Best Song: Future - Mask Off
Once again it's an easy decision to pick the best song for the Top 40, it's the only one to get full marks. Another similarity to 2016 is I've picked a rap record by a rapper I've never heard of.
Worst Song: Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
Selena Gomez is best known for being the ex girlfriend of Justin Bieber. Turns out she's sung a few songs too but this is so bad that I'd rather listen to Justin Bieber. In fact there are 3 Justin Bieber records in this particular Top 40 that I consider to be better.
Top 40 Review
It was 2017 when the chart rules changed thanks to Ed Sheeran having 16 records in the Top 20. One of those rules was a maximum of 3 records per artist therefore Ed Sheeran had 3 records in this Top 40, all crap.
The biggest of these Ed Sheeran records, "Shape Of You", seemingly brought about a new bunch of Ed Sheeran clones who this time were incorporating elements of dancehall into pop music. This included the number one record "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber. The music is as dreadful as the description sounds.
Calvin Harris was another one adopting this dancehall pop sound with "Feels". David Guetta meanwhile collaborates with Justin Bieber on "2U", a record that can't really be described as dance because it never really gets going. The official genre for that record is future bass.
EDM along with deep/tropcial/future house is still in the charts though, as is electropop and Ed Sheeran clones in a more traditional sense. One such record is "Came Here For Love" by Sigala ft Ella Eyre which was a strong contender for worst song. I think it was around this time I went to see Pete Tong with his orchestra which was ruined by Ella Eyre singing on some records.
The only record other than "Mask Off" not to get zero marks is "Humble" by Kendrick Lamar which gets half marks. I count 5 rap records in this Top 40, I'm not keen on "Did You See" by J Hus and the other two feature Drake and Justin Bieber both of whom have never done record that's remotely good.
On a final note, I'd started to follow the charts again by 2017 after starting the Top of the Pops posts on this blog so I'm really not surprised at how bad the score is.
Score: 1.5
Table
At least 2017 wasn't as bad as 2012 I guess:
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