AT40: Myles Smith (1) Week Of January 4, 2025

So 2025 is now officially here! I'm sure hoping that this should be another amazing year for music on there. I'm so looking forward to see what new music we have trending this year and hopefully we should have some more amazing new artists throughout the year. Hopefully it'll be a great one! Anyway. As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it looks so amazing and interesting. We do have another brand new #1 song on there which was a nice way to kick off the year, and we also have some more amazing debuts. But like always, I'm gonna get to them later on in this post But other than that, I don't have anything ese 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.

Khalid - Heatstroke

Katy Perry/Doechii - I'm His, He's Mine

Madison Beer - Make You Mine

Last Week's #1 Song: Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

The Countdown:

#40. KATSEYE - Touch (DEBUT)

#39. Dasha - Austin (#38)

#38. Ariana Grande - Popular (DEBUT)

#37. Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY (#31)

#36. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! (#29)

#35. Chappell Roan - Hot To Go! (#22)

#34. Post Malone/Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help (#34)

#33. Alex Warren - Burning Down (DEBUT)

#32. Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us (#26)

#31. Koe Wetzel/Jessie Murph - High Road (#32)

#30. Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody (#35)

#29. LISA - Moonlit Floor (#33)

#28. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti - Timeless (#28)

#27. Machine Gun Kelly/Jelly Roll - Lonely Road (#24)

#26. Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart (#7)

#25. Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (#37)

#24. Akon - Akon's Beautiful Day (#25)

#23. Damiano David - Born With A Broken Heart (#27)

#22. Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (#13)

#21. Gracie Abrams - That's So True (#30)

#20. David Guetta/Alphaville/Ava Max - Forever Young (#23)

#19. Gracie Abrams - Close To You (#21)

#18. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (#16)

#17. Lady Gaga - Disease (#17)

#16. Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi (#20)

#15. Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay (#18)

#14. Meghan Trainor - Criminals (#16)

#13. Teddy Swims - The Door (#10)

#12. Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem (#19)

#11. Charli XCX - Apple (#12)

#10. Rose/Bruno Mars - APT. (#14)

#9. Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather (#8)

#8. Tate McRae - It's Ok I'm Ok (#11)

#7. Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) (#6)

#6. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (#5)

#5. The Weeknd - Dancing In The Flames (#9)

#4. Hozier - Too Sweet (#4)

#3. Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile (#1)

#2. Sabrina Carpenter - Taste (#3)

#1. Myles Smith - Stargazing (#2) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Tate McRae - Greedy (1 of 7 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased to see Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (+12) gain lots of airplay throughout the week. It totally deserves to do that! What a week for her! Now, hopefully it'll go to the Top 20 soon.

I'm not too thrilled to see Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart (-19) take a huge biggest drop this week, but I do know it has been losing some airplay recently so I'm sure it's going to be out of here very soon.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

KATSEYE - Touch: They have now made their first ever appearance on there this week which was an amazing thing. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song and it's actually a step up from Debut. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, all of the girls sound super phenomenal, the lyrics were so interesting, and the chorus was so heavenly and fun. Let's see how far this one will go on there.

Ariana Grande - Popular: We now have the first song from Wicked debuting on there this week which was super interesting. And of course we all know that she played as Galinda in the film. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song, With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Ariana's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a humongous fan of, and the chorus was super heavenly. Let's see if this should do well on there.

Alex Warren - Burning Down: I've actually found out that Hits 1 now plays the version with Joe Jonas for this song, which was actually super interesting because I thought Joe sounded super amazing in his contribution in it. But they actually played the original version of it on there which I'm actually cool with. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song and it's actually a step up from Carry You Home. With my opinion on this one, the production was so amazing, Alex's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were so interesting, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see how far this goes on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. The Weeknd - Dancing In The Flames: I'm so glad to see this song in the Top 5. It really deserves to be in there! Now, hopefully it'll go to the Top 3 soon.

4. Hozier - Too Sweet: I'm sure this might be it's last week in there because I know it's been in the Top 5 for a while. But I'm sure this is going to start dropping within the next week or so.

3. Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile: It dropped out of the top spot. But it still had an amazing run in there for the remaining of last year. Though I'll keep this song in the Top 3 for at least a few more weeks or so.

2. Sabrina Carpenter - Taste: It's almost at the top spot! And I'm sure this is going to make it to the top spot within the next week or so because I know it's her. Let's see if I'm right.

1. Myles Smith - Stargazing: I'm so pleased to see this song at the top spot. This is now his first ever #1 song on there which was so amazing. Although I'm sure another song might take over the top spot next week, but let's see how long it'll hold the spot.

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

None

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

20. Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

19. The Weeknd - Dancing In The Flames

18. Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay

17. Myles Smith - Stargazing

16. Teddy Swims - The Door

15. Lady Gaga - Disease

14. Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem

13. Meghan Trainor - Criminals

12. Tate McRae - It's Ok I'm Ok

11. Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

10. Sabrina Carpenter - Taste

9. Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi

8. Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

7. Rose/Bruno Mars - APT.

6. Gracie Abrams - Close To You

5. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

4. Charli XCX - Apple

3. Hozier - Too Sweet

2. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

1. David Guetta/Alphaville/Ava Max - Forever Young

Total Score: 99/100 = 99% (A) [Great]

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