December 14, 20213 yr Hi Dan! Here are the songs I like so far from your list: 150 London Grammar ~ How Does It Feel (Paul Woolford Remix) 175 Sigrid ~ Mirror 183 Måneskin ~ I Wanna Be Your Slave 195 Rina Sawayama ~ Lucid 199 Go_A ~ Shum I need to listen to the albums on your list, never heard any of them, expect for Porter Robinson, it's a ninteresting choice for album of the year! Great list so far!
December 14, 20213 yr Author thanks both ^ #140 Ben Böhmer ~ Cappadocia (feat. Romain Garcia) [EOY #203, 2020] Date Entered: 04/10/2020 Sales: 304k [569k total] Chart Run: [47-48-32-18-22-29-44-56-78]-74-69-79-89-31-34-41-55-58-61-82-x [11 of 20 weeks] Video upm7qgomnp0 Electronic producer Ben Böhmer managed to get his first proper hit in my chart last year with 'Cappadocia', named as such after he played there in a hot air balloon. It's the track that really made me take notice of him and he'd go on to have a good few more hits throughout 2021 some of which will be appearing higher up the chart. The track is based around a vocal sample and rising synths, with also interestingly a beat switch right in the middle of the track. Top 100 Chart History Ben Böhmer 2018 43 After Earth 2020 18 Cappadocia (feat. Romain Garcia) 2021 34 Run Away (with Tinlicker feat. Felix Raphael) 2021 02 Beyond Beliefs 2021 04 Escalate [feat. Jonah] 2021 74 Erase [feat. Lau.ra] 2021 47 Breathing [with Nils Hoffman feat. Malou] 2021 20 A Matter of Time 2021 39 Home [feat. Jonah] 2021 89 Strangers Roman Garcia 2020 18 Cappadocia (Ben Böhmer feat. Romain Garcia)
December 14, 20213 yr Author #139 Josement ~ All Night Alone (Chris Lake Edit) [EOY #128, 2020] Date Entered: 13/09/2020 Sales: 309k [676k total] Chart Run: [60-40-12-6-6-13-16-21-28-34-42-61]-72-x-40-37-42-63-69-75-88-x [8 of 20 weeks] Video mtLnv9Geqqs A complete unknown DJ in Josement managed to get a big hit in DJ land and also in my chart with 'All Night Alone', helped muchly by Chris Lake who beefed up the production. The song has to win the award for most drunk sounding vocals but it works with the vibe of the song, a great melodic tech house track. It held up very impressively from recurrency plays in 2021 almost matching its total for 2020 itself. Top 100 Chart History Josement 2020 06 All Night Alone (Chris Lake Edit) Chris Lake 2013 01 Boneless (with Steve Aoki & Tujamo) MILLIONAIRE 2014 25 FunkNRoll (Prince; Chris Lake Edit) 2017 82 I Want You 2017 67 Nothing Better (with Chris Lorenzo) 2018 91 Turn off the Lights (feat. Alexis Roberts; Cages Remix) 2019 74 Stay With Me 2020 06 All Night Alone (Josement; Chris Lake Edit)
December 14, 20213 yr Author #138 Miley Cyrus ~ Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa) Date Entered: 29/11/2020 Sales: 309k Chart Run: [39]-41-37-38-70-26-27-38-54-63-72-x [10 of 11 weeks] Video 0ir1qkPXPVM After surprising us with Midnight Sky (EOY #103 last year) Smiley Miley only went and put out another great pop record, helped this time by Ms Dua Lipa. This song needs no further introduction as I'm sure you're all already familiar with it, it's just the kinda upbeat pop with attitude that we need in the sea of TikTok blandness. Top 100 Chart History Miley Cyrus 2013 06 Fall Down (will.i.am feat. Miley Cyrus) 2013 24 Wrecking Ball 2013 16 Feelin' Myself (will.i.am feat. Miley Cyrus, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa & DJ Mustard) 2018 01 Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus) 2019 85 Slide Away 2020 27 Midnight Sky 2020 26 Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa) 2021 88 Nothing Else Matters (feat. Watt, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo and Chad Smith) Dua Lipa 2016 10 Be The One 2016 33 Hotter Than Hell 2016 29 Blow Your Mind (Mwah) 2017 04 Scared To Be Lonely (Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa) 2017 44 No Lie (Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa) 2017 63 My Love (Wale feat. Major Lazer, WizKid & Dua Lipa) 2017 16 New Rules MILLIONAIRE 2018 60 IDGAF 2018 01 One Kiss (Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa) MILLIONAIRE 2018 04 Electricity (Diplo & Mark Ronson presents Silk City with Dua Lipa) MILLIONAIRE 2019 11 Don't Start Now 2020 61 Physical 2020 19 Hallucinate 2020 31 Break My Heart 2020 56 Levitating 2020 57 Cool 2020 75 Love Again 2020 100 Future Nostalgia 2020 22 Un Día (One Day) (J Balvin, Dua Lipa & Bad Bunny feat. Tainy) 2020 63 Fever (Dua Lipa feat. Angèle) 2020 26 Prisoner (Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa) 2021 71 We're Good 2021 08 Cold Heart [with Elton John; Pnau Remix]
December 14, 20213 yr Author #137 Acraze ~ Do It To It [feat. Cherish] Date Entered: 17/10/2021 Sales: 310k Chart Run: 10-11-4-5-3-5-5-6-[9]-... [8 of 9+ weeks] Video tyITL_exICo Rising tech house producer Acraze broke through in a huge way with this track getting huge in DJ Land and not long after the actual charts as well. Taking a sample from a very minor 2006 hit that I don't remember and making it into an incredibly catchy dance track. It's got a huge tight bass to it which you just don't find on the commercial pop-house records which really makes such a repetitive little track work this well. This is certainly a contender for next year's top 100 if it continues to hold up well for me past the Christmas period. Top 100 Chart History Acraze 2021 03 Do It To It (feat. Cherish) Cherish 2021 03 Do It To It (Acraze feat. Cherish)
December 14, 20213 yr Author #136 TheFatRat ~ Arcadia Date Entered: 18/07/2021 Sales: 312k Chart Run: 8-14-16-22-22-23-28-37-51-80-x [10 weeks] Video Eb5qsWPDLPw Put out as the second release from Parallax it saw him go back to the 8 bit inspired glitch hop sound that he was best known for in his early days and is another fine example of that style which I don't really otherwise follow, with intricate vocal chops and a cheerful melody. Top 100 Chart History TheFatRat 2015 28 Windfall 2015 04 Monody (feat. Laura Brehm) MILLIONAIRE 2016 02 The Calling (feat. Laura Brehm) MILLIONAIRE 2016 06 No No No 2016 06 Epic 2016 38 Jackpot 2016 11 Elegy 2016 04 Prelude (VIP Edit) (with JJD) MILLIONAIRE 2017 01 Fly Away (feat. Anjulie) MILLIONAIRE 2017 07 Oblivion (feat. Lola Blanc) 2018 01 MAYDAY (feat. Laura Brehm) MILLIONAIRE 2018 58 Salt Is My Sugar (MarieMarie; TheFatRat Remix) 2018 22 Elevate 2018 25 Warrior Song (feat. Stasia Estep) 2018 31 Origin 2018 39 Envelope 2018 67 Reminiscence 2018 68 Afterlife 2019 85 Chosen (feat. Laura Brehm & Anna Yvette) 2019 17 Sunlight (with Phaera) 2019 39 Stronger (with Slaydit & Anjulie) 2019 01 Close To The Sun (with Anjulie) 2019 55 Rise Up 2020 03 The Storm (with Maisy Kay) 2020 74 Electrified 2020 01 We'll Meet Again (with Laura Brehm) 2020 03 Rule the World (with Alexa) 2021 05 Hiding In The Blue [feat. Riell] 2021 08 Arcadia 2021 10 Pride & Fear [feat. Riell] 2021 03 Upwind 2021 60 Our Song [feat. Cecilia Gault] 2021 88 Violet Sky [feat. Cecilia Gault] 2021 84 Warbringer [feat. Everen Maxwell and Lindsey Stirling] 2021 85 Fire 2021 69 Love It When You Hurt Me [feat. Anjulie]
December 14, 20213 yr Author #135 Masked Wolf ~ Astronaut In The Ocean Date Entered: 07/03/2021 Sales: 317k Chart Run: 69-54-59-73-65-71-64-30-46-57-86-99-x [12 weeks] Video MEg-oqI9qmw Another rap song now this one having blown up out of nowhere from TikTok. We'll probably never hear from Masked Wolf again in this chart or the official chart but he at least gave us this little track with a great hook and a rapid fire verse. It was great to hear a rap track broadly about depression even if there were also a couple of braggadocios lines as per (and the infamous rhyming of G.O.D with T.H.O.T which he got clowned for). Top 100 Chart History Masked Wolf 2021 30 Astronaut In The Ocean
December 14, 20213 yr Author #134 Chris Lorenzo ~ California Dreamin' [feat. High Jinx] Date Entered: 17/10/2021 Sales: 317k Chart Run: 9-12-14-17-31-24-15-20-[19]-... [8 of 9+ weeks] Video aNggrPAi5dg A tech house cover of the 60s classic which big fans of the original probably aren't that keen on as it removes all the strings and whatnot for a pounding beat and pretty much nothing in the way of synths, but this is Thermo's hot hits! It's exactly how the song should be remade over doing a pop-house or slap-house arrangement. I'm sure this would really go off in clubs. Top 100 Chart History Chris Lorenzo 2014 05 Rhymes (with Hannah Wants) 2016 11 I Wanna Be (with Katy B) 2017 67 Nothing Better (with Chris Lake) 2021 09 California Dreamin' [feat. High Jinx] High Jinx 2021 09 California Dreamin' [Chris Lorenzo feat. High Jinx]
December 14, 20213 yr Author #133 Hayla and Friend Within ~ Rescue Date Entered: 12/09/2021 Sales: 318k Chart Run: 75-85-58-29-27-24-26-25-28-40-52-70-96-x [13 weeks] Video jmW1nX1uEtE A disco meets house track here with a power diva vocal from Hayla, who had been entered to BJSC earlier on in the year but this follow-up is a fair bit better. That piano line from Friend Within is so sexy too. Top 100 Chart History Hayla 2019 83 I Need (Wilkinson feat. Hayla; Wilkinson & Metrik Remix) 2020 94 Naked 2021 41 Colours 2021 24 Rescue (with Friend Within) Friend Within 2014 03 The Mechanism (with Disclosure) 2014 42 The Renegade 2017 91 Burnin' Up (with Kideko) 2019 59 The Truth 2021 24 Rescue (with Hayla)
December 14, 20213 yr Author #132 Moses Boyd and Katy B ~ 2 Far Gone Date Entered: 28/02/2021 Sales: 320k Chart Run: 8-13-15-22-29-53-65-74-91-x [9 weeks] Video hOYNV7asf74 The first appearance Katy B had in the chart for quite a few years after her hiatus, and with a song that turned out to be a lot better than her actual comeback later in the year. Alongside a lite breakbeat production from Moses Boyd who I gather is usually more of a jazz producer so he probably won't be making my chart again. Top 100 Chart History Moses Boyd 2021 08 2 Far Gone (with Katy B) Katy B 2010 07 Katy on a Mission 2010 16 Perfect Stranger (Magnetic Man feat. Katy B) 2010 19 Lights On (feat. Ms Dynamite) 2011 33 Broken Record 2011 25 Easy Please Me 2012 04 Aaliyah (feat. Geenus & Jessie Ware) 2013 34 What Love Is Made Of 2013 07 5 AM 2014 06 Crying For No Reason 2015 11 Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) (KDA feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B) 2016 24 Calm Down (with Four Tet & Floating Points) 2016 86 Who Am I (with Major Lazer & Craig David) 2016 11 I Wanna Be (with Chris Lorenzo) 2016 18 Freak Like Me (Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon feat. Katy B & MNEK) 2017 63 Sound Of Music (Jamie Jones feat. Nookie and Katy B) 2021 08 2 Far Gone (with Moses Boyd) 2021 66 Under My Skin
December 14, 20213 yr Author #131 Shift K3Y and Tinashe ~ Love Line Date Entered: 09/05/2020 Sales: 320k Chart Run: 40-28-26-47-59-44-41-37-48-73-x [10 weeks] Video XrsgiZLFdp8 Tinashe's RnB stuff is unfortunately a bit too boring for my liking but she has a smooth vocal that's great for a dance track so this was a great collab to see. With a song about telling her man how it is alongside a decent pop-house beat from Shift K3Y it makes for a fun track. Top 100 Chart History Shift K3Y 2013 03 Make It Good 2014 17 Touch 2014 04 I Know 2014 39 Not Into It 2015 03 Name & Number 2015 44 2 Doors 2015 40 Gone Missing (feat. BB Diamond) 2016 58 Natural (feat. Kstewart) 2020 13 Better Off Without You (Becky Hill feat. Shift K3Y) 2021 67 Morning (with Karen Harding) 2021 26 Love Line (with Tinashe) Tinashe 2014 09 2 On (feat. ScHoolboy Q) 2014 19 Dollar Signs (Calvin Harris feat. Tinashe) 2014 21 All Hands On Deck 2015 15 Jealous (Nick Jonas feat. Tinashe) 2015 70 Player 2015 09 All My Friends (Snakehips feat. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper) 2016 20 Just Say (KDA feat. Tinashe) 2017 55 Quit You (Lost Kings feat. Tinashe) 2020 53 Only (Zhu feat. Tinashe) 2021 26 Love Line (with Shift K3Y) -x-x-x- Tonight's Recap: 131 Shift K3Y and Tinashe ~ Love Line 132 Moses Boyd and Katy B ~ 2 Far Gone 133 Hayla and Friend Within ~ Rescue 134 Chris Lorenzo ~ California Dreamin' [feat. High Jinx] 135 Masked Wolf ~ Astronaut In The Ocean 136 TheFatRat ~ Arcadia 137 Acraze ~ Do It To It [feat. Cherish] 138 Miley Cyrus ~ Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa) 139 Josement ~ All Night Alone (Chris Lake Edit) 140 Ben Böhmer ~ Cappadocia (feat. Romain Garcia)
December 15, 20213 yr Not sure how much I want to hear a cover of 'California Dreamin'' but it's piqued my interest so I'm playing it anyway :P It's actually done in quite a nice way with the whole production of it, I was dreading a deep/tropical house cover with a pristine vocallist so glad that wasn't the case!
