Sunday, 30 April 2017

The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren (1) - Week #17

So... The Chainsmokers get yet another of their songs up there. Next up, Something Just Like This, hopefully! The problem with this song is that it is too old to just begin its reign and The Chainsmokers are getting annoying. Also, new to the countdown are all the debuts on Hit-Bound last week. And as Hit-Bound caught on to Hailee Steinfield's and Fall Out Boy's song, OneRepublic, Imagine Dragons, and some of the other stars of April 27th didn't make the cut. And for some insane reason Despacito is still not on Hit-Bound.

Exits:
Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#38)
Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#42) 
Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (#44)[finally!]

The Countdown
45. Rihanna - Love On The Brain (#43)
44. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#21)[-23]
43. James Hersey - Miss You (#39)
42. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#45)
41. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#31)
40. Adele - Water Under The Bridge (#30)[-10]
39. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#11)[-28]
38. Niall Horan - This Town (#40)
37. Snakehips/MO - Don't Leave (#35)
36. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#25)[-11]
35. Hailee Steinfield & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#26)
34. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#28)
33. Charlie Puth - Attention (DEBUT)
32. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#33)
31. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#29)
30. Halsey - Now Or Never (#36)
29. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (DEBUT)
28. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#31)
27. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#32)
26. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#34)
25. Lady Gaga - The Cure (DEBUT)
24. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#27)
23. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#22)
22. AJR - Weak (#17)
21. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#14)
20. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake (#37)[+17]
19. Train - Play That Song (#20)
18. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#19)
17. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night (#23)
16. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide (#24)
15. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#18)
14. Julia Michaels - Issues (#15)
13. Maroon 5 - Cold (#12)
12. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (#9)
11. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#16)
10. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#13)
9. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#8)
8. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#7)
7. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#10)
6. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#1)
5. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#6)
4. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#3)
3. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#4)
2. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#2)
1. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Paris (#5)

Biggest DROP of the week: The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (-28)
Biggest JUMP of the week: Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake (+17)

Comments on debuts:
Attention is super catchy. Charlie Puth's voice is well used and this song is so much better than One Call Away. But I did not expect this song to debut this fast.

Shawn Mendes replaces himself. For There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back, it got a bit worse from my extremely mediocre definition of it last week.

I did hear The Cure quite a few times this week. This song is the first good song off of Joanne. I love the meaning of this song and the beat is cool. Or I am just relieved that Million Reasons is in the bottom 5.

Hit-Bound:
Ocean Park Standoff - Good News 
Mansionz/G-Eazy - Wicked
Hey Violet - Break My Heart
Jon Bellion - Overwhelming
Hailee Steinfield - Most Girls (DEBUT)
Zayn/PartyNextDoor - Still Got TimeDNCE - Kissing Strangers
Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla
Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later
Fall Out Boy - Young & Menace (DEBUT)
Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life
Katy Perry - Bon Appetit (DEBUT)

One Ok Rock - American Girls 
G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life

There's Nothing Blurbin' Me Back
All the songs from #2-9 are amazing except for #6. I grew back into Shape Of You and Mercy.

Of course Closer had to re-enter the top 10 sometime.

Why is L.A. Devotee nearing the top 10? This song is so annoying. Victorious will be Urie's only good song.

Slide jumping into the top 20 infuriates me! Seriously, what is so good about this song??? And why pick this rap song of them all???

All Night finally goes into the top 20! Thank you Hits 1! We need more songs like this!

Heavydirtysoul really should be more appreciated than Closer, Play That Song, Slide...

Why on Earth is I Don't Wanna Live Forever still jumping? This song is so overrated. Bom Bidi Bom is the best song of the soundtrack and yet this one gets popular because is has Taylor Swift and some guy sings as high as he possibly can. If you enter the top 20 again,..

Nice to see Lights Down Low making it up step by step.

What makes no sense is that Don't Wanna Know is higher on the countdown than Sign Of The Times. 

The two big 20+ drops this week are fine by me!

