Taylor Swift Spends a Third Week at No. 1 With "Look What You Made Me Do", RHYMEBERRY Debuts

Taylor Swift continues to dominate, being No. 1 for a third week with "Look What You Made Me Do". Also, RHYMEBERRY debuts.

Obviously, as previously stated "Look What You Made Me Do" spends a third week at the top. Interestingly enough, it appears to have a small gain in performance. Now, while it can't challenge just yet, "Marry Me" by Thomas Rhett inches up, moving 3-2. It's still going pretty strong, and could become the next No. 1, unless something robs it. Having a better week than expected, "Cut to the Feeling" by Carly Rae Jepsen moves 7-3, almost nearing the points of the No. 2 song. 

In a particularly bad week for Kirstin Maldonado, "Break a Little" fell hard out of the Top 10, and "Hey Guapo", her collaboration with Play-n-Skillz, falling to No. 4 with heavy losses in performance. Bleeding points fast, it can be out of the top 10 in as early as two weeks. At No. 5 we get "Craving You" by Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris. It seems to be a Top 10 mainstay as its points are falling, but extremely slowly. "My Mind Is For Sale" by Jack Johnson rises to No. 6, which is unexpected for a mellow, indie folk like this. But it hit a point peak and may not be sticking around much longer. To continue Taylor Swift's fortunes, "...Ready For It", moves 9-7 for a new peak, and a new peak in points. It'll likely be heading for a Top 5 position in the future. Now, a previous No. 1, "Unforgettable" by Thomas Rhett, is in the opposite position, falling 5-8. It won't be lasting much longer, but it had a pretty good run. 

Now, we get two new Top 10 entries. The first being "Too Much to Ask" by Niall Horan, which boosts 11-9, with decent performance, but nothing stellar. And our second song is a debut, and an unexpected one at that... "Bring It On Down" by RHYMEBERRY. The J-pop/rap song debuts at No. 10, despite having less than five days of tracking. This can be a No. 1 within the next few weeks. This is a very good week for international acts, as we have acts from Canada, the United States, Russia, the UK, Japan, and France on the chart.

Looking to next week, based on early predictions, Taylor Swift will likely be holding her #1 spot, "Hey Guapo" could be falling out of the top 10 entirely, and "...Ready For It?" and "Bring It On Down" will be fighting for a spot in the Top 5.

Taylor Swift Returns to #1, Jack Johnson Earns His First Top 10 Entry

In a particularly eventful week, Taylor Swift returns to #1 with "Look What You Made Me Do", Jack Johnson earns his first top 10 entry, and Carly Rae Jepsen and Sabrina Carpenter make big returns.

To start, "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift goes 5-1. It tallies its second non-consecutive week at #1. Now, this could've faced challenge from "Hey Guapo" by Play-n-Skillz and kirstin... except it had a pretty bad week. The real challenger is "Marry Me" by Thomas Rhett. Despite it not being a single, it is getting pretty big gains, so it will likely overtake "Hey Guapo" soon. Speaking of Thomas Rhett, he takes up the rest of the Top 5, as "Craving You" with Maren Morris holds on to #4, despite having a pretty bad week, should be out of the Top 10 soon. But it still held up over his other song, "Unforgettable" which took a massive loss in points as the album hype fades. As such, it replaces Taylor Swift's spot at #5.

Now, we get two returning entries to the Top 10, as "Why" by Sabrina Carpenter comes back at #6 (going 14-6), for a new peak. It only left because Thomas Rhett flooded the chart. And in a huge surprise boost, "Cut to the Feeling" by Carly Rae Jepsen returns to #7 (rising massively from 25-7), off of its music video. Could it gain more? Who knows. It's got competition from our only new song, "My Mind Is For Sale" by Jack Johnson. See, I did not expect this, but it's really good. The anti-Trump single reaches the top 10 with huge momentum. It is the first political song in the top 10.

