Maroon 5 (1) - January 7, 2017

Welcome to the first countdown of 2017! This was not a good countdown. I'll talk to you about that in the blurbs. But first, here is the one really old exit and the two good exits:

Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took a Pill in Ibiza
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 37

Calvin Harris - My Way
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 15

5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 24


Here is the year's first countdown:

45. Kenny Chesney/Pink - Setting the World on Fire
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 21

44. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 10

43. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 14

42. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 35

41. DNCE - Body Moves
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 09

40. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 31

39. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #39 | Weeks on Chart: 01

38. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 19

37. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 15

36. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 35

35. Lukas Graham - You're Not There (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 01

34. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty (... ... ...)
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 05

33. Bastille - Good Grief
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 09

32. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 34

31. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 27

30. Twenty One Pilots - Ride
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 40

29. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 04

28. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 21

27. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 10

26. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 05

25. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 16

24. Train - Play That Song
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 07

23. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #17 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 04

22. John Legend - Love Me Now
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 05

21. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 01

20. Ariana Grande - Into You
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 23

19. OneRepublic - Kids
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 17

18. Runaground - Chase You Down (!!!)
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 12

17. X Ambassadors - Unsteady
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 39

16. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 10

15. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 05

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

13. Adele - Water Under the Bridge
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 06

12. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 12

11. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Last Week: #10 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 29

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

09. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 16

08. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 08

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

06. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 13

05. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 17

04. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 21

03. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 22

02. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 14

01. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 12

Biggest Drop: Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight (-23)
Biggest Jump: Tie between John Legend - Love Me Now and Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (+8)

January 10, 2015 - Top 5
5. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off (#3 of all time)
4. Sam Smith – I’m Not the Only One (8/10)
3. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (7/10)
2. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#13 of all time)
1. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#6 of all time)

January 10, 2015 - Debuts
40. AronChupa – I’m an Albatraoz (#2 of all time) (YEEESS)
38. Megan Nicole – Fun (9/10)
36. David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous (9/10) (I did grow into it)
34. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (9/10)
32. The Vamps/Shawn Mendes – Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) (9/10)

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

 4. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (10/10)

 3. One Direction – Drag Me Down (10/10)

 2. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (10/10)

 1. Adele – Hello (9.5/10)

January 9, 2016 - Debuts
38. Tove Lo – Moments (#35 of all time)

35. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (9.5/10)

New Entrants
Starting off with a song that I've loved for a long time, that alternative song called HandClap. I think it is really catchy, especially the chorus.

Vocals: 13/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 7/10

Melody/Beat: 10/10

Verses: 9.5/10

Pre-Chorus: 4.5/5

Chorus: 10/10

Bridge: --

Total: 54/65 (8.3/10)

My Opinion: 10/10

Then there's Lukas Graham's new song, You're Not There. I loved this a lot at first, not as much as Mama Said. I've grown out of it a little bit but I still like it.

Vocals: 16/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 10/10

Melody/Beat: 8.5/10

Verses: 9/10

Pre-Chorus: 4/5

Chorus: 9/10

Bridge: 8.5/10

Total: 65/75 (8.7/10)

My Opinion: 9.5/10

Finally, there's Mercy. This has been doing well on radio so far, and I expect it to do good here.

Vocals: 19/20

Lyrics/Meaning: 9/10

Melody/Beat: 8.5/10

Verses: 9/10

Pre-Chorus: --

Chorus: 9/10

Bridge: 9/10

Total: 63.5/75 (8.5/10)

My Opinion: 7.5/10

Hit-Bound

• Daya - Words
• Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (DEBUT)
• Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
• Maty Noyes - In My Mind
• Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (DEBUT)
• Captain Cuts/Nateur - Love Like We Used To
• The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming (DEBUT)
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Rihanna - Love on the Brain
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor
• Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (DEBUT) or Hey Violet - Guys My Age

I still like She Sets the City on Fire, but I can tell it won't debut the countdown though.

There are four debuts this week. The first one I'll talk about is I Feel it Coming. This is more of a slower song than Starboy, but I think I like it more than it. I did like Starboy more at first listen though.