December 15, 20213 yr Author #130 Ryan Murgatroyd ~ Wooma (feat. Sobantwana) Date Entered: 24/01/2021 Sales: 322k Chart Run: 19-18-20-24-27-38-55-74-87-94-x [10 weeks] Video ZAlTwpyscSk A discovery from BJSC and my favourite this year to have come from the South African dance scene with it being a fresh take on melodic house. Top 100 Chart History Ryan Murgatroyd 2021 18 Wooma (feat. Sobantwana) Sobantwana 2021 18 Wooma (Ryan Murgatroyd feat. Sobantwana)
December 15, 20213 yr Author #129 EDX ~ Take Me Home [feat. Jess Ball] Date Entered: 06/06/2021 Sales: 324k Chart Run: 51-39-39-35-32-38-51-78-x [8 weeks] Video bs_qJ9CAlME In a relatively quiet year for EDX we got this track which is another in his typical deep melodic style, nothing outstanding but he's still one of the top producers in this field and this is the best he'd put out in a while. Top 100 Chart History EDX 2012 01 Touched 2013 39 Hyped 2014 06 Reckless Ardor 2014 08 Cool You Off 2014 02 Breathin' 2014 36 Air for Life 2015 49 Collateral Effects 2015 06 Want You (Then I Found You) (feat. BB Diamond) 2015 08 Belong 2016 69 Revered 2016 66 How Long (Charlie Puth; EDX Dubai Skyline Remix) 2016 14 Missing (feat. Mingue) 2016 62 Roadkill (EDX's Ibiza Sunrise Radio Mix) 2016 25 High On You 2017 80 Don't Call It Love (with Jonas Blue feat. Alex Mills) 2017 36 Bloom 2017 44 We Can't Give Up 2018 15 Jaded 2019 15 Who Cares 2019 20 Off The Grid (feat. Amba Shepherd) 2019 82 Ubuntu 2019 13 Stay 2019 37 I Found You (Neptune) (feat. Jess Ball) 2019 37 White Mercedes (Charli XCX; EDX's Miami Sunset Remix) 2020 80 Adore Me 2020 51 The Time Is Now 2020 81 Indian Summer 2021 41 Ecletric 2021 32 Take Me Home [feat. Jess Ball]
December 15, 20213 yr Author #128 Jon Sine ~ Watch Me Burn [feat. Nikita] Date Entered: 11/07/2021 Sales: 326k Chart Run: 66-64-30-25-35-32-31-30-31-41-67-100-x [12 weeks] Video l5D4E5IOg1s The former YouTube blogger Jon Sine (having quit a month ago to spend more time with his newlywed wife) put out one of his best tracks in a while here on Lost Frequencies' label, a rather good dance-pop track here with some inspiration from current progressive house in the synths. Top 100 Chart History Jon Sine 2019 24 Secrets (feat. Salvo) 2020 38 About You (feat. Diandra Faye) 2021 25 Watch Me Burn [feat. Nikita] Nikita 2021 25 Watch Me Burn [feat. Nikita]
December 15, 20213 yr Author #127 Gardenstate vs. Gjon's Tears ~ Répondez-moi Date Entered: 24/10/2021 Sales: 326k Chart Run: 1-1-2-1-2-1-1-[1]-... [7 of 8 weeks] Video JvBjb_oxw6g Gardenstate's best release to date but it will have to wait until next year to get a more deserving position in this rundown. Taking the best bits of the 2020 Eurovision entry and giving it the much needed enhancement in the production with a breakbeat and further strings and bass emphasis. The vocal performance from Gjon is outstanding too so I'm glad it finally got an interesting production effort to match it. The chorus here translates to "I give up..answer me" with other lyrics in the song asking further questions about the state of the world, though even sung entirely in French it is a very emotional-sounding song. I strongly recommend. Top 100 Chart History Gardenstate 2021 02 Take Me There (with GVN) 2021 16 It’s All About The Melody (Aly & Fila; Gardenstate Remix) 2021 08 The Best Part (vs. Bien) 2021 82 1995 2021 96 Alma 2021 01 Répondez-moi (vs. Gjon's Tears) 2021 96 Sisu 2021 39 By Your Side Gjon's Tears 2021 01 Répondez-moi (Gardenstate vs. Gjon's Tears)
December 15, 20213 yr Author #126 Grandbrothers ~ All the Unknown Date Entered: 31/01/2021 Sales: 330k Chart Run: 31-37-43-41-46-52-46-55-53-73-88-100-96-x [13 weeks] Video bKIgYvdUkk0 The first of two appearances for Grandbrothers in this rundown and the title track of the album I gave a mention to earlier on. This track is based around a short piano phrase with a fair bit of variation and offbeat rhythms, very cleverly arranged and rather unusual for an electronica track but their whole thing is taking inspiration from classical music. Top 100 Chart History Grandbrothers 2021 01 What We See MILLIONAIRE 2021 31 All the Unknown 2021 47 Black Frost 2021 48 Four Rivers 2021 49 Organism
December 15, 20213 yr Author #125 Fred Again.. ~ Billie (Loving Arms) Date Entered: 12/09/2021 Sales: 330k Chart Run: 15-16-16-16-21-27-31-42-50-60-68-86-x [12 weeks] Video _WkzhhO21s8 Taking the sample from a 90s hit that I was unfamiliar with and giving it the unique brand of filtered house that Fred has been doing albeit this being one of his more accessible tracks and indeed one of two of his in this rundown. Top 100 Chart History Fred Again.. 2021 08 Marea (We've Lost Dancing) (feat. The Blessed Madonna) 2021 15 Billie (Loving Arms) 2021 27 Hannah (The Sun)
December 15, 20213 yr Author #124 Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals ~ Don't Play Date Entered: 24/01/2021 Sales: 335k Chart Run: 22-36-38-53-53-86-83-81-90-96-x [10 weeks] Video qjQjxpnwVZw I didn't expect either of these three to pop up on my EOY but when they teamed up it was quite the happy accident we got a good tune out of this. Anne-Marie proves again she can drop the annoying tone when she wants to and even KSI is tolerable here too. Top 100 Chart History Anne-Marie 2015 52 Alright With Me (Wretch 32 feat. Anne-Marie & PRGRSHN) 2016 85 Do It Right (Blinkie Remix) 2016 42 Alarm 2016 03 Rockabye (Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie) MILLIONAIRE 2017 35 Ciao Adios 2017 24 Heavy (John Gibbons Remix) 2018 45 Friends (with Marshmello) 2020 39 Come Over (Rudimental feat. Anne-Marie and Tion Wayne) 2021 22 Don't Play (with KSI & Digital Farm Animals) KSI 2015 16 Lamborghini (feat. P Money) 2020 79 Lighter (Nathan Dawe feat. Ella Henderson & KSI) 2020 49 Really Love (feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals) 2021 22 Don't Play (with Anne-Marie & Digital Farm Animals) Digital Farm Animals 2016 42 Wanna Know (with Youthonix) 2016 24 Only One (with Sigala) 2017 75 Digital Love (feat. Hailee Steinfeld) 2018 86 All Falls Down (Alan Walker feat. Noah Cyrus, Digital Farm Animals and Juliander) 2020 23 Undo My Heart (with Karen Harding) 2020 49 Really Love (KSI feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals) 2021 22 Don't Play (with Anne-Marie & KSI) 2021 47 Last Night (feat. Harlee)
December 15, 20213 yr Author #123 Jonas Blue ~ Hear Me Say [feat. Léon] Date Entered: 06/06/2021 Sales: 339k Chart Run: 70-38-9-11-12-14-24-49-43-55-x [10 weeks] Video ZsaDUsomFFI Jonas Blue was fast becoming at risk for losing all his credibility following two poor singles but then surprisingly just casually dropped one of his best songs yet in Hear Me Say, well worth a listen if you stopped bothering following him soon as he stopped making top 40 hits. It's an actual bop with a good vocal. Top 100 Chart History Jonas Blue 2015 18 Fast Car (feat. Dakota) 2016 18 Perfect Strangers (feat. JP Cooper) 2016 09 By Your Side (feat. Raye) 2017 23 Mama (feat. William Singe) 2017 80 Don't Call It Love (feat. Alex Mills) 2017 90 In Your Arms Tonight 2017 48 We Could Go Back (feat. Moelogo) 2018 59 Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie (with Arlissa; Original/Eden Prince Remix) 2018 47 Rise (feat. Jack & Jack) 2018 01 Back & Forth (with MK & Becky Hill) MILLIONAIRE 2018 43 Polaroid (feat. Liam Payne & Lennon Stella) 2019 11 Ritual (with Tiësto & Rita Ora) 2019 95 Younger (feat. Hrvy) 2020 37 Mistakes (feat. Paloma Faith) 2021 09 Hear Me Say [feat. Léon] Léon 2021 09 Hear Me Say [feat. Léon]
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