And at #9, we get "...Ready For It?" by Taylor Swift, which is sticking around longer than I expect but not in the top 10 much longer. And finally, at #10... "Break a Little" by kirstin bounds 12-10? It really just shows how weak the bottom two songs are. In some good news, two big arrivals come right below. "Too Much To Ask" by Niall Horan debuts at #11, and "GUY.exe" by Superfruit at #12.

In our very early projections, it'll be a battle between "Marry Me" and "Look What You Made Me Do" for #1.

Full chart: http://crownnote.com/charts/naos/my-top-50-15

Thomas Rhett - 'Life Changes' (Album review)

Time to look at the third studio album from pop country star Thomas Rhett... and how it's... good?!
Release date: 8 September 2017
Record label: Valory Music Co., Big Machine Records
Genre: Pop country
Best songs: "Marry Me", "Craving You" (ft. Maren Morris), "Life Changes", "Sixteen", "Gateway Love", "Grave"
Worst songs: "Leave Right Now"
Rating: 8/10

To be honest, I didn’t even expect to cover this. Because to be honest, I hated Thomas Rhett when he was putting out atrocious songs like “Crash and Burn” and “Vacation”. Sure, his debut album ‘It Goes Like This’ could have been way worse, considering it was bro-country. But then, ‘Tangled Up’ was released, and oh, god, was it bad. Let’s just say, ISIS could’ve used it as torture. But, I did like “Die a Happy Man”, and “Star Of The Show”. “T-Shirt” wasn’t that bad. And then, we got the two singles, and I really liked them. And with all the promotional singles, I liked them much better than I thought, and I was excited for the album, so how was ‘Life Changes’?

Well, far better than what I expected when looking back at 2015. Pretty much everything is better. “Craving You” is a electric guitar driven song, and while it does do the overdone “love = drugs” kind of thing, it really doesn’t bother me. There’s a lot of energy to it, and Maren Morris definitely does well here. Even though she kinda blows Thomas Rhett out of the water. We also get “Unforgettable”. A pretty likable acoustic pop song. Sure, the percussion could be a little bit heavy, but the lyrical content is alright. It’s a nice love song. It’s followed by “Sixteen”, another acoustic driven song that leans a bit more country. And it’s surprisingly mature coming from Rhett. Looking back on the years, back when he thought big of things that were really pretty little. And I can get that. Then we get the obviously country “Drink a Little Beer”. Which features his father Rhett Akins. It’s not really a song like too much. It’s basically a song full of country cliches, and the little outro regarding his father’s possible comeback album, I wasn’t too fond of the advertisement. Just seemed pointless to me. And following this, we get the best song on the album, “Marry Me”. This is something I certainly didn’t expect from him. Basically, it's about if his wife (who he knew since they were like, 7) ended up marrying someone else, and the depression and alcoholism he would have to deal with, and that he'd still wish her happiness, despite loving her and having been friends forever. And I can understand that sentiment. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m going to be in this situation soon. And this is probably one of my favourite songs to come out in 2017. Another showing a ton of maturity, and emotional intensity that you don’t expect from Thomas Rhett. Piano was a good choice for the backing, but i don’t think the drums or anything else were necessary. Still a really good song.

“Smooth Like The Summer” is a pretty breezy track that would’ve worked for the… well, summer. But like “When You Look Like That” and “Sweetheart”, they weren’t all that interesting. Definitely not bad songs, but they’re barely above average. Although we get good tracks like “Life Changes”, where he talks about how his life is changing, how he’s all of sudden got two kids. Life can change that quickly. And… yeah, it’s catchy, mature, it’s pretty good. “Gateway Love” is a weird one. I didn’t like it at first, but it’s actually pretty good. Range is diverse, and his upper range again, sounds pretty decent. “Kiss Me Like a Stranger” seems to be R&B inspired. Nowhere near my favourite, but it isn’t bad. It's a fine enough hook-up jam. Also, "Grave", It's actually pretty good, especially the hook and message behind how Thomas will take her love to the grave. Then we get “Leave Right Now”, pretty basic, an generic EDM Chainsmokers song, which is of course, stealing a guy's girlfriend. Only bad song here, but even then... it isn't abysmal.

