Billboard Top 40 For the week ending October 6th.

40-“Cowboys and Angels” -Dustin Lynch  D

39-“Pop That” -Frankie Montana featuring Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne  F

38-“We Are Young”-fun featuring Janelle Monae  B

37-“It’s Time” Imagine Dragons   B+

36.-“What Makes You Beautiful”-One Direction   D

35.”Pontoon” -Little Big Town  C

34.”Your Body” -Christina Aguilera   C

33.”Take A Little Ride”-Jason Aldean    C

32.”Ho Hey”-The Lumineers   A

31.”Adorn’ -Miguel”   A

30.”Want U Back” Cher Lloyd   C

29.”No Lie” Chainz featuring Drake  D

28.”Let Me Love You”- Ne Yo    B

27.”Where Have You Been”-Rihanna  B-

26. “50 Ways To Say Goodbye” Train   C-

25.” I Won’t Give Up” -Jason Mraz   C

24.”Blown Away” -Carrie Underwood  B-

23.”Titanium”-David Guetta featuring Sia   A

22.”Home” Phillip Phillips   C-   one Dave Matthews in this world is more than enough.

21. “Give Your Heart A Break” Demi Lovato   B

20 “Payphone”-Maroon 5ive featuring Wiz Khalifa   B-

19. “Somebody That I Used To Know” Gotye featuring Kimbra  A+

18.”Clique”-Kanye West,  Jay-Z, Big Sean    C-

17.”Mercy” Kanne West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz   C-

16. “Wanted” Hunter Hayes  D-

15. “Pound The Alarm” Nicki Minaj   C

14. “Don’t Wake Me Up” -Chris Brown   C

13.”Wide Awake”-Katy Perry   C+

12.”Call Me Maybe” -Carly Rae Jepsen   C+

11.”Everybody Talks” Neon Trees  C-

10.”Lights” Ellie Gouldling  B+

9.”Too Close” Alex Clare  B-

8.”Good Time” -Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen  C+

7. “As Long As You Love Me’-Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean

6. “Whistle” Flo Rida ”

5. “Blow Me{One Last Kiss}-Pink

4.”We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” Taylor Swift  B

3.”Some Nights” -fun-

2.”Gangnam Style” -PSY   C

1. “One More Night” -Maroon 5ive

What amazes me is how few of these songs I’ve heard. As far as I know I’ve heard 9 of the top 40 songs before. My goal this week, look them all up and try to listen to them. It might be torture. As I listen to them I will give them a grade.