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Mother, Seven Devils and especially Blinding are way too low. Blinding is absolutely exquisite, transports me to another world :heart:

really really into 'You Don't Get Me High Anymore' atm, high hopes for the album!

hype fading :cry:

Only 1 place gained rly 😑 Getting screwed over by the 18 point system again rly 😑

jake NO, don't listen to these heathens, WhatsApp is king I rly hate using Facebook Messenger and iMessage, for some reason I just find them so much harder to use and it often takes me ages to get back to people on them. I can only maintain easy conversations on WhatsApp and I'm not rly sure why... anyway on topic I'll probably update this later when it asks me to, but as I don't use iMessage much I probably won't see much difference oops

Spotify playlist is available here - just missing Seyetana, Persephonia and Cor Lupus (soz not my fault)

ROBBED of the win but still a strong result for my beloved nation and can't rly argue with Aeroche's win even if I'm still not sure how to pronounce it

nooooooo @ Back to Black dropping out of the top ten, such an exquisitely crafted song and half of that top ten PALES in comparison. it had a good run tho, hopefully it can get back in for its final go next year! good to see Crying For No Reason so beloved, tho, and really quite surprised by Disturbia (which I've lost love for) and The Mother We Share (great song, just never really thought of it as a big hitter and I think Lies is a bit better) I expect Bad Romance to win again, but Run Away With Me to be nipping at its heels. but I've never been good at predicting anything.

yay for q'ing!! ngl I would have been gutted if I hadn't, easily my face of my own entries this year, I'm obsessed with it. but thanks y'all who gave me points x as IF I'm the only one who gave Soulé above 3 points

This is going to be IMPOSSIBLE - but for now, easy choice, as everyone else has said. Hope Mother and Father does well, for some reason I expect it might go quite early.

Belanger would still win y'all can take a hike

Lungs (2009) 10 Dog Days Are Over 11 Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 07 I'm Not Calling You A Liar 09 Howl 06 Kiss With A Fist 07 Girl With One Eye 08 Drumming Song 07 Between Two Lungs 10 Cosmic Love 07 My Boy Builds Coffins 09 Hurricane Drunk 11 Blinding 08 You've Got The Love 08 Swimming (bonus track) 08 Bird Song (Deluxe Bonus Track) 08 Falling (Deluxe Bonus Track) 06 Hardest of Hearts (Deluxe Bonus Track) 06 Are You Hurting The Ones You Love (Deluxe Bonus Track) 07 Heavy In Your Arms (Between Two Lungs) 02 You Got The Dirtee Love (featuring DIzzee Rascal) (Between Two Lungs) Ceremonials (2011) 08 Only If For A Night 10 Shake It Out 10 What The Water Gave Me 05 Never Let Me Go 07 Breaking Down 08 Lover To Lover 08 No Light, No Light 10 Seven Devils 07 Heartlines 10 Spectrum (orginal) 08 All This and Heaven too 07 Leave My Body 08 Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix) (Deluxe Edition) 08 Breath Of Life (Deluxe Edition) 07 Strangeness and Charm (Deluxe Edition) 07 Remain Nameless (Deluxe Edition) 06 Bedroom Hymns (Deluxe Edition) 05 Landscape (Demo) (Deluxe Edition) How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) 07 Ship To Wreck 09 What Kind Of Man 09 How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 10 Queen Of Peace 07 Various Storms & Saints 09 Delilah 08 Long & Lost 07 Caught 08 Third Eye 08 St. Jude 09 Mother 08 Hiding[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track] 08 Make Up Your Mind[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track] 09 Which Witch[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track] xx As Far As I Could Get[Vinyl Bonus Track] xx Pure Feeling[Target Bonus Track] xx Conductor[Target Bonus Track] EP: "Songs From Final Fantasy XV" (2016) xx Too Much Is Never Enough xx Stand By Me xx I Will Be Other songs and covers from albums 07 Halo (Beyonce Cover) (Lungs Deluxe Bonus Track) 06 Addicted To Love (Lungs: The B-Side) 08 Take Care (Drake Cover) (Ceremonials Deluxe Cover) 07 Over The Love (from "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack) (no worries if this is too late to accept)

Syndare have also voted - just about got to ten worthy songs in the end, not the best semi in recent memory :(

I had not even thought that they might release something this year so this is such an unexpected treat. They really can do no wrong together, it's such an immediate bang of a pop song :wub:

I wouldn't call him my favourite but I agree Andrew definitely should've won, so I voted for him. Still holding candles for Selasi, Benjamina and poor Candice.

We Found Love and Only Girl are still two of her best for me - I can see how their sound might not be in vogue anymore but they're such huge songs with such euphoric production that they're beyond such mortal concerns. Whereas Don't Stop the Music and Disturbia are both songs that I loved at the time but definitely do feel a bit faded, their production isn't quite robust enough. Umbrella also seems a bit peculiar to my ears now but I always had a hot and cold relationship with that song anyway.

10 L 09 K 08 G 07 D 06 I 05 B 04 A 03 C 02 J 01 F

I'd forgotten how good it feels to be blessed by the Rontvia odds 🙏🏼

+40 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black +39 Nelly Furtado - Say It Right +38 Solange - Losing You +37 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me +36 Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris) - We Found Love +35 Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know +34 Agnes - Release Me +33 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots +32 Katy B - Crying For No Reason +31 Disclosure (feat. AlunaGeorge) - White Noise +30 Alphabeat - Fascination +29 Years & Years - King +28 Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) +27 Lady Gaga - Paparazzi +26 Girls Aloud - Sexy! No No No +25 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +24 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance +23 M.I.A - Paper Planes +22 Loreen - Euphoria +21 Azealia Banks - 212 +20 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On +19 David Guetta (feat. Sia) - Titanium +18 Robyn - Dancing On My Own +17 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream +16 Ellie Goulding - Lights +15 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors +14 Nicki Minaj - Super Bass +13 Nelly Furtado - Maneater +12 G.R.L - Ugly Heart +11 Ellie Goulding - Figure 8 +10 MGMT - Kids +09 Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks +08 Rihanna - SOS +07 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold +06 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share +05 Lily Allen - The Fear +04 Britney Spears - Gimme More +03 Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble +02 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory +01 Robyn - With Every Heartbeat

funny how with all those woots I mostly want to hunt down the one person who meh'd

it deserves it

not sure on the second fond, but oh well, haven't entered this thing for ages

instrumentals is SUCH a good idea - mine wouldn't be dance either, classical music is a-calling!!

Spotify playlists are available for anyone who uses them: Semi 1 | Semi 2 sadly lacking the following (please correct if they are!): SEMI 1 10. @Kingdom_Of_Horanius: The Opposites - "Licht Uit" 17. @Quintessa: Hannah Peel - "All That Matters" 18. @Persephonia: Øfdream - "Thelema" 20. @Seyetana: Kalafina - "To The Beginning" SEMI 2 4. @Jukianië: Teyana Taylor - “Undercover" 11. @Buzzjack_Mountain: TheSnake f/Doctor Blind - "Wasting My Life" (obv) Ariel Pink have been included in both but sadly Nhato isn't on there :(

haha that's okay - it grew on me too so I'm not sure why I thought it suitable for a contest that mostly relies on first listens oops but music discovery is the name of the game so everything worked out and I'm v glad you love it 💖