I liked it so much more than I thought. The writing’s a whole lot more mature, the production is still all over the place, but it’s usually good. Thomas Rhett doesn’t go into asinine territory with his lyrics, and he appears to have finally grown up. Those kids are doing good on him. Solid 8/10, I definitely recommend this! I'm looking forward to the next album!

Thomas Rhett Takes #1 and Dominates The Week With 'Life Changes' Album

Achieving far more than predictions indicated, the Country star achieves his first #1 with "Unforgettable". Along with this, he ties Taylor Swift for songs record, and ties for most songs in the Top 10.

As Thomas Rhett's "Unforgettable" moves 4-1, Rhett scores his first #1 song on the chart. He narrowly just missed the chart previously with "Craving You" (which moves 5-4), which peaked at #2. Along with this, Rhett debuts four songs in the wake of his 'Life Changes' album. Rhett's third studio album, has allowed him to match up records with the likes of Pentatonix and Taylor Swift.

The debuting songs are "Marry Me" (#3), "Life Changes" (#7), "Leave Right Now" (#9), and "Kiss Me Like a Stranger" (#10), which brings Rhett's Top 10 total to seven, tying Pentatonix, Superfruit, and kirstin, who have all achieved the feat. Rhett also narrowly beat the record, as "Gateway Love" debuts at #11. This disruption has kicked several successful songs out of the Top 10. Previous #1s, "Break a Little", and "Honest", took major drops this week due to Rhett. 

Rhett also ties pop/ex-country singer Taylor Swift for her record of having most songs in the Top 50, as Rhett achieved 16. All of 'Life Changes' is in the chart this week, aside from two tracks. Three of his previous hits remain in the chart: "Beer With Jesus", "Die a Happy Man", and "T-Shirt". He also debuts with his cover of Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man". He also narrowly missed beating this record as well, as "Star Of The Show" (which previously peaked at #8), just missed the required points to re-enter.

As of the rest of the Top 10, "Hey Guapo" falls 1-2, "Look What You Made Me Do" sinks 2-5, and "...Ready For It?" rises 10-8. 

Next week, we should see the fallout of an album bomb. But who knows? It could all stick around. Full chart coming soon.

kirstin and Play-N-Skillz dethrone Taylor Swift with "Hey Guapo"

So yes, kirstin returns again to #1 with "Hey Guapo". But Taylor Swift's not completely out of the running.

As "Hey Guapo" pushed "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift down to #2, it's not losing all that much. Both songs have over 9000 points. The rest of the chart seems pretty irrelevant, as all songs have almost less than double the points of these two. 

Naturally, this causes push-backs. "Honest" by Drake Bell down to #3 as it is just nowhere near as strong. However, a music video could be coming soon, so if it's good... who knows? But till then, it'll be replaced by "Unforgettable" by Thomas Rhett. Holding on to #4 with good gains. He has two other songs, "Craving You" falls to #5 as it's just losing in points now, with "Sixteen" up to #6. All songs may be getting a boost, as Rhett's 'Life Changes' album released on the 8th. 

"Break a Little" by kirstin falls to #7, falling pretty lighter than I thought, and "Why" by Sabrina Carpenter holds a #8. And we get two songs entering or re-entering the Top 10: "Sexy Ladies" by Superfruit boosts to #9, and the top debut goes to "...Ready For It?" by Taylor Swift at #10. The first promo single from 'reputation', as it was released on a Sunday, it had less chart impact than it would have. 

Now for next week, looking to predictions, "Hey Guapo" and "Look What You Made Me Do" will be battling it out for #1, and Thomas Rhett could push "Unforgettable" into the top 3. Full chart comes Friday.

Note: Also, I'm running out of pics for that girl.