Billboard BREAKDOWN - Hot 100- July 16, 2022 (Hot Sh*t, Master Of Puppets, Good Love, MORE, Numb)

[@masterdriver132]

*Fun fact:* "Master Of Puppets" is the first metal song to chart on the Hot 100 since "Fear Inoculum" by Tool which charted in 2019.

[@delrey2728]

I remember Fear Inoculum being hyped for their return. I did hope SOAD charted when they returned.

[@fanstar141]

There was actually a metal cover of god's country that charted in late 2021

[@shocksystem8675]

@@fanstar141 It's more metalcore than actual metal

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

My 100% Honest Review of Rich Minion: Ever since I saw the title, I knew right away I had to listen to it. I had sky high expectations, but when I actually listened to the song, it didn't meet them. Instead, it went miles past them. Before this song, I always considered myself more of a singer than a gentleminion. But after listening to this masterpiece, I became more of a gentleminion for life. Both of them are still cooler than easter bunnies. Not only does Rich Minion have beautiful production and angelic vocals, but the lyrics are quite possibly the greatest piece of literature I know about. Let's start with "I made a song for the Minions." Before that line, I thought this song was for Shrek. But then it was made clear it's actually for the Minions. Thank you Yeat for making me clear what the point of this song is. Then there's "How much they paid me? A million. I shop and then donate to charity." This guy proves that instead of spending his money selfishly, he acts responsible and donates it to charity. Man Yeat, you're such a wonderful person. You continue making the world a better place. Don't forget "Yeah, I don't like Vector." As we all know, Vector is probably the most powerful and evil villain in history. He makes all other villains look lame. So when Yeat goes out of his way to shit on him, you know he isn't fucking around. What's next, is he gonna diss tiny toilet? It's safe to say that Rich Minion isn't just the Best Of The Week, or the BEST OF THE WEEK, or the BEST OF THE MONTH, or the BEST OF THE DECADE, or the BEST OF THE CENTURY, or the BEST OF THE MILLENIUM, but also the BEST OF ALL TIME. Some of the songs that are widely considered some of the greatest songs ever made are stuff like Bohemian Rhapsody, Smells Like Team Spirit, Imagine, Sweet Child O' Mine, and Mr. Blobby. Trust me, these songs are all horrible compared to Rich Minion. It's so depressing that this piece of art only debuted at number ninety-nine instead of number one when this is so cleary better than any song that charted this year. Glimpse of Us and Running Up Thar Hill are all virgin songs while Rich Minion is a Chad song. I heard some people call Seventeen Going Under an incredibly robbed song. But the thing is that Rich Minion makes Seventeen Going Under look like a Walker Hayes and 6ix9ine collaboration from the Music soundtrack in comparison. Fuck off I Ain't Worried and So Good, Rich Minion is the song currently charting right now I'm rooting for most. We need this to become bigger. We need more streams, more people buying it, and we need it played at McDonald's and Walmart. Overall, I give this song a 473926661819r4747/10. Would recommend.

[@mentalillness1574]

Psychotic comment

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

@@mentalillness1574 What are you talking about? Rich Minion didn't break me in the slightest. Ok, maybe a little. But not by much.

[@triiip14]

REAL

[@jrdnmcnl918]

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[@em.roseee]

this but unironically

[@robinmitchells]

I wanna give you a hearty thank you for sticking to your morals and convictions when it comes to Sia. I haven’t seen the movie, but from what I’ve heard from reviews, plus her behavior in interviews and on social media (plus her weird and suspicious behavior concerning Maddie Ziegler, but that’s a whole other can of worms), yeah there comes a point when someone crosses the line and it’s unforgivable. With all the youtubers and tiktokers and influencers willing to look the other way when it comes to a celeb’s behavior if they can benefit from that celeb in some way, I’m so happy you’re one of the few who values integrity over a quick buck or following the crowd.

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

Yeah, her "Friendship" with Maddie is a bit creepy.

[@JamieNova]

Yeah I was very surprised at that part. As an Autistic person myself I wouldn't have been upset if he did review the entry properly but it definitely makes me very happy to know he's on our side. My respect for him definitely significantly increased just now. :3

[@megaascension2748]

@Jamie Nova I believe Mark is on the spectrum. He mentioned something about that during a stream and that his channel name was inspired by that.

[@gut853]

@@megaascension2748 Oh wow I never knew that was a tie in to the channel name! This is why I respect Mark so much though as a content creator. He never wavers in his word; people like that are super rare.

[@JamieNova]

@@megaascension2748 Oh I actually didn't know that. That definitely makes a lot of sense now that you mention it though.

[@josephfernandez8015]

It’s 2022 and we have two 80s songs in the top 40. Great time to be an 80s music fan.

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

Ready Player One predicted this exact thing

[@Rocelin13]

Really happy that Son of a Sinner charted. Been a fan of Jelly Roll since his collaboration with Tech. Looking forward to seeing his career to continue to blossom.

[@glenmm9865]

Seeing that both of "Masters of Puppets" and "More" charting this week is making me wish that "The Rumbling" by SiM actually charted on the Hot 100 back in February. Even if it's only for one week.

[@johnnydepp4866]

Yes! That will be interesting because this would be the first time a Japanese band charted on the hot 100!

[@jpopreviews2319]

@@johnnydepp4866 Yellow Magic Orchestra did so with Computer Game back in 1980 actually.

[@smoov22_sonic]

Eh, what I’ve heard about AOT season 4 and the context of what “the rumbling” is in that show would make me feel lucky we didn’t get it

[@Amir-qz4bn]

Did we just tap into 2016/2017 all of a sudden? Sia, Usher, Marshmello and Khalid randomly on the charts again

[@nshb4204]

Sam Hunt too

[@nshb4204]

@ShrekTheGuy57 Body li-

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@nshb4204 Sam Hunt is a feature though.

[@AquilaSky21]

7:59 oh wow I didn’t expect this!

[@jadenthemusicfreak]

This was by far the easiest BOTW to predict. Master Of Puppets entering the hot 100 in a timeline for music as painfully lackluster as the one we're living in now, is a goddamn miracle. I cannot stress that enough. It's like if Beethoven somehow suddenly got his hearing back. Much like Running Up That Hill, it made for a scene in the show that I will never forget anytime soon, but UNLIKE Running Up That Hill, I have known this song for plenty of years already since my mom got me into Metallica right before I started middle school. It doesn't get 100x better in context of the show like the Max and Vecna scene, but seeing this on the hot 100 makes me incredibly happy. And it only took 36 years lmao.

[@mikerivera373]

Idk man, seeing Eddie say “this one’s for you, Chrissy” before shredding it to Master of Puppets while the chaos unfolds is one of the most badass moments of the year

[@SignatureFox713]

The worst part about Sia is that I genuinely think she’s talented but she’s literally thrown out all the good will she had with that “Music” movie. Like imagine being that sonically talented and then throwing it all to shit. I have MANY friends on the autism spectrum, and this is infuriating. At least you did it with some class Mark because I don’t think I’d be able to do this without screaming my head off in anger.

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

I agree That's the sad part Sia is amazing songwriter and singer And she really destroyed her career with that movie.

[@shocksystem8675]

Agreed

[@SignatureFox713]

@@jtlovescodelyoko It would be so easy to write off Sia if her music was bad or if she wasn’t talented but no, she has to be insanely talented and wrote many songs that defined my childhood. It’s frustrating

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

@@SignatureFox713 I know

[@pennyrods]

I really didn’t want to see Sia on the charts again since that movie she made but sadly here we are in 2022 and she’s back with an airplay run.

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

Yeah, That movie will forever be a permanent scar on her Career that even with Unstoppable charing and virality on TikTok, that's not enough for me to declare a career Comeback.

[@masterdriver132]

I'm surprised that she managed to return to the Hot 100 after that thing she did in 2021 but at the same time I'm not happy about that either.

[@deltacat27]

Yeah, important to highlight that airplay is the only reason she's charting. Maybe it had a tiny tiktok trend a while ago, but right now it's absolutely CARRIED by radio (even despite bad callouts!)

[@JamieNova]

Yeah... as an Autistic person myself that whole thing is incredibly upsetting on so many levels. I'm not the type of person to be mad at people who still like her music but personally I just can't listen to her anymore, her actions have just seriously hurt us in ways that are really hard to explain.

[@gut853]

@@deltacat27 It gets played on variety stations quite a bit, even though it is one of the blandest, most cliche empowerment songs I've ever heard. It's so background that it doesn't deserve any of the airtime it's gotten

[@warj.3577]

Numb feels like the perfect kind of song to play on the speakers at a clothing store, or a sporting store. Music that plays in the background, for better or worse.

[@gut853]

It's definitely a summer vibe type of song. Not particularly special, but I don't mind it. It's called Numb, and it certainly makes me feel that way

[@shocksystem8675]

One thing is that the hook alarmingly reminds me of "Pumped Up Kicks".

[@maddexulanowski1184]

I'm never listening to any Sia song ever again. Not after how she ridiculed and mocked my community, and portrayed us like cartoon caricatures in her "film". She knows nothing about me or anybody else like me.

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

And she did the worst research ever on Autism

[@josephkrebaum7502]

I am also autistic, and yes, I 100% agree.

[@shocksystem8675]

@@akiranatsume3501 Same

[@lol88133]

a couple thoughts: I'm glad you were as surprised at how good Son of a Sinner was as I am, between the production, the content and Jelly Roll's voice, it legit reminds me of a Jason Isbell song. Also while that Luke Bryan song seems generic on the surface, I want to highlight a lyric that pisses me off: "Hey fireman, boys and girls in blue We could sure use a lot more like you You come runnin' in anytime, anything goes wrong" I don't know when that was written, but it feels like incredibly bad optics to release that when one of the stories dominating the headlines for a solid month is a case of police NOT running in when something went horribly wrong. Just really bad timing and it rubs me the wrong way.

[@Artizm_Music]

I'm so glad Son Of A Sinner made it on the charts. I've loved it for a while now and had a feeling this was gonna be the song that breaks through.

[@scottrohrbeck7672]

Ah yes, Master of Puppets, my personal favorite Metallica song even years later. It is really cool to see Stranger Things influencing popular music. Also Numb is super fun

[@AquilaSky21]

BOTW: Master Of Puppets (Classic) HM1: More (Surprisingly good track that I didn’t expect. Great stuff!) HM2: Good Love (Usher makes this really good) DM: Rich Minion (It’s okay. Do appreciate the meme, but this should be better) WOTW: Country On (Meh.)

[@jeremyusreevu237]

"Good Love (Usher makes this really good)" True, but it's a City Girls song, which makes it bad on principle. Even with Kendrick Lamar, a City Girls song would still suck and be awful.

[@AquilaSky21]

@@jeremyusreevu237 no, City Girls can make good music and that song they made with Cardi B in 2019 slaps 😎

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@AquilaSky21 Sorry, Aquila. Glad you like them, but imo, City Girls are talentless Hacks, with godawful vocals, terrible lyrics, and obnoxious production.

[@shocksystem8675]

@@AquilaSky21 Agreed, literally my only major issue with their songs is Yung Miami's grating delivery.

[@PenL-h6v]

spilled on usher making good love really good

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

Since "Unstoppable" actually charted, here are some other 2016 pop songs that unjustly flopped: House Of Memories by Panic At The DIsco Body Moves by DNCE Pity Party by Melanine Martinez(added to the radio in 2016) Make Me Like You by Gwen Stefani Kiss The Sky by Jason Derulo All About Us by Jordan Fisher Me And Your Mama by Childish Gambino Set It All Free from that Sing movie Better by Twenty One Pil-I mean One Republic Not Today by Imagine Dragons False Alarm by The Weeknd(if this came out today, it would be a massive hit) Perm by Bruno Mars Lush Life by Zara Larsson(a song that was big in every country except the United States because, of course it was) Spirits by The Strumbellas Capsize by Frenship ft. Emily Warren Do your thing Tiktok! Make it happen!

[@jeremyusreevu237]

It would have been better if unstoppable charted before the Music Fiasco.

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

False Alarm got an all-caps BOTW back in 2016.

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

Points for Set It All Free from that Sing movie.

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

@@lmnqhlsthtq Yeah but it only charted for 2 weeks for some reason

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

@@jeremyusreevu237 Yeah, I know.

[@ManicChangeling]

I heard Son of a Sinner on the radio with the little identifier and was confused about who the heck Jelly Roll was. Tried to listen to some of his other stuff and wasn't really feeling it, but I love Son of a Sinner and it's definitely on my playlists now.

[@ronlevovitz7088]

I really hope the radio picks up "Until I Found You". It has such a delightful throwback sound.

[@mentalillness1574]

the marshmello and Khalid song is surprisingly good, it’s been stuck in my head for weeks

[@jeremyusreevu237]

"the marshmello and Khalid song is surprisingly good" Why surprising? Khalid is excellent!

[@mentalillness1574]

@@jeremyusreevu237 surprising because marshmello is super hit or miss. He’s made Be Kind, one of my favorite pop songs ever, but he also made Alone, one of the worst EDM songs ever

[@TheCoasterCraze]

So much guitar on the new crop of songs haha

[@smoov22_sonic]

Kuncan Dastner’s video on the comparison between the marketing for Minions and Morbius is a helpful guide to how we got to “Yeat flexing about getting paid 2 million for a trailer song” on the charts

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

Yes! We actually have another 2016 song that undeservingly flopped getting a second chance. This is amazing

[@wotintarnation8388]

As an Autistic guy myself, I had a pact that if my mom and dad ever watched Music I'd leave them behind, even if it was for a minute or two. While yes if you go by seperating the art from the artist Unstoppable is good, there's this nagging feeling about what Sia did last year... It's a guilty pleasure song for me I'm sorry.

[@shocksystem8675]

IMPO, this week is so diverse and all over the place. BOTW: "Master Of Puppets". HM (tie): "More", "Good Love" and "Son Of A Sinner". WOTW: "Rich Minion" (even the minions affiliation wouldn't make me understand the appeal of Yeat).

[@JillyMaysHere]

Mark, I wanted to thank you for refusing to cover and/or platform Sia in the light of the ableist dumpster fire she put out last year. As an Autistic woman myself, that movies mere existence caused me so much anger and emotional distress.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Same. And it's kinda clever how he used the brief bit of him talking about Unstoppable in his This Is Acting review as a replacement for it.

[@JillyMaysHere]

@@jeremyusreevu237 Yes that was noble of him.

[@GameJunkyard11]

I can't believe Jake Owens made the best thing since Body Like A Backroad. Glad you like it.

[@jeremydiesel7805]

I'm so proud Jelly Roll took him long to get there but he finally made it. Got his Billboard chart topper. "Son Of A Sinner" is such a great song.

[@masterdriver132]

*BOTW:* Master Of Puppets (A rocking thrash metal classic that finally got the Hot 100 traction it deserved. Need I say more?) *HM:* Son Of A Sinner (This certainly isn't as great as "What It's Like" by Everlast but this is a really good somber guitar driven ballad) *HM2:* Bad Habit (I'm glad Steve Lacy got his first Hot 100 entry though I wish "Dark Red" charted first) *DM2:* Best Thing Since Backroads (I know Jake Owen can do better than this but he could do worse as well) *DM:* Rich Minion (I hope Yeat stans don't attack me for this but this type of generic and empty trap song shouldn't work for a kids movie. On the positive side this is probably the best song he's done though that isn't saying much) *WOTW:* Unstoppable (Set aside that atrocious movie that insulted people who are on the autism spectrum, this song is basically Sia's version of "Fight Song" and I don't care for it at all. TikTok, can we not make this a thing please?)

[@jeremyusreevu237]

"this song is basically Sia's version of "Fight Song" Except at least Unstoppable has a personality.

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

It's amazing how literally no one in this comment section gets Unstoppable.

[@thebillboardnerd3033]

As bad as the “Music” movie was, I’m willing to separate the art from the artist in this situation and say that “Unstoppable” is a pretty decent song, even if the commercialism surrounding the song (Samsung promo, radio play, etc.) might bring down the quality of the song soon.

[@CwMGameplays]

Kind of annoyed they let Unstoppable chart but let Lost by Frank Ocean bounce around the recurrent charts instead.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

1. Unstoppable is a good song, so I don't mind it charting. 2. It might drop out next week or get lower.

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@jeremyusreevu237 Honestly, I hear Unstoppable for far too long due to the iPhone ad that's been on nonstop repeat for this year. The fact that it's a 2016 song kind of makes it worse since it's charting because of the ad, pretty much.

[@AquilaSky21]

Doing this for fun! My top 100 songs of the week (July 12, 2022) 1. Bad Bunny-Moscow Mule 2. My Chemical Romance-The Foundations Of Decay 3. Kendrick Lamar-N95 4. Mystery Skulls-Keep On Living 5. Harry Styles-As It Was 6. CIDERGIRL-Cinderella 7. Harumaki Gohan ft. Hatsune Miku-Mirage 8. Bad Bunny ft. Jhay Cortez-Tarot 9. SiM-The Rumbling 10. Bad Bunny ft. The Maria’s-Otro Atardecer 11. Mystery Skulls-Be With You 12. Kid Cudi-Stars In The Sky 13. Kendrick Lamar-The Heart Part 5 14. Bad Bunny ft. Bomba Estereo-Ojitos Lindos 15. Swae Lee ft. Jhené Aiko-In The Dark 16. Aimer-Zankyosanka ( 17. Komi Can’t Communicate S2 Opening 18. Silk Sonic-Put On A Smile 19. Karol G-PROVENZA 20. Charli Adams ft. Ruston Kelly-Headspace 21. Ed Sheeran ft. Bring me the Horizon-Bad Habits 22. Bad Bunny ft. Tony Diez-La Corriente 23. Silk Sonic-Love's Train 24. Rex Orange County-AMAZING 25. Bad Bunny-Después De La Playa 26. Red Hot Chili peppers-Black Summer 27. Daddy Yankee & Bad Bunny-X Última Vez 28. Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa & Young Thug-Potion 29. Silk Sonic-Smokin' Out The Window 30. DJ Snake-You Are My High 31. Official HIGE DANdism-Mixed Nuts 32. Imagine Dragons & JID-Enemy 33. Silk Sonic-After Last Night 34. Khalid-Skyline 35. Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd-Moth To A Flame 36. EDEN-Balling (New Debut) 37. Sam Smith-Love Me More 38. Three Days Grace ft. Lukas Rossi-Neurotic 39. Lil Nas X ft. NBA Youngboy-Late To Da Party 40. PSY ft. SUGA-That That 41. Panic! At The Disco-Viva Las Vengeance 42. Attack On Titan-Akuma No Ko 43. Joji-Glimpse Of Us 44. The Living Tombstone-This Comes From Inside 45. Hot Freaks-I Want To Be Your Boyfriend 46. Deaf Havana-Nevermind 47.Adele-To Be Loved 48. Post Malone-Reputation 49. Sting-What Could Have been 50. Bring Me The Horizon-Strangers (New) 51. Metallica-Master Of Puppets (New) 52. Big Time Rush-Fall 53. Three Days Grace-Lifetime 54. The 1975-Part Of The Band (New) 55. Smallpools-Dreaming 56. Post Malone ft. Roddy Ricch-Cooped Up 57. Calvin Harris, 21 Savage-New Money 58. Bad Bunny-Tití Me Preguntó 59. Lizzo-About Damn Time 60. Beyoncé-BREAK MY SOUL 61. Jack Harlow-First Class 62. Bad Bunny-Enséñame A Bailar 63. KIRA ft. Hatsune MIku & GUMI-VOICE 64. Four Tops-Reach Out (I'll Be There) 65. Gorillaz ft. Thundercat-Cracker Island 66. Three days Grace-Souvenirs 67. Becky G, KAROL G-MAMII 68. Sleeping With Sirens ft. Spencer Chamberlain-Crosses 69. Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone-Me Porto Bonito 70. Lady Gaga-Hold My Hand 71. The Chainsmokers-Maradona 72. NateWantsToBattle ft. DAGames-With You 73. Doja Cat-Vegas 74. Bad Bunny ft. Rauw Alejandro-Party 75. Harry Styles-Cinema 76. Swedish House Mafia-Calling On 77. Bad Bunny-Yo No Soy Celoso 78. City Girls ft. Usher-Good Love 79. Three Days Grace ft. Apocalyptica-Someone To Talk To 80. The Marias-All I Really Want Is You 81. Shakira, Rauw Alejandro-Te Felicito 82. Harry Styles-Music For A Sushi Restaurant 83. Bad Bunny-Aguacero 84. Black Eyed Peas, David Guetta & Shakira-Don't You Worry 85. Bad Bunny-Neverita 86. Taylor Swift-Carolina 87. Erased Anime Opening 88. Three Days Grace-Explosions 89. Post Malone ft. Fleet Foxes-Love/Hate Letter To Alcohol 90. Aterra Tale-The Price of A life (New Debut) 91. Halsey-So Good (New Debut) 92. Kendrick Lamar ft. Kodak Black-Silent Hill 93. Gryffin & MØ-Reckless (New Debut) 94. Three Days Grace-A Scar Is Born 95. Kendrick Lamar ft. Taylour Paige-We Cry Together 96. 5 Seconds Of Summer-Complete Mess 97. Tion Wayne ft. La Roux-IFTK 98. Charlie Puth ft. Jung Kook-Left And Right 99. Pusha T ft. Kid Cudi & Kanye West-Rock N Roll 100. For King + Country-Unity

[@alex_flamer]

Which video did Mark say he would no longer review anything from Sia? I don't remember him saying that (though, I do understand the outrage over that movie.)

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

He didn't say that in a video, he said that on Twitter.

[@AquilaSky21]

I think it was on Twitter after the whole Music situation blew up

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

@@AquilaSky21 It was on Twitter, I remember his response

[@ethanellis4662]

Master of Puppets never charted when it released? Wow

[@ethan6287]

you should watch top gun maverick, its worth seeing in theaters.

[@gut853]

This was a really cool week! I love when there's a big variety of new arrivals that hit the chart and we really got songs from every genre this week; it was a real treat! Jelly Roll's stage name doesn't do that song the justice it deserves; I thought that song was really good too. Sadly, that new Cardi B song is extremely disappointing to me, especially after her last two big single releases which I thought were very provocative and fun. I completely agree that whoever is in charge of her album rollout needs to be replaced because this one single a year method they've been following since 2020 is a disaster.

[@TheRareVideosXL]

Nice to see Metal being represented on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart,especially Metallica.

[@jchmusic7587]

I wonder if Mark watched "Stranger Things 🤔

[@maddexulanowski1184]

Actually interesting fact about Jelly Roll: Dude was actually in prison for a little bit as a former drug dealer, but reformed. So that may actually explain a lot of the content in "Son of a Sinner".

[@alex_flamer]

I think Jelly Roll is more associated with the rock world. I remember hearing about him opening for Shinedown on tour this year.

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@alex_flamer I thought it was more the Juggalo fanbase since I heard his name fairly commonly at the time with them.

[@awookieandagerman]

AJFA is my favorite Metallica album. But Master Of Puppets in the top 40 is still a massive positive achievement for society.

[@masterdriver132]

RIP MAMII, Carolina, Tomorrow Me, Die Young, and Music For A Sushi Reasturaunt (sorry Mark)

[@juhaniaho6698]

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FOUR-" "HEY, F**KFACE! DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN YOU DESTROYING OUR BOMBS!", Chris Brown shouted, as he and Lil Durk lunged at DAVE. DAVE's head turned around. "SILENCE, YOU INTERRUPTER", replied DAVE. DAVE's eyes suddenly started glowing. A flash happened. Both Chris and Durk were turned into glass statues. DAVE's attention turned back at Beyoncé, who was starting to lose consciousness. "THE FOURTH METHOD IS WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO THE INTERRUPTERS." DAVE grabbed Bey's hand. "CHOOSE YOUR END WITH YOUR FINGERS." Suddenly, an arrow flied through the air at DAVE's head...who grabbed it effortlessly. "THE SAME METHOD OF ATTACK DOES NOT WORK TO ME MORE THAN ONE TIME, HUMAN CALLED 'KATE'", DAVE spoke. The arrow emitted strange, high-pitched noise. "BARK! BARK!" Kate's hound, angry at DAVE for injuring his fellow hound, had followed the arrow's sound, dived forward at DAVE. DAVE turned the arrow around and jabbed it forward. Kate's hound managed to dodge it by flying up, but the arrow still grazed his stomach, wounding him. The hound fell to his backside, bleeding. "NO MORE DISTRACTIONS. THE TIME-" "IS THICC-THIRTY!!!", shouted Lizzo, who then proceeded to tackle DAVE with her hips with such force, that DAVE was knocked down the canyon's cliff. Lizzo managed to catch Beyoncé before she could've fallen down the cliff as well. Lizzo pulled her up. "Bey, you okay?", asked Lizzo, worryingly. Beyoncé gasped for air in great pain. "Okay, you're breathing, that's good", Lizzo responded. In the distance, Kate rode at the cliff with Future's horse, as she noticed her hound. "MY HOUND!", Kate shouted, as she ran to the hound's side to tend the wounds. "Oh heavens no, you've lost a lot of blood! Does anybody know how to stop the bleeding?! ANYONE?! MY HOUND IS DYING, I NEED HELP!!!", Kate shouted in great fear. "I can help you!", Lizzo replied. Lizzo carefully rested Beyoncé's head and ran to Kate, where she took out her flute and began to play a soothing tune: (It's the Song of Healing from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, dear readers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqbdcmmZlLeWgac) "The bleeding...it stopped! Thank you!", Kate said, as she hugged Lizzo. The hound whimpered in pain, though. "Shhh, rest, my beloved hound. You and your friend are both going to be just all right", Kate talked to her hound with a calming tone. "It's over. It's finally over", Lizzo said. "IT IS OVER FOR YOU." Lizzo and Kate turned their heads at the cliff, where they saw DAVE floating over the canyon's edge. "YOUR RELIANCE ON GRAVITY AND YOUR GLUTEUS MAXIMUS HAS FAILED YOU. I WILL NO LONGER WASTE TIME ON THE GROUND. THE CREATION OF THE NEW WORLD IS NIGH. I WILL NOT BE DISTRACTED BY THOSE WHO ARE CHAINED BY GRAVITY ANYMORE. PRAY FOR A PAINLESS END FROM YOUR RESPECTIVE DEITIES." (Soundtrack for the readers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKGai6mhZdKDobs) DAVE flew up to the sky. Immediately afterwards, the wormholes began to converge. Violent earthquakes and massive windstorms occurred, as the wormholes merged into one giant tear, like a weed whacker ripping away the fabric of time and space itself. Suddenly, six people fell from the giant tear. "KIRK, WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!" "I DON'T KNOW, LARS!" "KIRK, WHEN I ASKED YOU SHRED SO HARD THAT REALITY ITSELF WOULD SHATTER, I DIDN'T MEAN IT LITERALLY-AH!" "OH SCREW YOU, JAMES!" "HEY, WHO'S THAT CHICK WITH HER HAIR COVERING HER EYES?!" "HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW, CLIFF?! WE'RE LITERALLY ABOUT TO FALL TO OUR GODDAMN DEATHS!" "HEY WAIT GUYS, THERE'S A LAKE DOWN THERE! WE SHOULD TRY TO FALL AT IT!", shouted Hammett. "WHAT IF IT'S TOO SHALLOW?!", asked Newsted. "'what if it's too shallow', QUIT BEING A PUSSY, JASON! EVERYBODY AIM TO THE LAKE NOW-AH!", Hetfield commanded. The five men fell to lake. Fortunately, the lake was deep enough for them. Afterwards, they swam to the nearest beach and rested. "Hey, did that chick survive?", asked Burton. "I don't know, Cliff. And I don't really care-ah", replied Hetfield. In the distance, Sia stood up as she realized that she survived the fall. "I'M STILL ALIVE! WOO-HOO! I'M INVINCIBLE!!!", shouted Sia. Then she looked down to the ground and noticed that her fall was cushioned by two young women, who were unfortunately crushed by her weight. "B-becky..." "K-karol..." Both G's, Becky and Karol, fell silent. Sia stood next to them, awkwardly. "Oops." Sia ran away.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Cool stuff. Keep up the great work!

[@juhaniaho6698]

@@jeremyusreevu237 Thanks.

[@xamp_exclammark]

Bad Habit and Good Love are 2 songs i thought dropped last week but actually dropped 2 weeks ago,how does this happen lmao

[@ericortiz7443]

2022 so far seems to be a banner year for years/decades-old songs (re-)entering the Hot 100.

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

8:00-8:38 *Throwback*

[@smoov22_sonic]

On one hand, Son Of A Sinner is the Nashville Mercy by Shawn Mendes, which is a win in my book on the other hand, the artist behind it has consistently worked and aligned with fascist blowhards like Adam calhoun on my secret third hand, LOOOOOL NAMING YOURSELF JELLY ROLL

[@jackhayes1698]

Apparently shinedown is touring with him for some reason

[@josephkrebaum7502]

@@jackhayes1698 That's not the least bit surprising.

[@jackhayes1698]

@@josephkrebaum7502 huh how

[@josephkrebaum7502]

Quite a few Shinedown songs sound like either country or Southern rock, imo.

[@faceofkongos516]

@@josephkrebaum7502 is Second chance falls in that category?

[@AquilaSky21]

My personal new debuts of the week (July 12, 2022) *EDEN-Balling* (#37) *Bring Me The Horizon-Strangers* (#50) *Metallica-Master Of Puppets* (#51) *The 1975-Part Of The Band* (#54) *Aterra Tale-The Price Of A Life* (#90) *Halsey-So Good* (#91) *Gryffin & MØ-Reckless* (#93) Pretty small week but EDEN, BMTH, & The 1975 return, and Master Of Puppets debuting big!

[@justme0910]

Does EVERY mainstream country song these days really need to be about alcohol, backroads and/or other country songs?

[@shruggiemusic9057]

All Time Low has charted, Metallica has charted… Who’s next?

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Hollywood Undead? Chaos is a banger, and it would be pretty cool if it charted.

[@musicfan3610]

Simple Plan?? I hope so

[@smashball2372]

I'm hoping for Vicetone, Ashnikko, Yung Gravy, and Run The Jewels in the future.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@smashball2372 Hell yes on Yung Gravy, but ABSOLUTELY NOT ON ASHNIKKO!!!! We do not need that hack charting!

[@TheBlackPanther05]

@@jeremyusreevu237 Why not? I love me some Ashnikko.

[@trevorWilkinson]

Even though Master of Puppets is an amazing song and Stranger Things gave it so much traction. I'm still surprised to see it chart and I'm so happy it has. On the production side of thing. Your cameras auto-focus was all kind of messed up this week. Hopefully can get that fixed. It was a little distracting. I much prefer these weeks with large amounts of new songs, from a whole range of different artists, makes for a much more interesting week.

[@mrhipsterman]

Been listening to a lot of pop country radio lately. That Jake Owen song is like the opposite of catchy and copacetic. I feel like it’s tripping over itself and can’t find a good melody. Also we’ve already learned that comparing a girl to a backroad is a bad idea…

[@jchmusic7587]

BOTW: Master Of Puppets (I mean it's Metallica, could it be anything else)? HM: Son Of A Sinner (vary solid Country song) HM2: More (I wasn't expecting this sound from a BTS member but nice surprise) HM3: Bad Habit (Dark Red was better, but it's still solid) DM: Rich Minion (Yeat just sucks) WOTW: Unstoppable (see my recent comment)

[@Loraszno]

Numb isn't exactly a bad song but Skyline was RIGHT THERE!

[@music18021]

Someone who agrees with me lol Skyline is such a banger ☺️☺️ I'm so sad the song didn't get much traction beyond that one week on the bubbling under 😩

[@glassbead9339]

Exactly, Pop Song of the Year material

[@shocksystem8675]

Agreed

[@shaybrown6785]

Friends Harry and Lizzo at #1 and #2 !! Must be the Juice...

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

LOL

[@em.roseee]

BOTW: Master of Puppets (yeah this song is near flawless and there’s nothing i can say about it that hasn’t already been said) HM1: Rich Minion (ok before you raise your pitchforks let me explain myself. i like this song about 80% unironically. the production is very good, yëat is not held back by the subject of the song and is still doing his thing. he even mentions how much the minions paid him. as for the other 20%, i just think it’s funny that one of the biggest rap songs this year will be a song for minions the rise of gru.) DM: Unstoppable (boring. next) WOTW: Best Thing Since Backroads (as a person forced to listen to country (from alabama) ive been dreading this one for a while now. every time someone compares a woman to backroads, which aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, it triggers flashbacks to Sam Hunt. this is song definitely isn’t Sam Hunt bad, but that doesn’t mean it’s worth more attention.) Edit: HM2: Bad Habit: wow i slept on this song when it came out. bad habit is easily the best hit of year minus ruth.

[@thecoffeeshophey]

The more I’ve sat with it, the more I’m very happy about damn time is becoming a big hit. Lizzo is way too much of a force of personality to be just a fad in 2019. Plus it might be my favorite song she’s charted that isn’t Juice. Still weird to remember that Mamii was a thing. Big smash debut in the top 20 and then just kinda lingered. I like it but it’s still weird how kinda nothing it’s moment was. I legit had to double check that Bones has actually been on the charts for 8 weeks so far. I cannot remember this song being on here that long beyond the week it first charted. Snuck up on me. Botw: Master of Puppets. (I’m not a metal head or a ST fan, but I have to respect this charting for that. What’d be funnier is if it stuck around and became a hit. That’d be cool.) HM: Son of a Sinner. Wotw: Hot Shit (by far the worst way to promote this album that has already been promoted like absolute ass) DM: Unstoppable (I know nothing of this situation and frankly I don’t want to. All I know it sounds like ass and Sia has done better. Bad song)

[@hyperionnova2854]

It’s just a shame that Lizzo’s follow up ‘Grrrls’ is hot garbage Still feeling reticent about her upcoming album...

[@5196Tpffan]

ijbol at that throwback sia review lol also, yeat sucks and this minions meme is painfully unfunny [and also generational, since i'm 26 and don't get it]. next! khalid kind of fell off after 2019. To be fair, most of the music then to now had been very mid, but I was hoping "Skyline" would get some traction as a nice summer song. I guess that's not happening [but the summer isn't over yet, so I could be wrong]. j-hope had the best track this week. "More" is giving off a Linkin Park vibe to me, and that's always good! The rest of the album seems promising as well.

[@TLcharts]

BOTW: Unstoppable HM: Wishful drinking DM: Best thing since backroads WOTW: Rich minion

[@justezek8596]

I'm not trying to write off Sia, but let's be blunt, both of her major label albums are mediocre and outside of solid singles, they've aged haphazardly. So even if I want a comeback beyond the controversies, I wouldn't want an overproduced diaster trying to make Confident by way of Behind These Hazel Eyes, except not as great as those two. I don't have high hopes it would be a hit, but in 2022, you never know 😑

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

Her collab with Arca was good And I liked Unstoppable But I agree with you, this is not what I want to be declared a Jumpstart for Sia's comeback.

[@riahlexington]

More really surprised me. Chicken noodle soup was godawful i agree. This song is legitimately cool sounding

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

Same.

[@TheBlackPanther05]

My Rankings: BOTW: Master of Puppets (duh) HM (4-way Tie): Numb/Son of a Sinner/Good Love (mainly for Usher)/Wishful Drinking WOTW: Rich Minion (Honestly, if you look at it just as a song instead of a meme, it's REALLY not all that good at all) DHM: Best Thing Since Backroads

[@PenL-h6v]

taste for good love being hm even better u gave it for king usher

[@PenL-h6v]

W for giving good love cuz the extremely underrated usher hm

[@alexddragame]

Master of Puppets as best of the week, hell yeah! Sia's song is trash, but tbh I never liked Sia, even before music

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

Your comment about Sia is same as mines.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Before Music, I thought Sia was ok. I didn't love her, but I thought some of her stuff was ok, like Cheap Thrills and her stuff with LSD (Audio is a fricking BANGER!). But after Music, she's basically dead to me.

