Halsey (1)-Week of December 9, 2017

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Halsey (1) - Week Of December 9, 2017

Unfortunately, there are no songs leaving the countdown this week, so let's get right to it.

The Countdown:

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl

45. Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid – 1-800-273-8255 (#43) [–2]

44. The Script – Rain (#44) [=]

43. Luis Fonsi featuring Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee – Despacito (#45) [+2]

42. Mono Mind – Save Me A Place (#40) [–2]

41. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#42) [+1] [Spent 9 Weeks At #1]

40. Charlie Puth – Attention (#41) [+1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]

39. The Chainsmokers featuring Coldplay – Something Just Like This (#38) [+1] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]

38. MAX featuring Gnash – Lights Down Low (#39) [+1]

37. Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato – No Promises (#33) [–4]

36. Zedd featuring Alessia Cara – Stay (#35) [–1] [Spent 4 Weeks At #1]

35. Harry Styles – Kiwi (#34) [–1] (NOOO!) (This is a bad sign)

34. Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do (#25) [–9] (Leave now)

33. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (#27) [–6] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]

32. Lauv – I Like Me Better (#26) [–6]

31. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (#30) [–1] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]

30. ZAYN featuring Sia – Dusk Till Dawn (#31) [+1]

29. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself (#32) [+3]

28. Nick Jonas – Find You (#29) [+1]

27. Linkin Park – One More Light (#28) [+1]

26. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (#24) [–2] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]

25. Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road (#36) [+11] (This is not okay)

24. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar (#20) [–4] (Hopefully...)

23. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask (#18) [–5]

22. Dua Lipa – New Rules (#22) [=]

21. The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn (#37) [+16] (That came out of nowhere)

20. Imagine Dragons – Believer (#19) [–1] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1] 

19. Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#21) [+2] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1] (I  wasn't expecting this one to make a comeback)

18. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves (#17) [–1]

17. Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (#23) [+6]

16. Kesha – Praying (#13) [–3]

15. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#14) [–1]

14. Charlie Puth – How Long (#12) [–2]

13. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes (#16) [+3]

12. Taylor Swift – ...Ready For It? (#10) [–2]

11. Maroon 5 featuring SZA – What Lovers Do (#7) [–4]

10. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go (#15) [+5]

9. P!NK – What About Us (#8) [–1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]

8. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (#9) [+1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]

7. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl (#1) [–6] [Spent 4 Weeks At #1]

6. Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey – Glorious (#11) [+5] (This jump is not okay?)

5. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft (#6) [+1]

4. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (#3) [–1] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]

3. Camila Cabello – Havana (#2) [–1]

2. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (#5) [+3]

1. Halsey – Bad At Love (#4) [+3] [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (2^nd and final week at #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do  (–9)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn (+16)

Life Ain't So Bad At All If You Blurb It Off The Wall

New Rules is the first song to go from red to green.
Attention has been in yellow for a while. Most likely turquoise next week.
Hit-Bound:

• WØLVES – Animal
• Walk The Moon – One Foot
• Spencer – Whatever
• Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Tight Or Don't
• P!NK – Beautiful Trauma
• Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor
• Symon – Lonely Girl (DEBUT) (More artists I despise?)
• Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days (Why can't this one debut?)
• AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up
• Louis Tomlinson – Miss You
• Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
• Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You
• Bruno Mars – Chunky
• Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future – End Game
• Sofi Tukker – Best Friend

Hooray. For the third week running, an artist I despise debuts on HitBound. First Julia Michaels, then AJR, and now Symon. Now Symon had the obnoxious and rotten Say last year, debuts with Lonely Girl. This is basically Love On The Brain 2.0. What I mean is good production, but terrible vocals. Rihanna ruined the amazingly produced Love On the Brain with her vocals. Symon ruined the greatly produced Lonely Girl with her vocals. Enough said. 
I was debating if Lonely Girl or I Miss You would be in orange, but in the end, I chose I Miss You because Julia Michaels made the horrific Uh Huh and Issues.

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Macklemore/Kesha-Good Old Days

2. Pink-Beautiful Trauma

3. Walk The Moon-One Foot

4. Imagine Dragons-Whatever It Takes

5. Louis Tomlinson-Miss You

YouTube 15:
Since we had no debuts this week, I've decided to do this week's YouTube 15. Here are the songs trending this week:

• Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
• Steve Aoki featuring Lauren Jauregui – All Night
• Calum Scott – You Are The Reason
• Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do
• Avicii featuring Rita Ora – Lonely Together
• Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid – 1-800-273-8255
• HRVY – Personal
• Ed Sheeran – Perfect
• Alan Walker featuring Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals – All Falls Down
• Imagine Dragons – Thunder
• Annie LeBlanc – Photograph 
• Camila Cabello – Havana
• James Arthur – Naked
• Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar
• Jacob Sartorius – Cozy

My Top 5 YouTube 15 Picks

Top 20 Review:

0 – Crap:

20. Macklemore/Skylar Grey-Glorious
19. Taylor Swift-...Ready For It

1 – Bad:

18. Pink-What About Us

2 – Mediocre:

17. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line-Meant To Be
16. Hailee Steinfeld/Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/Watt-Let Me Go
15. Imagine Dragons-Thunder
14. Kelly Clarkson-Love So Soft

3 – Decent:

13. Maroon 5/SZA-What Lovers Do

4 – Good:

None!

5 – Great:

12. Sam Smith-Too Good At Goodbyes

11. Halsey-Bad At Love

10. Demi Lovato-Sorry Not Sorry 
9.   Ed Sheeran-Perfect
8.   Ed Sheeran-Galway Girl
7.   Imagine Dragons-Believer
6.   Shawn Mendes-There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
5.   Charlie Puth-How Long
4.   Camila Cabello-Havana
3.   Selena Gomez/Marshmello-Wolves
2.   Kesha-Praying   

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:

1. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still

Overall Grade: 85/100 (B)

Throwback Picks Of The Week: 

Most Missed Countdown Song:

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1:

Favorite Countdown Song One Year Ago: 

My Top 5 Picks

1. Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still

2. Kesha – Praying

3. Harry Styles-Kiwi

4. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves

5. Camila Cabello-Havana

My Bottom 5 Picks

1. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar

2. Macklemore/Skylar Grey-Glorious

3. Taylor Swift-...Ready For It

4. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay-Something Just Like This

5. Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road 

Following has been added to the bad rap page.

MotorSport by Migos, Nicki Minaj, and Cardi B. The rapping is much better here, but it is in red         because there is too much foul language.

Gummo by 6ix9ine. You can tell by the title this is bad and that's all.

Antidote by Travis Scott. High pitches never work in hip-hop.

White Iverson by Post Malone. Too strange for my likings.