January 8Jan 8 Survivor sneaking into the top half of competition shows! I hope you'll check out season 50 to experience some of the legends, and of course a season with Cirie *.*Big Brother US in the top 2 is so deserved, a wildly entertaining season!
January 8Jan 8 Author 22 hours ago, HarryGarfield said:So many things i agree withcher i think in every section i agree with the top ranking16 hours ago, Riser said:Survivor sneaking into the top half of competition shows! I hope you'll check out season 50 to experience some of the legends, and of course a season with Cirie *.*Big Brother US in the top 2 is so deserved, a wildly entertaining season!Thank you both!! Survivor's really becoming an essential show for me
January 8Jan 8 Author Songs: Top 300Absolutely racing through the first 100 songs as not every track needs its own bespoke commentary! Among notable happenings are the first top 10 hits to drop, the lowest this year being VÆB with their Eurovision banger RÓA, which remains extremely fun but it had a short shelf life. Cher Lloyd is just one spot above with comeback single Head Down, which became her first top 10 hit in six years (while fellow X Factor alum Diana Vickers just missed a new top 10 hit with Ice Cream, one spot above Cher Lloyd).New artists (to my chart, at least!) appearing in these sections include Building the Band winners 3Quency and contestants Midnight Til Morning, as well as Isabel Wood (who scores one of the top non-top 10 hits of the year), beaux, Luca George, Chloe Qisha, Iggi Kelly, and Melodifestivalen's SCARLET, Arwin, Vilhelm Buchaus and Maja Ivarsson. Some of these have more songs to come - Midnight Til Morning and Iggi Kelly have another top 10 hit each to come, while both of Arwin's debut hits have dropped out already, with non-top 10 hit SPACEBOY outdoing top 10 This Dream of Mine.291 Alice Chater - Bed of Lies | 19-x292 Dasha - Not At This Party | 18-x293 Anson Seabra - Gone Girl | 16-39-x294 Isac Elliot - Oma Vika | 13-x295 Eddie Benjamin & Shawn Mendes - HOME | 14-36-x296 Daniel Seavey - Second Wind | 14-37-x297 Kesha - THE ONE. | 12-15-29-x298 Eddie Benjamin - RUN! | 12-40-x299 Alex Sampson - Used to You | 13-27-x300 Katy Perry - bandaids | 20-40-x281 Conan Gray - Caramel | 20-x282 Agnes - MILK | 20-35-x283 Alok & Kylie Minogue - last night i dreamt i fell in love | 17-39-x284 Isabel LaRosa - Cry for You | 16-13-40-x285 Ceechynaa - Peggy | 24-22-18-12-15-33-x286 Corbyn Besson - Tied Up | 17-35-x287 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman | 18-34-x288 Two Friends feat. Corbyn Besson - No One Else | 16-x289 Omar Rudberg - I’m Not a Boy | 19-27-x290 ONEFOUR, The Kid LAROI & Imogen Heap - Distant Strangers | 19-x271 3Quency - Top Down | 12-x272 Will Linley - First Love | 20-x273 Artemas - superstar | 12-32-x274 Adam Woods - Little Things | 12-x275 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun | 15-x276 Alex Spencer - Bucket List | 15-35-x277 Maria Sur - Follow | 15-33-x278 Jonah Marais - Heart's Back Home | 15-x279 Avicii & Elle King - Let's Ride Away | 29-19-29-40-x280 Maja Ivarsson - Kamikaze Life | 18-23-35-x-14-30-x261 beaux - I'll Be Here When You're Back | 35-18-23-40-x262 Kesha - BOY CRAZY. | 19-39-x263 Isac Elliot - Ai Että | 17-x264 Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT | 15-30-x265 Isac Elliot - Sata Enkelii | 11-x266 Lily Allen - Fruityloop | 18-28-x267 Dove Cameron - Romeo | 20-x268 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop | 16-24-29-38-x269 Agnes - EGO | 19-x270 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild | 11-20-30-34-x251 Diana Vickers - Ice Cream | 11-28-x252 Cher Lloyd - Head Down | 9-20-40-x253 VÆB - RÓA | 9-20-x254 Benson Boone - I Wanna Be the One You Call | 17-x255 Powfu - rotting with the moon | 15-24-x256 Anson Seabra - Haunt Me | 13-32-x257 Anne-Marie - Knock-Knock | 12-39-x258 Oklou & underscores - harvest sky | 14-26-x259 Sabrina Carpenter - Tears | 18-28-x260 Ezra feat. Powfu - hourglass | 18-17-23-28-34-x241 Ulrik Munther - Ja visst gör det ont | 14-9-19-33-x242 Benson Boone - Reminds Me of You | 16-x243 Lily Allen - Relapse | 20-23-x244 Arwin - This Dream of Mine | 9-20-x245 Maren Morris - Welcome to the End | 26-32-40-19-30-x246 Vilhelm Buchaus - I'm Yours | 10-23-x247 Powfu - i'll keep protecting you | 23-10-22-x248 Jack Avery - TAKE THE WHEEL | 10-19-30-x249 Michael Schulte & ÁSDÍS - Half of My Heart | 20-33-x250 Corbyn Besson & Jeremih - Summer | 10-19-33-x231 SCARLET - Sweet N’ Psycho | 23-17-x232 Artemas - i guess u never really cared about me | 10-19-29-x233 Selena Gomez, benny blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up | 10-20-37-x234 Hilary Duff - Mature | 14-12-20-34-x235 Anson Seabra - Wrapped Up (With You) | 9-21-33-x236 Ava Max - Lovin Myself | 11-30-x237 Chloe Qisha - I Lied, I'm Sorry | 16-27-36-x238 Charlie Puth - Changes | 10-25-30-x239 Iggi Kelly - Break My Heart | 11-20-28-x240 Louise - Borderline | 14-x221 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us | 12-17-13-19-23-...222 Lily Allen - West End Girl | 14-19-x223 Lancelot - Håll Ihop | 10-22-33-x224 Luca George - Crying in the Bathroom | 23-27-28-20-16-23-27-...225 Ava Max - Wet, Hot American Dream | 13-33-x226 Kylie Minogue & YouNotUs - Someone for Me | 8-18-39-x227 Cardi B - Don’t Do Too Much | 22-13-13-15-26-x228 Alyssa Reid - seven | 8-18-40-x229 Anne-Marie - That's What You Get | 9-20-x230 Shouse & Cub Sport - Only You | 38-20-19-21-37-x211 Kesha - YIPPEE-KI-YAY. | 9-21-32-x212 David Kushner - Bittersweet Dreams | 9-15-...213 Lily Allen - Ruminating | 12-16-33-39-x214 Isabel Wood - don't ruin my life | 17-13-21-31-x215 Raffi Maxwell - THE FIRST TIME | 8-27-39-x216 Knox - Maybe I Do | 9-18-35-x217 Adrian Macéus - Vår första gång | 9-15-29-40-x218 Will Linley & The Imports feat. Manana - Easiest Goodbye | 7-20-34-...219 Arwin - SPACEBOY | 14-28-40-x220 Artemas - before we say goodbye | 10-16-...201 Louise - Confession | 9-20-35-x202 Lily Allen - 4chan Stan | 11-15-31-38-x203 Ava Max - Lost Your Faith | 9-16-27-x204 Demi Lovato - Here All Night | 13-15-26-34-35-38-x205 Greyson Chance - Savanna | 9-14-30-x206 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire | 10-25-40-x207 Midnight Til Morning - Navy Eyes | 10-19-30-33-30-35-x208 Gryffin feat. Chance Peña - Hard Time Lover | 8-22-39-x209 Benson Boone - Man in Me | 10-23-35-x210 Conan Gray - Actor | 23-29-29-18-16-33-x
January 8Jan 8 Hi there Joseph!Really like seeing these songs on here:203 Ava Max - Lost Your Faith | 9-16-27-x204 Demi Lovato - Here All Night | 13-15-26-34-35-38-x206 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire | 10-25-40-x209 Benson Boone - Man in Me | 10-23-35-x211 Kesha - YIPPEE-KI-YAY. | 9-21-32-x221 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us | 12-17-13-19-23-...222 Lily Allen - West End Girl | 14-19-x225 Ava Max - Wet, Hot American Dream | 13-33-x226 Kylie Minogue & YouNotUs - Someone for Me | 8-18-39-x233 Selena Gomez, benny blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up | 10-20-37-x234 Hilary Duff - Mature | 14-12-20-34-x-x236 Ava Max - Lovin Myself | 11-30-x238 Charlie Puth - Changes | 10-25-30-x239 Iggi Kelly - Break My Heart | 11-20-28-x249 Michael Schulte & ÁSDÍS - Half of My Heart | 20-33-x259 Sabrina Carpenter - Tears | 18-28-x262 Kesha - BOY CRAZY. | 19-39-x264 Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT | 15-30-x268 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop | 16-24-29-38-x270 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild | 11-20-30-34-x275 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun | 15-x279 Avicii & Elle King - Let's Ride Away | 29-19-29-40-x283 Alok & Kylie Minogue - last night i dreamt i fell in love | 17-39-x287 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman | 18-34-x292 Dasha - Not At This Party | 18-x297 Kesha - THE ONE. | 12-15-29-x300 Katy Perry - bandaids | 20-40-xGreat list so far!
January 10Jan 10 Hi Joseph'bandaids' was a much better effort from Katy than her album last year. Shame it never really caught on. Loving all three of the Sabrina tracks. Shame to see they've landed so low for you. 'Manchild' in particular will be a LOT higher for me! I wasn't sure if you'd like 'TIT FOT TAT' because I know you're a big Kid LAROI fan 🤣'Mature' was one of my biggest surprises in 2025. I wasn't too familiar with Hilary's older music but I think this is an amazing song and I'll be checking the new album put when it releases.Call Me When You Break Up is pretty fun but it's too short to be one of Selena's best.I'm very happy to see Maren Morris appear too. I hope she has more to comeGreat chart so far
January 10Jan 10 Author On 08/01/2026 at 21:01, Sergej said:Hi there Joseph!Really like seeing these songs on here:203 Ava Max - Lost Your Faith | 9-16-27-x204 Demi Lovato - Here All Night | 13-15-26-34-35-38-x206 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire | 10-25-40-x209 Benson Boone - Man in Me | 10-23-35-x211 Kesha - YIPPEE-KI-YAY. | 9-21-32-x221 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us | 12-17-13-19-23-...222 Lily Allen - West End Girl | 14-19-x225 Ava Max - Wet, Hot American Dream | 13-33-x226 Kylie Minogue & YouNotUs - Someone for Me | 8-18-39-x233 Selena Gomez, benny blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up | 10-20-37-x234 Hilary Duff - Mature | 14-12-20-34-x-x236 Ava Max - Lovin Myself | 11-30-x238 Charlie Puth - Changes | 10-25-30-x239 Iggi Kelly - Break My Heart | 11-20-28-x249 Michael Schulte & ÁSDÍS - Half of My Heart | 20-33-x259 Sabrina Carpenter - Tears | 18-28-x262 Kesha - BOY CRAZY. | 19-39-x264 Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT | 15-30-x268 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop | 16-24-29-38-x270 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild | 11-20-30-34-x275 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun | 15-x279 Avicii & Elle King - Let's Ride Away | 29-19-29-40-x283 Alok & Kylie Minogue - last night i dreamt i fell in love | 17-39-x287 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman | 18-34-x292 Dasha - Not At This Party | 18-x297 Kesha - THE ONE. | 12-15-29-x300 Katy Perry - bandaids | 20-40-xGreat list so far!1 hour ago, LewisGT said:Hi Joseph'bandaids' was a much better effort from Katy than her album last year. Shame it never really caught on.Loving all three of the Sabrina tracks. Shame to see they've landed so low for you. 'Manchild' in particular will be a LOT higher for me!I wasn't sure if you'd like 'TIT FOT TAT' because I know you're a big Kid LAROI fan 🤣'Mature' was one of my biggest surprises in 2025. I wasn't too familiar with Hilary's older music but I think this is an amazing song and I'll be checking the new album put when it releases.Call Me When You Break Up is pretty fun but it's too short to be one of Selena's best.I'm very happy to see Maren Morris appear too. I hope she has more to comeGreat chart so far Thank you both for commenting @LewisGT I promise TIT FOR TAT being one of Tate's lower songs is entirely unrelated to Laroi!
January 10Jan 10 Author Songs: Top 300191 Justin Bieber - ALL I CAN TAKE | 6-11-28-x192 Greyson Chance - Flip the Record | 9-17-26-31-x193 Aitch & Anne-Marie - LUV? | 6-14-28-x194 Jacob Sartorius & Powfu - Run Fast | 8-18-x195 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden | 13-23-28-35-x196 Anne-Marie - Don't Panic | 5-17-32-x197 Benson Boone - Take Me Home | 13-31-x198 Jordan Suaste - WHAT IM HERE FOR | 8-19-36-x199 Abor & Tynna - Baller | 7-17-34-x200 Alfie Castley - Cold | 16-10-17-24-32-xSome new names kick off this section of the countdown, with Alfie Castley scoring his first ever hit with Cold at the end of the year. I discovered it via its producer, Sarcastic Sounds, and decided to check it out - I'm glad I did! Eurovision's Abor & Tynna scored a top 10 hit with Baller straight after the contest too, and amazingly, it also became a UK top 40 hit. HUNTR/X and the three vocalists making up the fictional group are also new to my chart, and the smash hit Golden is the highest track from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack in my EOY.The rest of this block is made up of established artists, including album tracks from Benson Boone and Justin Bieber, and the highest of Greyson Chance's two brand new singles of 2025. Jacob Sartorius and Powfu teamed up for a collaborative top 10, marking Jacob's first in two years, while Aitch and Anne-Marie reunited for LUV?, which isn't as great as PSYCHO but still a fun track. Anne-Marie also features here with Don't Panic, leaving two further songs in the countdown for her. Lastly, Jordan Suaste returned to my top 10 after scoring the highest placed non-top 10 hit of my 2024 EOY.181 Rita Ora - Joy | 8-16-34-x182 Powfu & Blue Wednesday - the songbird and the bookworm | 10-11-16-22-31-x183 Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance | 33-9-21-28-35-28-34-37-x184 Djo - Delete Ya | 8-19-37-x185 Alex Spencer - Clouded Thinking | 9-15-25-35-x186 JADE - Church | 10-17-17-...187 Kate Nash - GERM | 10-13-25-34-x188 MARINA - CUPID'S GIRL | 10-20-39-x189 kylekelly - OMG | 16-12-24-33-x190 Benjamin Ingrosso - Angela | 30-x-13-21-26-28-27-37-xWeek 732 marked the final week to count to my 2025 EOY, though we're now on week 734 and it's natural that some things have changed. This applies to JADE, whose hit Church has actually peaked higher now, reaching #7 the week after the cut-off point! Nevertheless, she has three more songs to feature. Rita Ora, Lady Gaga and MARINA each have bigger hits to come too, but still made the top 10 with these tracks. The Dead Dance in particular got a little bump midway through its run from when I went to see the phemomenal MAYHEM Ball! Powfu loses another track, this time it's one as a lead artist, and the lead single from his only 2025 project the life of a lofi boy.Djo has two songs in this year's countdown, with Delete Ya being the first to drop, while his 2024 hit End of Beginning has returned to my current chart's top 10. Kate Nash expertly took on TERFs and transphobes in the well-written anthem GERM, reaching my top 10 with a midweek release, and Alex Spencer scored four top 10s over 2025 (with only one to his name beforehand), as Clouded Thinking becomes the first to drop. Outside the top 10, kylekelly got unlucky in a busy week as his breakthrough hit OMG didn't quite make my top 10, while Benjamin Ingrosso's post-album single Angela notched up the best chart run of any single from Pink Velvet Theatre, though none of them were quite able to sneak into my top 10.
January 10Jan 10 I agree with your commentary about EastEnders! I started watching the show again in 2022, after being a lapsed viewer for about 7 years, as the Mitchell flashback episode intrigued me - and I stuck around as Chris Clenshaw had really turned things around. I was willing to give the new EP a chance but so much of the writing and direction has left a lot to be desired all these months on. On a positive note - some of the castings this year have been wonderful, like Alice Haig as Vicki, Pierre Counihan-Moullier as Oscar and Max Murray as Joel, plus the show still can have occasional moments of brilliance with a more character-driven focus - Nigel's dementia a really good example. But there's too much nonsense happening solely for plot reasons and the nostalgia-bait has become excessive. It's frustrating, as they have a lot of talent to work with, but the vision is so poor at the moment. Here's hoping they turn things around again indeed! I'm also... not mad about that bottom 2 placing for Big Brother U.K. as it was so dull this year, minus Richard being a shining light and eventual winner. It pains me to write that, as I enjoyed the 2023 series so much, but here we are... </3 There's so much TV I need to catch up on / start! My favourite songs to drop out for you so far are: 'Cry For You', 'Midnight Sun', 'harvest sky', 'Relapse', 'West End Girl', 'Ruminating' and 'Church' <3 it feels surreal to see 'Midnight Sun' actually taking off in the chart now *.* 'Relapse' was my favourite from Lily's album, lyrically sharp as ever, but with the added delight of some 2-step garage influence sonically <3 and I looooove that you got into Oklou, she seems to be quite a shared favourite between our friendship group 🥰
January 10Jan 10 I recognise a lot of the names in that first section (mostly from your previous EOYs I think ) - ROA is of course one I do know well, it's a great song and incredibly catchy! Giving Hard Time Lover a listen as I enjoyed Collapse by Chance Peña earlier in the year and I've not heard from Gryffin for years - the melody is sounding great even if the topic of the song is somewhat bittersweet. Speaking of bittersweet, I'll make a mental note to listen to that David Kushner track as I know you suggested it in my EOY as well!
