Billboard Hot 100 Top 10:
1- "The Box" - Roddy Ricch (=) -- Why in the name of everything good in the world does Roddy Ricch have 77.2 million U.S. streams with this song this week? And why have we decided to knight him a superstar in the rap world? I don't understand. With streaming totals that high, and sales and radio also on the rise, this ain't going anywhere anytime soon, which upsets me. But oh well. At least the song stopped Future and Drake from getting a No. 1 hit this week. The last thing we all need is more of those two in our lives.
2- "Life is Good" - Future featuring Drake (new) -- Seriously, I thought we were done with Future? I thought we left him in the past as an unfortunate mistake in the music industry, especially since he's directly responsible for mumble rap becoming a monster success as the worst form of rap. Usually songs with high debuts fall in their second weeks. And while I hope that's the case here, anything with the name Drake on it tends to stick around. So unfortunately I don't think this is going anywhere. Normally I'd say on a new arrival that debuts in the top 10 that my opinion is down below, but do you really expect me to care at all about a new Future song?
3- "Circles" - Post Malone (=) -- Impressively Post Malone manages to stick around here at No. 3. I keep thinking this song is going to start falling, but it looks like it's stubbornly sticking around, so who knows when it's actually going to fall.
4- "Memories" - Maroon 5 (=) -- Never in my life have I been cheering so hard for a Maroon 5 song to do better. But considering what's currently poisoning our top two, a surprisingly good Maroon 5 song would be more than welcome in my books.
5- "Lose You to Love Me" - Selena Gomez (+5) -- I wasn't exactly sure how high Selena was going to jump this week, but I knew the release of her new album "Rare," which impacts the charts this week, was going to give this a boost. And now Selena rightfully takes her spot in the top five. Unfortunately with the boost from the album bomb set to wear off next week, this will probably come toppling down again come next week.
6- "Someone You Loved" - Lewis Capaldi (=) -- Another song that's stubbornly sticking around. And I'm fine with that. I never jumped on the hate bandwagon for this song, nor did I ever really understand said hate. This is a good song.
7- "10,000 Hours" - Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber (-2) -- After a momentary boost due to the arrival of Bieber's new song, "10,000 Hours" falls back down this week. Although it didn't fall as hard as I thought it would. And now the song is currently in front of the other Bieber song from last week.
8- "Dance Monkey" - Tones and I (-1) -- Why is this not rising higher? If this ends up being the top of song that gets stuck in the bottom half of the top 10 before eventually falling out, I'm going to be a bit upset. Why are we letting the likes of Roddy Ricch and Future rule when we have a fun song like this ready to explode?
9- "Roxanne" - Arizona Zervas (=) -- I'm glad that this song has fallen back down to nearly disappearing from the top 10, but let's officially push this all the way out, please?
10- "Yummy" - Justin Bieber (-8) -- Given how poor the quality of this new Bieber song is, I really hope this is the last ever week for the song in the top 10.
Rising on the Hot 100:
27- "High Fashion" - Roddy Ricch featuring Mustard (+8) -- It's a bit weird that my highest rising song is No. 27. But yeah, they all got stuck. Plus there is three new debuts in the top 20. It's also really annoying when there's only one good song on the whole list. And it certainly isn't this one. No surprise there, right?
32- "Blinding Lights" - The Weeknd (+7) -- Here's our good song! Again, as a recap, this made my list of one of my top 10 favorite songs of 2019. It has all the ingredients to become a smash hit, so I'm glad The Weeknd's team is realizing this song's potential and giving it a good push instead of that "Heartless" nonsense.
69- "Tusa" - Karol G & Nicki Minaj (+18) -- This is crap.
77- "Say So" - Doja Cat -- This is crap.
79- "Makes No Sense" - YoungBoy Never Broke Again (+17) -- This is crap.
84- "All Dat" - Moneybagg Yo & Mgan Thee Stallion (+15) -- This is crap.
New Arrivals:
2- "Life is Good" - Future featuring Drake -- I'm not in the mood to cover a Future and Drake song, especially since I know exactly what these two bring to the table.
16- "Sum 2 Prove" - Lil Baby -- This honestly took me a second to realize what the title meant. "Something to Prove." Well, the only thing that Lil Baby needs to prove to me is how to speak the English language because he failed with this title. Also, his songs are garbage. So I'm going to pass and hope that the world overcomes their obsession with the untalented Lil Baby that seems to act his name.
17- "Good News" - Mac Miller -- I'm sorry, Mac Miller is dead. And that is awful. But the rap industry needs to stop clinging onto dead rappers in order to cash in on their death. It's disgusting. I don't know if that's the case here or if this is an honest tribute to a late artist, but either way I have a rule that I don't cover songs from dead rappers, so we're going to move on, which is something the rap industry needs to do as well.
29- "You should be sad" - Halsey -- In better news, it's Halsey vs. Selena this week as both have new debuts on the charts. Halsey's third album "Maniac" was released on January 17, meaning the full impact will be next week, but "You should be sad" gets a week's head start on all of that. In the intro to the album on Apple Music, she specifically says that not every song is about her break-up with G-Eazy. But this one has to be, right? It's a bitter breakup song where Halsey is acting like a typical drama queen in post breakup mode. Despite obviously having strong feelings for the guy during the relationship, the vibe here is that she's yelling at him for being an atrociously awful human being who can't truly love and can't do anything right, while taking no responsibility for herself. Granted, I couldn't care less about specifics with Halsey and G-Eazy's relationship. I certainly know that he's a piece of junk when it comes to his musical talent, so maybe that reflects in his personal life as well, giving Halsey justification to be upset. But I don't know, with this song I feel like I got trapped in between an argument between a recently broken up couple and it's a bit uncomfortable. But despite me obviously not being super impressed with the lyrical content here, musically this is rather enjoyable. I like the use of the guitar combined with the constant beat during the verses, which then erupts during the chorus. And Halsey's voice connects well with all of that, so overall I'd say this is acceptable.
30- "Rare" - Selena Gomez -- While Halsey's "Maniac" album impacts the charts next week, Selena's new album, which was released on January 10, impacts the charts this week. But unfortunately for Selena, all that meant was a boost in the top 10 for "Lose You to Love Me" and one new arrival. But that's OK. Not everyone has to have their own album bomb. There's too many of those anyways. Eventually I do want to check out Selena's album, but for now "Rare" is the lead-off track to the album. And without any knowledge right now of what comes after it on the album, I'd say this is a good intro song. It's actually very similar to Halsey's song that I just talked about, but Selena is less specific in her lyrical content which is a bit of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it feels less like I got stuck in between the argument of a bitter couple as it's geared more towards a broad audience. But on the other hand, being less specific means it feels more generic. A slightly disposable pop song that could've been sung by anyone. But I think Selena has enough charisma to pull off a simple pop song like this. The beat is catchy enough and her delivery is on point. I hope that the remaining songs on the album have a bit more substance to them and make better use of Selena's talents. But as I said, this is a solid start to the album that leaves me wanting more.
83- "Eleven" - Khalid -- And in much less interesting news than our two female pop singers, we have Khalid, an artist who typically needs a bit of help from others to steer him in the right direction because when he's on his own he typically wanders aimlessly, which is exactly what happens here. This song isn't bad by any means. I think he's trying to be smooth and relaxing as he's singing about driving around at night with this girl, but most of his lyrics are a bit too slurred for my liking and the song doesn't really have any groove to it, nor does it feel unique or special at all. It's at least as generic as Selena's new song, but with a lot less energy and passion. Khalid commits one of the more serious sins in the musical world here of simply being boring and forgettable.
86- "Conversations in the Dark" - John Legend -- In a slightly weird coincidence, here's our second song in a row about being with a girl late at night. And even though the songs are fairly similar in terms of content, John Legend is miles ahead of Khalid in terms of vocal talent. While Khalid stumbles his way through a song that he didn't seem to care much about, John Legend delivers his confident, poised vocal prowess that's extremely pleasing for the ears. Thus we have two clear examples of the importance of execution. Even if you don't have a particularly great song on your hands, own up to it and give it everything you've got. No, this isn't anywhere close to the top tier of John Legend's material. And I'm not convinced that this is going to be a huge hit with the public. But it's nevertheless a pleasant experience that I don't think I'll ever turn away from if it starts playing when I'm around.
89- "Protect da Brand" - Moneybagg Yo featuring DaBaby -- No. Just... no.
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