<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://chaoticcritic.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[ChaoticCritic]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://chaoticcritic.wordpress.com/author/chaoticcritic/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Maroon 5 &amp; Meghan Trainor Top The&nbsp;Charts]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="11236" data-permalink="https://chaoticcritic.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/maroon-5-meghan-trainor-top-the-charts/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664/" data-orig-file="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664.jpg" data-orig-size="534,712" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="1408483776000-AP-MEGHAN-TRAINOR-PORTRAIT-SESSIONS-66344664" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664.jpg?w=225" data-large-file="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664.jpg?w=534" class="wp-image-11236 size-medium alignleft" src="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="1408483776000-AP-MEGHAN-TRAINOR-PORTRAIT-SESSIONS-66344664" width="225" height="300" srcset="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664.jpg?w=225&amp;h=300 225w, https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664.jpg?w=450&amp;h=600 450w, https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/1408483776000-ap-meghan-trainor-portrait-sessions-66344664.jpg?w=113&amp;h=150 113w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /></a>After weeks of surging up the Billboard Hot 100, <a href="http://www.meghan-trainor.com" target="_blank"><strong>Meghan Trainor</strong></a> has taken the #1 spot with her platinum track, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N9HX0R6/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00N9HX0R6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=ARCU6DM23LBCO2O6" target="_blank"><strong>&#8216;All About That Bass&#8217;</strong></a>. After <a href="http://taylorswift.com/splash" target="_blank"><strong>Taylor Swift</strong></a>&#8216;s 2 week  reign for <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MUGVDJ4/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00MUGVDJ4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=336XL5KR4XO6NXWX" target="_blank">&#8216;Shake It Off&#8217;</a></strong>, &#8216;All About That Bass&#8217; takes over the spot after spending 9 weeks on the chart. She&#8217;s also released new music as well with her EP, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MWZIB6Q/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00MWZIB6Q&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=YVIIOBTCNMTLTNG3" target="_blank"><strong>Title</strong></a>. </em>Of course her smash is featured along with three other tracks. That review will come soon.</p>
<p>Elsewhere on the Hot 100 Nicki Minaj&#8217;s, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M3OT3L8/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00M3OT3L8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=RDAD7KGWUFYY5OOZ" target="_blank"><strong>&#8216;Anaconda&#8217;</strong></a> sits tight at #3 with another track of hers <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LWC6P1S/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00LWC6P1S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=GTJGPIYE4NMHJ3TC" target="_blank"><strong>&#8216;Bang Bang&#8217;</strong></a> (with Jessie J &amp; Ariana Grande) in at #4. Holding the 5th slot is Iggy Azalea&#8217;s,<strong> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IY2D1I4/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00IY2D1I4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=YHTR3WHMNCD4QXQS" target="_blank">&#8216;Black Widow&#8217;</a></strong> featuring Rita Ora. In at #6 is Sam Smith&#8217;s, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KT3N4N8/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KT3N4N8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=WHDGEVDEKLSNZZLH" target="_blank"><strong>&#8216;Stay With Me&#8217;</strong></a>, which is followed by previous #1 spot <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KILDVEI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KILDVEI&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=35R3EAZRC6OI2N6W" target="_blank"><strong>&#8216;Rude&#8217;</strong> </a>(Magic!). Ariana Grande&#8217;s, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MW6W8YG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00MW6W8YG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=HC4VEW3EONN4TKNA" target="_blank"><strong>&#8216;Break Free&#8217;</strong></a>, remains on the Hot 100 in at #8, with Maroon 5&#8217;s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LXTZ63I/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00LXTZ63I&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=TWJNQBDPBLXGZ2RF" target="_blank"><strong>&#8216;Maps</strong></a>&#8216; moving back into the top 10. Closing out is Sia&#8217;s, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KLUMS7C/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KLUMS7C&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=IMFFC2Q7AFKTEZ24" target="_blank"><strong>&#8216;Chandelier&#8217;</strong></a>,in at #10.</p>
<p><a href="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/btfvrbocqaatscj.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="10411" data-permalink="https://chaoticcritic.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/maroon-5-v-artwork-tracklist/btfvrbocqaatscj/" data-orig-file="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/btfvrbocqaatscj.jpg" data-orig-size="600,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="maroon 5 v" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/btfvrbocqaatscj.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/btfvrbocqaatscj.jpg?w=600" class="wp-image-10411 size-medium alignright" src="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/btfvrbocqaatscj.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300" alt="maroon 5 v" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/btfvrbocqaatscj.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300 300w, https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/btfvrbocqaatscj.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150 150w, https://chaoticcritic.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/btfvrbocqaatscj.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Over on the Billboard 200 Maroon 5 scores their 2nd #1 album with their 5th studio album, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LSUNGJS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00LSUNGJS&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=GBIQ6JBJTSH7TAJV" target="_blank"><strong>V</strong></a> </em>(<a href="https://chaoticcritic.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/official-album-review-maroon-5-v/" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a> for review). The album sold 164,000 copies in its first week making sales less than its previous effort, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LC8TJI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B008LC8TJI&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=5L7THB3WWNCBRHQF" target="_blank"><strong>Overexposed</strong></a>. </em></p>
<p>In at #2 is Young Jeezy&#8217;s latest album, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MYMFF0C/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00MYMFF0C&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=DYYLEHQWTICRTPXZ" target="_blank"><strong>Seen It All: The Autobiography</strong></a>, </em>with 121,000 copies sold. For 3-10:</p>
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<li>#3 &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KLF5J64/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KLF5J64&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=T7SRBZVMOTDOUDN3" target="_blank"><strong><em>Guardians of the Galaxy </em>soundtrack</strong></a></li>
<li>#4 &#8211;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MW6W0TO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00MW6W0TO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=NJAYRZUETSW66SYA" target="_blank"><strong> Ariana Grande, <em>My Everything</em></strong></a></li>
<li>#5 &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZMCVRI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000ZMCVRI&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=JUFW55WWTEONS3PF" target="_blank"><strong>Bob Marley, <em>Legend</em></strong></a></li>
<li>#6 &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LMBUQMI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00LMBUQMI&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=CAVBH4FJCKMHWXHT" target="_blank"><strong>Counting Crows, <em>Somewhere Under Wonderland</em></strong></a></li>
<li>#7 &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GLP47UM/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00GLP47UM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=U2YTTHJJSHZAFQJO" target="_blank"><strong><em>Frozen </em>soundtrack</strong></a></li>
<li>#8 &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H3GZMIE/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00H3GZMIE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=Z7GGMGRRUYOK6RLM" target="_blank"><strong>Sam Smith, <em>In The Lonely Hour </em></strong></a></li>
<li>#9 &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LIKTDW2/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00LIKTDW2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=4QRGRG2HPR2SNIWF" target="_blank"><strong><em>Now 51</em></strong></a></li>
<li>#10 &#8211;<i> </i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LLMBL4K/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00LLMBL4K&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=4PVJFRTASFB7WT7Q" target="_blank"><strong>Wiz Khalifa, </strong></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LLMBL4K/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00LLMBL4K&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musicm042-20&amp;linkId=4PVJFRTASFB7WT7Q" target="_blank"><strong>Blacc Hollywood</strong></a> </em></li>
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