Posted December 30, 2025Dec 30 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.
December 30, 2025Dec 30 Author 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 - ArrowDI-RECT - WastelandsJonathan Ogden - Blue FeathersMumford & Sons - RushmereThe Red Clay Strays - I'm Still FineSons of Sunday - I Looked UpTommy Cash - Espresso MacchiatoKAJ - Bara Bada BastuKlemen - How Much Time Do We Have Left Together?Josh Gauton - Sanctuaryhalf.alive & The Walters - R.I.PBon Iver - FromWE ARE ONE - Nazarene SlumsNew Wine Worship & Sharyn - AnointingJonathan Ogden - Set Me FreeDan Stirling & Gareth James - MorningJoshu - holding onKinnship - ZealOf Monsters and Men - Dream TeamJohn Allan - Resurrection PowerTogether For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne)
December 30, 2025Dec 30 Looking forward to following this! 'Lullaby' is a lovely #1 to round off the year with.
December 31, 2025Dec 31 Author 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 Fame1999: Fatboy Slim - Praise You2000: Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby2001: Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head2002: DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven2003: Room 5 - Make Luv2004: Eric Prydz - Call On Me2005: Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor2006: Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'2007: MIKA - Grace Kelly2008: Basshunter ft. DJ Mental Theo's Bassheadz - Now You're Gone2009: Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling2010: Taio Cruz - Dynamite2011: LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)2012: PSY - Gangnam Style2013: Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)2014: DJ Fresh & Jay Fay ft. Ms. Dynamite - Dibby Dibby Sound2015: Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself2016: Lukas Graham - 7 Years2017: JP Cooper - September Song2018: Dean Lewis - Be Alright2019: Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - SOS2020: Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver - exile2021: Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under2022: Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN2023: Peggy Gou - It Goes Like (Nanana)2024: Djo - End of Beginning2025: Alex Warren - Carry You Home
December 31, 2025Dec 31 Author 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 Grace177: Faith Child & Marizu - Oluwa is Involved178: Toby Lee - House On Fire179: Jack Robson - Run Miles180: Sissal - Hallucination181: The Head & The Heart - After The Setting Sun182: Elis Floreen - Avalanches183: Johnossi - Gemini184: Caamp - Mistakes185: Praise Lubangu - fair weather!186: Muyiwa & Riversongz - Dancing Around The Manger187: Moses Brothers - Sailing188: JERUB - Kumbaya189: Lucy Grimble & Jonny Riggs - Thanks And Praise190: Michael Kiwanuka - The Rest of Me191: MEAU - Een Nacht Als Deze192: Tom Speight & The Mayries - Kind To You193: Eugy Official - Pray194: Michael Kiwanuka - One and Only195: Rend Collective - The Reason196: White Lies - Juice197: HAAi, Jon Hopkins, Obi Franky, ILA & Trans Voices - Satellite198: Sam Hibbard - Oasis199: Ten Fé - All Night200: Ed Sheeran - SapphireVery 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.
December 31, 2025Dec 31 Great to see HAAi and co. in that first section she was sent to BJSC this year albeit with a different song!
January 1Jan 1 Author 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!
January 1Jan 1 Author Time for the next section!151: Strings And Heart - kerosene152: Tonio Geugelin - Your Ways153: Tom Speight - Higher154: Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear - you're gonna be ok155: Rend Collective - Burn156: bodie - smile157: Barbara Pravi - La Pieva (Chez moi)158: Jacob Smith - Set Our Sights159: CalledOut Music - Adore You160: Lukas Graham - You You You161: Son Mieux - Have A Little Faith162: Biffy Clyro - A Little Love163: Elle Limebear - Bloodline164: Louane - maman165: John Allan - On & On166: bodie - SETTLE167: Twenty One Pilots - Tally168: Of Monsters and Men - Television Love169: Tautumeitas - Bur man laimi170: Warehouse Worship - Love Song171: Good Neighbours - Ripple172: The Lottery Winners - Turn Around173: Tom Odell - Don't Cry, Put Your Head on My Shoulder174: Unheilig - Wunderschon175: Quiet Man - Treading WaterAgain, 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!
January 2Jan 2 Really happy to see "Maman", "Bur Man Laimi" and especially "Wunderschön" on here!The latter one was very surprising to see here!
January 2Jan 2 Don't Cry, Put Your Head on My Shoulder is my favourite song to appear so far my favourite from this Tom era!
January 2Jan 2 Author 9 hours ago, Sergej said:Really happy to see "Maman", "Bur Man Laimi" and especially "Wunderschön" on here!The latter one was very surprising to see here!Glad you're a fan of these! I got 'Wunderschon' from an alternative chart I do with @Chrizly and a few others and quite liked it so it made it into my charts - thanks Sergej!7 hours ago, JosephStyles said:Don't Cry, Put Your Head on My Shoulder is my favourite song to appear so far my favourite from this Tom era!Glad you're a fan! It is a nice song, a lot more toned-down than a lot of his music but still sounds great. Thanks Joseph!
January 2Jan 2 Author Here's the next set!126: WILD - Sitting On Top of the World127: Lucy Grimble, Beth Key & Meg Loney - First Love128: Tide Lines - By The Quayside129: Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer130: Elle Limebear & Samm Henshaw - Vulnerable131: SOFYKA - Again Again132: VÆB - RÓA133: Ben Bohmer - The Sun (ft. Oh Wonder)134: Son Mieux - Free For Another Day135: WILD - Anything For You136: Kygo & Sandro Cavazza - Hold On Me137: Bjorn Holmgren - Radda mig138: Curtis Harding - The Power139: Forrest Frank - YOUR WAY'S BETTER140: Josh Gauton - Desert Rose141: James and the Cold Gun - Above The Lake142: Wole Awolola - Beautiful Thing143: Obongjayar - Just My Luck144: DC3 - BEG145: Zach Williams - Jesus Loves146: Of Monsters and Men - Ordinary Creature147: Ryan Stevenson - All Falls Away148: Ray Dalton - Tears To Stay149: Limoblaze & Krisirie - Sunshine & Laughter150: DC3 - SeekAgain a complete mix of songs from all genres here - Kygo, Of Monsters and Men, Sam Fender and VAEB probably being some of the more recognisable names in this section.
Saturday at 21:595 days Author And the final set before we get to my Top 100! We'll hopefully begin that on Monday.101: CalledOut Music - Onyeoma102: Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing103: Josh Gauton - Starlight104: Tom Speight - Buzzing105: Caleb Hearn - Get There When I Get There106: Jonathan Ogden - Be My Peace107: SAINT PHNX - Best of Me108: Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be109: Kingfishr - Gloria110: Alex Warren - Eternity111: Elle Limebear & Zo Ross-Waddell - Every Good Thing112: Colony House - OK OK OK OK113: Nation of Language - I'm Not Ready For The Change114: Blessing Offor - Lift Me Up115: Darren Kiely - Late Texts116: Circa Waves - Old Balloons117: Desparate Journalist - 7118: Sons of Sunday - GOD DID!119: Rend Collective - Fight Of My Life120: Faith Child & Joe L Barnes - Holy Place121: Glockenbach & Tom Walker - Home122: Sam Fender - Tyrants123: Son Mieux - Morning124: Olafur Arnalds, Talos & Sandrayati - Bedrock125: Rea Garvey - Happy Christmas
Monday at 20:333 days Author On 03/01/2026 at 22:03, JosephStyles said:RÓA was an unexpected fave at Eurovision, just so much fun!On 03/01/2026 at 22:21, Jade said:Oh yes, the RÓA song was so instant and with fun visuals to boot!Thanks both! RÓA was indeed very catchy, one of the ones that certainly stuck in my head - definitely should have placed higher!
Monday at 20:573 days Author Right, let's get into the Top 100! Youtube links are there for all the songs so feel free to give them a listen.100: Land of Color & Sarah Kroger - Again And AgainWhich songs are just inside or outside the Top 100 is always an odd one, and I have made some interesting choices to keep this one in (especially now I realise Caleb Hearn missed out!) but it felt right to keep this one in. It's a lovely, fairly light song about God's patience, and it showcases Land of Color at their finest. At least it absolved them of one-hit-wonder status in my chart - their last big appearance was their #1 in 2021!99: David Kushner - Breathe In, Breathe OutI should probaby check if David Kushner has had any more songs out this year, but this is the only one I was actively aware of and it's a great song, combining his fantastically deep vocals together with a brilliant melody and some great instruments. Not quite sure what the music video with him sat in a massive egg-timer has to do with it though! It reached #5 in my chart just before Lent and is his second-highest charting hit to date (behind his Christmassy 'Empty Bench')98: Circa Waves - Let's Leave TogetherAnother song which hit the higher end of my chart just before Lent, Circa Waves are experts at bringing out cheery indie-pop tracks and this one is no different. It's their third Top 10 hit in my chart, but the first one since 2020! So back with quite a bang.97: Saint Etienne - Take Me To The PilotThe last time Saint Etienne made my Personal Chart was 2018, but just like buses they've managed two songs in my EOY Top 100 this year! Take Me To The Pilot blends the unique vocals of Sarah Cracknell with a more house/dance production, creating something somewhat unique.96: Cut Copy - SolidIt's also been a long time since Australian indie-pop outfit Cut Copy have made my charts, but just like Saint Etienne they've got two in this year! Solid was the first one that caught my attention and is quite stripped-back, but I think that works really well.95: Alex Warren & Jelly Roll - BloodlineBloodline is the only Top 10 hit to make it into my EOY this year! It's Alex Warren at his best, focussing on the fact that you're not the sum of your parents and that generational trauma doesn't need to keep being passed down - something I think is very important to hear. Songs like this cut through the usual topics of chart music and really stand out, and having Jelly Roll on there helps as well.94: Maali - SomedayNow of course you will have guessed that Maali is from... Croatia I don't know enough about him to know where the name comes from! But this is quite different to anything else inside my Top 100, it's quite a jazzy song without too much of a defined melody that does make it an acquired taste, but it's worth giving a few listens. A debut appearance in my Top 100 for this guy.93: Steve Queralt & Emma Anderson - Lonely TownI can't quite remember where I heard this - in my head it was from a channel like bellaunion but thinking more it may well have just popped up in my YouTube recommendations. Either way it's a fantastic indie track that's full of guitars and synths, and the almost mysterious vocals work really well on it. I thought this would be the sort of thing that would be right up Buzzjack's street so decided to give it a search on the forum a month or so ago - and lo and behold, it's been sent to Nuggets! How it only finished 19th is beyond me though 92: Benjamin William Hastings - if it wasn't for JesusAnother Top 10 hit for Mr. Hastings - this is a lovely quiet song with just the guitar and his vocals for most of the track. The title basically says it all - it's a song talking about how grateful he is that Jesus is in his life and that he's not falling apart on his own.91: James Bakian - At The CrossJames Bakian is another new name for this year - he seems to do both Christian and non-Christian music, but this one caught my eye as it's most certainly not run-of-the-mill Christian music, there seems to be some dark undertones in there and, whilst the song is unequivocally praising God, it's also touching a genre that Christian music doesn't often touch.
Monday at 22:583 days I was the person who sent 'Lonely Town' to Nuggets! Not the most spectacular finish indeed but I'm delighted to see it in an EOY countdown
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