Lullaby and Darkside were big faves for me in 2018!

Tie Me Down took until Remember smashed for me to really get going in my chart but it eventually made my top 40, good song!

Never Be The Same, Reality, Fine Line, IDGAF Mad Love and Sweet but Psycho I also enjoy from your top 100 so far.

Thank you all for the comments, it's much appreciated :heart:

Songs

 

 

51 Rita Ora - Only Want You | 1-… (1+ weeks)

52 Alvaro Soler feat. Flo Rida & TINI - La Cintura | 7-3-5-7-11-21-29-38-x (8 weeks)

53 Matteo Markus Bok - Just One Lie | 3-3-7-15-30-40-x (6 weeks)

54 DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B - Taki Taki | 4-9-13-15-16-21-24-28-36-… (9+ weeks)

55 Casey Lowry - Me & You | 1-3-6-12-24-38-x (6 weeks)

56 Katie Garfield - Gallows | 32-29-38-x-32-39-27-7-12-17-20-29-x (11 non-consecutive weeks)

57 Margaret - In My Cabana | 4-4-8-11-16-25-34-x (7 weeks)

58 HRVY - I Wish You Were Here | 20-3-6-12-15-26-31-x (7 weeks)

59 Lil Xan feat. Lil Skies - Lies | 4-4-10-19-23-29-37-x (7 weeks)

60 Daniel Skye & Baby Ariel - Say It | 4-3-11-21-30-x (5 weeks)

 

We're at the point now where most of what's to come is a top 5 hit. In fact, everything left is a top 5 hit, bar one song that features in this section. Katie Garfield earns the title of highest non-top 5 hit with Gallows, her only charting track in my chart so far. It's a beautifully haunting track that I discovered on Teen Wolf, and one that had a resurgence when I rewatched that same episode! It's not the first Teen Wolf-fuelled hit - Cheat Codes & Evan Gartner's Adventure was a top 5 hit in 2017 thanks to the show, but most significantly, we've not heard from Teen Wolf actor Froy Gutierrez with his debut single sideswipe yet!

 

At the bottom of this section we see Daniel Skye's highest 2018 appearance. Say It, a collaboration with YouTuber (and potential girlfriend?? I lose track) Baby Ariel, saw Daniel achieve his highest position since his #1 hit ON at the start of 2017, and his second highest position ever. It had a quick tumble downwards but it's a really good pop song, catchy and memorable. HRVY's I Wish You Were Here also peaked at #3 and ticks most of the same boxes, a catchy bop. Falsetto can be a turn-off for me in music and I don't always find it very easy on the ear but it somehow works in I Wish You Were Here alongside the funky production.

 

Rapper Lil Xan's Lies falls somewhere in the middle of emotional and bop. It's exceptionally catchy and has a very good beat behind it, but when you look at the lyrics ("pray to god like Allah, please slit my throat"), it somehow becomes an awkward bop. Nevertheless, I was impressed by how much Diego opened up on this track and Lil Skies' guest rap is really quite good too. A notable step forward for him! Also on the topic of rap, Cardi B pops up on Taki Taki, the first of her four top 100 entries to fall out. Taki Taki was a #4 hit in October, and although I was initially underwhelmed by the track, I quickly became obsessed thanks to her incredible guest rap and Selena's brilliant part too (heck, I came round to Ozuna's parts too).

 

Melodifestivalen hit In My Cabana by Polish singer Margaret gave her her best position to date, peaking at #4 for two weeks. It's everything I love in a pop song, with a vibe that reminds me of Shakira's Can't Remember to Forget You (a #1 in my chart in 2014!). Casey Lowry's Me & You became his first hit and his first #1, the tropical pop bop making a big impression on me (perhaps helped by the #longhairdontcare lyrics?). It's the shortest-lived #1 of the year in terms of chart runs (excluding anything still charting at the cut-off point), and the lowest #1 that actually occurred within the 2018 calendar year, but it's a great song and one I'll be returning to for a while expect. At the top of the section, we have the most recent #1, courtesy of Rita Ora with her next single Only Want You. Providing it makes more of an impact soon, it could be in for a repeat showing next year - we'll see! It's Rita's first appearance of four in the top 100.

 

His first track of four in this year's countdown, Matteo Markus Bok kickstarted his chart career quite modestly. Just One Lie made #3 for two weeks, but it did so in the most dead period of the year - the final week of 2017 and the first week of 2018. It fell quite quickly after that, but has recently re-entered my top 40 thanks to the impact of his newer singles. As a result, Just One Lie finishes much higher than it would've done without its follow-ups occurring! Finally, Alvaro Soler scored a breakthrough hit with the remix of La Cintura, alongside guest verses from Flo Rida and TINI. All artists involved got their biggest hit in my chart with this, hitting #3 and becoming one of the defining songs of my holiday.

 

Recommendation

 

Songs

 

 

41 PRETTYMUCH feat. French Montana - No More | 2-2-5-8-10-17-23-35-x (8 weeks)

42 Freya Ridings - Lost Without You | 25-20-16-5-9-10-11-14-20-28-37-x (11 weeks)

43 5 Seconds of Summer - Want You Back | 1-2-4-8-13-19-23-31-x-39-x (9 non-consecutive weeks)

44 FELIX SANDMAN - EVERY SINGLE DAY | 3-5-3-7-12-14-16-24-36-x (9 weeks)

45 Matteo Markus Bok - This Christmas | 35-x-18-8-15-14-… (5+ non-consecutive weeks)

46 Louisa feat. 2 Chainz - YES | 1-2-3-5-10-17-24-32-x (8 weeks)

47 Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato - Solo | 3-5-10-13-19-17-14-18-26-30-x (10 weeks)

48 Troye Sivan - Bloom | 20-1-6-9-13-15-19-27-33-39-x (10 weeks)

49 Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee - Close to Me | 3-6-6-11-16-… (5+ weeks)

50 Delta Goodrem - Think About You | 1-4-9-9-13-17-25-33-x (8 weeks)

 

This is the final section of 10 I'll be posting this year! Scraping into the top 10 is Delta Goodrem's Think About Us, her ninth #1 in all and her only appearance in this year's countdown. Think About Us saw Delta go in a very different direction to her usual piano-led style, favouring a sexier look and sound which actually suited her really well in my opinion. The result is an earworm that shows off Delta's versatility, and although I'm not sure I'd want a full Delta album like this, I definitely enjoyed this bit of experimentation. In other "Rich fave" news, Freya Ridings is at #42 with her sleeper hit Lost Without You. The track proved to be a massive grower for me, and ended up becoming her very first top 5 hit in its fourth week in my top 40. It's an absolutely stunning track, one of the most beautiful of the year, and whilst it didn't come especially close to #1, it's had great longevity in my affections.

 

Cqm will probably find this a disappointing placement for Ellie Goulding's comeback track Close to Me, but 49th is pretty respectable, and it's given Ellie her highest EOY placement ever for me (2012 onwards). It became quite an unlucky #3 hit, behind Matteo Markus Bok's In the Middle and Dua Lipa's Kiss and Make Up (both still to come), but it's held up well and ultimately spent an impressive 11 weeks in my top 40. Another unlucky #3 hit was Clean Bandit's Solo, blocked from becoming their third #1 hit and Demi's second by Rita Ora's Girls and Jennifer Lopez's Dinero (both also still to come). It's a brilliant song though and unlike Ellie, managed to make up for it by becoming an official UK #1. The track kept Clean Bandit's hit rate up, becoming their sixth consecutive top 5 single.

