American Idol Series - Part 16 (Complete)

[fireflies]

#12 - In Between - Scotty McCreery


Total Points: 53
Hot 100: #53
GOLD

.indulgecountry - #7
dee12 - #8
bigd79 - #8
fireflies - #9
beyoncelover - #21

This was Scotty's third single from his "Seasons Change" album. It went to #1, just like his previous two. He's been fairly consistent with radio plays these last few years.

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#11 - This Is Us - Jimmie Allen (with Noah Cyrus)


Total Points: 53
GOLD

dee12 - #3
.indulgecountry - #12
fireflies - #12
beyoncelover - #13
bigd79 - #13

This is very catchy, so I'm surprised radio didn't play this more than they did. Both Jimmie and Noah duet nicely together. This won the tie over Scotty thanks to a #3 ranking.

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Top 10 Player's Stats:


Most Points:

dee12 - 29 points
fireflies - 3 points


Least Points:

dee12 - 21 points
fireflies - 30 points
bigd79 - 37 points
.indulgecountry - 38 points
beyoncelover - 50 points 

[fireflies]

Top 10 Songs:

1. Broken & Beautiful - Kelly Clarkson
2. Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood
3. Love Wins - Carrie Underwood
4. Southbound - Carrie Underwood
5. Drinking Alone - Carrie Underwood
6. I Don't Know About You - Chris Lane
7. You Say - Lauren Daigle
8. This Is It - Scotty McCreery
9. Best Shot - Jimmie Allen
10. I Hope - Gabby Barrett 

Which two do you think will miss out on the top 8?

[beyoncelover]

#15 - 8 Letters - Why Don't We: I'm not surprised that this ended up being Why Don't We's highest ranked song. I'm glad it was able to escape the first set to make it this high. This is a really nice and pretty song, and my second favorite song of theirs. I liked it enough to give it a #10 ranking. It's also probably the best they are ever gonna do here so well done to them here.

#14 - Make Me Want To - Jimmie Allen: I really enjoyed all of the Jimmie Allen songs in this part's rankdown but I can not remember how I ranked them all. This is a fun song from him. But I really enjoyed this enough to give it a #11 ranking.

#13 - Rescue - Lauren Daigle: Yeah this was definitely the much better Lauren song and am glad to see this making it this high. Thisi s a beautiful song and liked it enough to give it a #9 ranking. I'm getting worried that so many of my high rankings are showing up and not enough of my lower ones - those can come soon, please. Also wow dee12 continues on killing it with these perfect rankings.

#12 - In Between - Scotty McCreery: LOL as soon as I said something about my lower ranks needing to show here, here comes my #21. LMAO I need to say this more often. I've made my thoughts clear that I'm not a Scotty fan and can't really get into his songs. He's talented and good at what he does but still don't care for his songs. This is a nice and pretty song and I get why it's made it this far with others.

#11 - This Is Us - Jimmie Allen (with Noah Cyrus): Interesting how this song got song got a mix of #12 and #13 rankings from most of us rankers but then there's that high #3 ranking. Also thanks to dee12's high ranking so that this song can rank higher than Scotty's song lol.

I got the following left: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16, 19.

[dee12]

Wow!!! I can't believe I have 6 perfect rankings so far, and almost all of the first 7! For never hearing most all of the WDW songs before, I did pretty well ranking them I'd say. I debated on switching up 17 & 19, but then I may not have gotten 18 correct lol. Definitely thought "This is Us" would've been higher. My only big miss but I love the collaboration on that song.

[fireflies]

#10 - Broken & Beautiful - Kelly Clarkson


Total Points: 49
Bubbling Under: #6
GOLD

fireflies - #3
bigd79 - #7
dee12 - #11
.indulgecountry - #14
beyoncelover - #14

This song comes from the animated movie, "Ugly Dolls", in which Kelly was a lead voice actor. The song is fast, fresh & fun!

[fireflies]

#9 - I Don't Know About You - Chris Lane


Total Points: 48
Hot 100: #39
3X PLATINUM

bigd79 - #4
dee12 - #6
.indulgecountry - #8
fireflies - #14
beyoncelover - #16

This is one of Chris Lane's best selling songs. It got a huge certification and was a radio darling.

