The Chainsmokers (7) – Week Of November 26, 2016

Hey guys! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I'm sure we all have a lot to be thankful for. The 2016 American Music Awards were last week and I did post my reviews of the performances for those that are unaware. Go check that out if you haven't already. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

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

Last Week's #1 Song: The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

The Countdown

45. Nick Jonas – Bacon (#44)

44. Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion (#43)

43. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#38)

42. Calvin Harris – My Way (#45)

41. Demi Lovato – Body Say (#39)

40. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#40)

39. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#42)

38. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#32)

37. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#35) [5 Weeks At #1]

36. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#37)

35. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#33) [1 Week At #1]

34. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#41) [2 Weeks At #1]

33. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#31) [10 Weeks At #1]

32. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#30) [3 Weeks At #1]

31. Train – Play That Song (DEBUT)

30. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#14)

29. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire (#27)

28. Runaground – Chase You Down (#28)

27. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (#23)

26. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest (#16)

25. DNCE – Body Moves (#21)

24. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl (#22)

23. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#19)

22. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#18)

21. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#6)

20. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love (#34)

19. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#29)

18. Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#26)

17. Niall Horan – This Town (#13)

16. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight (#24)

15. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know (#10)

14. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy (#20)

13. Bastille – Good Grief (#17)

12. Ariana Grande – Into You (#9)

11. OneRepublic – Kids (#8)

10. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#11)

  9. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (#25)

  8. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#7)

  7. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes (#15)

  6. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic (#12)

  5. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#3) [1 Week At #1]

  4. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#2)

  3. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#5)

  2. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#4) [1 Week At #1]

  1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#1) [7^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Adele – Hello

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (+16)

New Entrants
~ Our lone new entrant new this week is the resurrection of Train, who we have not heard from since 2013. You can definitely consider me a Train fan. I enjoyed some of the singles from California 37, including Drive By, Mermaid, and Bruises. I also loved Hey, Soul Sister from 2010. So they've pretty much always been on my good side. Play That Song is definitely a little slower than the norm, not that that's necessarily a bad thing. I still find it to be a very interesting listen. I did put it in green, but it was on the edge between green and blue. So it could definitely change within the next couple weeks. But for the time being, I'm enjoying it. It's still fresh and new.


Play That Blurb
~ We had a lot of things happen this week. Some good, some bad. One of the good things that happened was the massive jump into the Top 10 from Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor. I still really love this song, so it's very nice to see a quick recovery after that 10-spot drop to #25 last week.

~ Unfortunately, we also see some jumps into the Top 10 from Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes and Bruno Mars – 24K Magic. I'm not pleased with either of these. One is really boring and the other is just straight up annoying. The latter unfortunately may not be leaving anytime soon, so I'll just have to learn to put up with it.

~ Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend took a pretty quick drop out of the Top 20 from #6 last week. Not a good fall. I would be extremely disappointed by this, but it has a spent a good amount of time in the Top 10. So I'm happy about that.

~ The continuous jumps and drops from X Ambassadors – Unsteady is getting more and more annoying. I honestly never thought this would become one of those songs that just keeps jumping back into the Top 20 whenever it feels like it. We have better songs that should be occupying that spot.

~ Meanwhile, Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest is dropping so fast like nobody's business. Sure, I may be extremely tired of Cheap Thrills, but that doesn't mean I don't want The Greatest to have the same kind of success. I still really enjoy this song and it pains me to see it dropping like this. Sia and Kendrick Lamar are both talented individuals. This song deserves a reasonable amount of success.

~ Jon Bellion – All Time Low managed to make the jump into the Top 20 this week. So that's good. It's really nice to see his music have some success, especially since he's not like your everyday pop singer. Now let's keep voting for it to get it up even higher!

~ Also in the Top 20, we have Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight and Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love. I am very excited to see the latter getting some success, and I'm happy with the former too.

~ Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire has lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. And I'm definitely happy about that. It has gotten a lot better since the first listen. Will this song make my Top 45 of the year? It's possible. But I can't ensure anything 100%.

~ I don't know if anyone was expecting the massive drop from Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water. I sure wasn't. I do still like this song, but I'm not totally heartbroken by this. I have listened to this song quite a bit and my interest in it is very slowly fading away.

~ I still find it very pleasing to see Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza break out of the Bottom 5. Frankly, I'm even surprised at how much this song is sticking with me. Like I legitimately cannot get sick of it. It's still going strong on this countdown and I'd like to see it continue like that maybe even until the beginning of 2017.

