January 14, 20196 yr Author #15. Jax Jones (feat. Mabel & Rich The Kid) - Ring Ring UK chart run: 40-36-29-23-17-16-16-13-12-14-37-46-55-x [13 weeks] Points: +96 | Positive votes: 13 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: sergejdordij98 [15 points] Jax Jones had a similar 2018 to his 2017 with one top ten hit and another peaking just outside. Ring Ring is also Mabel's 2nd of 3 tracks in this countdown, her third will finish in the top ten. #14. LSD (feat. Sia, Diplo & Labrinth) - Thunderclouds UK chart run: 65-57-47-22-24-23-23-18-17-29-34-x [11 weeks] Points: +99 | Positive votes: 11 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: DexTheHalls [13 points] The 'supergroup' LSD didn't get off to the best start but eventually got themselves a hit thanks to a Samsung advert and heavy airplay. An EP was eventually released but this still remains their only UK hit. #13. Liam Payne (feat. J Balvin) - Familiar UK chart run: 34-31-25-20-21-15-18-14-16-14-20-30-32-54-60-66-x [16 weeks] Points: +99 | Positive votes: 13 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: …ready for it [15 points] Liam followed up his 50 Shades soundtrack hit with this which saw him jump on the Latin trend with J Balvin giving him a rather big hit but not before a subsequent flop EP. #12. The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar - Pray For Me UK chart run: 15-13-11-12-14-17-21-23-x1-32-x [9 weeks] Points: +111 | Positive votes: 13 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: DalekTurret32 [18 points] The Weeknd teamed with Kendrick for this from the Black Panther soundtrack but couldn't quite push it into the top ten when Kendrick's other Black Panther soundtrack single did. #11. Selena Gomez - Back To You UK chart run: 39-29-27-23-13-14-16-19-21-24-50-58-70-69-x [14 weeks] Points: +111 | Positive votes: 14 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: FleetSeb [18 points] Very coincidentally Selena finishes on the same points total as The Weeknd, and just misses out on the top ten in this countdown with her 13 Reasons Why soundtrack single. +++ Come back tomorrow for the top 10 non-top 10 hits of 2018! One of these will get the title of honorary UK top ten hit... Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999 Cheat Codes & Little Mix - Only You Dean Lewis - Be Alright Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind Ellie Goulding & Diplo - Close To Me (feat. Swae Lee) M-22 (feat. Medina) - First Time Mabel (feat. Not3s) - Fine Line MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill - Back & Forth Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes Sigala (feat. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor & French Montana) - Just Got Paid
January 14, 20196 yr Dean Lewis & Dennis Lloyd top 10. Okay then... M-22 & Panic! are comfortably the best tracks remaining. It'll be Charli who wins this though unfortunately.
January 14, 20196 yr I quite like 'Be Alright' but very surprised that it's this high as I don't recall it getting a lot of love here apart from like 2 or 3 people! Those Selena Gomez and Liam Payne songs are painfully bland, glad they missed the top 10. Cheat Codes still being to come though :/ that was another one that could have challenged for my -2. The rest of the remaining songs are all at least decent though ('Close To Me' I'm not massive on but it's ok, I like the rest). I guess 'Pray For Me' was actually technically the highest hip-hop song, or at least the highest song by a primarily hip-hop artist even if the song itself is pretty poppy.
January 15, 20196 yr Author #10. Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind UK chart run: 65-51-55-61-55-45-45-45-42-47-39-32-32-29-24-25-25-19-19-17-20-20-21-24-25-63-68-x [27 weeks] Points: +120 | Positive votes: 15 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: PeteFromLeeds [15 points] Taking advantage of its Spotify playlist support, this became a real sleeper hit and eventually made the top 20 once airplay kicked in, though it's very likely to remain his only hit. It was also the only top 40 hit this year for an Israeli artist (their winning Eurovision entry could only make it to #48). #09. Cheat Codes & Little Mix - Only You UK chart run: 32-40-28-19-16-14-17-14-13-40-39-49-53-65-x [13 weeks] Points: +121 | Positive votes: 15 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: Alex!, Defaze [18 points each] Little Mix couldn't stay away from the charts for too long as in-between eras they got themselves on a dance hit for the first time with Cheat Codes. Though this couldn't quite reach the top 10 they had no problem getting a big hit afterwards with their proper lead single which made it to #2. Meanwhile Cheat Codes didn't have any other hits in 2018. #08. MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill - Back & Forth UK chart run: 52-47-46-37-21-17-16-15-14-12-14-37-74-x3-75-x [14 weeks] Points: +122 | Positive votes: 14 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: danuary, sergejdordij98 [18 points each] Now onto my personal fave of the lot, which finishes comfortably in the top 10 pleasingly. House legend MK teamed with Becky Hill again and this time they got a top 20 hit, helped by it following up MK's big top 10 and also the presence of Jonas Blue. #07. Dean Lewis - Be Alright UK chart run: 68-64-52-35-27-22-18-11-12-15-15-16-18-63-x [14 weeks] Points: +127 | Positive votes: 10 | Negative votes: 02 Top points from: Bjork, PeteFromLeeds, Jason, JackJones [18 points each] Negative points from: Dobbo, danuary [-2 points each] Dean Lewis was one of the few Australian artists to make the UK chart this year, and got his first and so far only hit doing so. This song got the least amount of positive votes but was also given the joint most amount of +18s so it has a clear fanbase here, though a total of -4 negative points means it is moved down a place. :D #06. Ellie Goulding & Diplo - Close To Me (feat. Swae Lee) UK chart run: 36-34-30-21-18-21-17-28-57-43-47-... [11+ weeks] Points: +128 | Positive votes: 17 | Negative votes: 01 Top points from: cqmerqn [18 points] Negative points from: Electroboy [-2 points] Ellie Goulding released this as her comeback single which didn't get off to the best start considering she had been away for a while, but eventually worked its way into the top 20. The #5 song is well ahead so one negative voter does not affect its position. +++ This means five songs are left in contention and they will all be revealed later this afternoon, so make any predictions now! One of these will get the title of honorary UK top ten hit... Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999 M-22 (feat. Medina) - First Time Mabel (feat. Not3s) - Fine Line Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes Sigala (feat. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor & French Montana) - Just Got Paid It is worth noting no matter what wins here, it will be the first winner since 2013 (Arctic Monkeys) to feature a male artist, and there still is the possibility of an all-male act winning if 'High Hopes' wins, or a fifth consecutive year with no male vocals if 'First Time' wins.
January 15, 20196 yr Good top 5 left. Just not too keen on Just Got Paid. Sigala did so much better in his first 2 singles.
January 15, 20196 yr Author #05. Sigala (feat. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor & French Montana) - Just Got Paid UK chart run: 51-37-33-17-15-14-12-12-13-11-43-42-73-x3-55-69-... [15+ weeks] Points: +155 | Positive votes: 19 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: MrAndrewMan [18 points] Leading us into the Sigala album (and becoming its 10th(!) single) was this which couldn't quite manage to become his 7th top 10 hit but did very well regardless. It also got Meghan Trainor a bit of relevancy after her flop singles and was Ella Eyre's 2nd hit of the year. HUJGwSy0pRI #04. M-22 (feat. Medina) - First Time UK chart run: 62-60-53-36-33-26-24-31-24-28-24-25-22-26-20-24-26-24-71-72-x [20 weeks] Points: +161 | Positive votes: 19 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: Dobbo [18 points] Dance duo M-22 had been around for a few years but with no chart success until this was a surprise hit for them, bouncing around the lower end of the top 40 for a while before finally just getting into the top 20. It was also the second top 40 for appearance for Medina, impressively nine years after her first (which only went to #39). VMuI-k_kWgU #03. Mabel (feat. Not3s) - Fine Line UK chart run: 32-22-17-17-16-14-11-11-14-15-15-35-42-69-x [14 weeks] Points: +175 | Positive votes: 17 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: Riser, alby [18 points each] Mabel followed up her breakthrough hit 'Finders Keepers' with two Not3s collabs, and after she featured for Not3s he returned the favour for her 2nd proper single which does a lot better in this countdown finishing at #3. It is also the highest #11 peaker in the countdown as it spent 2 weeks there, stuck behind 'For You' first, then (annoyingly) 'The Middle' in its second week. GJTtiYMdMtk #02. Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999 UK chart run: 51-67-59-41-17-17-13-24-29-x2-47-60-... [11+ weeks] Points: +227 | Positive votes: 22 | Negative votes: 01 Top points from: N-S, ElectroBoy, JosephAvery, Jade [18 points each] Negative points from: cqmerqn [-2 points] Charli XCX couldn't get any singles from either of her mixtapes to take off but before the year was out she did finally release a chart-tailored hit with the nostalgic dance-pop '1999'. This was also a duet with Troye Sivan who got his first top 20 hit with this after only managing to get as high as #38 before. The song finishes well ahead of 'Fine Line' but still doesn't manage to win here as... 6-v1b9waHWY #01. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes UK chart run: 70-x3-56-52-56-51-37-34-35-34-34-25-21-22-20-17-12-13-18-19-24-25-69-x6-42-45-... [24+ weeks] Points: +259 | Positive votes: 23 | Negative votes: 00 Top points from: Cody Slaykali, Liam, DexTheHalls [18 points] ...it wasn't even close in the end and Panic! At The Disco is your winner! Panic! were last seen in the top 40 in 2008 (when they still had more than one proper band member) with #13 hit 'Nine In The Afternoon' but 'High Hopes' was seemingly good enough to end Brendon's 10 year drought of hits, slowly climbing to #12. He of course had a big following in-between and the previous album spent very long in the chart, but it was this that finally got him another big hit single, and biggest yet, making the top 10 in many countries including America but just missing out here. It now gets the title of Honorary UK top 10 hit and is the second song by a male act to do so, following Arctic Monkeys' 2013 victory with 'Do I Wanna Know?'. Impressively, with 31 voters (23 of those voting for this song), this song got 46.4% of its potential maximum points total! Thanks to all who voted, and this will return once again for 2019 (and I'd also like to revisit 2010 for completeness of the decade so I can then run a decade version, that one may happen in a few months). IPXIgEAGe4U +++ Full results 01 259 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes #12 02 227 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999 #13 03 175 Mabel (feat. Not3s) - Fine Line #11 04 161 M-22 (feat. Medina) - First Time #20 05 155 Sigala (feat. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor & French Montana) - Just Got Paid #11 06 128 Ellie Goulding & Diplo - Close To Me (feat. Swae Lee) #17 07 127 Dean Lewis - Be Alright #11 08 122 MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill - Back & Forth #12 09 121 Cheat Codes & Little Mix - Only You #13 10 120 Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind #19 11 111 Selena Gomez - Back To You #13 12 111 The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar - Pray For Me #11 13 99 Liam Payne (feat. J Balvin) - Familiar #14 14 99 LSD (feat. Sia, Diplo & Labrinth) - Thunderclouds #18 15 96 Jax Jones (feat. Mabel & Rich The Kid) - Ring Ring #12 16 93 DJ Snake (feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B) - Taki Taki #15 17 93 P!nk - A Million Dreams #11 18 91 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out Of Five #18 19 89 Khalid & Normani - Love Lies #12 20 86 A$AP Rocky (feat. Skepta) - Praise The Lord (Da Shine) #18 21 85 M.O, Lotto Boyzz & Mr Eazi - Bad Vibe #18 22 82 BlocBoy JB (feat. Drake) - Look Alive #17 23 78 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me #13 24 76 Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella - Polaroid #12 25 75 Justin Timberlake - Filthy #15 26 69 Bebe Rexha (feat. Florida Georgia Line) - Meant To Be #11 27 59 RAYE (feat. Mr Eazi) - Decline #15 28 55 Travis Scott - Stargazing #15 29 50 Bad Bunny (feat. Drake) - MIA #13 30 48 Cheryl - Love Made Me Do It #19 31 48 David Guetta (feat. Anne-Marie) - Don't Leave Me Alone #18 32 48 Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya and The Greatest Showman Ensemble - The Greatest Show #20 33 46 Nicki Minaj (feat. Ariana Grande) - Bed #20 34 42 Not3s (feat. Mabel) - My Lover #14 35 40 Zac Efron & Zendaya - Rewrite the Stars #16 36 39 Khalid - Better #15 37 33 Kanye West - Ghost Town #17 38 32 XXXTENTACION - Moonlight #17 39 30 The Weeknd - Wasted Times #18 40 28 The Weeknd - Try Me #17 41 28 Zayn - Let Me #20 42 25 Dave (feat. MoStack) - No Words #17 43 20 Eminem - Killshot #13 44 19 J. Cole - KOD #17 45 17 French Montana (feat. Drake) - No Stylist #19 46 14 Meek Mill - Going Bad (feat. Drake) #17 47 13 AJ Tracey (feat. Not3s) - Butterflies #19 49 13 Ruti - Dreams #14 49 13 Post Malone - Paranoid #11 50 08 Eminem - Venom #16 51 04 DigDaT (feat. Krept & Konan & K-Trap) - AirForce #20 52 01 B Young - Jumanji #13 52 01 EO - German #13 54 00 Kanye West - All Mine #11 54 00 Machine Gun Kelly - Rap Devil #15 54 00 XXXTENTACION & Lil Pump (feat. Maluma & Swae Lee) - Arms Around You #14 57 -01 6ix9ine (feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz) - FEFE #17 List of winners: 2018: Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes 2017: Lorde - Green Light 2016: Ariana Grande - Into You 2015: Little Mix – Love Me Like You 2014: G.R.L. - Ugly Heart 2013: Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? 2012: Azealia Banks – 212 [feat. Lazy Jay] 2011: Adele – Set Fire To The Rain
January 15, 20196 yr At least we ended up with the best winner for this! Truly one of the biggest mistakes the UK has made chart-wise. And the UK SUCKED last year in choosing hits, obvious exceptions aside.
January 15, 20196 yr Would not have predicted Panic! to win this at all, thought it would have been a shoo-in for Charli - really like both of the top 2 (and indeed 3rd and 4th, all 4 ranked highly for me) anyway!
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