Ed Sheeran (8) - April 1, 2017

Hey guys! Sorry this post is out late. The countdown was not fully revealed until about evening on Saturday. I was sick with an "allergic reaction" this week, so I took 3 days of school off. I was never allergic to anything in my life though. Okay, you guys probably don't care, so let's get to the countdown. Oh, actually, I do need to add something. It was April Fools' Day on Saturday. Just going to let you know that there are no jokes in this post.

This week was another boring 1-exit week. We have not had a 3-exit week in a month, and a 4+ exit week in two months. This exit, however, was one of the most hated countdown songs by us in the past year. It's been through ups and downs, literally. It went as low as #44 about two months into its countdown run, and then went to peak at #6. My opinion also changed on it, as it was originally good, then bad, then good, then bad. It was the oldest song on the countdown, so here it is:

X Ambassadors - Unsteady
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 50

Now, here's the countdown:

45. Daya - Words
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 09

44. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For The Weekend
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 33

43. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 28

42. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 26

41. Bebe Rexha - I Got You
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 08

40. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 06

39. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 23

38. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 24

37. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 26

36. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #34 | Weeks on Chart: 03

35. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 25

34. Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 24

33. James Hersey - Miss You
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 04

32. AJR - Weak
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 05

31. Rihanna - Love On The Brain
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 09

30. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 41

29. Adele - Water Under The Bridge
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 18

28. Ariana Grande/Future - Everyday (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #28 | Weeks on Chart: 01

27. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 16

26. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 34

25. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 22

24. Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 28

23. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 02

22. Imagine Dragons - Believer
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 03

21. Julia Michaels - Issues
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 09

20. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 11

19. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 17

18. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 09

17. Train - Play That Song
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 19

16. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 07

15. Maroon 5 - Cold
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 07

14. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 05

13. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 17

12. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
Last Week: #17 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 06

11. The Chainsmokers - Paris
Last Week: #11 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 09

10. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy
Last Week: #10 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 06

09. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 16

08. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #05 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 29

07. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 13

06. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 12

05. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 07

04. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 08

03. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 13

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

01. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 12

Biggest Drop: Adele - Water Under the Bridge (18-29, 11 spots)
Biggest Jump: Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (30-18, 12 spots)

April 5, 2014 - Top 5
5. Lorde – Team (9/10)
4. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber (10/10)
3. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (9/10)
2. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (9.5/10)
1. Bastille – Pompeii (8/10)

April 5, 2014 - Debuts
28. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (2/10)

April 4, 2015 - Top 5
5. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (10/10)

4. One Direction – Night Changes (1/10)

3. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#13 of all time)

2. Taylor Swift – Style (9/10)

1. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (8/10)

April 4, 2015 - Debuts
NONE

April 2, 2016 - Top 5
5. One Direction – Perfect (8.5/10)

4. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (10/10)

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

2. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (9/10)

1. Flo Rida – My House (9/10)

April 2, 2016 - Debuts
40. Elle King – America's Sweetheart (10/10)

38. Shawn Hook – Sound Of Your Heart (9/10)

36. Tryon – Somebody To Love Me (9.5/10)

New Entrant
Everyday is a little catchy. It won't debut #40Friday though. The lyrics are quite vulgar. It's starting to flop on radio a little, so I don't see it staying here long. And that's all I have to say about it.

Hit-Bound

• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• Ocean Park Standoff - Good News
• Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life
• Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
• Jon Bellion - Overwhelming (DEBUT)
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low 
• Lorde - Green Light
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
• The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This
• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
• One Ok Rock - American Girls
• Little Mix - Touch
• Coin - Talk Too Much
• Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

It's official, Hits 1 is only adding songs to their station from artists they like. There are so many hits/future hits that can be added to this station *cough* Down *cough*...

Top 5 Picks

5. Lorde - Green Light

4. Coin - Talk Too Much

3. Little Mix - Touch

2. One Ok Rock - American Girls

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

Everyblurb
Lmao. Is Hits 1 actually underrating a P!ATD song? I never would have expected this.

