The Chainsmokers/Halsey (3) - October 15, 2016

Wow. What a countdown we had this week. Very interesting. Here are the exits this week:

Meghan Trainor - Me Too

Last Week: #34 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 18

Lukas Graham - 7 Years

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 32

PAUSE.

7 Years left? YYYYYYYAAAAAAAASSSSSSSS!!!

The Countdown:

45. Demi Lovato - Body Say

Last Week: #29 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 12

44. Lukas Graham - Mama Said

Last Week: #37 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 14

43. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You

Last Week: #12 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 07

42. AJR - I'm Not Famous

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 11

41. The Strumbellas - Spirits

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #19 | Weeks on Chart: 07

40. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

Last Week: #42 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 28

39. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took a Pill in Ibiza

Last Week: #36 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 26

38. Panic! at the Disco - Victorious

Last Week: #41 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 48

37. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home

Last Week: #39 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 30

36. Pink - Just Like Fire

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 25

35. Meghan Trainor - No

Last Week: #44 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 32

34. DNCE - Cake By the Ocean

Last Week: #38 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 46

33. Taylor Swift - New Romantics

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

32. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #32 | Weeks on Chart: 02

31. Calvin Harris - My Way

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 04

30. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Last Week: #16 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 13

29. Nick Jonas - Bacon (DEBUT)

Last Week: #__ | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 01

28. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

Last Week: #31 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 43

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

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 15

26. Kiiara - Gold

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #19 | Weeks on Chart: 05

25. Kenny Chesney/Pink - Setting the World on Fire

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #19 | Weeks on Chart: 09

24. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 02

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

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 18

22. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor

Last Week: #20 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 04

21. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things

Last Week: #23 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 03

20. Niall Horan - This Town

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 02

19. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (DEBUT)

Last Week: #__ | Peak: #19 | Weeks on Chart: 01

18. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 04

17. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien/Deepend - I Hate U, I Love U

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 03

16. Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 05

15. OneRepublic - Kids

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 05

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

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 22

13. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Last Week: #04 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 23

12. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Last Week: #03 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 19

11. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 28

10. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

Last Week: #06 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 05

09. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Last Week: #07 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 27

08. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water

Last Week: #14 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 07

07. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Last Week: #15 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 23

06. Coldplay/Beyoncé/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend

Last Week: #11 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 09

05. Ariana Grande - Into You
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 11

04. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This is What You Came For

Last Week: #10 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 21

03. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Last Week: #08 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 17

02. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 10

#1 this week last year: Shawn Mendes - Stitches (2)

01. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 09

Biggest Drop: Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (-31)

Biggest Jump: OneRepublic - Kids (+11)

24K Blurbs in the Air

I think Bacon will unfortunately pull a Katy Perry - Rise, meaning that a song debuts while flopping on the radio charts and leaves a few weeks later. But it is very catchy and it hit #1 on #40Friday.

24K Magic is a nice comeback from Bruno Mars. It's addicting!

The entire bottom 5 this week are made up of songs that were not in last week's bottom 5.

Starboy just reached the 100 million mark on Spotify in just over 3 weeks. Nice job, guys!

Speaking of Spotify, Drake/WizKid/Kyla - One Dance is so close to breaking the record for most plays. The current record holder is Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MØ - Lean On, with 873 million plays. They are separated by just 500,000 plays.

I find it very interesting that songs like Victorious, Just Like Fire, No, Cake By the Ocean, and New Romantics make big comeback jumps and then there's Fresh Eyes, jumping 1 spot, only on its second week. How unfair!

I am angry at Hits 1 for making My Way drop 14 spots. This is one of the best songs out there right now.

New Romantics has spent 33 weeks on this chart. Here's how many weeks her other 1989 songs spent:

Shake it Off: 39

Welcome to New York: 1

Blank Space: 43

Style: 32

Bad Blood: 30

Wildest Dreams: 32

Out of the Woods: 26

Total (plus New Romantics): 236

This week marked 9 months since I first heard Stressed Out and it's still on the countdown.

Never Be Like You has the biggest drop of the year! 31 spots...now that's some activity!

Can't Stop the Feeling is the first song to be both in purple and turquoise during its tenure.

Top 5 Picks

5. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

4. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

3. Calvin Harris - My Way

2. Nick Jonas - Bacon

1. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey - The Little Things

Bottom 5 Picks

5. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This is What You Came For

4. Panic! at the Disco - Victorious

3. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You

2. Kenny Chesney/Pink - Setting the World on Fire

1. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Hit-Bound:

Exit: Kungs/Cookin' on 3 Burners - This Girl (I'm shocked it never debuted)

• DNCE - Body Moves
• Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest
• Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
• Jason Derulo - Kiss the Sky
• Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side (DEBUT) (I love this song!!!)
• Bastille - Good Grief
• Magic! - Red Dress (Why are you still here?)
• Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You
• Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (DEBUT)
• Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
• Shawn Mendes - Mercy (DEBUT)
• Jon Bellion - All Time Low
• Mike Posner - Be as You Are
• Runaground - Chase You Down

Side to Side is here! With Nicki Minaj too! Thank you Hits 1!

I really like Don't Wanna Know now. It's fun.

I also grew into Mercy. The next Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud? Forget what I just said. But both are sweet songs.

I decided this week that I feel like All Time Low is a song that sounds like it's only for Hit-Bound. But I think it will debut the countdown.

I doubt that Be as You Are will debut.

Top 5 Picks

5. Runaground - Chase You Down

4. Bastille - Good Grief

3. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

2. Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You

1. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

Review...in Thatchos' Words:

So, as you may know, there once was a blogger named Thatchos who used to review the countdowns. I liked his reviews. So I will do a review of this countdown, but in his words! I have also provided the links to each comment.

Also, Thatchos, if you want, if you are reading, comment how you think this review was!

x34. You have been good to us. (blue)

x45. YAAAAAAAAAASS (red)

45. Hmmm… (blue)

44. This might be the end. (orange)

43. WOAH. (dark green)

42. Expected. (blue)

41. I'll live. (blue)

40. You've had your time. (dark green)

39. Okay, that's good. (dark green)

38. Seriously? (yellow)

37. wut (blue)

36. ? (dark green)

35. I did not expect this. (blue)

34. How much longer do you guys think this song will last? (dark green)

33. Okay, that's surprising. (blue)

32. Huh. That's a little bit surprising. (green)

31. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. (green)

30. This is the beginning of the end. (green)

29. Oh, goody, a good song! (green)

28. Why? (dark green)

27. no comment (blue)

26. Okay, then. (blue)

25. Augh! (yellow)

24. Keep rising, please! (green)

23. This might drop off within a month. (dark green)

22. Oh. (green)

21. YES! (purple)

20. I'll give this one a chance. (blue)

19. I LOVE this song!!!! :D (green)

18. New peak! (green)

17. Expected. (green)

16. Oh, okay! (green)

15. Okay, that's good. (green)

14. Not really surprised. (dark green)

13. Could this please come to an end? (turquoise)

12. The spark is fading. (yellow)

11. Okay, that's enough. (blue)

10. Hang in there! (green)

9. Over the week I started to like this one again, actually. (green)

8. Thank you. (green)

7. Back in the top 10, baby! (orange)

6. This song has probably reached its peak. (blue)

5. Huh! (dark green)

4. Can this STOP? (yellow)

3. Does this have a chance? (dark green)

2. I don't know whether or not this'll hit #1. (blue)

1. Yes! (green)

And that's the end of the review.

A new #40Friday is out! Will Bacon hit #1 for a third time?

Most Missed Songs: Maroon 5 - Maps and Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

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