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Thank you very much DaTilt for the bronze medal happy to have provided another big favourite for you this year following Liv Del Estal a couple of months ago.

Thanks Nine! Your entry was robbed x

Thanks Iz for getting me off 0 and blacksquare for double figure points 🖤

Matches ‘thank u, next’ as Ariana’s longest running top 10 hit *.*

I was hoping to lighten the mood with a Tove Lo update but she's slipped a couple of places Fontaines down to #33 but will presumably bounce back tomorrow with New Music Friday / Hot Hits UK impact 'Pocketful of Sunshine' has managed a two day streak now and climbed 7 places

Brits going wild for Swedish girls this year with Zara Larsson's success, this Robyn revival and now Tove Lo's 'Talking Body' appearing in the Spotify chart! Loreen 'Euphoria' revival next?

Fantastic that Phoebe has a top 40 hit to her name now ❤️ Liking this one and hoping "we were playing for no one" is a Beatles reference, as in the Revolver song 'For No One'. The potential layers when her ex is playing Paul in the Beatles biopics...!

Phoebe Bridgers confirmed in the top 40

Afternoon all intrigued to see if Fontaines can sneak in based on just two days of sales. My top 3 songs from each throwback top 10 chart: 2025 01 Chappell Roan - The Subway 02 Justin Bieber - DAISIES 03 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 2021 01 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 02 Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow) 03 The Kid LAROI - STAY (feat. Justin Bieber) 2016 01 Twenty One Pilots - Heathens 02 Major Lazer - Cold Water (feat. Justin Bieber & MØ) 03 Drake - One Dance (feat. WizKid & Kyla) 2011 01 Nero - Promises 02 Emeli Sandé - Heaven 03 Rizzle Kicks - Down With the Trumpets 2006 01 Shakira - Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean) 02 David Guetta vs. The Egg - Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) 03 Cassie - Me & U 2001 01 Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky 02 Eve - Let Me Blow Ya Mind (feat. Gwen Stefani) 03 Jamiroquai - Little L 1996 01 Spice Girls - Wannabe 02 OMC - How Bizarre 03 Los Del Rio - Macarena Shame 'Heaven' didn't quite reach #1 for Emeli Sandé on that week in 2011 as that's her best song by far for me

Well done Rollo for the 39 score in round 2 yesterday 🥳 today's game: Round 1: 33 (didn't get: The Trammps, Genesis) Round 2: 33 (didn't get: Lindisfarne) 3-in-10: 3 (Canned Heat, Cosmic Girl, Virtual Insanity)

Shame about East Ruk when they've been getting some really good predictions this month </3 Looking forward to the results!

Great to see Fontaines straight on the A-List! It has been a pleasure to watch their rise in popularity over the years.

banner courtesy of Joseph *.* Chart #490 | 20.08.26 01. Slayyyter - brand new chanel$ [01-01-01] 02. tlen - patnik [03-02] 03. Cannelle - BB Blue [05-03-01-01-02-02-03] 04. Ela Minus and Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? [08-04] 05. Troye Sivan - She's the Best 06. Charli xcx - Magic Metal Montana [04-03-04-06] 07. Olivia Rodrigo - the cure [08-05-03-02-01-01-01-01-02-02-04-05-07] 08. After - Take Me to Sunrise [10-08-07-06-08] 09. Ariana Grande - nowhere, nobody [05-07-09] 10. LONOWN & Baby Jane - alone with you [01-01-01-02-02-02-02-03-03-06-09-10] 11. Ariana Grande - oh well [08-10-11] 12. Genesis Owusu & KYE - HUMAN AGAIN [15-13-10-09-11-12] 13. Ariana Grande - freak [10-12-13] 14. Ok Goodnight - Spiral [08-05-04-05-11-13-14] 15. Adult DVD - Rolling Face 16. daine - PQC [12-14-16] 17. Lola Leon - T Shirt [18-16-07-04-03-04-05-06-13-15-17] 18. Cyst - Needle 19. Krystal Klear - PROJECT X [16-14-16-19] 20. Charli xcx - Camera [07-15-17-20] 21. Overmono - Slowmotion [18-21] 22. Kelela - point blank [20-18-15-10-09-06-06-09-16-19-22] 23. CFCF - Love Took Root (feat. dance arts center) [20-12-08-04-07-07-11-17-20-23] 24. Ariana Grande - kiss me [18-21-24] 25. Olivia Rodrigo - maggots for brains [05-03-03-06-08-08-12-19-22-25] 26. Mona Yim - Nevermind 27. Boy Harsher - Hard Beat [22-20-23-27] 28. Phoebe Bridgers - The Governor's Waltz 29. yaego, jsn & Tamashī - Life* [09-13-21-24-29] 30. Vioflesh - Your Blood 31. Ariana Grande - like i do [22-25-31] 32. Charli xcx - SS26 [01-02-02-03-04-05-07-09-11-14-23-26-32] 33. Phoebe Bridgers - I Can't Wait 34. Angèle - Dis-le [20-17-12-10-12-15-24-27-34] 35. akiaura & Olya Holiday - Feel My Heart [01-01-02-04-05-04-05-06-10-11-14-17-25-28-35] 36. RIP Magic - Light Over There [18-26-29-36] 37. Charli xcx - Persona [19-27-30-37] 38. Ariana Grande - petal [28-31-38] 39. Overmono - After The Rain [33-39] 40. After - Fell Asleep in the Sun DROPOUTS xx Tamara Flores & Tourist - Bésala Mucho [32-xx] xx Charli xcx - Wink Wink [33-28-22-30-20-29-34-xx] xx Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Lighter [35-xx] xx akiaura & Baby Jane - Motorbike [06-11-16-16-14-12-15-21-30-36-xx] xx Rare DM - Honey [16-23-31-37-xx] xx Overmono - Barum (feat. Jaz Karis) [38-xx] xx Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song [07-06-07-11-13-17-24-32-39-xx] xx Rebecca Black - Michael. [40-xx] CHART FLASHBACK (2021) 01. Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow) [12-09-01-01] 02. WizKid - Essence (feat. Tems) 03. Dave - Heart Attack [02-01-02-03] 04. Coldplay - Coloratura [01-02-03-04] 05. Finnegan Tui - Once I’m Gone 06. Billie Eilish - GOLDWING [03-04-06] 07. Måneskin - I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE [03-02-05-02-03-03-03-02-01-03-04-05-07] 08. Måneskin - ZITTI E BUONI [01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-02-04-05-06-08] 09. world's end girlfriend - IN THE NAME OF LOVE [07-09] 10. PinkPantheress - Just for me Congrats to Slayyyter for spending a third week at #1 💘 thank you for the comments last week <3

