Taylor Swift (9) – Week Of November 29, 2014

Hey guys! Not much happened this week. It was actually kinda boring. But that doesn't stop me from reviewing it anyway. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Dirty Heads – My Sweet Summer (#38)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

The Countdown

45. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#44)

44. Cobra Starship – Never Been In Love (RE-ENTRY)

43. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#45)

42. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (#42)

41. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#24)

40. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#43)

39. Vance Joy – Riptide (#29)

38. Ariana Grande – Problem (#41)

37. Maroon 5 – Maps (#36)
36. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#33)
35. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#34)
34. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#31)
33. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#39)
32. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#27)
31. Fergie – L.A. Love (La La) (#28)
30. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#35)
29. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame (#26)
28. Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous (#40)
27. Nico and Vinz – In Your Arms (#20)
26. MisterWives – Reflections (#21)
25. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) (#30)
24. One Direction – Night Changes (#37)
23. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (#10)
22. Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants (#23)
21. Mr. Probz/Robin Schulz – Waves (#22)
20. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute (#25)
19. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#32)
18. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don’t Lie (#19)
17. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#14)
16. Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One (#15)
15. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#18)
14. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#12)
13. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#9)
12. MKTO – American Dream (#5)
11. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#13)
10. One Direction – Steal My Girl (#3)
  9. Sheppard – Geronimo (#11)
  8. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#16)
  7. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#17)
  6. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#7)
  5. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#2)
  4. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#8)
  3. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#6)
  2. Maroon 5 – Animals (#4)
  1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1) [9th Week At #1!]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Hozier – Take Me To Church (–17)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk and One Direction – Night Changes (+13)

New Entrants
~ No debuts this week, unfortunately. I'm not surprised though because I've noticed a lack of Hit-Bound music this week. However, we did get a re-entry from Cobra Starship/Icona Pop – Never Been In Love at #44. These re-entrants are just plain out random sometimes.

Never Blurbed In Love
~ Taylor Swift – Shake It Off has now tied the record for most weeks at #1 with Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe and Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber with nine weeks. Keep doing what you're doing Taylor.

~ Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame continues descending slowly. Please start moving up again. :(

~ I'm still trying to figure out why and how Hozier – Take Me To Church had the Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week. The song is really popular spending quite a while towards the top of the iTunes charts.

~ Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow is fading away pretty quickly. I'm actually not sick of it yet.

~ Ed Sheeran – Don't and Tove Lo – Habits need to leave the Top 10.

~ I'm spending a lot of time wondering how MisterWives – Reflections is on this countdown, let alone at #26.

WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM TO BRING YOU IMPORTANT HIT-BOUND NOTES.

~ Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You IS STILL ON HIT-BOUND!!! It's been on there almost as long as The Wanted – We Own The Night from last year!

~ Mary J. Blige – Right Now has apparently been replaced with the song she performed at the AMA's, Therapy, on Hit-Bound. They're both really good.

~ Priory – Weekend and Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin' are probably the only bad songs on Hit-Bound.

~ I swear, some of these songs on Hit-Bound have been on there for quite a while. Obviously, I Can't Stop Drinking About You. But also songs like Eden XO – (Not) Too Cool To Dance and Magic! – Let Your Hair Down.

WE NOW RETURN TO YOUR REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAMS.

~ If you listened to Hits 1 on the SiriusXM app like me, you should've noticed that half of the songs Hits 1 played had the wrong album covers. They should probably fix that.

~ Later in December, I'm gonna give my Top 45 songs of the year. And at this point, no more entrants will be qualified for the Top 45. All the debuts from here on out will be the songs looked at first for the Top 45 songs of 2015. The only exception to this is Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You because I've known the song since August. If it debuts before the end of the year, it will be qualified to appear in the Top 45 Songs Of 2014.

~ If you haven't already checked out my Hit 45 Chart for this week, click here to find out if Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame will hold #1 for a tenth week in a row!

~ I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and if you went out for Black Friday, you didn't get killed by crazy shoppers.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame
2. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
3. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute
4. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be)
5. Taylor Swift – Blank Space

Top 5 Hit-Bound
1. Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat
2. Charli XCX – Break The Rules
3. Eden XO – (Not) Too Cool To Dance
4. Mary J. Blige – Therapy 
5. 5 Seconds Of Summer – What I Like About You

2014 American Music Awards Review

On Sunday, the 2014 American Music Awards aired. What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna review the performances and list all the awards as well as the winners of each. So let's get right into it!

