Saturday, November 24, 2018

Billboard Overview - Kane Brown, Imagine Dragons & more (Week of 11/24/18)

Hot 100
Out of the top 20:
23. Ariana Grande - God is a woman (#20) [-3]
21. benny blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside (#20) [-1]

20. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#13) [-7]
19. Bad Bunny/Drake - MIA (#19) [=]
18. Ella Mai - Trip (#17) [-1]
17. Gucci Mane/Bruno Mars/Kodak Black - Wake Up In The Sky (#14) [-3]
16. XXXTENTACION - BAD! (DEBUT)
15. DJ Snake/Selena Gomez/Ozuna/Cardi B - Taki Taki (#16) [+1]
14. Ariana Grande - breathin (#21) [+7]
13. Imagine Dragons - Natural (#15) [+2]
12. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (#11) [-1]
11. Post Malone - Better Now (#7) [-4]
10. Lil Baby & Gunna - Drip Too Hard (#10) [=]
9. Kodak Black/Travis Scott/Offset - ZEZE (#8) [-1]
8. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#12) [+4]
7. Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba (#8) [+1]
6. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (#5) [-1]
5. Maron 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (#2) [-3] {7 Weeks At #1}
4. Halsey - Without Me (#6) [+2]
3. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (#4) [+1]
2. Travis Scott/Drake/Swae Lee - SICKO MODE (#3) [+1]
1. Ariana Grande - thank u, next (#1) [=] {2nd Week At #1}

~Songs like Youngblood and Better Now are finally starting to fade on me, mostly due to the fact that I'm tired of hearing them.

~I've already talked about breathin plenty before, so I'll make this fast: This is objectively a great song, but I'm sick of hearing Ariana's voice. So basically I don't know if this song will last with me very long.

~It feels wrong to review BAD! as a legitimate song. Since for all intents and purposes, this isn't a song. It's a demo that somehow got released as the first single off of Skins (which appears to be about 20 minutes long). That said, if I were a music producer and this demo were presented to me, I would make sure the person who made the demo never made another song. The beat here is awful. XXXTENTACION is as terrible as always. I'm assuming the lyrics suck, but I can't tell as X is incomprehensible and I don't care enough to look them up. So yeah, not a fan.

Billboard 200
Out of the top 10:
34. Queen - Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection (#9) [-25]
32. Takeoff - The Last Rocket (#4) [-28]
14. Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys (#10) [-4] {3 Weeks At #1}
13. Lil Baby & Gunna - Drip Harder (#7) [-6]
11. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (#5) [-6] {1 Week At #1}

10. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD (#8) [-2] {2 Weeks At #1}
9. Drake - Scorpion (#5) [-4] {5 Weeks At #1}
8. Metro Boomin - Not All Heroes Wear Capes (#1) [-7] {1 Week At #1}
7. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack (#3) [-4]
6. The Beatles - The Beatles [White Album] (RE-ENTRY) {9 Weeks At #1}
5. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born Soundtrack (#2) [-3] {3 Weeks At #1}
4. Lil Peep - Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 (DEBUT)
3. Trippie Redd - A Love Letter To You 3 (DEBUT)
2. Imagine Dragons - Origins (DEBUT)
1. Kane Brown - Expectations (DEBUT) {1st Week At #1}

~Not gonna lie, The White Album is not my favorite Beatles album. Still though, it's The Beatles so it's still my favorite album in the top 10. They are an extremely influential band who has made some of the best songs ever. Since I'm not really breaking any new ground with this review, let's just keep moving along.

~I really wish I hated Lil Peep's newest album more than I do. It's not good, don't get me wrong, but I can't quite call it awful either. His voice is really bad. Like really bad. He just cannot sing. And the lyrics don't do him many favors. It kinda bothers me how the label decided to leave in him talking about drugs, overdosing, death, his death bed etc. on every single song. Speaking of the label, it's pretty disappointing how they're using this album as a desperate cash grab after Peep's death. So why don't I hate it? Well, the production is pretty good at some points. But yeah overall this isn't worth listening to. Skip it.

~Honestly, my thoughts on Trippie Redd haven't changed since I talked about his last album back in August so I'll just copy my review of his album from then: "Remind me what's special about Trippie Redd again? He's just another lifeless, boring, generic rap mc who contributes nothing to the industry. But he still gets to have a #4 #3 debut. And it's above Aretha Franklin The Beatles. Joy."

~Look. I don't like Imagine Dragons okay? And that's not because I hate all alternative music, I like alt music. But Imagine Dragons no longer makes alt music. They're a boring sell-out band with no life or creativity in their music. And frankly this new album is no different. The production is virtually the same throughout the whole album, but when they change it becomes even worse. On songs such as Machine, we see Imagine Dragons attempting to be more rock, and it fails so badly it proves one thing only: these guys can't make good rock music. Also I hate Dan Reynolds's voice. Like a lot. It's cool if you like these guys (as most of you seem to), but I really don't.

~Lastly, we have another new Kane Brown album. I do tend to enjoy Kane Brown's music, and this album is no different. I think he has a pretty good voice, and he tends to be a better lyricist than most other country artists (I'm looking at YOU Sam Hunt). The production on the album is a bit same-y, which drags it down from being great, though I still do enjoy the other elements enough. I was hoping for another "What Ifs", but nothing quite reached those heights for me. The Becky G collaboration came close to be fair.

Artist 100
Out of the top 10:
27. EXO (#9) [-18]
12. Cardi B (#8) [-4] {1 Week At #1}
11. Halsey (#10) [-1] {1 Week At #1}

10. The Beatles (RE-ENTRY)
9. BTS (#4) [-5] {2 Weeks At #1}
8. XXXTENTACION (#15) [+7] {2 Weeks At #1}
7. Lady Gaga (#3) [-4] {4 Weeks At #1}
6. Post Malone (#7) [+1] {2 Weeks At #1}
5. Drake (#6) [+1] {31 Weeks At #1}
4. Ariana Grande (#2) [-2] {3 Weeks At #1}
3. Imagine Dragons (#5) [+2] {1 Week At #1}
2. Kane Brown (#32) [+30]
1. Queen (#1) [=] {2nd Week At #1}

~It's cool that Queen is still #1.

~Sure Kane Brown can have best week. Why not? Worst can go to Imagine Dragons for not getting the #1 album.

Genre Charts
Mainstream Top 40:
Out of the top 5:
8. Ariana Grande - God is a woman (#3) [-5] {2 Weeks At #1}
6. Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (#5) [-1] {5 Weeks At #1}

5. Ariana Grande - breathin (#8) [+3]
4. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#9) [+5]
3. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#4) [+1] {2 Weeks At #1}
2. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (#2) [=] {5 Weeks At #1}
1. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (#1) [=] {2nd Week At #1}

~We got two new great songs here so yay for that. High Hopes is almost locked to go to #1, and breathin will hit #1 as long as High Hopes doesn't block it.

Hot Rock Songs:
Out of the top 5:
OUT. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (#5) 

5. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (#45) [+40]
4. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (#4) [=]
3. lovelytheband - broken (#3) [=]
2. Imagine Dragons - Natural (#2) [=] {11 Weeks At #1}
1. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#1) [=] {3rd Week At #1}

~Oh thank god Thunder is finally gone.

~Bad Liar is decent. I don't like Reynolds here, but the production isn't terrible. Also Selena Gomez's Bad Liar was great and is way better than this.

Hot Latin Songs:
5. Anuel AA & Romeo Santos - Ella Quiere Beber (#5) [=]
4. Ugh This Joke Has Gotten Really Old Hasn't It? - Te Bote (#4) [=] {14 Weeks At #1}
3. Luis Fosni & Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (#3) [=] {53 Weeks At #1}
2. Bad Bunny/Drake - MIA (#2) [=] {2 Weeks At #1}
1. DJ Snake/Selena Gomez/Ozuna/Cardi B - Taki Taki (#1) [=] {5th Week At #1}

~I know I mention this a lot but...why is Despacitio still #3 here? Same with Te Bote.

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs:
Out of the top 5:
6. Post Malone - Better Now (#5) [-1]

5. Lil Baby & Gunna - Drip Too Hard (#6) [+1]
4. Kodak Black/Travis Scott/Offset - ZEZE (#4) [=] {1 Week At #1}
3. Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba (#5) [+2]
2. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (#2) [=] {2 Week At #1}
1. Travis Scott/Drake/Swae Lee - SICKO MODE (#1) [=] {4th Week At #1}

~Oh hi Lil Baby I didn't miss you.

Hot Dance/Electronic Songs:
Out of the top 5:
7. Tiësto & Dzeko/Preme/Post Malone - Jackie Chan (#5) [-2]
6. Calvin Harris/Sam Smith - Promises (#4) [-2]

5. Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity (#6) [+1]
4. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#7) [+3]
3. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (#3) [=] {33 Weeks At #1}
2. DJ Snake/Selena Gomez/Ozuna/Cardi B - Taki Taki (#2) [=]
1. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (#1) [=] {9th Week At #1}

~We lost a song I love and a song I like to get a song I love and a song I kinda like I guess.

Hot Country Songs:
Out of the top 5:
6. Jimmie Allen - Best Shot (#5) [-1]

5. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#4) [-1]
4. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#3) [-1]
3. Luke Combs - She Got The Best of Me (#2) [-1]
2. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be (#1) [-1] {50 Weeks At #1}
1. Kane Brown - Lose It (#6) [+5] {1ST WEEK AT #1!!!!!!!!}

~FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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