Twenty One Pilots (2) – Week Of February 27, 2016

Fun fact: It was exactly one year ago when the internet began the whole debate as to whether this certain dress was blue and black or white and gold. Here's the picture again to give you a refresher as to what it looks like.

It still looks blue and black to me. But now I definitely see why some people would say white and gold. But let's leave that whole mess in 2015, shall we? Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• X Ambassadors – Renegades (#41)

Last Week's #1 Song: Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out

The Countdown

45. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#45)

44. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#43)

43. Tove Lo – Moments (#39)

42. Alessia Cara – Here (#42)

41. Halsey – New Americana (#44)

40. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#38) [1 Week At #1]

39. Tori Kelly – Hollow (#26)

38. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#34) [12 Weeks At #1]

37. Troye Sivan – Youth (#40)

36. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#33)

35. The Vamps – Wake Up (#28)

34. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#32)

33. Demi Lovato – Confident (#35) [1 Week At #1]

32. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#30) [3 Weeks At #1]

31. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#31)

30. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (RE-ENTRY)

29. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#37) [1 Week At #1]

28. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (#20)

27. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#27)

26. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#36) [1 Week At #1]

25. MØ – Kamikaze (#29)

24. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime (#13)

23. Dawin – Dessert (#21)

22. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (#19)

21. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets (#23)

20. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart (#24)

19. Daya – Hide Away (#18)

18. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#17)

17. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#25)

16. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (#22)

15. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move (#16)

14. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#11)

13. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#12)

12. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#8)

11. Adele – When We Were Young (#15)

10. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#10)

  9. Flo Rida – My House (#7)

  8. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#9)

  7. The Weeknd – In The Night (#5)

  6. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#2)

  5. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#4)

  4. Adele – Hello (#3) [12 Weeks At #1]

  3. One Direction – Perfect (#6) [1 Week At #1]

  2. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#14) [1 Week At #1]

  1. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#1) [2^nd Week At #1]

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Tori Kelly – Hollow (–13)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: One Direction – Drag Me Down (+12)

New Entrants
~ Our lone entrant this week is a re-entry from Panic! At The Disco – Victorious, which managed to complete an average Hit-Bound tenure after exiting the countdown the first time around.

Blurbtorious
~ *looks at #2* Why?!?! Why would you boost Drag Me Down back up to #2 like that??? I may not have cared much before, but now it's infuriating. I really did not want to hate this song, but now it's pretty much impossible not to hate it.

~ *looks at #3* I'm not necessarily happy about this either. This song is no longer Top 10 material, let alone Top 3 material. But thanks to Hits 1's obsession for One Direction, it probably won't be moving anytime soon. If you couldn't tell that Hits 1 has an obsession for One Direction, they have made it extremely obvious this week.

~ Adele – When We Were Young needs to get away from the Top 10. Let's please not add anymore trash to it. We already have Drag Me Down, Hello, and In The Night.

~ Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams and Ed Sheeran – Photograph need to go back to where they belong: below #30.

~ Troye Sivan – Youth just made a Tori Kelly – Hollow floppy second week jump up only three spots. I don't want to see this song flop. It deserves some chart success.

~ Speaking of Hollow, it clearly did not take long for this song to fall back to #39. It appears that Tori Kelly's music is gradually getting weaker in chart performance as each single goes by, with the inferior Nobody Love having the best countdown performance of her three singles managing to peak somewhere in the Top 20.

~ Songs like Dawin – Dessert, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B., and Jason Derulo – Get Ugly are some serious countdown fillers right now. They are easily forgotten and probably won't last that much longer, hopefully.

~ I am starting to grow out of Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk. It's slowly becoming less interesting after each listen.

~ Kicking Renegades out of the countdown makes absolutely no progress in removing all the bad songs.

~ Last week was indeed the 52-week mark for Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance. One year ago this week was when the song debuted the countdown. I still don't see this song leaving for another couple months or so.