~ I'm willing to bet that Demi Lovato – Body Say and 5 Seconds of Summer – Girls Talk Boys never air during the week. It's already strange enough that they're still here considering they were never really massive hits on other charts. But Hits 1 just doesn't want to let them go for whatever reason.

~ Speaking of songs that were never really massive hits on other charts, Taylor Swift – New Romantics makes its official departure this week. Though it was not loved as much by other radio stations, it was definitely loved by Hits 1. It's safe to say that this is the end for the 1989 run. That album certainly had a good run. It had seven singles and it only one of those singles did not hit #1. This album contained the single that broke Hits 1's record for most weeks at #1 (Shake It Off) and there were some singles that I still really enjoy to this day (Blank Space, Bad Blood, Out Of The Woods). New Romantics will definitely be remembered as one of those singles I just could not get sick of. Thank you for your service. 1989, you were a great album.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is being worked on and I will try to get that out as soon as possible.

Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
19. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty

1 – Bad:
18. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes

2 – Mediocre:
17. X Ambassadors – Unsteady
16. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

3 – Decent:
15. Bastille – Good Grief
14. Ariana Grande – Into You

4 – Good:
13. Niall Horan – This Town
12. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight

5 – Great:
11. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
10. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving
9. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know
8. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
7. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love
6. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful
5. OneRepublic – Kids
4. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy
3. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
2. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You
1. Jon Bellion – All Time Low

Total Score: 74/100


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Green Day – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Most Missed Countdown Song: Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Pentatonix – Hallelujah

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between Justin Bieber – Sorry and Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better


My Top 5 Picks
1. TIE: Jon Bellion – All Time Low
1. TIE: Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
3. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You
4. Runaground – Chase You Down
5. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor

2016 American Music Awards Performance Reviews

So this past Sunday night was when the American Music Awards took place. It was hosted by Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharaoh. I actually did really enjoy these two as hosts. Although I never did a review for the MTV Video Music Awards a few months ago, I did find those hosts to be extremely obnoxious. And it just wasn't a good show overall, so I didn't want to waste my time writing what would've probably ended up being a rant-it-out post. But with the AMA's, it was actually really entertaining. I thought we had good hosts that were actually pretty funny. Jay Pharaoh's impressions are always hilarious and I even thought Gigi Hadid's impression of Melania Trump was on point. I may get some hate for thinking that, but honestly I at least have somewhat of a sense of humor, unlike Donald Trump when it comes to all the Saturday Night Live skits about him. But that's a whole other topic I'm not going to get into. You guys are here for performance reviews, so here they are! Enjoy!!!

• Bruno Mars – 24K Magic

Review: When I realized that Bruno Mars was gonna kick the show off, I realized that it would most certainly not be the end of the world if I were to start watching a few minutes late. I found this performance to be a good time to be on my phone. It really was not that interesting. But because I didn't actually watch much of it, that's all I really have to say.

Overall Grade: 3/10

• Niall Horan – This Town

Review: One Direction never really sounded that amazing live, so I wasn't really looking forward to how Niall was going to sound in this performance. Shockingly, he actually sounded really good. It's still a nice, cute song. But it's not really that much of an attention grabber. We had a couple of performances tonight that were really good at grabbing my attention. Unfortunately, this was not one of those. But it was still good.

Overall Grade: 7/10

• Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl

Review: Even though I don't always love Fifth Harmony's music, they got some serious moves. This performances are always fun to watch, mainly because I love their choreography and how well in-sync they are with each other. I thought their voices sounded really good. I loved their energy. They really got the place going. Overall, I thought this was a win for them. And remember how I said there were some performance that really grabbed my attention? This was one of them.

Overall Grade: 9/10

• The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

Review: So all throughout this performance, I actually thought Andrew Taggart was really attractive. But getting to the performance itself, I enjoyed it. Andrew and Halsey's voices really did sound nice together. There wasn't as much touching going on this time around as there was during their performance at the MTV VMA's from a few months back. I thought that one was a little bit more intense. That aside though, I definitely enjoyed this performance. And I still really like the song, so that definitely helps.

