Blog Intro Special: Maroon 5 + Kendrick Lamar (1) - Week of January 28, 2017

I can't exactly say that this week was great, even though like the best song of this year so far debuted the countdown and was even a hot shot debut. Billboard just had to get rid of one of the best songs of last year, and our #1 song doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The Greatest Gainer doesn't make any sense either, which doesn't surprise me, since that song already debuted at #1 on the Billboard. And we have a bunch of space fillers here, and hopefully all of those songs will be gone soon and replaced with other songs, even if they are songs that I don't necessarily like. We again, have a really boring two-exit week this week. I know most of you blogging right now probably know how bad two-exit weeks are, since that means that there isn't a lot of activity going on on the countdown. Anyways, let's get to our exits.

• Anne Marie - Alarm (#37)
• OneRepublic - Kids (#39) [?]

Last Week's #1 Song: Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
The Chart
40. Nick Fradini - All On You (#36) [Please leave!]
39. G-Eazy/Marc E. Bassy - Some Kind of Drug (debut)
38. Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own (#40)
37. Kaleo - Way Down We Go (#38) [*See #40*]
36. DJ Khaled/Nicki Minaj/Chris Brown/August Alsina/Jeremih/Future/Rick Ross - Do You Mind (#34) [*See #37*]

35. Daya - Words (#33)

34. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry) (#35)

33. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#28)

32. Britney Spears/Tinashe - Slumber Party (#27)

31. Amine - Caroline (#30)

30. Fitz/The Tantrums - HandClap (#32)

29. Flume/Tove Lo - Say It (#29)

28. Lukas Graham - You're Not There (#26)

27. Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah) (#25)

26. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love (#20)

25. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne Marie - Rockabye (#31)

24. The Chainsmokers - Paris (debut) [OMG YES!!!!!]

23. Hey Violet - Guys My Age (#23)

22. Bebe Rexha - I Got You (#22)

21. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (#17)

20. Drake - Fake Love (#21)

19. John Legend - Love Me Now (#19)

18. Adele - Water Under the Bridge (#18)

17. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (#24)

16. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#16)

15. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#15)

14. Niall Horan - This Town (#12)

13. Rae Sremmurd/Gucci Mane - Black Beatles (#14)

12. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#13)

11. Rihanna - Love on the Brain (#10)

10. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#9)

9. Zayn Malik/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#11)

8. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#8)

7. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#7)

6. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving (#5)

5. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#4)

4. Machine Gun Kelly/Camilla Cabello - Bad Things (#6)

3. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side (#1)

2. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful (#3)

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1. Maroon 5/Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know (#2) (first week at #1)

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Selena Gomez - Same Old Love

Hot Shot Debut: The Chainsmokers - Paris

Greatest Gainer: Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

New Entrants

-The less interesting debut this week comes from G-Eazy and Marc E. Bassy with Some Kind of Drug. Honestly, I'm not liking this song that much. There's these vocals that can get annoying sometimes, but the music is catchy. Honestly, a song with this title will definitely not get any recognition. I barely hear this song is a close second. I highly doubt that this song is going to stay on here long, then, and it is definitely going to flop. I can't exactly see myself hating this song anytime soon, but even then, it's closer to red than it is to green. So yeah, I could be somehow liking this song, but I'm definitely not loving it.

-Our more interesting and better debut this week, and the best song of 2017 so far comes from The Chainsmokers with their new single Paris. I don't exactly see how any Chainsmokers song can be bad. The pre-chorus is amazing, along with the first verses. The verses can get really repetitive though, but it's not that I'm going to hate the song, it's just that I don't see this song becoming as big as a hit as Closer became or maybe even The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses. The version with Emily Warren in it is actually better, which is the version that I'm grading, and is probably the only reason that this song is in blue in the first place to begin with. The music is amazing, and the lyrics are really good. So yeah, I hope that this song can somewhat have some success, but I can't see this song hitting #1 here.

Let's Do a Top 20 Review!

-1- Worst Song

None!

0 - Garbage

20. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

19. Drake - Fake Love

18. Rihanna - Love on the Brain

17. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

16. Rae Sremmurd/Gucci Mane - Black Beatles

15. Adele - Water Under the Bridge

1 - Bad

14. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

13. Niall Horan - This Town

12. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You

11. Zayn Malik/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

10. Maroon 5/Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know

9. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

2 - Mediocre

None!

3 - Decent

8. John Legend - Love Me Now

4 - Good

7. Shawn Mendes - Mercy

6. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful

5. Machine Gun Kelly/Camilla Cabello - Bad Things

4. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming

5 - Great

3. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

2. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

6 - Best Song

None!

Total Score: 40/100 (Awful)

My Top 5 Picks

1. The Chainsmokers - Paris

2. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love

3. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

4. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

5. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

My Bottom 5 Picks

1. Bebe Rexha - I Got You

2. Kaleo - Way Down We Go

3. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

4. Drake - Fake Love

5. Nick Fradini - All On You

-Thanks for reading, everybody!