I apologize for the late post. Honestly, the reason for that is because I was lazy. But let's talk about the countdown now. Besides our #1, which was only a good song, this week was really good. There were 5 debuts, which is rare, and 3 of them were amazing. Here are the exits:
Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 04
Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 27
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 31
Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 06
Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 29
The countdown:
45. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 18
44. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 33
43. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 14
42. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 19
41. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 36
40. Aaron Carter - Sooner or Later
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #37 | Weeks on Chart: 02
39. One Ok Rock - American Girls
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #39 | Weeks on Chart: 02
38. Zayn/PartyNextDoor - Still Got Time (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #38 | Weeks on Chart: 01
37. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 31
36. G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #36 | Weeks on Chart: 01
35. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 16
34. Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #34 | Weeks on Chart: 01
33. DNCE - Kissing Strangers (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #33 | Weeks on Chart: 01
32. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 23
31. Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfeld - At My Best (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #31 | Weeks on Chart: 01
30. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 23
29. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 40
28. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 07
27. Maroon 5 - Cold
Last Week: #17 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 14
26. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 20
25. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 09
24. Harry Styles - Sign of the Times
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 06
23. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper - I'm the One
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 02
22. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 07
21. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 20
20. Charlie Puth - Attention
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 04
19. Train - Play That Song
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 26
18. AJR - Weak
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 12
17. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Last Week: #05 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 15
16. Niall Horan - Slow Hands
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 02
15. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 06
14. Halsey - Now or Never
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 06
13. Lady Gaga - The Cure
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 04
12. Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 10
11. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 04
10. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 24
09. The Chainsmokers - Paris
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 16
08. Julia Michaels - Issues
Last Week: #10 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 16
07. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 13
06. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 13
05. Imagine Dragons - Believer
Last Week: #11 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 10
04. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 06
03. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 19
02. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 12
01. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 14
Biggest Drop: Shawn Mendes - Mercy (6-26, -20)
Biggest Jump: Niall Horan - Slow Hands (30-16, +14)
New Entrants
First up is a song that is currently flopping. It's called Still Got Time, and I love it. In fact, I think I'm one of the only ones here who loves it. It's just way too catchy and it has that great summery vibe to it. Both artists do a great job, and honestly I love the production. I know it won't do well here, but at least it's top 45.
Next debut is also a song that's flopping. Good Life is on the soundtrack to The Fate of the Furious, if you didn't know. Like the last debut, both artists do a great job. The chorus is fun. While it's not the best debut, I still like it. I wish it would have done a little better though.
Finally, Swalla is here! This is the best debut this week. Once again, it's catchy. The chorus is also fun. And all of the artists do a great job too. I still don't know if this is flopping or not on radio, but I'm at least hoping it does well here.
Omg another great debut!!! I think that Kissing Strangers has to be DNCE's best song. Once again, I love the chorus. The verses are great too. I also don't know if it's flopping or not on radio, but again, this must do well here because I'm really enjoying it.
Wow, I don't think Hits 1 knows which songs are flopping on radio or not. Yes, this is the third debut here that's flopping. I do like Hailee's chorus, and it actually reminds me of See You Again from 2015. But there's not much more to say about this. This song is called At My Best by the way.
Hit-Bound
- Camila Cabello - Crying in the Club (DEBUT)
- Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life
- Hey Violet - Break My Heart
- Liam Payne/Quavo - Strip That Down (DEBUT)
- Noah Cyrus - Stay Together
- Ocean Park Standoff - Good News
- Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (DEBUT)
- Fall Out Boy - Young and Menace
- Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls
- Mansionz/G-Eazy - Wicked
- Miley Cyrus - Malibu (DEBUT)
- Jon Bellion - Overwhelming
- Katy Perry/Nicki Minaj - Swish Swish (DEBUT)
- Sam Hunt - Body Like a Back Road
- [Exit: Katy Perry - Bon Appétit]
Good Time Good Life, Good News, Wicked, and Overwhelming are not going to debut at this point. I just don't see it happening.
Yes, Stay Together is the best song on Hit-Bound and it's not even in pink.
Not posting this week. Stay Together is the only Hit-Bound song on #50Friday, and I don't want to spoil any upcoming debuts. I'm hoping this doesn't continue for a while.
Still Got Blurbs
I did not expect to see 5 exits this week. First, I'm surprised Cake left this early. However, it wasn't really for Hits 1, since it was really a rap song. Finally, All Time Low leaves. I still like 24K Magic, and Scott is not going to be happy to see it go. It's rare to see a song leave with a peak of #35 here, but that's what Don't Leave had to do. At least it wasn't a good song. And finally, poor WAMB10 because Side to Side left. I find it interesting that I put it in blue for the last 5 months or so.
Is Sooner or Later going to leave or what? It shouldn't be flopping already.
So my favorite debut last week only had to jump just one spot? Wow Hits 1...
You know, I was wondering earlier if this would be the week where Closer took a big drop. Turns out, I was right.
Cold is officially a mediocre song. I really liked it at first but a couple of weeks later I started to grow out of it. But now it is officially in blue.
So Mercy dropped from #6 to #26. Well, about time. That was long-awaited.
Good to see I'm the One jump a lot on its second week. I think it's already in the top 10 on pop radio.
Attention has held its spot at #20 for the third straight week. Please don't tell me that means it will flop. I am really enjoying this, so it should at least be top 15 here.
I'm happy about our biggest jump, which I am starting to like a little more. Halsey and Lady Gaga's jumps were also needed.
So Believer is in the top 5. That's nice.
Something Just Like This hit #1 on the pop radio charts this week, which makes me think that it'll be #1 here soon. In fact, I feel that it's the type of song Hits 1 usually has at #1.
Top 5 Picks
5. One Ok Rock - American Girls
4. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
3. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
2. Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla
1. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
Top 20 Review
-1 -Worst Song
20. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
0-Crap
NONE
1-Bad
NONE
2-Old
19. The Chainsmokers - Paris
3-Decent
NONE
4-Good
18. Train - Play That Song
17. Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee
16. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This
15. AJR - Weak
14. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
13. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
12. Niall Horan - Slow Hands
11. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy
10. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
9. Julia Michaels - Issues
8. Imagine Dragons - Believer
7. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
6. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
5. Lady Gaga - The Cure
4. Charlie Puth - Attention
3. Halsey - Now or Never
5-Great
2. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
6-Best Song
1. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
Total: 76/100 (+4) (Good)
Last Week: 72/100 (Good)
#50Friday is out! Check it out HERE.
Most Missed Song: Yeah I don't even know...
#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Lil Wayne - Light My Body Up
My Mom's Favorite Countdown Song: Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
Guess the song
- I was a 2015 Hit-Bound dropout.
- In the Hit-Bound dropouts section of Adrian's Year in Review post, I was in blue.
- When Adrian's orange song in the Hit-Bound dropouts section debuted Hit-Bound, I was on Hit-Bound at that time.
- My artist did not have 3 songs all leave Hit-Bound in 2015.
- Just a bonus fact, . is not that familiar with me.
- What song am I? . doesn't think anyone needs any more hints...
2016 Hits 1 Year-End List Rankdown
Okay, so since I haven't gotten a submission in a week, I'm patiently waiting to get another submission. I'm posting this here in case anyone who reads my blog but doesn't comment wants to participate. It's a fun activity, but the deadline for submissions is on Tuesday, May 23, which isn't that far away. What you do is rank all of the songs on the year-end list from #1 (favorite) to #45 (least favorite) and send it to this form. You have to read the instructions though. There is also a page on this blog for this rankdown, which you can find HERE.