banner courtesy of Joseph *.* Chart #490 | 20.08.26 01. Slayyyter - brand new chanel$ [01-01-01] 02. tlen - patnik [03-02] 03. Cannelle - BB Blue [05-03-01-01-02-02-03] 04. Ela Minus and Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? [08-04] 05. Troye Sivan - She's the Best 06. Charli xcx - Magic Metal Montana [04-03-04-06] 07. Olivia Rodrigo - the cure [08-05-03-02-01-01-01-01-02-02-04-05-07] 08. After - Take Me to Sunrise [10-08-07-06-08] 09. Ariana Grande - nowhere, nobody [05-07-09] 10. LONOWN & Baby Jane - alone with you [01-01-01-02-02-02-02-03-03-06-09-10] 11. Ariana Grande - oh well [08-10-11] 12. Genesis Owusu & KYE - HUMAN AGAIN [15-13-10-09-11-12] 13. Ariana Grande - freak [10-12-13] 14. Ok Goodnight - Spiral [08-05-04-05-11-13-14] 15. Adult DVD - Rolling Face 16. daine - PQC [12-14-16] 17. Lola Leon - T Shirt [18-16-07-04-03-04-05-06-13-15-17] 18. Cyst - Needle 19. Krystal Klear - PROJECT X [16-14-16-19] 20. Charli xcx - Camera [07-15-17-20] 21. Overmono - Slowmotion [18-21] 22. Kelela - point blank [20-18-15-10-09-06-06-09-16-19-22] 23. CFCF - Love Took Root (feat. dance arts center) [20-12-08-04-07-07-11-17-20-23] 24. Ariana Grande - kiss me [18-21-24] 25. Olivia Rodrigo - maggots for brains [05-03-03-06-08-08-12-19-22-25] 26. Mona Yim - Nevermind 27. Boy Harsher - Hard Beat [22-20-23-27] 28. Phoebe Bridgers - The Governor's Waltz 29. yaego, jsn & Tamashī - Life* [09-13-21-24-29] 30. Vioflesh - Your Blood 31. Ariana Grande - like i do [22-25-31] 32. Charli xcx - SS26 [01-02-02-03-04-05-07-09-11-14-23-26-32] 33. Phoebe Bridgers - I Can't Wait 34. Angèle - Dis-le [20-17-12-10-12-15-24-27-34] 35. akiaura & Olya Holiday - Feel My Heart [01-01-02-04-05-04-05-06-10-11-14-17-25-28-35] 36. RIP Magic - Light Over There [18-26-29-36] 37. Charli xcx - Persona [19-27-30-37] 38. Ariana Grande - petal [28-31-38] 39. Overmono - After The Rain [33-39] 40. After - Fell Asleep in the Sun Congrats to Slayyyter for spending a third week at #1 💘 thank you for the comments last week <3

1 - Slayyyter - brand new chanel$ 2 - tlen - patnik 3 - Cannelle - BB Blue 4 - Ela Minus and Nick León - qué les pasó a mis amigos? 5 - Troye Sivan - She's the Best 6 - Charli xcx - Magic Metal Montana 7 - Olivia Rodrigo - the cure 8 - After - Take Me to Sunrise 9 - Ariana Grande - nowhere, nobody 10 - LONOWN & Baby Jane - alone with you 11 - Ariana Grande - oh well 12 - Genesis Owusu & KYE - HUMAN AGAIN 13 - Ariana Grande - freak 14 - Ok Goodnight - Spiral 15 - Adult DVD - Rolling Face 16 - daine - PQC 17 - Lola Leon - T Shirt 18 - Cyst - Needle 19 - Krystal Klear - PROJECT X 20 - Charli xcx - Camera 21 - Overmono - Slowmotion 22 - Kelela - point blank 23 - CFCF - Love Took Root (feat. dance arts center) 24 - Ariana Grande - kiss me 25 - Olivia Rodrigo - maggots for brains 26 - Mona Yim - Nevermind 27 - Boy Harsher - Hard Beat 28 - Phoebe Bridgers - The Governor's Waltz 29 - yaego, jsn & Tamashī - Life* 30 - Vioflesh - Your Blood 31 - Ariana Grande - like i do 32 - Charli xcx - SS26 33 - Phoebe Bridgers - I Can't Wait 34 - Angèle - Dis-le 35 - akiaura & Olya Holiday - Feel My Heart 36 - RIP Magic - Light Over There 37 - Charli xcx - Persona 38 - Ariana Grande - petal 39 - Overmono - After The Rain 40 - After - Fell Asleep in the Sun

More behind the scenes footage of the music video:

Putting Jean and Priya together as scene partners was a great move! This is the most likeable Jean has been for me in ages. I loved Priya and Ravi together once upon a time but struggling to feel invested at this point, especially with the confirmed exit for Aaron Thiara Kitty Castledine is fantastic so I was here for a Penny-centric episode. Suki was pretty likeable in their shared scenes today too. I was thinking just the other day that I was missing Oscar, so yay for a glimpse of him finally, ready to see more of his energy again

^ Fingers crossed! Just noticed 'Pocketful of Sunshine' by Natasha Bedingfield is back (#159) following its fleeting appearance a couple of weeks ago, so maybe not all hope is lost with that

Fontaines have fallen to #13 today, hopefully they can stabilise well now that drop is out of the way 2010s nostalgia continues as the following songs are back: 109 Tove Lo - Talking Body 153 B.o.B - Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams)

Phoebe Bridgers this week! I was looking forward to new Gurriers but this didn't grab me as much as their last couple of songs

Need to have a proper listen to this front-to-back but I'm happy 'The Governor's Waltz' seems to be hanging around in the Spotify top 200, as it instantly grabbed me. I was bound to love it from the off with a reference to The Shining in the first verse!

I'm so pleased that 'Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)' was a good discovery for quite a few at the SyncTube session, including yourself - it would top that group for me too. My first exposure to it was on my Now 4 vinyl as a teen and my ears couldn't quite believe what they were hearing! This was from the same Malcolm McLaren of 'Buffalo Gals' and 'Double Dutch'?! What a satisfying swerve. It's a breath-takingly beautiful blend of genres, with the operatic vocals particularly stealing the show. Alphaville's 'Forever Young' never making the top 40 is such a shocking stat on paper, especially with its revival in the streaming era, but I'm glad the group managed a top 10 result out of 'Big In Japan' - also a quality release. I'd highly recommend the accompanying album! I was once on the hunt for more '80s synth-pop records to sink my teeth into, so looked up recommendations from forums and found the likes of that album and The Human League's Travelogue, both fantastic. Speaking of acts with a lack of chart presence here... it's shocking to me that The Romantics never touched the U.K. chart, as I'm really familiar with both 'Talking In Your Sleep' and 'What I Like About You'. At least Bucks Fizz gave the former some kind of top 40 stamp here, even if I wouldn't choose it over the original. Shame I didn't have room for 'Master and Servant' in my weekly SyncTube top 5 votes! A striking release from the group both lyrically and production-wise. Snap favourite for the next group as it couldn't be anything other than the epic 'Purple Rain' at the top for me too 💜 I first discovered the song when Ruth Lorenzo performed it on the X Factor, unaware of how much I'd adore the whole album as an adult. I'm pretty sure I came across Blondie's 'Call Me' from that series as well, thanks to Diana Vickers, so a formative time for some of my '80s favourites. I've still been trying to work out why 'Purple Rain' re-entered the chart in 2012, as per the discussion on SyncTube and the best evidence I can find for its boost remains a reduction to 59p on iTunes, what a time capsule. Glad the song eventually re-peaked even if under sad circumstances. An evergreen classic from the purple one! A tragically low showing in the charts for the wonderfully classy 'Smooth Operator' indeed! The first top 20/40 hit with 'smooth' in the title, but should've been top 10. Unsurprisingly Michael Jackson is the one who will rectify this, with Santana and Alien Ant Farm following suit... 'Apollo 9' was produced by Tony Visconti so neat that it should wind up in a section alongside Bowie, a long-time collaborator of his. I never got into his solo career as much as his work with the Ants, but shame his Live Aid appearance was quite the flop as mentioned by John, stalling his chart career until the '90s as you say. I only recently found out that he was part of the line-up of another iconic event, the Motown 25 special featuring that iconic 'Billie Jean' performance, how random! I understand Adam was a bit of a style icon for MJ though.

Wow well done Rollo for the full house yesterday! today's game: Round 1: 33 (didn't get: Peter Skellern) Round 2: 30 (didn't get: Passengers, The Three Degrees) 3-in-10: 3 (Need You Tonight, Suicide Blonde, Never Tear Us Apart)

'Son Of My Father' is quite easily my favourite of that trio! An early glimmer of Moroder's brilliance and feels like a leap into the future as part of a #1s marathon, with that synth sound. Errol Brown was my nan's other celebrity crush that I'm aware of so she'd approve of this countdown so far Well... that Neil Reid song is not as bad as the also mentioned 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool', but still dross. Mary Hopkin is comfortably my favourite Opportunity Knocks alumnus that I'm aware of.

01 Charli xcx - Music, Fashion, Film 02 Ariana Grande - petal. 03 Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA 04 Overmono - Pure Devotion 05 Cannelle - CINNA 06 Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love 07 Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Cannonball 08 Eartheater - Heavenly Body: If I’m the Bottle You’re the Message 09 Kelela - new avatar 10 L'Rain - fata morgana