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