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Hey guys. I just realized something. Think back two weekends ago when Sam Smith – Stay With Me was #1 for the second time. One year ago that week, my very first post was published. I have officially blogged over a year.

I remember when I was writing my first post. I was so excited because I wanted to make a blog that was as popular as CountdownRecap's, whose blogs I've been reading when I started listening to the Weekend Countdown and SiriusXM Hits 1. Thanks to you readers, if you Google "Sirius XM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown", this blog is one of the top results. I love you guys and I thank you so much for this. I always enjoyed blogging the Weekend Countdown and listening to Spyder Harrison every weekend. Blogging this countdown has turned into something I actually look forward to every weekend. And I realized there are readers I didn't know I had. The other day, I was watching this video on YouTube with this guy handbalancing and the song playing in the background was Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain't With It). I looked at the comments and one of them said, "What's the song name?" I replied with the song title and artist and I got a reply saying "You don't like that song as I see on your blogs." I instantly thought, "Wow. This person reads my blogs too."

Now what I wonder is if Spyder Harrison reads this blog. I've shared the link on Twitter a couple of times. Here's my last tweet to Spyder Harrison and SiriusXM Hits 1.

Spyder Harrison retweeted one of my tweets, so I'm not sure if he followed the link or not. It would be cool if he read this blog though.

Anyway, the other day I heard John Newman – Love Me Again on Venus. Those of you who have been following this blog, you know that I love that song. It was #3 on my Top 45 Of 2013. While I was singing along to it in the car, I kept looking back at when I first heard it. The first time I heard was when Macklemore was hosting the countdown, and we got to #41. When I heard it, I thought it was really catchy. It never got old. It's one of those rare songs that never get old. That's how good it was (still is actually). It was one of the best songs of 2013.

Earlier, I saw a video of Emblem 3 doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. What was interesting is that they did it naked. Click here for the video link if you wanna see it. I found it interesting. ;)

My personal Top 45 Chart is out. Find out if Shawn Mendes – Life Of The Party can hold #1 for a second week in a row and a fourth time overall. Click here to find out.

Now for a final announcement.

If you are on the web version of this blog, on the right side bar under "Pages", there should be a "2014 Summer Voting Poll". We're starting with twenty songs, and as weeks go by, we'll be eliminating songs. I realize we already had a summer poll where the winner was OneRepublic – Love Runs Out. But this is different and all these song are pop/dance. This weekend, we're eliminating five, so get voting!