One Direction (1) – Week Of January 23, 2016

I'm so tired of winter at this point. I can't stand all these extremely cold days, especially since they're not cold enough to cancel school. Yet I still freeze my ass off every single day. Now as far as the countdown goes, we're not doing so well. One-third of the countdown (15 songs) is looking really bad. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You (#32)
• Nick Jonas – Levels (#42) [x2]

Last Week's #1 Song: Demi Lovato – Confident

The Countdown

45. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (#20)

44. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#37)

43. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#44)

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

41. Tove Lo – Moments (#39)

40. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (#43)

39. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#31)

38. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#41)

37. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#27)

36. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#34) [1 Week At #1]

35. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#19)

34. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#16)

33. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#29) [1 Week At #1]

32. Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up (DEBUT)

31. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#33) [12 Weeks At #1]

30. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#30) [1 Week At #1]

29. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (#24)

28. MØ – Kamikaze (#36)

27. Halsey – New Americana (#21)

26. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#22)

25. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets (DEBUT)

24. Adele – When We Were Young (#35)

23. The Vamps – Wake Up (#40)

22. Nelly/Jeremih – The Fix (#38)

21. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#28)

20. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#23)

19. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#25)

18. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#26)

17. Sam Hunt – House Party (#15)

16. Daya – Hide Away (#18)

15. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#11)

14. Alessia Cara – Here (#14)

13. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#17)

12. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#9)

11. The Weeknd – In The Night (#12)

10. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#6) [3 Weeks At #1]

  9. Flo Rida – My House (#7)

  8. Adele – Hello (#5) [9 Weeks At #1]

  7. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#8)

  6. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#13)

  5. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#10) [1 Week At #1]

  4. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#3)

  3. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#4)

  2. Demi Lovato – Confident (#1) [1 Week At #1]

  1. One Direction – Perfect (#2) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Fall Out Boy – Centuries

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (–25)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Vamps – Wake Up (+17)

New Entrants
~ Long-time Hit-Bound veteran Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets has finally made its way on to the countdown. We haven't heard from Lorde in quite a while. So it's nice to see her making a return. This song is really catchy. I'm a fan of Disclosure. I think the production on almost all their songs sound very interesting and catchy. Although a lot of their songs kind of sound the same in that aspect, they all still sound catchy. Magnets is no different. I hope this song does well.

~ Our other entrant just so happens to be another long-time Hit-Bound veteran. I'm a pretty big fan of Conrad Sewell ever since I first listened to his song with Kygo called Firestone. When I was at the 103.5 KISS FM iHeartRadio Jingle Ball last month, Conrad Sewell was one of the performers. His vocal ability stands out from everyone else out there nowadays. I really think Hold Me Up does have some of those moments where his voice stands out. I can understand why people may dislike this song. But Conrad Sewell does have talent.

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

• Lukas Graham – 7 Years
• David Guetta/Sia/Fetty Wap – Bang My Head
• Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
• Tryon – Somebody To Love Me
• Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night
• One Direction – History
• Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime
• Pitbull/Osmani Garcia/Lil Jon – El Taxi
• Tori Kelly – Hollow
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart
• Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move
• Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself
• Panic! At The Disco – Victorious
• BØRNS – Electric Love*
• Jacob Whitesides – Secrets*

*When I checked DogstarRadio, these songs did not show up, but there were only 13 songs. So I am assuming these songs are still on Hit-Bound.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night

2. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart

3. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself

4. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move

5. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious

El Blurbs

~ I will scream out of anger if Selena Gomez – Same Old Love hits #1. Keep Perfect and Confident at the top if necessary. Just don't let Same Old Love get any higher than it already is.

~ I did not see DNCE – Cake By The Ocean as a Top 10 song. But I still like it. So I don't really care.

~ Ouch. Moments is in the Bottom 5 on its third week. Like I said, I won't be devastated if it left. It simply will not be remembered a month after its departure.

~ Daya – Hide Away is extremely annoying at this point. Let's get it out of the countdown very soon please!

~ Adele – When We Were Young is back in the mid-20's. I really hope this song can drop again. It is the most boring and uninteresting song currently on the countdown with One Call Away coming in second.

~ I'm getting sick of Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer. It doesn't have anything interesting to it anymore. I actually want it to leave soon.

~ Speaking of Shawn Mendes, I officially don't like Stitches anymore. It hurts to put a Shawn Mendes song in red. But this one has been way too overplayed and has been an instant station changer for quite a while now.

~ Let's get Wildest Dreams, Worth It, Can't Feel My Face, Like I'm Gonna Lose You, and more off the countdown soon! These songs are very annoying at this point.

~ There are no bad songs on Hit-Bound.

~ The Song Wars Round 2 Results have been posted and the Round 3 Voting survey is now up! You can find that stuff on the tab titled "2015/2016 Song Wars" along the right side of this website.

~ The Hit 45 Chart is currently being worked on. I will inform you in the comment section when it is complete.

~ Most Missed Countdown Song: Mika/Ariana Grande – Popular Song

~ #1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Tinashe/Chris Brown – Player

~ Notice how my Top 5 Picks did not change at all this week.

My Top 5 Picks

1. Justin Bieber – Sorry

2. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible

3. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out

4. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better

5. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods

My Bottom 5 Picks

1. MØ – Kamikaze

2. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love

3. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You

4. Alessia Cara – Here

5. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams