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36 Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry | 2-4-6-10-8-10-18-22-24-30-37-X (11 weeks)

 

Continuing the run of hits that Demi Lovato had in 2017, Sorry Not Sorry gave her a ninth consecutive top 10 hit when it debuted at #2 behind Ulrik Munther's Coffee In Shanghai (which only appeared a few spots below, so no real regrets there). That's an unprecedented run of hits, particularly when my chart allows album tracks (heck, one of those top 10 hits actually *was* an album track from her Confident album!). It proved to be an enduring hit in my chart, and whilst I could understand some of the criticisms of Demi's vocals, I loved the new gospel-influenced pop she was making and it was very pleasing to see Sorry Not Sorry hit the UK top 10, as well as becoming her highest peaking hit in the States.

 

EOY History

 

2013 _32 Heart Attack

2013 113 Really Don't Care (feat. Cher Lloyd)

2013 136 Neon Lights

2014 _24 Somebody to You (The Vamps feat. Demi Lovato)

2015 _51 Cool for the Summer

2015 110 Kingdom Come (feat. Iggy Azalea)

2015 140 Confident

2015 189 Up (Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato)

2016 101 Body Say

2017 TBA No Promises (Cheat Codes feat. Demi Lovato)

2017 _36 Sorry Not Sorry

2017 _41 Instruction (Jax Jones feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don)

2017 167 Échame La Culpa (Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato)

 

 

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35 Citizen Four - My Name (Say It) | 2-3-3-5-7-10-… (6+ weeks)

 

Boyband Citizen Four seemed to get off to a promising start. After being assembled by and signed to Island Records, the four-piece group consisting of Josh Levi (of X Factor USA "fame"), Austin Percario and brothers Conner and Carson Boatman built up a small fanbase through online covers. After releasing their third original single Want You Back (which appeared lower down in my countdown), Josh left the group and was replaced by Mikey Fusco. The new Citizen Four released new single My Name (Say It) towards the end of 2017, and it was instant love. It samples the classic hit Say My Name by Destiny's Child, and does a brilliant job of bringing it up to date. I also sent the song to BJSC, and for the time being, it's my final BJSC entry. The group now seem to have split up... oops. Here for a Conner solo career tbh x

 

EOY History

 

2017 _35 My Name (Say It)

2017 137 Want You Back

 

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I had the same problem with Chained, it was really great for about 2 months but fell very quickly afterwards. Swish Swish went on to have more longevity for me and a higher EOY position.

 

Attention was fairly good by Charlie's standards, and How Long isn't all that bad either (the EDX remix (currently in my weekly top 100) has made the original more tolerable on the radio but I still wouldn't put it on my playlist).

 

Demi Omg Screech :\

"Attention" is great, nice to see an artist that I used to hate, make good music now! Hopefully his album doesn't suck!

"Sorry Not Sorry" is for me a good song, like the sample of Chance The Rapper's "No Problem"!

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34 Jonas Blue feat. William Singe - Mama | 5-6-14-12-11-11-13-16-22-31-35-40-X (12 weeks)

 

Only three songs in my top 40 didn't reach my top 2 at some point, and Jonas Blue's Mama is the most impressive of the lot, as it's the lowest peaking track of my entire top 40, never making it higher than #5. The huge debut for Mama was unexpected, as Jonas Blue had only troubled my top 10 once, with Fast Car, and even then that had a short shelf-life for me. William Singe was a totally unknown name to me too, so no name power from the feature. This is a case of a song completely surpassing any expectations I had and impressing me simply on its quality. While it doesn't stray from Jonas Blue's previous singles, it has an extra spark to it that ensured I kept revisiting it, and it notched up an impressive 12 weeks on my chart despite only 2 weeks top 10. Will's voice is great too, I guess it helps that he sounds like the kinda person I'd have sent to BJSC! :') Definitely my favourite Jonas Blue song to date.

 

EOY History

 

Jonas Blue

2016 164 Fast Car (feat. Dakota)

2017 _34 Mama (feat. William Singe)

 

William Singe

2017 _34 Mama (Jonas Blue feat. William Singe)

 

 

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33 KStewart feat. Yungen - Hands | 12-2-2-6-10-11-18-26-33-X (9 weeks)

 

Another BJSC entry of mine now. KStewart's been on my radar to some degree even before she scored her one and only top 40 hit, alongside Oliver Heldens on Last All Night (Koala). However, beyond that, very little of hers has caught my attention. Keeping You Up made my EOY top 250 in 2015, but it wasn't a substantial hit on my chart and while she always had potential, none of her solo tracks quite hit the spot. I found Hands by checking out another of her songs first actually - Sex 4 Breakfast :mellow: - but it was Hands that clicked with me out of the two and it became an instant smash hit in my chart. It's catchy from start to finish, and it could almost be an Ariana Grande song I find, as KStewart actually sounds pretty similar to her. Yungen's guest verse is the best part of the song too - full of energy and pretty brilliant lyrics that don't feel remotely clunky even with the amount of references he's thrown in. It was gutting when it DNQ'd in BJSC, as I felt I was onto a surefire hit, but hey, it's everyone else's loss.

 

EOY History

 

KStewart

2015 _85 Last All Night (Koala) [Oliver Heldens feat. KStewart]

2015 243 Keeping You Up

2017 _33 Hands (feat. Yungen)

 

Yungen

2017 _33 Hands (KStewart feat. Yungen)

 

Sorry Not Sorry *.* Queen of screech.
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Hands *.* I can't at how we are seemingly the only people who stan it.

 

Love Mama too.

It was probably the most gutting DNQ I had last year, as I thought Buzzjack would enjoy it way more! :(

 

Thanks for the comments guys :wub:

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32 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki - Just Hold On | 1-2-4-6-11-14-22-29-34-37-X (10 weeks)

 

Just days after his mum sadly passed, Louis Tomlinson launched his solo career with a collaboration with Steve Aoki. Whilst on paper it may seem like an odd time to make such a move, Louis' X Factor performance was more emotional than it would be in most cases. Whether Just Hold On was written about her illness or not, it was incredibly poignant and more emotional than most dance tracks are for me. The production is relatively generic, but it's the delivery that makes Just Hold On a cracking debut for Louis, and although he's definitely the weakest 1D member vocally, he sounds brilliant on this. It's Louis' first appearance of two, with Back to You still to come, while it's Steve's very first EOY appearance.

 

EOY History

 

Louis Tomlinson

2017 TBA Back to You (feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals)

2017 _32 Just Hold On (Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki)

 

Steve Aoki

2017 _32 Just Hold On (Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki)

 

 

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31 P!nk - What About Us | 29-1-3-6-8-14-16-20-25-30-30-36-40-X (13 weeks)

 

Being released when I was on holiday, P!nk's What About Us was yet another example of how you can succeed with a politically-themed pop song without making it inaccessible. What About Us indirectly responds to Donald Trump, and was released to kickstart P!nk's seventh studio album campaign in August. It was an instant hit both in the official charts and in my own chart, zooming to #1 in the latter in its first full week (her second, and first in four years). I adore the sentiment of the track, and complete with another brilliant P!nk music video, it was the perfect way to come back with a bang. Overplay hasn't killed it for me either, I'm just delighted the public are still here for someone as insanely talented as P!nk all these years on.

 

EOY History

 

2012 _21 Blow Me (One Last Kiss)

2012 _54 Try

2013 _53 True Love (feat. Lily Allen)

2013 128 Are We All We Are?

2013 166 Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)

2015 148 Today's the Day

2016 136 Just Like Fire

2017 _31 What About Us

 

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3 Declan McKenna

 

A year ago, I'd barely heard of Declan McKenna. I'm sure I'd seen his name posted on Buzzjack here and there, but I'd not heard a single song of his and I didn't really have any intention of doing so. It wasn't until around July when I checked out his recently released debut album, What Do You Think About the Car?, purely on a whim. It was then I realised that I should've checked him out as soon as I saw him name written down.

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again, there's nothing I love more in music than a surprise. When you listen to a song and it's *so* much better than you ever expected, it's the best feeling, and that's what happened with Declan. As I listened to his album, I was drawn in by his voice and his fantastic grasp on melodies - better than many other similar artists, in my opinion. All too often, people try to push the boundaries in music and forget the actual "song" element (lyrics, melody, etc) but Declan focuses more on the latter. Brazil for example talks about corruption within football, and whilst it's not a topic I know anything about, his lyrics are incredibly interesting nonetheless.

 

Another aspect I love is how consistent the album is. Each song works brilliantly with the song before and after on the tracklisting, and it's without a doubt the album I've played most from start to finish over the past year (as opposed to cherry-picking tracks to peep). That being said, the songs do stand up perfectly on their own, and different songs impact on me at different times. There's no weak link, and it's rare I find that with an album.

 

Unfortunately I've not seen Declan live yet, but I've got a ticket booked for his London show in April and honestly I'm so excited. To hear my favourite album of 2017 performed live will be brilliant. Declan's also working on new material, and while I'm not expecting it just yet, I'm praying he can deliver another consistently fantastic album in the not too distant future!

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Recap

 

31 P!nk - What About Us

32 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki - Just Hold On

33 KStewart feat. Yungen - Hands

34 Jonas Blue feat. William Singe - Mama

35 Citizen Four - My Name (Say It)

36 Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry

37 Charlie Puth - Attention

38 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained To the Rhythm

39 Ulrik Munther - Coffee in Shanghai

40 Ariana Grande - One Last Time

41 Jax Jones feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don - Instruction

42 FO&O - Buzzkill

43 The Vamps & Martin Jensen - Middle of the Night

44 Daniel Skye - ON

45 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

46 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

47 In Real Life - Eyes Closed

48 Selena Gomez feat. Gucci Mane - Fetish

49 Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels - I Miss You

50 Marcus & Martinus - Make You Believe in Love

51 Anton Hagman - Somebody To Love

52 Lady Gaga - The Cure

53 Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess

54 Camila Cabello - Crying in the Club

55 Nadine - Go to Work

56 Benjamin Ingrosso - Good Lovin'

57 Marija - Dance Like Nobody's Watching

58 We the Kings feat. Olivia Holt - Sad Song (RJ Remix)

59 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

60 Rita Ora - Your Song

61 The Tide - Naked

62 The Beach - Bite My Tongue

63 Jasmine Thompson - Old Friends (Jonas Blue Remix)

64 Cheat Codes x Evan Gartner - Adventure

65 Bebe Rexha feat. Lil Wayne - The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody)

66 Frans Walfridsson - Tonight

67 Alec Benjamin - I Built a Friend

68 Harry Styles - Two Ghosts

69 Bebe Rexha feat. G-Eazy - F.F.F.

70 Little Mix feat. Charlie Puth - Oops

71 Julia Michaels - Uh Huh

72 Anne-Marie - Heavy

73 Ryan Lawrie - Perfect Picture

74 JoJo feat. Remy Ma - FAB.

75 Starley - Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix)

76 Declan McKenna - Humongous

77 JP Cooper - September Song

78 Christopher - Free Fall

79 Lost Kings feat. Emily Warren - Phone Down

80 FO&O - So So Good

81 Zak Abel - Unstable

82 PRETTYMUCH - Would You Mind

83 Zara Larsson - I Would Like

84 Selena Gomez - Bad Liar

85 Little Mix feat. Stormzy - Power

86 Sofia Reyes feat. Francesco Yates & Spencer Ludwig - LOUDER! (Love is Loud)

87 Major Lazer feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR & Nicki Minaj - Run Up

88 Chase Atlantic - Right Here

89 PRETTYMUCH - Open Arms

90 RHODES vs. Felix Jaehn - Your Soul (Holding On)

91 Tom Odell - Silhouette

92 RIVRS - Playing With Fire

93 HNNBL feat. Miles Wesley - Trust

94 Kris Kross Amsterdam & Conor Maynard feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Are You Sure?

95 Jason Derulo feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

96 The Shades - Trouble

97 The Tide - Put the Cuffs On Me

98 Isaiah - Streets of Gold

99 Lorde - Green Light

100 Enrique Iglesias feat. Sean Paul & Matt Terry - SÚBEME LA RADIO

101 Hunter Hayes - Rescue

102 RAYE & Mr Eazi - Decline

103 Kiiara - Wishlist

104 Dolly Style - Bye Bye Bby Boo

105 Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin

106 Charli XCX - Boys

107 The Shades - 24 Hours a Day

108 Harry Gardner - Not Alone

109 Zak Abel - All I Ever Do (Is Say Goodbye)

110 Jessarae - Fishbowl

111 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill

112 Axwell Λ Ingrosso - More Than You Know

113 Alex Ross feat. Dakota & T-Pain - Dreams

114 Grey feat. Bahari - I Miss You

115 Isaiah - Don't Come Easy

116 Miley Cyrus - Malibu

117 Niall Horan - Slow Hands

118 Kygo feat. Justin Jesso - Stargazing

119 Maggie Lindemann - Obsessed

120 Daniel Skye - No Party

121 Manel Navarro - Keep on Falling

122 George Ezra - Don't Matter Now

123 Declan McKenna - Why Do You Feel So Down

124 Rhys - Last Dance

125 Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls

126 Alexandru - Sellotape

127 Jai Waetford - Champagne

128 Shane Harper - Like I Did

129 Tom Jay Williams - Figure It Out

130 Niall Horan - Too Much to Ask

131 Manel Navarro - Candle

132 Frans Walfridsson - Emergency Call

133 Kygo & Ellie Goulding - First Time

134 Logic feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid - 1-800-273-8255

135 Benjamin Ingrosso - Do You Think About Me

136 Taylor Swift - Call It What You Want

137 Citizen Four - Want You Back

138 Paloma Faith - Crybaby

139 Snakehips & MØ - Don't Leave

140 The Beach - Bridge Back to Your Heart

141 Matoma & The Vamps - Staying Up

142 George Shelley - Soldier

143 Kiiara feat. Felix Snow - Whippin

144 Sabrina Carpenter - Thumbs

145 Katy Perry feat. Migos - Bon Appétit

146 Iggy Azalea feat. Anitta - Switch

147 Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa - No Lie

148 Alan Walker, Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals - All Falls Down

149 M.O feat. Kent Jones - Not in Love

150 Camila Cabello - I Have Questions

151 Perttu feat. Yates - Good Good

152 Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves

153 Benjamin Ingrosso - One More Time

154 Jai Waetford feat. Allday - Drunk Together

155 Alyssa Reid - High

156 Tinie Tempah feat. Tinashe - Text from Your Ex

157 Maty Noyes - London

158 Tiësto feat. Bright Sparks - On My Way

159 Matt Terry - When Christmas Comes Around

160 Dua Lipa - Be the One

161 David Guetta feat. Justin Bieber - 2U

162 J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente

163 Mollie King - Hair Down

164 Toby Randall feat. DJ Khaled - Landslide

165 Zara Larsson feat. Ty Dolla $ign - So Good

166 Iggy Azalea - Mo Bounce

167 Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato - Échame La Culpa

168 Lucie Silvas - My Old Habits

169 Julia Michaels - Issues

170 Reed Deming - Cry Wolf

171 Lucie Silvas - Just For the Record

172 Cheat Codes feat. Fetty Wap & CVBZ - Feels Great

173 Nightly - XO

174 Ansel Elgort - Thief

175 DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne - I'm the One

176 Joel Adams - Die For You

177 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber - Despacito

178 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?

