AT40: Ariana Grande (4) Week Of February 13, 2021

As far as the Super Bowl goes, I thought it was actually super amazing. I sure did had an amazing time watching it. The Buccaneers won this one and I'm super pleased to see Tom Brady's first Super Bowl win as a Buccaneer. The final score is 9-31. And I thought The Weeknd did an amazing job in the halftime show. Anyway. As far as the countdown goes, we are still in the Golden Ages of the countdown, which was absolutely a heavenly thing to see. But other than that, I don't have anything else to say about this one, 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.

Lil Nas X - Holiday

Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/Nav - Lemonade

Maluma/The Weeknd - Hawai

Last Week's #1 Song: Ariana Grande - Positions

The Countdown:

#40. DaBaby/Roddy Ricch - Rockstar (#40)

#39. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (#38)

#38. Saweetie/Doja Cat - Best Friend (DEBUT)

#37. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (#35)

#36. Travis Scott/HVME - Goosebumps (Remix) (DEBUT)

#35. Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go (#33)

#34. Sigala/James Arthur - Lasting Lover (DEBUT)

#33. BTS - Dynamite (#30)

#32. Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez - Dakiti (#39)

#31. Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo - Savage Love (#28)

#30. All Time Low/Blackbear - Monsters (#32)

#29. The Kid Laroi - So Done (#31)

#28. Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa - Prisoner (#26)

#27. Surf Mesa/Emilee - ILY (#25)

#26. Megan Thee Stallion - Body (#36)

#25. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (#23)

#24. Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love (#24)

#23. Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth - I Hope (#18)

#22. Taylor Swift - Willow (#21)

#21. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (#22)

#20. Drake/Lil Durk - Laugh Now Cry Later (#14)

#19. Justin Bieber - Anyone (#19)

#18. Harry Styles - Golden (#17)

#17. Machine Gun Kelly/Blackbear - My Ex's Best Friend (#20)

#16. Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (#15)

#15. Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing (#13)

#14. Olivia Rodrigo - Driver's License (#29)

#13. Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On (#16)

#12. Ava Max - Kings & Queens (#10)

#11. Tate McRae - You Broke Me First (#12)

#10. Sam Smith - Diamonds (#11)

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

#8. AJR - Bang! (#7)

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

#6. Chris Brown/Young Thug - Go Crazy (#6)

#5. Ariana Grande - 34 + 35 (#8)

#4. Justin Bieber/Benny Blanco - Lonely (#4)

#3. 24kgoldn/Iann Dior - Mood (#2)

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

#1. Ariana Grande - Positions (#1) [4th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me (2nd and final week at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased about Olivia Rodrigo - Driver's License (+15) taking a massive big jump this week. I'm sure this should definitely be her first hit. Hopefully it'll be in the Top 10 very soon.

I'll still give credit to Drake/Lil Durk - Laugh Now Cry Later (-6) taking the biggest drop this week. Though it is still in the Top 20, but I feel like it's going to be the end of it.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Saweetie/Doja Cat - Best Friend: I've actually gone over this song back when it debuted on Hit Bound last week. This is another decent song. Though it's a little bit of a step up from Tap In, but it's still decent. For my opinion, the production actually sounded so great, but again I'm not really huge on Saweetie's vocals, but Doja's vocals were actually pretty good in her verse. And those lyrics are still very nicely-written. But overall, it's decent. Let's see how far this gets.

Travis Scott/HVME - Goosebumps (Remix): Does anyone remember the one with Kendrick Lamar back in 2017? I've actually mentioned that one back in my 50,000 pageview special when it was on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Songs of the year, and that was actually a horrible song. And now, we have the remix of it, which was actually not bad. This is just a mediocre song, but this remix is actually way better than the original one, but still not as good. Now, on to my opinion. The production was actually mediocre, but Travis actually doesn't sound bad. I think he still sounds decent. And the chorus here was actually okay. So yeah, it's a mediocre song overall. Let's see how this one does on there.

Sigala/James Arthur - Lasting Lover: This is also a decent song. There's really nothing here that's interesting to say about this song. The production here sounded decent, but I do love James's vocals. He actually sounds outstanding and I really love those lyrics. I think they're still so nicely-written. Although the chorus was also decent and the drop was fine. So yeah, it's another decent song for me overall. Let's see how far this one gets.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Ariana Grande - 34 + 35: I'm so pleased to see this song in the Top 5. She now has 2 songs on there. Now, hopefully it'll be in the Top 3 very soon.

4. Justin Bieber/Benny Blanco - Lonely: I'm still waiting for this song to be in the Top 3. But I'm sure it's going to be in there soon.

3. 24kgoldn/Iann Dior - Mood: Wow, I actually didn't think it was going to drop. But I'm okay with that, I'll still give credit to it. But this might hang around in the Top 3 for a little while longer.

2. Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - Holy: Well, it's almost at the top spot. I'm actually fine with it in there. However, if it goes to the top spot very soon, I'll still give credit. Let's see if it'll be in the top spot soon or not.

1. Ariana Grande - Positions: Holding the top spot for the 4th week in a row. Wow, how on earth has this song been doing on there? I'm super duper pleased that it's actually still in there! Now, let's see if it'll stay in there next week or not.

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

Black Eyed Peas/Shakira - Girl Like Me

Ava Max - My Head And My Heart

LOONA - Star

Sabrina Carpenter - Skin

Jason Derulo/Adam Levine - Lifestyle

The Kid Laroi - Without You

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

Kygo/OneRepublic - Lose Somebody

Rihanna - Love On The Brain

Ariana Grande - 7 Rings

Ed Sheeran/Khalid - Beautiful People

Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa - One Kiss

Tones And I - Dance Monkey

B.O.B./Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You

Maroon 5 - Memories

Conan Gray - Heather

Doja Cat - Say So

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. Justin Bieber - Anyone

11. Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing

10. Tate McRae - You Broke Me First

9. Harry Styles - Golden

8. Ariana Grande - 34 + 35

7. Ed Sheeran - Afterglow

6. Machine Gun Kelly/Blackbear - My Ex's Best Friend

5. Olivia Rodrigo - Driver's License

4. AJR - Bang!

3. Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating

2. Ava Max - Kings & Queens

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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