Twenty One Pilots (2) – Week Of January 28, 2017

Hey guys! Before we get into the post, I wanted to once again talk about the issues I've been seeing within the comment section. Now I am an advocate of our first amendment (freedom of speech). I love when people share their opinions and even if they don't totally match up with mine, that's okay. Everyone has a different taste in music. I only have a problem with it when we start telling other people that their opinions are wrong. It is an opinion for a reason. There is no right or wrong and we should not bring other people down because our opinion doesn't match with theirs. Unfortunately I've been seeing this kind of issue lately. Now a question I was asked recently was asking if I will change the settings so that anonymous users cannot comment and the answer to that is no. I don't want to restrict who that can comment to only those with Google accounts, especially if it's only one person that's causing issues. If someone that comments wants to be anonymous, that's fine as long as they follow my basic commenting rules. And really the only rule I have is that we have to be nice to each other. We will not tell people that their opinions are wrong. If you can't even do that, I will just simply delete your comment and move on with life. I shouldn't have to, but I will if it comes down to that. Now let's get to the countdown shall we? This week we had guest hosts Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki. So they did a lot of talking to each other, which was interesting. No songs leaving the countdown this week. So let's get right into it!


Last Week's #1 Song: Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving
The Countdown
45. Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes (#43)
44. Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl (#44)
43. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (#45)
42. Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight (#42)
41. DNCE – Body Moves (#41)
40. Ariana Grande – Into You (#28)
39. OneRepublic – Kids (#29)
38. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#40)
37. Lukas Graham – You're Not There (#39)
36. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#34) [3 Weeks At #1]
35. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#37) [1 Week At #1]
34. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#32) [10 Weeks At #1]
33. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love (#36)
32. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#31)
31. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming (#38)
30. James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go (#35)
29. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson – Just Hold On (#25)
28. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (#33)
27. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#30)
26. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#25)
25. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Side To Side (#19)
24. Charli XCX – After The Afterparty (#26)
23. Train – Play That Song (#27)
22. Lady Gaga – Million Reasons (#21)
21. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#23)
20. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#8) [2 Weeks At #1]
19. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic (#14)
18. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap (#20)
17. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#12)
16. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (#11)
15. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things (#16)
14. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#15)
13. John Legend – Love Me Now (#18)
12. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful (#9)
11. Jon Bellion – All Time Low (#10)
10. Adele – Water Under The Bridge (#13)
  9. Runaground – Chase You Down (#22)
  8. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know (#2) [2 Weeks At #1]
  7. Shawn Mendes – Mercy (#17)
  6. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy (#7)
  5. Niall Horan – This Town (#6)
  4. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#3) [8 Weeks At #1]
  3. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#1) [4 Weeks At #1]
  2. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest (#5)
  1. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#4) [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Adele – Hello

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Tie Between Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better and Ariana Grande – Into You (–12)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Runaground – Chase You Down (+13)

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

• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth – Make Me (Cry)
• Snakehips/MØ – Don't Leave
• Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
• Bruno Mars – Versace On The Floor
• The Chainsmokers – Paris
• Julia Michaels – Issues
• Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul
• Rihanna – Love On The Brain
• Bebe Rexha – I Got You
• Hey Violet – Guys My Age
• Bruno Mars – That's What I Like
• Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
• MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low
• Daya – Words

~ I can admit that Miley Cyrus is a good singer. However, it is not the same story for her sister, Noah Cyrus. Her voice is not that interesting whatsoever. Labrinth doesn't help make this song any better. I loved when he did Beneath Your Beautiful with Emeli Sandé. This song unfortunately is a step down from that. The production is weird. Overall, I have not been enjoying this song. It's just not my cup of tea.

~ It's nice to see Shout Out To My Ex again. I missed it that one week it was gone.

~ The only other thing that really happened was the departure of Captain Cuts – Love Like We Used To. It was really only a matter of time until this one left. I never did see it as a song that make it on to the countdown. But hey, I'm sure we thought the same thing with Runaground – Chase You Down and look where it is now.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low

2. Bebe Rexha – I Got You

3. The Chainsmokers – Paris

4. Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex

5. Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul

I Feel Blurbs Coming

~ Huh. So Twenty One Pilots – Heathens is back at #1. Very interesting if you ask me. But I'll certainly take it over the very mediocre Starving and even Don't Wanna Know. I don't necessarily want Heathens at the top. But I'd prefer it over the other two songs.

~ Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest is now up at #2 after the crazy countdown run its been having. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing this song hit #1. In fact it's the only song in the Top 5 that I actually want at #1. I kind of figured it would do this well after the massive hit that was Cheap Thrills. It's unfortunate that Chandelier didn't become this big of a hit.

~ It clearly didn't take long for Shawn Mendes – Mercy to be boosted into the Top 10. I am very pleased with this jump as it is certainly one of his best singles and I would love to see it become a hit.

~ I'm pretty sure the jump that confused most people, including me, was the jump to #9 from Runaground – Chase You Down. I still believe that it is a fantastic song and I am very happy to see it doing well on here even though it's not a massive hit outside of Hits 1. Hopefully this means it will be able to stick around for a while longer.

~ Adele – Water Under The Bridge has finally reached the Top 10. Of course I'm saying this now and I'll probably be sick of this song very soon. But for the time being I am really enjoying this song and it's definitely one of the best singles from 25.

~ Bruno Mars – 24K Magic continues to drop thankfully. Here's to hoping it can fall out of the Top 20 next week so that there will be no songs ranked as "crap" in the Top 20 Review. Seriously though, I've been done with this song since the first listen and I'm very glad that it never even reached the Top 5.

~ I feel like the jump from The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming was not enough. The fact that it's still outside of Top 30 speaks for itself. Hopefully it doesn't do what Starboy did and just hang around there for a while before actually jumping and doing something on the countdown.

~ And our Bottom 5 songs while in different spots, are all still in the Bottom 5. I'd love to see Fresh Eyes leave very soon. I heard Honey I'm Good on Hits 1 earlier this week and I had considered that an indication that this song's time might be up. I was wrong unfortunately. But I did enjoy hearing Honey I'm Good and it helped me realize that it's songs like that one that I like hearing from Andy Grammer.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is OUT!!!! Find out if Pentatonix can hold at #1 for a second week in a row and a fifth time overall with Hallelujah!

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2017/01/week-of-january-28-2017.html

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic

1 – Bad:

NONE

2 – Mediocre:

19. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving

18. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

3 – Decent:

17. Niall Horan – This Town

16. Maroon 5 – Don't Wanna Know

4 – Good:

NONE

5 – Great:

15. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens

14. Zayn/Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever

13. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

12. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor

11. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello – Bad Things

10. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You

9. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap

8. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest

7. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy

6. Shawn Mendes – Mercy

5. Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful

4. Adele – Water Under The Bridge

3. John Legend – Love Me Now

1. TIE: Runaground – Chase You Down

1. TIE: Jon Bellion – All Time Low

Total Score: 85/100 = 85% (B)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Neon Trees – Animal

Most Missed Countdown Song: Gym Class Heroes/Ryan Tedder – The Fighter

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Troye Sivan/Betty Who – Heaven

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Justin Bieber – Sorry

My Top 5 Picks

1. TIE: Jon Bellion – All Time Low

1. TIE: Runaground – Chase You Down

3. John Legend – Love Me Now

4. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

5. Adele – Water Under The Bridge