SPRING 2022: Billboard Top 20 Hit Songs-Ranked WORST to BEST

This video was released on June 9, 2022. It uses the April 23, 2022 chart.

## ***TERRIBLE TIER***

20.) **"ABCDEFU"- GAYLE** [#11]

19.) **"One Right Now"- Post Malone & The Weeknd** [#24]

18.) **"Enemy"- Imagine Dragons and J.I.D** [#5]

## ***DECENT TIER***

16.) **"Ghost"- Justin Bieber** [#9]

15.) **"Super Gremlin"- Kodak Black** [#7]

14.) **Lil Baby** (**"Right On"**, **"In a Minute"**) [#13] [#14]

13.) **"First Class"- Jack Harlow** [#1]

12.) **"Hrs and Hrs"- Muni Long** [#26]

11.) **"MAMIII"- Becky G & KAROL G** [#30]

## ***GOOD TIER***

10.) **"Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)"- Elton John & Dua Lipa** [#16]

9.) **"Easy on Me"- Adele** [#17]

8.) **"I Hate U"- SZA** [#16]

7.) **"Woman"- Doja Cat** [#8]

6.) **"We Don't Talk About Bruno"- Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz ft. Encanto Cast** [#18]

5.) **"Never Say Never"- Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson** [#27]

4.) **"Till You Can't"- Cody Johnson** [#22]

## ***EXCELLENT TIER***

3.) **"Bam Bam"- Camila Cabello & Ed Sheeran** [#25]

2.) **"THAT'S WHAT I WANT"- Lil Nas X** [#10]

1.) **"As It Was"- Harry Styles** [#2]

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## SYNOPSIS

Sean brings up how pop music is good in a vacuum but it seems like no one really cares and the same songs ("Heat Waves", "Levitating", "Save Your Tears") are at the top of the charts. While he does bring up the fact there are a few new songs and the score for this week is relatively decent, he said the week still seems sluggish overall.

**#20:** (this song was originally in the MEH tier, and then the BAD tier, and now in the TERRIBLE tier) Sean says this song's chorus being played on the radio a bit was annoying, and he attacked GAYLE's record label for trying to make it seem like this song organically blew up on TikTok when it didn't. He said GAYLE was asking people for song ideas, and a woman named Nancy Berman (who apparently works for Atlantic Records) suggested a breakup song using letters of the alphabet, and the very next day, GAYLE had somehow come up with the lyrics to "abcdefu".

He was upset because he thought that through TikTok people could choose what music they wanted and not the labels (which is something he supported a lot), and with songs like this people have been lied to about the authenticity of a song. (He pretty much calls this an example of industry planting here).

**#19:** Sean says this song was middling and dull in terms of production, and he says that over the season he had analyzed the lyrics and decided to drop this song by a tier as well.

He called the lyrics ugly, but not in a heartfelt, genuine way (such as songs like "I Fall Apart") but in an immature way, particularly citing, "that I broke my hand on the same wall that he f\*\*\*ed you on".

**#18:** Sean says that he doesn't like how Imagine Dragons has watered down rock but he doesn't automatically think every song they have is bad. He calls this song pathetic in its attempts to sound tough, and says this song has no melodies and consists of random noises.

**#17:** Sean talks about how Dr.Luke has managed to see constant success by putting female rappers over nu disco beats, and how this beat in particular is just a sample of Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" but worse. He says that Dr.Luke should not be kept around (while also adding he is a predator).

As for the rest of the songs, he says that Latto is doing a passable job, but much like "abcdefu", he thinks this line is cringe: "I can tell you got big dick energy". He calls the meme outdated, and says that "big dick energy" means being confident and shouldn't be taken literally (which is what this song does), and pokes fun at Dr. Luke's age (as many people think older people use outdated memes in order to stay hip).

**#16:** Sean calls this a "bare minimum" song. He compares it to "Light Switch" by Charlie Puth which is also a radio song, but he thinks Puth is trying too hard and Bieber's self-satisfaction helps this work.

**#15:** Sean states that this song shrunk on him because although he likes the beat, he thinks Kodak Black whenever he's rapping (and not to a melody like on the hook or on "Drowning") sounds like nails on a chalkboard.

**#14:** Sean says that while he thinks they have better beats, these songs are similar to "On Me" because Lil Baby is making songs that sound the same and hoping they will become hits because he's very big (similar to what Drake is doing). He notes that Lil Baby is pumping out hits faster than Drake did in the 2010's (and that he put up anti Drake posters because Drake was everywhere on earlier videos). However, he says that Drake can do different styles, but Lil Baby sounds the same in most songs. In terms of these songs, he says the lyrics are boring and the hooks sound like the verses.

**#13:** Sean plays a clip of Todd in the Shadows saying he will quit music reviewing if artists eventually sample "old" songs that were popular when he was an adult (name dropping several 2000's songs), and then dresses up as Todd in the Shadows (as this song sampled Glamorous, a 2000's song).

As for the song itself, Sean says he likes the sample and the beat, but says Jack sounds checked out on the verses. He says the beat isn't a good fit for Jack as he tends to use more upbeat, hard beats and this one is more low key and vibey.

**#12:** Sean talks about how Muni Long has been in the industry for a while (particularly songwriting songs like "Timber", "My Last", "Worth It", "Promise This", "Love So Soft", "Don't Wake Me Up" and "New Truck") and has managed to break out as a singer herself with this song. He says this song is good at what it does, but it seems like it lacks any sort of passion and it's just riding trends.

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## TRIVIA

* Em Beihold's "Numb Little Bug" is the outro to this video

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