December 27, 201212 yr Author A great way of doing this Ghosty! A friend of mine at work gave me that Kamaylia album but I never listened to it, will have to check it out now! You should! It's a little misleading as the tracklisting makes it look like a Remix album, but all the songs are just radio edit length UK mixes :D
December 27, 201212 yr Author September September was rather a nice month for singles as many artists started to gear up for releasing their albums in time for Christmas. Great songs came from a vast range of genres and countries making September one of the most musically diverse months of the year. Top 40 Singles: 01-10 http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Rain_zps6ae3afec.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/BringingOnTheHeartache_zps85f1a399.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/BaciaMe_zpsf93a83be.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/AllIWantIsYou_zps8030b278.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/OnSeFeutDeNous_zps51e8a8da.jpg 01 Eivør - Rain 02 Shoes For Julia - Bringing On The Heartache 03 Victor Ark & Daniela - Bacia Me 04 Agnes - All I Want Is You 05 Shy'm - On Se Feut De Nous 06 Amelia Lily - You Bring Me Joy 07 Paloma Faith - Never Tear Us Apart 08 Little Mix - Wings 09 Raw - U Sexy Wo-Ho 10 Bright Light Bright Light - Feel It Faeroese singer Eivør tops the chart in September with the debut single from her album, Room. Rain is a stunningly atmospheric and striking ballad that was in keeping with the rest of the album which was brilliant. Danish country-pop act Shoes For Julia are second here with Bringing On The Heartache and at number 3 is the fantastic dance tune Bacia Me by Victor Ark & Swedish singer, Daniela. Swedish superstar Agnes is at #4 with All I Want Is You and French urban-pop artist Shy'm is at #5 with her dip into electropop, On Se Feut De Nous. Amelia Lily's You Bring Me Joy makes it to #6 whilst Paloma Faith's cover of INXS' Never Tear Us Apart is at #7. X Factor winners Little Mix are at #8 with their first proper release since their victory on the show and the top 10 closes with some brash trashy pop from Swedish act, Raw at #9 and some 90's inspired dance from Bright Light Bright Light at #10. 11-20 11 Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 12 The Young Professionals - Be With You Tonight 13 Kosheen - Addict 14 Cover Drive - Explode 15 P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) 16 Gossip - Move In The Right Direction 17 Andy Burrows - Because I Know That I Can 18 Lucy Spraggan - Tea And Toast 19 The Veronicas - Lolita 20 Young London - Call My Name (Tonight) Icelandic act Of Monsters And Men just miss out on a top 10 placing with Little Talks and Israeli Electro act The Young Professionals are at #12. Kosheen made an impressive return in 2012 with the single Addict and Caribbean act Cover Drive are at #14 with Explode. P!nk's Blow Me (One Last Kiss) is at #15 ahead of Gossip and their fantastic single, Move In The Right Direction. Former Razorlight member Andy Burrows is at #17 and X Factor favourite Lucy Spraggan makes an appearance with Tea And Toast at #18. Australian pop duo The Veronicas came back strong this year with Lolita and American pop act Young London complete what is on the whole the most mainstream top 20 seen in this thread so far! 21-30 21 Medina - Happening 22 Colonia - Laz Za Laz 23 Dasha Luks - Diskoteka 24 The LIPS - (You Make The) Girls Go Wild! 25 Havana Brown - You'll Be Mine 26 Elen Levon - Dancing To The Same Song 27 Rebekka Karijord - Oh Brother 28 Clara Sofie - Husker Du 29 Lana Del Rey - Blue Velvet 30 First Aid Kit - Wolf Danish artist Medina makes another appearance, this time with Happening at #21 and Croatian dance act Colonia released their best single in years, Laz Za Laz, this year at #22. The fabulous BJSC entry from Eledan by Dasha Luks is at #23 just ahead of the equally fabulous Sandeborg entry, (You Make The) Girls Go Wild! There's more from BJSC at #25 and #26 courtesy of Havana Brown and Elen Levon and former Caerfyrddian entrant Rebekka Karijord makes it to #27 with the second release from her album, We Become Ourselves. Danish singer Clara Sofie took a leaf out of Emeli Sande's book at #28 for Husker Du and two great singles from Lana Del Rey and First Aid Kit close the top 30. 31-40 31 Tina Barrett - Fire 32 Skye - Featherlight 33 Montevideo - Castles 34 Venice - Heart That Could Heal 35 Kid Kasio - Telephone Line 36 Ronya - Annoying 37 Kylie Minogue - Flower 38 Bellowhead - 10,000 Miles Away 39 Frida Amundsen - Rush 40 Emilia Mitiku - So Wonderful Former S Club member Tina Barrett made a "so bad it's good" comeback this year with Fire and former Morcheeba singer Skye is one place lower at #32 with Featherlight. Belgian act Montevideo are at #33 with Castles and very good boyband (well better than One Direction anyway), Venice are at #34 with Heart That Could Heal. Former member of The Modern, Kid Kasio is at #35 with the brilliant 80's inspired tune, Telephone Line. Finnish singer Ronya is at #36 with Annoying and the wonderful Flower from Kylie Minogue's Abbey Road Sessions album is at #37. UK folk outfit Bellowhead appear at #38 with 10,000 Miles Away just ahead of Danish artist Frida Amundsen and Emilia Mitiku who attempted to re-launch herself in the UK in 2012 over a decade after her previous smash hit here, Big Big World is at #40 with So Wonderful. Top 5 Albums: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Veritas_zps3fdf68d7.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/WeBecomeOurselves_zps0a994864.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/BewegDichMitMir_zpsf76d89f9.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/12WaysToLaLa_zps937b83e9.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/DifferentPath_zpsfe5623f7.jpg 01 Agnes - Veritas Top Tracks: Human Touch, Into The Sun 02 Rebekka Karijord - We Become Ourselves Top Tracks: Use My Body While It's Still Young, Your Love 03 Glasperlenspiel - Beweg Dich Mit Mir Top Tracks: Freundschaft, Echt 04 Aynur Aydin - 12 Ways To La La Top Tracks: Hurricane, DNA 05 Moa Lignell - Different Path Top Tracks: Whatever They Do, Anything Is Enough The fantastic new album from Agnes is album of the month for September. The stunning LP could only have been further improved had it contained Don't Go Breaking My Heart which was disastrously left off. Norwegian singer Rebekka Karijord comes second with her fantastic follow up to The Noble Art Of Letting Go and in third place is German pop duo Glasperlenspiel with their debut album, Beweg Dich Mit Mir. Turkish singer Aynur Aydin makes it to #4 with her first English language album which featured songs written by and featuring artists such as Loreen and Darin amongst others. Completing a very strong top 5 is the debut album from Moa Lignell.
