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#100 Fontaines D.C. Points: 558 Date first charted: 08/06/2019 Number of entries: 7 Total weeks on chart: 97 Most Successful Year: 2020, 2nd TNXrKBt76zI Kicking off the main countdown are Ireland's sole entrant, Fontaines D.C. I was somewhat late to the party with them, with their debut album already a few weeks old before I liked anything I heard by them. I heard Lauren Laverne play Boys In The Better Land on 6 Music and was instantly hooked, it shot to the top in just three weeks and spent 7 weeks there, as I became utterly obsessed with their album Dogrel over the summer, helped by catching one of their four(!) sets at that years Glastonbury. The song and album would both end 2019 at the top of my end-of-year lists, and the re-release of Liberty Belle in the new year gave them a second top 3 hit. There was barely a year between their first two albums, with A Hero's Death becoming my first vinyl pre-order album, which felt like a big commitment given it had been such a long while since I paid for an album prior to hearing it. Whilst not hitting the same heights as Dogrel, it was another excellent album and gave them another #1 and top 3 single, A Lucid Dream being a comfortable second best song of theirs, whilst Televised Mind was also something I grew to love and showed some progression from the more raw sounding punk of their debut. A third album came almost three years exactly since the first, whilst I've not been able to get into it much, its title track Skinty Fia became a 5th top 3 hit and gives them enough points to finish in the top 100. Chart History: 08/06/2019 Boys In The Better Land 23-09-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-02-04-05-08-12-16-23-27-34-37 (19 weeks) 11/01/2020 Liberty Belle 29-16-06-04-03-04-03-04-07-11-17-22-28-37-40 (15 weeks) 23/05/2020 A Hero's Death 27-20-14-15-15-17-21-32-33-36-40 (11 weeks) 18/07/2020 Televised Mind 26-17-12-08-05-03-02-02-05-09-13-20-28-36 (14 weeks) 17/10/2020 A Lucid Dream 32-22-20-16-10-06-05-02-01-01-02-04-05-07-11-17-23-34 (18 weeks) 22/01/2022 Jackie Down The Line 26-18-13-11-11-13-19-31 (8 weeks) 02/04/2022 Skinty Fia 27-17-09-03-04-04-04-08-11-19-33-40 (12 weeks) 2023 Top 5 Rank: 01 Boys In The Better Land 02 A Lucid Dream 03 Liberty Belle 04 Hurricane Laughter 05 Skinty Fia

So I will begin counting this down properly tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some stats: Male led: 71 Female led: 29 Band/Duo: 74 Solo: 26 I have seen live: 43 Haven't: 57 Country of Origin: 51 England 23 USA 6 Scotland 4 Wales 4 Canada 3 Australia 3 Northern Ireland 2 Sweden 1 France 1 Ireland 1 New Zealand 1 Norway Year first charted: 19 2003 8 2004 9 2005 5 2006 7 2007 8 2008 7 2009 7 2010 6 2011 9 2012 2 2013 2 2014 5 2015 1 2016 1 2017 1 2018 1 2019 2 2020 I said initially I would post two a day. I've done the full write-ups for 56 so far including 28 of the first 30, so will be fine hitting that for a while but I might have to slow down for the top 20-30 if I don't get into gear!

01 - Sugababes Points: 687 Date first charted: 06/01/2003 Entries: 12 If I didn't combine acts to make forums Sugababes would still be top of this list, ending at #113, but the total by adding Mutya's solo work too means they smash this countdown and gives them a total that would elevate them to #73. Like both Girls Aloud and Robbie Williams, they were present on my first ever chart as 2002 Stronger was just about holding on, and they racked up double figures in 5 years, the highlights being In The Middle, Push The Button and About You Now, though the latter was a long runner rather than a high peaker, and had a bit of a bizarre chart run, aided by it being pretty much the biggest song around during my first year of uni. The real highlight of this section though is Song 4 Mutya, an absolute stomper of a dance-pop anthem that rose all the way to the top. Chart History: 06/01/2003 Stronger 27 (1 week) 10/03/2003 Shape 30-40 (2 weeks) 13/10/2003 Hole In The Head 14-17-19-24-31-39 (6 weeks) 15/12/2003 Too Lost In You 07-05-04-06-08-11-15-17-19-22-25-27-33-40 (14 weeks) 22/03/2004 In The Middle 03-04-05-10-11-13-18-23-26-28-33-38 (12 weeks) 23/08/2004 Caught In A Moment 11-20-25-34-40 (5 weeks) 26/09/2005 Push The Button 06-07-11-14-20-19-22-26-31-39 (10 weeks) 05/12/2005 Ugly 23-28-34-38-40 (5 weeks) 06/03/2006 Red Dress 13-12-08-12-19-24-35 (7 weeks) 19/03/2007 Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) (Mutya Buena w/ Groove Armada) 27-18-09-06-03-02-02-01-01-05-05-10-11-12-15-19-22-23-26 (19 weeks) 14/05/2007 Real Girl (Mutya Buena solo) 24-15-08-12-20 (5 weeks) 24/09/2007 About You Now 29-20-21-30-X-30-21-15-19-26-29-28-20-21-24-31-36 (16 weeks) FY5NYBRMurk

Thanks for such a detailed comment Bre. I do think that lyrically Prioritise Pleasure is great, but I've never enjoyed hearing that screechy synth in it - it grew on me a bit and I don't skip it, but it's one of maybe 3 on the album that I never put on out of choice. Definitely agree with all of that on Taylor, even going back I do seem to have to go through a lot of poor stuff to find the great ones, although they are great, whereas recent albums are the complete opposite, both only have a couple of skips, and that's more cos they're too boring rather than outright bad like some of her other stuff.

Oh I still really like One Week, but can definitely see why it'd annoy. I'd defo be up for joining in Dr B's countdown, but the 1st is my delayed Christmas day this year, so unlikely to make much (if any) of it! :(

Thanks Chez, I look forward to hearing your thoughts, and I'll get round to checking our your End of Year thread too! :D

02 - Robbie Williams & Take That Points: 543 Date first charted: 06/01/2003 Entries: 12 Erm... Robbie Williams overall position of 155 puts him as the third lowest act to have got to double figures in chart entries, ahead of both Haim (167) and Lykke Li (174), however both of those acts I still listen to a fair amount, whereas from this list the only one I've listened to in years is Rule The World. I did like Robbie a lot when I was younger, his early work was pretty good pop music and I was a child, and his latter albums continued to have most of his singles charting in some capacity. Feel and Trippin I'd probably give a listen to now, half of these I don't even remember how they go. As for Take That, I've always been very meh about their comeback songs, they're all fine but nothing special, Rule the World aside which is still a fantastic song. Chart History: 06/01/2003 Feel 15-18-21-22-27-30-31-36-40 (9 weeks) 14/04/2003 Come Undone 13-17-20-28-32-36 (6 weeks) 03/11/2003 Sexed Up 36 (1 week) 04/10/2004 Radio 10-12-21-32 (4 weeks) 06/12/2004 Misunderstood 13-17-21-23-31 (5 weeks) 03/10/2005 Trippin 04-09-08-10-11-13-18-20-26-39 (10 weeks) 12/12/2005 Advertising Space 10-16-19-20-23-28-32-35-39 (9 weeks) 22/05/2006 Sin Sin Sin 33-40 (2 weeks) 04/09/2006 Rudebox 16-29-37-X-35-31-32 (6 weeks) 13/11/2006 Lovelight 19-27-37 (3 weeks) 20/11/2006 Patience 34 (1 week) 19/11/2007 Rule The World 36-23-17-18-27-16-06-13-22-34-40 (11 weeks) KII1ruAfvsg

01 (01) Hatchie - Nosedive (01) (07) (2 weeks) 02 (05) Nia Archives - So Tell Me... (02) (05) 03 (02) Sprints - Literary Mind (01) (12) (5 weeks) 04 (03) Confidence Man - Heaven (Triple J Like a Version) (03) (06) 05 (04) Young Fathers - I Saw (02) (10) 06 (18) The Go! Team - Whammy-O (06) (03) 07 (06) Self Esteem - The 345 (Choose You Edit) (06) (06) 08 (24) Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island (08) (03) 09 (10) Arctic Monkeys - I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am (09) (07) 10 (13) Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (10) (05) 11 (08) Wolf Alice - In The Bleak Midwinter (08) (04) 12 (07) Rina Sawayama - Frankenstein (04) (08) 13 (16) Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle (13) (04) 14 (09) Bicep feat. Clara La San - Water (02) (11) 15 (17) HighSchool - Only a Dream (15) (05) 16 (11) Kevin de Vries - Dance With Me (07) (07) 17 (21) Yunè Pinku - Fai Fighter (17) (03) 18 (25) Gorillaz - Skinny Ape (18) (02) 19 (14) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf (01) (12) (2 weeks) 20 (12) PVA - Hero Man (08) (06) 21 (20) Romy feat. Fred Again.. - Strong (20) (05) 22 (15) Leftfield feat. Grian Chatten - Full Way Round (15) (06) 23 (27) White Lung - If You're Gone (23) (03) 24 (32) ATRIP feat. niina - In The Booth (24) (02) 25 (28) Young Fathers - Tell Somebody (25) (02) 26 (23) ENOLA - Metal Body (23) (04) 27 (19) Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (05) (09) 28 (41) Dizzy - Barking Dog (28) (01) 29 (36) Joshua Amour - In My Mind (29) (02) 30 (43) Circa Waves - Living in the Grey (30) (01) 31 (22) Royksopp feat. Alison Goldfrapp - The Night (09) (10) 32 (30) DMA's - Everybody's Saying Thursday's The Weekend (25) (06) 33 (26) Hot Chip - Broken (06) (10) 34 (**) Knife Bride - Grenade (34) (01) 35 (34) Elder Island - Additions Attachments (29) (06) 36 (29) LCD Soundsystem - New Body Rhumba (05) (13) 37 (42) Confidence Man - Toy Boy (RAW SILK Remix) (37) (01) 38 (35) The Orielles - Beam/s (01) (16) (3 weeks) 39 (31) Confidence Man - Luvin U Is Easy (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) (16) (11) 40 (33) The Comet Is Coming - CODE (10) (09)

Looking forwards to this, suspect there will be some I'm unfamiliar with which I will definitely give a listen to.

03 - Girls Aloud Points: 524 Date first charted: 12/01/2009 Entries: 10 For individual acts, Lady Gaga would be second in this countdown, but combining totals to make Forum totals mean two overtake her, the first of which is Girls Aloud. They started brightly with a couple of top 10 hits but would only reach it twice more. I did find their singles quite hit and miss, and I never got into some of their most popular hits (Biology/Something Kinda Oooh) at all, but their were bright moments in here, The Show and Love Machine were probably a tad underrated, although those two covers certainly aren't songs I'd listen to now! Their final album was the only one I listened to in full, which I really enjoyed and in The Loving Kind and Untouchable, produced the two songs of theirs I listen to most still - not quite sure why I made one a 16 week #1 and the other a 5 week #21. Nicola Roberts debut single is the only solo single I've charted, although Four Tet's BACK2THESTART did reach number one in 2015, and did use some of the lyrics of Fight For This Love... Chart History: 06/01/2003 Sound of the Underground 05-13-15-18-22-25-27-32-35 (9 weeks) 12/05/2003 No Good Advice 09-11-17-20-24-29-36-38 (8 weeks) 17/11/2003 Jump 22-34 (2 weeks) 28/06/2004 The Show 14-18-28-36-40-32-33-34-38 (9 weeks) 13/09/2004 Love Machine 15-21-28-38 (4 weeks) 21/02/2005 Wake Me Up 08-07-10-14-24-23-26-29-37 (9 weeks) 18/12/2006 I Think We're Alone Now 36-32-37-27-39 (5 weeks) 29/12/2008 The Loving Kind 15-06-01-01-01-02-04-04-05-06-14-20-27-29-32-39 (16 weeks) 27/04/2009 Untouchable 28-24-24-21-31 (5 weeks) 07/06/2011 Beat Of My Drum (Nicola Roberts solo) 36-16-15-39 (4 weeks) 8om0iqqjMOU

+12 Magnetic Man feat. Katy B - Perfect Stranger 10 Chase & Status feat. Mali - Let You Go 8 David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi - Memories 7 Plan B - Prayin' 6 Coldplay - Christmas Lights 5 Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood 4 B.o.B feat. Rivers Cuomo - Magic 3 Tim Berg - Seek Bromance 2 Ellie Goulding - The Writer 1 Devlin feat. Yasmin - Runaway -2 will.i.am feat. Nicki Minaj - Check It Out

04 - Lady Gaga Points: 518 Date first charted: 12/01/2009 Entries: 8 Some significant similarities with Rihanna here, like her Lady Gaga has 8 entries in total, hasn't charted since 2011 so has been gradually falling ever since, and her best song is a collaboration with an act who does feature so will talk about in much more depth later. It was rare she missed at the beginning of her career, as I tended to at least like everything she released, with four consecutive top 6 hits from The Fame and Monster editions following the debut of Just Dance, and the beginning of the next era was decent enough too, and I'd listen to Born This Way over any of The Fame singles nowadays. After that I've struggled to care, even her really big hits just haven't hit the spot with me. It was a great three years which amassed 518 points which puts her 120th overall. Chart History: 12/01/2009 Just Dance 35-23-19-17-22-35-40 (7 weeks) 02/03/2009 Poker Face 30-21-12-06-13-18-21-22-26-32 (10 weeks) 15/06/2009 Paparazzi 23-12-07-06-07-13-20-38 (8 weeks) 16/11/2009 Bad Romance 25-12-05-09-07-15-10-16-22-34 (10 weeks) 08/03/2010 Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) 39-30-26-01-01-01-01-02-03-04-07-09-10-11-16-19-23-28-34-37-36 (21 weeks) 28/06/2010 Alejandro 28-21-16-20-37 (5 weeks) 14/02/2011 Born This Way 34-34-25-18-11-06-12-27 (8 weeks) 16/05/2011 Judas 27-16-13-11-19-32 (6 weeks) EVBsypHzF3U

01 (02) Hatchie - Nosedive (01) (06) (1 week) 02 (01) Sprints - Literary Mind (01) (11) (5 weeks) 03 (06) Confidence Man - Heaven (Triple J Like a Version) (03) (05) 04 (03) Young Fathers - I Saw (02) (09) 05 (13) Nia Archives - So Tell Me... (05) (04) 06 (10) Self Esteem - The 345 (Choose You Edit) (06) (05) 07 (04) Rina Sawayama - Frankenstein (04) (07) 08 (14) Wolf Alice - In The Bleak Midwinter (08) (03) 09 (05) Bicep feat. Clara La San - Water (02) (10) 10 (11) Arctic Monkeys - I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am (10) (06) 11 (07) Kevin de Vries - Dance With Me (07) (06) 12 (08) PVA - Hero Man (08) (05) 13 (16) Heartworms - Consistent Dedication (13) (04) 14 (09) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf (01) (11) (2 weeks) 15 (15) Leftfield feat. Grian Chatten - Full Way Round (15) (05) 16 (21) Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle (16) (03) 17 (19) HighSchool - Only a Dream (17) (04) 18 (26) The Go! Team - Whammy-O (18) (02) 19 (12) Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (05) (08) 20 (24) Romy feat. Fred Again.. - Strong (20) (04) 21 (30) Yunè Pinku - Fai Fighter (21) (02) 22 (17) Royksopp feat. Alison Goldfrapp - The Night (09) (09) 23 (27) ENOLA - Metal Body (23) (03) 24 (36) Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island (24) (02) 25 (41) Gorillaz - Skinny Ape (25) (01) 26 (18) Hot Chip - Broken (06) (09) 27 (33) White Lung - If You're Gone (27) (02) 28 (43) Young Fathers - Tell Somebody (28) (01) 29 (20) LCD Soundsystem - New Body Rhumba (05) (12) 30 (25) DMA's - Everybody's Saying Thursday's The Weekend (25) (05) 31 (22) Confidence Man - Luvin U Is Easy (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) (16) (10) 32 (**) ATRIP feat. niina - In The Booth (32) (01) 33 (23) The Comet Is Coming - CODE (10) (08) 34 (32) Elder Island - Additions Attachments (29) (05) 35 (28) The Orielles - Beam/s (01) (15) (3 weeks) 36 (47) Joshua Amour - In My Mind (36) (01) 37 (31) Antony Szmierek feat. Yemi Bolatiwa - Working Classic (16) (08) 38 (29) White Lies - Trouble In America (03) (13) 39 (34) Florence + The Machine - Heaven Is Here (IDLES Remix) (19) (07) 40 (35) Adwaith - Sudd (21) (08)

It's a shame that they couldn't quite get dethroned, especially when a number of the contenders are likely to have come so close. Though I have to say the people in that Anyone but Ladbaby FB group are so clueless and pathetic it makes me feel less bad about it failing.

