Ed Sheeran (6) - March 18, 2017

I'm sorry this is out late, I slept during the countdown because I was too tired. This week was horrific, especially the biggest jump and drop. There's nothing else to talk about, so let's see the poll results:

What song did you want to hit #1 on the Weekend Countdown this week?

Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On	5 (29%)
Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap	6 (35%)
Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever	1 (5%)
Shawn Mendes - Mercy	3 (17%)
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You	2 (11%)

Let's see the exits:

Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 21

Charli XCX - After the Afterparty
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 14

Here's the countdown:

45. John Legend - Love Me Now
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 15

44. Daya - Words
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 07

43. X Ambassadors - Unsteady
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 49

42. Bebe Rexha - I Got You (Noooooo!!!)
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 06

41. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 31

40. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 23

39. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 22

38. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 24

37. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 21

36. Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #36 | Weeks on Chart: 01

35. Rihanna - Love on the Brain
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 07

34. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 04

33. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 24

32. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 07

31. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 04

30. Imagine Dragons - Believer (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 01

29. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 39

28. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 20

27. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 27

26. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 26

25. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 22

24. James Hersey - Miss You
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 02

23. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 26

22. AJR - Weak
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 03

21. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 32

20. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming
Last Week: #17 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 09

19. Julia Michaels - Issues
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 07

18. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #05 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 14

17. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 11

16. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 03

15. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 05

14. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 04

13. Train - Play That Song
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 17

12. The Chainsmokers - Paris
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 07

11. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (For real this time, I'm done)
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 15

10. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 05

09. Adele - Water Under the Bridge
Last Week: #10 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 16

08. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 15

07. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
Last Week: #11 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 10

06. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 11

05. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 06

04. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 14

03. Maroon 5 - Cold (?)
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 05

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 31

01. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 10

Biggest Drop: Bebe Rexha - I Got You (-29) (.....)
Biggest Jump: James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (+25) (.........)

March 22, 2014 - Top 5
5. Imagine Dragons – Demons (8.5/10)
4. Pharrell Williams – Happy (9.5/10)
3. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (9/10)
2. Pitbull/Kesha – Timber (10/10)
1. Bastille – Pompeii (8/10)

March 22, 2014 - Debuts
38. Oh Honey – Be Okay (10/10)
36. Cher Lloyd – Sirens (3.5/10)
35. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (9.5/10)

March 21, 2015 - Top 5
5. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (10/10)
4. Maroon 5 – Sugar (9/10)
3. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#13 of all time)
2. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#6 of all time)
1. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (8/10)

March 21, 2015 - Debuts
39. Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out (9/10)
36. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (9.5/10)

March 19, 2016 - Top 5
5. Flo Rida – My House (9/10)

4. Adele – Hello (9.5/10)

3. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (9/10)

2. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (9/10)

1. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (7/10)

March 19, 2016 - Debuts
37. We The Kings – The Story Of Tonight (10/10)

33. James Bay – Let It Go (9/10)

New Entrants
*rant* I'm so tired of P!ATD. Like seriously. The Death of a Bachelor album is over. Done. Not popular. I swear, in the course of the next three years, the rest of the album (besides the two best off the album, Hallelujah and Emperor's New Clothes) will be on Hits 1 at some point. And if you didn't know, P!ATD is one of my mom's least favorite artists, with Death of a Bachelor being her worst song of 2016. L.A. Devotee is kinda good but nothing amazing and it's not gonna grow on me anymore.

Believer is pretty catchy. It's been doing well on iTunes and I hope to see it do well here and on mainstream radio.

Hit-Bound

• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
• Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
• Lorde - Green Light (DEBUT)
• The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This
• Ocean Park Standoff - Good News (DEBUT)
• Little Mix - Touch
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
• Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
• Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday
• Coin - Talk Too Much
• One Ok Rock - American Girls
• Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

Green Light is pretty good for a comeback single. I'm kinda surprised that Hits 1 didn't bring it to Hit-Bound earlier though.

Good News is some good news, it's not as good as Green Light but I like it.

