Maroon 5 (3) – Week Of August 30, 2014

Ariana Grande had the Weekend Takeover this Labor Day Weekend. It’s been all about her this week. She performed two songs at the VMA’s, joined with The Morning Mash Up earlier this week, performed at the America’s Got Talent results show, and host The Weekend Countdown and Hit-Bound all weekend. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• The Madden Brothers – We Are Done (#27)
• John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#36)
• Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#38) [DTHNOBx2]
• Oh Honey – Be Okay (#42) [DTHNOBx2]
• Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#43)
• Calvin Harris – Summer (#45)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Maroon 5 – Maps
The Countdown
45. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#44)
44. Magic! – Rude (#41)
43. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#37)
42. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#29)
41. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (DEBUT)
40. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#31)
39. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (DEBUT)
38. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#40)
37. Becky G – Shower (DEBUT)
36. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#13)
35. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#28)
34. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#21)
33. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do (#32)
32. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#35)
31. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (DEBUT)
30. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#33)
29. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#26)
28. Heymous Molly – Life’s A Beach (DEBUT)
27. Sia – Chandelier (#30)
26. Ariana Grande – Problem (#4)
25. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#20)
24. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#17)
23. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (#24)
22. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (DEBUT)
21. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#22)
20. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#25)
19. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#9)
18. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#18)
17. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#10)
16. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#14)
15. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#2)
14. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#38)
13. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#23)
12. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#7)
11. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#15)
10. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#16)
  9. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#11)
  8. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#34)
  7. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#7)
  6. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#23)
  5. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#3)
  4. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#12)
  3. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#8)
  2. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#5)
  1. Maroon 5 – Maps (#1) [3rd Week At #1] 

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (–23)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (+26)

New Entrants
~ Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) debuted all the way up at #22. (You would expect that high of a debut on a 6 or more DTHNOB week.) It was good when it first debuted on Hit-Bound. But because of it's long Hit-Bound tenure. I kinda overlistened to it. It's good right now though.

~ Heymous Molly – Life's A Beach kinda reminds me of T. Mills – All I Wanna Do. But it's not as good. But like All I Wanna Do, I don't see any long-term success for this song. (Besides the fact that it debuted up at #28.)

~ I can't be the only one tired of Jason Derulo. He's back with Trumpets, a song that is bland and completely uninteresting. I want the old Jason Derulo back. His older songs like Whatcha Say, In My Head, Don't Wanna Go Home, It Girl, and Breathing were all really good. R.I.P.: The old Jason Derulo.

~ Becky G – Shower was also uninteresting the first bunch of times I heard it. But I guess it's getting better. You people were probably wondering what's wrong with me for not liking that song. But keep in mind, I don't think it's good. I think it's okay.

~ Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang is a really catchy tune and the best debut of the week. I think it was a great collaboration and their performance at the MTV Video Music Awards was great (Especially with Nicki Minaj's wardrobe malfunction).

~ Finally, we have Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow. Catchier than Fancy. But I'm tired of Iggy Azalea. Rita Ora's parts are the only parts that get categorized under "good". This Nicki Minaj wannabe however, needs to stop. Nicki is the queen of rap. (Eminem is the king.)

~ We made it through the entrants folks. About time we had another 6-DTHNOB week. 

Hit-Bound
~ Hilary Duff – All About You got some airplay this week, but didn't debut Hit-Bound.

~ Hit-Bound is looking pretty good. Besides Girls, every song is at least decent.

~ Here's the Hit-Bound list:

• MKTO – American Dream
• Rixton – Wait On Me
• Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You
• Brantley Gilbert – Bottoms Up
• R5 – Heart Made Up On You
• Mary Lambert – Secrets
• Kiesza – Hideaway
• Jake Miller – First Flight Home
• G.R.L. – Ugly Heart
• The 1975 – Girls
• The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You
• Jesse McCartney – Superbad
• Betty Who – Somebody Loves You
• Ella Henderson – Ghost
• Nicki Minaj – Anaconda

Top 5 Hit-Bound

1. Mary Lambert – Secrets

2. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda

3. Rixton – Wait On Me

4. Jake Miller – First Flight Home

5. Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You

Blurbing In The Shower

~ Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong had a hell lot of airplay this week. And it made the best sudden re-entry jump into the Top 10 in history. I'm so freakin' happy about it! Thank you Ariana!!!!!!! :D

~ Also making me really happy, Magic! – Rude slipped to #44. The Rude-be-gone party may be coming sooner than I thought.

~ There was a lot of Hit-Bound music airing as Ear Poppin’ Music. So this 6-DTHNOB week wasn’t a surprise.

~ See how quickly Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World fell back to the 30's. Some of these all-of-a-sudden jumps don't last long.

~ Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes made a random jump to #3. I don't think this is worthy enough to hit #1. But I'd rather have it than All About That Bass.

~ Speaking of All About That Bass, that song and Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy both fell out of the Top 10. Good things happened this week.

~ Because of Fancy's drop, that forced Charli XCX – Boom Clap to jump into the Top 5.

~ Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars is at #11. Though I'm not complaining, this is a little unexpected and random.

~ Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend is still here. Though this is weird, I don't care. Stay as long as you like buddy.

~ OneRepublic – Counting Stars needs to leave!!!!! This is the oldest song on the countdown and it's ridiculous that it's still here!!!

~ 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia jumped into the Top 10 after spending forever in the #18–#23 range.

~ Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball held the #18 spot for a third week in a row.

~ It's about time John Legend – All Of Me left.

~ The Top 11 is looking pretty good.

~ The next three songs eliminated from the 2014 Summer Voting Competition are:

• 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect
• Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don't Care
• One Direction – You and I

Keep voting peeps. Next poll is up.

~ I completed my first week of school. It went pretty good. I got to see my friends and make new friends. I already have a project and that kind of stuff. But I'll try to enjoy this year because you need to make the most out of high school. Side note: Do you guys want me to post a pic of myself? Let me know in the comments.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
2. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
3. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
4. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong
5. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars

Maroon 5 (2) – Week Of August 23, 2014

This week was pretty good. I start school on Monday. So posts may be delayed. I'll tell you if they are. Also Spyder Harrison has a massive cold and warned us when we were more than halfway through the countdown to keep away from the speakers so we don't catch it. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Bastille – Pompeii (#40)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Maroon 5 – Maps
The Countdown
45. Calvin Harris – Summer (#43)
44. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#42)
43. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#44)
42. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#45)
41. Magic! – Rude (#5) [YES!!!] {#Happy}
40. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#29) [LEAVE!!!]
39. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (DEBUT)
38. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#34)
37. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#38)
36. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#41)
35. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#31)
34. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#37)
33. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#32)
32. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do (#39)
31. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#36)
30. Sia – Chandelier (#30)
29. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#35)
28. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#26)
27. The Madden Brothers – We Are Done (#25)
26. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#28)
25. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#27)
24. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (#33)
23. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#21)
22. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#22)
21. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#13)
20. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#24)
19. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#23)
18. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#18)
17. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#15)
16. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#20)
15. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#19)
14. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#16)
13. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#9)
12. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#12)
11. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#8)
10. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#17)
  9. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#14)
  8. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#7)
  7. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#10)
  6. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#11)
  5. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#6)
  4. Ariana Grande – Problem (#3)
  3. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#4)
  2. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#2)
  1. Maroon 5 – Maps (#1) [2nd Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Magic! – Rude (–36)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (+9)

New Entrants
~ It is rumored that Taylor Swift and country music are splitting as her new album, 1989, is her first pop album. From that album, the single, Shake It Off debuted. It’s really catchy and is now Taylor Swift’s best. As all Taylor Swift songs, I hope it gets far.

Hit-Bound
~ Jason Derulo – Trumpets is still on Hit-Bound.

~ I didn’t hear Becky G – Shower or Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) on Hit-Bound. I guess they left...

Top 5 Hit-Bound
1. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
2. Rixton – Wait On Me
3. MKTO – American Dream
4. Mary Lambert – Secrets
5. Brantley Gilbert – Bottoms Up

Blurb It Off
~ Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame is to be released September 7th. I can't wait that long. It's like, two more weeks. And I'm sure the song will be amazing. Click here for a preview of the song.

~ Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass is dangerously getting closer to the top of the countdown.

~ The Vamps hosted Hit-Bound.

~ Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down is higher than it was the first time it was on the countdown. That unexpected exit wasn't necessary though.

~ Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys made a nice jump into the Top 10.

~ Every song that's in red (besides Magic! – Rude and Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass) were all good at some point. Just goes to show that Hits 1 overplays these songs. The fact that Counting Stars is still here is ridiculous. At least Pompeii is gone.

~ Sadly, X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle might be on it's way out.

~ Spyder Harrison did it again this week. He said Buh-lin-do instead of Bi-lan-do.

~ Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing needs to stop jumping anywhere over #30.

~ Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend is still here. It gets weirder every week folks.

~ There's quite a few songs that need to leave. I'm looking at you #s 2, 7, 29, 31, 36, 37, 40, and 41.

~ This is the smallest Biggest Jump we've had in a while.

~ This is the biggest Biggest DROP!!!... we've had in a while.

~ And now, it's time to eliminate five songs from the 2014 Summer Voting Poll. The Top 15 will continue competing. Here are the songs eliminated.

• Calvin Harris – Summer
• Ed Sheeran – Sing
• John Legend/Tiesto – All Of Me
• Magic! – Rude
• MKTO – Classic

Maroon 5 – Maps had the most votes. The new poll will be added on the same page and you will continue voting this week. Next weekend, we're eliminating three. So vote.

~ #1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Tie Between Andy Grammer – Back Home and Hilary Duff – All About You

~ Saving the best blurb for last. Magic! – Rude's drop was one of the best things to happen this week. I'm so freakin' happy about it. This was my face when I heard that it dropped.

My Top 5 Picks

1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando

2. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

3. Maroon 5 – Maps

4. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free

5. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do

News

Hey guys. I just realized something. Think back two weekends ago when Sam Smith – Stay With Me was #1 for the second time. One year ago that week, my very first post was published. I have officially blogged over a year.

I remember when I was writing my first post. I was so excited because I wanted to make a blog that was as popular as CountdownRecap's, whose blogs I've been reading when I started listening to the Weekend Countdown and SiriusXM Hits 1. Thanks to you readers, if you Google "Sirius XM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown", this blog is one of the top results. I love you guys and I thank you so much for this. I always enjoyed blogging the Weekend Countdown and listening to Spyder Harrison every weekend. Blogging this countdown has turned into something I actually look forward to every weekend. And I realized there are readers I didn't know I had. The other day, I was watching this video on YouTube with this guy handbalancing and the song playing in the background was Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain't With It). I looked at the comments and one of them said, "What's the song name?" I replied with the song title and artist and I got a reply saying "You don't like that song as I see on your blogs." I instantly thought, "Wow. This person reads my blogs too."

Now what I wonder is if Spyder Harrison reads this blog. I've shared the link on Twitter a couple of times. Here's my last tweet to Spyder Harrison and SiriusXM Hits 1.

Spyder Harrison retweeted one of my tweets, so I'm not sure if he followed the link or not. It would be cool if he read this blog though.

Anyway, the other day I heard John Newman – Love Me Again on Venus. Those of you who have been following this blog, you know that I love that song. It was #3 on my Top 45 Of 2013. While I was singing along to it in the car, I kept looking back at when I first heard it. The first time I heard was when Macklemore was hosting the countdown, and we got to #41. When I heard it, I thought it was really catchy. It never got old. It's one of those rare songs that never get old. That's how good it was (still is actually). It was one of the best songs of 2013.

Earlier, I saw a video of Emblem 3 doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. What was interesting is that they did it naked. Click here for the video link if you wanna see it. I found it interesting. ;)

My personal Top 45 Chart is out. Find out if Shawn Mendes – Life Of The Party can hold #1 for a second week in a row and a fourth time overall. Click here to find out.

Now for a final announcement.

If you are on the web version of this blog, on the right side bar under "Pages", there should be a "2014 Summer Voting Poll". We're starting with twenty songs, and as weeks go by, we'll be eliminating songs. I realize we already had a summer poll where the winner was OneRepublic – Love Runs Out. But this is different and all these song are pop/dance. This weekend, we're eliminating five, so get voting!

Maroon 5 (1) – Week Of August 16, 2014

I'm happy to say we’ve entered the Golden Age of the countdown! We haven't had this good of a #1 song in a long time. And the new best song debuted this week. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Capital Cities – One Minute More (#27)
• Pharrell/Miley Cyrus – Come Get It Bae (#30)
• Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (#37)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Sam Smith – Stay With Me

The Countdown

45. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#40)

44. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#43)

43. Calvin Harris – Summer (#45)

42. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#44)

41. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#32)

40. Bastille – Pompeii (#38)

39. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do (DEBUT)

38. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#42)

37. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#39)

36. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#33)

35. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#34)

34. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#25)

33. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (DEBUT)

32. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#8)

31. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#21)

30. Sia – Chandelier (#41)

29. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#29)

28. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#35)

27. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#31)

26. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#16)

25. The Madden Brothers – We Are Done (#17)

24. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#24)

23. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#23)

22. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#12)

21. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#18)

20. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#22)

19. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#19)

18. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#20)

17. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#15)

16. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#28)

15. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#11)

14. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (RE-ENTRY)

13. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#9)

12. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#14)

11. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#7)

10. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#26)

  9. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#36)

  8. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#6)

  7. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#13)

  6. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#1)

  5. Magic! – Rude (#2)

  4. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#3)

  3. Ariana Grande – Problem (#10)

  2. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#4)

  1. Maroon 5 – Maps (#5) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song One Year Ago This Week: Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (Coincidence?)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (–24)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (+27)

New Entrants
~ Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down aired this week as if it never left last weekend. It re-entered pretty damn high, all the way up at #14.

