Year-End Post #1: Stats & More

Hi everyone. This is my first year-end post. 2018 was not a very good year for music. We did have quite a few great hits, but we also had quite a few terrible ones. We'll talk about those in later posts. Also, Hits 1 threw away all logic this year, with songs that had no presence elsewhere like Say Amen and I Wanna Know dominating the countdown. There's a lot we're going to talk about, so let's get into it. Here is the color code I'll be using for this post:

• Purple - Best Song (5/5)
• Green - Great (5/5)
• Blue - Good (4/5)
• Pink - Decent (3/5)
• Yellow - Mediocre (2/5)
• Turquoise - Bad (1/5)
• Red - Awful (0/5)
• Orange - Worst Song (0/5)

#1 Songs

Between the three charts I blog about, we've seen quite a few different songs hit #1. Let's start with Hits 1:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown #1 Singles of 2018 (12/30/17-???):

• Halsey - Bad At Love (1 Week/2 Total)
• Imagine Dragons - Thunder (3 Weeks/5 Total)
• Ed Sheeran - Perfect (1 Week/2 Total)
• Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game (1 Week)
• Charlie Puth - How Long (2 Weeks)
• Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days (1 Week)
• Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (9 Weeks)
• Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt - Let Me Go (1 Week)
• Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be (1 Week)
• Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (1 Week)
• 5 Seconds of Summer - Want You Back (1 Week)
• Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (1 Week)
• Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night) (4 Weeks)
• Taylor Swift - Delicate (3 Weeks)
• Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (2 Weeks)
• Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (8 Weeks)
• Fall Out Boy - The Last of the Real Ones (2 Weeks)
• 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (4 Weeks)
• Imagine Dragons - Natural (1 Week)
• Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (2 Weeks)
• (will be updated as the year continues)

Alt-Nation's Alt-8/18 #1 Singles of 2018 (1/6/18-???):

• Foster The People - Sit Next To Me (2 Weeks)
• lovelytheband - broken (1 Week)
• The Wombats - Turn (8 Weeks)
• Cigarettes After Sex - Apocalypse (4 Weeks)
• CHVRCHES - Get Out (3 Weeks)
• Mansionair - Astronaut (Something About You) (1 Week)
• Mike Shinoda - Crossing A Line (2 Weeks)
• Bastille - Quarter Past Midnight (2 Weeks)
• Weezer - Africa (6 Weeks)
• LSD - Genius (5 Weeks)
• Twenty One Pilots - Nico and the Niners (5 Weeks)
• flora cash - You're Somebody Else (2 Weeks)
• Twenty One Pilots - My Blood (3 Weeks)
• Young The Giant - Superposition (3 Weeks)
• (will be updated as the year continues)

Billboard Hot 100 #1 Singles of 2018 (12/2/17-???):

• Post Malone/21 Savage - rockstar (3 Weeks/8 Total)
• Ed Sheeran (& Beyoncé) - Perfect (Duet) (6 Weeks)
• Camila Cabello/Young Thug - Havana (1 Week)
• Drake - God's Plan (11 Weeks)
• Drake - Nice For What (8 Weeks)
• Childish Gambino - This Is America (2 Weeks)
• Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho (1 Week)
• XXXTENTACION - SAD! (1 Week)
• Cardi B/Bad Bunny/J Balvin - I Like It (1 Week)
• Drake - In My Feelings (10 Weeks)
• Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (7 Weeks)
• Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2 Weeks)

This was a pretty solid list for the most part, especially the Hot 100 #1s, which I honestly did not expect. Each list had some bad songs *cough SAD! cough*, but overall the good outweighed the bad.

Hit-Bound Dropouts

• Big Boi - All Night
• Bruno Mars - Chunky
• BTS - FAKE LOVE
• Cole Redding - Father Father
• Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels - I Miss You
• HRVY - Personal
• In Real Life - Tattoo (How 'Bout You)
• Jason Derulo & David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Willy William - Goodbye
• Julia Michaels/Trippie Redd - Jump
• Justin Timberlake - SoulMate
• Noah Cyrus/MAX - Team
• Post Malone - I Fall Apart
• Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno - Best Friend
• Spencer - Whatever
• The Chainsmokers - Everybody Hates Me
• The Chainsmokers/Drew Love - Somebody
• Thirty Seconds To Mars - Walk On Water
• Twenty One Pilots - Legend
• Welshly Arms - Legendary
• Why Don't We - Trust Fund Baby
• Wild Things - Don't Wanna Feel It
• Years & Years - If You're Over Me

~Overall, I like quite a few of the songs that never made the countdown. However, a few stand out above the rest. I'll be awarding my "Lights Over Paris" award to my favorite song that failed to make the countdown.

2018 Lights Over Paris Award: Wild Things - Don't Wanna Feel It

~A truly great song that deserved much better. Also, I'm currently doing a rankdown of all these songs. Here's the link for it: https://nickscountdownblog.blogspot.com/p/2018-hit-bound-dropouts-rankdown.html

Stats

So for this, I'll be posting all the statistics for the Weekend Countdown, and some stats for the Hot 100. 

Shortest Tenured Song:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

Only one song lasted just one week this year on the Weekend Countdown

Lady Gaga - I'll Never Love Again (Debuted 10/17/18, Left 11/3/18)

Hot 100 had so many one weekers, there's no point in listing them all.

Longest Tenured Song:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

Just judging by the longest tenured song during this calendar year, one song very easily takes this home:

Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (Debuted 2/3/18, Still There, ??? Weeks on Chart)

Billboard Hot 100:

Once again, this is super obvious:

Ed Sheeran - Perfect (44 Weeks On Chart in 2018 Chart Year)

Largest Biggest DROP!!!!.... of the Year:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

On Hits 1, two songs hold the honor of having the biggest drop of the entire year. Here they are:

NF - Lie (-31 on 10/20/18)

Zedd/Elley Duhé - Happy Now (-31 on 11/3/18)

Billboard Hot 100:

This song not only had the biggest drop of the year, but also the 5th biggest drop in the Hot 100's history:

Lil Wayne - Can't Be Broken (-74 on 10/20/18)

Largest Biggest Jump of the Week:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho (+23 on 6/23/18)

Billboard Hot 100:

This song has the 4th biggest jump ever:

Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (+90 on 6/16/18)

Smallest Biggest DROP!!!... of the Year:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (-5 on 2/17/18)

Eminem/Ed Sheeran - River (-5 on 2/17/18)

Lauv - I Like Me Better (-5 on 2/17/18)

Billboard Hot 100:

Post Malone - Candy Paint (-9 on 1/13/18)

Smallest Biggest Jump of the Year:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

NF - Let You Down (+8 on 2/17/18)

U2/Cheat Codes - Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (+8 on 6/30/18)

Liam Payne/J Balvin - Familiar (+8 on 6/30/18)

Billboard Hot 100:

5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (+2 on 10/13/18)

Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (+2 on 10/13/18)

Lowest Debut of the Year:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

Hundred Handed - Too Good (Debuted at #42 on 6/16/18)

Billboard Hot 100 (re-entries do not count):

Calvin Harris/Kehlani/Lil Yachty - Faking It (Debuted at #100 on 12/9/17)
Shakira/Nicky Jam - Perro Fiel (Debuted at #100 on 12/16/17)
Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno - Best Friend (Debuted at #100 1/13/18)
SZA - Broken Clocks (Debuted at #100 on 3/17/18)

The Chainsmokers - Everybody Hates Me (Debuted at #100 on 3/31/18)
Alice Merton - No Roots (Debuted at #100 on 4/7/18)
H.E.R. - Focus (Debuted at #100 on 4/14/18)
Halsey/Big Sean/Stefflon Don - Alone (Debuted at #100 on 4/21/18)
Pusha T - The Games We Play (Debuted at #100 on 6/9/18)
Mitchell Tenpenny - Drunk Me (Debuted at #100 on 8/11/18)
Lil Mosey - Noticed (Debuted at #100 on 9/29/18)
Quavo/Lil Baby - LOSE IT (Debuted at #100 on 10/27/18)
Dierks Bentley/Brothers Osborne - Burning Man (Debuted at #100 on 11/3/18)
Metro Boomin/Travis Scott/Young Thug - Up To Something (Debuted at #100 on 11/17/18)

Highest Debut of the Year:

Hits 1 Weekend Countdown:

G-Eazy/Halsey - Him & I (Debuted at #20 on 1/13/18)
Meghan Trainor - No Excuces (Debuted at #20 on 3/10/18)

Ariana Grande - God is a woman (Debuted at #20 on 8/25/18)

Billboard Hot 100:

Drake - God's Plan (Debuted at #1 on 2/3/18)

Drake - Nice For What (Debuted at #1 on 4/21/18)

Childish Gambino - This Is America (Debuted at #1 on 5/19/18)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (Debuted at #1 on 11/17/18)

Lastly, I'll be awarding the Biggest Wiff of the Year to the biggest song that never charted on the Weekend Countdown.

Biggest Wiff of the Year: Drake - Nice For What

That's all I've got for today. Best and worst lists are next...