Glad to see a jump from Miss You, hopefully it hits top 20.

The biggest jump was probably the best thing that happened this week. I am really enjoying it now and even though it's not a hit I want to see it in the top 10 soon.

I'm finding it hard to believe that Cold was actually in the top 3 for a week. If we only looked at its current position, last week position, and weeks on chart so far, it would look like it only peaked at #12 or so.

Of course Say You Won't Let Go is back in the top 15. On the radio charts, it's showing signs of flopping soon, so I hope that happens.

Oh well Bad Things, thanks for trying. You were so close to #1 but did not quite get it.

We have two interesting top 5 entrants. First is Castle on the Hill, which I have upgraded to "decent". I guess it's not too bad but it isn't really a big radio hit yet so I guess Hits 1 likes it.

Second was That's What I Like. I hope it hits #1 here but something tells me that won't happen. I'm still a little surprised that this was a bigger hit than 24K Magic, not just on this chart.

I doubt Mercy will hit #1 at this point.

Get ready for a rant.





#2 makes me want to vomit. Well, not literally, I just needed to add a hyperbole to this blurb. It is #20 on the radio charts, #17 on the Hot 100, #38 on the Spotify charts (USA) and #2 here. It first hit #1 here exactly 6 months ago. Yes, that's a half of a year. It peaked at #10 on #40Friday and now it's really close to being a bad song. I really would not want to hate it, but thanks to Hits 1, it's pretty close. And seriously, do not pull a Heathens and hit #1 three months after you last did, which would be 4 months for this song. If this is in the top 2 for another week, I'm putting it in red. If the following is reading this, you have my permission to copy and paste this to your post but you must say I typed it: Sasha, Graham, WAMB10, or Chase.

I'm honestly kinda sick of seeing the same #1 every single week now. Don't get me wrong, I still love Shape of You, but I think it's had enough time at #1. I'd prefer That's What I Like at #1 instead.

Top 5 Picks
Same exact picks as my top 5 on #40Friday.

Top 20 Review

-1 -Worst Song
20. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#13)

0-Crap
NONE

1-Bad
NONE

2-Old
19. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#2)
18. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving (#8)

3-Decent
17. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#3)
16. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#5)
15. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#11)
14. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#19)

4-Good
13. Train - Play That Song (#17)
12. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#9)
11. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#12)
10. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#10)
9. Maroon 5 - Cold (#15)
8. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#16)

5-Great
7. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#14)
6. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap (#7)
5. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#6)
4. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#4)
3. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#20)
2. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#1)
1. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#18)

6-Best Song
NONE

Total: 74/100 (Good)
Last Week: 72/100 (Good)

#40Friday is out. Make Me (Cry) is #1! Read it HERE and be sure to comment on it.

Most Missed Songs: Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills and John Newman - Love Me Again

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Anything that's a great song for me.

2nd Amendment to .'s Blog Rules
I should have mentioned this last week, but you are allowed to use "#team_____" or "#teamno_____" for songs only. You can not use this with people, whether it's a singer or a blog commenter.

Guess the song
One of the two songs was not answered last week, so here are the answers to the questions, if I remember correctly:

A1. #24
A2. Panic! at the Disco - Victorious
A3. Blue
A4. Hozier - Someone New
B1. March 11, 2017
B2. #12
B3. Zay Hilfigerrr/Zayion McCall - Juju on That Beat

Now here's a song to guess:

• I debuted the WC in 2014. [1. How many exits did my debut week have?]
• My artist had one other song on the WC, and it left in 2017. [2. What color did Adrian have that song in when it left?]
• My artist also has another song that could possibly be a hit soon, but it's not on Hits 1 yet. [3. What position is this song in on the radio chart for April 2, 2017?]
• [4. What song am I? Comment if you need another hint.]