Hits 1 Weekend Countdown, Week of December 29, 2018 The Chainsmokers, Kelsea Ballerini (3)

Hello to whats hopefully the last Hits 1 post of 2018 if not then the first of 2019. No new entrants, and no new HitBound ones either so a pretty easy week! Anyways, let's jump into the countdown.

The Countdown
#45-Shawn Mendes-In My Blood (#45) (=) (#1 for 2 weeks)
#44-NOTD ft. Bea Miller-I Wanna Know (#44) (=)
#43-Twenty-One Pilots-My Blood (#41) (-2)
#42-Steve Aoki-Waste It On Me (#39) (-3)
#41-Zedd ft. Maren Morris, Grey-The Middle (#40) (-1) (#1 for 9 weeks)
#40-Bazzi ft. Camila Cabello-Beautiful (Remix) (#42) (+3)
#39-George Ezra-Shotgun (#43) (+4)
#38-Charlie Puth-The Way I Am (#38) (=)
#37-The Chainsmoker ft. Emily Warren-Side Effects (#33) (-4)
#36-Panic! At The Disco-Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#36) (=) (#1 for 4 weeks)
#35-Silk City ft. Dua Lipa-Electricity (#35) (=)
#34-Lauv ft. Julia Michaels-There's No Way (#32) (-2)
#33-Selena Gomez-Back To You (#29) (-4)
#32-Backstreet Boys-Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#30) (-2)
#31-Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus-Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (#37) (+6)
#30-Twenty One Pilots-Chlorine (#28) (-2)
#29-Bebe Rexha-I'm A Mess (#21) (-8)
#28-Shawn Mendes-Nervous (#26) (-2)  
#27-David Guetta ft. Anne-Marie-Don't Leave Me Alone (#31) (+4)
#26-James Arthur-Empty Space (#34) (+8)
#25-Ava Max-Sweet But Psycho (#15) (-10)
#24-Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B-Girls Like You (#24) (=)
#23-Lauren Jauregui-Expectations (#23) (=)
#22-Olly Murs ft. Snoop Dogg-Moves (#22) (=)
#21-Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj-Woman Like Me (#25) (+4)
#20-lovelytheband-broken (#18) (-2)
#19-Ellie Goulding, Diplo ft. Swae Lee-Close To Me (#27) (+8)
#18-Imagine Dragons-Natural (#20) (+2) (#1 for 1 week)
#17-Ariana Grande-breathin' (#19) (+2)
#16-Dan + Shay-Tequila (#12) (-4)
#15-benny blanco ft. Halsey, Khalid-Eastside (#13) (-2)
#14-Alec Benjamin-Let Me Down Slowly (#14) (=)
#13-Post Malone, Swae Lee-Sunflower (#11) (-2)
#12-Panic! At The Disco-Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#9) (-3)
#11-Camila Cabello-Consequences (#17) (+6)
#10-The Struts ft. Kesha-Body Talks (#16) (+6)
#9-Ariana Grande-thank u, next (#10) (+1)
#8-Fall Out Boy-The Last Of The Real Ones (#7) (-1) (#1 for 2 weeks)
#7-Khalid ft. Normani-Love Lies (#6) (+1)
#6-Anne-Marie-2002 (#8) (+2)
#5-5 Seconds Of Summer-Youngblood (#5) (=) (#1 for 5 weeks)
#4-Halsey-Without Me (#4) (=)
#3-Panic! At The Disco-High Hopes (#2) (-1) (#1 for 8 weeks)
#2-Marshmello ft. Bastille-Happier (#3) (+1) (#1 for 2 weeks)
#1-The Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini-This Feeling (#1) (=) (#1 for a 3rd week)

Biggest Jump-Empty Space-James Arthur, and Ellie Goulding & Diplo ft. Swae Lee-Close To Me (+8)

Biggest Drop-Sweet But Psycho-Ava Max (-10)

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago-Halsey-Bad At Love (2nd/2 weeks at #1)

Empty Blurbs
~We somehow have This Feeling up at #1...not that I'm mad just it surprises me that they take this dance song and favor more than a mainstream EDM otherwise known as Happier which is set to snag another week.

~Random jumps from Shotgun, Beautiful, Consequences, 2002, and  Body Talks which manages to jump into Top 10 trading itself with  Hey Look Ma, I Made It.

~Seems like Side Effects, Back To You, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, and Waste It On Me are shaping up to be gone.

~HOLY JESUS THANK GOD THE MIDDLE IS IN THE BOTTOM 5, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME GREAT TO END OFF THE YEAR HITS 1.

~I'm really hoping Speechless debuts making Tequila dropping hard.

~Weird Hits 1 totally screwed up  Ava Max's path to her hit Sweet But Psycho.

HitBound
Dean Lewis-Be Alright
Seeb ft. Bastille-Grip
Arvil Lavinge-Tell Me Its Over
Stephen Puth-Sexual Vibe
Zara Larsson-Ruin My Life
Alessia Cara-Trust My Lonely
Charli XCX ft. Troye Sivan-1999 (forgot to put it in last week, sorry)
benny blanco ft. Calvin Harris-I Found You
Khalid-Better
Pitbull & Rhea-Ocean To Ocean
Dan + Shay-Speechless
lovelytheband-Maybe, I'm Afraid
Lauren Daigle-You Say
Imagine Dragons-Machine

Top 20 Review
0-Crap
20. Dan + Shay-Tequila
19. Halsey-Without Me

1-Bad
18. 5 Seconds Of Summer-Youngblood
17. Fall Out Boy-The Last Of The Real Ones

2-Meh
16. lovelytheband-broken

3-Decent
15. Khalid ft. Normani-Love Lies
14. Panic! At The Disco-Hey Look Ma, I Made It 
13. Anne-Marie-2002

4-Good
12. benny blanco ft. Halsey, Khalid-Eastside
11. Post Malone & Swae Lee-Sunflower
10. Imagine Dragons-Natural
9. The Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini-This Feeling

5-Great
8. The Struts ft. Kesha-Body Talks
7. Ariana Grande-breathin'
6.Marshmello ft. Bastille-Happier
5. Camila Cabello-Consequences
4. Panic! At The Disco-High Hopes
3. Ariana Grande-thank u, next
2. Ellie Goulding & Diplo ft. Swae Lee-Close To Me
1. Alec Benjamin-Let Me Down Slowly

Grade: 69/100 (69%) D

Throwback Pick Of The Week-Mario-Let Me Love You (2004)

Most Missed Countdown Song-Wake Me Up-Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc

Most Missed HitBound Dropout-All Night-Big Boi

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1-NOTD, Felix Jaehn ft. Captain Cuts, Georgia Ku-So Close

Favorite This Week One Year Ago-Camila Cabello-Havana (#3), Ed Sheeran-Galway Girl (#12), and Macklemore ft. Skylar Grey-Glorious (#44)

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Backstreet Boys-Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2. Dan + Shay-Tequila
3. Shawn Mendes-Nervous
4. Lauv ft. Julia Michaels-There's No Way
5. Halsey-Without Me

My Top 5 Picks
1. Olly Murs ft. Snoop Dogg-Moves
2. Alec Benjamin-Let Me Down Slowly
3. Ellie Goulding & Diplo ft. Swae Lee-Close To Me
4. Ava Max-Sweet But Psycho
5. Ariana Grande-thank u, next