2024 - A Year in Review

 

Hey guys! With the last countdown of 2024 just aired, it's time to take a look back at all the songs that defined 2024. Let's get started!

Songs That Hit #1 In 2024:

• Tate McRae - greedy (4 weeks in 2024, 11 overall)
• Dua Lipa - Houdini (8 weeks)
• Sabrina Carpenter - Feather (4 weeks)
• Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (2 weeks)
• Hozier - Too Sweet (6 weeks)
• Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (6 weeks)
• Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) (3 weeks)
• Post Malone/Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help (3 weeks)
• Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (1 week)
• Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! (2 weeks)
• Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (2 weeks)
• Sabrina Carpenter - Taste (4 weeks)
• Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER (3 weeks)
• Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile (4 weeks)

Every Song Blocked From #1:

These were songs that peaked at #2 but couldn't quite reach #1

• Teddy Swims - Lose Control (1 week) [Tate McRae - greedy]
• Knox - Not The 1975 (1 week) [Sabrina Carpenter - Feather]
• Dua Lipa - Training Season (1 week) [Benson Boone - Beautiful Things]
• Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) (3 weeks) [Benson Boone - Beautiful Things & Hozier - Too Sweet]
• Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed (1 week) [Hozier - Too Sweet]
• Gracie Abrams - Close To You (1 week) [Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile]

Hitbound dropouts (157 in total):

Way too many to list here, check out the list here: https://zestpond.blogspot.com/p/2024-hitbound-dropouts.html

Lights Over Paris Award:

This award is given to my favorite hitbound dropout.

Winner:

Paul Russell - Eat Pray Love

Anti-Lights Over Paris Award:

This award is given to my least favorite hitbound dropout.

Loser:

Camila Cabello - GODSPEED

Shortest Countdown Tenure:

• Akon - Akon's Beautiful Day (1 week)
• Bruce Melodie/Shaggy - When She's Around (Funga Macho) (1 week)
• Charli XCX/Ariana Grande - Sympathy is a knife (remix) (1 week)
• Coldplay - feelslikeimfallinginlove (1 week)
• FLETCHER - Lead Me On (1 week)
• LANY - XXL (1 week)
• MAX/HUH YUNJIN - STUPID IN LOVE (1 week)
• Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine (1 week)
• P1Harmony - Fall In Love Again (1 week)
• Paul Russell/Meghan Trainor - Slippin' (1 week)
• UPSAHL - Summer So Hot (1 week)

Longest Countdown Tenure:

• Dasha - Austin (32 weeks)
• Taylor Swift - I Can Do It with a Broken Heart (32 weeks)

Smallest Biggest Jump Of The Week: 

• Reneé Rapp/Megan Thee Stallion - Not My Fault (+4 on Feb 10)
• Usher/Summer Walker/21 Savage - Good Good (+4 on Feb 10)
• Kesha - JOYRIDE (+4 on Sep 7)
• Shawn Mendes - Why Why Why (+4 on Sep 7)
• Marshmello/Kane Brown - Miles On It (+4 on Sep 7)
• Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile (+4 on Oct 26)
• Myles Smith - Stargazing (+4 on Oct 26)

Biggest Biggest Jump Of The Week: 

• Madison Beer - Make You Mine (+17 on May 25)
• Eminem - Houdini (+17 on Jun 22)

Smallest Biggest...DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week:

• Ariana Grande - yes, and? (-3 on Feb 3)
• Teddy Swims - Lose Control (-3 on Feb 3)
• Tate McRae - greedy (-3 on Feb 3)

Biggest Biggest...DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: 

• Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) (-19 on Oct 5) 

Lowest Debut: 

