Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd (3) - December 30, 2016

It's time for an early countdown! No exits, for the second week in a row.

45. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Last Week: #44 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 24

44. Calvin Harris - My Way

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 15

43. DNCE - Body Moves

Last Week: #42 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 08

42. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Last Week: #34 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 34

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

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 20

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

Last Week: #39 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 37

39. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

Last Week: #38 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 13

38. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Last Week: #37 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 30

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

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 14

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

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 18

35. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 34

34. Bastille - Good Grief

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 08

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

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

32. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 26

31. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Last Week: #31 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 39

30. John Legend - Love Me Now

Last Week: #29 | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 04

29. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 03

28. Train - Play That Song

Last Week: #14 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 06

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

Last Week: #41 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 15

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

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 04

25. Ariana Grande - Into You

Last Week: #20 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 22

24. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 20

23. Runaground - Chase You Down

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 11

22. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 04

21. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 09

20. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

Last Week: #23 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 04

19. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 09

18. OneRepublic - Kids

Last Week: #16 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 16

17. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

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

16. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

Last Week: #15 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 09

15. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 38

14. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 12

13. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful

Last Week: #04 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 11

12. Adele - Water Under the Bridge

Last Week: #12 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 05

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

Last Week: #11 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 10

10. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Last Week: #08 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 28

09. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love

Last Week: #06 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 07

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

Last Week: #10 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 15

07. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 11

06. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 11

05. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

Last Week: #09 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 13

04. Niall Horan - This Town

Last Week: #03 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 13

03. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Last Week: #07 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 21

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 20

01. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 16

Biggest Drop: Train - Play That Song (-14) (???)
Biggest Jump: DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (+14) (...)

January 3, 2015 - Top 5

5. Sam Smith – I’m Not the Only One (8/10)4. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off (10/10)
3. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (7/10)
2. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (10/10)
1. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (10/10)

January 3, 2015 - Debuts

None

January 2, 2016 - Top 5

5. Demi Lovato – Confident (9/10)
4. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (10/10)
3. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (9/10)
2. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (10/10)
1. Adele – Hello (9.5/10)

January 2, 2016 - Debuts

None

Hit-Bound

• Lukas Graham - You're Not There
• Maty Noyes - In My Mind (RE-ENTRY)
• Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor
• Rihanna - Love on the Brain
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
• Hey Violet - Guys My Age
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Shawn Mendes - Mercy
• Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
• Daya - Words
• Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Captain Cuts - Love Like We Used To

Very nice to see In My Mind re-enter, I've been enjoying that one lately. But come on Hits 1, did Hallelujah have to be a one-weeker?!?!

Top 5 Picks

5. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things

4. Lukas Graham - You're Not There

3. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

2. Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire

1. Hey Violet - Guys My Age

After the Afterblurby, We're Gonna Keep it Blurbing

Okay, this Girls Talk Boys thing is getting ridiculous. This may turn to blue soon.

What's with the big jump from Don't Let Me Down? Anyway, I have grew back into it because I used to like it a lot.

Ha! Love Me Now dropped a spot. Take that, Adrian, Scott, Graham, Miles, Parker, Hollow Man, Jack...most people here.

#28 and #27 are just painful to see. First we have Play That Song, having the biggest drop on its sixth week and before it's gotten popular, and Let Me Love You, having the biggest jump when it is popular and also overplayed.

However, #24-#22 are good signs. Hymn For the Weekend should be dropping, Chase You Down is going to get the countdown success it deserves, and my favorite song on the countdown is doing great.

I am now officially not sure that I Don't Wanna Live Forever will be a flop. This dropped 12 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, and is not jumping high enough on radio. I hope it does well.

Unsteady needs to stop. This has done well enough on Hits 1 that it shouldn't still be in the top 15, and not even on the countdown either.

24K Magic should not be dropping. This should be in the top 10, and even the top 5.

I'm a little surprised with the drop with Scars to Your Beautiful. It is a sweet song and it is also #2 on radio.

After not doing much on the countdown, The Greatest jumps back in the top 10, hitting a new peak at #7.

Out of all songs in the top 5, the one that should be hitting #1 is This Town. I have figured out that this is a sweet song. And it's from a former member of One Direction. But Hits 1, you love One Direction!?!!!

Closer and Heathens need to exit the top 3. I don't want these old songs hitting #1 again.

Top 5 Picks
5. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
4. Train - Play That Song
3. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
2. Runaground - Chase You Down
1. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

#40Friday is out! Will Hey Violet hold at #1 with Guys My Age? Click HERE to find out.

Most Missed Song: Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Maty Noyes - In My Mind (plz return!!!) (UPDATE: It re-entered Hit-Bound.)

Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd (2) - December 24, 2016

Welcome back to the holiday edition of the Weekend Countdown! No exits leaving this week.

45. Calvin Harris - My Way
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 14

44. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 23

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

Last Week: #37 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 32

42. DNCE - Body Moves

Last Week: #41 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 07

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

Last Week: #20 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 14

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

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 19

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

Last Week: #42 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 36

38. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

Last Week: #38 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 12

37. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 29

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

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 25

35. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Last Week: #36 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

34. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 33

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

Last Week: #34 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 13

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

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 17

31. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Last Week: #31 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 38

30. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

Last Week: #39 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 02

29. John Legend - Love Me Now

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 03

28. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #28 | Weeks on Chart: 03

27. Bastille - Good Grief

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 07

26. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 08

25. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

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

24. Runaground - Chase You Down

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 10

23. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

Last Week: #29 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 03

22. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 08

21. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 19

20. Ariana Grande - Into You

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 21

19. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 10

18. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 37

17. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 02

16. OneRepublic - Kids

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 15

15. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

Last Week: #15 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 08

14. Train - Play That Song

Last Week: #14 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 05

13. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 11

12. Adele - Water Under the Bridge
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 04

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

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

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

Last Week: #09 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 14

09. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

Last Week: #06 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 12

08. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Last Week: #10 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 27

07. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Last Week: #07 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 20

06. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love

Last Week: #08 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 06

05. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 10

04. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful

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

03. Niall Horan - This Town

Last Week: #03 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 12

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 19

01. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

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

Biggest Drop: DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (-21)

Biggest Jump: Tie between Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On and Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (+9)

December 27, 2014 - Top 5

5. Sheppard – Geronimo (10/10)

4. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off (10/10)

3. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (10/10)
2. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (7/10)

1. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (10/10)

December 27, 2014 - Debuts

38. Ariana Grande/The Weeknd - Love Me Harder (9/10)

29. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (8/10)

December 25, 2015 - Top 5

5. Walk the Moon – Shut Up and Dance (9.5/10)

4. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (8/10)

3. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (10/10)

2. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (10/10)

1. Adele – Hello (9/10)

December 25, 2015 - Debuts

40. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (8/10) (Oh lord this just hit #1 on year-end)

31. Charlie Puth - One Call Away (7/10)

Hit-Bound

• Captain Cuts/Nateur - Love Like We Used To (RE-ENTRY)
• Daya - Words
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
• Shawn Mendes - Mercy
• Rihanna - Love on the Brain
• Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire
• Lukas Graham - You're Not There
• Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Pentatonix - Hallelujah (DEBUT)
• Hey Violet - Guys My Age
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor
• Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

Love Like We Used To re-entered this week. I don't think we've had a Hit-Bound (or countdown) re-entry in a long time.

I have to admit, Hallelujah is kind of beautiful. And it is a long song.

I think I've lost hope in She Sets the City on Fire. I can not see it debuting the countdown. Oh well. But just please get Guys My Age on the countdown before it's too late. Same with HandClap!

Did In My Mind seriously have to leave Hit-Bound? Two weeks was just not enough.

All of my top 5 picks were in the top 10 of this week's #40Friday.

Top 5 Picks

5. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

4. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things

3. Lukas Graham - You're Not There

2. Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire

1. Hey Violet - Guys My Age

YouTube 15

• Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
• Dawin - Jumpshot
• Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
• Yellow Claw/Yade Lauren - Love and War
• Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
• The Chainsmokers/XYLØ - Setting Fires
• Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
• Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Walking in My Sleep
• The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy
• Gnash/Johnny Yukon - Home
• The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
• Daniel Skye - Last Call

I like Jumpshot, but the high-pitched chorus vocals are a little annoying. But the Dessert high-pitched vocals will always stay with me.

I'm surprised that Heathens and Treat You Better are still here. They've been out for a long time.

Top 5 Picks

5. Dawin - Jumpshot

4. Yellow Claw/Yade Lauren - Love and War

3. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Walking in My Sleep

2. The Chainsmokers/XYLØ - Setting Fires

1. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

I Don't Wanna Blurb Forever

We had our first 0-exit week since September 10, I believe. I honestly don't know what's going on with the low amount of exits in the past year. Maybe it's because of a lack of good music, or that there aren't a lot of popular songs, or maybe because Hit-Bound has been filled with unpopular music.

