JT (6), Week Of July 30, 2016

I'm kinda impressed of how Hits 1 keeps the good songs with no AirPlay. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, let's say goodbye to these songs.

• 3 Alessia Cara – Wild Things (#37)

• 2 Flo Rida – My House (#38)

• 1 Rihanna/Drake – Work (#45)

Last Weeks #1 Song: Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling

The Countdown

45. G Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, & I (#43)

44. Zayn – Pillowtalk (#35)

43. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#41)

42. Ruth B. – Lost Boy (#44)

41. Grace – You Don't Own Me (#40)

40. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#39)

39. Jordan Fisher – All About Us (DEBUT)

38. Meghan Trainor – No (#33)

37. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#42)

36. Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick (DEBUT)

35. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#34)

34. Troye Sivan – Youth (#31)

33. Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness (#27)

32. James Bay – Let It Go (#36)

31. Demi Lovato – Body Say (DEBUT)

30. DNCE – Cake By the Ocean (#30) [4 Weeks At #1]

29. One Direction – History (#25)

28. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go (#21)

27. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (#9)

26. The 1975 – The Sound (#26)

25. Symon - Say (#29)

24. All Time Low – Missing You (#32)

23. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#10) [2 Weeks At #1]

22. DNCE – Toothbrush (#15)

21. Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance (#20)

20. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#28)

19. Lukas Graham – Mama Said (#23)

18. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#17) [5 Weeks At #1]

17. Meghan Trainor – Me Too (#22)

16. The Summer Set – Figure Me Out (#24)

15. Kent Jones – Don't Mind (#16)

14. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#19)

13. Timeflies – Once In A While (#14)

12. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#11) [1 Week At #1]

11. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#8)

10. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#18)

9. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#1) [2 Weeks At #1]

8. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#13)

7. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#5)

6. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#7)

5. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#3)

4. P!nk – Just Like Fire

3. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#12)

2. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#4)

1. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#2) [6th Annoying Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Walk The Moon – Shut Up And Dance

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (–18)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (+9)

New Entrants:

• Jacob Whitesides - Lovesick is good, but not great. It'll probably grow on me very soon. We'll see. But I've heard a lot of better songs from him.

• Demi Lovato - Body Say is awesome. It probably won't be long until I get sick of it. It's just now a really good song. I just don't care if it's going to be like Confident at this point because I love it for right now.

• Jordan Fisher - All About Is is the best debut.

HitBound:

• Fifth Harmony - All in My Head (Flex) (DEBUT)
• Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes (DEBUT)
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild
• The Strumbellas - Spirits
• Ariana Grande - Into You (DEBUT)
• Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (DEBUT)
• Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (DEBUT)
• AJR - I'm Not Famous
• Coldplay/Beyoncé/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend
• MKTO - Superstitious (DEBUT)
• Katy Perry - Rise
• Steve Aoki/Boehm/Walk the Moon - Back 2 U
• Magic! - Red Dress
• Ben Rector - Brand New

• Wow, this week has the highest number of HitBound entrants since 11/21/15. All In My Head (Flex) doesn't reach the height of the other Fifth Harmony songs, Fresh Eyes is catchy, Into You is the new best song on HitBound, Never Be Like You is the new worst song on HitBound, I didn't like the tune in Heathens, and Superstitious is awesome.

• 2 of my favorite songs on HitBound last week left this week, but I don't care because Into You is better than both of them.

Top 5 HitBound:

1. Ariana Grande - Into You

2. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara - Wild

3. Katy Perry - Rise

4. Andy Grammer - Fresh Eyes

5. Steve Aoki/Bohem/Walk The Moon - Back 2 U

Body Blurbs:

• I'm already losing interest in Ruth B - Lost Boy.

• A couple of songs had no AirPlay but didn't leave.

• Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty definitely didn't deserve that big jump.

• An 8 exit week is actually possible because . said that 07/09/11 had 8 exits and I think that it was a shorter week.

• Speaking of weeks with a lot of exits, a lot of HitBound songs are popular and need to debut next week so we could have a 6-8 exit week.

• Panic! At The Disco - Victorious is now the only oldest song on the countdown this week since Flo Rida - My House left.

• The 2 DNCE songs are at #30 and #22 respectively but I think they should've let Cake By The Ocean drop and Toothbrush be in the top 20.

• Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close is probably going to be gone within the next few weeks.

• I'm actually afraid that Fifth Harmony - Work From Home may leave next week because of their new song, All In My Head with Fetty Wap and this song unfortunately doesn't hit the height of their other songs.

• Meghan Trainor - Me Too is now my favorite song on the countdown so take that Miles.

Most Missed Song: Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer

Throwback Pick: One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (2011)

#1 Recommendation: Zayn - Like I Would

Countdown Grade: C- (70%)

Top 5:

1. Meghan Trainor - Me Too

2. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home

3. Jordan Fisher - All About Us

4. P!nk - Just Like Fire

5. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

20. Lukas Graham - Mama Said

1 - Bad:

19. Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

18. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

17. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling

2 - Mediocre:

16. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

15. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down

14. Timeflies - Once In A While

3 - Decent:

13. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

12. The Summer Set - Figure Me Out

11. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

10. Twenty One Pilots - Ride

4 - Good:

9. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

8. Kent Jones - Don't Mind

7. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

6. Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

5 - Great:

5. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

4. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

3. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

2. P!nk - Just Like Fire

1. Meghan Trainor - Me Too

Total Score: 62/100