Justin Timberlake (10) – Week Of September 3, 2016

So the MTV VMA's were on last weekend and I have to say, I was pretty disappointed. Really only half of Rihanna's 4 or 5 appearances on stage were good and I thought Britney Spears and G-Eazy were good. That's it. Everyone else including Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Nick Jonas, Future, and more I found to be really boring. None of them really stood out as amazing. The hosts were also beyond obnoxious. And I think the biggest mind-boggling statement said was when Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps said that he always found Future to be "inspirational". I could not disagree any more. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Jordan Fisher – All About Us (#28)
• OneRepublic – Wherever I Go (#41)
• Kent Jones – Don't Mind (#44)
• Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

The Countdown

45. Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness (#43)

44. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#39)

43. Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance (#21)

42. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#36) [2 Weeks At #1]

41. Timeflies – Once In A While (#16)

40. Katy Perry – Rise (DEBUT)

39. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#42) [4 Weeks At #1]

38. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#40)

37. Meghan Trainor – No (#38)

36. The Strumbellas – Spirits (DEBUT)

35. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#33)

34. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#7)

33. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#32)

32. The Summer Set – Figure Me Out (#37)

31. Flume/Kai – Never Be Like You (DEBUT)

30. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#29)

29. Fifth Harmony – All In My Head (Flex) (#26)

28. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#34) [1 Week At #1]

27. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#31) [2 Weeks At #1]

26. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#30) [5 Weeks At #1]

25. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (DEBUT)

24. DNCE – Toothbrush (#27)

23. Meghan Trainor – Me Too (#12)

22. All Time Low – Missing You (#24)

21. Lukas Graham – Mama Said (#23)

20. Symon – Say (#35)

19. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire (#22)

18. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#15)

17. Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick (#18)

16. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#19)

15. AJR – I'm Not Famous (#25)

14. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#20)

13. Demi Lovato – Body Say (#17)

12. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#13)

11. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#14)

10. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#11)

  9. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#10)

  8. Ariana Grande – Into You (#8)

  7. The 1975 – The Sound (#9)

  6. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#6)

  5. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#4)

  4. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#2)

  3. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#1) [1 Week At #1]

  2. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#5)

  1. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#4) [10^th Week At #1]

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: X Ambassadors – Unsteady (–27)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Symon – Say (+15)

New Entrants
~ I really did expect a little more out of a Katy Perry comeback single. Rise comes nowhere near her best work. It's certainly not a bad song, but it is a little unappealing at certain moments. I think my favorite part is the build-up that leads into the chorus. But that's about it. I'm not really loving the chorus. Plus, I think we've already gotten enough self-empowerment songs from Katy Perry. We've already had two become big hits, both of which I did not like. I certainly do not have a problem with self-empowerment songs, but when I'm looking for one, Katy Perry isn't exactly my go-to artist. Overall, I don't love this song, but I don't hate it either. It's kind of just there. It's a little bit of a disappointment for a Katy Perry comeback.

~ At first, I always thought the beat in Never Be Like You was very similar to My Love by Justin Timberlake. The beat is one of the main reasons why I like Never Be Like You. It's not amazing in the vocal department, but this is one of those songs where the beat is enough to engage me and make me like the song. I don't really have much else to say about it. I can't really see it lasting very long here, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

~ The Strumbellas – Spirits didn't really interest me very much at first. I found it to really only be an okay song and I would just brush it to the side. But now after more listens, I've come to realize that it's actually a pretty good song. It's nice to see Hits 1 bring in a variety of different genres, with this being a more alternative-indie type song. It's another one of those songs where I listen to it, the chorus just does not leave my head. I'll typically find myself singing the chorus to myself. Is this song amazing? No, not really. But do I enjoy it and find it catchy? Hell yeah! But I do think that people who say they don't like this song (or don't care about it) need to give it some time and they'll possibly grow into it at some point in time.

~ Finally we have the return of Major Lazer with Cold Water featuring Justin Bieber and MØ. It's definitely not as good as Lean On from last year, but this song is really catchy in its own way. It does take a few listens to really grow into the drop and I now find it pretty catchy. Justin Bieber really does do a great job on this song with the vocals. I'm glad he carried most of the vocals and that we really only had one verse from MØ, mainly because I don't love her voice. I thought she did a better job singing on Lean On. But on this song and especially her solo music, her voice definitely gets annoying at times. So I'm glad Justin handles most of the song. Overall, I'm enjoying it. It's not the best I've heard from each of these artists and I can see myself getting sick of it at some point. But for now, I find it really catchy and I'm curious as to how it will do on this countdown.


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

• Snakehips/Zayn – Cruel
• Nick Jonas – Bacon
• Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners – This Girl
• OneRepublic – Kids
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey – The Little Things
• Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes
• Kiiara – Gold
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara – Wild
• Magic! – Red Dress
• Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving
• Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon – Back 2 U
• Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
• Mike Posner – Be As You Are
• MKTO – Superstitious

~ Bacon is not really that exciting of a song. I found Nick Jonas' VMA performance of it pretty boring and I'm not loving the song. It's no Jealous or Chains for me unfortunately.

~ I'm unsure whether or not Hits 1 plays the JordanXL remix of Be As You Are. If so, it'd be in green because it is catchy. If not, it'd be in blue because I find the original a little boring and not as exciting, but not horrible.

~ Gold is just straight up annoying. I don't get what people find appealing about this song. And if a song is really that amazing, you should not have to discount your song to 69 cents on iTunes to get people to buy it. I pray that this song does not become a massive hit because it will not be pretty if it does.

~ Finally we have the best debut this week coming from Panic! At The Disco with Death Of A Bachelor. It's songs like these that really showcase Brendon Urie's incredible voice. That's really the main reason why I love this song.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon – Back 2 U

2. OneRepublic – Kids

3. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor

4. Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners – This Girl

5. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving

Never Blurb Like You

~ Cheap Thrills jumping to #2 this week is actually a little annoying. This song is still on every freakin' time I have the radio on. Don't radio DJ's get tired of playing songs like this one at some point? I would appreciate if this song made its way down towards the bottom of the countdown because frankly, it's really getting on my nerves.

~ I think 10 weeks at #1 for Can't Stop The Feeling is really pushing it. It's really not that amazing of a song. I still find songs like Mirrors to be better, yet that one didn't even make it on to this countdown for whatever unknown reason. I do still like this song in a way, but I don't find it worthy of spending 10 whole weeks at #1. This station is overrating this song a lot more than other stations and charts.

~ The huge jump from Symon – Say was completely unnecessary. I still think this song is just downright annoying. We have better songs on this countdown that are getting underrated and out of all the songs to hop into the Top 20, we have the annoying Say. Can we please just get rid of this song?!

~ I'm not too surprised about One Dance taking that huge drop to #43 this week. This is not the first time where Hits 1 underrates one of the biggest songs at the moment. But at least it's here. 2013 was the big year where Hits 1 completely missed some of the biggest songs like Justin Timberlake – Mirrors, Rihanna/Mikky Ekko – Stay, Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball, and probably more.

~ Demi Lovato – Body Say is not really sticking with me as long as I was hoping it would. It's also not really a huge hit on other countdowns. It's definitely not easy to make a song that does as well as some of her biggest hits like Heart Attack and Cool For The Summer. As far as Body Say goes, I can't really picture peaking in the Top 10. It might, just because it's Demi Lovato, but not necessarily because it's one of the Top 10 songs in North America.

~ It's pretty interesting that the superior All In My Head is doing rather poorly on this countdown compared to the inferior Work From Home. I do think that All In My Head deserves more than what it's getting. But I guess the voters disagree.

~ I still want to see All Time Low – Missing You hit a peak in the Top 20 at the very least. It's just one of the songs that you start to enjoy after some more listens to it. At least that's how it went for me. I'm enjoying this one and while it's still not as good as Something's Gotta Give, it has earned the honor of being on my Apple Music playlist. I'm hoping it can stick around for just a little bit longer and like I said, maybe peak in the Top 20.

~ Hits 1 still refuses to let Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out drop below #30. They're pretty much just doing whatever they can do to keep Stressed Out as high as possible without interfering with Heathens. We've all had good times with this song, but the overrating this song seriously needs to stop. It was enjoyable for the first few months of it being here. But now it's just old.

~ X Ambassadors – Unsteady clearly did not last long in the Top 10 as it took a hard 27-spot drop to #34 this week. Yikes. I am tired of this song, but I don't know if this huge of a drop was necessary.

~ As far as our exits go, one made me sad and one made me happy. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go dropping out was definitely sad as I still really enjoy that song. Definitely one of the most underrated OneRepublic songs out there. Hopefully Kids doesn't do the same. But the exit from Kent Jones – Don't Mind was very pleasing. Unfortunately, I just can't get with any of the rap music we've gotten this year. It's all the same lazy, hard-to-understand, and just downright annoying songs we've been getting and it really makes this genre look bad. While I do hate this song, it's nowhere near the extreme of my hate towards Desiigner – Panda, which is without a doubt the worst song of the year in my book.

~ The Hit 45 Chart is currently being worked on. Hopefully I'll have it out for you guys tomorrow or Monday.

Top 20 Review:
0 – Crap:
20. AJR – I'm Not Famous

1 – Bad:
19. Symon – Say
18. Twenty One Pilots – Ride
17. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For

2 – Mediocre:
16. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty
15. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
14. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down
13. The 1975 – The Sound

3 – Decent:
12. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
11. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore

4 – Good:
10. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire
9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys

5 – Great:
8. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling
7. Ariana Grande – Into You
6. Demi Lovato – Body Say
5. Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick
4. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better
3. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
2. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

Overall Score: 65/100


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Filter – Take A Picture

Most Missed Countdown Song: Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Wrabel – 11 Blocks

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer


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. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water
5. Fifth Harmony – All In My Head (Flex)

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Lukas Graham – Mama Said
2. AJR – I'm Not Famous
3. Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness
4. Meghan Trainor – No
5. Symon – Say