Next is Lights Down Low. I added this to Bubbling Under on #40Friday, but I think I'm going to take it off next week. It's a little slow and I don't think this will stick with me.

On the blue-green border is Castle on the Hill. It's a little boring and the beat isn't that good, but it's better than Lights Down Low.

Finally we have the best debut of the week, if not then it's I Feel it Coming. The song is the other Ed Sheeran song, Shape of You. This is more interesting to listen to. I'm definitely happy that people using iTunes and Spotify and Chase like it more than Castle on the Hill.

Top 5 Picks

5. Captain Cuts/Nateur - Love Like We Used To

4. Maty Noyes - In My Mind

3. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things

2. Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire

1. Hey Violet - Guys My Age

I Could Make Your Hands Blurb

Maroon 5 returns to #1 for the first time in almost two years. I didn't think this would hit #1 here, but it's Maroon 5, and they're used to this spot.

Can we get Setting the World on Fire off the countdown? I hope this leaves next week.

No. I can't believe that After the Afterparty dropped 12 spots. Absolutely unacceptable.

The reason for Just Hold On holding on (get it) to #29 may be because it's dropping on the Hot 100. I think it's in the 90s this week, and I'm surprised about this.

Why did Love Me Now have the biggest jump? This song is just horrible, I hope it doesn't become a big hit.

Chase You Down finally hit the teens! That's definitely one of the better things that happened this week.

But also in the teens is Unsteady. I know that many of you are sick of this (even a person that had it in purple on Hit-Bound). I'm sick of it too, so I hope it could leave the teens and the countdown soon.

Closer is getting farther away from the #1 spot (second point for me, lol). I don't see it hitting #1 again, which is fine with me.

I'm shocked that Heathens is still in the top 3. This is losing popularity, and it's also old, so I would like to see that out of the top 5 soon.

Finally, I hope that This Town hits #1 next week. I was surprised that Don't Wanna Know took it away from #1, and I hope that it claims its #1 spot soon.

Top 5 Picks

5. Train - Play That Song

4. Lukas Graham - You're Not There

3. Runaground - Chase You Down

2. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

1. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

#40Friday is out! Will Hey Violet - Guys My Age hit #1 for a third week in a row! Find out HERE!

Most Missed Song: *randomly picked from 2014-2015 playlist* Sam Smith - I'm Not the Only One (nah that's not good enough) Jack and Jack - Groove (that's much better)

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)

Published US Radio Spins in 2016 (Top 100)

Back in July, I made a similar post as this, but it was only for the first half of the year. This is the top 100 most played songs on radio, and it did take me a lot of work. Here are some statistics:

Total spins for all songs, even the ones that aren't on this list:

124,324,401

Song with the lowest peak on this chart:

90. Nick Jonas - Jealous (#48) (343,339)

Lowest #1 song on this chart:

37. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side (26 DAYS) (1,135,489)

(#__) = Peak, (__) = # of spins it got.

#1 songs are colored pink.

By the way, most of these songs are in green. Miles, please don't comment about that.

100. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#21) (315,913)

99. Justin Bieber - Company (#16) (319,354)

98. Demi Lovato - Confident (#9) (326,701)

97. One Direction - Perfect (#11) (328,773)

96. Calvin Harris - My Way (#11) (330,905)

95. Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods (#12) (332,540)

94. One Direction - Drag Me Down (#35) (335,856)

93. Rihanna - Love on the Brain (#10) (336,002)

92. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#9) (337,917)

91. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#14) (342,729)

90. Nick Jonas - Jealous (#48) (343,339)

89. Tove Lo - Talking Body (#41) (349,105)

88. DNCE - Toothbrush (#17) (351,563)

87. Tory Lanez - Luv (#22) (362,378)

86. Elle King - Ex's and Oh's (#20) (371,959)

85. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth - See You Again (#41) (405,381)

84. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer (#10) (409,941)

83. Fifth Harmony/Kid Ink - Worth It (#39) (412,327)

82. Troye Sivan - Youth (#19) (416,033)

81. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love (#14) (420,635)

80. Kungs/Cookin' on 3 Burners - This Girl (#15) (441,183)

79. Ellie Goulding - Something in the Way You Move (#14) (445,131)

78. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (#34) (445,686)

