2nd to last post of 2024 (Week of 12/21/2024)

 

Hello everyone, thanks for reading again. I put out my best list for 2024 out earlier this week, so definitely check that out if you haven't already. Let's just get into it, here are our exits:

Chappell Roan- Hot To Go (#17 last week)

Halsey- Ego (#12 last week)

Jennie- Mantra (#30 last week)

Countdown:

30. Jack Harlow- Hello Miss Johnson (-6)

29. Tate McRae- 2 Hands (-1)

28. Gigi Perez- Sailor Song (+1)

27. Kendrick Lamar/ Sza- Luther (-1)

26. Addison Rae- Diet Pepsi (-3)

25. Teddy Swims- Bad Dreams (Debut)

24. Gracie Abrams- That's So True (-5)

23. Damiano David- Born With A Broken Heart (-2)

22. Billie Eilish- Wildflower (-2)

21. Morgan Wallen- Love Somebody (-5)

20. Cynthia Erivo/ Ariana Grande- Defying Gravity (+2)

19. Lisa- Moonlit Floor (+6)

18. Tate McRae- It's Ok I'm Ok (-2)

17. Alex Warren/ Joe Jonas- Burning Down (-3)

16. Ariana Grande- Popular (+11)

15. Charli XCX- Apple (-2)

14. Shaboozey- Good News (+4)

13. Meghan Trainor- Criminals (Re-entry)

12. Gracie Abrams- I Love You I'm Sorry (-1)

11. Jelly Roll- I Am Not Okay (-1)

10. Chappell Roan- Pink Pony Club (-1)

9. Myles Smith- Stargazing (+1)

8. Sabrina Carpenter- Bed Chem (Debut)

7. The Weeknd- Dancing In The Flames (=)

6. Lady Gaga- Disease (-2)

5. Rosé/ Bruno Mars- APT (+1)

4. Gracie Abrams- Close To You (-2)

3. Billie Eilish- Birds Of A Feather (+2)

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

1. Sabrina Carpenter- Taste (+2)

Countdown Extra: Lola Young- Messy

Last Year's #1: Olivia Rodrigo- Get Him Back

#1 Two Years Ago: Taylor Swift- Anti Hero

My Favorite Song Last Year: Thirty Seconds To Mars- Seasons

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Metro Boomin/ The Weeknd/ 21 Savage- Creepin

Recommendations For Hits 1: Rhodes- The Love I Give and Sawyer Hill- For The Hell Of It

First off, coming in at #25, we have Bad Dreams by Teddy Swims. I kind of like this one, although not as much as I do Georgia Ways with Quavo and Luke Bryan from a couple weeks ago. He sounds pretty good here and I like the beat this has. Good song.

For whatever reason, Criminals by Meghan Trainor re-entered at #13. Ok then. But that's more acceptable than...

...our final new entrant, yet another single from Sabrina Carpenter's Short & Sweet album, this one being Bed Chem. And yes, I'm quite annoyed by this debuting all the way at #8. Completely unnecessary. This should be a bit fun. And she sounds alright. If that was not the case, we would have more problems. But for now, I'm giving it the brown ranking, and it could fade on me quickly depending on how long it sticks around.

Hitbound:

Henry Moodie- Good Old Days

Sza- Drive (Debut)

Balu Brigada- So Cold

Griff- Last Night's Mascara

Nessa Barrett/ Artemas- Mustang Baby

Almost Monday- Can't Slow Down

Twice/ Megan Thee Stallion- Strategy

Crash Adams- Optimist

The Marias- No One Noticed

Jessie Murph- Sip

Lola Young- Messy

Jonah Marais/ Ryan Lewis- Slow Motion

Rosé- Toxic Till The End

Twenty One Pilots- The Line

Raye- Oscar Winning Tears

Dasha- Heartbreaker From Tennessee

So yesterday, Sza dropped the deluxe version of SOS called Lana, and from it, we have Drive. This is just all right, just like most of her music. The production isn't entirely on point but Sza sounds fine here, so I find this more tolerable than select other hits she had, but hopefully this doesn't get completely overplayed.

We only lost In My Bag. This was pretty good but I never fully expected it to debut.

Blurbs:

Our exits were Hot To Go, Ego, and Mantra. Hot To Go had a pretty good run on here and Ego was starting to get relatively annoying. I'm sure Mantra might re-enter at some point though.

Umm... why is Hello Miss Johnson at the bottom of the countdown? It's going to flop, isn't it?

Could Diet Pepsi just go the fuck away already?

I'm a bit surprised That's So True is flopping.

Noooo why did Love Somebody fall back five spots? I really hope this rebounds next week.

Ok then, I'll take Popular in almost in the top 15.

Super happy that Good News is in the top 15. I'm glad Shaboozey might not be a one hit wonder with A Bar Song.

Interesting to see APT in the top 5. The only other Kpop song that I can recall hitting #1 was Left And Right by Charlie Puth and Jungkook, if you count that. Hopefully, this becomes the second.

But for now, we're stuck with Taste hitting #1 yet again. I'm completely fucking serious, the Sabrina stanning needs to cool down in 2025. At least she has at least three good songs, those are Looking At Me, Thumbs, and On My Way with Alan Walker and Farruko. As for our current situation, I hope this gets dethroned next week or ASAP.

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