December 28, 201212 yr Author October October was another exciting month for music with some long-awaited releases coming along as well as there being a very strong and diverse collection of new songs from a variety of different artists. Top 40 Singles: 01-10 http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/MyHeartIsRefusingMe_zps38d9a2f3.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/LightUpTheWorld_zps50de30af.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/UndoYourMind_zps82de99f1.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/NowOrNever_zpse023b4d8.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/CryingOutYourName_zps6377221e.jpg 01 Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me 02 Steps - Light Up The World 03 Eivør - Undo Your Mind 04 Bananarama - Now Or Never 05 Loreen - Crying Out Your Name 06 Fibes, Oh Fibes! feat. Icona Pop - Cerahtonia 07 Stockholm Syndrome - Pretty Girl 08 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share 09 Adele - Skyfall 10 Alexander Rybak - Leave Me Alone It is with no surprise that Loreen comes top of the October top 40 with the new version of her 2011 Melodifestivalen entry, My Heart Is Refusing Me. She is closely followed by the first single release in over a decade from reformed pop act, Steps. Faeroese singer Eivør makes an appearance at #3 with her 2010 release, Undo Your Mind which acted as Caerfyrddia's BJSC entry in the 49th edition of the contest. Bananarama released a wonderful new pop track that could have worked well on Agnes' Dance Love Pop, Now Or Never is at #4 here and the top 5 is rounded off with Loreen's follow up single to Euphoria in Sweden, Crying Out Your Name. Former BJSC winner Cerahtonia by Fibes, Oh Fibes and Icona Pop is at #6 just ahead of the new guise of Love Generation, Stockholm Syndrome at #7. CHVRCHES are at #8 with The Mother We Share, a song that could possibly become a huge hit in 2013 and Adele's James Bond theme, Skyfall is at #9. Finally the top 10 is completed by former Eurovision winner Alexander Rybak and his foray into pure pop with Leave Me Alone. 11-20 11 Whigfield - 4Ever 12 Sandra Kolstad - The Well (We Will Change It All) 13 Tal - Rien N'est Parfait 14 Eva & The Heartmaker - Traces Of You 15 Rebecca Ferguson - Backtrack 16 Leona Lewis - Trouble 17 Honey Ryder - Annie's Song 18 99 Trees - Bright Shiny Colours 19 Mylene Farmer - A L'ombre 20 Fleur & Cutline - Broken Mirror Whigfield just misses out on a place in the top 10 with the fantastic single, 4Ever and an intriguing electro track from Sandra Kolstad makes it to #12. French singer Tal is at #13 with the brilliant Rien N'est Parfait and Danish pop duo Eva & The Heartmaker are at #14 with Traces Of You. Rebecca Ferguson's best single to date, Backtrack makes it to #16 just ahead of a strong release from Leona Lewis. Honey Ryder's gorgeous cover of John Denver's Annie's Song is at #17 ahead of 99 Trees' version of The Shirelles' classic Bright Shiny Colours which was used in an Ikea commercial earlier this year. French electro-pop diva Mylene Famer is at #19 with the fabulous A L'ombre and completing the top 20 is one of the only decent Dubstep songs of 2012 from Fleur & Cutline. 21-30 21 BIGkids - Heart Sing 22 Alesso feat. Matthew Koma - Years 23 SEP - Galaxy 24 Elena - Hypnotic 25 Timoteij - Faller 26 Late Night Alumni - Shine 27 Britt Love - Music Makes You Lose Control 28 Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen 29 Dragonette - Live In This City 30 Patrick Wolf - Overture Rosie Oddie & Mr Hudson, AKA BIGkids are at #21 with the quirky tune, Heart Sing and the great dance track from Alesso & Matthew Koma makes it to #22. The gorgeous ballad, Galaxy from SEP is at #23 ahead of Romanian singer Elena with Hypnotic at #24 and Timoteij at #25. US house group, Late Night Alumni are at #26 and former Mini Viva member Britt Love makes it to #27 with Music Makes You Lose Control. Ellie Goulding returned in 2012 with Anything Could Happen which appears at #28 and Canadian group Dragonette are at #29 with Live In This City. Finally, a wonderful re-working of Patrick Wolf's Overture is at #30. 31-40 31 Josephine - Original Love 32 Radio Killer - Is It Love Out There 33 Khaled - C'est La Vie 34 Scissor Sisters - Let's Have A Kiki 35 Jedward - Luminous 36 Moya - Making Me Fall 37 James Fox - Landlocked 38 Katie Melua - The Walls Of The World 39 Pet Shop Boys - Leaving 40 Alpines - Got Me Wrong New soul artist Josephine is at #31 with Original Love and Romanian dance act Radio Killer are at #32 with Is It Love Out There. Algerian artist Khaled is at #33 with the rhythmic C'est La Vie and the hilariously brilliant Let's Have A Kiki makes it to #34. Jedward are at #35 with a surprisingly brilliant electro track that could have easily slotted onto The Sound Of Arrows' album and a Radio 2 favourite, Making Me Fall by Moya is at #36. Former Fame Academy contestant and UK Eurovision entrant James Fox is at #37 with his Poppy Appeal single just ahead of a wonderful single from Katie Melua. Pet Shop Boys are at #39 with Leaving and closing the top 40 are Alpines with Got Me Wrong. Top 5 Albums: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Heal_zps84695ff6.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Glassheart_zps9759e740.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/III_zps0e4b6e1e.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Heaven_zpscab25d7d.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/ShoesForJulia_zpsa5eea06d.jpg 01 Loreen - Heal Top Tracks: Euphoria, Everytime 02 Leona Lewis - Glassheart Top Tracks: Come Alive, I To You 03 Shiny Toy Guns - III Top Tracks: Waiting Alone, The Sun 04 Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven Top Tracks: Backtrack, Glitter & Gold 05 Shoes For Julia - Shoes For Julia Top Tracks: Bringing On The Heartache, Aeroplane Loreen, of course, tops the album chart for October with her stunning debut, Heal. She beats off fierce competition however from Leona Lewis however whose album Glassheart proved to be one of the biggest revelations of the year and was far better than I had anticipated! Shiny Toy Guns' third album is at #3. A strong offering which saw the return of lead female vocalisr Carah. Rebecca Ferguson's Deluxe Edition of Heaven is at #4 and completing the top 5 are Danish country-pop duo, Shoes For Julia
December 28, 201212 yr 25 Silhouette - Can't Keep Up Northern Ireland's finest, Silhouette appear at #25 with a former Unknown Pleasures entry Probably not Northern Ireland's finest (there's at least 10 emerging artists from here I would place in front of her), but a wonderful song nonetheless. Glad to see it made an impact for you.
December 29, 201212 yr Author Probably not Northern Ireland's finest (there's at least 10 emerging artists from here I would place in front of her), but a wonderful song nonetheless. Glad to see it made an impact for you. I'm not very aware of the Northern Irish music scene tbh, but Silhouette's the best thing I've heard from there in absolutely ages! You're welcome to send me some links to other Northern Irish acts if you want! :D
December 29, 201212 yr Author November November saw a number of high profile releases that turned out to be fantastic musical highlights. With the rush of albums being released in time for Christmas, these were preceded by some fantastic singles from some of the biggest acts in mainstream UK music. This, mixed with the usual burst of interesting international releases meant November was an incredible month for music. Top 40 Singles: 01-10 http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/SomethingNew_zpse151cd61.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Always_zps59b5df41.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Glow_zps7cb667d8.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Fools_zps7e356f69.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/WaitingAlone_zps6193c7b2.jpg 01 Girls Aloud - Something New 02 Summer Camp - Always EP 03 Retro Stefson - Glow 04 Lauren Aquilina - Fools 05 Shiny Toy Guns - Waiting Alone 06 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love 07 Chiara - Forget Forgetting Me 08 A*M*E - Play The Game Boy 09 Jeff Wayne feat. Gary Barlow - Forever Autumn 10 Little Mix - DNA Top of November's singles is the first release from the newly reformed Girls Aloud who got back together after three years apart to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Something New harked back to some of their previous material and didn't disappoint fans at all! Indie duo Summer Camp are second here with an EP that had more of an electro sound to it and Icelandic act Retro Stefson are third with a former Caerfyrddian BJSC entry, Glow. Maltese singer Lauren Aquilina is at #4 with Fools which was featured in an episode of Hollyoaks this week and Shiny Toy Guns are at #5 with Waiting Alone. Gabrielle Aplin's gorgeous cover of The Power Of Love which was featured in the Christmas John Lewis advert is at #6 just ahead of former three time Maltese Eurovision entrant Chiara and her hi-energy europop tune Forget Forgetting Me, originally an Icelandic track sung by Pall Oskar. One to watch for 2013, A*M*E is at #8 with Play The Game Boy just ahead of a 2012 version of Forever Autumn by Gary Barlow. Finally, at #10 is the smash hit DNA by Little Mix. 11-20 11 Arlissa vs. Nas - Hard To Love Somebody 12 Timoteij - Jag Kommer Hem Till Jul 13 Monika May - Ghost 14 Of Monsters And Men - Mountain Sound 15 Frida Sundemo - Indigo 16 Mutine - Pose Tes Mains 17 Alphabeat - X-Mas (Let's Do It Again) 18 Stooshe - Waterfalls 19 Amy Macdonald - 4th Of July 20 Lenka - Everything At Once New talent Arlissa is at #11 with her collaboration with Nas and Swedish group Timoteij are at #12 with their Christmas single. Norway's Monika May is at #13 with Ghost ahead of Of Monsters And Men with Mountain Sound and BJSC winner Frida Sundemo with Indigo. Undeserved BJSC DNQ, Mutine are at #16 and Alphabeat's Christmas offering is at #17. Stooshe are at #18 with their cover of TLC's Waterfalls and Amy Macdonald appears at #19 with 4th Of July. Finally, completing the top 20 is Lenka with Everything At Once, a track featured heavily on an advertising campaign during the latter few months of 2012. 21-30 21 Haim - Don't Save Me 22 Olly Murs feat. Flo-Rida - Troublemaker 23 Colbie Caillat - Christmas In The Sand 24 Lana Del Rey - Ride 25 Delta Goodrem - Hunters And The Wolves 26 Linkin Park - Castle Of Glass 27 Zazi - Turn Me On 28 Ell feat. Aligee - I'm Free 29 Javiera Mena - Luz De Piedra De Luna 30 BarlowGirl - Hope Will Lead Us On Promising new act Haim are at #21 with the delightful Don't Save Me and the huge hit from Olly Murs & Flo-Rida, Troublemaker is at #22. Just behind that is Colbie Caillat's summery Christmas tune, Christmas In The Sand and the recent Lana Del Rey single is at #24. Recent BJSC entry from Delta Goodrem, Hunters And The Wolves is at #25 and Linkin Park's Castle Of Glass makes it to #26. Quirky country-pop girl group Zazi are at #27 with Turn Me On and former Eurovision winner Ell is at #28 with I'm Free. Chilean singer Javiera Mena is at #29 with her fantastic pop tune Luz De Piedra De Luna and closing the top 30 are vocal group BarlowGirl. 31-40 31 Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child 32 Matt Cardle - It's Only Love 33 Helena - Paper House 34 Frankmusik - Fast As I Can 35 Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - Alchemy 36 Frost - The Woods 37 Capital Cities - Nothing Compares 2 U 38 Christina Aguilera - Your Body 39 The Wanted - I Found You 40 The Florin Street Band - My Favourite Time Of Year Swedish House Mafia are at #31 with Don't You Worry Child just ahead of a surprisingly brilliant single from Matt Cardle. A randomly nice discovery I made, Paper House by Helena makes it to #33 and Frankmusik's Fast As I Can is at #34. Above & Beyond make it to #35 with Alchemy and BJSC entries from Frost are Capital Cities follow. Recent singles by Christina Aguilera and The Wanted are at #38 and #39 respectively and closing the top 40 is a pleasant Christmas track by The Florin Street Band. Top 5 Albums: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Room_zps7cc028a9.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/DiscoRomancing_zpsfdd80ddf.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Ten_zpsd155ea6f.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/BornToDie-Paradise_zps943d6c96.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/LightUpTheWorldAlbum_zpsabc5e621.jpg 01 Eivør - Room Top Tracks: Rain, True Love 02 Elena - Disco Romancing Top Tracks: Midnight Sun, Hot Girls 03 Girls Aloud - Ten Top Tracks: Untouchable, Biology 04 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - The Paradise Edition Top Tracks: Summertime Sadness, Born To Die 05 Steps - Light Up The World Top Tracks: It May Be Winter Outside, Light Up The World Faeroese singer Eivør tops the album chart for November with her stunning Nordic-Kate Bush esque album, Room. In second place is the long awaited new album from Romanian singer, Elena. It may as well be a Greatest Hits given almost every track on there has been released as single. It makes for a decent listen nevertheless though! Girls Aloud's new Best Of compilation makes it to #3, it would have been higher had it contained Life Got Cold and at #4 is Lana Del Rey with her double album release. Completing the top 5 is Steps with their Christmas album.
