Zedd + Alessia Cara (2) - Week of June 17, 2017

This week was not very action packed. We still have our same #1 song that I'm obviously not hot on, and would much rather prefer that that song leaves the #1 spot as soon as possible. Let's get to our exits:

• The Chainsmokers - Paris (#17)
• Train - Play That Song (#37)

Last Week's #1 Song: Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
The Chart
40. Dua Lipa - Be the One (DEBUT)
39. Hey Violet - Break My Heart (#39)
38. Childish Gambino - Redbone (DEBUT)
37. Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls (#40)
36. DNCE/Nicki Minaj - Kissing Strangers (#28)
35. Post Malone/Quavo - Congratulations (#36)
34. Katy Perry/Nicki Minaj - Swish Swish (#38)
33. Kyle/Lil Yatchy - iSpy (#31)
32. Rag'n'BoneMan - Human (#34)
31. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises (#32)
30. Kendrick Lamar - Humble (#33)
29. Liam Payne/Quavo - Strip That Down (#34)
28. AJR - Weak (#27)
27. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#29)
26. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#16)
25. Camila Cabello - Crying In the Club (#30)
24. Maroon 5/Future - Cold (#19)
23. Martin Garrix/Dua Lipa - Scared to be Lonely (#22)
22. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#20)
21. Charlie Puth - Attention (#26)
20. Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla (#23)
19. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#24)
18. Miley Cyrus - Malibu (#21)
17. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#18)
16. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (#25)
15. Drake - Passionfruit (#15)
14. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#14)
13. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide (#10)
12. Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (#13)
11. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (#11)
10. Halsey - Now or Never (#12)
9. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (#9)
8. Julia Michaels - Issues (#7)
7. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance the Rapper/Lil Wayne - I'm the One (#8)
6. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#6)
5. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (#5) [9 Weeks at #1]
4. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#4) [3 Weeks at #1]
3. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#3)
2. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#2) [2 Weeks at #1]
1. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#1) [2nd Week at #1]

Biggest Drop of the Week: Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (-10)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (+9)

Hot Shot Debut: Childish Gambino - Redbone (#38)

Greatest Gainer: Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (#9)

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling! [1st of 3 Weeks at #1]

New Entrants

-At #40 we have Dua Lipa with Be the One. Believe it or not, the song was actually first released back in 2015, almost two years ago. It only became noticed on contemporary hit radio on March 30, 2017, about two and a half months ago (almost). And two music videos were released, the first on in 2015, and the second one near the end of 2016. I believe that the second music video brought Be the One to become as big as hit as it is right now. Now onto the song itself. The vocals are really amazing. Dua Lipa sounds good throughout the song. There is no chopped up verses like the one in Alessia Cara's song Stay (although in Here and Scars to Your Beautiful the chopped up voices were done correctly), and the verses are really good throughout as well. The first verse is the best, and that's what really brought me to this song when it first played on my radio. I can still remember my first expression on the song, and it was really good. The song basically talks about self belief, perseverance, and fighting for what you want. It is a beautiful song with a really good meaning. Its meaning actually makes sense in this song and is not completely random like the one in Malibu, although I would have to admit that that song actually does have a meaning as much as I don't want to admit that. Unfortunately, this the song became such as hit very late, this song unfortunately might not become Dua Lipa's combat hit, the way that I wanted it to. But it doesn't hurt to hope that this song will become that huge combat hit. I, however, still claim that Scared to be Lonely is better than this song. I would consider this a better version of Blow Your Mind (Mwah), even though I still consider that song to be really good as well. Although this song won't debut my personal chart this week, it will definitely be a future debut next week, and possibly a hot shot debut, as well. It could even be the greatest gainer all in one. But who knows. Get ready, because this song will definitely stomp my personal chart in some time, and if you haven't listened to this song, I highly recommend you do, because the song is awesome.

-At #38 we have Childish Gambino with Redbone. Please keep in mind that if the week has less exits, the entrant lengths will be much longer because I have more time to write everything. But that was when I was in school. Now that school is pretty much over, I can keep on writing long entrant reviews regardless of how many new entrants I have to review each time. Also keep in mind that if I don't make good enough entrant reviews for you guys, you can always ask me to "elaborate" more on the song and would be more than happy to do that. This song was actually a "sleeper hit" in America, preferably on the Hot 100, debuting on the Hot 100 really low, re-entering the chart at some point, avoided getting kicked off of the chart during its 21st week on the Hot 100, and this week it entered the Top 20, which makes it Childish Gambino's first Top 20 hit. I actually kind of have mixed opinions on the song. When I first heard it as a digital download, I actually thought that the song was kind of cool, because I thought that the music was amazing, the vocals were great, and the lyrics were awesome. Now, I feel kind of alone on this opinion because I heard it too many times before the song was a hit. And that means while the song is a hit, I might not be able to enjoy this song like I used to do. By the way, for those wondering, this song is actually a rap song, when I say that the vocals used to great, I meant that (because in most rap songs the vocals suck), at least back then. Now I think that the vocals are somewhat annoying. Especially when Childish Gambino does his lead vocal near the middle of the song. The music I still think is great, but not as great as it used to be back then, because the electric guitar and the acoustic guitar stuff in the song isn't as cool as it used to be. I've heard the same beats way too many times. And no, I do not hate these songs solely based off of overplay, and hopefully someone I won't name will be thankful for that. But hopefully this song doesn't have that much success here despite all of what I said about this song before. Because one, most people already despise the song, and they obviously don't want a song such as this one to take over. And second, this is a pop songs chart, not a rap songs chart. This means that I feel like this song feels out of place being on this chart. Finally, I don't want to hate this song. I used to like this song, and with this song being on this chart, hopefully I will again, but hopefully it doesn't come to the point in which I think the song is heavily overplayed and I finally hate it. It would hurt to hate a song like this one, especially when this song is one of the only rap songs that I actually like from 2017 (technically 2016, but this song was made late enough in 2016 so that I consider it 2017; plus, it had more success in 2017 than 2016). The point is, I hope that this song can have some success here, but not too much. Probably a similar tenure to Black Beatles would be fine with me.

