Wiz Khalifa (1) – Week Of May 23, 2015

That was kind of quick. It only took this song 6 weeks to hit #1 here. That's relatively quick. Now the real question is, "Will it stay at #1? If so, how long?" Aside from that, this is Charlie Puth's first #1 song. I'm not sure about Wiz Khalifa. Maroon 5 – Payphone hit #1 for three weeks but Hits 1 removed Khalifa from that song so I don't think it counts. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#31) [12 Weeks At #1]
• Tori Kelly – Nobody Love (#38)
• Eden XO – The Weekend (#40)
• Natalie La Rose/Jeremih – Somebody (#42)

Last Week's #1 Song: Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do

The Countdown

45. Sam Smith/John Legend – Lay Me Down (#44)

44. Ariana Grande – One Last Time (#24)

43. Ella Henderson – Ghost (RE-ENTRY)

42. The Weeknd – Earned It (#19)

41. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (#34)

40. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (DEBUT)

39. Sam Hunt – Take Your Time (DEBUT)

38. Zedd/Selena Gomez – I Want You To Know (#45)

37. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#39)

36. Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up (#16)

35. Cody Simpson – New Problems (#27)

34. Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out (#28)

33. Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One (#32)

32. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#35)

31. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#37) [2 Weeks At #1]

30. One Direction – Night Changes (#29)

29. Shaggy/Mohombi/Faydee/Costi – I Need Your Love (#21)

28. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#43) [6 Weeks At #1]

27. Magic! – No Way No (#36)

26. R5 – Let's Not Be Alone Tonight (#18)

25. Nate Ruess – Nothing Without Love (#25)

24. Katy Tiz – Whistle (While You Work It) (#26)

23. Ryn Weaver – OctaHate (#30)

22. Meghan Trainor – Dear Future Husband (#33)

21. Maroon 5 – This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like A MotherF**ker (DEBUT)

20. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack/Bebe Rexha – Hey Mama (#23)

19. Echosmith – Bright (#14)

18. All Time Low – Something's Gotta Give (#12)

17. Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You (#22)

16. Sheppard – Geronimo (#41)

15. AJR – Infinity (#20)

14. Flo Rida/Sage The Gemini/Lookas – GDFR (#13)

13. George Ezra – Budapest (#17)

12. Nick Jonas – Chains (#15)

11. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#10)

10. Tove Lo – Talking Body (#11)

  9. Maroon 5 – Sugar (#4) [2 Weeks At #1]

  8. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#9)

  7. Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good (#6)

  6. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#7) [4 Weeks At #1]

  5. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#8) [3 Weeks At #1]

  4. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (#1) [2 Weeks At #1]

  3. Taylor Swift – Style (#5) [1 Week At #1]

  2. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#2) [1 Week At #1]

  1. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#3) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: The Weeknd – Earned It (–23)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Sheppard – Geronimo (+25)

New Entrants
~ With the re-entry from Ella Henderson – Ghost at #43, we have three new entrants this week.

~ First up we have our first country song in a long time from Sam Hunt. Take Your Time is a cool song that I've been enjoying quite a bit recently. I really wonder how far this country will get on this countdown.

~ Maroon 5 is back yet again with the summer jam, This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like A MotherF**ker. It's not as good as Maps and Animals, which are definitely two of Maroon 5's best songs. But it's definitely better than Sugar. As of right now, I'm enjoying this new tune.

~ I'm a little annoyed that Hits 1 doesn't play the Kendrick Lamar version of Taylor Swift – Bad Blood, which is the better and more popular version after the music video premiere during the BBMAs last Sunday. It's safe to say this is the song I listened to the most during the week. I love this song so much! This music video is amazing! I love everything about this song! 

'Cause Baby Now We Got Bad Blurbs, Hey!
~ Both the Biggest Jump and Biggest DROP!!!... are unacceptable. This needs to be fixed.

~ Shake It Off left sooner than I expected it to. But apparently Hits 1 has a rule that there can be no more than 3 songs by one artist on the countdown.

~ Yaaaassss! David Guetta/Nicki Minaj – Hey Mama made in into the Top 20! Let's shoot for Top 10!!!

~ Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance is officially old. Let's start moving down to the bottom of the countdown, shall we?

~ Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life is still here. If it can get out of here, that would be nice.

~ Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up made a nice drop to #36. Please leave soon. You have become extremely annoying.

~ I forgot Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out was on the countdown.

~ It's about time Nobody Love and The Weekend exited the countdown.

~ After several listens, I have officially grown into Nate Ruess – Nothing Without Love.

~ Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You could possibly make Top 10. Maybe even Top 5. It just debuted on AT40 this week as well.

~ Speaking of AT40, they have some good Breakout/On The Verge tracks this week. Here are the three that really stood out to me:

• Adam Lambert – Ghost Town
• Dillon Francis/DJ Snake – Get Low
• Nicki Minaj – The Night Is Still Young

I really like all three of those tracks. I would love if they could kind of make their way to the Hits 1 playlist.

~ Calvin Harris/Haim – Pray To God debuted on AT40 this week. I hope to see this song on Hits 1 very soon.

~ Hit 45 Chart is out! Find out if Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again will hold #1 for a second time in a row and a sixth time overall: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/05/hit-45-chart-week-of-may-23-2015.html

~ Best Song On Hit-Bound: Pitbull/Chris Brown – Fun

My Top 5 Picks

1. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood

2. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again

3. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj – Hey Mama

4. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do

5. Tove Lo – Talking Body