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Nice to see Blessings in the top 10, a pretty good track from Calvin, glad it was a big hit in the charts too. My favourite of his since Miracle, I'd say!

I love If He Wanted To He Would just the kind of song I wanted from Perrie! DAISIES was a brilliant comeback from Bieber too!

What Was That, twilight zone and Midnight Sun are my favourites since I last commented! The former was a much stronger lead than Solar Power (cellular device still gives me the ick xx), and twilight zone was a fantastic addition to an already brilliant album from Ariana

Lily in the top 10 albums Sports car is my favourite of your contenders!!

I liked but didn't love Solar Power as a lead single, thankfully What Was That was a significant improvement for me!

It's way too early for the Summertime Ball to be influencing any playlisting. It's just a switch-up in the recurrent tracks they're playing.

36 Partners in Crime Series 4 Episode 1 Doctor: 10th Companion: Donna Noble Also featuring: Sylvia Noble, Wilfred Mott, Rose Tyler First aired: 5th April 2008 Writer: Russell T Davies A lot of the most acclaimed Doctor Who episodes are the thought-provoking episodes, or the experimental episodes, or the darker, more scary episodes. With the vast scope the show has, I think it's important to embrace the more fun episodes too. Both investigating Adipose Industries separately, the Doctor and Donna finally meet each other again, and fight to stop the latest weight-loss craze from decimating the human race. I was a little sceptical of Donna becoming a full-time companion at the time - she was great in The Runaway Bride but she felt like a one-off companion who didn't have much scope beyond that. Never have I been so happy to be wrong! This episode is full of great comedy between the Doctor and Donna (the mime when they see each other again is the greatest moment in the show's history x), but it also sets up a new dynamic, with a more independent version of Donna, who's keen to see the world and embrace a fresh start in life. Sarah Lancashire is superbly camp as Miss Foster, and her death was extremely cruel, despite everything...!! The Adipose are the cutest "monsters" the show's ever seen too, I wanted one of the plush toys for years, only finally got my hands on one a few years back Major shoutout to the scene between Donna and Wilf on the hill (originally Donna and father Geoff, recorded just before Howard Attfield sadly passed away), which added an extra vulnerability to Donna's character, and kickstarted one of the greatest on-screen family relationships I've seen. I suppose this is something of a comfort episode for me, what with it kicking off my favourite series, but it's also very rewatchable and a true testament to Doctor Who's success is the vast array of tones it can pull off. (also, the Rose surprise gagged me so much on first watch!!!)

Songs: Top 300 61 Knox - White Knuckles | 4-10-8-14-25-27-28-30-x 62 Lily Allen - Tennis | 5-6-10-11-19-21-25-31-38-... 63 Marcus & Martinus - The Room | 4-6-10-12-28-29-37-35-35-33-35-38-x 64 Alec Benjamin - Pretending | 2-9-9-15-19-25-29-33-37-x 65 Alan Walker & Robin Packalen - Dust | 6-9-15-22-35-37-x 66 Melanie C - Sweat | 3-10-12-21-24-31-35-38-x 67 MARINA - BUTTERFLY | 4-6-13-22-27-37-x 68 Fred Roberts - Object of Desire | 2-7-15-28-32-x 69 Knox - Now & Then | 9-15-15-17-11-14-20-24-31-38-x-11-21-x 70 Saga Ludvigsson - Country Boy | 4-8-13-16-25-32-x Two songs from my album of 2025 feature here, as Knox comes close to bookending the section. Now & Then, the album's fiery opening track, lands at #69, one of a rapidly decreasing number of non-top 5 hits still in the running. White Knuckles is at the top of the section, having been added to the album's deluxe edition re-issue in August. Its anthemic vibe is a brilliant addition to the album, and it sounded great live too! Another non-top 5 hit appears in this section, courtesy of a team-up between Alan Walker and Robin Packalen. It marked the former's first top 10 hit since Man on the Moon (with Benjamin Ingrosso) over three years prior, and Robin's first since #1 hit Girls Like You two years beforehand. Melanie C returned to my top 10 for the first time since 2020 as she kickstarted the Sweat album era with its title track, a high-energy track made for workout playlists (if I had such a thing). It was blocked from the top 2 by Alec Benjamin's Pretending, which is just two spots higher in my EOY, and his second highest track of 2025. At the beginning of the year, I stumbled upon Country Boy by Saga Ludvigsson on Sweden's New Music Friday playlist (which I check most weeks as a way of keeping up with some of my Melodifestivalen favourites). I didn't realise at the time that Saga herself was doing Melfest in 2025, but Country Boy was a great taster and became her first top 10 hit! Fred Roberts returned with a top 2 hit in Object of Desire, a song I'd heard live a few times before finally being released, and I'd heard The Room by Marcus & Martinus at their London show early in the year too, so I was delighted that it finally got released later in the year, also becoming the title track of their album. MARINA scored her first (!) top 5 hit with BUTTERFLY, the lead single from her latest album, on a very competitive week no less. Finally, Lily Allen's fourth highest track appears - Tennis is one of the most key elements of West End Girl, and works hand-in-hand with the track that follows it, Madeline, which is still in the running.

