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JosephBoone
post Dec 1 2018, 04:09 PM
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I can't believe we're here already, but 2018 is almost over and it's time to reflect on another 12 months of great music. 2018 as a whole has been one of the most consistent years I've had in ages. Why am I reflecting now? December's only just started, I hear you saying. The answer is that if I started my countdown at the end of December, it wouldn't be completed until March lmao and nobody would care to comment for most of it. Strike while the iron's hot x

2018's been business as usual for my personal chart. As always, most #1 singles over the year spent only a sole week at the top, and although nothing achieved the huge 6-week stint that Rita Ora managed in 2017 with Anywhere, we did see two 4-weekers from Why Don't We and Matteo Markus Bok, as well as 5 non-consecutive weeks from Froy. 2018's been groundbreaking for my chart in a few ways though. Many artists achieved their very first #1, most notably Isac Elliot, 5 Seconds of Summer and Kate Nash after many years of trying. Artists including Troye Sivan, Ariana Grande and Avril Lavigne achieved huge #1s with their comebacks, and Lil Xan became the first lead male rapper to get a #1 single since Devlin in 2013. Furthermore, both Why Don't We and Rita Ora scored four #1s each this year, matching a feat managed by only three other artists in my chart's history.

As always, my EOY is based on personal opinion. I compile a points EOY chart too based on my weekly personal chart (for the record, my EOY covers from week 311 to week 363) and we'll be taking a look at that too, but I never find it truly reflective of my taste over the year so I prefer not to class it as my official EOY. This means I've set myself the task of ranking 300 songs (yes, 50 more than last year...!). I've not actually started yet but I've got time to do all of that as we'll be looking at EPs, mixtapes and albums first, followed by the points chart, before we start on the official 300. I will also intertwine my top 10 artists of the year, based on singles, albums, concerts and all-round stanning.

Some tidbits of info:

- One song in my top 300 failed to make my weekly top 40, while another spent a sole week at #40 and never returned.
- The most songs by any artist is eight.
- Every top 20 hit from the past year features somewhere in this top 300.

The #1 singles from the eligibility period are below. Please feel free to predict who and what will do well in this year's EOY, and reminisce on last year by checking post 2 for 2017's full recap.

200 09/12/2017 - Louis Tomlinson - Miss You (1 week)
201 16/12/2017 - Lily Allen feat. Giggs - Trigger Bang (1 week)
202 23/12/2017 - Anne-Marie - Then (1 week)
203 30/12/2017 - Dylan Schneider - No Problem (1 week)
204 06/01/2018 - Isac Elliot - Mouth to Mouth (1 week)
205 13/01/2018 - Liam Payne & Rita Ora - For You (1 week)
206 20/01/2018 - Troye Sivan - My My My! (3 weeks)
207 10/02/2018 - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle (1 week)
208 17/02/2018 - Marshmello & Anne-Marie - FRIENDS (1 week)
209 24/02/2018 - Delta Goodrem - Think About You (1 week)
210 03/03/2018 - 5 Seconds of Summer - Want You Back (1 week)
211 10/03/2018 - Why Don't We - Trust Fund Baby (2 weeks)
212 24/03/2018 - Louisa feat. 2 Chainz - YES (1 week)
213 31/03/2018 - Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (1 week)
214 07/04/2018 - Kate Nash - Karaoke Kiss (2 weeks)
215 21/04/2018 - CNCO - Sólo Yo (1 week)
216 28/04/2018 - Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry (1 week)
217 05/05/2018 - HRVY & Malu Trevejo - Hasta Luego (1 week)
218 12/05/2018 - Troye Sivan - Bloom (1 week)
219 19/05/2018 - Rita Ora feat. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha & Charli XCX - Girls (2 weeks)
220 02/06/2018 - Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (1 week)
221 09/06/2018 - Why Don't We - Hooked (4 weeks)
222 07/07/2018 - Jonas Blue feat. Jack & Jack - Rise (1 week)
223 14/07/2018 - Why Don't We - Talk (1 week)
224 21/07/2018 - Lil Xan & Charli XCX - Moonlight (1 week)
225 28/07/2018 - Zedd & Elley Duhé - Happy Now (1 week)
226 04/08/2018 - froy - sideswipe (2 weeks)
227 18/08/2018 - Why Don't We - 8 Letters (1 week)
228 25/08/2018 - Noah Cyrus & Lil Xan - Live or Die (2 weeks)
229 08/09/2018 - Matteo Markus Bok - El Ritmo (AHI AHI AHI) (1 week)
... .. 15/09/2018 - froy - sideswipe (1 week) [3 weeks total]
230 22/09/2018 - Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water (1 week)
231 29/09/2018 - Rita Ora - Let You Love Me (1 week)
232 06/10/2018 - Casey Lowry - Me & You (1 week)
... .. 13/10/2018 - froy - sideswipe (2 weeks) [5 weeks total]
233 27/10/2018 - Dua Lipa & BLACKPINK - Kiss and Make Up (1 week)
234 03/11/2018 - Matteo Markus Bok - In the Middle (4 weeks)
235 01/12/2018 - Rita Ora - Only Want You (1 week so far)
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post Dec 1 2018, 04:09 PM
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2017


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1 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times
2 Nemo Schiffman - I Don't Mind
3 Rita Ora - Anywhere
4 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios
5 Cheat Codes feat. Demi Lovato - No Promises
6 FO&O - Gotta Thing About You
7 Avicii feat. Rita Ora - Lonely Together
8 Kesha - Praying
9 Louis Tomlinson feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals - Back to You
10 Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared to Be Lonely

11 Robin Schulz, David Guetta & Cheat Codes - Shed a Light
12 Martin Garrix & Troye Sivan - There For You
13 Anton Hagman - Kiss You Goodbye
14 Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana
15 Declan McKenna - Brazil
16 Tom Jay Williams - Closure
17 Little Mix - Touch
18 Katy Perry feat. Nicki Minaj - Swish Swish
19 Justin Bieber & BloodPop® - Friends
20 Manel Navarro - Do It for Your Lover

21 Benjamin - Bad Luck Love
22 The Vamps feat. Maggie Lindemann - Personal
23 Charlie Puth - How Long
24 Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour
25 Mike Perry, The Vamps & Sabrina Carpenter - Hands
26 Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson - Symphony
27 Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl
28 Dua Lipa - New Rules
29 CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento
30 Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

31 P!nk - What About Us
32 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki - Just Hold On
33 KStewart feat. Yungen - Hands
34 Jonas Blue feat. William Singe - Mama
35 Citizen Four - My Name (Say It)
36 Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
37 Charlie Puth - Attention
38 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained To the Rhythm
39 Ulrik Munther - Coffee in Shanghai
40 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

41 Jax Jones feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don - Instruction
42 FO&O - Buzzkill
43 The Vamps & Martin Jensen - Middle of the Night
44 Daniel Skye - ON
45 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
46 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
47 In Real Life - Eyes Closed
48 Selena Gomez feat. Gucci Mane - Fetish
49 Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels - I Miss You
50 Marcus & Martinus - Make You Believe in Love

51 Anton Hagman - Somebody To Love
52 Lady Gaga - The Cure
53 Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess
54 Camila Cabello - Crying in the Club
55 Nadine - Go to Work
56 Benjamin Ingrosso - Good Lovin'
57 Marija - Dance Like Nobody's Watching
58 We the Kings feat. Olivia Holt - Sad Song (RJ Remix)
59 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
60 Rita Ora - Your Song

61 The Tide - Naked
62 The Beach - Bite My Tongue
63 Jasmine Thompson - Old Friends (Jonas Blue Remix)
64 Cheat Codes x Evan Gartner - Adventure
65 Bebe Rexha feat. Lil Wayne - The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody)
66 Frans Walfridsson - Tonight
67 Alec Benjamin - I Built a Friend
68 Harry Styles - Two Ghosts
69 Bebe Rexha feat. G-Eazy - F.F.F.
70 Little Mix feat. Charlie Puth - Oops

71 Julia Michaels - Uh Huh
72 Anne-Marie - Heavy
73 Ryan Lawrie - Perfect Picture
74 JoJo feat. Remy Ma - FAB.
75 Starley - Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix)
76 Declan McKenna - Humongous
77 JP Cooper - September Song
78 Christopher - Free Fall
79 Lost Kings feat. Emily Warren - Phone Down
80 FO&O - So So Good

