March 26, 20232 yr Author 68 | BJSC 130 Lance & Linton Best Time's Right Now Semi Final: 24th (44 points) Final: DNQ Personal Chart Peak: #2 Think this was something I found trawling through Spotify recommendations. Every now and then you find something brilliant, and this was just that. The huge EDM-pop of Lancelot Hedman-Graaf and Linton Calmroth was just what I was after in late 2020 and it was an easy BJSC choice for me. Sadly, the euphoria of Best Time's Right Now didn't translate into the contest and it DNQd, which I remember being a disappointment for me. Nevertheless, another couple of singles from the duo arrived in 2021 and they had a chart-topper with Death of Me (though it's I'm Alive that's solidified itself as my favourite). The duo took a hiatus in late 2021 when Lancelot began a solo career, taking part in 2022's Melodifestivalen (bombing harder there than he did in BJSC but still just as undeserved!). (oh and "NC Carson", whoever that is, has somehow worked their way onto the credits of all Lance & Linton songs on digital platforms recently ) TARO Bellamia Chart History 28/11/2020 | 02 | 10 weeks | Best Time's Right Now | NAS | 5-2-7-12-24-12-16-25-32-36-x 20/02/2021 | 05 | 08 weeks | I'm Alive | NAS | 5-5-9-12-16-27-33-34-x 01/05/2021 | 01 | 07 weeks | Death of Me | NAS | 1-2-4-11-20-28-36-x S0Vnbc_hTDM
March 26, 20232 yr Author 67 | BJSC 96 Marija Dance Like Nobody's Watching http://i.imgur.com/xZa8y9W.png Semi Final: 21st (40 points) Final: DNQ Personal Chart Peak: #1 Another one that I expected much more from! Marija Žeželj is a Serbian singer, model and writer (apparently), releasing a string of singles in 2017-18. The first of these was Dance Like Nobody's Watching, a song that was quite possibly a YouTube recommendation or something similar (not sure how else I'd have found it). I loved the song straight away and it debuted at #1 in my singles chart, feeling like the perfect BJSC entry. It wasn't to be, though, and it just missed out on qualifying. Marija's next couple of singles didn't fare as well in my chart, and she's not released anything since 2018. Going by her Instagram, it seems that modelling is her top priority currently! TARO Bellamia Chart History 01/07/2017 | 01 | 08 weeks | Dance Like Nobody's Watching | NAS | 1-2-7-11-16-24-28-39-x 30/12/2017 | 25 | 03 weeks | Louder Than a Drum | NAS | 36-25-30-x 28/07/2018 | 21 | 01 weeks | All the Girls | NAS | 21-x SCvzJQQVAuc
March 27, 20232 yr Author 66 | BJSC 58 Houseshaker featuring Amanda Blush Light the Sky http://i.imgur.com/brZJVpv.png Semi Final: 6th (75 points) Final: 12th (98 points) Personal Chart Peak: #8 Riding high off my first top 10 hit, I almost made it two in a row with my second biggest hit to that point coming straight after. I found Houseshaker's Light the Sky on some random MP3 source I used years back, I think it was part of a compilation album for Kontor, the label (I also got another potential, Firebird by Lisa Aberer, from it, though I never used that one obviously). I know very little about Houseshaker, but it would appear they're a Swiss DJ duo. They've not released anything since Light the Sky, though a few singles came before dating back as far as 2006! Vocalist Amanda Blush graced BJSC again a year later when I sent her own track Give It All. TARO Bellamia Chart History Houseshaker 10/08/2013 | 08 | 08 weeks | Light the Sky (feat. Amanda Blush) | NAS | 23-8-13-14-15-18-23-28-x Amanda Blush 10/08/2013 | 08 | 08 weeks | Light the Sky (Houseshaker feat. Amanda Blush) | FEAT | 23-8-13-14-15-18-23-28-x 07/06/2014 | 04 | 08 weeks | Give It All | NAS | 4-5-10-14-16-21-28-36-x w_f5wLVmCy4
March 27, 20232 yr Author 65 | BJSC 93 The Beach Bite My Tongue http://i.imgur.com/P9x0SuH.png Semi Final: 18th (45 points) Final: 28th (149 points) Personal Chart Peak: #8 The Beach is the stage name of British singer George Morgan, who released his debut single Thieves in early 2015. I discovered him a year later with his song Geronimo, a super catchy indie-pop track that became a top 10 hit in my chart, and undoubtedly a BJSC potential in the moment. Though I never sent it, I did make full use of follow-up single Bite My Tongue, which proved to be more of a slow-burner in my personal chart (see its chart run below), but was a much more substantial hit in the end. I don't think I had any expectations for Bite My Tongue, but it qualified and achieved a pretty respectable final placement in the end! I've paid a little attention to The Beach since, with another song, Bridge Back to Your Heart, making my top 10 not long after Bite My Tongue, though subsequent singles I heard were less good. TARO Bellamia Chart History 09/07/2016 | 06 | 03 weeks | Geronimo | NAS | 6-15-30-x 21/01/2017 | 08 | 15 weeks | Bite My Tongue | NAS | 12-18-31-36-40-10-8-11-10-11-16-19-27-31-35-x 18/03/2017 | 06 | 05 weeks | Bridge Back to Your Heart | PS | 25-6-11-18-31-x 25/11/2017 | 36 | 01 weeks | U. R. Beautiful | 1 | 36-x cDU28eUmH8M
March 27, 20232 yr Author 64 | BJSC 79 The Ready Set Freakin' Me Out http://i.imgur.com/hMcwm7U.png Semi Final: 3rd (95 points) Final: 34th (141 points) Personal Chart Peak: #5 Only six spots above Good Enough, The Ready Set's Freakin' Me Out has stood up as my favourite of the two songs I sent by him. I first discovered The Ready Set in 2014 on a blog with his song Higher, which was a minor hit in my personal chart, and proceeded to forget about him until I saw something about Freakin' Me Out - possibly its video release but hard to tell as the original upload doesn't exist anymore! Either way, it was about a year and a half later, quite the gap considering it's from the same album as Higher. Freakin' Me Out sailed through the semi final in a huge third place, but collapsed somewhat in the final; I guess it got super lucky with its semi-final spot! It's still super infectious now and it's hard to resist that chorus I think. TARO Bellamia Chart History 19/04/2014 | 35 | 01 weeks | Higher | 1 | 35-x 12/09/2015 | 05 | 08 weeks | Freakin' Me Out | 2 | 5-5-7-10-15-22-25-34-x 13/02/2016 | 01 | 09 weeks | Good Enough | 1 | 1-2-3-6-11-23-30-32-37-x 9zTPxYe63u8
March 27, 20232 yr Author 63 | BJSC 129 Malou Prytz Tik Tok Semi Final: AQ Final: 33rd (144 points) Personal Chart Peak: #5 After a couple of Melodifestivalen entries, Swedish popstar Malou Prytz released Tik Tok, a pop banger that has no relation to the app its title is spelt like. Just months before, Malou had hit my personal top 10 with the gorgeous Ballerina, but Tik Tok soared to become her first top 5 hit. At that point, I'd just come second with Isac Elliot's Weekend, and a potential auto-qualifier was on the cards. However, without it being a guarantee, I didn't want to take risks, so sent Tik Tok, a song I thought would probably qualify anyway. Regardless, it got the AQ, and Tik Tok finished 33rd in the final (I can't say I didn't hope for better!). Since then, Malou has returned to Melfest, but Bananas didn't set the contest nor my chart alight in the same way. TARO Bellamia Chart History 02/03/2019 | 21 | 02 weeks | I Do Me | 1 | 21-33-x 15/02/2020 | 07 | 07 weeks | Ballerina | NAS | 35-8-7-10-14-22-37-x 24/10/2020 | 05 | 08 weeks | Tik Tok | NAS | 5-10-11-14-15-23-27-39-x 12/02/2022 | 11 | 02 weeks | Bananas | NAS | 11-27-x z623Jl4jgEE
March 27, 20232 yr Author 62 | BJSC 124 jens In or Out Semi Final: 25th (34 points) Final: DNQ Personal Chart Peak: #1 A discovery from Spotify in summer 2019, Norwegian singer Jens Fredrik Solberg had a handful of hits under his belt already by the time In or Out came out in the thick of lockdown 1.0. With just the right level of hype, In or Out debuted at #1 in my chart and spent two weeks at the summit, making it the easy frontrunner for my next BJSC entry. It didn't capture everyone else's attention as much as it did mine, DNQing in the contest, but I still love the breezy vibe of this track. jens hasn't released anything since this track's parent EP later in 2020, and has barely even been active on his social media, though he did say in August 2021 that he'd been working on new music. TARO Bellamia Chart History 10/08/2019 | 03 | 05 weeks | Lottery | NAS | 3-7-18-32-36-x 28/09/2019 | 04 | 05 weeks | Awkward | NAS | 4-10-16-29-38-x 02/11/2019 | 10 | 04 weeks | Wish I Was Right for You | 1 | 10-14-23-30-x 25/04/2020 | 01 | 10 weeks | In or Out | 2 | 1-1-2-5-10-17-29-26-33-40-x 02/05/2020 | 15 | 03 weeks | A Place to Call Home | OST | 15-18-34-x 20/06/2020 | 09 | 03 weeks | Nocturnal | 3 | 9-20-31-x 01/08/2020 | 01 | 14 weeks | Someone Else (Bastiaan & jens feat. Wiktoria) | FEAT | 37-5-9-9-11-8-1-3-11-18-22-25-31-32-x 03/10/2020 | 14 | 02 weeks | Tough Love | AT | 14-37-x 03/10/2020 | 23 | 01 weeks | Johanna | AT | 23-x yMQao9c6-CI
March 27, 20232 yr really enjoying reading this thread even tho the taste doesn’t always overlap can’t wait to see how too high sideswipe is ♥️ tydi for #1
March 27, 20232 yr Author really enjoying reading this thread even tho the taste doesn’t always overlap can’t wait to see how too high sideswipe is ♥️ tydi for #1 Thanks Lew :heart: nothing is too high for R Froy x
March 27, 20232 yr Author 61 | BJSC 133 EBEN Ghost Town Semi Final: 13th (64 points) Final: 41st (107 points) Personal Chart Peak: #2 Friend and housemate to some of its members, I discovered EBEN when he supported boyband Why Don't We on tour in 2018. First time round, I wasn't that fussed. Much of his stuff wasn't really doing anything for me at that point, but I saw him live a few more times, always as Why Don't We's support act over 2018 and 2019. There was no denying EBEN's stage presence, and in 2020, he released a song that I loved at first listen. The Kids Are Alright didn't quite make #1, nor did later single, 2021's Ghost Town, which felt like a bit of a risk when I entered it to BJSC. It's a catchy, fun pop track with no strings attached, and the production is *chef's kiss*. I was glad when it qualified as I wasn't really expecting that, so a lower placement in the final didn't bother me. EBEN hasn't charted since and a couple of his post-Ghost Town singles that I've heard once again haven't been to my taste, but these two songs clearly show his potential. TARO Bellamia Chart History 20/06/2020 | 02 | 07 weeks | The Kids Are Alright | 2 | 10-2-3-3-8-18-27-x 06/03/2021 | 02 | 06 weeks | Ghost Town | 2 | 2-5-12-22-31-35-x U4YYerx5DZQ
March 27, 20232 yr Author 60 | BJSC 95 We the Kings featuring Olivia Holt Sad Song (RJ Remix) http://i.imgur.com/WuQwf1o.png Semi Final: 17th (63 points) Final: 34th (145 points) Personal Chart Peak: #1 Another artist I sent having discovered them first time round in BJSC! We the Kings first represented Taahino with I Like It, a song I really enjoyed in the contest and went back to pretty regularly afterwards. While trawling for entries, I visited their Spotify page and listened to a couple of songs, including the original mix and RJ remix of Sad Song. The former features Elena Coats, the latter Olivia Holt, though why the