I listened to well over 100 classic Rap albums over the past year (see my Rolling Stones list thread) but I also checked out 29 full length LPs from 2022. Here's what I'd rank 11-29.

 

11. Stormzy - This Is What I Mean

12. Camila Cabello - Familia

13. Sofia Carson - Sofia Carson

14. Saba - Few Good Things

15. JID - The Forever Story

16. Nas - King’s Disease III

17. Rosalía - Motomami

18. Dreamville - D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape

19. Little Simz - No Thank You

20. Earthgang - Ghetto Gods

 

21. Ari Lennox - Age/Sex/Location

22. Becky G - Esquemas

23. Music From And Inspired By Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

24. SZA - SOS

25. Mabel - About Last Night...

26. Baby Tate - Mani/Pedi

27. Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains

28. Anitta - Versions Of Me

29. Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss

 

 

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Really love the top 2, especially #2!

 

Thanks Sergej :D

I really enjoyed Versions of Me, a pleasant surprise this year! A very varied listen.

Here are my favourites from your albums selection:

11. Stormzy - This Is What I Mean

12. Camila Cabello - Familia

15. JID - The Forever Story

17. Rosalía - Motomami

23. Music From And Inspired By Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

24. SZA - SOS

25. Mabel - About Last Night...

I really enjoyed Versions of Me, a pleasant surprise this year! A very varied listen.

 

Here are my favourites from your albums selection:

11. Stormzy - This Is What I Mean

12. Camila Cabello - Familia

15. JID - The Forever Story

17. Rosalía - Motomami

23. Music From And Inspired By Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

24. SZA - SOS

25. Mabel - About Last Night...

 

I didn't dislike 'Versions of Me', it enjoyed it's mixing of styles and it had some moments I really liked but there was just a few many songs that didn't appeal to me.

 

Thanks guys :D

Album Chart

 

 

 

6. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes

 

Highlights - Belize, Violas & Lupitas, Sometimes

 

 

7. The Weeknd - Dawn FM

 

Highlights - Don't Break My Heart, I Heard You're Married, Here We Go... Again

 

 

8. Tate McRae - I Used To Think I Could Fly

 

Highlights - What Would You Do, She's All I Wanna Be, Feel Like Shit

 

 

9. Ashe - Rae

 

Highlights - Another Man's Jeans, Shower With My Clothes On, Angry Woman

 

 

10. Freddie Gibbs - $oul $old $eperately

 

Highlights - Feel No Pain, Couldn't Be Done, Too Much

 

 

 

 

$oul $old $eperately is the best I've heard from Freddie and the concept really works. Even if it leads to some odd choice of guests in the skits, including Jeff Ross and Joe Rogan. Rae is a lovely album from Ashe and inspired me to buy a ticket to see her live next year. The downside was that over half of the album had already been released as promo singles so there were few surprised going into the album release date. I Used To Think I Could Fly is a solid debut from Tate but just doesn't have the same replayability as the strongest pop albums of the year. Dawn FM is my favourite Weeknd album since Starboy. The transitions between tracks are insane and really rewards listening to it as a whole rather than picking out select tracks. Cheat Codes was a collaborative project I hadn't been anticipating but listening to a couple of Roots albums for the Rolling Stones thread made me really fall in love with Black Thought's style and Danger Mouse's production is perfect for the legendary MC.

Nice to see "Dawn FM" and "I Used To Think I Could Fly" in your top 10 albums.

Nice to see "Dawn FM" and "I Used To Think I Could Fly" in your top 10 albums.

 

Nice picks Sergej :D

Album Chart

 

 

 

1. Charli XCX - Crash :cheer:

 

Highlights - New Shapes, Lightning, Beg For You

 

 

2. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

 

Highlights - We Cry Together, N95, Die Hard

 

 

3. Blackpink - Born Pink

 

Highlights - Pink Venom, Shut Down, Ready For Love

 

 

4. Taylor Swift - Midnights

 

Highlights - Lavender Haze, Midnight Rain, Anti-Hero

 

 

5. Sabrina Carpenter - Emails I Can't Send

 

Highlights - Nonsense, Fast Times, Read Your Mind

 

 

 

 

Emails I Can't Send is the first Sabrina album I've listen to on release and it didn't disappoint. I'm a big fan of her first 2 projects but this one blew them out of the water and really deserved to be what broke her into the charts. Maybe next time. Midnights is Taylor's return to pop and after initially not hitting me, it's ended up being one of my most spammed of the year. I don't like any of the bonus tracks though. Born Pink is by far and away my most played album of the year but it's short run time (a Blackpink trademark) means that it feels too slight and you just want a bit more from them. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is the exact opposite. A dense album that leaves you feeling like you had some sort of experience by the end. Seeing Kendrick live for the first time this year was a big highlight. Crash was an early 2022 release and has managed to hold the #1 album for the rest of the year. The album is a masterpiece in efficiency. There is not a wasted second and every track feels more than essential.

Crash is SUCH a great #1 album - you're right it's 100% a no-filler album. Midnights and Dawn FM are also great additions to the list :wub:

Amazing #1 album, CRASH is my favourite Charli album to date!

Great to see "Crash", "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" and "Midnights" in your top 5.

Crash is SUCH a great #1 album - you're right it's 100% a no-filler album. Midnights and Dawn FM are also great additions to the list :wub:

 

Amazing #1 album, CRASH is my favourite Charli album to date!

 

Great to see "Crash", "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" and "Midnights" in your top 5.

 

 

Lots of love for Crash :heart:

 

Thanks everyone :D

Top 5 Most-Played Artists

 

 

1. BLACKPINK - 1,095 plays

 

01. Pink Venom - 177 plays

02. Ready For Love - 118 plays

03. Shut Down - 113 plays

 

 

2. Madison Beer - 941 plays

 

01. Showed Me (How I Fell In Love With You) - 96 plays

02. Homesick - 59 plays

03. I Have Never Felt More Alive - 58 plays

 

 

3. Charli XCX - 885 plays

 

01. Lightning - 117 plays

02. New Shapes - 77 plays

03. Beg For You - 73 plays

 

 

4. Kendrick Lamar - 767 plays

 

01. We Cry Together - 84 plays

02. N95- 73 plays

03. Die Hard - 46 plays

 

 

5. Taylor Swift - 678 plays

 

=01. Lavender Haze- 61 plays

=01. Vigilante Shit - 61 plays

=03. Anti-Hero - 53 plays

=03. Midnight Rain - 53 plays

 

 

 

For the first time I'm basing this off my scrobbles on last.fm so there may be movement from #6-#20 but the top 5 look set in stone. Taylor Swift has dominated Q4 of 2022 and the recent dominance has scrapped her into the top 5. She also finished #5 in my top artists of 2021. Kendrick Lamar's album spawned 2 tracks that have been rinsed all year round but the length and complexity of the album has meant that I haven't listened to the album in full as much as I have with those from the other artists in my top 5. Charli XCX started off the year on fire and was leading this recently enough to actually be my #1 artist in my Spotify Wrapped for the year. Madison Beer is the only artists here who didn't release an album in 2022 although she does have one coming early 2023 so expect to her high again here next year. I listened to her 2021 album 'Life Support' every day for other a month in April/May after I saw her show and met her on Good Friday. BLACKPINK manage the rare feat of passing over 1,000 plays in a year and climb all the way to #1 after the release of their album in September and me seeing them live on 30th November and 1st December. I will be seeing them again next year at Hyde Park so I'm sure they will rack up many more plays in 2023.

 

The rest of the top 20.

 

06. Sabrina Carpenter - 543 plays

07. Tate McRae - 426 plays

08. Ashe - 360 plays

09. Ariana Grande - 348 plays

10. Stormzy - 337 plays

 

11. Dua Lipa - 312 plays

12. Maisie Peters - 301 plays

13. The Weeknd - 273 plays

14. Camila Cabello - 250 plays

=15. ITZY - 244 plays

=15. Olivia Rodrigo - 244 plays

17. The Jacka - 239 plays

18. Little Mix - 228 plays

19. J.I.D - 203 plays

20. Dave - 201 plays

Pink Venom rightfully slaying, one of the catchiest songs of the year!

Pink Venom rightfully slaying, one of the catchiest songs of the year!

 

Thanks Joseph :D

234 songs made my top 20 this year, 31 more than in 2021.

 

Let's quickly run through the songs that have missed my top one-hundred (and twenty)!

 

 

There are 41 pre-2022 songs that didn't do enough to make my top 120

 

Anabel Englund - Midnight Rapture

Ari Lennox - Pressure

Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi - Just Look Up

Blackpink - Forever Young

Blackpink - Lovesick Girls

Charli XCX feat. Christine & The Queens & Caroline Polachek - New Shapes

Dave feat. Burna Boy - Location

Digga D & AJ Tracey - Bringing It Back

Dua Lipa - Break My Heart

Dua Lipa - Hallucinate

Dua Lipa - Physical

Dua Lipa - Pretty Please

Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby - Levitating

Everglow - Pirate

Itzy - Loco

Lauren Jauregui - Sorry

Lisa - Lalisa

Lisa - Money

Little Mix - Cut You Off

Little Mix - No

Little Mix - Trash

Madison Beer - Blue

Madison Beer - Boyshit

Madison Beer - Default

Madison Beer - Effortlessly

Madison Beer - Everything Happens For A Reason

Madison Beer - Follow The White Rabbit

Madison Beer - Good In Goodbye

Madison Beer - Interlude

Madison Beer - Selfish

Madison Beer - Sour Times

Maisie Peters - Psycho

Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want

Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu

Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

Olivia Rodrigo - Happier

Olivia Rodrigo - Jealousy, Jealousy

Pete & Bas & Fumez The Engineer - Plugged In

Sarcastic Sounds feat. Maisie Peters - Song You’ll Never Hear

Snoh Aalegra feat. Tyler, The Creator - Neon Peach-

Tate McRae - Feel Like Shit

 

 

There are 6 songs that I think has a better chance in 2023

 

Leah Kate - Boys Like You

Leah Kate - Life Sux

Leah Kate - Monster

Leah Kate - My Bed

Leah Kate - Never Been Better

Watsky feat. Hollis & Gifted Gab - Aww Shit

 

 

And here are the 67 '2022 songs' that didn't do enough to make the top 120

 

Ari Lennox - Coming Down

Ari Lennox - POF

Ashe - Me Without You

Ashe - Not Mad Anymore

Ashe - omw

Baby Tate - $l*t Him Out

Baby Tate - What’s Love

Bas feat. A$AP Ferg - Lifestyle

Camila Cabello - Quiet

Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam

Chanel - SloMo

Charli XCX - Every Rule

Charli XCX - Move Me

Chlöe & Latto - For The Night

Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. Conway The Machine - Saltwater

Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. Raekwon & Kid Sister - The Darkest Part

Earthgang - All Eyes On Me

Earthgang - Smoke Some

Earthgang feat. Baby Tate - Black Pearls

Earthgang feat. Musiq Soulchild - Amen

Eminem & Snoop Dogg - From The D The LBC

Freddie Gibbs feat. Moneybagg Yo - Too Much

Freddie Gibbs feat. Offset - Pain & Strife

Griff & Sigrid - Head On Fire

Grouptherapy. - Brand New

Isabel LaRosa - I’m Yours

Itzy - Blah Blah Blah

Itzy - Cheshire

Itzy - Freaky

J. Cole - Freedom Of Speech

J.I.D feat. Lil Wayne & Kenny Mason - Just In Time

Kendrick Lamar - Rich Spirit

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

Kendrick Lamar feat. Sampha - Father Time

Little Simz - Angel

Little Simz - Gorilla

Lute feat. Cozz - Eye To Eye

Mabel feat. 24kGoldn - Overthinking

Maisie Peters - Good Enough

Maria Becerra - Automático

Nas - Ghetto Reporter

Nas - Thun

Pete & Bas - Sindhu Sesh

Rebecca Black - Look At You

Rosalía - Bizcochito

Saba feat. G Herbo - Survivor’s Guilt

Saba feat. Pivot Gang - Soldier

Sabrina Carpenter - Already Over

Sabrina Carpenter - Vicious

Selena Gomez - My Mind & Me

Sofia Carson - Applause

Sofia Carson - Still Love You

Sofia Carson - Sugar

Sofia Carson - Two Tears In A Bucket

Stormzy - Give It To The Water

Stormzy - My Presidents Are Black

Stormzy - Need You

Tate McRae - Hate Myself

Tate McRae - Uh Oh

Taylor Swift - Karma

Taylor Swift - Maroon

Taylor Swift - Question...?

The Weeknd - Best Friends

The Weeknd - How Do I Make You Love Me

The Weeknd - Out Of Time

The Weeknd - Sacrifice

The Weeknd - Take My Breath

 

I have been very ill over the past few days but, as long as I'm feeling better, the main top 100 action will begin on Sunday but until then I will count down the (unofficial) 101-120.

120. Eminem feat. CeeLo Green - The King And I

 

Chart Run: 8-8-12-17 (4 weeks)

Official Peak: #86

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =108

 

Lyric: But y'all miss the meaner me, back when I had felonies

 

 

Eminem's Chart History:

2013 03 Berzerk

2013 01 Rap God

2013 01 Survival

2013 02 The Monster (feat. Rihanna)

2014 01 No Love (feat. Lil Wayne)

2014 01 Calm Down (Busta Rhymes feat. Eminem)

2015 06 Detroit Vs. Everybody (feat. Royce da 5'9", Big Sean, Danny Brown, Dej Loaf & Trick Trick)

2015 16 Forgot About Dre (Dr Dre feat. Eminem)

2015 02 Phenomenal

2017 03 No Favors (Big Sean feat. Eminem)

2017 02 Walk On Water (feat. Beyoncé)

2017 07 Untouchable

2018 03 Remind Me

2018 12 In Your Head

2018 01 River (feat. Ed Sheeran)

2018 06 Offended

2018 18 Framed

2018 13 Majesty (Nicki Minaj feat. Eminem & Labrinth)

2018 02 Lucky You (feat. Joyner Lucas)

2018 01 The Ringer

2018 13 Stepping Stone

2018 03 Normal

2018 18 Greatest

2018 01 Killshot

2018 13 Kamikaze

2018 02 Venom

2020 03 Yah Yah (feat. Royce da 5'9", Black Thought, Q-Tip & Denaun)

2020 05 I Will (feat. Kxng Crooked, Royce da 5'9" & Joell Ortiz)

2020 01 Godzilla (feat. Juice Wrld)

2020 15 Darkness

2020 09 Those Kinda Nights (feat. Ed Sheeran)

2020 07 The Adventures Of Moon Man & Slim Shady (Kid Cudi & Eminem)

2020 03 Discombobulated

2020 08 Tone Deaf

2020 11 Zeus (feat. White Gold)

2022 08 The King And I (feat. CeeLo Green)

2022 19 From The D 2 The LBC (Eminem & Snoop Dogg)

 

CeeLo Green's Chart History:

2022 08 The King And I (Eminem feat. CeeLo Green)

 

Kicking off my countdown is the team-up between Eminem and CeeLo Green for the Elvis soundtrack. It's certainly not Eminem's finest but even in his worst songs, he normally finds a nice little turn of phrase that really impresses and the one in here is using 'I believe in you' and 'I be leaving you' as homonyms.

 

 

119. Itzy - Snowy

 

Chart Run: 7-9-8- (3+ weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =108

 

Lyric: Don't you wanna be the star of my own show

 

 

Itzy's Chart History:

2020 01 Wannabe

2020 01 Not Shy

2020 17 Don't Give A What

2021 01 In The Morning

2021 07 Tennis (0:0)

2021 12 Shoot

2021 13 Kidding Me

2021 14 Sorry Not Sorry

2021 17 Wild Wild West

2021 01 Loco

2021 15 Swipe

2021 18 Love Is

2021 19 Sooo Lucky

2021 20 B[oo]m-Boxx

2021 20 Gas Me Up

2022 06 Voltage

2022 01 Sneakers

2022 18 Blah Blah Blah

2022 04 Boys Like You

2022 10 Cheshire

2022 07 Snowy

2022 17 Freaky

 

This is Itzy strongest non-single track for me. One of their catchiest and still going strong in my chart.

 

 

118. Camila Cabello - No Doubt

 

Chart Run: 7-15-(x7)-19-20 (4 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =134

 

Lyric: Cause when shit is gettin' good, I just worry 'bout the bad again

 

 

Camila Cabello's Chart History:

2016 01 I Know What You Did Last Summer (Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello)

2016 04 Bad Things (Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello)

2017 09 Hey Ma (Pitbull & J Balvin feat. Camila Cabello)

2017 05 Crying In The Club

2017 03 Know No Better (Major Lazer feat. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo)

2017 01 Havana (feat. Young Thug)

2017 08 OMG (feat. Quavo)

2017 05 Real Friends

2017 05 Never Be The Same

2018 06 Into It

2018 15 She Loves Control

2018 18 Sangria Wine (Pharrell Williams & Camila Cabello)

2018 17 Consequences

2019 14 Find U Again (Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello)

2019 01 Shameless

2019 02 Liar

2019 01 Cry For Me

2019 01 Living Proof

2019 10 This Love

2019 13 Should've Said It

2019 05 My Oh My (feat. DaBaby)

2021 01 Don't Go Yet

2022 10 Bam Bam (feat. Ed Sheeran)

2022 02 Psychofreak (feat. Willow)

2022 07 No Doubt

2022 02 Hasta Los Dientes (Camila Cabello & Maria Becerra)

2022 16 Quiet

 

Familia was unfortunately my least favourite of Camila's albums so far but this was one track that made an instant impression. If it would have been pushed as a single or received a video, I have 'no doubt' it would have made my top 100.

 

 

117. Kendrick Lamar feat. Summer Walker & Ghostface Killah - Purple Hearts

 

Chart Run: 11-16-20-19-16 (5 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =134

 

Lyric: This world's in The Twilight Zone, this is the fifth dimension

 

 

Kendrick Lamar's Chart History:

2014 01 i

2015 01 King Kunta

2015 01 Bad Blood (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2015 01 Classic Man (Jidenna feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2016 14 Alright

2016 16 No More Parties In L.A. (Kanye West feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2016 06 F**kin' Problems (A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

2016 05 The Greatest (Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2017 01 Humble

2017 03 Love (feat. Zacari)

2017 06 DNA

2017 02 Element

2017 04 Loyalty (feat. Rihanna)

2018 04 All The Stars (Kendrick Lamar & Sza)

2018 01 Pray For Me (The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar)

2018 01 Opps (Vince Stapes & Yugen Blakrok feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2018 14 King's Dead (Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake)

2018 03 Paramedic (SOB X RBE feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2018 08 X (ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Saudi feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2018 01 Mona Lisa (Lil Wayne feat. Kendrick Lamar)

2021 05 Family Ties (Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar)

2022 12 The Heart Part 5

2022 01 We Cry Together (feat. Taylour Paige)

2022 08 Die Hard (feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer)

2022 11 Purple Hearts (feat. Summer Walker & Ghostface Killah)

2022 18 Father Time (feat. Sampha)

2022 02 N95

2022 14 Rich Spirit

 

Summer Walker's Chart History:

2019 05 Playing Games (Summer Walker & Bryson Tiller)

2019 20 Something Real (Summer Walker, London On Da Track & Chris Brown)

2020 04 Secret (21 Savage feat. Summer Walker)

2021 01 Ex For A Reason (feat. JT)

2021 02 Unloyal (feat. Ari Lennox)

2021 07 Closure

2021 17 4th Baby Mama

2022 11 Purple Hearts (Kendrick Lamar feat. Summer Walker & Ghostface Killah)

 

Ghostface Killah's Chart History:

2022 11 Purple Hearts (Kendrick Lamar feat. Summer Walker & Ghostface Killah)

 

We have 3 tracks from the album in the top 100 but just missing out is the final track from disc 1. Summer Walker has one of my favourite singing voices so it was brilliant to see her get a whole verse. It was a nice surprise to hear Wu-Tang's Ghostface Killah with a feature too.

 

 

116. Ashe - Emotional

 

Chart Run: 14-10-15 (3 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =131

 

Lyric: I'm a million miles an hour and I'm never coming last

 

 

Ashe's Chart History:

2020 06 Moral Of The Story

2022 04 Not Mad Anymore

2022 11 Me Without You

2022 01 Another Man's Jeans

2022 07 Hope You're Not Happy

2022 01 Angry Woman

2022 04 Shower With My Clothes On

2022 10 Emotional

2022 19 omw

 

We have our first appearance from one of the breakthrough stars of the year in my charts, Ashe. This was the final track she released before 'Rae' and was the least successful of the pre-album singles. She has 4 entries in the top 100.

115. bbno$ - Mathematics

 

Chart Run: 20-(x2)-20 (2 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =217

 

Lyric: Big deal like T.J. Maxx

 

 

bbno$'s Chart History:

2019 01 Lalala (Y2K & bbno$)

2022 20 Mathematics

 

I've listened to this one a lot more than two weeks at #20 would suggest. One of the most overlooked rap hits of the year. Fun video, catchy hook and some decent punchlines.

 

 

114. Chlöe - Surprise

 

Chart Run: 10-10-15-19 (4 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =121

 

Lyric: I'ma make my neighbors proud

 

 

Chlöe's Chart History:

2021 01 Have Mercy

2022 01 Treat Me

2022 10 Surprise

2022 12 For The Night (Chlöe & Latto)

 

It has been diminishing returns so far for Chlöe but hopefully with the album presumably coming soon she will have a few more bangers to turn it around.

 

 

113. Charli XCX - Twice

 

Chart Run: 16

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =201

 

Lyric: When I let go, let my body ascend

 

 

Charli XCX’s Chart History:

2013 01 I Love It (Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX)

2014 01 Fancy (Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX)

2014 01 Boom Clap

2014 06 Break The Rules

2015 10 Doing It (feat. Rita Ora)

2016 09 After The Afterparty (feat. Lil Yachty)

2017 13 Boys

2018 08 Girls (Rita Ora feat. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha & Charli XCX)

2021 03 Good Ones

2021 01 New Shapes (feat. Christine & The Queens & Caroline Polachek)

2022 01 Beg For You (feat. Rina Sawayama)

2022 03 Baby

2022 17 Every Rule

2022 01 Lightning

2022 05 Yuck

2022 06 Used To Know Me

2022 07 Constant Repeat

2022 16 Twice

2022 20 Move Me

2022 02 Hot In It (Tiësto & Charli XCX)

2022 08 Hot Girl (Bodies Bodies Bodies)

 

At #113 we have an album track from my album of the year. This is actually the closing track to CRASH so leaves the album on a high. In what has really been the year of Charli, she has 8 entries to come in the top 100.

 

 

112. AJ Tracey - Seoul

 

Chart Run: 9-11-14-18-19 (5 weeks)

Official Peak: #58

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =116

 

Lyric: Cah the gang played with the birds like Gallagher

 

 

AJ Tracey’s Chart History:

2018 04 Butterflies (AJ Tracey & Not3s)

2018 05 Lo(v/s)er

2019 02 Psych Out

2019 13 Jackpot

2019 17 Double C's

2019 18 Country Star

2019 04 Fashion Week (Steel Banglez feat. AJ Tracey & MoStack)

2019 11 Ladbroke Grove

2019 04 Thiago Silva (Dave & AJ Tracey)

2019 02 Elastic

2019 03 Cat Pack

2019 03 Floss (feat. MoStack & Not3s)

2019 07 Halloween (feat. Young Adz)

2019 12 Zelda (feat. SahBabii & Safe)

2019 08 Kiss And Tell (AJ Tracey & Skepta)

2020 01 Dinner Guest (feat. MoStack)

2020 05 West Ten (AJ Tracey & Mabel)

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

2020 01 Miss Me (MoStack feat. AJ Tracey)

2020 12 One More Time (AJ Tracey feat. MoStack)

2020 03 Yumeko

2020 05 Hikikomori

2020 13 No Chucks

2021 01 Bringing It Back (Digga D & AJ Tracey)

2021 09 Anxious

2021 01 Little More Love

2021 05 Top Dog

2021 11 Eurostep

2021 12 Kukoč (feat. Nav)

2021 07 Cherry Blossom

2022 02 Reasonable

2022 09 Seoul

 

AJ has seemed to have lost a lot of momentum in 2022 with neither of his releases making the top 40. I really like this one when I’m listening to it but forget about it as soon as it’s done.

 

 

111. Dove Cameron - Girl Like Me

 

Chart Run: 8-12-16 (3+ weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =127

 

Lyric: Nothing makes you smaller than being a big man

 

 

Dove Cameron’s Chart History:

2021 02 LazyBaby

2022 02 Boyfriend

2022 01 Breakfast

2022 06 Bad Idea

2022 08 Girl Like Me

 

Dove got a surprise breakthrough this year with ‘Boyfriend’ becoming a top 10 hit in the UK thanks to TikTok and she’s been consistent in my charts since with each of her singles since making my top 10. Both Dove & Sofia Carson are in my top 100 this year making it a surpisingly successful year for ex-Descendants cast members.

110. Monaleo & Flo Milli - We Not Humping

 

Chart Run: 19-(x2)-19 (2 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =206

 

Lyric: He comin' off way too pushy

 

 

Monaleo’s Chart History:

2022 19 We Not Humping (Monaleo & Flo Milli)

 

Flo Milli's Chart History:

2022 19 We Not Humping (Monaleo & Flo Milli)

 

At #110 we have the Flo Milli assisted remix of Monaleo's We Not Humping. This is a brash, exciting and aggressive collab between the two rappers and is backed my one of the most bouncy beats of the year.

 

 

109. Tobe Nwigwe & Fat Nwigwe - They Want It, But No

 

Chart Run: 20-15-17-17 (4 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =160

 

Lyric: My whole hood devout and vouch for the poems out of my mouth

 

 

Tobe Nwigwe's Chart History:

2022 15 They Want It, But No (Tobe Nwigwe & Fat Nwigwe)

 

Fat Nwigwe's Chart History:

2022 15 They Want It, But No (Tobe Nwigwe & Fat Nwigwe)

 

After the original Black Panther soundtrack was one of the best albums of 2018, the Wakanda Forever soundtrack was not able to live up to the same standards but one of the highlights came from husband/wife duo Tobe and Fat Nwigwe. This was perfectly used in the film and is a great hype track. Only one song from the soundtrack has made the top 100.

 

 

108. Alesso & Katy Perry - When I'm Gone

 

Chart Run: 8-5-4-8-12-19 (6 weeks)

Official Peak: #49

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =52

 

Lyric: When I'm gone, I'm never really gone

 

 

Alesso's Chart History:

2018 01 Let Me Go (Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso feat. Florida Georgia Line & Watt)

2022 04 When I'm Gone (Alesso & Katy Perry)

 

Katy Perry's Chart History:

2013 01 Roar

2014 02 Unconditionally

2014 01 Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)

2014 04 This Is How We Do

2016 05 Rise

2017 01 Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

2017 01 Swish Swish (feat. Nicki Minaj)

2017 01 Feels (Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

2019 12 Con Calma (Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry feat. Snow)

2022 04 When I'm Gone (Alesso & Katy Perry)

 

One of the first hits in my chart in 2022, I don't think I've really thought about it at all since February. I still have some goodwill left over for Katy as she was a big part of my childhood but this is just a pretty generic dance track really.

 

 

107. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue

 

Chart Run: 5-16 (2 weeks)

Official Peak: #74

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =143

 

Lyric: I went to school and I got the big D

 

 

Wet Leg's Chart History:

2022 05 Chaise Longue

 

Certianly one of the more eccentric and unorthodox tracks of the year, maybe it was slightly too unorthodox to be a real hit. I think I overcorrected a bit when it entered my charts at #5 because it probably should have entered a week earlier and had a lower peak.

 

 

106. Mimi Webb - House On Fire

 

Chart Run: 13-6-10-19 (4 weeks)

Official Peak: #06

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =112

 

Lyric: I'll dye my hair, change my name

 

 

Mimi Webb's Chart History:

2021 19 Dumb Love

2022 06 House On Fire

 

I wasn't surprised to see this become Mimi's biggest hit as it definitely felt like her strongest release. I can't help myself from always chuckling at the line "If I'm caught I'd be out in a week. I got my story straight down to a T. Oh, I'd say, 'It wasn't me'". It doesn't sound like the strongest of alibi's Mimi.