77. R. City/Adam Levine - Locked Away (#24) (447,331)

76. Niall Horan - This Town (#13) (453,686)

75. Coldplay - Hymn For the Weekend (#20) (456,334)

74. Adele - When We Were Young (#11) (490,345)

73. Selena Gomez/A$ap Rocky - Good For You (#29) (494,278)

72. Fifth Harmony/Fetty Wap - All in My Head (Flex) (#10) (517,034)

71. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#13) (537,699)

70. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#11) (553,080)

69. Robin Schulz/Francesco Yates - Sugar (#13) (572,921)

68. Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance (#31) (582,574)

67. Ruth B. - Lost Boy (#16) (597,172)

66. Meghan Trainor/John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#5) (605,023)

65. Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#8) (613,816)

64. Drake - Hotline Bling (#14) (622,911)

63. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean (#19) (642,191)

62. Rihanna - Needed Me (#15) (655,292)

61. Jason Derulo - Want to Want Me (#29) (660,931)

60. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (#9) (698,190)

59. Alessia Cara - Wild Things (#14) (698,801)

58. Meghan Trainor - No (#7) (726,277)

57. Ellie Goulding - On My Mind (#5) (729,054)

56. Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams (#16) (754,293)

55. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#9) (763,920)

54. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face (#24) (797,966)

53. The Weeknd - The Hills (#18) (798,829)

52. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good (#9) (808,529)

51. DJ Snake/Bipolar Sunshine - Middle (#13) (811,511)

50. Rihanna/Drake - Work (#8) (824,479)

49. Maroon 5/Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know (#2) (825,670)

48. Charlie Puth - One Call Away (834,850)

47. Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MØ - Lean On (#20) (861,437)

46. Adele - Hello (#3) (870,833)

45. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#11) (922,995)

44. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#5) (942,141)

43. Ariana Grande - Into You (#7) (974,088)

And now for the songs that hit 1 million spins this year. All of these songs hit the top 10 this year. Congratulations!

42. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#9) (1,042,219)

41. Daya - Hide Away (#7) (1,064,108)

40. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#8) (1,074,467)

39. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful (#2) (1,093,334)

38. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving (#5) (1,131,158)

37. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side (26 DAYS) (1,135,489)

36. James Bay - Let it Go (#8) (1,187,139)

35. Pink - Just Like Fire (#7) (1,227,045)

34. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U (#5) (1,245,584)

33. Shawn Mendes - Stitches (#8) (1,260,324)
32. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#3) (1,260,397)

31. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#8) (1,305,229)

30. The Weeknd - In the Night (#3) (1,343,041)

29. Selena Gomez - Same Old Love (12 DAYS) (1,374,120)

28. Kiiara - Gold (#5) (1,419,867)

27. Alessia Cara - Here (6 DAYS) (1,445,376)

26. Zara Larsson/MNEK - Never Forget You (#5) (1,504,924)

25. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (3 DAYS) (1,540,407)

24. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#2) (1,559,761)

23. Selena Gomez - Hands to Myself (5 DAYS) (1,606,413)

22. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water (8 DAYS) (1,653,715)

21. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (8 DAYS) (1,710,054)

20. The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses (#3) (1,737,125)

19. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (7 DAYS) (1,759,140)

18. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#4) (1,820,851)

17. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#2) (1,842,161)

The rest of the songs hit 2 million spins this year. They all peaked in the top 2, most hitting #1.

16. Justin Bieber - Sorry (8 DAYS) (2,020,719)

15. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself and I (14 DAYS) (2,139,398)

14. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (15 DAYS) (2,195,658)

13. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling (12 DAYS) (2,204,847)

12. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (6 DAYS) (2,209,374)

11. Zayn - Pillowtalk (17 DAYS) (2,219,084)

Top 10 time!

10. DNCE - Cake By the Ocean (#2) (2,226,500)

9. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (66 DAYS) (2,228,527)

8. Drake/WizKid/Kyla - One Dance (3 DAYS) (2,412,575)

7. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This is What You Came For (#2) (2,415,237)

6. Flo Rida - My House (19 DAYS) (2,446,753)

Top 5. Notice how #3 and #2 were just about 600 spins away from each other.

5. Sia - Cheap Thrills (50 DAYS) (2,622,753)

4. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took a Pill in Ibiza (9 DAYS) (2,629,947)

3. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (18 DAYS) (2,634,169)

2. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (28 DAYS) (2,634,762)

Finally, we're at #1. Before looking, try to guess what it is.

1. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (26 DAYS) (2,711,808)

I Blurb You, I Blurb You, I Blurb You Right Now

I'm happy but surprised at the #1 song. There was less than a 1 in 46 chance that in 2016 this was playing on the radio.

The battle between Love Yourself and Stressed Out was really close. But an even closer battle was Stitches and Starboy, which you can find in the 30s. They were separated by just 73 spins.

All three songs that spent 8 days at #1 featured Justin Bieber in it.

A little surprising that our two songs that spent at least 50 days at #1 were not in the top 4.

Jealous and Uptown Funk were popular in 2014, but still made this list.

7 Years was ironic - it spent 7 days at #1.

The worst and best songs on the chart were by the same artist, Lukas Graham.

I Took a Pill in Ibiza was also #4 on the mid-year countdown that I did.

Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd (3) - December 30, 2016

It's time for an early countdown! No exits, for the second week in a row.

45. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Last Week: #44 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 24

44. Calvin Harris - My Way

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 15

43. DNCE - Body Moves

Last Week: #42 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 08

42. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

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

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

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 20

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

Last Week: #39 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 37

39. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

Last Week: #38 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 13

38. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Last Week: #37 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 30

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

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 14

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

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 18

35. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 34

34. Bastille - Good Grief

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 08

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

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

32. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 26

31. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Last Week: #31 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 39

30. John Legend - Love Me Now

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

29. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 03

28. Train - Play That Song

Last Week: #14 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 06

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

Last Week: #41 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 15

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

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 04

25. Ariana Grande - Into You

Last Week: #20 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 22

24. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 20

23. Runaground - Chase You Down

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 11

22. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #22 | Weeks on Chart: 04

21. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 09

20. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

Last Week: #23 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 04

19. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 09

18. OneRepublic - Kids

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

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

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 03

16. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

Last Week: #15 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 09

15. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 38

14. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 12

13. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful

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

12. Adele - Water Under the Bridge

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

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

Last Week: #11 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 10

10. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Last Week: #08 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 28

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

Last Week: #06 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 07

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

Last Week: #10 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 15

07. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 11

06. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 11

05. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

Last Week: #09 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 13

04. Niall Horan - This Town

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

03. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Last Week: #07 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 21

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 20

01. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

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

Biggest Drop: Train - Play That Song (-14) (???)
Biggest Jump: DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (+14) (...)

January 3, 2015 - Top 5

5. Sam Smith – I’m Not the Only One (8/10)4. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off (10/10)
3. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (7/10)
2. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (10/10)
1. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (10/10)

January 3, 2015 - Debuts

None

January 2, 2016 - Top 5

5. Demi Lovato – Confident (9/10)
4. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (10/10)
3. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (9/10)
2. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (10/10)
1. Adele – Hello (9.5/10)

January 2, 2016 - Debuts

None

Hit-Bound

• Lukas Graham - You're Not There
• Maty Noyes - In My Mind (RE-ENTRY)
• Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor
• Rihanna - Love on the Brain
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
• Hey Violet - Guys My Age
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Shawn Mendes - Mercy
• Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
• Daya - Words
• Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Captain Cuts - Love Like We Used To

Very nice to see In My Mind re-enter, I've been enjoying that one lately. But come on Hits 1, did Hallelujah have to be a one-weeker?!?!

Top 5 Picks

5. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things

4. Lukas Graham - You're Not There

3. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

2. Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire

1. Hey Violet - Guys My Age

After the Afterblurby, We're Gonna Keep it Blurbing

Okay, this Girls Talk Boys thing is getting ridiculous. This may turn to blue soon.

What's with the big jump from Don't Let Me Down? Anyway, I have grew back into it because I used to like it a lot.

Ha! Love Me Now dropped a spot. Take that, Adrian, Scott, Graham, Miles, Parker, Hollow Man, Jack...most people here.

#28 and #27 are just painful to see. First we have Play That Song, having the biggest drop on its sixth week and before it's gotten popular, and Let Me Love You, having the biggest jump when it is popular and also overplayed.

However, #24-#22 are good signs. Hymn For the Weekend should be dropping, Chase You Down is going to get the countdown success it deserves, and my favorite song on the countdown is doing great.

I am now officially not sure that I Don't Wanna Live Forever will be a flop. This dropped 12 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, and is not jumping high enough on radio. I hope it does well.

Unsteady needs to stop. This has done well enough on Hits 1 that it shouldn't still be in the top 15, and not even on the countdown either.

24K Magic should not be dropping. This should be in the top 10, and even the top 5.

I'm a little surprised with the drop with Scars to Your Beautiful. It is a sweet song and it is also #2 on radio.

After not doing much on the countdown, The Greatest jumps back in the top 10, hitting a new peak at #7.

Out of all songs in the top 5, the one that should be hitting #1 is This Town. I have figured out that this is a sweet song. And it's from a former member of One Direction. But Hits 1, you love One Direction!?!!!

Closer and Heathens need to exit the top 3. I don't want these old songs hitting #1 again.

Top 5 Picks
5. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
4. Train - Play That Song
3. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
2. Runaground - Chase You Down
1. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

#40Friday is out! Will Hey Violet hold at #1 with Guys My Age? Click HERE to find out.

Most Missed Song: Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Maty Noyes - In My Mind (plz return!!!) (UPDATE: It re-entered Hit-Bound.)

Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd (2) - December 24, 2016

Welcome back to the holiday edition of the Weekend Countdown! No exits leaving this week.

45. Calvin Harris - My Way
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 14

44. 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

Last Week: #45 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 23

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

Last Week: #37 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 32

42. DNCE - Body Moves

Last Week: #41 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 07

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

Last Week: #20 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 14

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

Last Week: #43 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 19

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

Last Week: #42 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 36

38. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

Last Week: #38 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 12

37. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

Last Week: #35 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 29

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

Last Week: #40 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 25

35. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling

Last Week: #36 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

34. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Last Week: #27 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 33

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

Last Week: #34 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 13

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

Last Week: #30 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 17

31. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

Last Week: #31 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 38

30. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On

Last Week: #39 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 02

29. John Legend - Love Me Now

Last Week: #32 | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 03

28. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty

Last Week: #33 | Peak: #28 | Weeks on Chart: 03

27. Bastille - Good Grief

Last Week: #25 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 07

26. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

Last Week: #24 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 08

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

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

24. Runaground - Chase You Down

Last Week: #28 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 10

23. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons

Last Week: #29 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 03

22. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 08

21. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend

Last Week: #21 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 19

20. Ariana Grande - Into You

Last Week: #22 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 21

19. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

Last Week: #18 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 10

18. X Ambassadors - Unsteady

Last Week: #19 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 37

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

Last Week: #26 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 02

16. OneRepublic - Kids

Last Week: #17 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 15

15. Jon Bellion - All Time Low

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

14. Train - Play That Song

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

13. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Last Week: #13 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 11

12. Adele - Water Under the Bridge
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #12 | Weeks on Chart: 04

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side

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

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

Last Week: #09 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 14

09. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy

Last Week: #06 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 12

08. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Last Week: #10 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 27

07. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

Last Week: #07 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 20

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

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

05. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know

Last Week: #05 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 10

04. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful

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

03. Niall Horan - This Town

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

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 19

01. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving

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

Biggest Drop: DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (-21)

Biggest Jump: Tie between Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On and Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (+9)

December 27, 2014 - Top 5

5. Sheppard – Geronimo (10/10)

4. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off (10/10)

3. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (10/10)
2. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (7/10)

1. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (10/10)

December 27, 2014 - Debuts

38. Ariana Grande/The Weeknd - Love Me Harder (9/10)

29. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (8/10)

December 25, 2015 - Top 5

5. Walk the Moon – Shut Up and Dance (9.5/10)

4. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (8/10)

3. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (10/10)

2. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (10/10)

1. Adele – Hello (9/10)

December 25, 2015 - Debuts

40. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (8/10) (Oh lord this just hit #1 on year-end)

31. Charlie Puth - One Call Away (7/10)

Hit-Bound

• Captain Cuts/Nateur - Love Like We Used To (RE-ENTRY)
• Daya - Words
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
• Shawn Mendes - Mercy
• Rihanna - Love on the Brain
• Gavin DeGraw - She Sets the City on Fire
• Lukas Graham - You're Not There
• Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
• Pentatonix - Hallelujah (DEBUT)
• Hey Violet - Guys My Age
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor
• Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap

Love Like We Used To re-entered this week. I don't think we've had a Hit-Bound (or countdown) re-entry in a long time.

I have to admit, Hallelujah is kind of beautiful. And it is a long song.

I think I've lost hope in She Sets the City on Fire. I can not see it debuting the countdown. Oh well. But just please get Guys My Age on the countdown before it's too late. Same with HandClap!

Did In My Mind seriously have to leave Hit-Bound? Two weeks was just not enough.

All of my top 5 picks were in the top 10 of this week's #40Friday.

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

YouTube 15

• Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
• Dawin - Jumpshot
• Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
• Yellow Claw/Yade Lauren - Love and War
• Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
• The Chainsmokers/XYLØ - Setting Fires
• Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
• Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Walking in My Sleep
• The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy
• Gnash/Johnny Yukon - Home
• The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
• Daniel Skye - Last Call

I like Jumpshot, but the high-pitched chorus vocals are a little annoying. But the Dessert high-pitched vocals will always stay with me.

I'm surprised that Heathens and Treat You Better are still here. They've been out for a long time.

Top 5 Picks

5. Dawin - Jumpshot

4. Yellow Claw/Yade Lauren - Love and War

3. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Walking in My Sleep

2. The Chainsmokers/XYLØ - Setting Fires

1. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

I Don't Wanna Blurb Forever

We had our first 0-exit week since September 10, I believe. I honestly don't know what's going on with the low amount of exits in the past year. Maybe it's because of a lack of good music, or that there aren't a lot of popular songs, or maybe because Hit-Bound has been filled with unpopular music.

That was a big drop for Let Me Love You. But I don't care.

My Way and Girls Talk Boys switched spots for the second time in a row.

It looks like Love Me Now hit the top 30. That's just great.

I'm ready to turn Hymn For the Weekend to red. That's how sick I am of this song.

Unsteady hanging out in the teens and 20s is going to be a problem. In fact, it already is.

Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic said that his favorite Christmas song of the past 10 years is Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas is You, which is probably my favorite too. The only problem that neither Ryan nor Spyder pointed out? It's over 20 years old! Then Ryan is an idiot? :P (jk no)

I'm fine with the #1. I just don't want it to be Closer again.

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

Top 20 Review

20. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (4/10)

19. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (5/10)

18. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (6/10)

17. Ariana Grande - Into You (6/10)

16. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor (6/10)

15. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (7/10)

14. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (7/10)

13. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (7/10)

12. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (7/10)

11. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side (7/10)

10. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful (8/10)

9. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving (8/10)

8. OneRepublic - Kids (8/10)

7. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (8/10)

6. Niall Horan - This Town (9/10)

5. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (9/10)

4. Adele - Water Under the Bridge (9/10)

3. Train - Play That Song (10/10)

2. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love (10/10)

1. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (10/10)

Total: 151/200 (75.5/100)

#40Friday is out. Can Clean Bandit hold at #1 with their new single, Rockabye? Click HERE to find out!

Most Missed Songs: 5 Seconds of Summer - She's Kinda Hot and Wax - Rosana

#1 Recommendations for Hits 1: AJR - Weak and Stevie Wonder/Ariana Grande - Faith (I did happen to see Sing last night, it was a great movie)

And for Parker, 2016 was the year of chilling out and eating pizza (yes, that's me)

Also, I did not eat that pizza, I just took a picture with it. Just wanted to take a pizza selfie for the blog.

[Edited a year later] Nope, don't want anyone to see my selfie lol.