Top 40 Recap:

Halsey moves 2-1 with “Bad At Love”, Ed Sheeran drops 1-2 as a duet version with Beyonce, “Perfect/Perfect Duet”, joins as a double A side single, Camila Cabello/Young Thug hold 3-3 with “Havana”, Walk The Moon hold 4-4 with “One Foot”, Echosmith hold 5-5 with “Get Into My Car”, Dua Lipa holds 6-6 with “New Rules”, U2 hold 7-7 with “You’re The Best Thing About Me”, The Killers stab 10-8 with “The Man”, Maroon 5/SZA hold 9-9 with “What Lovers Do” & Charlie Puth glides 12-10 with “How Long”.
Selena Gomez/Marshmellow howl 13-11 with “Wolves”, Pat Benatar is “Dancing Through The Wreckage” moving 16-12, Kygo/OneRepublic zoom 14-13 with “Stranger Things”, Maroon 5 “Wait” 15-14, Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels proclaim “I Miss You” going 17-15, Pink has a “Beautiful Trauma” moving 20-16, Taylor Swift zooms 21-17 with “New Year’s Day”, N.E.R.D./Rihanna go 19-18 with “Lemon” & Taylor Swift asks “…Are You Ready?” dropping 8-19, Marshmello/Khalid go 22-20 with “Silence”, Taylor Swift teams with Ed Sheeran & Future on “End Game” going 25-21, BTS/Desiigner go 23-22 with “Mic Drop”, Portugal.The Man drop 11-23 with “Feel It Still”, James Arthur gets “Naked” going 27-24, Movie music from Sufjan Stevens from soundtrack of “Call Me By Your Name” goes 28-25 with “Mystery of Love”, Alice Merton moves 30-26 with “No Roots” & Niall Horan drops 18-27 with “Too Much To Ask”.

New This Week:

New Mat Kearney starts at #28 with “Face To Face”, Eminem/Ed Sheeran are new at #29 with “River” & Anderson East are “All On My Mind” at #30.

Next Week:

New Portugal. The Man!

Have a great week 🙂

Ricky

Top 40 Recap:

Ed Sheeran moves back to #1 for a 5th week as a duet version with Beyonce, “Perfect Duet”, joins as a double A side single, Halsey holds 2-2 with “Bad At Love”, Camila Cabello/Young Thug hold 3-3 with “Havana”, Walk The Moon trot 5-4 with “One Foot”, Echosmith move 6-5 with “Get Into My Car”, Dua Lipa drops 4-6 with “New Rules”, U2 move 8-7 with “You’re The Best Thing About Me”, Taylor Swift asks “…Are You Ready?” dropping 7-8, Maroon 5/SZA hold 9-9 with “What Lovers Do” & The Killers stab 16-10 with “The Man”.

Portugal.The Man drop 10-11 with “Feel It Still”, Charlie Puth glides 15-12 with “How Long”, Selena Gomez/Marshmellow howl 17-13 with “Wolves”, Kygo/OneRepublic zoom 18-14 with “Stranger Things”, Maroon 5 “Wait” 19-15, Pat Benatar is “Dancing Through The Wreckage” moving 21-16, Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels proclaim “I Miss You” going 22-17, Niall Horan drops 11-18 with “Too Much To Ask”, N.E.R.D./Rihanna go 20-19 with “Lemon” & Pink has a “Beautiful Trauma” moving 24-20.

Taylor Swift zooms 25-21 with “New Year’s Day”, Marshmello/Khalid go 26-22 with “Silence”, BTS/Desiigner go 27-23 with “Mic Drop”, Imagine Dragons drop 12-24 with “Thunder”, Taylor Swift teams with Ed Sheeran & Future on “End Game” going 28-25, Sam Smith drops 13-26 with “Too Good At Goodbyes”, James Arthur gets “Naked” going 30-27 & Pink/Eminem get “Revenge” dropping 14-29.

New This Week:

Movie music from Sufjan Stevens from soundtrack of “Call Me By Your Name” at #28 and “Mystery of Love” & Alice Merton starts at #30 with “No Roots”.

Next Week:

New Mat Kearney!

Have a great week 🙂

Ricky

Top 40 Recap:

Ed Sheeran moves back to #1 for a 4th week as a duet version with Beyonce, “Perfect Duet”, joins as a double A side single, Halsey holds 2-2 with “Bad At Love”, Camila Cabello/Young Thug hold 3-3 with “Havana”, Dua Lipa moves 5-4 with “New Rules”, Walk The Moon trot 6-5 with “One Foot”, Echosmith move 7-6 with “Get Into My Car”, Taylor Swift asks “…Are You Ready?” dropping 4-7, U2 leap 10-8 with “You’re The Best Thing About Me”, Maroon 5/SZA drop 8-9 with “What Lovers Do” & Portugal.The Man move 12-10 with “Feel It Still”.

Niall Horan drops 9-11 with “Too Much To Ask”, Imagine Dragons drop 11-12 with “Thunder”, Sam Smith holds 13-13 with “Too Good At Goodbyes”, Pink teams with Eminem on “Revenge” moving 15-14, Charlie Puth glides 16-15 with “How Long”, The Killers stab 17-16 with “The Man”, Selena Gomez/Marshmellow howl 18-17 with “Wolves”, Kygo/OneRepublic zoom 19-18 with “Stranger Things”, Maroon 5 “Wait” 20-19, N.E.R.D./Rihanna go 21-20 with “Lemon”, Pat Benatar is “Dancing Through The Wreckage” moving 22-21, Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels proclaim “I Miss You” going 23-22, Eminem/Beyonce “Walk On Water” going 24-23, Pink has a “Beautiful Trauma” moving 27-24, Taylor Swift zooms 28-25 with “New Year’s Day”, Marshmello/Khalid go 29-26 with “Silence”, BTS/Desiigner go 30-27 with “Mic Drop”
& Post Malone drop 14-29 with “Rockstar”.

New This Week:

Taylor Swift teams with Ed Sheeran & Future on “End Game” at #28 & James Arthur starts at #30 with “Naked”.

Next Week:

Movie soundtrack music from Sufjan Stevens!

Have a great week 🙂

Ricky

Top 40 Recap:

Ed Sheeran moves back to #1 for a 3^rd week as a duet version with Beyonce, “Perfect Duet”, joins as a double A side single, Halsey zooms 3-2 with “Bad At Love”, Camila Cabello/Young Thug drop 1-3 with “Havana”, Taylor Swift asks “…Are You Ready?” moving 5-4, Dua Lipa moves 7-5 with “New Rules”, Walk The Moon trot 8-6 with “One Foot”, Echosmith move 10-7 with “Get Into My Car”, Maroon 5/SZA drop 4-8 with “What Lovers Do”, Niall Horan leaps 11-9 with “Too Much To Ask” & U2 leap 14-10 with “You’re The Best Thing About Me”.

Imagine Dragons drop 6-11with “Thunder”, Portugal.The Man move 13-12 with “Feel It Still”, Sam Smith drops 12-13 with “Too Good At Goodbyes”, Post Malone drop 9-14 with “Rockstar”, Pink teams with Eminem on “Revenge” moving 17-15, Charlie Puth glides 18-16 with “How Long”, The Killers stab 19-17 with “The Man”, Selena Gomez/Marshmellow howl 22-18 with “Wolves”, Kygo/OneRepublic zoom 23-19 with “Stranger Things” & Maroon 5 “Wait” 24-20.
N.E.R.D./Rihanna go 25-21 with “Lemon”, Pat Benatar is “Dancing Through The Wreckage” moving 26-22, Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels proclaim “I Miss You” going 27-23, Eminem/Beyonce “Walk On Water” going 28-24, Kelly Clarkson drops 15-25 with “Love So Soft”, Avicii/Rita Ora are down 16-26 on “Lonely Together”, Pink has a “Beautiful Trauma” moving 36-27, Taylor Swift zooms 37-28 with “New Year’s Day”, Marshmello/Khalid go 35-29 with “Silence” & BTS/Desiigner go 40-30 with “Mic Drop”.

New This Week:

As this is Week 1 of 2018, RICKYS HOTPICKS TOP 40 will officially convert to a TOP 30.

Next Week:

Taylor Swift teams with Ed Sheeran & Future!

Have a great week 🙂

Ricky

Top 40 Recap:

Camila Cabello/Young Thug holds at #1 for a second week with “Havana”, Ed Sheeran holds 2-2 with “Perfect”, Halsey zooms 4-3 with “Bad At Love”, Maroon 5/SZA go 5-4 with “What Lovers Do”, Taylor Swift asks “…Are You Ready?” moving 7-5, Imagine Dragons drop 3-6 with “Thunder”, Dua Lipa drops 6-7 with “New Rules”, Walk The Moon trot 10-8 with “One Foot”, Post Malone move 11-9 with “Rockstar” & Echosmith move 12-10 with “Get Into My Car”.

