New Hits Blitz

I'm back! And I've got some later year-in-review material - the best and worst hits of 2019! Expect big names, including Drake, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Ed Sheeran, and tons of other hitmakers! But on which list - best or worst? And what songs will be #1?

Don't tell anyone, but I got depressed! So this is what you're getting this week! Good news for those who want to here a ukulele boy play Kanye West! 0:00 What Is This1:14 New Hot 100 Entries (Kanye West, Selena Gomez, Gunna)4:46 Cover ("Only One" by Kanye West & Paul McCartney)6:24 Chart Movement (Selena Gomez, Lizzo, Michael Jackson)8:54 Cover ("Bad Liar" by Selena Gomez)10:21 New Releases (HAIM, Mike Shinoda, Sam Smith)15:15 Cover ("The House That Built Me" by Miranda Lambert)17:10 Contact Info

Selena Gomez drops singles two days in a row, a new #1 on the Hot 100, and some songs to add to your Halloween Playlist. 0:27 New Hot 100 Entries (Selena Gomez, Frank Ocean, Lil Tecca)4:09 Hot 100 Chart Movement (Lewis Capaldi, Harry Styles, Ellie Goulding)6:00 New Individual Releases (Coldplay, Dolly Parton, Santana)15:09 New Albums (Kanye West[?], King Princess, Cigarettes After Sex)20:08 Halloween Songs (Billie Eilish, Queen, Rob Zombie)25:10 Recommendation Recap/Contact info

Episode 8: YoungBoy Broke Me Again The charts get several tracks from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, I try to catch up on two weeks of releases, and we talk about a modern classic by Bleachers in our Listener Favorite segment. (Apologies for the fan sound in the background - my new computer has a louder fan than I realized. I'll find a way to get rid of that by next episode!) 0:35 New Hot 100 Entries (Harry Styles, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Sam Hunt)7:31 Hot 100 Chart Movement (Travis Scott, Summer Walker, YoungBoy NBA)9:45 New Individual Releases (BTS, Twenty One Pilots, an extremely important Gospel song)18:06 New Albums (Idina Menzel, Kill Bill: The Rapper & Rav, Waterparks)25:38 Listener Favorite (I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers)35:10 Recommendation Recap/Contact Info

DaBaby attacks the Hot 100, some spooky releases in advance of Halloween, and a surprising amount of rock music comes out. 0:51 New Hot 100 Entries (DaBaby, French Montana, Jon Pardi)10:35 Hot 100 Chart Movement (Lil Nas X, Ariana Grande, Post Malone)12:13 New Singles/Individual Releases (The Who, Anti-Flag, Poppy)23:49 New Albums (Mika, The Darkness, Kim Petras)32:58 Recommendation Recap/Contact Info

Some songs I don't like chart, some deep cuts I do like get released, and a Listener Favorite discussion on Fleetwood Mac. Time Stamps: 0:49 New Hot 100 Entries (Maroon 5, DaBaby, Ozuna)5:50 Music Moves (Hot 100 movement - Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Billie Eilish)7:48 New Individual Songs (Halsey, Pitbull, Cheat Codes)17:53 New Albums/EPs (Adam Lambert, Tegan & Sara)21:41 Listener Favorite (Fleetwood Mac)31:14 Recommendation Recap/Contact Info

We've got Hot 100 with Ariana Grande, new releases with Maroon 5, and a NEW Listener Favorite segment with my friend John about Sara Bareilles's She Used To Be Mine! 1:06 - New Hot 100 Entries7:56 - Music Moves (Hot 100 Movement)9:54 - New Music Releases (Singles)20:22 - New Music Releases (Albums)25:16 - Listener Favorite (She Used To Be Mine by Sara Bareilles)41:10 - Recommendation Recap and Contact Info (plus an announcement!)

Ozzy Osbourne returns from the dead, Ariana Grande shares her song, and we bring up a song from the most romantic songwriter I know.

We talk Post Malone's new album Hollywood's Bleeding, a new country supergroup, Lil Tecca's debut mixtape, and a bunch of... let's call them "unique" finds.

We go into just how many Taylor Swift songs hit the Hot 100, (spoiler: a lot,) Lizzo's ascendance to the throne, Sheryl Crow's final album, and what makes a good cover song.