Sunday, December 27, 2015

Year-End Special – The Top 45 Songs Of 2015

It's that time guys! I love this time of year because it is time for me to count down the 45 best songs from 2015 based entirely on my opinions. A few songs unfortunately were close, but did not make this list. But not a lot. This list wasn't too hard to put together. But it did take some time.

Basically, how I did it was I looked at my list of all the debuts from this year (including late last year) and I just picked out about 50 songs that were really good. Then, of course, I eliminated 5 songs from the list so that I had a perfect 45. So before we get to it, let's quickly go over the rules for this countdown.


1) Only songs from the Weekend Countdown are eligible for this list. If it spent at least one week on the countdown within the year, it is eligible. Songs that were on Hit-Bound w/ Mikey Piff, Hits & Misses w/ Pete Wentz, or the YouTube15 w/ Jenna Marbles, but not the countdown, are not eligible for this list.

2) No songs from previous year-end rankings are eligible for this year's rankings. If only I had not ranked Taylor Swift – Blank Space in last year's rankings, then it would've been ranked really high in this year's rankings. I've been enjoying that song more than ever this past year and it sucks that it's not eligible for the Top 45 of 2015. I probably shouldn't have ranked Out Of The Woods last year either since it's now getting popular and I won't be able to rank it in 2016.

3) Songs that debuted in late December are not eligible. The cutoff date for eligible songs was the week of December 12, 2015, making Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You the final song to be eligible for this year's rankings. The following songs debuted a little too late for this year's rankings, but will be looked at first for consideration for the Top 45 or Bottom 5 of 2016.


  • Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer
  • Jason Derulo – Get Ugly
  • Adele – When We Were Young
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B.
  • Charlie Puth – One Call Away
  • Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out

Now, to refresh your memory, here are the Top 5 songs from the Top 45 of 2014:

5. Maroon 5 – Maps
4. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
3. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother
2. Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong
1. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame


Okay. Now that we went over all that, it's time to get to this year's Top 45 Songs of 2015! I hope you enjoy! Let's begin!!!


45. David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous - That infectious beat along with Sam Martin's killer vocals calls for a really good song. It's non-stop catchiness all throughout the song! And that orchestral ending to finish it off just worked really well! Well done, David Guetta. It sucks that this song only lasted two weeks on the countdown.


44. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She's Kinda Hot - Possibly this band's catchiest tune up-to-date. The lyrics don't really have a meaning to me. But the super catchy instrumentals, catchy guitar solo, and nice performance on the vocals pretty much make up for that.


43. Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer - Fifth Harmony never fails on their vocals. This song has a pretty cool beat to it. I really like just about everything about it! Nice job, ladies!


42. Bea Miller – Fire N Gold - I'm not lying when I say that I did not see that powerhouse of a chorus coming. I'm quite surprised by how successful this song was on the countdown. But hey, I'm not complaining. There were times I had this song on repeat.


41. Meghan Trainor – Dear Future Husband - One of the rare occurances in which Meghan Trainor's voice does not sound like nails down a chalkboard (in other words, this is her only good song). I did not like this song at first because it sounded too much like something from the 1900's. But I definitely grew into it and found the 20th century feel to be a really catchy factor. Of course, it doesn't always work that way. But it did for this song.


40. Charli XCX – Break The Rules - Pretty damn underrated. I really liked this song when it first came out and I still do. This song got me shoutin', "I don't wanna go to school. I just wanna break the rules!"


39. Ne-Yo – She Knows - My man Ne-Yo has one of the best male voices I've ever heard. This song had some interesting instrumentals used. But Ne-Yo's voice shined through the whole song.


38. Echosmith – Bright Echosmith's music tends to get old pretty quickly. This one isn't your average upbeat pop song. It was done more acousticly and that worked out very well for this group. There was a point where this song put me in a good mood whenever I heard it.


37. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You - These super young and talented guys did such a great job on this song. The chorus always got stuck in my head. These boys can definitely sing, and adding Demi Lovato (one of the best singers ever) only made this song even better. Well done boys.


36. Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MØ – Lean On - This song had a hella catchy beat. The vocals were done pretty well. The music video was very interesting. Overall, this song is a favorite of mine from this year and deserved the success it received.


35. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away - Adam Levine (almost) never disappoints. He delivers a really solid chorus in this song. R. City's verses sound really good as well. These guys killed it with this song. Welcome to the music industry, Rock City.


34. Ariana Grande/The Weeknd – Love Me Harder - Personally my favorite song from My Everything. This was also the first song I've heard involving The Weeknd. This song didn't blow up on Hits 1 as much as I hoped it would. But it debuted, at least.


33. Little Mix – Black Magic - Have you seen these girls perform? They got some serious moves! But seriously, this song got me out of my seat and moving to it, whether or not what I do is considered dancing. It has had a lot more success here on Hits 1 than anywhere else.


32. Sam Hunt – Take Your Time - Sam Hunt's talking the verses actually worked pretty well in this song. The chorus sounds really nicely done. It peaked at, I believe, #7 on this countdown. So pretty successful if you ask me.


31. Fifth Harmony – Worth It - This song would've been better had they not edited out Kid Ink's verses. But as far as the song goes, it's one of those songs that has to play at a party in order to make it a party. Like seriously. These ladies scored big with this song. So fucking catchy!


30. Nick Jonas – Chains - This is definitely my favorite song from Nick Jonas as a solo artist. I think it was around this time last year when I first heard it on Hits 1 and was really enjoying it. Like I immediately went on my phone, looked it up, and listened to it again. That's how good it was.


29. Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding – Outside - Still not sure if Outside is better than Harris and Goulding's previous collaborated song, I Need Your Love. Outside had some excellent vocals from Ellie Goulding and a pretty interesting sounding beat that worked really well.


28. Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You - The day this song came out, I was jamming out to it so hard! It's a catchy upbeat pop song that just gets stuck in your head everytime you finished listening to it. Her new album, E-MO-TION, is really good as well.


27. Sam Smith – Like I Can - His best song since Stay With Me. This man had such a soulful voice and he sounds so passionate in his music that it's really hard to turn it down. And this is one of those songs and it's nice and upbeat. I'm so glad this song become at least somewhat popular because it was always a favorite of mine from In The Lonely Hour.


26. Shaggy/Mohombi/Faydee/Costi – I Need Your Love - I never thought this song would hit Top 40 radio. I'm so glad it did. The pop/reggae artist really did well on this song. The chorus was almost always in my head. The beat is just irresistible.


25. One Direction – Where Do Broken Hearts Go - This song was never actually released as a single. Hits 1 just picked up on it for whatever reason. This song and No Control were my two favorites from FOUR. These boys' vocals sound really good in this song.


24. Jason Derulo – Cheyenne - Three short weeks was just not enough. It was nice while it lasted. Of the three Jason Derulo songs to debut on the countdown this year, this one was the best.


23. Shawn Mendes – Stitches - My current celebrity crush, Shawn Mendes, did an excellent job with his smash hit, Stitches. I really like this song. I loved it from the beginning and I still kind of like it now. Of course, by now I've heard it a little too many times. But it's still a good song.


22. All Time Low – Something's Gotta Give - The alternative/rock group, All Time Low had that really catchy song earlier this year, Something's Gotta Give. This was actually really successful on Hits 1 for a song that didn't much attention elsewhere. I definitely had this song on repeat at some point.


21. R5 – Let's Not Be Alone Tonight - This group had the song, Heart Made Up On You, from 2014 that was really good, but only lasted two weeks on the countdown. Let's Not Be Alone Tonight proved to be their more successful song. I was always singing along to this song. It's just so freakin' catchy!


20. Nicki Minaj – The Night Is Still Young - I love this song. Anything Nicki Minaj does sounds really good. The Night Is Still Young always sounded like a more radio-friendly pop song, which is what I like most from her. Songs like this one and Starships. But seriously, Nicki Minaj is the Queen of Rap. Anyone who says Iggy Azalea is better is not someone you need to have in your life.


19. Nova Rockafeller – Made In Gold - This song about gold sounded a little stupid and annoying at first listen. But I immediately grew into it and it quickly became a song that I turned the volume up to whenever it came on the radio. This song has a hella catchy chorus that definitely should've gotten more attention. But it was featured in the soundtrack for the movie, The Duff. So I guess that's something.


18. Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer - The day this song came out, I listened and jammed out to it at least 10 times within that same day. It's a perfect summer jam. The electric guitar in the chorus is something I can't get enough of. That instantly got me hooked on the chorus. It's not her best song, but it is one of my favorites.


17. Pitbull/Chris Brown – Fun - F.U.N. FUN! Along with Cool For The Summer, this was one of my summer songs of 2015. The beat is just really catchy. I've said this a million times, but Chris Brown has one of the best voices I've ever heard. The man can sing. So many people judge him on his character and fail to notice the awesome voice he has. Pitbull's verses were done really nicely as well. It's not as good as their previous collaboration, International Love, from 2012. But Fun was still a very well done song.


16. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious - This group has never really disappointed me. I absolutely love Brendon Urie's voice and this song has amazing instrumentals to make it an awesome song. Honestly, this song is victorious! Way to get me cranking the volume up when it comes on the radio.


15. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again - This song was originally going to be somewhere in the Top 5. But radio kind of killed it and so many better songs came along that it didn't even make the cut into the Top 10. It is still a beautiful tribute to Paul Walker. It's one of the few Wiz Khalifa songs I actually loved at some point. I may not like it that much now, but I loved it for quite a while. So it just had to be on this list.


14. Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out - The guy has a really nice voice and the beat in this song is really catchy. When it first debuted on the Weekend Countdown, I could not stop listening to it. Unfortunately, this song didn't get much recognition around the United States, which I'm not really happy about because the song is really good. It's a nice pop song that you don't hear much of these days. I still love this song to this day and I knew that it had to be ranked relatively high on this list.


13. One Direction – Drag Me Down - This song came out completely unexpected and still immediately shot up to #1 on iTunes. I wasn't over-the-top in love with it when it first came out. But as time went on, I quickly fell in love with the song and I could not stop listening to it. It's the boys' first single without Zayn Malik, who departed from the band early this year. Frankly, I think they're better off without him. This was a really good lead single for their album, Made In The A.M. (which, by the way, is a really good album).


12. Tori Kelly – Should've Been Us - This girl can sing! Her debut single, Nobody Love, was okay. I didn't find it too special. This song, however, shined in so many lights. Her voice sounds amazing in the chorus and she can really hit those high notes! Damn girl! You're voice is out of this world!


11. Zedd/Jon Bellion – Beautiful Now - I love Zedd. This song lasted a short 3 weeks on the Weekend Countdown, which really saddened me. This song is excellent. It has me hooked from the very beginning all the way until the very end. I love the beat. Jon Bellion's vocals are beyond excellent, especially in the chorus. This song was almost always in my head. I was always singing it to myself. It's an amazing song that should've been Zedd's biggest song this year, not the inferior I Want You To Know.


We have now entered the Top 10. I definitely took the time going through every song to make sure I was making the right decision ranking them where they are currently ranked.


10. Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat - This song, with no competition, is Lorde's best song. It starts off quiet and kind of mysterious, then the song progressively gets louder until we reach the banger chorus where I can just see Lorde's crazy dancing initiate. She performed this song live a couple of times and nowadays, I enjoy watching her live because I think her dancing is really fun to watch. Awesome seems to be the perfect word to describe this song. It definitely should've gotten more attention in places other than Hits 1.


9. The Weeknd – Earned It - This song was a pretty successful song around the world, but only peaked at like, #14 on this countdown. I don't understand. I love this song. The Weeknd's voice is really soothing and calm all throughout the song. A song like this one is nice to have every now and then. It was featured in Fifty Shades Of Grey, which I probably would've been able to guess just by listening to the song. Earned It is definitely one of the best songs of the year. I probably won't care much about it in the future. But I really enjoyed it this past year.


8. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better - I guess I can be happy that it managed to make it on this countdown even though it didn't last too long. It's still on the countdown as I'm typing this, but it's pretty damn low. I have no idea how many times I've listened to this song within the past month. Obviously, it was a lot. I love Lady Antebellum and their vocals in the song were just spot on. Hillary Scott's voice in the chorus is just amazingly done. I throughly love this song. Excellent job, Audien. You have made a very good first impression.


7. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town - I was anxiously waiting for this song to be released because I knew it would be amazing, which it was. This song has a really catchy and that whistle that immediately got me hooked was very hard to turn down. I had my doubts about this song hitting mainstream radio and I'm so glad it did. It lasted quite a while on Hits 1, so I'm impressed. Adam Lambert never disappoints. His debut album, For You Entertainment, was really good. I liked his sophomore album, Trespassing, as well. And now I really like his newest album, The Original High, which features this song and new single, Another Lonely NightOverall, I really do love this song. I'm sure a lot of you knew that this song had to be in this list if you knew how much I love the song.


6. Justin Bieber – Sorry - This song is SPOT ON!!! I immediately fell in love with it when I first listened to it and it is my favorite song at the moment. I love Justin Bieber. He has a really nice voice. He's really hot. This song is probably my favorite song off of his new album, Purpose. What Do You Mean? was good, but it seemed kind of bland and didn't really have much to it. But Sorry is completely different story. Skrillex helped produce it which explains why it's pretty much a dance song. Every time this song comes on the radio, I turn the volume up. I'm always jamming out to this song and it is just excellent. It's good to have you back, Justin.


5. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do - This song proved to be Ellie Goulding's biggest song up-to-date considering it was #1 in many places, including Hits 1, which made Love Me Like You Do her first #1 song on the Weekend Countdown. I loved this song when it was first released and I still love it now. As much as the chorus gets repetitive at times, I never get sick of it. This song just never gets old. The music video is really nice as there is some beautiful scenery as well as clips taken from the movie, Fifty Shades Of Grey, since this song is featured in that soundtrack along with Earned It. This song is a little over 4 minutes long and I enjoy every second of it. It definitely deserved to be a #1 song.


4. The Weeknd – The Hills - Dark and mysterious is what we like from The Weeknd, very similar to our #9 song, Earned It. The beginning of this song immediately reels me in and gets me interested in where the song is going. It has one of the most interesting beats this year. I absolutely love the chorus. I can't believe it was on the countdown for such a short period of time. The fact that it never hit #1 on American Top 40 kind of pissed me off too since it's a multiple-week #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. This song is definitely my favorite song from The Weeknd and so much better than Can't Feel My Face. It's songs like these that I want from The Weeknd. Dark and mysterious.


3. X Ambassadors – Renegades - I don't exactly know what made me fall in love with this song so much. I guess it's just something different and out of the ordinary, especially on Top 40 radio. Of course, this was popular on alternative stations before it transferred over to mainstream stations. I really like X Ambassadors. Their music is so catchy. Some of the lyrics in this song sound pretty meaningful, especially in the bridge of the song. I really like the chorus and I love the guitar solo ending. It was a pretty cool way to bring the song to a close. I like Sam Harris' vocals in the band on a lot of their songs. They remind me of Imagine Dragons and I find that funny since I just recently released that it was Imagine Dragons who gave X Ambassadors their start. At first, I thought of this as some ordinary song, then I suddenly fell in love with it and I can't even explain it. But it's definitely a favorite of mine.


2. Hozier – Take Me To Church - I can't even began to say how much I love the meaning of this song. It's definitely the most meaningful song of 2015 in my opinion. It's mainly about religion and how certain religious "laws" affect other people. The main thing the song is about is homosexuality as emphasized in the music video for the song. I recall myself crying when I first watched the music video just because of how emotional it is. And not only that, but the fact that this is reality. People are constantly getting judged because of things like their sexuality which they cannot change. You guys know that I'm very open about my sexuality. This video and the song overall hit me hard. What I want you to get out of this is for you to not judge people. We're all human beings, we're all different, and that is okay. Alright, enough with the sad talk. I think Hozier has a really nice voice. The song has a nice use of instrumentals. Overall, it's a beyond excellent song. Now you might be wondering how it's not #1. But this next song just wowed me from first listen and it's still stuck with me. And that song is.............






1. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Bebe Rexha/Afrojack – Hey Mama - A lot of you guessed this song would be #1. Some of you guessed Renegades, which was indeed a very good guess. It was a really tough call between this one and our #2 song, Take Me To Church, for which song should be #1. Unlike Take Me To Church, this song doesn't really have any meaning to it and the music video makes absolutely no sense to me. But this song is amazing in every other aspect. I enjoy every second of this song. The David Guetta and Afrojack production really did pay off on this song. Nicki Minaj's rapping the verses were done really well. Bebe Rexha's vocals in the chorus sound amazing. Another thing I love about the song is how fast-paced it is. It's a little over 3 minutes long and honestly, I think David Guetta here put every second to good use. The beats all throughout this song are so irresistible that they do not leave your head. The use of the trumpets in the chorus sound really good as they mix in with Bebe Rexha's vocals very nicely. I love pretty much everything about this song. Every single time it came on the radio, I cranked the volume up. Even my dad loved this song too and we would always jam out to it. Then again, he loves everything with Nicki Minaj. But still. It's David Guetta's best song up-to-date. It's a great song you would want on the radio and the perfect song you would want to get down to at the club. If I'm at a club and this song comes on, you better get out of the way 'cause I'm heading straight for that dancefloor. Overall, it is a beyond excellent masterpiece of a song that deserved the amount of success it received. As for all four of these artists, excellent job on creating the #1 song of 2015. Also, this is the third year in a row in which an EDM song has been #1 of the year. But yeah. Excellent job, everyone.


So that was it guys! I can't believe it's over! All that waiting and it's done. But yeah. These were the 45 best songs of 2015 based 100% on my opinion. I know a lot of you predicted that the #1 song would be #1. Did you agree on any of these? Did you disagree? Let me know in the comment section down below. Keep in mind, this list is entirely my opinion. So don't go saying everything is wrong. Thank you guys for all the support you give me and this blog. 2015 was a great year for us! I hope you all have a fantastic New Year's and a great start to 2016! See you guys!




Friday, December 25, 2015

Adele (7) – Week Of December 26, 2015


One of the things I like about Hits 1 is that they don't delay their Weekend Countdown for the Year-End chart. They keep this countdown going every single week. Good job guys! I hope you all are having a great Christmas and this week is the last countdown of 2015! Can you believe it? I sure can't. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.


  • Ariana Grande – Focus (#33)
  • Nick Jonas – Levels (#39)

Last Week's #1 Song: Adele – Hello
The Countdown
45. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#45) [3 Weeks At #1]
44. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (#43)
43. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#36) [4 Weeks At #1]
42. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#41)
41. Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love (#38)
40. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (DEBUT)
39. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Eric Nally – Downtown (#44)
38. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#29)
37. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (#42)
36. Adele – When We Were Young (#32)
35. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#40)
34. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#23) [1 Week At #1]
33. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#35) [1 Week At #1]
32. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#16)
31. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (DEBUT)
30. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#34)
29. Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You (#30)
28. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (#37)
27. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#27)
26. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#26) [1 Week At #1]
25. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#25)
24. Halsey – New Americana (#21)
23. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#28)
22. Sam Hunt – House Party (#19)
21. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#31)
20. Little Mix – Black Magic (#9)
19. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#24)
18. Daya – Hide Away (#18)
17. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#8)
16. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#17)
15. Alessia Cara – Here (#22)
14. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#20)
13. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#14)
12. The Weeknd – In The Night (#15)
11. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#12)
10. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (#10)
  9. One Direction – Perfect (#4)
  8. Flo Rida – My House (#13)
  7. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#6) [3 Weeks At #1]
  6. Demi Lovato – Confident (#5)
  5. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#7) [12 Weeks At #1]
  4. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#2) [1 Week At #1]
  3. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#3)
  2. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#11)
  1. Adele – Hello (#1) [7th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Taylor Swift – Blank Space

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (+10)

New Entrants
~ My main and only problem with Charlie Puth – One Call Away is that the song is boring. There's nothing to it. I think Charlie Puth played it a little safe in this song. I don't over-the-top hate it. I just simply don't like it. Puth has done better things with his vocals in See You Again and Marvin Gaye. He kept it really plain and simple in this song. I think it's okay to do that on an album filler track, not a radio single. That's what this song is for me. It doesn't sound worthy enough to be a single and frankly, it's a countdown filler.

~ Hits 1 overplayed Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart to the point where I got annoyed with Twenty One Pilots in general. Then I fully listened to Stressed Out and that changed. The vocals in the chorus were done pretty well and the lyrics are very relatable. These lyrics are better understood by adults as they're about how things were easier back when they were kids, but now their stressed out because they're older. This song has a deep meaning that I appreciate. The song also has a catchy beat and overall, I really like it.

Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:


  • Tori Kelly – Hollow
  • 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart
  • Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night
  • Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets
  • Tove Lo – Moments
  • Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up
  • Jacob Whitesides – Secrets
  • Nelly/Jeremih – The Fix
  • The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses
  • The Vamps – Wake Up
  • MØ – Kamikaze
  • Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime
  • One Direction – Infinity
  • BØRNS – Electric Love
  • Tryon – Somebody To Love Me

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets
2. Nelly/Jeremih – The Fix
3. Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night
4. Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up
5. Tori Kelly – Hollow


One Blurb Away
~ Flo Rida – My House is completely welcomed into the Top 10.

~ X Ambassadors – Renegades had more airplay than Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown. But somehow, Renegades moved down while Downtown moved up. Isn't Hits 1 logic the best? *sarcasm alert*

~ Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? has pretty much lasted longer on this countdown run than it did on its first run. It's one of those rare occasions.

~ Ariana Grande – Focus dropped out of the countdown really quickly probably making it the Biggest Flop of 2015 on Hits 1 since it seemed to be an anticipated single. But we all know the Biggest Flop everywhere else was Britney Spears/Iggy Azalea – Pretty Girls. There was so much hype for that song and it flopped so hard. It only peaked at, I believe, #30 on American Top 40.

~ Adele – When We Were Young fell on its second week here. A little shocking. But I am 100% okay with it. The song bores me to tears.

~ Ellie Goulding – On My Mind expectedly rose to #2 this week. It came on Hits 1 several times during the week as "our" most Wutchuwanted song. I'd take it for #1 over Hello any day at this point. But Hello is having a serious run right now at 7 consecutive weeks at the top spot that dethroning it anytime soon seems like a challenge.

~ If we can get Demi Lovato – Confident and Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible to switch places, that would make me happy.

~ Selena Gomez – Same Old Love is starting to fade away on me. Let's try to get this song out of here soon.

~ Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive is seriously starting to get on my nerves. Let's not make this another Honey I'm Good.

~ I'm getting really tired of Alessia Cara – Here. There's like, a 10-second intro with no vocals and a 5 to 10-second outro with no vocals on this song. Everything in between is constant singing with no breaks whatsoever. She gets so many words in the verses and pre-chorus that it's really hard to understand her. Her voice starts to get annoying after a while and I just recently realized this.

~ Of course that massive jump from Panic! At The Disco – Victorious last week was destined to not last long as it dropped right back down this week.

~ Well, Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud has officially lasted a year on the countdown. I'm not surprised at this point. But let's still try to get it out of here as soon as possible.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Audien and Lady Antebellum are capable of holding at #1 for a fourth week in a row.
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/12/hit-45-chart-week-of-december-26-2015.html

~ Most Missed Song: Pitbull/Chris Brown – International Love

My Top 5 Picks
1. Justin Bieber – Sorry
2. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible
3. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious
4. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out
5. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Walk The Moon – Year Of 2015


So Hits 1 counted down their Top 45 songs of 2015 just earlier today. I guess these results were based on the opinions of the Wutchuwant Crew. Some of these results don't seem accurate enough to have been based on airplay. So I'll just go ahead and say that this was not the best year-end countdown ever. Let's just get to it right now.


