Posted December 29, 2024Dec 29 Its that time of year again! Time to wrap up once again! And what a brilliant year for music it was! This is by far my favourite year musically this decade, as there has been so much incredible output, and also thanks to me turning 18 i have gained the independence to see many of these live for the first time! Top 200 has been totalled - i keep a rolling chart updating it weekly, as it is points based by chart position - #1 = 50 points, down to #50 = 1 point etc. The latest chart has been added so counting down will begin imminently!
December 29, 2024Dec 29 Author This year, there have been 39 unique chart toppers, with only 10 of them spending multiple weeks at the top. That's So True by Gracie Abrams is the longest running #1 of the year, spending 4 weeks atop the chart, whilst Taylor Swift is the artist with most weeks at #1, she has spent 11 weeks atop the chart. [37 unique artists have spent time at the top of the chart, with 8 of them having multiple chart toppers. These artists are: Noah Kahan [stick Season & Dial Drunk], Taylor Swift [say Don't Go, epiphany, Fortnight, My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys, Down Bad, The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, us., Cruel Summer], Ariana Grande [yes, and?, Sympathy is a knife, Defying Gravity], Sabrina Carpenter [You Need Me Now & Please Please Please], Post Malone [Fortnight & Dial Drunk], Charli xcx [sympathy is a knife, Apple, Everything is romantic], Gracie Abrams [us., That's So True], and Camila Cabello [GODSPEED & Find U Again]. This Year, a total of 688 songs have charted. 2024 #1s 05.01.24 | Stick Season - Noah Kahan | 1 week 12.01.24 | Say Don’t Go (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) - Taylor Swift | 3 weeks 19.01.24 | yes, and? - Ariana Grande | 1 week* 26.01.24 | Stick Season - Noah Kahan | 2 weeks 02.02.24 | You Love Who You Love - Zara Larsson | 1 week 09.02.24 | Stick Season - Noah Kahan | 3 weeks 16.02.24 | Scared To Start - Michael Marcagi | 1 week 23.02.24 | End of Beginning - Djo | 1 week* 01.03.24 | End of Beginning - Djo | 2 weeks 08.03.24 | Austin - Dasha | 1 week* 15.03.24 | Waiting Room - Phoebe Bridgers | 1 week* 22.03.24 | epiphany - Taylor Swift |1 week* 29.03.24 | You Need Me Now? - girl in red ft. Sabrina Carpenter | 1 week* 05.04.24 | i like the way you kiss me - Artemas | 1 week* 12.04.24 | i like the way you kiss me - Artemas | 2 weeks 19.04.24 | Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan | 1 week* 26.04.24 | Fortnight - Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone | 1 week* 03.05.24 | My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys - Taylor Swift | 1 week 10.05.24 | Down Bad - Taylor Swift | 1 week 17.05.24 | The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - Taylor Swift | 1 week 24.05.24 | get him back! - Olivia Rodrigo | 1 week 31.05.24 | The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - Taylor Swift | 2 weeks 07.06.24 | Down Bad - Taylor Swift | 2 weeks 14.06.24 | Genesis. - RAYE | 1 week* 21.06.24 | Sympathy is a knife - Charli xcx | 1 week 28.06.24 | us. - Gracie Abrams ft. Taylor Swift | 1 week* 05.07.24 | Messy - Lola Young | 1 week 12.07.24 | Tough - Quavo & Lana Del Rey | 1 week 19.07.24 | Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter | 1 week 26.07.24 | Angel Of My Dreams - JADE | 1 week* 02.08.24 | Apple - Charli xcx | 1 week 09.08.24 | Fortnight - Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone | 2 weeks 16.08.24 | A Tear In Space (Airlock) - Glass Animals | 1 week* 23.08.24 | Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift | 1 week 30.08.24 | Dial Drunk - Noah Kahan & Post Malone | 1 week 06.09.24 | WE PRAY - Coldplay ft. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI | 1 week 13.09.24 | Genesis. - RAYE | 2 weeks 20.09.24 | GODSPEED - Camila Cabello | 1 week 27.09.24 | Burning Down - Alex Warren | 1 week* 04.10.24 | Find U Again - Mark Ronson ft. Camila Cabello | 1 week 11.10.24 | Silverlines - Damiano David & Labrinth | 1 week 18.10.24 | Sympathy is a knife - Charli xcx ft. Ariana Grande | 2 weeks 25.10.24 | That’s So True - Gracie Abrams | 1 week* 01.11.24 | Swim - Becky Hill | 1 week 08.11.24 | That’s So True - Gracie Abrams | 2 weeks 15.11.24 | That’s So True - Gracie Abrams | 3 weeks 22.11.24 | 2 hands - Tate McRae | 1 week* 29.11.24 | Defying Gravity - Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande | 1 week* 06.12.24 | everything is romantic - Charli xcx ft. Caroline Polachek | 1 week 13.12.24 | That’s So True - Gracie Abrams | 4 weeks 20.12.24 | 2000 Miles - The Pretenders | 1 week 27.12.24 | 2000 Miles - The Pretenders | 2 weeks *symbolises a #1 debut
December 29, 2024Dec 29 Author Schedule: This evening: Top Albums, Contenders Tomorrow: just missing out selection Tuesday: Top 200 countdown begins!
