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How is 2024 shaping up for you so far, musically speaking? Is it better or worse than last year? Which artists are impressing you the most this year? Favourite songs and albums so far?

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I'd say Ariana Grande and Vampire Weekend's albums have defined my year the most so far and Billie Eilish's will almost certainly be doing the same in the coming months. The "big pop girl" releases have felt non-stop at the moment with the likes of Beyoncé, Dua and Taylor releasing recently too! Charli may not quite be on the same level in terms of success, but her album is just around the corner as well of course. Speaking of Charli... an unexpected highlight of the year is electro clash music having a bit of a moment again, with both 'Von dutch' and the return of 'Perfect (Exceeder)' in the top 40.

 

#1 singles in my personal chart this year so far are courtesy of: TR/ST, Ariana, The Blinders, Everything Everything, Dua, Chalk, Vampire Weekend and Fontaines D.C. so yay these people.

 

I've added 202 songs to my 'best of 2024' playlist at the moment, compared to 243 for 2023 at the same point, so a bit of a decline there but still pretty good going.

2024 has been head and shoulders above 2023 for me so far. Last year was one of the least inspiring years for music in ages, felt like a general drought for new albums, new artists, and chart music just didn't appeal to me as much. Thankfully, 2024 has been a big improvement on all fronts! I've discovered some great new artists including Artemas, Djo and Lay Bankz from their viral hits, and several of my favourites have released this year too.

 

Favourite songs of 2024 so far, in no particular order:

 

Alec Benjamin - Sacrifice Tomorrow

Ariana Grande - yes, and?

Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

Benson Boone - Slow It Down

Daniel Seavey - The Older You Get

Djo - End of Beginning

Jacqline - Effortless

Marcus & Martinus - Unforgettable

Perrie - Forget About Us

The Kid LAROI - HEAVEN

Ulrik Munther & Free Will - This Right Here

 

And albums:

 

Alec Benjamin - 12 Notes

Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine

Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades

Conan Gray - Found Heaven

Metteson - Look to a Star

Michael Aldag - sorry for everything

Powfu - the fleeting life of a fool

Shaznay Lewis - Pages

Tom Odell - Black Friday

Think this year really got me into different genres. Last year I think I'm exploring more electronic stuff and this year I think I'm exploring more vogue+afrobeats stuff, or ethnic music in general.

 

the drama is much worse for sure, especially in the K-pop sphere with the Min Heejin vs. HYBE debacle, and of course in the western world with the Drake vs. Kendrick beef, the Nicki vs. Megan beef, etc. That being said... this has been the most exciting time to be a chart watcher in YEARS. It really feels like 2012 when anything could take off on the radio/streaming charts again. I've become more invested in albums than I was before and overall it feels a lot more plentiful than recent years. Hell, Billboard feels like it's gone in so many different lanes lately. My faves include:

 

Songs:

Ariana Grande - yes, and?

Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)

Artemas - i like it when you kiss me

Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em

Conor Maynard - Maybe I

(G)I-DLE - Super Lady

Madison Beer - Make You Mine

Muni Long - Made For Me

Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed

Reneé Rapp/Megan Thee Stallion - Not My Fault

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

Selena Gomez - Love On

Twenty One Pilots - Overcompensate

(+ a few holdovers from 2023 like Lovin On Me, Stay (Never Leave), Water, Houdini, Standing Next To You, and the like)

 

Albums:

Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine

Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (my fave album so far!)

Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

(G)I-DLE - 2

IVE - IVE SWITCH

 

I'm pretty sure things are only gonna go up with new Twenty One Pilots and Namjoon solo on Friday, as well as new Charli, Camila, Stray Kids, EVERGLOW and now Zedd coming up :w00t: let's just hope the world doesn't blow up before then!

I've definitely been listening to a lot more music this year than last year! Faves have been the deluxe version of Caroline Polachek's album, and new releases from Mahmood, Charli XCX, Shygirl and Dua Lipa. Feels like there's definitely a dark clubby sound coming into fashion which I'm really here for. In terms of new discoveries, I've enjoyed getting into Empress Of, several Eurovision artists, and some BJSC faves like Fat Dog.

 

Looking towards the rest of the year, hyped for Charli's new album, I actually can't think of any others I'm really looking forward to right now but I'm sure something will surprise me!