I just realized that this is the seventh week in a row that Don't Leave and Lights Down Low are next to each other. I would like the latter off here, and the former I suggest should leave...*speaks to Snakehips* No, I said "leave" not "don't leave". :)

I have slightly grown into Something Just Like This a little more.

Top 5 Picks
5. Little Mix - Touch
4. One Ok Rock - American Girls
3. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
2. Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla
1. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye

First Blurbs First
For this week's blurb section, I will be splitting it up into three sections: Cons, Neutral, and Pros.

Cons
Both of our exits will be missed by me.

Why did I Got You fall?!? This isn't fair to me!

Heavy is seriously back to its debut spot? Come on, this doesn't deserve to flop.

Speaking of "Heavy", Heavydirtysoul also dropped quite a few spots, which is not okay with me. I'm shocked Hits 1 is just now underrating Twenty One Pilots music, besides the song it had on the countdown in 2013.

Make Me (Cry) needs to jump! Really underrated...

No! Let Me Love You should not have jumped 17 spots in 2 weeks! I was actually going to change its color to yellow but it doesn't matter now.

Death of a Bachelor should not still be jumping.

Hits 1, don't let Weak flop...

While I Feel it Coming keeps dropping on this chart, it is nearing the top 10 on mine. That totally is not a good thing.

Great, HandClap is out of the top 5.

Are you kidding me Hits 1? 25 SPOTS is what my least favorite song had to jump this week? Please, please, please don't let this be a hit elsewhere, or else this will be the 7 Years of 2017.

As much as it is flopping on my chart, Chained to the Rhythm needs to get back up.

Seriously, Closer at #2? Hits 1, you should realize that it's March, not September.

Neutral
So Side to Side fell to the bottom 10. Alright with me.

L.A. Devotee debuted, that's not too awesome.

Yep, Love on the Brain is still going to flop here. It's going to turn around on the radio charts soon anyway.

Scars to Your Beautiful is back in the top 25? That's kinda odd.

I don't want Castle on the Hill to be as big of a hit as Shape of You. Well, I know it won't, but just don't hit the top 10.

I don't care about Paris jumping.

I'm fine with Mercy dropping, it's starting to get old.

Pros
Believer debuting is a good thing. I believe this is going to impact radio on April 11, I think.

I'm fine with Starving and Heathens dropping. They were old anyway.

I'm happy that Miss You had a nice second-week jump. It totally deserved that.

At least Issues got back up into the top 20.

I didn't expect Just Hold On to fall this much, but I'll take it.

Stay needs to keep jumping.

Okay, so maybe Bad Things is not done yet. That's good.

Thank goodness for #5, we needed that!

I did not expect Cold to jump this much this week. That was shocking, but I will take it.

Yay for Shape of You holding at #1! Keep going.

There are new records for biggest jump and drop of 2017, and the record for biggest combined biggest movers since before 2016.

Top 5 Picks
5. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
4. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
3. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
2. Bebe Rexha - I Got You
1. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

Top 20 Review

-1 -Worst Song
20. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#11)

0-Crap
NONE

1-Bad
NONE

2-Meh
19. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#2)
18. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#18)

3-Decent
17. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (#15)
16. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#6)
15. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#12)
14. Adele - Water Under the Bridge (#9)
13. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#8)

4-Good
12. Train - Play That Song (#13)
11. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#4)
10. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#14)
9. Maroon 5 - Cold (#3)
8. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm (#10)

5-Great
7. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#16)
6. Julia Michaels - Issues (#19)
5. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#5)
4. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming (#20)
3. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap (#17)
2. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#7)

6-Best Song
1. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (#1)

Total: 74/100 (Good)

#40Friday is out, with Shape of You as the new #1! Check out the full chart HERE.

Most Missed Song: Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye

Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Jax Jones/Raye - You Don't Know Me (Hey Graham, I dare you to listen to this)

Before I go, I would like to address some comment section issues. I have decided this week that I will not anymore interfere with any irrelevant, untruthful, and rude blog comments on any blog, as it is for the better. If posted on my blog, those three types of comments will be removed, no matter who you are. Innocent comments like "Nice post!" will not be removed anymore. Comments about exits or past countdowns will also not be removed.