I prefer the Mean Girls version 😌

Justice for the Girls Aloud cover of Jingle Bell Rock.

Edited December 17, 20214 yr by AdamG

Justice for the Girls Aloud cover of Jingle Bell Rock.

 

Brenda Lee also did a really good cover of the song.

Which modern Christmas classic is the superior one:

 

Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree

 

The bottom one!

Thank FOOK 'Wonderful Christmastime' was skipped. Bloody horrendous song. :arrr:

New peak for Jingle Bell Rock :o

25 | 42 | 2nd week

 

D-Block Europe featuring AJ Tracey

Make You Smile

 

 

Album track from Home Alone 2

Released: 19th November 2021

Label: D-Block Europe

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (16/12/2021) | 42-25

 

Sales: 10k+

Certification: -

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

__ Sales

56 Audio Streaming

__ Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

“We’re the ones that are pushing this boundary,” D-Block Europe’s Young Adz told Apple Music. “People who are signing urban music over here—they call it urban, we call it pop in the streets—that ain’t street music. We’re doing street, UK, wavy music, front-lining it.” They might not consider themselves pop, but by the most literal definition, DBE are just that. Chart positions, sold-out arenas and a nomination for the 2020 BRIT Award for British Group (before they’d even released a debut album) all make them one of UK rap’s most popular acts. D-Block Europe was originally a collective that called upon various London MCs, but Adz and childhood friend Dirtbike LB have emerged as both the engine room and executive board of the operation. They met at Sedgehill School in South London, where Adz was dropping mixtapes from the age of 13. He signed an ultimately fruitless major-label deal at 15 before coming under the patronage of NY rap heavyweight Jadakiss, who offered features, support slots and license to use The LOX’s D-Block Records name. With a series of self-released singles and mixtapes, Young Adz and Dirtbike LB took their place at UK rap’s top table during the late 2010s. Leavening trap’s chilly textures and portraits of road life with sticky Auto-Tuned hooks, their music is notable for its nimble wordplay and candour. While D-Block quickly gathered notoriety for their unfiltered bedroom braggadocio (“Kitchen Kings”), their willingness to open up about mental health and therapy (“Prescription Drugs”) has made them a standout presence in UK rap. It’s all been done independently by the industrious duo (63 new tracks released across three mixtapes during 2019 alone). They’ve continuously waved away offers from labels, confident that no one can guide their career as well as they can. Every award, Top 5 release or filled arena only strengthens their self-belief. “When you see Messi kick ball, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” said Young Adz. “Sometimes, the people have to choose you because they’re like, ‘We ain’t never going to see this again—from their sounds, from what they talk about.’ Our personalities shine through our music. We’re bigger personalities than rappers.” - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

D-Block Europe

2018 49 Gucci Mane (D-Block Europe & Yxng Bane) -1-

2018 35 Nassty (D-Block Europe, Young Adz, Dirtbike LB & Lil Pino) -NAS-

2018 80 Tell The Truth (The Plug presents D-Block Europe & Rich The Kid)

2019 16 Kitchen Kings -1-

2019 62 Kettle Pouring -AT-

2019 70 Running Man -AT-

2019 20 Home P*ssy -1-

2019 53 Rich (The Plug presents D-Block Europe & Offset)

2019 16 Nookie (feat. Lil Baby) -2-

2019 21 Playing For Keeps (feat. Dave) -3-

2019 42 Outside -AT-

2019 23 Tell Me (Krept & Konan, D-Block Europe & Ling Hussle)

2019 16 New Dior (DigDat feat. D-Block Europe)

2019 94 Darling -4-

2020 29 No Cellular Site -1-

2020 53 Creep -AT-

2020 63 Molly World -AT-

2020 50 Indulge (M Huncho feat. D-Block Europe)

2020 26 Self-Obsessed (Da Beatfreakz feat. Krept & Konan, D-Block Europe & Deno)

2020 31 Free 22 -1-

2020 30 Plain Jane -2-

2020 31 We Won -3-

2020 11 UFO (D-Block Europe & Aitch) -4-

2020 34 Destiny -IG-

2020 55 Proud (feat. Young Adz) -AT-

2020 62 Perkosex -AT-

2020 65 Cut Me Off (Yxng Bane feat. D-Block Europe)

2021 14 Ferrari Horses (D-Block Europe & RAYE) -5-

2021 48 Tonight (Ghost Killer Track feat. D-Block Europe & OBOY)

2021 40 Kevin McCallister (D-Block Europe & Lil Pino) -1-

2021 42 Lake 29 -NAS-

2021 18 No Competition -2-

2021 08 Overseas (feat. Central Cee) -3-

2021 35 Funny Bunny Nails -AT-

2021 25 Make You Smile (feat. AJ Tracey) -AT-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 8 x Top 20 | 20 x Top 40 | 35 x Top 100

 

AJ Tracey

2017 75 Quarterback (Secure The Bag!) -1-

2018 51 Mimi -NAS-

2018 69 London's Calling (GRM Daily feat. Skrapz, Avelino, Asco, Loski & AJ Tracey)

2018 19 Butterflies (AJ Tracey & Not3s) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2018 38 LO(V/S)ER -NAS-

2018 56 Doing It -2-

2019 18 Psych Out! -3-

2019 46 Wifey Riddim 3 -AT-

2019 03 Ladbroke Grove -4- MILLIONAIRE

2019 07 Fashion Week (Steel Banglez feat. AJ Tracey & MoStack)

2019 53 Leave Dat Trap (Unknown T feat. AJ Tracey)

2019 36 Thiago Silva (Dave & AJ Tracey)

2019 63 Elastic -OST-

2019 56 Cat Pack -5-

2019 22 Floss (feat. MoStack & Not3s) -6-

2019 100 Halloween (feat. Young Adz) -AT-

2019 31 Kiss And Tell (AJ Tracey & Skepta) -NAS-

2020 03 Rain (Aitch & AJ Tracey feat. Tay Keith)

2020 05 Dinner Guest (feat. MoStack) -1-

2020 05 West Ten (AJ Tracey & Mabel) -2-

2020 02 Ain't It Different (Headie One feat. AJ Tracey & Stormzy)

2020 39 Miss Me (MoStack feat. AJ Tracey)

2020 65 One More Time (Not3s feat. AJ Tracey)

2020 86 Graveyard Shift (feat. slowthai) -AT-

2021 05 Bringing It Back (Digga D & AJ Tracey)

2021 34 Anxious -3-

2021 21 Little More Love -4-

2021 61 Kukoč (feat. NAV) -AT-

2021 66 Provisional Licence (M1llionz feat. AJ Tracey)

2021 25 Make You Smile (D-Block Europe feat. AJ Tracey)

 

0 x #1 | 6 x Top 5 | 7 x Top 10 | 9 x Top 20 | 17 x Top 40 | 29 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

D-Block Europe

 

AJ Tracey

 

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Whenever I hear Jingle Bell Rock, it always reminds me of that scene from Mean Girls.

 

I think that's when I was first introduced to it tbh. :lol:

Thank FOOK 'Wonderful Christmastime' was skipped. Bloody horrendous song. :arrr:

I quite enjoy that song.

D-Block Europe 'saving' us from a new-entry-less Top 40 then! :lol:

Admittedly this isn't quite the worst D-Block Europe track I've heard, but it's still not exactly listenable.

 

I can't stand that vocodered effect on the vocals.

I think this will end up being the "Whoopty" of 2022 - an awful song proving the public are likely deaf 😌

By no means am I saying this is good, but I think this is the most tolerable D-Block song I’ve heard so far

Wait... not this D-Block Europe song actually being okay???? I still think I'd prefer it by someone else (Young Adz sounds like he's rapping through his nose) and I've not paid the lyrics much attention but this is by far the best DBE song I've heard (a low bar I know but still)

Thank god the Christmas songs are charting, so that they block this crap from being higher.

24 | 28 | 14th week

 

Ed Sheeran

Shivers

 

 

2nd single from =

Released: 10th September 2021

Label: Asylum Records UK

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (23/09/2021) | 1-1-1-1-2-3-3-2-2-2-3-13-28-24

 

Sales: 700k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

01 Sales

01 Audio Streaming

02 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

There’s a lovely moment a little ways into Apple Music’s Songwriter documentary about Ed Sheeran in which Sheeran, jet-lagged and carrying a cup of tea, straggles out into a yard in Malibu at dawn, sits down at his laptop and begins writing a song about the moment right in front of him: the crisp air, the birdsong, the hot tea, the day ahead. He gets a full verse in, melody and all, then pauses. “Songs are weird things,” he says. “How so?” an interviewer asks. “They just come and go,” Sheeran says, smiling. “And they never give you any warning.” For Sheeran, they seem to come pretty reliably. Born in 1991 in Halifax, England, he started out gigging on the UK pub circuit before releasing his first studio album, +, in 2011, and has since become one of the most unstoppable singer-songwriters in music, forging a light blend of folk, pop, hip-hop and dance that feels slick but lived-in, intimate but universal. Whether on his own (“Sing”, “The A Team”, “Shape of You”, “Perfect”) or in collaboration with artists from Taylor Swift to Eminem to Justin Bieber, Sheeran has a unique ability to strike a chord that feels both bittersweet and redemptive, good-natured and genuine: the hopeless romantic who convinces you he might just be right. In 2017, he was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, touching Prince Charles on the arm while shaking his hand—a breach of royal protocol, and an appealingly human one at that. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2011 03 The A Team -1- MILLION SELLER

2011 35 Hush Little Baby (Wretch 32 feat. Ed Sheeran)

2011 04 You Need Me, I Don't Need You -2-

2011 09 Drunk -4-

2011 05 Lego House -3- MILLIONAIRE

2011 81 Gold Rush -AT-

2011 84 Autumn Leaves -AT-

2012 25 Small Bump -5-

2012 34 Wish You Were Here (Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & David Arnold) -AT-

2012 07 (All Along The) Watchtower (Devlin feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 18 Give Me Love -6-

2012 07 Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)

2013 13 I See Fire -OST- MILLIONAIRE

2014 18 One -IG-

2014 01 Sing -1- MILLIONAIRE

2014 08 Don't -2- MILLIONAIRE

2014 01 Thinking Out Loud -3- MILLION SELLER

2014 15 Photograph -5- MILLIONAIRE

2014 59 Afire Love -IG-

2014 49 I'm A Mess -AT-

2014 02 Bloodstream (Ed Sheeran & Rudimental) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2014 82 The Man -IG-

2014 62 Tenerife Sea -AT-

2014 46 All Of The Stars -OST-

2014 57 Nina -AT-

2014 71 Runaway -AT-

2014 85 Take It Back -AT-

2014 38 Make It Rain -OST-

2015 69 I Will Take You Home -B-SIDE-

2015 88 Dreams (Krept & Konan feat. Ed Sheeran)

2015 92 Dark Times (The Weeknd feat. Ed Sheeran)

2015 12 Lay It All On Me (Rudimental feat. Ed Sheeran)

2017 01 Shape Of You -1/2- MILLIONAIRE

2017 02 Castle On The Hill -1/2- MILLIONAIRE

2017 02 How Would You Feel (Paean) -IG-

2017 02 Galway Girl -3- MILLIONAIRE

2017 01 Perfect -4- MILLIONAIRE

2017 05 New Man -AT-

2017 06 Happier -5- MILLIONAIRE

2017 08 Dive -AT-

2017 08 Supermarket Flowers -AT- MILLIONAIRE

2017 09 What Do I Know? -AT-

2017 12 Barcelona -AT-

2017 13 Nancy Mulligan -AT-

2017 14 Eraser -AT-

2017 15 Hearts Don't Break Around Here -AT-

2017 18 Bibia Be Ye Ye -AT-

2017 19 Save Myself -AT-

2017 52 Boa Me (Fuse ODG feat. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez)

2017 49 End Game (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)

2017 01 River (Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran) MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2019 04 Cross Me (feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock) -2-

2019 01 Beautiful People (feat. Khalid) -3- MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 Take Me Back To London (feat. Stormzy) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2019 04 South Of The Border (feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B) -5- MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 Own It (Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy) MILLIONAIRE

2020 12 Those Kinda Nights (Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran)

2020 02 Afterglow -NAS-

2021 01 Bad Habits -1- MILLIONAIRE

2021 05 Visiting Hours -IG-

2021 01 Shivers -2-

2021 04 Overpass Graffiti -3-

2021 01 Merry Christmas (Ed Sheeran & Elton John) -4-

 

12 x #1 | 25 x Top 5 | 33 x Top 10 | 45 x Top 20 | 49 x Top 40 | 64 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Ed Sheeran

 

http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png

Tbf this is not bad for a D-Block Europe track, the fact that AJ is on it definitely helps.

Yeah, the D-Block song isn't bad. The music backing could actually make a reasonably good song.

The rapping wasn't that bad until the vocoder bit.

Shivers still sounds so good, Ed's only bearable song for me.

23 | 21 | 7th week

 

Acraze featuring Cherish

Do It To It

 

 

Non-album single

Released: 20th August 2021

Label: Thrive Music

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (11/11/2021) | 60-36-24-13-14-21-23

 

Sales: 100k+

Certification: -

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

04 Sales

30 Audio Streaming

__ Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Acraze AKA Charlie Duncker, is showing to be a true visionary as he conquered the bold transition from his speaker-rattling bass sound to a more sophisticated house approach. Even before its official release, the now viral smash “Do It To It” on Thrive Music, spread like wildfire around the world. From every DJ, to influencer, to media outlet, the budding artist is proving to have an undeniable impact in the current global dance music scene. Acraze’s anthem went from being coined first as the ‘Song of the Summer’ to now ‘Song of the Year’ for 2021. Although Acraze is only 26 years-old, this moment did not come overnight. He grew up grinding the DJ circuit across the country, while developing his sound and collaborating with other rising producers. Demonstrating remarkable growth in a short period of time, Acraze is proving to be an act with a promising career ahead. - Spotify

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Acraze

2021 13 Do It To It (feat. Cherish) -NAS-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 0 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 1 x Top 100

 

Cherish

2006 30 Do It To It (feat. Sean Paul of the YoungBloodZ) -1-

2007 94 Unappreciated -2-

2008 52 Killa (feat. Yung Joc) -1-

2021 13 Do It To It (Acraze feat. Cherish)

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 0 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 2 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Acraze

 

Cherish

 

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