~ Enrique Iglesias is back with Sean Paul, whom we haven’t heard from in a LONG time. Their debut, Bailando, is Enrique’s best. We’ve been needing this kind of good music for a long time. I hope it gets far on this countdown.

~ T. Mills – All I Wanna Do is good but I don’t think it’ll get that far. That’s all I can say about it.

I Wanna Blurb Contigo
~ There was a significant amount of Hit-Bound playing this past week. That was good because I don't wanna hear only countdown songs all the time.

~ Magic! – Rude had a serious lack of airplay this week. That was good. It made me know for sure that it wouldn't hit #1.

~ Crap. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass is in the Top 10. I'm as annoyed as Lance was when Kim Cesarion – Undressed jumped to #12.

~ I knew Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World would make an annoying jump sometime. Luckily I'm not sick of it yet. But I don't wanna get sick of it. So it needs to leave now!!!

~ Brantley Gilbert – Bottoms Up is now the best song on Hit-Bound. It's a really catchy song.

~ Kiesza – Hideaway is on Hit-Bound. That's good but Hits 1 spelled her name wrong.

~ Ariana Grande – Problem unexpectedly jumped into the Top 3. Whatever. I'm cool with that.

~ This is the highest Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend has been in over a month.

~ The Madden Brothers wrote 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia. I would've never guessed that.

~ Goodbye Chromeo – Jealous. I won't miss you.

~ Was it really necessary to throw X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle to #31?

~ Tiesto/Matthew Koma – Wasted is doing pretty well on the American Top 40. So I don't know why it's doing bad here.

~ It's about time Sia – Chandelier jumped.

~ I have a feeling Katy Perry – This Is How We Do is gonna be another overrated song from Katy Perry. This overrated artist has officially spent a year on the countdown.

~ There has been a lot of Ice Bucket Challenges where people have buckets of ice water dumped on them. Hits 1 is going crazy with it. So far I watched Spyder Harrison do it and The Morning Mash Up's Rich Davis do it to Stanley T. But Stanley T. got his revenge. Spyder Harrison challenged Kid Kelly, Mikey Piff, and Tommy West to do the challenge and out of those three, I've only seen Tommy West's. And he challenged Jenna Marbles who hosts the YouTube15. And I think he challenged the guy from Oh Honey? Someone challenged Justin Timberlake and he challenged Jimmy Fallon. This is really something serious. I'll try and find all the videos and I’ll share the links in the comments.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
2. Maroon 5 – Maps
3. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle
4. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted
5. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball

Sam Smith (2) – Week Of August 9, 2014

I need to know that Sam Smith – Stay With Me will keep Magic! – Rude away from #1 as Rude has risen to a very dangerous #2. I have my fingers crossed. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#17)
• AJR – I’m Ready (#39)
• Halsey – Ghost (#43)
• Katy Perry – Birthday (#44)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy
The Countdown
45. Calvin Harris – Summer (#32)
44. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#45)
43. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#18)
42. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#31)
41. Sia – Chandelier (#41)
40. Oh Honey – Be Okay (RE-ENTRY)
39. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#14)
38. Bastille – Pompeii (#42)
37. Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (#23)
36. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#40)
35. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#36)
34. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#26)
33. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#35)
32. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#30)
31. Echosmith – Cool Kids (DEBUT)
30. Pharrell/Miley Cyrus – Come Get It Bae (#20)
29. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#33)
28. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (DEBUT)
27. Capital Cities – One Minute More (#25)
26. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#24)
25. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#37)
24. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#16)
23. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#38)
22. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#34)
21. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#29)
20. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (DEBUT)
19. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#27)
18. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#22)
17. The Madden Brothers/Eric Valentine – We Are Done (#19)
16. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#12)
15. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#21)
14. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#10)
13. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#8)
12. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#28)
11. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#15)
10. Ariana Grande – Problem (#7)
  9. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#13)
  8. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#5)
  7. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#4)
  6. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#11)
  5. Maroon 5 – Maps (#9)
  4. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#1)
  3. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#6)
  2. Magic! – Rude (#3)
  1. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#2) [2nd Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Tie Between Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong and Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (–25)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Kim Cesarion – Undressed (+16)

New Entrants
~ We got a resurrection from Oh Honey – Be Okay. So only three new entrants.

