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.

Shawn Mendes (2) - December 10, 2016

Hi guys! Last night I went to my first Jingle Ball. It was really fun, except for the fact that I've only had 4 hours of sleep so far. I won't post any video clips, because it is too complicated to set up. I changed the font of my posts back to Arial too. Here are the exits:

Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 35

Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 12

Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 25

Nick Jonas - Bacon

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 08

Here is the countdown this week:

45. Calvin Harris - My Way

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 12

44. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Last Week: #41 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 21

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

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 23

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

Last Week: #37 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 34

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

Last Week: #44 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 17

40. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty (DEBUT)

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

39. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

Last Week: #38 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 51

38. John Legend - Love Me Now (DEBUT)

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

37. DNCE - Body Moves

Last Week: #29 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 05

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

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 29

35. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 01

34. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 31

33. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Last Week: #34 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 27

32. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #32 | Weeks on Chart: 01

31. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 36

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

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

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

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 11

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

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

27. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend

Last Week: #23 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 17

26. Runaground - Chase You Down

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 08

25. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

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

24. Bastille - Good Grief

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 05

23. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 08

22. Adele - Water Under the Bridge

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 02

21. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 07

20. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

Last Week: #14 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 10

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

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

18. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 35

17. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 06

16. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Last Week: #11 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 31

15. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 06

14. Train - Play That Song

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 03

13. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

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

12. OneRepublic - Kids

Last Week: #16 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 13

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

Last Week: #20 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 04

10. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

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

09. Ariana Grande - Into You

Last Week: #09 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 19

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

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

07. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

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

06. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

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

05. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 08

04. Niall Horan - This Town

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

03. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 17

02. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

Last Week: #04 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 13

01. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 25

Biggest Drop: DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (-16) (That's nice)

Biggest Jump: Tie between Jon Bellion - All Time Low and Train - Play That Song (+11)

New Entrants

We'll go from worst to best this time.

John Legend is back...solo. That isn't a good sign.

Anyway, the meaning of Love Me Now is good, but it's so boring! It's not as bad as All of Me, but it is now the worst on the countdown.

Vocals: 16/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 9/10

Melody/Beat: 2/10

Verses: 2/10

Pre-Chorus: 1.5/5

Chorus: 2/10

Bridge: 3/10

Total: 35.5/75 (4.7/10)

My Opinion: 1/10

Now we come to the song Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur. I don't like this one either. This is right on the edge of blue, but I doubt it will become blue later on. I think that there are more European singers nowadays that are making boring songs. Other examples are Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own, which is currently on Hit-Bound, and Lukas Graham - 7 Years (not a color-coding error, I'll explain later.)

Vocals: 14/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 9/10

Melody/Beat: 3/10

Verses: 3/10

Pre-Chorus: 1.5/5

Chorus: 2/10

Bridge: 3/10

Total: 35.5/75 (4.7/10, same score as Love Me Now)

My Opinion: 3/10

Next up is Lady Gaga - Million Reasons. I think it's a nice, slow song, and a success for Lady Gaga. It isn't amazing, but it's good.

Vocals: 16/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 8/10

Melody/Beat: 8/10

Verses: 9/10

Pre-Chorus: --

Chorus: 9/10

Bridge: 8.5/10

Total: 58.5/70 (8.4/10)

My Opinion: 9/10

Finally we come to the best debut of the week, in my opinion. It's Charli XCX - After the Afterparty! This is super catchy and this will, guaranteed, hit the top 10 on #40Friday. It would make a great party song. This is just as good as Break the Rules.

Vocals: 14/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 3/10

Melody/Beat: 9/10

Verses: 10/10

Pre-Chorus: 5/5

Chorus: 10/10

Bridge (only Charli XCX part): 9/10

Total: 60/75 (8/10)

My Opinion: 10/10

Hit-Bound

She Sets the City on Fire remains the best song on Hit-Bound, while Dancing on My Own is now the worst.

Little Mix returns with Shout Out to My Ex, which is catchy.

Maty Noyes - In My Mind and Hey Violet - Guys My Age both debut. They're both catchy, but Guys My Age is better.

I thought Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor was available for vote. I guess it's debuting Hit-Bound next week?

Okay, Bad Things is really growing on me. My favorite line, for no reason, is: "I want you forever even when we're not together, scars on my body so I can take you wherever."

I went back to sleep at about #27 on the countdown, and I woke up during Hit-Bound. And to my surprise, I'm not even kidding, I actually dreamed about the songs playing on Hit-Bound when they were playing on my headphones. So crazy.

And finally, the moment you've all been waiting for...THE RETURN OF TAYLOR SWIFT!!! She's back with Zayn, and unexpected collaboration, but I'd say this is good. I think it's pretty catchy, in fact. But Taylor Swift is better than Zayn in this song. Oh yeah, it's called I Don't Wanna Live Forever.