 

Just a quick 10 fave songs + albums, no particular order:

1. Mahmood - TUTA GOLD

2. Caroline Polachek - Coma

3. Dua Lipa - Training Season

4. Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness

5. Charli XCX - Von dutch

6. Angelina Mango - La noia

7. Marina Satti - ZARI

8. Beyoncé - BODYGUARD

9. Shygirl ft. Kingdom & Empress Of - 4eva

10. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

 

1. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well

2. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER

3. Mahmood - NEI LETTI DEGLI ALTRI

4. Shygirl - Club Shy

5. Alizzz - Conducción Temeraria

6. Allie X - Girl with No Face

7. Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

8. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

9. Empress Of - For Your Consideration

10. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

2024 has been year full of many ups and downs for me. Some of the albums released this year have been truly magnificent, my top 5 in order from best being Billie Eilish's latest beauty of an album, Vampire Weekend's sensational 'Only God Was Above Us', sax god Kamasi Washington's 'Fearless Movement', Justice's 'Hyperdrama' and the punch 'You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To' from Knocked Loose. I would say that The Smile, Ariana, Beyoncé, Four Tet & MGMT's latest albums would make up the rest of my top 10. We truly have been served :heart:

 

The EPs this year have been fantastic as well: 'Club Shy' (from Shygirl), 'Unheard' (from Hozier) & 'Connla's Well' (from Maruja) all instantly stand out. As for the genre that I stan the most, hip-hop, there haven't been any particularly incredible records released (with an exception made for Yeat's wonderful '2093'). There have been some fantastic hip-hop tracks, many of which are a result of the Drake vs Kendrick feud, the best one being Metro Boomin's 'BBL Drizzy" :cheeseblock: Some great chart hits as well this year ('MILLION DOLLAR BABY' and 'Starburster' + 'Bandit' charting for their respective artists.

 

Then again, some utter rubbish has been released. That god awful MGK X Trippie Redd EP, Nicki Minaj's 'Big Foot' + there are so many more. Too many stinkers for my liking :lol:

Halfway through the year now - so what have been your favourite LPs of the year so far?

 

My top 5:

 

1. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

2. Charli xcx - BRAT

3. Bleachers - Bleachers

4. Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: Nex Gen

5. The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations

 

Other favourites:

 

Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine

Declan McKenna - What Happened to the Beach?

Elbow - AUDIO VERTIGO

ERNEST - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Green Day - Saviors

Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

Luke Combs - Fathers & Sons

Megan Thee Stallion - MEGAN

Neck Deep - Neck Deep

Yard Act - Where's My Utopia?

01. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

02. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

03. Charli xcx - BRAT

04. Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine

05. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She

 

...I think

We're halfway through the year so what are your favourite albums of 2024 so far?

 

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Edit: Just noticed that there was a Music Lounge and that my post got moved there

Edited July 3, 2024Jul 3 by DalekTurret32

Edit: Just noticed that there was a Music Lounge and that my post got moved there

Yeah, I did the same thing lol. The 'best albums so far' threads usually get more traction than this, so I think having a separate thread might've been a good idea.

I think it goes *something* like this for me.

 

Albums:

01. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

02. Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine

03. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy

04. Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

05. Zara Larsson - Venus

 

Songs:

01. Taylor Swift - But Daddy I Love Him

02. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

03. Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)

04. Taylor Swift - My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys

05. Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

06. Essy - All In It

07. Taylor Swift - So Long London

08. Taylor Swift - Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

09. Muni Long - Made For Me

10. Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please

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11. The Last Dinner Party - Beautiful Boy

12. Taylor Swift - The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

13. METTE - BET

14. Zara Larsson - You Love Who You Love

15. Taylor Swift - So High School

16. Beyoncé - Bodyguard

17. Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

18. Leigh-Anne - Stealin' Love

19. Chloe - Boy Bye

20. Loreen - Forever

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21. Taylor Swift - Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)

22. Taylor Swift - imgonnagetyouback

23. Taylor Swift - The Black Dog

24. Taylor Swift - loml

25. Dasha - Austin

26. Beyoncé - LEVII'S JEANS (feat. Post Malone)

27. Tinashe - Nasty

28. Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em

29. Dua Lipa - Falling Forever

30. girl in red - You Need Me Now? (feat. Sabrina Carpenter)

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31. Gracie Abrams - Close To You

32. Perrie - Forget About Us

33. The Last Dinner Party - Burn Alive

34. Doja Cat - MASC (feat. Teezo Touchdown)

35. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

36. Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine

37. Taylor Swift - Peter

38. Taylor Swift - Robin

39. Taylor Swift - The Bolter

40. Raleigh Ritchie - Love Is Dumb

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41. Raleigh Ritchie - Security

42. Beyoncé - AMERICAN REQUIEM

43. Saweetie - NANi

44. Nothing But Thieves - Oh No :: He Said What?

45. Twenty One Pilots - Next Semester

46. Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim

47. Olly Alexander - Dizzy

48. Noah Kahan - Homesick (feat. Sam Fender)

49. Rachel Chinouriri - Never Need Me

50. Ariana Grande - the boy is mine

As far as number ones go, it's actually been a surprisingly good year! :o

 

Last Christmas - eternal slay

Stick Season - overplayed but a really good song

Texas Hold Em - felt like it came and went pretty quckly but a great lead single from Bey and it gave her her first solo #1 in 16 years!