05 - Rihanna Points: 471 Date first charted: 14/05/2007 Entries: 8 Rihanna takes a place inside the top 150, but hasn't charted for over a decade now so shows no signs of halting a reverse further down. Her first real smash hit Umbrella was the first I charted, although got tired of it pretty quickly, the singles prior to that I hadn't been a fan of at all (although SOS holds a certain charm) but that third era was the one that produced her big hits, with three of its later singles all reaching the top 5 as I got fully on board with her commercial success, Don't Stop The Music in particular is still great. Being at university from 2007-11 her songs were absolutely everywhere, and definitely helped me like some more than I would have, none more so than the T.I. collaboration Live Your Life, which I'm surprised at how successful I made it! We Found Love is her equal longest running hit, but didn't quite hit the same heights as others, it's certainly the song of hers I'd most likely listen to now. Of her singles which haven't charted, Diamonds and Take a Bow would be the two I'd consider to be most unlucky and probably both fit into a 2023 Rihanna Top 5. 14/05/2007 Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z) 31-24-23 (3 weeks) 13/08/2007 Shut Up And Drive 20-13-12-10-04-06-09-15-17-21-29-39 (12 weeks) 14/01/2008 Don't Stop The Music 05-04-03-05-09-10-05-12-16-20-17-21-24-29-32 (15 weeks) 04/08/2008 Disturbia 20-11-08-05-05-05-08-14-20-23-22-30 (12 weeks) 17/11/2008 Live Your Life (w/ T.I.) 13-05-06-13-18-13-16-16-20-25-35 (11 weeks) 25/10/2010 Only Girl (In The World) 40-37 (2 weeks) 14/02/2011 S&M 27-23-27-38-X-24-19-14-30 (8 weeks) 07/11/2011 We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) 29-20-14-11-14-15-20-17-15-15-22-32-35-39-40 (15 weeks) tg00YEETFzg

I thought there were two acts in my top 100 who were popular enough on BuzzJack to have their own forum, however since I last paid attention to what Artist forums were on this site they've both been deleted, so to try and make this as site-friendly as possible, here are my Top 6 BuzzJack Artist Forums. For this exercise, I'm going by forum, so combining all acts within that for each one. 06 - Taylor Swift Points: 382 Date first charted: 01/08/2020 Entries: 6 I've said on this site previously that my Taylor gap was a bit of a shame, but in the first few years of her career everything I ever heard by her was either something that was far removed from the type of thing I'd listen to (Love Story), annoying (I Knew You Were Trouble) or just downright terrible (We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together is comfortably in my 10 worst songs of that decade), so as I reached a point where I was very rarely in a place where I would hear the likes of Taylor Swift on the radio, and stopped caring completely about the charts, I paid absolutely no attention to anything she released, in the same way I wouldn't by someone like Jessie J. Shake It Off was the only song following those that ever entered my consciousness, and whilst it was better, it's still pretty annoying and at no point has it ever been something I'd listen to by choice. That changed in 2020, not when she started working with people I actually liked, but when I'd started posting more on this site again and the AF Idol competition was ran, which I partook in and discovered the likes of All Too Well, Wildest Dreams, New Romantics, and yes, even Style and Blank Space, all of which were excellent and I started listening to some of her stuff more regularly. Then she released music with people I'd liked for ages and I became somewhat obsessed. On my last.fm, since 1st April 2020, I've only listened to three acts more than Taylor, which I find absolutely astounding. The standout is, of course, Exile which, spoiler alert, I may discuss in the top 100 too, as it shot up to the top in record time and I had a period of about a month where I listened to it as much as I'd ever listen to one song. Half of Folklore is genuinely exceptional, and the other half is generally pretty decent too. Evermore contained some songs I've listened to a lot too, and I've enjoyed Midnights on the few listens I've given so far. Exile aside, the other song that I absolutely adore is the updated 10 minute version of All Too Well. It was already the song of hers I'd listened to most, but coupled with the video/film for it, the long version has taken it to new levels. I'd definitely consider them both amongst favourite all-time songs, and think it's a real shame I ignored her for so long (though I still put more that blame on her than me!) Chart History: 01/08/2020 Exile (feat. Bon Iver) 13-02-01-01-01-01-01-03-06-08-10-14-20-26-31-35-39-40 (18 weeks) 08/08/2020 Cardigan 29-21-19-15-19-26-34-38 (8 weeks) 26/12/2020 Willow 34-24-17-13-09-08-10-14-20-30-39 (11 weeks) 13/11/2021 All Too Well (10 Minute Taylor's Version) 31-11-06-05-08-11-16-26-35-40 (10 weeks) 09/01/2021 No Body, No Crime (feat. HAIM) 30-26-27-37 (4 weeks) 05/11/2022 Anti-Hero 29-19-07-05-05-07-12* (7 weeks) osdoLjUNFnA

