Pitbull (8) – Week Of March 29, 2014

Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here’s the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Sara Bareilles – Brave (#17)
• Katy Perry – Roar (#29)
• Lorde – Royals (#42)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Bastille – Pompeii

The Countdown

1. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber [8th Week At #1]
2. OneRepublic – Counting Stars
3. Katy Perry – Dark Horse
4. Bastille – Pompeii
5. Pharrell – Happy
6. Passenger – Let Her Go
7. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty
8. Imagine Dragons – Demons
9. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights
10. Lorde – Team
11. MKTO – Classic
12. Haim – The Wire
13. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother
14. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life
15. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights
16. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun
17. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
18. Martin Garrix – Animals
19. Midnight Red – Hell Yeah
20. Phantogram – Fall In Love
21. Shakira/Rihanna – Can’t Remember To Forget You
22. AJR – I’m Ready
23. Aloe Blacc – The Man
24. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World
25. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye
26. Karmin – I Want It All
27. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You
28. Oh Honey – Be Okay
29. Cash Cash/Bebe Rexha – Take Me Home
30. Cher Lloyd – Sirens
31. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)
32. One Direction – Story Of My Life
33. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La
34. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
35. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y.
36. NONONO – Pumpin’ Blood
37. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster
38. Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy
39. Zedd/Hayley Williams – Stay The Night
40. Zendaya – Replay
41. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up
42. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together
43. John Newman – Love Me Again
44. Bruno Mars – Young Girls
45. Ellie Goulding – Burn

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (–14)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (+13)

New Entrants (Will Review Next Week)

~ Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy*

~ Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La

~ Lady Gaga – G.U.Y.

*RE-ENTRY

My Top 5 Picks

1. John Newman – Love Me Again

2. Phantogram – Fall In Love

3. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother

4. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La

5. Martin Garrix – Animals

Top 5 Most Annoying

1. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber

2. Imagine Dragons – Demons

3. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark

4. AJR – I’m Ready

5. Cher Lloyd – Sirens

Top 40 Chart – Calvin Harris (1) – Week Of March 29, 2014

Out Of The Countdown:

• Panic! At The Disco/Lolo – Miss Jackson (#33)
• Linkin Park – Burn It Down (#37)
• Jay-Z/Justin Timberlake – Holy Grail (#40)

Last Week's #1 Song: Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother

The Countdown

1. Calvin Harris and Alesso/Hurts – Under Control (#7) [1st Week At #1]

2. Austin Mahone/Pitbull – Mmm Yeah (#4) [1 Week At #1]

3. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#1) [2 Weeks At #1]

4. Shakira/Rihanna – Can't Remember To Forget You (#6)

5. Phantogram – Fall In Love (#25)

6. Aloe Blacc – The Man (#29)

7. Avril Lavigne/Chad Kroeger – Let Me Go (#5)

8. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#2)

9. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#3)

10. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#8)

11. Paul McCartney – Queenie Eye (#14)

12. John Legend – All Of Me (#13)

13. John Newman – Love Me Again (#12)

14. Hot Chelle Rae – Don't Say Goodnight (#11)

15. Fitz & The Tantrums – The Walker (#15) [1 Week At #1]

16. Katy Perry/Juicy J – Dark Horse (#10) [1 Week At #1]

17. Jason Derulo/2 Chainz – Talk Dirty (#18) [2 Weeks At #1]

18. Bastille – Pompeii (#9)

19. Martin Garrix – Animals (#28)

20. Daughtry – Waiting For Superman (#26)

21. DJ Cassidy/Robin Thicke/Jessie J – Calling All Hearts (#36)

22. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You (#27)

23. Beyoncé – Partition (#24)

24. MKTO – Classic (#22)

25. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (#31)

26. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#35) [4 Weeks At #1]

27. Lorde – Glory and Gore (#32)

28. Lee DeWyze – Blackbird Song (#34)

29. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La (#20)

30. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#16)

31. The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE (#21)

32. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (#17)

33. Karmin – I Want It All (#19)

34. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#39) [5 Weeks At #1]

35. Paramore – Ain't It Fun (#23)

36. Rihanna/David Guetta – Right Now (RE-ENTRY)

37. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#30)

38. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#38)

39. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (DEBUT)

40. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (DEBUT)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (–15)

Biggest Rise Of The Week: Aloe Blacc – The Man (+23)

Future Hits:

• Avicii/Adam Lambert/Nile Rodgers – Lay Me Down
• Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart
• Kid Ink/Chris Brown – Show Me
• DJ Snake and Lil Jon – Turn Down For What
• Linkin Park/Rakim – Guilty All The Same
• Coldplay – Magic
• Peter Thomas/Betty Who – All Of You
• Maroon 5 – Lucky Strike
• Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World
• Idina Menzel – Let It Go
• Guy Sebastian – Like A Drum
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect
• Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
• Calvin Harris – Summer

Top 40 Chart – Avicii (2) – Week Of March 22, 2014

Out Of The Countdown:

• Passenger – Let Her Go (#28)
• Zedd/Hayley Williams – Stay The Night (#32)
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us (#38) [4 Weeks At #1]
• Lorde – Team (#40)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Austin Mahone/Pitbull – Mmm Yeah

The Countdown

1. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#2) [2nd Week At #1]

2. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#6)

3. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#5)

4. Austin Mahone/Pitbull – Mmm Yeah (#1) [1 Week At #1]

5. Avril Lavigne/Chad Kroeger – Let Me Go (#10)

6. Shakira/Rihanna – Can’t Remember To Forget You (#3)

7. Calvin Harris and Alesso/Hurts – Under Control (#11)

8. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#12)

9. Bastille – Pompeii (#14)

10. Katy Perry/Juicy J – Dark Horse (#7) [1 Week At #1]

11. Hot Chelle Rae – Don’t Say Goodnight (#13)

12. John Newman – Love Me Again (#4)

13. John Legend – All Of Me (#20)

14. Paul McCartney – Queenie Eye (#9)

15. Fitz & The Tantrums – The Walker (#15) [1 Week At #1]

16. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#27)

17. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (#19)

18. Jason Derulo/2 Chainz – Talk Dirty (#8) [2 Weeks At #1]

19. Karmin – I Want It All (#18)

20. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La (#23)

21. The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE (#39)

22. MKTO – Classic (#29)

23. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (#22)

24. Beyoncé – Partition (#34)

25. Phantogram – Fall In Love (DEBUT)

26. Daughtry – Waiting For Superman (#21)

27. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You (DEBUT)

28. Martin Garrix – Animals (#33)

29. Aloe Blacc – The Man (#16)

30. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#24)

31. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (DEBUT)

32. Lorde – Glory and Gore (#30)

33. Panic! At The Disco/Lolo – Miss Jackson (#25)

34. Lee DeWyze – Blackbird Song (#37)

35. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#31)

36. DJ Cassidy/Robin Thicke/Jessie J – Calling All Hearts (DEBUT)

37. Linkin Park – Burn It Down (#17) [7 Weeks At #1 In 2012]

38. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#26)

39. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#36) [5 Weeks At #1]

40. Jay-Z/Justin Timberlake – Holy Grail (#35) [4 Weeks At #1]

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Linkin Park – Burn It Down (–20)

Biggest Rise Of The Week: The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE (+18)

Future Hits:

• Idina Menzel – Let It Go
• Avicii/Adam Lambert/Nile Rodgers – Lay Me Down
• Guy Sebastian – Like A Drum
• Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect
• Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart
• Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World
• Peter Thomas/Betty Who – All Of You
• Maroon 5 – Lucky Strike
• Kid Ink/Chris Brown – Show Me
• Linkin Park/Rakim – Guilty All The Same
• Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch
• Rihanna/David Guetta – Right Now
• Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing

Bastille (1) – Week Of March 22, 2014

Sadly, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us was (and still is) one week away from it’s 1-year anniversary on the countdown. I’m begging the voters to try and bring this song back. I’m having trouble understanding the fact that this countdown is based on our votes. Songs like Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark, Imagine Dragons – Radioactive, and Katy Perry – Roar are still here and I’m 99.9% sure no one is voting for those songs. Can’t Hold Us was mighty popular and more popular than Light Em Up. People still jam out to it. If this is really based on our votes, we should all try to vote this song back. I HIGHLY DOUBT it’ll break Light Em Up’s record. But it’ll at least last a year. So don’t stop voting! Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us (#31)
• Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy (#32)
• Armin van Buuren/Trevor Guthrie – This Is What It Feels Like (#41) [DTHNOBx3]
• A Great Big World/Christina Aguilera – Say Something (#44)

Last Week’s #1 Song: OneRepublic – Counting Stars
The Countdown
45. Zendaya – Replay (#40)
44. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#42)
43. John Newman – Love Me Again (RE-ENTRY)
42. Lorde – Royals (#39)
41. Zedd/Hayley Williams – Stay The Night (#35)
40. NONONO – Pumpin’ Blood (#30)
39. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#43)
38. Oh Honey – Be Okay (DEBUT)
37. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#45)
36. Cher Lloyd – Sirens (DEBUT)
35. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (DEBUT)
34. Ellie Goulding – Burn (#33)
33. Bruno Mars – Young Girls (#24)
32. Cash Cash/Bebe Rexha – Take Me Home (#27)
31. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#28)
30. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (#21)
29. Katy Perry – Roar (#36)
28. Martin Garrix – Animals (#17)
27. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#38)
26. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (#23)
25. AJR – I’m Ready (#22)
24. Shakira/Rihanna – Can’t Remember To Forget You (#19)
23. Karmin – I Want It All (#26)
22. Aloe Blacc – The Man (#25)
21. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#20)
20. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#14)
19. Midnight Red – Hell Yeah (#15)
18. Phantogram – Fall In Love (#37)
17. Sara Bareilles – Brave (#34)
16. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#29)
15. Haim – The Wire (#20)
14. MKTO – Classic (#10)
13. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#12)
12. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#11)
11. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (#16)
10. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (#13)
  9. Lorde – Team (#9)
  8. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#8)
  7. Passenger – Let Her Go (#7)
  6. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (#2)
  5. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#3)
  4. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#4)
  3. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#1)
  2. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber (#6)
  1. Bastille – Pompeii (#5) [New #1!!!!!!!!!!!]

Biggest DROP!!! Of The Week: Martin Garrix – Animals (–11)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Phantogram – Fall In Love (+19)

Well, the rein at #1 between Counting Stars and Timber is over (At least I hope it is). Now we have Bastille – Pompeii and (hopefully) Pharrell – Happy. Thank you voters!!!!

New Entrants
~ Thank you guys for bringing back John Newman – Love Me Again for me. Somehow, I knew it would re-enter at #43. I would’ve loved it if it was higher. But at least it’s here. Please stay a while. Pretty please.

~ Cher Lloyd premiered Sirens on The Morning Mash Up two weeks ago. Then it went on Hit-Bound for only one week. Hot Chelle Rae premiered Don’t Say Goodnight months ago and it’s still on Hit-Bound. Sirens is annoying. That’s all I have to say.

~ Imagine Dragons is back. They debuted with On Top Of The World. I like it but as with all alternative music (besides Bastille – Pompeii), I will get sick of it quickly.

~ Oh Honey – Be Okay is a nice song. It has good vocals. As of right now, that’s all I can say about the song.

Let Me Blurb A Selfie!
~ Martin Garrix – Animals had the Biggest DROP!!! Of The Week on it's third week.

~ No, I did not make a mistake putting OneRepublic – Counting Stars and Imagine Dragons – Radioactive in blue instead of turquoise/yellow. Those songs are now no longer in the Insta-Station Change mode (For now).

~ Songs like Haim – The Wire and Bruno Mars – Young Girls have once again reached Insta-Station Change. In that case, The Wire at #15 is not gonna work for me.

~ Glenn Morrison – Goodbye took a little bit of a drop this week. I really don't want this song to leave. But I can't change destiny.

~ Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights finally made the jump into the teens.

~ Huh. I guess it was too early to say goodbye to Sara Bareilles – Brave.

~ Demi Lovato – Neon Lights seems like it should be a Top 10 song.

~ Talk Dirty is probably Jason Derulo's second best song. His first best? Whatcha Say.

~ Austin Mahone – Mmm Yeah has yet to debut on Hit-Bound or The Countdown.

~ Calm down, Hits 1. Throwing Zendaya – Replay to #45 is taking it a little too far.