Niall Horan leaps 13-11 with “Too Much To Ask”, Sam Smith drops 8-12 with “Too Good At Goodbyes”, Portugal.The Man drop 9-13 with “Feel It Still”, U2 leap 16-14 with “You’re The Best Thing About Me”, Kelly Clarkson drops 17-15 with “Love So Soft”, Avicii/Rita Ora are down 18-16 on “Lonely Together”, Pink teams with Eminem on “Revenge” moving 19-17, Charlie Puth glides 20-18 with “How Long”, The Killers stab 21-19 with “The Man” &
J Balvin/Willy William add Beyonce and drop 14-20 with “Mi Gente”.

Zayn/Sia team for “Dusk Til Dawn” dropping 15-21, Selena Gomez/Marshmellow howl 26-22 with “Wolves”, Kygo/OneRepublic zoom 28-23 with “Stranger Things”, Maroon 5 “Wait” 29-24, N.E.R.D./Rihanna go 30-25 with “Lemon”, Pat Benatar is “Dancing Through The Wreckage” moving 31-26, Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels proclaim “I Miss You” going 32-27, Eminem/Beyonce “Walk On Water” going 35-28, Marshmello/Khalid go 39-35 with “Silence” & Pink has a “Beautiful Trauma” moving 40-36.

New This Week:

Taylor Swift flies in at #37 with “New Year’s Day” and BTS/Desiigner start at #40 with “Mic Drop”.

Next Week:

The UK’s James Arthur!

Have a great week 🙂

Ricky

Top 40 Recap:

Camila Cabello/Young Thug zoom 3-1 with “Havana”, Ed Sheeran drops 1-2 with “Perfect”, Imagine Dragons drop 2-3 with “Thunder”, Halsey zooms 7-4 with “Bad At Love”, Maroon 5/SZA go 6-5 with “What Lovers Do”, Dua Lipa drops 5-6 with “New Rules”, Taylor Swift asks “…Are You Ready?” moving 11-7, Sam Smith drops 4-8 with “Too Good At Goodbyes”, Portugal.The Man drop 8-9 with “Feel It Still” & Walk The Moon trot 12-10 with “One Foot”.

Post Malone move 13-11 with “Rockstar”, Echosmith move 16-12 with “Get Into My Car”,
Niall Horan leaps 15-13 with “Too Much To Ask”, J Balvin/Willy William add Beyonce and drop 9-14 with “Mi Gente” & Zayn/Sia team for “Dusk Til Dawn” dropping 10-15, U2 leap
20-16 with “You’re The Best Thing About Me”, Kelly Clarkson drops 14-17 with “Love So Soft”, Avicii/Rita Ora are down 17-18 on “Lonely Together”, Pink teams with Eminem on “Revenge” moving 23-19 & Charlie Puth glides 24-20 with “How Long”.

The Killers stab 25-21 with “The Man”, Demi Lovato drops 18-22 with “Sorry Not Sorry”,
Lin-Manuel Miranda drops 19-23 with Puerto Rico relief song “Almost Like A Prayer”,
New Selena Gomez/Marshmellow howl 29-26 with “Wolves”, Kygo/OneRepublic zoom 32-28 with “Stranger Things”, Maroon 5 “Wait” 33-29, N.E.R.D./Rihanna go 37-30 with “Lemon”, Pat Benatar is “Dancing Through The Wreckage” moving 39-31 & Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels proclaim “I Miss You” going 40-32.

New This Week:

Eminem/Beyonce “Walk On Water” at #35, Marshmello/Khalid start at #39 with “Silence” & Pink has a “Beautiful Trauma” at #40.

Next Week:

Taylor Swift goes country!

