Billboard Hot 100 Highlights September 23, 2017

The reign of Taylor Swift continues with yet another Top 5 single. Hooray. These are gonna be a fun two months. But for now, Highlights.


Top 20

1. Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift (1)
2. Bodak Yellow by Cardi B (3)
3. Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber (2)
4. ...Ready For It? by Taylor Swift (New)
5. 1-800-273-8255 by Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid (9)
6. Wild Thoughts by DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller (4)
7. Attention by Charlie Puth (5)
8. Believer by Imagine Dragons (6)
9. Unforgettable by French Montana ft. Swae Lee (7)
10. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back by Shawn Mendes (8)
11. Rake It Up by Yo Gotti ft. Nicki Minaj (13)
12. Bank Account by 21 Savage (12)
13. Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato (18)
14. Strip That Down by Liam Payne ft. Quavo (10)
15. Slow Hands by Niall Horan (15)
16. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran (16)
17. That's What I Like by Bruno Mars (17)
18. Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man (20)
19. XO TOUR Llif3 by Lil Uzi Vert (16)
20. Body Like A Back Road by Sam Hunt (19)

Fell Off Top 20

21. Humble. by Kendrick Lamar (14)

Big Gains (10+)
27. What Lovers Do by Maroon 5 ft. SZA (73)
31. I Get The Bag by Gucci Mane ft. Migos (42)
44. The Race by Tay-K (64)
69. B.E.D. by Jacquees (86)
73. Havana by Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug (83)
76. They Don't Know by Jason Aldean (89)
78. Every Little Thing by Carly Pearce (93)
82. More Girls Like You by Kip Moore (98)
83. It Ain't My Fault by Brothers Osborne (100)
84. Wish I Knew You by The Revivalists (96)

Moderate Gains (5 - 9)

13. Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato (18)
46. Transportin' by Kodak Black (55)
48. When It Rains It Pours by Luke Combs (56)
53. Roll In Peace by Kodak Black ft. XXXTENTACION (61)
61. The Weekend by SZA (68)
62. New Rules by Dua Lipa (67)
67. All The Pretty Girls by Kenny Chesney (75)

Big Losses (10+)

59. No Such Thing As A Broken Heart by Old Dominion (46)
70. Everybody Dies In Their Nightmares by XXXTENTACION (54)
79. 444+222 by Lil Uzi Vert (60)
93. X by Lil Uzi Vert (81)
94. Neon Guts by Lil Uzi Vert ft. Pharrell Williams (79)
96. Revenge by XXXTENTACION (77)

Moderate Losses (5 - 9)

16. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran (11)
21. Humble. by Kendrick Lamar (14)
29. I'm The One by DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne (24)
38. Jocelyn Flores by XXXTENTACION (31)
39. Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur (34)
43. Mask Off by Future (37)
47. The Way Life Goes by Lil Uzi Vert (39)
49. F**k Love by XXXTENTACION ft. Trippie Redd (41)
55. Swish Swish by Katy Perry ft. Nicki Minaj (47)
57. Sauce It Up by Lil Uzi Vert (49)
60. Magnolia by Playboi Carti (53)
65. Fetish by Selena Gomez (58)
75. Drinkin' Problem by Midland (66)
85. Light It Up by Luke Bryan (76)

Dropouts

• It Ain't Me by Kygo x Selena Gomez (44, 10, 29 weeks)
• DNA. by Kendrick Lamar (63, 4, 20 weeks)
• Two by Lil Uzi Vert (80, 80, 1 week)
• For Real by Lil Uzi Vert (82, 82, 1 week)
• UnFazed by Lil Uzi Vert ft. The Weeknd (84, 84, 1 week)
• Love. by Kendirck Lamar ft. Zacari (85, 18, 20 weeks)
• No Sleep Leak by Lil Uzi Vert (90, 90, 1 week)
• Depression & Obsession by XXXTENTACION (91, 91, 1 week)
• Save Me by XXXTENTACION (94, 94, 1 week)
• Carry On by XXXTENTACION (95, 95, 1 week)
• Tell Me You Love Me by Demi Lovato (97, 97, 1 week)
• Down by Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane (99, 42, 10 weeks)

Returning Entries

89. Questions by Chris Brown
90. Relationship by Young Thug ft. Future
92. I Could Use A Love Song by Maren Morris
95. Fix A Drink by Chris Janson
98. Somebody Else Will by Justin Moore
99. Reminder by The Weeknd

New Entries

4. ...Ready For It? by Taylor Swift
77. These Heaux by Bhad Bhabie
81. Bad At Love by Halsey
86. Greatest Love Story by LANCO
97. Sky Walker by Miguel ft. Travis Scott
100. No Fear by DeJ Loaf

New and Returning Entries Ranked

1. Sky Walker

After the avalanche of Lil Uzi Vert, it is a relief to hear someone who can actually make spacey music awesome. It's a celebration track, but one with style and awesome vibes. Miguel sounds smooth, the beat is transcendent, and even Travis Scott is good here. I shouldn't get my hopes up after Coffee from 2015 flopped, but I love this and hope it does even better in the future.

2. No Fear

When I first heard DeJ Loaf I thought she was really annoying. But here...she kills this. In a good way. She's a /little/ off the beat, but other than that she gives a pretty sweet, smooth performance. And that chorus is catchy as hell with the little guitar lick and bassy synths. Pop perfection. Let's see this rise.

3. Greatest Love Story

Boy meets girl. And other stuff happens. This is sweet. Organic country that's pleasant. I like the singer's voice, I like the guitars and banjos. The lyrics are alright. This is the kind of country I can get behind.

4. Reminder

One more shot, eh? Honestly it might be time to move on from this single. We are apparently still in the Starboy era, after all. But eh. I always appreciate this song coming back.

5. I Could Use A Love Song

I wasn't happy to see this drop off. So glad to see it back. Maren Morris queen.

6. Questions

I'm alright with this. Again, one of the best Chris Brown songs in recent memory. Wouldn't mind sticking around and not getting killed off by an album bomb.

7. Somebody Else Will

It was kinda weird that this song dropped off all of a sudden. But it's back and...I have a feeling I like this less than I did before? The verses feel messy, the writing's not great, and it's a bit overdramatic given the premise. Not the worst country song currently charting, but I didn't miss it.

8. Relationship

Neeeeeeeext?

9. Bad At Love

God this melody is awkward. The production is so jumbled and the tone feels off. Like, you're bad at love, then why's everything moderately happy sounding? It's just...not very good. Why Halsey picked this for her next single over Strangers is beyond me.

10. Fix A Drink

Ugh. I was hoping we could've lost this. This still sounds like crap and squanders a potentially interesting lyrical idea to just make another generic country drinking song. Not a fan.

11. ...Ready For It?

Bad Blood Part 2. Now I liked Bad Blood despite its flaws, but this is much worse. Overblown production, Taylor's still not remotely believable trying to front like this. It doesn't flatter her voice. We do get a pretty good pre-chorus/chorus(?), but other than that this is awful. Really, really not looking forward to Reputation now.

12. These Heaux

This went about as well as I expected it to. As in it went horribly. It's almost like giving a girl who's only known for a meme a rap career is a bad idea. Danielle sounds like a female Rae Sremmurd, the beat is cheap, the writing is the shallow complaining about other girls that the title would suggest. As if I'm supposed to believe you don't fall under these same stereotypes. If we're sane, we'll let this die on its feet instead of giving it the satisfaction of even being mocked.