AT40: Ariana Grande (1) Week Of January 23, 2021

The countdown looks super heavenly this week, because we are back in the Golden Ages of the countdown. Why? Because we have another brand new #1 song that's in my Top 3 Songs of last year. But other than that, I don't have anything else to say here, 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.

Kane Brown/Khalid/Swae Lee - Be Like That

Saint Jhn/Imanbek - Roses

Last Week's #1 Song: 24kgoldn/Iann Dior - Mood

The Countdown:

#40. Justin Bieber - Anyone (DEBUT)

#39. Harry Styles - Adore You (#37)

#38. Maluma/The Weeknd - Hawai (#39)

#37. All Time Low/Blackbear - Monsters (DEBUT)

#36. Conan Gray - Heather (#38)

#35. DaBaby/Roddy Ricch - Rockstar (#33)

#34. The Kid Laroi - So Done (#36)

#33. Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/Nav - Lemonade (#35)

#32. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (#30)

#31. Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love (#34)

#30. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (#28)

#29. Taylor Swift - Willow (#31)

#28. Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go (#26)

#27. Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa - Prisoner (#27)

#26. Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo - Savage Love (#24)

#25. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (#29)

#24. Lil Nas X - Holiday (#23)

#23. Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (#32)

#22. Machine Gun Kelly/Blackbear - My Ex's Best Friend (#25)

#21. Surf Mesa/Emilee - ILY (#19)

#20. Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On (#21)

#19. BTS - Dynamite (#15)

#18. Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber - Monster (#17)

#17. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (#16)

#16. Tate McRae - You Broke Me First (#20)

#15. Harry Styles - Golden (#14)

#14. Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing (#18)

#13. Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth - I Hope (#12)

#12. Sam Smith - Diamonds (#11)

#11. Ariana Grande - 34 + 35 (#13)

#10. Drake/Lil Durk - Laugh Now Cry Later (#9)

#9. Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am (#10)

#8. Chris Brown/Young Thug - Go Crazy (#7)

#7. Justin Bieber/Benny Blanco - Lonely (#8)

#6. AJR - Bang! (#6)

#5. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating (#5)

#4. Ava Max - Kings & Queens (#4)

#3. Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - Holy (#3)

#2. 24kgoldn/Iann Dior - Mood (#1)

#1. Ariana Grande - Positions (#2) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Post Malone - Circles (4 of 7 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased to see Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (+9) taking the biggest jump this week. What a week for him! Now, I'm really hoping that this should be in the Top 20 very soon.

I'm not too thrilled to see BTS - Dynamite (-4) having the biggest drop this week. But I do know it's about to lose airplay on the pop radio charts, so yeah. This is going to be the end of it.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Justin Bieber - Anyone: This is definitely another outstanding song and this is definitely a step up from Lonely. Now, I've gone through my opinion on this one last week back when it debuted the countdown. The production here was so awesome, Justin's vocals were absolutely outstanding, the lyrics were super nice, and the chorus was so amazing. Hopefully this should become a hit on there.

All Time Low/Blackbear - Monsters: The best debut this week. And this was actually my #1 song of last year. Now, I've been hearing this song a lot on Alt Nation. Though Hits 1 did play the Demi Lovato remix of it. But they actually played the original version on there. Now,  this is definitely an extremely heavenly song and this is definitely a huge step up from Some Kind Of Disaster. The production here sounded extremely heavenly, the vocals were extremely heavenly, Blackbear's vocals were extremely heavenly in his verse, the lyrics were extremely heavenly, the chorus was extremely heavenly, everything on this song was extremely heavenly. Let's see how far this gets.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating: I actually thought this was actually going to be moving up this week. But I'm sure next week it'll do it.

4. Ava Max - Kings & Queens: I'm still waiting for this song to be back in the Top 3. But I'm not sure if it'll actually be back there, but I'm sure hoping it will be back here soon.

3. Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - Holy: I'm fine with this song still standing in that spot. But I do have a feeling that this might go to the top spot sometime soon.

2. 24kgoldn/Iann Dior - Mood: It dropped out of the top spot. Though it really did had an amazing run on there. But yeah, I don't think it's going to come back to the top spot. Maybe it might stand at that spot for a little while longer.

1. Ariana Grande - Positions: I'm super duper pleased to see this song at the top spot. Now, I'm sure hoping that it should stay in there for a few weeks longer at the very least. Let's see how long it could hold the spot.

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

Ashnikko - Daisy

Megan Thee Stallion - Body

Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez - Dakiti

Sigala/James Arthur - Lasting Lover

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

Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry

Khalid - Talk

Rihanna - Rude Boy

Maroon 5/Cardi B. - Girls Like You

SHAED - Trampoline

Shawn Mendes - Wonder

Zedd/Foxes - Clarity

Joel Corry/MNEK - Head And Heart

Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

Ellie Goulding/Diplo/Swae Lee - Close To Me

Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

20. Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

19. 24kgoldn/Iann Dior - Mood

18. Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - Holy

17. Chris Brown/Young Thug - Go Crazy

16. Drake/Lil Durk - Laugh Now Cry Later

15. Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

14. Sam Smith - Diamonds

13. Justin Bieber/Benny Blanco - Lonely

12. Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing

11. Tate McRae - You Broke Me First

10. Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber - Monster

9. Harry Styles - Golden

8. Ariana Grande - 34 + 35

7. AJR - Bang!

6. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating

5. Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth - I Hope

4. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

3. Ava Max - Kings & Queens

2. BTS - Dynamite

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

TIE: 1. Ariana Grande - Positions (+2 extra points for being #1)

Total Score: 88/100 = 88% (B+) [Good]

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