OneRepublic (1) – Week Of July 19, 2014

On Thursday, I noticed something different with my first page of SiriusXM stations in my car. The first page consists of SiriusXM Hits 1, 20 on 20, The Pulse, and Alt Nation. However, 20 on 20 was replaced with this new station called Venus. I looked this up to see if 20 on 20 moved to another channel or something. Turns out, it's gone for most likely forever. 20 on 20 always played the newest music out there as well as the BBC Radio 1 Top 40 in the UK every Sunday. This new station however, plays older upbeat pop and R&B songs. The very last song to play on 20 on 20 was David Guetta/Rihanna – Who's That Chick?. This new station is not as good as 20 on 20. And though 20 on 20 is no longer on SiriusXM Radio, it will forever be in our hearts. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• MKTO – Classic (#28)
• Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#43) [!!!]

Last Week’s #1 Song: 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect
The Countdown
45. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#45)
44. Katy Perry – Birthday (#44)
43. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#32)
42. Jennifer Lopez – First Love (#35)
41. Imagine Dragons – Demons (RE-ENTRY)
40. AJR – I’m Ready (#39) [GO AWAY!!!]
39. Capital Cities – One Minute More (DEBUT)
38. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#42)
37. Sia – Chandelier (#38)
36. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#36)
35. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (#41)
34. One Direction – You and I (#34)
33. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#13)
32. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#21)
31. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#20)
30. Halsey – Ghost (#29)
29. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#40)
28. Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (#31)
27. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#30)
26. Pharrell/Miley Cyrus – Come Get It Bae (#25)
25. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#37)
24. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#19)
23. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#26)
22. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#33)
21. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#24)
20. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#22)
19. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#27)
18. Maroon 5 – Maps (#18)
17. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#23)
16. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#9)
15. Calvin Harris – Summer (#17)
14. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#16)
13. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#11)
12. Bastille – Pompeii (#4)
11. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#15)
10. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#14)
  9. Ariana Grande – Problem (#8)
  8. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#12)
  7. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#7)
  6. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#10)
  5. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#5)
  4. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#1)
  3. Magic! – Rude (#3)
  2. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#6)
  1. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#2) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (–20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (+12)

Looks like I stand corrected about the whole Love Runs Out hitting #1 thing. Well done. You guys proved me wrong.

New Entrants
~ We got an unexpected and unwelcome re-entry from Imagine Dragons – Demons. So only one new entrant.

~ Capital Cities – One Minute More is decent-ish. Definitely not as good as their previous hit Safe and Sound. I doubt they'll hit that height again. For now this song is okay.

American Top 40
~ Ariana Grande/Iggy Azalea – Problem hit #1 on the AT40 this week. Ryan Seacrest quoted, “Iggy Azalea is the first female artist to replace her own song at the top.” I know it’s hard to believe, but that has happened here at the SiriusXM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown. Sometime in 2012, Maroon 5 – One More Night replaced Maroon 5 – Payphone at #1.

~ Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong hit #2 this week. It made this slow and long journey to the Top 2 without dropping a spot. Impressive.

~ MKTO – Classic just entered the Top 10.

~ Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando remains as my favorite song on the AT40.

5 Blurbs Of Summer – She Blurbs So Perfect
~ Ed Sheeran – Sing is #2........

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Hopefully, this technical error is fixed next week.

~  If The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle jumped 10 or less spots, I would’ve gotten the Biggest Jump Of The Week correct as Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch and Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys would’ve tied jumping 11 spots. Congrats to me for predicting those two songs in the correct spots.

~ I’d like to wish a Happy Birthday to Luke Hemmings from 5 Seconds Of Summer as his birthday was on Wednesday. Luke, I don’t know if you’re reading this (I highly doubt it), but if you are, everyone here wishes you a happy late birthday. Hope you enjoyed it and hosting the Weekend Countdown this weekend. You and the rest of the band were really great guest hosts. You didn’t rush through it or anything. I like that. Happy Birthday Luke. (BTW, Luke is hottest member of the band in my opinion.)

~ MKTO – Classic was just about to last a year on the countdown. It could’ve been the first song to last a year that didn’t hit #1.

~ Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando should debut on Hits 1. It’s my #1 recommendation.

~ AJR – I'm Ready is still here. I can't be the only one annoyed by this!

~ I'm shocked that 5 Seconds Of Summer hosted the countdown, yet their song left the #1 spot. That shows how generous they are in not hogging the #1 spot with their own song. Unlike in early 2012 when One Direction made their own song, What Makes You Beautiful, jump to #1 from #13.

~ I heard Weird Al – Word Crimes on the #YouTube15 with Jenna Marbles this weekend. It's a funny parody of Robin Thicke/Pharrell/T.I. – Blurred Lines. It says how people need to learn how to write normally and not use numbers in their writing unless they're seven. You guys no how people write nowadays. They use the most ridiculous abbreviations ever.

~ The Madden Brothers – We Are Done may be debuting the AT40 soon. Which means it'll probably debut here too. I can't be the only one who finds 0% quality in that song.

~ I made some pretty good estimations with my prediction. I predicted Bastille – Pompeii would be at #11. I predicted Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down would be #32. I predicted John Legend/Tiesto – All Of Me would be #34. I predicted Jennifer Lopez – First Love would be #43. And then there are the ones I got right on target including Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys, Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch, Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight, Katy Perry – Birthday, Imagine Dragons – Radioactive, 5SOS – Amnesia, and Magic! – Rude.

~ Maroon 5 used to be my favorite band. But ever since I started to get sick of their music, I've been looking for a band who I really enjoy. Then I thought of Big Time Rush. They're a band that makes great music. And they have a hit show which I really enjoy. I watch the show Big Time Rush all the time because it's funny and a lot of times, they perform a new song which I enjoy and end up putting in my music playlist. So those are a few reasons why Big Time Rush could possibly be my fave band. 

~ Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary Top 40 Chart this week. That should mean it can hit #1 on the countdown soon. Voters, I need your help. Our mission is to get Am I Wrong to #1. Start voting! "Am I Wrong for thinking that this could possibly be #1?"

~ Those of you who have a Facebook account, feel free to add me on Facebook. Click here to go to my profile.

~ The Wutchuwant Countdown will come out later this week as well as a few of my all-time favorite music videos.

~ Apparently, Jason Rearick's countdown blog has been deleted. Not only that, but his entire Google Account was deleted. I highly doubt he did that himself. But now he cannot comment on here unless he recreates the profile, or he comments as an anonymous user. Either way, if you're reading this Jason, can you please tell us what's going on?

My Top 5 Picks
1. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted
2. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys
3. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia
4. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out
5. I don’t know...Fall Out Boy – Alone Together??? Who cares?