Last Year's #1 Song: OneRepublic – Counting Stars
The Countdown (parenthetical number indicates the song's peak position)
45. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#7)*
44. Little Mix – Black Magic (#4)*
43. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Bebe Rexha/Afrojack – Hey Mama (#9)
42. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#5)*
41. MKTO – American Dream (#3)
40. Daya – Hide Away (#8)*
39. Vance Joy – Riptide (#12)
38. OneRepublic – I Lived (#4)
37. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1) [12 Weeks In 2014]
36. Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up (#9)
35. Bea Miller – Fire N Gold (#10)
34. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#5)
33. Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin' (#4)
32. Rachel Platten – Fight Song (#4)
31. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#9)*
30. Echosmith – Bright (#10)
29. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (#4)
28. Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One (#4)
27. Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer (#2)
26. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#1) [1 Week]*
25. All Time Low – Something's Gotta Give (#6)
24. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#5)
23. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#1) [1 Week]*
22. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#6)
21. Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart (#7)
20. One Direction – Night Changes (#4)
19. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#5)
18. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#1) [1 Week]*
17. Sheppard – Geronimo (#8)
16. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#1) [3 Weeks]*
15. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (#1) [2 Weeks]
14. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#1) [4 Weeks]*
13. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#1) [2 Weeks]
12. Tove Lo – Talking Body (#3)
11. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (#1) [2 Weeks]
10. Maroon 5 – Sugar (#1) [2 Weeks]
  9. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#1) [1 Week]*
  8. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#3)
  7. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#1) [5 Weeks / 1 Week In 2014]
  6. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#5)
  5. Taylor Swift – Style (#1) [1 Week]
  4. Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good (#1) [1 Week]
  3. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#1) [3 Weeks]*
  2. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#1) [4 Weeks]
  1. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#1) [12 Weeks] {1st Year At #1}*

*Song Is Still Charting

Shut Up and Blurb With Me!
~ I'm very fascinated by the fact that Taylor Swift – Style has been ranked higher than Blank Space. I don't understand!!! You're seriously ranking a one-week #1 song higher than a six-week #1 song?!?! Why?!?!?!?!?!

~ Speaking of Taylor Swift, she has 5 songs on here. 5 songs out of 45 total are Taylor Swift.

~ Going back to Blank Space, the song spent quite a while in the Top 10 and the Top 5. I'm also shocked it was ranked lower than Honey I'm Good, which fell down the countdown relatively quickly after that one week at #1, spending very few weeks in the Top 10, especially the Top 5.

~ Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman and Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me never hit #1, but somehow made it into the Top 10.

~ Vance Joy – Riptide is the only song in this list that never hit the Top 10.

~ Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again really seemed like a song I was sure would be a Top 10 contender for this list. I guess I was incorrect.

~ Quite a few songs peaked at #4 this year.

~ Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart and Sheppard – Geronimo were definitely ranked way too high. It was their obnoxiously long tenures that brought them this high. However, Tear In My Heart was in the #9 to #11 range for seemingly forever while Geronimo rarely spent much time that high, but somehow got ranked higher than Tear In My Heart in this list.

~ Taylor Swift – Shake It Off is the only song on this list that was ranked in last year's Top 45 of the year.

~ I'm kind of surprised Renegades made it on this list. It seemed a little too new. But am I happy about it making it on? Hell yeah!

~ David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack – Hey Mama was ranked way too low in my opinion.

~ Of course, the annoying Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up made it on this list.

~ I feel like One Direction – Night Changes should've been ranked just a little lower.

~ There were some songs like Flo Rida/Sage The Gemini/Lookas – GDFR, Charlie Puth/Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye, Omi – Cheerleader, and Nick Jonas – Chains that surprisingly did not make this list.

~ Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk had a typical #1 song tenure on this countdown not staying way too long, and apparently was qualified for the #2 spot of the year. At least it's not #1.

~ Am I happy about the #1 song? No. But did I expect it? Yes, I did. The song is still in the Top 10 and tied the record for most weeks at #1 with the #37 song on this list. I definitely saw this coming and I'm not surprised, but I'm definitely not happy.


Alright guys! That was my review of Hits 1's Top 45 of 2015! I hope you enjoyed! Did you agree with these rankings and/or any of my opinions? Did you disagree? Let me know in the comments down below! My Top 45 Songs of 2015 post is on its way! I know I've kept you waiting, but this post is right around the corner. So that'll be coming very soon.

In conclusion, Merry Christmas from your fellow Weekend Countdown blogger, Adrian Carrazco.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Adele (6) – Week Of December 19, 2015


Let the winter break begin! Two whole weeks (hopefully) stress-free! I'm going to be seeing the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens today! I can't wait for that! I've always been a HUGE fan of Star Wars. So I'm really excited for this movie! Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.


  • Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (#28) [2 Weeks At #1]
  • Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart (#40)
  • Adam Lambert – Ghost Town (#41)
  • Nico & Vinz/Bebe Rexha – That's How You Know (#43) [x3]

Last Week's #1 Song: Adele – Hello
The Countdown
45. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#45) [3 Weeks At #1]
44. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Eric Nally – Downtown (#30)
43. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (#44)
42. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (#13)
41. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#31)
40. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#35)
39. Nick Jonas – Levels (#42)
38. Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love (#23)
37. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (DEBUT)
36. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#39) [4 Weeks At #1]
35. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#14) [1 Week At #1]
34. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#38)
33. Ariana Grande – Focus (#25)
32. Adele – When We Were Young (DEBUT)
31. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (DEBUT)
30. Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You (#37)
29. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#24)
28. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (DEBUT)
27. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#32)
26. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#33) [1 Week At #1]
25. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#26)
24. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#16)
23. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#34) [1 Week At #1]
22. Alessia Cara – Here (#15)
21. Halsey – New Americana (#27)
20. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#18)
19. Sam Hunt – House Party (#29)
18. Daya – Hide Away (#8)
17. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#22)
16. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#36)
15. The Weeknd – In The Night (#21)
14. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#20)
13. Flo Rida – My House (#17)
12. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#11)
11. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#10)
10. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (#12)
  9. Little Mix – Black Magic (#4)
  8. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#19)
  7. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#7) [12 Weeks At #1]
  6. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#9) [3 Weeks At #1]
  5. Demi Lovato – Confident (#6)
  4. One Direction – Perfect (#5)
  3. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#2)
  2. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#3) [1 Week At #1]
  1. Adele – Hello [6th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (–29)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (+20)

New Entrants
~ It seems that Adele's new album, 25, is entirely filled with slow songs. Some make you realize what a great singer she is. Others make you emotional. And the remaining make you downright bored. When We Were Young falls into the category of songs that bore me. It's not awful. But's it definitely not good. I would not go out of my way to listen to this song. It doesn't really have any quality to it. It sounds a lot like Hello. But in Hello, Adele belts out the powerhouse of a chorus. This song is just 4 minutes and 50 seconds of boredom. But keep in mind, this is all my opinion.

~ I'm just starting to realize how better of an album Everything Is 4 is compared to Jason Derulo's previous album, Talk Dirty. From Everything Is 4, we get Get Ugly on the countdown. It's not horrible song despite my initial reaction to it. You can disregard that because my opinion has in fact changed. I've definitely heard more atrocious singles from him. It's not the best song on the album, but it's not the worst either. I'm torn in between on this one. But I can definitely see myself hating this song a few months from now begging for it to leave. Like I say with all Jason Derulo songs, none of them can hit the height that songs from Future History hit. Songs like Don't Wanna Go Home and Breathing are what I want to hear more of from Mr. DeruloIt Girl is probably his best song of all time. But overall, this song is okay. We'll see if that changes.

~ S.O.B. is so bad that it almost sounds like a joke. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats have failed to make a good first impression on me with this song. It sounds like a group of 50-year-olds trying to make a catchy song, but pretty much failed. It's a cool song to laugh at whenever it comes on the radio because of how stupid it is. But not something worthy of my Apple Music playlist on my phone.

~ Shawn Mendes (my bae) debuts this week with I Know What You Did Last Summer featuring Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello. News are going around that these two are dating. But I don't know for sure. I don't think either of them confirmed it. As far as the song goes, it's pretty catchy. Their voices sound pretty nice together. It's not his best song. But it's definitely not bad.

Son Of A Blurb
~ Can we get Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams away from #2? Or even better, the Top 10?

~ As Justin Bieber – Sorry enters the Top 10, it's his first Top 10 song since I don't know how long. If a Justin Bieber song hits the Top 10 on this countdown, then it's something serious. I'm definitely happy to see Sorry getting some love.

~ Panic! At The Disco – Victorious made an awesome 20-spot jump all the way to #16 this week! That was another thing that made me really happy!

~ Now that Downtown is in the Bottom 5, how about we get rid of it, like, next week.

~ Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud is about one week away from lasting a full year on the countdown. Who the hell still listens to this?!?!?! This isn't what I want to hear when I'm in my car listening to the radio! Whoever is still voting for this song needs to stop!

~ Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You is doing absolutely nothing on this countdown. I'm so tired of it.

~ I'm starting to get a little annoyed whenever Alessia Cara – Here comes on the radio, just because I've heard it so much.

~ Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me is in the Top 10. How about we keep that song in there, but get rid of songs like Shut Up and Dance, Wildest Dreams, Ex's & Oh's, etc.

~ Adele – Hello just will not budge from that #1 spot. It'll probably still be there for weeks to come despite how I'm getting really tired of it.

~ Little Mix – Black Magic is still in the Top 10. This song lost its popularity a long time ago. I still like it, but it doesn't really make sense.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Audien and Lady Antebellum can hold at #1 for a third week in a row with Something Better.
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/12/hit-45-chart-week-of-december-18-2015.html

~ I'm really hoping to get the Top 45 Songs of 2015 out really soon. So stay tuned for that!

~ #1 Recommendation For Hits 1: R. City/Chloe Angelides – Make Up

My Top 5 Picks
1. TIE: Justin Bieber – Sorry
1. TIE: Panic! At The Disco – Victorious
3. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better
4. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible
5. Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You

Friday, December 18, 2015

Year-End Special – 2015: A Year In Review

2015 is coming to an end people! It's crazy! We've had a ton of awesome music this past year. Like every year, radio killed SO many songs that were really good at first. I do blame myself a bit because I often do overlisten to a bunch of songs. But honestly, Hits 1 kept so many songs for a long period of time (some are still here). It saddens me that one of these songs is from possibly my favorite band of all time. This was their first truly awful song. Let's see if you can figure this one out. These five songs you're about to see are songs that were just god awful for a relatively long period of time. So without further ado, the Bottom 5 Songs Of 2015 (#1 being the worst).


Bottom 5 Songs Of 2015
5. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
4. The Heydaze – Dumb
3. Usher – I Don't Mind
2. Maroon 5 – Sugar
1. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman


As far as all our #1 songs go, for the most part, almost all of them have been killed with the amount of airplay they've gotten on Hits 1 as well as other mainstream stations. Only a few of them have stuck with me. Now here are all the songs that hit #1 in 2015.


  • Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (12) [Tied For All Time Record]
  • Adele – Hello (7)
  • Taylor Swift – Blank Space (5) (6 Total)
  • Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (4)
  • Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (4)
  • Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (3)
  • Shawn Mendes – Stitches (3)
  • Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (2)
  • Fall Out Boy – Centuries (2)
  • Maroon 5 – Sugar (2)
  • Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (2)
  • Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good (1)
  • Ed Sheeran – Photograph (1)
  • One Direction – Drag Me Down (1)
  • Taylor Swift – Style (1)
  • Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (1)
  • The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (1)

Next up, I thought I'd do something different. We've had some breakout artists this year as we do every year. What I'm going to do is say my favorite and least favorite breakout artists from this past year. So here we go:


Best Breakout Artist Of 2015: The Weeknd


Worst Breakout Artist Of 2015: Fetty Wap


We've had a TON of music on Hit-Bound. Unfortunately, a lot of songs spent some time on Hit-Bound, but didn't debut on the Weekend Countdown. Here's the list of all the Hit-Bound music that unfortunately never got announced by Spyder Harrison on the Weekend Countdown. (It's possible that I'm missing a few.)

  • Becky G – Break A Sweat
  • Becky G – Can't Stop Dancin'
  • Becky G – Lovin' So Hard
  • Betty Who – All Of You
  • Carly Rae Jepsen – Run Away With Me
  • Cash Cash/Julia Michaels – Surrender
  • Deorro/Chris Brown – Five More Hours
  • Empire Cast – No Doubt About It
  • Fort Minor – Welcome
  • George Ezra – Blame It On Me
  • Icona Pop – Emergency
  • INNA/Marian Hill – Diggy Down
  • Jack & Jack – Groove
  • Jason Derulo/Jennifer Lopez/Matoma – Try Me
  • Just Seconds Apart – Unbelievable
  • Kat Dahlia – Crazy
  • Kaya Stewart – In Love With A Boy
  • Pharrell Williams – Freedom
  • Pitbull/Jason Derulo/Juicy J – Drive You Crazy
  • R5 – Smile
  • Rixton – Hotel Ceiling
  • Robin Thicke/Nicki Minaj – Back Together
  • Ryan Cabrera – House On Fire
  • Shawn Mendes – Life Of The Party
  • Sia – Elastic Heart
  • Steve Aoki/Moxie – I Love It When You Cry
  • The Script – Superheroes
  • Who Is Fancy – Goodbye
  • Years & Years – King
  • ZZ Ward – Love 3X

Now it is time to announce the 2015 Lights Over Paris Hit-Bound Hero Award! I don't think I need to go into how it got its name. But if you want me to, leave a comment down below and I'll be more than happy to explain. Basically, it's the one song that I think got robbed for not making it on to the Weekend Countdown. You can clearly see that Emergency was the worst of the bunch (with Crazy coming in a really close second). But with the best song, I was really upset about this song not making it just because it's so good. So here we go!


2015 Lights Over Paris Hit-Bound Hero Award Winner: R5 – Smile


There were a few songs that were really popular worldwide, but for whatever reason, never debuted on the Weekend Countdown. This next song was a massive hit all over the world. It hit Top 10 in many different charts. I'm really shocked that it never made it to the Weekend Countdown. So I will now present that song with the Biggest Whiff Of The Year award.



Biggest Whiff Of 2015: Skrillex & Diplo/Justin Bieber – Where Are Ü Now


Tenure Trophies
There were quite a few songs that lasted a short three weeks on the countdown (Jason Derulo – Cheyenne, Zedd/Jon Bellion – Beautiful Now, Nate Ruess – Nothing Without Love, Ryn Weaver – OctaHate, and more). We didn't have any one-week tenures. But there was one two-week tenure...



Shortest Tenured Song Of 2015: David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous (two weeks)


As for the longest tenure, this song has lasted just about a year debuting at the end of last year and is still on the countdown. That song is....


Longest Tenured Song Of 2015: Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (debuted 12/27/14; still on countdown)


I realized that I kind of rushed through this. But it needed to get done. Also, I did attend the iHeartRadio 103.5 KISS FM Jingle Ball on Wednesday night. If I have the time, I'll post some of the pictures I took (even though they're not the best quality). So that'll be a different post. But I did have a blast! But back to this post, this was 2015 summed up in one post. I hope you enjoyed and get ready because the Top 45 Songs of 2015 will be posted soon! The list has been selected and I will begin the post as soon as possible!