Ed Sheeran (2) Week Of August 14, 2021

We have quite another interesting countdown this week. Although we did get rid of a song that was in the Top 5 last week, which was actually weird. But other than that, everything else looks pretty good! 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 30, here are the songs dropping out of the countdown this week.

Doja Cat/SZA - Kiss Me More

Jxdn/Machine Gun Kelly - Wanna Be

Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

The Countdown:

#30. The Weeknd - Take My Breath (DEBUT)

#29. Billie Eilish - NDA (#27)

#28. Post Malone - Motley Crew (#26)

#27. Maneskin - Beggin (DEBUT)

#26. Pop Smoke/Dua Lipa - Demeanor (#28)

#25. Conan Gray - People Watching (#29)

#24. Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow - Industry Baby (#30)

#23. Walker Hayes - Fancy Like (DEBUT)

#22. Silk Sonic - Skate (#24)

#21. Tate McRae/Khalid - Working (#17)

#20. Big Red Machine/Taylor Swift - Renegade (#18)

#19. Justin Wellington/Small Jam - Iko Iko (My Bestie) (#19)

#18. Camila Cabello - Don't Go Yet (#25)

#17. Doja Cat/The Weeknd - You Right (#23)

#16. Duncan Laurence - Arcade (#13)

#15. Kane Brown/Blackbear - Memory (#22)

#14. Twenty One Pilots - Shy Away (#15)

#13. Tai Verdes - A-O-K (#16)

#12. Jax - 90's Kids (#12)

#11. Nelly/Florida Georgia Line - Lil Bit (#9)

#10. Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu (#11)

#9. BTS - Butter (#8)

#8. Dua Lipa - Love Again (#14)

#7. Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae - You (#4)

#6. Twenty One Pilots - Saturday (#7)

#5. Anne-Marie/Niall Horan - Our Song (#6)

#4. The Kid Laroi/Justin Bieber - Stay (#10)

#3. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U (#3)

#2. Marshmello/Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me (#2)

#1. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (#1) [2nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Alesso/Liam Payne - Midnight (1st and only week at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased about Camila Cabello - Don't Go Yet taking the biggest jump into the Top 20. And not only that, but Kane Brown/Blackbear - Memory (+7) was also tied for the biggest jump and it also made the Top 20, which I'm so glad about. What a week for them!

I'm not too thrilled about Tate McRae/Khalid - Working (-4) taking the biggest drop. This seriously does not deserve it! But hopefully it'll come back up very soon.

New Song/s on the countdown this week are:

The Weeknd - Take My Breath: The best countdown debut this week. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. But not as good as Save Your Tears, but it's still amazing. For my opinion, the production was so amazing, Abel's vocals were super amazing, those lyrics were so marvelous, and that chorus was absolutely amazing. I'm really hoping that it should become a hit on there.

Maneskin - Beggin: I've been hearing this song a lot on Alt Nation and this was definitely an amazing song. I'm so glad Hits 1 managed to pick this up. And now, they have finally made their first countdown appearance this week. For my opinion on this song, the production and instrumentation were super outstanding, this guy's vocals were so amazing especially in his rapping in the verses, the lyrics were so interesting, and the chorus was super amazing and very catchy. Hopefully it'll do better on here than on the Alt-18. 

Walker Hayes - Fancy Like: I heard this song a lot on The Highway, and this has actually hit the top spot on the Highway Hot 30 before. And of course this is yet to be another TikTok song. As far as the song goes, it's such a super fun song.With my opinion, the production was so fun, Walker's vocals were super amazing, those lyrics were super interesting, and that chorus was super fun. So yeah, this is such a fun song overall to listen to. Although I'm not sure if this should do better on here than on the Highway Hot 30, but let's see how far this gets.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Anne-Marie/Niall Horan - Our Song: I'm so pleased that it's back in the Top 5 this week. Now, hopefully it should be back in the Top 3 very soon.

4. The Kid Laroi/Justin Bieber - Stay: It debuted the Top 5 this week. I'm super glad to see this song in there. And I'm really hoping that this should be in the Top 3 within the next week or so.

3. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U: Yeah, I'm sure this song is going to stay in the Top 3 for a little while longer. Let's see how long it could stay in there for.

2. Marshmello/Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me: I really have no idea why it's still standing at that spot, but again I'm not sure if it'll actually be at the top spot because of what was happening in there. But we don't know yet for sure.

1. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits: Holding the top spot for the 2nd week in a row. I'm so pleased that it's still in there. Man, Hits 1 must really been in love with him. Now, let's see if it'll stay in there next week or not.

