Love Me Harder :heart: Really gutted it keeps stalling outside the top 10, really should be huge here. Best song this era now for me I think, everything she's putting out at the moment is fantastic.

 

One More, thank you v much for the discovery of this song and Elliphant. Haven't listened to hear EP much but really hoping to hear more from her in 2015.

 

Night Changes is stunning, really hoping it breaks the top 10 this week. Shame they won't be performing it on XF too because I think it'd be the sort of song to get a good boost from it. The album is very solid though so I'll be happening with anything as the next single..

 

Fancy took a while to grow but it really is a huge jam. Glad it had such longevity and is hopefully a bit of a 2010s classic now !

Fancy :wub: Completely agree with your comment, at first I really thought it'd kill her career dead even! Night Changes is lovely too but I've really given it a chance in recent days.

It's that rare thing, a GOOD 1D ballad :o

 

The vamps album is very good

Fancy is definitely one of the best songs this year, it is so amazing :wub:

Night changes is great (especially Harry on it) and love me harder is also very good :wub:

Glad you're liking so much :D

 

Love Me Harder :heart: Really gutted it keeps stalling outside the top 10, really should be huge here. Best song this era now for me I think, everything she's putting out at the moment is fantastic.

 

One More, thank you v much for the discovery of this song and Elliphant. Haven't listened to hear EP much but really hoping to hear more from her in 2015.

 

Night Changes is stunning, really hoping it breaks the top 10 this week. Shame they won't be performing it on XF too because I think it'd be the sort of song to get a good boost from it. The album is very solid though so I'll be happening with anything as the next single..

 

Fancy took a while to grow but it really is a huge jam. Glad it had such longevity and is hopefully a bit of a 2010s classic now !

Hey Josh :hi: loving the orange! v~ frank ocean.

 

Agree about LMH, her best for me too <3 yay for Elliphant - she NEEDS to properly breakthrough next year *.*

 

I would normally be very gutted at them not singing it, but they're singing one of my favourite album tracks anyway so hopefully the album gets a good boost :D

Considering I have quite a bit to catch up on let me just condense it into a favorites list :kink: Hope you don't mind ~

 

36. Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd - Love Me Harder

38. Neon Jungle – Welcome to the Jungle The best song they've ever done, too bad it wasn't that big of a hit

39. One Direction - Night Changes

40. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – Fancy

42. Sigma – Nobody To Love

44. Charli XCX - Boom Clap

45. Josef Salvat - Open Season Of course I love you for putting this in :heart:

46. Sam Smith - Stay With Me

47. Tinashe ft. A$AP Rocky – Pretend Everything Tinashe touches is GOLD

49. Josef Salvat - Diamonds

52. The Vamps ft. Demi Lovato - Somebody To You

54. FKA twigs - Two Weeks

55. Raleigh Ritchie – Stronger Than Ever I adore this, too bad it kinda wore off on me quickly at the time so it won't feature as high on my year end list </3

 

STUNNING. COUNTDOWN.

extremely unfortunate double post :kink: you can ignore this ~

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Considering I have quite a bit to catch up on let me just condense it into a favorites list :kink: Hope you don't mind ~

 

38. Neon Jungle – Welcome to the Jungle The best song they've ever done, too bad it wasn't that big of a hit

45. Josef Salvat - Open Season Of course I love you for putting this in :heart:

55. Raleigh Ritchie – Stronger Than Ever I adore this, too bad it kinda wore off on me quickly at the time so it won't feature as high on my year end list </3

 

STUNNING. COUNTDOWN.

Hey Math :D ofc i don't mind at all~

Love it but not quite my fave from them which is still to come :o

And i love you for sending it to the contest. Here's to 2015 being his year!

Aww that's a shame. I still adore it and it still has the power to move me even after all these listens lol.

 

extremely unfortunate double post :kink: you can ignore this ~

:angry:

Some boys they just can't eat it whole

 

 

17. Michael Jackson - Xscape

 

Do You Know Where Your Children Are / Love Never Felt So Good / Chicago

 

18. Neon Jungle - Welcome To The Jungle

 

Braveheart / Bad Man / Sleepless In London

 

 

Neon Jungle have had a huge year for me. In the first half of the year i was very obsessed with them and still believe they're one of the most exciting pop groups to arise in a long time. The killer music with stomping beats and rousing lyrics are matched with a unique styling and brash attitude which i completely eat up. They also seemingly followed me wherever i went around the country and i'd find them playing in random clubs whichever city i was in. I got a chance to witness them live in Glasgow and along with hearing their hit singles played throughout the night, they gave out a fun night. The album is a mixed bag but largely enjoyable. Controversial (but beautiful) cover songs litter it but their true talent comes with the awe-inspiring club bangers. The louder the better~

 

And Michael Jackson's - my #1 artist of ALL TIME 2nd posthumous album really should be considered his first. The album did not come across as a blatant cash-in of the legend's talent, instead it was met with a very close appreciation to the perfectionism of the artist when he was alive. A clever touch to include the original versions alongside the remastered, and with a fitting homage offered by Justin Timberlake, the album offered an insight into some of the hidden moments of MJ's career. Though the album stands nowhere near the ones we got when he was alive, or the freshness or rawness of his vocals in those, it was still a wonderful nostalgic piece and a reminder that there never has been, nor never will be another king of pop. It's an escape into his mind at its most innocent and tender and for that i am actually thankful for the reprise.

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Welcome to the jungle is Veyr good (standouts being louder + can't stop the love for me) and xscape was surprisingly ypretty good as well (my favourite was that song that was over an advert, I think it was called something like slave is a rhythm)

O, it's Michael.

 

I didn't like Neon Jungle initially but 'Welcome to the Jungle' was a brilliant piece of pop :wub: Unfortunately I didn't really like a lot of their album material.

 

Bad Man's nice but... you know. I didn't love it as opposed to what I was originally expecting the songs on the album to be (I don't know how to explain it!)

 

I was going to buy Michael Jackson's album when it first came out before these 'cashing out' and 'disrespectful' claims started. Unfortunately it influence my opinion :( I love 'Love Never Felt So Good' which I found myself playing a lot this year!

 

oh yeah, where do broken hearts go is one of my fave album tracks too, hoping for a single announcement soon !

Welcome to the jungle is Veyr good (standouts being louder + can't stop the love for me) and xscape was surprisingly ypretty good as well (my favourite was that song that was over an advert, I think it was called something like slave is a rhythm)

That's the one! Another highlight for me too :D

 

O, it's Michael.

 

I didn't like Neon Jungle initially but 'Welcome to the Jungle' was a brilliant piece of pop :wub: Unfortunately I didn't really like a lot of their album material.

 

Bad Man's nice but... you know. I didn't love it as opposed to what I was originally expecting the songs on the album to be (I don't know how to explain it!)

 

I was going to buy Michael Jackson's album when it first came out before these 'cashing out' and 'disrespectful' claims started. Unfortunately it influence my opinion :( I love 'Love Never Felt So Good' which I found myself playing a lot this year!

Gurl don't "o" the KING OF EVERYTHING.

 

And no i don't know... 'Bad Man' is life-enchancing.

 

Those claims aren't really true with this album :( it's very honest to him and his legacy i feel. Oh well </3

 

oh yeah, where do broken hearts go is one of my fave album tracks too, hoping for a single announcement soon !

Fingers crossed :D

I'm in love with you and you will never know

 

 

34. Sam Smith - Leave Your Lover

35. Oscar and the Wolf – Princes

 

A failed BJSC entry (one of two this year) kicks off proceedings by Oscar and the Wolf, brought to my attention by Bra, i quickly snatched it off him because i realised it was a very big and important song. I don't know where it fits in with the rest of the music i listened to this year, but i know it's so dark, so brooding, so beautiful and so mysterious that i will forever return to it and be transported to its eery, aural setting. It's one of those songs that seems so empty yet so full of everything that it's quite confusing. I dare you to listen to it and not be affected in some way though. One of the boys.

 

And Sam Smith's final appearance in the singles chart (yes, this is my favourite song from him in case i haven't mentioned that before :)) is the gorgeous 'Leave Your Lover'. From a man that i pretty much despised after his debut, it had to take something spectacular to make me pay attention to him, and here we have that moment in all of its glory. Yet another ballad from him, but this seems to be the most personal for him and it really shows in the emotion of the vocals and the poignancy of the lyrics. So relateable too: who HASN'T wanted a secret admirer to leave who they're with because you know you can offer me? Heart-breaking stuff.

Stupidly think you had it under control

 

 

32. Beyoncé ft. Drake – Mine

33. Banks - Begging For Thread

 

 

Two leading ladies for me this year. The first, Banks had one of my most hotly anticipated albums and she certainly delivered. This was a single, much like the album it came from, that took its time to properly hit me. I still have no idea what she is begging for but the song is a stomper and one of her best. The initial beat when it kicks in is shiver-inducing and her voice is so intoxicating, proud and powerful throughout. She really knows who she is as an artist and it's so exciting to hear an artist take such pride in their own ego and voice like she does here.

 

And from a hugely anticipated one to another that came out of nowhere. An album track from Beyoncé that i have been vying to be pushed as a single for the past 12 months, but as it looks like that won't happen i'll give it the recognition it deserves here instead. In a dark and masterfully brooding album, this stands out as one of the darkest, one of the most masterful and one of the most brooding. The atmosphere she creates is second to known and Drake's inclusion really sets it above the other album tracks.

I still have no idea what she is begging for

 

I like to imagine she's waiting impatiently after midnight on a Sunday for Martin to post the brand new iTunes thread. We've all been there.

O hai again :hi: I didn't see your sunday post :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

 

Ergh, Sam Smith :puke: No.

 

Beyonce :cheer: I love Mine :heart:, my little sister doesn't like the video, she thinks the white-painted girl is scary like the Northampton Clown :S

 

One of my favorite songs from 'Goddess' along with 'This is what it Feels like' :wub:, I think the entire album as a whole is solid. Oh, and isn't it obvious, she's beggin' for THREAD. It's literally in the name :/ Maybe she wants to be a cat or something, IDK.

 

v~swagalicious chart Bal, keep it coming

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Mine is stunning, really wish it got single recognition but ah well. I love it how beyonce is slaying us with those haunting vocals and then the tempo picks up and drake starts doing his thing :wub: lovely!

 

Beggin For Thread is the best from Banks for me too, took me a while to get her but I do still love this. Drowning is v good too. I listened to another track from her too but that was rly boring :(

Begging for thread :wub: I Wish i had charted it now. I

not really a fan of banks though but some of her music is Gorgeous this being an example;

Beggin For Thread is good but doesn't top the other songs I've heard from her (Drowning and This Is What It Feels Like, the former actually nearly made my top 100) Some of the recent output of popular non A-list females has been surprisingly good actually (Moko/Banks/Tinashe/Marina/Jessie Ware/Grimes/fka twigs have all made v tunealicious tunes)

L O V E 'Beggin for Thread' - still to decipher what exactly it's about but I love the swagger in the "my tracks are better" middle 8, which makes me think it's about another music artist maybe?

 

great thread AS EVER, sorry I haven't commented before but I have been reading + loving!!

Beggin For Thread :wub: