Justin Timberlake (2) – Week Of June 11, 2016

So I'm hoping that very soon, I can post an update post where I discuss everything that's going to happening with this blog and my plan with it. Now that I'm out of school, I have a ton of time to do things for this blog. But yeah, I'm hoping to have an update post for you guys tomorrow. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#35)
• Tryon – Somebody To Love Me (#36)
• Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#41)

Last Week's #1 Song: Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling

The Countdown

45. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#39)

44. Elle King – America's Sweetheart (#43)

43. Rihanna/Drake – Work (#44)

42. Gwen Stefani – Make Me Like You (#45)

41. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, and I (#42)

40. Adele – Hello (#40) [12 Weeks At #1]

39. Jason Derulo – If It Ain't Love (#22)

38. Meghan Trainor – No (#31)

37. The Weeknd – In The Night (#30)

36. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (#29)

35. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#38)

34. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#32)

33. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (DEBUT)

32. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#33) [2 Weeks At #1]

31. Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness (DEBUT)

30. The Summer Set – Figure Me Out (#27)

29. Zara Larsson/MNEK – Never Forget You (#13)

28. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go (#37)

27. Grace – You Don't Own Me (#26)

26. Troye Sivan – Youth (#14)

25. Meghan Trainor – Me Too (DEBUT)

24. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (#23)

23. Flo Rida – My House (#9) [1 Week At #1]

22. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#28)

21. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#18)

20. Timeflies – Once In A While (#24)

19. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#21)

18. Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias – Messin' Around (#34)

17. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (#5)

16. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#16)

15. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#19)

14. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart (#10)

13. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#25)

12. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#17)

11. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#20)

10. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#15)

  9. James Bay – Let It Go (#6)

  8. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#11)

  7. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#8) [4 Weeks At #1]

  6. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#4) [5 Weeks At #1]

  5. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#7)

  4. One Direction – History (#2)

  3. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#12) [1 Week At #1]

  2. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#3) [1 Week At #1]

  1. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1) [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Jason Derulo – If It Ain't Love (–17)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias – Messin' Around (+16)

New Entrants
~ Yuck. More Selena Gomez was the last thing this countdown needed. Kill Em With Kindness is really not that much better than Hands To Myself. At least she actually sings in this one as opposed to whispering. But the whistling after the chorus is beyond annoying. We are four singles into this album and looking at them long-term, none of them are actually good. I actually forced myself to skim the rest of the album to see if they were ever any moments of light and shockingly, there was. I really hope Me & The Rhythm is the next single if there's going to be one. That one is actually pretty good. But when it comes to Selena Gomez, it seems that nothing can top the infectious 2011 hit, Love You Like A Love Song, which will probably forever be my favorite song from her. She came close to topping that with singles from Stars Dance (i.e. Come & Get It, Slow Down, etc.), but didn't quite get there.

~ Last we heard from Sia was I believe 2015 (last year I guess) when Elastic Heart was unfortunately stranded on Hit-Bound and never made it on to the countdown, which sucks because I liked that song. She's here this week with Cheap Thrills featuring the artist I've long awaited a comeback from, Sean Paul. Cheap Thrills right off the bat is nothing extraordinary from Sia, not like Chandelier was when that first came out. This one is a lot more radio-friendly and while that's certainly not a bad thing, it's not necessarily the best of Sia. That's my only criticism with this song. Aside from that, Sia does a really nice job on the vocals and I think the song was well written simply being about how you can have fun without money, which I can agree with in a way. Sean Paul did a flawless job on his verse as usual. I'm usually never disappointed with anything he does. Overall, I do like this song, but I don't think it'll stick with me in the long run the way Wild Ones, Titanium, and even Chandelier have.

~ It's possible that my official guilty pleasure of 2016 has debuted this week in the form of Meghan Trainor – Me Too. Last year I'm not sure if I had one, but my guilty pleasure from 2014 was without a doubt Nicki Minaj – Anaconda. I enjoyed that song as wrong as it felt. With Meghan Trainor's new single, I don't know what it is but I just find Me Too to be a really catchy song. Her vocals really aren't any better than they usually are. It's probably that chorus that I can never get out of my head. It's got me saying, "If I was you, I'd wanna be me too," at the most random moments ever. I haven't necessarily had good history with Meghan Trainor music, but this single is pretty damn catchy. I have to admit it. I can't make any promises as to whether or not this song will actually stick with me because I had a similar initial reaction with No, and I'm pretty much done with that song. But for now, I will just enjoy Me Too while that chorus goes on and on in my head.