Have a great week 🙂

Ricky

Top 40 Recap:

Ed Sheeran holds at #1 for a second week with “Perfect”, Imagine Dragons roar 4-2 with “Thunder”, Camila Cabello/Young Thug zoom 7-3 with “Havana”, Sam Smith moves 5-4 with “Too Good At Goodbyes”, Dua Lipa drops 3-5 with “New Rules”, Maroon 5/SZA go 8-6 with “What Lovers Do”, Halsey zooms 9-7 with “Bad At Love”, Portugal.The Man drop 6-8 with “Feel It Still”, J Balvin/Willy William add Beyonce and drop 2-9 with “Mi Gente” & Zayn/Sia team for “Dusk Til Dawn” moving 11-10.

Taylor Swift asks “…Are You Ready?” dropping 16-11, Walk The Moon trot 14-12 with “One Foot”, Post Malone move 15-13 with “Rockstar”, Kelly Clarkson drops 10-14 with “Love So Soft”, Niall Horan leaps 17-15 with “Too Much To Ask”, Echosmith move 18-16 with “Get Into My Car”, Avicii/Rita Ora are down 12-17 on “Lonely Together”, Demi Lovato drops 13-18 with “Sorry Not Sorry”, Lin-Manuel Miranda bolts 20-19 with Puerto Rico relief song “Almost Like A Prayer” & U2 leap 23-20 with “You’re The Best Thing About Me”, Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid drop 19-26 with “I-800-273-8255”, BORNS births 22-21 with “Sweet Dreams”, Macklemore/Kesha go 22-21 with “Good Ole Days”, Maren Morris/Vince Gill raise funds for Las Vegas shooting victims with “Dear Hate” going 24-22, Pink teams with Eminem on “Revenge” moving 26-23, Charlie Puth glides 27-24 with “How Long”, The Killers stab 28-25 with “The Man”, New Selena Gomez/Marshmellow howl 35-29 with “Wolves”, Kygo/OneRepublic zoom 39-32 with “Stranger Things” & Maroon 5 “Wait”
40-33.

New This Week:

N.E.R.D./Rihanna are new at #37 with “Lemon”, Pat Benatar is “Dancing Through The Wreckage” at #39 & Clean Bandit/Julia Michaels proclaim “I Miss You” at #40.

Next Week:

Eminem/Beyonce!

Have a great week 🙂

Ricky

Top 40 Recap:

Ed Sheeran vaults 3-1 with “Perfect”, J Balvin/Willy William add Beyonce and drop 1-2 with “Mi Gente”, Dua Lipa drops 2-3 with “New Rules”, Imagine Dragons roar 8-4 with “Thunder”, Sam Smith moves 6-5 with “Too Good At Goodbyes”, Portugal.The Man drop 4-6 with “Feel It Still”, Camila Cabello/Young Thug zoom 15-7 with “Havana”, Maroon 5/SZA go 10-8 with “What Lovers Do”, Halsey zooms 12-9 with “Bad At Love” & Kelly Clarkson drops 5-10 with “Love So Soft”.

Zayn/Sia team for “Dusk Til Dawn” moving 13-11, Avicii returns with Rita Ora going 14-12 on “Lonely Together”, Demi Lovatto drops 7-13 with “Sorry Not Sorry”, Walk The Moon trot 16-14 with “One Foot”, Post Malone move 17-15 with “Rockstar”, Taylor Swift asks “…Are You Ready?” dropping 9-16, Niall Horan leaps 19-17 with “Too Much To Ask”, Echosmith move 20-18 with “Get Into My Car”, Logic/Alessia Cara/Khalid drop 11-19 with “I-800-273-8255” & Lin-Manuel Miranda bolts 24-20 with Puerto Rico relief song “Almost Like A Prayer”.

BORNS births 22-21 with “Sweet Dreams”, Macklemore/Kesha go 23-22 with
“Good Ole Days”, U2 leap 25-23 with “You’re The Best Thing About Me”, Maren Morris/Vince Gill raise funds for Las Vegas shooting victims with “Dear Hate” going 26-24, Cardi B. drops 18-25 with “Bodak Yellow”, Pink teams with Eminem on “Revenge” moving 29-26, Charlie Puth glides 32-27 with “How Long”, The Killers stab 33-28 with “The Man”, Taylor Swift is “Gorgeous” going 34-29 & Fergie/Nicki Minaj drop 21-30 with “You Already Know”.

New This Week:

New Selena Gomez/Marshmellow starts at #35 with “Wolves”, Kygo/OneRepublic start at #39 with “Stranger Things” & Maroon 5 “Wait” at #40.

Next Week:

N.E.R.D./Rihanna!

Have a great week 🙂

Ricky