The Chainsmokers (2) - Week Of September 17, 2016

Hey fam! Well, today I went to see the new movie, Sully based on Captain Chesley Sullenberger who successfully landed an aircraft on the Hudson River, with everyone on board surviving. I highly recommend that you go see this movie. It is definitely worth your time and money. The acting was very good and the story was always full of suspense. Anyway, now onto the countdown, with four exits this week. 

• The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#38)
• Timeflies - Once In A While (#41)
• Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#42)
• Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face

The Countdown

45. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#43)

44. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#44)

43. Meghan Trainor - No (#39)

42. DNCE - Toothbrush (#40)

41. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#37)

40. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#36)

39. Kiiara - Gold (DEBUT)

38. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#34)

37. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (DEBUT)

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

35. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#35)

34. Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion (DEBUT)

33. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#29)

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

31. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#31)

30. OneRepublic - Kids (DEBUT)

29. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#27)

28. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#30) 

27. Katy Perry - Rise (#25)

26. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#18)

25. Symon - Say (#21)

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

23. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#23)

22. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#28)

21. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#20)

20. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (#26)

19. AJR - I'm Not Famous (#16)

18. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO - Cold Water (#19)

17. The Strumbellas - Spirits (#22)

16. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#17)

15. The 1975 - The Sound (#10)

14. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#13)

13. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#14)

12. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#15)

11. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#11)

10. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#7)

9. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#4)
8. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#6)
7. Ariana Grande - Into You (#8)
6. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#12)
5. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#9)
4. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#3)
3. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#4)
2. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#2)
1. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Lukas Graham - Mama Said (-8)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between: Twenty One Pilots - Heathens, Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire, and Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (+6)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Twenty One Pilots - Cancer

#1 Recommendation For You: Calvin Harris - My Way

New Entrants

~ Our first debut of the week comes in the form of Kiiara - Gold. At first, I didn't enjoy this song. I actually find it really interesting and creative. I don't know what's going on in the chorus, but it sounds so freaking cool. She's got my vote for this song. This one is definitely a debut single win. I have found myself really enjoying this and I know most of you don't. Well, I wish it the best of luck on the countdown.

~ The next newbie is Hailee Steinfeld teaming up with Grey for a heck of a track with Zedd. Starving really grabbed my attention at first listen. Sure, by now I've over saturated it, but it's still good. Hailee's vocals are great on this track and Grey and Zedd do a phenomenal job with the electronics. All in all, this isn't that close to the height of Love Myself, but it's a respectable song. I hope it does well.

~ Third is Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion. Well, I have to say I was a little disappointed with this song. It's absolutely nowhere near her best like Just Dance and Poker Face. While this song is green, don't expect it to stay that way for long, it may even be blue or red in the next coming weeks. I would've thought of better from her. I would like it if this song didn't hit high peaks.

~ Lastly, we have OneRepublic - Kids. This song is actually really cathcy. I think these guys rarely disappoint. I mean, their songs get old quick, but that's fine, at least they're enjoyable when they need to be. I really would like to see some success out of this song. 

HitBound

• Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U (DEBUT)
• Jason Derulo - Kiss The Sky (DEBUT)
• Nick Jonas - Bacon
• Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl
• Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis - Greenlight (DEBUT)
• Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
• Calvin Harris - My Way (DEBUT)
• Mike Posner/JordanXL - Be As You Are
• Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things
• Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You (DEBUT)
• Magic! - Red Dress
• DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (DEBUT)
• Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (DEBUT)

Top 5 HitBound Songs

1. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

2. Nick Jonas - Bacon

3. Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You

4. Mike Posner/JordanXL - Be As You Are

5. Jason Derulo - Kiss The Sky

Blurb Illusion

~ Lukas Graham - 7 Years has been done to death. Let's move on.

~ It's strange that Taylor Swift - New Romantics is still here, but I like it.

~ P!nk - Just Like Fire is getting old, well kind of.

~ Mike Posner and SeeB can't take this long to take a pill in Ibiza. This is going on too long. I Took A Pill In Ibiza, what a name.

~ Katy Perry - Rise is dropping already. Well, I guess two spots doesn't mean the final nail is in.

~ Why is Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You holding? Let's get this jumping.

~ The Strumbellas - Spirits keeps me in high spirits whenever I listen.

~ 5 Seconds Of Summer are becoming extremely overrated. Girls Talk Boys is a lame title and frankly a lame song.

~ I'm loving that The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer is jumping. Well, slowly and not getting too much closer to the #1 title.

~ I don't really care that The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down is #1. It's not awful, but we could have better.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

20. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

1-Bad

19. The 1975 - The Sound

2-Mediocre

18. AJR - I'm Not Famous

17. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

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

3-Decent

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

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

13. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

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

4-Good

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

10. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

9. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

8. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

7. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

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

5-Great

5. The Strumbellas - Spirits

4. Demi Lovato - Body Say

3. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO - Cold Water

2. Ariana Grande - Into You

1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Score: 68/100

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

2. Meghan Trainor - No

3. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

4. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

5. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

2. Ariana Grande - Into You

3. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You

4. OneRepublic - Kids

5. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

The Hot 45 Chart will be out sometime soon!

Love ya fam!

Stay strong!

~ Jack :/ :)

The Chainsmokers (1) - Week Of September 10, 2016

Hey guys! We have officially hit over 50,000 pageviews, almost 51,000! Thank you so much guys! There will definitely be an important special for this! The next time there will be a special after this will either be at 75,000 pageviews or 100,000 pageviews, I haven't decided. Well, let's get onto the countdown anyway. There are no songs leaving this week so let's jump right in.

Last Week's #1 Song: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Ed Sheeran - Photograph

The Countdown
45. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#29)
44. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#44)
43. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#45)
42. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#43)
41. Timeflies - Once In A While (#41)
40. DNCE - Toothbrush (#24)
39. Meghan Trainor - No (#37)
38. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#32)
37. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#38)
36. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#42)
35. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#35)
34. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#28)
33. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#30)
32. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#39)
31. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#27)
30. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#34)
29. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#33)
28. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#26)
27. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#23)
26. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (#19)
25. Katy Perry - Rise (#40)
24. All Time Low - Missing You (#22)
23. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#31)
22. The Strumbellas - Spirits (#36)
21. Symon - Say (#20)
20. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#17)
19. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO - Cold Water (#25)
18. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#21)
17. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#13)
16. AJR - I'm Not Famous (#15)
15. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#16)
14. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#10)
13. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#18)
12. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#14)
11. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#11)
10. The 1975 - The Sound (#7)
9. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#6)
8. Ariana Grande - Into You (#8)
7. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#12)
6. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#9)
5. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1)
4. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#2)
3. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#3)
2. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#5)
1. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#4)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Tie Between: DNCE - Toothbrush and Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex-) (-16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Katy Perry - Rise (+15)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion

#1 Recommendation For You: Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

HitBound

~ Here's the list:

• Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving
• Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U
• Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor
• Kiiara - Gold
• MKTO - Superstitious
• OneRepublic - Kids
• Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl
• Mike Posner/JordanXL - Be As You Are
• Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things
• Nick Jonas - Bacon
• Magic! - Red Dress
• Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel

Top 5 HitBound Songs

1. TIE: Nick Jonas - Bacon

1. TIE: Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

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

4. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things

5. Mike Posner/JordanXL - Be As You Are

Cold Blurbs

~ Why the heck is Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) flopping on this countdown. I literally wanted to throw a sledgehammer at my phone screen this morning when I heard that this song dropped to #45. 

~ Let's talk about the murder Lukas Graham - 7 Years brings to my ears. Is it possible for this song to leave soon because it's definitely in the top 5 most hated songs this year, possibly #1 or #2.

~ Well, speaking of 7 Years, let's talk about the extreme annoyance of Meghan Trainor - No. Can this song's lyrics be anymore useless and pointless? No, I don't think so.

