from 41-60 I enjoy 'Taki Taki', 'Close To Me', 'Solo' and especially 'Lost Without You' (such a lovely song)!

4 Why Don't We songs in the top 40 but I can't see 5 Seconds of Summer there. :(

from 41-60 I enjoy 'Taki Taki', 'Close To Me', 'Solo' and especially 'Lost Without You' (such a lovely song)!

Thanks Dan!! :D

 

4 Why Don't We songs in the top 40 but I can't see 5 Seconds of Summer there. :(

The highest 5SOS song was Want You Back at #43 I'm afraid! Their highest EOY position since 2015, where She's Kinda Hot was #40.

Songs

 

 

35 Tom Odell feat. Alice Merton - Half As Good As You | 37-5-3-2-4-8-16-24-35-… (9+ weeks)

 

The lead single from Tom Odell's third studio album, If You Wanna Love Somebody, had a strong start in my chart, debuting at #2, but it tailed off quicker than the typical Tom Odell single. My hype for the album wasn't quite as high as I expected it to be. However, all it takes is one song to change that, and here we are. Half As Good As You made an instant impact on me when it got released as the second single, shooting into the top 5 and quickly matching the peak of its predecessor, though its longevity was notably better. It also became the first top 10 hit for Alice Merton, who sounds fantastic alongside Tom on the track. It's my favourite track on the album, and was a definite highlight on the Jubilee Road tour!

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Tom Odell

2013 005 Another Love

2013 016 Grow Old With Me

2013 081 Hold Me

2013 110 I Know

2013 146 Can't Pretend

2014 011 Real Love

2014 029 I Know

2016 014 Magnetised

2016 039 Concrete

2016 063 True Colours

2016 083 Wrong Crowd

2016 088 Here I Am

2016 152 Fiction (Kygo feat. Tom Odell)

2017 091 Silhouette

2018 035 Half As Good As You (feat. Alice Merton)

2018 084 If You Wanna Love Somebody

 

Alice Merton

2018 035 Half As Good As You (Tom Odell feat. Alice Merton)

2018 273 No Roots

 

Songs

 

 

34 Kylie Minogue - Dancing | 2-6-11-24-34-25-31-x-35-x (8 non-consecutive weeks)

 

One of the best comebacks of the year, Kylie Minogue kickstarted her 30th year in music with the barnstorming anthem Dancing. I had high hopes - Kylie always delivers on lead singles, and I really loved Into the Blue back in 2014, but Dancing still managed to exceed my expectations. Dancing sees Kylie blend her traditional pop music with huge choruses, alongside country music, and the result is fantastic. Dancing was the encore to her Golden Tour, and it closed a brilliant show in spectacular style. The track charted at #2 in my chart, losing out on the top to Troye Sivan's My My My!, but it became Kylie's highest charting single to date, outdoing 2012's #4 hit Timebomb.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Kylie Minogue

2012 020 Timebomb

2014 094 Into the Blue

2018 034 Dancing

2018 169 A Lifetime to Repair

2018 216 Lost Without You

2018 239 Stop Me from Falling

 

Songs

 

 

33 Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water | 1-2-5-7-12-22-27-40-x (8 weeks)

 

I wasn't really sure what to expect from an Avril Lavigne comeback. I adore loads of her tracks, and she has one of the best singles discographies around. Tracks like My Happy Ending and Girlfriend define my childhood, while When You're Gone and (album track) Innocence are among my favourite ballads of all-time. Head Above Water leaned towards the latter tracks, and was all the better for doing so. Avril opened up about her battle with Lyme disease, and it resulted in one of her most emotional tracks yet. As a result, the track became Avril's very first #1 in my chart (though it's worth noting that, much like Kate Nash, she'd have an array of #1s if my chart started sooner), doing so in just half a week. A triumphant return, and it has me very excited for Avril's forthcoming album, also called Head Above Water.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Avril Lavigne

2013 045 Rock N Roll

2013 057 Here's to Never Growing Up

2017 195 Wings Clipped (Grey feat. Avril Lavigne & Anthony Green)

2018 033 Head Above Water

 

Songs

 

 

32 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999 | 2-2-7-12-19-21-23-25-… (8+ weeks)

 

1999 has to be one of the unluckiest #2 hits of 2018 in my chart. Charli XCX and Troye Sivan's superb team-up was a brilliant dose of nostalgia with one of the most infectious choruses of the year. A huge shoutout to Troye's middle 8 too, he totally delivers. All of this is before that music video too - the best of the year quite possibly? Definitely a contender anyway. It was brilliant to see Charli getting such a big hit after trying so long, and it couldn't have been more well-deserved in my opinion. Troye getting a top 20 hit at last was even better, obviously I root for him so much! As for my own chart, a #2 debut gave Charli her highest position as a lead artist since Doing It made #1 in 2015. So how is this unlucky? In most weeks, it actually would have been a #1. It ran into Froy Gutierrez's sideswipe, in the week that I met him (more on that earlier in the topic), and as a result it spent two weeks behind sideswipe in my chart. Bad timing, but an amazing song and one that could quite possibly have saved Charli's chart career. Charli and Troye both have two more songs to come each.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Charli XCX (remaining songs listed alphabetically)

2013 131 I Love It (Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX)

2014 001 Fancy (Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX)

2014 136 Boom Clap

2014 139 Break the Rules

2015 013 Doing It (feat. Rita Ora)

2015 163 Famous

2015 226 Need Ur Love

2016 124 After the Afterparty (feat. Lil Yachty)

2017 107 Boys

2018 000 Girls (Rita Ora feat. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha & Charli XCX)

2018 000 Moonlight (Lil Xan & Charli XCX)

2018 032 1999 (Charli XCX & Troye Sivan)

2018 164 Out of My Head (feat. Tove Lo & ALMA)

 

Troye Sivan (remaining songs listed alphabetically)

2015 008 WILD

2015 029 TALK ME DOWN

2015 038 FOOLS

2015 067 BITE

2015 068 Papercut (Zedd feat. Troye Sivan)

2015 171 YOUTH

2015 211 Touch

2015 236 DKLA (feat. Tkay Maidza)

2016 023 YOUTH

2016 040 HEAVEN (feat. Betty Who)

2017 012 There For You (Martin Garrix & Troye Sivan)

2018 000 Lucky Strike

2018 000 My My My!

2018 032 1999 (Charli XCX & Troye Sivan)

2018 048 Bloom

2018 065 Dance to This (feat. Ariana Grande)

2018 140 Strawberries & Cigarettes

2018 237 The Good Side

2018 272 Revelation (Troye Sivan & Jónsi)

 

Songs

 

 

31 Troye Sivan - Lucky Strike | 32-2-4-10-16-23-30-x (7 weeks)

 

Double Troye! The impact of Lucky Strike here is pretty impressive, as by the cut-off point for my EOY, it was nothing more than an album track from Troye's Bloom album. It zoomed to #2 when the album came out and notched up a solid run, cementing itself as one of the best Bloom tracks. However, since then, it received a music video and became the album's fourth single, seeing it back into my top 10, sat at #5 in my current chart (week 371). Lucky Strike clicked with me through the brilliant production and the relaxed tone of Troye's voice, and of course the hook: "Tell me all the ways to love you." It's lush and so infectious, and I think I'll be looking back on Lucky Strike as one of Troye's very best songs in years to come.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Troye Sivan

2015 008 WILD

2015 029 TALK ME DOWN

2015 038 FOOLS

2015 067 BITE

2015 068 Papercut (Zedd feat. Troye Sivan)

2015 171 YOUTH

2015 211 Touch

2015 236 DKLA (feat. Tkay Maidza)

2016 023 YOUTH

2016 040 HEAVEN (feat. Betty Who)

2017 012 There For You (Martin Garrix & Troye Sivan)

2018 000 My My My!

