Week of March 1st

HitPredictor Picks:
Jonas Brothers - Sucker
2 Chainz - Rule The World (feat. Ariana Grande)
2 Chainz - Whip (feat. Travis Scott)
Girls Need Love (with Drake) - Summer Walker
benny blanco, Selena Gomez, J Balvin, Tainy - I Can't Get Enough
Lil Skies - i
Thomas Rhett - Look What God Gave Her

Honorable Mentions:
Solange - Almeda
Nobody - Martin Jensen, James Arthur


Discussion:
HitPredictor flagged the 2 Chainz singles, I Can't Get Enough (another Mi Gente derivative), and the Summer Walker ft. Drake single due to past chart success. The Summer Walker song received low musical marks so it will be interesting to see if a Drake feature is enough to crack the Hot 100. The new Jonas Brothers single Sucker received a high musical rating and the novelty of a Jonas Brothers reunion may be the perfect storm for the song to hit the top 5 or higher on the Hot 100. The song sounds like a hybrid of Jamiroquai and Charlie Puth-though the verses are not especially memorable, the hook delivers. The Pharell-produced Almeda, flagged as an honorable mention, received good musical marks, but may be more of a critical than a commercial success. HitPredictor's other honorable mention, Martin Jensen's Nobody, has a better drop than you might expect, but didn't receive high enough musical marks to land it on the picks list.

New Hot 100 Entries:
Pink's Walk Me Home, an honorable mention from last week, entered the charts in the 54th spot. Gunna's Outstanding, another honorable mention, entered the charts in the 70th spot. Lil Pump and Lil Wayne's collaboration, Be Like Me, entered the charts in the 72nd spot, Travis Scott and 21 Savage's Legacy entered the Hot 100 in the 49th spot, and Gunna's One Call entered the charts in the 78th position. This makes HitPredictor 3 for 4 for the week. Of note, hit Predictor gave higher musical marks to Gunna's Outstanding than One Call which accurately reflects those songs chart positions.