Ed Sheeran (2) - February 18, 2017

It's February 20, 2016 in the back of a car driving home. I was hoping that Adele - Hello would not hit #1. Then I am relieved when it plays at #3. So who is taking the lead this week, DNCE - Cake By the Ocean or Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out? I didn't care either way, but I was hoping it would be the latter. Then Cake By the Ocean plays at #2 and I was so happy I was like jumping in my seat. And that was my reaction to the #1 song of 2016's first week at #1. End of story! Here are the poll results this week. There were a lot of votes this week.

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

Adele - Water Under the Bridge	4 (16%)
Shawn Mendes - Mercy	4 (16%)
Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap	4 (16%)
The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer	3 (12%)
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You	9 (37%)

Now here are the exits:

Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 20

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 32


And the countdown:

45. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 16

44. OneRepublic - Kids
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 23

43. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 14

42. Lukas Graham - You're Not There
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 07

41. Runaground - Chase You Down
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 18

40. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 11

39. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 40

38. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 27

37. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 20

36. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 20

35. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 18

34. Maroon 5 - Cold (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #34 | Weeks on Chart: 01

33. Rihanna - Love on the Brain
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #33 | Weeks on Chart: 03

32. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 35

31. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 22

30. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 18

29. John Legend - Love Me Now
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 11

28. Hey Violet - Guys My Age
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #28 | Weeks on Chart: 03

27. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 19

26. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 03

25. Daya - Words
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 03

24. X Ambassadors - Unsteady
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 45

23. Bebe Rexha - I Got You
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 02

22. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 22

21. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 01

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

19. Julia Michaels - Issues
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #19 | Weeks on Chart: 03

18. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 02

17. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 18

16. The Chainsmokers - Paris
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 03

15. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 11

14. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 05

13. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 10

12. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 28

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 17

10. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
Last Week: #17 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 11

09. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 23

08. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
Last Week: #11 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 06

07. Adele - Water Under the Bridge
Last Week: #05 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 12

06. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 10

05. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 16

04. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 07

03. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 07

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 27

01. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 06

Biggest Drop: Runaground - Chase You Down (-26) (unfair)
Biggest Jump: Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (+17) (fair)

February 22, 2014 - Top 5
5. One Direction – Story of My Life (8.5/10)
4. Bastille – Pompeii (8/10)
3. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (9.5/10)
2. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (8.5/10)
1. Pitbull/Kesha – Timber (10/10)
Total: 44.5/50 (8.9/10)

February 22, 2014 - Debuts
41. Aloe Blacc – The Man (8.5/10)

February 21, 2015 - Top 5
5. One Direction – Night Changes (1/10)
4. Hozier – Take Me to Church (3/10)
3. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#6 of all time)
2. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (8/10)
1. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#13 of all time)
Total: 32/50 (6.4/10)

February 21, 2015 - Debuts
41. Priory – Weekend (9/10)
39. Nova Rockafeller – Made in Gold (#5 of all time)
36. Tori Kelly – Nobody Love (#7 of all time)
34. R5 – Let's Not Be Alone Tonight (9/10)
33. Rihanna/Kanye West/Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds (8/10)
31. Lunchmoney Lewis – Bills (#33 of all time)
Total: 56/60 (9.3/10)

February 20, 2016 - Top 5
5. The Weeknd – In the Night (9/10)
4. Justin Bieber – Sorry (9/10)
3. Adele – Hello (9.5/10)
2. DNCE – Cake By the Ocean (9/10)
1. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (10/10)
Total: 46.5/50 (9.3/10)

February 20, 2016 - Debuts
40. Troye Sivan – Youth (9/10) 

New Entrants
Cold is a pretty fun song. I think it's better than Don't Wanna Know. I like the chorus a lot. Also this only came out on Tuesday, 4 days ago. That may be one of the shortest times to debut the countdown.

Chained to the Rhythm is an example of a great comeback. I really like the verses, chorus, and bridge. It's just catchy.

Hit-Bound

• AJR - Weak
• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
• James Hersey - Miss You
• Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
• Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (DEBUT) (!!!!!)
• Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (DEBUT)
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
• Little Mix - Touch (DEBUT)
• Imagine Dragons - Believer
• [Exit: Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor]
• [Exit: Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex]

After three months of patiently waiting, one of my #40Friday number-ones has debuted by the name of Rockabye. I do not see at all what is wrong with this song. The EDM is catchy and the vocals are well-done. So yeah. Please debut.

I don't care for the other two debuts much, but they're good at least.

Top 5 Picks
5. Imagine Dragons - Believer
4. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
3. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
2. AJR - Weak
1. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye

So Comfortable, We're Living in a Blurble, Blurble

This week marks the 3-year anniversary of Adrian's famous turquoise color, which is about equivalent to yellow on my blog.

Good riddance I Hate U, I Love U. You are added to the forgotten songs list.

Okay, #42 just bothers me. This is not a proper tenure. 7 Years should have had this tenure, this should have had Mama Said's tenure, and Mama Said should have had 7 Years' tenure.

Chase You Down dropping to the bottom 5 like this? Unfair. Enough said.

I'm very happy with the big jumps from Issues and That's What I Like. Welcome to the top 20!

I was just growing into Love Me Now! It shouldn't have dropped that hard.

Speaking of songs I'm growing into, Don't Wanna Know. It was only in blue but it's still kinda fun to listen to in the car.

I said I didn't want All Time Low in the top 5! I'm getting tired of this...

Top 5 Picks
5. Hey Violet - Guys My Age
4. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
3. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
2. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
1. Bebe Rexha - I Got You

#40Friday is out! This week, I Got You hit #1 again. Read the full chart HERE.

Most Missed Song: Fifth Harmony/Kid Ink - Worth It

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Marian Hill - Down

Guess the song

• It debuted the week before a 0-exit week.
• It was on the countdown in 2015, but Chase recommended it to Hits 1 in 2016.
• Adrian never had this song in green.
• [Comment if you need another hint]

Ed Sheeran (1) - February 11, 2017

Hey guys! I was hit with a huge snowstorm on Thursday. I bet some of you reading this were in it too, and the rest of you have probably heard about it. Also last post was a comment record of 62 comments, almost doubling the previous record, which was 32. Since I have nothing else to talk about, here are the poll results:

What song do you want to hit #1 on the Weekend Countdown next week?

Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap	3 (25%)
Shawn Mendes - Mercy	4 (33%)
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You	3 (25%)
The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer	1 (8%)
Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know	1 (8%)

Here were the exits this week:

Twenty One Pilots - Ride
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 44

Ariana Grande - Into You
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 27


The Countdown:

45. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 39

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

43. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 15

42. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 20

41. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 13

40. OneRepublic - Kids
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 22

39. Rihanna - Love on the Brain
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 02

38. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 26

37. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 17

36. Lukas Graham - You're Not There
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 06

35. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 01

34. Julia Michaels - Issues
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #32 | Weeks on Chart: 02

33. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 21

32. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 10

31. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 19

30. Hey Violet - Guys My Age
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 02

29. Bebe Rexha - I Got You (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 01

28. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 34

27. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 16

26. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 02

25. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 18

24. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 17

23. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 04

22. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 21

21. Daya - Words
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 02

20. X Ambassadors - Unsteady
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 44

19. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 10

18. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 09

17. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 10

16. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Last Week: #11 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 27

15. Runaground - Chase You Down
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 17

14. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 19

13. The Chainsmokers - Paris
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 02

12. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 22

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

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

09. John Legend - Love Me Now
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 10

08. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 17

07. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 09

06. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 15

05. Adele - Water Under the Bridge
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 11

04. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 06

03. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
Last Week: #05 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 06

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 26

01. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 05

Biggest Drop: The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (-17)
Biggest Jump: Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (+21)

February 15, 2014 - Top 5 (going to try this out)
5. Katy Perry - Dark Horse (9.5/10)
4. Bastille - Pompeii (8/10)
3. One Direction - Story of My Life (8.5/10)
2. Pitbull/Ke$ha - Timber (10/10)
1. OneRepublic - Counting Stars (9/10)
Total: 45/50 (9/10)

February 15, 2014 - Debuts
NONE


February 14, 2015 - Top 5
5. Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin (10/10)
4. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (9.5/10)
3. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#6 of all time)
2. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (8/10)
1. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#13 of all time)
Total: 47.5/50 (9.5/10)

February 14, 2015 - Debuts
NONE

February 13, 2016 - Top 5
5. One Direction – Perfect (8.5/10)
4. Justin Bieber – Sorry (9/10)
3. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (10/10)
2. DNCE – Cake By the Ocean (9/10)
1. Adele – Hello (9.5/10)
Total: 46/50 (9.2/10)

February 13, 2016 - Debuts
39. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (9/10)

24. 5 Seconds of Summer – Jet Black Heart (8.5/10)

21. Dawin – Dessert (10/10)

Total: 27.5/30 (9.2/10)

New Entrants

Let's start off with That's What I Like. This is pretty catchy overall. I don't even know how to explain how I like it. And I like how he mentions Julio from Uptown Funk.

Now for the much better debut, I Got You. I would probably not have expected a solo Bebe Rexha song to be this good. This is definitely one of the best and catchiest choruses I have ever heard. It's what makes me love the song the most. If you don't think the chorus is good enough, well that isn't good. This better hit the top 20.

Hit-Bound

• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
• Imagine Dragons - Believer
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor
• Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
• AJR - Weak
• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
• James Hersey - Miss You
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm (DEBUT)
• Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (DEBUT/technical RE-ENTRY)

For Chained to the Rhythm, I'm actually chained to the rhythm. The verses and chorus are pretty catchy. The bridge with Skip Marley isn't bad but I prefer Katy's part. I expect great things from Katy's album. I'm living in a bubble bubble! :D

I'm still stuck on Castle on the Hill. I don't know what to think of it.

Honestly I'm just gonna go ahead and say that Lights Down Low is boring. I never really liked it anyway.

Versace on the Floor being on Hit-Bound for more weeks is going to get really awkward. Seriously, it outlived That's What I Like's time on Hit-Bound and it's still here. I really don't want this to become the next Magic! - Red Dress for me.

I just realized this week, can someone tell the emo fangirl running Hits 1's Twitter that no one cares about P!ATD anymore? Thank you.

There are literally three Hit-Bound songs that are currently on #40Friday. Heading into the dark ages???

Top 5 Picks

5. Imagine Dragons - Believer

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

3. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake

2. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)

1. AJR - Weak

We Can Get Blurbs Oh Na Na Na

Get out of here I Hate U, I Love U! Your jump is not making me happy!!!

I had to include Ride in my school project, oh well, doesn't change my opinion on it.

My gosh, Love on the Brain is doing horrible here. Three months on Hit-Bound and then this second week drop. Hits 1, you know that this is #7 on radio right now?

You're Not There is having one of the worst tenures I have ever seen. This is a nice song, so I hope it peaks higher than #30.

Issues should not be dropping. This is catchiness right here.

Why the hell is Unsteady back in the top 20? It's having a Stressed Out-like tenure. No one likes you anymore, shoo!

Million Reasons made a huge comeback this week, thanks to the Super Bowl Halftime Show. She jumped almost back up to its peak actually. Also this week it's #17 and last week it was #38.

Get Bad Things back in the top 10!!!

I'm finding mediocrity making its way up to the top 5...

Finally we get to our #1. Thank goodness this hit #1. I really like this song so I hope for even more success.

Top 5 Picks
5. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
4. Hey Violet - Guys My Age
3. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
2. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
1. Bebe Rexha - I Got You

Okay, listen up. I need to take my time on the Year in Review page. I'm going to try to get it out as soon as possible. It definitely will be out in the future, I just don't know when. I'll try to pre-type it next year.

#40Friday is out with I Got You as its new #1! Check it out HERE. I've also provided 8 bonus love songs with the chart since it's going to be Valentine's Day soon.

Most Missed Song: Demi Lovato - Body Say

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (come on...you're popular on radio...)

February 13, 2016 - Top 10 Picks (Color code is current opinion)
10. Dawin - Dessert (10/10)
9. Shawn Mendes - Stitches (9/10)
8. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer (9/10)
7. Zayn - Pillowtalk (9/10)
6. Alessia Cara - Here (10/10)
5. Disclosure/Lorde - Magnets (9.5/10)
4. Tove Lo - Moments (#35 of all time)
3. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (10/10)
2. Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods (#34 of all time)
1. MØ - Kamikaze (#19 of all time)

Guess the song (medium)

• A one-weeker on the WC left the same week as I did.
• For Adrian, I was in yellow when I left.
• The day I left the WC, I was #47 on the radio charts.

Maroon 5 (3) - February 4, 2017

So we finally had our first 6+ DTHNOB week in over 14 months. This definitely was a real long drought, as one time two 6-DTHNOB weeks happened two weeks apart, and another time two 5-DTHNOB weeks happened one week apart. I want everyone here to realize that there is a reason why people are complaining about the number of exits, and with more exits, the activity on this countdown grows. But if you don't even like activity...that's going to be the problem. But besides the exits, what a heck of a week this was. Before the exits, let's look at what you wanted to be #1 this week.

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

Niall Horan - This Town	1 (7%)
The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer	2 (15%)
Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving	0 (0%)
Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest	9 (69%)
Twenty One Pilots - Heathens	1 (7%)

So once again people wanted The Greatest at #1. Good choice, but was not even close this week. Be sure to vote for the new polls on the sidebar. Here are the exits:

Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #28 | Weeks on Chart: 02

Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 38

Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 22

DNCE - Body Moves
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 12

Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 13

Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 17


Here is this week's countdown:

45. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 19

44. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 38

43. OneRepublic - Kids
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 21

42. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 14

41. Ariana Grande - Into You
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 27

40. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 12

39. Hey Violet - Guys My Age (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #39 | Weeks on Chart: 01

38. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 09

37. Twenty One Pilots - Ride
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 44

36. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 31

35. Rihanna - Love on the Brain (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 01

34. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 25

33. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 20

32. Julia Michaels - Issues (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #32 | Weeks on Chart: 01

31. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #31 | Weeks on Chart: 03

30. Lukas Graham - You're Not There
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 05

29. Daya - Words (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 01

28. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 09

27. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #27 | Weeks on Chart: 01

26. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 08

25. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 16

24. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

23. X Ambassadors - Unsteady
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 43

22. The Chainsmokers - Paris (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 01

21. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 09

20. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 17

19. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 20

18. Runaground - Chase You Down
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 16

17. Train - Play That Song
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 11

16. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 15

15. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #05 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 18

14. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 18

13. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 16

12. John Legend - Love Me Now
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 09

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

10. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 04

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

08. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #17 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 08

07. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #11 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 14

06. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 21

05. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 05

04. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 05

03. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 04

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 25

01. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 16

Biggest Drop: Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (-23)
Biggest Jump: Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap (+13)

February 7, 2015 - Top 5
5. Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin (10/10)

4. OneRepublic – I Lived (8/10)

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

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

1. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#6 of all time)

Total: 46/50 (9.2/10)

February 7, 2015 - Debuts
40. Life of Dillon – Overload (5/10)

35. Ne-Yo – She Knows (#8 of all time)

34. Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up (10/10)

31. Usher – I Don’t Mind (#14 of all time)

26. Taylor Swift – Style (9/10)

Total: 44/50 (8.8/10)

February 6, 2016 - Top 5
5. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (9/10)

4. DNCE – Cake By the Ocean (9/10)

3. One Direction – Perfect (8.5/10)

2. Justin Bieber – Sorry (9/10)

1. Adele – Hello (9.5/10)

Total: 45/50 (9/10)

February 6, 2016 - Debuts
39. Tori Kelly – Hollow (10/10)

34. Zayn – Pillowtalk (9/10)

26. Ellie Goulding – Something in the Way You Move (10/10)

Total: 29/30 (9.7/10)

New Entrants
In the two months that Guys My Age was on Hit-Bound, it has become more than a song to me. It's super catchy and not creepy. Miles compared it to Melanie Martinez' music, and I don't listen to her music. I don't think that artists are "ripoffs", they are just artists making music. Kinda like my mom talking about artists that "sound" like Rihanna. I like the weirdness to this song and it's a success.

Hits 1 was like one or even two months late with this song. Love on the Brain was really good in October and November but it's faded on me. It still has that little spark that keeps it going for me though.

Issues is pretty catchy even though it's weird. I hope it becomes more popular than this. Heck it's got 21 million Spotify plays already.

I don't think I expected Words to debut at this point even though it was doing fine on radio. This definitely won't be as popular as Hide Away and Sit Still, Look Pretty, but keep this song for a month or two.

I like the darker side of Twenty One Pilots sometimes, like Stressed Out, and this I like too. I hope Heavydirtysoul gets popular but not too popular like Stressed Out did.

Paris is really that one Chainsmokers song that I just don't love. The drop is not that great honestly. The vocals are fine but the entire song just needed more to it. It's good but nothing amazing.

Hit-Bound
Hosted by MAX

• AJR - Weak (DEBUT)
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake (DEBUT)
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
• Bebe Rexha - I Got You
• Imagine Dragons - Believer (DEBUT)
• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
• Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee (DEBUT)
• James Hersey - Miss You (DEBUT)
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor
• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night (DEBUT)
• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)

Weak is a nice AJR song and it's definitely one of their best. I've followed this for a while and I'm very excited that it made Hits 1.

Cake is probably the best debut besides Weak. The verses are pretty good as well as the chorus and the high-pitched voice saying "Ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-cake" and "I only came for the cake" is pretty weird but cool. Most of you are probably going to dislike this song but it's my guilty pleasure.

Believer is cool. It's pretty good and we will see its fate soon.

L.A. Devotee is a typical P!ATD song. Good but nothing amazing.

Miss You is kind of catchy. I like the beat to it.

The Vamps are back! Last time we saw them we had the good but nothing amazing Wake Up. This one is good, I guess.

Oddly, Versace on the Floor is still here. Please don't become the next Magic! - Red Dress.

A video for a song that I really like came out yesterday. And it's called Love Like We Used To by Captain Cuts and Nateur. #PleaseReEnterHitBound

Come on I Got You. You can debut now.

Top 5 Picks

5. Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex

4. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

3. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)

2. AJR - Weak

1. Bebe Rexha - I Got You

The Blurbs Only Get in the Way
Holy crap. Well, that's it for The Greatest. It was nice having you around.

Not only did we have six exits this week, but one of them was the first two-weeker since David Guetta/Sam Martin - Dangerous, which left (for the second time) two years ago this week. If this is going to re-enter too, I don't know. But it will be cool if we got re-entries regularly again.

Seriously, a peak of #17 and 19 weeks on the chart? Get out, I Hate U I Love U!

Note that Million Reasons' drop was right before the Super Bowl, where she is performing. How ironic.

Oh well, there goes Chase You Down. At least it made the top 10.

The fact that Closer is #2 is making me scared that it's going to hit #1 again. Please don't become the next Heathens.

So one night this week I asked my mom what her least favorite song this year was, and she said that it was Death of a Bachelor. I definitely thought that was possible. A couple of her honorable mentions were Beyoncé - Sorry and Fifth Harmony - Work From Home.

I welcome all four of our top 10 debuts. Please hit #1, all of you.

I didn't expect Mercy to be a top 5 song so soon. I guess I'm okay about it though. But I'm totally fine with the entries from HandClap and Shape of You.

Dinah Jane of Fifth Harmony posted a tweet last night that said "you speaking my language" and when you click on it the first reply that comes up is from Hits 1 radio DJ and usual Hit-Bound host Mikey Piff, saying "my language is French Fries." Just wanted to mention that.

A shout out to blogger Montavis whose 25th birthday is today. He was lucky to do the honors and comment the large amount of exits this week. Happy birthday!

Top 5 Picks
5. Runaground - Chase You Down
4. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty
3. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
2. Hey Violet - Guys My Age
1. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

I am again sorry for the Year in Review delay. It will definitely be out in the next 2 weeks, very hopefully this week. I just have a lot of stuff on that post.

#40Friday is out! Will Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap hit #1 for the second week? Click HERE to find out! Or just look at the #40Friday poll.

Most Missed Song: Grace/G-Eazy - You Don't Own Me (I know this was my most missed song once before but I love it so much)

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

Guess the song (new weekly segment) (VERY HARD!!!)

• Adrian liked me at first, and then I ended up as a red on a year-end chart.
• The number of weeks I spent on the WC is at least 25.
• I peaked in the top 5.
• I debuted on the first of three weeks in a row where a debut was colored purple by Adrian.
• The product of the spot on my last week on the WC, my peak, and the number of weeks on the chart is 4,025.

Before I go, I want to make an announcement. Before I started blogging in early 2016, I did my own version for a couple of weeks on Microsoft Word. I also did my countdown rearrangement for those two weeks. Here were my top 10 favorites, and the colors are my current opinions (This is from 2/6/16):

10. Shawn Mendes - Stitches
9. Selena Gomez - Hands to Myself
8. Justin Bieber - Sorry
7. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer
6. Alessia Cara - Here
5. Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods
4. MØ - Kamikaze
3. Tove Lo - Moments
2. Disclosure/Lorde - Magnets
1. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
Least favorite: Adele - When We Were Young