2018 031 Lucky Strike

2018 032 1999 (Charli XCX & Troye Sivan)

2018 048 Bloom

2018 065 Dance to This (feat. Ariana Grande)

2018 140 Strawberries & Cigarettes

2018 237 The Good Side

2018 272 Revelation (Troye Sivan & Jónsi)

 

Songs

 

 

30 Anne-Marie - 2002 | 2-3-5-9-13-20-28-30-35-x (9 weeks)

 

For reasons that still aren't totally clear to me, Anne-Marie's 2002 turned into one of Buzzjack's biggest hate figures of the year. However, I loved it from the get-go. The Ed Sheeran co-write set the tone for nostalgia tracks in 2018, becoming an instant hit in the charts with references to iconic songs from the turn of the millennium. The fact some of the references aren't from 2002 doesn't bother me, I see it as generally reminiscing back to that time period, which includes 2002, rather than specifically that year. Regardless, the chorus is one of the biggest sing-along pop moments of the year and I'm so pleased it cemented Anne-Marie's status as one of the biggest females in pop currently, as it's hard to find someone who brings a more fun, quirky personality to chart music than her.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Anne-Marie

2016 016 Rockabye (Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)

2016 036 Alarm

2017 004 Ciao Adios

2017 072 Heavy

2017 239 Either Way (Snakehips & Anne-Marie feat. Joey Bada$$)

2018 000 FRIENDS (Marshmello & Anne-Marie)

2018 030 2002

2018 089 Then

2018 148 Perfect to Me

2018 160 Don't Leave Me Alone (David Guetta feat. Anne-Marie)

 

Songs

 

 

29 Marcus & Martinus - Remind Me | 3-6-16-23-33-x (5 weeks)

 

In terms of chart runs, this one does stick out quite a bit in the top 40. It's the shortest top 40 run of any track here, so why is it so high up? I've actually been talking about "trickle sales" a lot throughout this thread; I don't actually track "sales figures" for my songs, and this chart is not made up of play counts, but they do influence where I place these songs and Remind Me ended up becoming one of my most played songs of the year, helped along by regular plays each week, though never enough to re-enter my top 40. Marcus & Martinus seemed to master this in 2018, with 2017 hit Make You Believe in Love achieving 151 of its total 210 scrobbles in 2018. That's one hell of an accolade, with Remind Me scoring 107 plays, finishing 23rd in my most played tracks of the 2018 calendar year. Why has this song caught on so much though? Remind Me wasn't even on the original edition of Marcus & Martinus' Moments album, but it got added to the end after its February release last year. What I love is just how carefree and fun it is. It's a song about looking back over your good memories with someone close to you, and it's pop at its finest.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Marcus & Martinus

2016 244 Elektrisk (feat. Katastrofe)

2017 050 Make You Believe in Love

2017 203 Like It Like It (feat. Silentó)

2018 029 Remind Me

2018 280 Invited

 

1999 is a bit of a tune, much better than 2002 :P

1999 is a bit of a tune, much better than 2002 :P

:lol: thanks Dan!

Songs

 

 

28 Jennifer Lopez feat. DJ Khaled & Cardi B - Dinero | 2-3-6-12-18-25-32-36-35-37-x (10 weeks)

 

One of the most quotable tracks of the year, Jennifer Lopez's Dinero brought three icons together for an absolutely huge anthem. I'd heard rumours of this collaboration for a few months beforehand and it excited me a lot - J-Lo can provide some excellent bops when she wants to, Cardi rarely disappoints and Khaled is forever iconic. Of course, Khaled brings some of his catchphrases to the track ("another one"), while also shouting "CASH FLOW" over the top of the chorus *.* Cardi's verse is absolute fire ("Cardi B and J-Lo" :heart:), and J-Lo herself is on absolute top form, releasing her best song since 2013's Live It Up. I think this would've been an easy hit had the credits been swapped and J-Lo relegated to feature, but nevertheless, it became a #2 hit in my chart, with Cardi blocking herself from the top with Rita Ora collaboration Girls.