December 30, 2024Dec 30 Author Top 40 albums of 2024: 40. Fireworks & Rollerblades - Benson Boone 39. Born To Die - Lana Del Rey 38. Lust For Life - Lana Del Rey 37. You Signed Up For This - Maisie Peters 36. No Hard Feelings - Leigh-Anne 35. The Dance - Fleetwood Mac 34. Still Learning - Caity Baser 33. Am I Okay? - Megan Moroney 32. Venus - Zara Larsson 31. Megan - Megan Thee Stallion 30. Fearless (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift 29. Speak Now (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift 28. Midnights - Taylor Swift 27. SOS - SZA 26. Red (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift 25. The Great American Bar Scene - Zach Bryan 24. SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo 23. evermore - Taylor Swift 22. HIT ME HARD & SOFT - Billie Eilish 21. folklore - Taylor Swift
December 30, 2024Dec 30 Author Top 40 Albums of 2024: 20. Greatest Hits - Avril Lavigne 19. Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves 18. Radical Optimism - Dua Lipa 17. Lover - Taylor Swift 16. The Good Witch - Maisie Peters Avril starts off the top 20 with her best of compilation, boosted by the fact I saw her live for the first time this summer! The GH really showed how strong her back catalogue is, though I wish it featured some more of her recent material! Kacey released a beautiful album in Deeper Well, and while underwhelming compared to her other albums, Radical Optimism is a strong album from Dua at 18! Lover is at #17 thanks to being the opening set of the Eras Tour, and The Good Witch stayed strong in 2024, after being the biggest album of 2023 for me!
December 30, 2024Dec 30 Author Top 40 Albums of 2024: 15. GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo 14. eternal sunshine - Ariana Grande 13. Short n Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter 12. C,XOXO - Camila Cabello 11. 1989 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift GUTS continued to do well into 2024, and the deluxe and tour helped that. eternal sunshine is a very underappreciated album imo, some great highlights! Sabrina dominated officially with SNS, and though i do like it it has nothing on emails i can't send, which is a phenomenal release! C,XOXO was very divisive, i fell into the category of an enjoyer, though there are some skips, but the highlights like twentysomethings, June Gloom, Dade County Dreaming and GODSPEED really make up for those! 1989 (Taylor's Version) is at #11, with its standout track Say Don't Go charting all through the year!
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author Top 40 Albums of 2024: 10. This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway - Lola Young I have mentioned it a couple times, but I have been a fan of Lola's for years! Her debut had some incredible songs which did very well last year, but this album pushed her a step higher! Conceited became her highest charting single ever, until Messy, which became her first #1 here in July (once again... i am ahead of the trend :kink: the same way i was for Escapism) and is still charting now! This would no doubt be even higher, had she not postponed her tour from December to March :( 9. Believe Me Now? - Becky Hill Believe Me Now?, though not *better* than her debut Only Honest On The Weekend, is a true body of work. This album does feel like an album rather than a Greatest Hits, which her debut felt like. It had a solid rollout with some great singles like Disconnect and Never Be Alone, and as a whole the album works so well. Swim and Darkest Hour are two of her very best songs and I am glad she takes time to show off her incredible vocals. 8. THINK LATER - Tate McRae Think Later came out right at the tail end of 2023, so its momentum continued well into the new year. It is such a brill album, with songs for all the vibes. I love how you have your fun, kiss-off bops like greedy or exes, but also some songs that delve into Tate's personal struggles like calgary or plastic palm trees, this was a incredible follow up to an incredible debut and really shows Tate's personal growth. Experiencing this live the night before my 18th birthday was also very special.
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author Top 40 Albums of 2024: 7. COWBOY CARTER - Beyonce Cowboy Carter is one of those albums that you have to play start to finish. Sure, tracks like Texas Hold Em, Bodyguard, II Most Wanted or Levii's Jeans can easily be played by themselves, but this album is a true experience. From the interludes that flow into songs, to the variery of tracks, this was a crafted album, and it was crafted incredibly! I am really intrigued to see the 3rd installment in this trio of albums from Beyonce, cos this one will be very hard to beat. 6. My 21st Century Blues - RAYE although this came out early on in 2023, i still can't stop playing it! THE best debut album ever in my opinion, it is just perfect. I also adore the various live versions from Montereux Jazz fest or the Royal Albert Hall, as they are some unique spins on these incredible tracks. And Genesis' release this year really felt like a good way to round out this era (until Oscar Winning Tears went viral lol), I cannot wait to see what else she brings, the bar is so incredibly high. 5. The Rise & Fall Of A Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan I remember seeing lots of my mutuals posting about this when it came out and i gave it a brief listen and didnt think id ever see it again. That was, until i heard Good Luck, babe, and i instantly got hooked. I went straight back to this album, and wow, what an album it is. Like RAYE, above, technically Chappell only released the one song in glb, but that song feels tied to this album, the way Genesis is tied to m21cb! I cant wait to see what else she brings.
December 31, 2024Dec 31 I've never listened to Avril's Greatest Hits but I love every other album in your #11-20 section :wub: 'The Good Witch' is comfortably my favourite album of the decade so far so I'm delighted to see it last another year in your top 20. I'm beyond hyped for MP3 now. I initially thought 'Deeper Well' wasn't as good as Kacey's last couple of albums but I completely changed my mind after seeing her live. The deluxe tracks are all great additions too. 'eternal sunshine' is my album of the year!
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author Heya! Thanks for commenting! TGW is just so perfect, I adore it so much and I agree, sooo hyped for MP3! I have to say I deeper well isn’t her best, but it is such an easy listening album. So many lovely tracks! Eternal sunshine was great, very underrated imo. Some of her very best work is on it!
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author Top 40 Albums of 2024: 4. The Secret of Us - Gracie Abrams I was late on the Gracie train. I’ve liked some of her stuff in the past but never a true fan till this year. Risk was the song that changed it, such a song! And then the album was so great too! us. Was an immediate highlight but it had so many incredible songs like Blowing Smoke, Let It Happen and Free Now. And rounding it out with the deluxe and That’s So True, which is such a bop! So glad she’s having her moment!
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author Top 40 Albums of 2024: 3. Stick Season - Noah Kahan Noah kicked off this year with a bang, with Stick Season immediately becoming his first #1, alongside multiple further top 10s, the album got its chart moment with the release of the Forever deluxe version, allowing several songs to shine! Although the album feels, like evermore, autumn through and through, i found myself coming back over and over again, and seeing him live twice in summer was a phenomenal experience!
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author Top 40 Albums of 2024: 2. BRAT - Charli xcx I have been a fan of charli for a while, growing up I loved her pop hits, and as i grew up her music also changed alongside my tastes, though some of her more left field stuff isn't my cup of tea. Crash was a solid era, but when she dropped Von dutch i knew i had to be sat for this! Such a wow moment, and then the album came. Truly the soundtrack to summer, and then the deluxe being more mellow in autumn really fitting the autumn vibe too! Such a stunner body of work with so many varied and incredible songs!
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author Top 40 Albums of 2024: 1. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT - Taylor Swift Who else would it be?! I knew from the moment I pressed play that this would be my AOTY. At first with all 31 tracks it was a lot to process, but I could not stop myself from coming back! and every time i found something new and something more special! Truly a phenomenal album and such a brilliant body of work, as much as I wish Taylor would do more of a classic roll out, the silent treatment worked for ttpd, allowing the music to speak for itself!
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author Top 40 albums of 2024: 40. Fireworks & Rollerblades - Benson Boone 39. Born To Die - Lana Del Rey 38. Lust For Life - Lana Del Rey 37. You Signed Up For This - Maisie Peters 36. No Hard Feelings - Leigh-Anne 35. The Dance - Fleetwood Mac 34. Still Learning - Caity Baser 33. Am I Okay? - Megan Moroney 32. Venus - Zara Larsson 31. Megan - Megan Thee Stallion 30. Fearless (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift 29. Speak Now (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift 28. Midnights - Taylor Swift 27. SOS - SZA 26. Red (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift 25. The Great American Bar Scene - Zach Bryan 24. SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo 23. evermore - Taylor Swift 22. HIT ME HARD & SOFT - Billie Eilish 21. folklore - Taylor Swift 20. Greatest Hits - Avril Lavigne 19. Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves 18. Radical Optimism - Dua Lipa 17. Lover - Taylor Swift 16. The Good Witch - Maisie Peters 15. GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo 14. eternal sunshine - Ariana Grande 13. Short n Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter 12. C,XOXO - Camila Cabello 11. 1989 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift 10. This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway - Lola Young 9. Believe Me Now? - Becky Hill 8. THINK LATER - Tate McRae 7. COWBOY CARTER - Beyonce 6. My 21st Century Blues - RAYE 5. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan 4. The Secret of Us - Gracie Abrams 3. Stick Season - Noah Kahan 2. BRAT - Charli xcx 1. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT - Taylor Swift
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Author A selection from the unlucky bunch who just missed out. 201. A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey I listened before it became a global smash, and though i liked it at first i was tired of it before it even reached the top 10 very overrated officially imo, though a solid song. 203. Misery Business - Paramore My Eras Tour openers, this standout song of theirs is just 2 points out! 205. Conceited - Lola Young This made a solid placement last year but it just missed out making the EOY 2 years jn a row! not to worry though as she'll defo be making appearances, including a veeery high up one! 213. Never Lose Me - Flo Milli, SZA & Cardi B The original was a bop enough, but this remix is just *chefs kiss* 218. Rich Baby Daddy - Drake, SZA & Sexyy Redd This was unironically suchhh a bop, from SZA's slick verse to Red's earworm hook. The best thing Drake put his name to in yearsss, and this year pushed him even lower into the ground he was sinking into :kink:
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