Shawn Mendes (2) – Week Of October 17, 2015

Demi Lovato hosted the countdown and Hit-Bound again within the same year this week. This time, it was to promote her new album, Confident, which I haven't listened to yet. But I'm sure it's pretty good. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Los 5 – Manana (#33) [x2]
• Omi – Cheerleader (#42)

Last Week's #1 Song: Shawn Mendes – Stitches

The Countdown

45. Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good (#36) [1 Week At #1]

44. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand (#40)

43. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She's Kinda Hot (#43)

42. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#35) [4 Weeks At #1]

41. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (#38) [2 Weeks At #1]

40. All Time Low – Something's Gotta Give (#41)

39. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (DEBUT)

38. Maroon 5 – Feelings (#44)

37. Nico & Vinz/Bebe Rexha – That's How You Know (#28)

36. Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer (#16)

35. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (DEBUT)

34. Phoebe Ryan – Mine (#26)

33. Walk The Moon – Different Colors (#34)

32. Charlie Puth/Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye (#45)

31. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#29)

30. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#32) [3 Weeks At #1]

29. MAX/Hoodie Allen – Gibberish (#27)

28. Echosmith – Let's Love (#22)

27. Shy Carter/Aleon Craft – Bring It Back (#23)

26. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#37)

25. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#25) [1 Week At #1]

24. Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself (#24)

23. Tove Lo – Talking Body (#30)

22. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#31)

21. Hozier – Someone New (#39)

20. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (#19)

19. A Great Big World – Hold Each Other (#17)

18. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#20)

17. Little Mix – Black Magic (#10)

16. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town (#13)

15. Daya – Hide Away (#18)

14. The Weeknd – The Hills (#15)

13. Nick Jonas – Levels (#14)

12. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#11)

11. Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love (#12)

10. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Eric Nally – Downtown (#8)

  9. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#9)

  8. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#21)

  7. Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart (#7)

  6. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#5)

  5. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#4) [1 Week At #1]

  4. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#6)

  3. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#2) [12 Weeks At #1]

  2. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#3)

  1. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#1) [2nd Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer (–20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Hozier – Someone New (+18)

New Entrants
~ First up we have Selena Gomez who has failed to impress me with her new album, Revival. This week, she brings us Same Old Love featuring Charli XCX, who actually co-wrote the song. The song overall is not really any better than Good For You. I really liked her album, Stars Dance, which featured two of her best songs, Come & Get It and Slow Down. But unfortunately, this girl is slowly going downhill with her music.

~ Andy Grammer's new single, Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah), doesn't impress me that much either. It's definitely better than Same Old Love. There are some parts that are catchy. But at the same time, there are parts that are annoying. Songs like Back Home from his album, Magazines Or Novels, are what made him look good in my book. Even Keep Your Head Up and Fine By Me from his debut self-titled album were pretty good. I'm sure Good To Be Alive will grow on me with repeated listens. But for now, it's nothing more than a countdown filler.

Hit-Bound
~ I'm really annoyed by the fact that Icona Pop – Emergency is still on Hit-Bound. This song is annoying as hell. I already know it's not going to make it to the countdown. But I'm still annoyed that it's taking up space during this one-hour show that could be given to a song more deserving of it.

~ Robin Thicke/Nicki Minaj – Back Together left American Top 40 this week. So I'm pretty sure it won't make the Weekend Countdown, unfortunately.

~ Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You is really high on the iTunes charts at the moment. So there's a good chance it's going to debut the countdown soon.

~ I honestly forgot Pitbull/Jason Derulo/Juicy J – Drive You Crazy is on Hit-Bound.

~ Alessia Cara – Here has been on Hit-Bound for a while now. I honestly don't know what its fate will be. We'll have to wait and see.

~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:

• Pharrell – Freedom
• Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible
• Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You
• Omi – Hula Hoop
• Pitbull/Jason Derulo/Juicy J – Drive You Crazy
• Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me
• Becky G – Break A Sweat
• Robin Thicke/Nicki Minaj – Back Together
• George Ezra – Blame It On Me
• Icona Pop – Emergency
• Rachel Platten – Stand By You
• Demi Lovato – Confident
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody!
• Alessia Cara – Here
• ZZ Ward – Love 3X

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible

2. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me

3. Becky G – Break A Sweat

4. Rachel Platten – Stand By You

5. Robin Thicke/Nicki Minaj – Back Together

Blurbelujah

~ Ellie Goulding – On My Mind made the jump into the Top 10 way sooner than I had expected. But hey, the sooner, the better right?

~ Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? is not really doing anything on this countdown. I can't remember the last Justin Bieber song that hit the Top 10 on this countdown. This song doesn't seem to be blowing up here as much as everywhere else.

~ Los 5 – Manana has now left us for the second time by yet another guest host. There are honestly times when I think this catchy, and then other times I think it's annoying.

~ My mother is a pretty big fan of Pentatonix. Earlier this week, she heard Can't Sleep Love for the first time and didn't like it for the exact same reason I don't like it. What was that reason again? Oh yeah. IT'S BORING!!! Now even I'll admit, not everything they do is garbage. They released their self-titled album not long ago and I'm really liking their cover of Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MO – Lean On. You should take a listen to it.

~ Echosmith – Let's Love is such a space filler. It'll probably be gone within the next few weeks.

~ Phoebe Ryan – Mine will probably be on its way out as well. I keep forgetting that it's still here.

~ Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again and Taylor Swift – Bad Blood are both extremely old. Having them leave soon before I hate them would be nice.

~ One Direction haven't had a song to peak all the way at #2 in quite a while. Maybe I was wrong about this just being another One Direction song. Maybe it will hit #1.

~ Talking Body and Want To Want Me should not be moving up. They should both be gone by now.

YouTube15

~ Once again, I do think Jenna Marbles is pretty funny. But then again, I laugh at pretty much anything. So yeah.

~ There's been a lot of talk about DNCE – Cake By The Ocean. Overall, it's a catchy song. But it's not something I see myself coming back to. It's nice to Joe Jonas back in the singing career. But this song isn't really that much to me. It's only above average.

~ I don't think Robin Schulz/Jasmine Thompson – Sun Goes Down is that far away from lasting a year on the YouTube15. Seriously, Robin Schulz was able to get a new album out in the time this song was (and still is) trending.

~ Here is the YouTube15 list:

• Dawin – Dessert
• Sigala – Easy Love
• Skylar Grey/X Ambassadors – Cannonball
• The Vamps – Wake Up
• Kehlani/Coucheron – Alive
• Prince Royce/Jennifer Lopez/Pitbull – Back It Up
• Heather Russell – Got This Feeling
• DNCE – Cake By The Ocean
• Robin Schulz/Jasmine Thompson – Sun Goes Down
• Fifth Harmony – I'm In Love With A Monster
• Ailee – Insane
• Pia Mia/Chris Brown/Tyga – Do It Again
• Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets
• Little Mix – Love Me Like You
• Breathe Carolina/KARRA – Platinum Hearts

Top 5 YouTube15 Picks

1. Skylar Grey/X Ambassadors – Cannonball

2. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets

3. Prince Royce/Jennifer Lopez/Pitbull – Back It Up

4. Robin Schulz/Jasmine Thompson – Sun Goes Down

5. Pia Mia/Chris Brown/Tyga – Do It Again

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Will X Ambassadors – Renegades hold at #1 for a second week in a row and fourth time overall? You'll have to hang on to find out!

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/10/hit-45-chart-week-of-october-17-2015.html

~ Most Missed Song(s): Ke$ha – TiK ToK / We R Who We R

My Top 5 Picks

1. TIE: X Ambassadors – Renegades

1. TIE: Panic! At The Disco – Victorious

3. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town

4. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind

5. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams