And then there was Ye. I'll have some things to talk about with the album as we get farther down, but before that, we have a turbulent week to get through. Highlights.
Top 20
1. Psycho by Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign (2)
2. Nice For What by Drake (1)
3. I Like It by Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin (7)
4. Girls Like You by Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B (94)
5. God's Plan by Drake (3)
6. Boo'd Up by Ella Mai (8)
7. This Is America by Childish Gambino (4)
8. Yikes by Kanye West (New)
9. Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD (15)
10. The Middle by Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey (5)
11. All Mine by Kanye West (New)
12. Meant To Be by Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line (9)
13. No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande (10)
14. Friends by Marshmello & Anne-Marie (13)
15. Yes Indeed by Lil Baby & Drake (6)
16. Ghost Town by Kanye West ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR (New)
17. Walk It Talk It by Migos ft. Drake (14)
18. Never Be The Same by Camila Cabello (16)
19. Look Alive by BlocBoy JB ft. Drake (12)
20. In My Blood by Shawn Mendes (11)
Fell Off Top 20
21. Perfect by Ed Sheeran (17)
22. Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons (18)
23. Mine by Bazzi (20)
32. I'm Upset by Drake (19)
Big Gains (10+)
4. Girls Like You by Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B (94)
59. Taste by Tyga ft. Offset (82)
79. Lovely by Billie Ellish & Khalid (89)
Moderate Gains (5 - 9)
9. Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD (15)
31. Back To You by Selena Gomez (38)
I Was Jack (You Were Diane) by Jake Owen (93)
Big Losses (10+)
32. I'm Upset by Drake (19)
39. Freaky Friday by Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown (26)
44. Pray For Me by The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar (29)
45. One Number Away by Luke Combs (34)
46. Chun-Li by Nicki Minaj (33)
50. Finesse (Remix) by Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B (39)
52. Call Out My Name by The Weeknd (40)
62. You Make It Easy by Jason Aldean (42)
65. Dura by Daddy Yankee (53)
67. Powerglide by Rae Sremmurd ft. Juicy J (50)
68. Japan by Famous Dex (58)
70. Praise The Lord (Da Shine) by A$AP Rocky ft. Skepta (45)
72. Overdose by YoungBoy Never Broke Again (52)
75. Dame Tu Cosita by El Chombo (61)
91. Big Bank by YG ft. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj (66)
92. Life Goes On by Lil Baby ft. Gunna & Lil Uzi Vert (74)
94. Paranoid by Post Malone (83)
Moderate Losses (5 - 9)
10. The Middle by Zedd, Marren Morris & Grey (5)
15. Yes Indeed by Lil Baby & Drake (6)
19. Look Alive by BlocBoy JB ft. Drake (12)
20. In My Blood by Shawn Mendes (11)
29. Rockstar by Post Malone ft. 21 Savage (23)
30. Heaven by Kane Brown (22)
33. Havana by Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug (25)
35. Plug Wank by Rich The Kid (27)
37. Delicate by Taylor Swift (28)
38. One Kiss by Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa (32)
40. New Rules by Dua Lipa (31)
42. Love Lies by Khalid & Normani (35)
43. Te Bote (Remix) by Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Ozuna & Bad Bunny (36)
51. Sad! by XXXTENTACION (43)
54. IDGAF by Dua Lipa (49)
57. X by Nicky Jam x J Balvin (48)
61. Done For Me by Charlie Puth ft. Kehlani (55)
66. Esskeetit by Lil Pump (60)
76. I Lived It by Blake Shelton (71)
84. Drip by Cardi B ft. Migos (78)
88. Rich & Sad by Post Malone (79)
93. Lust by Lil Skies (87)
98. New Freezer by Rich The Kid ft. Kendrick Lamar (90)
Dropouts
- All The Stars by Kendrick Lamar & SZA (41, 7, 21 weeks)
- Ric Flair Drip by Offset & Metro Boomin (44, 13, 31 weeks)
- A$AP Forever by A$AP Rocky ft. Moby (63, 63, 2 weeks)
- Infared by Pusha T (65, 65, 1 week)
- King's Dead by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake (68, 21, 20 weeks)
- If You Know You Know by Pusha T (73, 73, 1 week)
- What Would Meek Do? by Pusha T ft. Kanye West (75, 75, 1 week)
- Youth by Shawn Mendes ft. Khalid (76, 65, 2 weeks)
- Dinero by Jennifer Lopez ft. Cardi B & DJ Khaled (80, 80, 1 week)
- For The First Time by Darius Rucker (81, 58, 10 weeks)
- Most People Are Good by Luke Bryan (92, 43, 18 weeks)
- Everyday by Logic & Marshmello (95, 29, 13 weeks)
- Spoil My Night by Post Malone ft. Swae Lee (97, 15, 5 weeks)
- High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco (98, 98, 1 week)
- Moonlight by XXXTENTACION (99, 35, 9 weeks)
- The Games We Play by Pusha T (100, 100, 1 week)
Returning Entries
77. Beautiful Crazy by Luke Combs
78. Welcome To The Party by Diplo, French Montana & Lil Pump ft. Zhavia Ward
100. Take Back Home Girl by Chris Lane ft. Tori Kelly
New Entries
8. Yikes by Kanye West
11. All Mine by Kanye West
16. Ghost Town by Kanye West ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR
24. Wouldn't Leave by Kanye West ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR
27. Violent Crimes by Kanye West
28. I Thought About Killing You by Kanye West
36. No Mistakes by Kanye West
55. Simple by Florida Georgia Line
81. Must've Never Met You by Luke Combs
85. Humility by Gorillaz ft. George Benson
89. Africa by Weezer
96. Youngblood by 5 Seconds of Summer
99. Sin Pijama by Becky G & Natti Natasha
General Notes
Country must've had a turbulent week, possibly due to some shifts in country radio. I'm not happy Take Back Home Girl is back, but I found myself digging FGL's Simple more than I thought I would. It's got more character and charm than usual and it actually sounded half like a country song for once. However, I'd argue Luke Combs was the big winner for country this week, as his decent song Beautiful Crazy made a return, and brought with it the lower charting Must've Never Met You. Which I would argue is the guy's best song since Hurricane by a mile. It's a cathartic post breakup track that makes it clear that Luke doesn't see how he can get over his current situation. Which can be insufferable, yes, but it's a believable thought process to go through and he plays it well. Definitely a highlight of the week.
2005 came back in a big way with Weezer and Gorillaz charting their first songs in several years each. Weezer came with a cover of Toto's Africa that I think is better than it has any right to be. It gets the instrumental arrangement down pretty well and the crunch of the guitars on the chorus that the original lacks is actually a nice touch. Again, better than it had any right to be. Meanwhile, Gorillaz's Humility was also pretty fun. It feels like a comeback of the styles of Plastic Beach, easily the band's best album, and is smart and engaging the whole way through. Which is something I couldn't say for many of the songs on Humanz. Not bad for a comeback at all.
In miscellaneous news, Welcome To The Party came back for some reason. Though it's heartily welcomed. We got more Latin with Sin Pijama, which is actually pretty solid. Natti Natasha plays off Becky G better than she did Ozuna on Criminal, and the beat is sexy as hell. Definitely one of the better Latin crossover songs in recent memory and I hope it sticks. And finally, 5SOS's Youngblood is not that bad. Not great either, thanks to the chorus feeling kinda flat and the production being a little wonky. But some elements of a kickass song are still here, and I don't mind this for the time being. It's certainly better than Want U Back, their previous offering.
But of course, the big story this week is the album bomb of Kanye's 7 track record, Ye. I have mixed feelings of this album overall. I like the things some of the tracks were trying to say, but it often lacked the production to feel great. The opening track I Thought About Killing You is painfully pretentious with its repeated message of "I think about killing myself and I love myself more than you." When it eventually turns into an actual song in the last third it feels too bumpy and fragmented for my liking. Yikes kicks it up, though, with an eerie beat that sounds straight out of Yeezus. It's unbelievably catchy, and I'm glad it was the best performing song on the album. Even despite the weird outro about Kanye's bipolar. All Mine hightails it back into insufferable with that awful falsetto chorus and ugly, blubbery beat. It just doesn't work at all. Wouldn't Leave is pretty somber, and I guess appropriate for being about Kim Kardashian. It's kinda pleasant, though nothing mindblowing. No Mistakes feels anchored by that "Believe it or not" sample that almost sounds out of place. But with the opulent swell of the beat and choir singing on the chorus, I don't mind it too much. Part of this gospel influence goes into Ghost Town, which I appreciated. Though with PARTYNEXTDOOR going off-key on the chorus and the outro of 070 Shake going on for way too long, it could've been better. Violent Crimes has a sweet sentiment about Kanye not wanting his daughter to be sexualized when she gets older, but the beat is too dull to really do anything for me. Again, could've been better. Ye as a whole gets a solid 5/10 from me.
Best: Must've Never Met You
Honorable Mentions: Humility, Africa, Sin Pijama, Yikes
Worst: All Mine
Dishonorable Mentions: I Thought About Killing You, Violent Crimes
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