AT40: Taylor Swift (7) Week Of October 21, 2023

As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it actually looks super amazing. There has been lots of amazing stuff happening on there this week including our debuts this week, and there's also a phenomenal Top 5 on there. But I'm gonna get to it later on in this post like what I always do. 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.

Travis Scott/Bad Bunny/The Weeknd - K-Pop

Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa

The Weeknd - Die For You

Last Week's #1 Song: Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

The Countdown:

#40. Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed (#39)

#39. Travis Scott - I Know (DEBUT)

#38. SZA - Kill Bill (#37)

#37. Tyla Yaweh - Summer Vibes (DEBUT)

#36. Metro Boomin/The Weeknd/21 Savage - Creepin' (#35)

#35. Chris Brown - Summer Too Hot (#31)

#34. Diplo/Jessie Murph/Polo G - Heartbroken (#38)

#33. Morgan Wallen - Last Night (#32)

#32. Usher/Summer Walker/21 Savage - Good Good (#33)

#31. (G)I-DLE - I Do (#28)

#30. Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start The Fire (#25)

#29. Nicki Minaj - Last Time I Saw You (#30)

#28. Taylor Swift - Karma (#26)

#27. Bakar - Hell N Back (#19)

#26. Tate McRae - Greedy (#36)

#25. Charli XCX - Speed Drive (#29)

#24. Jung Kook/Latto - Seven (#17)

#23. Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life (#16)

#22. Jelly Roll - Need A Favor (#24)

#21. Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up (#21)

#20. Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang (#23)

#19. Miley Cyrus - Flowers (#18)

#18. Noah Kahan/Post Malone - Dial Drunk (#22)

#17. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For (#20)

#16. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular (#15)

#15. *NSYNC - Better Place (DEBUT)

#14. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? (#14)

#13. David Kushner - Daylight (#13)

#12. Miguel - Sure Thing (#11)

#11. Selena Gomez - Single Soon (#12)

#10. Luke Combs - Fast Car (#8)

#9. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (#10)

#8. Rema/Selena Gomez - Calm Down (#9)

#7. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (#6)

#6. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy) (#5)

#5. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red (#7)

#4. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (#3)

#3. SZA - Snooze (#4)

#2. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World (#2)

#1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (#1) [7th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Post Malone/Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song) (3 of 4 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased about Tate McRae - Greedy (+10) taking the biggest jump to the Top 30. It really has been gaining lots of airplay this week. What a week it has been for her! Now let's see if it'll go to the Top 20 soon.

I'm not really that thrilled about Bakar - Hell N Back (-8) taking the biggest drop out of the Top 20. Come on, this deserves better than that! But I'm sure this might be the end of it.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Travis Scott - I Know: This is just a decent song. There really isn't anything interesting to say about it. Though the production here sounded decent and Travis sounded okay here, but my main issue is there really isn't that much of a hook here. But the chorus sounded decent and I'll admit that the lyrics were still so interesting, so I'll still give credit to that. But this is a decent song overall for me to listen to. Let's see how far this gets on there.

Tyla Yaweh - Summer Vibes: I was wondering why this song has been gaining some airplay when summer was over. That was actually too late for it to pick up this song. I wish this would've been here a couple months ago, but oh well. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. With my opinion, the production was so amazing, Tyla's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see how this one does on there.

*NSYNC - Better Place: The best debut this week. So Justin Timberlake's boy band has reunited again. I know this boy band was popular in the 90's/2000's because they have some hits during this time back then. And now, they're finally back. And this new song was actually one of the songs that was taken from the soundtrack of the new Trolls: Band Together movie, which I'm really looking forward to seeing in theaters. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. With my opinion on this song, the production and the whistling was so phenomenal and catchy, all of the boys sound super phenomenal, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and the chorus was so heavenly. Hopefully this should become a hit on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red: I'm super pleased to see this song in the Top 5. This totally deserves to be in there! And I really would like to see it at the top spot soon.

4. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night: It dropped out of the Top 3 which I actually expected to happen. And I'm sure this song is going to be out of the Top 5 very soon.

3. SZA - Snooze: I'm pleased to see this song in the Top 3. Though I'm not sure if it'll actually go to the top spot, but let's see what happens next with it.

2. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World: I'm still waiting for this song to get to the top spot, but I don't think it's ever going to happen though. But let's see if it actually does soon.

1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer: Holding the top spot for the 3rd week in a row. Wow, this song sure has been doing super phenomenal on there recently. Nothing can really stop her! Now, let's see if it'll stay in there next week or not.

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

None

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

20. Noah Kahan/Post Malone - Dial Drunk

19. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

18. Miguel - Sure Thing

17. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy)

16. Rema/Selena Gomez - Calm Down

15. Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang

14. Selena Gomez - Single Soon

13. Luke Combs - Fast Car

12. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right?

11. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World

10. SZA - Snooze

9. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young

8. *NSYNC - Better Place

7. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

6. Miley Cyrus - Flowers

5. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

4. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular

3. David Kushner - Daylight

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

TIE: 1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (+2 extra points for being #1)

TIE: 1. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red

Total Score: 100/100 = 100% (A) [Awesome]

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