Still love this!

Wait... skipping Wham! is a no brainer albeit it's probably #1 today but Benson and Tommy really?

'Lovin' On Me' didn't make last year's EOY so fair enough, feels pretty old now though.

Edited December 27, 20241 yr by jimwatts

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Mark Ambor

Belong Together

 

 

3rd single from Rockwood

Released: 16th February 2024

Label: Mark Ambor

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (28/03/2024) | 94-54-22-14-13-12-11-13-11-15-15-14-14-17-16-14-12-16-42-46-51-49-56-75-64-59-68-68-70-72-71-80-85-72-78-x

 

Sales: 700,000+

Certification: Platinum

 

15 Sales

13 Audio Streaming

90 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Singer and songwriter Mark Ambor's ebullient relationship songs tend to favor uplifting, reassuring messages. After beginning to share his music in the late 2010s, finding support on social media, and releasing the singles collection Hello World in 2022, he made his Billboard Hot 100 debut with the bouncy, foot-stomping "Belong Together" in 2024. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2024 11 Belong Together -1-

2024 55 Run Rudolph Run -NAS-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 0 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 2 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Mark Ambor

 

I love "Mark Ambro" x

 

(I do love this song a lot :wub: )

that would've been the ideal point to reveal this week's top five singles too, I guess that won't be happening until the end of the show now then if at all

 

oh boo at this Mark Ambor song

Very impressive that this is so high given it never went top 10.

Ooh at Million Dollar Baby staying ahead of Slow It Down! Boo at Wham going top 30. Too bad 31 and 29 were skipped

 

Slow It Down completely collapsed on Spotify in December going from doing over a million a week to just 600k in four weeks (it even dropped out this week).

 

Makes you question the legitimacy of the chart run after being so stable for so long

I love "Mark Ambro" x

Lol.

that would've been the ideal point to reveal this week's top five singles too, I guess that won't be happening until the end of the show now then if at all

 

They revealed the weekly top 20 before the year's top 5 last year. They'll probably try to align the reveal with when they'd do it on a regular show

"Mark Ambro" :lol: sleighing off the one-hit wonder tag with his Spotify exclusive

Mark Ambor and fellow popstar Amber Mark should get married and swap last names

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Eminem

Houdini

 

 

1st single from The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)

Released: 31st May 2024

Label: Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (13/06/2024) | 1-1-3-4-6-7-4-6-6-10-45-52-60-66-73-76-83-80-82-83-97-x

 

Sales: 700,000+

Certification: Platinum

 

01 Sales

01 Audio Streaming

01 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

On 1999’s “My Name Is,” Eminem entered the public imagination with a mandate: “God sent me to piss the world off.” From his provocative early work to the redemption narratives of his 2002 Hollywood star vehicle 8 Mile and beyond, he has more or less stayed true to form, holding a mirror to the American psyche—and his own—with an incisiveness rarely matched before or since. Raised in working-class Detroit, the artist born Marshall Mathers in 1972 got his start as a battle rapper, reaching the ears of then-Interscope Records CEO Jimmy Iovine and future mentor Dr. Dre. Only months before, he had been fired from his job as a line cook, where he worked nearly 60 hours a week to support his infant daughter—an origin story that set the tone for his career. Dark, funny, and frequently violent, his breakthrough albums (1999’s The Slim Shady LP and 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP) established him as pop culture’s premier bogeyman, a bleached-blonde devil traumatized by circumstance who rapped about killing everyone from his mentor to his mother with such ferocity and wit that you’d almost forget he had the wrong idea. The result was a sound that reached beyond hip-hop into the heart of suburban America: rap not as social reportage but as primal-scream therapy. He even delved deep into his personal journey through addiction on 2009’s Relapse and 2010’s Recovery. Yet as he has matured—fame, stability, sobriety, an Oscar for 8 Mile centerpiece “Lose Yourself”—he’s retained his edge, taking shots at politics and society with a frustration that’s bordered on relentless. He even takes square aim at his career-making alter ego on 2024’s The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), lamenting his ill-fitting position in a woke cultural landscape. As always, Em reserves his harshest words for himself, refracting his insecurities—about his family, his music, his cultural relevance—into verses that only make him seem more human. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1999 02 My Name Is -1- MILLIONAIRE