Currently rewatching the first two series of this in anticipation of the third. It's such a good series, definitely one of the best I've ever watched, and cannot wait for the third. Looks like they've deliberately left it a while so Ryan is older in it and the storyline moved on accordingly.

It always felt like it would return, and I'll be pleased if it does. I'm convinced the criticism it received was because it was assumed to be the end altogether, but that was never confirmed (or denied tbf) and just felt like an end of series ending, which in that case was absolutely fine.

What a dreadful year 01 - 0 02 - 2 - The Pipettes, Those Dancing Days 03 - 0 04 - 3 - Reverend and the Makers, Temples, Ibibio Sound Machine 05 - 1 - PNAU feat. Ladyhawke 06 - 1 - Riton & Kah-Lo 07 - 0 08 - 2 - Brenmar feat. UNiiQU3, Metric 09 - 0 10 - 2 - Grimes, Mr Fijiwiji 11 - 1 - Spinnerette 12 - 4 - Blackmill, Bibio, Kye Kye, Cousn 13 - 2 - Operator Please, Danny Brown feat. Purity Ring 14 - 3 - TCTS, Paradis, Páula, Povoa & Jerge 15 - 2 - Animal Collective, DJ Koze 16 - 0 17 - 2 - Monkey Swallows The Universe, Ejecta 18 - 5 - Sally Shapiro, Best Coast, Nightwish, Ejeca, Piri & Tommy Villiers 19 - 0 20 - 1 - John Legend feat. Andre 3000 21 - 3 - Hayden Thorpe, Chew Lips, Desire Marea 22 - 2 - Los Campesinos!, Gregory & The Hawk 23 - 7 - Ida Maria, Alex Metric, Us the Duo, Cosmo's Midnight feat. Nicole Millar, Felix Jaehn, Salute, Turnstile 24 - 2 - The Shortwave Set, Groove Armada 25 - 0 26 - 2 - Foals, Hurtsfall 27 - 0 28 - 2 - Zuzu, Sprints 29 - 1 - Doss 30 - 0 31 - 0 32 - 3 - Les Loups, Right Hand Left Hand, W. H. Lung 33 - 1 - Boards of Canada 34 - 0 35 - 1 - Be Charlotte 36 - 2 - Anna Prior, Caroline Loveglow 37 - 2 - Bulow, Circe 38 - 0 39 - 0 40 - 0 41 - 0 42 - 0 DNQ - 40 - Porij, Obongjayar, Nightbreed, Sinead O'Brien, Tom Vek, Seraphina Simone