January 10Jan 10 Author 5 hours ago, Jade said:I agree with your commentary about EastEnders! I started watching the show again in 2022, after being a lapsed viewer for about 7 years, as the Mitchell flashback episode intrigued me - and I stuck around as Chris Clenshaw had really turned things around. I was willing to give the new EP a chance but so much of the writing and direction has left a lot to be desired all these months on. On a positive note - some of the castings this year have been wonderful, like Alice Haig as Vicki, Pierre Counihan-Moullier as Oscar and Max Murray as Joel, plus the show still can have occasional moments of brilliance with a more character-driven focus - Nigel's dementia a really good example. But there's too much nonsense happening solely for plot reasons and the nostalgia-bait has become excessive. It's frustrating, as they have a lot of talent to work with, but the vision is so poor at the moment. Here's hoping they turn things around again indeed!I'm also... not mad about that bottom 2 placing for Big Brother U.K. as it was so dull this year, minus Richard being a shining light and eventual winner. It pains me to write that, as I enjoyed the 2023 series so much, but here we are... </3There's so much TV I need to catch up on / start!My favourite songs to drop out for you so far are: 'Cry For You', 'Midnight Sun', 'harvest sky', 'Relapse', 'West End Girl', 'Ruminating' and 'Church' <3 it feels surreal to see 'Midnight Sun' actually taking off in the chart now *.* 'Relapse' was my favourite from Lily's album, lyrically sharp as ever, but with the added delight of some 2-step garage influence sonically <3 and I looooove that you got into Oklou, she seems to be quite a shared favourite between our friendship group 🥰1 hour ago, PeteFromLeeds said:I recognise a lot of the names in that first section (mostly from your previous EOYs I think ) - ROA is of course one I do know well, it's a great song and incredibly catchy! Giving Hard Time Lover a listen as I enjoyed Collapse by Chance Peña earlier in the year and I've not heard from Gryffin for years - the melody is sounding great even if the topic of the song is somewhat bittersweet. Speaking of bittersweet, I'll make a mental note to listen to that David Kushner track as I know you suggested it in my EOY as well!Thank you both!!!@Jade Actually forgot to highlight Joel's storyline as another good EE moment, really shows it's still capable of thought-provoking, topical storylines, so it's a shame to see what they're pushing right now...!
January 10Jan 10 Author Songs: Top 300171 Ava Max - World’s Smallest Violin | 9-16-27-x172 Knox - 50/50 | 8-17-26-25-35-x-32-x173 Miles Wesley - I'm Thinking of Ending Things | 17-7-15-31-x174 JYT - What U Want | 6-10-...175 Say Now - Brick By Brick | 6-16-36-x176 Artemas - southbound | 7-15-38-39-x177 Oklou & Bladee - take me by the hand | 8-11-32-x178 Miley Cyrus - End of the World | 8-16-30-x179 JoJo - Too Much to Say | 9-13-22-27-37-x180 Lorde - What Was That | 9-17-30-xOne of the early hits of 2025, JoJo achieved her first top 10 hit in over eight years with Too Much to Say, while its parent EP NGL returned her to the #1 album spot for the first time in just as long. Miley Cyrus also returned to the top 10 for the first time since 2020's Prisoner, with my favourite track from her latest album, while Lorde managed her first top 10 hit as primary artist in eight years, though she did get a #2 hit in 2024 alongside Charli xcx. Among this section we also have four artists who scored their very first top 10s in 2025, including new boyband JYT and girl group Say Now, as well as rising French singer and producer Oklou, whose single take me by the hand provided both herself and Bladee with a first top 10.Artemas reached the top 10 with southbound, released jointly with test drive, which is still to come. Miles Wesley's single releases fared less well in 2025 than in 2024, with a complete project still yet to surface despite them all seemingly being part of the same one, but I'm Thinking of Ending Things is a great track and was his biggest hit of 2025. 50/50 is the lowest of the four singles from Knox's album, though he also has multiple album tracks still to come. Ava Max closes out the section with an album track from latest album Don't Click Play, and World's Smallest Violin marks her highest appearance of four this year - it's very Eurovision-esque to my ears!161 Maria Sur - Is It Love? | 6-21-35-x162 Artemas - xvideos | 6-9-11-20-32-x163 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - (Christmas) Time | 27-27-15-14-7-...164 Knox - She’s Not Okay | 19-23-27-35-30-32-x-29-x165 Louise - Love Me More | 9-17-32-36-x166 ROSÉ - Messy | 7-14-21-32-x167 Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap | 8-16-36-x168 Djo - Basic Being Basic | 7-17-25-36-x169 Agnes - BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES | 7-16-29-37-x170 Malou Prytz - 24K Gold | 6-15-26-xThree new Christmas songs made my top 10 in 2025 - one is still to come, one has been already (Anson Seabra), and the middle-performing track drops out here, courtesy of Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who scored her third top 10 hit with a festive remake of her album track Time. Fellow turn of the century popstar Louise places five songs on my EOY, and directly in the middle is the sexy dance anthem Love Me More, which is at #165. There's also big pop anthems from Melodifestivalen alumni Maria Sur and Malou Prytz, the latter of whom actually returned to the contest to compete with this song (sadly, not to any luck). Her fellow Swede, Agnes, is at #169 with BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES, taken from her forthcoming new album which is out this month!Fred again.. had never made my chart until Victory Lap surprisingly arrived at #8, several weeks after release, having grown on me through multiple chart plays! It was also the first chart hit for both Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax. Artemas scored two top 10s at the start of the year, both of which had trouble scrobbling because of the title of this one...!!! Djo's highest of his two 2025 hits drops out here, Knox loses an album track, and ROSÉ's song for the F1 movie departs here too, though the soundtrack still has one more song to feature.
January 11Jan 11 Author 11 hours ago, Sergej said:Nice to see "What Was That", "End Of The World" and "Messy" on here.Thanks so much Sergej!
January 11Jan 11 Author Songs: Top 300151 Iggi Kelly - Sleep Alone | 6-12-18-31-x152 Kylie Minogue - XMAS | 15-3-x153 Lily Allen & Specialist Moss - Nonmonogamummy | 8-11-22-31-x154 Kamal. - guilty | 8-15-24-31-x155 Alex Spencer - Wake Me Up | 6-15-21-33-x156 Isac Elliot - Best for You | 6-19-36-x157 Tom Odell - When I Close My Eyes | 9-17-31-27-32-36-x158 sombr - we never dated | 9-15-29-36-39-x159 Bradley Simpson & HONGJOONG - Almost | 7-16-24-39-x160 Sexyy Red & Bruno Mars - Fat Juicy & Wet | 6-11-19-30-xAfter two huge smashes in late 2024, Bruno Mars' next collaboration was with Sexyy Red for the very explicit Fat Juicy & Wet, which provided the latter with her first top 10 hit in my chart. It's no WAP, but it's a hell of a lot of fun! Iggi Kelly also scored his first top 10 hit at the start of the year, and Sleep Alone just misses the top half of the countdown. The only other new artists to my chart in this section are both features. Bradley Simpson enlisted HONGJOONG of ATEEZ for the single mix of Almost, which features on his album in a solo version that's otherwise the same. One of seven simultaneous top 10 hits from her surprise album drop, Nonmonogamummy was the only collaboration on Lily Allen's West End Girl, giving Specialist Moss a first top 10 hit on the hilariously titled (but actually pretty deep) track.sombr followed up his double breakthrough smashes with we never dated, a more middling hit chart-wise, but it was a third top 10 hit in my chart. It's the first of his four singles to drop but deserves more love than it gets. Also the first of four to drop, Tom Odell's When I Close My Eyes is a touching track, initially only available on a deluxe digital version of his album but later released as a single in the run up to Tom's tour, at which point the song gained a little extra lease of life in my chart. Isac Elliot called back to his debut single New Way Home on latest single Best for You, a top 10 hit in December, which was the same month Kylie Minogue scored a new top 3 hit with XMAS, which initially felt tacky to me but really grew on me in the run up to the big day. Finally, Manchester's Alex Spencer achieved his first top 10 hit of the year with the catchy Wake Me Up, and at the time, it was his highest peaking single, though it's since been bettered twice, by his two remaining songs in the countdown...!141 Isac Elliot - Ehkä Se Siitä | 5-11-19-33-x142 glaive - Asheville | 5-12-30-x143 Bailey Zimmerman & The Kid LAROI - Lost | 3-10-30-x144 Will Linley - Cinematic | 6-12-23-31-x145 Conan Gray - Vodka Cranberry | 8-20-22-29-37-38-x146 Ruel - Wild Guess | 7-15-17-19-x147 Metteson - Hunger | 6-18-29-x148 Dove Cameron - Too Much | 7-16-31-x149 Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly | 7-15-24-37-x150 Eddie Benjamin - DRIVING | 5-12-22-38-xWe move into the top half of this countdown by a section featuring a grand total of zero artists who were totally new to my chart in 2025. In fact, the only artist in this section to score their first top 10 hit was Bailey Zimmerman, whose country hit Rock and a Hard Place made #17 in 2023. He enlisted The Kid LAROI for country pop bop Lost, which of course made my top 10, though it had a pretty quick exit thanks to a very busy week in early September...! Dove Cameron matched her best peak with Too Much, tying the #7 hit Breakfast, though it's the #8 peaking Boyfriend that remains her biggest hit overall. Zara Larsson's bolshy Pretty Ugly divided opinion, but I always really enjoyed it, and it became her highest peaking song in five years (later matched by another song which is still to come). Eddie Benjamin hadn't achieved a top 5 hit before 2025 - though he had two #6s - but #5 hit DRIVING is only his third highest peaking hit of the year, and his third highest in the EOY too, with two top 3 hits still to show.Other established artists to appear in this section include Conan Gray, whose Vodka Cranberry became his second charting song ever in the UK, though it's "only" his second highest song released in 2025 for me. Ruel's Wild Guess is the lowest of his four singles released in 2025, and glaive's Asheville is the lowest of three singles from latest album Y'all. Will Linley's third of five entries is Cinematic, the lead single from his debut album Don't Cry Because It's Over. Curiously, two lower peaking songs are still to feature for him! Isac Elliot's second highest placed song of 2025 features here, and Metteson's only 2025 single tops out here, with Hunger being a great comeback single after his superb debut album arrived in 2024. Hoping for a second album this year!
January 11Jan 11 oh this is all going very fast since I last commented!!will catch up on the top 300 in due course, but as for TV shows yay for Stranger Things despite the discourse online (particularly after episode 7, tsk) they really did do the whole show justice and what they set out to do with this final season. A perfect ending. I still need to make my way through seasons 2 and 3 of Ginny & Georgia as well as season 3 of TSITP, so will get to them soon. Doctor Who, Squid Game and Wednesday all appearing too it does feel like the reception to season 2 of Wednesday has been a lot more muted though, compared to season 1 which felt like such a phenomenon at the time for Netflix.
January 11Jan 11 Author 4 minutes ago, Calum said:oh this is all going very fast since I last commented!!will catch up on the top 300 in due course, but as for TV shows yay for Stranger Things despite the discourse online (particularly after episode 7, tsk) they really did do the whole show justice and what they set out to do with this final season. A perfect ending. I still need to make my way through seasons 2 and 3 of Ginny & Georgia as well as season 3 of TSITP, so will get to them soon. Doctor Who, Squid Game and Wednesday all appearing too it does feel like the reception to season 2 of Wednesday has been a lot more muted though, compared to season 1 which felt like such a phenomenon at the time for Netflix.Thank you Calum
January 11Jan 11 Author Songs: Top 300131 Michael Aldag - 3minutes | 6-10-12-14-34-x132 Will Linley - Up At Night | 7-15-23-22-27-37-x133 Adam Woods - Okay | 8-11-15-25-38-x134 Perrie - Cute Aggression | 6-18-26-36-x135 Alex Spencer - Where Do We Go from Here? | 5-19-30-40-x136 Boy In Space - Burning Down the House | 3-12-20-29-x137 Zara Larsson - Crush | 7-24-32-x138 Lola Young - Messy | 18-27-18-12-9-8-10-19-26-29-x139 flowerovlove - I’ve seen ur ex | 12-8-17-26-35-x140 Midnight Til Morning - Bye | 20-9-8-14-20-33-xNetflix's attempt at a singing competition, Building the Band, finally launched in 2025, and I really loved the format. It also produced some bands with great potential, and the one most delivering on the potential so far is Midnight Til Morning, whose debut single Bye was adapted from an unreleased Benson Boone track. The result was their first top 10 hit in my chart! flowerovlove was another new name to my chart, with I've seen ur ex catching my eye on the Capital Buzz playlist, while Lola Young scored her first (and so far only) top 10 at the beginning of the year with Messy. Alex Spencer reached another personal best with the title track of his third EP, though one more song still to come managed to peak even higher again. As mentioned earlier, Zara Larsson scored her highest charting single in 5 years with Pretty Ugly, and then Crush came along later to match its peak!The lowest peaking of his five single releases in 2025, Michael Aldag still nonetheless achieved a comfortable top 10 hit with 3minutes. Boy In Space scored two new hits in 2025, with Burning Down the House the first to drop. Adam Woods' biggest hit of 2025 was more than just Okay, and finishes at #133, and Will Linley's Up At Night is his second highest placed song. Perrie also has one more song to come in the countdown as promo single Cute Aggression taps out here.121 Tate McRae - NOBODY'S GIRL | 4-9-14-26-32-...122 JADE - Before You Break My Heart | 12-12-9-11-13-32-x123 Tom Odell - Ugly | 4-11-23-30-35-x124 Klara Hammarström - On and On and On | 5-8-14-25-18-34-x125 Doechii - Anxiety | 5-7-14-19-33-38-x126 Kyle Alessandro - Model | 24-7-7-9-24-25-38-x127 villa & NESTA - come home | 5-15-28-38-x128 Anson Seabra - Ocean of Tears | 4-13-21-x129 Kushagra, Alec Benjamin & Bharath - Finding Her | 5-8-...130 Mariah Carey, Shenseea & Kehlani - Sugar Sweet | 4-11-21-32-xOne of the most interesting moves of the year was Alec Benjamin hopping on the remix of Kushagra's Finding Her, a song performed entirely in Hindi. Alec adds a verse in English but also tries his hand at singing the Hindi chorus! The result was a top 5 hit in my chart, and the first of Alec's three 2025 hits to appear. We also see Doechii for the first time (technically, though she was sampled on Fred again..'s Victory Lap) with Anxiety, a freestyle set to the instrumental of Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know (which itself never made my chart). Mariah Carey also pops up for the first of two appearances from her latest album Here for It All, as does Klara Hammarström, who appears here with her Melodifestivalen entry. At the other end of the spectrum, villa's only entry for 2025 is in this section - he previously placed at #89 in my 2024 EOY with debut single 5555, which is his only other single as things stand.Tom Odell loses his second song of four with the raw and honest Ugly, and Anson Seabra's Ocean of Tears is his second highest hit in my EOY, despite being his highest peaking track of 2025. Eurovision star Kyle Alessandro scored a follow-up top 10 hit in the form of Model, which could easily have been an Isac Elliot single a decade ago (this is a compliment). JADE sampled The Supremes for the sublime Before You Break My Heart, my immediate favourite non-single (at the time) from her debut album, and Tate McRae's deluxe single NOBODY'S GIRL taps out here, but she still has three more songs to come.
January 11Jan 11 Author Songs: Top 300111 BLACKPINK - JUMP | 18-9-17-33-x112 Bahari - Destructive | 4-9-17-26-x113 Benson Boone - Young American Heart | 7-10-16-27-34-x114 Lily Allen - Sleepwalking | 6-10-17-22-29-32-36-39-x115 Anson Seabra - You'll Always Be Mine | 7-8-14-18-21-28-36-...116 Boy In Space - Take It Easy | 4-6-11-23-29-38-x117 Ariana Grande - twilight zone | 5-10-13-21-33-x118 Ruel - The Suburbs | 4-11-16-30-35-x119 Powfu & OLORUNNS - take you home | 12-5-17-24-32-35-37-x120 Dolly Style - Yihaa | 14-25-37-10-16-25-39-xThis section is bookended by girl groups, both from different parts of the world, too! Dolly Style returned to Melodifestivalen with country pop bop Yihaa, a delightfully fun Shania Twain pastiche hopping on the country bandwagon of 2024, and a surprise hit in the contest. At the top of this section is BLACKPINK, who made a triumphant return as a collective with JUMP, one of their best songs to date. Just below is all-female duo Bahari, whose song Destructive caught my ear during season 3 of Ginny & Georgia, rather appropriately after their previous hit, 2021's Savage, was a song I discovered through the show's first season! There's also double Ariana Grande impact, with her 2025 single twilight zone outpacing Powfu's take you home, a song that samples a cover of OLORUNNS singing One Last Time, by two places.Another Lily Allen album track departs here, with the gorgeous Sleepwalking reminding me of Alright, Still era Lily. It wouldn't sound out of place next to Littlest Things, and that's a big compliment. Benson Boone's Young American Heart also falls out here, being the inspiration for the album title as well as the album's closing track, and one of the best tracks on the project too. Anson Seabra's You'll Always Be Mine is his album's title track, and it was my immediate favourite from the project, beautifully closing the tracklist out with its beautifully simplistic piano instrumental and delicate vocal. Take It Easy is Boy In Space's top song of the year, and The Suburbs is Ruel's second song of four to depart.101 Louise - Manifesting | 40-37-x-12-23-14-9-14-21-25-34-35-35-x102 Meira Omar - Hush Hush | 16-21-32-x-9-11-21-29-x103 Anne-Marie - DEPRESSED | 5-14-20-25-29-x104 Powfu - Arrietty | 3-8-18-22-...105 Ed Sheeran - Azizam | 3-7-13-22-27-x106 Ciara, MOLIY & Oxlade - Nice n' Sweet | 2-5-14-23-33-x107 Marcus & Martinus - Endless Summer | 3-5-11-22-33-x108 Eddie Benjamin - KISS ME | 3-5-...109 Daniel Seavey - Eden | 9-7-13-24-39-x110 Sugababes - Weeds | 14-3-6-16-25-xAhead of their tour, Sugababes released Weeds which, despite being their lowest of three in my countdown this year, is a surprisingly beautiful track, with building production enhanced by their layered vocals and excellent melodies. It was a little lost on the casual audience in the crowd but I loved hearing it live! I also heard Daniel Seavey's Eden live at the end of the year. It appeared to be leading to a deluxe edition of his album Second Wind, but that never materialised sadly. Shame as it's one of the best songs from the era! I've not heard any of the other songs in this section live, but that may change this weekend when I see Marcus & Martinus, as I'd be surprised if their summer bop Endless Summer isn't on their setlist. Anne-Marie is someone whose concerts I never miss, so hopefully I'll get to hear her mental health anthem DEPRESSED live at some point soon - shame it just missed out on a UK top 40 placement.A current hit in my chart, KISS ME tied for Eddie Benjamin's highest peaking chart hit. Ciara, meanwhile, scored her highest charting hit to date as Nice n' Sweet arrived at #2, with help from MOLIY (who has one more song to come) and Oxlade. Another Powfu song departs, this time being his most recent single Arrietty, based on the Studio Ghibli film of the same name. Ed Sheeran returned with the very catchy Azizam, marking his highest charting hit since 2019's South of the Border, while Louise's seductive bop Manifesting became her longest running hit with its irresistible chorus and excellent production. Finally, Meira Omar's Hush Hush was a surprise hit in Melfest 2025, and she's returning to the contest for 2026 so I can't wait to hear her next entry!
January 11Jan 11 Author Recap: #101-300101 Louise - Manifesting102 Meira Omar - Hush Hush103 Anne-Marie - DEPRESSED104 Powfu - Arrietty105 Ed Sheeran - Azizam106 Ciara, MOLIY & Oxlade - Nice n' Sweet107 Marcus & Martinus - Endless Summer108 Eddie Benjamin - KISS ME109 Daniel Seavey - Eden110 Sugababes - Weeds111 BLACKPINK - JUMP112 Bahari - Destructive113 Benson Boone - Young American Heart114 Lily Allen - Sleepwalking115 Anson Seabra - You'll Always Be Mine116 Boy In Space - Take It Easy117 Ariana Grande - twilight zone118 Ruel - The Suburbs119 Powfu & OLORUNNS - take you home120 Dolly Style - Yihaa121 Tate McRae - NOBODY'S GIRL122 JADE - Before You Break My Heart123 Tom Odell - Ugly124 Klara Hammarström - On and On and On125 Doechii - Anxiety126 Kyle Alessandro - Model127 villa & NESTA - come home128 Anson Seabra - Ocean of Tears129 Kushagra, Alec Benjamin & Bharath - Finding Her130 Mariah Carey, Shenseea & Kehlani - Sugar Sweet131 Michael Aldag - 3minutes132 Will Linley - Up At Night133 Adam Woods - Okay134 Perrie - Cute Aggression135 Alex Spencer - Where Do We Go from Here?136 Boy In Space - Burning Down the House137 Zara Larsson - Crush138 Lola Young - Messy139 flowerovlove - I’ve seen ur ex140 Midnight Til Morning - Bye141 Isac Elliot - Ehkä Se Siitä142 glaive - Asheville143 Bailey Zimmerman & The Kid LAROI - Lost144 Will Linley - Cinematic145 Conan Gray - Vodka Cranberry146 Ruel - Wild Guess147 Metteson - Hunger148 Dove Cameron - Too Much149 Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly150 Eddie Benjamin - DRIVING151 Iggi Kelly - Sleep Alone152 Kylie Minogue - XMAS153 Lily Allen & Specialist Moss - Nonmonogamummy154 Kamal. - guilty155 Alex Spencer - Wake Me Up156 Isac Elliot - Best for You157 Tom Odell - When I Close My Eyes158 sombr - we never dated159 Bradley Simpson & HONGJOONG - Almost160 Sexyy Red & Bruno Mars - Fat Juicy & Wet161 Maria Sur - Is It Love?162 Artemas - xvideos163 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - (Christmas) Time164 Knox - She’s Not Okay165 Louise - Love Me More166 ROSÉ - Messy167 Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap168 Djo - Basic Being Basic169 Agnes - BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES170 Malou Prytz - 24K Gold171 Ava Max - World’s Smallest Violin172 Knox - 50/50173 Miles Wesley - I'm Thinking of Ending Things174 JYT - What U Want175 Say Now - Brick By Brick176 Artemas - southbound177 Oklou & Bladee - take me by the hand178 Miley Cyrus - End of the World179 JoJo - Too Much to Say180 Lorde - What Was That181 Rita Ora - Joy182 Powfu & Blue Wednesday - the songbird and the bookworm183 Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance184 Djo - Delete Ya185 Alex Spencer - Clouded Thinking186 JADE - Church187 Kate Nash - GERM188 MARINA - CUPID'S GIRL189 kylekelly - OMG190 Benjamin Ingrosso - Angela191 Justin Bieber - ALL I CAN TAKE192 Greyson Chance - Flip the Record193 Aitch & Anne-Marie - LUV?194 Jacob Sartorius & Powfu - Run Fast195 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden196 Anne-Marie - Don't Panic197 Benson Boone - Take Me Home198 Jordan Suaste - WHAT IM HERE FOR199 Abor & Tynna - Baller200 Alfie Castley - Cold201 Louise - Confession202 Lily Allen - 4chan Stan203 Ava Max - Lost Your Faith204 Demi Lovato - Here All Night205 Greyson Chance - Savanna206 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire207 Midnight Til Morning - Navy Eyes208 Gryffin feat. Chance Peña - Hard Time Lover209 Benson Boone - Man in Me210 Conan Gray - Actor211 Kesha - YIPPEE-KI-YAY.212 David Kushner - Bittersweet Dreams213 Lily Allen - Ruminating214 Isabel Wood - don't ruin my life215 Raffi Maxwell - THE FIRST TIME216 Knox - Maybe I Do217 Adrian Macéus - Vår första gång218 Will Linley & The Imports feat. Manana - Easiest Goodbye219 Arwin - SPACEBOY220 Artemas - before we say goodbye221 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us222 Lily Allen - West End Girl223 Lancelot - Håll Ihop224 Luca George - Crying in the Bathroom225 Ava Max - Wet, Hot American Dream226 Kylie Minogue & YouNotUs - Someone for Me227 Cardi B - Don’t Do Too Much228 Alyssa Reid - seven229 Anne-Marie - That's What You Get230 Shouse & Cub Sport - Only You231 SCARLET - Sweet N’ Psycho232 Artemas - i guess u never really cared about me233 Selena Gomez, benny blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up234 Hilary Duff - Mature235 Anson Seabra - Wrapped Up (With You)236 Ava Max - Lovin Myself237 Chloe Qisha - I Lied, I'm Sorry238 Charlie Puth - Changes239 Iggi Kelly - Break My Heart240 Louise - Borderline241 Ulrik Munther - Ja visst gör det ont242 Benson Boone - Reminds Me of You243 Lily Allen - Relapse244 Arwin - This Dream of Mine245 Maren Morris - Welcome to the End246 Vilhelm Buchaus - I'm Yours247 Powfu - i'll keep protecting you248 Jack Avery - TAKE THE WHEEL249 Michael Schulte & ÁSDÍS - Half of My Heart250 Corbyn Besson & Jeremih - Summer251 Diana Vickers - Ice Cream252 Cher Lloyd - Head Down253 VÆB - RÓA254 Benson Boone - I Wanna Be the One You Call255 Powfu - rotting with the moon256 Anson Seabra - Haunt Me257 Anne-Marie - Knock-Knock258 Oklou & underscores - harvest sky259 Sabrina Carpenter - Tears260 Ezra feat. Powfu - hourglass261 beaux - I'll Be Here When You're Back262 Kesha - BOY CRAZY.263 Isac Elliot - Ai Että264 Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT265 Isac Elliot - Sata Enkelii266 Lily Allen - Fruityloop267 Dove Cameron - Romeo268 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop269 Agnes - EGO270 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild271 3Quency - Top Down272 Will Linley - First Love273 Artemas - superstar274 Adam Woods - Little Things275 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun276 Alex Spencer - Bucket List277 Maria Sur - Follow278 Jonah Marais - Heart's Back Home279 Avicii & Elle King - Let's Ride Away280 Maja Ivarsson - Kamikaze Life281 Conan Gray - Caramel282 Agnes - MILK283 Alok & Kylie Minogue - last night i dreamt i fell in love284 Isabel LaRosa - Cry for You285 Ceechynaa - Peggy286 Corbyn Besson - Tied Up287 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman288 Two Friends feat. Corbyn Besson - No One Else289 Omar Rudberg - I’m Not a Boy290 ONEFOUR, The Kid LAROI & Imogen Heap - Distant Strangers291 Alice Chater - Bed of Lies292 Dasha - Not At This Party293 Anson Seabra - Gone Girl294 Isac Elliot - Oma Vika295 Eddie Benjamin & Shawn Mendes - HOME296 Daniel Seavey - Second Wind297 Kesha - THE ONE.298 Eddie Benjamin - RUN!299 Alex Sampson - Used to You300 Katy Perry - bandaidsTOMORROW: the top 100 begins, in batches of 10!
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