If The Hits 1 Top 30 of 2024 Made Sense

 

Hey guys! It's time to go into a deep dive of the Hits 1 top 30 of 2024 list. I entered every single countdown this year into CrownNote and got a point total for every single song. I will be ranking the top 30 of the actual biggest songs on Hits 1 in 2024, according to CrownNote. If you need a refresher to what the original list was, you can check that out here: https://zestpond.blogspot.com/2024/12/hits-1-top-30-of-2024.html

Let's get started!

#30: Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)

Points: 55,218

Tenure: 13 weeks

Peak: 2

# On Actual Top 30 List: 25

Blurb: Good riddance to one of the most boring, overplayed, and annoying songs of the year.

My Rating: 2/5 = Mediocre

#29: Marshmello/Kane Brown - Miles On It

Points: 55,701

Tenure: 21 weeks

Peak: 7

# On Actual Top 30 List: NA

Blurb: I'm shocked Hits 1 excluded this from their list, this felt like one of the biggest songs of the year.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#28: Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed

Points: 55,724

Tenure: 13 weeks

Peak: 2

# On Actual Top 30 List: NA

Blurb: I'm surprised this scored so high, probably because of its #2 peak. I'm glad Hits 1 excluded this from their list.

My Rating: 3/5 = Decent

#27: Benson Boone - Slow It Down

Points: 55,808

Tenure: 21 weeks

Peak: 8

# On Actual Top 30 List: 21

Blurb: Good riddance to this song, this got very annoying very quickly.

My Rating: 2/5 = Mediocre

#26: Djo - End of Beginning

Points: 57,298

Tenure: 18 weeks

Peak: 5

# On Actual Top 30 List: 17

Blurb: More overplayed crap.

My Rating: 3/5 = Decent

#25: Madison Beer - Make You Mine

Points: 59,074

Tenure: 25 weeks

Peak: 13

# On Actual Top 30 List: NA

Blurb: I don't know how this didn't make the list since it spent over 6 months on the countdown.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

#24: Tate McRae - exes

Points: 59,705

Tenure: 14 weeks in 2024, 20 overall

Peak: 3

# On Actual Top 30 List: 27

Blurb: This was fun but slightly forgettable.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#23: Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now?

Points: 60,742

Tenure: 14 weeks in 2024, 23 overall

Peak: 3

# On Actual Top 30 List: NA

Blurb: I don't know how Fortnight made the list but this didn't.

My Rating: 2/5 = Mediocre

#22: Noah Kahan - Stick Season

Points: 61,499

Tenure: 22 weeks in 2024, 25 overall

Peak: 6

# On Actual Top 30 List: 15

Blurb: Just another boring male ballad.

My Rating: 2/5 = Mediocre

#21: Tate McRae - greedy

Points: 69,424

Tenure: 13 weeks in 2024, 28 overall

Peak: 1x4 weeks in 2024, 1x11 weeks overall

# On Actual Top 30 List: NA, #15 in 2023

Blurb: This was bigger in 2023, so it makes sense it was excluded this year. But still, Hits 1 has put the same song in multiple year end lists before, so why not now?

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#20: Dua Lipa - Illusion

Points: 74,582

Tenure: 17 weeks

Peak: 3

# On Actual Top 30 List: 14

Blurb: This got slightly overplayed and annoying.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

#19: Myles Smith - Stargazing

Points: 76,581

Tenure: 22 weeks

Peak: 4

# On Actual Top 30 List: 28

Blurb: Too overplayed and Myles' voice isn't the best.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

#18: Teddy Swims - The Door

Points: 77,257

Tenure: 23 weeks

Peak: 3

# On Actual Top 30 List: 11

Blurb: Never really faded on me despite the overplay.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#17: Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!

Points: 77,404

Tenure: 16 weeks

Peak: 1x2 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 18

Blurb: Despite hitting #1, this kinda got robbed on the countdown since it spent 10 weeks in the abyss before debuting.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#16: Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please

Points: 77,488

Tenure: 15 weeks

Peak: 1x1 week

# On Actual Top 30 List: 23

Blurb: The least annoying of the 3 Short n Sweet #1s, probably because it was the least overplayed.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

#15: Knox - Not the 1975

Points: 86,086

Tenure: 20 weeks in 2024, 26 overall

Peak: 2

# On Actual Top 30 List: 13

Blurb: This did not deserve to get blocked from #1 by Feather.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#14: Gracie Abrams - Close To You

Points: 91,525

Tenure: 27 weeks

Peak: 2

# On Actual Top 30 List: 30

Blurb: This should have been a lot higher than #30 on the actual list.

My Rating: 3/5 = Decent

#13: Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

Points: 91,774

Tenure: 22 weeks

Peak: 1x2 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 2

Blurb: This needed to be a lot lower than #2 on the actual list.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#12: Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Points: 96,798

Tenure: 22 weeks

Peak: 1x3 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 8

Blurb: I thought this would have been a lot higher but I guess not.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#11: Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

Points: 97,077

Tenure: 19 weeks

Peak: 1x4 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 26

Blurb: This was way too low on the actual list.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

#10: Taylor Swift - I Can Do It with a Broken Heart

Points: 99,756

Tenure: 32 weeks

Peak: 5

# On Actual Top 30 List: 12

Blurb: I'm surprised this never hit #1 at some point given how long it lasted on the countdown and Hits 1's constant Taylor stanning.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#9: Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

Points: 101,228

Tenure: 23 weeks

Peak: 1x2 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 3

Blurb: #3 on the actual list was a bit too high.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

#8: Dasha - Austin

Points: 106,068

Tenure: 32 weeks

Peak: 6

# On Actual Top 30 List: 10

Blurb: I mean this was a great song but did it really need to stick around for 8 months on the countdown?

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#7: Sabrina Carpenter - Taste

Points: 111,664

Tenure: 18 weeks

Peak: 1x4 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 16

Blurb: This should have been a lot higher than #16 on the actual list.

My Rating: 3/5 = Decent

#6: Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

Points: 113,000

Tenure: 19 weeks

Peak: 1x6 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 1

Blurb: This felt like the #1 song of 2024 because of all the overplay, but it flopped hard after its 6 weeks at #1, which hurt its points total.

My Rating: 3/5 = Decent

#5: Hozier - Too Sweet

Points: 121,206

Tenure: 19 weeks

Peak: 1x6 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 6

Blurb: A year ago, if you said Hozier would have a #1 song in 2024, I would have laughed at you.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#4: Dua Lipa - Houdini

Points: 122,994

Tenure: 15 weeks in 2024, 22 overall

Peak: 1x8 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 7

Blurb: Did this really deserve 8 weeks at #1? If it's any consolation, at least it prevented Feather from being #1 for 12 weeks in a row.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

#3: Sabrina Carpenter - Feather

Points: 127,869

Tenure: 20 weeks in 2024, 24 weeks overall

Peak: 1x4 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 9

Blurb: Surprisingly this never got annoying. And how was this only #9 on the actual list?

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#2: Post Malone/Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help

Points: 134,254

Tenure: 24 weeks

Peak: 1x3 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 4

Blurb: 2024, the year everyone went country, even Post Malone.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

And the #1 song of 2024 on Hits 1 is....

#1: Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Points: 146,499

Tenure: 30 weeks

Peak: 1x3 weeks

# On Actual Top 30 List: 5

Blurb: This doesn't really feel like the biggest song of 2024, but with its long countdown run, it makes sense.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

Now it's time to take a look at the songs that made the top 30 list that probably shouldn't have.

#34: Charli XCX - Apple

Points: 50,556

Tenure: 20 weeks

Peak: 11

# On Actual Top 30 List: 29

Blurb: It wouldn't be 2024 without brat summer. But the brat songs didn't do well on Hits 1, so why include them?

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#36: Eminem - Houdini

Points: 46,694

Tenure: 13 weeks

Peak: 5

# On Actual Top 30 List: 24

Blurb: Nice to see this make the list, but it didn't really deserve to be there.

My Rating: 5/5 = Amazing

#39: Charli XCX - 360

Points: 46,381

Tenure: 19 weeks

Peak: 11

# On Actual Top 30 List: 20

Blurb: Another brat song that shouldn't have made the original list.

My Rating: 4/5 = Good

#44: Taylor Swift/Post Malone - Fortnight

Points: 43,345

Tenure: 12 weeks

Peak: 4

# On Actual Top 30 List: 19

Blurb: This kinda flopped on Hits 1, how did this make it all the way to #19?

My Rating: 3/5 = Decent

#51: SZA - Saturn

Points: 35,559

Tenure: 14 weeks

Peak: 11

# On Actual Top 30 List: 22

Blurb: How on earth did this make the original list? There were 20 songs more deserving of a spot than this. Hell, even Mark Ambor's Belong Together performed better than this.

My Rating: 2/5 = Mediocre

Well, that does it for now. That concludes my 2024 year end posts, so I'll see you next for the first countdown post of 2025!