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Best British Artist- Sam Fender Best British Group- The Cure Best British Album- The Cure- Songs of a Lost World Best British Song- Artemas- I like the way you kiss me Best New British Act- Myles Smith Best International Artist- Taylor Swift (although Chart alone, Sabrina deserves it. Obviously Taylor had a massively successful year) Best International Group- Linkin Park Best International Song- Hozier- Too Sweet Best British Alt/Rock Act- The Cure Best British Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap Act- Stormzy Best British Dance Act- Becky Hill Best British Pop Act- Dua Lipa Best British R&B Act- Jorja Smith The Cure SWEEP

With streaming every song gets more certifications in time. That's what bothers me a bit now. Does it really represent success properly or just time. If you know what I mean? If a #12 peak can go platinum 15 years later, what does it actually mean?

I remember you could chart from imports too. I remember some songs would make it big in Ibiza and then chart on imports. Trance/Dance was very popular in the early 00s. Stuff didn't even need lyrics really. There were loads of songs that had titles like 'city sounds' on old Chillout compilation CDs around this time. 'The Sound of Oh Yeah' on your 2000s playlist has Ibiza import written all over it. 40-100 in the 00s are not going to be hits. If a record company pressed CDs and it didn't get in the top 40 its an abject failure. Music was not democratic. Thinking back on some of my fave 00s obscure tracks. Televators by The Mars Volta. That was played a lot on MTV2. It got to number one on the Rock and Metal chart. Not top 40 though. Auf Der Maur had some great songs around the same time. Taste You did not go Top 40. Through Glass by Stone Sour. Enjoy the Silence by Lacuna Coil. Salt Sweat Sugar- Jimmy Eat World Ocean Avenue- Yellowcard I was very alt as a teen...

Mr.Kitty - After Dark YAAASSS. Amazing track. Its one of those songs that changes the way I feel from the first few notes. Its sensational. Spine tingling Ultrabeat- Pretty Green Eyes. Robbed of Number One by Blu Cantrell. That's been getting steady sales. Robin S- Show me love Classic, now multi platinum. Cream rises to the top

Its Bed Chem and not Bad Chem? Shows how much I've paid attention!

I'm very happy to see Tom Grennan at 2. Hopefully the start of pop stars realising the Christmas song is alive again

'the success of "Nasty" on TikTok has cemented Tinashe as a global star.' LOL TikTok songs don't make stars, they make background content

Defying Gravity has a shot if someone on Strictly uses it

Why are they ignoring the 1989 Band Aid? Although having listened to it, could I take every line being sung 4 times? No

If Defying Gravity was to get to number one, it would be there now after opening weekend. Unless there is a big TikTok moment with it. I don't see it getting there. I'd love a top 10 peak for that though.

If it weren't for the Christmas Songs Olivia Rodrigo would be top 10. Hmph

Great to see so many British artists getting the big hits this year but the number of tracks from before 2022 is depressing to me. I can't work out if this is just naturally because of streaming or if its because nothing really happened this year beyond the Saturday night bangers.

Gaga returns to dance music and has great success *shocked Pikachu face* The question really is why it took so long, I got the impression she didn't really want to be the Gaga of The Fame Monster. That it was a platform to do the more 'legitimate' music with Tony Bennett and Josh Homme.

I'd love this to go to 1, purely to immortalise the song. And to give Dave Grohl his chart trophy! Its original chart placing is woeful, stellar for a rock act today though!

MK-17 looks like it will re-peak. So happy. I love its old school feel

Well she tried the aesthetic after Avril Lavigne co-opted pop punk for the mainstream then went darker with it. It was a time when Evanescence and The Rasmus got top 10s, when Nu Metal reached peak mainstream so she went with the flow.

And her goth/punk phase between 02-04.

Despite not being a Christmas song, a sappy Ed Sheeran ballad does seem the right Christmas number 1.

Sounded like it already had been recommissioned at the end of last episode.

Shame we won't get a Linkin Park re-peak. Really shows you how popular they were and how tastes have changed. 4 top 10s, 10 top 20s, 16 top 40s. (each inclusive the previous) How many rock bands have had that success the last 20 years? The Killers, 12 Top 40, of which 4 were top 10. Foos, 11 top 40 since 2000 or which 3 were top 10.

Everyone always loves my least favs. Hoping Rose Coloured Boy is a grower. Its a hell of a change of direction, probably prefaced by Still Into You. There is always that track on Paramore albums, Careful sounds like it should have been on Riot, Hallelujah sounds like it should have been on All we Know is Falling. The 80s techno choice is interesting

I hope the record companies exert more pressure. Radio is probably screaming about now. They can't play 10 Drake songs or 10 Ed Sheeran songs on a loop. The chart determines popularity which in turn determines radio play. It would be OK if it made radio, especially commercial radio become more experimental in its track selection but its not happening. How are new artists meant to get a solid footing when Drake and Ed push their debut singles 5-10 spots lower? How are record companies meant to sell that? Time was if you didn't debut in the top 10 you never had a hit, this led to first week peaks and steep drops. I like the chart moving around, up and down but there needs to be a good influx of new stuff. I also like that old tracks can re-peak spontaneously. And no I don't think streaming is necessarily the problem. That is the way music consumption is going and it needs to be reflected but the OCC need to figure out how and where the limits are. This has been a problem in the rock chart ever since the inception of downloads. Its a nostalgia chart mostly. Bring me to Life by Evanescence probably has 500 weeks tallied on it.

Should have seen this coming. When I was in my freshman year of uni my roommate played that Crazy Cousins ft Kyla song for months in the early hours of the morning. History repeats.

I need Lukas Graham gone, that is some mid 00s Newton Faulkner nonsense

I like American Oxygen but don't like the lyrics. If that makes any sort of sense. She could be reciting the phone book to that tune and I would like it. The BBHMM Slipknot remix is a beast. The actual track, not so much