Redblurbs

-As far as our exits go, I was kind of surprised the latter exited so quickly. I was hoping for more successs from that song. I think you all probably know which song I am talking about. The song is
Play That Song by Train. Seriously guys, what is up with that lazy tenure on the song itself? Paris I wasn't surprised that it left already lasted 20 weeks on the chart, was below #15, and was dropping on radio. I actually consider its exit to be a good thing because I was starting to get a little sick of it despite that song lasting nine weeks at the top spot on my personal chart. The point is, our exit selection for this week wasnt that good.

-So it seems like Break My Heart is going to flop. As I discussed. Last week when the song debuted, this is basically a worse version of Guys My Age. Hopefully I am correct and that this song will eventually take its departure.

-And it looks like Kissing Strangers is going to flop after all. I hope the song could recover, but after such a huge fall like this one, the song will most likely be gone next week. You can see similar things like this with songs such as Call On Me and At My Best, the latter which I like a lot.

-And of course Congratulations had to jump. It actually reached the top 10 in the Hot 100 this week, of course blocking Issues and Say You Won't Let Go off of there. I am not hot on the latter, and I know that some bloggers, especially Hollow Man and Jack, are not hot about the former getting blocked off either. I'm fine with the former getting blocked off, though, but I still hate Congratulations more. This is basically the Body Like A Back Road for Miles. Hopefully this song reached its peak and won't go up any further.

-God, how long will it take before iSpy leaves, we already have enough rap taking over the pop songs chart!

-I thought Heavy had the potential to hit the top 15. This drop from this song was completely unexpected. I also thought that this would be the next contender for songs making a huge claim into reaching the top 10. Obviously I was wrong. But I don't really care if the song still stays for a while longer.

-I am praying right now that Crying In the Club will not become a hit.

-Despite the song peaking at #8, can we just say that Cold was a flop on the chart? If you think about it, it barely is close to 20 weeks on the chart, and is already declining out of the top 20. Who knows how long this song will still stay in the chart. If its departure isn't that far away, please let it be within the next week or two.

-And of course Malibu is still here. I watched the official video on the song, and it made the song a little bit better. Same with the Billboard Music Review. That also made me like the song a little bit better. But I still claim the song to be really bad.

-And of course Believer jumps a spot. Hopefully this song won't have as much success as I would imagine that the song would have.

-I am not even going to discuss that atrocious piece of trash that was just awarded the biggest jump of the week.

-Passionfruit is actually somewhat flopping right now. I wouldn't be surprised if the song left, but hopefully it can stay a little bit longer judging by the color the song is in right now, I believe I jus have something away considering my personal chart. :D

-And yes, Despacito is in green now. I don't know what made me to like this song, but the music is catchy, and I actually like the vocals now. I wouldn't mind if the song became a hit, but hopefully the song doesn't stay too long here, because this seems like the song that won't last with me in the long run.

- And about the color for the #1 song, I don't like it at all know. The chopped up vocals are really bad, and I hate Zedd's vocals. Plus, the song is really overplayed at this point. The lyrics I don't like either. And it doesn't help that I hear this song even single time I turn the radio on. Don't DJ's get tired of playing the same songs over and over again? I would be. And despite the color right now, hopefully it isn't long before the song leaves, because I just think that the song could be red in the near future.

Top 20 Review

0 - Garbage
20. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
19. Miley Cyrus - Malibu
18. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
17. Imagine Dragons - Believer
16. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
15. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
14. Harry Styles - Sign of the Times

1 - Bad
13. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
12. Julia Michaels - Issues

2 - Mediocre
11. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
10. Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

3 - Decent
9. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

4 - Good
8. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito
7. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance the Rapper/Lil Wayne - I'm the One
6. Halsey - Now or Never
5. Niall Horan - Slow Hands

5 - Great
4. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
3. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
2. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This

6 - Best Song
1. Drake - Passionfruit

Total Score: 41/100 (Really Bad)

My Top 5 Picks
1. Drake - Passionfruit
2. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This
3. Martin Garrix/Dua Lipa - Scared to be Lonely
4. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
5. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Post Malone/Quavo - Congratulations
2. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
3. Maroon 5/Future - Cold
4. Miley Cyrus - Malibu
5. Camilla Cabello - Crying In the Club

-Thanks for reading! And by the way, I have finals to review, so the rest of the stuff from this week will be left out from this week.