[@musicfan3610]

I hope Good Love become a big hit..

[@jeremyusreevu237]

No. City Girls does not deserve to have a hit song.

[@riahlexington]

Thank you for taking the Sia thing seriously. As an autistic person the whole situation angered me, especially as someone who used to be a fan of her music. I didn’t watch the movie but I heard how the whole situation went down.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Agreed. Unstoppable is a bop, but Sia is dead to me.

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

Trust Me Do not watch the movie I saw clips of it, I wanted to throw my phone at the wall It was well deserving of being my choice of The #1 Worst Movie of 2021

[@riahlexington]

I don’t understand why cardi hasn’t released her next album yet

[@YouCanCallMeXoe]

I'm just giggling at Steve Lacy's Dollar Sign shirt. I wonder how many people will get that it's likely a Dead Kennedys reference. >XD Also... holy shit, Son Of A Sinner is amazing... I really want this to be a hit.

[@nathanandsugar5252]

13:40- I refuse to interact with Sam Hunt. Good thing his voice wasn’t in the sample clip.

[@pennyrods]

This may be AIW's last week at 1 but I hope it gets another week to get 10 weeks.

[@tylerdoesstuff6834]

Putting the whole movie thingy aside, if Sia was going to chart a new song, couldn't it be an actual new song and not one that's from 2016? Like really? Doesn't help that the song is forgetable. Like it's just so bland.

[@freeziez]

Ride the lightning #1 metallica album? Unfathomably based

[@lewispeterson2050]

Surprised to hear you prefer Ride the Lightning over Master of Puppets! I'm going to politely disagree with you, but I l can understand where you're coming from.

[@ESCSam]

BOTW - Master Of Puppets (God bless Stranger Things) HM - Good Love (This is the only other song that I like) DM - Best Thing Since Backroads (it's a country song called Best Thing Since Backroads it was never gonna be good) WOTW (Tie) - More (sorry Army but I don't like how this is mixed) WOTW (Tie) - Unstoppable (Just on principle only, I don't support everyone who's ableist and Sia is still yet to probably apologise)

[@danielk3678]

What is your thoughts on country on?

[@ESCSam]

@@danielk3678 Luke Byran being Luke Byran making forgettable country songs.

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

Sia needs to stop controlling Maddie Ziegler. I lost my patience towards Unstoppable.

[@ESCSam]

@@lmnqhlsthtq yeah all of that I have nothing against Maddie it's clear Sia is just using her, she didn't even wanna do the movie.

[@lilmissdifferent99]

Billboard Throwback: September 2014 Sept. 6 #99: Walk Thru by Rich Homie Quan ft. Problem (Peak: 74) #96: Delirious (Boneless) by Steve Aoki, Chris Lake & Tujamo ft. Kid Ink [Peak: 90] #88: Waves by Mr. Probz (Peak: 14) #86: Animals by Maroon 5 (Peak: 3) #81: Neon Light by Blake Shelton (Peak: 43) #1: Shake It Off by Taylor Swift (Peak: 1) Sept. 13 #97: 24 Hours by TeeFLii ft. 2 Chainz (Peak: 85) #91: Somewhere in My Car by Keith Urban (Peak: 49) #89: She Came to Give It to You by Usher ft. Nicki Minaj (Peak: 89) #82: ***Flawless by Beyonce ft. Nicki Minaj or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Peak: 41) #22: Guts Over Fear by Eminem ft. Sia (Peak: 22) Sept. 20 #100: Look at You by Big & Rich (Peak: 73) #98: Hold You Down by DJ Khaled ft. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future & Jeremih (Peak: 39) #95: Touchin, Lovin by Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj (Peak: 43) #92: Secrets by Mary Lambert (Peak: 66) #85: Seen It All by Jeezy ft. JAY-Z (Peak: 85) #71: Sweet Little Somethin' by Jason Aldean (Peak: 71) Sept. 27 #94: Dear Future Husband by Meghan Trainor (Peak: 14) #92: Bend Ova by Lil Jon ft. Tyga (Peak: 92) #91: Angel in Blue Jeans by Train (Peak: 79) #78: Jealous by Nick Jonas (Peak: 7) #76: Two Night Town by Jason Aldean (Peak: 76) #31: Blame by Calvin Harris ft. John Newman (Peak: 19) #22: Centuries by Fall Out Boy (Peak: 10) Any best or worst picks for the month? Since we're almost done with 2014, I thought that (hopefully!) next week, when I post the October tracks, I'm gonna let you all suggest and vote on what year I should do next. My only rule is that the year has to be from 2013 or back. Billboard BREAKDOWN started in 2015 (or Dec. 2014 if you want to be technical), and I prefer to look at some of these older years, anyways. When I post the November tracks, the year with the most votes (or likes) will be the next year I look at.

[@CobaltT9]

*Overall* *BOTW:* "She Came to Give It to You" (Should've been a bigger hit!) *HM:* "Centuries" *GP:* "Dear Future Husband" (It kinda slaps when you picture it as the anime Future Diary, which a great AMV did for me.) *DM:* "Animals" *WOTW:* "Shake It Off"

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

BOTW: Blame (one of my favorite EDM songs of 2010s) WOTW: Dear Future Husband

[@masterdriver132]

*Sept 6* BOTW: Waves HM: Neon Light GP: Animals DM: Shake It Off WOTW: Delirious (Boneless) *Sept 13* BOTW: She Came To Give It To You WOTW: ****Flawless *Sept 20* BOTW: Secrets HM: Seen It All DM: Look At You WOTW: Sweet Little Somethin *Sept 27* BOTW: Centuries HM: Blame DM: Bend Ova WOTW (allcaps): Dear Future Husband *Overall* BOTM: Waves HM: She Came To Give It To You DM: Delirious (Boneless) WOTM (allcaps): Dear Future Husband

[@faceofkongos516]

Blame should have been a hit, damn it

[@oklahomasoonersfootball]

​@@faceofkongos516i still play it like crazy

[@AquilaSky21]

My top 20 songs of the week (July 12, 2022) 1. Bad Bunny-Moscow Mule (=) (#1 for 5 weeks) 2. My Chemical Romance-The Foundations Of Decay (=) (#1 for 5 weeks) 3. Kendrick Lamar-N95 (+1) 4. Mystery Skulls-Keep On Living (-1) (#1 for 1 week) 5. Harry Styles-As It Was (+1) 6. CIDERGIRL-Cinderella (-1) 7. Harumaki Gohan ft. Hatsune Miku-Mirage (=) 8. Bad Bunny ft. Jhay Cortez-Tarot (+2) 9. SiM-The Rumbling (-1) (#1 for 5 weeks) 10. Bad Bunny ft. The Maria’s-Otro Atardecer (+1) 11. Mystery Skulls-Be With You (-2) 12. Kid Cudi-Stars In The Sky (+1) 13. Kendrick Lamar-The Heart Part 5 (+2) 14. Bad Bunny ft. Bomba Estereo-Ojitos Lindos (+2) 15. Swae Lee ft. Jhené Aiko-In The Dark (-3) (#1 for 1 week) 16. Aimer-Zankyosanka (-2) (#1 for 6 weeks) 17. Komi Can’t Communicate S2 Opening (+1) 18. Silk Sonic-Put On A Smile (-1) 19. Karol G-PROVENZA (+1) 20. Charli Adams ft. Ruston Kelly-Headspace (+1) Charli Adams get her first top 20 hit, another great week for Bad Bunny, Put On A Smile & Zankyosanka leaving soon, and N95 hitting the top 3!