• Taylor Swift – Blank Space

Taylor went on to her insane side during her performance of Blank Space. It was good. I can't really think of anything else to say though. So yeah. I give it and 8 out of 10.

• Charli XCX – Boom Clap / Break The Rules

I don't think she did a good job in terms of her looks. Her shoes were kinda hideous. She performed Boom Clap for the first half of her performance. I really didn't like it. It got a little better during the second half when she performed Break The Rules. It was somewhat entertaining to watch. Overall, I give the performance a 5 out of 10

• Magic!/Wyclef Jean – Rude

Boring, boring performance that wasn't interesting whatsoever. And Wyclef Jean did absolutely nothing to make the performance better. If anything, he made it worse. This performance is a 1 out of 10.

• 5 Seconds Of Summer – What I Like About You

It was a good performance. During the performance, my dad kept telling me how this song is a remake of a song from 1980. But I really didn't care. I wouldn't say this performance was fantastic, but it was good. Luke and Ashton both get a 10 out of 10 for their looks. But the performance overall was a 7 out of 10.

• Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life

Imagine Dragons never disappoint when it comes to the live performances. They did really well and got me more interested in the song. Well done. This performance is a 9 out of 10.

• Sam Smith/A$AP Rocky – I'm Not The Only One

Sam Smith has so much soul in his voice. I absolutely love it. It seemed like an emotional performance for him. I loved everything up until A$AP Rocky came in and ruined it. There is no room for rap in this song nor does it even belong in this kind of song. This performance would be a 10 out of 10, but because A$AP Rocky ruined it with his horrible rap, it's an 8 out of 10.

• Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy / Beg For It

The first half of the performance, where she performed Fancy was pretty bad. But then she started to perform Beg For It, which was okay. I'm really tired of Iggy Azalea. I would've loved to see her perform Black Widow. But of course, she didn't. Overall, this performance gets a 2 out of 10.

• Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat

Uh oh. Lorde performed. You know what that means. It means she gave us some crazy-looking "dance moves". It was weird and creppy the first time, but now it's just funny and enjoyable to watch. And I love the song. Overall, it was really good. The only that concerns me a little is her singing. She sounds like she lost her voice or something. That wasn't very pleasing to listen to. But aside from that, everything else was really good. 9.5 out of 10.

• Ariana Grande/The Weeknd – Problem / Break Free / Love Me Harder

I only signed up to listen to Love Me Harder. The first half with Problem and Break Free was very displeasing to watch and listen to as she attempted to sound good with a jazzy tune, but failed. Love Me Harder was okay. It seemed like The Weeknd had something growing out of his head. Either that or it's just his ridiculous looking hair style. It was not a pleasure to look at him. But it sounded okay. And clearly, Ariana's brother, Frankie Grande was happy to see her on stage as he was a little over-enthusiastic. Overall, it gets a 6 out of 10.

• Pitbull/Ne-Yo – Don't Stop The Party / Fireball / Time Of Our Lives

The host of the entire show, Mr. Worldwide performed three songs like Ariana Grande. I didn't pay much attention to this performance as I was kinda bored. But it was okay overall. 7 out of 10.

• Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants

I loved this performance! It was a very passionate and emotional performance. My dad disagrees when I say it was one of the best performances of the night, mainly because she only sang. But Sam Smith only sang too and I'm pretty sure he really liked that one. But you can tell this was emotional as Selena was in tears. I loved it. Love the song and the performance. 10 out of 10!

• One Direction – Night Changes

It was a passionate performance like Selena Gomez's performance. I got into the song a little more by this performance. And I think Louis, Liam, and Niall did a great job with their looks. Overall, the performance is a 7.5 out of 10.

• Lil Wayne/Christina Milian – Start A Fire

I cannot emphasize enough how much Lil Wayne sucks. He can't rap, he can't look good, he can't do good. This performance was so bad that I actually thought about ranking this a negative number out of 10. But I decided not to. Overall, it's a 0 out of 10.

• Nicki Minaj/Skylar Grey – Bed Of Lies

It's a very emotional song. Kinda like Pills N Potions, but better. Skylar Grey did a good job. Obviously, Nicki did a great job as well. Great job ladies. 9 out of 10.

Okay. For the rest, I'm only giving the rankings.

• Fergie/YG – L.A. Love (La La)

8.5 out of 10.

• Garth Brooks – People Loving People

1 out of 10.

• Mary J. Blige – Therapy

9.5 out of 10.

• Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang

10 out of 10.

• Jennifer Lopez/Iggy Azalea – Booty

9 out of 10.

Awards:

~ Artist Of The Year: One Direction

~ New Artist Of The Year Presented By Kohl's: 5 Seconds Of Summer

~ Dick Clark Award For Excellence: Taylor Swift

~ Single Of The Year: Katy Perry/Juicy J – Dark Horse

~ Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock: Sam Smith

~ Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock: Katy Perry

~ Favorite Band/Duo/Group – Pop/Rock: One Direction

~ Favorite Album – Pop/Rock: One Direction – Midnight Memories

~ Favorite Male Artist – Country: Luke Bryan

~ Favorite Female Artist – Country: Carrie Underwood

~ Favorite Band/Duo/Group – Country: Florida Georgia Line

~ Favorite Album – Country: Brantley Gilbert – Just As I Am

~ Favorite Artist – Hip-Hop/Rap: Iggy Azalea

~ Favorite Album – Hip-Hop/Rap: Iggy Azalea – The New Classic

~ Favorite Male Artist – R&B/Soul: John Legend

~ Favorite Female Artist – R&B/Soul: Beyoncé

~ Favorite Album – R&B/Soul: Beyoncé – Beyoncé

~ Favorite Artist – Alternative/Rock: Imagine Dragons

~ Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary: Katy Perry

~ Favorite Artist – Latin: Enrique Iglesias

~ Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music (EDM): Calvin Harris

~ Top Soundtrack: Frozen

That's it and goodnight!

Top 5 Performances
1. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
2. Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants
3. Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat
4. Mary J. Blige – Therapy
5. Jennifer Lopez/Iggy Azalea – Booty

Bottom 5 Performances
5. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy
4. Charli XCX – Boom Clap
3. Garth Brooks – People Loving People
2. Magic!/Wyclef Jean – Rude
1. Lil Wayne/Christina Milian – Start A Fire

Taylor Swift (8) – Week Of November 22, 2014

Hey guys! This week was interesting in a way. Let's get right into it. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Cobra Starship – Never Been In Love (#29)
• Magic! – Rude (#45) [DTHNOBx2]

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

The Countdown

45. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#42)

44. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#41)

43. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#33)

42. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (#43)

41. Ariana Grande – Problem (#39)

40. Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous (#34)

39. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#32)

38. Dirty Heads – My Sweet Summer (#38)

37. One Direction – Night Changes (DEBUT)
36. Maroon 5 – Maps (#36)
35. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#35)
34. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#31)
33. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#30)
32. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (DEBUT)
31. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#40)
30. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) (#37)
29. Vance Joy – Riptide (#27)
28. Fergie – L.A. Love (La La) (#26)
27. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#44)
26. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame (#17)
25. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute (#22)
24. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#23)
23. Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants (#28)
22. Mr. Probz/Robin Schulz – Waves (#19)
21. MisterWives – Reflections (#25)
20. Nico and Vinz – In Your Arms (#21)
19. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don’t Lie (#24)
18. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#11)
17. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#10)
16. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#18)
15. Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One (#16)
14. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#13)
13. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#20)
12. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#9)
11. Sheppard – Geronimo (#12)
10. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (#5)
  9. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#4)
  8. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#15)
  7. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#7)
  6. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#8)
  5. MKTO – American Dream (#3)
  4. Maroon 5 – Animals (#2)
  3. One Direction – Steal My Girl (#14)
  2. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#6)
  1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1) [8th Week At #1]

#1 Song One Year Ago This Week: Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (still shows up on my Wutchuwant Surveys. IDK why.)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (–10)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (+17)

New Entrants
~ I can't be the only one starting to get sick of One Direction's music. It's a little ridiculous. Night Changes is most definitely not their best and not as good as their recents including Story Of My Life, You and I, and Steal My Girl. We'll see how far it gets.

