Twenty One Pilots (2) – Week Of January 28, 2017

Hey guys! Before we get into the post, I wanted to once again talk about the issues I've been seeing within the comment section. Now I am an advocate of our first amendment (freedom of speech). I love when people share their opinions and even if they don't totally match up with mine, that's okay. Everyone has a different taste in music. I only have a problem with it when we start telling other people that their opinions are wrong. It is an opinion for a reason. There is no right or wrong and we should not bring other people down because our opinion doesn't match with theirs. Unfortunately I've been seeing this kind of issue lately. Now a question I was asked recently was asking if I will change the settings so that anonymous users cannot comment and the answer to that is no. I don't want to restrict who that can comment to only those with Google accounts, especially if it's only one person that's causing issues. If someone that comments wants to be anonymous, that's fine as long as they follow my basic commenting rules. And really the only rule I have is that we have to be nice to each other. We will not tell people that their opinions are wrong. If you can't even do that, I will just simply delete your comment and move on with life. I shouldn't have to, but I will if it comes down to that. Now let's get to the countdown shall we? This week we had guest hosts Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki. So they did a lot of talking to each other, which was interesting. No songs leaving the countdown this week. So let's get right into it!


Last Week's #1 Song: Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving
The Countdown
45. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes (#43)
44. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl (#44)
43. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (#45)
42. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight (#42)
41. DNCE – Body Moves (#41)
40. Ariana Grande – Into You (#28)
39. OneRepublic – Kids (#29)
38. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#40)
37. Lukas Graham – You're Not There (#39)
36. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#34) [3 Weeks At #1]
35. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#37) [1 Week At #1]
34. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#32) [10 Weeks At #1]
33. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love (#36)
32. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#31)
31. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming (#38)
30. James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go (#35)
29. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson – Just Hold On (#25)
28. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (#33)
27. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#30)
26. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#25)
25. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#19)
24. Charli XCX – After The Afterparty (#26)
23. Train – Play That Song (#27)
22. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons (#21)
21. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#23)
20. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#8) [2 Weeks At #1]
19. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic (#14)
18. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap (#20)
17. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#12)
16. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (#11)
15. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things (#16)
14. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#15)
13. John Legend – Love Me Now (#18)
12. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#9)
11. Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#10)
10. Adele – Water Under The Bridge (#13)
  9. Runaground – Chase You Down (#22)
  8. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know (#2) [2 Weeks At #1]
  7. Shawn Mendes – Mercy (#17)
  6. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy (#7)
  5. Niall Horan – This Town (#6)
  4. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#3) [8 Weeks At #1]
  3. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#1) [4 Weeks At #1]
  2. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest (#5)
  1. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#4) [2^nd Week At #1]

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Tie Between Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better and Ariana Grande – Into You (–12)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Runaground – Chase You Down (+13)

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

• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth – Make Me (Cry)
• Snakehips/MØ – Don't Leave
• Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
• Bruno Mars – Versace On The Floor
• The Chainsmokers – Paris
• Julia Michaels – Issues
• Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul
• Rihanna – Love On The Brain
• Bebe Rexha – I Got You
• Hey Violet – Guys My Age
• Bruno Mars – That's What I Like
• Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
• MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low
• Daya – Words

~ I can admit that Miley Cyrus is a good singer. However, it is not the same story for her sister, Noah Cyrus. Her voice is not that interesting whatsoever. Labrinth doesn't help make this song any better. I loved when he did Beneath Your Beautiful with Emeli Sandé. This song unfortunately is a step down from that. The production is weird. Overall, I have not been enjoying this song. It's just not my cup of tea.

~ It's nice to see Shout Out To My Ex again. I missed it that one week it was gone.

~ The only other thing that really happened was the departure of Captain Cuts – Love Like We Used To. It was really only a matter of time until this one left. I never did see it as a song that make it on to the countdown. But hey, I'm sure we thought the same thing with Runaground – Chase You Down and look where it is now.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low

2. Bebe Rexha – I Got You

3. The Chainsmokers – Paris

4. Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex

5. Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul

I Feel Blurbs Coming

~ Huh. So Twenty One Pilots – Heathens is back at #1. Very interesting if you ask me. But I'll certainly take it over the very mediocre Starving and even Don't Wanna Know. I don't necessarily want Heathens at the top. But I'd prefer it over the other two songs.

~ Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest is now up at #2 after the crazy countdown run its been having. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing this song hit #1. In fact it's the only song in the Top 5 that I actually want at #1. I kind of figured it would do this well after the massive hit that was Cheap Thrills. It's unfortunate that Chandelier didn't become this big of a hit.

~ It clearly didn't take long for Shawn Mendes – Mercy to be boosted into the Top 10. I am very pleased with this jump as it is certainly one of his best singles and I would love to see it become a hit.

~ I'm pretty sure the jump that confused most people, including me, was the jump to #9 from Runaground – Chase You Down. I still believe that it is a fantastic song and I am very happy to see it doing well on here even though it's not a massive hit outside of Hits 1. Hopefully this means it will be able to stick around for a while longer.

~ Adele – Water Under The Bridge has finally reached the Top 10. Of course I'm saying this now and I'll probably be sick of this song very soon. But for the time being I am really enjoying this song and it's definitely one of the best singles from 25.

~ Bruno Mars – 24K Magic continues to drop thankfully. Here's to hoping it can fall out of the Top 20 next week so that there will be no songs ranked as "crap" in the Top 20 Review. Seriously though, I've been done with this song since the first listen and I'm very glad that it never even reached the Top 5.

~ I feel like the jump from The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming was not enough. The fact that it's still outside of Top 30 speaks for itself. Hopefully it doesn't do what Starboy did and just hang around there for a while before actually jumping and doing something on the countdown.

~ And our Bottom 5 songs while in different spots, are all still in the Bottom 5. I'd love to see Fresh Eyes leave very soon. I heard Honey I'm Good on Hits 1 earlier this week and I had considered that an indication that this song's time might be up. I was wrong unfortunately. But I did enjoy hearing Honey I'm Good and it helped me realize that it's songs like that one that I like hearing from Andy Grammer.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is OUT!!!! Find out if Pentatonix can hold at #1 for a second week in a row and a fifth time overall with Hallelujah!

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2017/01/week-of-january-28-2017.html

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic

1 – Bad:

NONE

2 – Mediocre:

19. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving

18. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

3 – Decent:

17. Niall Horan – This Town

16. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know

4 – Good:

NONE

5 – Great:

15. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens

14. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever

13. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

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

11. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things

10. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You

9. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap

8. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest

7. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy

6. Shawn Mendes – Mercy

5. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful

4. Adele – Water Under The Bridge

3. John Legend – Love Me Now

1. TIE: Runaground – Chase You Down

1. TIE: Jon Bellion – All Time Low

Total Score: 85/100 = 85% (B)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Neon Trees – Animal

Most Missed Countdown Song: Gym Class Heroes/Ryan Tedder – The Fighter

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Troye Sivan/Betty Who – Heaven

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Justin Bieber – Sorry

My Top 5 Picks

1. TIE: Jon Bellion – All Time Low

1. TIE: Runaground – Chase You Down

3. John Legend – Love Me Now

4. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

5. Adele – Water Under The Bridge

Year-End Special: Billboard Hot 100 of 2016

Now the Billboard Hot 100 is much different in comparison to charts like the SiriusXM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown. This is mainly because Billboard actually includes all music including the trashy rap songs that only get popular from streaming services like SoundCloud and YouTube. Thankfully, those rap songs didn't take over their year-end list entirely. There are a few songs that seem quite random, but most of the rap songs here are the real big hits. But like I said, rap wasn't the main genre on this list thankfully. So right now, I'm going to review Billboard's Year-End Hot 100. Color-coding will work the way it usually does. The only difference is purple and orange. Typically they are used to note the best and worst songs on the chart, respectively. But for this list, purple will be for the Top 5 songs and orange will be Bottom 5 songs. So there will be five songs in purple and five songs in orange. There's just so much in this list to have only one of each. So why not five? That's the only real difference. So without further ado, here are the Top 100 songs of 2016 according to Billboard!