 

Completing a trio of #3 hits, former FO&O member Felix Sandman's debut single EVERY SINGLE DAY is the highest of his four tracks this year. The Melodifestivalen runner-up peaked at #3 on two separate occasions, two of which behind Benjamin Ingrosso's Dance You Off, which was at #2 on both occasions. One of the #1s that blocked it was 5 Seconds of Summer's Want You Back, their very first chart-topper. Their four-year run of hits saw two #2-peaking singles and only one single of theirs missing my top 10, so Want You Back finally making #1 felt fitting and deserved. In other boyband news, PRETTYMUCH's highest entry this year sees No More just miss out on the top 40. No More saw the boys bag an X Factor performance and a French Montana feature, and although it looked promising to become their breakthrough hit, it still didn't manage it. A shame, and a waste of potential! It missed out on #1 thanks to Louis Tomlinson's Miss You, which has long since been and gone, so is perhaps my only real regretful #2 of the year.

 

A #1 hit in the middle of the year, Troye Sivan's Bloom became his fourth chart-topper, and the second from the album of the same name. Though it wasn't quite as big as predecessor My My My!, the sublime pop track still had an impressive run. Louisa's YES was also a #1 earlier this year, becoming Louisa's fifth (!) #1. The Christina Aguilera-themed throwback track seemed to split Buzzjack but I instantly loved it, the high energy taking me back to the golden era of pop music. Deserved much better officially! Finally, Matteo Markus Bok's This Christmas pops up at #45. Its peak at the cut-off point for eligibility was #8, but I've bumped it up since as the track went on to spend two weeks at #2 in the festive period. It's Matteo's third highest track this year, with two #1s to come.

 

Recommendation

 

Songs: #300-41

 

41 PRETTYMUCH feat. French Montana - No More

42 Freya Ridings - Lost Without You

43 5 Seconds of Summer - Want You Back

44 FELIX SANDMAN - EVERY SINGLE DAY

45 Matteo Markus Bok - This Christmas

46 Louisa feat. 2 Chainz - YES

47 Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato - Solo

48 Troye Sivan - Bloom

49 Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee - Close to Me

50 Delta Goodrem - Think About You

51 Rita Ora - Only Want You

52 Alvaro Soler feat. Flo Rida & TINI - La Cintura

53 Matteo Markus Bok - Just One Lie

54 DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B - Taki Taki

55 Casey Lowry - Me & You

56 Katie Garfield - Gallows

57 Margaret - In My Cabana

58 HRVY - I Wish You Were Here

59 Lil Xan feat. Lil Skies - Lies

60 Daniel Skye & Baby Ariel - Say It

61 Why Don't We - These Girls

62 CNCO - Se Vuelve Loca

63 Gryffin & Elley Duhé - Tie Me Down

64 Charlie Puth feat. Kehlani - Done For Me

65 Troye Sivan feat. Ariana Grande - Dance to This

66 Sean Paul & David Guetta feat. Becky G - Mad Love

67 Loïc Nottet - Go To Sleep

68 Benjamin Ingrosso - I Wouldn't Know

69 Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

70 PRETTYMUCH - Summer on You

71 In Real Life - Tonight Belongs to You

72 Camila Cabello - Never Be the Same

73 Alec Benjamin - 1994

74 Shawn Mendes & Zedd - Lost in Japan

75 Lost Frequencies feat. Janieck Devy - Reality

76 James Bay - Wild Love

77 Alec Benjamin - Outrunning Karma

78 Jesper Jenset - FOR LOVE.

79 Alan Walker, Au/Ra & Tomine Harket - Darkside

80 Manel Navarro - Voulez-vous Danser?

81 Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together

82 CNCO - Mi Medicina

83 Tyron Hapi & Liam Ferrari - I Like the Way

84 Tom Odell - If You Wanna Love Somebody

85 Sigala & Paloma Faith - Lullaby

86 Mabel & Not3s - Fine Line

87 Shawn Mendes - Nervous

88 Dylan Schneider - No Problem

89 Anne-Marie - Then

90 Zak Abel - Still Want UUU

91 Lasse Meling - Unfound

92 PRETTYMUCH feat. Rich the Kid - Solita

93 Lily Allen feat. Giggs - Trigger Bang

94 Nemo Schiffman - Will

95 Dua Lipa - IDGAF

96 Aitana & Ana Guerra - Lo Malo

97 Electric Pineapple feat. Ryan Lawrie - Stay

98 Joel Adams - Fake Friends

99 Sigala & The Vamps - We Don't Care

100 Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other

 