1999 05 Guilty Conscience (feat. Dr Dre) -2-

2000 07 Forgot About Dre (Dr Dre feat. Eminem) MILLIONAIRE

2000 01 The Real Slim Shady -1- MILLIONAIRE

2000 08 The Way I Am -2-

2000 01 Stan (feat. Dido) -3- MILLIONAIRE

2001 63 Scary Movies (Bad Meets Evil feat. Eminem & Royce)

2002 01 Without Me -1- MILLIONAIRE

2002 04 Cleanin' Out My Closet -2-

2002 01 Lose Yourself -OST- MILLION SELLER

2003 06 Sing For The Moment -3-

2003 06 Business -4-

2004 01 Just Lose It -1-

2005 01 Like Toy Soldiers -2-

2005 04 Mockingbird -3- MILLIONAIRE

2005 04 Ass Like That -4-

2005 04 When I'm Gone -1*-

2006 01 Smack That (Akon feat. Eminem) MILLIONAIRE

2007 32 You Don't Know (Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Ca$his) -1-

2009 04 Crack A Bottle (feat. Dr Dre & 50 Cent) -1-

2009 04 We Made You -2-

2009 56 3AM -3-

2009 12 Beautiful -4-

2009 61 Old Time's Sake -5-

2009 73 'Till I Collapse -6- MILLIONAIRE

2009 42 Forever (Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem)

2010 51 Drop The World (Lil Wayne feat. Eminem)

2010 05 Not Afraid -1- MILLIONAIRE

2010 02 Love The Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) -2- MILLION SELLER

2010 33 No Love (feat. Lil Wayne) -3-

2010 82 Won't Back Down (feat. P!nk) -AT-

2011 34 Space Bound -4-

2012 92 Numb (Rihanna feat. Eminem)

2013 02 My Life (50 Cent feat. Eminem & Adam Levine)

2013 90 Shake That (feat. Nate Dogg) -2*-

2013 02 Berzerk -1-

2013 05 Rap God -PS- MILLIONAIRE

2013 22 Survival -PS-

2013 01 The Monster (feat. Rihanna) -2- MILLIONAIRE

2013 67 Beautiful Pain (feat. Sia) -AT-

2013 94 Love Game (feat. Kendrick Lamar) -AT-

2013 66 Headlights (feat. Nate Ruess) -3-

2013 63 Calm Down (Busta Rhymes feat. Eminem)

2014 10 Guts Over Fear (feat. Sia) -1-

2015 57 Phenomenal -OST-

2015 82 Kings Never Die (feat. Gwen Stefani) -OST-

2017 56 No Favors (Big Sean feat. Eminem)

2017 33 Revenge (P!nk feat. Eminem)

2017 07 Walk On Water (feat. Beyoncé) -1-

2017 73 Untouchable -IG-

2017 01 River (feat. Ed Sheeran) -2-MILLIONAIRE

2017 19 In Your Head -AT-

2018 84 Like Home (feat. Alicia Keys) -AT-

2018 41 Majesty (Nicki Minaj feat. Eminem & Labrinth)

2018 04 The Ringer -AT-

2018 06 Lucky You (feat. Joyner Lucas) -2-

2018 08 Fall -1-

2018 13 Killshot -NAS-

2018 16 Venom -OST-

2019 15 Homicide (Logic feat. Eminem)

2020 01 Godzilla (feat. Juice WRLD) -1-

2020 12 Those Kinda Nights (feat. Ed Sheeran) -AT-

2020 17 Darkness -AT-

2020 44 The Adventures Of Moon Man & Slim Shady (Kid Cudi & Eminem)

2020 65 Gnat -AT-

2020 100 Black Magic (Eminem & Skylar Grey) -AT-

2021 77 Killer -PS-

2021 46 Last One Standing (Skylar Grey, Polo G, Mozzy & Eminem)

2022 86 The King And I (feat. CeeLo Green) -OST-

2022 51 From The D 2 The LBC (Eminem & Snoop Dogg) -1-

2023 95 Lace It (Juice WRLD, Eminem & benny blanco)