guest vocalist was changed I'm not sure, but either way, I adored both versions of the track and it stormed to the top of my personal chart, beating new releases from Shawn Mendes (There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back) and Charlie Puth (Attention). It was the remix that really clicked with me, though, and I picked that version to send to BJSC, even editing a version of the video to suit the remix; it's an essential part of the song's package in my opinion and part of why it clicked so much. I listened to We the Kings' compilation album So Far at the time but haven't heard any of their releases since, which span until just last month! Olivia Holt's made a few appearances since, and I also watched her starring in Cruel Summer alongside fellow TARO Bellamia artist Froy Gutierrez. TARO Bellamia Chart History We the Kings 17/10/2015 | 16 | 03 weeks | I Like It | AT | 36-16-32-x 29/04/2017 | 01 | 08 weeks | Sad Song (feat. Elena Coats or Olivia Holt) | 5 | 1-2-6-8-17-22-31-35-x Olivia Holt 22/04/2017 | 29 | 01 weeks | Party On a Weekday (MYBADD & Olivia Holt) | FEAT | 29-x 29/04/2017 | 01 | 08 weeks | Sad Song (We the Kings feat. Elena Coats or Olivia Holt) | FEAT | 1-2-6-8-17-22-31-35-x 12/09/2020 | 38 | 01 weeks | love u again (Olivia Holt & R3HAB) | NAS | 38-x 05/06/2021 | 34 | 01 weeks | Today | OST | 34-x 03/07/2021 | 20 | 01 weeks | Next | NAS | 20-x wW_glv7KpFM
March 27, 20232 yr Author 59 | BJSC 83 Benjamin Body http://i.imgur.com/eTMXfmw.png Semi Final: 14th (62 points) Final: 37th (133 points) Personal Chart Peak: #3 One of the biggest hitters in my personal chart over 2015-2017 was Finnish popstar Benjamin Peltonen, who I discovered in summer 2015 with huge anthem Young and Restless (before it was sent to BJSC by Farahtyn!), which finished third in my 2015 EOY chart. Body was the first proper single from the album campaign for his debut release Fingerprints, which went on to be my favourite album of 2016, and it didn't disappoint. I knew I wanted to have Benjamin on TARO Bellamia's roster too so I sent Body to the contest, and it was a moderate hit, finishing low in the final but, most importantly, qualifying. Benjamin is of course in the current contest with his Eurovision reject Hoida mut, which saw him return to my personal chart top 10 for the first time since 2017 in January! In the interim, I'd heard quite a few of his Finnish-language songs, but none hit the spot quite as much as the Fingerprints era did. TARO Bellamia Chart History 18/07/2015 | 01 | 21 weeks | Young and Restless | 3 | 25-2-2-2-3-1-4-5-8-12-15-19-16-24-24-24-31-35-40-x-28-39-x 31/10/2015 | 01 | 18 weeks | Unbreakable | 2 | 5-2-5-7-1-2-4-6-8-7-8-8-12-18-22-26-33-40-x 02/01/2016 | 26 | 02 weeks | Carry You Home | AT | 26-27-x 05/03/2016 | 03 | 15 weeks | Body | 4 | 10-3-4-6-8-12-15-12-14-15-22-22-29-35-38-x 25/06/2016 | 03 | 14 weeks | Man On the Moon (feat. Sweet California) | 5 | 30-3-3-4-7-11-15-20-26-23-25-31-34-33-x 02/07/2016 | 27 | 03 weeks | Underdogs | 1 | 34-27-30-x 11/03/2017 | 01 | 10 weeks | Bad Luck Love | NAS | 1-2-3-5-7-12-17-21-25-36-x 18/08/2018 | 30 | 03 weeks | Naarmuja (feat. IBE) | 1 | 37-30-35-x 21/01/2023 | 06 | 04 weeks | Hoida mut | NAS | 6-15-24-32-x svP419W9lmE
March 28, 20232 yr Ghost Town is soooo catchy! I wouldn't have guessed it was from only two years ago, feels older than that for some reason :thinking:
March 28, 20232 yr Author Ghost Town is soooo catchy! I wouldn't have guessed it was from only two years ago, feels older than that for some reason :thinking: Thanks Jordan, I remember you being a fan of it at the time *.*
