Zedd/Alessia Cara (2) - May 13, 2017

This wasn't an active week. Well, there were 4 debuts, but besides that it was boring. At least we have the same great #1 as last week. Now, here are the exits this week:

Adele - Water Under the Bridge

Last Week: #39 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 23

Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 22

James Hersey - Miss You

Last Week: #44 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 09

Rihanna - Love on the Brain

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 14

And here's the countdown:

45. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 17

44. Niall Horan - This Town

Last Week: #41 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 32

43. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm

Last Week: #42 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 13

42. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 30

41. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

Last Week: #38 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 29

40. One Ok Rock - American Girls (DEBUT)

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

39. Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave

Last Week: #36 | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 06

38. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

Last Week: #29 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 35

37. Aaron Carter - Sooner or Later (DEBUT)

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

36. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 06

35. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper - I'm the One (DEBUT)

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

34. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Last Week: #34 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 31

33. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

Last Week: #31 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 22

32. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 18

31. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 15

30. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (DEBUT)

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

29. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 27

28. Harry Styles - Sign of the Times

Last Week: #37 | Peak: #25 | Weeks on Chart: 05

27. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 04

26. Halsey - Now or Never

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 05

25. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye

Last Week: #11 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 08

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

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 22

23. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

Last Week: #23 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 19

22. AJR - Weak

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 11

21. Train - Play That Song

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 25

20. Charlie Puth - Attention

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

19. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

Last Week: #16 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 12

18. Lady Gaga - The Cure

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 03

17. Maroon 5 - Cold

Last Week: #12 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 13

16. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 06

15. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 05

14. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 03

13. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #09 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 39

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

Last Week: #08 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 23

11. Imagine Dragons - Believer

Last Week: #10 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 09

10. Julia Michaels - Issues

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 15

09. The Chainsmokers - Paris

Last Week: #03 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 15

08. Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee

Last Week: #14 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 09

07. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

Last Week: #07 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 12

06. Shawn Mendes - Mercy

Last Week: #04 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 19

05. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 14

04. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill

Last Week: #06 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 13

03. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This

Last Week: #15 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 05

02. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 18

01. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay

Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 11

Biggest Drop: Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (27-42, -15)

Biggest Jump: Tie between Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (26-14) and The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (15-3, +12)

New Entrants

So happy to see this first one debut. American Girls is what I would call a perfect example of a rock song. The verses and chorus are great. I hope to see this do well here, although it left Hit-Bound and still debuted.

Like American Girls, Sooner or Later was also a Hit-Bound dropout. The verses are catchy, but that's really the only highlight of the song. The chorus and other parts are good but nothing amazing.

I haven't heard this one in a few days, but now it sounds really catchy. This one is called I'm the One, and it debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 this week, so it'll definitely be a summer hit. The problem with the Hits 1 version is that it's way too short. They should add one of the other two rappers originally in this song. So overall, I like this and I'm happy it's getting popularity.

Slow Hands is better than This Town. It's more upbeat and fun, but it's calming at the same time. I do like that too. So, if this did well here I'd be fine.

Hit-Bound

• Ocean Park Standoff - Good News
• Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls
• Sam Hunt - Body Like a Back Road (DEBUT)
• Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla
• Jon Bellion - Overwhelming
• Noah Cyrus - Stay Together (DEBUT)
• Hey Violet - Break My Heart
• Mansionz/G-Eazy - Wicked
• Zayn/PartyNextDoor - Still Got Time
• Fall Out Boy - Young and Menace
• Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfeld - At My Best (DEBUT)
• Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life
• DNCE - Kissing Strangers
• Katy Perry - Bon Appétit
• [Exit: G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life]

Hmm. I think I'll create a new rule. If a song leaves Hit-Bound or debuts the countdown, I'll review it. If a song debuts Hit-Bound, I won't review it then. But I think I already reviewed Good Life. Not happy to see that one go.

Not trying to prank anyone, but according to DSR, Green Light (Lorde) played before Hit-Bound's midnight airing, and it played again a couple of hours later. I'd really be surprised if it debuted though because it started to flop a long time ago.

Top 5 Picks
5. Noah Cyrus - Stay Together
4. Katy Perry - Bon Appétit
3. DNCE - Kissing Strangers
2. Zayn/PartyNextDoor - Still Got Time
1. Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla

American Blurbs

Don't Leave and Lights Down Low are probably going to flop. For Don't Leave, that's embarrassing as it only has a peak of #35.

Sign of the Times made an unexpected jump this week. Oh well, I guess I'm fine with it, but it still wasn't surprising.

Nice to see Now or Never jump. I hope to see this in the top 20 soon.

Hopefully this is the last time Closer leaves the top 10. 39 weeks on the chart and just leaving the top 10...wow.

As for one of the other top 10 dropouts, I'm happy to see it out of there. I'm hoping Hits 1 doesn't notice it's in the top 10 of the pop radio charts...

After many weeks on the countdown, Issues is finally in the top 10 here. When this song first came out, I didn't think it would be this popular. But apparently it was, and that was a good thing. Keep jumping.

And there, L.A. Devotee is in the top 10. Literally every song from their album went top 10 on Hits 1.

I am slightly growing out of Shape of You.

Sorry for the lack of blurbs, there was not a lot of activity this week besides the number of debuts.

Top 5 Picks
5. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
4. One Ok Rock - American Girls
3. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
2. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
1. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay

Top 20 Review

NOTE: I will not be doing past top 20 reviews, as it takes more time.

-1 -Worst Song

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

0-Crap
NONE

1-Bad
NONE

2-Old
19. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
18. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
17. The Chainsmokers - Paris

3-Decent
NONE

4-Good
16. Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee
15. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
14. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This
13. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
12. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
11. Maroon 5 - Cold
10. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy
9. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
8. Julia Michaels - Issues
7. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
6. Lady Gaga - The Cure
5. Charlie Puth - Attention
4. Imagine Dragons - Believer
3. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

5-Great

2. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

6-Best Song

1. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay

Total: 72/100 (-2) (Good)

Last Week: 74/100 (Good)

#50Friday is not out yet. I will post the link when it is out.

Most Missed Song (outside of Hits 1): Read "guess the song" Kendrick Lamar - i

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Lil Wayne - Light My Body Up (finally something different yay!) :P

My Mom's Favorite Countdown Song: Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide

Guess the Song (only 2 clues!)

• This will sound confusing, but I debuted the AT40 the same week that a song that spent 6 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 left the WC (one of the songs had multiple WC runs, so choose its first run exit). This is for 2013-2016 only.
• You should be down to 10 songs. Out of those 10 songs, I was the only one that was never on Hit-Bound or the WC.
• What song am I? Comment if you need another hint.