Adele (1) - Week Of August 27, 2016

Hey guys! So, this week was really kind of boring. I at least like to have one exit per week, but zero exit weeks just tend to be boring. Also, Adele being at #1 with Send My Love (To Your New Lover) doesn't help much either. So, before the fresh 45 songs this week...oh wait! There's no exits.

Last Week's #1 Song: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance

The Countdown
45. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#43)
44. Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#45)
43. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#44)
42. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#32)
41. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#41)
40. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#40)
39. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#37)
38. Meghan Trainor - No (#31)
37. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#30)
36. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#38)
35. Symon - Say (#42)
34. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#39)
33. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#34)
32. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#29)
31. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#36)
30. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#27)
29. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#25)
28. Jordan Fisher - All About Us (#26)
27. DNCE - Toothbrush (#13)
26. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#18)
25. AJR - I'm Not Famous (#19)
24. All Time Low - Missing You (#22)
23. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#21)
22. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (#35)
21. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#28)
20. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#20)
19. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#24)
18. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#23)
17. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#16)
16. Timeflies - Once In A While (#33)
15. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#14)
14. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#8)
13. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#17)
12. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#10)
11. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#11)
10. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#7)
9. The 1975 - The Sound (#15)
8. Ariana Grande - Into You (#12)
7. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#9)
6. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#6)
5. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#3)
4. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1)
3. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#4)
2. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#5)
1. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#2)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: DNCE - Toothbrush (-14)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Timeflies - Once In A While (+17)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Danny L Harle/Carly Rae Jepsen - Super Natural

#1 Recommendation For You: Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side

HitBound

~ Here's the list:

• MKTO - Superstitious
• Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild
• Magic! - Red Dress
• Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You
• The Strumbellas - Spirits
• Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel
• Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving
• Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl
• Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO - Cold Water (DEBUT)
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things
• OneRepublic - Kids
• Katy Perry - Rise
• Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U

Top 5 HitBound Songs

1. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

2. Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MO - Cold Water

3. Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl

4. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things

5. Katy Perry - Rise

Setting The Blurbs On Fire

~ You see it right guys! Kent Jones - Don't Mind is officially the worst song on this countdown. I finally see how lyrically stupid this song is and I don't know how I didn't realize it in the first place.

~ I suddenly had a change in heart about DNCE - Cake By The Ocean. It suddenly interests me again. I've heard it a few times this week and have grown to like it again. It won't last long though.

~ Lukas Graham - 7 Years is still annoying me vocally, but not as much as Kent Jones's song's stupidity.

~ The Summer Set - Figure Me Out's mediocrity quickly turned into boring blandness. So, yeah. It's not really anything good.

~ I'm failing the test to get sick of Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself. It's just simply not going to happen anytime soon.

~ Let's hope Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman sticks in for a little while longer.

~ I'm actually kind of getting sick of P!nk - Just Like Fire. I wouldn't mind if it left soon, even though it's still good.

~ What the heck is this madness? Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) should not be dropping on it's third week.

~ Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance is becoming uninteresting. I hope it doesn't peak higher.

~ The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer deserved a larger jump. But, oh well.

~ It's interesting that The 1975 - The Sound is in the top 10, but I don't really care because it's kind of catchy.

~ You don't know how happy I am to see Ariana Grande - Into You in the top 10. I hope it can hit #1, but it's doubtful.

~ I'm pretty much losing hope in Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills hitting #1 at this point.

~ I'm not annoyed that Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover), I'm just not thrilled about it either. There could be better at #1, but it's fine for now.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

20. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down

19. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

3-Decent

18. Timeflies - Once In A While

17. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

16. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

4-Good

15. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

14. Meghan Trainor - Me Too

13. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

12. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

11. The 1975 - The Sound

10. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick

5-Great

9. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens 

8. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

7. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

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

5. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

4. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

3. Demi Lovato - Body Say

2. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

1. Ariana Grande - Into You

Score: 

82/100

The Hot 45 Chart will be out soon!

The Uprising: Hottest New Songs page has been updated!

The Round 5 Results For Song Wars Are Out! Check it out: http://sxmhits1.blogspot.com/p/song-wars-round-5-results.html

Who's ready for the VMA's tonight? I know I am! I'm especially anticipating Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's new single Side To Side to be sang and for the music video to be premiered! 

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. Kent Jones - Don't Mind

2. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

3. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Figure Me Out

4. Meghan Trainor - No

5. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. Ariana Grande - Into You

2. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

3. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex)

4. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

5. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Early Weekend Countdown Predictions

Hey everyone! I've come back with some early weekend countdown predictions. So, let's get started.

HitBound Entrants:

• Tove Lo - Cool Girl
• DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You

Exits:

• The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#30)
• Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#45)

45. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#44)

44. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#41)

43. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#43)

42. Jordan Fisher - All About Us (#26)

41. Meghan Trainor - No (#31)

40. Katy Perry - Rise (DEBUT)

39. Symon - Say (#42)

38. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#27)

37. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#37)

36. OneRepublic - Kids (DEBUT)

35. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#28)

34. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#29)

33. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#25)

32. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#40)

31. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#38)

30. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#39)

29. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#36)

28. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#34)

27. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#32)

26. Timeflies - Once In A While (#33)

25. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#18)

24. All Time Low - Missing You (#22)

23. AJR - I'm Not Famous (#19)

22. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (#35)

21. DNCE - Toothbrush (#13)

20. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#23)

19. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#21)

18. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#20)

17. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#24)

16. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#16)

15. The 1975 - The Sound (#15)

14. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#17)

13. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#7)

12. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#14)

11. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#10)

10. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#11)

9. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#8)

8. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#6)

7. Ariana Grande - Into You (#12)

6. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#6)

5. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#4)

4. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#5)

3. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#2)

2. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#3)

1. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1)

See you later guys!

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Justin Timberlake (9) - Week Of August 20, 2016

Well, hey there everyone! Yes, Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! is still holding at that #1 spot. On a good note, I got my exit predictions correct. So, that's something good, but they're all not bad. So, I wouldn't have cared if they stayed a little longer. If I may add, this was a somewhat strange week.

Exits:

• James Bay - Let It Go (#33)
• Ruth B. - Lost Boy (#43)
• Grace - You Don't Own Me (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance

The Countdown

45. Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#38)

44. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#42)

43. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#44)

42. Symon - Say (#24)

41. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#41)

40. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#40)

39. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#39) [1 Week At #1]

38. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#31) [2 Weeks At #1]

37. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#37)

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

35. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (DEBUT)

34. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#32)

33. Timeflies - Once In A While (#11)

32. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#35) [4 Weeks At #1]

31. Meghan Trainor - No (#36)

30. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#14)

29. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#15)

28. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#17)

27. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#16) [5 Weeks At #1]

26. Jordan Fisher - All About Us (#28)

25. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#9)

24. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (DEBUT)

23. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#21)

22. All Time Low - Missing You (#25)

21. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#23)

20. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#27)

19. AJR - I'm Not Famous (#29)

18. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#30)

17. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (DEBUT)

16. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#19)

15. The 1975 - The Sound (#18)

14. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#4)

13. DNCE - Toothbrush (#22)

12. Ariana Grande - Into You (#26)

11. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#20)

10. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#13)

9. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#12)

8. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#10)

7. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#8)

6. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#5)

5. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#2)

4. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#3)

3. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#6)

2. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#7)

1. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Timeflies - Once In A While (-22)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Ariana Grande - Into You (+14)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You

#1 Recommendation For You: Jordan Fisher - Lookin' Like That

New Entrants

~ Our first debut of the week is Kenny Chesney and P!nk coming at us with their new country-pop tune, Setting The World On Fire. This song was completely uninteresting to me at first listen, then it was okay, and now it's good. This song definitely is something different. We've had another country-pop collaboration earlier this year that wasn't very successful. That was Brad Paisley/Demi Lovato - Without A Fight. So, I would like to say I don't really like the former or the ladder more than one another. Anyways, on with the song. I'm not normally a Kenny Chesney fan, but is voice is better than it is on most songs on this track right here. P!nk, as always never fails to impress, so she did good on this track. All in all, this song could easily change from okay to bad again and then go from okay to good again. It's just one of those songs that I have mixed feelings about. I honestly wouldn't be devastated if it left early.

~ The second debut of the week is The Chainsmokers and Halsey with Closer. First, I'm jut going to say that The Chainsmokers have been killing it this year. First with Roses featuring ROZES, then Don't Let Me Down featuring Daya, then Inside Out featuring Charlee, and now this one. This song may be their best yet. I mean, it helps a ton that they put Halsey in this song. Her voice fits well and the lyrical content is extremely relatable to someone figuring out their life and finding bumps along the way. One more thing to add, Andrew Taggart has a great voice! He should sing in their songs more often. This element also helps to make me think that this is possibly their best single. I hope this song has some deserved success on this countdown because it is definitely one of my favorite songs this summer, let alone this year.

~ The final debut this week is Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend. This song is pretty good even though the original is more appealing. I really loved it back in early 2016, then I grew out of it. Now, I love it again. All in all, it was worthy for the highest debut of the week and I hope it has some success on this countdown. 

HitBound

• Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You
• OneRepublic - Kids (DEBUT)
• Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving
• MKTO - Superstitious
• Ben Rector - Brand New
• Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things
• Magic! - Red Dress
• Katy Perry - Rise
• Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel (DEBUT)
• The Strumbellas - Spirits
• Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
• Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl (DEBUT)

Top 5 HitBound Songs

1. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey - Starving

2. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You

3. Katy Perry - Rise

4. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things

5. OneRepublic - Kids

Blurbs For The Weekend

~ It's good that a mediocre song dropped down this week. Oh wait! There were three of them! It's a good thing that Symon - Say, Timeflies - Once In A While, and definitely The Summer Set - Figure Me Out, dropped this week. Hopefully we can get rid of the latter soon.

~ It's nice to see Fifth Harmony - Work From Home hanging in there. 

~ I didn't expect Panic! At The Disco - Victorious to last this long. It's old but it's still here. 

~ It's kind of driving me crazy that Meghan Trainor - No is jumping and dropping all over the place.

~ No! This can't be the end of Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman. It's too good.

~ It's saddening that P!nk - Just Like Fire had to drop so far out of the top 10.

~ Something good has happened! Twenty One Pilots - Heathens and Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) have both jumped into the top 20.

~ Okay. So, I've noticed that Hits 1 plays Demi Lovato - Body Say like this, "dreamland take me there because I want your best" instead of "dreamland take me there because I want your sex". I mean, the song is sexy, so why bleep out the word "sex"? I don't know. Hits 1 does that sometimes.

~ It just makes perfect sense to have Ariana Grande - Into You jump!

~ It's definitely a good thing that Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills is making a comeback.

~ Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! is hogging the #1 title. While I still like the song, this is extremely annoying.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

NONE

3-Decent

20. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down

19. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

18. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

17. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

16. AJR - I'm Not Famous

4-Good

15. DNCE - Toothbrush

14. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

13. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

12. Meghan Trainor - Me Too

11. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

10. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

9. The 1975 - The Sound

8. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

5-Great

7. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

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

5. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

4. Demi Lovato - Body Say

3. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex)

2. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

1. Ariana Grande - Into You

Score: 82/100

The Hot 45 Chart is currently being worked on. I had a busy weekend, as usual.

Round 4 Results & Round 5 Voting is out! Link: http://sxmhits1.blogspot.com/p/song-wars-round-4-results.html

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. Ariana Grande - Into You

2. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

3. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

4. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex)

5. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

2. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

3. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out

4. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

5. Kent Jones - Don't Mind

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Weekend Countdown Predictions (August 20, 2016)

Hey fam! So, as I do each fall, I'm playing on my school soccer team. This year, I was supposed to be on junior varsity but there wasn't enough players so now I'm on varsity. I'm not particularly happy about it, and I may quit because it's a lot of pressure going into 9th grade and playing juniors and seniors, who are at a different level. So, enough about my issues, I'm going to predict this weekend's countdown to have some fun with you guys!

HitBound Entrants:

• DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
• Drake/Rihanna - Too Good
• Tove Lo - Cool Girl

Exits:

• James Bay - Let It Go (#33)
• Ruth B. - Lost Boy (#43)
• Grace - You Don't Own Me (#45)

45. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#42)

44. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#44)

43. Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#38)

42. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#41)

41. Symon - Say (#24)

40. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (DEBUT)

39. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#40)

38. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#31)

37. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (DEBUT)

36. Jordan Fisher - All About Us (#28)

35. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#35)

34. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#32)

33. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#39)

32. Meghan Trainor - No (#36)

31. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#37)

30. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (DEBUT)

29. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#34)

28. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#17)

27. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#16)

26. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#14)

25. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#15)

24. DNCE - Toothbrush (#22)

23. All Time Low - Missing You (#25)

22. AJR - I'm Not Famous (#29)

21. Timeflies - Once In A While (#11)

20. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#23)

19. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#21)

18. The 1975 - The Sound (#18)

17. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#27)

16. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#19)

15. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#30)

14. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#9)

13. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#20)

12. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#12)

11. Ariana Grande - Into You (#26)

10. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#10)

9. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#13)

8. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#4)

7. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#5)

6. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#8)

5. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#3)

4. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#7)

3. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#6)

2. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#2)

1. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Symon - Say (-17)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) and Ariana Grande - Into You (+15)

Again, this isn't likely, but you never know.

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Justin Timberlake (8) - Week Of August 13, 2016

Well, hey guys! I have some cool news! Yesterday, I had Big Gigantic, from the song debuting HitBound this weekend, retweet my tweet on Twitter and Victoria Monet, the actual singer and songwriter, liked one of my tweets. Yes, I'm being a geek but that was my exciting news! So, before we get to this week's fresh 45 songs, here's the songs we're saying goodbye to.

• One Direction - History (#29)
• G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself, & I (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance

The Countdown
45. Grace - You Don't Own Me (#43)
44. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#42)
43. Ruth B. - Lost Boy (#40)
42. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#33)
41. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#32)
40. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#35)
39. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#27) [1 Week At #1]
38. Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#24)
37. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#34)
36. Meghan Trainor - No (#44)
35. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#38) [4 Weeks At #1]
34. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#16) [2 Weeks At #1]
33. James Bay - Let It Go (#36)
32. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#41)
31. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#39) [2 Weeks At #1]
30. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (DEBUT)
29. AJR - I'm Not Famous (#37)
28. Jordan Fisher - All About Us (#28)
27. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (DEBUT)
26. Ariana Grande - Into You (#31)
25. All Time Low - Missing You (#23)
24. Symon - Say (#26)
23. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#22)
22. DNCE - Toothbrush (#17)
21. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#25)
20. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#21)
19. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#20)
18. The 1975 - The Sound (#19)
17. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#18)
16. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#15) [5 Weeks At #1]
15. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#5)
14. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#13)
13. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#14)
12. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#30)
11. Timeflies - Once In A While (#12)
10. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#11)
9. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#10)
8. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#9)
7. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#8)
6. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#6)
5. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#7)
4. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#2)
3. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#3)
2. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#4)
1. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1) [8th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (-18)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: X Ambassadors - Unsteady (+18)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You

#1 Recommendation For You: JoJo/Wiz Khalifa - F*ck Apologies

New Entrants

~ First off, we have Fifth Harmony, with the ghost of Fetty Wap. The song is All In My Head (Flex). I'm frankly annoyed that Fetty Wap was cut out of the song. Why you gotta kill the vibes Hits 1? Just kidding, it's all good. Now, about the song. This song is actually quite catchy and it's like the daugter of Work From Home, basically. Same meaning, same girls, and of course, guest r&b/hip hop artists. The vocals are great, and in particular, Ally Brooke Hernandez and Lauren Jauregui's vocals are the best. The chorus has a very catchy vibe, but the pre-chorus is what really catches the attention, it has the perfect build up. The other ladies of Fifth Harmony also do exceptionally well, like usual in this song. I'm hoping to see success out of this song because it's very worthy of it.

~ Our second and final debut of the week is Twenty One Pilots - Heathens. This song truly has the dark feel to it. Tyler Joseph's vocals are very mysterious which caters to the ominous vibes the song sends. I have to admit, at first this song was nothing special to me, but after repeated listens, it really grew on me. Now, it's one of my favorite songs at the moment. Overall, I think that Twenty One Pilots did a good job and it's a pretty good song, nearing their best work, even though it's not quite their best. 

HitBound

• The Strumbellas - Spirits
• Magic! - Red Dress
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild
• Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
• Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire
• The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
• Katy Perry - Rise
• MKTO - Superstitious
• Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You
• Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving (DEBUT)
• Steve Aoki/Boehm/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U
• Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend
• Ben Rector - Brand New
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things (DEBUT)

Top 5 HitBound Songs

1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

2. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

3. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

4. Katy Perry - Rise

5. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You

All In My Head (Blurbs)

~ I'm really over Grace - You Don't Own Me and it's irritating mediocrity.

~ I'm not really sad that OneRepublic - Wherever I Go dropped, but I'm not really happy either.

~ I'm not phased that Kent Jones - Don't Mind dropped it's fading on me anyway.

~ Lukas Graham - 7 Years succeeds to annoy me every time I listen to it. 

~ I'm not particularly happy with Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself jumping.

~ I'm particularly happy Taylor Swift - New Romantics jumping.

~ It's rather annoying that we have so much mediocrity on this countdown. Songs like AJR - I'm Not Famous, All Time Low - Missing You, Symon - Say, The 1975 - The Sound, and Timeflies - Once In A While need to drop. It's interesting that they're here, but we don't need a flood of these songs. 

~ It's good that Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills continues to hold when it had potential to hit #1...not.

~ Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty isn't anything special at all. Hits 1 needs to realize that this isn't top 5 worthy. 

~ I'm so over The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down. It needs to not hit #1.

~ It's getting annoying that Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! is hogging the #1 spot. It's probably going to hold for 4 more weeks though, so it can hit 12 weeks, tying the record many songs share.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

20. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down

19. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

3-Decent

18. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out

17. Timeflies - Once In A While

16. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

15. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

14. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

13. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance

4-Good

12. The 1975 - The Sound

11. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

10. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

9. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

5-Great

8. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

7. Meghan Trainor - Me Too

6. Demi Lovato - Body Say

5. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

4. P!nk - Just Like Fire

3. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

2. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

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

Score: 78/100

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

2. Meghan Trainor - No

3. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

4. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

5. Grace - You Don't Own Me

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. Ariana Grande - Into You

2. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

3. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

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

5. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex)

The Song Wars Round 3 Voting Results Are Out! Link: http://sxmhits1.blogspot.com/p/song-wars-round-3-results_12.html Voting Link For Round 4 At Closing Of Post

The Hot 45 Chart will be out soon!

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Justin Timberlake (7) - Week Of August 6, 2016

Hey fam! Welcome back! Is anyone getting ready for the Olympics? Did anyone watch the opening ceremony? I did and they were quite interesting. Tell me if you're excited or not in the comments. Now, the reason you're here for. Before we get to this week's fresh 45 songs, here's the songs we're saying goodbye to:

• Troye Sivan - Youth (#34)
• Zayn - Pillowtalk (#44)

Last Week's #1 Song: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Taylor Swift - Bad Blood 
The Countdown
45. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself, & I (#45)
44. Meghan Trainor - No (#38)
43. Grace - You Don't Own Me (#41)
42. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#27)
41. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#43)
40. Ruth B. - Lost Boy (#42)
39. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#23)
38. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#30)
37. AJR - I'm Not Famous (DEBUT)
36. James Bay - Let It Go (#32)
35. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#35)
34. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#40)
33. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#33)
32. OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#28)
31. Ariana Grande - Into You (DEBUT)
30. X Ambassasdors - Unsteady (#37)
29. One Direction - History (#29)
28. Jordan Fisher - All About Us (#39)
27. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#12)
26. Symon - Say (#25)
25. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#36)
24. Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#15)
23. All Time Low - Missing You (#24)
22. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#19)
21. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#20)
20. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#31)
19. The 1975 - The Sound (#26)
18. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#21)
17. DNCE - Toothbrush (#22)
16. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#9)
15. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#18)
14. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#17)
13. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#16)
12. Timeflies - Once In A While (#13)
11. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#8)
10. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#4)
9. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#11)
8. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#14)
7. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#10)
6. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#5)
5. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#6)
4. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#7)
3. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#2)
2. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#3)
1. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Taylor Swift - New Romantics (-16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between Jordan Fisher - All About Us, Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick, and Demi Lovato - Body Say (+11)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: The Veronicas - In My Blood

#1 Recommendation For You: Lil Wayne/Wiz Khalifa/Imagine Dragons/Logic/Ty Dolla $ign/X Ambassadors - Sucker For Pain

Entrants

~ AJR - I'm Not Famous is good for what it is but isn't better than I'm Ready. It's generic, but I still find the vocal content interesting. So, with it's decency I hope it stays around for a little bit.

~ Now we're getting better, Hits 1! I am overjoyed that Ariana Grande - Into You has debuted on the countdown! This song is easily one of my favorite songs of 2016. Ariana's vocal range is so amazing and it truly shines in this song. This song has good lyrical content and Ariana's voice makes it sound surreal. This is definitely a win for her and I hope it has worthy success on the countdown.

HitBound

• Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend
• Steve Aoki/Boehm/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U
• Katy Perry - Rise
• Ben Rector - Brand New
• Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
• The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (DEBUT)
• Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
• Magic! - Red Dress
• Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex)
• The Strumbellas - Spirits
• Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You 
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild
• MKTO - Superstitious
• Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (DEBUT)

Top 5 HitBound Songs

1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

2. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

3. Katy Perry - Rise

4. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex)

5. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild

Into Blurbs

~ How the heck is G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself, & I still here? It's been on the lower half of the countdown for months.

~ Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close was in the top 10 two weeks ago and now it's in the bottom 5. Ouch.

~ Taylor Swift - New Romantics was in the top 10 two weeks ago and now it's in the bottom half of the countdown. Again, ouch.

~ Fifth Harmony - Work From Home isn't departing on me anytime soon. It's still one of my main jams.

~ It's kind of annoying that OneRepublic - Wherever I Go hasn't done much on this countdown. It feels like it was a flop.

~ Jordan Fisher - All About Us, Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick, and Demi Lovato - Body Say all had the biggest jumps when they were all debuts last week. That's interesting.

~ The 1975 - The Sound has entered the top 20. Honestly, it's annoying because we don't need any more "okay music" in the top 20. 

~ Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance seems to be taking the Alessia Cara - Wild Things path. Just saying, it looks eerily similar.

~ Meghan Trainor - Me Too is becoming a very, very, very tiny bit more worse after each listen.

~ Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For is becoming a very, very, very, tiny bit more better after each listen.

~ It's rather annoying that Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills didn't get to the peak of the countdown. Now it's dropping slowly, but surely.

~ Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman is jumping higher and higher. A little late, but I'm okay with it.

~ If Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty reaches the top of the countdown it'll be annoying because it's nothing special.

~ Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! will probably be at the top for twelve weeks like other songs.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

20. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out

19. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

3-Decent

18. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

17. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

4-Good

16. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down

15. Timeflies - Once In A While

14. The 1975 - The Sound

13. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

12. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

11. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance

5-Great

10. DNCE - Toothbrush

9. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

8. Meghan Trainor - Me Too

7. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

6. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

5. Demi Lovato - Body Say

4. P!nk - Just Like Fire

3. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

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

1. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Score: 84/100

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs 

1. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

2. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

3. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

4. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself, & I

5. Meghan Trainor - No

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. Ariana Grande - Into You

2. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

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

4. P!nk - Just Like Fire

5. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

The Hot 45 Chart will be out later!

Before you get going, you voted for Round 2 Of The Song Wars! Now, here's the results: http://sxmhits1.blogspot.com/p/song-wars-round-2-results.html

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)