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post 19th December 2019, 10:20 PM
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Shocked at God is a woman being as low as #7 last year ohmy.gif I find that miles better than both thank u, next and no tears left to cry ph34r.gif

Looking forward to the countdown, Lewis!! biggrin.gif
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post 20th December 2019, 01:25 PM
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QUOTE(Calum @ Dec 19 2019, 10:20 PM) *
Shocked at God is a woman being as low as #7 last year ohmy.gif I find that miles better than both thank u, next and no tears left to cry ph34r.gif

Looking forward to the countdown, Lewis!! biggrin.gif


I love GIAW but it just wasn't as good as the other singles for me and got a bit lost amongst the new tracks when the album was released.

Thanks for commenting biggrin.gif
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post 20th December 2019, 01:33 PM
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2018 Re-Cap


1. Ariana Grande - Breathin





Does it hold up?: Yeah, this song completely hit me on first listen and my opinion on it has not changed one bit since. This song is just perfection and should really have been a much bigger hit than it was. The chorus is a perfect portrayal of anxiety which also managed to feel euphoric and inspires confidence. The vocals on this are just as insane as ever and hearing it performed on tour was everything. A very, very, very deserved EOY #1!
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post 20th December 2019, 02:38 PM
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Breathin remains one of her better songs still I guess! Looking forward to getting into the chart proper anyway.
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post 21st December 2019, 05:03 AM
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Ooh I didn't remember Breathin being anyone's EOY #1 last year. Amazing choice!!
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post 22nd December 2019, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE(Shepeteherd @ Dec 20 2019, 02:38 PM) *
Breathin remains one of her better songs still I guess! Looking forward to getting into the chart proper anyway.


Not exactly a glowing review of Breathin that laugh.gif

QUOTE(Riser @ Dec 21 2019, 05:03 AM) *
Ooh I didn't remember Breathin being anyone's EOY #1 last year. Amazing choice!!


Glad to see you liked my #1 choice biggrin.gif
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post 22nd December 2019, 08:07 PM
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Top 5 artists of 2019


5. AJ Tracey


2019 charting songs:
02 Elastic
02 Psych Out
03 Cat Pack
03 Floss (ft MoStack & Not3s)
04 Fashion Week (Steel Banglez ft AJ Tracey & MoStack)
04 Thiago Silva (Dave & AJ Tracey)
07 Halloween (ft Young Adz)
08 Kiss And Tell (AJ Tracey & Skepta)
11 Ladbroke Grove
12 Zelda (ft SahBabii & Safe)
13 Jackpot
17 Double C's
18 Country Star


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COMMENT: Getting a top 5 place mainly through sheer quantity is AJ Tracey. Butterflies is the song that really got my attention and following it up with the bangers that are Lo(v/s)er & Psych Out established him as a favourite. But I still wasn't prepared for how much I was going to enjoy the album. Released on the same day as Thank U, Next it was always going to get overshaddowed for me but still managed to get 3 album tracks to chart behind the Ariana onslaught. A few more releases here-and-there and a expansion to the album is what guaranteed his place here.
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post 23rd December 2019, 01:47 PM
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Ladbroke Grove really separated AJ from a lot of the other hip-hop artists around right now, absolute tune! I quite enjoyed Floss too, actually.
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post 23rd December 2019, 04:37 PM
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QUOTE(JosephCarey @ Dec 23 2019, 01:47 PM) *
Ladbroke Grove really separated AJ from a lot of the other hip-hop artists around right now, absolute tune! I quite enjoyed Floss too, actually.


Floss is pretty underrated I think. Deserved better officially.
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post 23rd December 2019, 04:49 PM
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Top 5 artists of 2019


4. Watsky


2019 charting songs:
01 Advanced Placement
01 Feels Alright
02 No Complaints, No Conversation
03 What Goes Up
04 Limo 4 Emos
03 Sarajevo (ft Dia Frampton) (#01 in 2014)
08 Hey Asshole (ft Kate Nash) (#07 in 2014)
08 All Like Whatever (#03 in 2018)
08 Mean Ass Drunk (#01 in 2018)
08 Wounded Healer
10 Whitecaps
12 F**k It Up
12 Sloppy Seconds (#01 in 2014)
13 Welcome To The Family (#01 in 2018)
18 Whoa Whoa Whoa (#01 in 2014)


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COMMENT: I went to four concerts this year and unsurprisingly, the top 4 are all the artists I went to see. Watsky released his (very short) 5th album Complaint all the way back in January this year and while I didn't think it was his strongest, it was still a great album and produced some great tracks, mostly Mean Ass Drunk & Limo 4 Emos.
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post 24th December 2019, 12:28 PM
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Top 5 artists of 2019


3. Little Mix


2019 charting songs:
01 Bounce Back
01 One I've Been Missing
02 Salute
02 Think About Us (ft Ty Dolla $ign)
04 Wasabi
06 Touch (#02 in 2016)
09 Woman Like Me (ft Nicki Minaj) (#02 in 2018)
10 Reggaetón Lento (CNCO & Little Mix) (#02 in 2017)
11 Notice (#06 in 2018)
13 Strip (ft Sharaya J) (#05 in 2018)
16 No More Sad Songs (ft Machine Gun Kelly) (#02 in 2017)
18 Love A Girl Right (#03 in 2018)


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COMMENT: While they've struggled with their 3 single releases this year officially, they certainly haven't struggled here. Since I went to their tour in October they've been pretty much all I've listened to. If the year ran for a little longer they probably would have ended up at 2. I'm so excited to see them again next year during the Summer Hits tour.
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post 24th December 2019, 05:23 PM
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Ladbroke Grove aside, I did quite like Psych Out from AJ Tracey as well as Floss which was a real earworm! A lot of those songs I genuinely can't remember though (or haven't heard)
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post 26th December 2019, 08:20 PM
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QUOTE(Shepeteherd @ Dec 24 2019, 05:23 PM) *
Ladbroke Grove aside, I did quite like Psych Out from AJ Tracey as well as Floss which was a real earworm! A lot of those songs I genuinely can't remember though (or haven't heard)


