The VH1 Top 20 Countdown returns on 01.10.2015 @9:00AM EST/8:00AM CST/6:00AM PST. This is the 2015 VH1 Top 20 Countdown/VH1 Playlists thread.

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2015 Recap Thread

2014:
2014 VH1 Discussion Thread
2014 Recap Thread


Recap of 2014 #1s:
VH1 Top 20 #1s (2014)
1. OneRepublic- "Counting Stars" (1x)
2. Eminem f/Rihanna- "The Monster" (2x)
3. Pitbull f/Ke$ha- "Timber" (4x)
4. A Great Big World f/Christina Aguilera- "Say Something" (2x)
5. Lorde- "Team" (2x)
6. American Authors- "Best Day of My Life" (1x)
7. One Direction- "Story of My Life" (1x)
8. Pharrell Williams- "Happy" (3x)
9. Jason Derülo- "Talk Dirty" (1x)
10. John Legend- "All of Me" (3x)
11. Paramore- "Ain't It Fun" (3x)
12. Calvin Harris- "Summer" (1x)
13. Iggy Azalea f/Charli XCX- "Fancy" (2x)
14. Nico & Vinz- "Am I Wrong" (3x)
15. Sam Smith- "Stay with Me" (3x)
16. MAGIC!- "Rude" (2x)
17. Disclosure f/Sam Smith- "Latch" (1x)
18. Charli XCX- "Boom Clap" (2x)
19. Maroon 5- "Maps" (1x)
20. Meghan Trainor- "All About That Bass" (3x)
21. Taylor Swift- "Shake It Off" (2x)
22. Iggy Azalea f/Rita Ora- "Black Widow" (1x)
23. Tove Lo- "Habits (Stay High)" (2x)
24. Maroon 5- "Animals" (1x)
25. Ed Sheeran- "Don't" (2x)

Animals, Selena, Centuries, and Waves need to go

They do noT stan for Ariana

VH1 Adds - Week of 1/12/15
Mary J. Blige - Right Now (Capitol)
Pitbull f/Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives (Mr. 305/RCA)
Sia - Elastic Heart (Monkeypuzzle/RCA)

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Since there was no info on this week's playlist, let me post how many spins every video has got from monday to friday, according to AllAccess:

25 spins - GUNG HO
ELLA HENDERSON Ghost

10 spins - LARGE
ALESSO Heroes (we could be) f/Tove Lo
CALVIN HARRIS Blame f/John Newman
NICK JONAS Jealous

9 spins - LARGE
HOZIER Take Me To Church
MARK RONSON Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars
ED SHEERAN Thinking Out Loud

8 spins - LARGE
SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One
TAYLOR SWIFT Blank Space

7 spins - MEDIUM
DAVID GUETTA Dangerous f/Sam Martin

6 spins - MEDIUM
MARY J. BLIGE Whole Damn Year
FALL OUT BOY Centuries
FIFTH HARMONY Sledgehammer
SELENA GOMEZ The Heart Wants What It Wants
JESSIE J Burnin' Up f/2 Chainz
ONEREPUBLIC I Lived
MEGHAN TRAINOR Lips Are Movin

5 spins - ON
HOODIE ALLEN All About It f/Ed Sheeran
BEYONCE 7/11
CHARLI XCX Break The Rules
LILLYWOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ Prayer In C
INGRID MICHAELSON Afterlife
ONE DIRECTION Night Changes
U2 Every Breaking Wave

4 spins - ON
MATT NATHANSON Headphones f/LOLO

1 spin
ECHOSMITH Cool Kids
VANCE JOY Riptide
MAROON 5 Animals
MR PROBZ Waves
TOVE LO Habits
TRAIN Cadillac, Cadillac

Non-playlisted
K. MICHELLE Love Em All
SIA Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile
JESSIE J Bang Bang f/Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
MARY LAMBERT Secrets

Jim Shearer is NOT coming back: "They (VH1) got new plans for the show in '15."

Guest hosts every week then?

VH1 Adds - Week of 1/19/15
Chet Faker - Gold (Downtown)
Maroon 5 - Sugar (222/Interscope)
Mat Kearney - Heartbeat (Aware/Republic)

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Gavin DeGraw is the guest host this weekend.

VH1 Playlist Week of 1/19/2015 - 1/25/2015

GUNG HO
ELLA HENDERSON “Ghost” [+]

LARGE
ALESSO ft. TOVE LO “Heroes (We Could Be)”
CHARLI XCX “Break The Rules” [+]
ED SHEERAN “Thinking Out Loud”
FALL OUT BOY “Centuries” [+]
HOZIER “Take Me To Church” [-]
MARK RONSON ft. BRUNO MARS “Uptown Funk”
NICK JONAS “Jealous”
SAM SMITH “I'm Not The Only One”
TAYLOR SWIFT “Blank Space”

MEDIUM
DAVID GUETTA ft. SAM MARTIN “Dangerous”
FIFTH HARMONY “Sledgehammer” [ADDED 12.22.14]
INGRID MICHAELSON “Afterlife” [ADDED 12.22.14]
MAROON 5 “Sugar” [ADDED 1.19.15]
MARY J. BLIGE “Right Now” [ADDED 1.12.15]
MEGHAN TRAINOR “Lips Are Movin”
ONEREPUBLIC “I Lived” [+]
PITBULL ft. NE-YO “Time Of Our Lives” [ADDED 1.12.15]
SELENA GOMEZ “The Heart Wants What It Wants”

ON
CHET FAKER “Gold” [ADDED 1.19.15]
HODDIE ALLEN ft. ED SHEERAN “All About It” [ADDED 12.22.14]
LILLY WOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ “Prayer In C” [ADDED 12.22.14]
MAT KEARNEY “Heartbeat” [ADDED 1.19.15]
MATT NATHANSON “Headphones”
ONE DIRECTION “Night Changes”
SIA “Elastic Heart” [ADDED 1.12.15]

HOT RECURRENTS
CALVIN HARRIS ft. JOHN NEWMAN “Blame” [DEMOTED]
JESSIE J ft. ARIANA GRANDE & NICKI MINAJ “Bang Bang”
MAROON 5 “Animals” [DEMOTED]
TOVE LO “Habits (Stay High)”

REMOVED FROM THE PLAYLIST
BEYONCÉ “7/11”
ECHOSMITH “Cool Kids”
JESSIE J ft. 2 CHAINZ “Burnin' Up”
K.MICHELLE “Love Em All”
MARY J. BLIGE “Whole Damn Year”
MARY LAMBERT “Secrets”
MR. PROBZ “Waves”
SIA “Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile”
TRAIN “Cadillac, Cadillac”
U2 “Every Breaking Wave (MTV EMA Performance)”
VANCE JOY “Riptide”

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Ella

YASS FOB

VH1 Adds - Week of 1/26/15
Andy Grammer - Honey, I’m Good. (S-Curve Records)
Calvin Harris f/Ellie Goulding - Outside (Columbia)
Charli XCX f/Rita Ora - Doing It (Atlantic Records UK)
Train - Bulletproof Picasso (Columbia)

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And by the way, Andy Grammer is hosting this weekend.

VH1 Playlist Week of 1/26/2015 - 2/1/2015

GUNG HO
ELLA HENDERSON “Ghost”

LARGE
ALESSO ft. TOVE LO “Heroes (We Could Be)”
CHARLI XCX ft. RITA ORA “Doing It” [ADDED]
ED SHEERAN “Thinking Out Loud”
FALL OUT BOY “Centuries”
FIFTH HARMONY “Sledgehammer” [+]
HOZIER “Take Me To Church”
MARK RONSON ft. BRUNO MARS “Uptown Funk”
NICK JONAS “Jealous”
SAM SMITH “I'm Not The Only One”

MEDIUM
CHET FAKER “Gold” [+]
LILLY WOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ “Prayer In C” [+]
MAROON 5 “Sugar”
MARY J. BLIGE “Right Now”
MEGHAN TRAINOR “Lips Are Movin”
ONEREPUBLIC “I Lived”
PITBULL ft. NE-YO “Time Of Our Lives”
SELENA GOMEZ “The Heart Wants What It Wants”
TRAIN “Bulletproof Picasso” [ADDED]

ON
ANDY GRAMMER “Honey, I'm Good” [ADDED]
CALVIN HARRIS ft. ELLIE GOULDING “Outside” [ADDED]
INGRID MICHAELSON “Afterlife” [-]
HODDIE ALLEN ft. ED SHEERAN “All About It”
MAT KEARNEY “Heartbeat”
ONE DIRECTION “Night Changes”
SIA “Elastic Heart”

HOT RECURRENTS
CALVIN HARRIS ft. JOHN NEWMAN “Blame”
MAROON 5 “Animals”
TAYLOR SWIFT “Blank Space” [DEMOTED]
TOVE LO “Habits (Stay High)”

REMOVED FROM THE PLAYLIST
CHARLI XCX “Break The Rules”
DAVID GUETTA ft. SAM MARTIN “Dangerous”
JESSIE J ft. ARIANA GRANDE & NICKI MINAJ “Bang Bang”
MATT NATHANSON “Headphones”

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George Ezra is the You Oughta Know artist for the month of february.

VH1 Adds - Week of 2/2/15
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (Cherrytree/Interscope/Republic)
George Ezra - Budapest (Columbia)
Imagine Dragons - I Bet My Life (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope)
Tove Lo - Talking Body (Island)

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VH1 Adds - Week of 2/9/15
Nick Jonas - Chains (Island/Republic)
Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds (Roc Nation)

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VH1 Playlist Week of 2/9/2015 - 2/15/2015

GUNG HO
GEORGE EZRA “Budapest” [ADDED 2.2]

LARGE
CHARLI XCX ft. RITA ORA “Doing It”
ED SHEERAN “Thinking Out Loud”
ELLA HENDERSON “Ghost” [-]
FALL OUT BOY “Centuries”
FIFTH HARMONY “Sledgehammer”
HOZIER “Take Me To Church”
MARK RONSON ft. BRUNO MARS “Uptown Funk”
MEGHAN TRAINOR “Lips Are Movin” [+]
RIHANNA, KANYE WEST, PAUL MCCARTNEY “FourFiveSeconds” [ADDED 2.9]

MEDIUM
CHET FAKER “Gold”
ELLIE GOULDING “Love Me Like You Do” [ADDED 2.2]
IMAGINE DRAGONS “I Bet My Life” [ADDED 2.2]
LILLY WOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ “Prayer In C”
MAROON 5 “Sugar”
ONEREPUBLIC “I Lived”
PITBULL ft. NE-YO “Time Of Our Lives”
TOVE LO “Talking Body” [ADDED 2.2]
TRAIN “Bulletproof Picasso”

ON
ANDY GRAMMER “Honey, I'm Good”
CALVIN HARRIS ft. ELLIE GOULDING “Outside”
HODDIE ALLEN ft. ED SHEERAN “All About It”
MARY J. BLIGE “Right Now” [-]
MAT KEARNEY “Heartbeat”
NICK JONAS “Chains” [ADDED 2.9]
ONE DIRECTION “Night Changes”
SELENA GOMEZ “The Heart Wants What It Wants” [-]
SIA “Elastic Heart”

HOT RECURRENTS
ALESSO ft. TOVE LO “Heroes (We Could Be)” [DEMOTED]
MAROON 5 “Animals”
SAM SMITH “I'm Not The Only One” [DEMOTED]
TAYLOR SWIFT “Blank Space”

REMOVED FROM THE PLAYLIST
CALVIN HARRIS ft. JOHN NEWMAN “Blame”
INGRID MICHAELSON “Afterlife”
NICK JONAS “Jealous”
TOVE LO “Habits (Stay High)”

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Miss Info is hosting this weekend's countdown and Michelle Buteau the next one.

VH1 Adds - Week of 2/16/15
Family Of The Year - Hero (Nettwerk Records)
Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song (RCA)
Sam Smith - Lay Me Down (Capitol)

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