~ Robin Thicke is back on Hit-Bound with DJ Cassidy and Jessie J to produce Calling All Hearts.

~ Katy Perry – Roar just needs to go. I can't believe it's still here.

~ I just realized Matthew Koma is really good looking. Don't tell Carly Rae Jepsen I said that.

~ I would love it if Beyonce – Partition could debut the countdown soon.

~ NOTE: Next week's post will be delayed. I apologize for the inconvenience. I know all the bloggers rely on this blog. But here is what you can do next week. Sometime during the week, Hits 1 posts the countdown on the Sirius XM Blog (http://blog.siriusxm.com/). Everyday during the week, you should check the Sirius XM Blog to see if Hits 1 posted the countdown yet. Just surf through the site a bit. Once again, I apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, just comment below. 

My Top 5 Picks
1. John Newman – Love Me Again
2. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You
3. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights
4. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights
5. Martin Garrix – Animals

Future Hits – Top 40 Blog

• Maroon 5 – Lucky Strike
• Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye
• Rachele Royale – Shush
• Guy Sebastian – Like A Drum
• Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World
• Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing
• Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect
• Peter Thomas/Betty Who – All Of You
• Phantogram – Fall In Love
• Idina Menzel – Let It Go
• Kid Ink/Chris Brown – Show Me
• Linkin Park/Rakim – Guilty All The Same
• Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You

My Top 5 Picks

1. Maroon 5 – Lucky Strike

2. Linkin Park/Rakim – Guilty All The Same

3. Peter Thomas/Betty Who – All Of You

4. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye
5. Arctic Monkey’s – Do I Wanna Know?

Top 40 Chart – Austin Mahone (1) – Week Of March 15, 2014

Out Of The Countdown:

• Ellie Goulding – Burn (#29)
• Beyoncé/Jay-Z – Drunk In Love (#30)
• Sara Bareilles – Brave (#31)
• Oh Honey – Be Okay (#35)
• OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#37) [1 Week At #1]

Last Week's #1 Song: Fitz & The Tantrums – The Walker
The Countdown

1. Austin Mahone/Pitbull – Mmm Yeah (#2) [1st Week At #1]

2. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#3) [1 Week At #1]

3. Shakira/Rihanna – Can’t Remember To Forget You (#7)

4. John Newman – Love Me Again (#5)

5. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#9)

6. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#25)

7. Katy Perry/Juicy J – Dark Horse (#6) [1 Week At #1]

8. Jason Derulo/2 Chainz – Talk Dirty (#4) [2 Weeks At #1]

9. Paul McCartney – Queenie Eye (#11)

10. Avril Lavigne/Chad Kroeger – Let Me Go (#18)

11. Calvin Harris and Alesso/Hurts – Under Control (#21)

12. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#17)

13. Hot Chelle Rae – Don’t Say Goodnight (#14)

14. Bastille – Pompeii (#13)

15. Fitz & The Tantrums – The Walker (#1) [1 Week At #1]

16. Aloe Blacc – The Man (#12)

17. Linkin Park – Burn It Down (#8) [7 Weeks At #1 In 2012]

18. Karmin – I Want It All (#16)

19. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (#23)

20. John Legend – All Of Me (#19)

21. Daughtry – Waiting For Superman (#10)

22. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (#27)

23. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La (#20)

24. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#28)

25. Panic! At The Disco/Lolo – Miss Jackson (#24)

26. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#15)

27. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#26)

28. Passenger – Let Her Go (#22)

29. MKTO – Classic (#39)

30. Lorde – Glory and Gore (DEBUT)

31. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#36) [4 Weeks At #1]

32. Zedd/Hayley Williams – Stay The Night (#33)

33. Martin Garrix – Animals (#34)

34. Beyoncé – Partition (DEBUT)

35. Jay-Z/Justin Timberlake – Holy Grail (RE-ENTRY) [4 Weeks At #1]

36. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#32) [5 Weeks At #1]

37. Lee DeWyze – Blackbird Song (DEBUT)

38. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us (#38) [4 Weeks At #1]

39. The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE (DEBUT)

40. Lorde – Team (#40)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Tie Between Daughtry – Waiting For Superman and One Direction – Story Of My Life (–11)

Biggest Rise Of The Week: Pharrell Williams – Happy (+19)