2024 01 Houdini -1-

2024 29 Tobey (Eminem, Big Sean & BabyTron) -PS-

2024 11 Habits (Eminem & White Gold) -AT-

2024 13 Renaissance -AT-

2024 38 Brand New Dance -AT-

2024 78 Fuel (Eminem & JID) -AT-

 

11 x #1 | 25 x Top 5 | 33 x Top 10 | 42 x Top 20 | 49 x Top 40 | 77 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Eminem

 

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Natasha Bedingfield

Unwritten

 

 

3rd single from Unwritten

Released: 29th November 2004

Label: Sony Music Entertainment UK

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (11/12/2004) | [6-9-11-10-10-21-34-37-47-55-58-70-x

RE (12/03/2005) | 99-95-x

RE (03/02/2007) | 98-86-x

RE (14/07/2007) | 97-x]

RE (18/01/2024) | 24-18-13-13-14-14-14-12-12-15-12-17-16-15-18-23-21-29-29-26-68-74-80-87-93-89-80-80-84-90-83-85-75-82-94-87-89-84-83-98-94-98-x

 

Sales: 1,900,000+

Certification: 3x Platinum

 

06 Sales

15 Audio Streaming

55 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Looking back at her breakthrough successes in the early 2000s, pop singer Natasha Bedingfield knows exactly why her music connected on such a massive scale. As she tells Apple Music, “It had this innocent positivity that comes from real-life situations and sometimes a lot of pain—but going through that and being uplifted.” Born in 1981, the West Sussex native comes by that inspirational power honestly: Among her pre-fame pursuits was writing and singing for the London branch of the Hillsong contemporary-worship empire. But with its shimmering fusion of Alanis’ edgy alt-pop and Lauryn Hill’s empowering R&B, Bedingfield’s 2004 solo debut, Unwritten, refashioned her as secular crossover star, albeit one whose catwalk-ready swagger was undercut by a self-effacing relatability. On her first UK No. 1 hit, “These Words,” she demystifies her own songwriting process in a manner that suggests you should try it too, while the album's dew-sparkled titled track is a rapturous ode to tapping your inner creativity (a message that got somewhat clouded when it became the theme song to MTV’s posh-kid hate-watch The Hills). Bedingfield continued to radiate positivity throughout the decade, via upbeat funky bops like “I Wanna Have Your Babies” and 2008’s self-explanatory “Pocketful of Sunshine.” After taking an extended hiatus—marked by one-off collaborations, TV gigs, and new motherhood—Bedingfield resurfaced with 2019’s Linda Perry-produced Roll With Me, which saw the singer coloring her motivational stories with an expanded musical palette of Caribbean rhythms and old-school ‘60s soul. “When you write a hit song, you can easily get caught in a trap where you’re trying to write songs that everyone will like,” Bedingfield tells Apple Music. “But we’re all in our own lane and we all have to evolve and grow.” - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2004 03 Single -1-

2004 01 These Words -2-

2004 06 Unwritten -3- MILLIONAIRE

2005 12 I Bruise Easily -4-

2007 07 I Wanna Have Your Babies -1-

2007 07 Soulmate -2-

2008 20 Love Like This (feat. Sean Kingston) -1-

2008 42 Bruised Water (Chicane vs Natasha Bedingfield)

2024 22 These Words (Badger & Natasha Bedingfield)

 

1 x #1 | 2 x Top 5 | 5 x Top 10 | 7 x Top 20 | 7 x Top 40 | 10 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Natasha Bedingfield

 

The inferior Houdini song

Objectively speaking, skipping Eminem is silly, but subjectively I won't complain :lol:

 

It's a bit annoying that they played so many older songs earlier on that they're having to skip the bigger, fresher hits of the year though.

 

Unwritten :wub: :wub:

good they skipped the bad Houdini

 

yay for Unwritten

 

Eminem skipped :o Can't say I'm too mad his album this year was a bit rubbish bar Tobey

Boo at them skipping Houdini. My favourite song of the year.

(also sorry I was too aghast at Benson being skipped to post a 31-100 recap, I'll just leave it til after #21 now x)

Unwritten :wub:

 

Loved the resurgence this has had!

 

(and the other still to come...)