Billboard Hot 100 Highlights November 4th, 2017

Must've been a slow week this time. I'm not thrilled that Chris Brown has the highest debut but at least we don't get RiceGum's embarrassing idubbbz diss track. Bleh. Count them blessings. Highlights.

Top 20

1. Rockstar by Post Malone ft. 21 Savage (1)
2. Bodak Yellow by Cardi B (2)
3. 1-800-273-8255 by Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid (3)
4. Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man (5)
5. Thunder by Imagine Dragons (8)
6. Mi Jente by J Balvin & Willy William ft. Beyoncé (6)
7. Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato (9)
8. Too Good At Goodbyes by Sam Smith (7)
9. Unforgettable by French Montana ft. Swae Lee (10)
10. Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift (4)
11. I Get The Bag by Gucci Mane ft. Migos (24)
12. Attention by Charlie Puth (12)
13. What About Us by Pink (23)
14. Believer by Imagine Dragons (13)
15. Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber (11)
16. Bank Account by 21 Savage (14)
17. Rake It Up by Yo Gotti ft. Nicki Minaj (15)
18. Perfect by Ed Sheeran (22)
19. What Lovers Do by Maroon 5 ft. SZA (17)
20. Havana by Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug (26)

Fell Off Top 20

21. Strip That Down by Liam Payne ft. Quavo (16)
22. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran (18)
23. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back by Shawn Mendes (19)
XX. Almost Like Praying by Lin-Manuel Miranda ft. Artists For Puerto Rico (20)

Big Gains (10+)

11. I Get The Bag by Gucci Mane ft. Migos (24)
13. What About Us by Pink (23)
44. Silence by Marshmello ft. Khalid (54)
50. Every Little Thing by Carly Pearce (65)
59. Love So Soft by Kelly Clarkson (70)
61. Plain Jane by A$AP Ferg (86)
66. More Girls Like You by Kip Moore (77)
70. I'll Name The Dogs by Blake Shelton (82)
74. Let Me Go by Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso ft. Florida Georgia Line & watt (85)
76. Go Flex by Post Malone (88)
80. Losing Sleep by Chris Young (92)

Moderate Gains (5 - 9)

20. Havana by Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug (26)
27. Gucci Gang by Lil Pump (32) (Please Stop...)
32. Bad At Love by Halsey (40)
33. When It Rains It Pours by Luke Combs (39)
38. New Rules by Dua Lipa (44)
40. do re mi by blackbear (45)
42. No Limit by G-Eazy ft. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B (51)
54. Greatest Love Story by LANCO (61)
67. Light It Up by Luke Bryan (75)
78. Like I Loved You by Brett Young (84)
81. Sauce It Up by Lil Uzi Vert (87)
85. Sky Walker by Miguel ft. Travis Scott (90)
90. Lights Down Low by MAX ft. gnash (95)
91. Too Hotty by Quality Control ft. Quavo, Takeoff & Offset (97)
92. Smooth by Florida Georgia Line (99)

Big Losses (10+)

79. All The Pretty Girls by Kenny Chesney (69)
88. Friends by Justin Bieber + BloodPop (73)
94. Feels by Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean (78)
99. They Don't Know by Jason Aldean (79)

Moderate Losses (5 - 9)

10. Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift (4)
31. Wild Thoughts by DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller (25)
41. Love Galore by SZA ft. Travis Scott (36)
49. No Promises by Cheat Codes ft. Demi Lovato (43)
73. Heartache on the Dance Floor by Jon Pardi (67)
86. B.E.D. by Jacquees (80)

Dropouts

• Almost Like Praying by Lin-Manuel Miranda ft. Artists For Puerto Rico (20, 20, 1 week)
• Loyalty. by Kendrick Lamar ft. Rihanna (48, 14, 26 weeks)
• Pray by Sam Smith (55, 55, 1 week)
• Heaven by Kane Brown (72, 72, 1 week)
• Dear Hate by Maren Morris ft. Vince Gill (91, 91, 1 week)
• No Promises by A Boogie Wit da Hoodie (93, 74, 2 weeks)
• Say A' by A Boogie Wit da Hoodie (94, 75, 2 weeks)
• DNA by BTS (98, 67, 4 weeks)

Returning Entry

71. Curve by Gucci Mane ft. The Weeknd

New Entries

82. High End by Chris Brown ft. Future & Young Thug
84. Yours by Russell Dickerson
87. Let You Down by NF
95. Stunting Ain't Nuthin by Gucci Mane ft. Slim Jxmmi & Young Dolph
96. You Broke Up With Me by Walker Hayes
97. Mayores by Becky G ft. Bad Bunny
98. Ask Me How I Know by Garth Brooks

New and Returning Entries Ranked

1. Curve

I feel like I should like this a lot less than I do. Surprisingly more for Gucci than for The Weeknd. How does that happen?

2. Mayores

"Greater". Was legitimately not expecting to see another Becky G song chart after Shower in 2014. But it looks like she struck gold with Latin music. And it's good for a Latin song. The guitars are nice, Becky sounds much better than she did in 2014. And Bad Bunny is pretty cool too. It's good, but kinda generic.

3. Yours

My friend jfarbzz aka Jordan the Music Man really loves this song and has been wanting it to chart for a long time. And while I don't like it nearly as much as he does, it's alright. I wouldn't call it particularly special, as it hits all the usual notes for a country love song. But Russell Dickerson is pretty sincere, which is a huge plus, especially this week in country. Also it has a nice, brief guitar solo. Pretty alright with this.

4. Ask Me How I Know

I'm conflicted on this song. Sounds nice and all. But the lyrics are about how Garth tells someone that they're gonna meet a girl who's gonna leave them and end up like him. And I'm not exactly sure how this is supposed to be framed. What's the context? Is he just being bitter or something? This kinda leaves me in a sour place. I want to like it, but I don't know if I can.

5. High End

Well this...certainly exists. It seems to be Chris' attempt at dark, horror-inspired R&B. So what better way to do that than with Future and Young Thug? Bleh. Future in particular sounds like crap, as usual. Chris is...fine, I guess? Young Thug is the highlight of this, which I probably should've expected. The beat's average, I guess. I feel like it would've been better if it was mostly a Young Thug song. I ended up not minding this as much as I thought.

6. Let You Down

This is my first time witnessing a Christian rapper crossing over to the Hot 100. And I'm mixed on it. It's a song about regret and does play up the reverb and pitch-shifted vocals. And NF's technique is impressive. But this feels more depressing than it really should be. I can't pinpoint exactly why this doesn't click with me, but it just doesn't.

7. Stunting Ain't Nuthin

Like most other Gucci Mane songs, Gucci only gets one verse, and he doesn't feel like he's pulling his weight as a result. It's more a Rae Sremmurd song without Swae Lee, since Jxmmi handles the hook and one verse. And it's kind of a long chorus. Young Dolph...recently got shot thanks to Yo Gotti so I'd rather not say anything bad about him right now. The bass bleeds and sounds bad, and the beat overall is just boring. Empty flexing. And because there's three lengthy verses it's over 5 minutes long.

8. You Broke Up With Me

Okay, first of all this guy's kinda annoying. He's apparently a country song but he sounds more like an Andy Grammer type. And I like Andy Grammer. Second, a song with this title should not be this upbeat. Like, what is the point of this? Is this a kiss-off? He denies it in the lyrics. But God the tone is so confused. As such, this is just unnecessarily sour and pretty insufferable. The instruments are fine, but wow, overall this isn't good.