~ One of my new jams of 2014 just debuted in the form of Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk. It's super catchy and it's hard to not move to it. I love it. It's really funky! I hope it does well on this countdown.

Uptown Blurbs Gonna Give It To You
~ Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame should not be dropping. This is unacceptable.

~ I knew this would happen at some point. But Hits 1 had some error between Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous and David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous yesterday during regular airplay when they announced "Ear Poppin' Music!".

~ 5 Seconds Of Summer – What I Like About You is on Hit-Bound. This is good as they need some new music on this countdown.

~ Ed Sheeran – Don't needs to go. If it hits #1, I will be pissed.

~ Ella Henderson – Ghost gained a lot of airplay this week. Now it's at #13!

~ This week's biggest movers were two completely random songs.

~ Last week's Biggest Jump and DROP!!!... held their spots from last week.

~ I do not see One Direction – Steal My Girl hitting #1 anytime soon. I won't be very happy if it does.

~ I think R3hab/Trevor Guthrie – Soundwave should debut this countdown. It would make a good addition.

~ In music news, Rihanna will be making her music comeback soon after spending this time working on her new album. I, personally, am excited for this because Rihanna is one of my favorite female artists. I'm sure the album will be great.

~ David Guetta's new album, Listen, is already #2 on iTunes album charts and it's not supposed to be released until Monday. I'm looking forward to it.

~ Guess what's on tomorrow night? It's the 2014 American Music Awards! I will do my best to collect all the information and post about it on maybe Monday. I definitely have time to do it because I'm off this entire upcoming week.

~ This upcoming Thursday is Thanksgiving Day! The Weekend Countdown next weekend may be a Thanksgiving special. So I might try to get the post out on Friday. I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving Day with their family. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

~ Best Song On Jenna Marbles' #YouTube15: Band Aid 30 – Do They Know It's Christmas? (I absolutely love this song!)

My Top 5 Picks
1. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute
2. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
3. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame
4. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be)
5. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie

Taylor Swift (7) – Week Of November 15, 2014

Hey guys! Quite a bit happened this week. Let's get into it! Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Bastille – Flaws (#34)
• Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#42)
• Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#43)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
The Countdown
45. Magic! – Rude (RE-ENTRY)
44. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#36)
43. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (#45)
42. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#44)
41. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#39)
40. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#40)
39. Ariana Grande – Problem (#33)
38. Dirty Heads – My Sweet Summer (#22)
37. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) (DEBUT)
36. Maroon 5 – Maps (#38)
35. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#37)
34. Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous (#20)
33. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#41)
32. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#31)
31. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#29)
30. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#35)
29. Cobra Starship – Never Been In Love (#18)
28. Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants (DEBUT)
27. Vance Joy – Riptide (#26)
26. Fergie – L.A. Love (La La) (#27)
25. MisterWives – Reflections (#24)
24. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don’t Lie (#19)
23. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#28)
22. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute (#25)
21. Nico and Vinz – In Your Arms (#17)
20. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#30)
19. Mr. Probz/Robin Schulz – Waves (#32)
18. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#23)
17. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame (#15)
16. Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One (#14)
15. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#13)
14. One Direction – Steal My Girl (#12)
13. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#11)
12. Sheppard – Geronimo (#16)
11. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#3)
10. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#6)
  9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#9)
  8. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#8)
  7. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#21)
  6. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#2)
  5. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (#7)
  4. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#10)
  3. MKTO – American Dream (#5)
  2. Maroon 5 – Animals (#4)
  1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1) [7th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Dirty Heads – My Sweet Summer (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (+14) (again)

New Entrants
~ Our *cough* first entrant *cough cough* is a re-entry from *cough* Magic! – Rude. Ewww Ewww Ewww Ewww Ewww Ewww Ewww Ewww Ewww Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Yes. That was necessary.)

~ Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) debuted at #37. It's a really catchy dance tune and I hope it stays a while.

~ Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants was the biggest debut of the week debuting at #28. It's a good song. That's all I can say. My apologies for these boring entrant reviews.