81 Zak Abel - Unstable
82 PRETTYMUCH - Would You Mind
83 Zara Larsson - I Would Like
84 Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
85 Little Mix feat. Stormzy - Power
86 Sofia Reyes feat. Francesco Yates & Spencer Ludwig - LOUDER! (Love is Loud)
87 Major Lazer feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR & Nicki Minaj - Run Up
88 Chase Atlantic - Right Here
89 PRETTYMUCH - Open Arms
90 RHODES vs. Felix Jaehn - Your Soul (Holding On)

91 Tom Odell - Silhouette
92 RIVRS - Playing With Fire
93 HNNBL feat. Miles Wesley - Trust
94 Kris Kross Amsterdam & Conor Maynard feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Are You Sure?
95 Jason Derulo feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla
96 The Shades - Trouble
97 The Tide - Put the Cuffs On Me
98 Isaiah - Streets of Gold
99 Lorde - Green Light
100 Enrique Iglesias feat. Sean Paul & Matt Terry - SÚBEME LA RADIO

101 Hunter Hayes - Rescue
102 RAYE & Mr Eazi - Decline
103 Kiiara - Wishlist
104 Dolly Style - Bye Bye Bby Boo
105 Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin
106 Charli XCX - Boys
107 The Shades - 24 Hours a Day
108 Harry Gardner - Not Alone
109 Zak Abel - All I Ever Do (Is Say Goodbye)
110 Jessarae - Fishbowl

111 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
112 Axwell Λ Ingrosso - More Than You Know
113 Alex Ross feat. Dakota & T-Pain - Dreams
114 Grey feat. Bahari - I Miss You
115 Isaiah - Don't Come Easy
116 Miley Cyrus - Malibu
117 Niall Horan - Slow Hands
118 Kygo feat. Justin Jesso - Stargazing
119 Maggie Lindemann - Obsessed
120 Daniel Skye - No Party

121 Manel Navarro - Keep on Falling
122 George Ezra - Don't Matter Now
123 Declan McKenna - Why Do You Feel So Down
124 Rhys - Last Dance
125 Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls
126 Alexandru - Sellotape
127 Jai Waetford - Champagne
128 Shane Harper - Like I Did
129 Tom Jay Williams - Figure It Out
130 Niall Horan - Too Much to Ask

131 Manel Navarro - Candle
132 Frans Walfridsson - Emergency Call
133 Kygo & Ellie Goulding - First Time
134 Logic feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid - 1-800-273-8255
135 Benjamin Ingrosso - Do You Think About Me
136 Taylor Swift - Call It What You Want
137 Citizen Four - Want You Back
138 Paloma Faith - Crybaby
139 Snakehips & MŘ - Don't Leave
140 The Beach - Bridge Back to Your Heart

141 Matoma & The Vamps - Staying Up
142 George Shelley - Soldier
143 Kiiara feat. Felix Snow - Whippin
144 Sabrina Carpenter - Thumbs
145 Katy Perry feat. Migos - Bon Appétit
146 Iggy Azalea feat. Anitta - Switch
147 Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa - No Lie
148 Alan Walker, Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals - All Falls Down
149 M.O feat. Kent Jones - Not in Love
150 Camila Cabello - I Have Questions

151 Perttu feat. Yates - Good Good
152 Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves
153 Benjamin Ingrosso - One More Time
154 Jai Waetford feat. Allday - Drunk Together
155 Alyssa Reid - High
156 Tinie Tempah feat. Tinashe - Text from Your Ex
157 Maty Noyes - London
158 Tiësto feat. Bright Sparks - On My Way
159 Matt Terry - When Christmas Comes Around
160 Dua Lipa - Be the One

161 David Guetta feat. Justin Bieber - 2U
162 J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente
163 Mollie King - Hair Down
164 Toby Randall feat. DJ Khaled - Landslide
165 Zara Larsson feat. Ty Dolla $ign - So Good
166 Iggy Azalea - Mo Bounce
167 Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato - Échame La Culpa
168 Lucie Silvas - My Old Habits
169 Julia Michaels - Issues
170 Reed Deming - Cry Wolf

171 Lucie Silvas - Just For the Record
172 Cheat Codes feat. Fetty Wap & CVBZ - Feels Great
173 Nightly - XO
174 Ansel Elgort - Thief
175 DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne - I'm the One
176 Joel Adams - Die For You
177 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber - Despacito
178 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?
179 Isac Elliot - SHE
180 Dylan Hyde - Clearly

181 Martin Solveig feat. Ina Wroldsen - Places
182 Kate Nash - Call Me
183 Marshmello feat. Khalid - Silence
184 Era Istrefi feat. Felix Snow - Redrum
185 New Hope Club - Fixed
186 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me
187 The Chainsmokers - Paris
188 Camila Cabello feat. Quavo - OMG
189 Lisa Ajax - I Don't Give A
190 James TW - Ex

191 Pitbull & Fifth Harmony - Por Favor
192 Harry Styles - Kiwi
193 Maty Noyes - Say It to My Face
194 Liam Payne feat. Quavo - Strip That Down
195 Grey feat. Avril Lavigne & Anthony Green - Wings Clipped
196 Little Mix feat. Machine Gun Kelly - No More Sad Songs
197 JP Cooper - Passport Home
198 Banks - Trainwreck
199 ZAYN feat. Sia - Dusk Till Dawn
200 Dua Lipa feat. Miguel - Lost In Your Light

201 Lewis Watson - deep the water
202 MŘ - Nights with You
203 Marcus & Martinus feat. Silentó - Like It Like It
204 CNCO - Hey DJ
205 Rachel Platten - Broken Glass
206 Bebe Rexha - I Got You
207 Sofia Carson - Ins and Outs
208 Lost Kings feat. Tinashe - Quit You
209 Ella Eyre feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Ego
210 Chlöe Howl - Magnetic

211 Astrid S - Think Before I Talk
212 All Time Low - Dirty Laundry
213 Stormzy feat. MNEK - Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2
214 Pia Mia - We Should Be Together
215 Michael Schulte - Hold the Rhythm
216 ALMA - Chasing Highs
217 Matoma & MAGIC! feat. D.R.A.M. - Girl at Coachella
218 George Shelley - Prove Me Wrong
219 Great Good Fine OK & Before You Exit - Find Yourself
220 Taylor Swift - This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

221 Kesha - Learn To Let Go
222 Fifth Harmony feat. Gucci Mane - Down
223 ZOË - Dangerous Affair
224 The Tide - Survive
225 Helena Paparizou - Haide
226 Stefflon Don & French Montana - Hurtin' Me
227 Pitbull & Jennifer Lopez - Sexy Body
228 Digital Farm Animals feat. Hailee Steinfeld - Digital Love
229 INDIIA feat. Whitney Phillips - Out of Love
230 NEIKED feat. Mimi - Call Me

231 Ariana Grande feat. Future - Everyday
232 Paloma Faith - Guilty
233 Ed Sheeran - Perfect
234 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human
235 Margaret - What You Do
236 Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso feat. Florida Georgia Line & watt - Let Me Go
237 Madeline Juno - You Know What?
238 Dinah Nah - One More Night
239 Snakehips & Anne-Marie feat. Joey Bada$$ - Either Way
240 Melanie C - Dear Life

241 Nathan Sykes - There's Only One of You
242 Harry Styles - Ever Since New York
243 AJR feat. Louisa Johnson - Weak
244 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance
245 Jason Derulo feat. French Montana - Tip Toe
246 Anton Powers & Pixie Lott - Baby
247 Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean - Feels
248 Benny - Boys Will Be Boys
249 New Hope Club - Perfume
250 Mariah Carey feat. YG - I Don't


Albums




1 Declan McKenna - What Do You Think About the Car?
2 Harry Styles - Harry Styles
3 FO&O - FO&O
4 The Vamps - Night & Day (Night Edition)
5 Taylor Swift - reputation
6 Kesha - Rainbow
7 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
8 Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me
9 Zara Larsson - So Good
10 Ed Sheeran - ÷

11 Paloma Faith - The Architect
12 Zak Abel - Only When We're Naked
13 The Tide - Young Love
14 Lorde - Melodrama
15 Katy Perry - Witness
16 Fifth Harmony - Fifth Harmony
17 P!nk - Beautiful Trauma
18 Lewis Watson - midnight
19 Niall Horan - Flicker
20 Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life

21 Michael Schulte - Hold the Rhythm
22 Sofia Reyes - Louder!
23 Tove Lo - BLUE LIPS (lady wood phase II)
24 The Chainsmokers - Memories… Do Not Open
25 Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel
26 Isaiah - Isaiah
27 Jake Bugg - Hearts That Strain
28 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human
29 Betty Who - The Valley
30 Nathan Sykes - Unfinished Business


EPs



1 Bebe Rexha - All Your Fault: Pt. 1
2 Manel Navarro - Do It for Your Lover
3 New Hope Club - Welcome to the Club
4 Julia Michaels - Nervous System
5 Tom Odell - Spending All My Christmas With You

Artists



1 Harry Styles
2 FO&O
3 Declan McKenna
4 The Vamps
5 Kesha
6 Demi Lovato
7 Manel Navarro
8 Dua Lipa
9 Taylor Swift
10 Zara Larsson
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post Dec 1 2018, 04:15 PM
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Guess the EOYs are coming thick and fast now! Really looking forward to getting mine started.

I feel like our tastes aren't as aligned this year as they usually are but I'm rooting for Me & You and Kiss and Make Up out of your #1s!
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Top 300! Guess I'll have to extend my EOY to make it even again. kink.gif

Looking forward to this anyway!
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QUOTE(PeteLeftLeeds @ Dec 1 2018, 04:15 PM) *
Guess the EOYs are coming thick and fast now! Really looking forward to getting mine started.

I feel like our tastes aren't as aligned this year as they usually are but I'm rooting for Me & You and Kiss and Make Up out of your #1s!

Cheers Pete biggrin.gif Hopefully you'll find a lot to enjoy still, I'd be surprised if you didn't considering I've got 300 songs!! laugh.gif

QUOTE(dancember @ Dec 1 2018, 04:24 PM) *
Top 300! Guess I'll have to extend my EOY to make it even again. kink.gif

Looking forward to this anyway!

!! I wasn't planning it but I've kept a "Best of 2018" playlist on iTunes as I do every year, and it soared past 250 a month or two ago so I opted to increase it this year laugh.gif Cheers Dan!!
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Yay at Declan appreciation
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A Top 300, alright now I'm really excited for Your Year-End List!
I might do a Top 300 Year-End list as well, if you don't mind!
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QUOTE(sergejdordij98 @ Dec 2 2018, 04:10 AM) *
A Top 300, alright now I'm really excited for Your Year-End List!
I might do a Top 300 Year-End list as well, if you don't mind!

Go for it!! Thanks Serge biggrin.gif
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Compilations



1 Various Artists - Love, Simon (OST) | 4-3-7-11-x (4 weeks)

So before we spring ourselves into anything else, I'm going to briefly touch on this compilation. I rarely listen to compilations and in fact, this is the only one I've bought in years...! Love, Simon is easily my favourite film of 2018, a beautiful and relatable story for me and so many other people. I bought the soundtrack after, and it features new songs from Bleachers, Khalid and MŘ, the latter of which made my chart's top 10, as well as Whitney Houston's all-time classic I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), and ultimately just reminded me of the great time I had watching the film.

Top 40 Hits
08 Never Fall in Love (Jack Antonoff & MŘ)
13 Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song) (Bleachers)
22 Love Lies (Khalid & Normani)
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Mixtapes



1 Lil Xan - Heartbreak Soldiers | 2-2-1-2-2-3-3-8-5-5-8-9-11-11-12-14-15-15-12-x (19 weeks)
2 Lil Xan - XANARCHY MILITIA | 4-6-… (2+ weeks)

And another minor achievement here for the two mixtapes I've enjoyed this year. Both of them are by American rapper Lil Xan (aka Diego Leanos), who you'll be hearing quite a bit from over the course of my EOY. The quality between these two drastically varies but both deserve some level of recognition here. Heartbreak Soldiers was a notable step up from his debut album TOTAL XANARCHY, maturing in his lyrics. Though he'll never be the greatest lyricist of all-time, Diego proved he could talk about problems he's faced in his life in a more mature manner. Suicidal thoughts were touched on in Lies, with Emotions dealing with the break-up of a relationship and the scepticism you feel going forward in the world of love. Things took a step back with XANARCHY MILITIA, with the mature lyrics mostly vanishing in favour of slightly lazy but catchy hooks. I don't enjoy the EP as much but it's not without merit, and as always, Diego delivers with catchy hooks. That said, none of the songs on it have made my top 40 yet.

Top 40 Hits (Heartbreak Soldiers)
04 Lies (feat. Lil Skies)
18 Emotions
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EPs



5 Ulrik Munther - Are You Alright? | 4-9-12-15-x (4 weeks)

The EPs are a less narrow field, although we kick off with one that disappointed me this year. Ulrik Munther is one of my all-time favourite artists. The Swedish singer/songwriter won my heart with his debut album, with one of my top 10 all-time favourites Heroes In Defeat (Change Your Mind). He has a total of five #1 singles in my chart, and narrowly missed out with this EP's lead track, Before, which added to his hit streak. However, the second track Say Goodbye set the tone of the EP better and unfortunately the rest of the EP didn't grab me anywhere near as much as his three albums.

Top 40 Hits
02 Before
30 Say Goodbye

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4 PRETTYMUCH - PRETTYMUCH an EP | 6-2-5-6-7-10-x (6 weeks)

Finally offering something more substantial than single after single, American boyband PRETTYMUCH offered an EP of four tracks this year, including the singles 10,000 Hours and Healthy. Both the singles managed to be long-running top 10 hits in my chart, and while the two other tracks didn't chart, they still went down well enough for the EP to place at #2 in my album chart. Now can they finally get a hit so we can have an album please?

Top 40 Hits
07 10,000 Hours
10 Healthy

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3 Maty Noyes - Love Songs from a Lolita | 4-9-x (2 weeks)

I look back at the chart run for this EP and feel quite disappointed. Two weeks top 15 is a poor showing, and it's made baffling by the fact that it's actually a great EP. Maty's second mini-collection was more focused than the first, finding her place in the pop world while offering plenty of creativity and a unique take on tracks (especially with a song titled Porn Star lol). Lead single Spiraling Down became her biggest hit since In My Mind, her debut solo single (a #1 in 2016), and the EP matched the peak of the debut. Another artist I'd love an album from!

Top 40 Hits
03 Spiraling Down
28 Porn Star

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2 Why Don't We - Invitation | 2-2-1-2-3-4-7-10-11-13-15-11-12-14-2-4-7-10-12-14-x-10-x (21 non-consecutive weeks)

When I discovered Why Don't We, I found they had already released five EPs. That's pretty impressive for an act that had been together for just over a year at the time...! The Christmas one was saved until a few weeks ago, while the other three before Invitation were left until May this year when I saw them live. However, I jumped straight in with Invitation, their newest offering at the time. Though only one song has charted from it (it impacted while Trust Fund Baby was #1 and These Girls also made the top 10, but neither song was on the EP), Invitation is a great listen and brings their independent releases to a solid close,

Top 40 Hits
13 Boomerang

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1 Ruel - Ready | 4-8-9-10-13-4-6-3-1-2-7-9-7-9-11-13-12-13-15-3-1-3-9-9-... (24+ weeks)

One of my breakout stars of the year, Australian up-and-coming singer/songwriter Ruel Van Dijk, known mononymously as Ruel, scored a top 5 hit with Dazed & Confused, the first song of his that I'd heard. It proved to be a long-runner in my chart, and I became excited at the prospect of his debut EP, Ready. It impressed on first listen, although its climb to #1 occurred several weeks later when the following single Younger impacted. Interestingly, the EP hasn't spent more than one week consecutively in the same position until the final chart of the eligibility period, but it's had a very impressive run so far and returned to #1 after I saw Ruel live. The future is bright for Ruel if this EP is an indicator of what's to come!

Top 40 Hits
02 Younger
04 Dazed & Confused
28 Not Thinkin' Bout You

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post Dec 8 2018, 12:04 PM
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Not heard any of your EPs but they certainly sound like your type of thing! My YouTube says I've listened to Ruel - Younger before but I'll listen to it again - sounding quite nice, the chorus is fairly memorable I think!
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post Dec 9 2018, 03:17 PM
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QUOTE(PeteLeftLeeds @ Dec 8 2018, 12:04 PM) *
Not heard any of your EPs but they certainly sound like your type of thing! My YouTube says I've listened to Ruel - Younger before but I'll listen to it again - sounding quite nice, the chorus is fairly memorable I think!

