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This is the official streaming services thread, the go-to topic for the discussion of playlists and charts from services such as Spotify, Apple & Amazon! This week's new releases courtesy of ManicKangaroo The Amity Affliction – Bleed [GRAT] Axel Rudi Pell - Guillotine Walk [GRAT] Ayra Starr - Where Do We Go Bebe Rexha - New Religion Cyril feat Wiz Khalifa - That's Her Dean Lewis - Enjoy It While It Lasts December 10 – Angel Digga D - Let Them Know Disciples & Kyozo - All I Need East End Dubs feat Jazzy – On A Wave Felix Jaehn & Cascada - Boy You Turn Me Goo Goo Dolls x Steve Aoki – Iris Hannah Grace - Rest Of My Life Headie One - You've Changed J Balvin & Amber Mark feat Steve Vai & Travis Barker - Jump (Coca-Cola Anthem for the FIFA World Cup 26) James Hype - Be Mine Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta - Save Me Tonight Jorja Smith - Blue Lights (Havoc Remix) Juice Wrld & Marshmello - We Don’t Get Along The Karma Effect - Ride Or Die Look Mum No Computer - Eins Zwei Drei Michael Aldag - Favourite Mike Posner - I Went Back To Ibiza Mø - Hunnybån / Fine Curls Night Trains - World War Ways Noah Cyrus - Light Over The Hill Omarion – Fantasy Parisi & Fred again.. feat Eyelar - This is Real (Disappear) Puretone - Addicted To Bass (Dom Dolla Relapse) Rita Wilson - Michaelangelo Say Now – Millions Seafret feat James Morrison – Driftwood [GRAT] Sevendust - Unbreakable [GRAT] Shee, A-Trak & Mighty Dub Katz - The Groove Shy FX feat Kingh - 100 Stephen Sanchez - Love Love Love [GRAT] Train - The Weekend Zero feat Klubbheads – Big Mad Banger FAQs What is streaming? What are the chart rules regarding streaming? For streaming and chart rules related FAQs read the pinned thread regarding this. How many streams equals one download sale? 100 plays if you are on Spotify Premium, or 600 if you are using the ad-supported free tier. However you cannot simply play a song that many times in one day to give it one sale, you are limited to 10 plays per day in terms of what counts to the chart. The number changes to 200 or 1200 plays when a song moves to ACR. For more information on the rules of ACR see this thread. How much does streaming contribute to the chart? Streaming contributes over 90% to the singles chart as a whole. Spotify counts for at least half of this, with Apple Music and Amazon also big contributors. YouTube is also big however most of YouTube's streams are at the free tier so won't count for as much. Why is my fave not doing well? Is it being promoted on a major curated playlist, and/or going viral on TikTok? If it isn't, it's unlikely to really take off! Hot Hits UK is the biggest of these playlists on Spotify from a UK standpoint. The playlist usually updates itself to include breaking hits once or twice a week, though there is no guarantee that your fave will get a place on the playlist. Also, the UK Top 50 is a largely followed playlist and that songs often experience a 'top 50 effect', when they enter the top 50 and get the additional exposure of being on the playlist. Often sales hits don't cross over to being streaming hits, this is usually the case for songs with an older target audience, reality or campaign songs. Also keep in mind that it often takes longer for a song to take off on Spotify than it would on iTunes. My fave didn't debut high and is falling already, does this mean they're flopping? Not necessarily. Most songs debut relatively low as they aren't instantly well-known, and experience a sharp decline on Day 2 as they no longer have the promoted 'New Music Friday' effect. A lot of songs manage to recover through gaining popularity and additions to playlists. Exceptions to the rule of course come from massively hyped releases, such as the recent album impacts from Drake and Taylor Swift. Spotify How do I see today's Spotify chart? To see the daily top 50 update on desktop, log in to Spotify, click 'Browse', then click 'Charts', then click 'United Kingdom Top 50', or click the link below. For the full top 200, use the link below to go to Spotify's website. You can also use the Kworb website which displays the data in an easier to read format and also contains additional information, however this is often out of date. Spotify App [top 50] Spotify Website [top 200] Kworb [top 200 and extra data] What are the most influential Spotify playlists? Links to Spotify's top playlists are as below. Hot Hits UK UK Top 50 New Music Friday Today's Top Hits How often does the Spotify chart update? It should update once every day, usually in the early afternoon - although on occasion there will be a delay. What do the numbers mean? The streaming figures cited in the daily chart are the number of streams each song received the previous day. Unlike the iTunes chart, Spotify is not a rolling chart so the numbers will only change once per day. Apple Music How do I see today's Apple Music chart? You can use the link below to view the Apple Music top 200 through Kworb. If you have Apple Music, you can also view the top 200 by going to the Charts section and clicking on See All in the Top Songs section. Kworb [top 200] What are the most influential Apple Music playlists? Links to Apple Music's top playlists are as below. Today's Hits UK Top 100 How often does the Apple Music chart update? It like iTunes updates on a regular basis a number of times a day. No streaming figures are provided however, unlike Spotify. Amazon How do I see today's Amazon Music chart? You can use the link below to view the Amazon Music chart. Amazon Music How often does the Amazon Music chart update? It like iTunes updates on a regular basis a number of times a day. No streaming figures are provided however, unlike Spotify. [FAQs written by Dan] Spotify/streaming discussion thread archive See here

Recap 43 10 Nathan Dawe & Abi Flynn - Here In Your Arms 42 31 Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up 41 35 Ely Oaks - Running Around 40 38 Twice - Takedown 39 39 Jennie - Like Jennie 38 41 Jisoo & Zayn - Eyes Closed 37 43 Mark Ronson & Raye - Suzanne 36 47 Calvin Harris & Jessie Reyez - Ocean 35 47 Abor & Tynna - Baller 34 48 Twice - Strategy 33 49 Jorja Smith - The Way I Love You 32 50 Levi Heron - The Glen 31 53 Sammy Virji & Skepta - Cops & Robbers 30 55 SZA - BMF 29 56 Twenty One Pilots - The Contract 28 59 Olivia Dean - It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be 27 61 Doja Cat - Gorgeous 26 62 Olivia Dean - Let Alone the One You Love 25 62 Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons 24 67 Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna - Indigo 23 67 Lola Young - D£aler 22 72 Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer 21 76 Lana Del Rey - Henry, Come On Top 20 A-Z Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun Addison Rae - Headphones On Fontaines D.C. - It's Amazing To Be Young Imogen Heap - Headlock Jade - FUFN (F*ck You For Now) Katseye - Gabriela Lady Gaga - Garden of Eden Miley Cyrus - End of the World Oasis - Slide Away Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train PinkPantheress - Illegal PinkPantheress - Tonight Remember Monday - What the Hell Just Happened? Rosalía feat. Björk & Yves Tumor - Berghain Sombr - We Never Dated Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas - Tell Me Tame Impala - Dracula Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato Tyla - Push 2 Start Tyler, the Creator - Sugar On My Tongue

#27 Doja Cat - Gorgeous CR: {34}-58->2 Points: 61 #26 Olivia Dean - Let Alone the One You Love CR: {21}-39-43-46->4 Points: 62 #25 Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons CR: 55-{30}R(105)->2 Points: 62 #24 Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna - Indigo CR: 46-41-39-{33}-39-47-45-50->8 Points: 67 #23 Lola Young - D£aler CR: 34-33-31-{27}-36-42-43-43-35-35-46-48->12 Points: 67 #22 Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer CR: {24}-53-72->3 Points: 72 #21 Lana Del Rey - Henry, Come On CR: {30}->1 Points: 76 Doja Cat had a fairly lacklustre chart performance with her new album having only produced a top 20 hit and a very minor top 40 in 'Gorgeous' to follow, we'll have to see how much better 'Jealous Type' can fare in the other poll. Olivia Dean is back again with another album track that had a short chart run being abruptly ended by Christmas and 'So Easy' getting a new year's reset. Her friend Sam Fender currently sharing residence at (fake) #1 also appears with an album track. Halloween proved more popular this year or at least you'd have thought so looking at the chart when really it was the OCC being looser than ever about restrictions on chart resets. In any case the benefit of that was a belated top 40 appearance for Andrew Gold's seasonal effort that would've otherwise made it two years before (its #55 position was with ACR applied). The song was recorded in 1996 but more recently given a remix that is the more popular version, not that Andrew would ever have heard it having died in 2011. Lola Young matches the 23rd position 'One Thing' had in the top 20s poll with the follow-up hit 'D£aler' which I presume was not announced on the radio as 'DPoundSignAler'. A rare country hit and an even rarer case of a GOOD country hit now, a track I'd hoped would finish a lot higher but alas 'Indigo' misses the top 20 again being so far the sole hit for both Sam Barber & Avery Anna. Meanwhile we have Lana Del Rey with what may or may not have been the first single from forthcoming album which may or may not have a different name again.

Recap 46 00 Central Cee feat. Lil Durk - Truth in the Lies 46 00 Sleepy Hallow feat. Doechii - Anxiety 45 02 Gwen Stefani - Shake the Snow Globe 44 09 Skye Newman - Hairdresser 43 10 Laufey - Winter Wonderland 42 21 Ed Sheeran - Camera 41 22 Leon Thomas - Mutt 40 26 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 39 27 Skye Newman - FU & UF 38 28 Justin Bieber - Yukon 37 35 Hozier - Do I Wanna Know? 36 37 Olivia Dean - Dive 35 40 Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes 34 41 Dave feat. Kano - Chapter 16 33 45 Sam Fender feat. Elton John - Talk to You 32 45 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts 31 47 Esdeekid & Rico Ace - Phantom 30 50 Cynthia Erivo - No Good Deed 29 52 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 28 52 Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande - For Good 27 54 Pawsa & The Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks) 26 64 Coldplay - Sparks 25 72 Ariana Grande - Dandelion 24 81 Fred Again.., Sammy Virji & Reggie - Talk of the Town 23 82 Lola Young - One Thing 22 83 Sleep Token - Emergence 21 86 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical Top 20 A-Z Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else Blackpink - Jump Charli XCX - Party 4 U Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Doja Cat - Jealous Type Huntr/x - What It Sounds Like Kehlani - Folded Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance Lily Allen - Madeline Lily Allen - West End Girl Lisa feat. Doja Cat & Raye - Born Again Lorde - What Was That Max Dean, Luke Dean and Locky - Can't Decide Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It to the Max (Fly) Oasis - Acquiesce Rihanna - Breakin' Dishes Rossi & Jazzy - High On Me Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour Sam Fender - Arm's Length Tate McRae - Nobody's Girl

#30 Cynthia Erivo - No Good Deed CR: {17}-62->2 Points: 50 #29 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone CR: {17}-18-27-26-32-33-52->7 Points: 52 #28 Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande - For Good CR: {14}-56->2 Points: 52 #27 Pawsa & The Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks) CR: 44-47-64-57-61-20R(2)-28-22-{17}-20-20-27-29-35-75->15 Points: 54 #26 Coldplay - Sparks CR: 40-43-48-44-46-41-39-36-30-28-22-19-{18}-20-31->15 Points: 64 #25 Ariana Grande - Dandelion CR: {19}-51->2 Points: 72 #24 Fred Again.., Sammy Virji & Reggie - Talk of the Town CR: 22-{18}-26-48-50-55-30R(2)-36-38-38-41-40->12 Points: 81 #23 Lola Young - One Thing CR: 25-22-19-19-{18}-19-19-24-24-26-35-34->12 Points: 82 #22 Sleep Token - Emergence CR: {17}-38-58-56->4 Points: 83 #21 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical CR: 17-16-{13}-15-18-14-16-17-15-16-16-15-44-49-44-40-44-50-50-56-52-56-51-59-58-54-56-68-74->29 Points: 86 Starting this section off we have two songs taken from the second part of the Wicked film adaptation. The title track 'For Good' being another duet of the two leads alongside Cynthia Erivo solo number 'No Good Deed' have roughly the same performance here. Neither had any chart longevity as there was a clear consensus that the first film was better or at the very least its songs were more, ahem, popular. Ariana Grande does also have a second track in the section however not associated with Wicked but instead an album track from the 'Eternal Sunshine' deluxe edition. Ed Sheeran put out another mid single in 'Old Phone' in between his two bigger hits of the year - it is the best performing of his three titles here. Older music continued to gain popularity in the year, firstly from The Adventures Of Stevie V whose 1990 #2 hit 'Dirty Cash' was given a remix to be a top 20 hit a third time (if we also count the Dizzee Rascal version) 35 years on. We also had another Coldplay a year after 'We Pray' placed on the podium of this contest but this time for 2000 album track 'Sparks', the song had already gone viral on TikTok but was eventually boosted into the top 20 by the tour. 'Viva La Vida' and 'Yellow' were also brought back but were ineligible here for having originally been top 10 hits. Fred Again & Sammy Virji gave Irish drill rapper Reggie a hit having remixed his 2022 track 'Talk of the Town' seeing the two producers eventually link up after both had a hit each with Skepta. Lola Young shed any 1HW status allegations fairly quickly with 'One Thing' having been her first release about a half year since the breakout of 'Messy' - we may see her further top 40 hit land in a similar position in the other poll. A rare rock band breakthrough happened for Sleep Token this year, in actuality they'd already made it big with their prior album but singles chart success evaded them until 'Emergence' was a surprise top 20 hit and a great one at that. Meanwhile Benson was still Booneing and not just with 'Beautiful Things' continuing to linger about, 'Mystical Magical' was the bigger of his two top 20 hits however the earlier hit remains preferred being yet to appear.

+50 Nero – Guilt +49 Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone +48 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing +47 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell +46 Visage - Fade To Grey +45 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay +44 Sister Sledge – We Are Family +43 Lady Gaga – Judas +42 XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love +41 Shocking Blue – Venus +40 Black – Wonderful Life +39 Eagles – Hotel California +38 The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up +37 Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody +36 Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends +35 The Smiths – This Charming Man +34 Depeche Mode – Just Can't Get Enough +33 The Stone Roses - Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For +32 Radiohead – Karma Police +31 Mary J Blige - Family Affair +30 The Veronicas – Untouched +29 Muse – Time Is Running Out +28 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message +27 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On +26 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You +25 The Beatles – Yesterday +24 Plastic Bertrand – Ça Plane Pour Moi +23 Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' +22 Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal +21 Robyn – Dancing On My Own +20 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam +19 The Beloved – Sweet Harmony +18 Evanescence – Going Under +17 Linkin Park – In the End +16 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black +15 Bananarama – Cruel Summer +14 Eurythmics – Here Comes The Rain Again +13 McAlmont & Butler - Yes +12 Len - Steal My Sunshine +11 Arctic Monkeys – Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? +10 Blink 182 - I Miss You +09 Oasis - Live Forever +08 Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi +07 Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine +06 Pink - Try +05 Bananarama – Venus +04 Pet Shop Boys – Rent +03 Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town +02 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) +01 Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia

I've had enough of entertaining his releasing every 2 weeks now we've got a slightly more busy release schedule

DanBet 21. Altyr Muunilinst: Haute & Freddy - Dance The Pain Away 23. Hendinia: Memphis LK - Some Kinda Heaven 38. Taahino: Chrissy Chlapecka - Aria 31. POPHub: Maiah Manser - Feeling It All 24. Bøtanikkä: Jerry Heil - CATHARTICUS (prayer) 6. Cheiron: Pixel Grip - Reason To Stay 14. N DNTN: 2charm - invisible wings 12. New Lexico: Ericka Jane - Death Of Me 5. Pagasa: Mount Palomar - Little Fractures (feat. Pip Blom) 18. Fljótavík: GERD - Hurts 13. Elëdan: Lycoriscoris - Circulations 2. Lookylion: Willa Ford - Love4Life 36. Yehesi: no na - work 19. The Spodic Empire: Who's Eddie - Take Me Up (Adams & Gielen Radio Mix) 42. Harmonica: MACE - espansione ✦ 1. Kluminican Republic: Maya J'an - cul-de-sac 15. Aeroche: Indira Paganotto - This Is ARTCORE 35. Scotland 2: Smerz - You got time and I got money 29. FARC: A Thousand Mad Things - Wide Awake 7. Ojnoj: EJAE - Time After Time 8. Cor Lupus: Magdalene - DJesus 4. Sovarasma: Wantamnam - Long For 16. Deandria: Project Pitchfork - Timekiller 28. Summericia: Kontravoid - Losing Game (feat. Chelsey Crowley) 39. Jupiterdonia: Дeva - Se híremet, se nevemet (feat. Fanni Zahár) 9. Juranabaijan: Esther Graf - darüber schlafen 41. Dalisska: R. Missing - Dear Contests 34. Danæviia: Qrion - Ice Palace 26. Lentyll: Max Lawrence - I Stretch My Extremities Beyond Their Breaking Point 11. Persephonia: Band Of Horses - (Biding Time Is A) Boat To Row 32. FSR Rontvia: Niteworks - John Riley (feat. Beth Malcolm) 27. Zanmatony: Tóth Gabi - SzívbeEmelő 33. Neliönoir: Vitesse X - Memori 3. Trifoski: Lip Critic - Legs In A Snare 10. Wholune: Keli Holiday - Dancing2 22. Baleghde: Goodnight Louisa - Jennifer Aniston 30. Mothertopia: Sofia And The Antoinettes - Hi My Love 25. Hushkanukia: GIRLSET - Little Miss 17. Land of DW: L.A. Suzi - Csak Egy Tánc Volt Katie 20. Dobago: Whim Therapy & AZZZ - byebye 37. Freidland: Fright Years - Evil 40. East Rukahavian: Michaela Anne - By Our Design

#35 Abor & Tynna - Baller CR: {34}-75->2 Points: 47 #34 Twice - Strategy CR: 64-45-35-39-{32}-35-34-38->8 Points: 48 #33 Jorja Smith - The Way I Love You CR: {39}-46-54-51-59-71-59-68->8 Points: 49 #32 Levi Heron - The Glen CR: 63-47-37-26-{24}-25-25-36-36-35-41-40->12 Points: 50 #31 Sammy Virji & Skepta - Cops & Robbers CR: 46-41-45-39-49-52-58-39-42-41-{36}->11 Points: 53 #30 SZA - BMF CR: 44-{21}-21-30-44-56-51-51-68-65-69->11 Points: 55 #29 Twenty One Pilots - The Contract CR: {33}->1 Points: 56 #28 Olivia Dean - It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be CR: 60-{36}-38-49-40-47-48-54-55-63->10 Points: 59 Three titles from the year's Eurovision managed to briefly break the top 40 - the first of these perhaps the most unexpected to make the chart being the German entry which for once was actually sang in German. Whilst not finishing amazingly high in the scoreboard it was a fan-favourite regardless thanks to its catchiness and modern dance production. An English language version was hurriedly recorded afterwards but the moment had passed by then for it to further smash. Twice appear, ahem, twice, in the bottom ten - 'Strategy' was also featured in the Demon Hunters film but wasn't also a Huntr/x song this time. Jorja Smith once again got a bit of UK garage in the chart albeit this one was only a top 40 scrape. Another hit for the genre came from Sammy Virji who was one of the year's breakout dance producers, very much assisted by Skepta who also lent his vocal to a bigger Fred Again hit in the year. The triangle would soon be completed with Sammy & Fred teaming up on a top 20 hit yet to appear in that poll's results. Between them we had a random dance remix of a years-old Beluga Lagoon song get viral, a rare Scottish DJ whose name is not Calvin Harris to chart who took the sole credit for this version. SZA brought out a deluxe re-issue of 'SOS', now a whopping 42 tracks long because America rewards stream-trolling. 'BMF' was the biggest hit from the new songs despite a Kendrick Lamar collab also sitting on the list (which did go top 40, but didn't make it out of the qualifier round). Twenty One Pilots continued to retain their fanbase and got another fleeting hit to lead their most recent album. They out-did themselves this past week chart-wise with 'Drag Path' so could very well appear higher up the 2026 poll, assuming it doesn't re-peak in the top 20. Meanwhile woman of the moment Olivia Dean has her first of two appearances here, the track in question was her first hit since the Amazon Alexa assisted Christmas cover from 2021 being a sign of much bigger things to come.

#43 Nathan Dawe & Abi Flynn - Here In Your Arms CR: 45-58-55-54-61-55-54-36-38-{34}-35-34-34-38-41-44->16 Points: 10 #42 Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up CR: {28}-49-51-56-46-49-45-49-53-67->10 Points: 31 #41 Ely Oaks - Running Around CR: 59-47-40-36-38-32-{28}-29-30-32-36-39->12 Points: 35 #40 Twice - Takedown CR: 63-47-35-31-27-{24}-24-24-25->9 Points: 38 #39 Jennie - Like Jennie CR: {36}-55-49-60-64-53-48-50-51-69->10 Points: 39 #38 Jisoo & Zayn - Eyes Closed CR: {37}-59->2 Points: 41 #37 Mark Ronson & Raye - Suzanne CR: {34}-41-47-57-54-73-73R(11)->7 Points: 43 #36 Calvin Harris & Jessie Reyez - Ocean CR: {34}-44-52-54-63-70-53-64->8 Points: 47 Starting off the non-top 20 results we have Nathan Dawe who somehow still manages to score hits in 2025 though this year may be where he finally joins Jonas Blue, Joel Corry, Jax Jones and Sigala in the has-beens of generic dance party. Selena Gomez meanwhile made a whole album with husband and record producer Benny Blanco - the sole top 40 hit from the project was assisted by one of the current it girls of pop Gracie Abrams. Another dance track falls outside the top 40 here being the breakthrough for Austrian DJ Ely Oaks. It was quickly followed by another which missed the cut off round but further releases have made no impression. A run of K-pop now; Twice managed two hits assisted by featuring on the soundtrack to Demon Hunters, the first of which was a needless cover version of one of the Huntr/x songs whose version was bigger albeit not allowed to chart. Two Blackpink members take the next positions, firstly Jennie with a self braggadocios hit and afterwards Jisoo who bagged Zayn for a collab, the star power of which took her a whopping one position higher than her one previous chart appearance. Mark Ronson and Raye who both recently performed at the Brits, albeit not together as this collab wasn't much of a hit - 'Suzanne' was a smaller teaser for Raye's forthcoming second album which was led by the much bigger 'Husband' soon after.

#40 Ed Sheeran - A Little More CR: {18}-26-23-37-48-32-55-72->8 Points: 26 #39 Skye Newman - FU & UF CR: 18-18-{16}-25-43-69-75R(4)-67-56-63-69->11 Points: 27 #38 Justin Bieber - Yukon CR: 32-33-37-24-{12}-15-15-20-17-62-29R(21)-48-51->13 Points: 28 #37 Hozier - Do I Wanna Know? CR: 26-{18}-35-59-72->5 Points: 35 #36 Olivia Dean - Dive CR: 74-73-74-63-64-71-59R(2)-64-31R(2)-22-21-{17}-18->13 Points: 37 #35 Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes CR: 22-15-{13}-47R(4)-20R(2)-16-16-17-18-16-19-20-17->13 Points: 40 #34 Dave feat. Kano - Chapter 16 CR: {11}-47->2 Points: 41 #33 Sam Fender feat. Elton John - Talk to You CR: {20}-38-59-60->4 Points: 45 #32 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts CR: 30-{20}-25-27-42-41-41-45-52-57-57-66->12 Points: 45 #31 Esdeekid & Rico Ace - Phantom CR: 61-45-36-29-25-28-28-17-15-{12}-19-37-34-44-14-18-19-21-22-25->20 Points: 47 We meet Ed Sheeran again with another song that would've been bigger had it only been released one decade in the past. Thankfully we are now in 2026. Skye Newman proves to be the rare case of a new female breakthrough that Buzzjack really don't care for as her other entry in this doesn't perform a whole lot better. Speaking of which, the biggest breakthrough of the year in Olivia Dean places two entries here, firstly 'Dive' from her first album belatedly hitting and right above it one of her many album tracks that have had impressive post-release longevity though due to chart rules only 'A Couple Minutes' has had somewhat of a proper chart run of those. Justin Bieber attempted to bring back the term "swag" with his comeback album, it produced two hits of which one of them had his vocal heavily edited - 'Yukon' places fairly lowly here as such. Hozier covered the Arctic Monkeys mega-hit which was a former winner of this poll as it only peaked at #11 - this version had a brief boost of vitality many years after release but ultimately wasn't half as popular with us. Dave put out his third album which produced one proper hit - of the other two allowed to chart 'Chapter 16' just missed out on being 3 for 3 in the top 10 - being a 6 minute hook-less song it naturally had little longevity outside of week one. Sam Fender had another great year with 'Rein Me In' start its lengthy journey to the top of the chart. Meanwhile he had an Elton John collab as a promotional track for the album deluxe albeit the legend's contribution was limited to just assistance on the piano. Otherwise we have two rap tracks actually place well outside of the bottom ten for a change. Firstly from Lil Tecca who we may have written off as a one-hit wonder however five years on from his breakout he eventually had a second top 40 placement with 'Dark Thoughts'. The rapper of the moment towards the year's end was undeniably Esdeekid though time will tell if he's just a quick fad 'Phantom' was his breakthrough with two other hits quickly following, '4 Raws' of which will appear in the 2026 poll.

#46 Central Cee feat. Lil Durk - Truth in the Lies CR: {13}-30-46-67->4 Points: 00 #46 Sleepy Hallow feat. Doechii - Anxiety CR: 52-{15}R(76)-16-34-60->5 Points: 00 #45 Gwen Stefani - Shake the Snow Globe CR: 52-40-60-{16}-67->5 Points: 02 #44 Skye Newman - Hairdresser CR: 69-56-51-38-30-29-16-16-{15}-20-23-24->12 Points: 09 #43 Laufey - Winter Wonderland CR: 44-49-31-26-55R(48)-24-40-40-27-{18}R(49)-24-39-28->13 Points: 10 #42 Ed Sheeran - Camera CR: {16}-21-25-33-47-48-62-52-52-61->10 Points: 21 #41 Leon Thomas - Mutt CR: 65-57-60-65-26-22-19-{17}-17-20-21-22-24->13 Points: 22 Getting out the no-one-cares songs firstly. Central Cee and Sleepy Hallow have the joint honours of sharing bottom place with no points. It is not the first time Cench has had nil points off Buzzjack and the addition of Lil Dirk and a Ne-Yo sample clearly didn't help either. Meanwhile 'Anxiety' was a bit of a fluke hit as it only benefitted from the Doechii solo version having not yet been released after a snippet went viral, she would soon take it into the top three whilst this version quickly fell off. Christmas songs remain not so much popular here with two of them already dropping out. Firstly from Amazon Alexa whose American focused track was from Gwen Stefani. As ever no one actually cared for it although it was at least an original song. Spotify's exclusive from Laufey charted a third year as they don't rotate out as rapidly as Amazon, and this time actually making the top 20. Skye Newman broke through with 'Hairdresser' which sits between the two, she has now won the BBC Sound of 2026 poll so we may be hearing more from her in the year ahead. Ed Sheeran is still kicking about and had a handful of minor hits, the first of these is 'Camera'. Meanwhile one of America's biggest hits of the year was a breakthrough from Leon Thomas, it was not such a big hit here but still did respectably for R&B making the lowest end of the year end chart.

Jan-Feb 2026 1 Maruja – Look Down on Us 19 scrobbles 2 Tourist – In Unison 18 3 Danny L Harle – Raft in the Sea 16 4 Ghost Cop – A Shot in the Dark 16 5 Jean Dawson – Prize Fighter 16 6 LSR/CITY – come home 16 7 Anna von Hausswolff – Stardust 15 8 Årabrot – Of Darkness And Light 14 9 Austra – Fallen Cloud 14 10 Lay of the Autumn – Lost In Your Eyes 14 11 Shkodra Elektronike – Fosforon 14 12 anamē – I’m Coming Home 13 13 Lane 8 – Stay Still, A Little While 13 14 Sarah Kinsley – Fleeting 13 15 Aaron Hibell – nocturnal 12 16 Kungs – Galaxy 12 17 Nightbus – Mirrors 12 18 The Yagas – Illusion 12 19 Tinlicker – Release 12 20 anamē – Astronauts 11 21 anamē – Hopeful 11 22 Bruno Mars – I Just Might 11 23 David Boring – Jenny Rotten 11 24 Grum – Primal 11 25 Highlandr – Me & You 11 26 Honey Dijon – Slight Werk - Club Mix 11 27 Klangphonics – Ghost (Find Me Again) 11 28 Kosheen – Catch 11 29 LSR/CITY – before you go 11 30 Sadu – Luukered 11 31 The The – Uncertain Smile 11 32 Traitrs – The Lovely Wounded 11 33 Alex M.O.R.P.H. – One Spark 10 34 BDRMM – Infinity Peaking 10 35 EsDeeKid – Phantom 10 36 Fleetwood Mac – Landslide 10 37 Hot Since 82 – Right On, Right On - Vocal Edit 10 38 Jerry Heil – Earth (Dradada) 10 39 Johan Gielen – Etherflow 10 40 Narciss – Ludmilla 10 41 Niklas Paschburg – Adieu 10 42 Paul Webster – Holding The Light 10 43 PinkPantheress – Stateside + Zara Larsson 10 44 XiJaro & Pitch – United in Dreams 10

Titi Me Pregunto Share the House Lights Burn Dimmer Dying for You Always Everywhere Other Side Wrong Faces Iceman Freestyle Slaughter Be By You

David Bowie - Warszawa Fred again.. - Sabrina (i am a party) Nik Kershaw - You Might Eric Saade - It’s Gonna Rain Conan Gray - Miss You George Michael - Precious Box The Weeknd - Nothing Compares Troye Sivan - IN A DREAM Shawn Mendes - Where Were You in the Morning? Ruel - SITTING IN TRAFFIC

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Best Album Buzzjack winner: West End Girl Brit winner: The Art of Loving

Critics Choice Buzzjack winner: Sienna Spiro Brit winner: Jacob Alon Rap Act Buzzjack winner: Dave Brit winner: Dave Pop Act Buzzjack winner: Jade Brit winner: Olivia Dean Dance Act Buzzjack winner: PinkPantheress Brit winner: Fred again/Skepta R&B Act Buzzjack winner: Mabel Brit winner: Sault Alternative Act Buzzjack winner: Sam Fender Brit winner: Sam Fender

Best Artist Buzzjack winner: Jade Brit winner: Olivia Dean

Best intl Artist Buzzjack winner: Lady Gaga Brit winner: Rosalia

Best intl Group Buzzjack winner: Haim Brit winner: Geese

Best Intl Song Buzzjack winner: Pink Pony Club Brit winner: APT.

Best Breakthrough Buzzjack winner: Lola Young Brit winner: Lola Young

Best Group Buzzjack winner: Wolf Alice Brit winner: Wolf Alice

Best Song Buzzjack winner: Where is My Husband Brit winner: Rein Me In