JL44's Top 44

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Hello everyone! I am Jake and today, I am debuting my personal chart: The Jboard Top 40. This chart will be updated every Monday starting tonight! This chart is a little unique and you probably won't see another one like it. 2/3rd's of what determine this chart are my personal faves and the other 1/3rd is predictions of where these songs will go on the Hot 100. Most of these songs in the top 40 are also in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, however, there will be some instances where a personal fave of mine will do well on my chart, but not on the Hot 100 and vice versa. I've been creating my own charts since May 2013 and now, I finally have the opportunity to share them with you! Hope you enjoy everyone!

The Jboard 40 as of 11-03-14:

#	Song Title	Author(s)	LW	Peak	Wks on Jboard	Positions up/down
1.	Blame	Calvin Harris ft. John Newman	-	1	1 week	-
2.	Animals	Maroon 5	-	2	1 week	-
3.	Black Widow	Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora	-	3	1 week	-
4.	Cool Kids	Echosmith	-	4	1 week	-
5.	Habits	Tove Lo	-	5	1 week	-
6.	I'm not the only one	Sam Smith	-	6	1 week	-
7.	Waves	Mr. Probz	-	7	1 week	-
8.	Love me harder	Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd	-	8	1 week	-
9.	Take me to church	Hozier	-	9	1 week	-
10.	Don't tell 'em	Jeremih ft. YG	-	10	1 week	-
11.	Don't	Ed Sheeran	-	11	1 week	-
12.	Centuries	Fallout Boy	-	12	1 week	-
13.	Heroes	Alesso ft. Tove Lo	-	13	1 week	-
14.	Shake it off	Taylor Swift	-	14	1 week	-
15.	Bang Bang	Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj	-	15	1 week	-
16.	Blank Space	Taylor Swift	-	16	1 week	-
17.	Jealous	Nick Jonas	-	17	1 week	-
18.	LA Love (La, la, la)	Fergie	-	18	1 week	-
19.	New Flame	Chris Brown ft. Usher and Rick Ross	-	19	1 week	-
20.	Trumpets	Jason Derulo	-	20	1 week	-
21.	Fireball	Pitbull ft. John Ryan	-	21	1 week	-
22.	Rather Be	Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne	-	22	1 week	-
23.	Lifestyle	Rich Gang ft. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan	-	23	1 week	-
24.	Hot boy	Bobby Shmurda	-	24	1 week	-
25.	Steal my girl	One Direction	-	25	1 week	-
26.	Beg for it	Iggy Azalea ft. Mo	-	26	1 week	-
27.	Leave the night on	Sam Hunt	-	27	1 week	-
28.	In your arms	Nico and Vinz	-	28	1 week	-
29.	Superheroes	The Script	-	29	1 week	-
30.	Hold you down	DJ Khaled ft. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future, and Jeremih	-	30	1 week	-
31.	All about that bass	Meghan Trainor	-	31	1 week	-
32.	Touchin', lovin'	Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj	-	32	1 week	-
33.	No Type	Rae Sremmurd	-	33	1 week	-
34.	Tuesday	ILM ft. Drake	-	34	1 week	-
35.	I don't f**k w/ you	Big Sean ft. E-40	-	35	1 week	-
36.	Hideaway	Kiesza	-	36	1 week	-
37.	The Darkness	Built By Titan ft. Svierna	-	37	1 week	-
38.	Only	Nicki Minaj ft. Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown	-	38	1 week	-
39.	Dangerous	David Guetta ft. Sam Martin	-	39	1 week	-
40.	GDFR	Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini and Lookas	-	40	1 week	-

With my favorite and least favorite songs on the Billboard Hot 100 changing every week and numerous updates coming in about these songs, their authors, and their future outlooks, ANYTHING could happen on the Jboard! Thanks again for following!

[surfy]

I pretty much like every song on here except for:

Lifestyle
Hot Boy
Hold You Down
No Type
Tuesday
The Darkness
Only
Dangerous

Love your chart!!!

[Zeebz]

I really enjoy most of these. I'm especially glad to see "Blame", "Animals", "Habits", "Take Me to Church", "I'm Not the Only One", "Love Me Harder", and "Don't Tell 'Em" in the top ten. Great chart! :)

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I'm lovin' this website already! How have I NOT heard of this before??!! This is PERFECT for my music hobby! 

[H.]

Great chart  :)
I love almost every song.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I know this is only my first week here, but I am really excited for what lies ahead. This past week, I have been preparing to take the Jboard to the next level. I'm talking a new chart, a brand new points system that'll determine where each song ranks (kinda like the Hot 100 formula), and a lot more! I'll have more details as I figure everything out. Peace out! 

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Before I give you the announcement, first off, I wanna give a special thank you to everyone who has viewed this page, liked it, and followed it. I have a lot of things planned to show you all! As you may have read before, I am giving the Jboard a whole new look! Starting soon, I will debut the Jboard Top 40 in its new form! Before I tell you about the new chart, let me give you a brief history of the Jboard chart:

The majority of my life, I really didn't listen to mainstream music. In fact, the majority of my childhood, I listened to oldies and classic music with my parents. And I thought those songs were fantastic. I think the first time I heard some mainstream music came in 2010 or 2011, when I heard some songs from the artists at the time including The Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Adele. Then, in late 2012, when I was 18, I learned of the Hot 100 and mainstream radio. And most of the songs I heard that day sounded great, and so I decided to make mainstream music my main source for listening to music. The first four months of 2013, I learned over 1000 popular songs over the past 10 years that I'd missed out on. I got to learn numerous artist names and I learned how the Hot 100 worked. On May 3, 2013, I debuted my very first chart. My original chart consisted of my top 125 songs, which extended to 150 later that year. Due to time consumption, I cut it back down to 125 in May 2014, then back down to 100 last September. Every Friday and Monday for the past 18 months, I have been updating the chart. There have been to date 17 #1's. At least 75% of the songs on the Hot 100 were in that chart and the other 25% or less consisted of old songs and classics which would occasionally go up depending on what I've heard about it or the occasion. (E.g. Thriller is in the 70's section of 100 because of Halloween) The majority of my chart is personal favorites, however, there have been a few songs that I don't like, but have done well on the Hot 100. The current chart of songs I don't particularly like right now include I don't f**k w/ you, Hot Boy, and Lifestyle. They rank high on the Hot 100, but are not of my preference, which is why you see them in the lower 40. Some others problems I've seen in the chart have led me to make a new chart. And here's how I plan to do it:

The Hot 100, as many of you may know, is determined by a formula. Sales + Radio + Streaming. I did some research into the details of the formula and I also looked into Billboard's chart archives and I have noticed a similar pattern in my charts that could allow me to create an accurate formula for the Jboard. My favorites is 2/3rds of the factor and the Billboard chart is 1/3rd of the factor of what determines which song goes where. And I thought: What if I convert that to points just like Billboard does when they collect the data of each song? I thought of a fair way to determine each rank and I have an option for each song's score:

(Personal score * 6) + (Billboard rank * 3) + (Other * 1) = Score

Each section will be scored from 0 to 100. For Personal Score, think of it as a grading scale. 100-90 is an A, 89-80 is a B, 79-70 is a C, 69-60 is a D, and 59-0 is an F. This'll be my own personal grade of each song, which will be determined based on the rhythm, the lyrics, the beat, the message, the voice, and how old/young the song is, which will be the main determinant for this section. Note how I did NOT say author. Every author deserves a chance in the Jboard. For Billboard rank, the score will determined by its position on the Hot 100. If it's #1, it gets 100 points, if it's #2, it gets 99 points, #3, 98 points, and so on. If it's not on the Hot 100, it gets no points. The other score will be determined on the song and author's outside accomplishments and it's rank on the other Billboard charts. In theory, a perfect score for a week is 1000 points and 52000 points for a year. The year ends ranks will begin with the first week of December 2014 and end with the last week in November 2015, just like Billboard.

Alright, what do you all think? You wanna see the Jboard with the new formula? You think it should be changed? You think I should stick with the method you're seeing? Just let me know. Like, follow, and comment your opinions. Thanks!

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In 2 days, I will post my new Jboard chart for 11-10-14 under the new points system!

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Here's the update!

The Jboard 40 as of 11-10-14:

#	Song Title	Author(s)	Points	LW	Peak	Wks	Up/down
1	Love me harder	Ariana Grande ft The Weeknd	902	8	1	2	up 7
2	Animals	Maroon 5	897	2	2	2	even
3	I'm not the only one	Sam Smith	897	6	3	2	up 3
4	Don't	Ed Sheeran	889	11	4	2	up 8
5	Blame	Calvin Harris ft. John Newman	888	1	1	2	down 4
6	Black Widow	Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora	875	3	3	2	down 3
7	Habits	Tove Lo	864	5	5	2	down 2
8	Take me to church	Hozier	863	9	8	2	up 1
9	Shake it off	Taylor Swift	860	14	9	2	up 5
10	Blank Space	Taylor Swift	855	16	10	2	up 6
11	Waves	Mr. Probz	845	7	7	2	down 4
12	Cool Kids	Echosmith	832	4	4	2	down 8
13	Rather Be	Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne	831	22	13	2	up 9
14	Centuries	Fall Out Boy	824	12	12	2	down 2
15	Bang Bang	Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj	818	15	15	2	even
16	Trumpets	Jason Derulo	809	20	16	2	up 4
17	New Flame	Chris Brown ft. Usher and Rick Ross	806	19	17	2	up 2
18	Fireball	Pitbull ft. John Ryan	806	21	18	2	up 3
19	Don't tell 'em	Jeremih ft. YG	802	10	10	2	down 9
20	Neon Light	Blake Shelton	791	NEW	20	1	-
21	Leave the night on	Sam Hunt	786	27	21	2	up 6
22	All about that bass	Meghan Trainor	785	31	22	2	up 9
23	Stay with me	Sam Smith	778	NEW	23	1	-
24	No Type	Rae Sremmurd	776	33	24	2	up 9
25	i	Kendrick Lamar	773	NEW	25	1	-
26	Lifestyle	Rich Gang ft. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan	773	23	23	2	down 3
27	Stolen Dance	Milky Chance	770	NEW	27	1	-
28	Something in the water	Carrie Underwood	770	NEW	28	1	-
29	Tuesday	ILM ft. Drake	768	34	29	2	up 5
30	LA Love	Fergie	767	18	18	2	down 12
31	Steal my girl	One Direction	762	25	25	2	down 6
32	Jealous	Nick Jonas	761	17	17	2	down 15
33	Beg for it	Iggy Azalea ft. Mo	747	26	26	2	down 7
34	Chandelier	Sia	742	NEW	34	1	-
35	I bet my life	Imagine Dragons	731	NEW	35	1	-
36	Heroes	Alesso ft. Tove Lo	728	13	13	2	down 23
37	0 to 100	Drake	721	NEW	37	1	-
38	Hot boy	Bobby Shmurda	714	24	24	2	down 14
39	Break free	Ariana Grande ft. Zedd	696	NEW	39	1	-
40	Lips are movin'	Meghan Trainor	689	NEW	40	1	-

Drop outs:

#	Song Title	Author(s)	Points	LW	Peak	Wks	Up/down
28	In your arms	Nico and Vinz	663	28	28	1	OUT
29	Superheroes	The Script	678	29	29	1	OUT
30	Hold you down	DJ Khaled ft. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future, and Jeremih	688	30	30	1	OUT
32	Touchin', lovin	Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj	634	32	32	1	OUT
35	I don't f**k with you	Big Sean ft. E-40	673	35	35	1	OUT
36	Hideaway	Kiesza	444	36	36	1	OUT
37	The Darkness	Built By Titan ft. Svierna	468	37	37	1	OUT
38	Only	Nicki Minaj ft. Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown	672	38	38	1	OUT
39	Dangerous	David Guetta	624	39	39	1	OUT
40	GDFR	Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini and Lookas	530	40	40	1	OUT

[surfy]

Love Me Harder is #1!!!

I'm Not the Only One in top 3!!!

Don't in top 10!!!

Take Me to Church rising!!!

Shake It Off and Blank Space also in top 10!!!

Rather Be in top 20!!!

Trumpets and New Flame rising!!!

Fireball also in top 20!!!

Leave the Night On rising!!!

All About That Bass in top 30!!!

Stay With Me, Something In the Water, Chandelier, Break Free, and Lips Are Movin' debuts!!!

Love your chart!!!

[Lahey's Lucky Star]

"Break Free" being new my ass

But in reality yaaaaaaaas because I would do anything for King Zedd

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To Lahey,

I am aware Break Free isn't new (it actually peaked at #2 on the Jboard in August), but although it's in a free fall on the Hot 100, it racked up enough points under the new points system to make the top 40. That and 2 other songs in the same situation: Chandelier (peaked at #9) and Stay with me (peaked at #2 in July). I'm only counting the statistics from when I started the chart on the forum. A lot of the songs here have spent at least 10 weeks on the chart, but I didn't want to go into the trouble of digging up a lot of archives to get the exact number of weeks.

I am a big fan of Zedd as well. Thank you for your feedback.

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The new Jboard has 75 spots and each week, you only get to see the Top 40. But it doesn't mean I can't share with you songs that have the potential to make the cut soon! Here's a look at 3 songs that have the best potential to enter/re-enter the top 40 soon:

1. Hold you down. Currently with 688 points, 1 point was the difference between making the cut and not making it. It's slowly making its way up the Hot 100 at #43 (giving it a 58/100 in the Hot 100 score, which counts for 30% of the points), however, I gave it a personal score (which counts for 60% of the points) of 74/100 and it's other score (10%) is 70/100.

2. The heart wants what it wants. It debuted at #54 this week with 655 points (95/100 Personal score, 0/100 Hot 100 score, and 85/100 other) despite a no show on the Hot 100, however, with its Hot 100 debut coming soon, it should debut really well assuming its personal score and other score is high. And a side note to everyone who suggests me a song that you'd like to see on my chart: I will take a listen to it, however, if it's a song that has a slim chance of entering the Hot 100, the maximum score it'll get is 700 points (100/100 personal score and 100/100 other with a 0/100 Billboard score). And if you took note of the points breakdown, only 2 songs with less than 700 points made the cut. So it's possible to see your recommendation on my chart, but don't expect it to soar high if it doesn't make a Billboard entrance.

3. Dangerous. I love EDM and I have a lot of faith in this song, but I'm really hoping it finds a way to go up the Hot 100, it's already a success internationally. It only got 624 points (88/100 PS, 7/100 Hot 100, and 75/100 other) and it fell to #58, down 19 positions. A song currently on the Hot 100 I really like, but suffered because of its Hot 100 ranking, met the same fate. LA Love currently has 767 points (93/100 PS, 38/100 Hot 100, 95/100 Other), falling 12 spots to #30.

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Ten things to know/look for for this weekend's Jboard Top 40:

- Love Me Harder is looking for a second week at #1.
- Blank Space will most likely be going up and will be challenging the #1 spot next week, but how far will it go this week?
- Does Sam Smith or Maroon 5 have a chance for the #1 spot?
- Will LA Love rebound?
- Is Lips are movin' going to be a future #1?
- Thanks to a strong sales week and the CMA's, is Something in the Water going to threaten the top 20, maybe even 15?
- Ghost, Only, Hold you down, and Dangerous all have a chance to re-enter.
- The heart wants what it wants has a chance to make the cut.
- Expect a lot of dropouts this week.
- Expect anything to happen!

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SPOILER: Your top 10 in the Hot 100 for tomorrow, plus some other notable news:



1. Shake it off (even, her follow up Blank Space rises 18-13)

2. Bass (even, her follow up Lips Are Movin' is up 70-50)

3. Animals (up 1)

4. Habits (down 1)

5. Bang Bang (even)

6. Hot Boy (up 2, only because of the album release)

7. Love Me Harder (up 17, and I so close to predicting its spot correctly! I guessed #8)

8. Take me to church (up 2)

9. Black Widow (down 3)

10. Don't tell 'em (down 3)

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Attention: Starting this Friday, I will be updating my charts every Friday instead of every Sunday due to the new layout of the Jboard chart. I promise you, this will be the last time for a while I make a major change to the thread as I have now fully adapted to the forum. So here's what you can expect to see each day on the Jboard 40 thread:

Sunday through Tuesday: I will post any major movement I see during the week for specific songs, plus I will post full time in the topics section and the polls section, so you can expect to see me in a lot of threads.

Wednesday: I will post the top 10 spoiler for the next Hot 100 chart, plus any other information I know.

Thursday: I'll be posting a good, bad, etc section of Hot 100 observations/opinions, plus I will reveal the top 10 of my next chart.

Friday: I update the Jboard chart.

Saturday: Starting December 6, on Saturdays, I will be posting a season end chart (which is kind of like the year end chart Billboard has) and a year end chart later on as the year progresses.

Like, follow, and support Jboard. Also give us your feedback on the chart, I'd love to hear from you all. Thank you!
 

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Here's my list of observations/opinions about today's Hot 100, plus the top 10 of tomorrow's Jboard 40 update:

Good: Animals made top 3, Love Me Harder made the top 10, Take Me to Church continues to rise, I'm not the only one is almost in the Top 10 and so is Blank Space, Something in the Water is back in the top 30 and so is Centuries, i still rises, Lips are movin' made top 50, Heroes continues to rise, In your arms is gaining again, and Dangerous is climbing.

Bad: Hot Boy is #6, Black Widow, Rather Be, and Cool Kids are all officially done, I don't f**k with you is in the top 15 (and made the cut in the Jboard 40 because of the points system), Anaconda rebounded, Only is going up, Try me is almost top 50, and 3 songs are stalling: Waves, LA Love, and Ghost.

And your top 10 for tomorrow's Jboard chart:

1. Love me harder (even) (2nd week at top)
2. I'm not the only one (up 1)
3. Blank Space (up 7)
4. Animals (down 2)
5. Don't (down 1)
6. Blame (down 1)
7. Take me to church (up 1)
8. Something in the water (up 20)
9. Waves (up 2)
10. The heart wants what it wants (new)

Visit Jboard tomorrow to see the Jboard 40 completely updated. Like, follow, and support us, plus give us your feedback. Thank you!

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Into Week 3 we go!

The Jboard 40 as of 11•14•14

#	Song Title	Author(s)	Points	LW	Peak	Wks	Up/down
1	Love Me Harder	Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd	953	1	1(2)	3	even, up 51 pts
2	I'm not the only one	Sam Smith	917	3	2	3	up 1, up 20 pts
3	Blank Space	Taylor Swift	899	10	3	3	up 7, up 44 pts
4	Animals	Maroon 5	894	2	2	3	down 2, down 3 pts
5	Don't	Ed Sheeran	892	4	4	3	down 1, up 3 pts
6	Blame	Calvin Harris ft. John Newman	891	5	1(1)	3	down 1, up 3 pts
7	Take me to church	Hozier	886	8	7	3	up 1, up 23 pts
8	Something in the water	Carrie Underwood	868	28	8	2	up 20, up 98 pts
9	Waves	Mr. Probz	862	11	7	3	up 2, up 17 pts
10	The heart wants what it wants	Selena Gomez	861	NEW	10	1	-
11	Shake it off	Taylor Swift	853	9	9	3	down 2, down 7 pts
12	Centuries	Fall Out Boy	850	14	12	3	up 2, up 26 pts
13	Habits	Tove Lo	844	7	5	3	down 6, down 20 pts
14	Black Widow	Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora	843	6	3	3	down 8, down 32 pts
15	Bang Bang	Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj	825	15	15	3	even, up 7 pts
16	New Flame	Chris Brown ft. Usher and Rick Ross	812	17	16	3	up 1, up 6 pts
17	i	Kendrick Lamar	809	25	17	2	up 8, up 36 pts
18	No Type	Rae Sremmurd	800	24	18	3	up 6, up 24 pts
19	Rather Be	Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne	799	13	13	3	down 6, down 32 pts
20	Trumpets	Jason Derulo	799	16	16	3	down 4, down 10 pts
21	Neon Light	Blake Shelton	794	20	20	2	down 1, up 3 pts
22	Cool Kids	Echosmith	794	12	4	3	down 10, down 32 pts
23	LA Love	Fergie	785	30	18	3	up 7, up 18 pts
24	Don't tell 'em	Jeremih ft. YG	782	19	10	3	down 5, down 20 pts
25	Lifestyle	Rich Gang ft. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan	776	26	23	3	up 1, up 3 pts
26	All about that bass	Meghan Trainor	772	22	22	3	down 4, down 13 pts
27	Steal my girl	One Direction	769	31	25	3	up 4, up 6 pts
28	Lips are movin'	Meghan Trainor	766	40	28	2	up 12, up 77 pts
29	Jealous	Nick Jonas	765	32	17	3	up 3, up 4 pts
30	Stolen Dance	Milky Chance	764	27	27	2	down 3, down 6 pts
31	Leave the night on	Sam Hunt	762	21	21	3	down 10, down 24 pts
32	Heroes	Alesso ft. Tove Lo	761	36	13	3	up 4, up 33 pts
33	Tuesday	ILM ft. Drake	756	29	29	3	down 4, down 12 pts
34	I don't f**k with you	Big Sean ft. E-40	748	RE	34	2	-
35	Stay with me	Sam Smith	740	23	23	2	down 12, down 38 pts
36	Hold you down	DJ Khaled ft. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future, and Jeremih	720	RE	30	2	-
37	Beg for it	Iggy Azalea ft. MO	718	33	26	3	down 4, down 29 pts
38	Girl in a country song	Maddie and Tae	708	NEW	38	1	-
39	Somewhere in my car	Keith Urban	706	NEW	39	1	-
40	Perfect Storm	Brad Paisley	704	NEW	40	1	-

Dropouts:

#	Song Title	Author(s)	Points	LW	Peak	Wks	Up/down
18	Fireball	Pitbull ft. John Ryan	690	18	18	2	OUT
34	Chandelier	Sia	701	34	34	1	OUT
35	I bet my life	Imagine Dragons	586	35	35	1	OUT
37	0 to 100	Drake	680	37	37	1	OUT
38	Hot boy	Bobby Shmurda	695	38	24	2	OUT
39	Break free	Ariana Grande ft. Zedd	655	39	39	1	OUT

Any songs you wanna see have a chance to make the cut? Let me know. Like, follow, and support Jboard! Thanks!

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Which song do you want to see get the next #1 first (on the Hot 100)? Animals or Blank Space?

And which song do you want to see get the next #1 on my chart?

[surfy]

Love Me Harder is #1!!!

I'm Not the Only One in top 2!!!

Blank Space in top 3!!!

Take Me to Church rising!!!

Something In the Water and Waves in top 10!!!

The Heart Wants What It Wants debuts!!!

Centuries, New Flame, and L.A. Love (la la) rising!!!

Steal My Girl, Lips Are Movin', and Jealous in top 30!!!

Heroes rising!!!

I Don't Fuck With You re-entering!!!

Girl In a Country Song debuts!!!

Love your chart!!!

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Just a quick announcement here: Starting in 2 weeks, we will begin the 2014 Jboard music tournament, which consists of a field of 64 songs and 4 major divisions representing the four seasons. (Since the points system for the chart was installed this month, next year when the points tracking period is over (December 2014 - November 2015), we will do the tournament in a field of 64 and the songs will be seeded based on their finish on the year end chart.) The best 16 songs of each season will be placed in the appropriate division, and then starting December 1 and ending December 2, for 48 hours via a poll, for each division, you get to pick 8 songs that get to advance to the next round. To make it a fair competition, I am going to do a closed results poll for each round so that you don't have to feel like you have to vote for a certain song just because everyone else is. This is YOUR own opinion, this is YOUR own vote. When the polling period is over, you will all see the results. December 3-4, in round 2, 4 songs in each division advance. December 5-6, Sweet 16, 2 songs in each division advance. December 7-9, Elite 8, we will crown each division winner. December 10-12, Final 4, the Winter division winner will take on the Fall division winner and then the Spring division winner will take on the Summer division winner. December 13-15 is the championship round and whoever wins those 2 matchups will go head to head for the title!


Although I already know my 2014 song of the year, I would like to make this fun and see which song YOU all think should be the champ! I am really looking forward to doing this and may the best song win!

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So... T-Swift may have a chance at dethroning Ariana Grande this Friday on the Jboard 40 as Blank Space is more than likely to hit the top 5 of the Hot 100 in a few days. It's going to be a close race, that's for sure. Sam Smith made gains and will most likely still be in the top 3 too. That's all I know, when the top 10 of Thursday's Hot 100 is revealed, I'll know who'll get the #1 spot.

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SPOILER: Your top 10 for the Hot 100 tomorrow:


1. Blank Space (up 12)

2. Bass (even)

3. Shake it off (down 2)

4. Animals (down 1)

5. Habits (down 1)

6. Take me to church (up 2)

7. Hot Boy (down 1)

8. Bang Bang (down 3)

9. I'm not the only one (up 2)

10. Jealous (up 13)

Also known: Heroes is #61.

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It's official: With 970 points, Blank Space will be the next #1 on this Friday's Jboard and I'm not the only one will stay at #2 with 947 points! Since Love Me Harder isn't in the top 10, the highest it could rank is #11 tomorrow on the Hot 100 and the maximum amount of points it can score is 939, which will give her 3rd place at best. More info coming as I calculate the other totals tomorrow and post the next chart this Friday!

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Opinions/observations:

Good: Blank Space is the new #1 just like I thought, Take me to church has almost broken the top 5, Hot Boy went down, I'm not the only one cracked the top 10, Don't is almost top 10 again, No Type and Waves continue to climb up, Centuries continues to rise, Riptide survived the long climb and is now an official hit, Lips are movin' hit top 40, LA Love finally went up again, Beg for it continues to rise, Stolen Dance made it to the top 50, Girl in a country song continues to go up, Heroes climbs, Dangerous rises, Close your eyes rises, Yellow Flicker Beat re-enters, Outside rises, and She Knows debuts.

Surprised: Jealous hit top 10

Bad: Still need to get Bass out of the top 3, Tuesday is almost top 10 and so is I don't f**k with you, Only rises, Try Me hit top 50, i fell, In your arms is falling, and both Superheroes and Ghost may be flops.

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2nd to last week before the tracking period for the 2015 Jboard music season begins! I was glad to send some well deserving songs up while I was not happy to send some not so deserving songs up as well. Here we go:

The Jboard 40 as of 11•21•14

#	Song Title	Author(s)	Points	LW	Peak	Wks	Up/down
1	Blank Space	Taylor Swift	970	3	1(1)	4	up 2, up 71 pts
2	I'm not the only one	Sam Smith	947	2	2	4	even, up 30 pts
3	Love Me Harder	Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd	936	1	1(2)	4	down 2, down 17 pts
4	Take me to church	Hozier	915	7	4	4	up 3, up 29 pts
5	Blame	Calvin Harris ft. John Newman	899	6	1(1)	4	up 1, up 8 pts
6	Waves	Mr. Probz	888	9	6	4	up 3. up 26 pts
7	Don't	Ed Sheeran	883	5	4	4	down 2, down 9 pts
8	Animals	Maroon 5	879	4	2	4	down 4, down 15 pts
9	Centuries	Fall Out Boy	864	12	9	4	up 3, up 14 pts
10	LA Love	Fergie	863	23	10	4	up 13, up 78 pts
11	Something in the water	Carrie Underwood	853	8	8	3	down 3, down 15 pts
12	The heart wants what it wants	Selena Gomez	850	10	10	2	down 2, down 11 pts
13	Tuesday	ILM ft. Drake	846	33	13	4	up 20, up 90 pts
14	Jealous	Nick Jonas	833	29	14	4	up 15, up 68 pts
15	Lips are movin'	Meghan Trainor	831	28	15	3	up 13, up 65 pts
16	Shake it off	Taylor Swift	830	11	9	4	down 5, down 23 pts
17	Habits	Tove Lo	818	13	5	4	down 4, down 26 pts
18	New Flame	Chris Brown ft. Usher and Rick Ross	815	16	16	4	down 2, up 3 pts
19	No Type	Rae Sremmurd	812	18	18	4	down 1, up 12 pts
20	I don't f**k with you	Big Sean ft. E-40	809	34	20	3	up 14, up 61 pts
21	Black Widow	Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora	805	14	3	4	down 7, down 38 pts
22	Bang Bang	Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj	804	15	15	4	down 7, down 21 pts
23	Riptide	Vance Joy	792	NEW	23	1	-
24	Steal my girl	One Direction	788	27	24	4	up 3, up 19 pts
25	i	Kendrick Lamar	787	17	17	3	down 8, down 22 pts
26	Beg for it	Iggy Azalea ft. MO	786	37	26	4	up 11, up 68 pts
27	Heroes	Alesso ft. Tove Lo	781	32	13	4	up 5, up 20 pts
28	Stolen Dance	Milky Chance	778	30	27	3	up 2, up 14 pts
29	Cool Kids	Echosmith	776	22	4	4	down 7, down 18 pts
30	Trumpets	Jason Derulo	775	20	16	4	down 10, down 24 pts
31	Rather Be	Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne	772	19	13	4	down 12, down 27 pts
32	Only	Nicki Minaj ft. Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown	770	RE	32	2	-
33	Neon Light	Blake Shelton	770	21	20	3	down 12, down 24 pts
34	Lifestyle	Rich Gang ft. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan	767	25	23	4	down 9, down 9 pts
35	All about that bass	Meghan Trainor	761	26	22	4	down 9, down 11 pts
36	Girl in a country song	Maddie and Tae	743	38	36	2	up 2, up 35 pts
37	Don't tell 'em	Jeremih ft. YG	743	24	10	4	down 13, down 39 pts
38	Hold you down	DJ Khaled ft. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future and Jeremih	741	36	30	3	down 2, up 21 pts
39	Dangerous	David Guetta ft. Sam Martin	740	RE	39	2	-
40	In your arms	Nico and Vinz	731	RE	28	2	-

Dropouts:

#	Song Title	Author(s)	Points	LW	Peak	Wks	Up/down
31	Leave the night on	Sam Hunt	714	31	21	3	OUT
35	Stay with me	Sam Smith	711	35	23	2	OUT
39	Somewhere in my car	Keith Urban	714	39	39	1	OUT
40	Perfect Storm	Brad Paisley	689	40	40	1	OUT

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3 weeks down with the new Jboard format. My initial goal with this was to keep the competition close, make every week unpredictable, and give every song a chance to do well. So far, I think it's working. As I put the points system to practice, the difference between 1 and 40 has gone from 213 to 249 to 239, a little more than I expected. I'd like to give Waves, La Love, and maybe, if it scores high on the Hot 100, Ghosts a chance at #1. All great songs. What do you all think? Points system working? Should I adjust the formula? Let me know and as always, like and comment the Jboard. Thanks everyone.

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Who's ready for the AMA's tonight?!

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

Great chart. Nice to see "Waves" going up.

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So I've been looking at other personal charts and I thought I'd adapt a new look to the chart, plus to prepare for the 2015 music season, after 19 months of making charts, it's time to give the chart a new name and a new makeover. Here's what I was thinking: JL44's Top 44. Why 44? 44 was the number in my first social media account, just a little history lesson. Instead of posting it through a chart format, I will post it line by line. It would save me some time and effort when posting the weekly chart. Flipmusic is actually the one who I should thank, their personal chart was the one that gave me the best idea for this. Using this week's chart, here's what the chart will look like:

JL44's Top 44 as of 11•28•14:

Layout: TW, LW, Peak, Wks on chart, Pts, Song and Author(s), Notes/Accomplishments
Key: RE - re-entry, *N - new, X - out
Color Code: red- down, orange- re-enter, gold- even, green- up, blue- new, purple- longest chart sitter (22 songs tied at 5 weeks)
Songs in bold: songs that gained points

01:02:01:05:959 I'm not the only one by Sam Smith (First week at #1)
02:03:01:05:954 Love me harder by Ariana Grande and The Weeknd (Spent 2 weeks at #1)
03:01:01:05:952 Blank Space by Taylor Swift (Spent a week at #1)
04:04:04:05:936 Take me to church by Hozier
05:*N:05:01:915 Uptown Funk by Mark Rowson ft. Bruno Mars (Highest entry)
06:06:06:05:909 Waves by Mr. Probz
07:12:07:03:908 The heart wants what it wants by Selena Gomez (Selena's first top 10 in JL44 history)
08:05:01:05:905 Blame by Calvin Harris and John Newman (Spent a week at #1)
09:15:09:04:900 Lips are movin' by Meghan Trainor (biggest gainer in points this week, up 69 pts)
10:10:10:05:884 LA Love by Fergie
11:09:09:05:882 Centuries by Fall Out Boy
12:07:04:05:881 Don't by Ed Sheeran
13:14:13:05:874 Jealous by Nick Jonas
14:08:02:05:873 Animals by Maroon 5
15:19:15:05:850 No Type by Rae Sremmurd
16:11:08:04:844 Something in the Water by Carrie Underwood
17:26:17:05:840 Beg for It by Iggy Azalea
18:*N:18:01:830 Ghost by Ella Henderson
19:20:19:04:830 I don't f**k with you by Big Sean and E-40
20:13:13:05:824 Tuesday by ILM ft. Drake
21:27:13:05:816 Heroes by Alesso ft. Tove Lo
22:16:09:05:813 Shake it Off by Taylor Swift
23:24:23:05:812 Steal My Girl by One Direction
24:28:24:05:805 Stolen Dance by Milky Chance
25:17:05:05:803 Habits by Tove Lo
26:23:23:02:792 Riptide by Vance Joy
27:22:15:05:792 Bang Bang by Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj
28:41:28:02:791 Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
29:*N:29:01:786 Yellow Flicker Beat by Lorde
30:39:30:04:783 Dangerous by David Guetta ft. Sam Martin
31:18:16:05:777 New Flame by Chris Brown ft. Usher, and Rick Ross
32:*N:32:01:775 Mary did you know? by Pentatonix
33:21:03:05:772 Black Widow by Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora
34:32:32:03:770 Only by Nicki Minaj ft. Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne
35:25:17:05:767 i by Kendrick Lamar
36:30:16:05:766 Trumpets by Jason Derulo
37:36:16:04:760 Girl in a country song by Maddie and Tae
38:38:36:05:758 Hold you down by DJ Khalid ft. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future, and Jeremih
39:33:20:05:743 Neon Light by Blake Shelton
40:RE:35:02:742 I bet my life by Imagine Dragons
41:34:23:05:740 Lifestyle by Rich Gang ft. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan
42:31:13:05:739 Rather Be by Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne
43:35:22:05:737 All about that bass by Meghan Trainor
44:RE:32:02:731 Touchin', lovin' by Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj

Dropouts:

X:29:04:04:728 Cool Kids by Echosmith
X:37:10:04:687 Don't tell 'em by Jeremih ft. YG
X:40:28:03:721 In your arms by Nico and Vinz
X:42:39:02:705 Somewhere in my car by Keith Urban
X:43:21:04:525 Leave the Night On by Sam Hunt
X:44:23:03:687 Stay with me by Sam Smith

I like this format, but I just wanna know... do YOU like it? Thank you everyone!