Week of February 15th

HitPredictor Picks:
Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me
Dennis Lloyd - Never Go Back
JuiceWRLD - Robbery
Zedd & Katy Perry - 365

Honorable Mentions:
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
Juicy J - Let Me See

Discussion:
HitPredictor flagged the new Cardi B and Bruno Mars collaboration Please Me mainly due to past chart sucess although it didn't receive especially high marks for musical reasons. Dennis Lloyd's - Never Go Back is a bit of a surprise pick! Dennis Lloyd is coming off of his streaming hit Nevermind which did reach the 86th spot on the Hot 100, but that in itself wasn't enough to put the song on the Picks list this week. The black box (machine learning algorithm) also gave the song high marks for musical reasons. JuiceWRLD's new single was chosen both for past chart success and flagged for musical reasons. Zedd & Katy Perry's 365 received especially low musical marks, but was picked due to past chart success of the artists.

New Hot 100 Entries:
Last week's HitPredictor picks Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored, bad idea, and NASA by Ariana entered the Hot 100 this week as well as Talk by Khalid & Disclosure and Who Do You Love by 5SOS & The Chainsmokers making hit predictor 5 for 6. Will be interesting to see whether the Meghan Trainor song reaches the Hot 100 in the next few weeks.