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Jennifer Lopez

2013 003 Live It Up (feat. Pitbull)

2014 070 Booty (feat. Pitbull or Iggy Azalea)

2014 111 We Are One (Ole Ola) [Pitbull feat. Jennifer Lopez & Cláudia Leitte]

2014 192 First Love

2014 235 Physical (Enrique Iglesias feat. Jennifer Lopez)

2014 249 I Luh Ya Papi (feat. French Montana)

2015 091 Back It Up (Prince Royce feat. Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull)

2016 112 Ain't Your Mama

2017 227 Sexy Body (Pitbull & Jennifer Lopez)

2018 028 Dinero (feat. DJ Khaled & Cardi B)

 

DJ Khaled

2017 165 Landslide (Toby Randall feat. DJ Khaled)

2017 175 I'm the One (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne)

2018 028 Dinero (Jennifer Lopez feat. DJ Khaled & Cardi B)

2018 218 No Brainer (feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper & Quavo)

2018 270 I Believe (feat. Demi Lovato)

 

Cardi B (remaining songs listed alphabetically)

2018 000 Girls (Rita Ora feat. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha & Charli XCX)

2018 000 I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin)

2018 028 Dinero (Jennifer Lopez feat. DJ Khaled & Cardi B)

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

2018 115 Finesse (Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B)

2018 223 Ring (feat. Kehlani)

2018 230 Bartier Cardi (feat. 21 Savage)

 

Sorry, not sure if iI want this 'Dinero'. I wonder if J-Lo will have another UK top 40 hit. :(

I think her only way of getting another top 40 would be as a feature :(

Songs

 

 

27 Shawn Mendes - In My Blood | 1-2-4-9-15-23-30-33-20-17-23-28-38-x (13 weeks)

 

Debuting at #1, Shawn Mendes' third era was highly anticipated and lead single In My Blood set the tone brilliantly. I loved it from the first listen, the more mature sound marking a notable contrast from the songs that had so far defined Shawn's career (Stitches, Treat You Better, There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back). I could understand why it perhaps didn't catch on with the public as much as those tracks (not that it flopped by any means!), but nevertheless I was delighted when it became a top 10 hit officially. It was Shawn's fourth #1 single in my chart, following Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart), Stitches and Treat You Better, and remains the highest charting track from this campaign which descended into a total mess following this single's release. I'm so excited to see Shawn on tour in April...and meet him! :o

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Shawn Mendes

2014 009 Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) [The Vamps feat. Shawn Mendes]

2014 072 Something Big

2014 179 Life of the Party

2015 022 Stitches

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

2016 002 Stitches

2016 010 Treat You Better

2016 045 Mercy

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

2017 030 There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

2018 027 In My Blood

2018 074 Lost In Japan (Shawn Mendes & Zedd)

2018 087 Nervous

 

Songs

 

 

26 Isac Elliot - Mouth to Mouth | 12-11-6-2-1-4-7-12-21-28-35-x (11 weeks)

 

The first #1 of 2018 proved to be a bit of a surprise, yet also it's something that's felt like a long time coming. Finnish pop sensation Isac Elliot has continued a steady stream of hits since his debut single, New Way Home, became a #3 hit in my chart in 2013 when he was just 13 years old. Every year since (including 2019 already), Isac's achieved a new top 10 hit, but he was lacking a #1 single. Mouth to Mouth came in late 2017, and debuted at #12. At that point, it was better than his previous two singles AYO (#23), EYES SHUT (#36) and I Wrote a Song for You (DNC), but was training behind SHE (#9) from earlier that year. However, unlike all of those mentioned, Mouth to Mouth actually climbed, reaching the top 10 in week 3 and finally climbing to #1 in the first week of 2018, its fifth week on the chart. Mouth to Mouth became Isac's very first #1 single after almost 5 years of waiting, fuelled by the release of the album FAITH, which includes all of the singles mentioned from 2017 (as well as every other single since his previous album in 2014). It's such an energetic pop track, the breakdown providing a unique yet irresistible moment, highlighting just how strong the production on this track is, yet showing a notable maturity compared to his very early stuff. As a result, Isac achieves his best EOY placing since New Way Home started his chart career in 2013!