~ Earlier this week on the Hit 45 Chart, I posted the Top Songs of 2015 based off of Hit 45 Chart performance! You should definitely check it out if you haven't already!
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/02/hit-45-chart-top-songs-of-2015.html

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Coldplay can hold at #1 for a second week in a row with Hymn For The Weekend!
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/02/hit-45-chart-week-of-february-27-2016.html

~ Most Missed Countdown Song: David Guetta/Usher – Without You

~ #1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza

My Top 5 Picks
1. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move
2. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out
3. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
4. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart
5. Justin Bieber – Sorry

Twenty One Pilots (1) – Week Of February 20, 2016

It's nice to have a new #1 song after one song spending an obnoxiously long period of time at #1. It's very refreshing. I'm sure we all saw this #1 coming with the huge amount of popularity it has around the world. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (#44)

Last Week's #1 Song: Adele – Hello
The Countdown
45. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#45)
44. Halsey – New Americana (#43)
43. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#42)
42. Alessia Cara – Here (#41)
41. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#35)
40. Troye Sivan – Youth (DEBUT)
39. Tove Lo – Moments (#31)
38. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#36) [1 Week At #1]
37. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#34) [1 Week At #1]
36. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#33) [1 Week At #1]
35. Demi Lovato – Confident (#30) [1 Week At #1]
34. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#29) [12 Weeks At #1]
33. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#38)
32. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#40)
31. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#32)
30. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#20) [3 Weeks At #1]
29. MØ – Kamikaze (#28)
28. The Vamps – Wake Up (#26)
27. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#25)
26. Tori Kelly – Hollow (#37)
25. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#19)
24. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart (#24)
23. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets (#23)
22. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (#39)
21. Dawin – Dessert (#21)
20. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (#27)
19. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (#22)
18. Daya – Hide Away (#17)
17. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#14)
16. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move (#13)
15. Adele – When We Were Young (#18)
14. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#10) [1 Week At #1]
13. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime (#16)
12. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#11)
11. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#12)
10. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#15)
  9. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#8)
  8. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#7)
  7. Flo Rida – My House (#6)
  6. One Direction – Perfect (#5) [1 Week At #1]
  5. The Weeknd – In The Night (#9)
  4. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#4)
  3. Adele – Hello (#1) [12 Weeks At #1]
  2. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#2)
  1. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#3) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Shawn Mendes – Stitches (–10)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (+17)

New Entrants
~ Our lone new entrant this week comes from YouTube star Troye Sivan. He has released quite a bit of music in the past couple of years, but Youth is his first song on this countdown. I think it's really catchy. It's not as good as songs like Wild, but it's still pretty good. It's a keeper.

Blurb Yourself
~ I am so sick of songs like Wildest Dreams. Talk about overplayed like crazy.

~ It's really nice to see Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime continuing to jump. I still really like this song. Let's keep this song moving up!

~ I'm not necessarily okay with I Know What You Did Last Summer in the Top 10. Still a pretty mediocre song. But not necessarily bad.

~ I'm definitely not okay with The Weeknd – In The Night in the Top 5. I had already almost entirely grown out of the song as is. But that awful performance of this song at the Grammys made it even worse.

~ I feel like Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets could leave any week now.

~ I'm perfectly fine with songs like Renegades and New Americana staying. But songs like Here, Good To Be Alive, and Like I'm Gonna Lose You need to leave as soon as possible.

~ Kamikaze is still pure trash that needs to not peak any higher and must leave.

~ Tove Lo – Moments is really taking up space on this countdown that could be used for a song that'll actually do something on the countdown.

~ One Direction – Drag Me Down is now out of the Top 10. How about we have it drop a little? That seems like a good idea to me.

~ Goodbye, Lay It All On Me. I don't think you'll be missed that much. You'll be remembered as a song that was pretty catchy for a little while.

~ I didn't like how Hits 1 starting crediting Ed Sheeran on Justin Bieber – Love Yourself since I thought he only co-wrote the song. But one of the twenty times I listened to it this week, I noticed something. In specific places in the song such as the chorus, if you listen really closely, you can kind of hear Ed Sheeran's voice behind Justin's. Both of their voices together sound really good. Now I understand why Hits 1 would credit him.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Justin Bieber can hold at #1 for a fourth week in a row and ninth time overall with Sorry!
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/02/hit-45-chart-week-of-february-20-2016.html

~ Yes, you saw it correctly. Ellie Goulding's newest single has impressed me to the point where it is the new best song on the countdown. Congrats on pleasing my ears yet again, Ellie Goulding.

~ Throwback Pick Of The Week: Finger Eleven – Paralyzer

~ Most Missed Countdown Song: Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be)

~ Most Missed Song In General: Jay-Z/Justin Timberlake – Holy Grail

~ #1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Pitbull/Robin Thicke – Bad Man

My Top 5 Picks
1. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move
2. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
3. Justin Bieber – Sorry
4. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime
5. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out


To conclude this post, I'd like to discuss a couple of issues that have been occurring lately in the comment section. I want to start off by saying that this comment section and website in general must and will be a safe environment. That is my #1 rule. As a music critique, I'm always voicing my opinion on the music out there. This review site is pretty much entirely opinionated. So it would only be fair if I let you voice your own opinions in the comment section. I always like seeing everyone's opinion on certain things and songs. It becomes an issue when people are bashing on others and being rude because of their opinion. That is not okay. Being rude in general is even worse. I have absolutely no tolerance for people being rude to others. It's okay if you simply say, "I disagree with that," or something along those lines when you're replying to someone who has an opinion you don't agree with. But saying that someone's opinion is wrong is not okay, especially when either you're reasoning is not good enough or you don't have any at all. This is meant to be a safe environment for people to say what they want and not have to worry about others attacking them because of their opinion. I also do not want to see any arguments in the comments. Starting now, if I see any rude comments, they will be deleted. I want this blog to be a place that people enjoy coming to without worrying that someone will tell them their opinion is wrong.

Also, I'd like to go over some other commenting rules that are all pretty much common sense. If you're replying to a comment, please make your comment at least somewhat relevant to the original comment. Everyone should know this. Also, if you have several things to say, please say them all in the same comment. No one really wants to see five different comments in a row from the same person all posted two minutes apart from each other. The more it continues, the more comments there will be and the more aggravating it will be having to scroll to the bottom. I'm not saying that you can't comment. I love seeing comments. I just want you guys to be a little considerate of how many comments you post in a row. I also want to make sure that you comment truthful information. Do not say certain songs have debuted Hit-Bound or the Hits 1 playlist unless you're sure they did. And finally, you should not have to delete your own comments. I get that it happens every now and then where you may have to delete your comment for whatever reason. That's fine. But if you have to do it more than five times on one post, there's a problem. Deleted comments take up an unnecessary large amount of space. If you're following all these other simple rules, there is absolutely no reason as to why you should delete your own comments. Please keep in mind that I'm not trying to be mean and I'm not setting any strict rules or anything. I'm trying to handle this very nicely. The main thing I want you all to take out of this is to be considerate of everyone else in the comment section.

That's all I have for you today. Those of you who actually stuck around to read these long, but important paragraphs, thank you. I hope you all have a great week.

2016 Grammy Awards Performance Review

On Monday night, the 58^th annual Grammy awards aired on CBS. They were hosted by LL Cool J, who I thought was a pretty good host. We're not going to get a whole lot into that. Instead, let's just take a look at our performances. Her we go!

• Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods

Review: And that my friends, is how you kick off a music award show! That was a fun and energetic performance by the artist that has been KILLING it this past year. Jack Antonoff, who co-wrote and co-produced the song, even performed with her. Overall, it was a really fun performance. I definitely really liked it.

Overall Grade: 9.5 out of 10

• Sam Hunt/Carrie Underwood – Take Your Time / Heartbeat

Review: This felt like Luke Bryan's performance of Home Alone Tonight from the 2015 AMAs with Karen Fairchild. It certainly was not a bad performance. But it was really long for a simple duet. Overall, it was a pretty mediocre performance.

Overall Grade: 6.5 out of 10

• The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face / In The Night

Review: Very disappointing that he had to perform his two mediocre songs, but not The Hills. He had good moves when performing Can't Feel My Face, so I give him that. His performance of In The Night was pretty bad. It was way to stripped down and I don't think that fits The Weeknd. Sure, he has a great voice and all, but it sounded annoying at some moments and that was legit the only thing that was standing out during that performance. Very disappointing that the Can't Feel My Face portion was the best.

Overall Grade: 3 out of 10

• Andra Day/Ellie Goulding – Rise Up / Love Me Like You Do

Review: These ladies both have really nice voices. So this performance was enjoyable. It's very similar to Sam Hunt and Carrie Underwood's earlier performance in the sense that these two were constantly switching between their songs. I liked it and all, but it's nothing that stood out as amazing or anything.

Overall Grade: 8 out of 10

• John Legend/Demi Lovato/Luke Bryan/Meghan Trainor/Tyrese/Lionel Richie – Lionel Richie Tribute Medley

Review: (Almost) Every artist did a nice job on their pieces of this performance. Some voices (John Legend and Demi Lovato) stood out more than others (Meghan Trainor). But in the end, it was a good performance. Again, nothing outstanding. But certainly not bad.

Overall Grade: 7.5 out of 10

• Little Big Town – Girl Crush

Review: This is still a really sweet song and I thoroughly enjoy their performances of this song. It was definitely one of the better performances. It wasn't too much, but I really think it's a nice song. Overall, it was a sweet performance.

Overall Grade: 8.5 out of 10

• Stevie Wonder/Pentatonix – That's The Way Of The World

Review: Steve Wonder still has a voice that really stands out. Pentatonix did a nice job as well. It was a short and sweet performance.

Overall Grade: 7.5 out of 10

• The Eagles/Bernie Leadon/Jackson Browne – Take It Easy

Review: I'm borderline with this performance between good and mediocre. Possibly more mediocre. It was interesting, I guess. But to be honest, I was getting bored while watching this.

Overall Grade: 6 out of 10

• Tori Kelly/James Bay – Let It Go / Hollow

Review: This performance started out really slow, boring, and bad. James Bay's voice was actually pretty irritating to me. However, about halfway into the performance, Tori Kelly started to shine with that amazing voice I know she has in her. Even James Bay's voice started to pick up as well and it actually sounded pretty good. Unfortunately, I still had to deal with the very boring first half of the performance. But I'm glad things picked up and it wasn't a total snoozer.

Overall Grade: 5 out of 10

• Hamilton Cast – Alexander Hamilton

Review: I zoned out multiple times throughout this performance. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't enough to keep me interested which led to my continuous zoning out. I guess it was okay. But it was certainly not something I would've spent money to go see.

Overall Grade: 6.5 (maybe 7) out of 10

• Kendrick Lamar – The Blacker The Berry / Alright

Review: I know what you guys are thinking. "Oh this was a hip-hop/rap performance, so he probably hated it." I'll admit, I do tend to continuously bash on the hip-hop/rap genre because a good chunk of that genre is bland, annoying, boring, and just uninteresting. How about we dig into this performance? But let me just start out by saying that this performance was excellent and here's why. Rappers nowadays tend to rap about drugs, sex, girls, and money. We cannot deny that. Kendrick Lamar, on the other hand, raps from the heart. I only recently listened to To Pimp A Butterfly and frankly, I almost think it was deserving for Album of the Year. The lyrics in these songs really stand out as meaningful. Frankly, I think he sets a perfect example for a rapper. But yeah. His music is full of meaning. To me, it sounded almost like poetry. Now how about that amazing rapping capability? That was like 20 words per second at some parts. It was really cool to watch. I know I bash on the hip-hop/rap genre a lot and make it seem like I don't like any rapper at all. But when I find a rapper that really stands out in this way like Kendrick Lamar, it's pretty obvious he is worth coming back to whenever a new album comes out. I haven't heard a rapper like him since Eminem. Overall, it was an amazing performance and easily the best performance of the night. Yes, even I didn't see that coming.

Overall Grade: Definite 10 out 10

• Miguel/Greg Phillinganges – She's Out Of My Life

Review: I like Miguel's voice. That's about it. This was really short for a performance. So there really wasn't anything else to it.

Overall Grade: 6 out of 10

• Adele – All I Ask

Review: There was a lot of talk about how there were technical issues during this performance that drowned Adele's voice out. I think she still sounded like she usually does. This performance wasn't too special. It was pretty much just Adele's voice, which I do get tired of listening to after a while. It definitely was not a bad performance. It just wasn't something I would pay to go see.

Overall Grade: 6.5 (maybe 7) out of 10

• Justin Bieber/Skrillex & Diplo – Love Yourself / Where Are Ü Now

Review: Justin Bieber started out very nicely with a performance of Love Yourself on the acoustic guitar. I loved this part of the performance almost as much as I love the song. I just love his voice. I could listen to it for a long time nonstop. Then Justin joined our friends Skrillex and Diplo to perform Where Are Ü Now, which I'm on the edge about. It was definitely different as the two DJ's were playing actual instruments. But I think it was a little too different. Justin still had a nice voice and all. But I did not like the work from Skrillex and Diplo. I thought this would be the best performance of the night. But unfortunately, I was a little disappointed about that second half.

Overall Grade: 8 out of 10

• Lady Gaga/Nile Rodgers – David Bowie Tribute Medley

Review: So many people hyped up way too much about this performance. Yes, she can sing. But what I want out of Lady Gaga is another hit like Bad Romance, Alejandro, Telephone, Just Dance, etc. This tribute to David Bowie certainly was not bad. But tributes are not what I want to see or hear. How about we get some new music from this lady? Overall, this performance was decent. Not much else to say.

Overall Grade: 6.5 out of 10

• Chris Stapleton/Bonnie Raitt/Gary Clark Jr. – The Thrill Is Gone

Review: Another tribute. Great. This time to B.B. King. This was pretty mediocre. I see no uniqueness in Chris Stapleton. I don't see what makes him stand out so much to the point where he gets nominated for Album of the Year. But yeah. Overall, pretty mediocre performance. I was kind of falling asleep.

