Billboard Hot 100 Highlights July 7th, 2018

Once again delayed, but this time because I was out of town on Tuesday. But again, better late than never. At least I'm getting it done before the storm of Scorpion next week. That will be fuuuuuuuuun. Highlights.

Top 20

1. I Like It by Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin (2)
2. Sad! by XXXTENTACION (1)
3. Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD (4)
4. Girls Like You by Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B (5)
5. Psycho by Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign (6)
6. Nice For What by Drake (3)
7. Boo'd Up by Ella Mai (7)
8. No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande (9)
9. God's Plan by Drake (8)
10. Meant To Be by Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line (11)
11. Yes Indeed by Lil Baby & Drake (12)
12. The Middle by Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey (10)
13. Moonlight by XXXTENTACION (16)
14. Better Now by Post Malone (23)
15. Plug Wank by Rich The Kid (32)
16. Mine by Bazzi (20)
17. Perfect by Ed Sheeran (21)
18. Changes by XXXTENTACION (18)
19. Apeshit by The Carters (13)
20. Delicate by Taylor Swift (27)

Fell Off Top 20

22. Friends by Marshmello & Anne-Marie (14)
24. This Is America by Childish Gambino (17)
25. Jocelyn Flores by XXXTENTACION (19)
26. I'm Upset by Drake (15)

Big Gains (10+)

15. Plug Wank by Rich The Kid (32)
21. Tequila by Dan + Shay (34)
48. Mercy by Brett Young (60)
57. Dura by Daddy Yankee (70)
70. Hope by XXXTENTACION (80)
73. Drowns The Whisky by Jason Aldean ft. Miranda Lambert (85)
75. I Was Jack (You Were Diane) by Jake Owen (94)
79. I Know You by Lil Skies ft. Yung Pinch (92)
81. Medicine by Queen Naija (100)

Moderate Gains (5 - 9)

14. Better Now by Post Malone (23)
20. Delicate by Taylor Swift (27)
30. Taste by Tyga ft. Offset (38)
41. I Like Me Better by Lauv (47)
44. Get Along by Kenny Chesney (50)
45. Simple by Florida Georgia Line (54)
49. One Number Away by Luke Combs (57)
51. Sit Next To Me by Foster The People (59)
64. X by Nicky Jam x J Balvin (69)
66. Everything's Gonna Be Alright by David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney (72)
69. Alone by Halsey ft. Big Sean & Stefflon Don (75)
71. Esskeetit by Lil Pump (76)

Big Losses (10+)

26. I'm Upset by Drake (15)
62. Chun-Li by Nicki Minaj (52)
67. Bed by Nicki Minaj ft. Ariana Grande (43)
76. Fake Love by BTS (65)
77. Yikes by Kanye West (67)
85. I Lived It by Blake Shelton (63)
94. Born To Be Yours by Kygo & Imagine Dragons (74)
99. Boss by The Carters (77)

Moderate Losses (5 - 9)

19. Apeshit by The Carters (13)
22. Friends by Marshmello & Anne-Marie (14)
24. This Is America by Childish Gambino (17)
25. Jocelyn Flores by XXXTENTACION (19)
29. Walk It Talk It by Migos ft. Drake (24)
34. Fuck Love by XXXTENTACION ft. Trippie Redd (28)
50. Wait by Maroon 5 (44)
54. All Mine by Kanye West (48)
60. Bigger > You by 2 Chainz, Drake & Quavo (53)
74. Done For Me by Charlie Puth ft. Kehlani (66)
78. Call Out My Name by The Weeknd (73)
87. Lovely by Billie Ellish & Khalid (81)
93. Woman, Amen by Dierks Bentley (88)

Dropouts

• DDU-DU DDU-DU by BLACKPINK (55, 55, 1 week)
• IDGAF by Dua Lipa (56, 49, 23 weeks)
• Pray For Me by The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar (61, 7, 20 weeks)
• Ocean by Martin Garrix ft. Khalid (78, 78, 1 week)
• Summer by The Carters (84, 84, 1 week)
• Welcome To The Party by Diplo, French Montana & Lil Pump ft. Zhavia Ward (87, 78, 4 weeks)
• Dame Tu Cosita by El Chombo ft. Cutty Ranks (89, 36, 9 weeks)
• Reborn by Kids See Ghosts (91, 39, 2 weeks)
• Nice by The Carters (95, 95, 1 week)
• Cops Shot The Kid by Nas ft. Kanye West (96, 96, 1 week)
• Friends by The Carters (99, 99, 1 week)

Returning Entries

56. Big Bank by YG ft. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj
61. Say Amen (Saturday Night) by Panic! At The Disco
83. Sin Pijama by Becky G + Natti Natasha
84. High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco
98. Take Back Home Girl by Chris Lane ft. Tori Kelly

New Entries

58. Sober by Demi Lovato
65. Legends by Juice WRLD
88. Coming Home by Keith Urban ft. Julia Michaels
92. Life Changes by Thomas Rhett
95. The Light Is Coming by Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj
97. Solo by Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato

General Notes

Looks like we got several small stories this week. We got the return of the charting singles from the new Panic! At The Disco album. Still like both, but the album itself is kinda eh. Still, among the best the album offers. Sin Pijama also came back, which is am okay with. Hopefully it can actually do better this time around, but I kinda doubt it. Big Bank also came back huge thanks to the video. Which I haven't seen so maybe it went viral? The song gets less interesting the more I think about it.

In country news, Take Back Home Girl is back again. Please stop doing that. But we also got Life Changes from Thomas Rhett, the title track from his latest album. I didn't remember it being the most memorable track when I listened through it, and that's still kinda true. Not a bad song, but kinda doofy. It sounds good. Which I can't say for Coming Home, a song I was actively dreading charting and that had lots of bad buzz. Badly produced, shoddily put together, and it further tries to legitimize Julia Michaels as someone I should care about in music. I don't. I still hate her. At least she's not on the song that much.

In terms of weird stuff, we got the second single from Ariana's forthcoming album. This one with more of a trap influence, and one I actually enjoy more than No Tears Left To Cry. She pulls off ratchet surprisingly well and Pharrell's beat is fun and wicked. Nicki's verse is okay. Then there's another song from Juice WRLD, this time as a tribute to X and Lil Peep. Admirable, I guess, but god it's annoying. The Post Malone comparisons are getting easier to make here, and it's still clear he does them worse than he does. Not a fan whatsoever.

And finally, we got a couple tracks from Demi Lovato, both drastically different. My favorite of the two is her collab with Clean Bandit, mostly for how it's able to balance its wonky elements into something catchy. "I wanna FWOOP FWOOP FWOOP" is one of my favorite lines of the year, I'm not kidding. Just a lot of fun. In contrast, Sober is a dour, emotional piano ballad. And I can appreciate the vulnerability on display in this song and the rawness Demi's displaying, but something's not really clicking with me all that well. I don't hate it by any means, but it doesn't hit me as hard as I would like it to. Maybe it's something to do with the piano arrangement. Eh. It might grow on me if it sticks around.

Best: Solo
Honorable Mention: The Light Is Coming

Worst: Coming Home
Dishonorable Mention: Legends