Each week, new releases from the world of pop are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner. The winners will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2025.

Week 39 results:

Zara Larsson - Blue Moon 10

Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT 5

Sigrid - Two Years 4

5 Seconds of Summer - NOT OK 3

Olly Murs - Bonkers 3

Rita Ora - All Natural 2

Myles Smith - Stay (If You Wanna Dance) 1

Ruel - Wild Guess 1

Sam Ryder - Better Man 1

Corbyn Besson feat. TZUYU - Blink 0

Greyson Chance - Flip the Record 0

Marcus & Martinus - The Room 0

Total votes: 30

Zara Larsson makes it a hat-trick with Blue Moon following wins earlier in the year with Pretty Ugly and Midnight Sun, taken from her new album Midnight Sun receiving pretty much universal acclaim. Results are more spread out this week though with all but three songs receiving votes.

Week 40:

Choose one song that is your favourite from the selection of new releases this week. Feel free to post a rate of the songs in the thread.

Here are this week's contenders:

BENEE - Underwater

Dermot Kennedy - Melodies

Ella Eyre - hell yeah

Henry Moodie - mood swings

Joshua Bassett - Blue

Lauren Spencer Smith - Thick Skin

Louis Tomlinson - Lemonade

Luke Combs - Days Like These

Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia

Victoria Justice - Love Zombie

Results of this week's poll will be revealed in next week's thread. The poll will remain open until 04:59 on Friday!

Pop Track of the Week 2025: Winners

Week 1: Celeste - Everyday

Week 2: JADE - IT girl

Week 3: Kylie Minogue & YouNotUs - Someone For Me

Week 4: Tate McRae - Sports car

Week 5: Tom Grennan - Shadowboxing

Week 6: Lady Gaga - Abracadabra

Week 7: Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman

Week 8: Tate McRae - Revolving door

Week 9: Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else

Week 10: Remember Monday - What The Hell Just Happened?

Week 11: JADE - FUFN (F**k You For Now)

Week 12: Jonas Brothers - Love Me to Heaven

Week 13: Ariana Grande - twilight zone

Week 14: Ed Sheeran - Azizam

Week 15: MARINA - CUNTISSIMO

Week 16: Addison Rae - Headphones On

Week 17: Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly

Week 18: MØ - Lose Yourself

Week 19: PinkPantheress - Illegal

Week 20: Jessie J - Living My Best Life

Week 21: Reneé Rapp - Leave Me Alone

Week 22: Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun

Week 23: Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild

Week 24: Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

Week 25: JADE - Plastic Box

Week 26: Lewis Capaldi - Survive

Week 27: Agnes - MILK

Week 28: BLACKPINK - JUMP

Week 29: Mae Muller - Hello Kitty

Week 30: Olly Murs - Save Me

Week 31: Chappell Roan - The Subway

Week 32: Rita Ora - Joy

Week 33: Girls Aloud - Singapore (Definitive Version)

Week 34: Perrie - If He Wanted to He Would

Week 35: Sabrina Carpenter - Tears

Week 36: Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance

Week 37: JADE - Unconditional

Week 38: Madison Beer - yes baby

Week 39: Zara Larsson - Blue Moon

The Fate of Ophelia

"The Fate Of Ophelia" is great - beside that a weak week.

Henry for me this week, but obviously gonna be a runaway for Taylor

Love Louis' comeback single and also Henry Moodie... but neither holds up to Taylor!

how is taytay landsliding this 😭

2 minutes ago, uhsting said:

how is taytay landsliding this 😭

Ikr! Justice for Henry x

She's on 13 lol. Hope no more votes, 13 is perfect to end on

13 too many i fear x

Dermot Kennedy.

My personal rankings for Week 40;

1. Ella Eyre – hell yeah

2. Taylor Swift – The Fate of Ophelia

3. Lauren Spencer Smith – Thick Skin

4. Louis Tomlinson – Lemonade

5. Victoria Justice – Love Zombie

6. Henry Moodie – mood swings

7. BENEE – Underwater

8. Dermot Kennedy – Melodies

9. Luke Combs – Days Like These

10. Joshua Bassett – Blue

Sorry to spoil the 13 votes but chose Taylor x

Far from her best album but this song is wonderful

Can't say I have any interest in this new Taylor album, given the lyrics I've seen and the reviews, as I don't enjoy her most of the time anyway.

But, The Fate Of Ophelia in all of its "melody reminding me of Remedy by Little Boots" glory is a good song and the best of this list, so gulps actually voting for Tay x