Ed Sheeran (9) - Week Of April 8, 2017

This week wasn't exactly the most normal week we've ever had. I mean, it started off with a few big drops and carried on as usual, but then when we got into the twenties, we started to have several drops out of the upper end of the countdown. When we finally got to the top 10, things had changed quite a bit, seeing as most of the songs from last week had taken a tumble. But, before we get to this week's countdown, here's the songs we're saying goodbye to:

• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry) (#40)
• DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (#43)
• Daya - Words (#45)

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

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (-20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (+13)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Calvin Harris/Young Thug/Pharrell Williams/Ariana Grande - Heatstroke

#1 Recommendation For You: Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl

New Entrants

~ Our first entrant this week comes from former countdown alum, MAX featuring another former countdown alum, Gnash. They teamed up for the track, Lights Down Low. For a while, I really wasn't all that attracted to this song. After repeated listens, it didn't seem to get all that better, and up until a couple of weeks ago, that was my opinion. Last weekend, when I listened to it on HitBound, I was just instantly just in love. So, now it is legitimately one of the best songs on the countdown. I hope it does well here, and I'm not sure that will entirely happen based on Hits 1 standards.

~ The next entrance into the countdown this week is Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave. From the very start, this song has been amazing. The production on this song is very much a step up from this duo's past songs. MØ contributes amazing vocals without flaw to this song, and I know most of you will disagree with me, but I don't care. The chorus is where I get the most emotional feeling, just because it's very personal and quite emotional. I really hope this song stays a while, and has success in the process.

~ The final admittance into the countdown this week is from returning artist The Vamps featuring Matoma. This song has been good from the start. I believe Matoma did a very nice job on the production for this song, and although the vocals from these guys aren't as good as they were in their previous work, they are still very much tolerable throughout the song. I hope to see this one do well here. I'm glad we had a very nice week of debuts.

Best Debut Of The Week: MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low

HitBound

• Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla
• Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (DEBUT)
• ONE OK ROCK - American Girls
• The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This
• Mansionz/G-Eazy - Wicked (DEBUT)
• Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life
• Halsey - Now Or Never (DEBUT)
• Kungs/Ephemerals - I Feel So Bad (DEBUT)
• Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later (DEBUT)
• COIN - Talk Too Much
• Jon Bellion - Overwhelming
• Lorde - Green Light
• Ocean Park Standoff - Good News 
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake

Top 5 HitBound Picks

1. Lorde - Green Light

2. Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

3. Ocean Park Standoff - Good News

4. ONE OK ROCK - American Girls

5. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This

• BLURBS AND TOP 20 REVIEW WILL RETURN NEXT POST. I'M SORRY THIS WAS SO LATE!

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

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

3. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

4. Niall Horan - This Town

5. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

2. Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday

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

4. AJR - Weak

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

Love you guys!

The post will 100% be out tomorrow on time!

~ Jack :)