Top 20 review:

-1: So bad it makes my ears bleed (-2)
20. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
19. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

0: Horrible (0)
18. Julia Michaels - Issues
17. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee

1: Bad (3)
16. Train - Play That Song
15. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
14. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Paris

2: Mediocre (2)
13. Maroon 5 - Cold

3: Okay (3)
12. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

4: Good (4)
11. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye

5: Great (35)
10. Shawn Mendes  - Mercy
9. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
8. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill
7. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
6. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
5. Imagine Dragons - Believer
4. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This

6: Masterpiece (18)
3. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
2. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
1. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

Total score: 63% 

Top 5 countdown
1. Sign Of The Times
1. Lights Down Low
3. Attention
4. Heavy
5. Stay

Bottom 5 countdown
1. Slide
2. I Don't Wanna Live Forever
3. Closer
4. Starving
5. 24K Magic

Top 3 Hit-Bound
1. Sooner Or Later
2. Young & Menace
3. Most Girls

Bottom 3 Hit-Bound
1. Kissing Strangers
2. Good Time Good Life
3. Overwhelming

Throwback pick of the week: Britney Spears - Toxic

Most Missed Countdown Song: Katy Perry - This Is How We Do

Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel

#1 recommendation for Hits 1: OneRepublic - No Vacancy

Thanks so much for viewing!

Friday, 28 April 2017

Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber (1) - Week #17


If you didn't know, the number "17" is unlucky in Italy, and is the number of possible wallpaper patterns for a wall [who cares?].

Prepare for an awesome week.

April 27th is now a personal holiday: Imagine Dragons/OneRepublic/X Ambassadors/Hailee Steinfield/Fall Out Boy all releasing new songs. Plus Nickelback, but I don't really like that song. But WOW! WHAT A DAY!

I recommend everybody to listen to this #1 song if you haven't. It is absolutely spectacular [with the rest of the chart, obviously]

There have been some huge jumps to #1 these past few weeks. I feel like all of my posts are of the style of Jack's April Fool's post. Simply, I have been listening to a heck of a lot of music these days. BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH NEW STUFF!


Exits:
Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios (#20)
Lindsey Stirling/ZZ Ward - Hold My Heart (#21)
Ocean Park Standoff - Good News (#22)
Snakehips/MO - Don't Leave (#24)
Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (#25)
The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#26)
Sofia Carson/Alan Walker - Back To Beautiful (#27)
Selena Gomez/Kygo - It Ain't Me (#28)
The Head & The Heart - All We Ever Knew (#29)
Cold War Kids - Love Is Mystical (#30)

#1 song this week one year ago:
#1 song last week:

30. Drake - Passionfruit (DEBUT)
29. Lady Gaga - The Cure (DEBUT)
28. Fall Out Boy - Young And Menace (DEBUT)
27. Hailee Steinfield - Most Girls (DEBUT)
26. Charlie Puth - Attention (DEBUT)
25. Clean Bandit/Zara Larsson - Symphony (#18)
24. Imagine Dragons - Believer (RE-ENTRY)
23. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (DEBUT)
22. James Blunt - Bartender (#6)
21. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#11)
20. Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfield - At My Best (#12)
19. Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later (#3)
18. X Ambassadors - Torches (DEBUT)
17. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#9)
16. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#19)
15. Halsey - Now Or Never (#17)
14. Virginia To Vegas - Selfish (#23)
13. G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life (#16)
12. The Weeknd - Reminder (#4)
11. The Chainsmokers/Florida Georgie Line - Last Day Alive (#15)
10. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night (#10)
9. OneRepublic - No Vacancy (DEBUT)
8. Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin (#8)
7. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#14)
6. Nick Jonas/Nicki Minaj - Bom Bidi Bom (#7)
5. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#5)
4. Gnash/DENM - Belong (DEBUT)
3. Lana Del Rey/The Weeknd - Lust For Life (#1)
2. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#2)
1. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (#13)

Biggest JUMP!!! of the week: Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (+12)
Biggest DROP!!! of the week: Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later; James Blunt - Bartender (-16)

