Maroon 5 (1) - Week Of January 7, 2017

I hope you all had an enjoyable week. This week was definitely interesting and pretty good in most aspects. We got rid of one of the biggest pieces of crap ever this week and we also got a pretty good class of debuts. We also got a new #1 song. So, before we get to this week's fresh 45 songs, here's the three departures from the countdown this week:

• Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#40)
• Calvin Harris - My Way (#44)
• 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Adele - Hello

The Chart

45. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (#41)

44. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis - Greenlight (#21)

43. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes (#39)

42. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#42)

41. DNCE - Body Moves (#43)

40. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#38)

39. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (DEBUT)

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

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

36. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#35)

35. Lukas Graham - You're Not There (DEBUT)

34. Charli XCX - After The Afterparty (#22)

33. Bastille - Good Grief (#34)

32. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#33)

31. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#32)

30. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#31)

29. Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#29)

28. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#24)

27. Fifth Harmony/Camila Cabello - That's My Girl (#19)

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

25. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#27)

24. Train - Play That Song (#28)

23. Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#17)

22. John Legend - Love Me Now (#30)

21. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (DEBUT)

20. Ariana Grande - Into You (#25)

19. OneRepublic - Kids (#18)

18. Runaground - Chase You Down (#23)

17. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#15)

16. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#16)

15. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#20)

14. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#5)

13. Adele - Water Under The Bridge (#12)

12. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (#7)

11. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#10)

10. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#11)

9. Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (#8)

8. Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love (#9)

7. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#13)

6. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#14)

5. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#1)

4. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#2)

3. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#3)

2. Niall Horan - This Town (#4)

1. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#6)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis - Greenlight (-23)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: John Legend - Love Me Now and Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (+8)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Kat DeLuna - Waves

#1 Recommendation For You: Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

New Entrants

~ Our first entrant comes from Fitz & The Tantrums this week. HandClap is definitely something that took me a while to like. I didn't like this song at first. When it entered HitBound, I reconsidered my hatred towards this song and it's actually quite fun. So, I hope it does well here.

~ Next up this week was Lukas Graham returning after one so-so and one godawful hit. You're Not There is just quite average at the moment. I have swayed between enjoying this song and hating it, but at the moment its just whatever. I wouldn't really love for this song to stay long, but it probably will considering the obsession with the last two songs from this band.

~ Lastly this week, we have Shawn Mendes returning here rather high up with Mercy. I really am enjoying its tenure already. I can just say that I want this to replace Treat You Better in the coming weeks and be higher up among the rest of the songs here.

Best Debut Of The Week: Shawn Mendes - Mercy

HitBound

• Daya - Words
• Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (DEBUT)
• Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things
• Maty Noyes - In My Mind
• Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Gavin DeGraw - She Sets The City On Fire
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (DEBUT)
• Captain Cuts/Nateur - Love Like We Used To
• The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (DEBUT)
• Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own
• Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex
• Rihanna - Love On The Brain
• Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor
• Hey Violet - Guys My Age
• [Alternate: Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (DEBUT)]

Top 5 Songs On HitBound

1. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things

2. Maty Noyes - In My Mind

3. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming

4. Hey Violet - Guys My Age

5. Rihanna - Love On The Brain

You're Not Blurbs

~ I hadn't expected the occurrence of Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know at #1 this week, but every year, the first week is always a little wonky. 

~ I really would've appreciated it if Bruno Mars - 24K Magic hadn't made a comeback into the top 10 this week. It should be on the decline by now.

~ I'm liking the presence of Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side in the top 10. Also, the departure of Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better is almost refreshing.

~ Adele - Water Under The Bridge needs to make a move. I wish this song would just enter the top 10 already, it's worthy.

~ X Ambassadors - Unsteady continues to make my ears bleed. I wish this song would just leave already, I mean its been here for months on end, can't it just give up already?

~ Just when I say it was okay for Ariana Grande - Into You to start declining, it makes a nice jump back into the top 20. I really am not complaining about this at all, though.

~ I really wish that a drop from Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever hadn't happened. Hopefully it will make a quick recovery and be on the fast track to the top of the countdown again.

~ I could really have some entertainment here if Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On made a freaking move here. I mean, this is the one song I thought would shoot into the teens on its second week, but I guess I have been stood up.

~ I really wasn't expecting the dip from Charli XCX - After The Afterparty. I hope it makes a recovery, but that is hard to tell honestly.

~ Well, it's nice to see a good piece of work holding on here, as DNCE - Body Moves has been down low like this for weeks and still hasn't exited. I really would love to see this one make a recovery, but it doesn't seem likely at this point in time.

~ I really wasn't seeing that big drop from Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight, but, boy am I glad it happened. Hopefully this song leaves in the coming weeks.

~ Lastly, I would like to recognize our new suckiest song on the countdown, Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire and I sure hope this is an exit next week.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Garbage

NONE

1-Bad

20. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

19. OneRepublic - Kids

2-Mediocre

18. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

3-Decent

17. Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor

16. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

15. Runaground - Chase You Down

14. Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love

13. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

12. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

11. Niall Horan - This Town

4-Good

NONE

5-Great

10. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful

9. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

8. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

7. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

6. Ariana Grande - Into You

5. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

4. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

3. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

2. Adele - Water Under The Bridge

1. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side

Score: 75%

Bottom 5 Songs Of The Week

1. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire

2. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

3. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

4. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

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

Top 5 Songs Of The Week

1. Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

2. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side

3. Adele - Water Under The Bridge

4. Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

5. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

The Hot 45 Charts will be out tomorrow and be sure to check out my post before this as it is very important if you haven't already.

Love you guys!

~ Jack :)