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

 

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 Swims/ Tones And I- Gone Gone Gone (+12)

6. Raye- Where Is My Husband (-3)

5. Conan Gray- Vodka Cranberry (=)

4. Taylor Swift- Opalite (-3)

3. Olivia Dean- Man I Need (+3)

2. Sombr- Back To Friends (=)

1. Taylor Swift- The Fate Of Ophelia (+3)

Countdown Extra: JYT- What You Want

Last Year's #1: Rosé/ Bruno Mars- APT

#1 Two Years Ago: Tate McRae- Greedy

My Favorite Song Last Year: David Guetta/ Alphaville/ Ava Max- Forever Young

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: People R Ugly- Brain Dead

Recommendations For Hits 1: Arrested Youth- One Last Song and IAmNotShane- The Playwright's Demise

Once again, we have no debuts, so let's move on.

Hitbound:

Olivia Dean- So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Bruno Mars- I Just Might (Debut)

Freya Skye- Silent Treatment

The Kid Laroi/ Lithe- Rather Be (Debut)

MGK- Times Of My Life

Sabrina Carpenter- Such A Funny Way

Katseye- Internet Girl

Tate McRae- Nobody's Girl

In Color- Lighter

Nick Jonas- Gut Punch

Alex Warren/ Gigi Perez- Eternity

JYT- What U Want

Doechii/ Sza- Girl Get Up

NF- Fear

Girlset- Little Miss

5 Seconds Of Summer- I'm Scared I'll Never Sleep Again

This time last year, Bruno Mars hit #1 with APT with Rosé, and now, he has a new song from his upcoming album The Romantic, this is called I Just Might. I quite like this one. It has a fun beat, Bruno Mars sounds quite good, and this seems to be about some kind of hookup at a club. I highly suspect this will be huge, and I'm ready for that.

Our other debut comes from The Kid Laroi, this is called Rather Be, and it features someone named Lithe. I find this to be a bit mediocre. This feels like some of the last few songs I've heard from him about his breakup with Tate McRae... and there's a beat switch midway through and the second half sounds nothing like the first. If this were to be as iconic like Travis Scott's songs Sicko Mode and Stargazing, this likely wouldn't be a problem. But it's not, so here we are. I hope this flops somewhat hard.

We lost Get Around and Back When You Were Mine. I didn't care for either of these that much, so I'm fine with them leaving.

Blurbs:

Still Don't Care, Bittersweet, Changes, and Bloodline all dropped six spots. Hopefully, these end up rebounding.

Not Ok also dropped huge. This has been on here for a minute, so I wouldn't mind if it was on its way out.

Maybe we don't need Lover Girl just outside the top 15. 

Though I'll definitely take Changing just outside the top 10.

Also great to see Gone Gone Gone jumping huge.

(sighs) So, The Fate Of Ophelia is back to #1, dethroning Opalite. This is starting to get ridiculous. There are other artists that deserve to make the #1 spot a lot more, and I'm hoping to see someone else at #1 soon.

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