Hit-Bound:
Katy Perry/Migos - Bon Appetit
Kygo/Ellie Goulding - First Time
Steve Aoki/DVBBS/2 Chainz - Without You
DVBBS/CMC$/Gia Koka - Not Going Home
X Ambassadors - Hoping
All Time Low - Dirty Laundry
Cold War Kids - Love Is Mystical

SPECIAL!!! iTunes (Canada) Top 10 mini-review

10. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
(8/10)



9. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
(3.5/10)



8. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
(8.5/10)



7. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times
(10/10)



6. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
(8.5/10)



5. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
(7.5/10)



4. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This
(9/10)



3. Kygo/Ellie Goulding - First Time
(9/10)



2. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito
(10/10)



1. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/A Bunch Of Other Random People - I'm The One
(0/10)[Wasn't this released in, like, 2012?]


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Sunday, 23 April 2017

Bruno Mars (1) - Week #16

While this week was a considerable step down from the past two weeks, there were some good aspects to it. For example, I Feel So Bad departed Hit-Bound, Believer entered the top 10, and so. But there were some flaws.

And I know Adrian will not be happy with our #1...

Exit:
The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#41) :(

The Countdown:
45. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 20


44. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor [...]

Last Week: #44 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 31


43. Rihanna - Love on the Brain

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 12


42. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 44


41. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 26


40. Niall Horan - This Town

Last Week: #42 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 29


39. James Hersey - Miss You

Last Week: #39 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 07


38. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens


Last Week: #38 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 37


37. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake (DEBUT) (???)

Last Week: #__ | Peak: #37 | Weeks on Chart: 01


36. Halsey - Now or Never

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #36 | Weeks on Chart: 02


35. Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave (???)

Last Week: #36 | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 03


34. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (???)


Last Week: #37 | Peak: #34 | Weeks on Chart: 03


33. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Last Week: #29 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 28


32. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 27


31. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things

Last Week: #16 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 15


30. Adele - Water Under the Bridge

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 21


29. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 19


28. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 24


27. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever [...]

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 19


26. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

Last Week: #20 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 32


25. Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (!!!)

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #25 | Weeks on Chart: 02


24. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide [...]

Last Week: #34 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 02


23. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 03


22. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 16


21. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm

Last Week: #23 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 10


20. Train - Play That Song


Last Week: #19 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 22


19. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This

Last Week: #31 | Peak: #19 | Weeks on Chart: 02


18. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (???)

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 09


17. AJR - Weak

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 08


16. Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee (???)

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 06


15. Julia Michaels - Issues

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 12


14. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul

Last Week: #11 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 12


13. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #14 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 36


12. Maroon 5 - Cold

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 10


11. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming

Last Week: #10 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 14


10. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill [...]

Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 10


09. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye

Last Week: #12 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 05



08. Imagine Dragons - Believer (!!!)

Last Week: #15 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 06


07. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

Last Week: #04 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 09


06. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

Last Week: #03 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 20


05. The Chainsmokers - Paris


Last Week: #06 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 12


04. Shawn Mendes - Mercy

Last Week: #07 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 16


03. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 08


02. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

Last Week: #09 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 15


01. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like


Last Week: #08 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 11


Biggest Drop: Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (-20)Biggest Jump: The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (+12)

New Entrant:
I really hoped that Cake wouldn't debut. At first I found it to be the most mediocre rap song out there, but then the repetition of «Cake» became annoying, and the meaning is so silly. I hope you flop, just like Lights Down Low is doing right now.

Hit-Bound:

One Ok Rock - American Girls

~This is still a catchy rock song, but seriously, how did this wind up on Hits 1? Although the beat is catchy and I do like rock music, but this was the most random song for Hits 1 to pick up.

Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (DEBUT)

~I expected more from Shawn Mendes. This turned out to be the most mediocre song ever created. The meaning is okay. The instrumentals are okay. Shawn Mendes's voice is okay. The beat is okay.

