Adele (1) – Week Of November 14, 2015

Yesterday, there were shooting attacks in Paris that were pretty much terrorist attacks. I'm not going to go that much into it. I'll just say how I pray that everything will get better for them and peace will soon be restored. #PrayForParis

Aside from that, One Direction and Justin Bieber have released their new albums, Made In The A.M. and Purpose. I haven't finished listening to either of them yet. But so far, both of them are pretty good. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself (#40)
• The Weeknd – The Hills (#41)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Shawn Mendes – Stitches
The Countdown
45. Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer (#43)
44. Nico & Vinz/Bebe Rexha – That’s How You Know (RE-ENTRY)
43. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (#36) [2 Weeks At #1]
42. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#38)
41. Echosmith – Let's Love (#42)
40. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#34) [4 Weeks At #1]
39. Maroon 5 – Feelings (#39)
38. Omi – Hula Hoop (#25)
37. Hozier – Someone New (#44)
36. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (#45)
35. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#37)
34. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#35)
33. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Eric Nally – Downtown (#20)
32. Walk The Moon – Different Colors (#28)
31. Drake – Hotline Bling (DEBUT)
30. Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart (#22)
29. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#29) [1 Week At #1]
28. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#26)
27. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town (#17)
26. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#30) [3 Weeks At #1]
25. Shy Carter – Bring It Back (#33)
24. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#32)
23. Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love (#14)
22. One Direction – Perfect (#18)
21. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand (#27)
20. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#11)
19. Alessia Cara – Here (#31)
18. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#24)
17. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#16)
16. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (#23)
15. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#13)
14. Daya – Hide Away (#19)
13. Nick Jonas – Levels (#10)
12. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#5)
11. Little Mix – Black Magic (#8)
10. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#9) [1 Week At #1]
  9. Demi Lovato – Confident (#21)
  8. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#15)
  7. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#12)
  6. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#7) [12 Weeks At #1]
  5. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#1) [3 Weeks At #1]
  4. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#2)
  3. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#6) [1 Week At #1]
  2. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#4) [1 Week At #1]
  1. Adele – Hello (#3) [1^st Week At #1]

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Tie Between Omi – Hula Hoop and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown (–13)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between Demi Lovato – Confident and Alessia Cara – Here (+12)

New Entrants
~ This is our third consecutive week in which we have one re-entry and one debut. With that being said, as we have a re-entry from Nico & Vinz – That's How You Know, we have only one debut this week.

~ I never thought of Drake as a bad artist, he's had some pretty solid music in the past. His debut this week, Hotline Bling, is nothing more than a piece of garbage. Some of his other songs like Hold On, We're Going Home and Started From The Bottom we're actually pretty good. Hotline Bling, however, lacks good lyrical content, a good beat, good "rapping" skills (if you can even call that rapping), and everything that makes a good rap song. My ears don't appreciate this excuse of a song to be debuting here since I always thought of Hits 1 to be that station that never plays shitty rap music. Knowing Hits 1, I don't see this song doing very well on this countdown. I really hope I'm right.

Hotline Blurb
~ As Adele hits #1 with Hello on its third week on the countdown by going #14 –> #3 –> #1, it now holds the record for the quickest path to #1, originally held by Katy Perry. I definitely don't see this record breaking anytime soon.

~ The drop from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown was definitely expected due to its lack of airplay. However, I did not necessarily expect Hula Hoop to drop as well. I actually find this song decent, but I won't be devastated if it's gone within the next few weeks.

~ Ed Sheeran – Photograph needs to start moving down already. I really don't want to hate this song again. I'm not going to be happy if it becomes the next Thinking Out Loud.

~ Speaking of Thinking Out Loud, it needs to leave already. It's pretty much long gone from every single chart expect this one. Who is still voting for this song?!?!

~ This countdown did not have a single good song all the way until Victorious at #28.

~ Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand is making an annoying little comeback. Can we get rid of this song. It has done its time already. I'm really tired of it since it was never that good of a song in the first place.

~ Walk The Moon – Different Colors is seriously not doing very well. Whether or not it'll make a comeback, I don't know. But I don't really mind either way.

~ Can we get Taylor Swift – Bad Blood off of this countdown already?! I'm so sick of it and it has grown to be very annoying.

~ I'm really upset that Hits 1 got rid of The Weeknd – The Hills so soon. I really like it and it's doing so well on every other hit music chart. Yet they still keep the mediocre Can't Feel My Face. Ugh.

~ I was listening to the YouTube15 last night and I LOVE Jenna Marbles! She's so funny! Then again, I laugh at pretty much everything. But I think she's really funny even though my dad, who was with me at the time, thinks she's really annoying. But whatever, we all have our opinions. She's definitely one of my favorite Hits 1 DJ's, right behind Spyder Harrison and The Morning Mash Up.

~ This weekend, One Direction are premiering their entire new album, Made In The A.M., as well as discussing each track and their backgrounds. So if anyone wants to listen. You can find out one of the time slots in Hits 1's schedule when that show will be airing.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if X Ambassadors – Renegades can hold at #1 for a sixth week in a row and an eighth time overall.
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/11/hit-45-chart-week-of-november-14-2015.html

~ Earlier this week, I posted my 500,000 pageview special on the Hit 45 Chart site. I'll put a link below so you can check that out. Basically, I counted down my 45 favorite songs of all-time. There were a ton of songs to choose from and a lot of songs unfortunately did make the cut. Here's a list of the songs that were really close, but didn't make it into the Top 45:

• Adam Lambert – If I Had You
• Bruno Mars – Grenade
• Coldplay – Violet Hill
• Ellie Goulding – Lights
• Enrique Iglesias/Pitbull – I Like It
• fun. – Some Nights
• Gavin DeGraw – Best I Ever Had
• Gym Class Heroes/Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts
• Lady Antebellum – I Was Here
• Linkin Park – Burn It Down
• Machine Gun Kelly/Ester Dean – Invincible
• Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger
• Maroon 5/Rihanna – If I Never See Your Face Again
• Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful Of Sunshine
• Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
• Nickelback – When We Stand Together
• Nicki Minaj – Starships
• Olly Murs/Flo Rida – Troublemaker
• Robbie Williams/Kylie Minogue – Kids
• The Script – Breakeven (Falling To Pieces)
• Usher/Pitbull – DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love

So yeah. These songs came close, but I only had 45 slots and these songs unfortunately didn't make it. They're all really good though. I absolutely love all of these songs. But if you haven't checked out the special, the link is down below.

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/11/500000-pageview-special-top-45-songs-of.html

~ Does anyone remember Cobra Starship? They had the smash hit, You Make Me Feel..., back in late 2011. The band broke up earlier this week. Although I wasn't necessarily in love with them, some of their songs we're really catchy. So yeah. Just putting that out there.

~ Most Missed Song: Cobra Starship – #1Nite (One Night)

My Top 5 Picks

1. X Ambassadors – Renegades

2. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better

3. Adele – Hello

4. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious

5. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town