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