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

• Symon – Say
• Ruth B. – Lost Boy
• Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore
• Flo Rida/Jason Derulo – Hello Friday
• Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj – No Broken Hearts
• Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better
• The 1975 – The Sound
• Kent Jones – Don't Mind
• Magic!/Sean Paul – Lay You Down Easy
• Disturbed – The Sound of Silence
• Alessia Cara – Wild Things
• Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick
• DNCE – Toothbrush
• Alesso/Nico & Vinz – I Wanna Know

~ Magic!/Sean Paul – Lay You Down Easy is not going to debut the countdown. I just can't see it happening.

~ Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick is a big step up from his last Hit-Bound song, Secrets. I actually like this one quite a bit.

~ My celebrity crush at this very moment, Shawn Mendes, is back with a new single, Treat You Better, that should definitely debut soon. That's all I'm gonna say.

~ Anything involving Nico & Vinz just has to be good. I Wanna Know is exactly that. Awesome job, Alesso.

~ Hello Friday and Wild Things both seem like songs that should've been on here a while ago, but I still think they're good songs.

~ Kent Jones – Don't Mind is straight up trash. Enough said.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj – No Broken Hearts

2. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

3. Disturbed – The Sound of Silence

4. Alesso/Nico & Vinz – I Wanna Know

5. Flo Rida/Jason Derulo – Hello Friday

Kill Em With Blurbs

~ Ugh. Bad enough we had mediocrity in the form of Kill Em With Kindness debuting, but Hands To Myself jumping back into the Top 10? That's just wrong.

~ Soooooo Work From Home is in the Top 5? Okay then......

~ Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk took another well deserved drop out of the Top 10. Now hopefully, it will actually move down farther. That'd be nice.

~ Rihanna/Drake – Work has been hanging towards the bottom of the countdown much longer than towards the top. I still really hate this song, so maybe next week will be the week where it finally leaves.

~ Yikes. Zara Larsson/MNEK – Never Forget You took quite a bit of a drop after its jump to #13 last week.

~ P!nk – Just Like Fire is finally making some well deserved jumps. Maybe next week, we can see it in the Top 10.

~ Jason Derulo – If It Ain't Love made quite a surprising drop this week. This song is getting a less interesting now, so I would definitely be okay with it leaving next week.

~ Yes, I grew back into Rachel Platten – Stand By You, and of course this is the week where it leaves. Just awesome.

~ It's nice to see that people have voted Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza  back into the Top 10. I would love if it moves a little higher and replaces some of the mediocrity in the Top 5.

~ Something tells me we're going to have Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling at #1 for a long while. Brace yourselves, everyone. This song will be overplayed in no time.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Coldplay can hold at #1 for a second week in a row and a seventh time overall with Hymn For The Weekend!
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/06/hit-45-chart-week-of-june-11-2016.html

~ I'm sure by now, everyone has heard about the death of The Voice alumni, Christina Grimmie. She came in 3^rd place on the Season 6 of The Voice and she was really talented. Just recently, she was shot after one of her concerts while signing autographs. Things like this just break my heart. I can't even imagine what her friends and family are going through right now. She was 22 years old and had a great life ahead of her. But of course, the gun violence is unfortunately not over as there was another shooting in Orlando, Florida at a gay nightclub. 50 were dead and over 50 were injured. This world just keeps getting worse and worse and it's heartbreaking that we still have gun violence to this day. I don't want to go any deeper into this topic because I could probably go on about it for hours. But that's just a little bit into actual news.

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Coldplay – Paradise

Most Missed Countdown Song: Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MØ – Lean On

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Rachel Platten – Better Place

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack – Hey Mama

My Top 5 Picks
1. Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
2. P!nk – Just Like Fire
3. Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias – Messin' Around
4. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go
5. Meghan Trainor – Me Too