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Day 29: I might be being a bit sneaky with this one, but Georgia is a country :lol: A4Y9V07wry4

Blank Space, but I love both :(

Day 28: considering I've written about 3000 words of my uni dissertation on this song, it feels like an appropriate choice before I submit it on Wednesday :drama: zpzdgmqIHOQ

Day 27: has to be SOPHIE! At uni recently they gave us some example dissertations from previous years to look at, and one of them was an analysis of this and other early hyperpop songs like Hey QT and Vroom Vroom. Definitely one of the coolest bits of academic writing I've ever read! LdLvp630plc

1. Telephone 2. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich 3. 911 4. MANiCURE 5. Hair 6. Perfect Illusion 7. Look What I Found (by no means a bad song but not one I go out of my way to listen to! sounded rly good just now tho as i needed a quick refresher) Tbh all of #2-#5 could've been completely reshuffled, they're all on a pretty equal footing for me! Not the ultimate album being (justifiably) purely The Fame / Fame Monster so far

1. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 2. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER 3. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well 4. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 5. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 6. Conan Gray - Found Heaven 7. Allie X - Girl with No Face 8. Mahmood - NEI LETTI DEGLI ALTRI 9. Shygirl - Club Shy 10. Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine

1. Dua Lipa - Illusion 2. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 3. Beyoncé - BODYGUARD 4. Charli XCX - B2b 5. Taylor Swift ft. Florence + The Machine - Florida!!! 6. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 7. Angelina Mango - La noia 8. Marina Satti - ZARI 9. Taylor Swift - The Black Dog 10. Charli XCX - Club classics 11. Vampire Weekend - Classical 12. Taylor Swift - My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys 13. Taylor Swift - How Did It End? 14. Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed 15. Taylor Swift - But Daddy I Love Him 16. Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT 17. Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life 18. Charli XCX - Von dutch 19. Mahmood - TUTA GOLD 20. Taylor Swift - Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? 21. Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - Fortnight 22. Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 23. horsegiirL - Obsessed 24. Mahmood ft. Angèle - SEMPRE / JAMAIS 25. Beyoncé - II HANDS II HEAVEN 26. SONIKKU ft. Rakky Ripper - WONKY 27. Dua Lipa - Training Season 28. Taylor Swift - The Prophecy 29. Lauran Hibberd - jealous 30. Djo - End of Beginning 31. Conan Gray - Alley Rose 32. Taylor Swift - So High School 33. Caroline Polachek - Coma 34. Taylor Swift - Cassandra 35. Olly Alexander - Dizzy 36. Taylor Swift - Clara Bow 37. Angy - Sé Quién Soy 38. Allie X - Weird World 39. Allie X - Black Eye 40. Taylor Swift - I Look in People's Windows

Thanks for your comments last week! Hey Sergej! Glad you like both of those, hopefully you'll be happy to see Illusion at #1 now! Hey James! Ooh I'm really struggling to rank Dua's recent singles, I love them all! Houdini's production is my favourite I think but Training Season has the catchiest chorus imo. Artemas probably isn't getting my #1 now but who knows! Sorry, 'we can't be friends' is on its way down now :lol: Club Classics is a tune! Love the SOPHIE shoutout too :wub:

