2019: Top 300 Songs

 

 

7 Lewis Blissett - Killing Butterflies | 1-2-1-1-2-6-6-18-24-22-21-33-25-24-34-31-…

 

It's funny because I've watched at least part of every series of The Voice UK, and I watched the first series of The Voice Kids UK too, but none of the artists have made much of an impact. In fact, Becky Hill is the only one who's scored a top 10 in my chart, back in 2016 with Matoma on #7 hit False Alarm. A few international Voice artists have done well, including Michael Schulte and Cassadee Pope, as well as Voice Kids star Matteo Markus Bok most notably, but I never expected one of my favourite songs of 2019 to come from a star of The Voice Kids UK.

 

Enter 15 year old Lewis Blissett, a semi-finalist of Team Pixie from the first series. In recent times, Lewis has become known for his YouTube covers, primarily of Ariana Grande who he makes no secret of being a massive stan of on his Twitter. As mentioned upthread, I discovered debut release Sick Thoughts through a Buzzjack member, so by the time Killing Butterflies arrived as single 2, I was ready and waiting. It really didn't disappoint, either. It continues the dark, moody pop sound of Sick Thoughts, channelling Troye Sivan and Billie Eilish for an eerie, thumping instrumental and sublime vocals.

 

The track instantly became Lewis' first ever #1 in my chart, spending three non-consecutive weeks at the top, more than any other track this year. Lewis became the youngest artist to hit #1 since Greyson Chance's Sunshine & City Lights opened at the top when he was 15 years and 2 months old - Lewis was 15 years and 6 months old. The only younger artists are Greyson again, at 14 years and 5 months with Running Away, and Ronan Parke, exactly 14 years old for We Are Shooting Stars' week at #1 in August 2012. This all makes Killing Butterflies' success really impressive, and it continues to hang around my chart, currently on its 20th week in my top 40. Whenever Lewis releases his next single, it's bound to make a big impact, and I for sure can't wait!

 

End of Year History

 

Lewis Blissett

2019 | 007 | Killing Butterflies

2019 | 023 | Sick Thoughts

 

2019: Top 300 Songs

 

 

6 froy - Fix Me | 1-2-3-4-5-9-11-19-24-23-29-32-35-37-40-27-33-39-38-x-32-x

 

Perhaps it's slightly sad to admit this, but I always give my dad a little countdown of my top 10 EOY songs every year. Last year, when I played sideswipe at #2, my dad predicted Froy would be a one-hit wonder, mostly based on the hype of meeting him at WereWolfCon that October. I was unsure at the time - sideswipe seemed to be another false start to his career, after previously scrapping an entire EP, and later scrapping the rest of the sideswipe project too seemingly. It felt a little like Froy didn't know where to go next in his music career, despite landing some pretty great acting gigs over the past couple of years.

 

When Froy announced he was releasing Fix Me as his brand new single, I was intrigued. I still didn't quite know what to expect from him at that point, but I was excited to hear the follow-up to my second favourite song of last year. Fix Me turned out to be one of the most instant songs of the year, and it's easy to see why. It's one of the most explicit tales of depression I've heard in music, going as far as to actually name "depression" in the bridge. The lyric "I'm too scared to live but I'm more scared to die" is one of the biggest gut-punches of a lyric I've heard all year. Yet somehow, among this tale of mental health and recreational drug use, Froy presents an uplifting, encouraging message - "can somebody fix me, I'm working on my mind // there's nothing wrong with me, just takes a little time." Goosebumps every time.

 

Fix Me of course became Froy's second #1 single, and though it didn't quite match sideswipe's longevity, it still had a huge chart run. Dare I say I'll go on to love this one more than sideswipe in years to come? It ticks all the boxes: emotion, the bop factor, and replayability. Once again, it remains to be seen if Froy will feature highly if at all next year, but here's hoping that he brings something just as high quality as this.

 

End of Year History

 

froy

2018 | 002 | sideswipe

2019 | 006 | Fix Me

2019 | 024 | When It's Midnight

2019 | 034 | Crash

 

2019: Top 300 Songs

 

 

5 Bea Miller & 6LACK - it's not u it's me | 3-6-7-9-6-2-6-9-12-16-14-22-18-24-29-33-31-29-36-39-x-39-x

 

Flash back to 2012 when I actually watched a chunk of the second season of The X Factor USA, the season that produced Fifth Harmony most notably of course. One of the contestants was 13 year old Beatrice Miller, who brought an enjoyable pop/rock vibe to her performances, which were good for somebody so young! She finished in ninth place ultimately, and I for one certainly never expected to hear from her (or any of the X Factor USA contestants) ever again. Fast forward a few years, and Beatrice, now going by nickname Bea, released her first album Not An Apology, which I listened to and rather enjoyed. She only had one hit single to her name in my chart though - Yes Girl got to #24, then silence for three years as she fell off my radar.

 

I first heard it's not u it's me when I was at Zak Abel's concert at the Roundhouse in Camden. A Spotify playlist was playing in between the support act and Zak himself, and I really liked the sound of one song. I found the playlist to look up the song (it wasn't loud enough to Shazam) and found it was Bea Miller's latest track. I added it to my playlist to listen properly later, and I really grew to love the track. Bea's vocals are at their most slick, the production is top notch (the stop-start section while she sings "talking bullshit" is FABULOUS) and 6LACK's guest verse is really strong too, he definitely adds to the track (much more than on Rita Ora's Only Want You).

 

The track debuted at a very impressive #3 in its first week, lingering in the top 10 until it peaked at the very unlucky position of #2 in its sixth week. Its #2 peak annoys me and is a regret of mine for 2019 - it was blocked by Dominic Fike's 3 Nights, a great song, but it had nowhere near the impact of it's not u it's me and it was basically too close to call as well :( Of course, it's the highest non-#1 left in the countdown and the highest track by a female primary artist. Whether Bea will ever have another hit as big as this in my chart remains to be seen, as follow-ups have not come close to it's not u it's me, but I'm really hoping she pulls another brilliant track like this out of the bag in 2020.

 

End of Year History

 

Bea Miller

2019 | 005 | it's not u it's me (Bea Miller & 6LACK)

 

6LACK

2019 | 005 | it's not u it's me (Bea Miller & 6LACK)

2019 | 045 | Only Want You (Rita Ora feat. 6LACK)

 

Oops I watched that season of X Factor and didn't remember her being on there! :o

Oops I watched that season of X Factor and didn't remember her being on there! :o

My EOY being educational! *.*

2019: Top 300 Songs

 

 

4 Greyson Chance - shut up | 3-4-5-7-6-2-2-1-2-5-9-12-16-20-25-30-28-22-25-26-30-25-27-30-35-38-40-x-10-17-x

 

When Greyson Chance announced the first single from his sophomore album was coming, I didn't really have any expectations. His last top 10 hit in my chart was two and a half years prior, and while I hoped it would've been enjoyable, none of his standalone single in the interim even came close. I thought my days of stanning Greyson were long gone, even though I was intrigued to hear the song based on the small snippet, featuring the first chorus with Greyson's strong falsetto. What's more is that shut up came out in one of the busiest weeks of the year - its main contender was The Chainsmokers' Who Do You Love, and Oscar Enestad's I Love It joined (and subsequently thrashed) the battle on the Saturday night after Melodifestivalen.

 

Therefore, shut up proved to be one of the biggest pleasant surprises of the year. Falsetto can be hit-or-miss with me - I like it in some songs but not others, and shut up is one of the songs where it really truly works. It's especially good to hear the contrast between the verses and chorus in Greyson's voice, which has matured so much over the years. Lyrically, the song is about being deeply in love with someone, and perhaps talking a little too much out of nerves when being around them. It's a simple yet relatable concept, and an instant indicator of the direction portraits, its parent album, was set to go in.

 

shut up debuted at #3 in my chart, behind Oscar at #1 and The Chainsmokers at #2. It was Greyson's highest charting track since 2012's #1 hit Sunshine & City Lights, and stuck around in the top 10 for several weeks before finally reaching a new peak of #2 in week six, spurred on by the album release. Two weeks later, it managed to go even higher, becoming Greyson's third #1, and first, again, since Sunshine & City Lights. It's his second longest running hit (trailing only mammoth hit Running Away throughout 2012-13 - the early days of my chart were something else...!), and his best EOY position to date. It's amazing the impact that one song can have, because this was just the start of a year that Greyson helped define for me.

 

End of Year History

 

Greyson Chance

2012 | 005 | Running Away

2012 | 036 | Sunshine & City Lights

2016 | 067 | Back On the Wall

2016 | 105 | Hit & Run

2016 | 115 | Oceans (tyDi & Jack Novak feat. Greyson Chance)

2018 | 170 | Good As Gold

2019 | 004 | shut up

2019 | 019 | yours

2019 | 040 | black on black

2019 | 043 | Boots

2019 | 083 | timekeeper

2019 | 099 | seasons nineteen

2019 | 109 | white roses

 

2019: Top 300 Songs

 

 

3 Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love | 3-1-1-2-4-2-2-5-7-5-6-9-8-6-8-13-14-22-26-27-29-35-40-x

 

Over the past few years, I've really become a massive fan of Whitney Houston. Her greatest hits albums really are an incredible listen with no filler tracks to be found. An undeniable voice and talent, especially on her emotional, raw ballads like I Will Always Love You and my personal favourite, Greatest Love of All. There's also the bops too, though - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), So Emotional, How Will I Know? and so many more. Losing Whitney was such a gutting loss for the world of music, but I can't lie, I was sceptical to hear Kygo was remixing a mostly unheard retro Whitney track seven years after her death. Would it live up to her legacy? Would it be handled as respectably as possible? Would it actually be worth listening to?

 

First listen of Higher Love was entirely positive, though. In fact, it was surprisingly positive. Having not heard the original Whitney cover of Higher Love, I didn't know just how GOOD she would sound. It was from Whitney's prime, so her voice really couldn't have sounded any better. What I really loved too is that while Kygo adds his trademark production traits, he never detracts from Whitney being the prime focus of the track. She's up front and centre for the duration of the track, just the way it should be in a celebration of her career, legacy and life. Any worries about this being a cheap cash-in were quickly expelled because Higher Love ticked every box, and then some.

 

Higher Love debuted at #3 in my chart, behind Why Don't We's Come to Brazil which debuted at #1, and the previous week's #1 from Señorita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello. The following week, it leapfrogged both to reach #1, becoming the first chart-topper for either artist, beating #2 hit Firestone for Kygo. It spent two weeks at the top, one of only a few tracks to manage more than a sole week at the top in 2019, before Alec Benjamin's Jesus in LA dethroned it. Higher Love spent a huge fifteen weeks in my top 10 - matching froy's sideswipe from 2018. The last song to spend longer in my top 10 was Frans' If I Were Sorry, which managed seventeen weeks in 2016. A huge shoutout to its music video too, which was really brilliant, especially with the Whitney posters in the background. A truly special track, rightfully placing Whitney back in the charts, where she belongs.

 

End of Year History

 

Kygo

2015 | 015 | Firestone (feat. Conrad Sewell)

2016 | 047 | Stay (feat. Maty Noyes)

2016 | 152 | Fiction (feat. Tom Odell)

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

2017 | 118 | Stargazing (feat. Justin Jesso)

2017 | 133 | First Time (Kygo & Ellie Goulding)

2019 | 003 | Higher Love (Kygo & Whitney Houston)

2019 | 114 | Carry On (Kygo & Rita Ora)

 

Whitney Houston

2019 | 003 | Higher Love (Kygo & Whitney Houston)

 

2019: Top 300 Songs

The Top 2

 

COMING TOMORROW - WHO WILL WIN?

 

Harry Styles - Lights Up

 

Oscar Enestad - I Love It

 

Higher Love not #1 shocker

 

I also thought Higher Love would be number 1 here. :o Well, at least it's top 3, so I'm not complaining. :P

 

I wonder which 'long hair don't care' will win here. Hopefully Sir Harry Styles ^_^

Higher Love was a big contender for #1 of course but it just wasn't meant to be :cry: Thanks both!!

2019: Top 300 Songs

 

 

2 Harry Styles - Lights Up | 1-1-3-2-3-3-7-7-3-3-6-...

 

My love of Harry Styles is well-documented across the forum, ever since I joined. There's not a box he doesn't tick for me: vocally, aesthetically, musically. His debut solo album in 2017 was very good, though it was always quite clear that he had room to get even better on the whole. Despite that, its lead single Sign of the Times has been one of the biggest hits of the decade for me, and topped my 2017 EOY with ease. When Harry started to tease his second era, my fangirling had never been higher. I knew what was going to come would be brilliant, even if I wasn't sure exactly what sound he would return with.

 

Waking up to see Lights Up had been released created such an unbeatable feeling of excitement. I immediately listened before I even got out of bed, and really enjoyed it from the very start. The unusual structure of the track makes it an interesting listen, and Harry uses his voice to perfectly convey light and shade throughout. My favourite part of the song is the middle section - "step into the light, it's so bright sometimes" - but honestly each part is essential and the track's reasonably short length means Lights Up has lots of replayability and a single listen is never too long.