~ With the highest debut of the week, we have Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball. It’s a really catchy song (for now at least). Pitbull’s rap fits in pretty well with the song.

~ Katy Perry – This Is How We Do is another good song from an artist who I don’t really like. Her new music just keeps getting better. It’s the fifth song from PRISM to debut the countdown. My dad really thinks she shouldn't be saying "Bring the beat back."

~ Echosmith – Cool Kids reminds me of NONONO – Pumpin' Blood. It's catchy and it debuted on the American Top 40. So for now, it's in the "good" category.

Hit-Bound
~ The Pretty Reckless – Heaven Knows and Nicki Minaj – Pills N Potions both left Hit-Bound this weekend.

~ R5 – Heart Made Up On You debuted and it's good. I'm a fan of R5.

~ Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow also debuted.

~ Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang debuted and it is one of the best songs on Hit-Bound.

~ Here's the entire Hit-Bound list:

• Jesse McCartney – Superbad
• Brantley Gilbert/T.I. – Bottoms Up
• Jason Derulo – Trumpets
• Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
• MKTO – American Dream
• Rixton – Wait On Me
• Betty Who – Somebody Loves You
• R5 – Heart Made Up On You
• Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
• The 1975 – Girls
• The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You
• Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High)
• T. Mills – All I Wanna Do
• Becky G – Shower
• Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow

Top 5 Hit-Bound

1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando

2. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You

3. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang

4. Jesse McCartney – Superbad

5. Rixton – Wait On Me

I'm On Fire-Blurb

~ COMPLETELY unexpected exit from Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down. That song was good and I don't know why Hits 1 would get rid of it so early.

~ Kim Cesarion – Undressed made an unexpected jump to #12 when we thought it was on it's way out. But I'm not complaining. (Sorry Lance.)

~ The Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week was absolutely annoying. Am I Wrong is #2 on the AT40. It should've hit #1 here like it did on the AT40. As for Wasted, this song has not had a very long tenure and it's Matthew Koma's third short tenured song.

~ The last time Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend was anywhere above #44 was a little over a month ago. I don't mind it staying here longer. It's like another Awolnation – Sail.

~ Sia – Chandelier needs to make a jump or something. This is ridiculous how it's staying in the Bottom 5.

~ Speaking of Chandelier, that song was the only song to hold its spot from last week.

~ The Madden Brothers – We Are Done seems like it could possibly have a successful countdown tenure.

~ Ed Sheeran – Sing needs to leave.......NOW!!!

~ I decided to watch the Teen Choice Awards last night to see how the performances would go. All of them sucked. The only one that was considered okay was Demi Lovato and Cher Lloyd's performance of Really Don't Care. But Lovato's singing was really skechy and it could've been better. Magic! performed and that was terrible. I absolutely hated Jason Derulo (At least when he performed Wiggle. Talk Dirty was okay). The best thing about the show was watching 5 Seconds Of Summer accept their surfboard for one of the awards they won. What was good about that? They were in their towels about to take a shower. So yeah. We got to see their hot bodies. ;) Click here for the link to the video of them accepting the award.

~ The Summer Set – Boomerang was better than Lightning In A Bottle, yet Boomerang got no higher than #19. Lightning In A Bottle must really want to get into the Top 10.

~ I'm ready for Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World to leave. It was fun having you around, but I don't want you to become what Radioactive and Demons became.

~ We must now celebrate as AJR – I'm Ready has finally left the SiriusXM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown!

~ Personal Top 45 Chart is being worked on. I'll put the link in the comments when it is completed.

My Top 5 Picks

1. Maroon 5 – Maps

2. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball

3. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle

4. Tiesto/Matthew Koma – Wasted

5. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out

Special Announcement

Hey guys! First of all, click here for the personal Top 45 Chart this week. Find out if Shawn Mendes – Life Of The Party can hold the #1 spot for a third week in a row. Also, here is the link to the special announcement. I put it on a Google document because I thought it would be easier. But here it is!

Link To Document: Click Here For The Document.