a9cyG_yfh1k Chart summary: No, it's no illusion: Dua earns her 6th #1! Only Caroline Polachek (8) and Charli XCX (9) have more. Meanwhile Sabrina Carpenter earns her 2nd top ten, and the highest peak of her career with Espresso in at #2. The other big news is a huge Taylor album bomb, obviously. Ngl this is far from my favourite album from her but it still notches up her top ten total to 38, and with 102 chart entries she's the only person to earn more than a hundred (Carly Rae Jepsen is second with 72)! I figured I'd do a quick comparison of how well Taylor's albums have done on my chart, so here's all the albums she's released while I've kept a chart along with their top 40 / top 10s each: folklore: 11 charting songs (5 top tens) evermore: 12 charting songs (6 top tens) Fearless (TV): 7 charting songs (2 top tens) Red (TV): 8 charting songs (4 top tens) Midnights: 15 charting songs (7 top tens) Speak Now (TV): 12 charting songs (5 top tens) 1989 (TV): 13 charting songs (4 top tens) Tortured Poets Dept: 12 charting songs (2 top tens) So in terms of top tens this is a bit more of a muted release by my standards, but it's still one of her biggest overall debuts! 01 Dua Lipa - Illusion [2 - 1] 02 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 03 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [1 - 1 - 1 - 3] 04 Charli XCX - B2b [2 - 3 - 4] 05 Taylor Swift ft. Florence + The Machine - Florida!!! 06 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me [16 - 4 - 6] 07 Angelina Mango - La noia [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7] 08 Marina Satti - ZARI [4 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8] 09 Taylor Swift - The Black Dog 10 Charli XCX - Club classics [6 - 8 - 10] 11 Vampire Weekend - Classical [22 - 27 - RE - 5 - 7 - 11] 12 Taylor Swift - My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys 13 Taylor Swift - How Did It End? 14 Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed [2 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 14] 15 Taylor Swift - But Daddy I Love Him 16 Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT [5 - 8 - 10 - 16] 17 Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life [26 - 17 - 9 - 11 - 17] 18 Charli XCX - Von dutch [1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 18] 19 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 13 - 19] 20 Taylor Swift - Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? 21 Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - Fortnight 22 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) [5 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11 - 14 - 22] 23 horsegiirL - Obsessed [20 - 15 - 23] 24 Mahmood ft. Angèle - SEMPRE / JAMAIS [14 - 6 - 8 - 11 - 14 - 16 - 24] 25 Beyoncé - II HANDS II HEAVEN [10 - 13 - 17 - 25] 26 SONIKKU ft. Rakky Ripper - WONKY [31 - 16 - 9 - 12 - 17 - 18 - 26] 27 Dua Lipa - Training Season [2 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 14 - 19 - 19 - 27] 28 Taylor Swift - The Prophecy 29 Lauran Hibberd - jealous [10 - 13 - 18 - 20 - 29] 30 Djo - End of Beginning [9 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 8 - 12 - 16 - 22 - 22 - 30] 31 Conan Gray - Alley Rose [13 - 9 - 13 - 18 - 24 - 24 - 31] 32 Taylor Swift - So High School 33 Caroline Polachek - Coma [5 - 6 - 6 - 9 - 11 - 15 - 20 - 25 - 25 - 33] 34 Taylor Swift - Cassandra 35 Olly Alexander - Dizzy [3 - 6 - 10 - 14 - 19 - 26 - 27 - 35] 36 Taylor Swift - Clara Bow 37 Angy - Sé Quién Soy [1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 11 - 14 - 18 - 24 - 30 - 29 - 37] 38 Allie X - Weird World [18 - 9 - 12 - 15 - 19 - 25 - 31 - 30 - 38] 39 Allie X - Black Eye [10 - 13 - 18 - 19 - 23 - 28 - 34 - 36 - 39] 40 Taylor Swift - I Look in People's Windows 2024 #1s: 29/12/23 iñigo quintero - Lo Que Queda De Mí [3rd week] 05/01/24 Empress Of - Feminine 12/01/24 Ariana Grande - yes, and? [2 weeks] 26/01/24 Fat Dog - King of the Slugs 02/02/24 Angy - Sé Quién Soy 09/02/24 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [3 weeks] 01/03/24 Charli XCX - Von dutch 08/03/24 Angelina Mango - La noia [3 weeks] 29/03/24 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [3 weeks] 19/04/24 Dua Lipa - Illusion ALBUMS: Congrats to Taylor on a record 9 #1s (her nearest competition is Carly on 4), and also to Caroline Polachek for having the first album ever to spend a full year charting, with 52 weeks to its name! 01 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 02 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER [1 - 3 - 1 - 2] 03 Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well [1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 3] 04 Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You [2 - 1 - 7 - RE - 4 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 10 - 10 - RE - 10 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4] 05 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us [1 - 2 - 5] 06 Conan Gray - Found Heaven [2 - 3 - 6] 07 Allie X - Girl with No Face [2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 7] 08 Mahmood - NEI LETTI DEGLI ALTRI [1 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 8 - 8] 09 Shygirl - Club Shy [1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 7 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 9 - 9] 10 Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine [1 - 3 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 7 - 10]

Day 26: this song deserved to be a huge hit, one of my fav disco revival songs! sJGSU0nXd-w

Day 25: going niche with a song about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair! nA0UOiVM1u0

Day 24: one of my favourite New Order songs! 71ZHVmSuBJM

Day 23: In case I don't find a way to sneak him into any of the other weeks, here's some Gustavo Cerati! He was the lead of the Argentinian rock band Soda Stereo through the 80s and 90s before going solo. His second album Bocanada is one of my favourite things I've ever heard, a sort of mix of trip hop, rock and electronica (very much feels to me like the male Ray Of Light). YqkM934jBU8

Day 22: absolutely love this one about Brussels, a Belgian bop x a79iLjV-HKw

Thanks for taking over this one Iz, really interesting theme choice! Just sent something in ^_^

Day 21: Aw, I would've gone for Kylie as Can't Get You Out Of My Head was #1 when I was born, what a song to have! Going for this one since I've been having a bit of a Nelly Furtado phase recently: kOL7aeIDruA At #26 the week I was born!

1. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER 2. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 3. Conan Gray - Found Heaven 4. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 5. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well 6. Allie X - Girl with No Face 7. Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine 8. Mahmood - NEI LETTI DEGLI ALTRI 9. Shygirl - Club Shy 10. Lynks - ABOMINATION

1. Beyoncé - BODYGUARD 2. Dua Lipa - Illusion 3. Charli XCX - B2b 4. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 5. Angelina Mango - La noia 6. Marina Satti - ZARI 7. Vampire Weekend - Classical 8. Charli XCX - Club classics 9. Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed 10. Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT 11. Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life 12. Charli XCX - Von dutch 13. Mahmood - TUTA GOLD 14. Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 15. horsegiirL - Obsessed 16. Beyoncé - II HANDS II HEAVEN 17. Mahmood ft. Angèle - SEMPRE / JAMAIS 18. SONIKKU ft. Rakky Ripper - WONKY 19. Dua Lipa - Training Season 20. Lauran Hibberd - jealous 21. Jorja Smith ft. Josman - GO GO GO 22. Djo - End of Beginning 23. Tainy ft. Tokischa - Jalo! 24. Conan Gray - Alley Rose 25. Caroline Polachek - Coma 26. Lorde - Take Me to the River 27. Olly Alexander - Dizzy 28. Vampire Weekend - Capricorn 29. Angy - Sé Quién Soy 30. Allie X - Weird World 31. Pet Shop Boys - Dancing star 32. Bleachers - Jesus Is Dead 33. Nebulossa - Zorra 34. Conan Gray - Lonely Dancers 35. Rainbow Kitten Surprise ft. Kacey Musgraves - Overtime 36. Allie X - Black Eye 37. Caroline Polachek - Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry In The Mouth 38. Pet Shop Boys - Sense of time 39. Caroline Polachek ft. Weyes Blood - Butterfly Net 40. Fat Dog - King of the Slugs

Thanks for your comments last week ^_^ Hey Sergej! Glad you like that one, really pleasantly surprised by how much it's taken off in the UK! Hey James! Haha that's a good shout with Charli - on the subject of, I've been obsessed the last few days with this remix album of Crash, lots of 00s throwbacks! Would be nice to see Artemas get the #1 but I agree, especially after Taylor's insane numbers today! And aw, I actually think The Loveliest Time is top 2 Carly for me along with Emotion. I hope she sticks with this personally :lol: so mother :cheeseblock: Glad everyone's loving the Artemas song!

7HV_Rv858YM Chart summary: It's a third week at #1 for Beyoncé, while Dua debuts at #2! That's her 24th top ten, tying her with Carly Rae Jepsen for the 3rd most (only Charli XCX and Taylor Swift are ahead). Artemas climbs to #4 for a first ever top ten, while there are new peaks for horsegiirL and Kacey Musgraves, and new entries for the Pet Shop Boys. 01 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [1 - 1 - 1] 02 Dua Lipa - Illusion 03 Charli XCX - B2b [2 - 3] 04 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me [16 - 4] 05 Angelina Mango - La noia [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5] 06 Marina Satti - ZARI [4 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6] 07 Vampire Weekend - Classical [22 - 27 - RE - 5 - 7] 08 Charli XCX - Club classics [6 - 8] 09 Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed [2 - 4 - 7 - 9] 10 Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT [5 - 8 - 10] 11 Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life [26 - 17 - 9 - 11] 12 Charli XCX - Von dutch [1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12] 13 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 13] 14 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) [5 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11 - 14] 15 horsegiirL - Obsessed [20 - 15] 16 Mahmood ft. Angèle - SEMPRE / JAMAIS [14 - 6 - 8 - 11 - 14 - 16] 17 Beyoncé - II HANDS II HEAVEN [10 - 13 - 17] 18 SONIKKU ft. Rakky Ripper - WONKY [31 - 16 - 9 - 12 - 17 - 18] 19 Dua Lipa - Training Season [2 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 14 - 19 - 19] 20 Lauran Hibberd - jealous [10 - 13 - 18 - 20] 21 Jorja Smith ft. Josman - GO GO GO [25 - 33 - RE - 5 - 7 - 15 - 21] 22 Djo - End of Beginning [9 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 8 - 12 - 16 - 22 - 22] 23 Tainy ft. Tokischa - Jalo! [23 - 23] 24 Conan Gray - Alley Rose [13 - 9 - 13 - 18 - 24 - 24] 25 Caroline Polachek - Coma [5 - 6 - 6 - 9 - 11 - 15 - 20 - 25 - 25] 26 Lorde - Take Me to the River [15 - 21 - 26] 27 Olly Alexander - Dizzy [3 - 6 - 10 - 14 - 19 - 26 - 27] 28 Vampire Weekend - Capricorn [3 - 4 - 7 - 10 - 12 - 16 - 22 - 28 - 28] 29 Angy - Sé Quién Soy [1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 11 - 14 - 18 - 24 - 30 - 29] 30 Allie X - Weird World [18 - 9 - 12 - 15 - 19 - 25 - 31 - 30] 31 Pet Shop Boys - Dancing star 32 Bleachers - Jesus Is Dead [20 - 13 - 17 - 23 - 29 - 32] 33 Nebulossa - Zorra [3 - 4 - 7 - 7 - 10 - 15 - 17 - 21 - 26 - 32 - 33] 34 Conan Gray - Lonely Dancers [5 - 8 - 8 - 11 - 16 - 18 - 22 - 27 - 33 - 34] 35 Rainbow Kitten Surprise ft. Kacey Musgraves - Overtime [40 - 35] 36 Allie X - Black Eye [10 - 13 - 18 - 19 - 23 - 28 - 34 - 36] 37 Caroline Polachek - Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth [10 - 12 - 16 - 19 - 20 - 24 - 29 - 35 - 37] 38 Pet Shop Boys - Sense of time 39 Caroline Polachek ft. Weyes Blood - Butterfly Net [13 - 20 - 9 - 12 - 17 - 21 - 25 - 31 - 36 - 39] 40 Fat Dog - King of the Slugs [1 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 11 - 15 - 23 - 25 - 31 - 33 - 38 - 40] 2024 #1s: 29/12/23 iñigo quintero - Lo Que Queda De Mí [3rd week] 05/01/24 Empress Of - Feminine 12/01/24 Ariana Grande - yes, and? [2 weeks] 26/01/24 Fat Dog - King of the Slugs 02/02/24 Angy - Sé Quién Soy 09/02/24 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [3 weeks] 01/03/24 Charli XCX - Von dutch 08/03/24 Angelina Mango - La noia [3 weeks] 29/03/24 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [3 weeks] ALBUMS: 01 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER [1 - 3 - 1] 02 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us [1 - 2] 03 Conan Gray - Found Heaven [2 - 3] 04 Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You [2 - 1 - 7 - RE - 4 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 10 - 10 - RE - 10 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4] 05 Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well [1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 5] 06 Allie X - Girl with No Face [2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6] 07 Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine [1 - 3 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 7] 08 Mahmood - NEI LETTI DEGLI ALTRI [1 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 8] 09 Shygirl - Club Shy [1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 7 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 9] 10 Lynks - ABOMINATION

BJSC164: Dry Cleaning - Anna Calls From The Arctic lYNwr7wuRHY After BJSC said NO to Welsh folk-dance excellence Pestolia is back with something very different! I don't really remember where I came across this, I think it was in the comments of a Guardian article tbh. But I think the message is really interesting, it deals quite nicely with the gradual 'enshittification' of late stage capitalism: 'Nothing works / Everything's expensive / And opaque and privatized / My shoe organizing thing arrived / Thank God'.

Conoria and Aeroche are great picks, stan Rakky Ripper :cheeseblock: Recognising a few other artists (Kenia OS, Shy Smith, death's dynamic shroud) - especially loved 'pop chin' from the latter so hopefully they'll deliver again!

Day 20: going for this one from a musical I always love rewatching! eh6-ZfWdnLQ

I'm struggling with this tbh as a massive Taylor fan. On one hand, I'm surprised so many people were saying they expected it to be more folkmore bc to me it sounds exactly like a mix of folkmore and Midnights! The problem is the whole thing just sounds too similar to me - folkmore and Midnights all had varied production that helped the songs stand apart, but 31 tracks of this is just so samey. I'm not averse to long albums but they need to justify that with variety. I'm also finding the songs quite hard to follow - this could just be down to Spotify not adding the lyrics tab yet, but I feel so many songs on this have quite odd structures that are stopping me from really remembering much of them? Like it's very stream of consciousness, which worked on folkmore but as I've seen someone else say on Twitter, there she let the music breathe a bit more rather than cramming in as many lyrics as possible. Some are quite cringe - Charlie Puth, the 1830s without all the racists, tattooed golden retriever? Every artist drops a clunky lyric now and then I guess and she's more than made up for it elsewhere. Over the next few days I'm gonna try this more and I'll probably end up trimming down to a more manageable length, but yeah for now it's not leaving a huge impression on me which I'm kinda sad about.

Day 19: any excuse to sneak some more Rosalía in here! Almost sent 'Ribs' by Lorde but that felt like bending the rules a little :lol: OG4gq9fCoRE