179 Isac Elliot - SHE

180 Dylan Hyde - Clearly

181 Martin Solveig feat. Ina Wroldsen - Places

182 Kate Nash - Call Me

183 Marshmello feat. Khalid - Silence

184 Era Istrefi feat. Felix Snow - Redrum

185 New Hope Club - Fixed

186 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

187 The Chainsmokers - Paris

188 Camila Cabello feat. Quavo - OMG

189 Lisa Ajax - I Don't Give A

190 James TW - Ex

191 Pitbull & Fifth Harmony - Por Favor

192 Harry Styles - Kiwi

193 Maty Noyes - Say It to My Face

194 Liam Payne feat. Quavo - Strip That Down

195 Grey feat. Avril Lavigne & Anthony Green - Wings Clipped

196 Little Mix feat. Machine Gun Kelly - No More Sad Songs

197 JP Cooper - Passport Home

198 Banks - Trainwreck

199 ZAYN feat. Sia - Dusk Till Dawn

200 Dua Lipa feat. Miguel - Lost In Your Light

201 Lewis Watson - deep the water

202 MØ - Nights with You

203 Marcus & Martinus feat. Silentó - Like It Like It

204 CNCO - Hey DJ

205 Rachel Platten - Broken Glass

206 Bebe Rexha - I Got You

207 Sofia Carson - Ins and Outs

208 Lost Kings feat. Tinashe - Quit You

209 Ella Eyre feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Ego

210 Chlöe Howl - Magnetic

211 Astrid S - Think Before I Talk

212 All Time Low - Dirty Laundry

213 Stormzy feat. MNEK - Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2

214 Pia Mia - We Should Be Together

215 Michael Schulte - Hold the Rhythm

216 ALMA - Chasing Highs

217 Matoma & MAGIC! feat. D.R.A.M. - Girl at Coachella

218 George Shelley - Prove Me Wrong

219 Great Good Fine OK & Before You Exit - Find Yourself

220 Taylor Swift - This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

221 Kesha - Learn To Let Go

222 Fifth Harmony feat. Gucci Mane - Down

223 ZOË - Dangerous Affair

224 The Tide - Survive

225 Helena Paparizou - Haide

226 Stefflon Don & French Montana - Hurtin' Me

227 Pitbull & Jennifer Lopez - Sexy Body

228 Digital Farm Animals feat. Hailee Steinfeld - Digital Love

229 INDIIA feat. Whitney Phillips - Out of Love

230 NEIKED feat. Mimi - Call Me

231 Ariana Grande feat. Future - Everyday

232 Paloma Faith - Guilty

233 Ed Sheeran - Perfect

234 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

235 Margaret - What You Do

236 Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso feat. Florida Georgia Line & watt - Let Me Go

237 Madeline Juno - You Know What?

238 Dinah Nah - One More Night

239 Snakehips & Anne-Marie feat. Joey Bada$$ - Either Way

240 Melanie C - Dear Life

241 Nathan Sykes - There's Only One of You

242 Harry Styles - Ever Since New York

243 AJR feat. Louisa Johnson - Weak

244 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

245 Jason Derulo feat. French Montana - Tip Toe

246 Anton Powers & Pixie Lott - Baby

247 Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean - Feels

248 Benny - Boys Will Be Boys

249 New Hope Club - Perfume

250 Mariah Carey feat. YG - I Don't

Mama was one of those songs that didn't do anything for me at first, really grew on me, then really wore off on me :lol: I wish We Could Go Back had had as much success :(

 

I should have given Just Hold On a bit more attention, it was a really nice dance song! I think it was the fact I was never that keen on 1D whilst they were together which put me off listening to it more :P

From your top 50 so far:

 

31 P!nk - What About Us :heart: LOVE

32 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki - Just Hold On

33 KStewart feat. Yungen - Hands

34 Jonas Blue feat. William Singe - Mama :heart:

35 Citizen Four - My Name (Say It)

36 Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry ;heart:

37 Charlie Puth - Attention SO LOW WTF :P

38 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained To the Rhythm Adore this a lot still :heart:

39 Ulrik Munther - Coffee in Shanghai

40 Ariana Grande - One Last Time :heart:

41 Jax Jones feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don - Instruction BITCH I DONT INTRODUCTION FOLLOW MY SIMPLE INSTRUCTION

42 FO&O - Buzzkill

43 The Vamps & Martin Jensen - Middle of the Night

44 Daniel Skye - ON

45 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me :heart:

46 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do :heart:

47 In Real Life - Eyes Closed

48 Selena Gomez feat. Gucci Mane - Fetish

49 Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels - I Miss You :heart:

 

 

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30 Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back | 7-2-4-8-11-22-20-23-30-31-38-X-38-X (12 non-consecutive weeks)

 

He dominated last year with the #2 and #10 EOY singles, but Shawn Mendes makes it no higher than #30 with his only 2017 single. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back was released as a late addition to the Illuminate album and served as the third single, becoming an instant hit in the UK. In my chart, it soared to a #7 debut on just a couple of days, but it couldn't make it higher than #2 in its first full week thanks to We the Kings' Sad Song. This is something that bothers me slightly looking back, as Shawn's song has undoubtedly held up better, so I wish it had made the #1 spot that week. It's notably more upbeat than most Shawn songs, with a chirpy guitar instrumental following the chorus which adds to the energy of the track. I'd love to hear more of this, as much as I like ballad Shawn, on his third album!

 

EOY History

 

2014 __9 Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) [The Vamps feat. Shawn Mendes]

2014 _72 Something Big

2014 179 Life of the Party

2015 _22 Stitches

2015 239 I Know What You Did Last Summer (Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello)

2016 __2 Stitches

2016 _10 Treat You Better

2016 _45 Mercy

2016 102 I Know What You Did Last Summer (Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello)

2017 _30 There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

 

 

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29 CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento | 22-2-5-6-12-13-17-20-25-33-30-33-X (12 weeks)

 

Little Mix have grown drastically in my estimations in the past couple of years. I quite liked their first couple of eras, but it took me a while to fully "stan" them, and I guess their EOY history below shows just how much I've come round to them the past couple of eras. They still have one more song to come, as Touch appears for the second year in a row (it was released in the final week before last year's cut-off and made #1). Reggaetón Lento is their second highest track though, and was their third #2 hit in the past two years. When the collaboration was rumoured, I checked out the original Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos) with just CNCO, and I really enjoyed it. While unsure of the Little Mix version at first (I mean, there is considerably more Little Mix than CNCO in the song :kink:), it grew rapidly on me with repeated plays and to this day, it hasn't grown old for me. I'd say it's in my top 5 Little Mix singles now too. My clear favourite of the Latin-influenced chart hits of 2017!

 

EOY History

 

CNCO

2017 _29 Reggaetón Lento (CNCO & Little Mix)

2017 204 Hey DJ

 

Little Mix

2012 _86 DNA

2012 _91 Wings

2013 _68 How Ya Doin'? (feat. Missy Elliott)

2013 160 Move

2014 133 Salute

2014 144 Little Me

2015 _64 Black Magic

2015 230 Love Me Like You

2016 _21 Secret Love Song (feat. Jason Derulo)

2016 _37 Touch

2016 _44 Shout Out to My Ex

2016 _52 Hair (feat. Sean Paul)

2016 178 Oops (feat. Charlie Puth)

2016 195 You Gotta Not

2017 TBA Touch

2017 _29 Reggaetón Lento (CNCO & Little Mix)

2017 _70 Oops (feat. Charlie Puth)

2017 _85 Power (feat. Stormzy)

2017 196 No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

 

Really loved Mama initially, but I can't even listen to it anymore lmao :lol: it's intense overplay being the reason, hopefully it'll sound good for me soon, as Jonas Blue's recent stuff has been disappointing :(

Just Hold On is so good too, the XF performance was so amazing, and I think it's the only thing from the 1D members I've actually genuinely really liked, I think it gets way too much stick tbh

 

I support more upbeat Shawn songs in 2018 and beyond. (nod)

 

Once Reggaeton Lento was released it was basically stuck in my head for the rest of the year! Particularly the ending, muevete muevete-e-e, drop it low drop it lowww :music: Oops ahead of Power though!? lil rude~

There's Nothing Holding Me Back is one of my favourite Shawn songs for sure, really catchy at first but it did wear off after a while :(

 

Reggaeton Lento is a song I like to pretend I'm really not a fan of but it is one of the songs that hasn't really grown old for me at all :o I guess not giving songs any attention works :P

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28 Dua Lipa - New Rules | 4-5-7-7-7-7-11-15-21-25-29-34-X-19-38-X (14 non-consecutive weeks)

 

It looks like I don't love New Rules as much as everyone else, considering it seemed to top most personal charts going and is undoubtedly contending for most EOY #1s too. Here Dua is at #28 in mine though, with a #4 weekly chart peak. It's nothing to be sniffed at though. New Rules is the highest non-top 2 hit in my EOY, and has surpassed each of Dua's EOY positions so far... except the one song she has still to come! New Rules debuted as the third highest of four new entries in my top 5, behind Kesha's Praying and Demi Lovato's Sorry Not Sorry in the top 2, and HNNBL's Trust which fell 1-3. The song debuted right after its video release, and quite honestly, the video is by far and away my favourite of 2017. The sentiment, the direction and the choreography are all absolutely spot on, not remotely OTT and not cringeworthy like a "girl power" theme could easily be. It's a masterclass in how you do music video these days, and it just helped a strong album track become one of my favourite songs of the year. I'd say it's my favourite of Dua's own material, but as you can see here, Scared to Be Lonely is my overall Dua favourite.

 

EOY History

 

2016 _46 Blow Your Mind (Mwah)

2016 _61 Hotter Than Hell

2016 140 Be the One

2017 TBA Scared to Be Lonely (Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa)

2017 _28 New Rules

2017 147 No Lie (Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa)

2017 160 Be the One

2017 200 Lost In Your Light (feat. Miguel)

 

 

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27 Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl | 13-2-6-12-22-31-X-36-38-36-X (9 non-consecutive weeks)

 

When I first heard Pretty Girl, I listened to both of the main versions - the original mix, and the Cheat Codes and Cade remix. Instantly, I preferred the original version, but I downloaded both. It debuted at #13 in my chart, giving American budding popstar Maggie Lindemann her first hit in my chart after about half a week. Its first full week saw a climb to #2, still fuelled almost entirely by thee original mix. However, as time went on, the remix levelled itself out with the original. I guess its chart success helped - it's always satisfying seeing a song you enjoy blow up, and it gave me an excuse to revisit the remix more. Now, I actively choose to hear the remix over the original. Either way, both versions make for a great breakthrough for Maggie. The statement is perfect - she's more than just her looks, and it's exactly the type of song you need when the charts are full of men bragging about "f**king b*tches" etc. It's also worth noting that the Pretty Girl chart run actually bothers me slightly, because I feel it doesn't represent how much I enjoy it. The original version tailed off quickly, but if I did a longer chart, the remix would've kept it bobbing up and down just outside the top 40 for a long time!

 

EOY History

 

2017 TBA Personal (The Vamps feat. Maggie Lindemann)

2017 _27 Pretty Girl

2017 119 Obsessed

 

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26 Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson - Symphony | 18-3-1-3-5-7-12-17-23-35-X (10 weeks)

 

After scoring their first two #1s on my chart in 2016, Clean Bandit made it a hat-trick with Symphony when 2017 got going. I remember it leaking a week before release, thanks to Zara's album leaking in full, and I was one who checked it out right away out of anticipation. While the album overall took time to grow on me, Symphony was an instant smash to my ears. I adored it from first listen, and it charted at #3 the week after the leak, behind Louisa Johnson's Best Behaviour and outgoing #1 Bad Luck Love by Benjamin, both of which are still to come. Nevertheless, Symphony leapfrogged both the week after to climb to #1. The track features vocals from Zara Larsson, who really shines with a brilliant use of light and shade. It's great to hear Zara's delicate vocals in the verses, building up to a bigger chorus. Even for Zara though, the vocals are rather restrained and controlled, compared to Ain't My Fault for example. The production is a beauty too, yet another wonderful track from Clean Bandit and I'm actually really excited for their second album, despite not having any urge to check out the debut based on the singles.