 

It goes without saying that Lights Up debuted at #1, and it secured two weeks at the top spot, just one short of Sign of the Times. That said, it's gone on to become Harry's longest top 10 runner - finishing on a total of 13 weeks. It's also my most played Harry song (helped by the fact Sign of the Times is basically double the length so it was easier for Lights Up to rack up more plays), and it remains my favourite from the Fine Line album. The video is extremely good - the imagery is perfect and it's Harry's first truly brilliant music video. Lights Up felt like the moment Harry Styles truly became his own popstar, and it's a significant moment in his stellar career so far.

 

End of Year History

 

Harry Styles

2017 | 001 | Sign of the Times

2017 | 068 | Two Ghosts

2017 | 192 | Kiwi

2017 | 242 | Ever Since New York

2019 | 002 | Lights Up

2019 | 014 | Adore You

2019 | 020 | Watermelon Sugar

2019 | 129 | Treat People With Kindness

2019 | 161 | Falling

2019 | 177 | Golden

2019 | 206 | Sunflower, Vol. 6

2019 | 258 | Fine Line

 

2019: Top 300 Songs

 

 

1 Oscar Enestad - I Love It | 1-2-1-2-5-11-14-13-16-19-24-25-34-39-x-33-26-33-x-29-x-30-33-x

 

Once upon a time, there was a boyband called The Fooo. The band name came from the members' first names - Felix Sandman, Oscar Enestad, Omar Rudberg and Olly Molander. A band rename saw them become The Fooo Conspiracy, releasing a series of singles, including My Girl and Who Doesn't Love Love, both of which became top 10 and top 20 hits respectively in my chart. Another name change came shortly after the release of the latter as Olly left the group, leaving Felix, Oscar and Omar to be FO&O. Their debut as a trio came in Melodifestivalen 2017 with Gotta Thing About You, which qualified for the final and spent two weeks at #1 in my chart. Another #1 single and a #1 album later, FO&O went on "hiatus", and we know what that means for pop groups.

 

Cue three individual solo careers - Felix Sandman launched his at Melfest 2018, while Oscar and Omar released their own tracks that year too, neither really making any impact on me. Felix was winning the race. Melodifestivalen 2019 saw Oscar and Omar performing with separate tracks. Omar' Om om och om igen became his first top 40 in my chart but still he failed to create many waves. Oscar, having just scored a #1 with second single Sign of My Love in my chart, made a noticeably bigger impression.

 

I Love It is Oscar's story of loving the person he wants to love, regardless of who disapproves. This is particularly relevant for 22 year old Oscar, who is dating 51 year old Cecilia Dahlbom. Naturally, the couple have faced backlash, but they've been dating for at least three years now! Oscar wanted the song to be relevant for more than just him, though - he says it's for anybody who might face an uphill battle in love. Songwriter Parker James is gay, for example, and the song could quite easily be about somebody in a "forbidden" gay relationship. It's an important track no matter what, so the fact it finished last in its Melodifestivalen heat was a pretty depressing and sorry state of affairs - let's do better, Sweden! Away from the lyrical content, I Love It is an uptempo, club inspired pop track. Oscar sold it with conviction in the live performance, though unfortunately it never received a music video.

 

It's undoubtedly Oscar's best track to date, and debuted at #1 in my chart with absolute ease. Despite facing competition from The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer and Greyson Chance, I Love It's #1 was never in question - pun aside, I simply loved it from first listen. Very few songs give me the instant joy and adoration that I had of this track on my very first play. It's also not gotten old all year, and that's what sealed it the #1 - I still play it very frequently even now! Its lack of top 10 weeks looks unusual for a song so gigantic, but it was pushed out in a week with five new entries and a big climber in the top 10. It's actually back in my chart again right now, reaching as high as #10 in the first week of 2020, so there really is no stopping I Love It. What a beast of a track, and I can't wait for Melodifestivalen 2020 to begin tonight - funnily enough, with Oscar's bandmate Felix back on the stage. Maybe in a year we'll be talking all about BOYS WITH EMOTIONS? :o

 

End of Year History

 

Oscar Enestad

2019 | 001 | I Love It

2019 | 029 | Sign of My Love

2019 | 085 | Vi Var Som Inga Andra

 

2019

 

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Songs

 

 

1 Oscar Enestad - I Love It

2 Harry Styles - Lights Up

3 Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love

4 Greyson Chance - shut up

5 Bea Miller & 6LACK - it's not u it's me

6 froy - Fix Me

7 Lewis Blissett - Killing Butterflies

8 Alec Benjamin - Must Have Been the Wind

9 Bodin - So Good

10 Ruel - Painkiller

 

11 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita

12 BTS feat. Halsey - Boy With Luv

13 Sofía Reyes feat. Rita Ora & Anitta - R.I.P.

14 Harry Styles - Adore You

15 Ava Max - Torn

16 Why Don't We - I Still Do

17 Boy In Space feat. SHY Martin - On a Prayer

18 Alec Benjamin - Mind Is a Prison

19 Greyson Chance - yours

20 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

 

21 Why Don't We - What Am I

22 Alec Benjamin - Jesus In LA

23 Lewis Blissett - Sick Thoughts

24 froy - When It's Midnight

25 Isac Elliot - Waiting Game

26 Matteo Markus Bok - Besos Besos

27 Selena Gomez - Lose You to Love Me

28 Matteo Markus Bok - Mrs Lonely

29 Oscar Enestad - Sign of My Love

30 Why Don't We - Cold In LA

 

31 Katy Perry - Never Really Over

32 The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love

33 Why Don't We - Come To Brazil

34 froy - Crash

35 Alexander Stewart - Backwards

36 Why Don't We - Unbelievable

37 Ariana Grande - 7 rings

38 Alexander Stewart - Best Damn Thing

39 Matteo Markus Bok - Shallow

40 Greyson Chance - black on black

 

41 Why Don't We - Big Plans

42 Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B - South of the Border

43 Greyson Chance - Boots

44 Taylor Swift feat. Shawn Mendes - Lover

45 Rita Ora feat. 6LACK - Only Want You

46 Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie - ME!

47 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights

48 Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

49 Ruel - Free Time

50 Madison Beer feat. Offset - Hurts Like Hell

51 Mabel - Mad Love

52 Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down

53 AJ Mitchell - Say It Again

54 Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora - Ritual

55 Hunter Hayes - Wild Blue

56 Lil Xan - Baby You Love Me

57 Ashley Tisdale - Symptoms

58 Christopher - My Heart

59 Lil Xan - Watch Me Fall

60 Ellie Goulding - Sixteen

61 Steffan Argus - Make Me Cry

62 Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello - Find U Again

63 Davai & Call Me Loop with Lisa Ajax - Cry Like Kim K

64 Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey - Don’t Call Me Angel

65 Matteo Markus Bok - Sayonara Arigatò

66 Alok, Felix Jaehn & The Vamps - All the Lies

67 Fleur East - Favourite Thing

68 Seeb, Olivia O'Brien & Space Primates - Fade Out

69 Conan Gray - Maniac

70 Wiley, Stefflon Don & Sean Paul feat. Idris Elba - Boasty

71 New Hope Club & Danna Paola - Know Me Too Well

72 Claire Richards - These Wings

73 Bishara - On My Own

74 Andreas Wijk - NuMb ❄︎

75 Cheryl - Let You

76 James Bay feat. Julia Michaels - Peer Pressure

77 Charli XCX feat. Lizzo - Blame It On Your Love

78 Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry feat. Snow - Con Calma

79 P!nk feat. Cash Cash - Can We Pretend

80 FELIX SANDMAN - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

81 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

82 Céline Dion - Lying Down

83 Greyson Chance - timekeeper

84 Jordan Clarke - Freaks

85 Oscar Enestad - Vi Var Som Inga Andra

86 Martin Garrix & Dean Lewis - Used To Love

87 Gryffin feat. Ivy Adara - Bye Bye

88 Katy Perry - Harleys In Hawaii

89 Jonas Blue & HRVY - Younger

90 5 Seconds of Summer - Easier

91 Zara Larsson - WOW

92 Why Don't We - Mad At You

93 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

94 Ally Brooke feat. Tyga - Low Key

95 Why Don't We & Macklemore - I Don't Belong in This Club

96 Sigma feat. Louisa - Here We Go Again

97 ASHS - A Million Voices

98 Sigala, HRVY & Nina Nesbitt - Somebody

99 Greyson Chance - seasons nineteen

100 Joel Adams - Slipping Off the Edge

 

101 Ruel - Real Thing

102 Frans - One Floor Down

103 Carrie Underwood - Southbound

104 PRETTYMUCH & CNCO - Me Necesita

105 End of the World feat. Clean Bandit - Lost

106 Mimoza - Love for Days

107 Cheat Codes, Sofía Reyes & Willy William - Highway

108 Lauv feat. Anne-Marie - fuck, i'm lonely

109 Greyson Chance - white roses

110 AYDAN - Something About You

111 jens - Lottery

112 Boy In Space - 7UP

113 BTS & Charli XCX - Dream Glow

114 Kygo & Rita Ora - Carry On

115 Conan Gray - The King

116 Sabrina Carpenter - Paris

117 5 Seconds of Summer feat. Julia Michaels - Lie to Me

118 Lauv & Troye Sivan - i'm so tired...

119 Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa with Madison Beer - All Day and Night

