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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Best Chart Hits in 2016

I suppose everyone loves and listens to music. As we all know, 2016 has been such a great year of music, many unexpected ones became chart topper, and some became the true representative of 2016. From Adele "Hello" to Pikotaru's "PPAP", here are the list of 2016 best chart hits:

1. Work - Rihanna and Drake

Who doesn't know this song? Well, unless you're a new born baby, of course you know this song. This song hits everywhere, and of course, it is a controversial hits. Many young children pay attention to this song and they sang it loudly without knowing the actual explicit meaning of the song. Despite its explicit meaning, "Work" has been such a tremendous #1 holder on Hot 100, it stayed on top of the chart for 8 consecutive weeks, that is a very long period of time. 

2. 7 Years - Lukas Graham

Everyone knows this song and it fits those who were born in 1970s since the song has similar melody with the songs from 70s. You know, whenever I listen to this song, I always remember summer 2016, idk why. 

3. Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake

A great happy anthem from Trolls movie. Everyone likes this song, and many put it in their list of favorite song of 2016. This  hit peaked at #2 on Hot 100, and won many children's hearts. Justin Timberlake really made a comeback on top with this song in 2016.

4. Roses - The Chainsmokers and ROZES

I remember listening to this song the first time in the beginning of 2016. The anthem was so incredibly irresistible when I first heard it, just a different kind of dance anthem to start 2016. This song peaked at #8 on Hot 100, and The Chainsmokers will definitely hit 2016 with other anthems.

5. Closer - The Chainsmokers and Hasley

Iconic song of 2016, it held the #1 spot on Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks, just 6 more weeks and it will dethrone Mariah Carey's One Sweet Day. Closer is a very great dance song for me personally, I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. Idk how they did it, but it really represent 2016 for me. Such an incredible song it is.

6. Side to Side - Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj

Hit song that peaked at #6 on Hot 100 and stays at the top 20 of the chart until today. The last time Nicki and Ariana hit the chart was in 2014, with their hir "BangBang" featuring Jessie J. Last year, they made a comeback together with Side to Side, a catchy pop song with appealing sex on the music video. Just a Nicki Minaj classic.

7. Cheap Thrills - Sia

No one expect Sia would finally gained her first ever #1 single on Hot 100 in 2016. Yup, Cheap Thrills stays atop the chart for 4 consecutive weeks, and is one of Sia's best song. The last time Sia appeared on the top 10 was in 2014, with her hit "Chandelier" which peaked at #8. 

8. Work from Home - Fifth Harmony and Ty Dolla $ign

This one also represents 2016 the most for me. In 2015 Fifth Harmony made their first debut on the top 20 with their hit "Worth It" which also become international hit. And then this year, they did it, they made it to the top 10, well to the top 5 indeed, with "Work from Home" and spent many weeks atop the chart. 

9. Cold Water - Justin Bieber, MO, and Major Lazer

The last time Major Lazer hit the chart was in 2015, with his hit "Lean On" which also featured MO in it. Last year, they made a comeback with "Cold Water", only this time Bieber was featured in it too. The song peaked at the top 5 of Hot 100 and stayed there for quite long time. I also fell in love to this song the moment I listened to it the first time. 

10. Let Me Love You - DJ Snake and Justin Bieber

You know, you can say that 2016 has also the year of Justin Bieber. Yup, he hit the chart again, this time with DJ Snake. Let Me Love You compete Cold Water on the chart. It's very rare to see songs by the same singer respectively hit the chart. Only few could do that, Mariah Carey and Taylor Swift for example, they had their singles in #1 and #2 at the same time.

So those are the top 10 for me, there are more actually:

11. Secret Love Song - Little Mix and Jason Derulo
12. One Dance - Drake
13. Starboy - The Weekend
14. Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
15. This is What You Came For - Rihanna and Calvin Harris
16. Cake by the Ocean - DNCE
17. NO - Meghan Trainor
18. Army - Ellie Goulding
19. By Your Side - Jonas Blue and Raye
20. Perfect Strangers - Jonas Blue and JP Cooper
21. Me Too - Meghan Trainor
22. 24k Magic - Bruno Mars
23. Formation - Beyonce
24. Into You - Ariana Grande
25. Middle - DJ Snake and Bipolar Sunshine

Monday, January 23, 2017

Dear President Trump and the people of US,

I want to congratulate President Donald J. Trump for being the official 45th president of the US! Barrack Obama has left with one of the greatest and tremendous legacies compared to other presidents. I do hope that president Trump would also do the same thing or even better in the next 4 years!

I know that many of the Americans, and also around the world, do not want him to be the US president. Many would dare to move to Canada or other country just to avoid Trump's governance and leadership, many disrespect him because of his controversial approach and rules. I do feel the same way too, I would not have voted for Trump if I had been an Americans as well. You know, here's a thing, if Hillary won, we would already know how great America will be in her hands, she is a professional and has already had a lot of experiences in politics and leading America. We already know that she will give her best and that America will be unstoppable if she became the president. But, Donald Trump is an unexpected person, and he still needs to learn lot as he is a businessman and never had he put his hands in politic world before. This is why we should give him the chance to prove that he is also worth the vote and whatever he said could come to real life. 

If we keep on seeing things as bad, then it would become bad for the next 4 years. If we dare to say that everything would be okay and that Donald will be doing just fine through out the next 4 years, maybe things will at least look better. It's not that I want you to pretend like everything is okay while it's not, it's not that. I want you to see that Donald is a new baby in politics and somehow got elected, therefore we - the people - need to teach him by behaving well and show him how a real American should be, how Obama would do if he were still a president. Being rude towards Trump, keep on complaining, and let yourselves aroused by anger and emotion will not change anything now, in fact you are no different than President Trump himself.

You need to show him that Obama has really left with great legacies, yes, and those legacies are you, the people of America, the people of the world, the good relations Obama has built with other countries and nations. Do not damage it by doing things that Obama would dislike if he were the president. However, want it or not, Donald Trump is the president of the US now and for the next 4 years, many things can happen, many unexpected things to be exact. But do not fear, Michelle wanted you not to fear of what is coming, instead, we must give our best every single day and always spread kindness no matter how people around you treat you. THE GOVERNMENT may destroy obamacare, remove the climate change on the web, removing people from the US for safety purpose, and maybe destroy what used to be your rights. BUT, you are you, you are a human being who deserve to have a proper living, a proper life just like any other people do. You have the rights to be loved, to be respected and if people do not respect or love you, just treat them like you wanna be treated. YOU STILL HAVE THE RIGHTS to LOVE, to RESPECT OTHERS, to CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE. They can never take that away from you, you were born this way and your life matters, because people were born and live for reasons. And always remember that you were created by Him to accomplish an enormous purpose, yes, that is to spread peace and kindness.

One last thing, NO religion is the most perfect religion. Even Jesus did not have any religion, He is not a catholic, not he was a Christian. But for sure, He was a human being and He did spread kindness through words and actions. Therefore, you do not have any rights to judge other religion based on what you belief. NEVER FEEL LIKE YOUR RELIGION IS THE BEST, every religion were created imperfect so that EACH RELIGION, can complete each other. 

All in all, best hope for President Trump, and I know that you will eventually leave a positive legacy for the US. I know that as a president you are finally understand that money and power is not everything, but love and kindness are.