Charlie Puth (1) - Week #34

Sorry for the delay. We have a new car and I had no time to transfer Sirius XM to that car. :( Also, I start school in a day, so yesterday I had to prepare. Also, my Russian school starts in two weeks, so this blog will most likely come out on Sunday every day from now on. Sorry for that. It really sucked that I didn't have time to do the blurbs last week because I had a lot to say. No matter. I will say it this week.

Exits:
Miley Cyrus - Malibu (#43)
Noah Cyrus - Stay Together (#45)

#1 song this week one year ago: Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (1/1)
#1 song last week: Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (4)

45. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#44)

44. Julia Michaels - Issues (#39)

43. Childish Gambino - Redbone (#36)

42. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#42) [4]

41. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - I'm The One (#41)

40. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (#35)

39. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#40) [8]

38. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#22)

37. Train - Play That Song (#37)

36. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious (DEBUT)

35. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#31)

34. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#34)

33. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (DEBUT)

32. Halsey - Now Or Never (#28)

31. Julia Michaels - Uh Huh (#25)  
30. DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts (#32)

29. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#30) 

28. Hey Violet - Hoodie (#37)

27. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#27)

26. AJR - Weak (#29)

25. The Chainsmokers - Honest (#19)

24. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#15)

23. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#23)

22. P!NK - What About Us (#33)

21. Luis Fonsi featuring Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee - Despacito (#8)[???????????????????]

20. Kesha - Praying (#23)

19. Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/Digital Farm Animals - Back To You (#19)

18. Bruno Mars vs. David Guetta - Versace On The Floor (#24)

17. All Time Low - Good Times (#18)

16. Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry - Feels (#17)

15. Fall Out Boy - Champion (#16)

14. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (#13)

13. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#7) [9]

12. Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls (#27)

11. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#12)

10. Zedd featuring Alessia Cara - Stay (#6) [4]

9. Linkin Park - One More Light (#10)

8. The Chainsmokers featuring Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#11) [3]

7. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#2)

6. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#14)

5. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#3)

4. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#9)

3. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#1) [4]

2. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#4) [3]

1. Charlie Puth - Attention (#5) [1st week at #1]

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Lady Gaga - The Cure (-16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls (+15)

Comments on debuts:

One of our two somewhat old debuts is Glorious. The only reason that I still love this song is because of Skylar Grey. The chorus sounds fantastic! Skylar Grey sure can sing high and is one of the few people who according to me can. As for Macklemore, Thrift Shop and Can't Hold Us were much better. I loved Macklemore in those songs because it was funny how fast he can sing. In Glorious he sings rather slow, so his parts are all boring. Although you have got to love the video.

I was 90% sure that Thunder would leave Hit-Bound. I haven't heard it in so long and it isn't popular anywhere else. The chorus is a little bit annoying now, but the verses are still catchy. I did review this a couple of times so I will leave it at that.

Hit-Bound

1. All-American Rejects - Sweat
2. Sabrina Carpenter - Why
3. Selena Gomez - Fetish
4. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises
5. Halsey - Bad At Love
6. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl
7. The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You
8. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
9. Andy Grammer - Give Love
10. Harry Styles - Two Ghosts
11. Justin Bieber/Bloodpop® - Friends (DEBUT)
12. Rita Ora - Your Song
13. PrettyMuch - Would You Mind (DEBUT)
14. Zedd/Liam Payne - Get Low

I was born for blurbs, born for blurbs, it's who I am, I couldn't forget

When I first heard Attention, I did not expect it to reach #1. However, I was not that surprised now since Charlie Puth hosted the countdown last week. I still like this song and it can stay at #1 for as long as it takes for Shawn Mendes to leave the top 10.

However, I would much rather have Believer at #1 than Attention since Believer is a fantastic alternative song and is (finally) popular on my local radio.

So Castle On The Hill replaces Shape Of You in the top 10. At this point I would prefer Shape Of You in the top 10.

The biggest jump and drop were boring this week and nothing unexpected.

It is no surprise for me to see Despacito out of the top 20 again. I have only heard it once on Hits 1 since it came out and I am surprised that a latin song got so far on Hits 1.

P!nk made a large jump from her debut spot of #33. Hopefully this can make the top 10 and maybe even squeeze in a week at #1 if it rises fast enough before Taylor Swift takes over.

It really is a surprise to see Hoodie jumping nine spots. I would never have predicted that this would have debuted ad made an impact so quickly. It doesn't even have a million views on youtube!

As for our exits, both of them were flops. Stay Together was much better than Malibu but I will probably forget both in about a year.

Top 20 score: 51%

Throwback pick of the week: Mariah Carey/Boys II Men - One Sweet Day (1995)

Most missed countdown song: OneRepublic - Counting Stars

#1 recommendation for Hits 1: Axwell^Ingrosso - More Than You Know

Top 5:

1. Hoodie

2. Lights Down Low

3. Back To You

4. Champion

5. Glorious

Bottom 5:

1. Wild Thoughts

2. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

3. Play That Song

4. Bad Liar

5. I'm The One

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Shawn Mendes (4) - Week #33

This week was fantastic! We had some excellent drops, including the worst song on the countdown. We had two fabulous debuts which both debuted after one week on Hit-Bound. However, Shawn Mendes annoyingly returns to #1 for the fourth time. No week is ever perfect!

Exits:
Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#40)
Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club (#43)

45. Noah Cyrus - Stay Together (#44)
44. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#45)
43. Miley Cyrus - Malibu (#42)
42. Hailee Steinfield & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#41)[4]
41. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - I'm The One (#36)
40. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#38)[8]
39. Julia Michaels - Issues (#39)
38. Train - Play That Song (#33)
37. Hey Violet - Hoodie (DEBUT)
36. Childish Gambino - Redbone (#27)
35. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (#33)
34. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#34)[2]
33. P!NK - What About Us (DEBUT)
32. DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts (#15)[-17][YES!!!]
31. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#31)
30. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#29)
29. AJR - Weak (#23)
28. Halsey - Now Or Never (#19)
27. Hailee Steinfield - Most Girls (#11)[-16]
26. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#25)
25. Julia Michaels - Uh Huh (#28)
24. Bruno Mars vs. David Guetta - Versace On The Floor (#24)
23. Kesha - Praying (#35)[+12]
22. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#20)
21. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#22)
20. Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/Digital Farm Animals - Back To You (#26)
19. The Chainsmokers - Honest (#30)[+11]
18. All Time Low - Good Times (#14)
17. Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry - Feels (#13)
16. Fall Out Boy - Champion (#18) 
15. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#21)[YES!!!!]
14. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#16)
13. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (#32)[+19]
12. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#10)
11. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#5)
10. Linkin Park - One More Light (#12)
9. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#6)
8. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (#3)
7. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#8)
6. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#7)
5. Charlie Puth - Attention (#9)
4. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#1)
3. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#17)[+14]
2. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#4)
1. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#2)

#1 song this week one year ago: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (9/10)

Biggest jump of the week: Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (+19)
Biggest drop of the week: DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts (-17)

Comments on debuts:
I would never have guessed that Hoodie would have made the countdown, let alone after one week. For starters, the video doesn't even have 1 million views. However, I am not complaining! I always thought of Hey Violet as awful songwriters, and this song does not improve that reputation for me. However, the production is fantastic, and similarly to Guys My Age, you can simply ignore the lyrics because the song is super catchy. At the moment I still prefer Guys My Age. But once Hits 1 starts playing this some more I might prefer Hoodie.

P!nk is back after Just Like Fire from 2016. I'm going to start off and say that this song is not better than Just Like Fire. But P!nk has such a distinct and fantastic voice that it is impossible to dislike this song. The tune is catchy and her voice is greatly used. However, I can see this song growing out of me in a few months.

Hit-Bound
1. Selena Gomez - Fetish (DEBUT)
2. All-American Rejects - Sweat
3. Sabrina Carpenter - Why (DEBUT)
4. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious
5. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises
6. Imagine Dragons - Thunder
7. Halsey - Bad At Love
8. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl
9. The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You
10. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (DEBUT)[what the heck?]
11. Andy Grammer - Give Love
12. Harry Styles - Two Ghosts
13. Rita Ora - Your Song
14. Zedd/Liam Payne - Get Low

The only debut I'm going to talk about is Feel It Still. Similar to Talk Too Much, Hits 1 picks up on the alternative song after its rather long reing at #1 on Alt Nation. I loved this song when I first heard it a while ago. But now it is old.

I find it strange that Why debuted Hit-Bound but not Thumbs.

Sadly, we say goodbye to The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody). That was a fun song and a pity that is didn't debut.
What About Blurbs
I will not do blurbs since I lack time from a combination of things. Sorry :( Back next week.

Top 20 score (I keep forgetting to fill this out): %

Top 5:
1. Hoodie
2. Champion
3. Back To You
4. Lights Down Low
5. Despacito

Bottom 5:
1. Wild Thoughts
2. Bad Liar
3. Play That Song
4. I'm The One
5. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

#1 recommendation for Hits 1: Justin Bieber/Bloodpop - Friends
Throwback pick of the week: Mary J Blige - Family Affair
Most missed countdown song: The Weeknd - Earned It

Thanks for viewing!

5000 pageview special: Top 10 songs from OneRepublic, Imagine Dragons, and Maroon 5

Before we begin , I would like to thank the blogging community and others that have helped me get to five thousand pageviews in such a short time. I will be presenting to you my favourite songs from OneRepublic, Imagine Dragons and Maroon 5, my favourite bands.


Top 10 songs from OneRepublic:

  
10. Love Runs Out (from Native)


9. If I Lose Myself (from Native)


8. Wherever I Go (from Oh My My)


7. Apologize (from Dreaming Out Loud)


6. Better (from Oh My My)


5. I Lived (from Native


4. All The Right Moves (from Waking Up)


3. Counting Stars (from Native)


2. A.I. [ft. Peter Gabriel] (from Oh My My)


1. Secrets (from Waking Up)





Top 10 songs from Imagine Dragons:


10. Nothing Left To Say (from Night Visions)


9. Fade (from Answers To Nothing)


8. I Don't Know Why (from Evolve)


7. Fallen (from Nights Visions)


6. On Top Of The World (from Nights Visions)


5. Whatever It Takes (from Evolve)


4. Shots (from Smoke And Mirrors)


3. Believer (from Evolve)


2. Radioactive (from Night Visions)


1. Demons (from Nights Visions)





Top 10 songs from Maroon 5:


10. Don't Wanna Know (single)


9. Animals (from V)


8. Maps (from V)


7. Feelings (from V)


6. Moves Like Jagger [ft. Christina Aguilera](single)


5. Payphone [ft. Wiz Khalifa](from Overexposed)


4. This Love (from Songs About Jane)


3. This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like A Motherf****r (from V)


2. Harder To Breathe (from Songs About Jane)


1. Wake Up Call (from It Won't Be Soon Before Long)




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Imagine Dragons (3) - Week #32

I did realize that we reached 5K pageviews already! Thank you to all the viewers! The special should be out some time next week.

As for this week, we had some decent moves, but what really attracted my attention was Hit-Bound, with four fabulous debuts, turning the count to 10 masterpieces on Hit-Bound.

Exits:
The Chainsmokers - Paris (#28)[1]
Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later (#44)
Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#45)

#1 song this week one year ago: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (8/10)
#1 song last week: Imagine Dragons - Believer (2)

45. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#42)

44. Noah Cyrus - Stay Together (#39)

43. Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club (#36)

42. Miley Cyrus - Malibu (#45)

41. Hailee Steinfield & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#40)[4]

40. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#39)

39. Julia Michaels - Issues (#26)

38. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#36)[8]

37. Train - Play That Song (#33)

36. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - I'm The One (#30)

35. Kesha - Praying (DEBUT)

34. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#34)[1]

33. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (#33)

32. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (DEBUT)

31. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#31)

30. The Chainsmokers - Honest (DEBUT)

29. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#24)

28. Julia Michaels - Uh Huh (#35)

27. Childish Gambino - Redbone (#21)

26. Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/Digital Farm Animals - Back To You (#22)

25. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#27)

24. Bruno Mars vs. David Guetta - Versace On The Floor (#25)

23. AJR - Weak (#37)

22. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#23)

21. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#29)

20. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#8)

19. Halsey - Now Or Never (#9)

18. Fall Out Boy - Champion (#18)

17. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#15)

16. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#13)[3]

15. DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts (#19)

14. All Time Low - Good Times (#20)

13. Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry - Feels (#12)

12. Linkin Park - One More Light (#16)

11. Hailee Steinfield - Most Girls (#14)

10. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#11)

9. Charlie Puth - Attention (#10)

8. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#7)[9]

7. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#6)[4]

6. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#5)

5. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#3)[3]

4. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#4)

3. Luis Fonsi/Justin Bieber/Daddy Yankee - Despacito (#17)

2. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#2)[3]

1. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#1)[3rd week at #1]

 

Biggest JUMP!!! of the week: AJR - Weak; Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (+14)

Biggest DROP!!! of the week: Julia Michaels - Issues (-13)

 

Comments on debuts:

I talked about Praying and Honest and honestly I don't feel like reviewing them again. But here you go:

 

I still feel like the verses in Praying drag, and the piano is not used well. The final note before the chorus tortures me. But the chorus is so fantastic that I can't dislike this song. The chorus alone would make one of my favourite songs of the year. But the verses ruin the song.

Honest is a boring song. The chorus is really repetitive and annoying. Andrew Toggart sings better in Paris and Closer than in here. But the song has no major flaw, so I can't put this in pink. Once my radio realizes that The Chainsmokers have a new single, however, this will be in pink for sure.

 

When I think of Sorry Not Sorry, I think immediately of the awful chorus. The background voices do not match Demi Lovato's. The verses and build up are great. But the chorus ruins it all. It does not suit Demi Lovato. It is much too loud and Demi cannot scream. Similar to Most Girls, I expected more from the chorus.

 

Hit-Bound

4. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious
2. The All American Rejects - Sweat
8. P!NK - What About Us (DEBUT)
5. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

3. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises (DEBUT) 7. Imagine Dragons - Thunder 6. Halsey - Bad At Love (DEBUT) 10. The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You 13. Rita Ora - Your Song 14. Zedd/Liam Payne - Get Low 11. Andy Grammer - Give Love 9. Bebe Rexha - The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody)

1. Hey Violet - Hoodie (DEBUT) 12. Harry Styles - Two Ghosts

-We say goodbye to Reminding Me. This song actually peaked at #3 on my personal chart, and this song really is unique. The lyrics, the collaboration, the production really aren't waht you normally see. The song itself is really catchy. So far, this earns my Lights Over Paris award for 2017.

I hope your soul is blurbin'

Our top 10 had very little action this week. However, Despacito entered the top 3 finally, after 13 weeks atop the Billboard hot 100. Hopefully this can hit #1 soon.

 

However, I would be delighted if Believer kept preventing Shawn Mendes from returning to #1. Imagine Dragons have done really well on this one. Hopefully this can stay at #1 for a bit longer.

 

Body Like A Back Road is still going strong...

 

Two songs previously in the top 10 made sizable drops. The Cure is old and should have left a long time ago.

 

Now Or Never should soon be replaced by Bad At Love, which is much better. Halsey was my favourite female artist for a long time. She has come up with fantastic songs (New Americana, Colours, The Feeling, and so on). Now Or Never is not one of these masterpieces.

I listened to Victorious this past week and I realized how much better it is than L.A. Devotee and Death Of A Bachelor. Similar to 5SOS, I feel that Hits 1 is the only station that recognizes Panic! At The Disco.

I did not expect One More Light to rise so quickly. It is a bad song. Even if Chester Bennington died I cannot find a spot of quality in this song as there is in Battle Symphony.

Every time Hits 1 announces Ear Poppin' Music they play Good Times. I thought it would enter the top 10 for sure.

Champion is now my favourite song of them all and should hit the top 10 before I go nuts. Hits 1 is supposed to worship Fall Out Boy!

I was shocked out of my head when I didn't hear Lights Down Low until #21. Could this song possibly hit the top 20 as I dream so much?

I was 90% sure that Weak would leave and that Back To You would enter the top 20. Instead, now we have Weak more popular than Back To You.

I'll take Uh Huh over Issues any day. Uh Huh is now yellow. It is so catchy!

I'm glad to see that I'm The One didn't continue its rise.

Hopefully Closer can pull a Stressed Out and leave after 51 weeks. Stressed Out was so much better than Closer and The Chainsmokers do not deserve a song that lasts a year.

The whole of our bottom 3 songs are fantastic.

Top 20 score: 

Top 5:

1. Champion

2. Lights Down Low

3. Back To You

4. Crying In The Club

5. Heavy

Bottom 5:

1. Wild Thoughts

2. I'm The One

3. Closer

4. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

5. Bad Liar

#1 recommendation for Hits 1: Charli XCX - Boys

Most missed countdown song: Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World

Throwback pick of the week: Hinder - Lips Of An Angel

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Imagine Dragons (2) - Week #31

So Despacito has reached 3 billion views, the first song to do so. It was expected, but I am not disappointed! I still love that song, and it is still at #1 on the billboard, so it will keep on growing!

Exits:
Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#35)

45. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#43)
44. Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later (#38)
43. Noah Cyrus - Stay Together (#39)
42. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#44)
41. Miley Cyrus - Malibu (#45)
40. Hailee Steinfield & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#41)
39. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#40)
38. Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club (#36)
37. AJR - Weak (#23)[-14]
36. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#32)
35. Julia Michaels - Uh Huh (DEBUT)
34. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#20)[-14]
33. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (#15)[-18]
32. Train - Play That Song (#33)
31. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#31)
30. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - I'm The One (#42)[+12]^^^^^^^^^^^^^
29. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#29)
28. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#24)
27. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#17)[-10]
26. Julia Michaels - Issues (#27)
25. Bruno Mars vs. David Guetta - Versace On The Floor (#30)
24. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#25)
23. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#22)
22. Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/Digital Farm Animals - Back To You (#34)[+12]
21. Childish Gambino - Redbone (#26)
20. All Time Low - Good Times (#21)
19. DJ Khaled/Rihanna/Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts (#28)
18. Fall Out Boy - Champion (#19)
17. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito (#18)
16. Linkin Park - One More Light (#37)[+21]
15. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#12)
14. Hailee Steinfield - Most Girls (#13)
13. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#3)[-10]
12. Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry - Feels (#16)
11. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#14)
10. Charlie Puth - Attention (#7)
9. Halsey - Now Or Never (#10)
8. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#9)
7. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#11)
6. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#6)
5. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#5)
4. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#4)
3. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#7)
2. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#2)
1. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#1)[2nd week @ #1]

#1 song this week one year ago: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (7/10) Biggest jump!!! of the week: Linkin Park - One More Light (+21)
Biggest drop!!! of the week: Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (-18)

Comments on debut:
Uh Huh is my guilty pleasure of the year by a landslide. I have absolutely no idea why I like it. I can't say anything at all except I like it. Similar to Redbone, I couldn't formulate an opinion because the song confused me. I guess what I can say is that the verses are catchy, but that's all, really.

Hit-Bound
1. All-American Rejects - Sweat
2. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious
3. Kesha - Praying
4. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl
5. Shawn Hook/Vanessa Hudgens - Reminding Me
6. Imagine Dragons - Thunder
7. Bebe Rexha - The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody)
8. Andy Grammer - Give Love
9. Rita Ora - Your Song (DEBUT)
10. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
11. Paramore - Hard Times
12. The Chainsmokers - Honest
13. Harry Styles - Two Ghosts
14. Zedd/Liam Payne - Get Low

During the second session, Hits 1 played The Revivalists - Wish I knew You (to be placed next week) and got rid of Paramore - Hard Times.

But I know it's by blurbs going in for the kill
I'm going backwards this time, since I am looking up the countdown on the website. I want to be on time this week!

HandClap finally left the countdown 498 days after its release. I love that song about 100 days after its release. This goes to show that Hits 1 is late with every song except OneDirection, Fall Out Boy and 5SOS.

I actually hoped Sooner Or Later would just leave than die a slow and painful death. Same goes with Lights Down Low, Stay Together and Crying In The Club. You guys made this year better but Hits 1 doesn't think that.

We had three big drops this week. Bad Liar and Weak falling out of the top 30 made me rejoice. That's What I Like spent enough time up there and is no longer popular.

The last time I heard Closer on the radio was in June. It should be long gone.

DJ Khaled jumped up a combined value of 21 spots with his two awful songs. These songs aren't Hits 1 songs. They shouldn't be popular.

However, Linkin Park managed to jump 21 spots with a single song, One More Light. I explained my position on this song last week, but I expected a big jump anyway.

I also expect Back To You to jump quite a bit, since it is Louis Tomlinson! And it did, thank goodness, and by twelve spots! Hopefully it can make it into the top 5 like all other OneDirection songs except Sign Of The Times.

I was actually really happy when I saw that Castle On The Hill fell 10 spots.

Shape Of You will never get old for me.

How is The Cure this popular? It had its run already.

Selena Gomez had the biggest drop of the week two times in a row with both her songs. Is that a sign that Fetish will come her soon?



There are three purples for these reasons:
i. Sooner Or Later was extremely underrated;
ii. Back To You is an exceptionally catchy song;
iii. Champion is technically purple, being the highest on My Weekly Preferences.

Top 20 score: 53% okay

Top 5:
1. Champion
1. Back To You
1. Sooner Or Later
4. Lights Down Low
5. Despacito

Bottom 5:
1. Wild Thoughts
2. I'm The One
3. Bad Liar
4. Strip That Down
5. Weak

Most missed countdown song: Disclosure/Lorde - Magnets
Throwback pick of the week: Linkin Park - In The End
#1 recommendation for Hits 1: Alan Walker/Gavin James - Tired

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