120 Jonas Brothers - Sucker

121 Boy In Space - Goodbye

122 Linus Bruhn - Our City

123 AJ Mitchell - Down In Flames

124 FO&O - It's Time to Make a Wish

125 Avril Lavigne feat. Nicki Minaj - Dumb Blonde

126 Alexander Stewart - Don't Give Your Heart Away for Christmas

127 NOTD & HRVY - I Miss Myself

128 Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm

129 Harry Styles - Treat People With Kindness

130 jens - Awkward

131 Alexander Stewart - No Thanks

132 Kesha feat. Big Freedia - Raising Hell

133 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now

134 Jordie Ireland feat. Riley Biederer - Throw Away My Number

135 Ellie Goulding & Juice WRLD - Hate Me

136 Zedd & Katy Perry - 365

137 Ruel - Face To Face

138 HRVY - I Don't Think About You

139 AJ Mitchell - All My Friends

140 Post Malone feat. Young Thug - Goodbyes

141 jens - Wish I Was Right For You

142 Zara Larsson - All the Time

143 Katy Perry - Small Talk

144 Freya Ridings - You Mean the World to Me

145 CXLOE & gnash - SICK

146 Ariana Grande - break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored

147 Cardi B - Money

148 Tove Lo - Glad He's Gone

149 Bishara - Love Don't Let Me Down

150 Margaret - Tempo

151 PRETTYMUCH feat. Lil Tjay - Lying

152 Michael Schulte - Back to the Start

153 CNCO - Pretend

154 Avril Lavigne - Tell Me It's Over

155 Elliot - i hope for rain

156 BLACKPINK - Kill This Love

157 Cher Lloyd - M.I.A

158 Ava Max - So Am I

159 Gabrielle Aplin - Kintsugi

160 Conan Gray - Checkmate

161 Harry Styles - Falling

162 Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah

163 Miki Núñez - La Venda

164 Why Don't We - With You This Christmas

165 benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez & J Balvin - I Can't Get Enough

166 Kehlani feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Nights Like This

167 Isaiah - What Happened to Us

168 MARINA - Handmade Heaven

169 Samuel Daayata feat. Isac Elliot - Throw Popcorn

170 John Lundvik - Too Late For Love

171 The Veronicas - Think of Me

172 Luke Friend - SUNSHINE

173 HRVY - Million Ways

174 Luca Hänni - She Got Me

175 Isac Elliot - Somebody Else

176 Camila Cabello - Liar

177 Harry Styles - Golden

178 FELIX SANDMAN - MOOD FOR YOU

179 BTS - Euphoria

180 The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine

181 Bars and Melody - Waiting For the Sun

182 Michael Schulte - All I Need

183 Tamta - Replay

184 City Girls feat. Cardi B - Twerk

185 Cheat Codes & Kim Petras - Feeling of Falling

186 Little Mix feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Think About Us

187 Lizzo - Truth Hurts

188 Dahl - Think About Us

189 Alexander Stewart - Shy

190 Lucie Silvas - Black Jeans

191 Alice Chater - Tonight

192 Boy In Space - California

193 Madison Beer - Dear Society

194 Reed Deming - I Don't Know

195 AJ Mitchell - Talk So Much

196 Gryffin & Carly Rae Jepsen - OMG

197 Casey Lowry - Boyfriend

198 Brendan Murray - If I'm Honest

199 Normani - Motivation

200 New Rules - 24 Hours

 

201 Joel Adams - Kingdom

202 Benjamin Ingrosso - Costa Rica

203 Casey Lowry - You Told Me You Loved Me

204 In Real Life - Hurt for Long

205 P!nk - Walk Me Home

206 Harry Styles - Sunflower, Vol. 6

207 Trevor Moran - Sinner

208 Emma Bunton - Baby Please Don't Stop

209 Tom Odell - Summer Day

210 HRVY - Told You So

211 5 Seconds of Summer - Teeth

212 Louise - Stretch

213 Louis Tomlinson - Don't Let It Break Your Heart

214 Camila Cabello - Shameless

215 Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

216 Louis Tomlinson - Two of Us

217 Casey Lowry - Nervous

218 Ashley Tisdale - Love Me & Let Me Go

219 Ariana Grande - bloodline

220 Conan Gray - The Other Side

221 Mahmood & Isac Elliot - Soldi

222 AJ Mitchell feat. Ava Max - Slow Dance

223 Why Don't We - Don't Change

224 Sam Feldt feat. RANI - Post Malone

225 No Love Lost - All or Nothing

226 Maren Morris - GIRL

227 Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me

228 Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha - Harder

229 Jorja Smith feat. Burna Boy - Be Honest

230 Anna Bergendahl - Home

231 Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours

232 Billie Eilish - bury a friend

233 AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove

234 FELIX SANDMAN - MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY

235 Declan McKenna - British Bombs

236 Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep?

237 Charlie Puth - I Warned Myself

238 Lana Del Rey - Doin' Time

239 KIAN - Waiting

240 LÉON - You and I

241 teamwork, Nina Nesbitt & AJ Mitchell - Afterhours

242 Madison Beer - Home With You

243 Jonas Blue feat. Theresa Rex - What I Like About You

244 Billie Eilish - everything i wanted

245 Arcades feat. Ryan Lawrie - Running

246 Loïc Nottet - On Fire

247 Blithe - Masochistic

248 FELIX SANDMAN - SOMETHING RIGHT

249 Reed Deming - Silver Lining

250 Nina Nesbitt - Black & Blue

251 Boy In Space - Drown

252 Iggy Azalea & Alice Chater - Lola

253 Ariana Grande & Social House - boyfriend

254 Céline Dion - Imperfections

255 Now United - All Day

256 DJ Spoony feat. Sugababes - Flowers

257 Alexander Stewart - Shady

258 Harry Styles - Fine Line

259 Cardi B - Press

260 Nina Nesbitt - Colder

261 The Vamps - Missing You

262 Topic, Vigiland & Christopher - Let Us Love

263 JP Cooper & Astrid S - Sing It With Me

264 Boy In Space & unheard - Cold

265 Hearts & Colors - LA On a Saturday Night

266 Alfie Templeman - Stop Thinking (About Me)

267 Y2K & bbno$ - Lalala

268 Lizzo feat. Missy Elliott - Tempo

269 Lennon Stella - BITCH (takes one to know one)

270 Four of Diamonds - Walk Away

271 BTS feat. Lauv - Make It Right

272 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care

273 Ariana Grande - imagine

274 Julia Michaels feat. Selena Gomez - Anxiety

275 Pitbull feat. Rhea - Ocean to Ocean

276 Grey feat. LÉON - Want You Back

277 Alan Walker, Sabrina Carpenter & Farruko - On My Way

278 Zara Larsson - Don't Worry Bout Me

279 PRETTYMUCH - Jello

280 Hunter Hayes - One Good Reason

281 Nykki - No Cry

282 SG Lewis feat. Ruel - Flames

283 Ciara - Thinkin Bout You

284 New Hope Club - Love Again

285 Joel Adams - A Big World

286 Niall Horan - Put a Little Love On Me

287 Kate Nash - Bad Lieutenant

288 MJ Cole & Freya Ridings - Waking Up

289 Lost Kings - FU4E

290 Jax Jones & Years & Years - Play

291 Lauren Aquilina - If Looks Could Kill

292 Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc - SOS

293 RIKA - On My Way

294 Zedd & Kehlani - Good Thing

295 Marcus & Martinus - Pocket Dial

296 Ella Henderson - Glorious

297 James Arthur & Anne-Marie - Rewrite the Stars

298 Kylie Minogue - New York City

299 Tadhg Daly - Stuck In the Middle

300 Della Casa, Dakota & Ryan Lawrie - Secreto

 

Albums

 

 

1 Greyson Chance - portraits

2 Harry Styles - Fine Line

3 Matteo Markus Bok - Cruisin'

4 Taylor Swift - Lover

5 Ashley Tisdale - Symptoms

6 Ariana Grande - thank u, next

7 MARINA - LOVE + FEAR

8 Hunter Hayes - Wild Blue, Pt. 1

9 Camila Cabello - Romance

10 Andreas Wijk - Season 1 [Episode 01-14]

 

11 Céline Dion - Courage

12 Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water

13 Claire Richards - My Wildest Dreams

14 BTS - MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA

15 P!nk - Hurts 2B Human

16 Charli XCX - Charli

17 In Real Life - She Do

18 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent

19 Maren Morris - GIRL

20 Michael Schulte - Highs & Lows

 

21 Conrad Sewell - LIFE

22 Freya Ridings - Freya Ridings

23 Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated

24 Madonna - Madame X

25 Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

26 Christopher - Under the Surface

27 Nina Nesbitt - The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change

28 Jonas Brothers - Happiness Begins

29 Cassadee Pope - stages

30 Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!

 

31 Sara Bareilles - Amidst the Chaos

32 Ciara - Beauty Marks

33 Emma Bunton - My Happy Place

34 Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project

35 Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew

36 Khalid - Free Spirit

37 Jack & Jack - A Good Friend Is Nice

38 Tove Lo - Sunshine Kitty

39 Mabel - High Expectations

40 Lizzo - Cuz I Love You

 

Artists

 

 

1 Harry Styles

2 Greyson Chance

3 Matteo Markus Bok

4 Alec Benjamin

5 Ruel

6 Rita Ora

7 Why Don't We

8 froy

9 Spice Girls

10 Taylor Swift

 

EPs

 

 

1 Ruel - Free Time

2 The Vamps - Missing You

3 Julia Michaels - Inner Monologue, Pt. 1

4 Sabrina Carpenter - Singular Act I

5 Casey Lowry - Nervous

NEXT: End of Decade countdown begins! :o

I Love It was SO robbed!! I was ready to hate a solo FO&O track after Just Another Day was so terrible but what a banger, last was an absolute joke. That and Tempo being robbed on the same night :(

I Love It was SO robbed!! I was ready to hate a solo FO&O track after Just Another Day was so terrible but what a banger, last was an absolute joke. That and Tempo being robbed on the same night :(

:( it was a really gutting moment because it came across SO well live, too! I'm not sure what didn't click really :drama: Thanks for commenting Liam :heart:

Giving your #1 a listen now - it's sounding very good! A pop song but with dance elements in it as well which really works, the melody is brilliant as well. Ooh and the strings have just kicked in, that's a nice touch also!

 

Nice to see Higher Love so high as well, a brilliant effort from both of them and such a shame it just missed the top spot.

 

Looking forward to your EOD countdown, hopefully there's some crossover between our lists!

Giving your #1 a listen now - it's sounding very good! A pop song but with dance elements in it as well which really works, the melody is brilliant as well. Ooh and the strings have just kicked in, that's a nice touch also!

 

Nice to see Higher Love so high as well, a brilliant effort from both of them and such a shame it just missed the top spot.

 

Looking forward to your EOD countdown, hopefully there's some crossover between our lists!

Thanks Pete!! Glad you like I Love It *.*

Decade: Top 50 Albums

 

 

41 Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss | 2012 | EOY Peak: 5

42 Taylor Swift - Lover | 2019 | EOY Peak: 4

43 Lewis Watson - The Morning | 2014 | EOY Peak: 8

44 Taylor Swift - reputation | 2017 | EOY Peak: 5

45 Cody Simpson - Surfers Paradise | 2013 | EOY Peak: 3

46 One Direction - Made In the A.M. | 2015 | EOY Peak: 7

47 Anne-Marie - Speak Your Mind | 2018 | EOY Peak: 6

48 Britney Spears - Glory | 2016 | EOY Peak: 2

49 One Direction - Midnight Memories | 2013 | EOY Peak: 4

50 Years & Years - Communion | 2015 | EOY Peak: 2

 

Compiling my top 50 albums of the decade was pretty impossible. I'd forgotten just how many incredible albums I've heard over the past 10 years, and I really could have gone further to a top 60/70 but I had to draw the line somewhere...! It says it all when my second favourite albums of 2015 and 2016 only just made it in. Years & Years' debut album was one I spent a lot of time with in 2015 but haven't gone back to much since, while Glory is Britney's best album in years - a very strong effort with some killer tracks! There's double One Direction in here - unsurprisingly, they feature more than any other artist, with all five of their albums in my top 50 (and a further two solo albums by Harry Styles).

 

Debut albums from Lewis Watson and Anne-Marie feature here, as well as Cody Simpson's second album Surfers Paradise, which spent seven straight weeks at #1 in my chart upon release, eventually lifting to a total of eight. Taylor Swift appears twice with reputation and Lover, the first two of four albums to feature (Red unfortunately missed out). Closing the section is Carly Rae Jepsen's Kiss - controversially, this is my favourite album of hers! It helped define my 2012 and I still revisit it regularly now. A brilliant album, packed with some really strong bubblegum pop moments.