OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel (1) - Week #44

I am sorry I got this one out late. However, I have this whole week off from school, so next week's post might even come out Friday during the day.

We have had a different #1 for 5 weeks in a row now.
Due to the overflow of OneRepublic, I have made a new rule: There can be no more than 4 songs from the same artist on the countdown at any time.

Exits:
OneRepublic - Kids (#26)
OneRepublic - Future Looks Good (#33)
OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#35)
Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#48)

#1 song last year this week: The Weeknd - In The Night (6)
#1 song last week: Frenship/Enily Warren - Capsize (1)

50. Jason Derulo - Kiss The Sky (#44)
49. Alan Walker - Faded (#47)
48. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#43)
47. Martiin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love (#49)
46. Rihanna - Love On The Brain (DEBUT)
45. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#45)
44. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#50)
43. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (#42)
42. Britney Spears/G-Eazy - Make Me... (#30)
41. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#41)
40. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Shaggy/Serayah - Don't You Need Somebody (#28)
39. The Weeknd - False Alarm (#15)
38. Glenn Morrison/Evalyn - I'm The King (#38)
37. Twenty One Pilots - Doubt (#39)
36. All Time Low - Missing You (#37)
35. Ariana Grande - Touch It (#34)
34. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#31)
33. The Summer Set - The Night Is Young (DEBUT)
32. Justin Bieber/Major Lazer/MO - Cold Water (#32)
31. Justin Bieber/Dj Snake - Let Me Love You (#36)
30. ControlMX/Becky Hanson - I Started A Joke (#29)
29. Niall Horan - This Town (#27)
28. Karl Wolf - Amateur At Love (#14)
27. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things (#23)
26. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#25)
25. OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight (#24)
24. OneRepublic - Choke (#22)
23. OneRepublic - Better (#40)
22. Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out (DEBUT)
21. Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (#21)
20. ColdPlay/Bayonce' - Hymn For The Weekend
19. Hedley - Can't Slow Down (DEBUT)
18. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#19)
17. DNCE - Body Moves (#17)
16. Maroon5 - Don't Wanna Know (#18)
15. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#12)
14. Sia - The Greatest (#16)
13. Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You (#13)
12. The Chainsokers/Phoebe Ryan - All We Know (#8)
11. Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (#10)
10. Nick Jonas - Bacon (#7)
9. Hedley - Lose Control (#9)
8. Twenty One Pilots - Cancer (#6)
7. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#4)
6. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#5)
5. Lil Wayne/Imagine Dragons - Sucker For Pain (#11)
4. John Bellion - All Time Low (#46)
3. Mike Posner - Be As You Are (#2)
2. Frenship/Emily Warren - Capsize (#1)
1. OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (#3)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: John Bellion - All Time Low (+42) [New Biggest Jump Of All Time!!!]
Biggest Drop Of The Week: The Weeknd - False Alarm (-24)

Comments on debuts:
Back from their masterpiece Figure Me Out are the Summer Set, with their new song that is definitely superior to Figure Me Out, but definitely not bad.

I heard this Rihanna song a lot of times since it was recommended in the comments. I didn't like it enough to put in on here, but now I do.

I know I am really late for Can't Slow Down. But it is becoming popular now. I feel so dumb. I had the Hedley album "Hello" when it was released and I didn't think of putting any songs on here except Hello itself. And I actually liked Lose Control in November 2015.

I know Virginia To Vegas did a complete copy of another song, but it is good and worthy of #22 because it is catchy and my radio stations play it a lot.

Hit-Bound
Clean Bandit/Louisa Johnson - Tears
Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex
Sum 41 - War
Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabelo - Bad Things
Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl
Shawn Mendes - Mercy

Frenship/Emily Warren (1) - Week #43

So this really is the year of comebacks. There have been at least ten comeback songs that came out this year. Among them are the superior Starboy, and Make Me... Then there are songs like Rise, by Katy Perry, somewhere in between amazing and horrible. And last, we have songs that come out like 24K Magic, which everybody absolutely adores, probably more than I adored Stressed Out and In The Night when they came out. Naturally, this song becomes extremely popular and overplayed from its release date. I am not going to ramble on on how Bruno Mars has changed from his humbler ways and that he sings better than raps, because I know that I am not the first blogger you come to every weekend. There is a more popular one who agrees with me. So I am just going to say that this song is horrible, probably the worst song of the year of 2016. Yes even Lost Boy is better. Sorry to half the world who jams to this song 24/7, but I like The Lazy Song better than this garbage. Anyway, back to the countdown, if I got you this far. Nothing changed much. In fact, in the top 24 we only had one jump of more than 2 spots.

Songs leaving:

Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U (#43)

Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#48)

#1 song this week one year ago: The Weeknd - In The Night (5)

#1 song last week: Mike Posner - Be As You Are (1)

50. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (-1)

49. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love (-31)

48. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (-1)

47. Alan Walker - Faded (-2)

46. John Bellion - All Time Low (DEBUT)

45. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (+5)

44. Jason Derulo - Kiss The Sky (-11)

43. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (+1)

42. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (=0)

41. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (=0)

40. OneRepublic - Better (DEBUT

39. Twenty One Pilots - Doubt (+1)

38. Glenn Morrison/Evalyn - I'm The King (=0)

37. All Time Low - Missing You (+2)

36. Justin Bieber/DJ Snake - Let Me Love You (+1)

35. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (+1)

34. Ariana Grande - Touch It (-5)

33. OneRepublic - Future Looks Good (+2)

32. Justin Bieber/Major Lazer/MO - Cold Water (-1)

31. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (-6)

30. Britney Spears/G-Eazy - Make Me... (=0)

29. ControlMX/Becky Hanson - I Started A Joke (+3)

28. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Shaggy/Serayah - Don't You Need Somebody (=0)

27. Niall Horan - This Town (=0)

26. OneRepublic - Kids (=0)

25. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (+9)

24. OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight (=0)

23. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things (-1)

22. OneRepublic - Choke (+1)

21. Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (=0)

20. Coldplay/Beyonce' - Hymn For The Weekend (-1)

19. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (-2)

18. Maroon5 - Don't Wanna Know (+2)

17. DNCE - Body Moves (-2)

16. Sia - The Greatest (=0)

15. The Weeknd - False Alarm (+31)

14. Karl Wolf - Amateur At Love (=0)

13. Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You (-2)

12. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (=0)

11. Lil Wayne/Imagine Dragons/... - Sucker For Pain (+2)

10. Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (=0)

9. Hedley - Lose Control (-1)

8. The Chainsmokers/Phoebe Ryan - All We Know (+1)

7. Nick Jonas - Bacon (=0)

6. Twenty One Pilots - Cancer (-2)

5. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (=0)

4. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (+2)

3. OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (=0)

2. Mike Posner - Be As You Are (-1)

1. Frenship/Emily Warren - Capsize (+1)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Weeknd - False Alarm (+31)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love (-31)

Comments on debuts:

All Time Low debuted Hit-Bound after I published Week #42's post. I think this song is catchy, but wrong in some parts. And I listened to it once and couldn't believe my ears.

Better: This song is so catchy. The voice changes are amazing! (I can't believe this album! This is OneRepublic's best ever. That's three 10/10s in a row) The concept of this song is amazing, too. I felt this same way for Heathens. (Now, not even close)

Hit-Bound:

Clean Bandit/Louisa Johnson - Tears
Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out
OneRepublic - Fingertips
OneRepublic - Heaven

Question: Would you, the readers, prefer the format ________ - __________ (+/- ______)

or ___________ - _____________ (#____)?

Mike Posner (1) - Week #42

I'm sorry I got this one out a little late.
To think of the fact that this song debuted at #49 is impossible.
Both Justin Bieber song dropped 12 spots.

