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Congrats to FSR Rontvia, rly enjoyed that song! Actually quite a fan of most of the top 10, although some BIG robberies in the form of N DNTN / Flynnonda / Jadakissnia :( 33rd for us is about what I was expecting before some predictions hype so I'm glad it found its fans, I've really loved the latest Pearly Drops album so wanted to give it some representation here! Thanks Jade for a great contest :) Had no idea I'd done this but I think you're right, the Persephonian diaspora in Pestolia needs investigating

Even tho I've based Pestolia's (minimal) lore around pesto, that's actually completely unrelated to how I came up with the name - I started BJSC when I was at uni so it's just the name of my hometown mashed up with my uni city, plus -ia to make it sound more country-ish! I guess I could've merged them the other way round but the least clunky thing I can come up with is Brieldia and pesto outsells x

Voted! This month is kinda stacked ngl, I could've sent a 2nd set of votes and I'd still have some commiserations left

OctoberSongs: 1. Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 2. Taylor Swift - Ophelia 3. Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics 4. Lady Gaga - Vanish Into You 5. Rose Gray - Lotus 6. PinkPantheress - Stateside (all remixes combined) 7. Kim Petras - I Like Ur Look 8. Searows - Dearly Missed 9. Taylor Swift - Father Figure 10. Belinda Carlisle - (We Want) The Same Thing 11. RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 12. Allie X - Reunite 13. Frost Children ft. Kim Petras - RADIO 14. SONIKKU - Heatwave 15. Danny L Harle ft. Caroline Polachek - Azimuth 16. Gorillaz ft. Trueno & Proof - The Manifesto 17. Jae Stephens - Boyfriend Forever 18. Jay Som ft. Hayley Williams - Past Lives 19. Kali Uchis - Cherry On Top 20. Kali Uchis - Whispers of the Wind... 21. Madonna - Right On Time (Original Demo Edit) 22. Taylor Swift - Ruin the Friendship 23. Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun 24. BENEE - Underwater 25. Lily Allen - Pussy Palace 26. Oklou ft. FKA twigs - viscus 27. Zara Larsson - Crush 28. Real Lies - Rare Rapport 29. Rose Gray ft. Shygirl & Casey MQ - Everything Changes (But I Won't) 30. Frost Children - WHAT IS FOREVER FOR 31. HAAi - Voices 32. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 33. Sabrina Cartpenter - House Tour 34. Total f***ing Darkness - Give Me Everything You Own 35. After - Outbound 36. After - The Field 37. Babymorocco - The Boys & The Girls 38. Cecile Believe - Blink Twice 39. Doechii ft. JT - Alter Ego 40. Rose Gray - First Albums: 1. Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 2. Lily Allen - West End Girl 3. Rose Gray - Louder, Please 4. Lady Gaga - Mayhem 5. PinkPantheress - Fancy that 6. Charli XCX - Brat 7. Kali Uchis - Sincerely, 8. Frost Children - SISTER 9. After - After EP 2 10. Sigrid - There's Always More That I Could Say Artists: 1. Taylor Swift 2. Rose Gray 3. Lily Allen 4. Madonna 5. Lady Gaga 6. Charli XCX 7. PinkPantheress 8. After 9. Frost Children 10. Kali Uchis YTD Top 40: 1. (=) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 2. (=) Abor & Tynna - Baller 3. (+1) Rose Gray - Just Two 4. (-1) Jane Remover - JRJRJR 5. (=) Rose Gray - First 6. (=) Oklou ft. underscores - harvest sky 7. (=) Sky Ferreira - Leash 8. (+1) Go West - The King of Wishful Thinking 9. (+3) Shygirl ft. Yseult - F*Me 10. (-2) Addison Rae - High Fashion 11. (-1) Duran Duran - Save a Prayer 12. (+3) Bad Bunny - NUEVAYoL 13. (=) Addison Rae - Headphones On 14. (-3) LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE - Born Again 15. (+11) Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun 16. (-2) Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 17. (-1) Kylie Minogue - Finer Feelings 18. (-1) Olly Alexander - When We Kiss 19. (+9) Cecile Believe - Blink Twice 20. (-1) JADE - Backbone (Live) 21. (-3) Erika Vikman - ICH KOMME 22. (+8) Lorde - What Was That 23. (NE) PinkPantheress - Stateside 24. (-3) Tautumeitas - Bur man laimi 25. (-3) Ava Max - Lost Your Faith 26. (-6) Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER 27. (-4) SIMONA - PRINCESA PORRO 28. (+4) Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover 29. (-5) FKA twigs - Girl Feels Good 30. (-1) Kylie Minogue - In My Arms 31. (-6) Mis-Teeq - Scandalous 32. (+5) Ana Mena - Madrid City 33. (-6) Biig Piig - 4AM 34. (+2) Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) 35. (+4) Perfume Genius - It's a Mirror 36. (-5) Red Box - Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo) 37. (-4) The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset 38. (-3) Bad Bunny - KLOuFRENS 39. (-1) George Michael - Fastlove, Pt. 1 40. (-6) Anthony Szmierek - Rafters

Since we're all talking about recycling I'm self-recycling this month x

I have a lot of #1 debuts tbh, artists in bold debuted at #1 with their first ever chart entry! 2020 (25 songs) 03/01/20 whywhywhy - MisterWives 10/01/20 24 Hours - Georgia 17/01/20 Me & You Together Song - The 1975 31/01/20 Physical - Dua Lipa 14/02/20 Van Horn (GOLDHOUSE Remix) - Saint Motel 28/02/20 La vita nuova - Christine and the Queens ft. Caroline Polachek 20/03/20 Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris - Hayley Williams 27/03/20 Break My Heart - Dua Lipa 03/04/20 Over Yet - Hayley Williams 10/04/20 forever - Charli XCX 17/04/20 XS - Rina Sawayama 24/04/20 If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) - The 1975 08/05/20 Pure Love - Hayley Williams 22/05/20 Comeback - Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Bleachers 19/06/20 Experience - Victoria Monet, Khalid & SG Lewis 26/06/20 3am - HAIM 03/07/20 America - Sufjan Stevens 24/07/20 cardigan - Taylor Swift 31/07/20 Impact - SG Lewis ft. Robyn & Channel Tres 28/08/20 Love Is Religion - Dua Lipa 16/10/20 Dye It Red - beabadoobee 06/11/20 Real Groove - Kylie Minogue 13/11/20 Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish 27/11/20 Angels Like You - Miley Cyrus 11/12/20 no body, no crime - Taylor Swift ft. HAIM 2021 (17 songs) 08/01/21 drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo 05/02/21 My Limb - Hayley Williams 19/02/21 Charger - Elio ft. Charli XCX 26/03/21 MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X 02/04/21 deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo 16/04/21 Seize The Day - Paul McCartney ft. Phoebe Bridgers 23/04/21 21/04/20 - Kero Kero Bonito 30/04/21 t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l - Willow ft. Travis Barker 14/05/21 good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo 21/05/21 ZITTI E BUONI - Måneskin 04/06/21 How Not To Drown - CHVRCHES ft. Robert Smith 11/06/21 Solar Power - Lorde 03/09/21 Good Ones - Charli XCX 22/10/21 Bruxelles je t’aime - Angèle 05/11/21 New Shapes - Charli XCX ft. Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek 12/11/21 All Too Well - Taylor Swift 31/12/21 Stepped On A Bee - MisterWives 2022 (10 songs) 21/01/22 30/90 - Andrew Garfield, Joshua Henry, Vanessa Hudgens, Robin de Jesus, Alexandra Shipp and MJ Rodriguez 28/01/22 Beg For You - Charli XCX ft. Rina Sawayama 11/02/22 Billions - Caroline Polachek 06/05/22 No One Dies From Love - Tove Lo 13/05/22 Stefania - Kalush Orchestra 20/05/22 This Hell - Rina Sawayama 30/09/22 This Is Why - Paramore 07/10/22 THE LONELIEST - Maneskin 21/10/22 Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift 02/12/22 Escapism. - RAYE ft. 070 Shake 2023 (12 songs) 13/01/23 Flowers - Miley Cyrus 31/03/23 Spalarkle (Alys) - felicita ft. Caroline Polachek 14/04/23 1Trago - Danna Paola 28/04/23 Cha Cha Cha - Käärijä 19/05/23 Padam Padam - Kylie Minogue 23/06/23 BABY HELLO - Rauw Alejandro ft. Bizarrap 07/07/23 Enchanted - Taylor Swift 22/09/23 Story - Kylie Minogue 06/10/23 Ghost - Sigrid 13/10/23 One Of Your Girls - Troye Sivan 03/11/23 LA CHAMBA - Arcángel ft. Peso Pluma 10/11/23 Houdini - Dua Lipa 2024 (13 songs) 12/01/24 yes, and? - Ariana Grande 26/01/24 King of the Slugs - Fat Dog 02/02/24 Sé Quién Soy - Angy 09/02/24 TUTA GOLD - Mahmood 01/03/24 Von dutch - Charli XCX 08/03/24 La noia - Angelina Mango 29/03/24 BODYGUARD - Beyoncé 03/05/24 Dónde estás? - Alizzz 10/05/24 The Code - Nemo 24/05/24 Love Bites - Nelly Furtado ft. Tove Lo & SG Lewis 19/06/24 Angel Of My Dreams - JADE 25/10/24 Disease - Lady Gaga 08/11/24 As Good As It Gets - Katie Gavin ft. Mitski 2025 (11 songs) 17/01/25 Just Two - Rose Gray 31/01/25 Abracadabra - Lady Gaga 14/03/25 Relationships - HAIM 18/04/25 Headphones On - Addison Rae 30/05/25 Fame is a Gun - Addison Rae 27/06/25 Favourite Daughter - Lorde 01/08/25 The Subway - Chappell Roan 29/08/25 Outbound - After 12/09/25 RADIO - Frost Children ft. Kim Petras 19/09/25 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! - RAYE 03/10/25 The Fate of Ophelia - Taylor Swift

