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Friday, April 27, 2018

Zedd (7) – Week Of April 21, 2018

Hey guys! I have just two more weeks of school, and then the posts should start coming out reasonable times again. I'm sure everyone knows about Avicii's passing by now. I even did a quick post where I counted down my Top 10 favorite songs by him. Be sure to check that out if you somehow haven't seen it yet. His death affected me. I've been a fan of him ever since I first heard Wake Me Up. He was easily one of the best producers I've ever heard. He was insanely talented and it's sad to see him go so soon. But like I said in my last post, his music will live on. Once again, Rest In Peace Tim Bergling. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.


  • Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft (#37)
  • Khalid – Young, Dumb, and Broke (#41)
  • Symon – Lonely Girl (#44)

Last Week's #1 Song: Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle
The Countdown
45. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#45)
44. Selena Gomez/Marshmello – Wolves (#36)
43. Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Tight Or Don't (#43)
42. Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future – End Game (#42) [1 Week At #1]
41. P!nk – Beautiful Trauma (#33)
40. NF – Let You Down (#25)
39. Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days (#39) [1 Week At #1]
38. Charlie Puth – How Long (#40) [2 Weeks At #1]
37. Camila Cabello – Havana (#34) [1 Week At #1]
36. Portugal. The Man – Live In The Moment (DEBUT)
35. NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (DEBUT)
34. Alice Merton – No Roots (#35)
33. Zayn – Let Me (DEBUT)
32. Halsey – Bad At Love (#23) [2 Weeks At #1]
31. Noah Kahan/Julia Michaels – Hurt Somebody (#30)
30. Drake – God's Plan (#31)
29. Kesha/The Dap-King Horns – Woman (#24)
28. Bazzi – Mine (#29)
27. AJR/Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up (#38)
26. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (#18) [2 Weeks At #1]
25. Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me (#21)
24. Rudimental/Jess Glynne/Macklemore/Dan Caplen – These Days (#27)
23. Charlie Puth/Kehlani – Done For Me (#17)
22. Walk The Moon – One Foot (#6)
21. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low (#22)
20. Bruno Mars/Cardi B – Finesse (#9)
19. Bad Wolves – Zombie (#28)
18. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends (#16)
17. Justin Timberlake/Chris Stapleton – Say Something (#32)
16. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt – Let Me Go (#3) [1 Week At #1]
15. Niall Horan – On The Loose (#13)
14. Imagine Dragons – Thunder (#15) [5 Weeks At #1]
13. Lauv – I Like Me Better (#5)
12. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#20)
11. Meghan Trainor – No Excuses (#19)
10. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#26)
  9. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me (#14)
  8. 5 Seconds of Summer – Want You Back (#4)
  7. Taylor Swift – Delicate (#10)
  6. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (#2)
  5. Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (#12)
  4. Maroon 5 – Wait (#11)
  3. G-Eazy/Halsey – Him & I (#7)
  2. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (#8)
  1. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#1) [7th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Bruno Mars – That's What I Like (1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Walk The Moon – One Foot (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (+16)

New Entrants
~ These first two entrants I really don't have much to say about. NOTD debuts with I Wanna Know featuring Bea Miller. The vocals are good and I like the production for the most part. But the drop is a little annoying. Other than that though, it's a good song. Zayn Malik makes his return with Let Me. The vocals are good, but the production is underwhelming in my opinion. This is not as good as Dusk Till Dawn. But it is still better than Still Got Time. So that's something.

~ Our last entrant comes from Portugal. The Man as they bring their second song, Live In The Moment. Now if you're like me and you're just beyond tired of hearing Feel It Still, you'll probably like this new song. The production has more life to it and the vocals aren't so weird and high pitched. I think the song is very enjoyable and I'd say it's the best debut of the week. I can't picture myself getting sick of this very easily. Hopefully it has a reasonable amount of success.


Best Debut of the Week: Portugal. The Man – Live In The Moment


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


  • Kendrick Lamar, SZA – All The Stars
  • Foster The People – Sit Next To Me
  • Hundred Handed – Too Good
  • The Chainsmokers – Everybody Hates Me
  • Why Don't We – Trust Fund Baby
  • Echosmith – Over My Head
  • Dua Lipa – IDGAF
  • Maren Morris – Rich
  • Dustin Atlas/Erin Bowman – Fake Friends
  • Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho
  • HRVY – Personal (DEBUT)
  • Halsey – Alone
  • In Real Life – Tattoo (How 'Bout You)
  • Sam Smith/Logic – Pray
  • Liam Payne/J Balvin – Familiar (DEBUT)
  • Sugarland/Taylor Swift – Babe (DEBUT)
  • Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry (DEBUT)

~ First up we have Personal by HRVY. This is not new to Hits 1 as it's been trending on the YouTube15 for quite some time now. I'm not sure where or how Jenna Marbles finds these people. But she seems to always pick out the younger artists trying to make it big when they're still learning. I don't find Personal particularly interesting. It reminds me of Mine by Bazzi. This song is better and even though it's in red, it's a very light red. So it could change with time. But I'm not huge on the production here and I don't love his voice. But I do see potential in him.

~ Next we have Familiar. I'd be lying if I said I haven't listened to this several times within the past few days. This was definitely a grower since I didn't love it at first. It's very catchy and I love the Latin vibe. I like J Balvin's contribution. Liam doesn't annoy us with his falsetto. It's probably his best song so far.

~ Next we the song Babe by Sugarland. I wasn't huge on it at first. But I grew to enjoy it. I can appreciate a nice country song like this. Some of my friends just flat out hate country music. I'm not like that. I give every genre a chance. And I do like a handful of country songs. This one I think is pretty enjoyable. The vocals are good and the instrumentation is good as well. Taylor Swift's non-presence doesn't do very much for me. But I'm sure she's the reason this song is here. Overall, I like it. It's nothing amazing. But it's definitely something I'd listen to in my free time.

~ For some reason, I held off on listening to No Tears Left To Cry until today. I guess I just wanted to wait until I had a chance to talk about it. The song is okay. I like the beginning. But the rest of the song is just weird to me. Critics seem to love this, but it's not really doing anything for me. Her vocals are good, but I find her speak-rapping to be awkward. I don't know if Ariana is the kind of artist that can pull this off. It might be a grower, but for now it doesn't do anything for me.


Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Kendrick Lamar/SZA – All The Stars
2. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me
3. Liam Payne/J Balvin – Familiar
4. Sam Smith/Logic – Pray
5. Sugarland/Taylor Swift – Babe


Blurb In The Moment
~ Making an unexpected jump to #2 this week (here and on the American Top 40), we have Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be. I know I have the unpopular opinion, but I want this to hit #1 if it means we can get rid of The Middle from the top. Every song in the Top 10 (except #5) is a more worthy #1 song than The Middle.

~ Maroon 5 – Wait made a surprise jump into the Top 5, as did Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same. The former I guess is okay, though I would prefer if it weren't there. The latter however is not welcome. This song is annoying and I just don't see the appeal. She is not a good singer and I can guarantee if it hadn't been for Fifth Harmony, she would not be as successful as she is right now.

~ Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen made a big jump into the Top 10. Just goes to show how much Hits 1 loves their Brendon Urie. I'm pleased with this and I'm glad this song has been successful here so far.

~ Hailee Steinfeld/Florida Georgia Line – Let Me Go dropped out of the Top 10 a little unexpectedly. I am still impressed with how well it's done here, especially for a song that wasn't as huge everywhere else. I never expected it to last this long. I figured it would just debut and do poorly. Thankfully I was wrong. And I'm glad because this is arguably Hailee Steinfeld's best song so far.

~ Justin Timberlake/Chris Stapleton – Say Something finally made the jump into the Top 20. It's about time. Unfortunately I don't think it'll last long as its airplay has dropped significantly. But still, I'm glad it made the jump and spent at least one week in the Top 20. Bad Wolves – Zombie also made a nice return. Hopefully it sticks around.

~ Also making a small jump, we have AJR/Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up to my distaste. I still don't know why Hits 1 likes these guys. They're not very good singers, they're terrible songwriters, and they're awful producers. I think they need other people to step in because these guys going at it on their own clearly has not done them any good.

~ As far as the exits go, Young Dumb & Broke being underrated comes as no surprise. Love So Soft should've left a long time ago. For a song that's not good and never really made it that big, it lasted way too long here. I'll stick Kelly Clarkson's older work. (Happy Belated Birthday by the way Kelly!) And finally we have Lonely Girl. This song has been here for about four months and only peaked at #27 once. It debuted the same week as Good Old Days (I know, crazy). The song didn't do anything for me. I actually forgot what it sounds like because I don't think I've listened to it since it debuted. It was always kind of just there. While I didn't necessarily like it, I do find how long it lasted to be somewhat impressive.


Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same

1 – Bad:
19. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
18. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle
17. Lauv – I Like Me Better

2 – Mediocre:
NONE

3 – Decent:
16. Taylor Swift – Delicate
15. Meghan Trainor – No Excuses
14. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends
13. Maroon 5 – Wait

4 – Good:
12. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood

5 – Great:
11. Niall Horan – On The Loose
10. G-Eazy/Halsey – Him & I
9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Want You Back
8. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/F.G.L./watt – Let Me Go
7. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
6. Bruno Mars/Cardi B – Finesse
5. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me
4. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
3. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night)
2. Bad Wolves – Zombie

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Justin Timberlake/Chris Stapleton – Say Something

Overall Score: 75/100 = 75% (B)


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Prince – Purple Rain (two years since he passed...)

