Jade

Voted for JADE this week! That 'we can't be friends (wait for your love)' / 'Dancing On My Own'-esque synth production is right up my street.

This is on Billboard's 'Best Songs of 2025: Our 50 Favorites So Far' list at #17! https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-songs-2025-so-far/ariana-grande-twilight-zone/ It was also revealed today that 'twilight zone' made the track list of Now! That's What I Call Music 121.

banner courtesy of Joseph *.* Chart #430 | 26.06.25 01. Ethel Cain - Nettles [02-01-01] 02. Izzy Camina - Neptune Mood [03-02] 03. Addison Rae - Times Like These [01-02-03] 04. Addison Rae - Headphones On [01-01-01-01-01-01-01-03-04-04] 05. Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun [04-05-06-05] 06. EQ - B.S.A.S. (Si Alguna Vez te Sentís Sola de Noche) [03-02-02-04-05-06] 07. Demise Of Love - Like I Loved You [08-06-07-07] 08. JADE - Plastic Box 09. akiaura, LONOWN & Baby Jane - Deathwish [06-03-02-02-03-03-07-08-09] 10. Addison Rae - In The Rain [08-09-10] 11. She Past Away - İnziva [09-10-11] 12. Addison Rae - Summer Forever [10-11-12] 13. PinkPantheress - Stateside [02-02-03-04-04-05-11-12-13] 14. Lorde - Hammer 15. Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart [12-04-05-05-06-12-13-15] 16. DJ_Dave & Switch Angel - Cycles [35-22-18-16] 17. Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom [08-06-07-13-14-17] 18. Miley Cyrus - Pretend You're God [09-14-15-18] 19. Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni - Unidos [22-16-10-15-16-19] 20. Nilüfer Yanya - Where To Look [16-17-20] 21. Katarsis - Tavo akys [06-07-11-17-19-21] 22. Zanias - Cataclysm [12-19-21-22] 23. Pearly Drops - Ratgirl [28-23] 24. HAIM - Million years 25. Lorde - What Was That [08-05-05-07-08-13-20-22-25] 26. PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You [08-10-09-14-21-23-26] 27. Model/Actriz - Diva [03-04-06-09-10-15-23-24-27] 28. akiaura, LONOWN & Olya Holiday - Autobahn Nights [26-28] 29. Abor & Tynna - Baller [25-20-16-25-27-29] 30. HAIM - Spinning 31. Addison Rae - New York [26-29-31] 32. BICEP - CHROMA 010 BRILLO [33-37-32] 33. Jasper Tygner & Art School Girlfriend - Hold You 34. Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on [01-02-04-07-09-12-11-17-27-30-34] 35. Suki Waterhouse - The Bellboy (One Last Crush) [40-35] 36. james K - Play [28-31-36] 37. 1tbsp - Dolly Destructiva (feat. cherry chola) [33-37] 38. PinkPantheress - Romeo [40-23-12-19-31-35-38] 39. PinkPantheress - Tonight [06-02-03-05-08-10-13-14-21-32-36-39] 40. SWIM - Everything You Need DROPOUTS xx Ummet Ozcan - Ocean's Voice [18-20-xx] xx yeule - Evangelic Girl is a Gun [33-36-39-xx-24-25-xx] xx Miley Cyrus - Walk of Fame (feat. Brittany Howard) [18-29-32-xx] xx Avalon Emerson - Don’t Be Seen With Me [25-20-32-39-xx-30-34-xx] xx Tiberius b - IMMACULATE [38-xx] xx TDJ & Clara Kimera - On and On (You Lie) [38-xx-34-39-xx] CHART FLASHBACK (2023) 01. Doja Cat - Attention 02. Confidence Man x Daniel Avery - On & On (Again) [38-12-04-03-02-02-01-02] 03. SWIM - U Were Mine [01-01-02-03] 04. Odd Nosdam - Kill Tone [05-04-03-03-04] 05. Daniel Avery - Going So Low [22-12-08-06-05] 06. ROSALÍA - TUYA [04-06] 07. Beyoncé - AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM (feat. Kendrick Lamar) [12-17-23-30-xx-10-06-05-07] 08. Temples - Meet Your Maker [03-01-01-02-01-03-04-07-08] 09. Temples - Cicada [25-05-04-05-07-08-01-02-03-05-04-05-05-08-09] 10. Heartworms - Retributions Of An Awful Life [13-03-01-02-03-02-03-03-01-01-01-02-04-04-04-06-07-08-10-09-10] Congratulations to Ethel Cain who spends a second week at #1 thank you for the comments last week 💗

banner courtesy of Joseph *.* Chart #430 | 26.06.25 01. Ethel Cain - Nettles [02-01-01] 02. Izzy Camina - Neptune Mood [03-02] 03. Addison Rae - Times Like These [01-02-03] 04. Addison Rae - Headphones On [01-01-01-01-01-01-01-03-04-04] 05. Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun [04-05-06-05] 06. EQ - B.S.A.S. (Si Alguna Vez te Sentís Sola de Noche) [03-02-02-04-05-06] 07. Demise Of Love - Like I Loved You [08-06-07-07] 08. JADE - Plastic Box 09. akiaura, LONOWN & Baby Jane - Deathwish [06-03-02-02-03-03-07-08-09] 10. Addison Rae - In The Rain [08-09-10] 11. She Past Away - İnziva [09-10-11] 12. Addison Rae - Summer Forever [10-11-12] 13. PinkPantheress - Stateside [02-02-03-04-04-05-11-12-13] 14. Lorde - Hammer 15. Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart [12-04-05-05-06-12-13-15] 16. DJ_Dave & Switch Angel - Cycles [35-22-18-16] 17. Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom [08-06-07-13-14-17] 18. Miley Cyrus - Pretend You're God [09-14-15-18] 19. Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni - Unidos [22-16-10-15-16-19] 20. Nilüfer Yanya - Where To Look [16-17-20] 21. Katarsis - Tavo akys [06-07-11-17-19-21] 22. Zanias - Cataclysm [12-19-21-22] 23. Pearly Drops - Ratgirl [28-23] 24. HAIM - Million years 25. Lorde - What Was That [08-05-05-07-08-13-20-22-25] 26. PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You [08-10-09-14-21-23-26] 27. Model/Actriz - Diva [03-04-06-09-10-15-23-24-27] 28. akiaura, LONOWN & Olya Holiday - Autobahn Nights [26-28] 29. Abor & Tynna - Baller [25-20-16-25-27-29] 30. HAIM - Spinning 31. Addison Rae - New York [26-29-31] 32. BICEP - CHROMA 010 BRILLO [33-37-32] 33. Jasper Tygner & Art School Girlfriend - Hold You 34. Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on [01-02-04-07-09-12-11-17-27-30-34] 35. Suki Waterhouse - The Bellboy (One Last Crush) [40-35] 36. james K - Play [28-31-36] 37. 1tbsp - Dolly Destructiva (feat. cherry chola) [33-37] 38. PinkPantheress - Romeo [40-23-12-19-31-35-38] 39. PinkPantheress - Tonight [06-02-03-05-08-10-13-14-21-32-36-39] 40. SWIM - Everything You Need Congratulations to Ethel Cain who spends a second week at #1 thank you for the comments last week 💗

1 - Ethel Cain - Nettles 2 - Izzy Camina - Neptune Mood 3 - Addison Rae - Times Like These 4 - Addison Rae - Headphones On 5 - Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun 6 - EQ - B.S.A.S. (Si Alguna Vez te Sentís Sola de Noche) 7 - Demise Of Love - Like I Loved You 8 - JADE - Plastic Box 9 - akiaura, LONOWN & Baby Jane - Deathwish 10 - Addison Rae - In The Rain 11 - She Past Away - İnziva 12 - Addison Rae - Summer Forever 13 - PinkPantheress - Stateside 14 - Lorde - Hammer 15 - Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart 16 - DJ_Dave & Switch Angel - Cycles 17 - Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom 18 - Miley Cyrus - Pretend You're God 19 - Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni - Unidos 20 - Nilüfer Yanya - Where To Look 21 - Katarsis - Tavo akys 22 - Zanias - Cataclysm 23 - Pearly Drops - Ratgirl 24 - HAIM - Million years 25 - Lorde - What Was That 26 - PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You 27 - Model/Actriz - Diva 28 - akiaura, LONOWN & Olya Holiday - Autobahn Nights 29 - Abor & Tynna - Baller 30 - HAIM - Spinning 31 - Addison Rae - New York 32 - BICEP - CHROMA 010 BRILLO 33 - Jasper Tygner & Art School Girlfriend - Hold You 34 - Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on 35 - Suki Waterhouse - The Bellboy (One Last Crush) 36 - james K - Play 37 - 1tbsp - Dolly Destructiva (feat. cherry chola) 38 - PinkPantheress - Romeo 39 - PinkPantheress - Tonight 40 - SWIM - Everything You Need

Glad they didn't skip over 'Headphones On' as it's one of my favourite songs of the year too and a top 40 hit. Hopefully 'Fame is a Gun' will make Now 122. It's still charting and may have further life with Addison opening for Lana at Wembley Stadium soon.

Happy Birthday Ariana!! This youthful Queen turned 32 today. 💗

Wasn't her cover of 'Stick Season' the reason why that blew up as well? Olivia's power! I guess her own music may get a boost soon after her Glastonbury headlining slot.

Very much here for this new entry today: 191. Fontaines D.C. - I Love You

Yay well done everyone! today's game: Round 1: 36 (didn't get: Captain & Tennille) Round 2: 27 (didn't get: Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Roddy Frame, 1967 (one year out)) 3-in-10: 3 (Everybody Hurts, Losing My Religion, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite)

01. Addison Rae - Addison 02. PinkPantheress - Fancy That 03. Erika de Casier - Lifetime 04. Ela Minus - DÍA 05. Oklou - choke enough 06. HAIM - I Quit 07. Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful 08. Vioflesh - Nostalgia 09. Model/Actriz - Pirouette 10. Lady Gaga - Mayhem

This has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 this week! Seems to have been brought on by a radio push.

My mum was a huge fan of the Human League's classic Dare album at the time so was delighted when I got it for my own vinyl collection decades later I've since listened to Travelogue and enjoyed that album a lot too. I'm another who doesn't care for '80s Kylie, although 'Better The Devil You Know' also with SAW but now into the '90s has grown on me a lot over time My favourites from Bananarama are 'Cruel Summer', 'Robert De Niro's Waiting' and the Fun Boy Three collabs

Well done John and Rollo for your 39s! Round 1: 36 (didn't get: The Drifters) Round 2: 39 3-in-10: 3 (I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That), I'd Lie For You (and That's the Truth), Bat Out of Hell) Had a timely reminder of 'Three Minute Hero' at the first 1980s SyncTube session at the weekend!

Quite a few songs from a Netflix film called KPop Demon Hunters appearing today: 129. HUNTR/X - Golden (+68) 141. Saja Boys - Your Idol 183. HUNTR/X - How It's Done

+25 The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun ☀️ +24 Oasis - Champagne Supernova +23 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter +22 Pixies - Where Is My Mind? +21 Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 +20 Lorde - Ribs +19 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +18 The 1975 - Somebody Else +17 Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers +16 Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) +15 Oasis - The Masterplan +14 alt-J- Breezeblocks +13 Blondie - One Way Or Another +12 The xx - Intro +11 Frank Ocean - Lost +10 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain +09 Oasis - Half The World Away +08 Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum +07 Billie Eilish & Khalid - lovely +06 Adele - Rumour Has It +05 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence +04 Taylor Swift - Don't Blame Me +03 Rihanna - Man Down +02 The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice +01 David Bowie - Changes

