"The Hardest Mistakes" is absolutely fantastic. It's that perfect blend of electro and hardcore rock that I somehow searched for after "Savages" rocked my world.

I See Stars would be my favourite entry from you :music:

 

Also justice for Izzy Stars in the awards :angry:

 

I need you to know I will always remember

 

I think when I first heard Forever I was struck dumb by how good it was. I mean, I've been on the bandwagon that PC music is good for a while, it's essentially strong pop dressed up in a slight computerized fashion and a cutesy styling so of course it is, but never has it hit my emotions quite like this. Take Broken Flowers, which I'm very glad is getting some attention as it's one of the best songs from the channel for doing that, but I don't find it as powerful as Forever is as there's something to Forever's backing that makes it sound a lot thicker and closer together which of course is excellent for all of the emotions to pour out. And Broken Flower's lyrics are abstract, which can be good, but Forever's lyrics are very relatable and they're what keeps me coming back to this song. It may seem simple but 'like, we'll do this forever' is an incredibly strong concept of writing and it makes the whole song stand out, with the wistful backing to keep track of it and inject a sense of melancholy, it feels the most meaningful PC music has ever sounded. It could be in the present but I like to think it's supposed to sound like it's in the present but it's actually looking back at the past, that this is what you should have said to keep the relationship going. Also, have I said how much I love the concept of being in love with someone forever. Forever is a hella long time and to be able to do that in a way that doesn't sound like you're just saying it is just beautiful. Like this song. Forever.

 

I hope you've got a safety net, cause I'm going to push you over the edge

 

Delirious took me a couple of listens to really get behind, courtesy of Jake on dubtrack as I only really remembered Susanne Sundfør from a couple of mediocre singles and a very good Röyksopp track. Him playing Delirious sold me on her as a solo act and then I got her album and that's done very well for me this year with plenty of strong pop songs. Delirious remains the strongest of them though. It may be because I've listened to it the most, but really, very few other songs open with a line as strong as 'I hope you've got a safety net, cause I'm going to push you over the edge', it's tight and meaningful lyric writing, each word sounding impactful, as the swirly pop production drowns you in a beautiful wall of sound. While the lyrics allude to one or both of the people involved being quite crazy, and that's where the Delirious title comes from, I find that the track itself sounds delirious. As in, off-of-center a little bit. It's not perfect singing, and that's what makes it so brilliant, there's a slight flaw in there. Somewhere. Also it never really lets you figure it out as it keeps you interested all the way right through to the end when Susanne FINALLY drops you off her wild insane indie-pop ride with 'I'm not the one holding the gun'. Which proves who's the crazy one, guns are bad. Brilliant pop song all the way through.

 

 

 

Sparks will fly, they ignite our bones, but when they strike, we light up the world

 

Tropical house. The genre of light, love, and firestones. The principle example of this subgenre that I'm sure everyone will point to in the future is this song, a song that, as to its hit status, feels like it could have really gone either way. If people didn't pick up on it, tropical house would have gone on its way quickly. Now Firestone changed the year, brought the prominent remixer Kygo very much into the public consciousness, gave us a nice hit single from Norway, started spawning imitation hits, a few too many trying to do tropical house covers but a few good innovators in there, and it also really touched my year a lot as well. The vocals on Firestone could be anyone really, sorry Joseph, but the lyrics are simple and strong just like I always want my dance songs to be, a vague feeling of togetherness and epicicity (just made that word up) that builds to maximum as the climax is reached and drops into the beat. And the remarkable thing about Firestone is that it does this while still remaining classy. It's a song for the early evening, when people are still aware of the music around them, and I'm sure partly because of this, the music on it is quite beautiful, I could listen to those beats over and over (which explains why nearly every Kygo song is a hit with me :kink: ). For a long time this year I was playing too much Firestone. So much Firestone. The little touches in the synths, the building of the singing, when I was listening to Kygo's remixes only, this is pretty much what I imagined a solo track of his would have been like, and I'm glad it turned out that way.

 

Baby can you move it 'round the rhythm

 

Oh electro-swing, you beauty you. A genre that there doesn't seem to be much of but when it does appear, it appears strong. Very much my song of November, and all the work I was doing then, with pretty much no other challengers, Lone Digger is incredibly recent but given not long after hearing it I couldn't get enough of it, that's enough for anything to get right up there as one of the best songs of the year. Probably one of my favourite ever discoveries from BJSC as well, although not quite the highest this year as that's had a big impact on my list this year. Why it's so brilliant lies in, well, you just need to take a listen to it to fully understand but it's one of the fastest songs in here, with a nonstop chorus that is exactly what I'd LOVE to be dancing to in a club - we need clubs that play this because this is a great track for me in my groove. Like the lyric says, it's rhythmic, it demands you find it catchy, the singer goes at breakneck speed through the lyrics, something like that must be incredibly well-balanced to work, and it does. Several times over. The verses are a bit more serene but no less fun as the wonderful swing backing is apparent throughout the whole song. It should be a classic of the genre. And it's clearly got a lot of wide appeal too, it's just such a COOL song. Exudes cool, you might say. And the video does that as well, some beautiful animation that added an extra bit of love from me for this outstanding creation. And a little bit of darkness to the whole song (in a slight DyE - Fantasy way, not as extreme as that of course, but what is it with French animation being paired with wonderful songs) but I've never minded that in the past. I encourage it.

 

 

And I've finally gotten to the top 10! Wow. Um, yeah, my writing has gotten away from me a bit. But not long left and we are on course to finish before the end of January, hurrah.

 

Vague stats about the content of the top 10:

There are two acts with two entries

For the first time since 2012, it contains an artist who was in my top 10 last year

4 songs that have been in BJSC, but only two on the strength of being in that contest

It shouldn't be that hard to predict most of them. Maybe.

 

10. Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly

To get a wildfire burning, VISUALIZE IT

 

Galantis have really been wondrous this year. And an act I've completely changed my opinion on. From the average Scandi-dance act I had them pegged as with last year's 'You' and to an extent 'Runaway' when I first heard it, they've managed to do a complete turnaround from that pedestrian image I had of them to become one of my favourite dance acts of the year. And this song solidified that. Peanut Butter Jelly belongs in only one category, the 'quirky as all hell dance category'. I've seen comparisons to Basement Jaxx and the sound is very much the most Basement Jaxx-esque sound I've heard for a long time, it's kooky, it's not what you'd expect from Eurodance, it's not what I'd have expected from Galantis or the DJs that make up Galantis based on their past material to come out with, it's almost disco, while previously it was dance not so far away from your standard pop song. And that really plays to its strengths. There is rhythm in there, for each reprise of 'visualize it', for each ace high, each wildfire, and this conjures up an almost perfect dance feeling weaving its way through the song. It may be quirky, it may be weird, but I love weird, I love quirky, and with its madly infectious powers, there has been almost no better song this year for making me want to start jumping around.

 

9 - Scandal - Stamp!

Everything's gonna be alright, everything's gonna be okay

 

Ever since I got obsessed with BABYMETAL, I've been looking for more in the J-rock genre for a band I can really get into. It's tough sometimes as with lyrics I don't understand it's often a lot harder to get attached to the songs. But around the end of summer this year, I hit the jackpot with one of the more pop-esque J-rock bands, Scandal. They apparently produce loads of songs for anime, although in a somewhat surprising occurrence, I haven't watched any of the animes they've done that for. I did go on a Youtube trawl with them when I first found them, really appreciating their strong guitar chords, their singing voices, but I didn't find a song that majorly connected with me. Until I found 'Stamp!'. Their newest single, and it shows that they've definitely found something special within them over their time as a band. From the very beginning, the chords are among the lushest I've ever heard, definitely my favourite alternative-sounding chords this year, and the vocals are pretty awesome in the first verse alone. Rhythmic, cute, it was exactly what I was looking for. And then the chorus hit and it makes me almost the happiest I've ever felt on any piece of music, it's bright, optimistic and given what I've been through with this song, overwhelmingly emotional now. All the while the backing instruments aren't letting up. In a way similar to the way HAIM's instruments took over their songs while not drowning out the vocals but making them stronger overall as a result, this backing takes over and pushes Stamp all the way through to my top 10, I love the Japanese voices but I don't think it'd be anywhere near as great as a pop song. And I'm saying that before you all look at me in a funny way (because all the group members are very attractive but that's NOT WHY). It's their instrumentation I love. And their voices. And when they start singing 'everything's gonna be alright' at the end, that was when I knew I was going to love this song until the end of my days. I love all of it, it's just a very very perfect package of a song, and pretty much the only song I played throughout September. And, so it seems it is definitely my song now.

