January 19, 20169 yr Author 15 Florence & The Machine - Ship To Wreck UK peak: #27 US peak: #114 My peak: #1 Florence's 3rd album isn't quite her best, but this song, its pinnacle really is up there. The juxtaposition of cheerful indie-pop and self destructive lyrics make for a strikingly effective song that isn't conventionally Florence at first look, but when you look deeper it's easy to see exactly how this fits in with her classics <3 14 Paulini - Air It All Out (7th Heaven Radio Edit) UK peak: N/'A US peak: N/A My peak: #2 A bit of a spruce up from Britain's best remixers transformed this nice R&B track into a rousingly gay club anthem. The chorus soars with such production, which is fitting for the empowering lyrics. This losing to SNBRN's Raindrops was easily the biggest injustice of 2015 in BJSC, if since I joined :( 13 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do UK peak: #1 US peak: #3 My peak: #1 One of the biggest hits of the year in both the UK and US, this 50 Shades Of Grey adjacent song is much better than the mess of a "film" it came from! This sultry, tender electro-pop ballad had input from pop god Max Martin, the huge 80s-esque production being more epic than anything Ellie has done previously - perfect for the big screen. 12 Elle King - Exs And Ohs UK peak: #85 US peak: #10 My peak: #1 Elle's ballsy southern rock influenced anthem has been huge in the US and it's got a good start in 2016 over here. The song's lyrics present a man eating character who'll leave no man behind, fitting for the brash instrumental. 11 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best UK peak: N/A US peak: N/A My peak: #1 Just missing out on the top 10 is the highest BJSC entry which was a 3rd placer and record tier for me early in 2015 (most sets of top points) *.* Completely different to a lot of my music taste, this pairs heavy guitar instrumentation with a deadpan, cynical singing style, all carried by Courtney's genius lyrics, to create one of the most unique and memorable songs of 2015.
January 19, 20169 yr Style :wub: Glad to see appreciation for that here. Also loving the two Carly tracks obviously. The title track being your favourite :o It was the one that hit me really early on in the campaign and I still love it, so a fabulous choice <3
January 20, 20169 yr Author 10 Melanie Martinez - Pity Party 6bAPlojfgO0 UK peak: N/A US peak: N/A My peak: #2 The highest #2 on this list comes from Melanie - the whole top 9 reached #1 on my chart. Pity Party samples Lesley Gore just like the #17 on this list; if it wasn't vetoed it would have been my 2nd consectutive Mary sampling BJSC entries :lol: The dark and twisted themes contrast with Melanie's bright and bubbly aesthetic and the end result is a characteristically self loathing tale in which you can feel the desperation and angst this poor girl exudes in every word. 09 Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself bMpFmHSgC4Q UK peak: #180 US peak: #30 My peak: #1 This storming pop triumph is easily one of the best debuts of the past few years, cementing Hailee as an exciting pop prospect for 2016. Melodically, this song is so fresh and unique, and the lyrics have a real sense of empowerment and positivity (or masturbation, depending on how dirty you feel when you interpret them). This should have been huge but Hailee has the potential to really break out in the coming years so we'll see.
January 20, 20169 yr Author 08 Adele - Hello YQHsXMglC9A UK peak: #1 US peak: #1 My peak: #1 Adele decimated the world when she came back with Hello, as well as the charts :cheeseblock: Although it's just typical Adele, Hello is such a powerful, emotional ballad that nobody else could pull off. A soulful expression of nostalgia and regret, which can be interpreted many ways, Hello is just one of those songs you already feel is a classic mere months after release. 07 Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams IdneKLhsWOQ UK peak: #40 US peak: #5 My peak: #1 Taylor has obviously slayed worldwide with 1989, and this became the 4th 1989 #1 in my chart too. This dream-pop influnced song has more than a fleck of Lana to it but its mysticism and wonder surpasses most Lana songs. As moody and sultry as the woman who clearly inspired this, Wildest Dreams is so impassioned and wondorous it refuses to let you go once it has drew you in. An instant highlight from 1989, this wormed its way into probably my top 10 Taylor songs overall.
January 21, 20169 yr Author 06 Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer il9nqWw9W3Y UK peak: #7 US peak: #11 My peak: #1 Just missing the top 5 is Demi's highest entry by quite some way! This was a 5 week #1 in my chart, the joint longest this year, hitting me as soon as it was released. This summer anthem was released at the perfect time as we had our very short spell of hot weather - it sounded amazing blasting out as loud as possible in the sunshine. This is a turning point in Demi's career, being more sexually suggestive and mature than her previous work. When will your fave lesbian experimentation anthems? *.* 05 Little Mix - Secret Love Song eh-zRKZnV2M UK peak: #34 US peak: N/A My peak: #1 This song is almost certainly going to be riding high in the 2016 EOY but I couldn't leave it out here either :wub: This ballad is a huge highlight of Get Weird which is no mean feat, and is currently almost all your faves on UK iTunes. Of course, the emotion of Pt II (and lack of Jason DeRulo) wins out, but the original's radio friendly production has a slightly faster pace. Pt II with Pt I production plz guys xoxo Anyway, this is an excellent song either and is comfortably my 2nd fave Little Mix fave already, showing just how much the girls have settled into slaying even more recently. Give this time and (fingers crossed) a BRITs performance, and this could outsell most of, if not all of their singles too. PLEASE.
