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Taylor was my top artist with 6,178 minutes putting me in top 1%. 4.Cruel Summer 5. Anti Hero 11. Snow on the Beach 15. Vigilante 19. Bejewelled 23. Hits Different 41. The Great War 45. Snow on the Beach (More Lana) 49. Mastermind 53. You're On Your Own Kid 57. Maroon 61. Midnight Rain 65. Paris 69. Anti Hero (with Bleachers) 73. Glitch 77. Karma (Ice Spice) 81. Karma 85. Lavender Haze 89. Sweet Nothing 95. Welcome To New York (Taylor's Version) Although I have been listening to a lot of Evermore the last few weeks since it feels like the season for it, I will need to look at my Last.fm at the end of the year to see where the numbers land by the end of December.

That was quite the ordeal! After waiting in the lounge for 40 minutes the server threw me out. I gave up but then decided to try going on my phone and got through instantly and managed to get to seated tickets for Glasgow.

Maybe she's saving the fifth one that's not named for an announcement and music video?

It's very unique in that it's a two minute long instrumental. It became very popular on Tik Tok and charted in the top 100 as a result.

+30 Klingande – Jubel +29 Lorde – Team +28 Charli XCX – Boom Clap +27 Zedd (feat. Hayley Williams) – Stay The Night +26 Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down +25 Cash Cash (feat. Bebe Rexha) – Take Me Home +24 Taylor Swift – Blank Space +23 Taylor Swift – New Romantics +22 Faul & Wad vs. Pnau – Changes +21 Zhu – Faded +20 Taylor Swift – Out of The Woods +19 Professor Green (feat. Tori Kelly) – Lullaby +18 Mr. Probz – Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) +17 Ella Henderson – Ghost +16 G.R.L – Ugly Heart +15 Avicii (feat. Dan Tyminski) – Hey Brother +14 Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne) – Rather Be +13 Labrinth – Jealous +12 Pitbull (feat. Kesha) – Timber +11 Katy Perry (feat. Juicy J) – Dark Horse +10 Iggy Azalea (feat. Charli XCX) – Fancy +09 Cheryl (feat. Tinie Tempah) – Crazy Stupid Love +08 Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (Original / Hippie Sabotage Remix) +07 Vance Joy – Riptide +06 George Ezra – Budapest +05 Lilly Wood and The Prick – Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix) +04 Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants +03 Ariana Grande (feat. Zedd) – Break Free +02 Idina Menzel – Let It Go +01 Ariana Grande (feat. The Weeknd) – Love Me Harder

Anti Hero 272 Snow on the Beach (Ft Lana Del Rey) 173 Vigilante Shit 96 Bejeweled 93 Anti Hero (Ft Bleachers) 89 You're on You're Own Kid 81 Mastermind 66 Midnight Rain 59 Maroon 55 The Great War 49 Lavender Haze 44 Hits Different 41 Karma 40 Snow On The Beach (Ft More Lana Del Rey) 33 Question... ? 29 Sweet Nothing 29 Glitch 28 Paris 28 Would've, Could've, Should've 28 Karma (Ft Ice Spice) 24 High Infidelity 23 Labyrinth Bigger Than The Whole Sky 22 Dear Reader 16

I think so! I got a code for Tickemaster and my friend got one for AXS, I went in 30 mintues early and she 5 mintues early. She got the tickets in 6 mintues when I still had a few thousand in front of me in my queue.

Although recent events certainly won't have helped, to be honest I 100% believe she was sincere she is resigning for personal reasons. After eight years in the top job (and seven before that as deputy first minister) she probably is just totally burnt out at this point and figured she would go now while she is still relatively popular. The question is what happens now with no obvious successor. I imagine there will be plenty of candidates, many of who will be relative unknowns. It will be a genuinely interesting contest to watch. The SNP certainly has internal factions, pobably most notably in the last few years along gender self ID lines but also radical/gradual independence strategy and the more classic typical left/centrist/right as well. Depending on which candidates stand and are accepted it could be quite a divisive contest.

Dear Readee felt like the obvious choice here since I don't dislike it but it's probably the worst. It was far harder to choose the second one but I decided on Hits Different for not being available for most people (I've only managed to hear sped up versions so I don't know what it really sounds like!).

Personally, I don't think any of the songs are bad but I voted for You're On Your Own, Kid (Strings Remix) and Sweet Nothing (Piano Remix) as I don't feel they add much to the album. My last vote was close between Glitch and Dear Reader, I decided to go with the latter as I find it a bit less memorable.

I'm genuinely so interested to see what happens next, will this era bring renewed interest in Sam as an artist and multiple hits or was Unholy just a one off because of Tik Tok.

1. Marjorie (314 listens) 3. Message in a Bottle (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault) 5. willow - dancing witch Version (Elvira remix) 9. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) 13. Anti Hero 45. New Years Day 57. Snow on the Beach 68. closure 87. willow 7,925 minutes listened - in top 0.5% of listeners. Taylor Swift was my top artist.

Yes that's definitely right. I used to listen to it regularly then it disappeared for a long while. I used to check every now and then and was happy to see it come back recently. It's one of my favourite songs from that time so I was happy to see it go Silver here.

I quite liked it the first minute or so, I kept listening expecting an explosive chorus but then it just doesn't go anywhere and the Ed feature really adds nothing. I don't know, overall the whole thing just feels like it doesn't quite fit together which is a bit of a shame honestly.

They really should just delay the CD release to the vinyl shipping by this point, it would make sense now.

Me too. I think it's easy to take streaming for granted now but compared to the download/CD era it's incredible value for money. It might have ruined the charts but for the (legal) access to music and convience I could never go back now.

I'm really enjoying this. As said above, it kind of sounds like a combination of all the different eras to me. I love the way she uses her voice!

+3 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR +2 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever +1 Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version)

Dermot Kennedy (or his record label) have been really good at avoiding ACR with the timed releases of new remixes and of course taking advantage of the slightly illogical post-Christmas resets. Better Days really has had amazing longevity lasting more than half a year in the top 100 and 19 weeks in the top 40, more than his other hits.

The thing is, any combined units with a ratio of streaming to sales will always be extremely arbitrary (alongside the difference in paid/free streams). Although I understand the desire for continuity the difference between the sales/streaming eras make any comparison meaningless and the chart itself is distorted with ACR, paid/free streams ratio and the three track rule anyway. Ideally I would just have separate lists (and certifications) for sales and actual streams.

+25 Gabrielle - Out Of Reach +24 Tracy Chapman - Fast Car +23 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever +22 Kelly Rowland - Work +21 Lana Del Rey featuring Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness +20 Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts +19 Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance +18 New Order - True Faith +17Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer +16 Paul Woolford & Diplo featuring Kareen Lomax - Looking For Me +15 Keane - Everybody's Changing +14 Katy Perry - Hot n Cold +13 Girls Aloud - Biology +12 The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive +11 Avicii - Levels +10 Lady Gaga - Paparazzi +9 Coldplay - Fix You +8 Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing +7 Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood +6 Melanie C - Northern Star +5 Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch +4 U2 - With Or Without You +3 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti +2 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar +1 Robbie Williams - Angels

This ended up being a really difficult choice to narrow down, honesty I enjoyed most of the songs here! Wildest Dreams would have one of my top ten but I decided not to include it as its a remake. +12 Sigala and Rita Ora ~ You for Me +10 Aurora ~ Runaway +08 Marshmello and Jonas Brothers ~ Leave Before You Love Me +07 Bad Boy Chiller Crew ~ Don't You Worry About Me +06 Dua Lipa ~ We're Good +05 Mimi Webb ~ 24/5 +04 Olivia Rodrigo ~ Jealousy, Jealousy +03 Willow ~ Transparent Soul (feat. Travis Barker) +02 Rag'n'Bone Man ~ All You Ever Wanted +01 Fred Again.. and The Blessed Madonna ~ Marea (We've Lost Dancing)

+12 Olivia Rodrigo – Drivers License +10 Olivia Rodrigo – Good 4 U +9 Adele – Easy On Me +8 Elton John and Dua Lipa – Cold Heart +7 Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted – Wellerman +6 Lil Nas X – Montero (Call Me By Your Name) +5 Little Mix – Sweet Melody +4 Ed Sheeran – Shivers +3 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits +2 Russ Millions and Tion Wayne – Body +1 Ed Sheeran and Elton John – Merry Christmas 0 LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John – Sausage Rolls For Everyone

I was in her top 0.5% of listeners and she was my most listened to artist with 7,076 minutes. In my top 100: 14. this is me trying 24. willow 28. the last great american dynasty 32. the 1 37. august 49. champagne problems 54. illicit affairs 58. long story short 62. my tears ricochet 66. mirrorball 70. gold rush 74. ivy 78. no body, no crime 89. Love Story (Taylor's Version) Pretty obvious I love Folklore and Evermore! :lol:

This has been a really interesting thread to read and reflect on! If we are including traditional songs I'd say Auld Lang Syne must be pretty much universally known at least in English speaking countries. I also know the melody has been adapted in parts of Europe and also Japan for sporting anthems and similar. On another note, My Heart Will Go On must also be extremely well heard given Titanic is one of the highest grossing films of all time, has been seen all over the world and still continues to be popular with younger people.