Hi all! I'm a bit later with this this year and it'll definitely be a pared down version of what I usually do as I don't have as much time, and also the fact we've lost BBCode so all my auto-formatting doesn't work But we will have an End of Year! As always, all comments more than welcome.

Here are the #1s from this year if you want to do any speculating!

Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks & Anthony Garigula - Constant (ft. Chandler Moore)

The Head And The Heart - Arrow

DI-RECT - Wastelands

Jonathan Ogden - Blue Feathers

Mumford & Sons - Rushmere

The Red Clay Strays - I'm Still Fine

Sons of Sunday - I Looked Up

Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato

KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu

Klemen - How Much Time Do We Have Left Together?

Josh Gauton - Sanctuary

half.alive & The Walters - R.I.P

Bon Iver - From

WE ARE ONE - Nazarene Slums

New Wine Worship & Sharyn - Anointing

Jonathan Ogden - Set Me Free

Dan Stirling & Gareth James - Morning

Joshu - holding on

Kinnship - Zeal

Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team

John Allan - Resurrection Power

Together For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne)

Looking forward to following this! 'Lullaby' is a lovely #1 to round off the year with.

Looking forward to your Year-End list!

Mainstream Song of the Year: Alex Warren - Carry You Home

 

 

2025 wasn't the most stellar for mainstream music - only two Top 40 entries make my Top 100 this time round! So I've decided to go for the song that was #3 in my EOY last year but has made much more of an impact in the charts this year. Whilst this song maybe has been played a little too much this year, it's still a beautiful love song that shines as a beacon amongst all the less pleasant topics that often get brought up in chart songs. His best song by a mile, and more than happy to give it another shout-out here!

 

Mainstream Song of the Year: Hall of Fame

1999: Fatboy Slim - Praise You

2000: Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

2001: Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

2002: DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven

2003: Room 5 - Make Luv

2004: Eric Prydz - Call On Me

2005: Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor

2006: Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

2007: MIKA - Grace Kelly

2008: Basshunter ft. DJ Mental Theo's Bassheadz - Now You're Gone

2009: Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

2010: Taio Cruz - Dynamite

2011: LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)

2012: PSY - Gangnam Style

2013: Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)

2014: DJ Fresh & Jay Fay ft. Ms. Dynamite - Dibby Dibby Sound

2015: Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

2016: Lukas Graham - 7 Years

2017: JP Cooper - September Song

2018: Dean Lewis - Be Alright

2019: Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - SOS

2020: Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver - exile

2021: Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

2022: Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN

2023: Peggy Gou - It Goes Like (Nanana)

2024: Djo - End of Beginning

2025: Alex Warren - Carry You Home

Right I'm not daft enough to think you're allgoing to gush over my choice there so here's my first set of songs!

176: JT Suavé & Sam0 - By The Grace

177: Faith Child & Marizu - Oluwa is Involved

178: Toby Lee - House On Fire

179: Jack Robson - Run Miles

180: Sissal - Hallucination

181: The Head & The Heart - After The Setting Sun

182: Elis Floreen - Avalanches

183: Johnossi - Gemini

184: Caamp - Mistakes

185: Praise Lubangu - fair weather!

186: Muyiwa & Riversongz - Dancing Around The Manger

187: Moses Brothers - Sailing

188: JERUB - Kumbaya

189: Lucy Grimble & Jonny Riggs - Thanks And Praise

190: Michael Kiwanuka - The Rest of Me

191: MEAU - Een Nacht Als Deze

192: Tom Speight & The Mayries - Kind To You

193: Eugy Official - Pray

194: Michael Kiwanuka - One and Only

195: Rend Collective - The Reason

196: White Lies - Juice

197: HAAi, Jon Hopkins, Obi Franky, ILA & Trans Voices - Satellite

198: Sam Hibbard - Oasis

199: Ten Fé - All Night

200: Ed Sheeran - Sapphire

Very little commentary here as we've got 200 of them to get through! But hopefully at least a few of the names look familiar (Ed Sheeran certainly should ) and doing my chart a little later than usual has meant a couple of Christmas songs have snuck in as well.

Really like "Hallucination" and "Sapphire" from the 176-200 list.

Great to see HAAi and co. in that first section she was sent to BJSC this year albeit with a different song!

22 hours ago, Sergej said:

Really like "Hallucination" and "Sapphire" from the 176-200 list.

Glad you're a fan of these! Hallucination was a great BJSC entry and Sapphire was my favourite of Ed's songs this year, loving the Indian theme. Thanks Sergej!

13 hours ago, Jade said:

Great to see HAAi and co. in that first section she was sent to BJSC this year albeit with a different song!

Ah nice! I found this one on the Radio 6 playlist and thought it sounded quite nice so decided to add it to my own. Thanks Jade!

Time for the next section!

151: Strings And Heart - kerosene

152: Tonio Geugelin - Your Ways

153: Tom Speight - Higher

154: Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear - you're gonna be ok

155: Rend Collective - Burn

156: bodie - smile

157: Barbara Pravi - La Pieva (Chez moi)

158: Jacob Smith - Set Our Sights

159: CalledOut Music - Adore You

160: Lukas Graham - You You You

161: Son Mieux - Have A Little Faith

162: Biffy Clyro - A Little Love

163: Elle Limebear - Bloodline

164: Louane - maman

165: John Allan - On & On

166: bodie - SETTLE

167: Twenty One Pilots - Tally

168: Of Monsters and Men - Television Love

169: Tautumeitas - Bur man laimi

170: Warehouse Worship - Love Song

171: Good Neighbours - Ripple

172: The Lottery Winners - Turn Around

173: Tom Odell - Don't Cry, Put Your Head on My Shoulder

174: Unheilig - Wunderschon

175: Quiet Man - Treading Water

Again, quite a few great Christian songs in this section, but also the likes of The Lottery Winners, Of Monsters and Men, Tom Odell and a couple of Eurovision entries make it in. Also Lukas Graham's only charting song lands here - quite the world away from their numerous #1s back in the day!