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

1. Masked Wolf - Say So (RE-ENTRY)

2. Elton John/Dua Lipa/Pnau - Cold Heart (DEBUT)

3. Vaultboy - Everything Sucks

4. Alessia Cara - Sweet Dream

5. Madison Beer - Reckless (DEBUT)

6. WizKid/Tems/Justin Bieber - Essence (DEBUT)

7. Nessa Barrett - I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead (DEBUT)

8. Lizzo/Cardi B. - Rumors (DEBUT)

9. Shouse - Love Tonight (DEBUT)

10. Olivia Rodrigo - Traitor

11. Blackbear - @ My Worst

12. Dixie D'Amelio/Rubi Rose - Psycho

13. Willow/Travis Barker - Transparent Soul (RE-ENTRY)

14. Anne-Marie/Little Mix - Kiss My (Uh Oh)

15. Seb - Seaside Demo

16. Almost Monday - Til The End Of Time

New Song/s on Hit Bound this week are:

Masked Wolf - Say So: I'm glad to see this song coming back on there. Now, I'm really hoping that this should be back on the countdown very soon.

Elton John/Dua Lipa/Pnau - Cold Heart: The best Hit Bound entrant this week. And we finally have the big return from him! I know he has been popular in the 70's. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a super heavenly song. For my opinion, the production was super heavenly, Elton's vocals were super heavenly, Dua's vocals were super heavenly in her contribution, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a humongous fan of, and that chorus was extremely heavenly. This is definitely going to be in my Top 3 Songs of the year when it debuts the countdown. Hopefully it'll happen very soon.

Madison Beer - Reckless: She has made her return on there after 2 years off. Now, I know Home With You was my #2 song of 2018 which you remembered and Hurts Like Hell was decent. And now, we have this one, which was actually amazing. For my opinion, the production was so marvelous, Madison's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and that chorus was absolutely amazing. Also, I noticed that the chorus really sounds like the pre-chorus from Zedd/Kehlani - Good Thing from last year, which I found very interesting. Hopefully it'll be on the countdown soon.

WizKid/Tems/Justin Bieber - Essence: Does anybody remember him? He was featured in Drake's One Dance back in 2016 along with Kyla, and that was a song that I actually enjoyed back then. And now we have this song, which was actually the remix of it with Justin. Though this remix is actually on the same level as the original one. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an outstanding song. For my opinion, the production was so outstanding, all of their vocals were so remarkable, the lyrics were so nice, and that chorus was so amazing. Let's see if it'll be on the countdown soon.

Nessa Barrett - I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead: This is definitely a much better song for her. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a super amazing song and it's definitely better than La Di Die. For my opinion, the production was super amazing, Nessa's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were super amazing, the chorus was super amazing, everything on this song was super amazing. Here's to hoping that it should be on the countdown very soon.

Lizzo/Cardi B. - Rumors: She has also made her return on there. Gosh, I really have been waiting for this to happen, and thank goodness she's finally back. Although there were a few songs where she doesn't have a good voice, but this song here was actually an outstanding song. For my opinion, the production here was so outstanding, Lizzo's vocals were super outstanding, the lyrics were remarkable, and the chorus was so amazing. And yes, I hate Cardi B.'s verse here because she sounds terrible in it. But overall this is an outstanding song. Hopefully it'll be on the countdown soon.

Shouse - Love Tonight: I really have no idea where this came from and how Hits 1 decided to pick this up. But this song is absolutely garbage. There really is nothing here that's good to say about it. For my opinion, the production is so awful, the vocals were absolutely horrible, and that chorus was absolutely total garbage. But the lyriocs were fine, so I'll still give credit to that. But this is absolutely a garbage song overall. And also, the full version of this song was 8 minutes long. Gosh, how can we listen to a very bad song for 8 minutes? That would be painful to listen to. But the edited version of it was 4 minutes long, but it's still too long for me. Hopefully this doesn't debut the countdown.

Willow/Travis Barker - Transparent Soul: It's so nice to see this song being back on there. Now, let's see if it'll have another chance to be on the countdown soon.

My Top 30 Review:

0 - Crap:

30. Post Malone - Motley Crew

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

29. Justin Wellington/Small Jam - Iko Iko (My Bestie)

28. Billie Eilish - NDA

27. Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow - Industry Baby

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

26. Kane Brown/Blackbear - Memory

25. Twenty One Pilots - Shy Away

24. Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae - You

23. Maneskin - Beggin

22. Tate McRae/Khalid - Working

21. Conan Gray - People Watching

20. The Kid Laroi/Justin Bieber - Stay

19. Duncan Laurence - Arcade

18. Jax - 90's Kids

17. Nelly/Florida Georgia Line - Lil Bit

16. Marshmello/Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me

15. BTS - Butter

14. Pop Smoke/Dua Lipa - Demeanor

13. Walker Hayes - Fancy Like

12. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

11. The Weeknd - Take My Breath

10. Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu

9. Big Red Machine/Taylor Swift - Renegade

8. Silk Sonic - Skate

7. Doja Cat/The Weeknd - You Right

6. Anne-Marie/Niall Horan - Our Song

5. Tai Verdes - A-O-K

4. Dua Lipa - Love Again

3. Camila Cabello - Love Again

2. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

1. Twenty One Pilots - Saturday

Total Score: 140/150 = 93.3% (A) [Great]

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