• Bruce Melodie/Shaggy - When She's Around (#30 on Jan 13)
• Post Malone - Sign Me Up (#30 on Jan 20)
• Umi/V - wherever u r (#30 on Jan 27)
• P1Harmony - Fall In Love Again (#30 on Feb 10)
• Fletcher - Lead Me On (#30 on Feb 17)
• Knox - Me, Myself & Your Eyes (#30 on Mar 2)
• Usher - Kissing Strangers (#30 on Mar 9)
• Twenty One Pilots - Overcompensate (#30 on Mar 16)
• Luke Hemmings - Shakes (#30 on Mar 23)
• Shinedown - A Symptom Of Being Human (#30 on Mar 30)
• Benson Boone - Slow It Down (#30 on Apr 6)
• Glass Animals - Creatures In Heaven (#30 on Apr 13)
• The Beaches - Blame Brett (#30 on Apr 20)
• Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY (#30 on Jun 1)
• Eminem - Houdini (#30 on Jun 8)
• Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (#30 on Jun 22)
• Coldplay - feelslikeimfallinginlove (#30 on Jun 29)
• Crash Adams - Hotel Party (#30 on Jul 6)
• Katy Perry - Woman's World (#30 on Jul 20)
• Alex Warren - Carry You Home (#30 on Jul 27)
• Hayes Warner - Predator (#30 on Aug 3)
• UPSHAL - Summer So Hot (#30 on Aug 10)
• Megan Thee Stallion/Yuki Chiba - Mamushi (#30 on Aug 17)
• Khalid - Heatstroke (#30 on Aug 24)
• Coldplay/Little Simz/Burna Boy/Elyanna/TINI - WE PRAY (#30 on Aug 31)
• Halsey - Ego (#30 on Sep 14)
• The Weeknd - Dancing In The Flames (#30 on Sep 21)
• Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay (#30 on Oct 5)
• Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER (#30 on Oct 12)
• Charli XCX/Ariana Grande - Sympathy is a knife (remix) (#30 on Oct 19)
• Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody (#30 on Oct 26)
• Shaboozey - Good News (#30 on Nov 23)

Highest Debut: 

• Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem (#8 on Dec 21)

Highest Re-Entry: 

• Olivia Rodrigo - so american (#9 on Jun 15)

Lowest Re-Entry: 

• Madison Beer - Make You Mine (#30 on May 18)
• Megan Thee Stallion/Yuki Chiba - Mamushi (#30 on Sep 28)

Highest Dropout: 

• Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (#3 on Oct 5) 

Lowest Dropout: 

• Bruce Melodie/Shaggy - When She's Around (#30 on Jan 20)
• Post Malone - Sign Me Up (#30 on Feb 10)
• P1Harmony - Fall In Love Again (#30 on Feb 10)
• Fletcher - Lead Me On (#30 on Feb 24)
• Coldplay - feelslikeimfallinginlove (#30 on Jul 6)
• UPSHAL - Summer So Hot (#30 on Aug 17)
• Charli XCX/Ariana Grande - Sympathy is a knife (remix) (#30 on Oct 26)
• Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody (#30 on Nov 9)
• Katy Perry/Doechii - I'M HIS, HE'S MINE (#30 on Nov 16)
• KATSEYE - Touch (#30 on Dec 7)

Quickest To Reach #1 From Debut: 

• Hozier - Too Sweet (6 weeks)
• Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (6 weeks)

Slowest To Reach #1 From Debut: 

• Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER (21 weeks)

Best Song Hits 1 Never Picked Up On: 

• Pharrell Williams - Double Life

Oops! I forgot award:

Beluga used to give this award out every year but I forgot to do it these past few years, so I'm starting it again. If you aren't aware, this award is given to the most forgettable countdown song of the year. Only countdown songs are eligible, no hitbound dropouts. Honestly, some of the hitbound dropouts this year were more memorable than some of the countdown songs.

Honorable mentions:

• Bruce Melodie/Shaggy - When She's Around (Funga Macho)
• d4vd - Feel It
• FLETCHER - Lead Me On
• Katy Perry - WOMAN'S WORLD
• MAX/HUH YUNJIN - STUPID IN LOVE
• Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine
• P1Harmony - Fall In Love Again
• Paul Russell - Say Cheese
• Paul Russell/Meghan Trainor - Slippin'
• People R Ugly - BRAIN DEAD
• Taylor Swift - Now That We Don't Talk
• The Beaches - Blame Brett
• UPSAHL - Summer So Hot

These were all insanely forgettable, but weren't nearly as forgettable as this song.

Oops! I forgot award winner:

Post Malone - Sign Me Up

This was pretty fun but insanely forgettable, and I'm not sure why Hits 1 randomly picked up on this non-single from AUSTIN.

That will do it for now. Stay tuned for my "If the Hits 1 Top 30 of 2024 Made Sense" post coming soon!