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

 

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- Changing (+3)

10. Sabrina Carpenter- Tears (-2)

9. Sombr- 12 To 12 (=)

8. Kpop Demon Hunters- Golden (+2)

7. Benson Boone- Mr Electric Blue (+10)

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

5. David Guetta/ Teddy Swims/ Tones And I- Gone Gone Gone (+2)

4. Raye- Where Is My Husband (+2)

3. Taylor Swift- Opalite (+2)

2. Sombr- Back To Friends (+2)

1. Taylor Swift- The Fate Of Ophelia (=)

Countdown Extra: Hilary Duff- Roommates

Last Year's #1: Rosé/ Bruno Mars- APT

#1 Two Years Ago: Tate McRae- Greedy

My Favorite Song Last Year: The Weeknd/ Playboi Carti- Timeless

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Lil Nas X- J Christ

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: MC4D/ Gavn- Save You The Trouble

We're starting things off with something that I definitely shouldn't like but I somehow do, this is Internet Girl by Katseye. Yeah, this is quite good. It gives off Blackpink vibes, specifically vibes of older Blackpink songs, and all six of them sound pretty good. Such a fun song.

Also making its way on here after a fair amount of time in HB and the abyss, So Easy (To Fall In Love) by Olivia Dean is now on here. This is solid. It has a rather interesting beat with solid horns, and Olivia Dean sounds pretty good here. I'll take this.

And lastly, for some interesting reason, Sapphire by Ed Sheeran and Arijit Singh re-entered seven months after initially leaving. Not sure what this was for, but the song is still good, so I can't complain.

Hitbound:

Sabrina Carpenter- Such A Funny Way

Harry Styles- Aperture (Debut)

Doechii/ Sza- Girl Get Up

Louis Tomlinson- Imposter (Debut)

Megan Moroney- Wish I Didn't (Debut)

The Kid Laroi/ Lithe- Rather Be

PinkPantheress/ Zara Larsson- Stateside (Debut)

Madison Beer- Bad Enough

MGK- Times Of My Life

Hilary Duff- Roommates

Stella Lefty- Thinking Bout You (Debut)

Charli XCX- Wall Of Sound

Senses- Tiptoeing

Stephen Sanchez- Sweet Love

NMIXX- Blue Valentine (Debut)

Charlie Puth- Beat Yourself Up

So now all living One Direction members have put out new music since Liam Payne's death; Louis Tomlinson put out Lemonade, as well as another song that I will be talking about later, Zayn put out Eyes Closed with Jisoo, Niall Horan put out Old Tricks with Thomas Rhett and has a new song with Myles Smith on the way, and now we have the one I was looking forward to the least, Harry Styles's new song Aperture. Yeah, just like everything I've heard from the Fine Line and Harry's House eras, this is ass. First off, this is way too long for what it should be, the disco production starts off fine but gets repetitive as the song goes along, and there just isn't anything unique about this. If this is what dethrones The Fate Of Ophelia, I'll have some fucking words to say.

As I just mentioned, Louis Tomlinson also has a new song out, as well as a new album, and this new song is called Imposter. This is pretty good. It has a decent beat and Louis Tomlinson sounds pretty good here, this just feels a bit forgettable. But I'll always take Louis Tomlinson over Harry Styles.

I actually recommended this next song last week, it's Wish I Didn't by Megan Moroney. I liked Am I Okay from about a year ago, and I also really like this one. It has a pretty solid beat and Megan Moroney sounds quite good, plus, the song is in Bb major and it seems to be about not wanting to be let down by a crush. Quite a banger.

PinkPantheress is also back with new music, this is a collab with Zara Larsson called Stateside. This is pretty fun. Both of them sound pretty good on here and the beat is rather fun. Glad this collab exists.

Up next is newcomer Stella Lefty with her song Thinking Bout You. This is just good at best. It has a fine enough beat and she sounds pretty god, but this is easily the most forgettable song we have on here this week. Again, something I'll need to listen to more.

I was already familiar with our last debut from when it was on Daniel's HOF show for one week in late November, it's Blue Valentine by Kpop girl group NMIXX. This is pretty good. My main issue is that it can't exactly decide what tempo it wants to be in, but everything else about this is pretty good. All of them sound pretty good with all beats this has, and the melodies are on point. I'll take this, but I'm sure Daniel's happier about this being on here than I am.

We lost Gut Punch, I'm Scared I'll Never Sleep Again, Fear, What U Want, and Little Miss. I'm fine with the first two leaving but I wish the other three were given a chance on here.

Blurbs:

Our exits were Backwards, Not Ok, and Camera. Backwards was solid but there were more memorable tracks from that album, and it was getting time for the other two to go.

Is Yukon going to do anything besides rot in the bottom spot?

Vodka Cranberry took a huge hit down to #18. I think this might be on its way out soon. This might be the biggest... DRRRRRRROP! from #2 I've seen in five years. Of course, Golden by Harry Styles fell from #2 to #21 five years ago.

That left the door for Still Don't Care and Changes to enter the top 15. Great for both of them.

So Unfair is also in the top 15 for the first time.

Mr Electric Blue jumped huge into the top 10. I guess I'll take this.

Gone Gone Gone is now in the top 5. It would be interesting to see this #1, assuming The Fate Of Ophelia gets dethroned soon, which desperately needs to happen at this point.

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