January 22, 20169 yr Wildest Dreams is lush. The best from the album and one of the few 1989 tracks I think Taylor did better than Ryan Adams :kink:
January 24, 20169 yr Author 04 Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky - Good For You 1TsVjvEkc4s UK peak: #23 US peak: #5 Selena's highest entry finally comes, and it's the sultry and sexy lead single from Revival. Good For You was an instant critical hit, praised for continuing Selena's move into a more mature sound. As I've already said about her vocals on other tracks on the album, Good For You feels like Selena has finally found her lane, using her voice in the best way to utilise her coy and playful tone. I'm glad Good For You stuck around and sold a lot for a relatively low UK peak, still waiting for her huge hit though!! 03 Ariana Grande - One Last Time BPgEgaPk62M UK peak: #24 US peak: #14 The final track to bow out before the big reveal post comes from Ariana Grande. This was already one of my favourite songs of 2014 because of the album release, but it's single release in 2015 made me love it even more. This is like a slightly more subdued and wistful version of Loreen's Euphoria, which explains quite why I love it so much. I'd love to hear more like this from Ariana, again it sadly had a fairly low peak but sold quite well. This is just gorgeous and cannot get enough appreciation <3 So that leaves two X Factor heavyweights who collabed for an incredible performance on this year's final... But will Black Magic or Sax take the crown? :o
January 25, 20169 yr Author 02 Fleur East - Sax 3JZ4pnNtyxQ UK peak: #3 US peak: N/A My peak: #1 Claiming the runner-up spot, just like she did in 2014's series of X Factor, is Fleur East. As probably THE best performer the X Factor has ever produced, Fleur is a ready made pop star, like a mini Janet Jackson. Sax is hardly the most innovative or unique song ever, but as a pure pop song it really is the absolute pinnacle. Brash, loud, and bolshy, Sax hits you in the face instantly, and within seconds you're drawn in and want to dance yourself silly to the instrumental. From fast paced rapping to a huge pop chorus, Fleur brings it all in the biggest earworm of the year. 01 Little Mix - Black Magic MkElfR_NPBI UK peak: #1 US peak: #67 My peak: #1 So that means the top spot goes to the world's biggest and best girlband. Black Magic is the epitome of perfect pop; a real catchy 80s throwback. The production, melodies, vocals and harmonies are all on point. As I've already said about this era, everythin has clicked into place even further. This perfect pop song is exactly what I crave in 2015, amongst so much overproduced dance with looped sample and boring singer-songwriter music, a huge catchy chorus and a wonderful melody is all I need. The video is just fabulous too, done so well with a pretty funny storyline. All in all, fully worthy of the song of the year and is now my Little Mix fave, even with stiff competition from their incredible back catalogue.
January 25, 20169 yr Author SINGLES 01 Little Mix - Black Magic 02 Fleur East - Sax 03 Ariana Grande - One Last Time 04 Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky - Good For You 05 Little Mix - Secret Love Song 06 Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer 07 Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams 08 Adele - Hello 09 Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself 10 Melanie Martinez - Pity Party 11 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best 12 Elle King - Exs And Ohs 13 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do 14 Paulini - Air It All Out (7th Heaven Radio Edit) 15 Florence & The Machine - Ship To Wreck 16 Carly Rae Jepsen - E-MO-TION 17 Grace ft. G-Eazy - You Don’t Own Me 18 Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself 19 Little Mix - Love Me Like You 20 Taylor Swift - Style 21 Melanie Martinez - Soap 22 Marina & The Diamonds - Blue 23 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me 24 Cam - Burning House 25 Selena Gomez - Same Old Love 26 Tori Kelly - Should’ve Been Us 27 Tove Lo - Talking Body 28 Edurne - Amanecer 29 Tinashe - All Hands On Deck 30 Years & Years - King 31 ISA - Don’t Stop 32 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece 33 Pia Mia ft. Tyga & Chris Brown - Do It Again 34 Ciara - I Bet 35 Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices 36 Marina & The Diamonds - I’m A Ruin 37 Demi Lovato - For You 38 Little Big Town - Girl Crush 39 Selena Gomez - Sober 40 Taylor Swift - Bad Blood 41 Loreen – Paper Light (Higher) 42 Dua Lipa – Be The One 43 Jolin Tsai ft. Namie Amuro – I’m Not Yours 44 Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink – Worth It 45 Rachel Platten – Fight Song 46 Jessica Mauboy – This Ain’t Love 47 Macklemore ft. Ryan Lewis – Downtown 48 Tove Stryke – Ego 49 Justin Bieber – Love Yourself 50 Samantha Urbani – 1 2 3 4 51 G.R.L. – Lighthouse 52 Demi Lovato – Confident 53 Janet Jackson ft. Missy Elliot – BURNITUP 54 Selena Gomez – Me & The Rhythm 55 Nyssa Collins – A Thousand Miles (X Factor Performance) 56 Alessia Cara – Here 57 Snakehips ft. Tinashe – All My Friends 58 Nadav Guedj – Golden Boy 59 Carrie Underwood – Dirty Laundry 60 Louisa Johnson – The Power Of Love (X Factor Performance) 61 Emilie Esther – I N E S C A P A B L E 62 Ella Eyre – We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off 63 Justin Bieber – Sorry 64 Adele – When We Were Young 65 Carly Rae Jepsen – Warm Blood 66 Foxes – Body Talk 67 MO – Kamikaze 68 Jess Glynne – Take Me Home 69 Rita Ora – Poison 70 Little Mix – Hair 71 KDA ft. Katy B & Tinie Tempah – Turn The Music Louder 72 Namie Amuro ft. Hatsune Miku – B Who I Want 2 B 73 Aminata – Love Injected 74 Carrie Underwood – Little Toy Guns 75 Years & Years – Eyes Shut 76 Violet Chachki – Bettie 77 MNEK ft. Zara Larsson – Never Forget You 78 Sandra Lyng – Play My Drum 79 Little Mix – Love Me Or Leave Me 80 Billie – Give Me The Knife 81 Kelly Clarkson ft. John Legend – Run Run Run 82 Marina & The Diamonds – Savages 83 Molly Sanden – Phoenix 84 Eves The Behavior - TV 85 Petite Meller – Baby Love 86 Kelly Clarkson – Invincible 87 Carly Rae Jepsen – Gimmie Love 88 Tkay Maidza – U-Huh 89 Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move 90 Florence & The Machine – Queen Of Peace 91 Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song 92 Namie Amuro – Golden Touch 93 Carrie Underwood – Heartbeat 94 Awa – Obvious 95 Grimes – Flesh Without Blood 96 Elliphant – Love Me Badder 97 Delta Goodrem – Wings 98 Carrie Underwood – Smoke Break 99 Tori Kelly – Nobody Love 100 Anja Nissen – Anyone Who Had A Heart 101 Tori Kelly – Hollow 102 Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO – Lean On 103 Carrie Underwood – Renegade Runaway 104 Liz ft. SOPHIE – When I Rule The World 105 Louisa Johnson – Let It Go (X Factor Performance) 106 Kacey Musgraves – Biscuits 107 Years & Years – Shine 108 Tori Kelly ft. Ed Sheeran – I Was Made For Loving You 109 Carly Rae Jepsen – Your Type 110 Fleur East – Baby Don’t Dance 111 Elina Born & Stig Rasta – Goodbye To Yesterday 112 Samantha Jade ft. Pitbull – Shake That 113 Halsey – New Americana 114 Bonnie Anderson – Unbroken 115 Louisa Johnson – Jealous (X Factor Performance) 116 Fetty Wap – Trap Queen 117 Louisa Johnson – It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World (X Factor Performance) 118 Dolly Style – Hello Hi 119 Florence & The Machine – What Kind Of Man 120 Madonna - Ghosttown 121 Demi Lovato – Stone Cold 122 Lena – Traffic Lights 123 JoJo – When Love Hurts 124 Louisa Johnson – I Believe I Can Fly (X Factor Performance) 125 Louane – Avenir 126 Ciara – Give Me Love 127 Ellie Goulding – On My Mind 128 Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson – Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better) 129 Nick Jonas – Chains 130 Fleur East – Tears Will Dry 131 Jason DeRulo – Want To Want Me 132 Ciara – That’s How I’m Feelin’ 133 Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You 134 Selena Gomez – Me & My Girls 135 Florence & The Machine – Delilah 136 Loreen – I’m In It With You 137 Rihanna ft. Kanye West & Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds 138 Melanie Martinez – Sippy Cup 139 Jess Glynne – Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 140 Ciara – One Woman Army 141 Rae Morris – Under The Shadows 142 Mariette – Don’t Stop Believin’ 143 Ella Henderson – Mirror Man 144 Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 145 Louisa Johnson – Forever Young 146 Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? 147 Adele – Sweetest Devotion 148 Jess & Matt – Do You Remember? (The X Factor Australia Performance) 149 Drew – Ugly 150 Pia Mia - Touch 151 CeCe – Dead 2 Me 152 Tink – Ratchet Commandments 153 The Weeknd – The Hills 154 Karen Harding – Say Something 155 Jordin Sparks ft. 2Chainz – Double Tap 156 Miley Cyrus – Twinkle Song 157 Ida LaFontaine – Anthem 158 Maroon 5 – Sugar 159 Sia – Alive 160 Maraaya – Here For You 161 Watermat ft. Becky Hill – All My Love 162 Louisa Johnson – Billie Jean (X Factor Performance) 163 Inna ft. Alexandra Stan & Daddy Yankee – We Wanna 164 Sigma ft. Ella Henderson – Glitterball 165 DNCE – Cake By The Ocean 166 Zedd ft. Selena Gomez – I Want You To Know 167 Prince Royce ft. Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull – Back It Up 168 Kelsea Ballerini – Love Me Like You Mean It 169 Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih – Somebody 170 Nick Jonas – Levels 171 Jason DeRulo – Cheyenne 172 Little Mix – Weird People 173 Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin’ 174 Hilary Duff – Sparks 175 Ivy Levan – Biscuit 176 Mans Zelmerlow – Heroes 177 Bojana Stamenov – Beauty Never Lies 178 Courtney Barnett – Depreston 179 Ariana Grande – Focus 180 Madonna ft. Nicki Minaj – Bitch I’m Madonna 181 Alesha Dixon – The Way We Are 182 Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend – Like I’m Gonna Lose You 183 Ciara – Dance Like We’re Making Love 184 Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber - Where Are Ü Now 185 Melanie Martinez – Alphabet Boy 186 Meg Mac – Never Be 187 5 Seconds Of Summer – She’s Kinda Hot 188 Jason DeRulo ft. Jennifer Lopez & Matoma – Try Me 189 Madonna – Livin’ For Love 190 Demi Lovato – Father 191 Janet Jackson – The Great Forever 192 Ella Eyre – Together 193 Ricky Martin ft. Pitbull – Mr Put It Down 194 Justin Bieber ft. Halsey – The Feeling 195 Natalie Conway – Toca’s Miracle (X Factor Performance) 196 Selena Gomez – Survivors 197 Carrie Underwood - Chaser 198 Fleur East - Breakfast 199 Louise Adams - History 200 Finlay Robertson – Somebody That I Used To Know (X Factor New Zealand Performance) ALBUMS 01 Selena Gomez - Revival 02 Carly Rae Jepsen - E-MO-TION 03 Little Mix - Get Weird 04 Carrie Underwood - Storyteller 05 Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby 06 Marina & The Diamonds - Froot 07 Fleur East - Love, Sax & Flashbacks 08 Adele - 25 09 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece 10 Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Think 11 Janet Jackson - Unbreakable 12 Justin Bieber - Purpose 13 Ciara - Jackie 14 Tori Kelly - Unbreakable Smile 15 Demi Lovato - Confident 16 Namie Amuro - _genic 17 Halsey - Badlands 18 Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 19 Cam - Untamed 20 Tove Stryke - Kiddo 21 Little Big Town – Pain Killer 22 Kacey Musgraves - Paegant Material 23 Grimes – Art Angels 24 Ella Eyre – Feline 25 Brooke Fraser – Brutal Romantic 26 Years & Years - Communion 27 f(x) – 4 Walls 28 Jason DeRulo – Everything Is 4 29 Elle King – Love Stuff 30 Meghan Trainor – Title 31 Shamir – Ratchet 32 Rae Morris – Unguarded 33 Jess Glynne – I Cry When I Laugh 34 Ellie Goulding – Delirium 35 Madonna – Rebel Heart 36 Samantha Jade – Nine 37 Samsaya – Bombay Calling 38 BoA – Kiss My Lips 39 Miley Cyrus – Miley And Her Dead Petz 40 Jarryd James – Thirty One
January 25, 20169 yr That Top 10 is flawless. So glad to see some love for Melanie Martinez here as well. Her, Tinashe and Tori Kelly are like the holy trinity of 'should be huge' popstars imo :(.
January 25, 20169 yr Top 10 commentary~ 01 Little Mix - Black Magic they went from strength to strength this era. Perfect pop :wub: 02 Fleur East - Sax YASS thought this would be #1 but then the actual #1 seems so obvious haha 03 Ariana Grande - One Last Time <33 her singles were flawless that era, not sure she can top them in the forthcoming one.. 04 Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky - Good For You adore this. Such an incredible transformation for her 05 Little Mix - Secret Love Song 06 Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer 07 Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams my favourite Taylor song ever I think! So glad it was made a single <3 08 Adele - Hello Fab stuff <3
January 31, 20169 yr Lovely to see One Last Time, Wildest Dreams, and Love Myself in your top 10, and Cam, Tori, and Little Big Town further down! Great commentary as well, I enjoyed reading through this :D
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