Taylor Swift (11) – Week Of December 13, 2014

So one of my favorite YouTubers is Connor Franta (you should check out his videos). I always watch his videos. He is super cute and I just this thing in the back of my mind that it would be cool if he was gay, and I was like 99% sure he was straight. Then earlier this week, he posted a coming out video where he admitted that he's gay. I'm so proud of him for coming out to the whole world, basically. That takes guts. And he managed to do it. Well done Connor. We all love you. As for the countdown, it's particularly that interesting. We have the same #1 song. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (#32)
• Magic! – Rude (#36) [x3]
• Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#37)
• Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#38)
• Jason Derulo – Trumpets (#41)
• Fergie – L.A. Love (La La) (#43)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
The Countdown
45. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#45)
44. Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous (#21)
43. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#35)
42. MisterWives – Reflections (#44)
41. Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer (DEBUT)
40. OneRepublic – I Lived (DEBUT)
39. Ariana Grande – Problem (#40)
38. Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat (DEBUT)
37. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#33)
36. Iggy Azalea/MØ – Beg For It (DEBUT)
35. Eden XO – (Not) Too Cool To Dance (DEBUT)
34. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame (#22) [???]
33. Bea Miller – Young Blood (DEBUT)
32. Mary J. Blige – Therapy (#34)
31. Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants (#30)
30. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#14)
29. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute (#25)
28. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#13)
27. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#23)
26. Vance Joy – Riptide (#28)
25. Charli XCX – Break The Rules (#26)
24. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#39)
23. Nico and Vinz – In Your Arms (#20)
22. One Direction – Night Changes (#27)
21. Mr. Probz/Robin Schulz – Waves (#18)
20. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#31)
19. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) (#24)
18. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#15)
17. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#5)
16. Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One (#17)
15. Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin' (#19)
14. Maroon 5 – Maps (#42)
13. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#16)
12. Ed Sheeran – Don't (#7)
11. One Direction – Steal My Girl (#8)
10. Sheppard – Geronimo (#9)
  9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#12)
  8. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#11)
  7. MKTO – American Dream (#10)
  6. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#29)
  5. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#6)
  4. Maroon 5 – Animals (#4)
  3. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#3)
  2. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#2)
  1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1) [11th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous (–23)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Maroon 5 – Maps (+28)

New Entrants
~ My least favorite entrant this week is Bea Miller – Young Blood. I think it's weird (in a decent/good way). (To me) she sounds a little bit like Lorde. But whatever. For now, the song is alright.

~ Next we have OneRepublic – I Lived, our only entrant from a male artist/band. The song is not as good as the former at #24. But this song does have a really good meaning to it. It means you should live your life to the fullest. And when you get old, you can say, "I Lived". Beautiful meaning.

~ Eden XO – Too Cool To Dance finally debuted. I was actually starting to get sick of it. But at least it's here now. (In most cases) better late than never. It's catchy song to play at a club. Like she says, "We're Not Too Cool To Dance."

~ Third best entrant this week is Iggy Azalea/MØ – Beg For It. I think Iggy's rapping is pretty catchy in this song. I don't think it'll be as successful as Black Widow and Fancy.

~ The second best entrant is Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer. I think this song is their best. The beginning of the song can make you fall in love immediately. It's super catchy and I hope it stays for a while.

~ The best entrant is Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat. This is amazingly catchy and is also featured on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Pt. 1). I absolutely love this song. I hope it becomes as popular as Royals and Team.

(Not) Too Cool To Blurb
~ Taylor Swift – Shake It Off has now OFFICIALLY tied the record for weeks at #1 with OneRepublic – Apologize from 2008. Can it hold on for another week and break the record??? We'll see. I hope she enjoyed her 25th birthday. Happy Birthday girl!

~ Maroon 5 – Maps is back in the teens. Most people probably wanted to punch their radio after finding this out. But I actually don't care. I actually still like the song. I have to say, overall, Maps is Maroon 5's best song. Stay up there as long as you like pal. :)

~ Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame aired so much this week, yet still dropped to #34. I can't be the only one who thinks this makes absolutely no sense!!! It's #4 on the American Top 40. Why is there is a 30-spot difference???

~ Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free needs to leave already. Love Me Harder finally debuted on Hit-Bound. Hits 1 needs to get that song in here and get rid of Break Free.

~ Oh my f**king god, 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia needs to leave the Top 10 and the countdown!!!

~ Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be and Tove Lo – Habits thankfully dropped to the low 20's/high 30's. It's about time.

~ The big drop from Hozier – Take Me To Church clearly did not last long.

~ I actually think Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow was kicked out too soon...

~ This marks the first week since August 11, 2013 where we do not have a song by Katy Perry on this countdown. It's always the overrated artists who spend so much time on this countdown.

~ Since it's almost the end of the year, I decided to give you guys a blog update on how everything is going down. Let's begin:

– I'm currently working on my "2014 – A Year In Review" post. I plan to post it next weekend.

– I also started my Top 45 Songs of the year. It's so far pretty interesting. That will come out the weekend after Christmas (or sooner).

– I started to keep track of your guys' votes for Your End Of The Year countdown, because if I didn't start already, it would take a REALLY long time later. Especially with all the votes you're giving me. But that doesn't mean stop. Keep those votes coming. I plan to post that whenever before New Year's.

– I'll have some "End Of The Year" polls up soon. I'll tell you when I put them up. They'll probably be on their own tab on the top bar. We'll see.

Back To The Countdown.

~ I swear, people are overreacting a little when it comes to Mary J. Blige – Therapy. I don't love the song either. To me, it's just another song. But some people clearly will do whatever it takes to get rid of that song for good.

~ Priory – Weekend is soooooo bad!!!! It's needs to leave Hit-Bound and not debut the countdown.

~ The Script – Superheroes (thankfully) is still on Hit-Bound.

~ Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants should not be dropping! I don't understand...

~ #1 Song Recommendation For Hits 1: Robert DeLong – Long Way Down

My Top 5 Picks
1. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame
2. Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat
3. Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer
4. Taylor Swift – Blank Space
5. Charli XCX – Break The Rules