Most active week... possibly ever? - Weekend Countdown 3/9/24 - Dua Lipa (6)

Well this week was real active... You'll see what I mean.

Exits:

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Girls (#21) 

Nicki Minaj/Lil Uzi Vert - Everybody (#28)

Paul Russell - Say Cheese (#26)

Umi/V - Wherever U R (#27)

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Seasons (#17)

Last Week's Number One: Dua Lipa - Houdini (5 weeks at #1)

#30: Usher - Kissing Strangers (Debut)

#29: Madison Beer - Make You Mine (Debut)

#28: girl in red - Too Much (Debut)

#27: SZA - Saturn (Debut)

#26: Dua Lipa - Training Season (-2)

#25: Jessie Murph/Jelly Roll - Wild Ones (=)

#24: Jungkook - Standing Next To You (-2)

#23: Victoria Monet - On My Mama (=)

#22: Selena Gomez - Love On (+7)

#21: Teddy Swims - Lose Control (-12)

#20: Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM (Debut)

#19: Henry Moodie - pick up the phone (-6)

#18: Tate McRae - greedy (-8)

#17: Knox - Me, Myself & Your Eyes (+13)

#16: Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (+2)

Countdown Extra: The Beaches - Blame Brett

#15: Tyla - Water (+4)

#14: Justin Timberlake - Selfish (-3)

#13: Renee Rapp/Megan Thee Stallion - Not My Fault (-1)

#12: Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (+8)

#11: Ariana Grande/Mariah Carey - yes, and? (+5)

#10: Noah Kahan - Stick Season (+5)

#9: Doja Cat - Agora Hills (+5)

#8: AJR - Yes, I'm A Mess (-1)

#7: Olivia Rodrigo - get him back! (-1)

#6: Kenya Grace - Strangers (+2)

#5: Knox - Not The 1975 (=)

#4: Tate McRae - exes (=)

#3: Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (=)

#2: Sabrina Carpenter - Feather (=)

#1: Dua Lipa - Houdini (=) (6 weeks at #1)

I wanna preface this by saying I've been digging all these songs for the past week or two.

First up we have Usher, after Good Good earlier this year. Kissing Strangers is a banger. Usher sounds good as always and I love that he switches the words "kissing strangers" for different meaning. Hope this smashes like it is on the charts.

Next up even though it got little spins is Make You Mine. This is a bop. Love the production and the vocals. I saw a video saying how versatile she is, and I agree. Imagine going from heartfelt ballad to club banger in 2 years.

Next up is the worst debut this week, Too Much. But don't be fooled, as worst debut doesn't really mean anything here, as this is still a banger. While I prefer the other song with the same name from earlier this year, the production is still cool and girl in red sounds good. Also check out DOING IT AGAIN BABY that just released Friday, it's even better than this one.

Next up we got the song SZA teased during the Grammy's, Saturn. SZA sounds good and the production is great. I love in the pre chorus how the words are all "para-". Great song.

Finally we have the song that has blowing up like crazy on the charts, social media, you name it, Beyonce's TEXAS HOLD 'EM. I love the vibes, love the dance, love everything about this.

Hit-Bound:

Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust

Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for love) (Debut)

Teddy Swims - The Door

Hayes Warner/Billy B/Kevin Rudolf - Just A Girl (Debut)

Luke Hemmings - Shakes (Debut)

Pharrell Williams/Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out)

Dasha - Austin (Debut)

Djo - End of Beginning (Debut)

24kGoldn - Clarity (Re-Entry)

Lay/Lauv - Run Back To You

Charli XCX - Von Dutch (Debut)

Twenty One Pilots - Overcompensate

Liam Payne - Teardrops

Galantis/David Guetta/5 Seconds of Summer - Lighter

The Beaches - Blame Brett

Jagwar Twin - Bad Feeling (Oompa Loompa)

No idea why Clarity is back but I guess I'll take it?

Ariana Grande released Eternal Sunshine yesterday, and we can't be friends is the single. This one slaps, production, vocals, everything.

Just A Girl sucks. Worst song of the year so far. Annoying female rap. Please don't cancel me.

Hits 1 played Shakes when it came out, which was kinda weird, as they don't often do that. I'll take it, as I do like the song.

Austin is just good, can't say anymore as I don't know the artist.

Apparently Joe Keery from Stranger Things is a singer? End of Beginning is being pushed to radio, and I'm happy, as it is a bop.

Von Dutch sounds like more generic trampoline park music, but it is kinda cool.

Debuts/Dropouts:

Alec Benjamin - Pick Me

Surfaces/JVKE - Don't Let Me Down

Jessie Murph - Son of a B****

Alex Warren - Before You Leave Me

Crash Adams - Good Side

Willow Avalon - Honey Ain't No Sweeter

Nicky Youre - S.A.D.

I didn't really care for any of these besides S.A.D, so oh well.

Abyss:

MAX/HUH YUNJIN - STUPID IN LOVE

Jelly Roll/Lainey Wilson - Save Me

Morgan Wallen - Thinkin' Bout Me

The Weeknd/JENNIE/Lily-Rose Depp - One Of The Girls

Panic! At The Disco - New Perspective

Shinedown - A Symptom of Being Human

Jennifer Lopez/Latto - Can't Get Enough

FLETCHER - Lead Me On

Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor

Umi/V - Wherever U R

Paul Russell - Say Cheese 

New Kids On The Block - Kids

Texas Blurb 'Em:

We lost Wherever U R and Say Cheese to the abyss, and both Nicki songs and Seasons not to the abyss. Who knows what happens to the abyss, and good riddance to the other besides Everybody, that should've smashed.

Should've been more space between the first 4 debuts tbh.

Why is Training Season flopping?

#22-#17 is the most movement in 6 songs I've ever seen.

Love On is doing well, nice to see.

How did Me, Myself & Your Eyes jump 13 spots?!?

Beautiful Things finally made the big jump I've been predicting.

#11-9 all jumped +5 lol.

Can Houdini leave #1 already? I'm really sick of it now.

Alright guys, that's it! Cya later for more posts.