Ladbroke Grove wasn't my favourite of his either biggrin.gif Quite a few of them are album tracks to be fair
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post 26th December 2019, 08:31 PM
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Top 5 artists of 2019


2. Blackpink


2019 charting songs:
01 Kill This Love
02 Boombayah
02 Playing With Fire
03 Whistle
04 Don't Know What To Do
04 Forever Young
05 As If It's Your Last
05 Stay
06 Kiss And Make Up (Dua Lipa & Blackpink) (#04 in 2018)
09 Kick It
12 Ddu-Du Ddu-Du (#01 in 2018)
17 Hope Not
18 Really
19 See U Later


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COMMENT: Blackpink become my 2nd favourite artist of the year despite only releasing 1 EP. However when that song became the 2nd longest running #1 on my chart of all-time I guess that's ok ohmy.gif I went to see them back in May and they were incredible which led me to go back and chart every single other song they've released laugh.gif It's annoying that they haven't released more this year (so much so that hashtags criticising their label YG are constantly trending) but YG have said that an album is coming next year so time to get excited.
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post 27th December 2019, 02:30 PM
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Top 5 artists of 2019


1. Ariana Grande


2019 charting songs:
01 7 Rings
01 Boyfriend (Ariana Grande & Social House)
01 Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored
01 Don't Call Me Angel (Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey)
01 Imagine
01 Monopoly (Ariana Grande & Victoria Monét)
02 Breathin (#01 in 2018)
02 Ghostin
03 Bad Idea
03 How I Look On You
03 NASA
04 Got Her Own (Ariana Grande & Victoria Monét)
05 Thank U, Next (#01 in 2018)
06 Make Up
07 Needy
08 Fake Smile
09 In My Head
10 Bloodline
11 Bad To You (Ariana Grande, Normani & Nicki Minaj)
14 R.E.M (#09 in 2018)
19 Nobody (Ariana Grande & Chaka Khan)


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COMMENT: Nobody else was ever going to be #1 in a year where Ariana has been so prolific. She started the year off with back-to-back #1's and by releasing what is potentially her best ever album and didn't look back from there. She then embarked on a massive worldwide tour which I'm so honoured that I got to go to. The show was so amazing; her vocals are insane! I think she's earned a break now so I imagine we won't hear from her anywhere near as much next year with hopefully a massive comeback in 2021.
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post 29th December 2019, 09:30 PM
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Albums Chart

This year I've listened to 20 albums which makes for a nice top 20 countdown. Although I decided to rule out Ariana's 'k bye for now' & Blackpink's Kill This Love EP but they would have been 2 & 3 otherwise.

20. Earthgang - Mirrorland

I really like the first and final few tracks from this album but I got bored during the middle.

19. Drake - Care Package

Just a collection of tracks not good enough for a proper album. Although I do prefer some here than most of the Scorpion album.

18. Charlie's Angels: Official Soundtrack

Love the Ariana songs but you can leave the rest.

17. Dave - Psychodrama

Disaster & Lesley are both among my favourite songs of the year but I have no desire to go back to the rest of the album. It's good but not really for me.

16. Top Boy: Official Soundtrack

Pretty solid album overall. Some great tracks from Dave, AJ Tracey & Ghetts in particular.
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post 29th December 2019, 10:29 PM
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Albums Chart

15. Sabrina Carpenter - Singular: Act II

I love all the top 15 albums so there is no shame in ending here. This is really cute like Act I before it.

14. Mabel - High Expectations

Very solid overall but has a few lulls.

13. Becky G - Mala Santa

I usually struggle to listen to full albums in a foreign language but this was very easy to get through. Some really nice pop songs here.

12. Krept & Konan - Revenge Is Sweet

The punchlines are still there but there's also some surprisingly deep songs too. Especially 'Broksi' and the interlude of Ramz talking about mental health and suicide.

11. Kanye West - Jesus Is King

Yeah it has very basic 'God is cool!!!!' lyrics but the production is as amazing as it always is when Kanye is involved and Use This Gospel is one of the best tracks from Kanye is years.


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post 30th December 2019, 02:24 PM
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Albums Chart


10. AJ Tracey - AJ Tracey

Unfortunate to be released on the same day as Thank U, Next which means I've listened to this album much fewer times than everything else in the top 10.

9. Chance The Rapper - The Big Day

This got a horrible reaction from most everyone else but I really enjoyed it. Handsome & Hot Shower are massive tunes. Cue the Borat 'my wife' memes.

8. Taylor Swift - Lover

I feel the same way about this album that I did about Reputation; the singles weren't the strongest the album as a whole is brilliant. I would say I do still prefer Reputation though.


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post 30th December 2019, 04:27 PM
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Albums Chart


7. Skepta - Ignorance Is Bliss

Top album which I was listening to loads in the early summer. Maybe just slightly weaker than Konnichiwa but still some top tunes.

6. Stormzy - Heavy Is The Head

Released very late in the year and is probably only beaten by Romance because it had a week less to impress. It's no Gang Signs & Prayer but there's also no weak points to this album. It just doesn't reach the same highs.

5. Camila Cabello - Romance

After multiple listens I'm prepared to say it's an improvement on her debut. Not many obvious singles but tracks are still growing on me now with each listen.


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post 30th December 2019, 08:02 PM
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Giving 'We Go High' a listen now since you've linked it, it's actually nicer than I thought it might be! The piano riff is a really nice touch.
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