The Blurbs Want What They Want
~ Thank god we only had to deal with Bastille – Flaws for one week. That was one of the most disinteresting songs of the year.

~ Damn. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You jumped into the Top 10 for the first time having the Biggest Jump Of The Week for the second straight week. I seriously did not think it would enter the Top 10 at this point in its countdown career. But I thought the same thing for Clean Bandit – Rather Be.

~ Speaking of Rather Be, that song should've left a long time ago. And it's still in the Top 10–upper teen range...

~ Our #2–#4 range is looking a little different this week. Let's check it out.

~ Maroon 5 – Animals ascended to what I thought would be #1. But I was close enough. I'm happy about this.

~ MKTO – American Dream hit #3 this week, which I believe is higher than Classic ever got, if not then just as high. Could it possibly hit #1???

~ Unlike the other two, I'm not happy about Echosmith – Cool Kids at #4. Please get ready to leave soon.

~ It apparently took Meghan Trainor 8 minutes to write Lips Are Movin'. That's probably why it's so bad.

~ I completely forgot Katy Perry – This Is How We Do was still on the countdown...

~ How is Jason Derulo – Trumpets still here??? It's so freakin' bad!!!

~ Ella Henderson – Ghost just proved it's good enough to be here in a way.

~ This is getting ridiculous. Rude, Trumpets, Come With Me Now, She Looks So Perfect, Fancy, Reflections, and Amnesia are so bad and need to leave.

~ As of right now, One Direction is taking over iTunes as they keep releasing songs from the album one by one. It's getting ridiculous.

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

My Top 5 Picks
1. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame
2. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie
3. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be)
4. Fergie – L.A. Love (La La)
5. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute

200,000 Pageview Special – Music Video Reviews

Hey guys! Once again, thank you so much for over 200,000 pageviews on this blog! I never knew it would get so popular. I mean my posts get so many pageviews every day. Each of my countdown posts have gotten at least 1,000 pageviews, which is incredible. So as a special post for 200,000 pageviews. I'll be reviewing popular music videos and giving each of a grade. The different grades include: A+, A, A–, B+, B, B–, C+, C, C–, D+, D, D–, and F. Hopefully, you guys know which grade is the best between A+ and F. So let's get right into it!

• Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (Song grade: A+)

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

Video Review: The video basically has Taylor as several different characters from a ballerina to a hip-hop kind of person. There are parts of the video where she doesn't exactly "fit in". First of all, we all know the meaning of the song itself. And that's to forget the haters. But I can't really relate what she says in the song to what she does the video besides her "shaking it off". But that doesn't mean it's bad. It's a fun video to watch. There are cheerleaders doing back-flips in the talk/rap part of the song. I think the best of the video is the last minute where she has a bunch of random people "shaking it off". I don't know why. I just like that part the best. It's a good video and I would say it's worth showing my friends (at least the ones who like the song. One of the friends doesn't like the song but likes All About That Bass and I felt like punching her (not really, obviously)).

Overall Video Grade: A

• Maroon 5 – Animals (Song grade: A)

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpgTC9MDx1o

Video Review: The video starts with Adam working as a butcher and stalking this girl. And I mean he is stalking her more than anyone has ever stalked anyone before. Eventually, he is covered in blood and it is just so freakin' weird and creepy. Then he's having sex with that girl and then they both get bloody and the video gets even weirder and creepier. It's basically another video about sex. But this one goes beyond anything I have ever seen before. This video was really uninteresting and I would've been better off not seeing it at all. But apparently, some people actually like this (of course). I can never look at Adam Levine the same way...

Overall Video Grade: D+

• Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame (Song grade: A+)

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ACl8s_tBzE

Video Review: The video is mainly about women (what I would expect from Calvin Harris). I guess they go to these parties and they've had enough of it? I really don't know. It's weird what's going on in this video. Towards the end of the video, the women escape. One falls through a sink. Another falls through a bucket. And another falls through a puddle. And they all escape into this underwater world. It's very interesting and I love how the song was aligned with the video so that once we get a view of this underwater world, the third dance interlude comes in. But besides that, I found the video quite bland. It's not a video worth showing other people unfortunately. But the song itself is definitely worth showing other people.