That was a big drop for Let Me Love You. But I don't care.

My Way and Girls Talk Boys switched spots for the second time in a row.

It looks like Love Me Now hit the top 30. That's just great.

I'm ready to turn Hymn For the Weekend to red. That's how sick I am of this song.

Unsteady hanging out in the teens and 20s is going to be a problem. In fact, it already is.

Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic said that his favorite Christmas song of the past 10 years is Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas is You, which is probably my favorite too. The only problem that neither Ryan nor Spyder pointed out? It's over 20 years old! Then Ryan is an idiot? :P (jk no)

I'm fine with the #1. I just don't want it to be Closer again.

Top 5 Picks

5. Train - Play That Song

4. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love

3. Runaground - Chase You Down

2. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

1. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

Top 20 Review

20. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (4/10)

19. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (5/10)

18. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (6/10)

17. Ariana Grande - Into You (6/10)

16. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor (6/10)

15. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (7/10)

14. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (7/10)

13. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (7/10)

12. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (7/10)

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side (7/10)

10. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful (8/10)

9. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving (8/10)

8. OneRepublic - Kids (8/10)

7. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (8/10)

6. Niall Horan - This Town (9/10)

5. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (9/10)

4. Adele - Water Under the Bridge (9/10)

3. Train - Play That Song (10/10)

2. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love (10/10)

1. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (10/10)

Total: 151/200 (75.5/100)

#40Friday is out. Can Clean Bandit hold at #1 with their new single, Rockabye? Click HERE to find out!

Most Missed Songs: 5 Seconds of Summer - She's Kinda Hot and Wax - Rosana

#1 Recommendations for Hits 1: AJR - Weak and Stevie Wonder/Ariana Grande - Faith (I did happen to see Sing last night, it was a great movie)

And for Parker, 2016 was the year of chilling out and eating pizza (yes, that's me)

Also, I did not eat that pizza, I just took a picture with it. Just wanted to take a pizza selfie for the blog.

[Edited a year later] Nope, don't want anyone to see my selfie lol.

Twenty One Pilots: Hits 1's Top 45 of 2016

Hey guys! We have a Top 45 of 2016 coming our way. And Hit-Bound did air this week. I have included the peaks and weeks on chart for each song, but the peaks are all the highest points in 2016 and the weeks on chart all count towards 2016. But here's the list!

45. Shawn Mendes - Stitches
Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 11

44. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend

Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 18

43. The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses

Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 24

42. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer

Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 23

41. Selena Gomez - Same Old Love

Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 20

40. Ariana Grande - Into You

Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 20

39. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 20

38. James Bay - Let it Go

Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 22

37. Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods

Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 21

36. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 22

35. Troye Sivan - Youth

Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 24

34. Charlie Puth - One Call Away

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 24

33. Demi Lovato - Confident

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 20

32. Rachel Platten - Stand By You

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 23

31. The Weeknd - In the Night

Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 22

30. One Direction - Drag Me Down

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 20

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

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 24

28. One Direction - History

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 20

27. Meghan Trainor - No

Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 33

26. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 36

25. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 18

24. Lukas Graham - 7 Years

Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 32

23. Justin Bieber - Sorry

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 24

22. Fifth Harmony/Camila Cabello (jk) - Work From Home

Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 33

21. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 19

20. Pink - Just Like Fire

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 28

19. Selena Gomez - Hands to Myself

Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 34

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

Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 29

17. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato - Irresistible

Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 28

16. Zayn - Pillowtalk

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 26

15. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 35

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

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 35

13. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 26

12. Adele - Hello

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 24

11. Taylor Swift - New Romantics

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 38

10. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 32

09. Panic! at the Disco - Victorious

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 36

08. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 28

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

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 31

06. One Direction - Perfect

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 22

05. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 37

04. Flo Rida - My House

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 30

03. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 32

02. DNCE - Cake By the Ocean

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 42

01. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 50

Wish we could blurb back time to the good old days when our mamas sang us to sleep but now we're blurbed out

Every song that made the list this year peaked in the top 10.

Kinda surprising that Stitches made the list but only spent 11 weeks on the chart in 2016.

I'm shocked that My House hit the top 5. But I'm not sad about that.

I have grown back into a lot of these songs on the list.

I'm quite glad that 7 Years did not hit the top 20. Get lost.