Cheers Pete!! You probably heard it when I sent it to BJSC magic.gif
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post Dec 9 2018, 03:30 PM
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40 Lucie Silvas - E.G.O. | 4-7-8-13-x (4 weeks)

Kicking off the album countdown is one of my all-time favourite artists. Lucie Silvas released her fourth album E.G.O. this year, following Letters to Ghosts up after only three years - quite the improvement on the 8 year gap between The Same Side and Letters to Ghosts...! E.G.O. is unfortunately not my favourite Lucie album - it sees her delve further into country music, which is by no means a bad thing, but unfortunately I find it doesn't make for the most interesting album. Nevertheless, it's a solid listen and the double a-side of lead singles are both pretty damn great.

Top 40 Hits
06 My Old Habits
07 Just For the Record

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39 James Bay - Electric Light | 5-7-11-13-x (4 weeks)

Another disappointing album this year, James Bay's follow-up to Chaos and the Calm is one of the biggest declines between debut and sophomore I've seen. None of it is bad, I enjoyed the sole listen I had, but equally very little stood out to me and ultimately it blended into one. It's a shame because although lead single Wild Love got off to a shaky start for me, I really grew to love it.

Top 40 Hits
05 Wild Love
38 Us

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38 Catherine McGrath - Talk of This Town | 3-6-10-x (3 weeks)

I checked this album out off the back of one song only - Don't Let Me Forget, a song that caught my attention due to being a collaboration with Hunter Hayes. Hunter actually takes quite a back seat on the song, allowing Catherine's brilliant voice to shine on a great country track. The rest of the album is really enjoyable, and whilst I've only given it the one play, it's a great example of good country music, especially considering it's Catherine's debut release.

Top 40 Hits
05 Don't Let Me Forget (feat. Hunter Hayes)

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37 Nemo Schiffman - Omen | 3-2-6-13-15-x (5 weeks)

This is one of the most confusing releases of the year, because I'm not actually convinced Nemo knows it exists :') French popstar Nemo Schiffman caught my attention two years ago with I Don't Mind, a stormer of a pop song that finished at #2 in my EOY chart last year. Nemo's debut album Omen came out earlier this year, although it's not mentioned even once on any of Nemo's social media platforms. Aside from the singles Will and I Don't Mind, the other tracks sound relatively unfinished. Not quite what I was hoping from a Nemo album but it's not bad either, it's just quite unpolished.

Top 40 Hits
01 I Don't Mind
10 Will

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36 Christina Aguilera - Liberation | 5-6-11-12-x (4 weeks)

I'm not familiar with every Christina Aguilera album, but the ones I have heard have been varied in quality. Stripped is an excellent pop album, while Lotus is pretty weak and dull. Lotus was of course her most recent album for many years, so my hype for a new album wasn't especially high. Liberation proved to be a solid and much more varied listen though, the clear highlight being the album's lead single Fall In Line, while Twice is another favourite.

Top 40 Hits
07 Fall In Line (feat. Demi Lovato)
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post Dec 9 2018, 05:10 PM
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James flopping sad.gif Electric Light definitely isn't as memorable as the début, but still decent enough and enjoyable to listen to!

And we've already encountered Lil Xan... drama.gif kink.gif
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post Dec 9 2018, 05:48 PM
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"Including Anne-Marie" you lost me soz xx

I need to listen to Catherine McGrath more, always enjoy her when I do but I haven't gone back to the album as a whole more than once either laugh.gif
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post Dec 9 2018, 06:03 PM
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QUOTE(Calum @ Dec 9 2018, 05:10 PM) *
James flopping sad.gif Electric Light definitely isn't as memorable as the début, but still decent enough and enjoyable to listen to!

And we've already encountered Lil Xan... drama.gif kink.gif

It just didn't have the same magic as Chaos and the Calm drama.gif

We'll be encountering lots more Lil Xan *.*

Cheers Calum biggrin.gif

QUOTE(Liаm @ Dec 9 2018, 05:48 PM) *
"Including Anne-Marie" you lost me soz xx

I need to listen to Catherine McGrath more, always enjoy her when I do but I haven't gone back to the album as a whole more than once either laugh.gif

!!!!! rude xx

That's my feeling too, she's got a great voice and the album was brill but there's just not a lot drawing me back in laugh.gif thanks Liam!!
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35 Jonas Blue - Blue | 5-12-14-… (3+ weeks)

I wasn't really sure what a Jonas Blue album would be like, and I had little expectations as I've found all of his singles very hit and miss. Rise was his best song to date, then Polaroid didn't make much of an impact on me at all. I rather enjoyed his debut effort though, I listened in my free period at work and found it a solid effort even if there's not many other options for hit singles.

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01 Rise (feat. Jack & Jack)
05 Mama (feat. William Singe)
10 Fast Car (feat. Dakota)
36 By Your Side (feat. RAYE)
37 Perfect Strangers (feat. JP Cooper)
37 Polaroid (Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella)

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34 Sigala - Brighter Days | 5-7-10-x (3 weeks)

I have similar opinions on both the Sigala and Jonas Blue albums actually. Singles were hit and miss, although I don't believe that Sigala had quite as strong a track record as Jonas Blue pre-album. The album tracks actually push it ahead as a full effort, with Somebody being my favourite non-single, but there's not many potential hits left I'd say. Either way, I enjoyed it more than I expected, particularly from the early Sigala singles!

Top 40 Hits
04 We Don't Care (Sigala & The Vamps)
09 Say You Do (feat. Imani & DJ Fresh)
10 Lullaby (Sigala & Paloma Faith)
24 Came Here For Love (Sigala & Ella Eyre)
36 Just Got Paid (Sigala, Ella Eyre & Meghan Trainor feat. French Montana)
37 Easy Love
37 Feels Like Home (Sigala, Fuse ODG & Sean Paul feat. Kent Jones)

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33 David Guetta - 7 | 5-6-12-15-x (4 weeks)

And a third dance album in a row. David Guetta's album impressed me the most, perhaps helped by it being a little more pop than dance in places. I'm in the minority that wasn't so keen on Guetta in the Nothing But the Beat era, I found his singles very overplayed and borderline annoying for the most part then, but I've enjoyed him more since, and more than ever in his current era. I enjoy the mix of more current-sounding tracks like Don't Leave Me Alone and Say My Name, as well as dancier tracks like Like I Do, which is a song I enjoyed way more than I expected.

Top 40 Hits
03 Goodbye (Jason Derulo & David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William)
08 Mad Love (Sean Paul & David Guetta feat. Becky G)
08 Say My Name (David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin)
09 Don't Leave Me Alone (feat. Anne-Marie)
10 2U (feat. Justin Bieber)
13 Like I Do (David Guetta, Martin Garrix & Brooks)
30 Dirty Sexy Money (David Guetta & Afrojack feat. Charli XCX & French Montana)

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32 Saara Aalto - Wild Wild Wonderland | 4-5-6-8-13-15-x (6 weeks)

I didn't always love Saara on The X Factor but she intrigued me, and nobody could deny her killer set of lungs. Her new album would probably have passed me by without the ties to Eurovision, and the impressive Monsters, which I'm thrilled was selected to be the song she sang at Eurovision. The album provides some great pop moments, my other higlight being My Touch, which could easily have been a lost Girls Aloud album track. She's not had a top 10 hit in my chart yet, but if she keeps the quality up, I'm expecting one in the future.

Top 40 Hits
12 Monsters
28 My Touch

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31 Mariah Carey - Caution | 3-5-… (2+ weeks)

One of the newer albums in the countdown, the Queen of Christmas unleashed her first new album in four years. Caution was a shorter effort than any Mariah album this side of the millennium, and was all the better for it. Compared to Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse (which I still enjoyed), Caution is a much more focused effort with some really solid moments. GTFO was particularly great - still undeniably Mariah, but with a keen eye on current trends and the potential memes that come from it.

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14 GTFO
26 With You
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post Dec 9 2018, 06:34 PM
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I actually like A No No better than the two singles Mariah did release from that album! GTFO just resonates with me bc of the Porter Robinson sample
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post Dec 9 2018, 07:15 PM
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From the albums I like the James Bay, Jonas Blue and Sigala albums!
It had many songs on there that I really like!
David Guetta's and Mariah Carey's albums had a couple songs that I enjoy as well.
Need to listen to the other albums soon.
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