~ Am I experiencing some illusions? I'm realizing how the heck Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself and Panic! At The Disco - Victorious are still here.

~ I've grown back into Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza slightly.

~ Twenty One Pilots - oh, what was it?... Oh! Stressed Out is still here.

~ Symon - Say sounds so strange and it's rather annoying, it's more suitable for a circus.

~ I have easily forgot AJR - I'm Not Famous was here.

~ Can Ariana Grande - Into You move? Please!

~ Spyder Harrison said that it was Don't Let Me Down's second time at #1. That is incorrect, I would actually prefer something else hear. *cough* Cheap Thrills *cough*.

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

20. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

19. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

18. AJR - I'm Not Famous

3-Decent

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

16. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

15. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling

14. The 1975 - The Sound

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

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

11. Lukas Graham - Mama Said

4-Good

10. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick

9. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

8. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

5-Great

7. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

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

5. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

4. Demi Lovato - Body Say

3. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO - Cold Water

2. Ariana Grande - Into You

1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Score: 74/100

The Hot 45 Chart is coming soon.

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

2. Meghan Trainor - No

3. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out

4. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

5. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. TIE: Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You

1. TIE: The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

1. TIE: Ariana Grande - Into You

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

5. The Strumbellas - Spirits

Love ya fam!

Stay strong!

~ Jack :/ :)

Justin Timberlake (10) - Week Of September 3, 2016

Well, hey guys! I'm kind of bummed that school starts on Tuesday. I feel like summer went by way too fast. So, I may be late on some posts and I will try to get them out when it's convenient for me. In other news, I am going to the movies today to see Suicide Squad. So, I'll let you guys know how that went. I've been talking too long, so let's get onto the countdown. Before this week's fresh 45 songs, here's the songs we're saying goodbye to:

• Jordan Fisher - All About Us (#28)
• OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (#41)
• Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#44)
• Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance

The Countdown
45. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#43)
44. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (#39)
43. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance (#21)
42. Taylor Swift - New Romantics (#36)
41. Timeflies - Once In A While (#16)
40. Katy Perry - Rise (DEBUT)
39. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (#42)
38. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (#40)
37. Meghan Trainor - No (#38)
36. The Strumbellas - Spirits (DEBUT)
35. Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (#33)
34. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#7)
33. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#32)
32. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out (#37)
31. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (DEBUT)
30. P!nk - Just Like Fire (#29)
29. Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) (#26)
28. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious (#34)
27. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#31)
26. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (#30)
25. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO - Cold Water (DEBUT)
24. DNCE - Toothbrush (#27)
23. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#12)
22. All Time Low - Missing You (#24)
21. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#23)
20. Symon - Say (#35)
19. Kenny Chesney/P!nk - Setting The World On Fire (#22)
18. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#15)
17. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick (#18)
16. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#19)
15. AJR - I'm Not Famous (#25)
14. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#20)
13. Demi Lovato - Body Say (#17)
12. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend (#13)
11. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#14)
10. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (#11)
9. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (#10)
8. Ariana Grande - Into You (#8)
7. The 1975 - The Sound (#9)
6. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#6)
5. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (#4)
4. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (#2)
3. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#1)
2. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (#5)
1. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! (#4)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: X Ambassadors - Unsteady (-27)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Symon - Say (+15)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Rebecca Black/Crash Cove - The Great Divide

#1 Recommendation For You: Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

New Entrants

~ Katy Perry is finally back! Rise is nowhere near her best, but it's still good. It definitely has a message of self empowerment and Katy does good on the vocals. Overall, I hope it has some success, but I wouldn't go as far as to say it is top 5 material.

~ Our next debut is from new artist The Strumbellas with Spirits. I have to admit, this song didn't appeal to me at first, and I disliked it for a short time. Then, in the past few weeks I started to enjoy it out of the blue. The chorus really grabs my attention. I don't know if I'll like it much longer, but I hope it does pretty good on this countdown.