December 30, 201212 yr Author December December is one of the quieter month's of the year so there is a general lack of musical highlights during this month. It is however the ideal time to catch up on some of the songs and albums that have been missed during the course of the year and much of both the singles are albums charts here are made up of music I only managed to get round to listening to during the final month of 2012. Top 40 Singles: 01-10 http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/BillyTheKid_zps9ebda69b.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/TheDeserters_zps25e5f002.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/AFairytaleOfNewYork_zps0e3b6a23.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/ThePointOfNoReturn_zps42fef42d.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Warrior_zps0d71698d.jpg 01 Dia Frampton - Billy The Kid 02 Rachel Zeffira - The Deserters 03 Katzenjammer with Ben Caplan and Trondheimsolistene - A Fairytale Of New York 04 Melissa - The Point Of No Return 05 Queen Of Hearts - Warrior 06 Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Running To The Sea 07 Young London - Broken 08 Christina Perri - A Thousand Years 09 IAMX - The Unified Field 10 Cazzette - Beam Me Up (Kill Mode) Topping the chart for December is a track that I initially missed when it was entered into BJSC XLI at the start of the year, but grew on me after compiling recap clips for TBO - Billy The Kid by Dia Frampton. In second place is Cats Eyes' vocalist, Rachel Zeffira with her enchanting tune, The Deserters and in third is an exquisite version of A Fairytale Of New York by Katzenjammer and Ben Caplan. At #4 is an entry into the Swiss Eurovision selection for their 2013 entry, The Point Of No Return by Melissa. The song came 4th in the final. The top 5 is completed by the wonderful recent single by Queen Of Hearts. Röyksopp made a fantastic return in December with the help of Susanne Sundfør, Running To The Sea is at #6 just ahead of the Manian produced track, Broken by Young London. Christina Perri's A Thousand Years appears at #8 and British electro outfit, IAMX are at #9 with The Unified Field. Completing the top 10 is a great dance track from Swedish act, Cazzette. 11-20 11 DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Shy FX Re-edit) 12 Infernal - Can't Go Back 13 Tone Damli - Smash 14 Ke$ha - Die Young 15 Havana Brown - We Run The Night 16 Jay James Picton - Long May They Roll 17 Ellie Goulding - Figure 8 18 M Pokora & Tal - Envole-Moi 19 Melouria - Miracle 20 Lukas Graham - Better Than Yourself Coming close but just missing out on a place in the top 10 is a magnificent remix of DJ Fresh's Gold Dust by Shy-FX and at #12 is a brilliant new single from Danish dance duo, Infernal. Norwegian pop singer Tone Damli is at #13 with Smash which sees her further exploring a more electropop sound after being known previously for her country-pop sound. Pop singers Ke$ha and Havana Brown follow and Jay James Picton is at #16 with Long May They Roll. Ellie Goulding makes it to #17 with Figure 8 and a duet between French stars M Pokora & Tal is at #18. German Popstars winners Melouria are at #19 with their cover of JV Project's Miracle and former PRoJ BJSC entrant Lukas Graham is at #20. 21-30 21 Vanquish - Machine 22 Ivy Quainoo feat. Stanfour - Who You Are 23 El Sueño De Morfeo - Depende De Ti 24 Sinine - I'm Dreaming 25 Andreea Banica - Could U 26 Siobhan Dillon - Powerless 27 Whigfield - Jeg Kommer Hjem 28 Lindsey Stirling - Crystallize 29 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven 30 Emilia Mitiku - Winter Wonderland New girl group Vanquish are at #21 with Machine, the Alias Mix of the track is superb. Ivy Quainoo teamed up with Stanfour on Who You Are which is at #22 and Spanish Eurovision entrants for 2013, El Sueño De Morfeo are at #23 with Depende De Ti, a track released earlier in the year. Estonian electro act Sinine are at #24 just ahead of BJSC entries from Andreea Banica, Siobhan Dillon and Lindsey Stirling and a new track from Whigfield. Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven is at #29 and Emilia Mitiku's gorgeous take on Winter Wonderland is at #30. 31-40 31 Medina - Har Du Glemt 32 Daughter - Youth 33 Lucy Rose - Middle Of The Bed 34 Leona Lewis - Lovebird 35 The Asteroid Galaxy Tour - Heart Attack 36 Masters In France - Playin' With My Friends 37 The Young Professionals - Last Christmas 38 Bertine Zetlitz - Starlight 39 Michael Mind Project feat. Gravitonas - Antiheroes 40 Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler - Zombie Christmas Medina is at #31 with Har Du Glemt and the underrated BJSC entry by Daughter makes it to #32. Lucy Rose is at #33 with the subtle yet brilliant, Middle Of The Bed and Leona Lewis' Lovebird is at #34. A late appearance from The Asteroid Galaxy Tour with Heart Attack courtesy of TBO is at #35 and Masters In France are at #36 with a track used on a recent Ikea advert. The Young Professionals' cover of Last Christmas makes it to #37 ahead of Bertine Zetlitz and Starlught at #38. Gravitonas team up with Michael Mind Project on Anitheroes at #39 and completing the final top 40 of the year is the dynamic duo of Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler with Zombie Christmas. Top 5 Albums: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/W_zps0cf7564d.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/LeDroitDeRever_zps7b114b7d.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/DreamsComeTrue_zpsd540ead7.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/TheGoldenAgeOfSong_zps2df4e618.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/ExpressNonStop_zps9edc594d.jpg 01 Whigfield - W Top Tracks: 4Ever, Stay In My Head 02 Tal - Le Droit De Rever Top Tracks: Le Sens De La Vie, Rien N'est Parfait 03 Sinine - Dreams Come True Top Tracks: Sel Teel, I'm Dreaming 04 Jools Holland & His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra - The Golden Age Of Song Top Tracks: Mad About The Boy, Bei Mir Bist Du Schon 05 Alphabeat - Express Non Stop Top Tracks: Vacation, Love Sea Whigfield tops the album chart for December with the short but very sweet record, W. Coming in second is a magnificent debut album from French artist Tal and Estonian electro act Sinine are at #3 with their second album, Dreams Come True. Jools Holland teamed up with numerous artists including Florence + The Machine, Caro Emerald and Paloma Faith to produce new recordings of some classic songs, these were released as part of his collection, The Golden Age Of Song. Completing the top 5 is the latest album from Alphabeat.
December 31, 201212 yr Author Ghosty's End Of Year Charts And so with the monthly reviews complete, all that's left to do is reveal my Top 50 Singles and Top 20 Albums across the entire year. What a fantastic year it was. Thanks for reading, and here's to 2013 being an even better year for music! 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Zoë Johnston - 14 The Storm - 15 Katzenjammer - 16 Dream Beats feat. The Face - 17 Ditte Marie - 18 Gréta Salóme & Jónsi - 19 Joan Franka - You And Me 20 Bic Runga - 21 Steps - 22 Erdem Kinay feat. Aynur Aydin - 23 Bright Light Bright Light - 24 Eivør - Undo Your Mind 25 Summer Camp - Always 26 Minnie-Oh - 27 MS MR - 28 Retro Stefson - 29 Team Me - 30 Marina And The Diamonds - 31 Lauren Aquilina - 32 Medina - 33 Dia Frampton - Billy The Kid 34 Shoes For Julia - 35 Danny Saucedo - 36 Anggun - 37 iamamiwhoami - 38 iamamiwhoami - 39 The Storm - 40 Rebekka Karijord - 41 iamamiwhoami - 42 Soluna Samay - 43 Mary N'Diaye - 44 Cheryl - 45 Agnes - 46 Lisa Miskovsky - 47 Victor Ark & Daniela - 48 Moa Lignell - 49 War Of Words - 50 Kamaliya - Arrhythmia Top 20 Albums: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Kin_zpsf67fc35a.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Heal_zps84695ff6.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/MildtSagt_zpsb760fb4e.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Veritas_zps3fdf68d7.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Melodifestivalen2012_zpsa37fa478.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Eurovision2012-1_zps0f3dc24d.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/MakeMeBelieveInHope_zps9da01a42.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/WeBecomeOurselves_zps0a994864.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Glassheart_zps9759e740.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Room_zps7cc028a9.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Tabu_zpse86299d9.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/DiscoRomancing_zpsfdd80ddf.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/LifeInABeautifulLight_zpsede914d0.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/ToTheTreetops_zps00a6f246.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/SilverMoon_zpsb8040852.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/BewegDichMitMir_zpsf76d89f9.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/VarldenSnurrar_zpsf5a9e253.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/Electroshock_zps263c12f6.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/ForeverAlbum_zps2f677318.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o166/Ghosthunter233/W_zps0cf7564d.jpg 01 iamamiwhoami - kin 02 Loreen - Heal 03 Gabrielle - Mildt Sagt 04 Agnes - Veritas 05 Various Artists - Melodifestivalen 2012 06 Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 07 Bright Light Bright Light - Make Me Believe In Hope 08 Rebekka Karijord - We Become Ourselves 09 Leona Lewis - Glassheart 10 Eivør - Room 11 Timoteij - Tabu 12 Elena - Disco Romancing 13 Amy Macdonald - Life In A Beautiful Light 14 Team Me - To The Treetops 15 Donkeyboy - Silver Moon 16 Glasperlenspiel - Beweg Dich Mit Mir 17 Lena Philipsson - Världen Snurrar 18 Kate Ryan - Electroshock 19 Medina - Forever 20 Whigfield - W
December 31, 201212 yr More love for Susan Sundfor I see. It's a great song, although I prefer Maps' remix of White Foxes to the original.
December 31, 201212 yr Author More love for Susan Sundfor I see. It's a great song, although I prefer Maps' remix of White Foxes to the original. I prefer the original myself, but White Foxes is a million times better than (the ever so slighty overrated) Running To The Sea. I was really pleased that White Foxes was my joint most successful entry into BJSC this year :D. You should join the contest when the registration thread reopens, you'd be a great addition!
December 31, 201212 yr I prefer the original myself, but White Foxes is a million times better than (the ever so slighty overrated) Running To The Sea. I was really pleased that White Foxes was my joint most successful entry into BJSC this year :D. You should join the contest when the registration thread reopens, you'd be a great addition! I think I signed up for it about a year ago, but got scared off by the rules and depth involved. I'll probably look into joining it sometime next year.
December 31, 201212 yr Singles: 01 Loreen - Euphoria [Of course. No surprises here, but it's not wearing on me at ALL. One of my all time favourite songs now!] 04 Girls Aloud - Something New 05 Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me [Two entries inside the top 5!! Amazing. A shame 'Crying Out Your Name' couldn't make your final 50! Really wanted COYN to be a monster hit!] 06 Timoteij - Stormande Hav 07 Ivi Adamou - La La Love 17 Ditte Marie - Overflow 18 Gréta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget 21 Steps - Light Up The World 26 Minnie-Oh - You And I 27 MS MR - Hurricane 30 Marina And The Diamonds - Primadonna 32 Medina - Forever 33 Dia Frampton - Billy The Kid [i'd highly recommend her album, 'Red'. 'The Broken Ones' is gorgeous!] 35 Danny Saucedo - Amazing 36 Anggun - Echo (You And I) 44 Cheryl - Call My Name 45 Agnes - All I Want Is You 46 Lisa Miskovsky - Why Start A Fire --- Top 20 Albums: 02 Loreen - Heal [such a mesmerizing album. One of my favourite albums I've heard all year, for sure! 'Everytime', 'If She's The One' and 'See You Again' are all breath takingly, beautiful] :wub: 04 Agnes - Veritas 05 Various Artists - Melodifestivalen 2012 06 Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 09 Leona Lewis - Glassheart I've only heard the above albums, but they're all excellent :D Amazing. LorQueen! <3
December 31, 201212 yr Dream Beats so high. :wub: Largely excellent top 20 - entries from Loreen and Timoteij especially deserving of love. Surprised Billy The Kid has got so high so 'soon' but it is an excellent song so no complaints.
January 1, 201312 yr Brilliant EOY of chart Ghosty, loving Loreen, Girls Aloud, Timoteij and Ivi in the top 10! :wub: By the way, gave that Kamaliya album a spin! Brilliant! Someone get her to represent Russia in Eurovision! Edited January 3, 201312 yr by AdamAloud
January 1, 201312 yr My faves and comments Ghosty; 01 Loreen - Euphoria Hardly a surprise but such a thoroughly incredible pop song. Was amazing being a Eurovision fan this year :wub: 02 Susanne Sundfør - White Foxes 03 iamamiwhoami - idle talk 04 Girls Aloud - Something New 05 Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me How many songs have finished in your end of year top five twice, none other than this? :lol: 06 Timoteij - Stormande Hav I played this at work the other day when me and one other girl were tidying up at the end of the shift and she said 'this sounds like Riverdance' :lol: 07 Ivi Adamou - La La Love 09 iamamiwhoami - drops 10 iamamiwhoami - goods 11 Moulettes - Sing Unto Me 12 Sam And The Womp - Bom Bom Bonkers, but reminds me of a great summer :wub: 13 Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston - Love Is Not Enough My second favourite BJSC entry of yours this year, sublime! 14 The Storm - Raver 15 Katzenjammer - Land Of Confusion 16 Dream Beats feat. The Face - Love Stuck 17 Ditte Marie - Overflow 18 Gréta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget 19 Joan Franka - You And Me Still can't believe the Dutch couldn't get to the final with this! 20 Bic Runga - Hello Hello 21 Steps - Light Up The World Great song, shame about the rest of the album! 22 Erdem Kinay feat. Aynur Aydin - İşporta 23 Bright Light Bright Light - Waiting For The Feeling 26 Minnie-Oh - You And I 27 MS MR - Hurricane 28 Retro Stefson - Glow 29 Team Me - Show Me 30 Marina And The Diamonds - Primadonna 31 Lauren Aquilina - Fools 32 Medina - Forever 33 Dia Frampton - Billy The Kid 35 Danny Saucedo - Amazing 36 Anggun - Echo (You And I) 37 iamamiwhoami - good worker 38 iamamiwhoami - sever 39 The Storm - My Crown 40 Rebekka Karijord - Use My Body While It's Still Young 41 iamamiwhoami - play 42 Soluna Samay - Come Again (The Quetzal) 43 Mary N'Diaye - Big Dreamer 44 Cheryl - Call My Name Her lead singles are always so special, although the subsequent singles generally aren't :lol: 45 Agnes - All I Want Is You 46 Lisa Miskovsky - Why Start A Fire 47 Victor Ark & Daniela - Bacia Me 48 Moa Lignell - Whatever They Do Her album was pretty strong, this and When I Held Ya in particular 49 War Of Words - Panic Top 20 Albums: 01 iamamiwhoami - kin Never particularly 'got' this or her aside from play but I appreciate the artistry! 02 Loreen - Heal 03 Gabrielle - Mildt Sagt 04 Agnes - Veritas Such a strong pop album, definitely on par with the legendary Dance Love Pop 05 Various Artists - Melodifestivalen 2012 Would have been about #12 for me if I included compilations, but I decided not to 06 Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 07 Bright Light Bright Light - Make Me Believe In Hope 09 Leona Lewis - Glassheart Can't wait to see her live but this is my least favourite album of hers 11 Timoteij - Tabu 12 Elena - Disco Romancing 13 Amy Macdonald - Life In A Beautiful Light Far better than the second album but definitely no match for This Is The Life 15 Donkeyboy - Silver Moon 17 Lena Philipsson - Världen Snurrar 18 Kate Ryan - Electroshock Strong throughout but it's not something that's kept me coming back for more 19 Medina - Forever 20 Whigfield - W
January 1, 201312 yr Happy New Year Martin :D Here's some of my faves from 2012 in your end of year chart. 01 Loreen - Euphoria Whilst I may not have looned over this track half as much as you, GD, Jonjo and other Buzzjackers, 'Euphoria' still became my #1 of 2012 with quite a comfortable lead. It's the best song I've heard from a Eurovision Song Contest in a long time. It's become more than just another Eurovision song. For me, this is up there with tracks like 'Spectrum (Say My Name)', 'Run Boy Run', 'We Are Young' and 'Call Me Maybe'. It's a shame the UK are still anti-Eurovision but at least we can still look back fondly on those 24 hours when Loreen ruled iTunes. :D 07 Ivi Adamou - La La Love 'La La Love' was my second fave Eurovision track of 2012 but there really wasn't any comparison between this and 'Euphoria'. 10 iamamiwhoami - goods Clearly not an iamamiwhoami loon but when I heard 'goods' for the first time I really did think *.* as 'play' hadn't really grabbed my attention at all in BJSC. 'goods' got to #5 in my chart. 13 Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston - Love Is Not Enough I really liked this yet post BJSC, there were a few other tracks that grew on me more - particularly 'Bassline'. This went from getting my 12 points to just peaking at #12. I still like the track though. 14 The Storm - Raver 39 The Storm - My Crown Higher than 'My Crown'? Both tracks did well for me but 'Raver' just missed my top 10 peaking at #11 whilst 'My Crown' went three places better peaking at #8. Personally, I still prefer their track 'Lost In The Water' that I entered into Unknown Pleasures ages ago. 16 Dream Beats feat. The Face - Love Stuck What a great pop track. Thanks to Eyes entering this into BJSC, the track got to #3 in my chart. Just missed out on my top 40 of 2012. It ended up somewhere in the 50s. 28 Retro Stefson - Glow :D I don't care if this bombed in BJSC (yet secured a place in The Rejects), I still think 'Glow' is a great track that's already been a top 10 hit for me too. Will be interesting to see if Retro Stefson get their big breakthrough in 2013. 30 Marina And The Diamonds - Primadonna 'Primadonna' did well for me getting as high as #6 but her BJSC winning track 'Hollywood' remains Marina's biggest hit to date in my chart. 33 Dia Frampton - Billy The Kid A classic case of a song growing on you months after its appearance in BJSC. For me, it was 'Little Talks' that had the biggest post-BJSC impact although it still took a good six months to finally click with me. :lol: 49 War Of Words - Panic Interesting to see this here. 'Panic' was entered into BJSC when I hosted in 2011. Poor Tirren, he really thought he was onto a winner with this track yet it didn't even come close (think it ended up 19th in the final or something like that)
January 4, 201312 yr Author I think I signed up for it about a year ago, but got scared off by the rules and depth involved. I'll probably look into joining it sometime next year. Please do! It is simpler than it looks, I promise! :D Singles: 01 Loreen - Euphoria [Of course. No surprises here, but it's not wearing on me at ALL. One of my all time favourite songs now!] 04 Girls Aloud - Something New 05 Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me [Two entries inside the top 5!! Amazing. A shame 'Crying Out Your Name' couldn't make your final 50! Really wanted COYN to be a monster hit!] 06 Timoteij - Stormande Hav 07 Ivi Adamou - La La Love 17 Ditte Marie - Overflow 18 Gréta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget 21 Steps - Light Up The World 26 Minnie-Oh - You And I 27 MS MR - Hurricane 30 Marina And The Diamonds - Primadonna 32 Medina - Forever 33 Dia Frampton - Billy The Kid [i'd highly recommend her album, 'Red'. 'The Broken Ones' is gorgeous!] 35 Danny Saucedo - Amazing 36 Anggun - Echo (You And I) 44 Cheryl - Call My Name 45 Agnes - All I Want Is You 46 Lisa Miskovsky - Why Start A Fire --- Top 20 Albums: 02 Loreen - Heal [such a mesmerizing album. One of my favourite albums I've heard all year, for sure! 'Everytime', 'If She's The One' and 'See You Again' are all breath takingly, beautiful] :wub: 04 Agnes - Veritas 05 Various Artists - Melodifestivalen 2012 06 Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 09 Leona Lewis - Glassheart I've only heard the above albums, but they're all excellent :D Amazing. LorQueen! <3 Thanks Jonjo! :D 01 - Same! It's already in my top 10 songs of all time, and I too am nowhere near bored of it! 05 - COYN was a little bit of a disappointing follow up to Euphoria which let it down in my EOY chart as a single, but I really like all the tracks on the album! 33 - I had a listen to some clips of it and wasn't blown away by it sadly, maybe if I see it cheap one day though I'll pick it up! 02 - Yeah I agree! Everytime is just stunning :wub: Dream Beats so high. :wub: Largely excellent top 20 - entries from Loreen and Timoteij especially deserving of love. Surprised Billy The Kid has got so high so 'soon' but it is an excellent song so no complaints. I thought you'd be pleased with Love Stuck's performance here! Shame everything's gone very quiet with The Face now :( I might regret putting Billy The Kid that high in a couple of months time, but for now it slots in nicely there for me :D Brilliant EOY of chart Ghosty, loving Loreen, Girls Aloud, Timoteij and Ivi in the top 10! :wub: By the way, gave that Kamaliya album a spin! Brilliant! Someone get her to represent Russia in Eurovision! Thanks Adam! :D Glad you liked Kamaliya's album! She'd be perfect for Eurovision! My faves and comments Ghosty; 01 Loreen - Euphoria Hardly a surprise but such a thoroughly incredible pop song. Was amazing being a Eurovision fan this year :wub: 02 Susanne Sundfør - White Foxes 03 iamamiwhoami - idle talk 04 Girls Aloud - Something New 05 Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me How many songs have finished in your end of year top five twice, none other than this? :lol: 06 Timoteij - Stormande Hav I played this at work the other day when me and one other girl were tidying up at the end of the shift and she said 'this sounds like Riverdance' :lol: 07 Ivi Adamou - La La Love 09 iamamiwhoami - drops 10 iamamiwhoami - goods 11 Moulettes - Sing Unto Me 12 Sam And The Womp - Bom Bom Bonkers, but reminds me of a great summer :wub: 13 Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston - Love Is Not Enough My second favourite BJSC entry of yours this year, sublime! 14 The Storm - Raver 15 Katzenjammer - Land Of Confusion 16 Dream Beats feat. The Face - Love Stuck 17 Ditte Marie - Overflow 18 Gréta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget 19 Joan Franka - You And Me Still can't believe the Dutch couldn't get to the final with this! 20 Bic Runga - Hello Hello 21 Steps - Light Up The World Great song, shame about the rest of the album! 22 Erdem Kinay feat. Aynur Aydin - İşporta 23 Bright Light Bright Light - Waiting For The Feeling 26 Minnie-Oh - You And I 27 MS MR - Hurricane 28 Retro Stefson - Glow 29 Team Me - Show Me 30 Marina And The Diamonds - Primadonna 31 Lauren Aquilina - Fools 32 Medina - Forever 33 Dia Frampton - Billy The Kid 35 Danny Saucedo - Amazing 36 Anggun - Echo (You And I) 37 iamamiwhoami - good worker 38 iamamiwhoami - sever 39 The Storm - My Crown 40 Rebekka Karijord - Use My Body While It's Still Young 41 iamamiwhoami - play 42 Soluna Samay - Come Again (The Quetzal) 43 Mary N'Diaye - Big Dreamer 44 Cheryl - Call My Name Her lead singles are always so special, although the subsequent singles generally aren't :lol: 45 Agnes - All I Want Is You 46 Lisa Miskovsky - Why Start A Fire 47 Victor Ark & Daniela - Bacia Me 48 Moa Lignell - Whatever They Do Her album was pretty strong, this and When I Held Ya in particular 49 War Of Words - Panic Top 20 Albums: 01 iamamiwhoami - kin Never particularly 'got' this or her aside from play but I appreciate the artistry! 02 Loreen - Heal 03 Gabrielle - Mildt Sagt 04 Agnes - Veritas Such a strong pop album, definitely on par with the legendary Dance Love Pop 05 Various Artists - Melodifestivalen 2012 Would have been about #12 for me if I included compilations, but I decided not to 06 Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 07 Bright Light Bright Light - Make Me Believe In Hope 09 Leona Lewis - Glassheart Can't wait to see her live but this is my least favourite album of hers 11 Timoteij - Tabu 12 Elena - Disco Romancing 13 Amy Macdonald - Life In A Beautiful Light Far better than the second album but definitely no match for This Is The Life 15 Donkeyboy - Silver Moon 17 Lena Philipsson - Världen Snurrar 18 Kate Ryan - Electroshock Strong throughout but it's not something that's kept me coming back for more 19 Medina - Forever 20 Whigfield - W Thanks Rich! :D 01 - Absolutely! I was over the moon when she won, although I think I might have actually died that night had the voting been based on televotes alone, it would have come down to the last 12 points I imagine! :drama: 05 - Without checking, I think this is the first time :lol: . MHIRM probably should have come top last year looking back, but never mind! 06 - :lol:, I guess I can see her point even if to the trained Swedish folk-pop loving ear they sound nothing alike! 12 - The best UK #1 hit of the year imo! 13 - Glad you liked it! :D I wonder what 2013 will hold for both of us in the contest, I definitely need to up my game! :drama: 19 - I know :( Stupid jury! 21 - Agreed, and from the sound of Claire on BB earlier it seems like Steps have called it a day again :( 44 - I know! Well, I quite liked singles #2 and #3 from the debut album and although The Flood was nice, it was nothing on Promise This! I can't even remember what the follow up single to Call My Name was! :lol: 48 - It was quite nice, yeah! It would have ended up in my top 40 of the year! 01 - Shame, play was not amongst my favourites on the album oddly enough, idle talk was by far the best for me! So moving! 04 - Got to agree with that! Although I still maintain that it should have included DGBMH and the dance mix of One Last Time as bonus tracks! 05 - I thought it was a very strong year in 2012, not sure what 2013 will bring though! I can totally see me supporting Swedish House Wives though! 09 - Really?! It's comfortably my favourite of her albums :lol: 13 - Agreed with that! If she does a fourth album she needs to come up with a new sound I think. 18 - I sort of feel the same, but it did have some very nice gems on there at the same time! Happy New Year Martin :D Here's some of my faves from 2012 in your end of year chart. 01 Loreen - Euphoria Whilst I may not have looned over this track half as much as you, GD, Jonjo and other Buzzjackers, 'Euphoria' still became my #1 of 2012 with quite a comfortable lead. It's the best song I've heard from a Eurovision Song Contest in a long time. It's become more than just another Eurovision song. For me, this is up there with tracks like 'Spectrum (Say My Name)', 'Run Boy Run', 'We Are Young' and 'Call Me Maybe'. It's a shame the UK are still anti-Eurovision but at least we can still look back fondly on those 24 hours when Loreen ruled iTunes. :D 07 Ivi Adamou - La La Love 'La La Love' was my second fave Eurovision track of 2012 but there really wasn't any comparison between this and 'Euphoria'. 10 iamamiwhoami - goods Clearly not an iamamiwhoami loon but when I heard 'goods' for the first time I really did think *.* as 'play' hadn't really grabbed my attention at all in BJSC. 