V excited for this one! Entered :)

Pestolia's votes are in! A LOT of familiar names this month but my top 4 atm are all brand new to me

Had absolutely no ideas 10 mins ago but just found the most gorg bit of slow-burn trip hop

Lockdown is STUNNING, actually the more instant of the two for me! But equally loving Secrets.

I'm glad you did, her singles from the last year-ish have been so good!

Fight me about how to categorise artists starting with 'The' x # = (1) 8485 A = (3) Axolotes Mexicanos, Aitana, After B = (1) Bibi Flash C = (1) Cecile Believe D = (3) Dora Jar, DJ SG, Dry Cleaning E = (2) El Columpio Asesino, Emilia F = (2) Four Phonica, Furfriend G = H = I = (2) ieuan, ivri J = (3) Jae Stephens, jaboukie, Jane Remover K = (1) KETTAMA L = (3) Lo-Fang, Larry Tee, Leah Dou M = (2) Mareux, Mahawam N = (1) Nuria O = (1) OBK P = (2) Pearly Drops, Princess Superstar Q = R = (2) Rafa Villalba, REYSHA RAMI S = (4) sangiovanni, SIMONA, Suki Waterhouse, Şenay T = (5) Tennis, Твоё далеко, ThxSoMch, The Dare, The Limiñanas U = V = W = (1) When In Rome X = Y = Z = (1) Zahara

Main contest: 140 │ Jae Stephens │ USA 141 │ Mareux │ USA 142 │ Axolotes Mexicanos │ Spain 143 │ Dora Jar │ USA 144 │ Four Phonica │ Ukraine 145 │ El Columpio Asesino │ Spain 146 │ Tennis │ USA 147 │ Mahawam │ USA 148 │ Твоё далеко │ Russia 149 │ Bibi Flash │ France 150 │ Lo-Fang │ USA 151 │ sangiovanni & Aitana │ Italy / Spain 152 │ When In Rome │ UK 153 │ Pearly Drops │ Finland 154 │ Furfriend │ Germany 155 │ Rafa Villalba │ Spain 156 │ OBK │ Spain 157 │ Cecile Believe │ Canada 158 │ jaboukie │ USA 159 │ SIMONA │ Argentina 160 │ 8485 │ Canada 161 │ ThxSoMch │ Canada 162 │ Suki Waterhouse │ UK 163 │ DJ SG │ UK 164 │ Dry Cleaning │ UK 165 │ Emilia │ UK 166 │ Larry Tee & Princess Superstar │ USA / USA 167 │ The Dare │ USA 168 │ REYSHA RAMI │ USA 169 │ Leah Dou │ China 170 │ ieuan │ USA 171 │ Şenay │ Turkey 172 │ Jane Remover │ USA 173 │ Zahara │ Spain 174 │ KETTAMA │ Ireland 175 │ The Limiñanas ft. Nuria │ France / Spain 176 │ After │ USA 177 │ ivri │ USA Totals: 15 USA 7 Spain 4 UK 3 Canada 2 Argentina 2 France 1 China 1 Finland 1 Germany 1 Ireland 1 Italy 1 Russia 1 Turkey 1 Ukraine Spin-offs: XMAS IV │ girl in red │ Norway Worldvision VI │ Kurs Valüt │ Ukraine Masquerade III │ nanobii │ Sweden Pride III │ Lynks │ UK Halloween IV │ ieuan│ USA Worldvision VII │ Winter Severity Index │ Italy Movies II │ Camille │ France Foreign Language II │ Marc Seguí │ Spain Instrumentals II │ Dan Terminus │ France Xmas V │ Sabrina Carpenter │ USA Collaboration │ Amiture │ USA Halloween V │ Sophia Bel │ USA Schlagerfest II │ OLGA │ Finland Totals incl. spin-offs: 19 USA 8 Spain 5 UK 3 Canada 3 France 2 Argentina 2 Finland 2 Italy 2 Ukraine 1 China 1 Germany 1 Ireland 1 Norway 1 Russia 1 Sweden 1 Turkey

Haven't updated this in ages, not gaining many new positions tbh 😭 my Q% is down 7% since last year! 01 - 0 02 - 0 03 - 1 (KETTAMA) 04 - 2 (When In Rome, Suki Waterhouse) 05 - 0 06 - 0 07 - 0 08 - 0 09 - 0 10 - 0 11 - 0 12 - 1 (After) 13 - 1 (sangiovanni & Aitana) 14 - 0 15 - 0 16 - 1 (Mahawam) 17 - 0 18 - 0 19 - 1 (Rafa Villalba) 20 - 1 (Mareux) 21 - 0 22 - 3 (Pearly Drops, Dry Cleaning, Emilia) 23 - 0 24 - 2 (Bibi Flash, Şenay) 25 - 0 26 - 0 27 - 1 (Four Phonica) 28 - 2 (Jane Remover, ivri) 29 - 1 (Tennis) 30 - 0 31 - 0 32 - 0 33 - 1 (Cecile Believe) 34 - 1 (SIMONA) 35 - 0 36 - 0 37 - 1 (Lo-Fang) 38 - 1 (ThxSoMch) 39 - 2 (Jae Stephens, REYSHA RAMI) 40 - 1 (8485) 41 - 0 42 - 1 (jaboukie) DNQ: 13 (Axolotes Mexicanos, Dora Jar, El Columpio Asesino, Твоё далеко, Furfriend, OBK, DJ SG, Larry Tee & Princess Superstar, The Dare, Leah Dou, ieuan, Zahara, The Limiñanas ft. Nuria) Q%: 65%

Congrats blacksquare, a great top 3 actually! I wish Utopia could've snuck top 10 and Herbilore deserved better. Happy to take my 2nd 28th of the year and I'm glad Jae Stephens did better for Aesthetica than she did for me xx Great hosting dandy! ☺️