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Just realized that Babyshark is out of the top 40.

In a perfect world CHVRCHES would have had loads of chart hits by now, but here we are with them enjoying their 2nd top 40 hit.

THIS

Erm, isn't Sunflower at #35 and The Plug at #34?

Looking forward to see MarCHVRCHello, Juice and So Am I in the top 40.

ACTUAL Idris Elba :jameela:

I liked Lucid Dreams but this one is terrible.

Ava Max and Marshmello + CHVRCHES not likely entering the top 40 this week

What I hated about this season THE POOR EDITING OF THE FRONTRUNNERS Usually in every season, you expect to see the contestants that early on are being portrayed as frontrunners to build a huge connection with the lead, so the viewers can ship their relationship. Yes, we see them in full PDA mode with the lead, but we also see them bonding, having deep conversations and so on. But with Cassie and Hannah G., I feel like we hadn't seen barely anything about their relationship with Colton other than the making out. And obviously there must have been so much more going on, if we got to this outcome where Colton is so lovestruck by Cassie that he sent the show's rules out of the window and where Hannah G. was left so heartbroken, that you could tell that she was still hurt even after all these months. In Cassie's case, you know that this is the girl that Bachelor ends up choosing in the end, and all you show them is pretty much them making out on the beach? Not even a moment of strong bonding, not a splash of them establishing a connection beyond the kissing and flirting, when obviously there must have been much more to them. And even if like the most skeptical state, that she was never that into him, even her undecisiveness and cold feet could have been shown in a better way. Hannah G.'s case is even worse when it came to editing as she does have a mature, well-rounded personality yet she was pretty much shown just being there looking pretty. And once again, so much more must have happened between her and Colton. Tayshia was the only finalist whose relationship edit with Colton was more diverse, from them bonding over extreme experiences in their dates to her opening about her past marriage. CONNOR LACKED MATURITY I liked Colton as The Bachelor and I'll state what I liked about him later on, but he also had some flaws. I just think that he wasn't in the right place in his life that he was mature enough, let alone ready for marriage and when he said he was, it felt as he was talking himself into it. Plus, he was feeling the pressure of being a good Bachelor especially since the last two were polarizing (to say the least) choices and by trying too hard to live up to that pressure, that some of his true self was getting lost along the way until all came crashing down at the finale. At least, it all ended up in what is a better scenario for him: dating someone without being pressured by engagement. He also lacked the maturity to handle better the drama, most of the time, he would just freak out about it instead of setting the record straight (which is something that usually Bachelorettes do much better than Bachelors). COURTNEY AND ONYEKA Not only they were both so annoying, these girls totally signed up for the wrong show, they should have applied for Big Brother or Bad Girls Club, and neither seemed to care a lot for Colton. And although Onyeka was insufferable, I don't side with Nicole as well, as she didn't do herself any favourites either in the situation. EARLY DEPARTURES FROM WEEK 1 STANDOUTS Catherine, the night 1 villain. Bri, the fake Australian accent. Erika McNutt with her bag of nuts, "the sound of da poliss" remark when Tracy arrived in a police car and her relief for not buying the same dress that Heather and other girl were wearing on the first night. And yet they all were gone on week 3, especially when we finally found something interesting about Catherine. KIRPA'S EDITING TREATMENT Other girl that the show's editing did dirt was Kirpa. I mean, in other seasons, they focused so much in dubious accents (Tierra, Kelsey) and she had a real accident you don't even bother to focus on that, leaving everybody wondering why the hell she has a band-aid on her chin? Not to mention that until then she pretty much getting unnoticed, and as it turned out she did have a relevant role in the season. What I loved about this season COLTON REDEFINING MASCULINITY Nevermind his virginity, there were quite a few things about Colton that in this world plagued by toxic masculinity that would cause for his manliness to be questioned. Therefore, I loved how Colton wasn't fazed by all that questioning, and was comfortable with being himself without worrying about looking bad, silly, cringy or less manly. There's something powerful about someone like him doing that: proving that being virgin, oversensitive, scardycat and whatever is not mutually exclusive of being a man. He was also a great sport handling all the jokes and running gags and, apart from a couple of cases, he acted as caring and compassionate to all the girls. DEMI She was more of a firestarter than an actual villain. Yes, she could be too aggressive, overboard and inconvenient, but she was never truly at wrong in wherever situation she was involved. Courtney and Tracy have much more themselves to blame. In fact, Demi was never fake and owned up to everything she did, right or wrong. And who would have thought that her breakup with Colton could be so heartbreaking? She'll definitely rule in Paradise. CAELYNN'S SEXUAL ATTACK STORY WAS HANDED PERFECTLY That story has shown exactly the way it should be: accurate, poignant and devoided of artificial drama and heartstrings. And you know how easily this could be tainted. Kudos to everybody involved in this: Caelynn, Colton, the production, the editing. THE FENCE JUMP LIVED UP TO THE HYPE It's easy for shows like this to make something dramatic much more important that actually us (a contestant getting medical treatment/having blood on their face, a contestant histerically crying like they were eliminated, a loud altercation between the contestants and/or with the lead) but this time, the fence jump was really the pivotal moment of the season. What I'm looking forward to see on Hannah Brown's Bachelorette season: - More of her athletic side: Hannah is known to be passionate about boxing and excelled at all the physical challenges of Colton's season, so I'm expecting to see several sporty/physical challenges for her and her suitors. - More of her vulnerable side: I hope to see her talk about her imperfections, raising awareness that her problems are far more common than one would like to think and you just can't sweep under the rug or find a magical solution, it's a lifelong struggle. Like Colton, I hope she doesn't grip to an idea of what people expect her to be as a Bachelorette and get all pageant patty, but instead that we see the good, the bad, the ugly and the lovely about her - and that one of the guys see her throught that. - Personal growth: starting with an awkward, nervous Hannah like we saw last night and gradually building more confidence, knowing that she is worthy of love by some in this range of guys. - As well as a few guys that can be great matches for Hannah, I'm hoping to see hot guys that can be great hookup matches in Paradise for the other girls of Colton's season, especially Hannah G., Heather, Demi, Tayshia and Bri. - Someone who is total Bachelor material, but not quite on the traditional way.

I'm surprised that So Am I isn't taking off. After the success of Sweet But Pyscho, you'd expect that there would be a lot of interest for whatever Ava would release next.

Pink queen of chart longevity

It took me ages to get into Bury A Friend, but now I'm digging it. No pun intended.

Just the top 40 needed it, another random generic urban track.

Yeah, Sigrid in the top 40! But why only now?

Can Leave Light On leave the F out of the 40 forever?

The closest that Avenged Sevenfold had of a top 40 hit was The Beast And The Harlot (#44 in 2006).

Cassie Pros: She's the one to whom Colton has been the most attracted to since pretty much the start, the biggest physical chemistry, exhudes the beautiful girl next door vibe, had the perfect winner editing (aka the Becca editing) until week 7 Cons: Too young/not mature enough to be engaged, her indecision on the last episode, not much shown as it should of a deeper emotional connection between them as one would expect by now, may have had other reasons to get in the show Hannah G. Pros: Great chemistry with Colton, got the first impression rose, stayed away from all the drama, seems to have good personality, seems mature enough for her age Cons: For a frontrunner, the show has shown very little of her, we still do not know enough about personality or about her connection with Colton other than the making out as we should by now, Lauren B. editing. Tayshia Pros: We've seen more of Colton's not-just-physical connection with her than with the other two, mature, more life experienced Cons: Sometimes they have this friend rather than lover vibe, out of Colton's dating comfort zone (Cassie and Hannah are safer choices for him), her tattling in week 7 was off-putting I wonder if they cut out the Hannah B. footage of this episode because she's now being heavily tipped to become the next Bachelorette (whereas until now Caelynn has been edited on the show as the most likely one). Thus far she had been edited to look crazy/weird and Caelynn as the level-headed one that viewers should root for, but somehow the public is now responding better to Hannah B. than to Caelynn. So if the producers are now rolling with that tide, they had that footage cut out - which they were clearly intending to show- because it would probably make Hannah B.'s image look worse.

Shame that Swan Song didn't reach at least the top 20. I thought it would much better on Dua's name alone.

Gone are the days when anything Katy Perry related would be an instant hit, I guess.

Boo at Breathe not climbing. Amazing tune.

