Adele (7) – Week Of December 26, 2015

One of the things I like about Hits 1 is that they don't delay their Weekend Countdown for the Year-End chart. They keep this countdown going every single week. Good job guys! I hope you all are having a great Christmas and this week is the last countdown of 2015! Can you believe it? I sure can't. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Ariana Grande – Focus (#33)
• Nick Jonas – Levels (#39)

Last Week's #1 Song: Adele – Hello

The Countdown

45. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#45) [3 Weeks At #1]

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

43. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#36) [4 Weeks At #1]

42. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#41)

41. Pentatonix – Can't Sleep Love (#38)

40. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (DEBUT)

39. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Eric Nally – Downtown (#44)

38. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#29)

37. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (#42)

36. Adele – When We Were Young (#32)

35. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#40)

34. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#23) [1 Week At #1]

33. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#35) [1 Week At #1]

32. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#16)

31. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (DEBUT)

30. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#34)

29. Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You (#30)

28. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (#37)

27. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#27)

26. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#26) [1 Week At #1]

25. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#25)

24. Halsey – New Americana (#21)

23. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#28)

22. Sam Hunt – House Party (#19)

21. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#31)

20. Little Mix – Black Magic (#9)

19. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#24)

18. Daya – Hide Away (#18)

17. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#8)

16. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#17)

15. Alessia Cara – Here (#22)

14. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#20)

13. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#14)

12. The Weeknd – In The Night (#15)

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

10. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (#10)

  9. One Direction – Perfect (#4)

  8. Flo Rida – My House (#13)

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

  6. Demi Lovato – Confident (#5)

  5. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#7) [12 Weeks At #1]

  4. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#2) [1 Week At #1]

  3. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#3)

  2. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#11)

  1. Adele – Hello (#1) [7^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Taylor Swift – Blank Space

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (+10)

New Entrants

~ My main and only problem with Charlie Puth – One Call Away is that the song is boring. There's nothing to it. I think Charlie Puth played it a little safe in this song. I don't over-the-top hate it. I just simply don't like it. Puth has done better things with his vocals in See You Again and Marvin Gaye. He kept it really plain and simple in this song. I think it's okay to do that on an album filler track, not a radio single. That's what this song is for me. It doesn't sound worthy enough to be a single and frankly, it's a countdown filler.

~ Hits 1 overplayed Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart to the point where I got annoyed with Twenty One Pilots in general. Then I fully listened to Stressed Out and that changed. The vocals in the chorus were done pretty well and the lyrics are very relatable. These lyrics are better understood by adults as they're about how things were easier back when they were kids, but now their stressed out because they're older. This song has a deep meaning that I appreciate. The song also has a catchy beat and overall, I really like it.

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

• Tori Kelly – Hollow
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart
• Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night
• Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets
• Tove Lo – Moments
• Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up
• Jacob Whitesides – Secrets
• Nelly/Jeremih – The Fix
• The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses
• The Vamps – Wake Up
• MØ – Kamikaze
• Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime
• One Direction – Infinity
• BØRNS – Electric Love
• Tryon – Somebody To Love Me

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets

2. Nelly/Jeremih – The Fix

3. Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night

4. Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up

5. Tori Kelly – Hollow

One Blurb Away
~ Flo Rida – My House is completely welcomed into the Top 10.

~ X Ambassadors – Renegades had more airplay than Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown. But somehow, Renegades moved down while Downtown moved up. Isn't Hits 1 logic the best? *sarcasm alert*

~ Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? has pretty much lasted longer on this countdown run than it did on its first run. It's one of those rare occasions.

~ Ariana Grande – Focus dropped out of the countdown really quickly probably making it the Biggest Flop of 2015 on Hits 1 since it seemed to be an anticipated single. But we all know the Biggest Flop everywhere else was Britney Spears/Iggy Azalea – Pretty Girls. There was so much hype for that song and it flopped so hard. It only peaked at, I believe, #30 on American Top 40.

~ Adele – When We Were Young fell on its second week here. A little shocking. But I am 100% okay with it. The song bores me to tears.

~ Ellie Goulding – On My Mind expectedly rose to #2 this week. It came on Hits 1 several times during the week as "our" most Wutchuwanted song. I'd take it for #1 over Hello any day at this point. But Hello is having a serious run right now at 7 consecutive weeks at the top spot that dethroning it anytime soon seems like a challenge.

~ If we can get Demi Lovato – Confident and Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible to switch places, that would make me happy.

~ Selena Gomez – Same Old Love is starting to fade away on me. Let's try to get this song out of here soon.

~ Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive is seriously starting to get on my nerves. Let's not make this another Honey I'm Good.

~ I'm getting really tired of Alessia Cara – Here. There's like, a 10-second intro with no vocals and a 5 to 10-second outro with no vocals on this song. Everything in between is constant singing with no breaks whatsoever. She gets so many words in the verses and pre-chorus that it's really hard to understand her. Her voice starts to get annoying after a while and I just recently realized this.

~ Of course that massive jump from Panic! At The Disco – Victorious last week was destined to not last long as it dropped right back down this week.

~ Well, Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud has officially lasted a year on the countdown. I'm not surprised at this point. But let's still try to get it out of here as soon as possible.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Audien and Lady Antebellum are capable of holding at #1 for a fourth week in a row.
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/12/hit-45-chart-week-of-december-26-2015.html

~ Most Missed Song: Pitbull/Chris Brown – International Love

My Top 5 Picks
1. Justin Bieber – Sorry
2. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible
3. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious
4. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out
5. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better