[@glenmm9865]

I wished "The Rumbling" charted on the Hot 100 back in February. Especially after seeing this week's debuts. It was so close. (I know I made this comment)

[@AquilaSky21]

@@glenmm9865 yeah the Rumbling is phenomenal and it was so close to charting. I would’ve loved to hear Mark’s thoughts.

[@glenmm9865]

@@AquilaSky21 The one time Mark would have been forced to review an anime song haha.

[@dariohernandez9967]

Does anybody think that we might get at least a small album impact from Brent Fayiaz next week? The project has been doing decently well so far, and might do better than Chris Brown's impact if lucky.

[@masterdriver132]

It might do better than Chris Brown's album bomb but we might not see as many entries chart from Brent Faiyaz. I expect at least two or three entries from him to chart.

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

Remember when Sia charting was an exciting thing?

[@smashball2372]

Yeah. Those were the days.

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

And her writing songs for other artists was also exciting

[@TheBlackPanther05]

I miss those days.

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

Honestly her 2016 stuff was pretty bad “Alive” might just be one of the worst vocal performances of all time

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

@@TheDukeofCheese12 At the very least, we can all agree that none of that stuff is the worst thing she made.

[@treekangaroo.7691]

Blackened is the best Metallica song, don't @ me

[@masterdriver132]

*My predicitons for Billboard Breakdown 07/16/2022* BOTW: Master Of Puppets ✅ HM: -Bad Habit- DM: Unstoppable ⬇ WOTW: Rich Minion ⬆ *Mark's actual rankings* BOTW: Master Of Puppets HM (tie): More; Son Of A Sinner DM: Rich Minion WOTW: Unstoppable

[@jeremyusreevu237]

BOTW (All Caps): Son Of A Sinner. YES! IT ACTUALLY CHARTED!!!!!!! Son Of A Sinner is an absolutely fantastic song. The production is really good, the vocals are beautiful, and the lyrics are great. Billboard, I may have had some problems with you, but charting this awesome song is an absolute W. HM (Tie): Numb. An absolute vibe. Marshmello's production is relaxing and unobtrusive, Khalid is his vibey self, and the lyrics are fun. I missed you so much, Khalid! 🥰🥰🥰 HM (Tie): Master Of Puppets. So this is that Master Of Puppets song you all were raving about. Yeah, it’s pretty good. The production is energetic, the vocals are fun, and the lyrics are decent. Not bad. HM (Tie): Wishful Drinking. Very cool song. The production is nice, Ingrid Andress has a lovely voice, the lyrics are good, and even Sam Hunt manages to turn in a good performance. And any song that gets a good performance out of Sam Fricking Hunt is doing something right! HM (Tie) Unstoppable. I will never forgive Sia for that abomination of a directorial debut, but the lady does have some solid songs under her belt, and Unstoppable is one of them. The production is catchy, Sia is charismatic, and the lyrics are really motivational. Solid song Sia. But still, screw you. HM (Tie): More. This is really cool. The production is enjoyably bizarre, j-hope gives a fun performance, and the lyrics are interesting. Really cool song all around. HM (Tie) Bad Habit. This is right up my alley. Vibey production, breezy vocals, and awesome lyrics. Definitely checking out more of Steve Lacy’s stuff. ?: Rich Minion. On the one hand, this is one of Yeat’s better songs, and it’s attached to the Minions, which are awesome. On the other hand, it’s still a Yeat song, meaning the production is sludgy and generic, Yeat sounds boring and droning, and the lyrics barely exist. How do people like this guy again? DM: Country On. Boy, this generic Luke Bryan song sure does exist doesn’t it? WOTW Tie: Good Love and Hot Shit. Good Love is another ugly piece of garbage from the City Hacks. I'll give it that they've made worse songs, and Usher does do an alright job, but the City Girls suck as always, and the beat, despite having a hint of a groove, is still ugly and synthetic. City Girls suck and the sooner they go away the better. As for Hot Shit, the production just sucks, and while Kanye and Lil Durk are actually not bad, Cardi B is HORRENDOUS! The reason I listed both of these songs as WOTW is because they both have individual good events ruined by their overall suckiness. Screw both of these songs, and let's hope they don't stick Overall, this was an awesome week. A ton of great songs charted both that I heard and that I have not heard. Hopefully, Billboard keeps this kind of stuff up!

[@jchmusic7587]

I'm surprised "Son Of A Sinner" charted as high as it did since it was Bubbling Under for a few weeks.

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

For Good Love, I don't care about City Girls because I can't stand Twerkulator which is sucks and its complete garbage.

[@PlanetZero]

BOTW: MORE / Rich Minion / Numb (first two go hard, Numb is just... hypnotic idk. no reason for it to be catchy) WOTW: Unstoppable (please stop) / Best Thing Since Backroads (Owen ends his streak of mediocrity with this time around an awful single!!)

[@jeremyusreevu237]

I love Down To The Honkytonk and Beachin, but BTSB is boring as sin.

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

Imagine "Best Thing Since Backroads" made it to Year-End but not "Made For You" did.

[@PlanetZero]

@@lmnqhlsthtq it won't... no one is streaming the song

[@brandondias5622]

Yeah, Master of Puppets runs away with it. But Unstoppable is a solid second. I don't care, even as someone on the spectrum. I feel VERY strongly about separating art from the artist.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Same. I am a firm believer in separating art from the artist. Because, you know, THEY'RE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS!!!!

[@elephantcubed4133]

@@jeremyusreevu237 I agree to an extent, however if something in the art directly relates to or references the artist itself, I personally say that separating the art from the artist is impossible (such as freaky friday by Chr*s Br*wn or Gummo by b*tch9ine)

[@lmnqhlsthtq]

*BOTW (all-caps tie):* Master Of Puppets/More (the former is really solid banger and I gained more interest in 2000s music, while the latter is yeah I'm admit that I stan Hobi and I love boybands even with solos so I'm waiting for Arson) *HM:* Son Of A Sinner (didn't expected this is really good) *DM:* Rich Minion (I love Illumination and Minions but this song sucks and I don't get the hype towards Yeat. I rather to listen some Minions songs especially Pharrell's work #JusticeForJustACloudAway) *WOTW:* Unstoppable (I've lost my interest towards Sia. Despite I only liked her EDM collabs and even LSD, I'm not a fan of her back then before. The reason that why I lost my patience and interest is because of the movie, which is "The Music". As an austistic person who was diagnosed with ADHD, the movie affects me. She controlled Maddie Ziegler for many reasons. This movie is unacceptable for me. Oh, I forgot that "Together" is really bad so glad it was flopped outside of ARIA Ltd. and NZ Charts. I'm gonna tie with "Cuties" as the Worst Shows vs Movies of 2020s) Also Bad Habit>>>>>>>>>Bad Habits (sorry Ed, Steve is better. The former should rise and the latter needs to go away)

[@jchmusic7587]

"Cuties" is another film I refuse to watch, the adults behind it should be investigated.