Songs Leaving:
MKTO - Superstitious (#41)
Timeflies - Once In A While (#48)
The Lumineers - Ophelia (#49)

#1 song this week one year ago: The Weeknd - In The Night (4)
#1 song last week: Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (9)

50. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#42)
49. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#50)
48. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#44)
47. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#47)
46. The Weeknd - False Alarm (#45)
45. Alan Walker - Faded (#43)
44. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#40)
43. Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U (#32)
42. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (#39)
41. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#23)
40. Twenty One Pilots - Doubt (#38)
39. All Time Low - Missing You (#37)
38. Glenn Morrison/Evalyn - I'm The King (#36)
37. Justin Bieber/Dj Snake - Let Me Love You (#25)
36. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#33)
35. OneRepublic - Future Looks Good (#35)
34. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#46)
33. Jason Derulo - Kiss The Sky (#34)
32. ControlMX/Becky Hanson - I Started A Joke (#31)
31. Justin Bieber/Major Lazer/MO - Cold Water (#19)
30. Britney Spears/G-Eazy - Make Me... (#30)
29. Ariana Grande - Touch It (#28)
28. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Shaggy/Serayah - Don't You Need Somebody (#29)
27. Niall Horan - This Town (#26)
26. OneRepublic - Kids (#20)
25. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#24)
24. OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight (DEBUT)
23. OneRepublic - Choke (DEBUT)
22. Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (#22)
21. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things (#21)
20. Maroon5 - Don't Wanna Know (DEBUT)
19. Coldplay/Beyonce' - Hymn For The Weekend (#13)
18. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love (#18)
17. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#17)
16. Sia - The Greatest (#15)
15. DNCE - Body Moves (#27)
14. Karl Wolf - Amateur At Love (#14)
13. Lil Wayne/Imagine Dragons/... - Sucker For Pain (#16)
12. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#11)
11. Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You (#10)
10. Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (#9)
9. The Chainsmokers/Phoebe Ryan - All We Know (#12)
8. Hedley - Lose Control (#8)
7. Nick Jonas - Bacon (#5)
6. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#4)
5. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#1)
4. Twenty One Pilots - Cancer (#3)
3. OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (#6)
2. Frenship/Emily Warren - Capsize (#7)
1. Mike Posner - Be As You Are (#2) [1st week @ #1]

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side; DNCE - Body Moves (+12)
Biggest Drop Of The Week: Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (-18)

OneRepublic is back! Here was my review for Choke when I reviewed the album: (10/10) The chorus of this song is amazing! I love this song so much that I cannot get the chorus out of my head. The idea of choking on memories is good, also. Songs with choirs are my favourites.
Here is my review for Let's Hurt Tonight: (10/10) Ryan Tedder's voice is used to the fullest. It reminds of the song "All I Know", in a good way, because I loved that song. 
Unlike some artists I know nowadays (The Weeknd) Ryan Tedder's screams sound good.

And Maroon5 are back! Finally! It took me about three listens to grow into this song, but now I love it. The beat is so catchy, like all the Maroon5 songs that became hits. Although the verses could use some work, the chorus is so catchy to make up for it. Also, Kendrick Lamar was also featured in this song for like 15 seconds. He didn't do anything! I might as well remove him from the song. The fact that it is already #1 on iTunes is a good sign.

Hit-Bound:
Clean Bandit/Louisa Johnson - Tears
Shawn Mendes - Mercy (DEBUT)
Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out
OneRepublic - Fingertips
OneRepublic - Better
OneRepublic - Heaven
John Bellion - All Time Low (DEBUT)

Album Review: ONEREPUBLIC - OH MY MY

If I get this out too early, I posted this week's countdown earlier this weekend.

Track 1: Let's Hurt Tonight (10/10)
Ryan Tedder's voice is used to the fullest. It reminds of the song "All I Know", in a good way, because I loved that song. Unlike some artists I know nowadays (The Weeknd) Ryan Tedder's screams sound good.

Track 2: Future Looks Good (9.5/10)
This is a great calm song to balance Let's Hurt Tonight. The instruments are used perfectly, not too much, and not too little so we end up with a 100% vocal song. Once again, Ryan Tedder's voice is used perfectly. I am glad this song was released earlier than the album.

Track 3: Oh My My {Feat. Cassius} (7.5/10)
The beat in this song is horrible, but then there aren't many occasions where the album single is good. I am not sure what Cassius does, but whatever it is, it isn't good.

Track 4: Kids (9.5/10)
This song was out for a while. I love it. Even though I have higher opinions on A.I., or Wherever I Go when it started, this song is still amazing. The high pitch is perfect. I also like the diction. I am starting to grow out of this song a bit.

Track 5: Dream (6.5/10)
This chorus is strange. The verses are good, but the monotone, words, and rasp (I guess?) are not used well. But OneRepublic have to change things up a bit sometimes. I don't like these lyrics.

Track 6: Choke (10/10)
The chorus of this song is amazing! I love this song so much that I cannot get the chorus out of my head. The idea of choking on memories is good, also. Songs with choirs are my favourites.

Track 7: A.I. {Feat. Peter Gabriel}(10/10)
If I could I would give this song more than just ten out of ten. I reviewed this song in the Week #41 post, where I said that I love this song because of Peter Gabriel. I am not going to go ahead and say everything again, but this song is great from every perspective.

Track 8: Better (10/10)
This song is so catchy. The voice changes are amazing! (I can't believe this album! This is OneRepublic's best ever. That's three 10/10s in a row) The concept of this song is amazing, too. I felt this same way for Heathens.

Track 9: Born (8.5/10)
This song is less good than the previous trio. However, it is still amazing. OneRepublic use the high vocals so much on Oh My My, but they are not getting old.

Track 10: Fingertips (10/10)
The guitar use in this song is stellar, perfect, spectacular... And Ryan Tedder's high pitched vocals are too high. But they work in this case.

Track 11: Human (8.5/10)
This si more of a dance song. I still like it, except Ryan Tedder's voice is not used as well as in Better. The instrument part of this song is about a 9/10, and the tick in the background is to my liking.

Track 12: Lift Me Up (9/10)
I like this song, but the falsetto is used too much in this album. I am getting sick of it while listening. But the diction is good in this song, probably the best of this album, because of getting up when you're down and so on.

Track 13: NbHD {Feat. Santigold} (3.5/10)
Ryan Tedder's voice sounds horrible with Santigold's beat. I just turned this song off after a minute. (When I listened to it again, the bridge was good)

Track 14: Wherever I Go (9.99999/10)
I love this song and I reviewed it on some other week. The only problem is that it's old. Therefore, I had to deduct 0.0001/10. But otherwise, this song was the perfect comeback from OneRepublic.

Track 15: All These Things (9/10)
Ignoring all the falsetto used in the previous 14 songs, this song is good and the message is fun, and the beat is also. Anyways, other than the falsetto parts, Ryan Tedder's voice is great.

Track 16: Heaven (10/10)
NO FALSETTO?!? WHAT!?! YAY!!!! I love this song up until "This Is Heaven". They should have stuck this song more into the middle of the album, because is is way off from a 100% high pitch song. I love OneRepublic.

Top 5:
1. A.I. {Feat. Peter Gabriel}
2. Heaven
3. Let's Hurt Tonight
4. Better
5. Choke

And that is the Oh My My album review! I hope you enjoyed it!

Twenty One Pilots (9) - Week #41

So OneRepublic released their new album, Oh My My, today. I will do an album review on this, but it might not come out soon.
As for the countdown, I am glad that quite a few new songs cam along.

#1 song last week: Nick Jonas - Bacon [2nd week @ #1]
#1 song this week one year ago: The Weeknd - In The Night [3rd week @ #1]

Song leaving:
The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#37)
Panic! At The Disco - Bohemian Rhapsody (#43)
Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#44)
Jordan Fisher - All About Us (#45)
Kiiara - Gold (#47)[x3]
Demi Lovato - Body Say (#48)
Ariana Grande - Into You (#50)

50. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#49)
49. The Lumineers - Ophelia (#46)
48. Timeflies - Once In A While (#41)
47. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#39)
46. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (DEBUT)
45. The Weeknd - False Alarm (DEBUT)
44. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#25)
43. Alan Walker - Faded (#38)
42. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#37)
41. MKTO - Superstitious (#31)
40. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#32)
39. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (#18)
38. Twenty One Pilots - Doubt (#33)
37. All Time Low - Missing You (#34)
36. Glenn Morrison/Evalyn - I'm The King (#35)
35. OneRepublic - Future Looks Good (#40)
34. Jason Derulo - Kiss The Sky (#30)
33. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#29)
32. Steve Aoki & Boehm/Wlak The Moon - Back 2 U (#28)
31. ControlMX/Beck Hanson - I Started A Joke (#27)
30. Britney Spears/G-Eazy - Make Me... (#14)
29. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Shaggy/Serayah - Don't You Need Somebody (#25)
28. Ariana Grande - Touch It (#24)
27. DNCE - Body Moves (DEBUT)
26. Niall Horan - This Town (DEBUT)
25. Justin Bieber/DJ Snake - Let Me Love You (#16)
24. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#23)
23. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#21)
22. Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (#17)
21. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Litte Things (#15)
20. OneRepublic - Kids (#12)
19. Justin Bieber/Mo/Major Lazer - Cold Water (#11)
18. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love (#42)
17. Fitz & The Tantrums/HandClap (#10)
16. Lil Wayne/Imagine Dragons/... - Sucker For Pain (#20)
15. Sia - The Greatest (#19)
14. Karl Wolf - Amateur At Love (#13)
13. Coldplay/Beyonce' - Hymn For The Weeknd (#8)
12. The Chainsmokers/Phoebe Ryan - All We Know (DEBUT)
11. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#9)
10. Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You (#7)
9. Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (#6)
8. Hedley - Lose Control (#5)
7. Frenship/Emily Warren - Capsize (DEBUT)
6. OneRepublic/Peter Gabriel - A.I. (DEBUT)
5. Nick Jonas - Bacon (#1)
4. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#2)
3. Twenty One Pilots - Cancer (#3)
2. Mike Posner - Be As You Are (#22)
1. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#4) [9th week @ #1]

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love (+24)
Biggest Drop Of The Week: Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild (-21)

Comments on debuts:
Ariana Grande replaces herself with Side To Side. I just started growing into Side To Side now. Before I didn't like it. But now I do. I can't say much else.

I must say, The Weeknd has had much better. And he really should not start shouting, like every other popular artist. But the rest of False Alarm is good, so I can say that this song is good.

DNCE debuted with Cake By The Ocean, which was a massive hit and one that I cannot grow out of. Then the had Toothbrush, which was horrible after a bit. I guess Body Moves is smack in between them. It is nowhere near as good as Cake By The Ocean, and nowhere near as bad as Toothbrush. But at least the lyrics make sense this time.

Niall Horan came out of "nowhere" and came up with this song. It is definitely like most of OneDirection's less popular songs, and I think it is only popular because of its story and because people need a new OneDirection song. Anyway, this song is a nice calm song that I would probably like more if it wasn't already overplayed.

The Chainsmokers have been dominating all year and I think have had the most hits of 2016. I grew easily out of Closer, despite its #8 debut. The rest of their hits are still on me. I listen to All We Know so much on iTunes, since radio will pick it up in a couple of months, like for Don't Let Me Down. Overall, the beat is their best all year, but in Closer The Chainsmokers' voice is better.

Frenship and Emily Warren come up with our second-best debut this week out of seven. This song is amazing! It is probably my second-most played song on iTunes following up Be As You Are. This song has an awesome beat and the vocals are even better. The male and female voices are used perfectly. Expect movement from Capsize on this chart.

And OneRepublic add their fourth song to this countdown, as you can see, their best. (A.I. stands for artificial intelligence, by the way) I have been longing for a new Peter Gabriel song and what a way for it to come out! One of my favourite bands, OneRepublic, collaborating with him! I was so happy. I love the Peter Gabriel style in the outro, and also in his verse. I mean, OneRepublic are spectacular, too. But Peter Gabriel!

Hit-Bound
Clean Bandit/Louisa Johnson - Tears
Virginia To Vegas - Lights Out
OneRepublic - Fingertips
OneRepublic - Choke
OneRepublic - Heaven
OneRepublic - Better
OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight
... I could literally put the whole album on here, but those are the best ones.

Two new songs have come out recently, the return single from Bruno Mars, 24K Magic, and Lady Gaga's follow-up, Million Reasons. They are both trash so I am not going to review them. (Keep in mind, this is my opinion)