't let this song go to the top! This needs to avoid the top. It's just a bad song.

2. Ariana Grande - Breathin': Come on, this needs to be at the top and Thank U, Next better not get to that spot.

1. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes: Holding the top spot for the 2nd week in a row. I'm very pleased that it's still at the top. Now, this song needs to stay there for a few more weeks longer.

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

Lauv/Julia Michaels - There's No Way

Lukas Graham - Love Someone

Rita Ora - Let You Love Me

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

Zedd/Foxes - Clarity

Benny Blanco/Calvin Harris - I Found You

Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us

Katy Perry - Hot N Cold

Taio Cruz - Dynamite

Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

Rihanna - Diamonds

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

20. Travis Scott/Drake - Sicko Mode

19. Post Malone - Better Now

18. Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower
17. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next
16. NF - Lie

1 - Bad:
15. Halsey - Without Me

2 - Mediocre:
None

3- Decent:
14. DJ Snake/Selena Gomez/Ozuna/Cardi B. - Taki Taki
13. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You

4 - Good:
None

5 - Great:
12. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling
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 - Close To Me
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: 70/100 = 70% (C-) [Mediocre]

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