Sam Smith (2) – Week Of August 9, 2014

I need to know that Sam Smith – Stay With Me will keep Magic! – Rude away from #1 as Rude has risen to a very dangerous #2. I have my fingers crossed. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#17)
• AJR – I’m Ready (#39)
• Halsey – Ghost (#43)
• Katy Perry – Birthday (#44)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy
The Countdown
45. Calvin Harris – Summer (#32)
44. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#45)
43. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#18)
42. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#31)
41. Sia – Chandelier (#41)
40. Oh Honey – Be Okay (RE-ENTRY)
39. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#14)
38. Bastille – Pompeii (#42)
37. Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (#23)
36. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#40)
35. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#36)
34. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#26)
33. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#35)
32. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#30)
31. Echosmith – Cool Kids (DEBUT)
30. Pharrell/Miley Cyrus – Come Get It Bae (#20)
29. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#33)
28. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (DEBUT)
27. Capital Cities – One Minute More (#25)
26. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#24)
25. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#37)
24. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#16)
23. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#38)
22. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#34)
21. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#29)
20. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (DEBUT)
19. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#27)
18. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#22)
17. The Madden Brothers/Eric Valentine – We Are Done (#19)
16. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#12)
15. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#21)
14. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#10)
13. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#8)
12. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#28)
11. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#15)
10. Ariana Grande – Problem (#7)
  9. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#13)
  8. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#5)
  7. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#4)
  6. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#11)
  5. Maroon 5 – Maps (#9)
  4. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#1)
  3. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#6)
  2. Magic! – Rude (#3)
  1. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#2) [2nd Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Tie Between Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong and Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (–25)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Kim Cesarion – Undressed (+16)

New Entrants
~ We got a resurrection from Oh Honey – Be Okay. So only three new entrants.

~ With the highest debut of the week, we have Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball. It’s a really catchy song (for now at least). Pitbull’s rap fits in pretty well with the song.

~ Katy Perry – This Is How We Do is another good song from an artist who I don’t really like. Her new music just keeps getting better. It’s the fifth song from PRISM to debut the countdown. My dad really thinks she shouldn't be saying "Bring the beat back."

~ Echosmith – Cool Kids reminds me of NONONO – Pumpin' Blood. It's catchy and it debuted on the American Top 40. So for now, it's in the "good" category.

Hit-Bound
~ The Pretty Reckless – Heaven Knows and Nicki Minaj – Pills N Potions both left Hit-Bound this weekend.

~ R5 – Heart Made Up On You debuted and it's good. I'm a fan of R5.

~ Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow also debuted.

~ Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang debuted and it is one of the best songs on Hit-Bound.

~ Here's the entire Hit-Bound list:

• Jesse McCartney – Superbad
• Brantley Gilbert/T.I. – Bottoms Up
• Jason Derulo – Trumpets
• Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
• MKTO – American Dream
• Rixton – Wait On Me
• Betty Who – Somebody Loves You
• R5 – Heart Made Up On You
• Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
• The 1975 – Girls
• The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You
• Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High)
• T. Mills – All I Wanna Do
• Becky G – Shower
• Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow

Top 5 Hit-Bound

1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando

2. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You

3. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang

4. Jesse McCartney – Superbad

5. Rixton – Wait On Me

I'm On Fire-Blurb

~ COMPLETELY unexpected exit from Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down. That song was good and I don't know why Hits 1 would get rid of it so early.

~ Kim Cesarion – Undressed made an unexpected jump to #12 when we thought it was on it's way out. But I'm not complaining. (Sorry Lance.)

~ The Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week was absolutely annoying. Am I Wrong is #2 on the AT40. It should've hit #1 here like it did on the AT40. As for Wasted, this song has not had a very long tenure and it's Matthew Koma's third short tenured song.

~ The last time Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend was anywhere above #44 was a little over a month ago. I don't mind it staying here longer. It's like another Awolnation – Sail.

~ Sia – Chandelier needs to make a jump or something. This is ridiculous how it's staying in the Bottom 5.

~ Speaking of Chandelier, that song was the only song to hold its spot from last week.

~ The Madden Brothers – We Are Done seems like it could possibly have a successful countdown tenure.

~ Ed Sheeran – Sing needs to leave.......NOW!!!

~ I decided to watch the Teen Choice Awards last night to see how the performances would go. All of them sucked. The only one that was considered okay was Demi Lovato and Cher Lloyd's performance of Really Don't Care. But Lovato's singing was really skechy and it could've been better. Magic! performed and that was terrible. I absolutely hated Jason Derulo (At least when he performed Wiggle. Talk Dirty was okay). The best thing about the show was watching 5 Seconds Of Summer accept their surfboard for one of the awards they won. What was good about that? They were in their towels about to take a shower. So yeah. We got to see their hot bodies. ;) Click here for the link to the video of them accepting the award.

~ The Summer Set – Boomerang was better than Lightning In A Bottle, yet Boomerang got no higher than #19. Lightning In A Bottle must really want to get into the Top 10.

~ I'm ready for Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World to leave. It was fun having you around, but I don't want you to become what Radioactive and Demons became.

~ We must now celebrate as AJR – I'm Ready has finally left the SiriusXM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown!

~ Personal Top 45 Chart is being worked on. I'll put the link in the comments when it is completed.

My Top 5 Picks

1. Maroon 5 – Maps

2. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball

3. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle

4. Tiesto/Matthew Koma – Wasted

5. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out