Ed Sheeran (7) - Week Of March 25, 2017

Hey guys! I am again sorry for the delay. I have had such a busy week, and I haven't been able to find a free moment to blog. I will try to make it 100% of my goal to get this post out on time tomorrow, or if not, hopefully Sunday. So, Kid Kelly hosted this countdown, and we still have the same song at the top. Before we get to this week's fresh 45 songs, here's the lone song we're losing this week.

• John Legend - Love Me Now (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Charlie Puth - One Call Away

The Chart

45. Daya - Words (#44)

44. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#43)

43. Bebe Rexha - I Got You (#42)

42. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#41)

41. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#26)

40. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry) (#31)

39. James Hersey - Miss You (#24)

38. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#39) [3 Weeks At #1]

37. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#37)

36. Niall Horan - This Town (#38)

35. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#40)

34. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#36)

33. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#33)

32. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#25)

31. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (DEBUT)

30. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#32)

29. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#29) [2 Weeks At #1]

28. Rihanna - Love On The Brain (#35)

27. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#30)

26. AJR - Weak (#22)

25. Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (#23)

24. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#20)

23. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#11)

22. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#27)

21. Julia Michaels - Issues (#19)

20. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#21) [2 Weeks At #1]

19. Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#18)

18. Adele - Water Under The Bridge (#9)

17. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#14)

16. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#8)

15. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#10)

14. Train - Play That Song (#13)

13. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay (#16)

12. Maroon 5/Future - Cold (#3)

11. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#12)

10. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#34)

9. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#5)

8. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#17)

7. Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#4)

6. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#15)

5. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#27) [4 Weeks At #1]

4. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#2) [8 Weeks At #1]

3. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#6)

2. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#7)

1. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#1) [7th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: James Hersey - Miss You and DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (-15)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (+24)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfeld - At My Best

#1 Recommendation For You: Clean Bandit/Zara Larsson - Symphony

New Entrants

~ We have one new entrant this week coming in the form of Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye. This one seems a tad bit tardy in coming here. The song has very good production and the song sens a very comforting message to all single moms struggling with caring for a small child. Both vocalists in this song are very good, as I expected them to be, and I would like to see this song do good here. It is doing very well everywhere else right now, so I don't see why not.

HitBound

• Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday
• ONE OK ROCK - American Girls
• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
• Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla
• The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This
• COIN - Talk Too Much
• Little Mix - Touch
• Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life (DEBUT)
• Lorde - Green Light
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
• Ocean Park Standoff - Good News
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake

Top 5 HitBound Picks

1. Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday

2. Lorde - Green Light

3. Little Mix - Touch

4. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This

5. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night

L.A. Blurbotee

~ Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You continues to hold atop the countdown. Although I do still like the song, I am starting to think that it will stay here until the 12 week mark. I would enjoy seeing some of the other songs in the top 10 take this spot before their window of opportunity closes.

~ Shawn Mendes - Mercy is still not giving up on the top 3. I really don't think this song is necessarily worthy to be #1, so I would prefer that it doesn't continue to bounce back from drops further to the bottom of the top 10.

~ I don't really think it was called for having Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving jumping back up over twenty spots into the top 5, but Hits 1 will be Hits 1. So, hopefully it won't last long.

~ I didn't expect Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill to get this high, and in fact this close to his other songs. Usually, Hits 1 likes to keep songs from eight to ten spots away from each other. I would prefer this song to stay somewhat away from the top though, as his current top song is better.

~ Speaking of unexpected things, Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy made a large comeback, having over a twenty spot jump into the top 10, being the biggest jump of the week. I really would like to see this song go further, so I wish it well.

~ Maroon 5/Future - Cold didn't last long at all in the top 3, or even the top 10 for that matter. I really would have liked this song staying longer, but I'm sure it'll be back.

~ Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm took a fall out of the top 10 this week as well. I really would have liked to see this song stay longer as well, but likewise, I'm sure it'll return.

~ I'm getting quite sick of Twenty One Pilots - Heathens being in the top 20. It needs to start declining.

~ Rihanna - Love On The Brain has sure had a weird tenure thus far. Enough said.

~ James Hersey - Miss You took quite the fall this week. I'm not very happy about this, as it is a pretty good song. So, I hope to see it recover in the coming weeks.

~ On the note of large and quick falls, Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry) has also taken a fall rather rapidly. I would also like to see this song recover in the coming weeks, as it has been growing on me a bit lately.

~ Daya - Words is back at the end of our countdown. I honestly don't know if I have a developed opinion on this song leaving yet.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

20. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

3-Decent

19. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

18. Train - Play That Song

4-Good

17. Shawn Mendes - Mercy

16. Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

15. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

5-Great

14. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap

13. Adele - Water Under The Bridge

12. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

11. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

10. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things

9. The Chainsmokers - Paris

8. Maroon 5/Future - Cold

7. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

6. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm

5. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

4. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay

3. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

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

1. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

Score: 90% (A-)

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

2. Niall Horan - This Town

3. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

4. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

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

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

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

3. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

4. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay

5. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

The Hot 45 Chart edition that I'm still late on will be out this weekend!

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

Ed Sheeran (6) - Week Of March 18, 2017

Hey guys! This week was definitely standing up to a tradition, as it was just as random as the countdown that premiered this week last year. Anyways, I would like to encourage you to view my new post that came out just a little bit ago. It was a catch up post for the last three weeks that you missed from the Hot 45 Chart. So, go view that if you're looking to find out what you missed, and before we get to this week's fresh 45 songs, here's the two songs we're saying goodbye to.

• Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (#29)
• Charli XCX - After The Afterparty (#44)

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Charlie Puth - One Call Away

The Chart

45. John Legend - Love Me Now (#45)

44. Daya - Words (#42)

43. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#43)

42. Bebe Rexha - I Got You (#13)

41. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#41)

40. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#39)

39. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#30) [3 Weeks At #1]

38. Niall Horan - This Town (#34)

37. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#24)

36. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (DEBUT)

35. Rihanna - Love On The Brain (#40)

34. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#19)

33. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#31)

32. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#23)

31. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry) (#32)

30. Imagine Dragons - Believer (DEBUT)

29. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#28) [2 Weeks At #1]

28. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#27)

27. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#18) [4 Weeks At #1]

26. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#35)

25. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#37)

24. James Hersey - Miss You (#38)

23. Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (#25)

22. AJR - Weak (#21) 

21. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#14) [2 Weeks At #1]

20. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#17)

19. Julia Michaels - Issues (#26)

18. Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#5)

17. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#4)

16. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay (#22)

15. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#33)

14. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#15)

13. Train - Play That Song (#12)

12. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#20)

11. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#36)

10. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#6)

9. Adele - Water Under The Bridge (#10)

8. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#8)

7. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#11)

6. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#2)

5. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#9)

4. Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#3)

3. Maroon 5 - Cold (#16)

2. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#2) [8 Weeks At #1]

1. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#1) [6th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Bebe Rexha - I Got You (-29)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (+25)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Nicki Minaj - Regret In Your Tears

#1 Recommendation For You: Ocean Park Standoff - Good News

New Entrants

~ Our first entry this week comes from Panic! At The Disco, with L.A. Devotee. There is nothing much for me to say about this song, except for the fact that I enjoy how the "band" has ventured into a pop sound for this tune. It is very different and I think it will stay with me longer than their previous singles, one of which is still here, need I remind you, Hits 1. In the end, I hope to see it have some decent success here.

~ Our second and final debut of the week is Imagine Dragons - Believer. I personally think this was a big comeback for the band and in a very good way. I enjoy how they are experimenting with new sounds, and this time it definitely worked in their favor. The chorus is definitely a powerhouse, and even though the production is very weird, I still enjoy it. All in all, I hope to see it do good here.

Best Countdown Debut Song: Imagine Dragons - Believer

Best HitBound Song: Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday

Best Top 20 Song: Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

Worst Top 20 Song: Train - Play That Song

Best Countdown Song: Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

Worst Countdown Song: X Ambassadors - Unsteady

See you tomorrow, with a much more heavy post!

Love you guys!

~ Jack :)

Ed Sheeran (5) - Week Of March 11, 2017

Hey there, everyone! This week wasn't necessarily anything too important. I mean, sure there were a few notable things that happened, like usual, but most of the countdown was just business as usual. So, before we get to this week's fresh 45 songs, here's the sole song we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Hey Violet - Guys My Age (#39)

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

The Countdown

45. John Legend - Love Me Now (#41)
44. Charli XCX - After The Afterparty (#42)
43. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#44)
42. Daya - Words (#45)
41. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#37)
40. Rihanna - Love On The Brain (#21)
39. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#34)
38. James Hersey - Miss You (DEBUT)
37. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#30)
36. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#29)
35. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#43)
34. Niall Horan - This Town (#32)
33. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#35)
32. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry) (#26)
31. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#38)
30. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#22) [3 Weeks At #1]
29. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (#31)
28. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#28) [2 Weeks At #1]
27. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#27)
26. Julia Michaels - Issues (#17)
25. Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (#33)
24. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#23)
23. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#24)
22. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay (#36)
21. AJR - Weak (#40)
20. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#14)
19. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#18)
18. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#4) [4 Weeks At #1]
17. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#12)
16. Maroon 5 - Cold (#13)
15. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#19)
14. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#15) [2 Weeks At #1]
13. Bebe Rexha - I Got You (#16)
12. Train - Play That Song (#20)
11. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#8)
10. Adele - Water Under The Bridge (#5)
9. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#10)
8. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#11)
7. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#3) [8 Weeks At #1]
6. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#9)
5. Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#25)
4. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#7)
3. Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#6)
2. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#2)
1. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#1) [5th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Rihanna - Love On The Brain (-19)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (+20)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Lorde - Green Light

#1 Recommendation For You: Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

New Entrants

~ Our sole entrant this week comes from new artist James Hersey. He debuts with Miss You. When I first heard this song was debuting on HitBound, I was unsure how I would feel about the song with it being from a new artist and all. I listened to it, and I found it a decent song. It's fairly simple and the lyrical content compliments the interesting beat quite well. I hope to see this song do well here, as it is a very interesting compliment to outsider music appearing on this channel. Again, I hope it'll do well, but you can never be sure with these kinds of songs on this station. 

HitBound

• Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dola $ign - Swalla (DEBUT)
• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
• Imagine Dragons - Believer
• The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This
• Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday
• COIN - Talk Too Much
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
• ONE OK ROCK - American Girls
• Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
• Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee
• Little Mix - Touch
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake

My Top 5 HitBound Picks

1. Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday

2. Little Mix - Touch

3. Imagine Dragons - Believer

4. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye

5. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This

Miss Blurbs

~ Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You continues to hold atop the countdown for a fifth consecutive week. I really would prefer Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever being out #1 song at this point in time, but I don't hate the former, so I guess it's okay being there for the time being.

~ Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On made quite the leap into the top 5 this week. I still enjoy the song, but this just seems a little excessive.

~ It literally just seemed to dawn on me this week that The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer had been in the top 10 for almost half of a year now. That's impressive.

~ It also just dawned on me that Twenty One Pilots - Heathens has been sticking around here forever. Oh, wait, it didn't, I was already thinking that. I would enjoy it if it dropped out of the top 20 before I start to think it's worse.

~ Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving is beginning to lose its steam. It took a reasonable fall out of the top 10 this week.

~ AJR - Weak and Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay took very reasonable second week jumps and they're already looking to be successful here, so hopefully they will keep it up next week.

~ Julia Michaels - Issues took a small dip in the numbers this week. Hopefully it can recover.

~ Can someone explain to me why Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better continues to try? It's over, get over it.

~ Can someone else also explain to me why Niall Horan - This Town continues to get airplay. Hits 1, I am done with these ridiculous obsessions.

~ Rihanna - Love On The Brain took quite the tumble this week. I guess this song was just destined to not be successful on this station.

~ John Legend - Love Me Now made a small success here in an odd way. Well, it was nice knowing you.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Garbage

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

20. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

3-Decent

19. Train - Play That Song

18. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

17. Shawn Mendes - Mercy

4-Good

16. Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

15. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

5-Great

14. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

13. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap

12. Adele - Water Under The Bridge

11. The Chainsmokers - Paris

10. Bebe Rexha - I Got You

9. Maroon 5 - Cold

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

7. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

6. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things

5. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

4. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

3. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

2. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm

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

Score: 89% (B+)

My Bottom 5 Countdown Picks

1. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

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

3. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

4. Niall Horan - This Town

5. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

My Top 5 Countdown Picks

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

2. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm

3. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

4. AJR - Weak

5. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

Love you guys!

~ Jack :)

Ed Sheeran (4) - Week Of March 4, 2017

Hello guys! So, I couldn't get this out yesterday because I was at an event for my Pre-AP Global Class in Albany, New York. The ten of us had been working on massive history projects since July this past summer, and we finally got to show them to judges yesterday at National History Day: Capital Region Competition. No, most of us didn't win anything. Two of us won silver medals due to the lack of entries in a category, but it was a fun experience for us, as it was last year as well. Some of us I believe got very close to winning. I, personally believe I got just outside the top 3, maybe 4th place, as they said my website I created was very good. So, now I'm here and I didn't get a chance to really listen to the countdown this weekend in order and everything, but it was a little interesting, an example of that would be a re-entry, which we haven't seen in a while. So, before we get to this week's fresh 45 songs, here's a list of songs we're saying goodbye to.

• OneRepublic - Kids (#43)
• Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis - Greenlight (#44)
• Lukas Graham - You're Not There (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: One Direction - Perfect

The Countdown

45. Daya - Words (#31)

44. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#28)

43. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#29)

42. Charli XCX - After The Afterparty (#40)

41. John Legend - Love Me Now (#39)

40. AJR - Weak (DEBUT)

39. Hey Violet - Guys My Age (#30)

38. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#42)

37. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#41)

36. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay (DEBUT)

35. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (RE-ENTRY)

34. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#38)

33. Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (#24)

32. Niall Horan - This Town (#35)

31. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (#36)

30. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (#27)

29. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#19)

28. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#32) [2 Weeks At #1]

27. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#7)

26. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry) (#37)

25. Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#16)

24. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#21)

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

22. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#26) [3 Weeks At #1]

21. Rihanna - Love On The Brain (#33)

20. Train - Play That Song (#17)

19. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#20)

18. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#34)

17. Julia Michaels - Issues (#23)

16. Bebe Rexha - I Got You (#25)

15. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#9) [2 Weeks At #1]

14. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#14)

13. Maroon 5 - Cold (#15)

12. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#18)

11. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#11)

10. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#22)

9. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#12)

8. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#5)

7. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#2)

6. Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#4)

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

4. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#8) [4 Weeks At #1]

3. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#3) [8 Weeks At #1]

2. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#6)

1. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#1) [4th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Jon Bellion - All Time Low (-20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (+16)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Sabrina Carpenter - Thumbs

#1 Recommendation For You: Cashmere Cat/Camila Cabello - Love Incredible

New Entrants

~ Our first entrant this week comes from AJR with their new single, Weak. This is by far their best single so far. Their past singles weren't that amazing, but this song is lyrical genius. Many of you may think this song is mediocre, but I really believe the lyrical content deserves an A+, the vocals are on point, and that key change later in the song is very creative. So, this has definitely been on replay lately for me. Now, all I would like to see this song do is to have a successful countdown run, because it is so far one of the best songs this year in my opinion. 

~ Our second and final new entrant comes in the form of Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay. Before I listened to this song, I was honestly unsure if I would like the sound of Alessia Cara on an electronic song, but boy was I wrong. She sounds amazing on this track and Zedd does a great job with the drop, as well as with the rest of the song. In the long run, the only thing I could see getting annoying is the repetition of the same lyrics over and over. Besides that, for now, I hope to see this song do well here, and I expect it to do so.

~ Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill had already been reviewed, refer to the week it first debuted.

HitBound

• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
• Little Mix - Touch
• James Hersey - Miss You
• Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee
• Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide (DEBUT)
• Imagine Dragons - Believer
• Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday
• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
• COIN - Talk Too Much (DEBUT)
• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
• Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
• ONE OK ROCK - American Girls (DEBUT)
• The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This

Top 5 HitBound Songs
1. Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday
2. Little Mix - Touch
3. Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
4. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
5. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This

• NO BLURBS THIS WEEK DUE TO LATENESS OF THIS POST

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Garbage

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

20. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

19. Train - Play That Song

3-Decent

18. Shawn Mendes - Mercy

17. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

4-Good

16. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

5-Great

15. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

14. Adele - Water Under The Bridge

13. Maroon 5 - Cold

12. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap

11. Bebe Rexha - I Got You

10. The Chainsmokers - Paris

9. Julia Michaels - Issues

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

7. Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

6. Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things

5. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

4. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

3. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

2. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm

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

Score: 89% (B+)

Bottom 5 Songs This Week

1. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

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

3. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

4. Niall Horan - This Town

5. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Top 5 Songs This Week

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

2. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm

3. AJR - Weak

4. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

5. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

Love you guys! The post will hopefully be on schedule tomorrow morning! I had quite a busy week!

~ Jack :)