01 Ellie Goulding - Figure 8 (favourite) 02 Avril Lavigne - Losing Grip 03 Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia 04 CHVRCHES - Bury It (feat. Hayley Williams) 05 A-ha - I’ve Been Losing You 06 The Saturdays - Notorious 07 Mary J. Blige - Just Fine 08 Louise - 2 Faced 09 Christina Aguilera - Infatuation 10 Little Mix - Oops (feat. Charlie Puth)

Week 51 + 52: 'Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)' feels like a bit of a fluke for Gareth so far as everything else has been dull as dishwater. Let's hope he has something a bit more fun up his sleeve next year... S Club Juniors have their moments but that version of 'Puppy Love' is really poor. I probably hear it more than anything else of theirs in the wild as it still gets TV airplay at Christmas time. I mostly remember Calvin looking through a Rachel Stevens calendar in the video, what a 2002 time capsule. The 'Sleigh Ride' cover is passable if not a version I'd choose to seek out. This double A-Side is at least better than the Declan thing you put at the bottom of this rank where kiddy vocals are concerned, no thanks. I also like the original 'Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word' and it's apparently Lee Ryan's favourite song, so checks out that they covered it, but yeah this cover adds nothing of note. I was too young to remember watching Popstars: The Rivals at the time but from what I gather, it was expected that the boys would triumph? Well, I'm glad the better song ended up winning out, Pete Waterman seems to have lost his touch by this point as both sides of the One True Voice single feel so dated even for 23 years ago. 'Naughty Girl' is fine but I agree that Holly's previous releases were stronger. 'Family Portrait' doesn't quite scale the heights of 'Just Like A Pill' but it's still one of my favourites on the accompanying album! I've been lucky enough to have a stable family life but do still appreciate how hard-hitting the subject matter is. Both this song and 'Sk8er Boi' remind me of watching fan made Sims 2 versions of music videos back in the day with literal retellings of the lyrics as the plot. I guess the storytelling in both is quite easy to visually interpret! Anyway, I was obsessed with 'Sk8er Boi' as kid. It was my gateway to Avril after being included in a P.E. lesson and lead to a purchase of my first studio album, Let Go. The lyrics aren't really anything to write home about but I still have a lot of nostalgic affection for it nevertheless and do genuinely love the towering guitars. A 7 for 'You're A Superstar' seems fair. It doesn't really come to mind when thinking of ultimate 2000s dance highlights or anything but it's feel-good fun while it's on. 'Sound of the Underground' is my favourite from this batch too coronation singles are typically formulaic and uninspiring but this was an exception to the rule, instead a more edgy way to launch a talent show act. Love the Xenomania stamp to the production with the surf guitar sound and even drum & bass elements. It was a pleasure to hear this song, along with many other hits of theirs, live last year for the first time after thinking the chance had totally passed me by. Sarah of course much missed! All caught up yay well done Julian for completing another year - a pleasure to follow as ever.

I lost '505' and 'you should see me in a crown' today! I'm surprised the former didn't make it. I discovered Billie in 2017 but 'you should see me in a crown' the following year was the first song of hers that I properly got into, an intriguing turning point. Enjoying the write-ups and stats so far!

Tate McRae posted this *.* she knows (Sweetener World Tour how I miss you x)

Ari stuns for R.E.M. Beauty:

This has apparently sold 9 million units in the U.S.! That is closer to diamond than I would've expected. *.*

Voted for Lorde! I enjoyed some HAIM album tracks this week like 'Million Years' and 'Spinning' but the focus track wasn't as standout for me

Good to see another big jump for PinkPantheress! Lana / Addison touring effect continues: #34 Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun (+7) #88 Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi (+15) #115 Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (+62) #123 Lana Del Rey - Young And Beautiful (+64) #127 Lana Del Rey - Video Games

Well done John for those 39s! today's game: Round 1: 39 Round 2: 30 (didn't get: Streetband, The Beach Boys) 3-in-10: 3 (Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Blinded by the Light, Pretty Flamingo)