Maroon 5 (3) – Week Of August 30, 2014

Ariana Grande had the Weekend Takeover this Labor Day Weekend. It’s been all about her this week. She performed two songs at the VMA’s, joined with The Morning Mash Up earlier this week, performed at the America’s Got Talent results show, and host The Weekend Countdown and Hit-Bound all weekend. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• The Madden Brothers – We Are Done (#27)
• John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#36)
• Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#38) [DTHNOBx2]
• Oh Honey – Be Okay (#42) [DTHNOBx2]
• Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#43)
• Calvin Harris – Summer (#45)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Maroon 5 – Maps
The Countdown
45. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#44)
44. Magic! – Rude (#41)
43. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#37)
42. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#29)
41. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (DEBUT)
40. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#31)
39. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (DEBUT)
38. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#40)
37. Becky G – Shower (DEBUT)
36. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#13)
35. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#28)
34. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#21)
33. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do (#32)
32. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#35)
31. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (DEBUT)
30. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#33)
29. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#26)
28. Heymous Molly – Life’s A Beach (DEBUT)
27. Sia – Chandelier (#30)
26. Ariana Grande – Problem (#4)
25. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#20)
24. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#17)
23. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (#24)
22. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (DEBUT)
21. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#22)
20. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#25)
19. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#9)
18. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#18)
17. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#10)
16. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#14)
15. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#2)
14. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#38)
13. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#23)
12. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#7)
11. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#15)
10. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#16)
  9. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#11)
  8. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#34)
  7. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#7)
  6. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#23)
  5. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#3)
  4. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#12)
  3. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#8)
  2. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#5)
  1. Maroon 5 – Maps (#1) [3rd Week At #1] 

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (–23)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (+26)

New Entrants
~ Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) debuted all the way up at #22. (You would expect that high of a debut on a 6 or more DTHNOB week.) It was good when it first debuted on Hit-Bound. But because of it's long Hit-Bound tenure. I kinda overlistened to it. It's good right now though.

~ Heymous Molly – Life's A Beach kinda reminds me of T. Mills – All I Wanna Do. But it's not as good. But like All I Wanna Do, I don't see any long-term success for this song. (Besides the fact that it debuted up at #28.)

~ I can't be the only one tired of Jason Derulo. He's back with Trumpets, a song that is bland and completely uninteresting. I want the old Jason Derulo back. His older songs like Whatcha Say, In My Head, Don't Wanna Go Home, It Girl, and Breathing were all really good. R.I.P.: The old Jason Derulo.

~ Becky G – Shower was also uninteresting the first bunch of times I heard it. But I guess it's getting better. You people were probably wondering what's wrong with me for not liking that song. But keep in mind, I don't think it's good. I think it's okay.

~ Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang is a really catchy tune and the best debut of the week. I think it was a great collaboration and their performance at the MTV Video Music Awards was great (Especially with Nicki Minaj's wardrobe malfunction).

~ Finally, we have Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow. Catchier than Fancy. But I'm tired of Iggy Azalea. Rita Ora's parts are the only parts that get categorized under "good". This Nicki Minaj wannabe however, needs to stop. Nicki is the queen of rap. (Eminem is the king.)

~ We made it through the entrants folks. About time we had another 6-DTHNOB week. 

Hit-Bound
~ Hilary Duff – All About You got some airplay this week, but didn't debut Hit-Bound.

~ Hit-Bound is looking pretty good. Besides Girls, every song is at least decent.

~ Here's the Hit-Bound list:

• MKTO – American Dream
• Rixton – Wait On Me
• Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You
• Brantley Gilbert – Bottoms Up
• R5 – Heart Made Up On You
• Mary Lambert – Secrets
• Kiesza – Hideaway
• Jake Miller – First Flight Home
• G.R.L. – Ugly Heart
• The 1975 – Girls
• The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You
• Jesse McCartney – Superbad
• Betty Who – Somebody Loves You
• Ella Henderson – Ghost
• Nicki Minaj – Anaconda

Top 5 Hit-Bound

1. Mary Lambert – Secrets

2. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda

3. Rixton – Wait On Me

4. Jake Miller – First Flight Home

5. Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You

Blurbing In The Shower

~ Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong had a hell lot of airplay this week. And it made the best sudden re-entry jump into the Top 10 in history. I'm so freakin' happy about it! Thank you Ariana!!!!!!! :D

~ Also making me really happy, Magic! – Rude slipped to #44. The Rude-be-gone party may be coming sooner than I thought.

~ There was a lot of Hit-Bound music airing as Ear Poppin’ Music. So this 6-DTHNOB week wasn’t a surprise.

~ See how quickly Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World fell back to the 30's. Some of these all-of-a-sudden jumps don't last long.

~ Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes made a random jump to #3. I don't think this is worthy enough to hit #1. But I'd rather have it than All About That Bass.

~ Speaking of All About That Bass, that song and Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy both fell out of the Top 10. Good things happened this week.

~ Because of Fancy's drop, that forced Charli XCX – Boom Clap to jump into the Top 5.

~ Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars is at #11. Though I'm not complaining, this is a little unexpected and random.

~ Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend is still here. Though this is weird, I don't care. Stay as long as you like buddy.

~ OneRepublic – Counting Stars needs to leave!!!!! This is the oldest song on the countdown and it's ridiculous that it's still here!!!

~ 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia jumped into the Top 10 after spending forever in the #18–#23 range.

~ Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball held the #18 spot for a third week in a row.

~ It's about time John Legend – All Of Me left.

~ The Top 11 is looking pretty good.

~ The next three songs eliminated from the 2014 Summer Voting Competition are:

• 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect
• Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don't Care
• One Direction – You and I

Keep voting peeps. Next poll is up.

~ I completed my first week of school. It went pretty good. I got to see my friends and make new friends. I already have a project and that kind of stuff. But I'll try to enjoy this year because you need to make the most out of high school. Side note: Do you guys want me to post a pic of myself? Let me know in the comments.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
2. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
3. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
4. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong
5. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars