MWC - December 22, 2021 Adele

Welcome to Matt's Weekly Countdown! 

Adele leads over the countdown with "Oh My God" for the fifth week in a row. Adele has now been #1 for ten consecutive weeks, the most of any artist in 2021. "Can I Get It" remains at its peak of #2 for a second week. Adele's previous #1, "Easy On Me," holds the #3 spot while "Cry Your Heart Out" jumps five spots to #4. "My Litte Love" holds its peak of #5 for a third consecutive week. This week, Adele scores the most top five songs of 2021 with five. Adele also ties with Ariana Grande as the only artists in countdown history to occupy the entire top five; Grande has occupied the entire top five on multiple occasions. 

LEON's "Soaked" drops two spots to #6. Fly By Midnight rises one spot to #7 with "Borrow Your Time." Carol Ades descends two spots to #8 with "Crying During Sex." Adele & Errol Garner rise two spots to #9 with "All Night Parking (Interlude)," this becomes Adele's eighth top 10 of all time and Erroll Garner's first. Adele also extends her record for the most top 10 songs of 2021 with eight. Adele rounds out the top 10 this week as "Woman Like Me" drops three spots to #10. 

Outside of the top 10, Maggie Lindemann's "She Knows It" rises one spot to #11, inching one step closer to the region. Avril Lavgine earns a new peak of #16 with "Bite Me." Adele's "I Drink Wine" rises to #17. Fly By Midnight & ELLIANA's "Again & Again" enters the top 20 after seven weeks on the chart at #18. Adele earns her eleventh top 20 with "Strangers By Nature" rising one spot to #20. Summer Walker & SZA's "No Love" rises eight spots to #26. 

Debuts:

Doja Cat & Ariana Grande's "I Don't Do Drugs" re-enters the countdown this week at #28 after 14 weeks off the chart.

1 step forward, 3 steps back - Olivia Rodrigo (#37)

Exits:

Headlights - Jimi Somewhere ft. bulow (#40)

I am not a woman, I'm a god - Halsey (#39)