Speaking of that song, that was the only bad song on this list. I did come really close to putting I Took a Pill in Ibiza in red though.

I'm surprised that Can't Stop the Feeling wasn't even in the top 2. Cake By the Ocean made way for that instead.

And we have our #1. Really happy about this, since it was a favorite of mine earlier in the year. If you could choose if this could hit #1 for the year-end list or get it to last a year, I'm sure all of you would choose the former. They have a new single, Heavydirtysoul. So maybe that could hit #1 on next year's year-end chart. (Just kidding, no song from them will ever be as popular as Stressed Out.)

See you later for the Weekend Countdown! (Or I think so, I think there's a countdown this week.) And if you don't think I have many blurbs for this post, don't be rude.

Top 5 Picks (Overall)
5. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling (I am a horrible person...)
4. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
3. Meghan Trainor - No
2. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
1. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd (1) - December 17, 2016

Hi guys! It's snowing a lot over here! How about where you live? What's the weather there? Alright, we don't need to talk about the weather, let's get to the post. Here are this week's exits:

Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This is What You Came For

Last Week: #36 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 29

Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

Last Week: #39 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 51

The Countdown

45. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Last Week: #44 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 22

44. Calvin Harris - My Way

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 13

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

Last Week: #41 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 18

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

Last Week: #42 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 35

41. DNCE - Body Moves

Last Week: #37 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 06

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

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 24

39. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #39 | Weeks on Chart: 01

38. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

Last Week: #20 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 11

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

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 31

36. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Last Week: #34 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 32

35. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 28

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

Last Week: #29 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 12

33. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #33 | Weeks on Chart: 02

32. John Legend - Love Me Now

Last Week: #38 | Peak: #32 | Weeks on Chart: 02

31. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Last Week: #31 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 37

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

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 16

29. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 01

28. Runaground - Chase You Down

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 09

27. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Last Week: #16 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 32

26. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 01

25. Bastille - Good Grief

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 06

24. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 07

23. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 02

22. Ariana Grande - Into You
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 20

21. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 18

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

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 13

19. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 36

18. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

Last Week: #23 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 09

17. OneRepublic - Kids

Last Week: #12 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 14

16. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight

Last Week: #15 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 07

15. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 07

14. Train - Play That Song

Last Week: #14 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 04

13. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Last Week: #07 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 10

12. Adele - Water Under the Bridge

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 03

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 08

10. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

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

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

Last Week: #08 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 13

08. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love

Last Week: #11 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 05

07. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Last Week: #06 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 19

06. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 11

05. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

Last Week: #10 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 09

04. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 09

03. Niall Horan - This Town

Last Week: #04 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 11

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #03 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 18

01. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 14

Biggest Drop: Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes (-18)

Biggest Jump: James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (+12)

December 20, 2014 - Top 5

5. The Vamps/Demi Lovato - Somebody to You (10/10)

4. Maroon 5 - Animals (9/10)

3. Taylor Swift - Blank Space (10/10)

2. Fall Out Boy - Centuries (7/10)

1. Taylor Swift - Shake it Off (10/10) (RECORD BROKEN)

December 20, 2014 - Debuts

39. James Newton Howard/Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree (8/10)

35. Andy Grammer - Honey I'm Good (9.5/10)

December 19, 2015 - Top 5

5. Demi Lovato - Confident (8/10)

4. One Direction - Perfect (9/10)

3. Elle King - Ex's and Oh's (10/10)

2. Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams (8/10)

1. Adele - Hello (9.5/10)

December 19, 2015 - Debuts

37. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats - S.O.B. (9.5/10) (Don't kill me)

32. Adele - When We Were Young (8.5/10)

31. Jason Derulo - Get Ugly (9/10)

28. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer (9/10)

New Entrants

We'll start off with the girl who was on the countdown for two straight years, then finally left, and came back three weeks later. It's Taylor Swift, and she brought Zayn with her. I like the song a decent amount. I think that Taylor Swift sings better in this song, and I don't see why Zayn does. Unfortunately, this isn't available on Spotify or YouTube yet, so we'll wait for it to debut #40Friday.

Vocals: 16/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 8/10

Melody/Beat: 8.5/10

Verses: 9/10

Pre-Chorus: 4.5/5

Chorus: 9.5/10

Bridge: 9/10

Total: 64.5/75 (8.6/10)

My Opinion: 9/10

To finish the entrants section is Louis Tomlinson's first solo song with Steve Aoki, Just Hold On. This is supposed to be about when his mother died, which was just two weeks ago. This is honestly great. The vocals, the drop, and everything else are great. Don't kill me for this, but this is much better than Back 2 U. I am patiently waiting for this to be a hit and I am sure that Louis' mom is in the same boat.

Vocals: 18/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 10/10

Melody/Beat: 10/10

Verses: 9.5/10

Pre-Chorus: 4.5/5

Chorus: 9/10

Bridge: --

Total: 61/65 (9.4/10)

My Opinion: 10/10

Hit-Bound

• Lukas Graham - You're Not There
• Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
• Hey Violet - Guys My Age
• Shawn Mendes - Mercy
• Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor (DEBUT)
• Maty Noyes - In My Mind
• Daya - Words
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Rihanna - Love on the Brain
  

Versace on the Floor is almost like Love on the Brain sung by a man. That's all I have to say about it.

Love Like We Used To left Hit-Bound for no apparent reason. There is one problem, though: now there are only 13 songs on Hit-Bound. So we'll wait and see if it re-enters.

Top 5 Picks

5. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

4. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things

3. Lukas Graham - You're Not There

2. Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire

1. Hey Violet - Guys My Age

What Do You Do When a Blurb Ends

I'll acknowledge the exits first. One of them was getting really annoying and was probably the most popular EDM songs of the year. The other was on this countdown for a really long time. And it deserved that. I think it sends a great message and everything about it is good. It failed to last a year here, unfortunately, and it lasted 51 weeks instead. Goodbye, Stressed Out. You will be missed.

The worst song and the best song on the countdown are right next to each other. Great. :|

Dear Hits 1, Chase You Down is stuck in the miserable #25-#30 range. Please make it go higher or put it out of its misery.

I'm shocked at how long Girls Talk Boys is staying. Songs that peak at around #10 don't usually stay this long.

I've (and Scott) been noticing that instead Hits 1 has changed their short intermission between songs to "Monster Movies". We thought it was just for Halloween!

Say You Won't Let Go should not have had the biggest jump. Fix this right now.

I think that's the last we've seen of Into You in the top 10. Goodbye!

Did 24K Magic really have to drop out of the top 10? I want this to continue being a hit!

I absolutely did not expect In the Name of Love to hit the top 10 this quick. But I'm definitely happy about this.

That's right, This Town is in green. I've finally grown into it and it's a beautiful song. Let's see if this hits #1.

Thank goodness for Starving at #1. We needed a number one that wasn't from The Chainsmokers and Shawn Mendes.

Top 5 Picks

5. Train - Play That Song

4. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love

3. Runaground - Chase You Down

2. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

1. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

Some of my favorite lyrics from countdown and Hit-Bound songs

• "I'm giving you up, I've forgiven it all, you set me free."
• "What do you do when a chapter ends? Do you close the book and never read it again? Where do you go when your story's done? You can be who you were or who you'll become."
• "If I could bottle this up, bottle, bottle this up, I would."
• "I need you, I need you, I need you right now. Yeah, I need you right now."
• "And if you feel you're sinking, I will jump right over into cold, cold water for you."
• "Every minute and every hour, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more."
• "Play that song, the one that makes me go all night long..."
• "Second verse for the hustlas, gangstas, bad b**ches and ya ugly a** friends."
• "I wanna testify, scream in the holy light, you bring me back to life, and it's all in the name of love."
• "If the whole world was watching I'd still dance with you, drive highways and byways to be there with you, over and over the only truth, everything comes back to you."
• "Stay and play that Blink-182 song, that we beat to death in Tuscon, okay."
• "I want you forever even when we're not together, scars on my body so I can take you wherever."
• "So I'm never going back..."
• "Somebody save your soul 'cause you've been sinning in this city..."
• "This is a shout out to my ex..."
• "And you're acting like I been around with every single guy."
• "And I run for miles just to get a taste, must be love on the brain."
• "Got me drunk tonight on a throwback vibe and I feel the magic."

#40Friday is out! Will Spencer Ludwig hold at #1 for a fourth week with Diggy? Find out HERE.

Most Missed Song: Jake Miller - Collide (yeah, it was never on the countdown, alrighty then)

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye

Finally, VOTE VOTE VOTE!!! The final round of my Billboard Hot 100 poll is out! It's between Kent Jones - Don't Mind and G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself and I for the best song to hit the top 10. I have 3 responses, I'm looking for at least 7. Vote HERE.