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The progress continued (Week of 1/24/2026)

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  Hello everyone, welcome to another post. This week was rather active, this includes one of the biggest drops we've seen in forever. Let's just get into it, here are our exits: Jonas Brothers- Backwards (#25 last week) 5 Seconds Of Summer- Not Ok (#16 last week) Ed Sheeran- Camera (#12 last week) Countdown: 30. Justin Bieber- Yukon (=) 29. Katseye- Interent Girl (Debut) 28. Kehlani- Folded (=) 27. Tame Impala- Dracula (+2) 26.  Olivia Dean- So Easy (To Fall In Love) (Debut) 25. Bruno Mars- I Just Might (+2) 24. Tyla- Chanel (+2) 23. Ed Sheeran/ Arijit Singh- Sapphire (Re-entry) 22. Sienna Spiro- Die On This Hill (+2) 21. Tate McRae- Tit For Tat (-1) 20. AJR- The Big Goodbye (-1) 19. Laufey- Lover Girl (-4) 18. Conan Gray- Vodka Cranberry (-16) 17. Madison Beer- Bittersweet (+5) 16. Alex Warren/ Jelly Roll- Bloodline (-5) 15. Meghan Trainor- Still Don't Care (+8) 14. Charlie Puth- Changes (+7) 13. Katseye- Gabriela (=) 12. Sophia James- So Unfair (+6) 11. Kevin Jonas- Chang...

Back to mostly normal (Week of 1/17/2026)

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  Hello everyone, welcome back to another post. It finally seems like I am starting to get into my regular rhythm of getting posts out on time. We had a decent enough week this week. Let's just get into it, here are our exits: Chappell Roan- The Subway (#12 last week) Role Model- Writing's On The Wall (#27 last week) Alessi Rose- First Original Thought (#20 last week) Countdown: 30. Justin Bieber- Yukon (=) 29. Tame Impala- Dracula (Debut) 28. Kehlani- Folded (Re-entry) 27. Bruno Mars- I Just Might (Debut) 26. Tyla- Chanel (+3) 25. Jonas Brothers- Backwards (=) 24. Sienna Spiro- Die On This Hill (+4) 23. Meghan Trainor- Still Don't Care (+1) 22. Madison Beer- Bittersweet (=) 21. Charlie Puth- Changes (=) 20. Tate McRae- Tit For Tat (+6) 19. AJR- The Big Goodbye (+4) 18. Sophia James- So Unfair (=) 17. Benson Boone- Mr Electric Blue (-2) 16. 5 Seconds Of Summer- Not Ok (+1) 15. Laufey- Lover Girl (+1) 14. Kevin Jonas- Changing (-3) 13. Katseye- Gabriela (+1) 12. Ed Sheeran- ...

I was sort of right (Week of 1/10/2026)

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  Hello everyone, welcome to another post. This is another post that should be easy to make, since there were no exits and only two HB debuts. So let's just get into it then. Countdown: 30. Justin Bieber- Yukon (=) 29. Tyla- Chanel (-2) 28. Sienna Spiro- Die On This Hill (+1) 27. Role Model- Writing's On The Wall (+1) 26. Tate McRae- Tit For Tat (-3) 25. Jonas Brothers- Backwards (+1) 24. Meghan Trainor- Still Don't Care (-6) 23. AJR- The Big Goodbye (+1) 22. Madison Beer- Bittersweet (-6) 21. Charlie Puth- Changes (-6) 20. Alessi Rose- First Original Thought (=) 19. Alex Warren/ Jelly Roll- Bloodline (-6) 18. Sophia James- So Unfair (+4) 17. 5 Seconds Of Summer- Not Ok (-10) 16. Laufey- Lover Girl (+9) 15. Benson Boone- Mr Electric Blue (+2) 14. Katseye- Gabriela (-2) 13. Sombr- 12 To 12 (-2) 12. Chappell Roan- The Subway (+2) 11. Kevin Jonas- Changing (+10) 10. Kpop Demon Hunters- Golden (=) 9. Ed Sheeran- Camera (=) 8. Sabrina Carpenter- Tears (=) 7. David Guetta/ Teddy ...

Why I decided to change my blogger name

  Ok, I think it's time we got this out of the way. As I first mentioned I would be doing a couple weeks ago, I have officially changed my blogger name from Hippo to SLOTHBEAR. But the real story goes back a lot longer than that. I took SLOTHBEAR as my DJ name during the summer of 2023, right around when my one year anniversary of blogging was, but continued blogging as Hippo, although the SLOTHBEAR name sort of found its way on to the server. And then my last two years of marching band, there was a Discord server for the UC sax section, which I was part of. Still, no one here knew me as Hippo except on here.  Fast forward to the second half of 2025, of course, I was getting my posts out way too late, sometimes even after the next countdown ended. I was feeling a lack of motivation, with a decent bit of schoolwork to do plus marching band, I was considering taking some extended break from blogging but ultimately decided against that, and I eventually went with officially dropp...

First post of 2026 (and the beginning of a new era) (Week of 12/3/2026)

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  Hello everyone, welcome to another post, first of 2026 and the first ever since I updated my blogger name. I will do a post sometime tomorrow explaining why I decided to change my blogger name in the first place. But for now, let's just focus on this countdown and my new color coding: Great Good Decent Mediocre Awful And now on to this week's countdown. We had no exits this week (as I sort of predicted in my last post. So let's just get into it. Countdown: 30. Justin Bieber- Yukon (-3) 29. Sienna Spiro- Die On This Hill (-6) 28. Role Model- Writing's On The Wall (-4) 27. Tyla- Chanel (+3) 26. Jonas Brothers- Backwards (+3) 25. Laufey- Lover Girl (-6) 24. AJR- The Big Goodbye (-4) 23. Tate McRae- Tit For Tat (+5) 22. Sophia James- So Unfair (+3) 21. Kevin Jonas- Changing (-3) 20. Alessi Rose- First Original Thought (-3) 19. David Guetta/ Teddy Swims/ Tones And I- Gone Gone Gone (-5) 18. Meghan Trainor- Still Don't Care (+3) 17. Benson Boone- Mr Electric Blue (-1) 1...