 

8 - Two Steps From Hell - Miracles

 

The first music I can ever remember saying I loved was film music. As that sometimes is what is now substituted in our culture for nouveau-classical music, that would make sense as sometimes there really is nothing more pure and wonderful than an orchestra playing along to a well-written tune. Especially tunes which give you the feeling that you're taking in a whole world with you. The amount of possible feelings from imagining a whole world are so many that the track will mean different things to different people. And Miracles, encompassing the feeling of standing, looking over a beautiful vista of wonderful sights, is a track that's exactly what I've been looking for for so long, a piece of film-like music I can really attach my own emotions to. There's so much going on in such a comparatively subdued piece of music, it has its rises, it has its falls but at all times there's a feeling that you're listening to something great, and that greatness is being reflected back to you, so that you can go out and do great things. Great miracles, if you will.

 

I like high-octane, energetic, romps of music so often that it takes a good stripped-back track to get to me. And it makes a stunningly beautiful change. The build in Miracles promises so much and delivers so well, it can be listened to anytime, anywhere, anyplace, it will make me smile, it will make me feel fantastic about myself, it is great for being a mood changer, it is great for encouraging me to keep going no matter what, it enforces the beauty of the world around you. It is quite amazing how much comes across to me now I've let this into my heart but it's so wonderful every single time.

 

Additionally, it's also the first ever BJSC discovery I've let into my top 10 but given how much it's impacted my year ever since I've done that, I'd say there's no better song to take the title.

 

7 - Nightwish - Alpenglow

Roaming on the endless prairie, writing an endless story

 

Sometimes, familiarity wins over all else. While Endless Forms Most Beautiful was a wonderful album and a great progression for Nightwish, I'd say that my favourite track from it is the track I'd say sounds most like the Nightwish of the albums coming before it. It's also quite orchestral and soft so I'd imagine most people would like this if they heard it (that's code for give it a go), it's very much like Evanescence, almost as much as Nightwish will ever sound like them. There's a definite urgency to it as well, peaked with some fast verses and occasional calls of 'WE WERE HERE', which is a very important lyric for the song, and indeed this gets a callback later on in the album on The Greatest Show On Earth. See, Alpenglow is a story of the humans of the past, those who have been lost to time, and 'we were here' enforces that everything has left an impact. It's somewhere, but now they've become one with the music, just as noticeable as the sunset's light on the mountains above the plains, alpenglow. You have to look to find alpenglow, you have to look to notice those who came before. Eventually, that is all we will be, alpenglow.

 

The most chills I ever get from this song is when it slows down into the third chorus, doing a slow, meaningful reprise and then, just when you think it might be over, like all great songs, it jumps back into the fourth chorus. The introspective parts of this song really really help that. It may be new, but I'm quite ready to declare Alpenglow one of the ultimate Nightwish songs. That is no small feat and it's not their best yet but when a song makes me feel so alive and happy just through creating an epic scenario in a matter of minutes, that's something that deserves recognition.

 

6 - Halestorm - Apocalyptic

Give me a red hand print right across my ass, I'm leaving scratches up and down your back

 

It's well established that I prefer female-fronted rock over almost all else right? I mean, that IS what's making up a large part of my top 10. And within that, Halestorm are probably the most normal of the girl-led bands. And that's not a sentence people normally say when presenting their favourite rock bands. Because Halestorm are weird, and brash and definitely not something anyone with a weak constituition and predisposition to go 'musical decadence is destroying our civilization' should listen to. But they are what people would think female-fronted rock sounds like if they don't think it sounds like Paramore. Were I in any way a rebel, particularly a rebellious teenage girl (and in this I'm talking the cool teenage girls, the ones who've realised there is life beyond listening to music from those you fancy), I can imagine there would be nothing better than Halestorm for me. And particularly this song. They've always been quite dark but I didn't think that either that they'd go as far as releasing a track like Apocalyptic, or that it'd be the track to lead them into a new era of success and recognition.

That's because it lays its cards on the table pretty clearly from the offset, it's a song about kinky, rough sex, like it's the end of the world type. And that this relationship is one entirely built on that. I mean, props to that because while it'd probably be fine with Halestorm's fanbase, it doesn't do much for pushing it to any new horizons. And yet it DID, doing incredibly well in the US rock charts, and setting the stage for a successful album.

For me, the music here is dark and grindy, but that's what makes it absolutely essential. It seems like the band is having a lot of fun with the chords, while the lyrics are questionable but delivered with such conviction, especially the innuendo 'so you press play and I'll hit record', that it completely sells me on the song. It's the sort of song only Halestorm could do, and in that, an excellent hard rock song, done by my new idols from that genre.

Forever is really good :music: not as amazing as Broken Flowers but still a tune. You know I love PBJ and Firestone too :cheer:

Waiting For Love in your top 25 :dance:

 

Galantis is the best from your top 10 so far too.

Waiting For Love in your top 25 :dance:

 

Galantis is the best from your top 10 so far too.

 

Waiting For Love actually ended up a lot lower than I thought it would, I had it at #1 for multiple weeks, it's just my whole top 25 is so inseparable from each other. Top-notch dance song, can listen to it any time of the day or night

 

 

5. Galantis - Runaway (U & I)

catching fire as the wind blows

 

The final piece of evidence this year for why Scandinavian dance musicians are some of my favourite people on the planet at this moment falls to Runaway (U & I). Specifically its amazing growing ability and its amazing video. For the former, when it was originally entered to BJSC I considered it on the same level as You and didn't think a whole lot of it beyond it being a nice dance track. And, I swear it's not me giving into commercialism, but just as I heard it more and more and it began to hit more people it wormed its way into my brain as well and really stuck there. Seeing the video plenty of times really nailed it home though. One thing I didn't mention on my commentary of Peanut Butter Jelly that much is how bubbly and fun the video there is, all the normal people getting up and dancing (copied in lots of bright, strong dance tracks lately, hi Sigala, but that's by the by). That's very fun but the important part is that there's a quick cut to the Galantis cat character, which, given what we see her go through in this video, elevates both songs for me and is a very powerful moment of its own video. But what they illustrate in this video is what makes that so special, it is a city at night, bathed in vibrant lights and two strands of energy coming together in a glorious explosion of brilliant lights, and two people, wandering lonely, 'open for love but not searching' until they find one another at the climax. And a huge dance backing, because that's necessary. It's just the perfect imagery for a song so drenched in longing feelings and the joy of everything you'd hope for finally coming together in one great moment.

 

The video certainly unlocked the song but otherwise, what we have here is a pretty perfect dance song filled with feeling and a tune. While I don't have as much to say about it as the video, it's a dance song, there is less to talk about for the lyrics. But it's a song for the imagination, it's taken me away to so many wondrous places, it's evoked feelings from deep within, it's served me very well as a soundtrack of this year, and it's made me think I can fly.

now is not the time to get writer's block Iz

 

 

4. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance

I knew we were bound to be together

 

We come to it at last. My favourite chart hit of the year. For the second year in a row my top 2, and even my top 3 are songs that have not been hits in any way, at least as far as Wiki chart numbers go. So the song that si a hit, is a song that actually did very well for me at the tail end of last year but this time, I do submit to commercialism in that while I thought Shut Up And Dance was pretty amazing from the start and gave it many many points in BJSC, it took it becoming possibly the biggest rock hit of the decade so far (I don't think I'm forgetting anything obvious am I?) it to move up to this, godlike level for me. And that's so pleasing to see for such a pleasant, optimistic song.

 

At the height of its popularity I couldn't get enough of my new favourite song from a band I would have never thought to make it big before they brought this out. 'Don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me' is a hookline that demands to be repeated over and over, it certainly makes this song for me, the confidence of the woman who the song is about. See again, like with Galantis, it was watching the video numerous times that hammered this one in. What goes on in the video is my dream of the perfect club visit, I'm having fun, suddenly a girl steps in front of me, she may be a stranger, but we make eye contact, the same thought goes through both our heads and we just go for it, for dancing to that one song (before breaking apart, nights made). And the awkwardness in the video is what any case of that happening to me in real life tends to be tinged with. In some way. It may not be the most expertly made, it may not be the most true rock song, but what it is is a good feelings song, with a nifty guitar solo, a lovely voice from the lead singer, a great amount of catchiness and a whole vibe of positive feelings. I've seen a Youtube comment insinuating that this is the Mr Brightside of the '10s what with it being about a couple and being perfect for sing-alongs. It may well be, we've needed a new indie classic for some time now. It'll certainly be that to me.

 

3. CHVRCHES - Empty Threat

I was better off when I was on your side

 

Let me just reiterate again, CHVRCHES saved pop for me this year. At least, as far as traditional pop and indie-pop music goes. Nobody else even tried to come close it seems. With their strong melodies, Lauren Mayberry's distinctive and captivating vocals, excellent production skills, cool lyrics, I don't see any challengers to them in that respect. So, we've already covered Keep You On My Side, Clearest Blue, Never Ending Circles and Leave A Trace here, all very lovely songs and enjoyable in their own ways. What makes Empty Threat different from the rest? It stood out to me as soon as I heard the album, I knew then I'd found my new favourite CHVRCHES song. There's a couple of reasons for that.

 

Most importantly, it's clean, it's suave, it's slick, perfect production. They're an interesting act in that they make different songs by the way they approach the production, is it going to be grindy and experimental like in Science/Visions off the first album, or will it be slick enough to impress you with how flaw-free it sounds? Empty Threat is the latter, while the former has great uses, here it elevates the song into something ethereal. And when a track is ethereal you pay a lot of attention to it.

 

Secondly, the lyrics are well-measured, a bit of angst to them, but they're more wistful, filled with confidence when talking to someone who's been cut out of the singer's life, but behind that veneer of confidence lies a lot of vulnerability. When the water comes in, I think that's the facade breaking down, the empty threat exposed for what it is. Combining this with the build, it sounds fantastic as it goes up to the climax. Empty Threat is why I still believe there is hope for pop music. Interesting lyrics, fantastic melody, I'd be hard pressed to imagine a song more perfect in every way. (although of course, there are 2)

 

2. BABYMETAL - Road Of Resistance (feat. Dragonforce)

Forever! Forever! Forever! Forever! Kokon kon wow kokoro no oku ni moeru atsui hahto bokura no resistance

 

It isn't often that you find a song that is directly about the story of a band. That may be because most bands don't have a story in and of themselves but rather write their songs about the experiences of the members. But a band is the entity that is presented to the music fan, and so any song that seems to capture the mood of the whole band is going to be very powerful. It's why I love, picking three out of my iTunes, Paramore's 'Playing God', Oasis' 'I'm Outta Time', even ABBA's 'Thank You For The Music', they're songs that I associate with a major point of the band's life, the subsequent turmoil Paramore found themselves in after releasing Playing God added a lot of weight to its angry lyrics, while I'm Outta Time and Thank You For The Music are essentially goodbye tracks from bands with a long history. And Road Of Resistance is another one of those tracks. In fact, it's so much one of those tracks that it's enough to make Babymetal the artist behind my favourite rock song for two years in a row *.*

 

When BABYMETAL first arrived on the scene, or at least broke out of Japan, there was a lot of resistance met by metal fans who saw this new band as defiling their beloved genre. Never mind that it was something new and interesting, they weren't having it. So they did face a road of resistance to get where they are, and that is what this song I presume is talking about, but it seems, hate is only initial. I think there are many many more people who have fallen in love with this trio of teenage girls then than dislike them now, hearing the crowd chant on the live performances has got to be testament to that. I would find a Babymetal live concert such an experience I'm sure, especially if they continue to make music as good as this.

 

Teaming up with power metal veterans Dragonforce to provide some excellent guitar backing making this a bit more of a refined experience than the craziness of Megitsune or Gimme Chocolate, there's still a bit of wackiness interspersed throughout, but the main thing that's made Road Of Resistance for me is the plaintive singing of the girls as they drag out 'forever' and 'resistance' and the Japanese lyrics falling into 'resistance'. It's enough to make me tear up because I've gotten really invested in this band since discovering them, and this sad but triumphant overcoming song is the perfect way to make me feel for them. Megitsune and one album might have just been a fad, Road Of Resistance is enough for me to know that I'll be behind this band for however long they go.

 

1. Two Steps From Hell - Compass (feat. Merethe Soltvedt)

But the most beautiful thing you have, is a light that shines brightly, and it lives there inside you, a compass that lights up your night (roughly translated from the Norwegian)

 

I don't know what it is, but sometimes you find a track so perfect that you know, after absorbing it in and evaluating what it's done to your life, that it is the most brilliant song you've heard this year. That's how Compass felt to me, after Chez played it as an accompaniment to Miracles on plug.dj. So not only have you provided me with my favourite BJSC entry of the year, you've given me my favourite song of the year, and that's something I have to thank you for over and over. I imagine my summer would have sounded so very different without Compass to guide me through it.

 

There are two versions of it, I love both. The instrumental version has on at least one occasion, caused me to burst into tears for no real reason other than being overwhelmed by the timeless melody and the slow build of the extra piano minute at the start. And it's that instrumental that is the powerhouse behind Compass, driving it forward in a slight but delicate way. But I'd give the edge to the version that has all of that, plus some excellent ethereal vocals from the songstress of the Miracles album, Merethe Soltvedt. Every single word is measured so beautifully that it evokes a completely natural sense of wonder. That I can't understand it (despite translating the lyrics above, they are beautiful and epic, which is why I did that) adds a level of splendour that's also caused me to feel extra emotional at difficult times throughout the year. Throughout, you have to be made of stone to not be swept away by where it's taking you as a track and that's a challenge!

 

Unlike my #1 of last year, it's not a track that wins you over with loud sounds, but rather with orchestral beauty, a sense of coming together, a sense of endless magnificence, a perfectly balanced sound that is one in a million. I didn't really see this coming but I know it's for definite, no other track has hit me quite like this over the year. A victory for epic emotional music, now may my compass point me towards great songs like this one forever.

A recap of my top 200. Thank you to everyone who's commented or has been reading, it's taken a little longer but I'm glad I took the time to articulate my thoughts on so many of these songs, it's really helped get out all of the feelings I had about 2015's music.

 

And we finished before the end of January which was my goal :D

 

1 - Two Steps From Hell - Compass (feat. Merethe Soltvedt)

2 - Babymetal - Road Of Resistance

3 - CHVRCHES - Empty Threat

4 - WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance

5 - Galantis - Runaway (U & I)

6 - Halestorm - Apocalyptic

7 - Nightwish - Alpenglow

8 - Two Steps From Hell - Miracles

9 - Scandal - Stamp!

10 - Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly

11 - Caravan Palace - Lone Digger

12 - Kygo - Firestone

13 - Susanne Sundfor - Delirious

14 - Danny L Harle - Forever

15 - Nightwish - The Greatest Show On Earth

16 - I See Stars - The Hardest Mistakes

17 - R-Chord - Love Doesn't Need To Pretend

18 - Kamelot - Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)

19 - Muse - Psycho

20 - M83 (feat. HAIM) - Holes In The Sky

21 - Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

22 - Avicii - Waiting For Love

23 - Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best

24 - Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho

25 - 5 Seconds Of Summer - She's Kinda Hot

26 - PVRIS - St. Patrick

27 - Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk

28 - Marina & The Diamonds - I'm A Ruin

29 - Ellie Goulding - On My Mind

30 - CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace

31 - Against The Current - Paralyzed

32 - Macklemore - Downtown

33 - Nightwish - Shudder Before The Beautiful

34 - Morland & Debrah Scarlatt - A Monster Like Me

35 - Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me

36 - Marta Jandova and Vaclav Noid Barta - Hope Never Dies

37 - Wolf Alice - You're A Germ

38 - Lo-Fi-Fnk - Nightclub Nirvana

39 - Il Volo - Grande Amore

40 - Major Lazer - Lean On

41 - Tonight Alive - Human Interaction

42 - Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman

43 - PVRIS - Holy

44 - Andy Duguid (feat. Jaren) - 7even

45 - Reol - LURVATORRRY

46 - Rachel Platten - Fight Song

47 - Kesh You - Rıyzamın

48 - Axwell x Ingrosso - Something New

49 - PinkiePieSwear - Flutterwonder

50 - Rachel Taylor - Porcelain

51 - Muse - Mercy

52 - Marina & The Diamonds - Savages

53 - Fall Out Boy - Novocaine

54 - Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You

55 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me

56 - Rihanna & Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds

57 - Hozier - Take Me To Church

58 - Art vs Science - In This Together

59 - Nightwish - Élan

60 - Goodbye Tomorrow - Jay-Z

61 - Halestorm - I Like It Heavy

62 - Kishi Bashi - I Am The Antichrist To You

63 - NicolAmarfi - Painful History

64 - New Politics - West End Kids

65 - Kero Kero Bonito - Picture This

66 - CHVRCHES - Never Ending Circles

67 - Sanni - 2080-Luvulla

68 - Diablo Swing Orchestra - Justice For Saint Mary

69 - Urban Cone - Come Back For Me

70 - Sia - Big Girls Cry

71 - Meg Myers - Sorry

72 - New Found Glory - Vicious Love

73 - Shaun Frank & KSHMR - Heaven

74 - Avicii - The Nights

75 - Kygo - Stole The Show

76 - Best Coast - Heaven Sent

77 - Lindsey Stirling - Take Flight

78 - Suiyoubi No Campanella - Shakushain

79 - Truls - Circles

80 - QT - Hey QT

81 - Kyla La Grange - Cut Your Teeth (Kygo Remix)

82 - Elnar Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf

83 - CHVRCHES - Tether

84 - Death Cab For Cutie - The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive

85 - Fall Out Boy - Irresistible

86 - Hendersin - All I Got

87 - Eir Aoi - Ignite

88 - LIZ - When I Rule The World

89 - Brandon Flowers - Can't Deny My Love

90 - 4minute - Crazy

91 - Fleur East - Sax

92 - Rachel Platten - Stand By You

93 - Wolf Alice - Giant Peach

94 - Rarity - Anne Hathaway

95 - Robert DeLong - Don't Wait Up

96 - Oh No Fiasco - All Systems Go

97 - Jon Henrik Fjallgren - Jag Ar Fri (Manne Leam Frije)

98 - PVRIS - Fire

99 - The Hardkiss - Organ

100 - OMFG - Ice Cream

101 - Sigala - Sweet Lovin'

102 - Haruka Tomatsu - Courage

103 - TheFatRat - Windfall

104 - Chisu - Sabotage

105 - Battle Beast - Out Of Control

106 - Dolly Style - Hello Hi

107 - Maraaya - Here For You

108 - Stellar - Vibrato

109 - Edurne - Amanecer

110 - Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime

111 - Against The Current - Uptown Funk (feat. Set It Off)

112 - Machineheart - Snow (Myles Travitz Remix)

113 - GRL - Lighthouse

114 - Tinashe - All Hands On Deck

115 - Orange Caramel - Shanghai Romance

116 - Elina Born & Stig Rasta - Goodbye To Yesterday

117 - Kyla La Grange - So Sweet

118 - Enrique Iglesias - Bailando (Matoma Remix)

119 - Eves The Behaviour - TV

120 - Elize Ryd & Rickard Soderberg - One By One

121 - Dawn Richard - Tide: The Paradox Effect

122 - PONIBBI - Heartskip

123 - Owl City - Back Home

124 - Calvin Harris - Pray To God

125 - Crywolf - The Home We Made Pt 2

126 - GFOTY - Friday Night

127 - Kuana Torres Kahele - Lava

128 - Lights And Motion - Fireflies

129 - San Fermin - Jackrabbit

130 - PVRIS - My House

131 - Hannah Diamond - Every Night

132 - Five Knives - Savages

133 - Courage My Love - Skin And Bone

134 - Axwell x Ingrosso - Sun Is Shining

135 - NicolAmarfi & Blue123 - Concord

136 - Hozier - Someone New

137 - Dr Kucho - Can't Stop Playing

138 - Dimitri Vangelis & Whyman - ID2

139 - Within Temptation - Dangerous (feat. Howard Jones)

140 - R. City - Locked Away

141 - Mika - Talk About You

142 - Everything Everything - Distant Past

143 - Cash Cash - Surrender

144 - Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile

145 - Owl Vision - Lightshy

146 - Hasse Andersson - Guld och gronar skogar

147 - Last Lynx - Curtains

148 - Life Of Dillon - Overload

149 - Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices

150 - Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach

151 - Little Mix - Black Magic

152 - Sigala - Easy Love

153 - Years & Years - King

154 - D. Holic - Chewy

155 - Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again

156 - Owsey - I've Been Secretly Falling Apart

157 - Set It Off - Forever Stuck In Our Youth

158 - Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money

159 - O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

160 - Royal Blood - Out Of The Black

161 - The Gentle Storm - Shores Of India

162 - Ayumi Hamasaki - Warning

163 - Aminata - Love Injected

164 - Ulf Nilsson - Little By Little

165 - CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue

166 - Little Bitter Cubes - Luigi

167 - The Wombats - Greek Tragedy

168 - OMFG - Hello

169 - MONAKR - Calling Out

170 - Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out

171 - Major Lazer - Too Original

172 - Blonde - I Loved You

173 - Billy Boyd - The Last Goodbye

174 - Owl City - Unbelievable

175 - Lao Ra - Jesus Made Me Bad

176 - Hellberg - The Girl

177 - Lunch Money Lewis - Bills

178 - Sheppard - Geronimo

179 - CHVRCHES - Keep Me On Your Side

180 - Blossoms - Charlemagne

181 - Rachel Taylor - Come Alive

182 - Wibi Soerjadi - Undaunted

183 - The Ready Set - Freakin' Me Out

184 - Delta Rae - Scared

185 - Set It Off - Why Worry

186 - Adele - Hello

187 - Annika Herlitz - Ett andetag

188 - Sia - Alive

189 - The Rocket Summer - Same Air

190 - Shaggy - I Need Your Love

191 - Petite Meller - Baby Love

192 - 831 - The Runaway

193 - Against The Current - Gravity

194 - Chinese Man - Get Up

195 - Florence & The Machine - Ship To Wreck

196 - Imagine Dragons - I Bet My Life

197 - The Weeknd - The Hills

198 - Storm - Huri-Khan

199 - Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers

200 - MNEK & Zara Larsson - Never Forget You

 

Not heard your top 3 but Shut Up and Dance is quite good :o

RE: #2 - I saw Dragonforce and I was SOLD.

Babymetal so high :wub: