If this week told me anything... it's that there is a complete lack of competition. You won't see this much looking at the Top 10. It's pretty standard. "Despacito x Shape of You" leads for a 6th week, and looks for a 7th. BABYMETAL's "Distortion" held to #2, and we even got a debut at #3 with "Welcome to the Party" by Diplo, French Montana, Lil Pump, and Zhavia Ward. Off the Deadpool 2 soundtrack, the song is a first to chart at all for all artists, let alone the Top 5. Granted, not much else happened.
We even got a bit of notable gains this week, as "Talia" by King Princess jumps 25-15, and "Lie" by NF climbs 41-30. We also got a few debuts, so what's the problem? Well, while "First Time" by M-22 featuring Medina debuts at #33, the rest are indicative. "The Legend of Zelda Rap" by Smosh at #43, a novelty track from 7 years ago by a YouTube duo who's not even together anymore, a song by the "Catch Me Outside Girl" aka Bhad Bhabie debuts at #46, and "I Won't Let You Go" by Switchfoot featuring Lauren Daigle debuting at #48 despite being in and out of the Bubbling Under since 2017? Yeah, there just isn't a lot I like to put here. More evidence? Not only did "Sing" by Pentatonix debut at #45, and "Take Me Home" return at #41 because I stream a ton of Pentatonix tracks quite regularly (I even have a playlist of what I think our their best tracks), we got their cover of "Mary, Did You Know?" at #50... a Christmas song, along with "Hallelujah" returning to Bubbling Under range. Yup, due to the complete lack of competition, we have Christmas songs charting in May. Until any good new music comes in, we'll be getting fillers like these and very few debuts. So not much to look to forward to in the coming weeks.
In good news, songs that would probably never chart could end up charting due to this slowdown.
Predictions for next week:
- Despacito x Shape of You (=) - 8800 (-100)
- Welcome to the Party (+1) - 8400 (+2400)
- Distortion (-1) - 8000 (-700)
- No Tears Left to Cry (+1) - 5800 (+400)
- Freaky Friday (-1) - 4900 (-600)
- Life Changes (=) - 4600 (=)
- Wana be a Wana (+1) - 3900 (+300)
- Attention (+1) - 3200 (-300)
- 1950 (+1) - 3100 (+200)
- Delicate (+1) - 2800 (-200)
Bubbling Under:
- Smosh - Ultimate Assassin's Creed Song (debut)
- Kevin "K.O." Olusola - Sign of the Times (debut)
- Drake - Nice for What (=)
- RHYMEBERRY - 1+ (-3)
- Ella Mai - Boo'd Up (+2)
- Kevin "K.O." Olusola - FRIENDS (debut)
- Beach House - Black Car (debut)
- BAND-MAID - Honey (re-entry)
- Celine Dion - Ashes (debut)
- Bella Thorne - Bitch I'm Bella Thorne (debut)
NOTE: "Hallelujah" by Pentatonix, "Icon" by Jaden Smith, "Rich" by Maren Morris, "Not Over You" by Molly Kate Kestner, "Babe" by Sugarland, and "Heart to Break" by Kim Petras all are not eligible for the Bubbling Under due to charting prior.
Notable Dropouts:
- Shinedown - BLACK SOUL (#10 peak, 2 weeks)
- Pentatonix - Love Again (#8 peak, 3 weeks)
- Lil Dicky ft. Snoop Dogg - Professional Rapper (#29 peak, 6 weeks)
- Sugarland ft. Taylor Swift - Babe (#9 peak, 4 weeks)
- Number 1Peak1 (for 6 weeks)Weeks6
- Number 2Peak2Weeks3
- Number 3 Debut
Welcome to the Party
Diplo, French Montana, & Lil Pump ft. featuring Zhavia Ward
From the album: Deadpool 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak3Weeks1 - Number 4
Freaky Friday
Lil Dicky ft. featuring Chris Brown
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks10 - Number 5Peak5Weeks5
- Number 6 Up by 1Peak6Weeks18
- Number 7 Down by 4Peak3Weeks10
- Number 8Peak8Weeks7
- Number 9 Down by 3Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks9
- Number 10Peak10Weeks12
- Number 11Peak4Weeks13
- Number 12 Up by 1Peak12Weeks11
- Number 13 Up by 1Peak13Weeks11
- Number 14 Down by 5Peak9Weeks4
- Number 15 Up by 10Peak15Weeks6
- Number 16 Down by 1Peak15Weeks8
- Number 17Peak6Weeks6
- Number 18 Up by 2Peak18Weeks3
- Number 19 Up by 7Peak19Weeks8
- Number 20 Up by 4Peak20Weeks5
- Number 21 Up by 6Peak12Weeks5
- Number 22 Down by 10Peak1 (for 3 weeks)Weeks22
- Number 23 Down by 4Peak19Weeks9
- Number 24 Down by 2Peak1 (for 4 weeks)Weeks13
- Number 25 Up by 5Peak14Weeks3
- Number 26 Up by 7Peak2Weeks19
- Number 27 Up by 1Peak10Weeks10
- Number 28 Up by 1Peak26Weeks11
- Number 29 Up by 6Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks17
- Number 30 Up by 11Peak30Weeks6
- Number 31 Up by 6Peak31Weeks2
- Number 32 Up by 6Peak15Weeks17
- Number 33 DebutPeak33Weeks1
- Number 34Peak13Weeks10
- Number 35 Down by 4Peak31Weeks2
- Number 36 Down by 18
$ave Dat Money
Lil Dicky ft. featuring Fetty Wap & Rich Homie Quan
From the album: Professional Rapper
Peak13Weeks9 - Number 37 Up by 3Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks7
- Number 38 Up by 1Peak5Weeks19
- Number 39 Down by 16Peak1 (for 10 weeks)Weeks53
- Number 40 Up by 2Peak31Weeks6
- Number 41 Re-EntryPeak41Weeks2
- Number 42 Down by 6Peak3Weeks11
- Number 43 DebutPeak43Weeks1
- Number 44 Down by 1Peak1 (for 7 weeks)Weeks37
- Number 45 DebutPeak45Weeks1
- Number 46 DebutPeak46Weeks1
- Number 47 Down by 2Peak45Weeks2
- Number 48 Debut
I Won't Let You Go
Switchfoot ft. featuring Lauren Daigle
Peak48Weeks1 - Number 49 Down by 5Peak15Weeks54
- Number 50 Re-EntryPeak10Weeks10
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Same. There just isn't much to put on here. I mean "Bitch I'm Bella Thorne" looks to be debuting next week. Shows how little competition there is. Nothing to say about the #3 debut I see (though you may have not heard it). I'll check your chart out now.
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"1950", "Delicate", "Molly", "Say Amen (Saturday Night)", "Break A Little", and "Marry Me".
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I like "1950", "Delicate", "Molly", "Say Amen (Saturday Night)", "Break A Little", and "Marry Me".
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Yeah, this is kind of the issue with my charts at the moment too; there's just not enough good music out at the moment to cause a ton of chart movement.
Take my current #1 for example, 'First Time', don't get me wrong, I still love the song & I'm happy it debuted for you this week, but at the start of the year, it would barely be in the Top 5 right now!
Outside of that, I like seeing 'Boo'd Up' gain in the bubbling under chart, as well as the debut for 'Ashes'.
It looks like 'Babe' didn't last very long, but it's also falling down my chart fast at the moment!
Hopefully you check out my new chart & I'll see you soon.