Last Year's #1 Song: Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
The Countdown
100. One Direction – Perfect (#10)
99. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#1)
98. Desiigner – Timmy Turner (#34)
97. Future – Wicked (#41)
96. Tim McGraw – Humble and Kind (#30)
95. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime (#13)
94. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#12)
93. Fifth Harmony/Fetty Wap – All In My Head (Flex) (#24)
92. Kevin Gates – Really Really (#46)
91. O.T. Genasis/Young Dolph – Cut It (#35)
90. Usher/Young Thug – No Limit (#32)
89. Chris Brown – Back To Sleep (#20)
88. Silentó – Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) (#3)
87. Fat Joe/Remy Ma/Jay-Z/French Montana/Infared – All The Way Up (#27)
86. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#20)
85. Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MØ – Lean On (#4)
84. Daya – Hide Away (#23)
83. Adele – When We Were Young (#14)
82. Drake/The Throne – Pop Style (#16)
81. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#13)
80. DJ Snake/Bipolar Sunshine – Middle (#20)
79. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#5)
78. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#28)
77. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#4)
76. Ruth B. – Lost Boy (#24)
75. Travi$ Scott – Antidote (#16)
74. Tory Lanez – Say It (#23)
73. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#25)
72. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#1)
71. Beyoncé – Sorry (#11)
70. Tory Lanez – Luv (#19)
69. Yo Gotti/Nicki Minaj – Down In The DM (#13)
68. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, & Imagine Dragons/Logic/Ty Dolla $ign/X Ambassadors – Sucker For Pain (#15)
67. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#20)
66. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (#14)
65. Post Malone – White Iverson (#14)
64. Thomas Rhett – Die A Happy Man (#21)
63. Elle King – Ex's & Oh's (#10)
62. Meghan Trainor – Me Too (#13)
61. The Weeknd – In The Night (#12)
60. Flume/Kai – Never Be Like You (#20)
59. DJ Khaled/Drake – For Free (#13)
58. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy (#1)
57. Kevin Gates – 2 Phones (#17)
56. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#7)
55. Jeremih – Oui (#19)
54. Fetty Wap/Remy Boyz – 679 (#4)
53. Bryson Tiller – Exchange (#26)
52. Kiiara – Gold (#13)
51. Ariana Grande – Into You (#13)
50. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#9)
49. Florida Georgia Line – H.O.L.Y. (#14)
48. Kent Jones – Don't Mind (#8)
47. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#4)
46. Zara Larsson/MNEK – Never Forget You (#13)
45. Meghan Trainor – No (#3)
44. James Bay – Let It Go (#16)
43. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#12)
42. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#8)
41. Drake – Controlla (#16)
40. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#5)
39. Alessia Cara – Here (#5)
38. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (#10)
37. Drake/Future – Jumpman (#12)
36. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#8)
35. Bryson Tiller – Don't (#13)
34. D.R.A.M./Lil Yachty – Broccoli (#5)
33. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#10)
32. The Weeknd – The Hills (#1)
31. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (#1)
30. Future/The Weeknd – Low Life (#18)
29. Drake/Rihanna – Too Good (#14)
28. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#6)
27. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#6)
26. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#8)
25. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#2)
24. Drake – Hotline Bling (#2)
23. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#4)
22. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (#1)
21. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#2)
20. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#5)
19. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, and I (#7)
18. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#9)
17. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#3)
16. Fifth Harmony/Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home (#4)
15. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#4)
14. Flo Rida – My House (#4)
13. Rihanna – Needed Me (#7)
12. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#2)
11. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#1)
10. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#1)
9. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#1)
8. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#3)
7. Adele – Hello (#1)
6. Desiigner – Panda (#1)
5. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#2)
4. Rihanna/Drake – Work (#1)
3. Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance (#1)
2. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#1)
1. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (#1)


Justin Blurber
~ So Justin Bieber managed to snag not just the top spot, but the top TWO spots. Pretty impressive if you ask me. Especially since Love Yourself only lasted two weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. But Justin Bieber is really talented, so he without a doubt deserves this.

~ Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance was definitely one of the most successful singles of the year spending ten weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. And even after all that, I'm still not sick of it. There's one thing about the song in particular that I still love as much as I did at first listen and that's the beat. The beat makes the song in my opinion.

~ Then we have the trashy Work by Rihanna and the song that is only in turquoise because I'm sick of it, Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out. Immediately following after that is easily the worst song of the year, which I don't even want to get into for my sanity and yours. But I actually did see a performance of this song on Pitbull's New Year's Eve special, which pretty much just made the song worse.

~ Billboard ended up ranking Adele – Hello at the exact same spot as where I ranked it in my Top 45 of 2016. Frankly, I'm surprised it wasn't ranked higher. But I get the whole thing about how it was released late in 2015 and was a big hit end of 2015 going into 2016. But still, Justin Bieber – Sorry, which was released the same exact day as Hello, managed to get all the way up to #2. So it was possible for Hello to be higher.

~ The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer was obviously one of the biggest songs this year as it was the longest-running song at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. But it did hit #1 reasonably late in the year, so I'm not surprised that it's not any higher.

~ Rihanna – Needed Me was ranked a lot higher than I thought it would be. I never did give a full-on review of this song. So here's what I think. It's okay. There are pros and cons that pretty much balance out to make the song neither good nor bad. On one hand, I do not like the production at all and the lyrics seem pretty dumb. But on the other hand, I do like Rihanna's vocal performance and I take into consideration the fact that this song is a step up from the god awful Work. Personally, I thought Kiss It Better was the best single off Anti. Of course, the one single that was actually really good flopped pretty hard, which is as disappointing as Anti as a whole. Overall, while Needed Me is much better than Work, it's still not exactly good. It's listenable.

~ Once again, I find it just mind-boggling how This Is What You Came For is considered one of Calvin Harris' biggest songs when some of his less popular singles were MUCH better. Easily the worst song he has put out and the most generic drop I have ever heard.

~ With two Twenty One Pilots songs back-to-back, it doesn't surprise me that Ride is above Heathens. As much as I wanted it to be the other way around, I pretty much knew it would turn out this way. Heathens was definitely a new sound for these guys after songs like Ride and I am really enjoying their new sound. Heathens has pretty much already lasted on me longer than Stressed Out and Ride, which I never even liked. I may have a little bit of the unpopular opinion when it comes to these songs, but that's just how I feel.

~ I did not anticipate on Drake – Hotline Bling being ranked this high. I'll admit that it's actually not a bad song. It's stupid, but it's reasonably catchy. For some reason back when I disliked it, I never actually gave it a thumbs-down on my Today's Hits Radio station on Pandora. So it comes on every now and then and it did get a little better with more listens. It's nowhere near Drake's best. But he has had a lot more crappier stuff this past year.