101 Maty Noyes - Spiraling Down

102 Halsey - Without Me

103 New Hope Club - Medicine

104 Paloma Faith - Loyal

105 Cher Lloyd - None of My Business

106 Ariana Grande - thank u, next

107 Benjamin Rihan - Fantasi

108 Louis Tomlinson - Miss You

109 Jagwar Twin - Loser

110 M.O, Lotto Boyzz & Mr Eazi - Bad Vibe

111 Sam Feldt feat. George Shelley - Leave Me Alone

112 Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone

113 Kate Nash - Hate You

114 Nadine Coyle - Girls On Fire

115 Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B - Finesse

116 Bebe Rexha - I'm a Mess

117 Alec Benjamin - Steve

118 Nina Nesbitt - Loyal to Me

119 CNCO with Yandel, or Meghan Trainor & Sean Paul - Hey DJ

120 Topic & Ally Brooke - Perfect

121 Cheryl - Love Made Me Do It

122 SJUR & Isac Elliot - Rich & Famous

123 Christina Aguilera feat. Demi Lovato - Fall in Line

124 Jason Derulo & David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William - Goodbye

125 Madison Beer feat. Offset - Hurts Like Hell

126 Taylor Swift - Delicate

127 Cheat Codes & Little Mix - Only You

128 Carrie Underwood - Love Wins

129 Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love

130 Ariana Grande - God is a woman

131 Camila Cabello - She Loves Control

132 PRETTYMUCH - 10,000 Hours

133 Ina Wroldsen - Strongest

134 Lil Xan - Saved by the Bell

135 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood

136 Carly Rae Jepsen - Party For One

137 Gregor Coleman - Too Good To Me

138 Bebe Rexha - Self Control

139 Jax Jones feat. Ina Wroldsen - Breathe

140 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

141 Clean Bandit feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi - Baby

142 Malu Trevejo - Luna Llena

143 Hayley Kiyoko - Curious

144 MAX, TINI & Daneon - Lights Down Low

145 The Vamps - Hair Too Long

146 Lauv - Superhero

147 Harry Gardner - Strawberry Vodka

148 Anne-Marie - Perfect to Me

149 FELIX SANDMAN - IMPRINT

150 George Ezra - Shotgun

151 Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line - Meant to Be

152 The Vamps - Just My Type

153 Alexander Stewart - Enamorado

154 Zak Abel - Love Song

155 The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy

156 Carrie Underwood - Cry Pretty

157 Isaiah - Close to Me

158 Rak-Su feat. Wyclef Jean & Naughty Boy - Dimelo

159 Conrad Sewell - Healing Hands

160 David Guetta feat. Anne-Marie - Don't Leave Me Alone

161 In Real Life - Tattoo (How 'Bout You)

162 Little Mix feat. Nicki Minaj - Woman Like Me

163 Catherine McGrath feat. Hunter Hayes - Don't Let Me Forget

164 Charli XCX feat. Tove Lo and ALMA - Out of My Head

165 Charlie Puth - The Way I Am

166 Cassadee Pope - Take You Home

167 Daniel Skye - I Want You

168 Iggy Azalea feat. Quavo - Savior

169 Kylie Minogue - A Lifetime to Repair

170 Greyson Chance - Good as Gold

171 Alesso - REMEDY

172 Conrad Sewell - Changing

173 AZTX feat. Luke Friend - Karma

174 Silk City & Dua Lipa feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson - Electricity

175 Jess Glynne - Thursday

176 Julia Michaels - Heaven

177 PRETTYMUCH - Healthy

178 Rhys feat. FELIX SANDMAN - Starfish

179 Ryan Sinclair & Grace O'Brien feat. Graham - Keep on Trying, You'll Do It!

180 Danny Avila & The Vamps feat. Machine Gun Kelly - Too Good to Be True

181 Jack & Jack - No One Compares To You

182 Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future - End Game

183 FELIX SANDMAN - PART OF ME

184 Au/Ra - Emoji

185 O.D.L - Next to Me

186 O.D.L - Won't Forget

187 Fake Pictures feat. Michael Schulte - Two Princes

188 Four of Diamonds feat. Saweetie - Stupid Things

189 Lil Xan - Emotions

190 Kris Kross Amsterdam & The Boy Next Door feat. Conor Maynard - Whenever

191 Hunter Hayes - One Shot

192 Lewis Capaldi - Lost On You

193 Years & Years - If You're Over Me

194 Alec Benjamin - Annabelle's Homework

195 Niall Horan - On the Loose

196 P!nk - Beautiful Trauma

197 Not3s & Mabel - My Lover

198 Jorja Smith feat. Stormzy - Let Me Down

199 Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life

200 David Guetta, Martin Garrix & Brooks - Like I Do

 