~ Next up is Flume and Kai with Never Be Like You. This song is definitely one of the best EDM songs of this year. While the singing isn't always consistently at it's best, the beat makes it sound like it is, it fills in all the cracks as if it were a self-fulfilling prophecy. Anyways, this song is definitely one of my favorites at the moment. I'm wishing it does good here.

~ Last, but definitely not least is Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO - Cold Water scoring the highest debut of the week. Justin Bieber has great vocal work in this song and so does MO. The beat matches perfectly and it's in my top 10 songs at this point in time. I'm not worried about this song doing good here because it's destined to.

HitBound

~ Here's the list:

• Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel
• Nick Jonas - Bacon (DEBUT)
• Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl
• OneRepublic - Kids
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things
• Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
• Kiiara - Gold (DEBUT)
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild
• Magic! - Red Dress
• Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving
• Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U
• Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (DEBUT)
• Mike Posner/JordanXL - Be As You Are (DEBUT)
• MKTO - Superstitious 

Top 5 HitBound Songs

1. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving

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

3. Nick Jonas - Bacon 

4. Kiiara - Gold

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

Never Be Like Blurbs

~ It's clear that Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness was a flop on this countdown. Oh well.

~ The drop of Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance was destined to happen sometime. This song definitely wasn't going to last forever.

~ It's refreshing that Timeflies - Once In A While took a big tumble this week. 

~ I'm realizing how stupid and sloppy the lyrics in Meghan Trainor - No are.

~ It's my pleasure that X Ambassadors - Unsteady has dropped out of the top 10! From #7 to...#34. Ouch.

~ P!nk - Just Like Fire is annoying me more and more after each listen. It's still good enough to put in green though.

~ How is it that Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) keeps dropping? Can I speak with someone about this outrage?

~ All Time Low - Missing You is beginning to annoy me with mediocrity. 

~ What the heck? Why is Symon - Say in the top 20? I'm going to look for who did this. Why do mediocre songs keep getting voted so high?

~ Is it possible to get The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer jumping faster and not behind songs people have never heard of...*cough* AJR - I'm Not Famous *cough*?

~ It's strange to see The 1975 - The Sound at #7, but whatever. It looks like it's taking the same path as X Ambassadors - Unsteady. It's been #9-#7 and so was the latter. I would laugh if it was at #34 next week.

~ It's annoying to see Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! at #1 again. That win from another artist last week looked promising. Oh, who am I kidding?

Let's Do A Top 20 Review!

0-Crap

NONE

1-Bad

NONE

2-Mediocre

20. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

19. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

18. Symon - Say

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

3-Decent

16. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

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

14. AJR - I'm Not Famous

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

4-Good

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

11. Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick

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

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

8. The 1975 - The Sound

7. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

5-Great

6. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend

5. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

4. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

3. Demi Lovato - Body Say

2. Ariana Grande - Into You

1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Score: 74/100

Bottom 5 Countdown Songs

1. Meghan Trainor - No

2. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

3. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out

4. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

5. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Top 5 Countdown Songs

1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

2. Ariana Grande - Into You

3. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MO - Cold Water

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

5. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You

The Hot 45 Chart will be out later.

I posted my reviews for the 2016 VMA's performances last night, in case you missed it. Link: http://sxmhits1.blogspot.com/2016/09/2016-vmas-performance-reviews.html

I also posted the final results for the song wars this morning! Find out who's the best of the best: Hymn For The Weekend or Into You? and find out the best of the worst: Wherever I Go or Rise?. Read it to find the answer. Link: http://sxmhits1.blogspot.com/p/song-wars-round-6-results.html

I think we're going to reach 50,000 pageviews this week! Let's do it guys! Expect a special soon!

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)

2016 VMAs Performance Reviews

Hey guys! Here's a review with my opinions of the 2016 VMAs Performances! These awards aired this past Sunday night on MTV. If I had to start with reviewing the hosts, they were awful and annoying as heck and I hope we never see them again Now, on with the review.

Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music/Only Girl (In The World)/We Found Love/Where Have You Been

Comments: Let's just say that this wasn't the best way to open the show. Rihanna took breaks in her singing which was a tad annoying and her other performances were better. The ending with Where Have You Been also sounded a little strange to me. It definitely wasn't the worst thing we saw, but it definitely wasn't the best thing we saw either.

Grade: 6.5/10




Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side

Comments: So, Ariana and Nicki are pretty much destined to do duets, they just sound so good together. For this one, they performed a sweat-inducing rendition of their new single, Side To Side, off of Dangerous Woman. At the beginning, Ariana's voice was a little sloppy at the beginning while she was working out. Was it because she was out of breath? That's one theory. Anyways, she soon made up for it afterwards. Then Nicki came out and her part was just great as always. The way they ended the song was great with perfect stage presence. So, there was one little flaw.


Grade: 9.5/10




Future - F*ck Up Some Commas


Comments: Well, this was weird as expected. Future really isn't that great of an artist in my opinion and his performances aren't good either. I mean, I could barely hear him and the flashing lights was so annoying. Well, there's nothing else to say, F*ck Up Some Commas is definitely a disgrace of a song.

Grade: 1/10




Rihanna - Rude Boy/What's My Name?/Work

Comments: Well, this was better than her last performance. The addition of all the people was somewhat interesting. I liked the song choice and Rihanna's voice sounded better this time. Overall, it was good, but not great.

Grade: 7.5/10




Nick Jonas/Ty Dolla $ign - Bacon

Comments: Well, if I'm being honest here, this performance wasn't as bad as I had expected. The set of the diner really pulled it all together and Nick's voice sounded really good. I wasn't thrilled about Ty Dolla $ign's part in the performance, but it was okay. The shaking cars was kind of off topic and strange. Well, I give it props for the diner set and Nick's voice.

Grade: 8/10




Beyonce - Pray You Catch Me/Hold Up/Countdown/Sorry/Don't Hurt Yourself/Formation

Comments: Beyonce is just a natural born performer. It's unreal how amazing she is on stage. Her performance of Pray You Catch Me was just pure beauty. Hold Up was pretty good too. Her voice was great in that one. Next was Countdown, and I was frankly quite interested in this part of the performance. For some reason, it grabbed my attention a little bit. The performance of Sorry was decent, but not at her best, her voice kind of went downhill. The follow up to that was the performance of Don't Hurt Yourself which was good. The finale with Formation was really good and the ending was just great. Overall, Beyonce didn't fail to grab my attention and it was definitely a magical performance.

Grade: 9.5/10




Britney Spears/G-Eazy - Make Me.../Me, Myself, & I

Comments: I don't really care that Britney was lip-syncing for the majority of the performance because it was a heck of a comeback after nine years off the stage. She and G-Eazy got a little close on that stage. I'm having some conspiracy theories. Just kidding, just kidding, well maybe. Anyways, it was a great performance.

Grade: 9.5/10




Rihanna - Needed Me/Pour It Up/B*tch Better Have My Money

Comments: I didn't really care for this performance at all and I don't really want to talk about it in detail. Rihanna made a poor song choice. So bad, I kind of yawned when I was watching it.

Grade: 3/10




The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Comments: I'm just in love with this song. Andrew Taggart and Halsey's voices sound amazing together. It was a match made in heaven. The performance was a little shaky at some parts, but they regained themselves. Overall, it was great as expected.

Grade: 9.5/10




Rihanna - Stay/Diamonds/Love On The Brain

Comments: Well, this was Rihanna's best performance of the night. It was just a beautiful song choice and I don't really have anything else to say about it.

Grade: 8.5/10




Music Video Premiere - Kanye West - Fade

Comments: This definitely was an interesting video, but the direction was good and the song was kind of catchy. The end of the video kind of made no sense though. All said and done, I think it is one of Kanye's stronger music videos.

Grade: 8/10

Well, that's all I have for you tonight.

Love ya fam!

~ Jack :)