Halsey (1) Week Of January 12, 2019

Hey guys. I could say that the countdown this week wasn't very good because of our #1 song this week. But we did have some awesome debuts this week. I'll get to it further into the post. But for now, let's get to it! Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs dropping out of the countdown this week.

Shawn Mendes - Nervous
Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful (Remix)
Twenty One Pilots - My Blood
NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know

Last Week's #1 Song: The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

The Countdown:

#45. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (#44)

#44. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (#43)

#43. George Ezra - Shotgun (#40)

#42. Steve Aoki/BTS - Waste It On Me (#37)

#41. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am (#38)

#40. Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity (#32)

#39. Olly Murs - Moves (#21)

#38. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (#39)

#37. Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#35)

#36. Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess (#36)

#35. Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#33)

#34. Little Mix/Nicki Minaj - Woman Like Me (#26)

#33. Dan + Shay - Speechless (DEBUT)

#32. Selena Gomez - Back To You (#30)

#31. Lauv/Julia Michaels - There's No Way (#27)

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

#29. Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You (#29)

#28. Khalid - Better (DEBUT)

#27. Imagine Dragons - Machine (DEBUT)

#26. Camila Cabello - Consequences (#16)

#25. Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (#34)

#24. lovelytheband - Broken (#19)

#23. Lauren Jauregui - Expectations (#22)

#22. James Arthur - Empty Space (#25)

#21. Ellie Goulding/Diplo - Close To Me (#20)

#20. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine (#23)

#19. Ariana Grande - Breathin' (#14)

#18. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#13)

#17. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (#18)

#16. Imagine Dragons - Natural (#15)

#15. David Guetta/Anne-Marie - Don't Leave Me Alone (#24)

#14. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (#17)

#13. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (#28)

#12. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#11)

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

#10. The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks (#9)

#9. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (#6)

#8. Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones (#7)

#7. Anne-Marie - 2002 (#8)

#6. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#10)

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

#4. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (#4)

#3. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#2)

#2. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#1)

#1. Halsey - Without Me (#3) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2nd and final week at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (+15) has finally made it's way back in the Top 20. Let's see if it'll be in the Top 10 soon.

Olly Murs - Moves (-18) is almost out of here unfortunately. I'm not too thrilled about this song having the biggest drop this week.

New Song/s on the countdown this week are:

Dan + Shay - Speechless: I heard this song a lot on The Highway. Though it isn't as good as Tequila, but it is still an awesome song. I really love the production in this one and the vocals shine. The chorus in this one was amazing. Let's see if it'll do awesome on the countdown.

Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life: The best countdown debut this week. I pretty much already explained why this song was amazing when it debuted the American Top 40 last week. The song itself is very similar to Zayn - Pillowtalk. Everything on this song was amazing. The production is amazing, Zara's vocals are amazing, the lyrics are amazing, and that chorus was amazing. This needs to do amazing on this countdown.

Khalid - Better: This song is awesome. Though this song is not as good as Love Lies, but it is still awesome. The production is awesome, Khalid's vocals are awesome, the lyrics are awesome, the chorus was awesome, everything on this song was awesome. Let's see if it'll do awesone on this countdown.

Imagine Dragons - Machine: At first, the song was decent when it debuted Hit Bound. And then, I gave this song a few more listens and now, this song was great. Now, this song was just a step up from Natural. I really like Dan's vocals in this one, and I like the way he screams in the chorus. Hopefully this song does great on the countdown.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood: I am running out of things to say. It's been in the Top 5 for a long time. But don't worry. I'm never going to get sick of it, because this is their best song.

4. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier: I'm glad it's still there. Though I somehow still want this song to stay there for a few weeks longer.

3. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes: No! Please don't let this song be out of the Top 3! I really want it to stay there.

2. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling: It dropped out of the top spot. Though it did had a pretty good time spending 4 weeks at the top.

1. Halsey - Without Me: I'm not very pleased about this song being at the top. This is now her 2nd #1 song on the countdown. This needs to be out of here next week.

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

1. Post Malone - Wow. (DEBUT)

2. Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me (DEBUT)

3. lovelytheband - Maybe, I'm Afraid

4. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Killer Queen

5. Charli XCX/Troye Sivan - 1999

6. SeeB/Bastille - Grip

7. Kelsea Ballerini - Miss Me More (DEBUT)

8. Benny Blanco/Calvin Harris - I Found You

9. Avril Lavigne - Tell Me It's Over

10. Pitbull/Rhea - Ocean To Ocean

11. Dean Lewis - Be Alright

12. Stephen Puth - Sexual Vibe

13. Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely

14. Lauren Daigle - You Say

15. Travis Scott/Drake - Sicko Mode (DEBUT)

New Song/s on Hit Bound this week are:

Post Malone - Wow.: Seriously Hits 1? Why would you pick up another song from Post Malone? Seriously I really had it with his music. Now, on to the song. I don't really like the production in this one and his vocals are so bad. This better not debut the countdown.

Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me: The best Hit Bound entrant this week. This song was HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!! Now, on to the song. The production in this one was very heaven, Sabrina's vocals are very heaven, the lyrics in this one are very heaven, the chorus was very heaven, everything on this song was very heaven. This is going to be in my Top 3 songs of the year when it debuts the countdown. I really hope it does soon.

Kelsea Ballerini - Miss Me More: What an amazing country-pop song. This is another song that I heard a lot on The Highway. The main reason why it's here is because of This Feeling. Now, on to the song. This is just a step up from I Hate Love Songs. Kelsea has an amazing voice in this one and that chorus was catchy. Hopefully it'll be on the countdown soon.

Travis Scott/Drake - Sicko Mode: ARE YOU KIDDING ME HITS 1?????!!!!! I went through my Bottom 10 songs of last year and explained why this song was insanely awful. This song has a lazy and boring production, Travis's vocals are insanely awful, and it has terrible lyrics. I could admit that Drake sounded okay in his verse. But overall, this is an insanely awful song. This could even be one of my dishonorable mentions of this year, too. This better not debut the countdown.

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

20. Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower

19. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next

1 - Bad:

18. Halsey - Without Me

2 - Mediocre:

17. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

3 - Decent:

None

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

16. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine

15. Imagine Dragons - Natural

14. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling

13. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It

12. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier

11. Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones

10. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood

9. Ariana Grande - Breathin'

8. David Guetta/Anne-Marie - Don't Leave Me Alone

7. Dan + Shay - Tequila

6. Anne-Marie - 2002

5. The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks

4. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

3. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside

2. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

1. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

Total Score: 84/100 = 84% (B) [Good]

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