Taylor Swift (1) - Week Of May 28, 2016

Okay. So hey everyone! I'm back with the weekend countdown and if you didn't see the review of the Billboard Music Awards performances, go back and check that out please because I took a long time to do it. Now, here are the two (still good) songs leaving us this week.

• Taylor Swift - Out Of The Woods (#34)
• Ellie Goulding - Something In The Way You Move (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth - See You Again

45. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself, & I (#43)

44. We The Kings - The Story Of Tonight (#44)

43. Rihanna/Drake - Work (#41)

42. Gwen Stefani - Make Me Like You (#42)

41. The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses (#36) 

40. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer (#40)

39. Tryon - Somebody To Love Me (#38)

38. Adele - Hello (#37)

37. One Direction - Perfect (#23)

36. Timeflies - Once In A While (DEBUT)

35. Rachel Platten - Stand By You (#31)

34. The Weeknd - In The Night (#30)

33. Justin Bieber - Sorry (#32)

32. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato - Irresistible (#26)

31. Charlie Puth - One Call Away (#29)

30. Elle King - America's Sweetheart (#15)

29. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#33)

28. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (DEBUT)

27. Meghan Trainor - No (#20)

26. Grace - You Don't Own Me (#27)

25. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#39)

24. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#25)

23. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (#14)

22. Jason Derulo - If It Ain't Love (#24)

21. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#35)

20. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#18)

19. Zara Larsson/MNEK - Never Forget You (#21)

18. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#22)

17. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#19)

16. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#28)

15. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#12)

14. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#6)

13. Troye Sivan - Youth (#5)

12. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#3)

11. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#9)

10. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Jet Black Heart (#13)

9. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#17)

8. James Bay - Let It Go (#11)

7. Flo Rida - My House (#4)

6. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#2)

5. Zayn - Pillowtalk (#8)

4. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#1)

3. One Direction - History (#10)

2. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#16)

1. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#7)

Biggest DROP!!! Of The Week: Elle King - America's Sweetheart (-15)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Summer Set - Figure Me Out, X Ambassadors - Unsteady, and Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (+14)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Ariana Grande - Into You

#1 Recommendation For You: Ariana Grande - Bad Decisions

Entrants

~ Timeflies - Once In A While is a song that keeps jumping from okay to good in my opinion. I mean, it's catchy at some points in the song and others, not so much. This week, I kind of grew back into it a little, but it's still nothing very special. I honestly wouldn't be upset if it didn't stay long, and I wouldn't be upset if it did, it's just one of those songs.

~ Calvin Harris and Rihanna have returned with another collaboration, This Is What You Came For.  Their last collaboration was We Found Love, which was a phenomenal song and this one didn't seize to disappoint me as well. I know for most of the song it's just Rihanna repeating the words "you" and "ooh", but the EDM production makes Rihanna's vocals sound 100% better, not that they sounded bad in the first place. I hope this has a good countdown tenure. 

Memorial Day Edition Bonus Songs

• 5 Seconds Of Summer - She Looks So Perfect
• Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
• Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX - Fancy
• Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
• LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
• Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance
• One Direction/Zayn - What Makes You Beautiful
• fun./Janelle Monae - We Are Young
• Maroon 5 - Love Somebody
• Taylor Swift - Bad Blood
• Zedd/Foxes - Clarity
• Robin Thicke/Pharrell Williams/T.I. - Blurred Line
• Katy Perry - E.T.
• Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer
• Magic! - Rude

Hit-Bound

• Magic!/Sean Paul - Lay You Down Easy
• Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore
• Ruth B. - Lost Boy
• Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias - Messin' Around
• Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj - No Broken Hearts
• All Time Low - Missing You
• Meghan Trainor - Me Too
• Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE - Rock Bottom
• Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
• Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence
• Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness
• OneRepublic - Wherever I Go
• Symon - Say
• 1975 - The Sound

Top 5 Hit-Bound Songs

1. Meghan Trainor - Me Too

2. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go

3. Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE - Rock Bottom

4. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

5. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness

This Is What You Blurb For

~ Honestly, Rihanna/Drake - Work needs to leave soon. It's getting old at this point.

~ I'm glad Gwen Stefani - Make Me Like You has hung around these past few weeks. I thought it was the end.

~ Ladies and gentlemen! We have a new worst song on the countdown! And the title goes to The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses!

~ I'm glad One Direction - Perfect dropped a sizeable amount.

~ Justin Bieber - Sorry is a ripoff people! Yes, that's right. Justin Bieber and his producer of the song, Skrillex, ripped of a vocal riff from the song White Hinterland - Ring The Bell without permission. Go listen to the first 20 seconds of the song yourself to see. All of this and I've slightly grown back into the song. 

~ Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close hit a new peak by one spot. Little or none, right?

~ Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman needs to achieve a top 10 song, which likely isn't going to happen anymore! I really like this one too. 

~ We got DNCE - Cake By The Ocean out of the top 10. Yes!

~ We got Fifth Harmony - Work From Home out of the top 10. No!

~ Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza is now in the top 10! This is a great achievement!

~ One Direction - History is in the top 3. I'm totally fine.

~ Yassssssssss! Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! is #2!

~ Thank you voters for voting for Taylor Swift - New Romantics to be #1! Yasssssssssssssss! I'm so happy!

Bottom 5 Songs

1. The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses

2. One Direction - Perfect

3. The Weeknd - In The Night

4. Flo Rida - My House

5. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

Top 5 Songs

1. P!nk - Just Like Fire

2. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

3. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

4. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home

5. Taylor Swift - New Romantics

The Hot 45 Chart will be out soon!

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Billboard Music Awards 2016 Performance Reviews

Hey guys! I will only do the performance reviews because that was the best part about this show. So, I'm sorry this is a tad late, but I don't have school from today-Tuesday, so that's good. So, without further adieu, here are my performance reviews of the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, which were hosted by Ludacris and Ciara, which were both decent hosts. 


Britney Spears - Work B*tch/Womanizer/I Love Rock N Roll/Breathe On Me/I'm A Slave 4 U/Touch Of My Hand/Toxic

Comments: So, this was actually pretty good. This was a good comeback to the Billboard Music Awards stage for Britney Spears. So, let's run it down. When she sang Work B*tch in the beginning, it was actually very catchy and the dance moves were good. Womanizer also was good. I Love Rock N Roll was great when she was on that giant guitar and rocking it back and forth. Breathe On Me got a little slow for me, and I'm A Slave 4 U sort of picked things back up, and then she closes out with Toxic and it's just amazing! So, yes, this was actually not as bad as I expected it to be.

Grade: 8.5/10

Shawn Mendes - Stitches

Comments: Even though I'm not a fan of Stitches anymore, this wasn't awful. Shawn Mendes still has a good voice and performed this fairly decent. The rain and the glitching television effects were also pretty satisfying. I really have nothing left to say. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. I'll put it right in the middle.

Grade: 5/10

Meghan Trainor - No

Comments: So, this performance was okay. At the beginning, I was kind of bored and then it got a little interesting with some dancers in the background, and then just got a tad more boring towards the end. Meghan did start to dance a little too, so that was good, and her voice wasn't awful, so it wasn't that bad.

Grade: 6/10

Fifth Harmony/Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

Comments: I really liked this performance. I have to admit, Work From Home was just slightly growing out on me, and then I hear them do this and I just all of a sudden love the song again. The ladies also have fabulous stage presence, their dancing was good. And then Ty comes out and does pretty good, so yes it was very likeable in my opinion. Also, Fifth Harmony's album came out today, titled 7/27 featuring this song as the lead single. It was one of the best.

Grade: 9/10

P!nk - Just Like Fire

Comments: This was just awesome! P!nk killed it with her comeback performance of Just Like Fire. First, she hung on silks over the heads of the crowd, then she started dancing and singing at the same time. After that, she got up on a clock hand in front of a burning clock. This was just phenomenal. Best performance of the night.

Grade: 10/10

Justin Bieber - Company/Sorry

Comments: So, this wasn't half bad. The performance of Company was good, Justin was dancing most of the time with the song on play, not singing. Then, on Sorry, it was a tad annoying because I'm sick of that song, but he started singing and dancing and it was pretty good. Not to mention, the flashing lights just made it so much cooler.

Grade: 8.5/10

Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close

Comments: This was very good as well. Nick was singing up against a mirror, and when it was Tove Lo's turn to sing, she magically appeared in the glass and the audience was wowed. They then sang their parts phenomenally. They also closed the performance with some steaminess like in the music video, and it even seemed like they were about to kiss, when the performance literally turned to Demi Lovato. It was one of the best.

Grade: 9/10

Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer

Comments: This wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. I liked Demi Lovato's stage appeal and the microphone and background was really cool and interesting. She did do well on her vocals. So, that's all I have to say.

Grade: 7.5/10

Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani - Go Ahead And Break My Heart

Comments: I honestly don't like this song. Their performance was okay. I mean, it was something and it was okay. Their vocals were very good, but I'm honestly not a fan of the song and I have no idea why. That also made the performance somewhat worse to me. It was also a tad too slow.

Grade: 4/10

Kesha/Ben Folds - It Ain't Me, Babe

Comments: Kesha is back! This was actually okay in my opinion. It seems kind of slow from what she usually does, so it was strange. It wasn't bad though, but it wasn't necessarily good. Her voice was great, but there was just a missing factor that would've made the performance better.

Grade: 5/10

DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

Comments: This wasn't awful. I mean, the confetti and balloons with every single performance of this song is kind of getting annoying. I know it's odd and peppy and all, but the party stuff is kind of overdoing it in my opinion. Vocal wise, the performance was okay.

Grade: 5/10

Lukas Graham - 7 Years

Comments: This wasn't bad in my opinion. It was just a sit-down-with-the-band kind of performance. Which actually fits this song very well. So I actually kind of appreciated this performance for what it was and the vocal work was good as well.

Grade: 7.5/10

Troye Sivan - Youth

Comments: This was pretty good for a first time award show performance. Troye Sivan did really good at performing Youth on the stage. I also loved the modern light inspired look of the performance. Good job Troye!

Grade: 8/10

Rihanna - Love On The Brain

Comments: This was pretty good and it was not what I was expecting. I was expecting Rihanna to perform Work or Needed Me or something like that. But she actually stood at a microphone and sang this powerful song from her album, Anti. She had very strong vocals and the song's lyrical content was well put together.

Grade: 8.5/10

Celine Dion/Lindsey Stirling - The Show Must Go On

Comments: This performance was for Celine Dion's now deceased husband and brother who sadly died in the same week. She had a great voice and it sounded amazing and I know that her husband and brother would appreciate it so much. She was singing to her two angels and it was beautiful.

Grade: 9/10

The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat

Comments: This was a great comeback. I also really like this song and the vocals were good as well. Nothing else really to say honestly.

Grade: 7.5/10

Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman/Into You

Comments: Ms. Grande never disappoints me with her vocal work. The beginning with that amazing sounding microphone was so cool and perfect for Dangerous Woman. Into You is just such a catchy and infectious song and the performance was just outstanding. Another best of the night.

Grade: 10/10

Madonna/Stevie Wonder - Nothing Compares 2 U/Purple Rain

Comments: It was sweet to sing Nothing Compares 2 U, but honestly I would of thought she would have added some more of Prince's upbeat songs to it, maybe sing a snippet of it at the end and sing more of his songs. The part with Stevie Wonder in Purple Rain was good, so that's it.

Grade: 7.5/10

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) [MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE]

Comments: This song is so good and this music video made me love it so much more. The music video was plain and simple and I loved the shadowing faces. A third best of the night.

Grade: 9.5/10


Bottom 5 Performances
1. Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani - Go Ahead And Break My Heart
2. Shawn Mendes - Stitches
3. Kesha/Ben Folds - It Ain't Me, Babe
4. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean
5. Meghan Trainor - No

Top 5 Performances
1. P!nk - Just Like Fire
2. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman/Into You
3. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
4. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close
5. Fifth Harmony/Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

See you tomorrow with the countdown!

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Panic! At The Disco (1) - Week Of May 21, 2016

Hey guys! Welcome back. Kid Kelly hosted the countdown this week. So, there was one song that got even better airplay than our other songs that debuted last week, and that is Don't Let Me Down from The Chainsmokers and Daya! Jason Derulo's If It Ain't Love got very high airplay as well. Now both of them are on the countdown. Let's get started with this week's exits:

• Demi Lovato - Confident (#33)
• Selena Gomez - Same Old Love (#36)
• One Direction - Drag Me Down (#42)

Last Week's #1 Song: DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth - See You Again

45. Ellie Goulding - Something In The Way You Move (#43)

44. We The Kings - The Story Of Tonight (#37)

43. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself, & I (#45)

42. Gwen Stefani - Make Me Like You (#44)

41. Rihanna/Drake - Work (#39)

40. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer (#40)

39. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (DEBUT)

38. Tryon - Somebody To Love Me (#31)

37. Adele - Hello (#35)

36. The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses (#29)

35. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#22)

34. Taylor Swift - Out Of The Woods (#34)

33. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#32)

32. Justin Bieber - Sorry (#38)

31. Rachel Platten - Stand By You (#30)

30. The Weeknd - In The Night (#41)

29. Charlie Puth - One Call Away (#26)

28. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#20)

27. Grace - You Don't Own Me (#27)

26. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato - Irresistible (#24)

25. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#21)

24. Jason Derulo - If It Ain't Love (DEBUT)

23. One Direction - Perfect (#19)

22. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#17)

21. Zara Larsson/MNEK - Never Forget You (#25)

20. Meghan Trainor - No (#4)

19. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (DEBUT)

18. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#23)

17. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#18)

16. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#28)

15. Elle King - America's Sweetheart (#14)

14. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (#12)

13. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Jet Black Heart (#11)

12. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#13)

11. James Bay - Let It Go (#9)

10. One Direction - History (#10)

9. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#15)

8. Zayn - Pillowtalk (#16)

7. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#8)

6. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#7)

5. Troye Sivan - Youth (#6)

4. Flo Rida - My House (#2)

3. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#1)

2. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#5)

1. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#3)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Meghan Trainor - No (-16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (+12)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Jennifer Lopez - Ain't Your Mama

#1 Recommendation For You: MKTO - Superstitious

Debuts

~ Our first new entrant this week is The Summer Set - Figure Me Out. I honestly think this song is pretty good and is a great anthem for trying to figure out your next step you're going to take in your life. Overall, I like it and I hope it has a decent chart run.

~ Next comes returning Hits 1 favorite Jason Derulo with his new single If It Ain't Love. This song has a really catchy beat and Jason's vocals really fit the song well. I really like this song and this is honestly one of his better songs. I hope it doesn't flop like his only other pretty good song, Cheyenne.

~ Lastly, we have Hits 1 alumni The Chainsmokers and Daya! This time together in their new song Don't Let Me Down. This song was grown out on me, but when I took a listen this week, I just loved it again. It's already in the top 20, so I hope it does well.

Hit-Bound

• Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
• OneRepublic - Wherever I Go
• Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE - Rock Bottom
• Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj - No Broken Hearts
• Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For
• Ruth B. - Lost Boy
• Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias - Messin' Around
• All Time Low - Missing You
• Timeflies - Once In A While
• 1975 - The Sound
• Symon - Say
• Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore
• Magic!/Sean Paul - Lay You Down Easy
• Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence
• Kelly Clarkson/Various Artists - This Is For My Girls (?)

Top 5 Hit-Bound Songs

1. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

2. Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE - Rock Bottom

3. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

4. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go

5. 1975 - The Sound

~ Blurbs will be back next week! 

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. Elle King - America's Sweetheart

2. Flo Rida - My House

3. The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses

4. The Weeknd - In The Night

5. Justin Bieber - Sorry

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

2. P!nk - Just Like Fire

3. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

4. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home

5. Taylor Swift - New Romantics

The Hot 45 Chart will be out tomorrow, I hope. I will try my very best guys.

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Top 10 Songs From Blake Shelton, Fall Out Boy, and Adele

These are my top 10 favorite songs from Blake Shelton, Fall Out Boy, and Adele! I haven't done one of these in a while, so enjoy.

 
10. All About Tonight (from All About Tonight)

9. Honey Bee (from Red River Blue)

8. Gonna (from Bringing Back The Sunshine)

7. Came Here To Forget (from If I'm Honest)

6. Boys 'Round Here (ft. Pistol Annies) (from Based On A True Story...)

5. Lonely Tonight (ft. Ashley Monroe) (from Bringing Back The Sunshine)

4. Sure Be Cool If You Did (from Based On A True Story...)
 
3. Over (from Red River Blue)

2. Hillbilly Bone (ft. Trace Adkins) (from Hillbilly Bone)

1. My Eyes (ft. Gwen Sebastian) (from Based On A True Story...)




10. Centuries (from American Beauty/American Psycho)

9. The Phoenix (from Save Rock & Roll)

8. Young Volcanoes (from Save Rock & Roll)

7. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (from Save Rock & Roll)

6. Alone Together (from Save Rock & Roll)

5. Sugar, We're Goin' Down (from From Under The Cork Tree)

4. Uma Thurman (from American Beauty/American Psycho)

3. Immortals (from Big Hero Soundtrack)

2. Irresistible (ft. Demi Lovato) (from American Beauty/American Psycho)

1. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (from Infinity On High)




10. When We Were Young (from 25)

9. Turning Tables (from 21)


8. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (from 25)

7. Skyfall (from Skyfall Soundtrack)

6. Chasing Pavements (from 19)

5. Hello (from 25)

4. Rolling In The Deep (from 21)

3. Rumor Has It (from 21)

2. Someone Like You (from 21)

1. Set Fire To The Rain (from 21)



Bye guys! I'll see you next time!

Love ya fam!

~ Jack ;)