Zayn/PartyNextDoor - Still Got Time

~Honestly, OneDirection members are taking up half the countdown right now. And the majority of the songs are great. But this song is straight-off rap. As bad as Slide, Cake, and Good TIme Good Life. Zayn can seriously do better. But seriously, his concoctions of I Don't Wanna Live Forever and Still Got Time aren't pleasing me.

Lady Gaga - The Cure (DEBUT)

~Finally a good song off Joanne! ( I grew out of A-YO quickly) The electronic aspect is really what catches me. I mean, Lady Gaga's voice is good. And the message is great.

G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life

~I had this song once at #2 for my preferences chart, mainly for Kehlani. But as er part grew slightly out of me, I began to jam to G-Eazy's part. This guy is the best rapper out there, and one of the rare good ones. And this song is part of the soundtrack to The Fate Of The Furious, which I am eager to watch.

Hey Violet - Break My Heart

~On youtube, at one point the top comment's genious creator thought that Hey Violet were saying «Braid My Hair» instead of «Break My Heart» :) and that is what lured me into the song. The verses are good but the chorus is annoying. And I have no idea how the chorus is saying «Break My Heart» because it sure sounds like «Braid My Hair» to me. And the lyrics of this song are as bad as the lyrics of Guys My Age, by the way. At least Guys My Age had an awesome beat.

Aaron Carter - Sooner or Later

~This song is spectacular. The beat is stellar. This guy is the definition of perseverance and this song is the definition of an amazing song. Every single part of this song is amazing, you name it.

Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life

~I seriously hoped that this song would leave Hit-Bound when I saw that there was only one exit. But no. This horrid rap song still stands.

Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla

~Again, I have nothing to say about this song. So I will talk about the exits. I Feel So Bad gone is a dream, and I knew that Talk Too Much would never debut.

Charlie Puth - Attention (DEBUT)

~This is hands down Charlie Puth's best song. The beat is fun. The words are cool. And I am glad that Charlie Puth wandered off from One Call Away.

Jon Bellion - Overwhelming

~Why did this song even join Hit-Bound? It is so bland and Jon Bellion's voice is terrible. But people seem to like this song.

DNCE/(?) Nicki Minaj (?) - Kissing Strangers

~I don't know if Hits 1 included Nicki Minaj in the song but it really doesn't matter. This song is terrible and should seriously consider leaving Hit-Bound before it turns orange.

Ocean Park Standoff - Good News

~This is a super catchy song with a great meaning. That is all I can say, really.

Mansionz/G-Eazy - Wicked

~This song really does not sound like Mike Posner but more like Blackbear... And G-Eazy here is pointless. But the song is still a little bit catchy.

Top 5 countdown
1. Lights Down Low
1. Sign Of The Times
3. Stay
4. Heavy
5. All Night

Bottom 5 countdown
1. I Don't Wanna Live Forever
1. Starving
1. Slide
4. Death Of A Bachelor
5. 24K Magic

Top 3 Hit-Bound
1. Sooner Or Later
2. The Cure
3. Attention

Bottom 3 Hit-Bound
1. Still Got Time
2. Good Time Good Life
3. Kissing Strangers

#1 recommendation for Hits 1: Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito

Throwback pick of the week: ABBA - SOS

Most missed countdown song: The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

Thanks for viewing!

Friday, 21 April 2017

Lana Del Rey/The Weeknd (1) - Week #16

I believe that this is the first debut at #1 I have ever had (except when I first started this chart on paper).

Nothing much happened this week in music though. Except Lady Gaga released her first good song in a while and Shawn Mendes CRASHED!!!

