Hits 1 Weekend Countdown, Week Of January 26, 2019 Halsey (3)

Welcome to another Hits 1 post! A more so quiet week here with only one dropout, and entrants on both the countdown and HitBound. Also, I do hope to get a My Top 40 post in on Thursday. Anyways, let's see our one and only dropout.
Dropouts:

• Zedd ft. Maren Morris, Grey- The Middle (#44) [#1, 9 weeks] {Thank The Lord}

The Countdown
Last Week's #1: Halsey- Without Me (2nd week at #1)

45. Shawm Mendes- In My Blood (#45; =) [#1, 2 weeks]
44. Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj- Woman Like Me (#35; -9) [#19]
43. Charlie Puth- The Way I Am (#41; -2) [#4]
42. Jennifer Lopez- Limitless (#42; =) [#42]
41. Steve Aoki ft. BTS- Waste It On Me (#38; -3) [#37]
40. Lauv ft. Julia Michaels- There's No Way (#39; -1) [#25]
39. Bebe Rexha- I'm A Mess (#37; -2) [#3]
38. George Ezra- Shotgun (#43; +5) [#12] 
37. Silk City ft. Dua Lipa- Electricity (#40; +3) [#14]
36. Panic! At The Disco- Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#36; =) [#1, 4 weeks]
35. Benny Blanco ft. Calvin Harris- I Found You (DEBUT) [#35]
34. Backstreet Boys- Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#34; =) [#3]
33. Selena Gomez- Back To You (#33; =) [#2]
32. Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B- Girls Like You (#32; =) [#4]
31. Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus- Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (#27; -4) [#25]
30. lovelytheband- broken (#30; =) [#10] 
29. Alessia Cara- Trust My Lonely (#31; +2) [#29] *New Peak*
28. James Arthur- Empty Space (#26; -2) [#22]
27. Ariana Grande- breathin' (#20; -7) [#7]
26. Fall Out Boy- Last Of The Real Ones (#24; -2) [#1, 2 weeks]
25. Camila Cabello- Consequences (#29; +4) [#11]
24. The Struts ft. Kesha- Body Talks (#28; +4) [#9]
23. Lauren Jauregui- Expectations (#23; =) [#22]
22. Khalid- Better (#21; -1) [#21]
21. Imagine Dragons- Natural (#18; -3) [#1, 1 week]
20. Zara Larsson- Ruin My Life (#25; +5) [#20] *New Peak*
19. Dan + Shay- Speechless (#22; +3) [#19] *New Peak*
18. David Guetta ft. Anne-Marie- Don't Leave Me Alone (#15; -3) [#15]
17. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS- Chlorine (#16; -1) [#16]
16. Post Malone & Swae Lee- Sunflower (#19; +3) [#11]
15. Ava Max- Sweet But Psycho (#17; +2) [#13]
14. Khalid ft. Normani- Love Lies (#5; -9) [#2]
13. Imagine Dragons- Machine (#14; +1) [#13] *New Peak*
12. Ellie Goulding X Diplo ft. Swae Lee- Close To Me (#11; -1) [#11]
11. Alec Benjamin- Let Me Down Slowly (#8; -3) [#8]
10. Anne-Marie- 2002 (#7; -3) [#3]
9. Panic! At The Disco- Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#10; +1) [#9]
8. Ariana Grande- thank u, next (#9; +1) [#6]
7. Dan + Shay- Tequila (#12; +5) [#7] *New Peak*
6. Benny Blanco ft. Khalid, Halsey- Eastside (#13; +7) [#6] *New Peak*
5. 5 Seconds Of Summer- Youngblood (#6; +1) [#1, 5 weeks]
4. Marshmello ft. BΔSTILLE- Happier (#4; =) [#1, 2 weeks]
3. The Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini- This Feeling (#2; -1) [#1, 4 weeks]
2. Panic! At The Disco- High Hopes (#3; +1) [#1, 8 weeks]
1. Halsey- Without Me (#1; =) [3rd week at #1]

Biggest Jump- Benny Blanco ft. Halsey, Khalid- Eastside (+7)
Biggest Drop- Khalid ft. Normani- Love Lies and Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj- Woman Like Me (-9)

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago- Imagine Dragons- Thunder (5th week/5 weeks at #1)

New Entrants
~Our only new entrant this week is I Found You by Benny Blanco and another producer, Calvin Harris. However, Calvin takes on the vocals and he sounds pretty good with the production. Benny production is pretty good as well and is more upbeat than Eastside. Anyways, back to Calvin, he sounds better with Benny's production than his own when he attempted Summer in 2016.