'goods' got to #5 in my chart. 13 Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston - Love Is Not Enough I really liked this yet post BJSC, there were a few other tracks that grew on me more - particularly 'Bassline'. This went from getting my 12 points to just peaking at #12. I still like the track though. 14 The Storm - Raver 39 The Storm - My Crown Higher than 'My Crown'? Both tracks did well for me but 'Raver' just missed my top 10 peaking at #11 whilst 'My Crown' went three places better peaking at #8. Personally, I still prefer their track 'Lost In The Water' that I entered into Unknown Pleasures ages ago. 16 Dream Beats feat. The Face - Love Stuck What a great pop track. Thanks to Eyes entering this into BJSC, the track got to #3 in my chart. Just missed out on my top 40 of 2012. It ended up somewhere in the 50s. 28 Retro Stefson - Glow :D I don't care if this bombed in BJSC (yet secured a place in The Rejects), I still think 'Glow' is a great track that's already been a top 10 hit for me too. Will be interesting to see if Retro Stefson get their big breakthrough in 2013. 30 Marina And The Diamonds - Primadonna 'Primadonna' did well for me getting as high as #6 but her BJSC winning track 'Hollywood' remains Marina's biggest hit to date in my chart. 33 Dia Frampton - Billy The Kid A classic case of a song growing on you months after its appearance in BJSC. For me, it was 'Little Talks' that had the biggest post-BJSC impact although it still took a good six months to finally click with me. :lol: 49 War Of Words - Panic Interesting to see this here. 'Panic' was entered into BJSC when I hosted in 2011. Poor Tirren, he really thought he was onto a winner with this track yet it didn't even come close (think it ended up 19th in the final or something like that) Thanks Chris! Happy new year to you too! :D 01 - It definitely more than just a Eurovision song and I'm so happy the UK managed to get it into the top 3 on the official chart (even though it should have been number one... for about 4 months! :D ) 07 - I feel exactly the same! It seems we were both on trend with the rest of the UK too as apart from Engelbert, Euphoria and La La Love charted the most successfully here :D 10 - I'm glad they caught your attention in some way though! :D goods was the only track to hit #1 on my chart, idle talk and drops being held off by the mighty Euphoria! 13 - Sometimes that happens! I'm often regretting not giving more poitns to some entries! I'm obviously glad you liked it most at the time though! :P 14/39 - My Crown was already quite old for me at the start of the year so that's had an effect here. I like both tracks fairly equally though! My favourite of theirs was the song I sent to BJSC, Wall Of Shame. The album it was taken from was more metal sounding than their recent LP and I did slightly prefer The Storm when they had that heavier sound. 16 - It is so good! Very reminiscent of some previous Alcazar singles! 28 - I was so unhappy that it flopped, especially as I'd shunned Arlissa in favour of them (What a mistake! :drama: ). Had I also known you were toying with sending it and everyone had told you not to I would have scrapped the idea of sending it immediately :lol:. That said, I would not be surprised if they had moderate international success with it and followed in the footsteps of fellow Icelandic act, Of Monsters And Men. 30 - Same, although Mowgli's Road hit #1 on my chart as well iirc! 33 - It happens every year! :lol: This was the biggest grower for me though, easily! 49 - Yeah it sort of passed me by a bit in BJSC but then it got it's official release in January 2012 and I got the 12" of it - it sounded far better on record (weirdly) and as a result I developed a newfound affinity with the song!
January 6, 201312 yr Thanks Rich! :D 01 - Absolutely! I was over the moon when she won, although I think I might have actually died that night had the voting been based on televotes alone, it would have come down to the last 12 points I imagine! :drama: 05 - Without checking, I think this is the first time :lol: . MHIRM probably should have come top last year looking back, but never mind! 06 - :lol:, I guess I can see her point even if to the trained Swedish folk-pop loving ear they sound nothing alike! 12 - The best UK #1 hit of the year imo! 13 - Glad you liked it! :D I wonder what 2013 will hold for both of us in the contest, I definitely need to up my game! :drama: 19 - I know :( Stupid jury! 21 - Agreed, and from the sound of Claire on BB earlier it seems like Steps have called it a day again :( 44 - I know! Well, I quite liked singles #2 and #3 from the debut album and although The Flood was nice, it was nothing on Promise This! I can't even remember what the follow up single to Call My Name was! :lol: 48 - It was quite nice, yeah! It would have ended up in my top 40 of the year! 01 - Shame, play was not amongst my favourites on the album oddly enough, idle talk was by far the best for me! So moving! 04 - Got to agree with that! Although I still maintain that it should have included DGBMH and the dance mix of One Last Time as bonus tracks! 05 - I thought it was a very strong year in 2012, not sure what 2013 will bring though! I can totally see me supporting Swedish House Wives though! 09 - Really?! It's comfortably my favourite of her albums :lol: 13 - Agreed with that! If she does a fourth album she needs to come up with a new sound I think. 18 - I sort of feel the same, but it did have some very nice gems on there at the same time! 1. Indeed, I'd have been a complete wreck as the final few sets of votes came in! 5. I remember last year thinking that Loreen would be at the top and was mildy surprised that Kati Wolf did it as you were lukewarm about the song at first iirc, or at least in comparison to the hi-NRG anthem of the previous year, Je Ne Sais Quoi! Imagine if Loreen had been #1 two years running! :o 6. Yes I suppose so :lol: 13. I have no idea, I haven't even started to think about it! 21. That's gutting if it's true, partly because I wanted a new pop album (was it ever likely to happen anyway?) and partly because I have a Steps calendar this year! They need to stop disbanding after mopping up all the calendar sales! :lol: 44. Under The Sun, nice enough pop song but nothing next to Call My Name! 4. DGBMH should definitely have featured on there somewhere, can't believe it was snubbed! 5. Yeah it was very good, Euphoria, Mirakel and Amazing especially, can't wait to hear the Swedish House Wives track, imagine if Swedish House Mafia's final hurrah had been at Melodifestivalen and Don't You Worry Child had been their entry! 13. Definitely, it's all a bit 2007 at the moment!
January 6, 201312 yr Hi Ghosty 01 Loreen - Euphoria I guess this was on the cards as the #1 of your YTD chart :lol: its too obvious 02 Susanne Sundfør - White Foxes 03 iamamiwhoami - idle talk 04 Girls Aloud - Something New 05 Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me 07 Ivi Adamou - La La Love 08 Eivør - Rain 09 iamamiwhoami - drops 10 iamamiwhoami - goods 14 The Storm - Raver 19 Joan Franka - You And Me 24 Eivør - Undo Your Mind 27 MS MR - Hurricane 30 Marina And The Diamonds - Primadonna 36 Anggun - Echo (You And I) 37 iamamiwhoami - good worker 38 iamamiwhoami - sever 39 The Storm - My Crown 40 Rebekka Karijord - Use My Body While It's Still Young 41 iamamiwhoami - play 46 Lisa Miskovsky - Why Start A Fire
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