Shawn Mendes (3) – Week Of November 7, 2015

There's news that The Voice coaches, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, are currently dating. They've both recently been divorced from their ex-spouses, so it looks like they already have something in common. And to be honest, I think they look cute together. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• MAX/Hoodie Allen – Gibberish (#35)
• Nico & Vinz/Bebe Rexha – That's How You Know (#42)

Last Week's #1 Song: One Direction – Drag Me Down

The Countdown

45. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (#43)

44. Hozier – Someone New (#24)

43. Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer (#45)

42. Echosmith – Let's Love (RE-ENTRY)

41. The Weeknd – The Hills (#25)

40. Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself (#13)

39. Maroon 5 – Feelings (#18)

38. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#31)

37. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#29)

36. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (#40) [2 Weeks At #1]

35. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#44)

34. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#39) [4 Weeks At #1]

33. Shy Carter – Bring It Back (#27)

32. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#36)

31. Alessia Cara – Here (#23)

30. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#28) [3 Weeks At #1]

29. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#37) [1 Week At #1]

28. Walk The Moon – Different Colors (#22)

27. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand (#41)

26. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#20)

25. Omi – Hula Hoop (#19)

24. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#30)

23. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (DEBUT)

22. Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart (#16)

21. Demi Lovato – Confident (#34)

20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Eric Nally – Downtown (#7)

19. Daya – Hide Away (#21)

18. One Direction – Perfect (#38)

17. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town (#33)

16. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#26)

15. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#10)

14. Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love (#32)

13. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#17)

12. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#9)

11. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#12)

10. Nick Jonas – Levels (#15)

  9. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#8) [1 Week At #1]

  8. Little Mix – Black Magic (#11)

  7. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#6) [12 Weeks At #1]

  6. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#3) [1 Week At #1]

  5. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#5)

  4. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#1) [1 Week At #1]

  3. Adele – Hello (#14)

  2. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#4)

  1. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#2) [3rd Week At #1]

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself (–27)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: One Direction – Perfect (+20)

New Entrants

~ We got a re-entry this week from Echosmith – Let's Love. So only one new entrant for the second consecutive week.

~ Our one new entrant comes from newcomer, Audien, featuring the returning country group, Lady Antebellum. It's an interesting collab, since Audien brought a country group into an EDM track. But I absolutely love how it turned out. Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley's voices have always sounded really good together, and they still do. Something Better is a perfect example of a catchy song with a cool beat and a nice duo of voices that sound awesome together. I hope to see this song do well on the charts because frankly, it deserves recognition.

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

• Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up
• Ariana Grande – Focus
• Nico & Vinz/Bebe Rexha – That's How You Know
• MØ – Kamikaze
• Flo Rida – My House
• Tove Lo – Moments
• DNCE – Cake By The Ocean
• Rachel Platten – Stand By You
• Sam Hunt – House Party
• Drake – Hotline Bling
• Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me
• Charlie Puth – One Call Away
• Justin Bieber – Sorry
• Jacob Whitesides – Secrets
• ZZ Ward – Love 3X

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me

2. Flo Rida – My House

3. Justin Bieber – Sorry

4. Ariana Grande – Focus

5. Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up

Let's Blurb While We're Young

~ Adele – Hello is at #3 on its second week on the countdown. It has a good shot at hitting #1 on its third week, which will make it the shortest number of weeks for a song to obtain the #1 spot. That's probably what will end up happening.

~ Although Hello made that quick jump to #3, Elle King – Ex's & Oh's rose to #2 this week, which is a lot higher than I thought this song could go. It's possible that this song can hit #1, but I would say it's unlikely to happen. But hey, this is Hits 1 were talking about.

~ Hozier – Someone New and Maroon 5 – Feelings took some pretty quick drops. They're both losing popularity, so I'm expecting them both to be gone in a couple of weeks, if not next week.

~ Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love jumping to #14 is ridiculous on every level. Please get this piece of mediocre trash out of here!!!

~ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown took a surprising 13-spot tumble to #20 this week. Although I'm shocked, I'm very happy about it.

~ Panic! At The Disco – Victorious needs to rise higher! This song is my jam!!! I need it to be higher on this countdown!

~ Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself took the expected drop after the ridiculous jump last week.

~ Hits 1 doesn't seem to understand how popular and successful of a track The Weeknd – The Hills is. It's been #1 in a bunch of different charts and can't even reach the Top 10 here, very similar to Earned It from earlier this year.

~ Adam Lambert – Ghost Town back in the Top 20? I definitely allow it.

~ Ed Sheeran – Photograph and Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance need to leave the Top 10. I'm really sick of these songs and I don't know who could possibly still be voting for them.

~ Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand jumping to #27 this week is unbelievable.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Go find out if Renegades will hold #1 for a fifth week in a row and seventh week overall!

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/11/hit-45-chart-week-of-november-7-2015.html

~ Although I love all the comments that appear in my posts, I am setting down a new commenting rule. When you comment, please refrain from having like 100 spaces in your comments. It makes it harder and takes longer to scroll down, especially when these posts rack up over 300 comments. It's also kind of annoying. So please don't do that. Anyone who chooses to ignore this and do it anyway will have their comment deleted because frankly, it's irritating at times. So yeah. I just wanted to put that out there. This is your warning. Although, I'm not requiring you to do this next thing, I will appreciate it if you show some maturity in your comments by not having your caps lock on the entire time. By that, I mean have some lowercase letters and not have your comments in all caps. I will begin doing this things as well so I don't look like a hypocrite. But some maturity in the comment section would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!

~ This Week's Most Missed Song: Tinie Tempah/Eric Turner – Written In The Stars

My Top 5 Picks

1. X Ambassadors – Renegades

2. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious

3. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better

4. The Weeknd – The Hills

5. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town