Overall Grade: 8.5/10

• James Bay – Let It Go

Review: This was one of those songs that I really didn't like that much at first, but with time, that opinion changes big time. One of the things that made me not like the song at first was the performance of it between James Bay and Tori Kelly at I believe the 2016 Grammy Awards. That was bad. I found James Bay's voice to be VERY irritating. Because I now really like this song, I went into this performance with a much more open mind and I assumed I was going to like it. Not the case. Unfortunately, his voice is still pretty damn annoying live. I didn't really mind the rest of it, but his voice just ruined the performance. Very unfortunate. :/

Overall Grade: 2.5/10

• Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better / Mercy

Review: First off, I'd like to comment on how cute Shawn Mendes was during this performance. He was really cute. Okay. On to the performance itself. Despite me being sick of Treat You Better, I really liked his performance of it. I liked the guitar and I thought his voice sounded really good. Then I thought his performance of Mercy was even better, mainly because I really like that song. But also because I really did feel the emotion he was conveying in his voice, which once again sounded really really good. Honestly I would've loved if it was just a little longer, not only so that I can listen to his amazing voice longer, but so that I can also look at him longer. ;) But this performance is definitely one of the top ones of the night.

Overall Grade: 10/10

• The Weeknd – Starboy

Review: This song is still one of my favorite songs at the moment, so I was definitely looking forward to this performance. And I really did enjoy it. The set was very interesting and I liked the way it changed colors. The Weeknd does have a great voice. Overall, I really enjoyed this performance. But real quick, let's flashback to last year's AMA's when The Weeknd performed The Hills. That performance was absolutely amazing and pretty much topped every single performance he has ever had and probably ever will have. But this performance of Starboy was definitely enjoyable and much better than his performance of In The Night from the Grammy's earlier this year.

Overall Grade: 8.5/10

• Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side

Review: If you keep up with my reviews of these award show performances, you'd know that I think Ariana Grande always sounds amazing live. That definitely continued with this performance. She really has one hell of a voice that I think sounded really good. And of course, what's an Ariana Grande performance without the shirtless men? Nicki Minaj sounded really good. I love seeing her perform live. I thought this fun performance overall and I love this song, so that helped make it even better. Yet another performance win for both Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. :)

Overall Grade: 9/10

• John Legend – Love Me Now

Review: I did originally think this song was kind of mediocre. But after this performance that opinion could potentially change. This performance was definitely filled with a lot of love and I think that's kind of what we needed. I think John Legend sounded pretty good live and this song is growing on me. Overall, pretty enjoyable.

Overall Grade: 8.5/10

• Twenty One Pilots – Heathens / Stressed Out

Review: I thought this performance was torture to my ears. Tyler Joseph sounds awful singing live. And it went on for the entire performance. Throughout the whole thing, all I could think about were how bad the vocals were and I couldn't focus on everything else going on. I did think it got a little better at the end. But for the most part, this performance was not good for the duo. Work on the vocals, Tyler.

Overall Grade: 1.5/10

• Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You

Review: Honestly I don't know if any of Justin Bieber's performances going forward can top his performance at last year's AMA's. His performance of Sorry last year is not really easy to top. For this performance, Justin Bieber was performing from somewhere in Europe as he is currently on tour out there. I was wondering what song he was going to perform, and I was thrilled when I realized it was going to be Let Me Love You. The perform was really fun and cool all throughout. I know pretty much all artists do this, but I kind of prefer when they don't turn the microphone to the audience. I would rather prefer to hear the artist's voice. That's really my only criticism. I know everyone does that at their concerts, but it just kind of bothered me. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed this performance. And Justin looked really cute as always. ;)

Overall Grade: 9/10

• Lady Gaga – Million Reasons

Review: First things first, I really liked the set Lady Gaga used. It was different and really interesting. And this performance is a perfect example of why I think Lady Gaga has an amazing voice. Not just in this performance, but in the song itself, she really shows off what she can do with her voice. Aside from her floppy comeback single that I did not like, she is still one of the most talented and inspirational women in the music industry. Whether you like her music or not, she has done a lot for her fans and she has been a part of many different movements to strive for equality across the country. She is an amazing person and she is very talented. This performance definitely showed it. I love this song and the performance was excellent.

Overall Grade: 10/10

• Green Day – Bang Bang

Review: I don't think many people know this about me, but I am definitely a fan of Green Day. American Idiot is probably my favorite album from them with the title track being one of my favorite songs from them along with Holiday, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, etc. They performed their single, Bang Bang, from their new album, Revolution Radio. I thought they really got the crowd going. It was loud, it was awesome, and I really liked it. And just to make things more interesting, they threw in the chant, "No Trump! No KKK! No Fascist USA!" Obviously, this is one of the biggest controversies of the entire show. But as someone who still doesn't support Trump, I was reciting that chant to myself for the rest of the night. Definitely a stand out performance. Billie Joe Armstrong's vocals were on point. Excellent use of instrumentals. This performance got me really hyped and it really brought the energy. Top notch performance if you ask me.

Overall Grade: 10/10

• Sting – I Can't Stop Thinking About You / Message In A Bottle / Every Breath You Take

Review: This performance was a little long and I was kind of zoning out here and there. I do think Sting is a very talented individual and he looks really good for his age. To be performing at 65 years old isn't always that easy. I actually even thought he was younger just by looking at him. As far as the performance goes, I thought it was pretty good. I kept an open mind since I really didn't know any of the songs and I enjoyed it. It wasn't amazing. But for a man his age, he did a pretty nice job.

Overall Grade: 7.5/10

• DJ Khaled/Nicki Minaj/Rick Ross/Future/August Alsina – Do You Mind

Review: There really wasn't anything about this performance that stood out. Sure, the song isn't as awful as I thought it would be. It was actually somewhat decent. But I caught myself zoning out several times all throughout. I liked Nicki Minaj's part, but that was pretty much it. The rest didn't grab my attention very much. Overall, it was an okay performance. It could've been better, but it definitely could've been worse.

Overall Grade: 6/10

• Maroon 5/Kendrick Lamar – Don't Wanna Know

Review: Hmmm.....this is a rather interesting performance to have at the very end. Last year, we had Justin Bieber closing out the show with a very energetic performance of his comeback singles. This song isn't exactly that brings much energy. It was good, but it didn't really stand out that much. Adam Levine's vocals weren't that amazing. I don't know. I liked it, but at the same time I question if it was a really good decision to save these guys for last. It seems like a performance that would've fit nicely somewhere in the middle. But overall, I did like it.

Overall Grade: 8/10

Alright guys! Those were my reviews for each of the performances for the 2016 American Music Awards! I definitely think that overall the show was really good. I can't even pick five performances that I thought were bad. So that's good. This was much better than the VMA's from a few months ago. But I hope you guys enjoyed reading. That's all I have for you today and I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! :)

Top 5 Performances

1. TIE: Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better / Mercy

1. TIE: Green Day – Bang Bang

3. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons

4. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl

5. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side

Bottom 5 Performances

1. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens / Stressed Out

2. James Bay – Let It Go

3. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic

4. DJ Khaled/Nicki Minaj/Rick Ross/Future/August Alsina – Do You Mind*

5. Niall Horan – This Town*

*Neither of these were actually bad. They just came next in my rankings.

The Chainsmokers (6) – Week Of November 19, 2016

Thanksgiving is approaching us very quickly. And with that comes a 5-day weekend for me. So that could be some time to get caught up on some things I'm behind on. Also, I plan to watch the American Music Awards, which will take place tomorrow night. Since I'll be watching that, I will not see The Walking Dead. So if anyone here watches The Walking Dead, please do not leave any spoilers in the comment section. I will not appreciate it if you do. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Kiiara – Gold (#39)

Last Week's #1 Song: Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

The Countdown

45. Calvin Harris – My Way (#35)

44. Nick Jonas – Bacon (#32)

43. Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion (#43)

42. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#44)

41. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#37) [2 Weeks At #1]

40. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#38)

39. Demi Lovato – Body Say (#41)

38. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#42)

37. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#45)

36. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#34) [2 Weeks At #1]

35. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#33) [5 Weeks At #1]

34. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love (DEBUT)

33. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#31) [1 Week At #1]

32. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#18)

31. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#29) [10 Weeks At #1]

30. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#28) [3 Weeks At #1]

29. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#21)

28. Runaground – Chase You Down (#20)

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

26. Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#26)

25. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (#15)

24. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight (#24)

23. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (#27)

22. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl (#16)

21. DNCE – Body Moves (#36)

20. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy (#30)

19. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#23)

18. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#22)

17. Bastille – Good Grief (#40)

16. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest (#9)

15. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes (#25)

14. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#14)

13. Niall Horan – This Town (#13)

12. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic (#11)

11. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#10)

10. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know (#8)

  9. Ariana Grande – Into You (#12)

  8. OneRepublic – Kids (#17)

  7. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#7)

  6. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#6)

  5. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#5)

  4. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#4) [1 Week At #1]

  3. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#1) [1 Week At #1]

  2. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#3)

  1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#2) [6^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Adele – Hello

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (–14)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Bastille – Good Grief (+23)

New Entrants
~ Our lone new entrant this week happens to the return of Martin Garrix. This week he brings In The Name Of Love featuring Bebe Rexha. Bebe Rexha definitely has a really strong voice like she pretty much always does. The drop is really fun and catchy. Martin Garrix (alongside being a relatively good-looking individual) is actually a really talented DJ and it's nice to hear from him again. Here's to hoping this song can become the massive hit it should be.


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

• Lukas Graham – You're Not There (DEBUT)
• Daya – Words
• Gavin DeGraw – She Sets The City On Fire
• Rihanna – Love On The Brain
• Captain Cuts – Love Like We Used To
• Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own (DEBUT)
• Dua Lipa – Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Adele – Water Under The Bridge (DEBUT)
• Train – Play That Song
• Lady Gaga – Million Reasons
• John Legend – Love Me Now
• The Summer Set – The Night Is Young
• James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go
• Shawn Mendes – Mercy

~ On a sad note, we say goodbye to Ellie Goulding – Still Falling For You this week. You served us well on Hit-Bound and you will be remembered. On a not-so-sad note, we also say goodbye to Jason Derulo – Kiss The Sky. To say this song was annoying is an understatement. To say it was so fucking annoying to the point where it was unbearable is more accurate.

~ Lukas Graham – You're Not There is without a doubt a huge step up from the mediocre and annoying Mama Said. Is anything amazing? Not really. But it is at the very least listenable and it could possibly become a favorite of mine at some point. Time will tell on that.

~ Calum Scott is definitely a talented singer and Dancing On My Own is a good song. But it really isn't something you'd wanna hear on the radio and I have a hard time seeing it on this list of the 45 Biggest Songs in North America. But it is good.

~ Send My Love (To Your New Lover) by Adele got old pretty quickly mainly because of how few instruments were used, making the song pretty boring. That is not the case with Water Under The Bridge. This song is definitely an enjoyable listen and I glad it was released as a single.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Adele – Water Under The Bridge

2. Gavin DeGraw – She Sets The City On Fire

3. Shawn Mendes – Mercy

4. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons

5. Lukas Graham – You're Not There

In The Name Of Blurbs

~ Honestly, I feel like Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving is being ranked way too high. I mean, it's a good song. But really? The #2 song in North America? I have some doubts about that.

~ So Ariana Grande – Into You is back in the Top 10 yet again. Nothing interesting there. What I do find interesting is the jump to #8 from OneRepublic – Kids. Nowadays, any OneRepublic song that hits the countdown needs to enter the Top 10 at some point. But I am actually happy to see this song in the Top 10. It's certainly an enjoyable track.

~ North America is doing a good thing by keeping Bruno Mars – 24K Magic out of the Top 10. Either it's being caused by a lack of votes from North America, or it's because I gave the song a bad rating on the survey everyone that's a part of the Wutchuwant Crew receives. Either way, I am happy to see this.

~ Our #15 and #25 songs have swapped places this week, and not for the better of this countdown. I find Death Of A Bachelor to be 100x better than Fresh Eyes. If we had a vocal showdown between Brendon Urie and Andy Grammer, I think it's pretty obvious who will come out on top by a long shot. (Hint: It's the one with the better song.)

~ The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy has finally taken a well deserved jump into the Top 20. Frankly this song is being really underrated. The fact that this is only #20 and we have songs like Starving at #2 is pretty interesting to me. Hits 1, you need to seriously figure out what is wrong with that statement.

~ I really didn't anticipate Bastille – Good Grief to have such a big jump into the Top 20 on week two. Maybe it will become this huge hit like Pompeii. But I still have my doubts and I would kind of prefer if it didn't. But I can live with it for now.

~ Looks like Runaground – Chase You Down in the Top 20 did not last long. Oh well.

~ Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills has finally dropped out of the Top 30. It's about damn time!

~ And somehow Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion is still here.

~ Thank you voters for getting a huge piece of trash off of this countdown. I can definitely see myself putting Kiiara – Gold in the Bottom 5 Songs of 2016. Kiiara, you tried making a catchy first single and it didn't really work out. It probably won't work out the second time either, but the third time's the charm!

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is currently being worked on. The entire chart is written. I just need to finish the Future Hitz and add in all the album covers. So hopefully it'll be done by tomorrow.

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic

19. Twenty One Pilots – Ride

18. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty

1 – Bad:

17. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes

2 – Mediocre:

16. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

3 – Decent:

15. Bastille – Good Grief

14. Ariana Grande – Into You

4 – Good:

13. Niall Horan – This Town

5 – Great:

12. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens

11. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving

10. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water

9. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

8. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know

7. OneRepublic – Kids

6. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest

5. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side

4. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful

3. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy

2. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You

1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

Total Score: 73/100

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Lady Antebellum – Need You Now

Most Missed Countdown Song: Justin Bieber – Sorry (debuted this week one year ago!)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Pentatonix – Hallelujah

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better and Justin Bieber – Sorry

My Top 5 Picks

1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

2. Jon Bellion – All Time Low

3. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You

4. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy

5. DNCE – Body Moves

Shawn Mendes (1) – Week Of November 12, 2016

Songs have hit #1 on this countdown during many different times during their runs on the countdown. For example, Adele has hit #1 after only 3 weeks, Katy Perry after 4, Andy Grammer after more than 30, etc. Then you have Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better coming in hitting #1 out of nowhere after over 20 weeks on the countdown. I would've been much more happy with this a few months ago when it was still new. But if I had to pull a positive thing out of this, it's that for once I do not have to look up a new photo of The Chainsmokers and I can finally look up a photo of someone that I find really attractive and good-looking. So that's very nice. :) Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• P!nk – Just Like Fire (#38)
• Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

The Countdown

45. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#27)

44. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#42)

43. Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion (#43)

42. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#44)

41. Demi Lovato – Body Say (#40)

40. Bastille – Good Grief (DEBUT)

39. Kiiara – Gold (#22)

38. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#36)

37. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#41) [2 Weeks At #1]

36. DNCE – Body Moves (DEBUT)

35. Calvin Harris – My Way (#37)

34. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#34) [2 Weeks At #1]

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

32. Nick Jonas – Bacon (#23)

31. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#32) [1 Week At #1]

30. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy (#29)

29. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#28) [10 Weeks At #1]

28. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#25) [3 Weeks At #1]

27. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (#24)

26. Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#33)

25. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes (#26)

24. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight (#39)

23. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#9)

22. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#20)

21. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#21)

20. Runaground – Chase You Down (#31)

19. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire (#17)

18. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#6)

17. OneRepublic – Kids (#19)

16. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl (#35)

15. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (#15)

14. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#8)

13. Niall Horan – This Town (#13)

12. Ariana Grande – Into You (#10)

11. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic (#14)

10. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#18)

  9. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest (#16)

  8. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know (#11)

  7. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#12)

  6. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#4)

  5. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#3)

  4. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#2) [1 Week At #1]

  3. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#5)

  2. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#1) [5 Weeks At #1]

  1. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#7) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Adele – Hello

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (–18)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl (+19)

New Entrants
~ Who here remembers Bastille? They had that huge #1 hit in 2014 called Pompeii, which actually landed itself at #3 on Hits 1's Year-End Top 45 for 2014. But I feel as though Bastille is one of those bands that comes in at some point with that one huge hit (Pompeii) and afterwards, they can never top that. And when they do try with songs like Good Grief, it just doesn't work that well. Not to say that this song is bad, because it certainly isn't. But it doesn't have that ability to stick with me. Sure, the chorus is kind of catchy. But that's about it. So right now, I'm pretty split. We'll see if that changes, but I do not see this song having the same kind of success Pompeii had.

~ Not long after the departure of Cake By The Ocean, DNCE returns with Body Moves. I gotta say, this song is a whole lot of fun. A song like this is what will make us remember DNCE as that cool band with catchy songs. But I'd like to point out the music video for this song. I decided to watch it and.........wow. It got REALLY hot and steamy in that video. Just a recommendation for Joe Jonas, you should definitely take your shirt off more. It pleases my eyes. ;) But anyway, I do really like the song. Hopefully it does well.


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

• Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love
• Lady Gaga – Million Reasons
• Jason Derulo – Kiss The Sky
• Train – Play That Song
• Ellie Goulding – Still Falling For You
• Captain Cuts – Love Like We Used To (DEBUT)
• John Legend – Love Me Now
• Shawn Mendes – Mercy
• Dua Lipa – Blow Your Mind (Mwah) (DEBUT)
• Gavin DeGraw – She Sets The City On Fire
• Rihanna – Love On The Brain
• The Summer Set – The Night Is Young
• James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go (DEBUT)
• Daya – Words (DEBUT)

~ We can now rejoice as Magic! – Red Dress has finally left Hit-Bound! Good riddance!

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love
2. Gavin DeGraw – She Sets The City On Fire
3. Shawn Mendes – Mercy
4. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons
5. Captain Cuts – Love Like We Used To


Body Blurbs
~ Other than Treat You Better, the only song in the Top 10 that disapprove of is Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty. I still think it's really obnoxious that it's continuously jumping in and out of the Top 10. And just when I was happy that Cheap Thrills managed to fall out, Sit Still, Look Pretty just jumps right in as a replacement. Not cool, Hits 1.

~ I want to say I heard Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl at least once every single time I was in the car listening to Hits 1. So frankly, it's no surprise that it had such a big jump.

~ Our Top 10 debuts are looking really good. I had heard The Greatest quite a few times this week, so no surprise it's there. Don't Wanna Know was destined to hit the Top 10 at some point with it being Maroon 5 and all. And I'm very pleased to see that Alessia Cara's best single so far is doing really well. These three songs are worthy Top 10 keepers.

~ Runaground – Chase You Down in the Top 20? Count me in! It's really nice to see this song doing relatively well. Frankly, it deserves it because it is a really good song.

~ I find it very pleasing to see Twenty One Pilots – Ride drop out of the Top 20. It's about damn time! As someone who never even liked the song, it was definitely a really painful time for me, especially when it spent so many weeks at #2 making me nervous that it could possibly hit #1. Thankfully, it did not.

~ It looks as though Nick Jonas – Bacon has dropped out of the Top 30. This is completely fine with me. I never found this to be a really exciting song to look forward to listening to. It's pretty boring if you ask me. Nick Jonas's music has really been getting less interesting ever since Joe Jonas and DNCE became a thing and started dominating. And look where we are now. Bacon <<<< Body Moves.

~ I legitimately never hear 5 Seconds of Summer – Girls Talk Boys during the week. That explains why I continuously forget that this song is still on the countdown for whatever unknown reason. But despite me never hearing it, I am still slowly losing interest in it.

~ Songs like Demi Lovato – Body Say and Taylor Swift – New Romantics have only been popular on this station while having flopped on just about every other chart. Hits 1 probably only holds on to them because hello? It's Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift!!! Two of Hits 1's favorites. :P

~ Seeing Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For not only at #45, but also being announced as the Biggest DROP!!!!... of the Week was very nice and very pleasing. Never will I ever understand what there is to love about this song.

~ And of course, how could I forget? Kiiara – Gold has dropped all the way down to #39!!!!!!!! YES YES YES YES YESSSS!!!!!! (Thank you voters!!! Lol.)

~ As far as the exits go, it was time for P!nk – Just Like Fire to make its departure. It unfortunately never got to hit #1. But it will definitely be remembered as one of the best songs of the year. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home, on the other hand, was way overdue. Some may be heartbroken by this song exiting, but I'm really happy right now. One less piece of crap to have to type out every week.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for LAST week is out! The one for this week is currently being worked on. But if you want to check out the chart for last week, the link is right down below!
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/11/hit-45-chart-week-of-november-5-2016.html

Top 20 Review:
0 – Crap:
20. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty
19. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic

1 – Bad:
18. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills

2 – Mediocre:
17. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

3 – Decent:
16. Ariana Grande – Into You

4 – Good:
NONE

5 – Great:
15. Niall Horan – This Town
14. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving
13. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
12. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl
11. OneRepublic – Kids
10. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know
9. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water
8. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
7. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
6. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire
5. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful
4. Runaground – Chase You Down
3. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest
2. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You
1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

Total Score: 81/100


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Owl City – Fireflies

Most Missed Countdown Song: Shaggy/Mohombi/Faydee/Costi – I Need Your Love

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Pentatonix – Hallelujah

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: X Ambassadors – Renegades


My Top 5 Picks
1. TIE: Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
1. TIE: Jon Bellion – All Time Low
3. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You
4. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest
5. Runaground – Chase You Down