~ Those of you that know me may be shocked to see a Justin Bieber song not in green (or purple). But What Do You Mean was just not his best song. It was not the best comeback. It just felt a little too simple. It's definitely not bad, but I know he can do better, and he did (see: #1 and #2).

~ The Weeknd – The Hills was definitely one of the best songs of 2015 ranking at #4 on my Top 45 of 2015 and for the second year in a row, it managed to make Top 5 for best of the year. Of course it didn't appear in my Top 45 of 2016 because it was already ranked in 2015 and I don't rank songs more than once. Plus it didn't even make it into 2016 on Hits 1 because it flopped for whatever unknown reason. But this is easily his best single. The production is incredible. That chorus is just phenomenal and the vocals are fantastic. This was one of those songs along with Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do that had a serious shot at being my #1 pick of 2015. But I am thrilled to see this song here for a second year because it is just a fantastic song.

~ Then we have P!nk – Just Like Fire, which is another Top 5 favorite of mine this past year. It unfortunately only barely cracked the Top 10 on the Hot 100. But it's still a fantastic song in my book. But immediately following this song at #34 is another one of the worst songs of the year that just makes you go, "Wtf is this?!?!" I could go on a whole rant about this song, but I'm not to keep this post moving. But just know that if we get more songs like this one, we will be seeing a huge downfall in music.

~ Just a side note that there are a few songs in this list that are colored dark green. No, that does not mean I haven't heard the song. That's not what "no opinion" means. I always listen to every song I type in these posts. So there will never be a time where I haven't heard a song. If it's on Hit-Bound when I'm reviewing it, then I will listen to it so I can give it an honest review. So dark green just simply means no opinion. I use it rarely (because I pretty much always have an opinion), but I use it when I just don't know what to think of the song. These songs that are in dark green aren't necessarily good or bad or even okay. It may sound weird, but I don't know how else to put it. But yeah, just thought I'd clear that up.

~ Next we come to another one of the worst songs of the year in the form of Gold, the debut single by Kiiara. I watched TheDoubleAgent's review of this song in his Top 16 Worst Songs of 2016 video and I have honestly not seen a more accurate review. This song is a lot of empty space. It relies way too much on its excuse of a beat, Kiiara's excuse for vocals, and echo effects so that the song doesn't go through any awkward silences. The chorus is straight up obnoxious with those chopped up vocals because she couldn't be bothered to come up with more lyrics. The music video is dumb. The lyrics are dumb. Ultimately, the song just feels like nothing. There's nothing special about the so-called "chorus" as it doesn't stick out from the verses as anything exciting. There are those where the chorus just excites me. This one is not one of them. It just keeps that lame beat that's really easy to get sick of. Oh and I just realized that there's actually a remix of this song featuring Lil Wayne. So just when I thought this song couldn't get any worse, they bring him in. So yeah, I do hate this song. Definitely one of my least favorites this year and I do not anticipate any future releases from Kiiara.

~ As Jeremih was releasing more music, I started to realize how lame his voice is. It's not necessarily awful. But it feels very flat to me and doesn't show any talent. Typically R&B singers are the ones that have some of the best voices. Jeremih unfortunately does not fall under that category and when you have a song like Oui that has lame vocals and weak production, it doesn't call for a very good song.

~ Of course DJ Khaled's album was one that I'm sure a lot of people were anticipating the release of. Now I'll admit, DJ Khaled is not a bad artist or a bad producer. He does have some good songs. For Free, which was the lead single from his album Major Key, is not a bad song. It's not necessarily good either. But compared all the other rap music we've gotten this year, it's actually pretty decent. This isn't even the best song off the album in my opinion. Do You Mind is probably my favorite song on there. I've been enjoying it quite a bit lately. It's R&B songs like that one that I enjoy.

~ It's no surprise to see X Ambassadors – Unsteady on this chart. Obviously it was a successful song in 2016. But I am pleased to see that it wasn't ranked as high as Renegades was in 2015. In 2015, Renegades was ranked at the #54 song of the year, while this year Unsteady is #67.

~ And right after that, we have another song including X Ambassadors along with five other artists. It's the second of the two big singles from the Suicide Squad soundtrack, Sucker For Pain. I honestly don't know why I enjoy this song. It has an interesting beat and I like Imagine Dragons' chorus. The four rappers obviously don't sound amazing. But they don't sound bad either. It's just a catchy song in my opinion.

~ I do think Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend is a little low, but frankly I'm glad it appeared at all. Hell, I didn't even think Adventure of a Lifetime would make the list, and sure enough it did. So I'm thrilled to see that Hymn For The Weekend made the list.

~ And somehow, Silentó – Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) managed to make this list for a second year. I'm still pretty annoyed that this was ever even a hit. We even had songs this year like Juju On That Beat try to replicate it, but fail miserably. But come on, Watch Me is just the definition of stupid. Juju On That Beat is stupid 2.0.

~ Usher was definitely a favorite of mine back in the day when he released these fun R&B/pop jams that everyone got down to like DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love, Hot Tottie, and Scream. Even Yeah! was catchy at some point to me. But now he has turned into this trap artist that I don't even recognize anymore. It's like before he was Anakin Skywalker, and now he's Darth Vader. That's the best analogy I can come up with because he really did turn to the dark side and his music is now at an all time low. It legitimately sucks and No Limit is a good example. Young Thug is not the kind of artist I'd be necessarily proud to have featured on my song. But that's just my opinion.

~ And finally, landing at #100 just barely making it on the chart, we have One Direction – Perfect. I'll admit that Billboard has been kind of underrating One Direction's most recent music. Yes, Drag Me Down did reach #3, but it didn't stay there that long and ended up ranking at #65 in 2015. Perfect is a really good song and it saddens me a little that it wasn't a massive hit on this chart like it was on Hits 1. Yes, I did get very sick of this song at some point. But regardless, it was a really good song to begin with and it is a really good song now that I haven't heard it in a long time. But I am glad it made the list.

Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Desiigner – Panda
19. Rihanna/Drake – Work
18. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
17. Twenty One Pilots – Ride

1 – Bad:
16. Fifth Harmony/Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home
15. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills

2 – Mediocre:
14. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out
13. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down

3 – Decent:
12. Rihanna – Needed Me

4 – Good:
NONE

5 – Great:
11. Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance
10. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean
9. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
8. Flo Rida – My House
7. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling
6. Lukas Graham – 7 Years
5. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, & I
4. Adele – Hello
3. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
2. Justin Bieber – Sorry
1. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza

Total Score: 64/100 = 64% (D)


So there it is! My review of the Year-End Top 100 songs according to Billboard. I was reasonably satisfied with how this list turned out, somewhat. I mean, we did have some songs a little bit on the shittier side. But we certainly had some songs that were simply fantastic. I'm sorry it took so long to get this post out. I of course have been very busy with the start of second semester. But now that this is done, the next thing on the agenda are the other posts I'm pretty behind on. This includes the 900,000 pageview special, which I have headway into. So I hope to get that out soon. But this was my review of the Year-End Billboard Hot 100 for 2016 and I hope you enjoyed. :)


My Top 5 Picks
1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
2. Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
3. Justin Bieber – Sorry
4. The Weeknd – The Hills
5. P!nk – Just Like Fire

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Desiigner – Panda
2. Kiiara – Gold
3. D.R.A.M./Lil Yachty – Broccoli
4. Rihanna/Drake – Work
5. Kent Jones – Don't Mind

Hailee Steinfeld & Grey (4) – Week Of January 21, 2017

Hey guys! So I'm sure we all know that the inauguration of Donald Trump took place on Friday. We watched live coverage of it all period in my Government class and the period I have Government just so happened to have aligned with the inauguration so that we actually got to see Trump officially become President. We just didn't get to see his whole speech, which I heard was not that good. But anyway, at this point we can really only hope that he does well in office. It was sad saying goodbye to the Obamas. But someway somehow, we will live through this. Now enough with the politics and let's get to why you're here. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#29)
• Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#40)

Last Week's #1 Song: Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know

The Countdown

45. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (#41)

44. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl (#42)

43. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes (#45)

42. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight (#44)

41. DNCE – Body Moves (#43)

40. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#36)

39. Lukas Graham – You're Not There (#30)

38. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming (DEBUT)

37. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#39) [1 Week At #1]

36. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love (#31)

35. James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go (#28)

34. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#38) [3 Weeks At #1]

33. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (DEBUT)

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

31. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#35)

30. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#25)

29. OneRepublic – Kids (#24)

28. Ariana Grande – Into You (#23)

27. Train – Play That Song (#22)

26. Charli XCX – After The Afterparty (#18)

25. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#26)

24. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson – Just Hold On (#27)

23. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#17)

22. Runaground – Chase You Down (#21)

21. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons (#15)

20. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap (#37)

19. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#12)

18. John Legend – Love Me Now (#19)

17. Shawn Mendes – Mercy (#20)

16. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things (#34)

15. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#32)

14. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic (#6)

13. Adele – Water Under The Bridge (#11)

12. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#16)

11. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (#13)

10. Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#14)

  9. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#7)

  8. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#9) [2 Weeks At #1]

  7. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy (#10)

  6. Niall Horan – This Town (#5)

  5. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest (#8)

  4. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#3) [1 Week At #1]

  3. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#4) [8 Weeks At #1]

  2. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know (#1) [2 Weeks At #1]

  1. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#2) [4^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: One Direction – Perfect

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Lukas Graham – You're Not There (–9)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things (+18)

New Entrants
~ It was pretty obvious Castle On The Hill would debut pretty soon. Shape Of You may be the bigger hit, but Hits 1 seems to find it necessary to get both of the Ed Sheeran comeback singles on the countdown at the same time. Castle On The Hill isn't as good as Shape Of You in my opinion. But I can definitely why people would think it's better. Like I said last week, Shape Of You is pretty simple. But Castle On The Hill is a lot more interesting with the production. The chorus is definitely really interesting. I love Ed Sheeran's voice in this song. I don't anticipate this being as big of a hit as Shape Of You will be. But we'll just have to wait and see what happens. I'm sure Hits 1 will find a way to get both of these songs at #1.

