Adele (1) – Week Of August 27, 2016

There really isn't that much going on in the land of music at the moment. Tomorrow night is the MTV Video Music Awards. So I'm probably going to watch that even though the performance lineup doesn't excite me very much. Because of that, I'm not going to do a review. Plus, I'm also really busy and I have other posts that I'm behind on that I need to work on. I may give some short opinions in the comment section. But this year, it doesn't seem like something worthy of an entire post. No songs leaving the countdown this week. So let's get right into the countdown.


Last Week's #1 Song: Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling
The Countdown
45. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (#43)
44. Kent Jones – Don't Mind (#45)
43. Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness (#44)
42. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#32) [4 Weeks At #1]
41. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go (#41)
40. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#40)
39. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#37)
38. Meghan Trainor – No (#31)
37. The Summer Set – Figure Me Out (#30)
36. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#38) [2 Weeks At #1]
35. Symon – Say (#42)
34. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#39) [1 Week At #1]
33. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#34)
32. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#29)
31. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#36) [2 Weeks At #1]
30. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#27) [5 Weeks At #1]
29. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#25)
28. Jordan Fisher – All About Us (#26)
27. DNCE – Toothbrush (#13)
26. Fifth Harmony – All In My Head (Flex) (#18)
25. AJR – I'm Not Famous (#19)
24. All Time Low – Missing You (#22)
23. Lukas Graham – Mama Said (#21)
22. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire (#35)
21. Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance (#28)
20. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#20)
19. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#24)
18. Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick (#23)
17. Demi Lovato – Body Say (#16)
16. Timeflies – Once In A While (#33)
15. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#14)
14. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#8)
13. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#17)
12. Meghan Trainor – Me Too (#10)
11. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#11)
10. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#7)
  9. The 1975 – The Sound (#15)
  8. Ariana Grande – Into You (#12)
  7. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#9)
  6. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#6)
  5. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#3)
  4. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1) [9 Weeks At #1]
  3. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#4)
  2. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#5)
  1. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#2) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: DNCE – Toothbrush (–14)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Timeflies – Once In A While (+17)

Setting The Blurbs On Fire
~ Huh. Adele at #1. I guess it could be worse. I'm very thankful that Ride has hit such a peak and I hope to god that it never will. I'd like to see it start dropping the next couple of weeks.

~ Speaking of Adele, I've been listening to Rumor Has It quite a few times this week and I did hear Set Fire To The Rain one morning earlier this week on Hits 1. It's really these two songs that I like to hear from Adele. Send My Love is just simply not as good in my opinion.

~ The 1975 – The Sound isn't necessarily Top 10-worthy. I still find this one not very interesting and rather boring. But that's just me. Clearly there are people who really love this song enough to vote it into the Top 10.

~ In another Top 10 news, Ariana Grande – Into You managed to rise into the Top 10 pretty quickly. Now this one I can live with as opposed to the inferior Dangerous Woman, which thankfully has taken a drop out of the Top 30.

~ It's hard for me to process the fact that Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close is still here. Do people actually still listen to this song? I don't hate it (yet). But that's mainly because I haven't listened to this song in......I don't know......a couple of months?

~ I get rather annoyed when people say that Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For is one of the songs of the summer. Speaking on the behalf of the EDM genre overall, I do have to say that This Is What You Came For is an embarrassment to EDM. It's kind of sad that a lazier drop like the one used in this song is what will grab peoples' attention instead of a really cool, energetic drop like the ones used in Summer and Blame.

~ I'm not exactly okay with X Ambassadors – Unsteady hitting the same peak as Renegades. Not just because I'm sick of this song, but the song itself is just not as good. I actually disliked Unsteady at first and it took me a while to actually grow into the song, whereas with Renegades, I pretty much loved it ever since the first listen. I mean, the least this station could do is play the Erich Lee Gravity remix from the Me Before You soundtrack as I do think that one is more interesting and brings a little more life to the song.

~ Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick took a nice jump into the Top 20. I do indeed find myself singing the chorus of this song to myself at the most random times. I'm serious when I say that this chorus is pretty infectious.

~ Thankfully, Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness did not make it as big as her previous singles. Now it's just a matter of getting it out of the countdown as it is taking up a spot that could occupied by a better song.

~ Timeflies – Once In A While made a nice comeback after being last week's Biggest DROP!!!.... of the Week. I do still enjoy this song and I think it deserves the love its been getting on this countdown.

~ So The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer has apparently hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. While I'm kind of shocked about it, I'm definitely happy about it. It really does deserve this kind of success. While it may not be as good as Roses, I still find it to be really catchy and I'll be jamming out to it for a while.

~ The Hit 45 Chart is once again being worked on. I'm hoping this doesn't become a new thing for this chart to be late every week. But every Friday, I am just exhausted from a busy week and I end up falling asleep earlier than I usually do. I'm hoping I can get the chart out tomorrow or Monday. So patience is key.

Top 20 Review:
0 – Crap:
NONE

1 – Bad:
20. Twenty One Pilots – Ride

2 – Mediocre:
19. X Ambassadors – Unsteady
18. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
17. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty
16. The 1975 – The Sound
15. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
14. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

3 – Decent:
NONE

4 – Good:
13. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys
12. Meghan Trainor – Me Too

5 – Great:
11. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling
10. Ariana Grande – Into You
9. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down
8. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore
7. Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick
6. Timeflies – Once In A While
5. Demi Lovato – Body Say
4. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better
3. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
2. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

Overall Score: 76/100


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Lady Gaga – Alejandro

Most Missed Countdown Song: Adele – Set Fire To The Rain

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (not much new music lately)

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: One Direction – Drag Me Down


My Top 5 Picks
1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
2. Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
3. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
4. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go
5. Fifth Harmony – All In My Head (Flex)