201 BTS feat. Nicki Minaj - IDOL

202 Billie Eilish - when the party's over

203 Jax Jones & Mabel feat. Rich the Kid - Ring Ring

204 CNCO - Mala Actitud

205 Alec Benjamin - Water Fountain

206 P!nk - Secrets

207 Nicki Minaj feat. Ariana Grande - Bed

208 Kris Kross Amsterdam, Ally Brooke & Messiah - Vámonos

209 Roadtrip - Take This Home

210 HRVY - Personal

211 Paloma Faith - Warrior

212 Cierra Ramirez feat. Baeza - Faded

213 Reed Deming - Lonely Kids

214 All Saints - Love Lasts Forever

215 Lil Xan - Betrayed

216 Kylie Minogue - Lost Without You

217 David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin - Say My Name

218 DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper & Quavo - No Brainer

219 Eleni Foureira - Fuego

220 Jacob Sartorius feat. blackbear - Hit Me Back

221 Dylan Fraser - Body Over Mine

222 Years & Years - Sanctify

223 Cardi B feat. Kehlani - Ring

224 Saara Aalto - Monsters

225 Martin Jensen & Bjørnskov - Somebody I'm Not

226 Julia Michaels feat. Trippie Redd - Jump

227 Why Don't We - Boomerang

228 Lily Allen - Lost My Mind

229 Demi Lovato - Sober

230 Cardi B feat. 21 Savage - Bartier Cardi

231 Martin Garrix feat. Khalid - Ocean

232 Jack Antonoff & MØ - Never Fall In Love

233 Nerina Pallot - Rousseau

234 Ariana Grande - breathin

235 Bleachers - Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)

236 Years & Years - All For You

237 Troye Sivan - The Good Side

238 Mariah Carey - GTFO

239 Kylie Minogue - Stop Me from Falling

240 Christopher - Monogamy

241 Kate Nash - Life in Pink

242 Lauv feat. Julia Michaels - There's No Way

243 Olivia Eliasson - Never Learn

244 Mabel - One Shot

245 The Shades - Back to Your Place

246 RAYE - Friends

247 CNCO - Mamita

248 Kate Nash - Drink About You

249 Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling

250 Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me

251 Frans - Liar

252 Christopher - Irony

253 Kesha - Learn To Let Go

254 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

255 Camila Cabello - Real Friends

256 Future Jr. - Forget About Me

257 In Real Life - How Badly

258 Steel Banglez feat. Yungen, MoStack, Mr Eazi & Not3s - Bad

259 Dean Lewis - Be Alright

260 Johnny Orlando - Last Summer

261 Meghan Trainor - Let You Be Right

262 Sofia Reyes feat. Jason Derulo & De La Ghetto - 1, 2, 3

263 Khalid & Normani - Love Lies

264 YUNGBLUD - Machine Gun (F**k the NRA)

265 Cheat Codes - Home

266 Jason Derulo - Colors

267 Ne-Yo, Bebe Rexha & Stefflon Don - Push Back

268 SC3 (S Club 3) - Family

269 Lauv - I Like Me Better

270 DJ Khaled feat. Demi Lovato - I Believe

271 Meghan Trainor - No Excuses

272 Troye Sivan & Jónsi - Revelation

273 Alice Merton - No Roots

274 Cheat Codes & DVBBS - I Love It

275 Benjamin Ingrosso - Behave