Self Esteem Position: 172 Points: 422 Date first charted: 15/05/2021 Entries: 5 Not quite as much of a newbie as others here had been, and she had technically charted once previously with Slow Club in 2014, but Self Esteem has been an absolute sensation in the last two years. The Best had made my bubbling under chart in 2019 and was something I'd listened to a lot for a song which I didn't chart, but it wasn't until I Do This All The Time was released that I took much notice, with a super quick rise to the top where it stayed for five weeks for a song which is, quite frankly, genius. 6 of the 7 singles she's released from Prioritise Pleasure have charted, with The 345 this week becoming the 5th which has made the top 10. It's an album so wonderfully varied and creative, full of high points, I'm Fine and f***ing Wizardry are sensational. She's a superb live act too and it's great to see her playing such big tours and shows - February will be fourth time I've seen her and I can't wait. My year end listening chart will almost certainly have her top 5 for a second consecutive year. I have revisited the debut album a few times, and whilst it's a decent pop album it just doesn't compare to last years. Chart History: 15/05/2021 I Do This All The Time 31-12-01-01-01-01-01-03-06-06-07-11-15-21-27-36 (16 weeks) 11/09/2021 How Can I Help You 25-20-17-19-27-28-29-36-38 (9 weeks) 02/10/2021 Moody 25-19-11-06-05-06-09-17-20-28-38 (11 weeks) 12/03/2022 You Forever (Pop Off Edit) 27-14-08-06-08-12-19-31-40 (9 weeks) 27/08/2022 f***ing Wizardry (Block Them Edit) 31-20-12-03-05-09-07-10-16-20-28-39-40 (13 weeks) 26/11/2022 The 345 (Choose You Edit) 29-20-13-10* (4 weeks) Mtd_jlV61mA

Given the one jury vote which was revealed, looking like a massive landslide Edit: There we go

Thanks for all Sprints points, not getting loads but usually a decent score, and no real surprises in who's been voting for it.

For Those I Love Position: 228 Points: 351 Date first charted: 03/10/2020 Entries: 5 The top 2 acts here were responsible for my two favourite albums of 2021, the first of which being Irish act David Balfe AKA For Those I Love. His self-title debut album a largely spoken word over beats in a strong Irish accent. It's not for everyone but with it dedicated to his friend who'd died, the subject matter is always so raw and emotive. First single I Have a Love is a song I grew to love so much more than I did at the time of its release when it peaked at #4, with Birthday/The Pain being the other standout. 4/5 singles have made the top 10 including an Ela Minus remix, which elevated the song into a banger. Chart History: 03/10/2020 I Have a Love 27-16-09-08-04-04-07-15-24-34-39-39 (12 weeks) 23/01/2021 Top Scheme 34-27-19-15-15-23-34-39 (8 weeks) 27/02/2021 Birthday/The Pain 34-25-20-14-08-04-03-03-03-07-11-14-19-24-33 (15 weeks) 24/07/2021 To Have You 28-17-12-07-07-07-07-09-12-18-27-37 (12 weeks) 18/09/2021 You Stayed/To Live (Ela Minus Remix) 35-29-24-17-13-10-07-13-21-25-31-38 (12 weeks) iTz3QZNORg4

I split cash on Mariah and Wham. Even if they lose they were still good bets, because they were massively overpriced based on the information available at the time, particularly when the longest odds you could get on the Pogues was 10/1. Realistically the absolute worst they were ever going to be was #4 & 5 (5 & 6 if England were still in the World Cup) yet had 20-40 songs with shorter odds. A professional gambler who's got any interest in the charts is 100% backing both of them.

Arlo Parks Position: 235 Points: 342 Date first charted: 30/05/2020 Entries: 5 Coming in slightly higher than HAAi is Arlo Parks. Sophie and the Easy Life collaboration Sangria were the first songs of hers I came across, and both were pleasant enough but didn't quite get into them enough to chart them. That all changed with Black Dog, such beautiful lyrics about coping with depression, such a magnificent song that made me check out a lot more of her earlier material, the Super Sad Generation EP really is excellent. Her debut album Collapsed In Sunbeams was a great debut, with Hurt and Too Good being standouts both hitting #6. An I. JORDAN remix of her work with Future Utopia elevated a boring song to give her a 5th hit last year. Chart History: 30/05/2020 Black Dog 28-19-08-01-01-01-01-01-02-02-03-03-04-05-09-13-20-26-34-40 (20 weeks) 29/08/2020 Hurt 31-24-17-10-07-06-06-06-11-11-16-20-26-34-38 (15 weeks) 12/12/2020 Caroline 30-24-20-20-19-18-22-29-24-29-35 (11 weeks) 17/07/2021 Too Good 28-20-12-09-06-10-15-21-35-39 (10 weeks) 04/09/2021 Stranger In The Night (w/ Future Utopia) (I. JORDAN Remix) 37-31-29-30-35-40-40 (7 weeks) QOu0Ht0-D4M