[@danielk3678]

Idk what "cuties" is but it sounds like a pedophile show based on the name

[@wild_sergeant716]

Best: Numb HM: Good Love DHM: Rich Minion Worst: Unstoppable

[@SomeSong2]

My Top 40 Chart Debuts, and my first week to share what I thought of them. #6. Ibibio Sound Machine: Protection from Evil (Honorable mention- tie) #9. Killer Mike: Run (feat. Young Thug (Dishonorable mention) #10. MisterWives: Where Do We Go from Here (Best of the Week) #11. Sudan Archives: NBPQ (Topless) (Honorable mention-tie) #12. Rina Sawayama: Catch Me in the Air #13. Gorillaz: Cracker Island (feat. Thundercat) #19. Antilles: Humanity Is Cancer #27. Broken Bells: We're Not in Orbit Yet... #35. Steve Lacy: Bad Habit #39. Tiesto: HoT iN iT (feat. Charli XCX) (Worst of the Week) Top 10 Chart: #1. Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity #2. League of Legends: Wild Rift: Never Stop Me (feat. Tkay Maidza) #3. Pusha T: Let the Smokers Shine the Coupes #4. Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) #5. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. #6. Ibibio Sound Machine: Protection from Evil #7. Pete Yorn: Ransom #8. Kendrick Lamar: Rich Spirit #9. Killer Mike: Run (feat. Young Thug) #10. MisterWives: Where Do We Go from Here?

[@ESCSam]

I was happy that, that movie tanked Sia's career until her label used the Tiktok route cause that app isn't the best for knowledge.

[@annebury19]

BOTW: Steve Lacy - Bad Habit HM: Metallica - Master of Puppets DHM: City Girls & Usher - Good Love (Every other song besides j-Hope and Jelly Rolly could've taken this) WOTW: Yeat - Rich Minion

[@shruggiemusic9057]

Also minions.

[@infsai]

I have a question. How the fuck "Unstoppable" hit the charts below top 50 even though it was released in January 2016? It should be ineligible, right?

[@jeremyusreevu237]

That's not how Billboard works. Plenty of songs from previous years have charted. For example, Thinking With My Dick by Kevin Gates charted recently, and that song was released in 2013. Yes, most of the charts are filled with songs made this year, but sometimes a song from an older year that didn't chart can chart in a future year, because it gained popularity for some reason.

[@infsai]

@@jeremyusreevu237 but I thought it must be popular enough to chart, I mean "Runaway" by Aurora didn't chart on hot 100, it spent few weeks on the top of bubbling under chart v:

[@deltacat27]

Basically if a song charts on the hot 100 at all, after 2 years pass (I think) it won't be able to re-enter below 50, even if it made less than 20 weeks. Unstoppable never charted before this week though so it can debut below 50.

[@megalodonmf4520]

Songs older than 2 years are uneligible to chart below top 50 UNLESS: - They have received an official radio push (case for Unstoppable) - They were re-released i.e. got a new ISRC code dated from less than 2 years ago (someone mentioned the Kevin Gates song, well that reason is why Big Gangsta charted last year)

[@AquilaSky21]

Master of Puppets BOTW! 😎

[@DashieNegan41]

Best of the week just Metallica Rest can shove it 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Numb, Bad Habit, and Son Of A Sinner: Are we jokes to you?

[@bluekirbyrocks]

​@@jeremyusreevu237numb kinda is (even though I like it) but yeah

[@TheCoasterCraze]

Wishful drinking has one of the worst percussion sounds I’ve ever heard. No matter how good the rest of the song is (not that it’s that good), I don’t think I could ever stand it haha

[@xamp_exclammark]

I kinda like rich minion,its literally just a yeat song and i like a lot of those so

[@oliviahughes3158]

I'm so happy that SIA's dumpster fire of a movie essentially ended her career. She deserves so much worse than what she has now, but I'll settle

[@musicfan3610]

Middle Of The Night, Dandelions, 10 Things I Hate About You, Love's Train, In Jesus Name, Angel Baby, Skyline, Out Of Time, Maybe You're The Problem, Don't You Worry, Tek It, Narcissist. Deserve so much attention in USA.......

[@scottrohrbeck7672]

10 Things I Hate About You has been bubbling under for a while. It’s probably done. I wanted Skyline to get big too, and Out of Time as well.

[@Thesportsmusicgod]

I’m sad sia is back

[@thema1998]

1) Since "As It Was" is losing momentum, I wouldn't be surprised if "About Damn Time" took over the #1 spot within a week or two. I hope that "Running Up That Hill" has enough momentum to make it to #3. I don't see it making to #2, let alone #1. I hope I'm wrong! 🤞 2) I had no idea that Sia's "Unforgettable" was as old as it was. It predates the initial production of Music! Even if I wasn't completely burned out by her for making that offensive movie, the song itself is really annoying. It doesn't help that the song is currently being featured in commercials! 😒 3) Watching a clip of Stranger Things got me to (fully) listen to the studio version of "Master of Puppets" for the first time recently! 🤓

[@josephkrebaum7502]

Okay, wow, I don't normally comment here every week, but this was interesting! An old Sia song and an old Metallica song. Both of which I dislike. The Sia one's clearly self-explanatory, since I am autistic myself, so let me explain my issue with Metallica. I do like 'em. I just don't quite love ALL their stuff. But what I hate about the title track from 'Master of Puppets,' other than that it's a painfully obvious pick, is that those drums are just too fast for my tastes. Luckily, that and "Battery" are the only hyper-thrash cuts because the rest of it is quite awesome! Why the music director didn't pick the Lovecraft-inspired "The Thing That Should Not Be" for ST4 is beyond me! It's thematically more supernatural than MOP, and it fucking grinds! Definitely my fave from the album, not the title track.

[@shruggiemusic9057]

Remember when Sia used to be one of the best artists of all time?

[@Tenebyss]

No

[@justezek8596]

Was she really?

[@masterdriver132]

I'm not a huge fan of Sia but I do like "Chandelier" and the two songs from the early 2010s she was featured in ("Titanium", "Wild Ones")

[@smashball2372]

Yeah. I mean I did like Chandelier and Tintanium.

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

And she wanted to be invisible and didn't want to be a big celebrity and her friendship with Maddie wasn't displayed as being creepy. Yeah I miss those days

[@mikerivera373]

So can we all agree that Stranger Things has been the best thing to happen to the charts this year?

[@shocksystem8675]

As long as it keeps on bringing the 80s classics to the Hot 100, yes

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@shocksystem8675 Doubly so if Master of Puppets somehow stays long enough to be a year-end hit like that Kate Bush song that got into the Top 10 for a surprisingly long amount of weeks this year.

[@alannahfisherman1321]

Just out of random curiosity if anyone has heard Demi Lovato’s “Skin of My Teeth”? Could it chart or are plenty just kinda looking back at her work with embarrassment?

[@jeremyusreevu237]

I listened to Skin Of My Teeth. It's a solid song.

[@orlock20]

I thought it was good. The lyrics remind me of Isolation by Beth Hart.