The weirdest week of 2024 thus far (Week of 2/24/2024)

 

Hello everyone, welcome back to another countdown post. To say this week was weird would be an understatement. We had five songs enter the top 10 and four enter the top 5. Let's just get into it, here are the songs that left:

Olivia Rodrigo- Get Him Back (#4 last week)

Jack Harlow- Lovin On Me (#18 last week)

Lewis Capaldi- Strangers (#24 last week)

Countdown

30. Max/ Huh Yunjin- Stupid In Love (Debut)

29. Umi/ V- Wherever U R (=)

28. Nicki Minaj/ Lil Uzi Vert- Everybody (-3)

27. Beyonce- Texas Hold Em (Debut)

26. Doja Cat- Agora Hills (-12)

25. People R Ugly- Brain Dead (+3)

24. Jungkook- Standing Next To You (-3)

23. Fletcher- Lead Me On (+7)

22. Victoria Monet- On My Mama (+1)

21. Paul Russell- Say Cheese (+6)

20. Tyla- Water (-1)

19. Lany- XXL (+7)

18. Thirty Seconds To Mars- Seasons (-3)

17. Teddy Swims- Lose Control (-8)

16. Tate McRae- Greedy (-8)

15. Taylor Swift- Is It Over Now (-4)

14. Nicki Minaj- Pink Friday Girls (+2)

13. AJR- Yes I'm A Mess (-6)

12. Renee Rapp/ Megan Thee Stallion- Not My Fault (-2)

11. Dua Lipa- Training Season (Debut)

10. Benson Boone- Beautiful Things (+10)

9. Sabrina Carpenter- Feather (-7)

8. Henry Moodie- Pick Up The Phone (+14)

7. Tate McRae- Exes (-4)

6. Dua Lipa- Houdini (-5)

5. Kenya Grace- Strangers (+1)

4. Ariana Grande/ Mariah Carey- Yes And (+8)

3. Noah Kahan- Stick Season (+14)

2. Knox- Not The 1975 (+3)

1. Justin Timberlake- Selfish (+12)

Countdown Extra: Willow Avalon- Honey Ain't No Sweeter

Last Year's #1: Miley Cyrus- Flowers
#1 Two Years Ago: Ed Sheeran- Overpass Graffiti
My Favorite Song Last Year: Metro Boomin/ The Weeknd/ 21 Savage- Creepin

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Alesso/ Katy Perry- When I'm Gone

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Linkin Park- Friendly Fire

Up first, we have Max and Huh Yunjin from a band called Le Sserafim on a song called Stupid In Love. This is Max's best song in a decent bit. This is super fun. They both sound really good here and they have solid chemistry, along to some cool production. The lyrics are also amazing. I hope they make this a hit.

So recently, Beyonce put out a few country songs, and one of them, Texas Hold Em, makes its debut on here. This is interesting, a marked improvement over her last song that made Hits 1. The production is solid and she sounds pretty good. So I'll say she can make a solid country song.

Lastly, debuting all the way up at #11, we have Training Season by Dua Lipa. This is quite a great song. She sounds pretty good throughout and it has cool production-- what you'd expect from a Dua Lipa song. I should mention that Daniel said this has a key change, and when I listened, I didn't hear one. So... that's a relief.

Hitbound

Alex Warren- Before You Leave Me

Selena Gomez- Love On (Debut)

Willow Avalon- Honey Ain't No Sweeter

Teddy Swims- The Door

Knox- Me Myself & Your Eyes (Debut)

Madison Beer- Make You Mine

Nicky Youre- S.A.D.

Crash Adams- Good Side

Jagwar Twin- Bad Feeling

Jessie Murph- Son Of A (Debut)

Sza- Saturn (Debut)

The Beaches- Blame Brett

Justin Timberlake- Drown (Debut)

Alec Benjamin- Pick Me

Eliza Rose/ Calvin Harris- Body Moving

Fall Out Boy- So Much (For) Stardust

First up, we have a new song from Selena Gomez called Love On. This is pretty good, definitely a lot better than Single Soon. The production just makes more sense, as does the song as a whole. Plus she sounds quite good, and I believe the lyrics are about her relationship with Benny Blanco. So overall, great song.

And then it gets better, because next up, we have Knox's latest, Me Myself & Your Eyes. And aside from Not The 1975, this might be my favorite song from him. It's a love song, and then he sounds quite good per usual, along to solid production. I hope this is on the countdown.

Just give up on Jessie Murph already. It's She hasn't had any songs I fully enjoyed, and I should mention this now marks the second time Mikey Piff picked up on a new Jessie Murph song instead of an attempt at a comeback single from Linkin Park. Anyways, on to the song itself, Mikey Piff compared this to an Amy Winehouse song, and I do not see that at all, just an average Jessie Murph song, but at least this is among her better songs. So I'll take it, but I might need a break from Jessie Murph after this.

It looks as though Sza is working on a deluxe edition of SOS, and from it, we have Saturn. This is really just there. She sounds fine but it's relatively slow. So almost the same vibe as the album.

Lastly, we have a follow up to our new #1, Drown by Justin Timberlake. I like this, but not as much as I do Martin Garrix and Clinton Kane's song of the same title from 2020. I do, however, find this better than Selfish. The production is more upbeat, and it's in a key I can take. I wish the lyrics were happier, but overall, I'll take it.

We lost Here's To Us, Love Me Not, Candyman, and Clarity. I'm fine with all of these, and Here's To Us was replaced by a better Knox song anyways.

Blurbs:

Our exits were Get Him Back, Lovin On Me, and Strangers. This is now the second week in a row a song has left from the top 5, so this is kind of starting to get ridiculous. Lovin On Me got moderately robbed, so I'm sad that's gone, and I'm surprised Strangers flopped for Lewis Capaldi standards.

Brain Dead finally jumped out of the bottom 5. Good to see.

Aside from On My Mama, all of last week's debuts made >5 jumps. Glad Say Cheese and Lead Me On are getting success, but I wish XXL had made this jump before it faded on me. 

Looks like Lose Control and Greedy are on their ways out. This makes sense since these have both been lacking in airplay recently.

Is It Over Now also keeps dropping. I hope this leaves soon.

Yes! Beautiful Things made the top 10! Let's Go!

So did Pick Up The Phone. A bit surprising, but I'll take it.

Stick Season is in the top 5. Honestly, that's good to see.

And our new #1 is Selfish by Justin Timberlake. I know some people who aren't happy about this, but I'm personally fine with this. I'm glad we're letting him have success here, I believe it's his first #1 since Can't Stop The Feeling in 2016. So overall, I'm fine with this being #1, but I'd like to see Stick Season or Not The 1975 dethrone this next week please.

I guess that does it forme this week, see you guys next week.