Taylor Swift (3) – Week Of October 18, 2014

Taylor Swift continues being our #1 artist who now has a song that debuted directly on the countdown. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#29)
• The 1975 – Girls (#38)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
The Countdown
45. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#21)
44. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#45)
43. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#34)
42. Jesse McCartney – Superbad (#31)
41. Mary Lambert – Secrets (#40)
40. Ariana Grande – Problem (#37)
39. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (DEBUT)
38. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#9)
37. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#43)
36. Magic! – Rude (#42)
35. Ella Henderson – Ghost (DEBUT)
34. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#45)
33. Rixton – Wait On Me (#19) [NO! WRONG WAY!!!]
32. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda (#27)
31. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#13)
30. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#24)
29. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#28)
28. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#26)
27. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (#20)
26. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#35)
25. Dirty Heads – My Sweet Summer (#39)
24. Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One (#32)
23. R5 – Heart Made Up On You (#41)
22. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#16)
21. Sheppard – Geronimo (#36)
20. Nico and Vinz – In Your Arms (#33)
19. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#23)
18. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#15)
17. One Direction – Steal My Girl (#14)
16. Maroon 5 – Animals (#30)
15. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#2)
14. Cobra Starship – Never Been In Love (#17)
13. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#3)
12. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#18)
11. MKTO – American Dream (#10)
10. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#5)
  9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#6)
  8. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#25) [You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me...]
  7. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#7)
  6. Maroon 5 – Maps (#8)
  5. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#12)
  4. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#4)
  3. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (#22)
  2. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#11)
  1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (–29)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (+19) 

New Entrants
~ Long-time Hit-Bound veteran Ella Henderson – Ghost debuted this week. It's really catchy and I really like her voice. I'm surpirsed it took her and Ryan Tedder only 20 minutes to make the song.

~ Taylor Swift debuted with Out Of The Woods. I just love this move Taylor Swift made in her music. I love it. It's a really good song. Well done Taylor. You've amazed me yet again.

Hit-Bound
~ Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame needs to debut soon!!!

~ Vance Joy – Riptide is on Hit-Bound. I found it pretty flavorless at first. But then I started to get into it. It's good.

~ Magic! – Let Your Hair Down is also on Hit-Bound. It's okay. We'll see if it gets better (or worse).

~ David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous expectedly debuted on Hit-Bound this week. 

~ I now have a solid opinion on Meghan Trainor – Title. It's pretty bad. She probably ended up calling her EP Title because she couldn't come up with an actual title.

~ I can't even tell you how bad Bastille – Flaws is. Electronic is not their style of music at all.

~ Lil Jon/Tyga – Bend Ova should debut on Hit-Bound. It's really catchy.

~ Matt Nathanson – Headphones and Mr. Probz – Waves should also debut on Hit-Bound.

In Your Blurbs
~ I'm happy that Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy is all the way at #38. But Kongos – Come With Me Now back in the Top 10 is a serious problem. Fix it Hits 1! Can there ever be a week where we don't have an old song in the Top 10?

~ 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia needs to leave. I'm so sick of it it's not even funny.

~ Fall Out Boy – Centuries and Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow made jumps into the Top 3 for the first time.

~ No. It is not an error. Sometimes a song you were so sick of just hypnotizes you into liking it again. And that's what happened with Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be.

~ All six of last week's entrants jumped at #25 and above.

~ Before everyone starts wondering and complaining about why Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch is #34, Sam Smith – Stay With Me is #45. Songs from the same artist can't be anywhere near each other.

~ Rixton – Wait On Me dropping to #33 is not okay at all. Geez Hits 1.

~ Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang is back in the Top 5. Stay there.

~ Nicki Minaj – Anaconda will probably be leaving us soon unfortunately. Thanks for being here anyway.

~ Something tells me OneRepublic – Counting Stars will not leave the countdown until it has been on there for a year.

~ I'm really confused. Is OneRepublic – I Lived on Hit-Bound?

~ Hit 45 Chart is out. Click here to find out if Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame will hold #1 for a fourth week in a row.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods
2. Rixton – Wait On Me
3. Ella Henderson – Ghost
4. Nico and Vinz – In Your Arms
5. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang