December 24, 20169 yr Author I'm free to be the greatest, I'm alive 71. Tove Lo – True Disaster 72. Lady Gaga – Dancin’ In Circles 73. Christine and the Queens - Tilted 74. Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest 75. Frances Rose - Dangerous 76. Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez – We Don’t Talk Anymore 77. Fifth Harmony – That’s My Girl 78. Olly Murs - Read My Mind 79. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better 80. Fergie - M.I.L.F. $ We start proceedings with one of my favourite music videos of the year from Fergie and also one of my guilty pleasure songs. Shawn returns with an ode to lovers out there pining for the one they want with his very relatable 'Treat You Better'. An album track from Olly and another from FH (with 3 more to come from them :o). Charlie Puth who have resented for a while because of the monstrosity he put us through last year teamed up with Selena to offer this beauty and all has sort of been forgiven~ Another BJSC song this time channelling Carly/Taylor circa 1989 with the sublime 'Dangerous'. Sia had a humongous year, cementing herself as pop icon and firm fave for me and this is one of a few tracks to enter my top 100 from her, some of which are to feature very highly so stay tuned ~ Christine and the Queens Tilted was a go to track on my adventures in Borneo, reminding me of back home and a more calming state of being while turns it up a few notches with a track that perhaps most closely resembles her early days with Dancin' In Circles - I was wanting this to be a single but i'm really not sure if it would work at all now lmao. Tove Lo had a mixed bag of a year but she's still very capable of producing pop GEMS as True Disaster proved *.*
December 25, 20169 yr Hi Bal ! What is Charlie Puth's monstrosity from last year for you? I hope it's See You Again and not the jam that is Marvin Gaye :lol: WDTA is definitely his best track yet though, I love the back and forth between him and Selena :wub: The Greatest is now my second favourite Sia track behind Elastic Heart now, it took a while to grow but it's so uplifting and I love the lyrics :wub: Happy Xmas x :D Edited December 25, 20169 yr by Josh.
December 25, 20169 yr Hi Haus! Nice mixed bag in your 100 so far! Say You Do my highlight so far, could never ever get bored of that :wub: Sugar was a superb entry from yourself, hope it can perform well in Rejects!
December 26, 20169 yr True Disaster :wub: Definitely the song on Lady Wood I associate most with the Tove I fell in love with, but it still fits perfectly within the themes and sound on the album! That's My Girl is such a banger as well, just huge <3
December 26, 20169 yr Author Thanks for the comments guys! Will return all and check out your charts soon <3
December 26, 20169 yr Author I'm on top now CW5oGRx9CLM 61. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye 62. Lady Gaga - Grigio Girls 63. The 1975 - The Sound 64. CAPPA - I'm Good 65. Benjamin - Rich Girl 66. All Saints – This is War 67. Beyoncé - Formation 68. Lady Gaga – Sinner’s Prayer 69. The Weeknd – False Alarm 70. Little Mix - You Gotta Not Firmly team LOVE on LM's Meghan penned banger, with some choice lyrics but insanely catchy chorus and hook. Haters, you gotta not :rolleyes: We feature what is perhaps my video of the year (or at least in my top 3!) with The Weeknd's explosive 'False Alarm' which is anything but false, but totally alarming. Lady Gaga has two tracks both of which are very underrated and GG gets an extra boost because i'm such a Pinot lover myself <3 Beyoncé's anthemic Formation isn't my favourite song from her this year but aided by the video it did make an impact on me. All Saints feature with their beautifully whimsical war-torn ballad and Benjamin brings the party with his all too relatable Rich Girl discarding material things for a purer love with a tropical twist ~ The 1975 who i've never really been too fond on, sell-out a little and the result is this brilliant, catchy bop. Another BJSC entry this time from Cappa who have featured highly in my EOY charts previously and finally the current UK #1 with a heap of stars rockets towards a mid table finish.
December 26, 20169 yr Hey there! Faves from this batch are Rockabye, The Sound, and False Alarm. The latter of which was a great promo single, the urgency of it is what makes it one of my favourite tracks off Starboy. Also nice to see so much Gaga love, the Joanne album is very underrated - it's a shame that she hasn't managed much success with it (although it has been good to see Million Reasons reach the UK Top 40). I really hope she has a good pick for the third single, she really needs it to stay relevant :( Great countdown so far :D Edited December 26, 20169 yr by CHRISTIANmas
December 26, 20169 yr Hi Bal! Big catch up time ~ Ariana Grande and Sia make a fantastic Top 2 albums. :heart: Dangerous Woman is pop music at its finest: well-rounded, catchy and interesting that also deals with complex and mixed emotions about love, but you can enjoy the songs as superficially or as deeply as you wish. Madonna nailed that and set the standard, and Ariana has put her own, fresh spin on it. The singles are one of the best string of releases of 2016, then you've got such treasures of 'Moonlight', 'Greedy' and 'Thinking Bout You' that deserve just as much attention. As you say, releasing an album full of rejected tracks and marketing it as an actual studio album and not just a 'treat for the fans' does not sound like the most convincing selling point, but almost all tracks from This is Acting are fantastic and most fit quite comfortably with who Sia is as an artist. 'Bird Set Free' is a great opening track, immediately hitting you with a truck-load of emotion as Sia reveals how music essentially saved her life, gave her purpose and a way to express and release her pain - "I don't care if I sing off key, I find myself in my melodies" is probably my favourite lyric on this album and I dare say one of my favourites of all time. 'Broken Glass' is up there with Sia's very best songs, maybe even second ('Breathe Me' will probably remain my favourite). Strangely, I don't think I noticed it on the first couple of listens (I think the first half was already so packed with huge greatness that I was so focused that) but, when it hit my attention, I was blown away. That chorus is just gigantic and I still get tingles whenever I listen to it, as if it was the first time again. Really gutted it doesn't look like it'll ever be a single because it needs as much recognition as it can get. 'One Million Bullets', 'House on Fire', 'Footprints' and 'Space Between' are also stunning, but I'll keep it short! Some great tracks in your countdown so far: 'This is What You Came For', 'M.I.L.F. $', 'Tilted', 'True Disaster', 'Rockabye', the Gaga tracks... LOVE!
December 26, 20169 yr :hi: 61. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye DAILY STRUGGLE 62. Lady Gaga - Grigio Girls 63. The 1975 - The Sound Easily my favourite of theirs so far, definitely a bit sell-out but all the better for it! 64. CAPPA - I'm Good Think this is my favourite BJSC of yours ever unless I've totally forgotten something! 65. Benjamin - Rich Girl :wub: 66. All Saints – This is a War :wub: 67. Beyoncé - Formation 68. Lady Gaga – Sinner’s Prayer 70. Little Mix - You Gotta Not do you still use a Bluetooth? :thinking: What a fab section, I like them all bar one x
December 27, 20169 yr Rockabye is amazing, love Anne-Marie's vocals on it! The Sound is great too, my favourite 1975 song :D
December 27, 20169 yr Hi Bal! Didn't realise anyone liked Grigio Girls THAT much, it's a really nice track actually but I just sort of forget to go back to it much, it's not one of the most memorable for me :lol: Sinner's Prayer is unfairly under-rated though, I agree with you there! It's a really gorgeous track, a shame nothing at all seems like it is properly going to take off from this era :( You Gotta Not is a tune too, I quite like the lyrics and the personality is almost bursting out of the track which is always a lot of fun. I'd pick that over Power as a single any day, not sure what the love for that track is, it's one of the messiest tracks on the album imo :o
December 27, 20169 yr Hiya Bal from the recent sections I love/like; 61. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye Certified Jam :music: 62. Lady Gaga - Grigio Girls 63. The 1975 - The Sound :heart: 64. CAPPA - I'm Good :heart: 65. Benjamin - Rich Girl 66. All Saints – This is War :heart: 67. Beyoncé - Formation :heart: 68. Lady Gaga – Sinner’s Prayer 69. The Weeknd – False Alarm :heart: 70. Little Mix - You Gotta Not :heart: 71. Tove Lo – True Disaster :heart: 72. Lady Gaga – Dancin’ In Circles 73. Christine and the Queens - Tilted :heart: 74. Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest :heart: 76. Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez – We Don’t Talk Anymore :heart: 77. Fifth Harmony – That’s My Girl :heart: 78. Olly Murs - Read My Mind :heart: 79. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better Adore this song so much I dont get the hate for it :cry: 80. Fergie - M.I.L.F. $
December 28, 20169 yr Author Hey there! Faves from this batch are Rockabye, The Sound, and False Alarm. The latter of which was a great promo single, the urgency of it is what makes it one of my favourite tracks off Starboy. Also nice to see so much Gaga love, the Joanne album is very underrated - it's a shame that she hasn't managed much success with it (although it has been good to see Million Reasons reach the UK Top 40). I really hope she has a good pick for the third single, she really needs it to stay relevant :( Great countdown so far :D Thanks *.* Yay for Gaga loving, it's far from her best but it's a solid effort with plenty to go back to! Agree about False Alarm too, "urgent" is a brilliant way to describe it. Hi Bal! Big catch up time ~ Ariana Grande and Sia make a fantastic Top 2 albums. :heart: Dangerous Woman is pop music at its finest: well-rounded, catchy and interesting that also deals with complex and mixed emotions about love, but you can enjoy the songs as superficially or as deeply as you wish. Madonna nailed that and set the standard, and Ariana has put her own, fresh spin on it. The singles are one of the best string of releases of 2016, then you've got such treasures of 'Moonlight', 'Greedy' and 'Thinking Bout You' that deserve just as much attention. As you say, releasing an album full of rejected tracks and marketing it as an actual studio album and not just a 'treat for the fans' does not sound like the most convincing selling point, but almost all tracks from This is Acting are fantastic and most fit quite comfortably with who Sia is as an artist. 'Bird Set Free' is a great opening track, immediately hitting you with a truck-load of emotion as Sia reveals how music essentially saved her life, gave her purpose and a way to express and release her pain - "I don't care if I sing off key, I find myself in my melodies" is probably my favourite lyric on this album and I dare say one of my favourites of all time. 'Broken Glass' is up there with Sia's very best songs, maybe even second ('Breathe Me' will probably remain my favourite). Strangely, I don't think I noticed it on the first couple of listens (I think the first half was already so packed with huge greatness that I was so focused that) but, when it hit my attention, I was blown away. That chorus is just gigantic and I still get tingles whenever I listen to it, as if it was the first time again. Really gutted it doesn't look like it'll ever be a single because it needs as much recognition as it can get. 'One Million Bullets', 'House on Fire', 'Footprints' and 'Space Between' are also stunning, but I'll keep it short! Some great tracks in your countdown so far: 'This is What You Came For', 'M.I.L.F. $', 'Tilted', 'True Disaster', 'Rockabye', the Gaga tracks... LOVE! Glad you agree with Sia/Ariana - we're always quite in sync with our big pop loving. House on Fire, Footprints and Space Between are actually filler for me, but the rest I adore. :hi: 61. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye DAILY STRUGGLE 62. Lady Gaga - Grigio Girls 63. The 1975 - The Sound Easily my favourite of theirs so far, definitely a bit sell-out but all the better for it! 64. CAPPA - I'm Good Think this is my favourite BJSC of yours ever unless I've totally forgotten something! 65. Benjamin - Rich Girl :wub: 66. All Saints – This is a War :wub: 67. Beyoncé - Formation 68. Lady Gaga – Sinner’s Prayer 70. Little Mix - You Gotta Not do you still use a Bluetooth? :thinking: What a fab section, I like them all bar one x Thanks Jseoph wow: Rockabye is amazing, love Anne-Marie's vocals on it! The Sound is great too, my favourite 1975 song :D Thanks Pete :D Everybody give it up for Tinasha! ! You drunk? EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP FOR TINASHA :cheer: Hi Bal! Didn't realise anyone liked Grigio Girls THAT much, it's a really nice track actually but I just sort of forget to go back to it much, it's not one of the most memorable for me :lol: Sinner's Prayer is unfairly under-rated though, I agree with you there! It's a really gorgeous track, a shame nothing at all seems like it is properly going to take off from this era :( You Gotta Not is a tune too, I quite like the lyrics and the personality is almost bursting out of the track which is always a lot of fun. I'd pick that over Power as a single any day, not sure what the love for that track is, it's one of the messiest tracks on the album imo :o Grigio Girls is such a guilty pleasure :') Sinner's Prayer loving woop <3 Glad you appreciate You Gotta Not for what it is too, not one to be taken seriously and just fun! Hiya Bal from the recent sections I love/like; 61. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye Certified Jam :music: 62. Lady Gaga - Grigio Girls 63. The 1975 - The Sound :heart: 64. CAPPA - I'm Good :heart: 65. Benjamin - Rich Girl 66. All Saints – This is War :heart: 67. Beyoncé - Formation :heart: 68. Lady Gaga – Sinner’s Prayer 69. The Weeknd – False Alarm :heart: 70. Little Mix - You Gotta Not :heart: 71. Tove Lo – True Disaster :heart: 72. Lady Gaga – Dancin’ In Circles 73. Christine and the Queens - Tilted :heart: 74. Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest :heart: 76. Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez – We Don’t Talk Anymore :heart: 77. Fifth Harmony – That’s My Girl :heart: 78. Olly Murs - Read My Mind :heart: 79. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better Adore this song so much I dont get the hate for it :cry: 80. Fergie - M.I.L.F. $ Thanks Haz *.*
December 28, 20169 yr Author Men are good, men are bad and the war is never over Hn1p_ODy8fY 51. Lady Gaga – Diamond Heart 52. Fifth Harmony ft. Fetty Wap – All In My Head (Flex) 53. M.I.A. – Survivor 54. Katy B - I Wanna Be 55. ZAYN - PILLOWTALK 56. Little Mix - No More Sad Songs 57. Fifth Harmony - The Life 58. Banks - Trainwreck 59. Sada Vidoo – The Actress 60. Jojo ft. Remy Ma - FAB. Favourite track of Jojo's album features first, dedicated to all the FAB people out there you know who you are :cool: Sada Vidoo, the star of XF2016 for me features with her fairly old track, a stunning artist, person and voice all combined with quirky personality and a message of identification and standing out from the crowd. Banks' Trainwreck is anything but that, instead it's a high-speed train journey to the wild and wondrous parts of the artists' psyche. Two Fifth Harmon tracks drop out, reminding me once again how brilliant the summer was for me </3 and my favourite album track from LM's latest offering - surely has to be a single in the new year? ZAYN came back with this banger of a single and although I was never into it hugely, it became a staple for me throughout the year when I heard it in unexpected places. M.I.A. has a few tracks to feature but this one is one of her most open and beautiful songs, a lovely tone to her voice away from the harshness of some of her songs and a welcome change of pace. Katy B's strongest song from latest era and the album opener for Joanne (another "must be a single!!1" moment) setting the tone and mood of the album wonderfully ~
December 29, 20169 yr Author If you would have let me grow you could have kept my love JBOjh-Sc2Tk 41. Tkay Maidza - At Least I Know 42. Banks - Gemini Feed 43. Elliphant ft. Major Lazor & Gyptian - Love Me Long 44. Drake - Controlla 45. Nimmo – Dilute This 46. Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj – Side to Side 47. Banks – f*** With Myself 48. Olly Murs – You Don’t Know Love 49. Benjamin ft. Sweet California - Man on the Moon 50. M.I.A. - Go Off Just before the top 40 this set is full of several OMG SHOULD BE TOP 40 shouts!!1 Before that we have MIA with the sprightly, fist-bumping Go Off - a no f***s anthem. Benjamin's highlight comes with the assistance of Sweet California (no idea either), with the summer-tinged beauty which didn't really properly hit me until it got single treatment. Olly Murs channels some synth pop wonders, offering almost a male equivalent to the likes of 1989/EMOTION sounds and it works wonderfully. Banks' wins the award for song title of the year and narrowly misses out on a top 40 spot TWICE - Gemini Feed is lyrically one of the best of the year, it's so empowering! while Ariana teams up with Nicki with the explicit, romper featuring SO TRUE lyric "Ariana run pop~". Nimmo were a big new discovery for me and Dilute This was reinvigorated for me when they performed it as a support act at the Y&Y gig. Controlla from man of the moment is a JAM while Elliphant teams up with Gyptian (WHAT a pair) with the beautiful, lustful 'Love Me Long'. Final to fall short of the top 40 is a banging album track from Tkay - it reflects the frantic production of the album with the fun, tongue-in-cheek lyrics that the pint-sized rapper offers.
December 29, 20169 yr Dilute This & You Don't Know Love :wub: The latter is definitely my favourite Olly track nowadays! <3
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