Thank you both for your replies!!

Feel like they're trying very hard to make Bea a new camp icon but the acting is so sub par ☠️

Songs: Top 300 71 sombr - undressed | 8-14-23-22-25-31-34-36-36-37-39-x 72 JADE - FUFN (Fuck You for Now) | 5-11-16-24-28-32-x 73 Alex Spencer - Masks | 30-3-4-6-12-12-... 74 Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching | 2-5-11-25-27-32-39-40-x 75 Skinny Atlas & Powfu - Don't Ever Think Twice | 3-5-10-21-28-37-x 76 Isac Elliot - Vanhasta Uuteen | 4-5-10-16-25-35-x 77 Tom Odell - Don't Cry, Put Your Head On My Shoulder | 3-7-14-21-33-37-x 78 Sugababes - Shook | 4-7-14-27-36-x 79 Lily Allen - Dallas Major | 7-7-11-18-21-23-26-34-x 80 Saga Ludvigsson - Hate You So Much | 4-7-13-24-31-x A few artists who have appeared multiple times though the countdown see their luck run out in this section, including Isac Elliot, with title track Vanhasta Uuteen tying for his highest Finnish-language peak. Tom Odell's highest song is also here, with the touching and delicate Don't Cry, Put Your Head on My Shoulder being my biggest take-away from his latest album. JADE's highest placed track is #5 hit FUFN, a track I loved hearing live at the Summertime Ball, even if it was in censored form! After multiple collaborations together, Powfu returned the favour for Skinny Atlas at the start of the year, and it ends up as his top track of 2025. A rising star the last couple of years, Alex Spencer reached his best position so far with his most recent single Masks, a gorgeous ballad that has me really hyped to finally see him live for the first time next month. Lily Allen has five songs in the top 100, and the first to show up is the criminally underrated Dallas Major, a #7 hit in the week of the album's release. Tate McRae's first of three top 100 appearances is with F1 movie song Just Keep Watching, while sombr's first top 100 hit of three is undressed, which has a very respectable chart run for a track that "only" peaked at #8. Sugababes are at #78 with Shook, leaving one further track in the countdown, while Melodifestivalen country bop Hate You So Much is the first of two for Saga Ludvigsson, a newcomer to my chart in 2025.

Thank you so much Jay

Songs: Top 300 81 Knox - A Heart Still Breaks | 15-18-19-21-19-20-23-26-36-x-31-x 82 Tom Odell - Don't Let Me Go | 2-5-13-18-22-28-34-x 83 Fin Argus - Playboy 1973 | 3-5-6-11-30-x 84 Kesha, Slayyyter & Rose Gray - ATTENTION! | 5-6-12-17-23-29-x 85 MARINA - CUNTISSIMO | 5-12-20-26-x 86 Arden Jones - someone new | 4-6-... 87 Artemas - eat me alive | 5-11-23-30-39-x 88 Elevator Boys - California | 3-5-13-32-x 89 Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would | 5-10-13-25-31-38-x 90 Justin Bieber - DAISIES | 3-6-13-22-25-29-37-x Song titles themselves are rarely particularly exciting, but there's nothing that grabbed me in 2025 quite like CUNTISSIMO, which was the third single from MARINA's latest album. The track delivered on such a title too, with a pulsating beat and irresistible chorus. It's her second highest track in this year's countdown! Another interesting title was Playboy 1973, the comeback single for singer and actor Fin Argus. Since releasing their last single in 2022, they've embraced their queer, non-binary identity fully, and this song is an ode to finding yourself through a porn magazine - considerably more beautiful a song than you'd expect from such a descriptor. Also making a comeback in 2025 was Justin Bieber, and the SWAG campaign's lead single DAISIES ends up as his highest charting track of the year. It was great to see he still has the ability to take a song to #1 in the UK! No other song in this section was a top 40 hit, and the only other one to chart at all was Perrie's If He Wanted To He Would, a great track to lead into her album release. It's her top song of the year, and I'd say it's her second best song overall, behind debut hit Forget About Us. Artemas' second highest hit of the year is the infectious eat me alive, which would make a brilliant addition to any Halloween playlist going forward. Tom Odell kickstarted his latest album era with the gorgeous Don't Let Me Go, a #2 hit in my chart. German boyband Elevator Boys caught my eye through their surprise (and brief) playlist spot on Capital FM, and California made for an excellent summer hit, as did Kesha's rambunctious ATTENTION!, a team-up that provided both Slayyyter and Rose Gray with their first hits in my chart. Arden Jones returned to my top 10 for the first time in 2 years and matched his personal best with someone new, which has already become his longest-running top 10 hit (now up to 4 weeks in the top tier). Finally, we arrive at our highest non-top 10 hit, courtesy of an album track from Knox's Going, Going, Gone album. A Heart Still Breaks is the first of 11 (!) Knox songs to feature in my top 100, and one of 14 across the whole top 300.

Bruno's been added to the website now so I've edited him in here.

Capital Buzz Playlist | 12th January 2026 Adanna Duru & MNEK - WILL SMITH Addison Rae - New York ADÉLA - SUPERSCAR Audrey Hobert - Sue Me Audrey Hobert - Thirst Trap Bad Bunny - EoO Bree Runway - HOT LIKE! Chloe Qisha - So Sad So Hot Conan Gray - Caramel Debbii Dawson - I Want You Djo - Delete Ya Doechii & SZA - girl, get up. Eli - Glitter Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas FKA twigs - Sushi Freya Skye - silent treatment Hearts2Hearts - Focus ILLIT - NOT CUTE ANYMORE JADE - Church Jae Stephens - Freakie Kali Uchis - Muévelo KATSEYE - Internet Girl Lily Allen - Madeline Madison Beer - bittersweet Maya J'an - cul-de-sac Oklou & FKA twigs - viscus PinkPantheress with Zara Larsson - Stateside Rachel Chinouriri - Little House RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Robyn - Talk to Me ROLE MODEL - Writing's on the Wall ROSALÍA - Dios Es Un Stalker Rose Gray - I Don't Speak French Sabrina Carpenter - Nobody's Son SAILORR - LOCKED IN Sasha Keable - can't stop Tate McRae - NOBODY'S GIRL Tyla - CHANEL Tyler, the Creator - Sugar on My Tongue Zara Larsson - Blue Moon Songs removed from the playlist 5 Seconds of Summer - Telephone Busy Alessi Rose - Get Around Chappell Roan - The Subway MR. FANTASY - Catapult Robyn - Dopamine Skye Newman - FU & UF Zara Larsson - Hot & Sexy