Dua Lipa (6) - Week of Mar 9, 2024

Hey guys, what's up? I've re-enabled comments so comment to your heart's content and I'll try to respond to them as soon as I can. I've also changed the color of "good" songs from dark blue to light blue because the dark blue was very hard to read. This was a very active week. There were 5 exits and a ton of big drops and rises.

Before we get to this week's fresh 30, let's say goodbye to the songs leaving the countdown:

Nicki Minaj/Lil Uzi Vert - Everybody (#28)

UMI/V - wherever u r (#27)

Paul Russell - Say Cheese (#26)

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Girls (#21)

Thirty Seconds to Mars - Seasons (#17)

Last week's #1: Dua Lipa - Houdini (5 weeks at #1)

30. Usher - Kissing Strangers (Debut)

29. Madison Beer - Make You Mine (Debut)

28. girl in red - Too Much (Debut)

27. SZA - Saturn (Debut)

26. Dua Lipa - Training Season (-2)

25. Jessie Murph/Jelly Roll - Wild Ones (=)

24. Jung Kook - Standing Next to You (-2)

23. Victoria Monét - On My Mama (=)

22. Selena Gomez - Love On (+7)

21. Teddy Swims - Lose Control (-12)

20. Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM (Debut)

19. Henry Moodie - pick up the phone (-6)

18. Tate McRae - greedy (-8) (11 weeks at #1)

17. Knox - Me, Myself & Your Eyes (+13)

16. Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (+2)

15. Tyla - Water (+4)

14. Justin Timberlake - Selfish (-3)

13. Reneé Rapp/Megan Thee Stallion - Not My Fault (-1)

12. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (+8)

11. Ariana Grande/Mariah Carey - yes, and? (+5)

10. Noah Kahan - Stick Season (+5)

9. Doja Cat - Agora Hills (+5)

8. AJR - Yes I'm A Mess (-1)

7. Olivia Rodrigo - get him back! (-1) (4 weeks at #1)

6. Kenya Grace - Strangers (+2)

5. Knox - Not The 1975 (=)

4. Tate McRae - exes (=)

3. Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (=)

2. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather (=)

1. Dua Lipa - Houdini (=) (6 weeks at #1)

Debuts:

Making its way out of the abyss is Usher with Kissing Strangers. Usher sounds good but this is kinda forgettable, and the song with the same name by DNCE and Nicki Minaj is a lot better.

Madison Beer is back on Hits 1 with Make You Mine after Reckless dropped out of hitbound in 2021. The EDM production is good and Madison sounds good but this is kinda forgettable.

Great, just what we need, more Snooza. SZA is back with Saturn. This isn't that great. It's just another weird and boring SZA song.

Girl in red makes her countdown debut with Too Much after that weird Serotonin song dropped out of hitbound in 2021. This is really fun and girl in red sounds great.

Beyoncé is back, this time with a country song TEXAS HOLD 'EM. This is a fun little country song and Beyoncé sounds good.

Countdown Extra: The Beaches - Blame Brett

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Knox - Me, Myself & Your Eyes (+13)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Teddy Swims - Lose Control (-12)

Last year's #1 song: Miley Cyrus - Flowers (5/6 weeks at #1)

Favorite song last year: Patrick Martin - Dandelion Eyes

Least favorite song last year: JVKE - this is what heartbreak feels like

Most missed song: Kevin Rudolf/Lil Wayne - Let It Rock (2008)

Recommendation for Hits 1: Havana Brown - Forever Young

Hitbound:

Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust

Ariana Grande - we can’t be friends (wait for your love) (Debut)

Teddy Swims - The Door

Hayes Warner/Billy B/Kevin Rudolf - Just A Girl (Debut)

Luke Hemmings - Shakes (Debut)

Pharrell Williams/Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out)

Dasha - Austin (Debut)

Djo - End of Beginning (Debut)

24KGoldn - Clarity (re-entry)

LAY/LAUV - Run Back To You

Charli XCX - Von dutch (Debut)

Twenty One Pilots - Overcompensate 

Liam Payne - Teardrops 

Galantis/David Guetta/5 Seconds of Summer - Lighter

The Beaches - Blame Brett

Jagwar Twin - Bad Feeling (Oompa Loompa)

Ariana Grande just released her new album eternal sunshine and she's here with we can’t be friends. Ariana sounds great and the production is pretty cool. 

Hayes Warner teams up with Billy B and Kevin Rudolf for a remake of No Doubt's 1995 hit Just A Girl. I love the original Just A Girl and this one is great too. Hayes Warner and Billy B sound great and the guitar from Kevin Rudolf is amazing.

Luke Hemmings from 5 Seconds of Summer is here with Shakes. The production is alright but kinda boring but Luke sounds great as always.

We have 2 randos debuting hitbound this week. Country singer Dasha is here with Austin. The production is pretty fun and Dasha sounds pretty good.

Djo, whose real name is Joe Keery who is an actor on Stranger Things, is here with End of Beginning. This is very weird and Djo doesn't sound that great.

Clarity re-entered for some reason. This is pretty fun and 24KGoldn sounds good.

Charli XCX is back with Von dutch. This song is very weird but it kinda slaps.

Overcompensate has grown on me slightly.

Exits:

Alec Benjamin - Pick Me

Surfaces/JVKE - Don't Let Me Down

Jessie Murph - Son of a Bitch

Alex Warren - Before You Leave Me

Crash Adams - Good Side

Willow Avalon - Honey Ain't No Sweeter

Nicky Youre - S.A.D.

None of these were really that great and won't be missed.

Abyss:

MAX/HUH YUNJIN - STUPID IN LOVE

Jelly Roll/Lainey Wilson - Save Me

Morgan Wallen - Thinkin' Bout Me

The Weeknd/JENNIE/Lily-Rose Depp - One Of The Girls

Panic! At The Disco - New Perspective

Shinedown - A Symptom of Being Human

Jennifer Lopez/Latto - Can't Get Enough

FLETCHER - Lead Me On

Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor

Texas Blurb 'Em:

We lost Everybody, wherever u r, Say Cheese, Pink Friday Girls, and Seasons. Everybody and Pink Friday Girls were really fun and deserved better. wherever u r was extremely boring and did not deserve to become a hit. Say Cheese was fun but was kinda forgettable. And Seasons was super forgettable and lasted way too long. 

Agora Hills and Lovin On Me need to do more leaving the countdown and less jumping.

This is ridiculous, Wild Ones has been here for 11 weeks and has never gotten higher than #25. Either do something or leave the countdown.

yes, and? has faded on me slightly.

It looks like Lose Control is finally on its way out. It's a good song but I don't think it deserved to be here for 26 weeks. 

How much longer is Feather gonna be blocked from #1?

Houdini is #1 for a 6th week in a row. This is a good song but I'd like to see something else at #1 like Not The 1975 or even Feather, but anything but Is It Over Now. 

That's all for now, see you all next week!