Iggy Azalea (1) – Week Of August 2, 2014

Hey guys! Not very good timing for the #1 song to hit #1. When I was on Google Images to get a photo of our #1 artist, I tried searching Iggy Azalea and the second option was "Iggy Azalea booty". #awkward. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (#38)
• Oh Honey – Be Okay (#42)
• Cher Lloyd – Sirens (#45) [DTHNOBx2]

Last Week’s #1 Song: Sam Smith – Stay With Me
The Countdown
45. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#44)
44. Katy Perry – Birthday (#43)
43. Halsey – Ghost (#34)
42. Bastille – Pompeii (#28)
41. Sia – Chandelier (#41)
40. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#17)
39. AJR – I’m Ready (#33) [LEAVE OR I’M GONNA LOSE IT!!!!!!]
38. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (DEBUT)
37. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#40)
36. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (DEBUT)
35. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#15)
34. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (DEBUT)
33. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#30)
32. Calvin Harris – Summer (#11)
31. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#9)
30. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#36)
29. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#35)
28. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#23)
27. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#22)
26. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#31)
25. Capital Cities – One Minute More (#32)
24. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#39)
23. Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (#27)
22. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#18)
21. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#26)
20. Pharrell/Miley Cyrus – Come Get It Bae (#25)
19. Madden Brothers – We Are Done (#37)
18. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#29)
17. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#24)
16. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#19)
15. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#20)
14. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#7)
13. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#10)
12. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#21)
11. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#14)
10. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#13)
  9. Maroon 5 – Maps (#12)
  8. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#8)
  7. Ariana Grande – Problem (#16)
  6. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#4)
  5. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#6)
  4. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#2)
  3. Magic! – Rude (#5)
  2. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#1)
  1. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#3) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (–23)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: The Madden Brothers – We Are Done (+18)

New Entrants
~ Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery is catchy. But I think the rap verses could've been a little better. The chorus is really good though.

~ It's such a struggle deciding the better Ariana Grande song between Problem and Break Free. With the help of Zedd, Break Free is a really catchy song. And Ariana's vocals are just beyond excellent.

~ Ed Sheeran – Don't is by far Ed Sheeran's best. Don't get me wrong. I loved Lego House and The A Team. But I just found this one more catchy*. We'll see how far it gets by the time I get sick of it.

*I know. I use that word a lot.
Hit-Bound
~ Hits 1 decided to put Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando on Hit-Bound to make me happy. Thanks guys! :D

~ I know Lance Warren is happy that Becky G – Shower debuted on Hit-Bound.

~ We got two more good entrants to Hit-Bound from The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You and Rixton – Wait On Me.

~ Of course there's a Katy Perry song on Hit-Bound.

~ I'm surprised Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball isn't on Hit-Bound because it got a decent amount of airplay this week.

Top 5 Hit-Bound
1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
2. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You
3. Jesse McCartney – Superbad
4. Brantley Gilbert – Bottoms Up
5. Rixton – Wait On Me

It's A Blurb Robbery
~ Yes. It's still here. (Yuck).

~ I knew Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong would drop out of the Top 10 due to it's lack of airplay this past week. This may be the end, my friend. :(

~ I'm shocked Cris Cab/Pharrell – Liar Liar didn't debut the countdown. It left Hit-Bound last weekend and got a lot of airplay this week. I hope this isn't the end.

~ Maroon 5 – Maps is in the Top 10. No surprise there.

~ Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend and Katy Perry – Birthday are really hogging up those bottom two spots.

~ Cher Lloyd – Sirens did not aire once this week. Not at all. So of course it left.

~ This week's number of entrants/exits is half the number I predicted. I would love for there to be a 7-DTHNOB week for once because it will be more interesting.

~ Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch is looking at an extended stay in the teens.

~ Besides The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle, every song in the #11 to #22 range is looking pretty good.

~ Apparently, Spyder Harrison agrees that it is necessary to blast X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle whenever it comes on the radio. Spyder said that it's partially the reason why he's half deaf. I can't argue with you Spyder. I blast a lot of songs when they come on including Jungle, Am I Wrong, Latch, Chandelier, Bailando, Problem, Love Runs Out, Maps, and Break Free. What? I can't help it. When my favorite song comes on, I blast it so that everyone else can hear it.

~ Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong and Magic! – Rude need to swap spots to make me happy.

~ I'm working on a special announcement for you guys. It should be out sometime this week.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Ed Sheeran – Don't
2. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch
3. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free
4. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle
5. Sia – Chandelier