105. Stormzy - Hide & Seek

 

Chart Run: 6-8-9-15 (4 weeks)

Official Peak: #07

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =94

 

Lyric: Heartbreak's such a dark place, but we stay in it

 

 

Stormzy's Chart History:

2015 01 Know Me From

2015 01 WickedSkengMan 4

2015 01 Shut Up

2016 05 Keep It Simple (Raleigh Ritchie feat. Stormzy)

2016 06 Scary

2016 01 Power (Little Mix feat. Stormzy)

2017 01 Big For Your Boots

2017 06 Shape Of You (Remix) (Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy)

2017 08 21 Gun Salute (feat. Wretch 32)

2017 09 Velvet / Jenny Francis Interlude

2017 08 Mr Skeng

2017 03 Cigarettes & Cush (feat. Kehlani)

2017 17 Don't Cry For Me (feat. Raleigh Ritchie)

2017 02 Cold

2017 04 Bad Boys (feat. Ghetts & J Hus)

2017 02 Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 (feat. MNEK)

2017 04 Ask Flipz (Krept & Konan feat. Stormzy)

2018 02 Let Me Down (Jorja Smith feat. Stormzy)

2019 02 Vossi Bop

2019 01 Crown

2019 04 Sounds Of The Skeng

2019 02 Wiley Flow

2019 14 Keep Talking (Krept & Konan feat. Stormzy & Cadet)

2019 15 Own It (feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy)

2019 01 Rainfall (feat. Tiana Major9)

2019 03 Audacity (feat. Headie One)

2019 05 One Second (feat. H.E.R.)

2019 10 Bronze

2019 12 Do Better

2020 16 Disappointed

2020 03 I Dunno (Tion Wayne feat. Dutchavelli & Stormzy)

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

2020 14 Superheroes

2021 10 Skengman (Ghetts feat. Stormzy)

2021 04 Clash (Dave feat. Stormzy)

2022 01 Mel Made Me Do It

2022 06 Hide & Seek

2022 08 Interlude

2022 08 My Presidents Are Black

2022 10 Need You

2022 19 Give It To The Water

 

Hide & Seek features uncredited vocals from Nigerian artists Oxlade, Äyanna and Teni and is certainly pleasant but it's not not what we want from Big Mike. Nothing from the album has made the top 100 but Stormzy will still make two appearances.

 

 

104. Brooke - That's Rich

 

Chart Run: 15-13-10-15 (4 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =119

 

Lyric: I think it's funny how you miss me when you never knew me

 

 

Brooke's Chart History:

2022 10 That's Rich

 

Ireland's entry to Eurovision has my favourite this year and I thought it was incredibly unfair that Brooke never qualified from the semi-final. In the actual final, I was obviously team Sam but Chanel's SloMo was my favourite track and that has landed just outside my top 120.

 

 

103. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Sometimes

 

Chart Run: 13-16-20 (3 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =166

 

Lyric: Drum solos from the hammers be mimicking speaking Spanish

 

 

Danger Mouse's Chart History:

2022 05 Belize (Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. MF Doom)

2022 08 Violas And Lupitas (Danger Mouse & Black Thought)

2022 12 The Darkest Part (Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. Raekwon & Kid Sister)

2022 19 Saltwater (Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. Conway The Machine)

2022 13 Sometimes (Danger Mouse & Black Thought)

 

Black Thought's Chart History:

2020 03 Yah Yah (Eminem feat. Royce da 5'9", Black Thought, Q-Tip & Denaun)

2022 05 Belize (Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. MF Doom)

2022 06 Violas And Lupitas (Danger Mouse & Black Thought)

2022 12 The Darkest Part (Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. Raekwon & Kid Sister)

2022 19 Saltwater (Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. Conway The Machine)

2022 13 Sometimes (Danger Mouse & Black Thought)

 

We're at the point where I wouldn't have begrudged the tracks from making the main chart. This is such a catchy song from the legendary duo that wasn't instantly a highlight but grew on me massively. It really was a perfect way to start the album. It's only a 2 minute opener with one verse but Danger Mouse's classic production makes it essential. The pair have two entries to come.

 

 

102. Blackpink - The Happiest Girl

 

Chart Run: 8-16-16-15-16-19 (6 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =112

 

Lyric: I can stop the tears if I want to

 

 

Blackpink's Chart History:

2018 01 Ddu-Du Ddu-Du

2018 04 Kiss And Make Up (Dua Lipa & Blackpink)

2019 02 Boombayah

2019 01 Kill This Love

2019 09 Kick It

2019 04 Don't Know What To Do

2019 17 Hope Not

2019 02 Playing With Fire

2019 03 Whistle

2019 05 As If It's Your Last

2019 05 Stay

2019 04 Forever Young

2019 18 Really

2019 19 See U Later

2020 01 Sour Candy (Lady Gaga & Blackpink)

2020 01 How You Like That

2020 01 Ice Cream (Blackpink & Selena Gomez)

2020 01 Lovesick Girls

2020 03 Crazy Over You

2020 05 Love To Hate Me

2020 09 Pretty Savage

2020 13 Bet You Wanna (feat. Cardi B)

2020 15 You Never Know

2022 01 Ready For Love

2022 01 Pink Venom

2022 01 Shut Down

2022 03 Typa Girl

2022 04 Hard To Love

2022 05 Tally

2022 07 Yeah Yeah Yeah

2022 08 The Happiest Girl

 

This has probably earned a top 100 placing through the amount of times I've streamed it but we needed one Blackpink track to miss out and this was my least favourite on the album. Don't feel too sorry for them though, the remaining seven tracks from 'Born Pink' are all safely still to come. This is unusual as it's a piano ballad from the group who's work is often backed with crazy production but this track allows their voices to shine.

 

 

101. J.I.D & J. Cole feat. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes - Stick

 

Chart Run: 14-(x15)-18-15-17 (4 weeks)

Official Peak: n/a

End-Of Year Points Chart Finish: =147

 

Lyric: Bullet hit his mouth, at least he died tastefully

 

 

J.I.D's Chart History:

2019 01 Wells Fargo (J.I.D, Buddy, Earthgang & Guapdad 4000)

2019 02 1993 (Buddy, Smino, Cozz, Earthgang, J.I.D & J. Cole)

2019 05 Down Bad (J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, Earthgang & Young Nudy)

2020 09 Still Dreamin (J.I.D, Lute & 6lack)

2020 19 Big Black Truck

2022 01 Surround Sound (feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate)

2022 14 Stick (J.I.D & J. Cole feat. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes)

2022 03 Dance Now (J.I.D & Kenny Mason)

2022 04 Can't Punk Me (feat. Earthgang)

2022 05 Money

2022 13 Just In Time (feat. Lil Wayne & Kenny Mason)

 

J. Cole's Chart History:

2015 03 Apparently

2015 05 Wet Dreamz

2016 19 4 Your Eyez Only

2017 04 Deja Vu

2017 04 Neighbors

2018 02 1985 (Intro To "The Fall Off")

2018 03 KOD

2018 19 Photograph

2018 12 ATM

2018 07 Kevin's Heart

2018 14 Album Of The Year (Freestyle)

2018 02 A Lot (21 Savage feat. J. Cole)

2019 03 Middle Child

2019 10 The London (Young Thug feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott)

2019 02 Sacrifices (Earthgang, Smino, Saba & J. Cole)

2019 02 1993 (Buddy, Smino, Cozz, Earthgang, J.I.D & J. Cole)

2019 05 Under The Sun (J. Cole, Lute & DaBaby)

2019 05 Down Bad (J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, Earthgang & Young Nudy)

2020 05 Snow On Tha Bluff

2020 01 The Climb Back

2020 02 Lion King On Ice

2021 03 I n t e r l u d e

2021 02 P r i d e . I s . T h e . D e v i l (J. Cole & Lil Baby)

2021 05 L e t . G o . M y . H a n d (J. Cole, Bas & 6lack)

2021 08 M y . L i f e (J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray)

2021 11 1 0 0 . M i l ' (J. Cole & Bas)

2021 17 H u n g e r . O n . H i l l s i d e (J. Cole & Bas)

2021 03 A p p l y i n g . P r e s s u r e

2021 05 The Jackie (Bas, J. Cole & Lil Tjay)

2022 05 Freedom Of Speech

2022 14 Stick (J.I.D & J. Cole feat. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes)

2022 01 London (Bia feat. J. Cole)

 

Kenny Mason's Chart History:

2022 14 Stick (J.I.D & J. Cole feat. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes)

2022 03 Dance Now (J.I.D & Kenny Mason)

2022 13 Just In Time (J.I.D feat. Lil Wayne & Kenny Mason)

 

Sheck Wes's Chart History:

2018 04 Mo Bamba

2022 14 Stick (J.I.D & J. Cole feat. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes)

 

In the unluckiest position of the year for 2022 is the Dreamville track 'Stick'. Sometimes you don't need anything complex, just a mindless bop where the hook is just the word 'Stick' being shouted is enough. The video shows clips of a live performance of this song from the Dreamville festive and my god, the vibes look insane. Just look at how much fun everyone seems to be having. This is a song made to be performed live and I would have killed to have been at the festival. JID, Cole and Kenny all have songs still to come but this is the last we'll see of Sheck Wes.