Exit:
The Weeknd/Lana Del Rey - Party Monster (#25)
Lindsey Stirling/Christina Perri - Brave Enough (#29)
Sabrina Carpenter - Thumbs (#30)

30. Cold War Kids - Love Is Mystical (#27)
29. The Head & The Heart - All We Ever Knew (#21)
28. Selena Gomez/Kygo - It Ain't Me (RE-ENTRY)
27. Sofia Carson/Alan Walker - Back To Beautiful (#28)
26. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#26)
25. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human 
24. Snakehips/MO - Don't Leave (#23)
23. Virginia To Vegas - Selfish (#18)
22. Ocean Park Standoff - Good News (#24)
21. Lindsey Stirling/ZZ Ward - Hold My Heart (#19)
20. Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios (#10)
19. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#8)
18. Clean Bandit/Zara Larsson - Symphony (#20)
17. Halsey - Now Or Never (#12)
16. G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life (#17)
15. The Chainsmokers/Florida Georgia Line - Last Day Alive (#16)
14. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#7)
13.  Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (DEBUT)[lol]
12. Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfield - At My Best (#13)
11. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#14)
10. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night (#11)
9. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#9)
8. Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin (#3)
7. Nick Jonas/Nicki Minaj - Bom Bidi Bom (#5)
6. James Blunt - Bartender (#6)
5. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#22)
4. The Weeknd - Reminder (#1)
3. Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later (#2)
2. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#4)
1. Lana Del Rey/The Weeknd - Lust For Life (DEBUT)

Biggest jump of the week: Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (+17)
Biggest drop of the week: James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (-11)[This is for you, "."]

Hit-Bound
Little Mix/Machine Gun Kelly - No More Sad Songs
Hey Violet - Break My Heart
X Ambassadors - Hoping
Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Drake - Passionfruit
Courage My Love - Stereo
Walk Off The Earth - Fire In My Soul

Lady Gaga - Cure
Charli Puth - Attention
Stargate/P!nk/Sia - Waterfalls
K.Flay - Black Wave

Sunday, 16 April 2017

Ed Sheeran (1) - Week #15

I have looked at every Sirius XM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown on one blog or another since Shut Up And Dance hit #1 for the fourth time. Sometimes, I am extremely frustrated at voters for events that really make no sense at all. Sometimes, I am happy about jumps and drops, or songs at #1. But no week in all this time has made me happier than this week. So many amazing things happened. On my way to church I listened to the countdown for a bit and I heard Cake By The Ocean (the #1 song this week one year ago) and then Spyder Harrison told us the last 4 songs, then the #1. I was so freaking happy and an amazing break for Easter!

I got this post out early because I found a free hour between parties.

Exits:


  • Ariana Grande/Future – Everyday (#30)[!!!]
  • Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#32)
  • Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend (#42)
  • Bebe Rexha – I Got You (#43)
45. Rihanna – Love On The Brain (#45)
44. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (#44)
43. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#41)

42. Niall Horan – This Town (#38)
41. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy (#39)
40. Halsey – Now Or Never (DEBUT)
39. James Hersey – Miss You (#27)
38. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#31)
37. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low (#40)
36. Snakehips/MØ – Don't Leave (#37)
35. Harry Styles – Sign Of The Times (DEBUT)

34. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos – Slide (DEBUT)
33. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know (#36)
32. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#21)
31. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay – Something Just Like This (DEBUT)
30. Adele – Water Under The Bridge (#28)
29. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic (#35)
28. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#29)
27. Panic! At This Disco – L.A. Devotee (#33)
26. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson – Just Hold On (#25)
25. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons (#19)
24. AJR – Weak (#23)
23. Katy Perry/Skip Marley – Chained To The Rhythm (#20)
22. The Vamps/Matoma – All Night (#34)
21. Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#22)
20. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#12)

19. Train – Play That Song (#15)
18. Julia Michaels – Issues (#17)
17. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap (#3)
16. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things (#24)

15. Imagine Dragons – Believer (#11)
14. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#6)
13. Maroon 5 – Cold (#9)
12. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie – Rockabye (#10)

11. Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul (#18)
10. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming (#16)
  9. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#1)
  8. Bruno Mars – That's What I Like (#2)

  7. Shawn Mendes – Mercy (#7)
  6. The Chainsmokers – Paris (#14)
  5. Linkin Park/Kiiara – Heavy (#26)
  4. Kygo/Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me (#8)
  3. James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go (#5)
  2. Zedd/Alessia Cara – Stay (#4)
  1. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (#13) [1st Week At #1]


Biggest JUMP!!!: Heavy (+21)[YES!!!]
Biggest DROP!!!: HandClap (-14)[YES!!!]

Comments on debuts:
Well, no week can be perfect. I thought that Slide would be gone for good, but I heard it five times this week, so I feared its debut. Anyway, I have no idea what is so good about this song. And why Hits1 would take this song instead of the [well, few] other great rap songs out there. The electronic kid's voice (or whatever) is completely unnecessary and makes the song worse. Frannk Ocean's drone of a voice is the end. And forget Migos.

Now that that is done with, let's visit our third-bet debut this week, Something Just Like This. I reviewed this quite a few times. Basically, Coldplay sound amazing, and The Chainsmokers ruin the song.

The second-best debut this week is Halsey. I love Halsey. She was my favourite female artist for quite a while before The Chainsmokers destroyed my opinion on her. But in Now Or Never, she is creeping to the top of my list again. The tune is catchy. And most importantly, her voice is amazing. Although the music video is extremely dumb, the song is great.

The best debut of the week is Sign Of The Times. I started off not liking this song but now I love it. This has a Pink Floyd feel to it. Harry Styles's voice is amazing in this song and the meaning is great.

Hit-Bound:
Mansionz/G-Eazy – Wicked
DNCE/Nicki Minaj – Kissing Strangers (DEBUT)
Kungs/Ephemerals – I Feel So Bad
Erin Bowman – Good Time Good Life
Flo Rida/99 Percent – Cake
Ocean Park Standoff – Good News
Jon Bellion – Overwhelming
Coin – Talk Too Much

Hey Violet – Break My Heart (DEBUT)
G-Eazy/Kehlani – Good Life (DEBUT)
One Ok Rock – American Girls

Zayn/PartyNextDoor – Still Got Time (DEBUT)
Aaron Carter – Sooner Or Later
Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign – Swalla

Wait... Did Green Light leave?[...]THANK YOU SO MUCH HITS 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hit-Bound isn't looking that good...

Kissing blurbs
To kick off this exceptional week, Everyday departed us after merely two weeks. Good riddance! The other exits were due.

I Don't Wanna Live Forever dropped 23 spots in two weeks. What a dream! And btw it couldn't stay pink too long before re-becoming orange.

So of last week's debuts, Don't Leave and Lights Down Low did not quite capture attention this week. I seriously hope that they can jump up next week and at least get some popularity. Also, All Night jumped 12 spots. That's good! Keep it up! You could become a top 20 show!

Heavydirtysoul is inching to the top 10. You better make it there.

As far as our top 5 goes, this is the first time that this has happened: every song in the top 5 has reached the top 10 on My Weekly Preferences at some point. That is something to notice. Music is taking a good turn and I hope that it can continue on until the summer. For our #5, I really did not expect Heavy to jump this much, but boy am I happy about it! This song has all of perfection and I would love to see it at number 1. For our #4, it's about time! For our #3, I really did not expect to see it this high ever. It really is an amazing song though and has a decent chance at #1. I remember Impossible from a while back which was my jam at the time. Now Say You Won't Let Go is reaching Impossible's quality. The #2 ong being at #2 is spectacular. This song is super catchy and Zedd does SO much better here than in Starving. Alessia Cara sounds at her best. And our #1 was unexpected but appreciated. But I was really rooting for Shape Of You to break Hello, Shut Up And Dance, and Shake It Off's record for most weeks at #1.

Countdown
Top 5
1. Sign Of The Times
2. Lights Down Low
3. Stay
4. Heavy
5. Heavydirtysoul

Bottom 5:
1. I Don't Wanna Love Forever
1. Slide
3. Death Of A Bachelor
4. Closer
5. 24K Magic

Hit-Bound:
Top 3:
1. Sooner Or Later
2. Good Life
3. Good News

Bottom 3:
1. Good Time Good Life
2. I Feel So Bad
3. Kissing Strangers

#1 recommendation for Hits 1: Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfield - At My Best
Throwback pick of the week: Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark
Most missed countdown song: DNCE - Body Moves 

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