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 :)