NO 78- ( 68) KELLY ROWLAND- 76 POINTS

 

 

(Voters: Cow cow- 3pts, Mack- 3pts, jra1989- 8pts, AaronTM- 7pts, Spiceboy – 3pts, Nick F1- 11pts, Hermespice- 24pts, Vibe- 17pts)

 

13 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: DILEMMA (#1, 2002), WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER (#1, 2009)

 

NO 77- ( 83) ARETHA FRANKLIN- 77 POINTS

 

 

(Voters: Dandy*- 17pts, Marcinjaro- 8pts, Jimwatts- 21pts, Jade- 6pts, Garyfeld- 16pts, Vibe- 9pts)

 

16 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) (#1, 1987)

 

 

My 3 Aretha favourites: Rock Steady, I Say A Little Prayer, Respect

Omg I can’t believe I forgot Aretha Franklin on my list!!! Same for Sophie Ellis Bextor she could have scraped it too!

Ooft that low for reigning champion of Rolling Stone's All Time Greatest Vocalist? Sacrilege :o not sure she'd have made my list granted

A climb and 77 points for position #77... I'll take it *.* what a legend, I think Aretha is the fifth person to fall out of my votes now.

 

I'd check out "To Bring You My Love" album - regarded as one of her strongest especially 'Down by the Water'. If you love 'Man-Size' you'd love a lot of the rockier ones on that but it does showcase her art rock/electronica a lot too.

 

My favourite album of hers is definitely 'Is this Desire?' - captivating and hypnotic journey into a tortured lonely soul, although it's an extremely bleak, raw album in parts so may not be the best for starters - check out the two singles 'Perfect Day Elise' (video above) and 'The Wind' though as they are fairly accessible.

 

All of her albums are very strong though and she tends to change style for each era coming up as authentic each time. She's not really commercial (apart from maybe 'Stories from the City Stories from the Sea') but great with coming up with hooks.

Thank you for these recommendations! I'll definitely get on it at some point.

Looking forward to Olivia's next album. Hoping she'll deliver and won't suffer the second album slump.

Awww shame Sophie didn't finish a bit higher. My third act to fall.

Always thought Kelly Rowland was a bit over-rated so I'm actually surprised she's finished as high as she has!

Aretha is a legend of course, love her voice. 'I Say A Little Prayer' remains my favourite from her but I love some of her lesser known 90s stuff too, particularly 'A Deeper Love' and 'A Rose Is Still A Rose'.

Love Sophie but didnt have room for her this year!

 

Kelly and Aretha two of my favourites 🥰

NO 76- ( 55) NATALIE IMBRUGLIA- 78 POINTS

 

 

(Voters: Jason- 7pts, jra1989- 2pts, Mango- 21pts, Gezza- 5pts, Feel the fever- 8pts, Spiceboy- 4pts, DarrenJames- 7pts, Josephstyles- 24pts)

 

10 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: TORN (#2, 1997) BIG MISTAKE (#2, 1998)

 

 

NO 75- (52 ) SELENA GOMEZ- 79 POINTS

 

 

(Voters: Jackjones- 9pts, LewisGT- 22pts, Jason- 5pts, JackTheStallion- 1pt, Josh!- 18pts, Rogue- 5pts, Y’all Starlight- 5pts, Hermespice- 2pts, Josephstyles- 12pts)

 

18 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: LOVE YOU TO LOVE ME (#3, 2019)

 

 

NO 74- ( 80) CIARA- 81 POINTS

 

 

(Voters: Tafty- 11pts, JackTheStallion- 30pts, AaronTM- 17pts, Nick F1- 23pts)

 

8 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: GOODIES (#1, 2005)

 

 

Natalie :wub: not her falling from last time even after winning The Masked Singer, whilst Ciara climbs from last time despite not being heard of since about 2010 :unsure:

A few stats- we have 6 climbers into the top 100 left and just 4 new entries.

Natalie :wub: not her falling from last time even after winning The Masked Singer, whilst Ciara climbs from last time despite not being heard of since about 2010 :unsure:

People release music even though they don't chart :)

NO 73- ( 39) SHERYL CROW- 82 POINTS

 

 

(Voters: Dandy*- 5pts, Riser- 25pts, Bjork- 20pts, WhoOdyssey- 16pts, Smint- 16pts)

 

16 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: ALL I WANNA DO (#4, 1994)

 

NO 72- ( 71) ALISON MOYET- 84 POINTS

 

 

(Voters: Dandy*- 11pts, Marcinjaro- 22pts, Dante77- 10pts, Gezza- 26pts, Pete From Leeds- 15pts)

 

9 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE (#2, 1985)

 

NO 71- ( 170) TOVE LO- 84 POINTS

 

 

(Voters: Rough Edges- 8pts, Jimwatts- 9pts, JackTheeStallion- 4pts, AH Gold- 19pts, Elgornio- 6pts, Rogue- 14pts, Nick F1- 19pts, !!!- 5pts)

 

4 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: STAY HIGH (#6, 2014) HEROES (WE COULD BE) (#6, 2015)

 

I really need to listen to more of Tove's albums as I enjoyed the last one and she has many great singles!

My 3 favourites from Tove Lo: Stay High (have to say I prefer the Hippie Sabotage remix), Borderline, No One Dies From Love.