 

EOY History

 

Clean Bandit

2014 122 Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass)

2014 218 Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

2015 _19 Stronger

2016 __8 Tears (feat. Louisa Johnson)

2016 _16 Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)

2017 _26 Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

2017 _49 I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels)

 

Zara Larsson

2015 _36 Never Forget You (Zara Larsson & MNEK)

2016 _42 Lush Life

2016 _75 Ain't My Fault

2016 _80 Girls Like (Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson)

2016 203 This One's For You (David Guetta feat. Zara Larsson)

2017 _26 Symphony (Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson)

2017 _83 I Would Like

2017 165 So Good (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

 

 

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25 Mike Perry, The Vamps & Sabrina Carpenter - Hands | 25-1-2-4-8-11-15-21-20-19-23-28-35-37-X (14 weeks)

 

The second song called Hands in my top 40, this one comes from a trio of artists, all of whom had previously achieved a hit each at least in my chart before now. Mike Perry leads the pack, a Swedish DJ best known for UK top 40 hit The Ocean, which reached #5 in my chart. Sabrina Carpenter provides vocals, and she achieved her third top 10 hit with Hands, interestingly following not long after Thumbs made #7. Nice pattern. The Vamps lead the way in terms of previous chart hits. Hands was their eleventh #1 single, which left them tied with One Direction for most #1 singles. Of course, they broke the record with two further #1s later in the year! The song itself was one I heard live on their tour last year, before Night & Day (Night Edition) came out. Therefore, a bunch of new songs were played that I hadn't heard before. Hands was one of them, and it was my favourite of them all actually. Sabrina was there too, although I wasn't sure she'd be on the studio version but I'm delighted she was. I love the catchiness of Hands, I just wish it was a little bit longer!

 

EOY History

 

Mike Perry

2016 113 The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin)

2017 _25 Hands (Mike Perry, The Vamps & Sabrina Carpenter)

 

The Vamps

2013 _12 Can We Dance

2014 __5 Wild Heart

2014 __9 Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) [feat. Shawn Mendes]

2014 _10 Last Night

2014 _23 Somebody To You (feat. Demi Lovato)

2014 _55 Lovestruck

2014 _78 Smile

2014 130 Hurricane

2014 185 She Was the One

2014 195 Shout About It

2014 199 Move My Way

2015 _27 Wake Up

2015 112 Volcano (feat. Silentó)

2015 120 Rest Your Love

2015 180 I Found a Girl

2015 205 Written Off

2016 __7 All Night (The Vamps & Matoma)

2016 _50 Volcano (feat. Silentó)

2016 _51 I Found a Girl (feat. Omi)

2016 _56 Rest Your Love

2017 TBA Personal (feat. Maggie Lindemann)

2017 _25 Hands (Mike Perry, The Vamps & Sabrina Carpenter)

2017 _43 Middle of the Night (The Vamps & Martin Jensen)

2017 141 Staying Up (Matoma & The Vamps)

 

Sabrina Carpenter

2016 111 On Purpose

2017 144 Thumbs

2017 _25 Hands (Mike Perry, The Vamps & Sabrina Carpenter)

 

New Rules :wub: so so good and so glad she's finally blown up so much too!

Love the Cheat Codes remix of Pretty Girl, it may be basic, but it's just a fun banger, something which the chart needs more of these days tbh

Symphony too ofc :wub: I actually don't love it quite as much as everyone else, Rockabye and I Miss You being better imo, but I think that just shows how great Clean Bandit are tbh

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