Adele (4) – Week Of December 5, 2015

So earlier this week, I believe it was confirmed that Coldplay will be performing at the Super Bowl halftime show. As I have I huge love for Coldplay, I'm definitely excited about this. Coldplay is practically my childhood. And it's really nice to see them still making music as their new album, A Head Full Of Dreams, came out yesterday. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Drake – Hotline Bling (#27)
• Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#33)
• Nico & Vinz/Bebe Rexha – That's How You Know (#39) [x2]

Last Week's #1 Song: Adele – Hello

The Countdown

45. Nick Jonas – Levels (#40)

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

43. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (#38)

42. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#31) [3 Weeks At #1]

41. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town (#44)

40. Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart (#45)

39. The Weeknd – In The Night (DEBUT)

38. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#22)

37. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#32)

36. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (RE-ENTRY)

35. Hozier – Someone New (#43)

34. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#36)

33. Sam Hunt – House Party (#29)

32. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (DEBUT)

31. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#35)

30. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Eric Nally – Downtown (#34)

29. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#25)

28. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#30) [1 Week At #1]

27. Halsey – New Americana (#37)

26. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#21)

25. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#41)

24. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (#28) [2 Weeks At #1]

23. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (#20)

22. Ariana Grande – Focus (#26)

21. Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love (#24)

20. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#16)

19. Flo Rida – My House (#19)

18. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#18)

17. Alessia Cara – Here (#17)

16. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#15)

15. Daya – Hide Away (#14)

14. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#13) [1 Week At #1]

13. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (#12)

12. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#23)

11. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#9) [1 Week At #1]

10. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#10)

  9. One Direction – Perfect (#8)

  8. Little Mix – Black Magic (#4)

  7. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#11)

  6. Demi Lovato – Confident (#7)

  5. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#5) [12 Weeks At #1]

  4. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#6) [3 Weeks At #1]

  3. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#3)

  2. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#2) [1 Week At #1]

  1. Adele – Hello (#1) [4^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (+16)

New Entrants
~ As we get a re-entry from Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods, that means only two debuts this week.

~ The Weeknd is back for the fifth time this year. In The Night is almost like another Can't Feel My Face. It's an upbeat song, which even though I said doesn't go well with The Weeknd, this song may be an exception. Is it his best song? No. Earned It and The Hills hold that crown. Although this song is really catchy now, I definitely see myself begging for this song to leave radio sometime in the future. Now as far as I know, Hits 1 likes The Weeknd more upbeat than they do dark and mysterious as they kept the upbeat Can't Feel My Face for a seemingly long time (and it's still here), but got rid of the dark and mysterious Earned It and The Hills relatively quickly. By that theory, my guess is that Hits 1 will keep In The Night for a seemingly long time. So I will probably get sick of it soon. However, I definitely like it now.

~ Everyone must welcome Joe Jonas back into the music industry as he debuts this week with his new project, DNCE. Their single, Cake By The Ocean, I was definitely on the fence about at first. However, after repeated listens, I definitely grew into it. I really like Jonas' voice in this song. I think that's one of the things that makes the verses catchy and the chorus kind of stand out from others. It's definitely one of my favorite songs currently on the countdown. Better watch out, Nick Jonas. Your brother is back!

Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:

• MØ – Kamikaze
• Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime
• Jason Derulo – Get Ugly
• The Vamps – Wake Up
• Tove Lo – Moments
• Charlie Puth – One Call Away
• Adele – When We Were Young
• Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up
• Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets
• Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night
• Jacob Whitesides – Secrets
• Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You
• Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B.
• Tryon – Somebody To Love Me

~ I'm really upset and irritated that the annoying Jason Derulo – Get Ugly replaced the amazing Try Me. Why would you do something like that to me, Hits 1?!?! Now I have to deal with this annoying new song for probably months to come.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime

2. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets

3. Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night

4. Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You

5. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer

Are We Out Of The Blurbs Yet?

~ For those who are unaware, Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods is in fact a re-entry. It debuted on this countdown a little over a year ago when it got released from 1989 as a promotional single. It only lasted one week on the countdown. Now that it's rumored to be the sixth single off 1989, Hits 1 immediately picked up on it and here it is. I don't enjoy now as much as before. But it's still a really good song.

~ Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible took a rough fall this week. Yikes. But knowing Hits 1 and their love for Fall Out Boy, it'll probably jump back up within a couple weeks.

~ I can't stand Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You! It's so lifeless and boring! I don't like Meghan Trainor's voice. Can this song leave soon since it really isn't doing anything. Now that I jinxed it, watch it move into the Top 10 next week.

~ I didn't even notice last week that One Direction has two songs in the Top 10.

~ I'm slowly losing interest in Demi Lovato – Confident. I don't know what it is. It's just not as fun to jam out to as Heart Attack and Cool For The Summer were.

~ It's starting. I'm beginning to get tired of Adele – Hello. 6 weeks on the countdown and I'm already getting sick of it. Thanks Hits 1 for overplaying it already. *sarcasm alert*

~ Hey, Nick Jonas – Levels! Do you mind leaving soon? I'm getting tired of hearing you on the radio! Thank you!

~ Along with Levels, I'm getting really sick of Fifth Harmony – Worth It. It was good for the first few months. But not something that should stick around this long.

~ Hooray! Halsey – New Americana has recovered from that unnecessary drop last week!

~ The Biggest Jump and Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week both moved the same number of spots.

~ Please get Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance out of the Top 5, then the Top 10, and then off the countdown forever.

~ Selena Gomez – Same Old Love has now peaked higher than Good For You did. I would like to keep the song out of the Top 10 and have songs like Something Better enter instead. But it won't be the end of the world is Same Old Love enters the Top 10.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Justin Bieber can hold at #1 for a second week in a row with Sorry!

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/12/hit-45-chart-week-of-december-5-2015.html

~ We have just passed 600,000 pageviews this morning! I'm very happy by this! I'm not gonna get too much into it until the actual milestone post comes out. But for the 600,000 pageview special, for the sake of time and my busy schedule, we're going to do another Q&A post. Do you have any questions you want to ask about me? Now is your chance! The link to the survey is down below! I'll have the survey up for questions until the end of this coming week. All the info you need is in the survey.

Link: https://docs.google.com/a/s207.org/forms/d/1EM4HPmmCuG1z6Yc-rekhdL5t-CM89lqNNiXyThR_JdE/viewform

~ As far as the Song Wars Round 1 goes, voting is now closed. Results will be posted on the Hit 45 Chart blog sometime later today. I'll inform you when that gets posted in the comment section down below.

~ Alright. I think I got everything. What? I'm missing something? Oh yeah! Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman has finally left the countdown!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about time!!!!!! This was my reaction:

So as you can tell, I'm pretty damn happy! So long you piece of crap!!! :D

~ When looking at the Song Wars Round 1 Voting results earlier this week. I did get a request from a guy named John to shout him out in my post. I was supposed to do it last week, but I didn't know because I didn't look at the voting results until earlier this week. But hey, John! Thank you for viewing my posts and voting on the Song Wars survery! I appreciate it man! :)

~ Most Missed Countdown Song: Gotye/Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know

My Top 5 Picks

1. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better

2. Justin Bieber – Sorry

3. Rachel Platten – Stand By You

4. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean

5. TIE: Panic! At The Disco – Victorious

5. TIE: X Ambassadors – Renegades