Ed Sheeran (1) – Week Of March 7, 2015

This week was not very interesting at all. Definitely could've been better. But whatever. Sometimes, you just gotta fight through the bad weeks so you can enjoy the good weeks even more. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• 5 Seconds Of Summer – What I Like About You (#42)
• Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer (#44)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Blank Space

The Countdown

45. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#43)

44. Pitbull/Ne-Yo – Time Of Our Lives (#29)

43. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#45)

42. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#40)

41. Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One (#28)

40. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) (RE-ENTRY)

39. Priory – Weekend (#38)

38. MKTO – American Dream (#35)

37. AronChupa – I’m An Albatraoz (#36)

36. Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song (#30)

35. Flo Rida/Sage The Gemini – GDFR (#39)

34. George Ezra – Budapest (DEBUT)

33. Ne-Yo – She Knows (#41)

32. Life Of Dillon – Overload (#33)

31. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#19)
30. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#26)
29. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#32)
28. Nova Rockafeller – Made In Gold (#31)
27. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#34)
26. Eden XO – The Weekend (#37)
25. LunchMoney Lewis – Bills (#22)
24. OneRepublic – I Lived (#11)
23. Tori Kelly – Nobody Love (#25)
22. Lilly Wood & The Prick/Robin Schulz – Prayer In C (#24)
21. Ariana Grande – One Last Time (#26)
20. Usher – I Don’t Mind (#17)
19. R5 – Let’s Not Be Alone Tonight (#23)
18. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#20)
17. Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up (#21)
16. Sheppard – Geronimo (#16)
15. Rihanna/Kanye West/Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds (#15)
14. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#18)
13. One Direction – Night Changes (#8)
12. Vance Joy – Riptide (#14)
11. Taylor Swift – Style (#10)
10. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#4)
  9. Andy Grammer – Honey I’m Good (#6)
  8. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (#9)
  7. Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin’ (#12)
  6. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#7)
  5. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (#13)
  4. Maroon 5 – Sugar (#5)
  3. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#3)
  2. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#1)
  1. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#2) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Pitbull/Ne-Yo – Time Of Our Lives (–15)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Eden XO – The Weekend (+11)

Interesting. Correct me if I’m wrong. But I believe this is the first time we’ve had the same artist at both ends of the countdown.

New Entrants
~ "We could be heroes!" You know what would've made you heroes? Not re-entering at all. I'm not trying to sound mean. I just don't think this song really deserved to re-enter.

~ Everyone is claiming that Hits 1 plays a remix George Ezra – Budpest. Since I haven't heard that remix, I'll just review my opinion of the original. I didn't like it at first. I thought George Ezra's voice was really weird. But it's grown on me a bit. And George Ezra is actually a good-looking guy.

Blurbing Out Loud
~ Priory – Weekend did not air at all this week. But it's still here. Okay then.

~ I've officially grown into Tori Kelly – Nobody Love, Ariana Grande – One Last Time, and Taylor Swift – Style.

~ Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do is now in the Top 5. If we could just fix what's going on with #4, #3, and #1, that would be fantastic.

~ Hozier – Take Me To Church must re-enter the Top 5! Who's with me?! Anyone? No? Okay then.....

~ I know I'm not the only one who's sick and tired of Sheppard – Geronimo.

~ Great. Eden XO – The Weekend has already reached a higher position than Too Cool To Dance. I sense an annoyingly long tenure ahead of us.

~ Hard to believe Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song had some success about a month ago. I knew it wouldn't get as popular as Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) and Catch My Breath.

~ Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin' is officially old. Please leave before I start to hate you.

~ OneRepublic – I Lived dropped to #24 this week. Yaaaassssssss!!! That song is old!!!

~ Nova Rockafeller – Made In Gold is such a catchy tune to jam out to. I want to see some more success out of it!

~ Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up aired quite a few times this week. Of course Hits 1 plays previous hits. But I didn't think the same previous hit would air 5 times during the week.

~ David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack – Hey Mama and Charli XCX/Rita Ora – Doing It once again had some airplay during the week, but was not added to Hit-Bound or the countdown. Wtf Hits 1?!

~ I officially love Betty Who – All Of You has much as I did when it entered Hit-Bound last year! Please have it debut this time.

~ Quick reminder that this upcoming Friday is Friday The 13th. The second month in a row.

~ I unfortunately did not hear the countdown. So I did not hear any of our guest DJ's. I will find a time over the weekend to listen in for the OneRepublic – I Lived and Sheppard – Geronimo guest DJ's. So don't worry guys. One way or another, I will listen in to you announcing these songs.

~ Apparently according to the poll, more people think the dress is white and gold. Even after me explaining that it's blue and black. Whatever. You all are wrong!!! Even Ellen DeGeneres is wrong because she thought it was white and gold. Here's a video where she has guests who talk about the dress and it's original color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa1mFOWIUNU

~ Round 3 results for the Which Song Is Better? Competition have been posted. The link to the Round 4 survey is now in the "Voting" tab. So go and vote as well as checking out the results for Round 3.

~ Hit 45 Chart post for this weekend is out! Click here to see if Olly Murs/Demi Lovato – Up will hold #1 for a second week in a row.

~ It is rumored that two of our dance-rock collaborations are returning to make some music. Avicii and Coldplay are returning after the successful track A Sky Full Of Stars with Heaven, the first single to be released from Avicii's sophomore album, Stories. Also returning after A Light That Never Comes, we have Steve Aoki and Linkin Park. Horizons is the rumored title for the new single. I do indeed look forward to these releases. 

~ Robin Schulz/Jasmine Thompson – Sun Goes Down is now the longest trending song on the YouTube15 with Jenna Marbles.

~ Interesting video this week: Hozier covers Ariana Grande – Problem at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. My one word to describe it: Perfection.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nox3Oswbbk

~ #1 Recommendation(s) For Hits 1: Nickelback – She Keeps Me Up and Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You

~ I am currently thinking of an idea for my 300,000 pageview special post! I just want to say thanks to everyone who reads, follows, and comments on my posts. You guys are amazing. I always dedicate an hour of my time every weekend to post this countdown and review it for you guys! So thanks for everything you've done to have this blog be one of the top results on Google. 300,000 pageviews. Just....wow. I did not think I would get this far. It's amazing. Just wait till that day when I reach 1,000,000 pageviews. We're getting there guys! Slowly but surely! So once again, a huge thanks to everyone who enjoys this blog and finds it interesting enough to come back every week.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Hozier – Take Me To Church
2. Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good
3. Ne-Yo – She Knows
4. Nova Rockafeller – Made In Gold
5. Taylor Swift – Style

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Charli XCX – Boom Clap
2. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
3. Usher – I Don't Mind
4. LunchMoney Lewis – Bills
5. Sheppard – Geronimo