Overall Video Grade: B+

• Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (Song grade: F)

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

Video Review: I don't necessarily understand what's going on in the video. It's just Meghan with a bunch of other girls and it was not worth my time. It was stupid and there is no more to review for it.

Overall Video Grade: F

• Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (Song grade: A+)

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HDdjwpPM3Y

Video Review: I have to say. This video isn't half bad. Jessie sings with a bunch of random people around her. Ariana sings in her room while doing her makeup. And then Nicki is introduced by being dropped off from a helicopter. Then the three join together for the final chorus with their ridiculously high heels on the helicopter pad. It's a very fun video with everyone partying considering the fact that this is a party song. I really did like that video though.

Overall Video Grade: A+

• Nicki Minaj – Anaconda (Song grade: A)

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZX4ooRsWs

Video Review: Yes. I actually watched the video. All I have to say is.....wow. Of course, there wasn't a second in the video where we didn't see someone's butt. And there's twerking through most of the video. In the video, Nicki was basically treated as a queen. I mean, she is the queen of rap. I can actually imagine laughing with my friends about how stupid she is in this video while watching it. So I guess I can show it to people like my friends. Even though I don't think the video is good, since the majority of the population hates the song, let alone the video, I don't think it'll be very hard to find someone who also hates the video and we can talk about how weird and stupid it is. But I'm assuming most people who actually watched the video are either people who like the song or people that want to see her ass. I can't imagine what that guy towards the end of the video was thinking after Nicki was twerking on him.

Overall Video Grade: C

• Ariana Grande/The Weeknd – Love Me Harder (Song grade: A+)

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qU7p7yOY8

Video Review: The video starts pretty calm with Ariana singing in one room. That goes on for a while while she keeps making weird, slow gestures as she sings. Then we get a shot of The Weeknd. All he does is walks around and sings. Then we go right back to Ariana for the second chorus. There isn't really that much more in the video. I don't really think it's worth seeing again or showing other people. I kinda like it in a way though because of how sexy Ariana looks while singing this sexy song. I don't know. I have mixed opinions.

Overall Video Grade: B+

• One Direction – Steal My Girl (Song grade: A–)

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpsKGvPjAgw

Video Review: Let me start off by saying Harry Styles is really ugly with that long and straight hair. Ok. On to the video. The video starts with the boys exiting a trailer in what looks like the middle of nowhere where it looks like their filming a music video. Then their director shows up. The director gives Harry the title of love, Niall the title of light, Liam the title of power, Louis the title of danger, and Zayn the title of mystery. I don't think the video relates to the song in any way. Instead it's basically a circus. It was good. I may watch it again. I may not. We'll see. I also think they were really cute four years ago when they first became popular. They don't even look like the same people comparing them to four years ago. Oh well. As artists grow older, they grow less good-looking. I'm talking about you too Justin Bieber!

Overall Video Grade: B

Okay guys. Those were some reviews for some of the popular music videos right now. Hope you enjoyed it. Also, my Hit 45 Chart for this week is out. Click here to find out if Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame will hold #1 for a seventh week in a row if you didn't already. Have a great rest of your day and I hope you are saluting our veterans on this special day.

Taylor Swift (6) – Week Of November 8, 2014

So there was kinda a mixture of good and bad things that happened this week. I'll list them as we go. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Mary Lambert – Secrets (#31)
• Magic! – Rude (#34)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

The Countdown

45. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (#43)

44. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#30)

43. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#45)

42. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#38)

41. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#29)

40. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#44)

39. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#12)

38. Maroon 5 – Maps (#22)

37. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#32)

36. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#43)

35. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#9)

34. Bastille – Flaws (DEBUT)

33. Ariana Grande – Problem (#35)

32. Mr. Probz/Robin Schulz – Waves (DEBUT)

31. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#24)

30. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#26)

29. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#39)

28. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#36)

27. Fergie – L.A. Love (La La) (#23)

26. Vance Joy – Riptide (#20)

25. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute (#41)

24. MisterWives – Reflections (#33)

23. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#30)

22. Dirty Heads – My Sweet Summer (#22)

21. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#40)

20. Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous (#27)

19. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don’t Lie (#37)

18. Cobra Starship – Never Been In Love (#16)

17. Nico and Vinz – In Your Arms (#21)

16. Sheppard – Geronimo (#18)

15. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame (#19)

14. Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One (#13)

13. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#15)

12. One Direction – Steal My Girl (#14)

11. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#17)

10. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#8)

  9. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (#3)

  8. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#4)

  7. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#11)

  6. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#6)

  5. MKTO – American Dream (#7)

  4. Maroon 5 – Animals (#10)

  3. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#5)

  2. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#2)

  1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1) [6th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Charli XCX – Boom Clap (–27)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (+19)

New Entrants
~ The first bad thing that happened this week was the debut of Bastille – Flaws. This song has so many flaws in it (hence the title) that there is absolutely nothing in the song I like. It does not deserve to be here.

~ Next we have Mr. Probz who got the help of Robin Schulz to produce Waves. My Pandora station does not play the Robin Schulz mix. It plays the original version for me which is a LOT slower and doesn't have the beat. And keep in mind, I listen to Today's Hits Radio on Pandora. This song is really good. However, I think the chorus is a little repetitive. But aside from that, this song is a keeper and I'm glad it debuted.

Hit-Bound
~ AJR hosted Hit-Bound this weekend.

~ I believe New Politics – Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens) left Hit-Bound. Hopefully, it debuts soon (by soon, I mean next weekend).

~ Eden XO – (Not) Too Cool To Dance just keeps getting better every time I listen to it.

~ The Script – Superheroes and Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) both debuted on Hit-Bound. A good thing that happened this weekend.

~ No matter how hard it tries, I do not think Tiffany Houghton – Love Like That will debut this countdown. It's a good song though.


~ Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You is still on Hit-Bound.  

~ Here's the Hit-Bound list:

• The Script – Superheroes
• Tiffany Houghton – Love Like That
• Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be)
• Eden XO – (Not) Too Cool To Dance
• Magic! – Let Your Hair Down
• Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin'
• Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life
• Privory – Weekend
• AJR – Infinity
• Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You
• OneRepublic – I Lived
• Charli XCX – Break The Rules
• Bea Miller – Young Blood
• David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous
• Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat

Top 5 Hit-Bound

1. The Script – Superheroes

2. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be)

3. David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous

4. Eden XO – (Not) Too Cool To Dance

5. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life

I Can't Stop Blurbing About You

~ Ed Sheeran – Don't still at #2 is another bad thing that happened this week.

~ It's about time Magic! – Rude left. Another good thing that happened.

~ 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia is back in the Top 10. That's a bad thing.

~ Charli XCX – Boom Clap dropped all the way to #39! That's a good thing.

~ Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie and Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame are moving decently high on this countdown. Two more good things.

~ Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass dropped to #35!!! A very good thing!!!

Ok. Back to normal blurbs.

~ Earlier this week, Shawn Mendes released his latest single, Something Big. I don't think it'll be long before it's trending on Jenna Marbles' #YouTube15. But the song is amazing! I want it to become something big! You guys should listen to it.

~ It's too soon for Ella Henderson – Ghost to get ready to leave!

~ Unlike, Eden XO – Too Cool To Dance, every time I listen to Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous, it gets less and less interesting. I do think David Guetta and Sam Martin should replace them.

~ It's official! I do not wanna hear any more music from Jason Derulo. His self-titled album and Future History were both really good and definitely better than the piece of crap that is Talk Dirty.

~ So on the American Top 40 app, there's a section with a two voting polls (one for the Top 40 and the other for the Adult 40). The poll has a list of like seven songs and then an "other" option. One of the songs already there as an option was Blame. I voted for it and then it showed me the results. Blame has the most votes out of all the songs there. It even had more votes than Shake It Off and Steal My Girl combined! Here's a pic of the results (there were more songs, but I couldn't get them in): 

~ The End Of The Year Countdown Voting is still going! Go to the page called "End Of The Year Countdown – Voting", follow the instructions, and vote. You have till Christmas to get your votes in. Vote however many times you want!

~ The 200,000 Pageview Special will most likely come out on Tuesday because I have Tuesday off because of Veterans Day. I'll try and post it then.

My Top 5 Picks

1. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame

2. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie

3. Fergie – L.A. Love (La La)

4. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute

5. Mr. Probz/Robin Schulz – Waves