NO 73- SHAYNE WARD ( 60)- 65 POINTS

 

(Voter: Jord-7pts, Ready For It- 27pts, Lukuzz-11pts, Nick F1-20pts)

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 6

BIGGEST HIT: THAT’S MY GOAL (#1, 2005)

 

NO 72- LIONEL RICHIE ( 85) - 68 POINTS

 

(Voter: Vibe- 14pts, Ansel- 4pts, Ready For It- 18pts, Marcinjaro- 10pts, Garyfeld- 22pts)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 20

BIGGEST HIT: HELLO (#1, 1984)

 

NO 71- CRAIG DAVID ( 44) - 69 POINTS

 

(Voter: DarrenJames- 6pts, Vibe- 1pt, Cow P- 21pts, Jord- 17pts, Bjork- 6pts, Gooddelta- 18pts)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 25

BIGGEST HIT: FILL ME IN (#1, 2000) 7 DAYS (#1, 2000)

 

 

LOL Shayne Ward just a little flattered there…

Voters chart as we start the top 70

 

1 (1) Spiceboy 442

2 (7) Roba 418

3 (2) Jord 409

4 (4) Marcinjaro 396

5 (5) Chez Wombat 393

6 (11) Josh! 385

7 (6) Nick F1 372

7 (7) Detonate 372

9 (20) Leonardo 368

10 (21) Jade 356

10 (22) xajnipi 356

 

12 (3) Jason 355

12 (12) Padamic Tension 355

14 (17) Garyfeld 350

15 (18) Lukuzz 349

16 (10) Ready For It 348

17 (15) Jimwatts 343

18 (9) Ansel 339

19 (15) Gezza 337

20 (19) Mango 333

 

21 (26) Voyager 331

22 (14) Gooddelta 323

23 (13) Bjork 313

24 (30) Mack 309

25 (23) Riser 300

26 (24) DarrenJames 293

27 (31) Rough Edges 292

28 (29) Smint 288

28 (33) AH Gold 288

30 (25) Vibe 287

 

31 (28) JulianT 270

32 (26) Dandy* 268

33 (35) Y’all Starlight 255

34 (34) Joseph Styles 230

35 (32) Rabbitfurcoat 219

36 (36) Lewis GT 213

37 (37) King Rollo 158

38 (38) !!! 145

39 (40) WhoOdyssey 137

40 (41) Pete From Leeds 134

 

41 (39) Cow P 126

 

Craig David has/had a really impressively tenacious career (not sure if his time as a chart artist may finally be over now, but then again it kind of died for a while before and then made a big comeback so perhaps never to be written off) - has his fair share of bangers, mostly pre-comeback for me but I do love 'When The Bassline Drops' too.

Still 7 acts left climbing from outside the top 100 and 5 new entries to come!

My parents loved Hello and Endless Love so much that they have to be played everytime we're going out by our car. :lol:

Enjoying Insomnia, Ain't Giving Up (yes, a Sigala song :D), I Know You, When The Bassline Drops, Heartline (prod by Jonas Blue :D) from Craig David's Top 100 discogs too.

Several songs by all of those I enjoy but a bit surprised Shayne is this high up tbh!

 

Oof back up to 2nd in leaderboard :dance:

Shayne has no business being anywhere near this high but I have to say I have a massive soft spot for 'No Promises' :wub:

Craig David obviously has plenty of bangers and I wouldn't have begrudged him finishing a bit higher than this tbh.

Lionel Richie is a legend with plenty of iconic smashes in his discography. I think 'Hello' is a tad overplayed by this point but I particularly enjoy 'My Destiny'.

Pleasantly surprised that Tyler is the only artist I’ve lost in the top 100 so far.

 

There’s one from my votes that I was shocked made the top 100 so can’t believe hasn’t dropped out yet. Especially with how long ago Stormzy and Childish Gambino dropped from my votes. I didn’t see this artist having more appeal on Buzzjack than them!

NO 70- CHARLIE PUTH ( 177) - 69 POINTS

 

(Voter: Joseph Styles- 20pts, Josh!- 26pts, Jason- 6pts, Nick F1- 17pts)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS; 7

BIGGEST HIT: SEE YOU AGAIN (#1, 2015) MARVIN GAYE (#1, 2015)

 

 

NO 69- GARY BARLOW ( 49) - 70 POINTS

 

(Voter: Padamic Tension- 30pts, Lukuzz- 13pts, Gooddelta- 27pts)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9

BIGGEST HIT: FOREVER LOVE (#1, 1996) LOVE WON’T WAIT (#1, 1997) SING (#1, 2012)

 

 

NO 68 - LEWIS CAPALDI ( 101) - 71 POINTS

 

(Voter: DarrenJames- 13pts, Joseph Styles- 8pts, Josh!- 10pts, Lukuzz- 9pts, Jason- 8pts, Jimwatts- 17pts, WhoOdyssey- 6pts)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 10

BIGGEST HIT: SOMEONE YOU LOVED (#1, 2019) BEFORE YOU GO (#1, 2019) FORGET ME (#1, 2022) POINTLESS (#1, 2022) WISH YOU THE BEST (#1, 2023)

 

 

Wow thought both Gary and Lewis would be way higher - not that I voted for them.

Liked both 'Attention' and 'How Long' from Charlie Puth.

My favourites from Lewis are 'Someone You Loved', 'Forever' and 'Hold Me While You Wait' - the sophomore slump was real though. Interesting question whether 'Green Green Grass' or 'Pointless' affected the respective artists' credibility the most (although I like both songs fwiw).

Was hoping Gary would be much higher but he dropped a good few places.

A handful of tracks I like from Lewis and Charlie. Not a fan of Gary though especially his solo stuff oops.

Charlie has a few good tunes (although I wouldn't say that 'Marvin Gaye' is one of them). Quite liked his last album too.

Gary Barlow is lower than I expected but about where he deserves to finish. Yes he can write a decent song but I've always found him vocally really weak, Robbie has an infinitely better voice than him!

Lewis does have a few good songs but I'm definitely a bit bored of him now, it'd be nice if he could somehow switch up his sound for the next era, all his songs are a bit too samey for me.

Very MOR selection today. 'Hold Me While You Wait' is a great song though.