November 19, 2016 - The Chainsmokers + Halsey (6)

So this may not have been THE highest activity week, but we definitely had things going on here and there. Even if our #1 isn't the most welcome sign. We also have the American Music Awards tomorrow night. And yes, I do plan to do reviews of the performances. I might also have other stuff in store! What could that be, you may ask? Wait and find out. So without further ado, here are the songs leaving us this week.

• Gold by Kiiara (#39)

The Countdown!
Last Week’s #1 Song: Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes
45. My Way by Calvin Harris (#35)
44. Bacon by Nick Jonas (#32)
43. Perfect Illusion by Lady Gaga (#43)
42. Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande (#44)
41. I Took a Pill In Ibiza by Mike Posner (#37)
40. Girls Talk Boys by 5 Seconds of Summer (#38)
39. Body Say by Demi Lovato (#41)
38. We Don't Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez (#42)
37. This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris with Rihanna (#45) (...)
36. New Romantics by Taylor Swift (#34) (two weeks at #1)
35. Stressed Out by Twenty-one Pilots (#33) (five weeks at #1)
34. In The Name Of Love by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha (debut)
33. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) by Adele (#31) (one week at #1)
32. Cheap Thrills by Sia featuring Sean Paul (#18)
31. Can't Stop the Feeling! by Justin Timberlake (#29) (ten weeks at #1)
30. Don't Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers featuring Daya (#28) (three weeks at #1)
29. Unsteady by X Ambassadors (#21)
28. Chase You Down by Runaground (#20)
27. Setting The World On Fire by Kenny Chesney featuring P!nk (#19)
26. All Time Low by Jon Bellion (#26)
25. Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco (#15)
24. Greenlight by Pitbull featuring LunchMoney Lewis and Flo Rida (#24)
23. I Hate U, I Love U by gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien (#27)
22. That's My Girl by Fifth Harmony (#16)
21. Body Moves by DNCE (#36)
20. Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#30)
19. Ride by Twenty-one Pilots (#23)
18. Side To Side by Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj (#22)
17. Good Grief by Bastille (#40)
16. The Greatest by Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar (#9)
15. Fresh Eyes by Andy Grammer (#25)
14. Cold Water by Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ (#14)
13. This Town by Niall Horan (#13)
12. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars (#11)
11. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara (#10)
10. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5 (#8)
9. Into You by Ariana Grande (#12)
8. Kids by OneRepublic (#17)
7. Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya (#7)
6. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay (#6)
5. Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber (#3)
4. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots (#4) (one week at #1)
3. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes (#1) (one week at #1)
2. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd (#3)
Top 5 This Week One Year Ago: 5. Stitches by Shawn Mendes
4. Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon
3. Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift
2. Drag Me Down by One Direction
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Hello by Adele (second of 12 weeks at #1)
1. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (#2) (sixth week at #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Cheap Thrills by Sia featuring Sean Paul (-14)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Good Grief by Bastille (+23)

New Entrants
- We're left with but one new entrant, that new entrant being In The Name Of Love by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha. The breakdown is shrill, but Bebe Rexha has a pretty good performance here. We haven't really heard much at all from Martin Garrix since Animals in 2014, so it's nice to see more from him. We'll find out if this becomes a real hit, but I'm hoping that it can.

In The Name Of Blurbs
- So it's definitely refreshing to say goodbye to Gold by Kiiara. Described by some as a "YouTube Poop of a song" and a "mash-up of itself", it's safe to say it won't be missed.

- Before introducing Perfect Illusion, Spyder was talking about magazine covers...and how he's not on the cover of one. :P Anyway, this is I think the third week in a row that this song has held at #43. It's definitely not bound for much longer here. And while it's not Lady Gaga's most prime work to me, it's still my favorite of the "flopping diva comeback" trio, as I call it. In other words, I'll take it over Rise or Make Me any day.

- I'm not exactly thrilled about This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris with Rihanna jumping out of the bottom 5. But it's still on other charts so I shouldn't be surprised it didn't leave.

- Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco took a sudden drop out of the Top 20.

- I did hear Body Moves by DNCE quite a few times over the week, so it's no surprise that it took a big jump.

- Two of our debuts from two weeks ago held their positions, but thankfully That's My Girl by Fifth Harmony dropped out of the Top 20.

- Before introducing Starboy, Spyder got super sad about The Weeknd and girlfriend Bella Hadid breaking up and sarcastically hoping he was going to get to attend that wedding they would presumably have. Not really, but you get what he was sad about. :P On that note, it's about time this damn thing at least entered the Top 20.

- Usually they do Box Office Biggies - which I don't know if it's been changed to Monster Movies for good or not - plays after #9, but here they had a first round at #19, after Ride. But then they had another one after Into You, so that doesn't look to have changed.

- On that note, between Side To Side, Fresh Eyes and Good Grief, we have some nice new entrants into the Top 20. Things there are looking better than last time, that's for sure.