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#8 - Best Shot - Jimmie Allen


Total Points: 43
Hot 100: #37
PLATINUM

bigd79 - #2
dee12 - #4
beyoncelover - #8
.indulgecountry - #11
fireflies - #18

This was Jimmie's debut single. It did very well for him, and he was able to collect more hits following this. Congrats to beyoncelover for a perfect ranking!

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#7 - Drinking Alone - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 42
Hot 100: #74
GOLD

.indulgecountry - #3
bigd79 - #3
beyoncelover - #7
dee12 - #14
fireflies - #15

A lot of fans really wanted this to be a single. Carrie granted that wish and made it the 4th and final single for this album's era. Congrats to beyoncelover for back-to-back perfect rankings!

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#6 - This Is It - Scotty McCreery


Total Points: 40
Hot 100: #42
PLATINUM

.indulgecountry - #5
fireflies - #5
dee12 - #5
bigd79 - #6
beyoncelover - #19

Wedding songs were huge around this time on country radio. So, this was a great tribute to Scotty and Gabi's big day. Congrats to bigd79 for a perfect ranking!

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Top 5 Player's Stats:


Most Points:

dee12 & beyoncelover - 29 points
bigd79 - 16 points
fireflies - 3 points


Least Points:

dee12 - 37 points
.indulgecountry - 51 points
bigd79 - 55 points
fireflies - 61 points
beyoncelover - 74 points 

[beyoncelover]

#10 - Broken & Beautiful - Kelly Clarkson: This is far from my favorite song of Kelly's, hence the low #14 ranking, but I still like it and think it's a really cute song. It has a good message and the video is cute. Even though it's not in my Top 10, it's Kelly, so I'm happy to see this make it to the Top 10.

#9 - I Don't Know About You - Chris Lane: This is a really nice and enjoyable song from Chris Lane. I liked this and it's probably one of my favorites from him? Not a huge fan of his overall but still, I liked the song enough to give it a #16 ranking.

#8 - Best Shot - Jimmie Allen: Oooh yayy I finally got a perfect ranking! I think my first one this round? But yay I really like this song from Jimmie and think this is a great debut single from him. It's got a really nice and relaxing sound to it and he sounds great on this.

#7 - Drinking Alone - Carrie Underwood: I'm kinda surprised this showed up ~this early~ as I was expecting Carrie to dominant and have every song in the Top 5. :o But I guess not the case here. But this is great as usual and expected from Carrie. Love her storytelling and her vocals in this song. I liked this enough to give it a #7 ranking and yayyy another perfect ranking here! I was struggling to get perfect rankings and now I got two in a row! Yayy! This is my least favorite of her songs this round so I'm very pleased with this showing up first.

#6 - This Is It - Scotty McCreery: Oooh phew yayy, glad to see this miss the Top 5 as I reallly love all of the songs that are in the Top 5 over this one. This was the better of the Scotty songs and I liked it enough to give it a #19 ranking. Overall, still don't care for Scotty but this is nice and pretty. Wow it's impressive seeing so many #5 ranks for this one.

I think the Top 5 are down to the Carrie songs and a Gabby song? Oh wait, I think Lauren Diagle's song is in there too? I'm glad Gabby's song made it through to the Top 5 as I wasn't sure if it would get there. I really like or love all of these songs so I look forward to how they rank.

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#5 - You Say - Lauren Daigle


Total Points: 35
Hot 100: #29
6X PLATINUM

fireflies - #2
beyoncelover - #2
.indulgecountry - #9
dee12 - #10
bigd79 - #12

While most of Lauren's songs have been big hits, this was a complete smash and really put her on the map for mainstream audiences. This song has been sung/used numerous times on American Idol year after year.

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#4 - Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 30
Hot 100: #48
PLATINUM

beyoncelover - #3
.indulgecountry - #4
fireflies - #7
dee12 - #7
bigd79 - #9

For her 1st single this era, Carrie gets pretty emotional. Things happen in life that can be out of our control and it's best to not keep it all inside. Congrats to .indulgecountry for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#3 - Love Wins - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 29
Hot 100: #83
GOLD

.indulgecountry - #2
fireflies - #4
bigd79 - #5
beyoncelover - #6
dee12 - #12

Carrie soars with this song and it reminds me of some of her earlier material that had big belting notes. She also looks great in the music video.

[fireflies]

#2 - Southbound - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 24
Hot 100: #64
PLATINUM

bigd79 - #1
dee12 - #2
beyoncelover - #5
.indulgecountry - #6
fireflies - #10

This is a fun, catchy single from Carrie that radio has come to expect from her. Congrats to dee12 for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#1 - I Hope - Gabby Barrett (with or without Charlie Puth)




Total Points: 15
Hot 100: #3
7X PLATINUM

.indulgecountry - #1
fireflies - #1
beyoncelover - #1
dee12 - #1
bigd79 - #11

Six one's from five people, lol! This was a perfect debut single from Gabby. It did so well that it put Gabby front and center in the country atmosphere. Charlie Puth's addition brought it to even higher heights on the charts, especially that of the Hot 100! Congrats to .indulgecountry , fireflies , beyoncelover & dee12 for all picking the number one song! Here is Gabby's full audition!

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Final Player's Stats:


Overall Winners:

GOLD = dee12
SILVER = .indulgecountry
BRONZE = beyoncelover


Most Points: (Exact Placements)

1st - dee12 - 70 points (8 perfect)
2nd - beyoncelover - 50 points (3 perfect)
3rd - .indulgecountry - 39 points (2 perfect)
4th - fireflies - 24 points (3 perfect)
5th - bigd79 - 16 points (1 perfect)


Least Points: (Closeness)

1st - dee12 - 54 points
2nd - .indulgecountry - 60 points
3rd - fireflies - 76 points
4th - bigd79 - 80 points
5th - beyoncelover - 84 points

[beyoncelover]

#5 - You Say - Lauren Daigle: This is a really beautiful song and I'm glad it was such a big hit for Lauren. i ranked this at #2 so I do clearly love this. I'm not too surprised it ended up being the lowest ranked of the five songs. Though I was hoping this could have beaten at least one of Carrie's songs lol.

#4 - Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood: Ughh nooo, not my favorite Carrie song showing up first this round. :'( I was hoping for this to win as I just assume a Carrie song would win (unless my #1 can pull it out). Sad about that and sad that I missed out on a perfect rank as i ranked this at #3. Love this from Carrie and think it's a really powerful and emotional song from her. My favorite single from her on this era.

#3 - Love Wins - Carrie Underwood: This is another Carrie song I was expecting to win so I'm a little surprised it didn't. I ranked this at #6. I do really enjoy this and think this song got a great powerful message to it ans as always, great soaring vocals from Carrie.

#2 - Southbound - Carrie Underwood: Now I did not expect this to be Carrie's highest ranked song here as i thought this was recieved not so well and was polarizing as a single choice from her big fans? But anway, I've always loved this and thought this was a great fun catchy summer song from Carrie. It was refreshing to see her release a fun light song amongst her serious songs this era.

#1 - I Hope - Gabby Barrett (with or without Charlie Puth): OMGGG whoaa, this song ended up winning with 4 out of 5 #1s? Dangg that is incredible and truly impressive. :o Has a song ever gotten this many #1s in this game? I was not expecting this song to win or to be recieved so well. But yeah, this is a really great and catchy first single from Gabby to launch her career + to help her become one of the most successful contestants from the ABC Idol era. I love both the solo and Charlie duet versions. Also yayy that I get a perfect rank with this being my #1. Very pleased with this winning.

This was another fun round, fireflies! Thank you for this!

[fireflies]

Mandisa is now our 7th top 12 contestant to have passed away.




Mandisa - Season 5 - 9th Place
Age 47 - April 18, 2024

[beyoncelover]

So sad to hear about Mandisa's passing. I loved her on Idol and enjoyed a number of her original songs. :( Such sad and shocking news. RIP Mandisa. :(

[.indulgecountry]

Wow, I'm shocked. RIP Mandisa. She had such a lovely voice. :(

[fireflies]

We have now completed 15 parts of this series, with us ranking over 300 songs. So, now we come to the part where we rank the favorites from part 11 through part 15. 

This will be known as Best of the Best - Part 3. The top 8 songs of each part will be included in this rankdown, leaving us with a total of 40 songs!

All you have to do is rank your songs from favorite to least favorite. (#1 to #40) Send me your ranking order through a personal message!

The deadline for Best of the Best - Part 3 will be Sunday, May 19, 2024!

Here's the list!

1. Blown Away - Carrie Underwood
2. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson
3. Little Toy Guns - Carrie Underwood
4. Church Bells - Carrie Underwood
5. I Hope - Gabby Barrett (with or without Charlie Puth)

6. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
7. Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood
8. Something in the Water - Carrie Underwood
9. The Fighter - Carrie Underwood (with Keith Urban)
10. Southbound - Carrie Underwood

11. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
12. See You Again - Carrie Underwood
13. Heartbeat - Carrie Underwood
14. Road Less Traveled - Lauren Alaina
15. Love Wins - Carrie Underwood

16. Good Girl - Carrie Underwood
17. Home - Phillip Phillips
18. Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson
19. Dirty Laundry - Carrie Underwood
20. Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood

21. This Time - Pia Toscano
22. Dark Side - Kelly Clarkson
23. Waiting for Superman - Daughtry
24. What Ifs - Lauren Alaina (with Kane Brown)
25. You Say - Lauren Daigle

26. Remind Me - Carrie Underwood (with Brad Paisley)
27. Gone, Gone, Gone - Phillip Phillips
28. Smoke Break - Carrie Underwood
29. Getting Good - Lauren Alaina
30. This Is It - Scotty McCreery

31. Tough - Kellie Pickler
32. Doin' Fine - Lauren Alaina
33. Hollow - Tori Kelly
34. The Champion - Carrie Underwood (with Ludacris)
35. Drinking Alone - Carrie Underwood

36. Crawling Back to You - Daughtry
37. Overcomer - Mandisa
38. Somethin' Bad - Carrie Underwood (with Miranda Lambert)
39. Take Back Home Girl - Chris Lane ft. Tori Kelly
40. Best Shot - Jimmie Allen

Here is a Spotify link!



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[fireflies]

Player's Stats Through Part 15:

GOLD:

dee12 - 8
fireflies - 3 
fearlessarrow - 2 
toomuchboy - 2 
.indulgecountry - 2 
bigd79 - 1 
beyoncelover - 1 

SILVER:

fireflies - 4 
dee12 - 3 
bigd79 - 3 
toomuchboy - 2 
nathanalbright - 2 
bboat11 - 1 
ccarter1023 - 1 
beyoncelover - 1 
castleoblivion26 - 1 
.indulgecountry - 1 

BRONZE:

dee12 - 4 
fireflies - 4 
castleoblivion26 - 2 
bigd79 - 2 
.indulgecountry - 2 
beyoncelover - 2 
alexcuse - 1 
nathanalbright - 1 
ccarter1023 - 1 

Most Points:

dee12 - 6 
fearlessarrow - 2 
bigd79 - 2 
toomuchboy - 2 
.indulgecountry - 2 
fireflies - 2 
bboat11 - 1 
ccarter1023 - 1 
nathanalbright - 1 

Least Points:

dee12 - 11 
fireflies - 6
.indulgecountry - 1 
nathanalbright - 1 
bigd79 - 1 

Perfects:

dee12 - 57
fireflies - 51
.indulgecountry - 40
toomuchboy - 35
bigd79 - 22
castleoblivion26 - 21
nathanalbright - 19
ccarter1023 - 17
beyoncelover - 16
ClevelandRox - 11
fearlessarrow - 8
bboat11 - 5 
alexcuse - 3 
back2blk - 1 
taylor is terrified - 1 
Private Dancer - 1 
HeyHeyHey - 1 
netti - 1 

Picked Winning Song:

dee12 - 9
fireflies - 7 
toomuchboy - 4 
.indulgecountry - 4 
bigd79 - 4 
beyoncelover - 3 
fearlessarrow - 2 
ccarter1023 - 1 
ClevelandRox - 1 
alexcuse - 1 
nathanalbright - 1 
castleoblivion26 - 1 

[beyoncelover]

Just sent my list!

This is a great list of songs. I had most of my rankings figured out, so this was easy to figure out.

[fireflies]

2 weeks left to send in lists!


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[fireflies]

1 week left to turn in lists!

General/Chart Rankdowns Tag List:

(including Billboard charts, year-end, select hits, etc.)

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[fireflies]

You guys have the weekend left to turn in your lists. I plan to start reveals on Monday evening!


Country Rankdowns Tag List:

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[dee12]

Submitted my list!!