March 28, 20232 yr Author 58 | BJSC 119 Alyssa Reid A Million Voices Semi Final: 27th (27 points) Final: DNQ Personal Chart Peak: #1 One of the most hilarious things about BJSC is listening to St. Burbia entry More Than Friends by ASHS and dishing out 7 points in the final, not even slightly twigging that ASHS is actually Alyssa Reid, one of my favourite artists of the 2010s!!! It wasn't until later on in 2019 when Alyssa confirmed she was ASHS (it was obvious looking back but half-paying attention to one song in BJSC was my only exposure to the project at that point), attempting to make a clean break with a new sound and no prior judgement. At this point, I delved into more ASHS songs, and discovered A Million Voices, which became my immediate favourite. It topped my personal chart, Alyssa's first #1 in six years, and for the second time, I sent her to BJSC. Sadly, A Million Voices DNQd, but I still enjoy the song and found a new love for it again in late 2021/early 2022 when Alyssa released all of the ASHS songs on one album under her own name, closing the project for good. TARO Bellamia Chart History 04/02/2012 | 01 | 74 weeks | Alone Again | 1 | 1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-4-4-6-7-3-7-7-9-8-11-12-15-12-12-14-15-15-16-17-18-19-20-17-18-14-19-25-21-21-22-25-19-25-28-29-22-22-23-12-18-22-21-25-20-19-14-20-24-23-19-15-17-19-19-20-23-26-22-11-15-16-25-31-39-x-19-x 04/02/2012 | 01 | 28 weeks | The Game | 2 | 3-3-3-4-5-6-7-11-17-17-18-x-21-15-7-6-5-3-1-2-2-2-5-7-11-14-19-21-26-x 21/04/2012 | 20 | 01 weeks | Talk Me Down | 3 | 20-x 16/02/2013 | 24 | 01 weeks | Rewind Again (feat. Devlin & Diane Birch) | MASHUP | 24-x 23/03/2013 | 01 | 20 weeks | Running Guns | 1 | 1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-6-9-10-15-21-28-37-37-x 21/09/2013 | 01 | 26 weeks | Satisfaction Guaranteed | 2 | 1-1-1-2-5-6-8-11-15-19-13-17-20-22-21-26-29-31-36-34-38-8-14-21-26-36-x 09/11/2013 | 23 | 08 weeks | Mistress Claus | NAS | 23-39-x-36-35-35-x-39-x-38-x-33-x 01/02/2014 | 35 | 01 weeks | Clyde | AT | 35-x 15/02/2014 | 14 | 03 weeks | Gravity | AT | 14-23-32-x 15/02/2014 | 19 | 02 weeks | Radio Silence | AT | 19-29-x 15/02/2014 | 03 | 07 weeks | Hurricane | 3 | 24-x-3-8-11-17-23-34-x 15/02/2014 | 35 | 01 weeks | Let It All Go | AT | 35-x 18/07/2015 | 02 | 05 weeks | Dangerous (feat. The Heist) | 1 | 2-6-11-25-39-x 12/12/2015 | 13 | 05 weeks | Tomorrow | 2 | 13-18-23-27-38-x 18/06/2016 | 06 | 05 weeks | Rollercoaster | NAS | 31-6-16-24-33-x 19/11/2016 | 05 | 04 weeks | Badlands (feat. Likewise) | NAS | 5-12-22-31-x 22/07/2017 | 09 | 05 weeks | High | NAS | 9-11-15-23-36-x 05/10/2019 | 01 | 11 weeks | A Million Voices | 3 | 15-1-5-4-17-27-34-x-11-11-12-22-x 07/12/2019 | 04 | 07 weeks | Paranoid | 5 | 37-x-8-4-6-21-28-39-x 25/04/2020 | 07 | 07 weeks | Don't Call Me | 6 | 7-10-17-31-x-23-23-30-x 08/08/2020 | 10 | 05 weeks | My Ex | 7 | 34-x-14-10-14-30-x 08/01/2022 | 02 | 08 weeks | Lie | AT | 7-3-2-10-14-24-34-37-x 08/01/2022 | 05 | 06 weeks | Cold | 4 | 13-7-5-15-23-37-x 08/01/2022 | 16 | 03 weeks | Without You | 2 | 17-16-20-x 08/01/2022 | 18 | 03 weeks | More Than Friends | 1 | 18-18-23-x 08/01/2022 | 26 | 03 weeks | 3AM | AT | 27-26-36-x 08/01/2022 | 28 | 02 weeks | Ocean | 8 | 28-30-x 08/01/2022 | 35 | 02 weeks | Mean | AT | 35-37-x 08/01/2022 | 38 | 02 weeks | Din Låt | AT | 38-38-x 19/02/2022 | 01 | 09 weeks | roses | 1 | 1-4-6-10-17-21-27-27-32-x 14/05/2022 | 08 | 03 weeks | Like a Song | 2 | 8-18-40-x 09/07/2022 | 06 | 02 weeks | When It Hurts | 3 | 6-26-x BR40e4ucIfM
March 28, 20232 yr 'GHOST TOWN' is a good entry as well. Can't remember if I pointed it but if I didn't then can't have been far off!
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