- Before introducing 24K Magic, Spyder talked about how Bruno Mars has announced his world tour to promote the album, which just dropped yesterday. Awwwwwww yeah! 8) Definitely planning to go to one of the two shows he'll have here in Pennsylvania!

- Once again, our Top 10 isn't in THE best shape. While there are some good ones here, we still have some of the obnoxious stuff sticking around. I won't be happy if Starving hits #1, I'll say that now.

- And before they got to Hello by Adele, last year's #1, Mikey Piff did a rewind to the entire Top 5 from this week one year ago. Very interesting. Guess that'll give me something more to add to the section.

- Well, now that I don't have to be at the edge of my seat hoping that Closer won't break the record for weeks on top of the Hot 100 (for this decade), I don't have to put it in red yet. Guys, I promise, I am trying my hardest to not hate this song again. But it really is not that amazing of a song, and I wonder how almost everyone here is still giving it a pass after being so hard on certain other massive smashes that to me are far better (including two from last year). Eh. Maybe I'm just old. Who knows. And once again I am getting sick of having to search for pictures of the three. If I used this one already then I don't care.

- But on that note, wow, only six songs on this countdown that I would genuinely consider bad. Maybe I'm just giving things here too much credit.

Hit-Bound
You're Not There by Lukas Graham (debut)
Words by Daya
She Sets The City On Fire by Gavin DeGraw
Love On The Brain by Rihanna
Love Like We Used To by Captain Cuts
Dancing On My Own by Calum Scott (debut)
Blow Your Mind (Mwah) by Dua Lipa
Water Under The Bridge by Adele (debut)
Play That Song by Train
Million Reasons by Lady Gaga
Love Me Now by John Legend
The Night Is Young by The Summer Set
Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur
Mercy by Shawn Mendes

- So we had two dropouts, Kiss The Sky by Jason Derulo and Still Falling For You by Ellie Goulding. The former it was disappointing to see of, but the latter I don't really care.

- More Lukas Graham... Anyway, You're Not There is another song that tries to tell a story, but much like the other two songs they had I can see people seeing it as a conceited ego trip.

- We also have Dancing On My Own by Calum Scott. Piano ballads are really hit or miss, and with this one I'm not totally sold. That could change but I don't know.

- But then we come to the real star of the show here, a song that's been widely anticipated by many - including myself - to become a real single: Water Under The Bridge by Adele. I'll talk more about it if it debuts on the countdown (which, it being Adele, I'm sure it will), but this is a magnificent song. My new favorite song on Hit-Bound for sure. Let's see it have success!

Top 20 Breakdown:
0 — Shit:
20. Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya
19. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes

1 — Bad:
18. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd
17. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5

2 — Meh:
16. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey

3 — Decent:
15. Ride by Twenty-one Pilots
14. Kids by OneRepublic
13. This Town by Niall Horan

4 — Good:
None!

5 — Great:
12. Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber
11. Fresh Eyes by Andy Grammer
10. The Greatest by Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar
9. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay
8. Cold Water by Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ
7. Into You by Ariana Grande
6. Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
5. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara
4. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots
3. Side To Side by Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
2. Good Grief by Bastille
1. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars

Overall score: 73/100

Countdown Bottom 5
1. That's My Girl by Fifth Harmony
2. Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya
3. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes
4. This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris with Rihanna
5. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd

Countdown Top 5
1. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars
2. In The Name Of Love by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha
3. Good Grief by Bastille
4. Side To Side by Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
5. Greenlight by Pitbull featuring LunchMoney Lewis and Flo Rida

Hit-Bound Top 5
1. Water Under The Bridge by Adele
2. The Night Is Young by The Summer Set
3. Love Me Now by John Legend
4. Love Like We Used To by Captain Cuts
5. Mercy by Shawn Mendes

Most Missed Song: Chandelier by Sia - A huge fan favorite from 2014.

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1 And The Countdown: We Don't Know by The Strumbellas

Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
House Party by Sam Hunt — Already talked about this one in July, it does have appeal but I thought it was ironic that Hits 1 picked up on it after its chart run died out.
Lay It All On Me by Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran — Although Ed Sheeran and EDM shouldn't mix this well, to me they do. Has more going on than Thinking Out Loud, but it's not quite as good as Don't.
Sorry by Justin Bieber — A lot of people from this community seem to hate this one now. I'll have more words for it in a month or two, but it's not that hard for me to see why it's been turned on.
New Americana by Halsey — This song is just a mess lyrically. Hey, Halsey, just so you know, Biggie and Nirvana are not this generation's prime sounds. And being high on legal marijuana is not something to condone to the younger.
Focus by Ariana Grande — Passed off by many as nothing more than a worse version of Problem, I don't care. This song bangs.
My House by Flo Rida — While I can surely predict that this will be in Adrian's Top 10 songs of 2016, to me it doesn't quite match up to some of his bigger songs that he's had. I'll give him credit for not bringing any guest acts or using any sampling, though.

Sorry if this post feels rushed, I've definitely been playing Pokémon Sun and Moon so you can blame it on that :P Anyway, thanks for reading, everybody!