Most Missed Countdown Songs: Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up and Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Shinedown – The Human Radio

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between The Chainsmokers/Coldplay – Something Just Like This (#19) and The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming (#11)


My Top 5 Picks
1. Justin Timberlake/Chris Stapleton – Say Something
2. Bad Wolves – Zombie
3. Walk The Moon – One Foot
4. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night)
5. Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days

148 comments:

  1. First! (and Chase don't say second)

    That throwback pick tho. Hard to believe it's been two years since Prince sadly passed on. I often hear his music while I'm at work. Yeah, he made really good music.

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  2. Anyway, Adrian I believe that The Middle might set a record for most weeks at #1 tying Hello and Shape of You.

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  3. Yeah, no I'd rather The Middle over the pop-country trash that is Meant To Be. If there was a song I would like to replace it however, it'd be Say Amen, Delicate, Pray For Me or Whatever It Takes,

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  4. Here are the exits:

    Woman
    Hold Me Tight Or Don't

    Some of the countdown so far:

    45. Feel It Still
    44. Let You Down
    43. End Game
    42. How Long
    41. Wolves
    40. Say Something (Biggest Drop) (Ugh, no :/)
    39. Good Old Days

    Hopefully, someone (and again, someone other than Chase, please?) can cover the rest while I'm at work.

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    1. Pretty sure you can get it off of DogStarRadio if necessary.

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    2. Going off of that. These should all be correct:
      38. Beautiful Trauma
      37. Havana
      36. Lights Down Low

      35. No Roots
      34. Psycho (debut)
      33. Live In The Moment
      32. I Wanna Know
      31. Sober Up

      30. Bad At Love
      29. Hurt Somebody
      28. God's Plan
      27. Perfect
      26. Let Me

      25. Let Me Go
      24. Finesse
      23. Done For Me
      22. Alone (debut)
      21. One Foot

      20. Mine
      19. Say Amen (Saturday Night)
      18. Friends
      17. In My Blood (I honestly forgot this song existed until I heard it while out driving yesterday)
      16. No Excuses

      15. I Like Me Better
      14. Zombie
      13. These Days
      12. Thunder
      11. Tell Me You Love Me

      Will post the eighth set of five as it finishes.

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  5. Oh boy……



















































    Psycho debuted the countdown. WHAT AM I GONNA DO???!!!

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    1. Umm, go away and never come back you idiot.

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    3. Actually, I don’t want to leave.

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    4. Yeah, well all of us want you to leave because you've been nothing more than an annoying burden.

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    5. The only way I can leave is when I don’t feel like blogging anymore.

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    6. @ATR Celebrate. It’s a good song.

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    7. Not to mention there’s a bigger problem. Meant To Be is #1. #CountryPopTrapGarbage

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    8. swegawaffle, he's not @ATR, he's ATR.

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    9. swegawaffle: Thank you for correcting my name, but that's not nice what you told me to do.

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  6. http://mymusicreviewingblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/personal-chart-42818-no-roots-2.html

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  7. Second to last set of five:
    10. On The Loose
    9. Pray For Me
    8. Delicate
    7. Him & I
    6. Wait

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  8. 5. Never Be The Same
    4. Whatever It Takes
    3. The Middle

    That means our #1 will be either Meant To Be or Want You Back. Hopefully the latter!

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  9. So #2 is Want You Back.
















    That means our #1 is Meant To Be by Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha. Hopefully this one can get a shot at #1 soon!

    That being said, I am starting to dislike Meant To Be less and less, not to the point that I'd call it great but to the point I'd call it listenable.

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    1. ATR: His name is not Montavis, his name is Scott.

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    2. I’m just telling Montavis about that.

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    3. ATR, you know his name is Scott, not Montavis. Montavis is busy right now.

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  10. But before we get to that...

    #1 song this week one year ago: Paris by The Chainsmokers (1st and only week at #1)

    I remember being all "wow, that came out of literally nowhere". I still like it quite a bit, although it being #1 caught me off-guard, even if only for one week.

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  11. Now how about the full countdown and Hit Bound?

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    1. Assuming all of this is correct...

      45. Feel It Still
      44. Let You Down
      43. End Game
      42. How Long
      41. Wolves
      40. Say Something (THANK YOU HITS1)
      39. Good Old Days
      38. Beautiful Trauma
      37. Havana
      36. Lights Down Low
      35. No Roots
      34. Psycho (debut) (yay!)
      33. Live In The Moment
      32. I Wanna Know
      31. Sober Up
      30. Bad At Love
      29. Hurt Somebody
      28. God's Plan
      27. Perfect
      26. Let Me
      25. Let Me Go (lmao ‘Let Me’ then ‘Let Me Go’)
      24. Finesse
      23. Done For Me
      22. Alone (debut)
      21. One Foot
      20. Mine
      19. Say Amen (Saturday Night)
      18. Friends
      17. In My Blood
      16. No Excuses
      15. I Like Me Better
      14. Zombie (can we stop making this #1 on iTunes thanks)
      13. These Days
      12. Thunder (you were close to the bottom 15 not that long ago!!???)
      11. Tell Me You Love Me
      10. On The Loose
      9. Pray For Me
      8. Delicate
      7. Him & I
      6. Wait
      5. Never Be The Same
      4. Whatever It Takes
      3. The Middle (hopefully this doesn’t make its return to the top)
      2. Want You Back
      1. Meant To Be (because of course it is!)

      Don’t have Hit-Bound yet.

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    2. https://imgur.com/a/PvL59Nr

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    3. http://kworb.net/pop/

      http://kworb.net/pop/week.html

      Over the past week Zombie has NOT been #1, To Tears Left To Cry was #1 for a week until a remix of NBTS came and knocked it out. Also, the iTunes website is hopelessly unreliable and stupid.

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    4. Also, if it was #1 for weeks on end, then why is it not in the top 40 or higher on the Hot 100???

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    5. Based on #5 in that image I can tell that's the iTunes chart in Canada, not the US.

      Plus your blog URL has .ca in it.

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  12. *looks at this week’s #1*

    Well, as the song says, if it’s meant to be, it’ll be. #HatersStayMad

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  13. Well that #1 is shittier than The Middle.

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  14. Wow I actually still like Meant To Be. :/

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    1. Fun fact: not only does the song have Bebe Rexha, but it's called "Meant To Be" and uses the word "be" a total of 47 times in the song. Haha.

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  15. Fake Friends sadly left HitBound, that’s my 2nd place LOP Award, I Miss You is better.

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  16. What’s the full Hit-Bound list?

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    1. It’s the same as last week, but without Alone, Fake Friends, and Psycho.

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  17. Alright, guys! Here's the Hits 1 Countdown post! Enjoy!

    http://sxmhits1wc.blogspot.com/2018/04/bebe-rexha-florida-georgia-line-1-week.html

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  18. My countdown post is out if you want to see it!

    http://sxmhits1weekendcountdownblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/bebe-rexha-1-week-of-april-28-2018.html

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  19. My post is out- https://swegawafflehits1.blogspot.ca/2018/04/bebe-rexha-1-week-of-april-28-2018.html

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  20. My countdown post is out!!!

    https://huntingtonupdates.blogspot.com/2018/04/bebe-rexha-1-week-of-april-28-2018.html

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  21. Well Scott, the Celtics will face the Sixers after that game 7 win. This one will definitely be a good series to watch.

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    1. Yep. I didn't catch the entire Game 7, as I was out for the first third of it and Guardians of the Galaxy was on FX at the same time, but I did catch bits and pieces of it. It was a close one and they had a shot. We'll see how it goes!

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  22. Bad news guys: Never Be the Same is officially #1 at pop radio, dethroning The Middle.

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    1. How is that bad? That’s good, it’s a better song.

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    2. Wait a minute... The Middle is still #1 at pop radio.

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    3. The Middle is still #1 on pop radio.

      http://kworb.net/radio/

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  23. Yay for my new profile pic!!! Hofstra Summer Camps is coming back this summer.

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  24. https://swegawafflehits1.blogspot.ca/2018/04/bebe-rexha-1-week-of-april-28-2018.html
    Congrats, Adrian! You did it again! Here's how I would predict how you ranked this week's top 20.

    -1 - Worst Song on the Countdown
    20: Camila Cabello - Never Be the Same

    0 - Crap
    19: Bazzi - Mine
    18: Lauv - I Like Me Better
    17: Imagine Dragons - Thunder
    16: Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey - The Middle

    1 - Bad:
    N/A

    2 - Mediocre:
    N/A

    3 - Decent:
    N/A

    4 - Good:
    15: Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie - Friends
    14: Meghan Trainor - No Excuses
    13: Taylor Swift - Delicate
    12: Maroon 5 - Wait

    5 - Great:
    11: Panic! at the Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)
    10: Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
    9: Bad Wolves - Zombie
    8: Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen - These Days
    7: Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me
    6: Niall Horan - On the Loose
    5: The Weeknd featuring Kendrick Lamar - Pray for Me
    4: G-Eazy featuring Halsey - Him and I
    3: Imagine Dragons - Whatever it Takes
    2: 5 Seconds of Summer - Want You Back
    1: Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line - Meant to Be

    6 - Best Song on the Countdown:
    N/A

    Overall Top 20 Score: 70% (B)

    Also, this year's Radio Disney Music Awards nominations are out and voting is open until June 3rd, in anticipation for the show itself on Saturday, June 23rd, live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood! Here's your link: http://partners.disney.com/rdma-vote

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    1. He's not gonna rank NBTS as a -1, nor would he rank Meant To Be as #1, among other things. Also, your predictions are almost certainly wrong, and completely unnecessary and more or less reflect your OWN top 20 ranking, which I bet you haven't listened to some of them.

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    2. I haven't memorized exactly in what order Adrian ranked these songs, but I hope I predicted the number of points he gave each song right. If Say Something was in the top 20 this week, he would have given it 6 points.

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    3. That's my blog post? And your whole -1 thing is stupid if you're also doing 6 points for the best song.

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    4. You should open up your own blog if you are going to do these random Top 20 reviews.

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    5. Posts like these are just to sub for Adrian should he not post in time. Speaking of which, where is he?

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    6. He's busy with college, in case your young and dumb brain doesn't know this, he's 19 and has college work which is more important than some music blog like this. Him blogging is a hobby, not a job.

      And Dylan is right, why don't you just get your own blog then?

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    7. I'm 18 and I'm finishing up secondary school, hence why I get a bit more time on my hands. And I'm quite bad at blogging, so you can't blame me for trying, but you'd know I'd be lying saying... (Halsey reference, obviously)

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    8. Are you British, because of the fact that you said secondary school, which gave it away?

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    9. My Top 20 Reviews have been looking pretty similar these past few weeks. So it can be assumed that it won't look that different this week either, making your prediction relatively inaccurate.

      Every song you put in the crap category is actually just bad. Never Be The Same is only song I'd consider crap. And all the songs you put in the good category are actually just decent.

      Other than that, the rankings look wrong for the most part. I can guarantee you it'll look pretty similar to how I had it this week, with a few changes obviously since songs jumped in and dropped out.

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    10. Then why aren't the songs you call "Bad" in turquoise or "Decent" in pink?

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    11. Each category doesn't exactly get its own color. I only do that for the Year-End posts for visual purposes. For weekly posts, I go by what sounds logical.

      Typically this is how it goes:

      0 – Crap: Red/Orange

      1 – Bad: Red (could possibly be orange but unlikely)

      2 – Mediocre: Turquoise/Yellow/Pink (could be red on rare occasions)

      3 – Decent: Blue

      4 – Good: Green

      5 – Great: Green

      BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown: Purple


      It seems confusing, which is why I don't color-code the Top 20 Reviews. Also keep in mind that the color-code came long before the Top 20 Review. So I'm not going to change it just for the Top 20 Review if that makes any sense.

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    12. So my point is that the Top 20 Reviews cannot be predicted accurately by simply using the color-code.

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    13. Uh oh, Post Malone's "beerbongs & bentleys" is pacing for 160K US pure sales, 450K US total units, so it might debut #1 on both Billboard Top Album Sales & Billboard 200 charts.

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  25. New on Hits 1:

    Paramore - Rose Colored Boy

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    1. Yes, I knew that would happen. Rose-Colored Boy is on Hits 1.

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  26. This weeks' Billboard Top 10:

    1. Nice For What (Drake is not tied with Elton John with third most weeks among males, and tied either overall)
    2. God's Plan
    3. No Tears Left To Cry (#1 on sales with 100K downloads, #5 on streaming, #35 on radio, ties with Rihanna and Lady Gaga for 6th among acts for most top 10 debuts)
    4. Meant To Be (Still #1 on radio)
    5. Psycho (I do expect the release of Beerbongs & Bentleys to prop it up a bit higher, maybe)
    6. ATM (Album bomb from J. Cole, largely due to streaming)
    7. The Middle
    8. Kevin's Heart
    9. Look Alive
    10. KOD

    This week in Billboard Chart History:

    April 30, 1983
    A week after Dexy's Midnight Runners ended Michael Jackson's seven-week command of the Billboard Hot 100 with "Billie Jean," the King of Pop returned to the throne with "Beat It," which would lead for three weeks.

    May 1, 2010
    B.o.B and Bruno Mars each earned their first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1, as the rapper and featured singer, respectively, rose 2-1 with "Nothin' On You." The collab marked the first Hot 100 entry for each artist.

    May 2, 1987
    British band Cutting Crew topped the Billboard Hot 100 on its first try with "(I Just) Died in Your Arms," which flew 5-1.

    May 3, 2003
    A key indicator that American Idol finalists could graduate to post-show sales success: Kelly Clarkson debuted atop the Billboard 200 with her first album, Thankful. She's added seven more top five sets since.

    May 4, 1996
    How did Mariah Carey follow up the longest-leading hit in Billboard Hot 100 history? With another No. 1! After "One Sweet Day," with Boyz II Men, held the top spot for 16 weeks in 1995-96 (a record tied in 2017 by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber), "Always Be My Baby" ascended to the summit for a two-week command. The song became her 11th of 18 No. 1s, the most among soloists.

    May 5, 1990
    Before there was "Finesse" by Bruno Mars and Cardi B, new jack swing ruled the charts in its original heyday, as one of the sound's forefathers, trio Bell Biv DeVoe, led Hot R&B Hip-Hop Songs with its debut hit, "Poison."

    May 6, 2006
    Who said they couldn't cross over to a new home? After notching four No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning in 1986, Bon Jovi topped Hot Country Songs in its first visit to the genre chart with "Who Says You Can't Go Home," the band's duet with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles.

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    3. *Tied for 8th among artists with the most weeks at #1, with Mariah at #1 with 79 weeks and Drake and Elton at 34.

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  27. Heh, I literally just heard a solo version of Meant To Be on Venus. I can now say that Florida Georgia Line isn’t the only reason it’s so bad lol. It’s now just pop-trap garbage instead of country-pop-trap garbage.

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  28. Yay at Nice For What being #1 again! That song is my jam now! I haven’t listened to the new J. Cole album yet but I probably will soon.

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    1. I listened to J. Cole's new song, "KOD." It sounded amazing!!!

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    2. And ugh, Nice for What needs to go away, and replace it with No Tears Left to Cry. I hate it already. It sucks!

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  29. Hey Leah, I saw that you changed your profile pic.

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    1. Here it is ATR:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOD_(album)

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    2. *Repeatedly bangs head against keyboard*

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    3. Dylan, don't do that, that's not nice.

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    4. And by the way Adrian, I love your new post.

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    5. Chase: I don't give a fuck about what YOU think.

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    6. Not gonna review it, I don't listen to J Cole.

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    7. No one asked. And your response doesn’t surprise me.

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    8. Dylan: First of all, apologize to me and say I'm sorry.

      Zachary: I love J. Cole, he's amazing!

      Adrian: I think this post looks great.

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  30. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcWHYtNTfkA

    So in regards to Avengers Infinity War (I haven’t seen it yet), seems Spectrum Pulse wasn’t exactly thrilled by it. I didn’t watch the review but he says to watch to see his final thoughts. Watch with caution!

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  31. Top 20

    1. Nice For What by Drake (1)
    2. God's Plan by Drake (2)
    3. No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande (New)
    4. Meant To Be by Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line (3)
    5. Psycho by Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign (4)
    6. ATM by J. Cole (New)
    7. The Middle by Zedd ft. Maren Morris & Grey (5)
    8. Kevin's Heart by J. Cole (New)
    9. Look Alive by Blocboy JB ft. Drake (6)
    10. KOD by J. Cole (New)
    11. Perfect by Ed Sheeran (7)
    12. Freaky Friday by Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown (8)
    13. Never Be The Same by Camila Cabello (13)
    14. Photograph by J. Cole (New)
    15. Motiv8 by J. Cole (New)
    16. I Like It by Cardi B ft. J Balvin & Bad Bunny (9)
    17. Mine by Bazzi (14)
    18. Walk It Talk It by Migos ft. Drake (11)
    19. Call Out My Name by The Weeknd (17)
    20. 1985 (Intro To The Fall Out)

    Fell Off The Top 20:

    21. Plug Walk- Rich The Kid (16)
    22. Havana by Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug (19)
    23. Be Careful by Cardi B (15)
    25. Finesse by Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B (12)
    26. Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons (20)
    27. Pray For Me by The Weeknd ft. Kendrick Lamar (18)
    48. Chun-Li by Nicki Minaj (10)

    Big Gains (10+)

    NONE

    Big Losses (10+)

    25. Finesse by Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B (12)
    37. Esskeetit by Lil Pump (24)
    39. Stir Fry by Migos (23)
    43. Ric Flair Drip by Offset ft. Metro Boomin (32)
    44. All The Stars by Kendrick Lamar ft. SZA (31)
    45. Thunder by Imagine Dragons (34)
    48. Chun-Li by Nicki Minaj (10)
    49. Let You Down by NF (37)
    50. Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man (39)
    51. Drip by Cardi B ft. Migos (33)
    60. Bartier Cardi by Cardi B ft. 21 Savage (40)
    62. Most People Are Good by Luke Bryan (43)
    65. Say Something by Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton (41)
    69. Outside Today by YoungBoy Never Broke Again (58)
    70. I Do by Cardi B ft. SZA (42)
    71. Ring by Cardi B ft. Kehlani (44)
    73. IDGAF by Dua Lipa (60)
    78. Barbie Tingz by Nicki Minaj (25)
    80. I Lived It by Blake Shelton (66)
    83. Changes by XXXTENTACION (69)
    85. The Long Way by Brett Eldredge (65)
    87. El Farsante by Ozuna ft. Romeo Santos (71)
    89. Diamond Teeth Samurai by YoungBoy Never Broke Again (61)
    96. Cry Pretty by Carrie Underwood (48)
    99. Thur Your Phone by Cardi B (75)
    100. Best Life by Cardi B ft. Chance The Rapper (67)

    Dropouts:

    Hardaway by Derez De'Shan (100, 61, 11 weeks)
    Gotti by 6ix9ine (99, 99, 1 week)
    Five More Minutes by Scotty McCreery (98, 44, 20 weeks)
    Broken Clocks by SZA (97, 82, 4 weeks)
    Get You by Daniel Caesar ft. Kali Uchis (96, 93, 6 weeks)
    She's With Me by High Valley (95, 79, 8 weeks)
    Top Off by DJ Khaled ft. Future, Jay-Z and Beyonce (94, 22, 7 weeks)
    Billy by 6ix9ine (91, 50, 8 weeks)
    She Bad by Cardi B ft. YG (90, 52, 2 weeks)
    Anybody by Young Thug ft. Nicki Minaj (89, 89, 1 week)
    Money Bag by Cardi B (87, 58, 2 weeks)
    Guatemala by Swae Lee ft. Slim Jxmmi (84, 84, 1 week)
    Get Up 10 by Cardi B (77, 38, 2 weeks)
    Wasted Times by The Weeknd (76, 23, 3 weeks)
    Let Me by Zayn (73, 73, 1 week)
    Bickenhead by Cardi B (68, 43, 2 weeks)
    Marry Me by Thomas Rhett (56, 30, 20 weeks)
    Bad At Love by Halsey (50, 5, 33 weeks)
    Him & I by G-Eazy ft. Halsey (47, 14, 20 weeks)
    I Fall Apart by Post Malone (46, 16, 30 weeks)
    Lights Down Low by Max ft. gnash (45, 20, 28 weeks)

    Returning Entries:

    92. Alone by Halsey ft. Big Sean and Stefflon Don
    34. Wake Me Up by Avicii

    New Arrivals:

    3. No tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande
    6. ATM by J. Cole
    8. Kevin's Heart by J. Cole
    10. KOD by J. Cole
    14. Photograph by J. Cole
    15. Motiv8 by J. Cole
    20. 1985 (Intro To The Fall Off) by J. Cole
    28. The Cut Off by J. Cole ft. kiLL edward
    30. Brackets by J. Cole
    41. Window Pain (Outro) by J. Cole
    46. Friends by J. Cole ft. kiLL edward
    47. Once An Addict (Interlude) by J. Cole
    53. Intro by J. Cole
    57. OTW by Khalid, Ty Dolla $ign & 6LACK
    72. Babe by Sugarland ft. Taylor Swift
    74. Te Bote by Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Ozuna & Bad Bunny
    81. Dame Tu Cosita by El Chombo
    95. Everything's Gonna Be Alright by David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney
    98. Close by Rae Sremmurd & Travis Scott

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  32. Not included in ranking:
    Bazzi - Mine
    Blocboy JB featuring Drake - Look Alice
    Cardi B featuring J Balvin and Bad Bunny - I Like It
    Drake - Nice for What
    Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho
    J Cole - 1985 (Intro to The Fall Off)
    J Cole - ATM
    J Cole - Kevin's Heart
    J Cole - KOD
    J Cole - Photograph
    J Cole - Motiv8
    The Weeknd - Call Out My Name

    -1: Worst Song on the Countdown
    8: Migos featuring Drake - Walk It Talk It

    0 - Crap
    7: Lil' Dicky featuring Chris Brown - Freaky Friday
    6: Camila Cabello - Never Be the Same
    5: Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey - The Middle

    1 - Bad
    N/A

    2 - Mediocre
    4: Drake - God's Plan

    3 - Decent
    3: Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry

    4 - Good
    2: Ed Sheeran - Perfect

    5 - Great
    N/A

    6 - Best Song on the Countdown
    1: Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line - Meant to Be

    Overall Top 20 Score: 14/40=7/20=35% (D+)

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    1. You seriously do not need to rank the top 20 every time I post it and more about the Hot 100. Also, seriously there is no point to having a -1 and 6, they just off set each other, and what's the point of having a top 20 ranking if you don't even rank half of them?

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    2. Read those scorings on the right sidebar.

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    3. What’s the point of doing a Top 20 Review if you’re going to listen to only 8 songs?

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    4. Umm...maybe I should check MUCH more often?

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    5. Lmao if he doesn't want to listen to the new J. Cole album he doesn't have to. But if he wants to do a good top 20 review, listening to just those songs wouldn't be a bad idea.

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    6. Guys, I've got good news!!! Anne-Marie's next single is called "2002," and it will be impacting pop radio. It has been added by Radio Disney, so is Loote's "Your Side of the Bed."

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    7. Wait... 2002 was released on April 20 as her next single.

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    8. Real good news guys, Selena Gomez is releasing a new single on May 10 called "Back to You" from 13 Reasons Why soundtrack. It will impact pop radio stations on May 15.

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    9. And Zachary, you really should post a weekend countdown like mine.

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    10. ^Why can’t all of this be in one comment???

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    11. Better question, why can't you just delete then the?

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  33. Pop radio adds:

    44 LIAM PAYNE & J BALVIN Familiar
    26 DRAKE Nice For What
    25 ZAYN Let Me
    24 BRYCE VINE Drew Barrymore
    23 ARIANA GRANDE No Tears Left To Cry
    19 CHARLIE PUTH Done For Me f/Kehlani
    18 KHALID X NORMANI Love Lies
    18 TOM WALKER Leave A Light On
    14 CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA One Kiss
    12 POST MALONE Psycho f/Ty Dolla $ign
    11 HALSEY Alone f/Big Sean, Stefflon Don
    10 IN REAL LIFE Tattoo (How 'Bout You)
    10 LOOTE Your Side Of The Bed
    10 SOFI TUKKER Bats**t
    9 SAM SMITH Pray f/Logic
    8 EMINEM Nowhere Fast f/Kehlani
    8 MADISON BEER Home With You
    7 ECHOSMITH Over My Head
    7 NF Lie
    6 BULOW Not A Love Song
    6 G-EAZY Sober f/Charlie Puth
    6 LOGIC & MARSHMELLO Everyday
    6 NIALL HORAN On The Loose
    5 RUDIMENTAL These Days f/Glyne, Macklemore
    4 AJR Sober Up f/Rivers Cuomo
    4 BIG BOI All Night
    4 FOSTER THE PEOPLE Sit Next To Me
    4 NE-YO Push Back f/Stefflon D/Bebe R
    4 NICKY JAM & J BALVIN X
    4 NINA NESBITT Somebody Special
    4 POST MALONE 92 Explorer
    3 KIM PETRAS Heart To Break
    3 POST MALONE Better Now
    3 POST MALONE Sugar Wraith
    3 REDONE/DYANKEE/FMONTANA/DJANE Boom Boom
    2 ALEX SPARROW She's Crazy But She's Mine
    2 ARLISSA W/JONAS BLUE Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie
    2 BAZZI Mine
    2 CARDI B I Like It
    2 LIVVIA Catch A Body f/Quavo
    2 LOGAN HENDERSON Bite My Tongue
    2 LOUD LUXURY Body f/Brando
    2 MAROON 5 Wait
    2 TAYLOR SWIFT Delicate
    1 ALICE MERTON No Roots
    1 ANNE-MARIE 2002
    1 BAD WOLVES Zombie
    1 CARDI B Be Careful
    1 DENNIS LLOYD Nevermind
    1 DUA LIPA IDGAF
    1 HRVY Personal
    1 HUNDRED HANDED Too Good
    1 IMAGINE DRAGONS Whatever It Takes
    1 KENT JONES Merengue
    1 LOVELYTHEBAND Broken
    1 MK 17
    1 NICKI MINAJ Chun-Li
    1 PITBULL Roof On Fire
    1 SCOTT CRUZ Rescue
    1 SUGARLAND Babe f/Taylor Swift

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    1. I even fucking censored the title is that not fucking good enough for you???

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    2. I don't think you should post these here because people may not know what a pop radio add is.

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    3. All of the people here in the comments should know.

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  34. #1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Mason Ramsey - Famous

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  35. #1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Post Malone - 92 Explorer

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  36. Looks like No Tears Left To Cry will be our lone debut. I guess it wouldn’t be bad is Let You Down or Havana left this week.

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  37. New on Hits1 voting poll:

    Paramore - Rose-Colored Boy
    Lovelytheband - Broken
    The Wrecks - James Dean

    I've only listened to Rose-Colored Boy. The latter two I've never even heard of.

    No songs have been removed, our at least I couldn't find them.

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    1. Yay for the first two although broken is surprising.

      Who the fuck are The Wrecks?

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    2. Dylan, you need to stop right now!!! swegawaffle was being nice.

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    3. How about by saying "Who the heck are the The Wrecks?"

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    1. As a gift for Adrian, #1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Monsta X - Jealousy

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    2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRIAN!!!!!!

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    3. And by the way Leah, how did you call yourself The Dubber? Also, you know that profile pic? That’s what I’m talking about.

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    4. ATR, it's none of your business.

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    5. Oops, my mistake. I shouldn't say that to him, that's not nice.

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    6. I’m glad you asked! I do Fandubs of my favourite anime on YouTube! Also, I didn’t noticed it goes for google plus too so it’s kinda embarrassing

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  39. Big news guys: Camila Cabello's "Never Be the Same" will be #1 on pop radio, dethroning ZEDD's "The Middle."

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  40. So I just listened James Dean and...this is actually really good! Hits 1 picks up on a lot of random artists but this one could be the good one. By that I mean it could actually get popular somewhere else.

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  41. Thanks for waiting!

    http://siriusxmhits1review.blogspot.com/2018/05/bebe-rexha-florida-georgia-line-1-week.html

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  42. Sit Next To Me is also looking to debut.

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    1. What??? Sit Next to Me is so annoying. It needs to flop very soon, or else I will be mad if it doesn't.

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    2. Sit Next To Me is amazing so stfu Chase.

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