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Posted by: danuary Jan 27 2020, 11:13 AM

Voting has now closed so let's get on with the results! Firstly let's get out of the way all of the nil-pointers as well as the one negative-pointer.

#57. Kanye West - Closed On Sunday

UK chart run: 20-68-x [2 weeks]
Points: -04 | Positive votes: 00 | Negative votes: 02
Negative votes from: ...ready for it, Sergej [-2 points each]

In last place is the first of two Kanye West album tracks, which got no positive attention here so its two negative voters put it in last, although it is not the song with the most negative votes. The song clearly was one of the least popular top 20 hits of the year overall going by that chart run anyway and only made it in from Kanye's name power.

#53. MoStack (feat. Stormzy) - Shine Girl

UK chart run: 15-13-23-36-44-54-66-x [7 weeks]
Points: ±00 | Positive votes: 00 | Negative votes: 00

#53. MoStack (feat. Dave & J Hus) - Stinking Rich

UK chart run: 19-50-x [2 weeks]
Points: ±00 | Positive votes: 00 | Negative votes: 00

It isn't a good year for MoStack on Buzzjack as both of his top 20 hits score precisely zero points. Not even the high profile features of Stormzy, Dave and J Hus could save them here, though all three still have at least one entry remaining. 'Stinking Rich' also had one of the worst chart runs for a top 20 hit this year after impacting on MoStack's album release week.

#53. DigDat (feat. D-Block Europe) - New Dior

UK chart run: 16-35-49-59-x-51-63-73-62-... [8 weeks]
Points: ±00 | Positive votes: 00 | Negative votes: 00

The first of four entries for D-Block Europe, but only three of them attracted any points with this DigDat collab not making any impression here.

#53. Chris Brown - Undecided

UK chart run: 15-21-16-16-20-25-35-38-44-x [9 weeks]
Points: ±00| Positive votes: 00 | Negative votes: 00

A hit early on in the year for Chris Brown helped by its sample of 'I Love Your Smile'. He'd go on to of course get a much bigger hit in 'No Guidance' which left this song being rather forgotten.

Posted by: danuary Jan 27 2020, 01:03 PM

Let's continue breezing past the no1curr sections then

#51. The Plug presents Roddy Ricch, Chip & Yxng Bane - How It Is

UK chart run: 18-27-34-40-49-56-66-67-x [8 weeks]
Points: +02 | Positive votes: 01 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Bré [2 points]

'The Box' is seemingly Roddy Ricch's proper breakthrough hit but as you may have forgotten already he did score a top 20 hit with this track thanks to features from Chip and Yxng Bane for record label The Plug's UK meets US rappers collab project.

#51. Fredo (feat. Dave) - All I Ever Wanted

UK chart run: 15-47-72-x [3 weeks]
Points: +02 | Positive votes: 01 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: DalekTurret32 [2 points]

Fredo teamed up with Dave once again but could not replicate the success of 'Funky Friday', instead smashing in at #15 before completely bombing out of the top 40 the following week.

#50. Krept & Konan (feat. Headie One & K-Trap) - I Spy

UK chart run: 18-32-37-22-27-32-37-39-44-x [9 weeks]
Points: +02 | Positive votes: 02 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Rush, LewisGT [1 point each]

Krept & Konan got their 'I Spy' to peak higher than Kyle's song of the same name, becoming their 3rd top 20 hit and doing even worse for them here than 'AirForce' last year.

#49. D-Block Europe - Kitchen Kings

UK chart run: 67-16-19-26-36-33-34-42-47-46-x [10 weeks]
Points: +03 | Positive votes: 01 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: LewisGT [3 points]

D-Block Europe here again with their track about cooking drugs in the iamspamspamamifor the first of their three(!) mixtapes they released in 2019.

#48. YNW Melly - Murder On My Mind

UK chart run: 47-31-20-21-24-27-30-35-38-x [9 weeks]
Points: +03 | Positive votes: 01 | Negative votes: 03
Top points from: Dobbo [9 points]
Negative points from: danuary, Bré, M4NGO [-2 points each]

My personal least fave on this list, it became YNW Melly's first hit following his murder conviction.

#47. D-Block Europe (feat. Lil Baby) - Nookie

UK chart run: 16-28-30-44-x [4 weeks]
Points: +04 | Positive votes: 01 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Rush [4 points]

DBE here again this time with Lil Baby which isn't much of an upgrade from DBE themselves. It was their 3rd top 20 hit of the year with only 'Home P*ssy' now remaining in contention for the top 40 here.

#46. NSG - OT Bop

UK chart run: 17-26-32-30-35-38-39-42-50-x [9 weeks]
Points: +04 | Positive votes: 02 | Negative votes: 01
Top points from: LewisGT [5 points]
Negative points from: Riser [-2 points]

NSG's 2nd hit following up their big top 10 smash 'Options'. This however was a big step down in quality so no surprise it's here with the rest of these rap hits.

Posted by: Jack Jan 27 2020, 01:08 PM

Pretty certain Katy Perry will rightfully win this!

Posted by: coi Jan 27 2020, 01:17 PM

I’m surprised to see Closed On Sunday finish bottom here, any of the other songs in that first section would have deserved it more or even Selah from the same album!

Posted by: Bré Jan 27 2020, 01:38 PM

I can't say I'm mad at 'Closed On Sunday' coming last, it was one of the worst songs on Kanye's album / one of his worst songs in general. I think 'Stinking Rich' was close-ish to getting a point or so from me but the rest of the nul pointers are nothing special ~

Ew at YNW Melly finishing on positive points.

'How It Is' being Roddy Ricch's first UK top 20 hit (and before he'd even had any big hits in the US) is definitely some obscure trivia stuff xx I still think it's a good song, definitely the only thing of interest that came from 'The Plug' though.

Posted by: Bjork Jan 27 2020, 03:11 PM

didn't realise the guy that sings the Boxhad charted before

all these top 20 songs so far are pretty trash, really shows it's too easy for urban songs to go top 20 these days :/

Posted by: danuary Jan 27 2020, 05:07 PM

#45. Fredo - Netflix & Chill

UK chart run: 13-17-19-24-28-40-75-34-46-46-56-... [11 weeks]
Points: +07 | Positive votes: 02 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Bré [4 points]

Fredo's most recent hit which became bigger than his previous one that featured Dave and also does slightly better here.

#44. Dave - Paper Cuts

UK chart run: 15-30-40-64-x [4 weeks]
Points: +09 | Positive votes: 02 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: LewisGT [8 points]

Dave's track which was released the same week as Fredo's but ended up not doing so well officially, with it being a UK drill track only released due to fan demand and being a non-album single.

#43. Headie One - Both

UK chart run: 22-18-13-13-13-14-16-17-13-47-59-66-67-75-x [14 weeks]
Points: +10 | Positive votes: 03 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: danuary [5 points]

Headie One got another hit following his top 10 Dave collab from earlier in the year, with the 'Free' sampling 'Both' which ended up having more longevity.

#42. Young Thug (feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott) - The London

UK chart run: 18-22-21-24-29-32-35-38-43-x [9 weeks]
Points: +11 | Positive votes: 02 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: coi [6 points]

Young Thug led his latest album with this track, making the top 20 thanks to two high profile features.

#40. Kanye West - Selah

UK chart run: 19-69-x [2 weeks]
Points: +12 | Positive votes: 01 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: DalekTurret32 [12 points]

Starting the top 40 are two songs which got just one lot of 12 points, this was the other of Kanye's album tracks to make a chart impact but also fell hard in the second week.

#40. JAY1 - Mocking It

UK chart run: 19-27-28-31-34-35-40-41-45-x [9 weeks]
Points: +12 | Positive votes: 01 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: LewisGT [12 points]

JAY1 had two top 20 hits last year, with similar peaks although this didn't perform quite as well as 'Your Mrs' and is the lower of the two in this rundown also.

Posted by: Jason Jan 27 2020, 07:05 PM

Well, I don't care about anything already out. Good results so far!

Posted by: danuary Jan 28 2020, 12:01 PM

#39. The RSPB - Let Nature Sing

UK chart run: 18-63-x
Points: +12 | Positive votes: 03 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: photografdemon [7 points]

The RSPB's charity single did surprisingly well despite it being made up entirely of birdsong, with it being the top download seller of the week.

#38. Bugzy Malone (feat. Atich) - Kilos

UK chart run: 20-30-40-50-63-67-66-72-x [8 weeks]
Points: +13 | Positive votes: 01 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: DalekTurret32 [13 points]

Manchester rappers Bugzy Malone and Aitch teamed up on this which became Bugzy's biggest hit to date, also being Aitch's first top 20 hit.

#37. Skepta (feat. J Hus) - What Do You Mean?

UK chart run: 14-25-39-51-67-x [5 weeks]
Points: +13 | Positive votes: 02 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Bré [7 points]

Skepta got 2 top 20 hits this year, the highest peaking of those being this album track helped by its J Hus feature.

#36. D-Block Europe - Home P*ssy

UK chart run: 20-20-25-31-32-33-35-39-41-x-41-50-53-x [12 weeks]
Points: +17 | Positive votes: 02 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: LewisGT [13 points]

The final DBE appearance, which was voted 2nd in the Hatechart but is also seemingly the most liked of their songs, though with only 2 votes. It is currently their longest-running chart hit though out-peaked by their other 3 entries on this list which all peaked at #16.

#35. Logic (feat. Eminem) - Homicide

UK chart run: 15-26-38-51-67-x-68-x [6 weeks]
Points: +19 | Positive votes: 02 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: DalekTurret32 [15 points]

Logic managed to get his third top 40 hit thanks to collabing with Eminem for this track.

#34. Drake (feat. Rick Ross) - Money In the Grave

UK chart run: 13-15-17-22-29-31-32-29-29-33-36-64-72-x [13 weeks]
Points: +23 | Positive votes: 03 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Bré, DalekTurret32 [8 points each]

Drake had a quiet year in 2019 but did manage to get a top 20 hit of his own with this track also bringing Rick Ross back to the chart.

Posted by: danuary Jan 28 2020, 01:04 PM

#33. Digga D - No Diet

UK chart run: 27-20-27-33-25-32-48-50-53-x [9 weeks]
Points: +26 | Positive votes: 03 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Rush [15 points]

Another random UK rap hit giving Digga D his first and so far only top 20 hit.

#32. Skepta (feat. Nafe Smallz) - Greaze Mode

UK chart run: 22-35-47-18-28-37-48-63-x [8 weeks]
Points: +26 | Positive votes: 04 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Bré [11 points]

Skepta's other hit of the year, originally missing the top 20 but re-peaking following the album release.

#31. Blueface - Thotiana

UK chart run: 68-40-23-15-17-18-20-24-28-67-x [10 weeks]
Points: +27 | Positive votes: 04 | Negative votes: 03
Top points from: Rush [18 points]
Negative points from: Jason, photografdemon, Jack [-2 points each]

US rapper Blueface had his breakthrough with this track but just as quickly lost his relevance soon after this exited the chart.

#30. Hardy Caprio & DigDat - Guten Tag

UK chart run: 18-21-20-23-27-24-26-32-35-x [9 weeks]
Points: +28 | Positive votes: 03 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: coi [10 points]

Hardy Caprio had his first top 20 hit with this track also giving DigDat his 2nd.

#29. Cadet & Deno Driz - Advice

UK chart run: 54-49-45-40-37-33-36-37-30-28-46-43-38-70-27-30-32-36-39-44-36-14-18-24-67-65-66-x [27 weeks]
Points: +28 | Positive votes: 05 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: LewisGT [11 points]

Cadet & Deno had a big sleeper hit with this in 2018, with it getting a top 20 peak in the new year following Cadet's death. It remains the only top 20 for either of them.

#28. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding

UK chart run: 11-x [1 week]
Points: +29 | Positive votes: 06 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Bré [12 points]

The title track from Post Malone's third album just missed out on giving him another top 10 but it was only able to get one week in the chart anyway as it dropped behind 'Take What You Want' the following week.

Posted by: Dobbo Jan 28 2020, 01:11 PM

So we've had 30 tracks revealed and all but 3 are rap songs.

None of my big faves have left yet so that's good.

Posted by: danuary Jan 28 2020, 01:27 PM

#11-20 seems to be where a load of the middling rap hits end up peaking, quite insane how many of them there are this year which of course leaves the few dance and pop songs left with a big advantage.

The next section I'll be posting here (21-27) will however contain three pop songs now that the rap is beginning to dry up (but yes some of them have made the top 20)

Posted by: danuary Jan 29 2020, 10:05 AM

#27. Dave - Professor X

UK chart run: 24-19-20-18-12-14-21-22-21-18-22-27-40-x-61-63-x [15 weeks]
Points: +30 | Positive votes: 05 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: coi [11 points]

Taken from the "Top Boy" soundtrack album this gave Dave his 9th top 40 hit of 11 in 2019. It is his highest entry in this rundown.

#26. Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me

UK chart run: 12-20-13-16-17-25-32-41-41-x [9 weeks]
Points: +30 | Positive votes: 05| Negative votes: 03
Top points from: Nick F1 [13 points]
Negative points from: Rush, myxxd, Dexton [-2 points each]

Following 'Finesse' Cardi and Bruno teamed up again although this wasn't quite as big for them. It was Cardi's highest peaking single of the year excluding her feature on 'South of the Border'.

#25. Westlife - Hello My Love

UK chart run: 13-29-20-22-19-24-32-35-38-x [9 weeks]
Points: +31 | Positive votes: 04 | Negative votes: 01
Top points from: myxxd [18 points]
Negative points from: Bjork [-2 points]

One of the year's biggest comebacks, it was the first single Westlife released since 2011 and got them another top 20 hit, spending longer in the top 40 than even some of their #1s.

#24. Dan + Shay (feat. Justin Bieber) - 10,000 Hours

UK chart run: 19-20-17-29-29-35-42-45-62-x [9 weeks]
Points: +31 | Positive votes: 07 | Negative votes: 01
Top points from: myxxd [9 points]
Negative points from: broken records [-2 points]

Country duo Dan + Shay got their first UK hit thanks to Justin Bieber featuring on it. The track is still in the US top ten but had to settle for being a middling top 20 hit here.

#23. Stormzy - Sounds of the Skeng

UK chart run: 20-31-40-45-59-x [5 weeks]
Points: +33 | Positive votes: 03 | Negative votes: 01
Top points from: DalekTurret32 [18 points]
Negative points from: WhoOdyssey [-2 points]

Released to follow 'Crown' as the 3rd single from 'Heavy Is The Head'... before Stormzy ended up deciding it wasn't going to make the final cut. Follow-up 'Wiley Flow' just missed out on being in this rundown with it peaking at #22 but had better longevity.

#22. AJ Tracey - Psych Out!

UK chart run: 27-36-48-18-34-41-47-53-56-x [9 weeks]
Points: +34 | Positive votes: 03 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: LewisGT [18 points]

Following a boost from the album this ended up becoming AJ's 2nd top 20 hit although without half as much longevity as #19 hit 'Butterflies', or what was to come in massive #3 hit 'Ladbroke Grove'.

#21. BTS (feat. Halsey) - Boy With Luv

UK chart run: 13-29-29-37-43-59-57-55-x [8 weeks]
Points: +34 | Positive votes: 05 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Beautiful Ghosts [10 points]

South Korean boyband BTS got their first (and so far only) UK top 20 hit with this with the help of Halsey, after 'Idol' having just missed out in 2018 with a #21 peak.

Posted by: danuary Jan 29 2020, 10:06 AM

Top 20 (A-Z)
Ava Max - So Am I #13
Avicii - Heaven #20
Billie Eilish - Wish You Were Gay #13
Blackbear - Hot Girl Bummer #14
Clean Bandit (feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi) - Baby #15
Freya Ridings - Castles #16
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar #17
JAY1 - Your Mrs #18
Jess Glynne & Jax Jones - One Touch #19
Jonas Blue (feat. Theresa Rex) - What I Like About You #16
Katy Perry - Never Really Over #12
Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys - Lose Control #11
Riton & Oliver Heldens (feat. Vula) - Turn Me On #12
Sia - Santa's Coming For Us #17
Sidhu Moose Wala, Mist & Steel Banglez (feat. Stefflon Don) - 47 #17
Sigrid - Don't Feel Like Crying #13
Taylor Swift - Lover #14
Tiësto & Mabel - God Is A Dancer #15
Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake #17
Wiley, Stefflon Don & Sean Paul (feat. Idris Elba) - Boasty #11

Chart so far
21 34 BTS (feat. Halsey) - Boy With Luv #13
22 34 AJ Tracey - Psych Out! #18
23 33 Stormzy - Sounds of the Skeng #20
24 31 Dan + Shay (feat. Justin Bieber) - 10,000 Hours #17
25 31 Westlife - Hello My Love #13
26 30 Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me #12
27 30 Dave - Professor X #12
28 29 Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding #11
29 28 Cadet & Deno Driz - Advice #14
30 28 Hardy Caprio & DigDat - Guten Tag #18
31 27 Blueface - Thotiana #15
32 26 Skepta (feat. Nafe Smallz) - Greaze Mode #18
33 26 Digga D - No Diet #20
34 23 Drake (feat. Rick Ross) - Money In the Grave #13
35 19 Logic (feat. Eminem) - Homicide #15
36 17 D-Block Europe - Home P*ssy #20
37 13 Skepta (feat. J Hus) - What Do You Mean? #14
38 13 Bugzy Malone (feat. Atich) - Kilos #20
39 12 The RSPB - Let Nature Sing #18
40 12 JAY1 - Mocking It #19
40 12 Kanye West - Selah #19
42 11 Young Thug (feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott) - The London #18
43 10 Headie One - Both #13
44 9 Dave - Paper Cuts #15
45 7 Fredo - Netflix & Chill #13
46 4 NSG - OT Bop #17
47 4 D-Block Europe (feat. Lil Baby) - Nookie #16
48 3 YNW Melly - Murder On My Mind #20
49 3 D-Block Europe - Kitchen Kings #16
50 2 Krept & Konan (feat. Headie One & K-Trap) - I Spy #18
51 2 Fredo (feat. Dave) - All I Ever Wanted #15
51 2 The Plug presents Roddy Ricch, Chip & Yxng Bane - How It Is #18
53 0 Chris Brown - Undecided #15
53 0 DigDat (feat. D-Block Europe) - New Dior #16
53 0 MoStack (feat. Dave & J Hus) - Stinking Rich #19
53 0 MoStack (feat. Stormzy) - Shine Girl #13
57 -4 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday #20

Posted by: danuary Jan 30 2020, 10:07 AM

#20. Jonas Blue (feat. Theresa Rex) - What I Like About You

UK chart run: 70-55-43-23-22-22-19-16-19-23-70-x [11 weeks]
Points: +35 | Positive votes: 06 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Nick F1 [15 points]

Jonas Blue didn't have quite as good of a 2019 as the 3 previous years but managed one top 20 hit with this which gave Theresa Rex a 2nd hit after featuring on 'Solo Dance' for Martin Jensen uncredited.

#19. Sidhu Moose Wala, Mist & Steel Banglez (feat. Stefflon Don) - 47

UK chart run: 17-38-64-x [3 weeks]
Points: +42 | Positive votes: 07 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Bré [13 points]

An unlikely crossover hit with Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala teaming with a few familiar faces from UK rap, becoming a brief top 20 hit.

#18. Billie Eilish - Wish You Were Gay

UK chart run: 61-26-39-42-13-21-26-37-35-x [9 weeks]
Points: +42 | Positive votes: 08 | Negative votes: 01
Top points from: photografdemon, Dexton [10 points]
Negative points from: Dobbo [-2 points]

It was a big year for Billie Eilish with her getting 4 top 20 hits. This was the only to have missed the top 10 and only got there due to the album boost anyhow.

#17. JAY1 - Your Mrs

UK chart run: 19-18-20-22-23-28-32-34-37-x [9 weeks]
Points: +47 | Positive votes: 05 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: coi [12 points]

A surprisingly high finish for UK rapper JAY1 who unexpectedly got his first hit with this track, still his biggest so far.

#16. Wiley, Stefflon Don & Sean Paul (feat. Idris Elba) - Boasty

UK chart run: 33-22-11-11-13-17-12-15-17-17-45-49-51-54-60-67-64-66-73-x [19 weeks]
Points: +61 | Positive votes: 11 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: jimwatts [11 points]

An unexpected comeback for Wiley with him not having had a hit since 2013 beforehand, helped by having 3 guest verses including one from Idris Elba and also given a big chart boost from its music video which Wiley didn't even show up for. It is the highest song from a British rapper in this rundown.

Posted by: coi Jan 30 2020, 10:12 AM

Wow, great to see Your Mrs doing so well here!

Posted by: vidcapper Jan 30 2020, 10:28 AM

This thread has reminded me that I haven't yet posted my 'best non-T10, etc' sales estimates for 2019.

Posted by: Dobbo Jan 30 2020, 12:29 PM

Didn't know Teresa Rex was the vocalist on Solo Dance!

Still think all my top 5 are yet to be announced, this is going quite alright so far!

Posted by: Bré Jan 30 2020, 02:24 PM

LOL at JAY1 being the highest ranked of the (current generation) UK rap songs. Not that I dislike 'Your Mrs' but he's like... second only to Russ in how much hate he gets within the community.

Yay for '47' being top 20 but which 3 joyless people gave that -2?

We're really leaving 'hot girl bummer' as the only primarily rap song in the top 15 huh. If that beats 'EARFQUAKE' I truly lose all faith in this forum. x

Posted by: Jαsє Jan 30 2020, 02:27 PM

'Boasty' not going top 10 remains a travesty

Posted by: danuary Jan 30 2020, 04:15 PM

No one did, that was me being a flop and not removing it from my last post.

Posted by: danuary Jan 30 2020, 04:45 PM

#15. Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake

UK chart run: 17-24-37-43-49-64-x [6 weeks]
Points: +71 | Positive votes: 07 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Bré [18 points]

Well it looks like Bré's going to lose his faith in this forum then. Still Tyler does well here with his first top 20 hit 'Earfquake' taken from Grammy award winning album 'Igor'. It was somewhat of a surprise hit as he hadn't even gone top 75 before though his profile had been building for a while clearly.

#14. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

UK chart run: 35-28-55-47-18-50-17-29-33-39-... [10 weeks]
Points: +86 | Positive votes: 12 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Riser [15 points]

Harry Styles didn't get a #1 this time around but ended up with more hits than he got from his debut as soon as this promo single entered the chart, eventually reaching the top 20 following the album release.

#13. Blackbear - Hot Girl Bummer

UK chart run: 58-41-30-25-18-19-14-14-18-19-21-x-35-55-58-x [14 weeks]
Points: +90 | Positive votes: 10 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Jason [18 points]

The top hip hop top 20 hit of the year is this track which got Blackbear his first hit in the UK, with it easily out-doing the similarly titled 'Hot Girl Summer'. Apparently those two songs coming out at about the same time was unintentional and the song's title was inspired by the #hotgirlsummer hashtag trend rather than Megan's song.

#12. Sia - Santa's Coming For Us

UK chart run: 65-65-39-x-66-47-24-x-56-43-36-17-x [10 weeks]
Points: +98 | Positive votes: 11 | Negative votes: 01
Top points from: M4NGO [18 points]
Negative points from: coi [-2 points]

Sia's Christmas song continued to out-do its peak year-on-year, with it eventually reaching the top 20 at the crucial point of its chart life just a year before it will descend to ACR. Although if Amazon continue to give it prominent playlist placement it could still continue to go top 40 in the years to come.

#11. Jess Glynne & Jax Jones - One Touch

UK chart run: 31-30-23-19-23-23-24-28-35-36-71-x [11 weeks]
Points: +104 | Positive votes: 13 | Negative votes: 01
Top points from: Riser [18 points]
Negative points from: LewisGT [-2 points]

A release done to help along Jess Glynne's album from 2018 as well as continue the Jax Jones 'Snacks' campaign, this ended up only being a middling hit for them however.

Posted by: danuary Jan 30 2020, 04:47 PM

So it's been decided which ten songs most deserved a top 10 peak over 2019, any further predictions?

Top 10 (A-Z)
Ava Max - So Am I #13
Avicii - Heaven #20
Clean Bandit (feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi) - Baby #15
Freya Ridings - Castles #16
Katy Perry - Never Really Over #12
Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys - Lose Control #11
Riton & Oliver Heldens (feat. Vula) - Turn Me On #12
Sigrid - Don't Feel Like Crying #13
Taylor Swift - Lover #14
Tiësto & Mabel - God Is A Dancer #15

Chart so far
11 104 Jess Glynne & Jax Jones - One Touch #19
12 98 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us #17
13 90 Blackbear - Hot Girl Bummer #14
14 86 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar #17
15 71 Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake #17
16 61 Wiley, Stefflon Don & Sean Paul (feat. Idris Elba) - Boasty #11
17 47 JAY1 - Your Mrs #18
18 42 Billie Eilish - Wish You Were Gay #13
19 42 Sidhu Moose Wala, Mist & Steel Banglez (feat. Stefflon Don) - 47 #17
20 35 Jonas Blue (feat. Theresa Rex) - What I Like About You #16
21 34 BTS (feat. Halsey) - Boy With Luv #13
22 34 AJ Tracey - Psych Out! #18
23 33 Stormzy - Sounds of the Skeng #20
24 31 Dan + Shay (feat. Justin Bieber) - 10,000 Hours #17
25 31 Westlife - Hello My Love #13
26 30 Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me #12
27 30 Dave - Professor X #12
28 29 Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding #11
29 28 Cadet & Deno Driz - Advice #14
30 28 Hardy Caprio & DigDat - Guten Tag #18
31 27 Blueface - Thotiana #15
32 26 Skepta (feat. Nafe Smallz) - Greaze Mode #18
33 26 Digga D - No Diet #20
34 23 Drake (feat. Rick Ross) - Money In the Grave #13
35 19 Logic (feat. Eminem) - Homicide #15
36 17 D-Block Europe - Home P*ssy #20
37 13 Skepta (feat. J Hus) - What Do You Mean? #14
38 13 Bugzy Malone (feat. Atich) - Kilos #20
39 12 The RSPB - Let Nature Sing #18
40 12 JAY1 - Mocking It #19
40 12 Kanye West - Selah #19
42 11 Young Thug (feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott) - The London #18
43 10 Headie One - Both #13
44 9 Dave - Paper Cuts #15
45 7 Fredo - Netflix & Chill #13
46 4 NSG - OT Bop #17
47 4 D-Block Europe (feat. Lil Baby) - Nookie #16
48 3 YNW Melly - Murder On My Mind #20
49 3 D-Block Europe - Kitchen Kings #16
50 2 Krept & Konan (feat. Headie One & K-Trap) - I Spy #18
51 2 Fredo (feat. Dave) - All I Ever Wanted #15
51 2 The Plug presents Roddy Ricch, Chip & Yxng Bane - How It Is #18
53 0 Chris Brown - Undecided #15
53 0 DigDat (feat. D-Block Europe) - New Dior #16
53 0 MoStack (feat. Dave & J Hus) - Stinking Rich #19
53 0 MoStack (feat. Stormzy) - Shine Girl #13
57 -4 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday #20

Posted by: Bré Jan 30 2020, 04:59 PM

Disgusting

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Jan 30 2020, 06:06 PM

LOL at me being the only user to vote for Selah and Kilos
Oof! I forgot to vote for I Spy! It grew on me a lot after listening to the RIS album.

Posted by: danuary Jan 31 2020, 01:41 PM

#10. Sigrid - Don't Feel Like Crying

UK chart run: 65-34-20-15-13-18-20-21-19-25-29-30-71-x [13 weeks]
Points: +128 | Positive votes: 11 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Sergej, WhoOdyssey [18 points]

A year after breaking through with 'Strangers' and though some had written her off as a one hit wonder she managed another with this just before getting a top five album.

#09. Taylor Swift - Lover

UK chart run: 23-14-22-31-42-42-51-54-61-x-38-49-70-x [12 weeks]
Points: +131 | Positive votes: 12 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: ...ready for it, Bjork, Beautiful Ghosts, jimwatts [18 points]

Taylor Swift got off to a good start with two top five hits. Her third single and title track of the #1 album to come didn't quite manage to reach the top 10 however, though it still performed better than the equivalent third single off 'Reputation'.

#08. Avicii - Heaven

UK chart run: 20-28-38-39-47-49-55-59-64-x [9 weeks]
Points: +134 | Positive votes: 11 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: danuary, coi, Dexton [18 points]

The 2nd official single from Avicii's posthumous album 'Tim' with vocals by Chris Martin. It impacted the top 20 on the week of the album's release though sadly it only managed one week in the top 20. Great to see this top 10 in this rundown anyhow.

#07. Clean Bandit (feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi) - Baby

UK chart run: 33-38-32-26-25-24-25-49-15-17-23-28-29-x [13 weeks]
Points: +137 | Positive votes: 15 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Dobbo [15 points]

Briefly bringing Marina and Luis Fonsi back into the charts were Clean Bandit, whose 'Baby' broke their streak of consecutive top 10 singles dating back to 'Real Love' in 2014 though it was still a modest hit unlike their follow-up with Ellie Goulding.

#06. Riton & Oliver Heldens (feat. Vula) - Turn Me On

UK chart run: 58-37-29-16-12-13-12-12-15-17-25-x-58-39-39-47-x [15 weeks]
Points: +138 | Positive votes: 15 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: photografdemon [18 points]

An unlikely comeback to the chart for all the artists involved, with the help of a prominent sample of 'Don't Go', giving Riton his 2nd chart hit and Oliver his 4th. It was also Vula's first credited hit although she also sang on Basement Jaxx's 'Oh My Gosh' and 'Hush Boy'.

The top five then are:
Ava Max - So Am I #13
Freya Ridings - Castles #16
Katy Perry - Never Really Over #12
Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys - Lose Control #11
Tiësto & Mabel - God Is A Dancer #15

Posted by: LewisGT Jan 31 2020, 01:52 PM

These results have gone pretty much the opposite to how I would have wanted. Only 1 song I voted for in the top 10 and only 3 in the top 20.

Come on God Is A Dancer!

Posted by: danuary Jan 31 2020, 02:04 PM

It's now time for the top five, all revealed in this post!

#05. Freya Ridings - Castles



UK chart run: 52-34-26-18-18-21-18-16-17-20-26-29-60-70-x [14 weeks]
Points: +142 | Positive votes: 17 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Sergej, Beautiful Ghosts, Dexton [15 points]

Following her breakthrough megasmash 'Lost Without You', she could only manage #57 with her next single. Worries that she'd be a one hit wonder were soon unrealised by 'Castles' however which didn't quite manage top 10 but ended up spending 6 weeks in the top 20 and nearly clinching a place in the year-end Top 100. Her album also reached the top five on the back of its success.

#04. Tiësto & Mabel - God Is A Dancer



UK chart run: 37-33-32-15-16-18-20-26-26-30-46-x [11 weeks]
Points: +143 | Positive votes: 16 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Dobbo [18 points]

Veteran DJ Tiësto couldn't quite reach the top 20 with 'Ritual' earlier on in the year but luck was on his side for the follow-up with help from Mabel who once again finishes top five in this poll following the success of 'Fine Line' last year. It is his 5th top 20 hit in all including three top 10s. Mabel also now has three top 10s although one more top 20 hit than Tiesto.

#03. Ava Max - So Am I



UK chart run: 50-30-18-20-16-14-13-17-19-18-19-25-35-74-x [14 weeks]
Points: +147 | Positive votes: 17 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Rush, Sergej, Beautiful Ghosts, jimwatts, M4NGO [13 points]

Following Ava Max's massive debut hit 'Sweet But Psycho' she managed to at least get one more moderate smash with 'So Am I', with it having one of the year's longest top 20 runs for a song that missed the top 10 so she was quite unlucky in that respect. Subsequent follow-ups have failed to reach even the top 75 however.

#02. Katy Perry - Never Really Over



UK chart run: 13-14-12-12-13-14-22-21-24-28-28-29-32-x [13 weeks]
Points: +167 | Positive votes: 14 | Negative votes: 01
Top points from: Jack [18 points]
Negative points from: Nick F1 [-2 points]

One of the unluckiest top 10 misses of the year with 6 weeks spent between 12 and 14, it became an unlikely big hit for Katy Perry at this stage in her career after some had written her off following two underperforming collab singles earlier in the year. However it is still her most recent top 40 hit as her follow-ups peaked at #43 and #45.

Which means your winner, the song that deserved to go Top 10 the most in 2019 is...

#01. Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys - Lose Control



UK chart run: 33-15-15-14-11-12-13-16-18-54-x-31-15-16-20-... [14 weeks]
Points: +171 | Positive votes: 17 | Negative votes: 00
Top points from: Nick F1, broken records [18 points]

Italian production group Meduza broke through in a big way with #2 hit 'Piece of Your Heart' and for their follow-up they got Becky Hill to provide lead vocals. However it wasn't quite enough to get them a second top 10 and instead they had to settle for 11 weeks in the top 20 with a #11 peak... and they most likely would've gone top 10 in the week after Christmas had the song not been prematurely put on ACR, before getting reset after the New Year boost, how unlucky! Anyhow, I am very pleased with this winner, you chose well, though I'd have also been happy with Katy and it was so close between them I'm just glad Ava hasn't won tbh.

Posted by: danuary Jan 31 2020, 02:04 PM

Thanks for voting and following along as ever. If you'd also like me to run a special edition for non-top 10 hits of the decade then post your interest below.

The full results are:

1 171 Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys - Lose Control #11
2 167 Katy Perry - Never Really Over #12
3 147 Ava Max - So Am I #13
4 143 Tiësto & Mabel - God Is A Dancer #15
5 142 Freya Ridings - Castles #16
6 138 Riton & Oliver Heldens (feat. Vula) - Turn Me On #12
7 137 Clean Bandit (feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi) - Baby #15
8 134 Avicii - Heaven #20
9 131 Taylor Swift - Lover #14
10 128 Sigrid - Don't Feel Like Crying #13
11 104 Jess Glynne & Jax Jones - One Touch #19
12 98 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us #17
13 90 Blackbear - Hot Girl Bummer #14
14 86 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar #17
15 71 Tyler, the Creator - Earfquake #17
16 61 Wiley, Stefflon Don & Sean Paul (feat. Idris Elba) - Boasty #11
17 47 JAY1 - Your Mrs #18
18 42 Billie Eilish - Wish You Were Gay #13
19 42 Sidhu Moose Wala, Mist & Steel Banglez (feat. Stefflon Don) - 47 #17
20 35 Jonas Blue (feat. Theresa Rex) - What I Like About You #16
21 34 BTS (feat. Halsey) - Boy With Luv #13
22 34 AJ Tracey - Psych Out! #18
23 33 Stormzy - Sounds of the Skeng #20
24 31 Dan + Shay (feat. Justin Bieber) - 10,000 Hours #17
25 31 Westlife - Hello My Love #13
26 30 Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me #12
27 30 Dave - Professor X #12
28 29 Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding #11
29 28 Cadet & Deno Driz - Advice #14
30 28 Hardy Caprio & DigDat - Guten Tag #18
31 27 Blueface - Thotiana #15
32 26 Skepta (feat. Nafe Smallz) - Greaze Mode #18
33 26 Digga D - No Diet #20
34 23 Drake (feat. Rick Ross) - Money In the Grave #13
35 19 Logic (feat. Eminem) - Homicide #15
36 17 D-Block Europe - Home P*ssy #20
37 13 Skepta (feat. J Hus) - What Do You Mean? #14
38 13 Bugzy Malone (feat. Atich) - Kilos #20
39 12 The RSPB - Let Nature Sing #18
40 12 JAY1 - Mocking It #19
40 12 Kanye West - Selah #19
42 11 Young Thug (feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott) - The London #18
43 10 Headie One - Both #13
44 9 Dave - Paper Cuts #15
45 7 Fredo - Netflix & Chill #13
46 4 NSG - OT Bop #17
47 4 D-Block Europe (feat. Lil Baby) - Nookie #16
48 3 YNW Melly - Murder On My Mind #20
49 3 D-Block Europe - Kitchen Kings #16
50 2 Krept & Konan (feat. Headie One & K-Trap) - I Spy #18
51 2 Fredo (feat. Dave) - All I Ever Wanted #15
51 2 The Plug presents Roddy Ricch, Chip & Yxng Bane - How It Is #18
53 0 Chris Brown - Undecided #15
53 0 DigDat (feat. D-Block Europe) - New Dior #16
53 0 MoStack (feat. Dave & J Hus) - Stinking Rich #19
53 0 MoStack (feat. Stormzy) - Shine Girl #13
57 -4 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday #20

Posted by: jimwatts Jan 31 2020, 03:04 PM

Thanks danG, pleasantly surprised to see Lose Control top this! I was sure this was going to be Katy once Taylor's votes started to drop off. How strange that So Am I finished 3rd despite being in no one's top 2 (the next song down that's true for is... Boasty in 16th...) That's a good top 10 overall I think.

Posted by: coi Jan 31 2020, 03:09 PM

I really thought Never Really Over was going to win this! Glad Lose Control won it though, really did deserve to be a top ten hit! Thanks for running this.

Posted by: Herbs Jan 31 2020, 03:14 PM

Like how the songs towards the top are very pop orientated

Posted by: RobBot Jan 31 2020, 03:36 PM

UGH. So close.

Posted by: Bré Jan 31 2020, 05:39 PM

Well that's a very underwhelming winner. I'd have assumed 'Never Really Over' would take this pretty easily (and would have been deserved, although it fell just short of my votes iirc). Instead we just have 'Piece Of Your Heart' lite. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think 'Castles' and 'Lover' are the only ones in the top 10 I voted for (and the latter is much lower than I expected as well). Bad results, try again next year. xox