Ed Sheeran (3) - Week #26

Yesterday, I was out in Montreal celebrating 350 years of the city, so my other blog's post will be out later. I did this one first since more people look at this one than the other one.

Today is Canada's 150th birthday, so happy birthday Canada! And also, happy 4th of July to almost all my viewers who live in the USA. There was a special edition of the countdown this week because of that.

Exits:
Hey Violet - Break My Heart (#29) 
DNCE - Kissing Strangers (#31)

45. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#43)
44. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#44) [3 Weeks At #1]
43. Niall Horan - This Town (#45)
42. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#40)
41. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#41)
40. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#42) [4 Weeks At #1]
39. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#38)
38. Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later (#34)
37. Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life (#37)
36. Luis Fonsi/Justin Bieber/Daddy Yankee - Despacito (#36) 
35. Noah Cyrus - Stay Together (#33)
34. Jon Bellion - Overwhelming (#39)
33. Maroon 5 - Cold (#35)
32. Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club (DEBUT)
31. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#23)
30. Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla (#19)
29. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#30)
28. Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry - Feels (DEBUT)
27. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#26)
26. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - I'm The One (#28)
25. Train - Play That Song (#21)
24. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#25)
23. AJR - Weak (#22)
22. Miley Cyrus - Malibu (#17)
21. Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls (#24)
20. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#32)
19. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#9)
18. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#16) [1 Week At #1]
17. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (#20)
16. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#13) 

15. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#18)

14. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#12) [1 Week At #1]

13. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#27)

12. Halsey - Now Or Never (#14)

11. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#15)

10. Charlie Puth - Attention (#6)

9. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#7)

8. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#10)

7. Julia Michaels - Issues (#11)

6. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#8)

5. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#2) [1 Week At #1]

4. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#4) [3 Weeks At #1]

3. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#3)

2. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#1) [3  Weeks At #1]

1. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#5)[3rd week at #1]

 

Biggest jump of the week: Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (+14)[uh...]

Biggest drop of the week: Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla (-11)

 

Comments on debuts:

Crying In The Club is better than any Fifth Harmony song, although it seems that few other people feel this way. I like Camila Cabello's voice in here and the production is amazing! The beat is really catchy.

 

Calvin Harris does much better in Feels than he does in Slide. The tropical feel he tries to express is much better done here than in Slide. Katy Perry's voice is much better here than in her most recent songs (and all her other ones for that matter). Pharrell sounds amazing in the verses. Last week I couldn't really form an opinion on this song because I hadn't listened to it more than once.

 

Hit-Bound

Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious

Andy Grammer - Give Love

Katy Perry/Nicki Minaj - Swish Swish

Julia Michaels - Uh Huh

Imagine Dragons - Thunder

The Chainsmokers - Honest (DEBUT)

Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor

Fall Out Boy - Champion

Paramore - Hard Times

Shawn Hook/Vanessa Hudgens - Reminding Me

Childish Gambino - Redbone (DEBUT)[what the heck?]

Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling

All Time Low - Good Times

 

Bonus songs

Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Ray Dalton - Can’t Hold Us

Charli XCX - Boom Clap

Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Robin Thicke/Pharrell/T.I. - Blurred Lines

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Maroon 5 - Payphone

Florida Georgia Line - Cruise

One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful

Ariana Grande - Problem

Omi - Cheerleader

Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

Taylor Swift - New Romantics

Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Sam Smith - Stay With Me

Katy Perry - E.T.

B.O.B./Hayley Williams - Airplanes

Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer

Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don’t Let Me Down

5 Seconds Of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth - See You Again

Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

Maroon 5 - Love Somebody

Katy Perry - California Gurls

Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack - Give Me Everything

Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance

Andy Grammer - Honey I’m Good

Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ‘Em Up)

 

Don't Be Afraid To Catch Blurbs

I will start things off by saying yes, I'm The One is not in orange. DJ Khaled just released Wild Thoughts, with Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, and I explained that that song is absolute trash. That song is so bad that is made I'm The One look like a masterpiece next to it. I can actually see how I'm The One has a beat to it. However, it still is awful. But not the worst on the countdown. Bad Liar, therefore, turns orange.

I really couldn't care less about our #1 as long as it isn't Shawn Mendes's There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back. Our top 20 is really looking spectacular, with a few frustrating flaws.

 

So close to nobody in the blogging community likes Body Like A Back Road. This song is fake country, and a mix of pop/rap, but being neither at the same time. How did this jump 14 spots?

Strip That Down is growing on me slightly. I like Quavo's verse.

The only debut that jumped from last week was Overwhelming. Good Time Good Life, that's okay, but Stay Together should receive more recognition. Despacito should have reached #1 by now considering how long it has been out and popular.

Kissing Strangers leaving really is disappointing. It was never popular, sadly, but will be one of my favourite songs of the year. Break My Heart leaving is fine.

I really have very little so say nowadays in the countdown. So little is happening,

#1 recommendation for Hits 1: Skye Holland - Her

Most missed countdown song: The Vamps - Wake Up

Throwback pick of the week: OneRepublic - Secrets

Top 5:

1. Despacito

2. Lights Down Low

3. Sooner Or Later

4. Stay Together

5. Crying In The Club

Bottom 5:

1. Bad Liar

2. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

3. I'm The One

4. I Don't Wanna Live Forever

5. Body Like A Back Road

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