276 Jessica Andersson - Party Voice

277 Ciara - Dose

278 Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull - Move to Miami

279 Becky G & Natti Natasha - Sin Pijama

280 Marcus & Martinus - Invited

281 Au/Ra - Panic Room

282 Rita Ora - First Time High

283 Noah Cyrus feat. MØ - We Are…

284 Kesha - This Is Me

285 Mabel feat. Kojo Funds - Finders Keepers

286 The Chainsmokers feat. Emily Warren - Side Effects

287 Marshmello & Bastille - Happier

288 CD9 - Qué Le Importa a la Gente

289 Ashley Tisdale - Voices in My Head

290 Netta - Toy

291 Lauren Aquilina - Psycho

292 Liam Payne & J Balvin - Familiar

293 Hunter Hayes - Dear God

294 Zak Abel feat. Saweetie - You Come First

295 Reed Deming - Get 2 U

296 Tom Grennan - Found What I've Been Looking For

297 benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside

298 Andra feat. Mara - Sweet Dreams (Radio Killer Remix)

299 Riverdale Cast feat. KJ Apa, Camila Mendes & Lili Reinhart - Mad World

300 Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot

Songs: The Top 40

 

Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

Anne-Marie - 2002

Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry

Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water

Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It

Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999

CNCO - Sólo Yo

Diplo & Lil Xan - Color Blind

Dua Lipa & BLACKPINK - Kiss and Make Up

froy - sideswipe

HRVY & Malu Trevejo - Hasta Luego

Isac Elliot - Mouth to Mouth

Jennifer Lopez feat. DJ Khaled & Cardi B - Dinero

Jonas Blue feat. Jack & Jack - Rise

Kate Nash - Karaoke Kiss

Kylie Minogue - Dancing

Liam Payne & Rita Ora - For You

Lil Xan & Charli XCX - Moonlight

Marcus & Martinus - Remind Me

Marshmello & Anne-Marie - FRIENDS

Matteo Markus Bok - El Ritmo (AHI AHI AHI)

Matteo Markus Bok - In the Middle

Noah Cyrus & Lil Xan - Live or Die

Rita Ora - Let You Love Me

Rita Ora feat. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha & Charli XCX - Girls

Ruel - Dazed & Confused

Ruel - Younger

Selena Gomez - Back to You

Shawn Mendes - In My Blood

Tom Odell feat. Alice Merton - Half As Good As You

Troye Sivan - Lucky Strike

Troye Sivan - My My My!

Ulrik Munther - Before

Why Don't We - 8 Letters

Why Don't We - Hooked

Why Don't We - Talk

Why Don't We - Trust Fund Baby

Zedd & Elley Duhé - Happy Now

Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle

Me scrolling up and down your list trying to find where 'One Kiss' is:

 

 

Discovering it's not even Top 300:

 

omg cow x

Think About You was fabbbb, hopefully we got more like that from her :wub:

Think About You was fabbbb, hopefully we got more like that from her :wub:

Glad to find another fan!! :wub: Thanks Liam!!

Songs

 

 

40 Selena Gomez - Back to You | 2-4-6-11-14-20-29-35-x (8 weeks)

 

Selena Gomez has one of the best track records of recent years in my personal chart. Since Come & Get It in 2013, only one of her singles as a lead artist has missed my top 10 (Slow Down), notching up a total of thirteen top 10 hits. Only one of which is a #1 - We Don't Talk Anymore, alongside Charlie Puth. Back to You is her best EOY placing since We Don't Talk Anymore in 2016, and her third best overall, trailing only that and Good For You from 2015. Back to You was released as part of the 13 Reasons Why season 2 soundtrack, a show that Selena is executive producer on, but isn't really to my tastes (for reasons I won't go into here). The song is brilliant though, a total ray of pure pop goodness. It doesn't pretend to be anything more than a carefree, fun track and that's what I totally love about it.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Selena Gomez

2013 050 Come & Get It

2013 135 Slow Down

2015 037 Good For You (feat. A$AP Rocky)

2015 098 Same Old Love

2015 141 I Want You to Know (Zedd feat. Selena Gomez)

2015 199 The Heart Wants What It Wants

2016 019 We Don't Talk Anymore (Charlie Puth feat. Selena Gomez)

2016 055 Hands to Myself

2016 103 Kill Em With Kindness

2017 045 It Ain't Me (Kygo & Selena Gomez)

2017 048 Fetish (feat. Gucci Mane)

2017 084 Bad Liar

2017 152 Wolves (Selena Gomez & Marshmello)

2018 040 Back to You

2018 054 Taki Taki (DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B)

 

Songs

 

 

39 Ruel - Dazed & Confused | 4-7-12-22-21-20-17-20-30-38-35-x-35-x (12 non-consecutive weeks)

 

I think it was a YouTube recommendation that first brought this song to my attention. Ruel wasn't a name that meant anything to me, but I checked this out on a whim and I was very impressed. Ruel's voice and lyrics travel beyond his year (he was 15 when this came out!!), and the production from M-Phazes is sublime. Dazed & Confused therefore became his first hit in my chart, peaking at #4 and leading the way for a big year for the Australian singer, culminating in me meeting him after his London gig in October. It has an interesting chart run, initially falling at a steady pace until it stabilised around the #20 mark, something which not many songs manage! Ruel still has one more song to feature, but how high can Younger go?

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Ruel

2018 000 Younger

2018 039 Dazed & Confused

 

For some reason Back to You didn't quite hit the mark for me; I find it okay but unexciting. Only peaked at #22 in my chart! The poor cow x

For some reason Back to You didn't quite hit the mark for me; I find it okay but unexciting. Only peaked at #22 in my chart! The poor cow x

Won't be going back 2 u x

Songs

 

 

38 Noah Cyrus & Lil Xan - Live or Die | 1-1-4-8-12-15-19-28-x (8 weeks)

 

Now we have the first multi-week #1 to drop out! Noah Cyrus hadn't seen much impact in my chart before Live or Die came out over the summer, with her only substantial hit being All Falls Down, alongside Alan Walker at the end of 2017. Seems like all it took for her to nab a hit was a collaboration with short-lived boyfriend Lil Xan, who had already achieved a #1 hit in my chart and quite recently too (Live or Die hit the top just a month after Moonlight). Live or Die saw the pair duet on a track planned for Noah's project, but their break-up not long after saw the track left in limbo and the music video never officially released (though it has leaked). I think they sound pretty great together though, and it's nice to hear Diego offering some more reflective lyrics on what's sonically quite an interesting track.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Noah Cyrus

2017 148 All Falls Down (Alan Walker, Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals feat. Juliander)

2018 038 Live or Die (Noah Cyrus & Lil Xan)

2018 283 We Are... (feat. MØ)

 

Lil Xan (remaining songs listed alphabetically)

2018 000 Color Blind (Diplo & Lil Xan)

2018 000 Moonlight (Lil Xan & Charli XCX)

2018 038 Live or Die (Noah Cyrus & Lil Xan)

2018 059 Lies (feat. Lil Skies)

2018 134 Saved By the Bell

2018 189 Emotions

2018 215 Betrayed

 

Together was one of my favourite Eurovision entries this year, such a beautiful piece :wub: If You Wanna Love Somebody is obviously a great song as well!

 

I wasn't expecting to see Reality here :o I don't have enough words for how good it is, it's definitely in my Top 2 songs of this decade (along with the obvious) and whilst I'm glad it went Top 40 it deserved so much better! It still sounds amazing three years later.

I love Lil Xan <3

Together was one of my favourite Eurovision entries this year, such a beautiful piece :wub: If You Wanna Love Somebody is obviously a great song as well!

 

I wasn't expecting to see Reality here :o I don't have enough words for how good it is, it's definitely in my Top 2 songs of this decade (along with the obvious) and whilst I'm glad it went Top 40 it deserved so much better! It still sounds amazing three years later.

Thanks Pete, glad you love those tracks!! :wub: Reality's absolutely great, it's such a vast improvement on Are You With Me and I really wish they could swap sales and peaks :( :(

 

I love Lil Xan <3

Quoted in case you edit

Songs

 

 

37 Kate Nash - Karaoke Kiss | 1-1-3-8-14-17-28-36-x (8 weeks)

 

This track's an interesting occurrence for a number of reasons, but first of all, let's talk the artist. Kate Nash is one of my all-time favourite artists, her debut album Made of Bricks being my all-time fave album and the follow-up, My Best Friend is You, being safely in the top 10. It's worth pointing out that both of these albums occurred before my personal chart, and therefore before my EOY, existed, so the list below only covers the Girl Talk and Yesterday Was Forever eras. Girl Talk was pretty underwhelming all round - two songs featured in my 2013 EOY representing the album, the highest at #129. The leading singles for Yesterday Was Forever led me to rather low expectations too - I enjoyed them but didn't love them like old Kate Nash, and that was okay, I'd accepted she'd moved on from that sound. However, one song hit me on the first listen through. Karaoke Kiss still hasn't been granted single status, but it shot to #1 in my chart, easily becoming Kate's biggest chart hit to date, and her very first #1. The track is sublime from start to finish, very much a "dancing with tears in my eyes" sort of track with production inspired by Taylor Swift's Style. As a result, it becomes her first EOY top 100 hit, all the way up at #37. She would undoubtedly have more from 2007 and 2010, but Karaoke Kiss is a brilliant representation of modern Kate Nash and her best release since 2010 at the very least. A pleasant surprise, proving Kate really does still have the magic that made me fall in love with her the first time round.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Kate Nash

2013 129 You're So Cool, I'm So Freaky

2013 131 3AM

2016 204 Good Summer

2016 241 My Little Alien

2017 182 Call Me

2018 037 Karaoke Kiss

2018 113 Hate You

2018 241 Life in Pink

2018 248 Drink About You

 

Songs

 

 

36 CNCO - Sólo Yo | 2-1-5-8-12-24-30-32-35-40-x (10 weeks)

 

2018 also saw the first ever #1 entirely in Spanish, and only the fourth #1 in my chart's history to not contain any English at all (following three Ulrik Munther #1s that were entirely in Swedish). Latin boyband CNCO made their debut in my chart with Raggaetón Lento in 2017, with the help of Little Mix, but proved their worth and continued impacting throughout 2018, including a mammoth week where they had nine top 40 hits, four of which were in my top 10. Leading the way was Sólo Yo, the fourth single from their self-titled second album, a catchy Latin bop which opens the album. I can't speak much about the lyrics - I know a little Spanish but I'm far from fluent - but it's easy to enjoy with a catchy melody and an infectious beat. It doesn't quite beat Reggaetón Lento's EOY position from last year, but it does give the group a #1 to add to their weekly chart history.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

CNCO

2017 029 Reggaetón Lento (CNCO & Little Mix)

2017 204 Hey DJ *

2018 036 Sólo Yo

2018 062 Se Vuelve Loca

2018 082 Mi Medicina

2018 119 Hey DJ (CNCO with Yandel or Meghan Trainor & Sean Paul) *

2018 204 Mala Actitud

2018 247 Mamita

 

* though they were combined for my weekly chart, 2017 and 2018 saw different versions of Hey DJ impacting. 2017's version of Hey DJ was the "Pop Version", with no features. 2018 benefited mostly from the album version with Yandel, with minor impact from the Spanglish edit with Meghan Trainor and Sean Paul.