Shaun Frank/Ashe (1) - Week #53

Because we have a leap year in 2016, and the first day was a Friday, we now have 53 Fridays in the year.

As far as the countdown went, I was mostly enjoying my gifts, listening to Wonderful Christmastime on repeat, and the first time I got into the car and switched on the radio to go skiing today, radio was playing Partynextdoor - Not Nice. So I switched it off. The countdown will be very similar to last week's.

The end of year post will be out some time next week.

Exits:
Charli XCX - After The Afterparty (#53)

#1 song this week one year ago: Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (3)
#1 song last week: Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out (1)

60. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Shaggy/Serayah - Don't You Need Somebody (#60)
59. Twenty One Pilots - Doubt (#59)
58. Maroon5 - Don't Wanna Know (#38)
57. Sia - Angel To The Wings (DEBUT)
56. Sia - The Greatest (#56)
55. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#55)
54. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#57)
53. John Mayer - Love On The Weekend (#58)
52. Alessia Cara - Scars To your Beautiful (#52)
51. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#51)
50. The Lumineers - Sleep On The Floor (#50)

49. The Chainsmokers/Xylo - Setting Fires (#37)

48. All Time Low - Missing You (#48)

47. OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (#19)

46. The Weeknd - Ordinary Life (#20)

45. FLO RIDA/pitbull/Lunchmony Lewis - Greenlight (#45)

44. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#44)

43. The Weeknd - Die For You (#43)

42. John Legend - Love Me Now (#42)

41. Coleman Hell - Fireproof (#40)

40. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#41)

39. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things (#39)

38. Sum 41 - War (#28)

37. Twenty One Pilots - Cancer (#32)

36. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#36)

35. O.A.R - I Go Through (#35)

34. Mike Posner - Be As You Are (#17)

33. Imagine Dragons - Levitate (#33)

32. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (#49)

31. OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight (#31)

30. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#30)

29. Coldplay/Beyonce' - Hymn For The Weekend (#29)

28. Hey Violet - Guys My Age (#54)

27. Flume/Tove Lo - Say It (#27)

26. OneRepublic - Choke (#34)

25. Nick Jonas - Bacon (#25)

24. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl (#24)

23. Frenship/Emily Warren - Capsize (#23)

22. Hedley - Can't Slow Down (#22)

21. Hedley - Lose Control (#21)

20. Rae Sremmurd/Gucci Mane - Black Beatles (#46)

19. Pentatonix - Hallelujah (#47)

18. Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (#18)

17. Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (#26)

16. John Bellion - All Time Low (#16)
15. Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor (#15)
14. DNCE - Body Moves (#14)
13. Lil Wayne/Imagine Dragons/... - Sucker For Pain (#13)
12. Michelle Treacy - Armageddon (#9)
11. Trevor Guthrie - Wanted (#11)
10. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#10)
9. Spencer Ludwig - Diggy (#12)
8. OneRepublic - Better (#8)
7. Sia - Never Give Up (#7)
6. Lindsey Stirling/Andrew McMahon - Something Wild (#6)
5. Alex Da Kid/X Ambassadors/Elle King/Wiz Khalifa - Not Easy (#3)
4. The Weeknd/Lana Del Rey - Party Monster (#4)
3. Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out (#1)
2. Clean Bandit/Anne-Marie/Sean Paul - Rockabye (#2)
1. Shaun Frank/Ashe - Let You Get Away (#5) [1st week @ #1]

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Pentatonix - Hallelujah (+28)
Biggest Drop Of The Week:  OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (-28)

Hit-Bound 
Britney Spears/Tinashe - Slumber Party (DEBUT)
Grandtheft/Delaney Jane - Easy Go (DEBUT) 
Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry) (DEBUT)
Maty Noyes - In My Mind
Captain Cuts - Love Like We Used To

Virginia To Vegas (1) - Week #52 + Top 3 Christmas songs

Well, Merry Christmas, everybody! I hope you all had a great year and that the new one will be even better. The end of year post will come out probably next Sunday.

I have so much stuff to do for Christmas, this post might seem lazy. :)

#1 song last week: Lindsey Stirling/Andrew McMahon - Something Wild (1)
#1 song this week one year ago: Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (2)

Exit:
Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#56)

60. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Shaggy/Serayah - Don't You Need Somebody (#60)
59. Twenty One Pilots - Doubt (#59)
58. John Mayer - Love On The Weekend (#55)
57. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#58)
56. Sia - The Greatest (#45)
55. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#55)
54. Hey Violet - Guys My Age (DEBUT)
53. Charli XCX - After The Afterparty (#53)
52. Alessia Cara - Scars To your Beautiful (#52)
51. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#51)
50. The Lumineers - Sleep On The Floor (#50)

49. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (#49)

48. All Time Low - Missing You (#48)

47. Pentatonix - Hallelujah (#47)

46. Rae Sremmurd/Gucci Mane - Black Beatles (#46)

45. FLO RIDA/pitbull/Lunchmony Lewis - Greenlight (#44)

44. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#13)

43. The Weeknd - Die For You (#43)

42. John Legend - Love Me Now (#42)

41. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#41)

40. Coleman Hell - Fireproof (#40)

39. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things (#39)

38. Maroon5 - Don't Wanna Know (#38)

37. The Chainsmokers/Xylo - Setting Fires (#37)

36. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#36)

35. O.A.R - I Go Through (#35)

34. OneRepublic - Choke (#34)

33. Imagine Dragons - Levitate (#33)

32. Twenty One Pilots - Cancer (#32)

31. OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight (#31)

30. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#30)

29. Coldplay/Beyonce' - Hymn For The Weekend (#29)

28. Sum 41 - War (#28)

27. Flume/Tove Lo - Say It (#27)

26. Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (#26)

25. Nick Jonas - Bacon (#25)

24. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl (#24)

23. Frenship/Emily Warren - Capsize (#23)

22. Hedley - Can't Slow Down (#22)

21. Hedley - Lose Control (#21)

20. The Weeknd - Ordinary Life (#20)

19. OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (#19)

18. Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (#18)

17. Mike Posner - Be As You Are (#17)

16. John Bellion - All Time Low (#10)
15. Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor (#16)
14. DNCE - Body Moves (#14)
13. Lil Wayne/Imagine Dragons/... - Sucker For Pain (#4)
12. Spencer Ludwig - Diggy (#15)
11. Trevor Guthrie - Wanted (#7)
10. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#8)
9. Michelle Treacy - Armageddon
8. OneRepublic - Better (#12)
7. Sia - Never Give Up (#6)
6. Lindsey Stirling/Andrew McMahon - Something Wild (#1)
5. Shaun Frank/Ashe - Let You Get Away (#11)
4. The Weeknd/Lana Del Rey - Party Monster (#3)
3. Alex Da Kid/X Ambassadors/Elle King/Wiz Khalifa - Not Easy (#2)
2. Clean Bandit/Anne-Marie/Sean Paul - Rockabye (#54)
1. Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out (#9) [1st week @ #1]

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Clean Bandit/Anne-Marie/Sean Paul - Rockabye (+52) [New biggest jump of 2016!]
Biggest Drop Of The Week: The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (-31)

Hit-bound:
Sia/Miguel - Satisfied (RE-ENTRY)

Lukas Graham - You're Not There
Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own
Starley - Call On Me
Sia - Angel To The Wings
Maty Noyes - In My Mind
Captain Cuts - Love Like We Used To

Neon Dreams/Kardinal Offishal - Marching Bands (DEBUT) 

Top 3 Christmas songs:
1. Paul McCartney & Wings - Wonderful Christmastime
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Carol Of The Bells
3. John Lennon -  Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Lindsey Stirling/Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness (1) - Week #51

Last week's post will, let's say, "stay the same as week 49" I am sorry, but I was sick, busy and it was my birthday last week so I had so much trouble getting a post out.

Sorry for the delay again for this posy.

#1 song this week one year ago for Week #50: Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)(1)[WHAT!!!!!]
#1 song this week one year ago: Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (1)
(Pause. I love this song so much and I just want to say, I found this song way before it became popular and it spent quite a few weeks at #2 while In The Night was holding up there)
#1 song last week: Alex Da Kid/X Ambassadors/Elle King/Wiz Khalifa - Not Easy (3)

Exits:
Sia/Miguel - Satisfied (#20)
The Chainsmokers/Phoebe Ryan - All We Know (#40)
Flume/Vince Staples/Kucka - Smoke & Retribution (#45)
Daya - Words (#49)
Lady Gaga - A-YO (#56)
DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#57)
Alan Walker - Faded (#58)
Hailee Steinfield & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#60)

60. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Shaggy/Serayah - Don't You Need Somebody (#59)
59. Twenty One Pilots - Doubt (#50)
58. John Mayer - Love On The Weekend (#55)
57. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#54)
56. Fitz & The Tantrims - HandClap (#38)
55. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (DEBUT)
54. Clean Bandit/Anne-Marie/Sean Paul - Rockabye (DEBUT)
53. Charli XCX - After The Afterparty (DEBUT)
52. Alessia Cara - Scars To your Beautiful (#43)
51. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#53)
50. The Lumineers - Sleep On The Floor (#52)

49. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (#51)

48. All Time Low - Missing You (#48)

47. Pentatonix - Hallelujah (#47)

46. Rae Sremmurd/Gucci Mane - Black Beatles (DEBUT)

45. Sia - The Greatest (#35)

44. FLO RIDA/pitbull/Lunchmony Lewis - Greenlight (#46)

43. The Weeknd - Die For You (#41)

42. John Legend - Love Me Now (#39)

41. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#36)

40. Coleman Hell - Fireproof (#44)

39. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things (#33)

38. Maroon5 - Don't Wanna Know (#29)

37. The Chainsmokers/Xylo - Setting Fires (#26)

36. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#24)

35. O.A.R - I Go Through (DEBUT)

34. OneRepublic - Choke (#33)

33. Imagine Dragons - Levitate (DEBUT)

32. Twenty One Pilots - Cancer (#34)

31. OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight (#32)

30. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (DEBUT)

29. Coldplay/Beyonce' - Hymn For The Weekend (#31)

28. Sum 41 - War (#15)

27. Flume/Tove Lo - Say It (#28)

26. Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (#27)

25. Nick Jonas - Bacon (#25)

24. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl (#22)

23. Frenship/Emily Warren - Capsize (#13)

22. Hedley - Can't Slow Down (#17)

21. Hedley - Lose Control (#16)

20. The Weeknd - Ordinary Life (#6)

19. OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (#14)

18. Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (#19)

17. Mike Posner - Be As You Are (#18)

16. Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor (#37)

15. Spencer Ludwig - Diggy (DEBUT)

14. DNCE - Body Moves (#12)

13. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#21)

12. OneRepublic - Better (#11)

11. Shaun Frank/Ashe - Let You Get Away (DEBUT)

10. John Bellion - All Time Low (#10)

9. Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out (#30)

8. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#9)

7. Trevor Guthrie - Wanted (#8)

6. Sia - Never Give Up (#7)

5. Michelle Treacy - Armageddon (#3)

4. Lil Wayne/Imagine Dragons/... - Sucker For Pain (#4)

3. The Weeknd/Lana Del Rey - Party Monster (#5)

2. Alex Da Kid/X Ambassadors/Elle King/Wiz Khalifa - Not Easy (#1)

1. Lindsey Stirling/Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Something Wild (#2)[1st week]

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor; Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out (+21)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (-18)

DEBUTS:

BLACK BEATLES

BAD THINGS

LEVITATE

AFTER THE AFTERPARTY

DIGGY

ROCKABYE
I GO THROUGH
LET YOU GET AWAY
JUST HOLD ON

Hit-Bound:

Lukas Graham - You're Not There
Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own
Starley - Call On Me
Sia - Angel To The Wings
Hey Violet - Guys My Age
Maty Noyes - In My Mind
Captain Cuts - Love Like We Used To

(Week #50)

Due to the combined reasons of school, my birthday, Christmas, my sister's end of year theatre and ballet play, and more I have not been listening to much music this week. I only have time to get this note out but the post might not come before sometime this week.

Sorry for the inconvenience. 

Alex Da Kid/X Ambassadors/Elle King/Wiz Khalifa (2) - Week #49

Should I even do the comments on debuts section? It seems to me that either nobody read it last week or that no one left a comment to my note. I mean, that section is the hardest and longest to do, and if nobody reads it, why bother?

#1 song last week: Alex Da Kid/X Ambassadors/Elle King/Wiz Khalifa - Not Easy (1)
#1 song this week one year ago: The Weeknd - In The Night (11)

Exits:
Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#34)
ControlMX/Becky Hanson - I Started A Joke (#46)
Rihanna - Love On The Brain (#53)
The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#60)[1 week tenure]

60. Hailee Steinfield & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#38)
59. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Shaggy/Serayah - Don't You Need Somebody (#42)
58. Alan Walker - Faded (#51)
57. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
56. Lady Gaga - A-YO (#59)
55. John Mayer - Love On The Weekend (#58)
54. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (DEBUT)
53. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#43)
52. The Lumineers - Sleep On The Floor
51. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (#48)

50. Twenty One Pilots - Doubt (#50)

49. Daya - Words (#55)

48. All Time Low - Missing You (#47)

47. Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (#57)[whatever]

46. FLO RIDA/Pitbull/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight (#54)

45. Flume/Vince Staples/Kučka - Smoke & Retribution (#56)

44. Coleman Hell - Fireproof (#44)

43. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beatuful (#42)

42. Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You (#41)

41. The Weeknd - Die For You (DEBUT)

40. The Chainsmokers/Phoebe Ryan - All We Know (#31)

39. John Legend - Love Me Now (DEBUT)

38. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#39)

37. Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor (#10)

36. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#37)

35. Sia - The Greatest (#26)

34. Twenty One Pilots - Cancer (#36)

33. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things (#35)

32. OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight (#33)

31. Coldplay/Beyonce' - Hymn For The Weekend (#30)

30. Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out (#29)

29. Maroon5 - Don't Wanna Know (#21)

28. Flume/Tove Lo - Say It (#22)

27. Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (#27)

26. The Chainsmokers/Xylo - Setting Fires (#32)

25. Nick Jonas - Bacon (#27)

24. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#23)

23. OneRepublic - Choke (#17)

22. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl (#24)

21. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#11)

20. Sia/Miguel - Satisfied (#19)

19. Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (#18)

18. Mike Posner - Be As You Are (#15)

17. Hedley - Can't Slow Down (#16)

16. Hedley - Lose Control (#13)

15. Sum 41 - War (#14)

14. OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (#12)

13. Frenship/Emily Warren - Capsize (#8)

12. DNCE - Body Moves (#10)

11. OneRepublic - Better (#5)

10. John Bellion - All Time Low (#4)

9. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#9)

8. Trevor Guthrie - Wanted (#7)

7. Sia - Never Give Up (#20)

6. The Weeknd - Ordinary Life (DEBUT)

5. The Weeknd/Lana Del Rey - Party Monster (#25)

4. Lil Wayne/Imagine Dragons/... - Sucker For Pain (#2)

3. Michelle Treacy - Armageddon (#3)

2. Lindsey Stirling/Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Something Wild (#6)

1. Alex Da Kid/X Ambassadors/Elle King/Wiz Khalifa - Not Easy (#1)[2nd week at #1]

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Weeknd/Lana Del Rey - Party Monster (+20)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Hailee Steinfield & Grey/Zedd - Starving (-22)

I will not comment on the debuts.

Hit-Bound

Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
Lukas Graham - You're Not There
Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own
Starley - Call On Me

Rae Sremmurd/Gucci Mane - Black Beatles (DEBUT)

Imagine Dragons - Levitate (DEBUT)
Charli XCX - After The Afterparty (DEBUT)

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STARBOY ALBUM REVIEW - The Weeknd

This is a guy that had me from Kiss Land all the way through Party Monster.

As I have done already for OneRepublic and Oh My My (which by the way received over 150 pageviews, more that triple any of my other posts), in this post I will review The Weeknd's Starboy. There are already three songs on my chart from this album and one that came and went.

*I will be using Adrian's colour-code (purple=best song; green=good song; blue=okay song; red=bad song; orange=worst song; dark green=no opinion)*

Track 1: Starboy (10/10)
I loved it from the first listen. Daft Punk's beat is great, but not amazing. The Weeknd's voice is SPECTACULAR!!! I have never heard a song as catchy as this one. I think the only song I listened to so many times on repeat and didn't get sick of it was Stressed Out, but Twenty One Pilots are another story. I think the best part of the song is the pre-chorus, because the chorus doesn't have much vocals to it, being great, of course.

Track 2: Part Monster [feat. Lana Del Rey] (10/10)
I just reviewed this song last post. This song sounds like typical rap these days. The Weeknd is actually really surprisingly great at rap. I am not saying The Weeknd should switch. But this song is really good. I like that he is teaming up with Lana Del Rey. Except the awful disaster Summertime Sadness, she is pretty good. And in Prisoner she was great.

Track 3: False Alarm (8.5/10)
This song is annoying when he screams but it is great in the verses and The Weeknd really showcases his voice. Although the first scream is cool, the other screams destroy the song's perfection.

Track 4: Reminder (10/10)
This is The Weeknd as I know him. Leaving back that feeling of "WOW that was amazing" that just paralyzed you and then you can't even remember the tune of the song after you tell your friends about this song.

Track 5: Rockin' (8/10)
This is a very catchy song. However, this is not the typical Weeknd, but change is good. Although this song could be better, it is definitely not bad.

Track 6: Secrets (5/10)
This song is annoying how The Weeknd tries to use a monotone but still chaneg pitch. Choose one or the other. How is this song more popular on iTunes than Reminder?

Track 7: True Colo(u)rs (3/10)
This song is confusing with the background voices and the electronic sounds after. And the meaning is strange and frankly, downright horrible. You have to maintain The Hills, if not High For This or In The Night and their feelings (not meanings though).

Track 8: Stargirl Interlude (feat. Lana Del Rey)
This is an interlude of two minutes. It is just music and Lana Del Rey's voice. I mean she is good and the interlude is fine. But I can't really rate this as a song

Track 9: Sidewalks [feat. Kendrick Lamar] (8/10)
This song is so catchy. But the messiness makes it a bit too confusing. And Kendrick Lamar sounds better in The Greatest or Don't Wanna Know that here.

Track 10: Six Feet Under (10/10)
I love everything about this song. The repetition and the "Six feet under she goin' get that ___ paper" is so catchy. Despite the overload of ____s, the song deserves credit.

Track 11: Love To Lay (9/10)
I love this song and The Weeknd's rhymes are very clever. This and Party Monster are songs that I can't help but move to. Instead of I Feel It Coming, release this, or Reminder, or better yet Six Feet Under.

Track 12: A Lonely Night (3.5/10)
I guess The Weeknd has to stay in his falsetto all throughout at least one song. This song would be amaziing if Adam Levine and Maroon5 sang it. But it is just annoying with The Weeknd's R&B/Rap voice. One of only three bad songs on Starboy.

Track 13: Attention (9.5/10)
I guess this song is just average. For The Weeknd. The awesome beat, the great electronics, the weird lyrics. I am getting tired of ranting about his excellence.

Track 14: Ordinary Life (10/10)
What a song! What heart! The Weeknd and his sombre! I can't believe this hasn't already hit #1 on every chart. I can listen to this song for the rest of my days and not get sick of it. I will recommend this to everybody.

Track 15: Nothing Without You (2/10)
After hearing Ordinary Life, this is trash. And the notes he hits hurt my ears. I guess the verses save it from a flat 0/10. But I hope no more songs like these come out anymore from the epic Abel Tesfaye.

Track 16: All I Know [feat. Future] (10/10)
This is a great mellow song and a square up to Nothing Without You, and Future does very well in this song. The first collab with a rapper where the rapping does not ruin the song. Congrats, Future!

Track 17: Die For You (10/10)
The third song that I can't help but to bob my head like an idiot. And one of the very few actual love song from The Weeknd. I wished The Weeknd would come out with one love song without sex or drugs related. GREAT lyrics, finally.

Track 18: I Feel It Coming [feat. Daft Punk](6/10)
My opinion sank completely from this song after I heard the rest of this album. This will 100% leave my Top 60 chart next week to leave place for Ordinary Life and another great song that is yet unrecognized. Funny how the song starts and ends with Daft Punk, and The Weeknd releases both those singles off his album. I think him and Daft Punk are friends.

Top 5:
1. Ordinary Life
2. Party Monster
3. Starboy
4. Die For You
TIE 5. Six Feet Under
TIE 5. Reminder

And that is the album review! I will be extremely grateful if you would please leave your comment on how I can improve this blog.