I'm new to the Bachelor world since the show never aired in my country, let alone had a national adaptation, but I came across this video on my YT recomendations about and I got interested in it. Not only I'm following the current Bachelor season but I've also have been searching and viewing as much of the previous seasons. What it attracted to me was not the heartstrings nor the drama, but rather how the production and the editing build up a narrative. When each season premieres, the producers know the outcome (who won, who caused most drama, who had a meltdown) and will then procede to create a story to engage the public, craft the drama to grab viewers and divide the contestants into frontrunners, villains, maybes/just friends and irrelevants. For instance, you can see pretty much who will be the frontrunners on week one: they'll have nice music playing when they appear, a good job/background, the lead looks really impressed and will engage on the flirt and the editing will feature them on the right measure - enough to stand them out and make the public root for them but without turning them into obvious choices. Of course there have been exceptions (Courtney Robertson being the prime example) but they're few and far between. Usually if you come out in a crazy custom and there is funny music playing when you show up from the limo or have your first talk with the lead, you're not going far. Here are some conclusions I've came up to: - Bachelorette seasons have been better than the Bachelor seasons: a) Bachelorettes have better track records: 3 of them are still married to their picks (Trista, Ashley, Desiree), 3 of them are still engaged to their picks (JoJo, Rachel, Becca). Plus Kaitlyn and Shawn's three years together is a lot in reality TV years. And I believe that Trista and Ryan's success story in the very first Bachelorette seasons was crucial to the franchise's longevity. Sean Lowe remains the only Bachelor who married his final pick and now there are more Bachelors who ended up marrying their runners-up. (Jason, Arie) b) Bachelorettes don't backlash as much Bachelors when they become leads: sure Kaitlyn was slutshamed, Rachel got a lot of slack for not choosing Peter and several Bachelorettes ended up in a less favourable light than the ones they had in their Bachelor's seasons. But the male leads have backlashed harder: Jason Mesnick, Jake Pavelka and the two Bens were big fan favourites in their Bachelorette stints (even Juan Pablo was well-regarded!) but then ended up being hated/huge letdowns. There were no efforts to tone down Nick Viall's stamp as the $l*t Bachelor. Colton may be one of the rare Bachelors that may end up being better regarded than they were at the start. c) The testosterone filled male fights on the Bachelorette are more entertaining than the catty drama of the Bachelor, IMO. d) Bachelorettes don't screw up the final 2 etiquette: Jen Scheft is the only one who kind of did, whereas several bachelors either didn't propose to anyone or tossed their decision right away. e) Even though their judgements may sometimes be clouded by lust, the Bachelorettes don't think with their crotch, at least when it matters the most. But there have been some Bachelors who clearly were thinking with two heads when they choose the final winner (Brad/Emily, Ben/Courtney, Ben/Lauren, Nick/Vanessa). Even Ali Fedotowsky, who admitted that she chose Roberto mostly out of lust, was not so obvious about it. - Don't be a white knight In every season of the franchise, there's always someone who headbutts with the villain(s) and warns the lead about them. It's a kiss of death as more often than not, even if they're totally right and well-intentioned about it, it will be taken as a sign that you're more dedicated to confront others than in the lead themselves and you won't get far. The frontrunners usually stay outside of the drama or are just involved on it in the final stretch. Examples are way too many. - Sean Lowe is the unicorn Bachelor. His season was truly unique, not only because he's the only one to date to ever getting married to the girl he chose on the show, but because he avoided all the curveballs. He was a nice guy without being boring, very attractive without being conceited, religious but still quite open-minded and not at preachy about it. Even his flaws, like being too gullible to Tierra's victim card plays, were entertaining. And I loved how he trolled the rules on week one and gave away 12 first impression roses. And since one of them went to Catherine, he's also the only Bachelor to give a first impression rose to his final pick (as opposed to six Bachelorettes, including the four last ones). Likewise Catherine was an amazing contestant, sure of herself, drama-free, beautiful yet relatable and geeky, and I loved how the producers built their slowly but surely growing love story in the show. Easily my favorite season of the franchise. Moreover, this season spawned another success story with Desiree being the following Bachelorette and then marrying Chris. - The show plays us with ones who got away Sometimes, especially on the Bachelorette seasons, the producers seem keen on picking this one contestant and portraying him in such an amazing light, that it seems they are the natural favourite and when the lead breaks up with them, it leaves the feeling that they are settling for second best. Sometimes, this trope is used mostly in order not to make the winner so obvious. The prime example of this was Peter on Rachel's season who was shown as having the deepest connection with Rachel, whereas Brian was being edited as a shallow Latin lover who was wooing her out of lust. Of course, time proved that the story was other IRL. Other cases are Brooks Forrester, Luke Pell and in a way, Becca Kuffrin. - We all know the premise of the show is daft, but it still works. Of course, it's super ludicrious to go on a show with the real expectation of finding true love on a TV show, where you compete with several other people, travel to exotic locations and end up getting engaged. (And let's not even talk about the crazypants ideas that the producers come up with for the dates!) And nowadays, you can hardly be blamed for wanting to go to the show to pursue goals other than "the right reasons". But even so, even if we know that most of this engagements will fall apart, sometimes even before the season finale is aired, it's still a compelling watch. Plus there are a few success stories (10 at the moment, including Bachelor In Paradise) and we can take seven Jakes/Viennas or Bens/Courtneys, if we get one more Trista/Ryan or Sean/Catherine. As for the current Colton Underwood season, I'm finding her very entertaining pretty much the best since Sean Lowe's. Not so much because of Colton (sometimes even in spite of Colton) but due to the overall package and good casting (Demi is iconic, Cassie and Hannah G. are endlessly swoonable, Caelynn's story was touching and the show dealt with it perfectly and Hannah Alabama is hilarious). And of course the latest male lead seasons have been letdowns (Juan Pablo is trash, Ben H was vanilla, Corinne pretty much made Nick's season, Chris's season was okay-ish and Arie was boring, then tainted by Lauren-gate). I will talk more in detail about my thoughts on the current season after the finale.

Surprised that Swan Song didn't go straight the top 20 on Dua's name alone.

He is credited on the music video.

Scott said that there 4 new entries. Lewis, Lauv/Troye and 21 Savage are up already and Billie will be the fourth, so no. :(