I Found Blurbs
~As you see, a select number of songs are getting old and to be honest, soon enough, I'll be favoring bad HitBound songs over them.

~The biggest jump was very small and the biggest drops didn't impact much.

~Speaking of biggest jumps, Eastside and Tequila splurge up to Top 10 territory. Songs like Consequences and Body Talks rebound from noticeable drops last week. Also, Ruin My Life just keeps climbing quickly which is nice.

~As drops go the biggest drop impacted on the two songs tied. Woman Like Me drops to Bottom 5 which I'm not thrilled to see. However, Love Lies takes a tumble into the Top 20 now, this may look like the end for it which is good because other rising songs need to take the Top 10.

~At this point, seems like this could be Way I Am's, There No Way's, and I'm A Mess's last week on here as they slowly inch towards the end of their time here as they approach or have entered Bottom 5 territory.

~As far as The Middle goes, it was great when we first heard, but then it got worse and worse and was awful. I really think Hits 1 stanned this song very much where they shut out better and other songs who were worthy. This song blocked out One Foot from reaching #1 and destroyed former #1's momentum to #1 like Whatever It Takes, Want You Back, and Let Me Go. Thank goodness it's gone now after spending 50 atrocious weeks on this chart. Goodbye.

HitBound

• Stephen Puth- Sexual Vibe
• Dean Lewis- Be Alright
• Sabrina Carpenter- Sue Me
• Travis Scott- SICKO MODE
• Arvil Lavinge- Tell Me It's Over
• Sam Smith ft. Normani- Dancing With A Stranger (DEBUT)
• Post Malone- Wow.
• Seeb ft. BΔSTILLE- Grip
• Gestaffelstien ft. The Weeknd- Lost In The Fire
• Pitbull & Rhea- Ocen To Ocean
• lovelytheband- Maybe, I'm Afraid
• Kelsea Ballerini- Miss Me More
• Charli XCX ft. Troye Sivan- 1999
• Jake Miller- Wait For You
• Lauren Daigle- You Say

New Trainees
~Our only new song is Dancing With A Stranger from Sam Smith and Normani. This is easily bound to debut in a couple of weeks, but anyways my actual speculation. I do like both of their voices, the production is too quiet and very soft, to the point where you're like "The song is done?".
Everything is good, but it's so quick it makes the song forgettable easily.

Top 20 Review
0- Crap
20. Dan+ Shay- Tequila
19. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS- Chlorine

1- Bad
18. Imagine Dragons- Machine

2- Meh
17. Halsey- Without Me

3- Decent
16. Marshmello ft. BΔSTILLE- Happier
15. Dan + Shay- Speechless
14. David Guetta ft. Anne-Marie- Don't Leave Me Alone
13. 5 Seconds Of Summer- Youngblood
12. Khalid ft. Normani- Love Lies
11. The Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini- This Feeling
10. Panic! At The Disco- Hey Look Ma, I Made It
9. Anne-Marie- 2002

4-Good
8. Benny Blanco ft. Khalid, Halsey- Eastside

5-Great
7. Panic! At The Disco- High Hopes
6. Ariana Grande- thank u, next
5. Ava Max- Sweet But Psycho
4. Zara Larsson- Ruin My Life
3. Post Malone & Swae Lee- Sunflower
2. Ellie Goulding X Diplo ft. Swae Lee- Close To Me

Bonus: 6- Best Song On The Countdown
1. Alec Benjamin- Let Me Down Slowly

Throwback Song Of The Week- Cascada- Everytime We Touch (2006)

Most Missed Countdown Song- Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida- Troublemaker

Most Missed HitBound Dropout- Big Boi- All Night

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1- Ariana Grande- 7 Rings

My Top 5 Countdown Picks
1. Alec Benjamin- Let Me Down Slowly
2. Ellie Goulding X Diplo ft. Swae Lee- Close To Me
3. Post Malone & Swae Lee- Sunflower
4. Zara Larsson- Ruin My Life
5. George Ezra- Shotgun

My Bottom 5 Countdown Picks
1. Backstreet Boys- Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2. Dan + Shay- Tequila
3. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS- Chlorine
4. Imagine Dragons- Machine
5. Steve Aoki ft. BTS- Waste It On Me