Overall Grade: 5.5 out of 10

• Alabama Shakes – Don't Wanna Fight

Review: To all the Alabama Shakes fans, please do not judge me but I had no idea there was a female member of the band up until this performance. This performance was actually more on the interesting level. I had low to no expectations and Alabama Shakes easily exceeded them.

Overall Grade: 8 out of 10

• The Hollywood Vampires – As Bad As I Am / Ace Of Spades

Review: Interesting that you call yourselves The Hollywood Vampires when your lead singer looks like a zombie. While this was one of the most unappealing performances of the night, I didn't flat out hate it. It was only somewhat interesting because for whatever reason, I went into full on music appreciation mode during this performance. Basically, that means during the performance I was pretty much simply appreciating the music for what it is. It wasn't good, but it wasn't bad either. So yeah. The performance was pretty much the same thing. Not good, but not awful either. But compared to the other performances, it was one of my least favorite performances.

Overall Grade: 5 out of 10

• Joey Alexander – Piano Solo

Review: Excellent job on the piano, kid. It was nice to watch. To be honest, if I had to pick ONE musical instrument to learn how to play, it would definitely be the piano. There's just something about the piano that makes me want to take piano lessons and learn how to play.

Overall Grade: 8 out of 10

• Pitbull/Robin Thicke/Joe Perry/Travis Barker – El Taxi / Bad Man

Review: Mr. Worldwide continuing to kill it! If you listen to the lyrics in El Taxi, you'd know that there is a Sofia Vergara reference in the second verse. And during the performance, Sofia Vergara comes on stage in a taxi costume. How clever. I loved the performance of Bad Man, which is my new jam at the moment. They definitely made a good decision having this last.

Overall Grade: 9.5 out of 10

So I hope you guys enjoyed my review of the performances from the 2016 Grammy Awards.

My Top 5 Picks

1. Kendrick Lamar – The Blacker The Berry / Alright

2. Pitbull/Robin Thicke/Joe Perry/Travis Barker – El Taxi / Bad Man

3. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods

4. Little Big Town – Girl Crush

5. Justin Bieber/Skrillex & Diplo – Love Yourself / Where Are Ü Now

My Bottom 5 Picks

5. The Eagles/Bernie Leadon/Jackson Browne – Take It Easy

4. Chris Stapleton/Bonnie Raitt/Gary Clark Jr. – The Thrill Is Gone

3. The Hollywood Vampires – As Bad As I Am / Ace Of Spades

2. Tori Kelly/James Bay – Let It Go / Hollow

1. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face / In The Night

Adele (12) – Week Of February 13, 2016

So Valentine's Day weekend has come. I am indeed still single. I'm kind of used to it now. So I don't care as much now. It's also Grammy's weekend! For whatever reason, they thought it would be a good idea to have the Grammy's on a Monday this year. They probably did it because they knew they would lose viewers if they placed it on the Sunday in which The Walking Dead returns. It's pretty damn obvious. I don't know if I'll be able to post a review for the Grammy's performances. We'll see. I'll get back to you guys on that. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Nelly/Jeremih – The Fix (#22)
• Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up (#40)
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#45)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Adele – Hello

The Countdown

45. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I’m Gonna Lose You (#44)

44. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (#38)

43. Halsey – New Americana (#42)

42. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#37)

41. Alessia Cara – Here (#41)

40. Elle King – Ex’s and Oh’s (#23)

39. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (DEBUT)

38. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#43)

37. Tori Kelly – Hollow (#39)

36. The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face (#36) [1 Week At #1]

35. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#31)

34. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#35) [1 Week At #1]

33. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#25) [1 Week At #1]

32. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#18)

31. Tove Lo – Moments (#29)

30. Demi Lovato – Confident (#24) [1 Week At #1]

29. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#27) [12 Weeks At #1]

28. MØ – Kamikaze (#32)

27. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (#33)

26. The Vamps – Wake Up (#21)

25. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#16)

24. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart (DEBUT)

23. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets (#20)

22. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (#34)

21. Dawin – Dessert (DEBUT)
20. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#5) [3 Weeks At #1]
19. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#28)
18. Adele – When We Were Young (#17)
17. Daya – Hide Away (#14)
16. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime (#19)
15. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#15)
14. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#11)
13. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move (#26)
12. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#13)
11. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#30)
10. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#9) [1 Week At #1]
  9. The Weeknd – In The Night (#12)
  8. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#10)
  7. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#7)
  6. Flo Rida – My House (#8)
  5. One Direction – Perfect (#3) [1 Week At #1]
  4. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#2)
  3. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#6)
  2. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#4)
  1. Adele – Hello (#1) [12^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Elle King – Ex’s & Oh’s (–17)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (+19)

New Entrants
~ ........what did I just listen to? Dessert by Dawin is the pure definition of annoying. I mean the verses aren't awful (but they're certainly not good). It's the part where the obnoxious voice comes in saying, "Whatcha gon, whatcha gon do with that dessert?" and the beat that comes after that makes the song go even more downhill twice as fast. This song is really irritating and hopefully it won't last long. But the fact that it had the highest debut of the week at #21 means it'll probably stay for annoyingly long period of time. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

~ Our buddies Luke, Ashton, Calum, and Michael (aka 5 Seconds of Summer) have replaced themselves on the countdown this week with the superior Jet Black Heart. I'm definitely a fan of this song. This could potentially be better than She's Kinda Hot and is definitely better than Hey Everybody!. There's a good use of instrumentals and the vocals sound better than ever. Well done, 5SOS. You have managed to impress me yet again.

~ Our best entrant this week comes from Justin Bieber with the more toned down Love Yourself. It's definitely not a club-banger like Sorry is. It's a little slower and doesn't any hardcore EDM production within it. It's just Justin with his soothing voice. It's not his best song, but I do really enjoy it. I really hope it can stay here for a while.

Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list for this week:

• Troye Sivan – YOUTH (DEBUT)
• Rihanna/Drake – Work
• Lukas Graham – 7 Years
• One Direction – History
• BØRNS – Electric Love
• Timeflies – Once In A While
• Shawn Hook – Sound Of Your Heart
• Pitbull/Osmani Garcia/Lil Jon – El Taxi
• Tryon – Somebody To Love Me
• Panic! At The Disco – Victorious
• Demi Lovato – Stone Cold (DEBUT)
• We The Kings – The Story Of Tonight
• David Guetta/Sia/Fetty Wap – Bang My Head
• X Ambassadors – Unsteady (DEBUT)

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Shawn Hook – Sound Of Your Heart

2. X Ambassadors – Unsteady

3. Pitbull/Osmani Garcia/Lil Jon – El Taxi

4. David Guetta/Sia/Fetty Wap – Bang My Head

5. Demi Lovato – Stone Cold

Jet Blurb Heart

~ Adele has unfortunately tied for the most weeks at #1 with Taylor Swift – Shake It Off and Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance with 12 weeks. A new #1 please??? How about Sorry? Stressed Out? Damn I'll take Cake By The Ocean!!! Just stop it with this obsession for Hello!

~ The huge jump from Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself was very uncalled for and frankly, very unnecessary.

~ It's about time Shawn Mendes – Stitches dropped out of the Top 10. Let's get it farther down, please!

~ Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You has been in the Bottom 5 for a while now. Can we get it out sometime in the next few weeks?

~ Tori Kelly – Hollow clearly was not eligible for a second week boost like Something In The Way You Move and Pillowtalk were.

~ I now don't have to worry about Selena Gomez – Same Old Love anymore. Thank god. Now I have to worry about Hands To Myself.

~ It's pretty damn ridiculous that The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face is still here? Who is still voting for this song? And why couldn't they vote up The Hills to have the kind of success Can't Feel My Face had?

~ The exits from The Fix and Hold Me Up were expected since both songs only spent a few weeks on the American Top 40. That's fine though. I lost interest in both songs.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Justin Bieber can hold at #1 for a third week in a row and an eighth time overall with Sorry!

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/02/hit-45-chart-week-of-february-13-2016.html

~ Throwback Pick Of The Week: The Last Goodnight – Pictures Of You

~ #1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills

My Top 5 Picks

1. Justin Bieber – Sorry

2. Flo Rida – My House

3. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself

4. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime

5. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move

And now I will conclude this post with one of my favorite quotes that go out to all of you that are single this Valentine's Day:

"You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose." — Jo Courdert

You are the only person in your life that you will never lose.

Remember that. :)

Performance Review: Super Bowl Halftime Show

Wow. Just wow. That wasn't what I was expecting. Not at all.

What's up guys? Today, I will be reviewing the Super Bowl halftime performance held by Coldplay with special guests Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, even though it didn't feel like that. But we'll get more into that after I give a performance rundown. 

So basically, Coldplay kicked off their performance with one of their most popular songs, Viva La Vida. It was definitely enjoyable. The band is full of energy. After that, they then moved into one of my favorite songs from them, Paradise. I absolutely love that song and I enjoyed their performance of it. Next up, we have Adventure Of A Lifetime, which was enjoyable as well. Basically, things were going really well.

Then it begins.....

Next thing you know, you see Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars coming in and Mars begins performing the extremely annoying Uptown Funk. I'll admit, Bruno Mars does have moves. But god was it annoying to have to listen to that song again.

Then Beyoncé comes out thinking she'll own the stage when really, her performance was not that good. She performed her new song, Formation, and it is just not good, which isn't surprising since I dislike about 95% of Beyoncé's music. So that happened and I was uninterested the entire time. Then Beyoncé and Bruno Mars come together to do this short battle between the guys (Bruno Mars) and the girls (Beyoncé). I'll admit, it wasn't bad. But I didn't like it for the reason that I will get to later in the post. 

Chris Martin then joins the two to finish off Uptown Funk. Afterwards, everything kind of goes nicely again as Chris Martin begins playing the piano to Clocks followed by clips of previous Super Bowl halftime shows and a performance of Fix You and Up & Up from their new album. That was easily my favorite part and I loved how at the very end, in the audience, there were letters that spelled out to be "BELIEVE IN LOVE." Now that was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Now let's get more in depth as to why I didn't love the halftime show as a whole.

It didn't feel like a Coldplay performance!!! It felt way too much like a Beyoncé and Bruno Mars performance and that disappointed me. I'm not saying they shouldn't have been there at all. That's not what I'm getting at. My issue was that Beyoncé and Bruno Mars were onstage way too long and it felt like they upstaged Coldplay. These special guests really should be allowed no longer than a minute or two to be on stage. Plus, Beyoncé and Bruno Mars are previous halftime show performers. We need to have someone new and Coldplay was a great choice! But these special guests made it almost their own halftime performance and that bothered the crap out of me. When I heard the news that Coldplay would the Super Bowl halftime performers, I was really excited! This was not what I had in mind at all. And at the end of it all, we get notified about Beyoncé's new Formation Tour. Was this performance just a way to promote your new tour, Beyoncé???

Now that I'm done criticizing Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, let me just go ahead and say that the overall performance was pretty damn short. We needed more Coldplay songs! This band has released SEVEN studio albums, but only performed 4 or 5 of their own songs. That's not enough! I was expecting more! They should've done full on performances of songs like Clocks, Yellow, and especially Violet Hill. But they didn't. And I know I'm not the only one who thought this, but I assumed that since Beyoncé was making an appearance that they would perform Hymn For The Weekend, which is the second single from their new album, A Head Full Of Dreams. But that never happened and that disappointed me. The whole reason they were promoting it recently I thought was because they were going to throw this song into their list of songs to perform. But shockingly, they didn't. Okay. I think I'm done ranting. How about the positives?

I thoroughly enjoyed their performances of their own songs. The audio could've used some work. I felt Chris Martin's voice was a little drowned out. But it was fun to watch. Chris Martin was full of energy and I love that! And like I said, the ending with Fix You and Up & Up was the best part and I just loved it.

As far as how it was taken from the rest of the world, there are many different reactions that came about from this that I'm not even going to get into. Apparently though, a lot of people are angry at the whole "Believe In Love" part because apparently all the rainbows and colors promote homosexuality.

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I'm honestly just done with people and their ridiculous views on some things.

But yeah. That was my review of Coldplay's halftime performance for the Super Bowl 50. I was kind of disappointed, but it wasn't entirely Coldplay's fault. I definitely did not dislike it. It just wasn't what I was expecting. I really liked Coldplay's performances, but the special guests were on stage way too long and I felt there weren't enough Coldplay songs included in the set list. Overall, I thought I would give this a 5 out of 5. But unfortunately, this felt like a 3 (maybe a 3.5) out of 5 to me. What did you guys think of it? Let me know in the comment section down below.

Adele (11) – Week Of February 6, 2016

Happy Super Bowl weekend everyone! Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday. If you really know me, you'd know that I don't care about sports, which is why I'm not going to actually watch the game. I only care about the halftime performance from Coldplay. I'm sure it'll be awesome. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away (#21)
• Sam Hunt – House Party (#25)
• Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean (#41) [x2]

Last Week's #1 Song: Adele – Hello

The Countdown

45. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! (#44)

44. Meghan Trainor/John Legend – Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#43)

43. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#36)

42. Halsey – New Americana (#42)

41. Alessia Cara – Here (#30)

40. Conrad Sewell – Hold Me Up (#31)

39. Tori Kelly – Hollow (DEBUT)

38. Rudimental/Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me (#45)

37. Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#20)

36. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (#39) [1 Week At #1]

35. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#34) [1 Week At #1]

34. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (DEBUT)

33. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (#27)

32. MØ – Kamikaze (#32)

31. X Ambassadors – Renegades (#23)

30. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#38)

29. Tove Lo – Moments (#40)

28. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#19)

27. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#18) [12 Weeks At #1]

26. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move (DEBUT)

25. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#29) [1 Week At #1]

24. Demi Lovato – Confident (#9)

23. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#37)

22. Nelly/Jeremih – The Fix (#28)

21. The Vamps – Wake Up (#24)

20. Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets (#26)

19. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime (#33)

18. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#6)

17. Adele – When We Were Young (#35)

16. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#22)

15. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#17)

14. Daya – Hide Away (#15)

13. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#16)

12. The Weeknd – In The Night (#11)

11. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#14)

10. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#5)

  9. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#4) [1 Week At #1]

  8. Flo Rida – My House (#11)

  7. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#12)

  6. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#8)

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

  4. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#3)

  3. One Direction – Perfect (#10) [1 Week At #1]

  2. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#2)

  1. Adele – Hello (#1) [11^th Week At #1]

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (–17)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Adele – When We Were Young (+18)

New Entrants
~ Compared to her previous hit, Should've Been Us, Tori Kelly's newest song, Hollow, is only okay. Should've Been Us was amazing and will probably always be her best song. I guess I can say Hollow is better than Nobody Love. But not that amazing unfortunately. I can't see myself looking back at this song a year from now. But it's not bad. Let me just put that out there. I just don't think it'll have any long-term success. But that's just me.

~ From Ellie Goulding, we get the really catchy Something In The Way You Move. It's not her best song. But then again, it's really hard to top songs like Lights and Love Me Like You Do. She comes close, but doesn't quite get there. Something In The Way You Move is a good example of a song that comes close to being her best song, but doesn't quite get there. It's undeniably catchy and her vocal performance is pretty good as well. It's Ellie Goulding, so it's definitely going to do well on this countdown. I really like it now, but we'll see how I feel about it in a few months assuming that it'll still be here.

~ Finally, we have the artist who has already made himself look very bad as a person. Zayn Malik has released his debut single as a solo artist after departing from One Direction almost a year ago. Pillowtalk is nothing outstanding or amazing. But it's certainly the best vocal performance I've ever heard from him considering that I never really liked his voice when he was in One Direction. I guess I can say the song is good enough to be in green. But I don't see myself jamming out to this months from now. Frankly, I'm really tired of seeing news about Zayn Malik continuously saying how he never really wanted to be in One Direction despite the fact that he wouldn't be where he is now without them. Maybe soon, I won't dislike him as a person. We'll see.

Pillowblurb
~ R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away dropped out after having the Biggest Jump Of The Week last week. The dropout from House Party was kind of unexpected as well.

~ Can we not with this huge jump from When We Were Young? I don't know why someone would want to hear a depressing song on the radio. This song is a big station-changer.

~ Speaking of Adele, if Justin Bieber – Sorry does not hit #1 because of this stupid reign at #1 from Hello, I will be absolutely PISSED!!!!!!! Let's get Sorry to #1!!!!!

~ Shawn Mendes – Stitches seriously needs to leave the Top 10. Who is still voting for this song so much???

~ Alessia Cara – Here continues to be one of the most annoying songs on this countdown. I honestly can't stand it anymore!!!

~ Why the hell is Daya – Hide Away still up at #14?!?! This song has had its time, let's get it out of this countdown already!

~ It's nice to see the drop from Selena Gomez – Same Old Love.

~ It's nice to see the jump from Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime.

~ It's about time Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive made that huge drop. Let's get it out of the countdown along with songs like Here, Wildest Dreams, Can't Feel My Face, Like I'm Gonna Lose You, and more.

~ MØ – Kamikaze is absolute trash. I really hope this song leaves, like next week. That would be amazing.

~ 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 and a seventh time overall!
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/02/hit-45-chart-week-of-february-6-2016.html

~ Throwback Pick Of The Week: Flo Rida/Ke$ha – Right Round

~ #1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend

~ I hope you all have a great Super Bowl weekend and I will see you again the next time I post, which will hopefully be my review of Billboard's Hot 100 songs of 2015!

My Top 5 Picks
1. Justin Bieber – Sorry
2. Flo Rida – My House
3. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime
4. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods
5. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move