Beautiful Things - incredible breakout song from Benson and I think he'll be one of the major players over the next few years!

Too Sweet - an unexpected smash from Hozier 10 years after his first and last huge hit. Still haven't got bored of it!

Fortnight - probably my second least fave but still one of Taylor's better songs. Admittedly feels a bit too dark to listen to atm. :lol:

Espresso - this is a superstar-making hit and will be remembered as one of the defining songs of 2024. HIT!

Houdini - far from the worst Eminem single and I personally love the nod to his earlier (better) music.

Please Please Please - a worthy successful follow-up to Espresso further cementing Sab's position as a major pop girl.

 

Will we have an outright awful #1 before the end of the year? :o

After some album re-listens, I think my current top 10 albums is now:

 

1. Post Malone - F-1 Trillion

2. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

3. Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene

4. Charli xcx - BRAT

5. Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: NeX GEn

6. Megan Thee Stallion - MEGAN

7. Luke Combs - Fathers & Sons

8. Neck Deep - Neck Deep

9. The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations

10. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas

My top three is majorly unchanged (with an exception for BRAT) but there have been some fantastic albums since I last posted in this thread:

 

1. Charli xcx - BRAT

2. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

3. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

4. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai

5. Joey Valence & Brae - NO HANDS

6. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement

7. JPEGMAFIA - I Lay Down My Life For You

8. Denzel Curry - King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2

9. Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: NeX GEn

10. Justice - Hyperdrama

11. Jack White - No Name

12. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

13. Chidlish Gambino - Bando Stone And The New World

14. Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

15. The Smile - Wall Of Eyes

 

Honourable mentions:

 

James Blake & Lil Yachty - Bad Cameo

Porter Robinson - SMILE! : D

Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

I think from a charts point of view this has perhaps been my favourite year since 2020.

 

(It kind of helps I guess as well that female solo acts have done really well this year so far and albums wise when looking at studio albums what have come out this year the females are really smashing here).

 

Billie has my album of the year so far :wub:

My selections of songs released in 2024, with the release date of the single or the album that feature the track.

 

10/01/2024 Jennifer Lopez "Can't Get Enough"

19/01/2024 Caitlyn Smith "I Think of You"

09/02/2024 The Veronicas "Here to Dance"

10/02/2024 Beyoncé "Texas Hold 'Em"

01/03/2024 Olly Alexander "Dizzy"

08/03/2024 Ariana Grande "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"

15/03/2024 Cascada "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

22/03/2024 Delta Goodrem "Hearts on the Run"

29/03/2024 Beyoncé "Black Bird"

18/04/2024 Will Young "Falling Deep"

26/04/2024 Jack Johnson & Stick Figure "Home

03/05/2024 Caitlyn Smith "Static"

10/05/2024 Thomas Rhett "Beautiful As You"

16/05/2024 Troye Sivan "Honey"

17/05/2024 Sophie and the Giants "Shut Up and Dance"

22/05/2024 Nelly Furtado "Love Bites"

24/05/2024 Charlie Puth "Hero"

24/05/2024 Sublime & Stick Figure "Feel Like That"

05/06/2024 Ray Lamontagne "Step Into Your Power"

07/06/2024 Will Young "Midnight"

07/06/2024 Orville Peck "Midnight Ride"

21/06/2024 Cascada "Call Me"

21/06/2024 Coldplay "feelslikeimfallinginlove"

02/07/2024 Billie Eilish "Birds of a Feather"

11/07/2024 Katy Perry "Woman's World"

19/07/2024 JADE "Angel Of My Dreams"

26/07/2024 Cody Simpson "Fly"

01/08/2024 Orville Peck "Back At Your Door"

08/08/2024 Katy Perry "Lifetimes"

06/09/2024 Boyzlife "I Would"

20/09/2024 Kelsea Ballerini "Two Things"

03/10/2024 Pete Murray "Wouldn't It Be Good"

11/10/2024 Olly Alexander "Cupid's Bow"

11/10/2024 Zedd & John Mayer "Automatic Yes"

18/10/2024 Sophie Ellis-Bextor "Freedom Of The Night"

 

Edited November 4, 2024Nov 4 by isanka