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Isac Elliot

2013 014 New Way Home

2013 077 Dream Big

2013 086 A.N.G.E.L

2014 083 Just Can't Let Her Go

2014 162 Tired of Missing You

2015 055 Lipstick (feat. Tyga)

2015 058 Just Can't Let Her Go

2016 048 Worth Something

2016 214 Alone

2016 231 Not for Nothing

2016 236 Beast (Tungevaag & Raaban & Isac Elliot)

2017 179 SHE

2018 026 Mouth to Mouth

2018 122 Rich & Famous (SJUR & Isac Elliot)

 

Songs

 

 

25 Matteo Markus Bok - El Ritmo (AHI AHI AHI) | 1-3-6-11-16-22-31-39-38-33-31-x (11 weeks)

 

Now here's a #1 single that really did come out of the blue. Italian popstar Matteo Markus Bok first arrived in my chart in the final week of December 2017 with a song called Just One Lie, which debuted and peaked at #3. After that, he pretty much fell off my radar. Just One Lie felt like a fleeting hit during the dead period for music that is new year, and I hadn't seen anything about new music on social media either. Randomly, at the start of September, I opted to check if he'd released anything else. I found this song, El Ritmo (AHI AHI AHI), on Spotify, and took a listen. I was impressed from the word go. The "ahi ahi ahi" (pronounced ay ay ay but spelt weirdly x) parts are extremely catchy and the switching between English and Spanish lyrics works surprisingly brilliantly. The track became a #1 hit instantly, the first of a record-matching four that Matteo achieved in the calendar year 2018 (though the latter two will feature in 2019's EOY). Matteo still has one more song to come - how will In the Middle fare?

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Matteo Markus Bok

2018 000 In the Middle

2018 025 El Ritmo (AHI AHI AHI)

2018 045 This Christmas

2018 053 Just One Lie

 

Songs

 

 

24 Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle | 18-2-1-6-8-16-23-24-23-25-36-x (11 weeks)

 

Zedd's been pretty hit-and-miss for me over the years. My favourite tracks of his had mostly been his features with Ariana Grande and Hailee Steinfeld, and his big chart hits were good but never especially exciting for me. The Middle instantly made me curious, though. I hadn't enjoyed previous single Get Low much at all, but Zedd had enlisted country singer Maren Morris to provide vocals here. I love Maren's voice, and was so intrigued to hear what she sounded like on a dance track. I absolutely loved the end result, too. It was Zedd's most instant track for me, and saw it chart at #1 in its second full week in my chart. It was Zedd's second #1, following Break Free, and both Maren Morris and Grey's first. It became Zedd's best track to date for me, and although it seems to get a lot of hate here (mostly for being a Stay clone when I actually find this is an improved version of that), I'll always defend it. It's actually not Zedd's highest track, though...!

 

End of Year Chart History

 

Zedd

2014 034 Break Free (Ariana Grande feat. Zedd)

2014 250 Stay the Night (feat. Hayley Williams)

2015 068 Papercut (feat. Troye Sivan)

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

2016 035 Starving (Hailee Steinfeld & Grey feat. Zedd)

2016 247 True Colors (Zedd & Kesha)

2018 000 Happy Now (Zedd & Elley Duhé)

2018 024 The Middle (Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey)

2018 074 Lost In Japan (Shawn Mendes & Zedd)

 

Maren Morris

2018 024 The Middle (Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey)

 

Grey

2016 035 Starving (Hailee Steinfeld & Grey feat. Zedd)

2017 114 I Miss You (feat. Bahari)

2017 195 Wings Clipped (feat. Avril Lavigne & Anthony Green)

2018 024 The Middle (Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey)

 

In My Blood :wub: Canadians snapped