~ Next we have the second collab between The Weeknd and Daft Punk after Starboy. This one is called I Feel It Coming. It's a lot different than Starboy. I Feel It Coming is definitely slower-paced. But I feel like Daft Punk's amazing producing skills show off more on this track than on Starboy. It has a really cool beat all throughout and halfway through the song we even get some vocals from Daft Punk, which is the first time I've heard their voices since Get Lucky from 2013. So that was pretty cool to hear. I was recently listening to this song with my dad and he noticed how similar The Weeknd sounded in comparison to Michael Jackson, specifically in the verses, and I can't help but think that he does actually sound quite a bit like Michael Jackson. The voice, the beat, everything. Overall, really cool song and I hope it does well.


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

• Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
• Bruno Mars – That's What I Like (DEBUT)
• Daya – Words
• Hey Violet – Guys My Age
• The Chainsmokers – Paris
• Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul
• Snakehips/MØ – Don't Leave (DEBUT)
• MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low
• Rihanna – Love On The Brain
• Captain Cuts/Nateur – Love Like We Used To
• Bruno Mars – Versace On The Floor
• Julia Michaels – Issues
• Bebe Rexha – I Got You (DEBUT)

~ I think this is one of the rare occasions in which there is more red on Hit-Bound than there is green.

~ I really am tired of having to rant about Bruno Mars and I'm sure you're tired of hearing me rant about him. But I am just not liking his music. I went into That's What I Like with an open mind hoping to like it, but I just can't. I'll talk more about this song if it debuts.

~ Remember when I said that MØ should just stick to singing on DJ produced tracks? Yeah scratch that. She should just stop singing. She's one of those artists where the one good thing we got from her will probably be the only good thing we'll ever get from her. I find Snakehips production to be a little messy and ultimately this song is just not interesting.

~ The only good debut this week comes from Bebe Rexha, who we haven't heard a solo single from since I Can't Stop Drinking About You. I Got You is a very well produced track. The chorus is a lot of fun. Bebe Rexha sounds really good all throughout. I think she is one underrated artist who only gets popular when she's featured on songs by bigger artists. I believe that she is very talented and deserves more recognition for some of her solo work.

~ Part of the reason we have so few good songs is probably because we got rid of three of them: In My Mind, Blow Your Mind, and Shout Out To My Ex. Frankly, none of those songs deserved to go. I think they all deserved to debut on the countdown.

~ Because I am part of the Wutchuwant Crew, we get emailed every now and then with surveys where we pretty much just rank all these different songs (typically countdown songs) based on our opinions. My survey this past week consisted of mostly countdown songs, but it did include Love On The Brain, which is a little frightening as it could be a potential sign of it debuting in the future. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I will not be all too surprised if this song actually does debut.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low

2. Bebe Rexha – I Got You

3. The Chainsmokers – Paris

4. Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul

5. I do not think any other song on Hit-Bound is worthy of this spot.

Castle On The Blurbs

~ I am not happy with our #1 song. This song, in my opinion, makes Don't Wanna Know seems like a great song when comparing the two. That being said, I would much prefer to see Don't Wanna Know at #1.

~ After some sudden and crazy jumps and drops, Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest has finally reached the Top 5. My opinion has been changing a little bit as some weeks, I like it a lot more than others. But it has managed to stay in green all throughout its countdown run and I hope it can stay that way for a while longer.

~ Jon Bellion – All Time Low made a rather sudden, but awesome jump into the Top 10 this week. I am very pleased by that. This song is getting a lot bigger than I thought it would and I'm happy about that. But another reason why I'm happy is because All Time Low rising into the Top 10 caused 24K Magic to fall out of the Top 10. Things are slowly getting better around here.

~ I did worry about the two-spot jump last week from Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap and I'm very glad to see it make up for that with that big jump into the Top 20. I still think this song is a whole lot of fun and I've enjoyed it ever since I first heard it on Alt Nation.

~ It was also really nice to see X Ambassadors – Unsteady and Charli XCX – After The Afterparty drop out of the Top 20. These two songs definitely had a big effect in last week's Top 20 Review and I'm glad to see them drop out. Hopefully, they can soon drop out of the countdown.

~ Yes, Ariana Grande – Into You is back in green. Something this past week just made me enjoy it again. But I don't anticipate it staying this way. 

~ James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go took a little drop this week out of the Top 30. Despite this song being slow, I still do really like it. I'm hoping this isn't the end because it is a really nice song that deserves the recognition it's getting.

~ I'm not very pleased by the drop from Lukas Graham – You're Not There. I have been enjoying this song with more listens and it does upset me a little to see it drop like this. Like Say You Won't Let Go, it is a really nice song similar to 7 Years and I hope that it can recover from this.

~ Finally, I am very pleased to see the exits from Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty and Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills. These two songs were the two songs that were hogging up spots in the Top 10 for such a long time and it's really nice to see them both depart from the countdown.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is currently being worked on and will be posted as soon as possible.

~ My review for Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 is at least 80% done. So I can guarantee it will be out this week. I am putting a lot of thoughts into it, which is why it's taking a while. But I'm sure I'll have it done sometime this week.

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic

1 – Bad:

NONE

2 – Mediocre:

19. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving

3 – Decent:

18. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

4 – Good:

NONE

5 – Great:

17. Niall Horan – This Town

16. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens

15. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know

14. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever

13. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

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

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side

10. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy

9. Shawn Mendes – Mercy

8. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You

7. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things

6. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap

5. John Legend – Love Me Now

4. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest

3. Adele – Water Under The Bridge

2. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful

1. Jon Bellion – All Time Low

Total Score: 90/100 = 90% (A–)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Daughtry – No Surprise

Most Missed Countdown Song: Avril Lavigne – Rock N Roll

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Lindsey Stirling/Christina Perri – Brave Enough

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Justin Bieber – Sorry

My Top 5 Picks

1. Jon Bellion – All Time Low

2. Runaground – Chase You Down

3. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful

4. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love

5. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

Maroon 5 (2) – Week Of January 14, 2017

So my first week back in school is now finished and it was pretty exhausting. At least I already have a 3-day-weekend this weekend because of Martin Luther King Day on Monday. But anyway, for those unaware, I did post my review for Hits 1's Top 45 of 2016 last night and I hope to get my review for Billboard's Hot 100 of 2016 out sometime this upcoming week. That will then conclude the 2016 Year-End series of posts. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Bastille – Good Grief (#33)
• Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know

The Countdown

45. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes (#43)

44. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight (#44)

43. DNCE – Body Moves (#41)

42. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl (#27)

41. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (#37)

40. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#40)

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

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

37. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap (#39)

36. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#38)

35. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#30)

34. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things (DEBUT)

33. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#36) [10 Weeks At #1]

32. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (DEBUT)

31. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love (#8)

30. Lukas Graham – You're Not There (#35)

29. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#42)

28. James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go (#26)

27. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson – Just Hold On (#29)

26. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#28)

25. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#25)

24. OneRepublic – Kids (#19)

23. Ariana Grande – Into You (#20)

22. Train – Play That Song (#24)

21. Runaground – Chase You Down (#18)

20. Shawn Mendes – Mercy (#21)

19. John Legend – Love Me Now (#22)

18. Charli XCX – After The Afterparty (#34)

17. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#17)

16. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#23)

15. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons (#15)

14. Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#16)

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

12. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#10)

11. Adele – Water Under The Bridge (#13)

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

  9. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#11) [2 Weeks At #1]

  8. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest (#12)

  7. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#7)

  6. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic (#6)

  5. Niall Horan – This Town (#2)

  4. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#4) [8 Weeks At #1]

  3. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#3) [1 Week At #1]

  2. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#5) [3 Weeks At #1]

  1. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know (#1) [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Demi Lovato – Confident

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love (–23) (..........)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Charli XCX – After The Afterparty (+16) (............)

New Entrants
~ First up, we have rapper Machine Gun Kelly featuring former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello with Bad Things. I have enjoyed a lot of MGK's music in the past and I am liking this new single. His verses flow very nicely. This song was also another sign that Camila Cabello would probably end up going solo at some point, and she did. MGK of course was one of the people defending her decision along with Shawn Mendes. Does she have a great voice? No. But does she have enough recognition to have a few hit singles? I would think so. Bad Things is a good example of that. Her voice in the chorus really isn't that great, but I can guarantee the only reason this song is a hit is because of her (even though I think Machine Gun Kelly is the more talented artist, but I digress). Overall, it is a great song. Not MGK's best, but it's still enjoyable.

~ Next we have the Ed Sheeran comeback single (or at least one of the two) called Shape Of You. Like I said last week when it was on Hit-Bound, I do personally like this song more than Castle On The Hill. So I'm thrilled that Shape Of You is the hit. I also just read that this song could potentially be headed for a #1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100, which would be very nice to see with how awful our current #1 is. But I am really enjoying this song and I have been since the first listen. Ed Sheeran sounds really good from beginning to end. I like the verses and I love the pre-chorus (which is where I think Ed Sheeran's vocals sound the best). The chorus sounds very good and then the rest of the song is very enjoyable as well. The lyrics can be a little questionable, but Ed Sheeran is without a doubt a very talented writer. This song is rather simple, but Ed Sheeran managed to make something simple very enjoyable. Of course, I'm saying this now and I'll probably hate this song in a few months. But I actually love this song right now. So we'll have to wait and see if I really do get sick of this.


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

• Rihanna – Love On The Brain
• Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
• Hey Violet – Guys My Age
• The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming
• Julia Michaels – Issues (DEBUT)
• The Chainsmokers – Paris (DEBUT)
• Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul (DEBUT)
• Bruno Mars – Versace On The Floor
• Captain Cuts/Nateur – Love Like We Used To
• Daya – Words
• Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
• Maty Noyes – In My Mind
• Dua Lipa – Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low

~ Julia Michaels – Issues is pretty slow and really not that interesting at all. Maybe putting it in red was exaggeration, so it could change next week. But I don't anticipate it.

~ The first time I heard The Chainsmokers – Paris was on the way to school yesterday and it was on a local radio station, so I had to shazam it to figure out what song it was because I hadn't looked at iTunes yet that morning, so I didn't know they had a new single. But I gotta say, Andrew Taggart's vocals are getting better. This isn't their best single, but it's enjoyable.

~ The best debut this week shockingly comes from Twenty One Pilots with Heavydirtysoul. I have actually heard this song several times before. My brother loves Twenty One Pilots and is constantly playing songs off of Blurryface, so I am very familiar with pretty much every song off that album. Heavydirtysoul is definitely one of the most enjoyable tracks off the album and it's nice to hear something that's not Stressed Out or Ride. I'll talk about it more if it debuts (which I can guarantee it will).

~ Due to repeated listens this past week, we do have a new best song on Hit-Bound. I've been really enjoying it lately and while it may be a little different than what he has previously done, it's still a really good and really sweet song.

~ Meanwhile, Love On The Brain is still here and I actually heard it on Hits 1 earlier today while Hit-Bound was airing. I don't think I've been that desperate to change the station for a while.


Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low
2. Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
3. Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul
4. The Chainsmokers – Paris
5. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming


Shape Of Blurbs
~ I still stand by my statement previously that Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving is very much overrated. I'm getting really damn sick of that drop. This was certainly not worthy of any of those 3 weeks at #1.

~ I am still continuously hearing X Ambassadors – Unsteady on Hits 1 and it's getting more and more annoying with each listen. This song is definitely not something worth keeping this long.

~ Having tied for the thing that pissed me off the most this week, Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love had the Biggest DROP!!! of the Week all the way out of the Top 30 from the Top 10. Not cool, Hits 1. So not cool at all! Here's to hoping this song can recover. But from a hard fall like certain, it's not certain to get back up and even if it does, the chances of it fully recovering are very slim.

~ The other thing that pissed me off the most was seeing Charli XCX – After The Afterparty have the biggest jump of the week into the Top 20. If it weren't for the lyrical content, I would say that this song sounds like some kind of song meant for kids. That being said, I consider the production to be very "childish" and annoying. And I know Charli XCX can do better. Maybe. But if she's gonna stick with this format, we're gonna have a serious issue. Honestly, it'd be a miracle if this could drop back down and In The Name Of Love jump back up.

~ But also in the Top 20, we have the more pleasing John Legend – Love Me Now and Shawn Mendes – Mercy. Both songs I'm happy to see in the Top 20 and I'd love to see them rise a little bit more.

~ So Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty is just going to jump out of the Bottom 5 and back into the Top 30 whenever it feels like it? Hmm. I very much disapprove of that. We've overrated this girl enough already. Let's please get this song out of here!

~ Last week's entrants jumped rather poorly this week. The biggest jump was actually a +5 jump from Lukas Graham – You're Not There. Let that sink in for a minute.

~ Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl took quite the tumble into the Bottom 5 this week. I feel as though this song's time is done at this point and I can't see their being anymore hits from these girls from this album. So this may be it until they start releasing new music (without Camila Cabello).

~ I'm still very fascinated by the fact that Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes is still here. I never anticipated this song to be a hit and I've been bored listening to it since the very beginning. It just doesn't seem like Andy Grammer to me. I'd prefer some more music like Fine By Me, Back Home, or even Honey, I'm Good. Just not this.

~ With the exits, I didn't care for Good Grief at all. Setting The World On Fire certainly had a nice countdown run and it was nice having it here. It was one of the standout country songs of 2016 and I honestly may be the only one here that actually still likes this song. But thank you for your time and service.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is currently being worked on and will be posted as soon as possible.

Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Charli XCX – After The Afterparty
19. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
18. X Ambassadors – Unsteady

1 – Bad:
NONE

2 – Mediocre:
17. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better
16. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving

3 – Decent:
15. Niall Horan – This Town
14. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know
13. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens

4 – Good:
12. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever
11. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

5 – Great:
10. Adele – Water Under The Bridge
9. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
8. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side
7. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons
6. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest
5. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy
4. John Legend – Love Me Now
3. Shawn Mendes – Mercy
2. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful
1. Jon Bellion – All Time Low

Total Score: 71/100 = 71% (C–)


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love

Most Missed Countdown Song: Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Britney Spears/Tinashe – Slumber Party

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Justin Bieber – Sorry


My Top 5 Picks
1. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love
2. Jon Bellion – All Time Low
3. Runaground – Chase You Down
4. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
5. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You