...Giving Me a Million Blurbs, Giving Me a Million Blurbs...

The exits were all three spots away from each other last week.

The big moment is almost here: Will Stressed Out last a year?

Ouch. Body Moves took a harsh drop this week. Anyway, they put on an energetic performance at Jingle Ball last night.

Chase You Down better jump next week. Please make the top 15 soon.

I'm happy that Let Me Love You had the biggest drop. I still hear it every time I listen to FM radio in the car. Every. Damn. Time.

I'm quite happy that Greenlight, Play That Song, and In the Name of Love managed to make the top 15.

If this countdown is supposed to be the most popular songs in North America, Death of a Bachelor should not be #8. This is getting ridiculous.

24K Magic should not be dropping.

This Town entered the top 5 this week. I'm surprised. Could it hit #1?

Please let Starving hit #1 soon!

Oh my God people. This is the #21 song on pop radio, the #75 song on iTunes, and the #35 song on Spotify (global). How is it hitting #1 here again? It's December, not September...

Is it weird that both times that I postponed #40Friday to Saturday, Treat You Better was #1?

Jingle Ball Blurbs

The holiday party started off with Fifth Harmony (and Parker, DJ Khaled introduced them). Their vocals were off a little bit, but the performance was still good. I just wish they performed Sledgehammer.

Lukas Graham performed after that. He started off with Mama Said, then You're Not There, then this other song called Drunk in the Morning, and then 7 Years. I had to grow into it a little bit because they were performing it. It does have a sweet meaning. So yeah, it will grow out of me at some point.

The winner of season 11 of America's Got Talent, Grace VanderWaal, introduced Ellie Goulding, which was cool to see. Unfortunately, Ellie didn't perform Still Falling For You. Then Diplo performed, and MØ decided to perform with him. She even sang Final Song, and she had some nice dance moves. Then came Daya, who was off-key and her performance was only alright. All of a sudden after that, Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello made a surprise performance of Bad Things, which I am starting to love.

After that was Niall Horan, which the crowd screamed over. He performed This Town with PERFECT vocals. It almost sounded like the original song.

DNCE performed, and it was a cool performance. They performed Cake By the Ocean and Body Moves, as well as Spice Girls - Wannabe and Kanye West - Fade.

Around this time, Hailee Steinfeld performed Starving, but I was going to videotape when she was singing Love Myself. It turned out she did not perform Love Myself, so I didn't get her on video. :(

Soon, many of the performers sang Santa Claus is Comin' to Town. It was a nice performance.

Charlie Puth performed We Don't Talk Anymore, Marvin Gaye, One Call Away, and See You Again. It was good.

Soon came the most popular artists of 2016 (Ariana Grande, The Chainsmokers, Justin Bieber). Ariana's performance was nice, and she wore a coat during the performance. The Chainsmokers were really energetic, and both of them and Daya stood on the table when performing Don't Let Me Down.

The final performance was Justin Bieber, and the crowd screamed so loud over him. He performed some of his songs acoustically. I think his performance was nice, but my mom didn't like it, except that What Do You Mean was one of her favorites from 2015. If we skipped him, we would have made the 11:42pm train and I would have been in bed two hours earlier. Oh well. But that's the end of the Jingle Ball blurbs.

One last thing, where the heck is Parker? We haven't heard from him in almost a week, I'm getting worried. Parker, if you see this, please come back. :( 

There are no top 5 picks this week because #40Friday is not out yet. It will be out later today.

Most Missed Song: Symon - Say (I heard she's got new music)

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: The Weeknd - False Alarm

The Chainsmokers/Halsey (8) - December 3, 2016

Welcome back! It is now December, wintertime. I'm patiently waiting for more snow in my area. But anyway, here is this week's exit:

Demi Lovato - Body Say
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 18


And here is the countdown:

45. Nick Jonas - Bacon
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 08

44. Kenny Chesney/Pink - Setting the World on Fire
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 16

43. Calvin Harris - My Way
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 11

42. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 25

41. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 20

40. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 22

39. Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 12

38. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 50

37. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took a Pill in Ibiza
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

36. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 35

35. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This is What You Came For
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 28

34. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 26

33. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 30

32. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 10

31. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 29

30. Adele - Water Under the Bridge (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 01

29. DNCE - Body Moves
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 04

28. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 05

27. Twenty One Pilots - Ride
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 35

26. Runaground - Chase You Down
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 07

25. Train - Play That Song
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #25 | Weeks on Chart: 02

24. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 05

23. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 16

22. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 05

21. Bastille - Good Grief
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 04

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

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

19. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 06

18. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 34

17. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 07

16. OneRepublic - Kids

Last Week: #11 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 12

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

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 14

14. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

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

13. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful

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

12. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

Last Week: #15 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 07

11. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Last Week: #08 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 30

10. Niall Horan - This Town

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 09

09. Ariana Grande - Into You

Last Week: #12 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 18

08. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

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

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

Last Week: #09 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 11

06. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

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

05. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 24

04. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

Last Week: #04 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 12

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

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

02. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 17

01. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

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

Biggest Drop: Kenny Chesney/Pink - Setting the World on Fire (-15)
Biggest Jump: Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water (+15)

Top 5 Throwback: December 5, 2015
5. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance

4. Shawn Mendes – Stitches

3. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's

2. One Direction – Drag Me Down

1. Adele – Hello

Entrants: December 5, 2015 

• The Weeknd - In the Night
• Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods (RE-ENTRY)
• DNCE - Cake By the Ocean

Top 5 Throwback: December 6, 2014
5. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
4. Maroon 5 – Animals
3. Taylor Swift – Blank Space
2. Fall Out Boy – Centuries
1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

Entrants: December 6, 2014

• Magic! - Rude (RE-ENTRY)
• Mary J. Blige - Therapy
• Charli XCX - Break the Rules
• Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin

New Entrant
Adele is a good singer, so this song grade is going to be pretty high. I think this is a good song. It's not her best. Her best would be Send My Love (To Your New Lover). But this fits in well on the countdown.

Vocals: 20/20
Lyrics/Meaning: 9/10
Melody/Beat: 9/10
Verses: 9/10
Pre-Chorus: 4.5/5
Chorus: 9/10
(Water Under the) Bridge: 9/10
Total: 69.5/75 (9.3/10)
My Opinion: 9/10

Hit-Bound

• James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
• Charli XCX - After the Afterparty (DEBUT)
• Lukas Graham - You're Not There
• Daya - Words
• Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire
• John Legend - Love Me Now
• Captain Cuts/Nateur - Love Like We Used To
• Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
• Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (DEBUT)
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Shawn Mendes - Mercy
• Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
• Rihanna - Love on the Brain

It's a coincidence that After the Afterparty is debuting on Hit-Bound just about two years after Break the Rules debuted the countdown. Anyway this song is super catchy and her best besides Break the Rules, which was her best song, and Doing It.

Bad Things was okay, but I grew into it.

I'm shocked that The Night is Young left Hit-Bound. I actually thought it might debut the countdown but it had only like 6 spins between Monday and Friday. This is The Summer Set's best song and I was growing back into it.

Top 5 Picks
5. Captain Cuts/Nateur - Love Like We Used To
4. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty
3. Daya - Words
2. Lukas Graham - You're Not There
1. Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire

Blurbs Under the Bridge
I guess I grew back into Bacon a little when listening to it. Huh.

I kinda want Stressed Out to hit a year on the countdown. I used to love this song and it probably will be TOP's best. I hope it hits #1 on the year-end list too over Can't Stop the Feeling.

For Daniel: Spyder mentioned the show Train Tracks on the Pulse when introducing Play That Song.

Not to upset you Miles, but we seriously need more activity on this countdown. We've had a whopping 5 exits in the past 4 weeks, no re-entries in 7 months, no 3-exit weeks since November 5, no 6+ exit weeks in a year, and this is the third week in a row with 1 exit.

Oh man, a lot of people are going to be mad about Unsteady's jump. I think it's had enough time in the top 20.

Cold Water just pulled a Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down in a way by having the biggest drop and then shot back up the countdown by having the biggest jump. But I Will Never Let You Down literally dropped out of the countdown from the teens and re-entered back in the teens that next week.

This week's top 10 entrants consist of one boring song, one old song that should leave the top 10, and one song that I'm surprised hit the top 10 so late.

There's a woman on Twitter that has an autistic son who follows Hits 1. She posted a picture of some of his picks for best and worst countdowns of the year. Here it is in text because the picture is huge:

Best Countdown of the Year: 5/14/16
Worst Countdown of the Year: 2/20/16
Other Countdowns I Really Liked: 3/5/16, 3/26/16, 4/9/16, 5/7/16, 6/11/16
Wackiest Countdown of the Year: 3/19/16

You gotta agree with him on that last pick.

Top 5 Picks
5. Runaground - Chase You Down
4. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love
3. Train - Play That Song
2. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl
1. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

#40Friday is out! Will The Weeknd hold at #1 with False Alarm? Find out here.

Most Missed Song: Once again, none, which means I'm randomly picking from the 2014-2015 playlist: Ariana Grande/Zedd - Break Free.

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