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51 Sincerely Yours UK chart peak: N/A From: Golden 52 New York City UK chart peak: N/A From: Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection 53 Light Up UK chart peak: N/A 54 2 Hearts UK chart peak: #4 From: X 55 Keep on Pumpin' It Visionmasters feat. Tony King & Kylie Minogue UK chart peak: #49 As the first half of the countdown completes, I find myself running for cover because I'm sure there's one single here that most will say is dropping out far too early. For me, I've always had a love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with 2 Hearts. The lead single from X, I just couldn't ever connect with it beyond sometimes thinking it sounds pleasant enough. When you consider the rest of the material on X too, 2 Hearts is definitely a departure in style and something completely different for a lead single. I remember some live performances from around the time of its release too and just not being wowed in a way that I always had been by anything Kylie put her name to. So apologies everyone, but yeah it's just not my cup of tea. I can, however, appreciate some parts of it and why others may love it so much. Light Up may be benefiting from some recency bias, but as far as a bit of a throwaway promotional single to go alongside the release of Kylie's Netflix documentary goes it's a bit of a banger. Another collaborative effort with Chris Martin, even Kylie herself has said that the song isn't intended to be a radio-friendly song, but a song that can bring everyone together in an intimate tour setting to live in and enjoy the moment. And to be fair, that's exactly how I can imagine it too. It's got that euphoric feel to it that you'd anticipate along the lines of All the Lovers seeing Kylie live. New York City was released to accompany Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection in 2019 after initially being written for Golden but ultimately not being included. Quite honestly it's a bit camp and basic but it's a lot of fun. Really not something that would have had a place on Golden, I don't think, but at least it found itself a home. It's one of those Kylie singles that I find myself appreciating more when I go back to it having not listened for a while, too. Speaking of Golden, Sincerely Yours is the song that finds itself just outside the top 50. Another of the three songs recorded while Kylie was in Nashville, this is a love letter to the fans, but also speaks about Kylie taking some time to herself, a break from music and just to hide from the world for a while. One thing that really stood out to me while going back to this creating the countdown and reading reviews from all over is just how hyperbolic Pitchfork can be when reviewing music. They call this lightweight, but really for a Kylie song - and on an album where she really begins to embrace storytelling and layering - Sincerely Yours has so much emotional depth even if it might be lacking in production. Finally, Kylie's sample of Freestyle Orchestra's Keep on Pumpin' It Up, blended with her own song I Guess I Like It Like That, might seem a little high here but honestly it's a total bop. Another one that benefits from hearing excerpts of it in medleys with other songs on tour and then going on to appreciate the full version later. You can tell this is one of those songs that Pete Waterman was really foaming at the mouth over at the time thinking he was onto gold dust when it brought Kylie into different places he never thought she'd be when starting out, and quite right to be honest. It's a fine glimmer of the type of dance collaborations that Kylie can really work well on, however much it doesn't really sound like something quintessentially Kylie.

Honestly, whoever runs that superTV account, you will never know how much you make me want to stick pins in my eyes. Of course after announcing the franchise’s cancellation the BBC were more than likely just going to throw this out as quickly as possible really 🤷‍♂️ it’s a massive shame, but yeah.

You do know you could’ve put all of that into one post?

Rumours swirling now that sombr’s second album might be imminent with some teasers among the promo for My Body Isn’t Ready, Potentially titled Do Not Read This Journal. But then we also have the You Are the Reason tour.

Josh Heuston is in the music video too. And I’m fully on board with him miming the lyrics better than sombr

56 Je ne sais pas pourquoi UK chart peak: #2 From: Kylie 57 Golden UK chart peak: N/A From: Golden 58 Some Kind of Bliss UK chart peak: #22 From: Impossible Princess 59 Dance Floor Darling UK chart peak: N/A From: DISCO 60 Wouldn't Change a Thing UK chart peak: #2 From: Enjoy Yourself All the twos in this section with three singles dropping out that peaked at #2, #2 and #22. The first of those is one that will mark the beginning of my undying adoration for the Showgirl tour coming out in full force. Je ne sais pas pourquoi is a lovely song, and in a really emotive third act on the Showgirl tour alongside In Denial and Confide in Me, it was the first time I'd heard it, and with such a captivating performance and good storytelling throughout that whole act even listening to it now it's what I picture. Although you wouldn't particularly look back at Kylie's entire discography and immediately think 'yeah this is one of her greatest hits', the love for her first few eras was strong at that point. Similarly to Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing is an enjoyable bop and has the big nostalgia factor attached to it. Taken from her second album Enjoy Yourself - an album that always lends itself to heavy critiques - it's definitely one of the most palatable and memorable songs. Despite receiving acclaim for her collaboration with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, when Kylie released Some Kind of Bliss - marking the beginning of the Impossible Princess era - it was met with criticism. Albeit now retrospectively this and the era in general are remembered more fondly as people come around and realise she was just ahead of the curve, bold in her experimentation, and committed to doing what she wanted to do at the time. Some Kind of Bliss is a great song. Admittedly I myself don't really go back to Impossible Princess too much, but when I do I'm always surprised by just how much I enjoy it. Fast forward and we have two singles from Kylie's more recent eras. Dance Floor Darling, from DISCO, is one of the songs that is quintessentially on brand with the disco theme. A fun bop that really gets you in the disco mood much like the majority of the album. It's a shame it didn't manage to chart in the UK, because it's definitely a great representation of the highs this era had to offer (particularly looking back now realising Magic wasn't the wisest choice of single). Self-empowerment anthem Golden, the third single from her fourteenth album of the same name, is one of those songs that doesn't sound the most remarkable when listening to the studio version but did really come to life and was quite the moment seeing it performed live. Not only that, the storytelling is one of the strongest components of this album and Golden is one song where it really shows. It's no surprise when you consider this was one of the three songs from the album that was conceived when Kylie was in Nashville. And good on Kylie for sticking the finger up to all of the critiques that have come her way from the media regarding her age.

Season 3 coming on 6th August!

Series 4 (11 episodes again) and another celebrity special now confirmed!

New single from Cruz out on Friday! Appears to be an EP coming soon too with a scored out tracklist in his latest Insta post.

Y’all constantly bashing KMO for fun need help. It’s a decent album.

61 Where Is the Feeling? UK chart peak: #16 From: Kylie Minogue 62 Got to Be Certain UK chart peak: #2 From: Kylie 63 Real Groove UK chart peak: N/A (#95, Dua Lipa version) From: DISCO 64 Kids with Robbie Williams UK chart peak: #2 From: Light Years 65 At Christmas UK chart peak: N/A From: Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition Two #2 hits drop out of the running now, one of them from Kylie's debut album and the other a collaboration with Robbie Williams. Got to Be Certain really solidifies itself as a 'classic Kylie song' from the early days even if it's not considered a massive fan favourite. It's always nice hearing her blend it in some way or another to medleys when performed live, always giving a nod to her beginnings. It's like most of the rest of the self-titled debut; a fun little bop you can always enjoy when you go back to it. Kids, on the other hand, is potentially a bit lower than some might expect. It's not a bad song, and as far as Kylie collaborations go it's certainly among the top-to-middle of the pack. My problem, or rather tiring, of Kids though comes from it always being included on a tour setlist from Showgirl onwards. And what's funny is that I find the version performed live with Dannii on the Showgirl Homecoming tour to be much more enjoyable than the original. You can tell they had so much fun performing that together, sharing the stage at such an important time for Kylie rebuilding her strength. Every tour after it has been performed on though always feels like a re-tread of the magic they managed to achieve with it on the Showgirl tour. At Christmas becomes my highest-ranked Christmas single by Kylie. It wouldn't be my top pick of the Christmas songs overall. As I've already said, there are other songs from her Christmas packages that are much more enjoyable and could have served as singles too, but alas. At Christmas is a really solid song. It's camp, but it's not quite as in your face as XMAS is and manages to sound really naturally festive and warm, encapsulating the festive period in a way that some original Christmas songs these days just chase for the sake of putting a Christmas song out rather than committing to the bit. Real Groove was a single I was not a fan of at all when the DISCO era first rolled up. It was probably one of my least favourites on the album. Since then, I've warmed to it a lot and it's grown in my affections for sure. The Studio 2054 remix with Dua Lipa certainly elevates it a little more too; a song that definitely feels like it was screaming for Dua Lipa to be featured on it from the beginning since it's not too far removed from something you could actually imagine Dua releasing herself. Admittedly KM94 is one album I don't find myself going back to often at all. A bit of an anomaly in her back catalogue considering I do go back to other earlier albums quite a bit. That said, Where Is the Feeling? is a great song (despite that 6:58 length). Released differently around the world, it ended up being the third single from KM94 in the UK. Quite a change in sound and style compared to the previous single Put Yourself in My Place. It's groovy though, and a nice departure from the vocal delivery on some of Let's Get to It. Considering the song originally wasn't meant for Kylie and was instead recorded by Within a Dream prior, thankfully the stars aligned and we have it.

I’ve never liked Starmer, and some of the things this government have pushed through so far have been f***ing awful. So in that sense I’ll be glad to see someone new take over and hopefully steer us in a different direction of sorts. But it’s not been an absolutely terrible, unsalvageable tenure so it does seem ridiculous that it’s come to this just 2 years in.

Can't say I was wowed by the snippet I heard, but will hold out hope for the full thing.

Pop Track of the Week 2026 Each week, new releases from the worlds of pop and country are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner. The winners will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year - at the end of each quarter and again at the end of the year - to determine the ultimate winner of 2026. WEEK 23: The Results Total votes : 26 Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You 7 Ellie Goulding - Black Prada Dress 5 Adam Lambert - UNDER THE RHYTHM 2 Alex Warren - PASSENGER 2 B*Witched - Firefly 2 Madonna - Love Sensation 2 Niall Horan - Tastes So Good 2 Ryan Beatty - Secret Language 2 A*Teens - You Got the Look 1 Shaboozey - Cowgirl 1 Alexander Stewart - Temporary 0 Alex Sampson - Thank You For Loving Me 0 Debbii Dawson - Kool Aid 0 The Aces - Mesmerized 0 Taylor Swift tops the poll with her soundtrack single I Knew It, I Knew You, from the fifth instalment of the Toy Story franchise. She picks up seven votes, while in second place with five votes is Ellie Goulding. Black Prada Dress is the lead single from her upcoming sixth album I Know Too Much. Quite a lot of songs pick up two votes this week, and one of them is Madonna who doesn't quite manage to secure another win with Love Sensation. WEEK 24 Choose one song in the poll - your favourite - from this week's new releases listed below and feel free to post a rate of the songs in the thread. ADÉLA - Red Bottoms Bebe Rexha - One Day Boy In Space - Switcheroo Cherry Bomb - Sorry You're Not Sorry Griff - In the Name of Healing Johnny Orlando - Oh! Marcus & Martinus - How You Know Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song Rebecca Black - Speakerphone Ruel - Faking Smiles Tanner Grigoli - If You Knew Tom Aspaul - New Position Will Linley - I Loved, I Lost Zolita - HARDCORE WEEK 25 Choose one song in the poll - your favourite - from this week's new releases listed below and feel free to post a rate of the songs in the thread. Angèle - Dis-le ANNA - WHITE GIRL WASTED Bradley Simpson - Suzy Cameron Dallas - Tailgate Town felix jaehn & Omar Rudberg - siren Greyson Chance - JOCK PORN HRVY - hesitate i-dle - Crow INNA - Morenito Myles Smith - Heaven Natalie Imbruglia - Algorithm Orion Sisters - white lies Pop Track of the Week 2026: Winners Week 1: Sabrina Carpenter - Such a Funny Way Week 2: Robyn - Talk to Me Week 3: Slayyyter - DANCE... Week 4: Harry Styles - Aperture Week 5: MEEK - Fabulous Week 6: Myles Smith & Niall Horan - Drive Safe Week 7: Meghan Trainor - Get In Girl Week 8: Jessie Ware - Ride Week 9: Slayyyter - OLD TECHNOLOGY Week 10: Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta - Save Me Tonight Week 11: Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell Week 12: Ruel - Don't Say That Week 13: Slayyyter - BRITTANY MURPHY. Week 14: METTE - COMING OF AGE Week 15: Hilary Duff - Come Clean (Mine) Week 16: Demi Lovato - Low Rise Jeans Week 17: Madonna - I Feel So Free Week 18: Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love Week 19: Kesha - ORIGAMI! Week 20: Tove Lo - I'm your girl right? Week 21: Kylie Minogue - Light Up Week 22: Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me Week 23: Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You Listen to Pop Track of the Week 2026: Week 24 Listen to Pop Track of the Week 2026: Week 25

Melanie Walters now rumoured to be on the line-up

66 Crystallize UK chart peak: #60 67 It's No Secret UK chart peak: N/A From: Kylie 68 A Second to Midnight with Years & Years UK chart peak: N/A From: DISCO: Guest List Edition 69 All I See UK chart peak: N/A From: X 70 Word Is Out UK chart peak: #16 From: Let's Get to It The collaborations get a bit of a breather now with the only one dropping out being Kylie's collaboration with Olly Alexander of Years & Years. A Second to Midnight, the lead single from DISCO: Guest List Edition (as well as also appearing on Olly's album Night Call), again follows the trend of all of the songs on the Guest List Edition being perfectly serviceable enough songs, and certainly sticking with the disco vibes, but really don't all come together to form a spectacular package worth raving about. It's surprising too that she and Olly have only really officially collaborated on this and Starstruck together because you'd think they'd be two artists that could come up with a real banger. Alas, we're still waiting. Word Is Out was the lead single from Kylie's fourth album Let's Get to It, and I have to go back to my comment on Give Me Just a Little More Time regarding it seeming like she's shouting at us just a tad. This is pretty similar to that, despite having warmer moments in its verses. It's a catchy enough song, and yes probably one of the most commercial sounding on the album to warrant leading it at the time, but I do think with the power of hindsight and being so familiar with the album now perhaps the singles should have been completely different to the ones that were released. All I See has always been a favourite of mine from X, and the only reason it places so low here is because there are still so many greats to come. This came at a time of renewed efforts to crack the US, with this song being performed on the likes of Dancing With the Stars and The Ellen DeGeneres Show but perhaps this wasn't the right song to try and catapult yourself back into the spotlight there. I think what also goes against All I See is that it came at a time where - and perhaps naively you'd think reviews would be a little kinder all things considered - some harsh reviews bashed it and several other songs on the album; so at this point it was game over in terms of reviving the campaign. It's No Secret harks us right back to the beginning again, coming from Kylie's eponymous debut album. It gets bonus points for just being a really light-hearted, enjoyable bop that I find myself bopping my head to whenever it's on. Is it the most groundbreaking song ever? No. Is it among the very best of the album? No. But it's cute. And it's nice that, while not a staple of any of her tours, it was given a moment to shine during some of the Anti Tour shows back in 2012. Finally here, Crystallize was originally to be included on Kiss Me Once (why, oh why not?!) but was left out and later released as a charity single for One Note to Cancer in May 2014. With hints of both Into the Blue and The One scattered throughout, you've got to wonder what the team were smoking when they decided this didn't have a place on the album (I'd have suggested leaving Million Miles and Les Sex out and replacing them both with this, thank you). A beautiful song, and obviously ended up supporting a great cause in the end.

This is sounding so good from the previews can’t wait!

Incredible Sorry to everyone finding Lacey iconic af but gonna need Delta to slay harder x

71 XMAS UK chart peak: #1 From: Kylie Christmas: Fully Wrapped 72 Magic UK chart peak: #53 From: DISCO 73 Midnight Ride with Orville Peck & Diplo UK chart peak: N/A 74 On oublie le reste Jenifer feat. Kylie Minogue UK chart peak: N/A 75 Lights Camera Action UK chart peak: #59 From: Tension II Two more collaborations exiting here. Among the swathe of dance collaborations that - by now is no secret - I really wasn't enjoying and was making me come to an impasse of sorts with Kylie, Midnight Ride stands out as a real highlight to me. It's different to the others, has some twang to it that's really infectious, but of course it was also lumped in with the likes of My Oh My, Edge of Saturday Night and Dance Alone on Tension II. Although I wouldn't consider myself a fan of Orville Peck, he and Kylie on a track together just works and they compliment one another really well. Kylie featured on Jenifer's song On oublie le reste, the fifth and final single from the latter's eighth studio album Nouvelle Page. Born from Jenifer wanting to sample Can't Get You Out of My Head, it was sent to Kylie and got the seal of approval. It's a great song, probably one that's easily forgotten about among some more high-profile collaborations. This, to me, is a fine example of the type of collaborations Kylie should be jumping on (and can be proud of). Speaking of Tension II, Lights Camera Action lands at #75. Don't get me wrong, I do like it, but when it was released initially I really wasn't feeling it. Again, likely in part because both Tension and Tension II never fully landed for me. It's a slick bop, and I've enjoyed warming to it more watching the Tension Tour on Netflix, seeing it really come to life live and with repeated listens. A classic, though? The jury's still out. Say Something really lit a flame and had me so excited for the DISCO era that was upon us; Kylie truly bringing the magic during dark times for everybody. And then second single Magic continued the groovy disco vibes with a much more classic feel. Now though, it doesn't really feel like essential Kylie despite, at home on DISCO as a package, being a really fun and joyous song that sets the tone for the rest of the album perfectly. It took me quite a while to get around to listening to XMAS because I really don't have the time for most of these Amazon Music originals that are never distributed to other streaming platforms and can be unnecessarily difficult to listen to. I still can't make my mind up most of the time whether I actually love the song because I think it's great, or love it in a camp kind of way because it's just milking the continuation of Kylie Christmas for all it's worth at this point. Here's to Kylie Christmas: Fully Wrapped and Neatly Placed Under the Tree (2030 Version). But hey, it gave Kylie another UK #1 at a time where she has been enjoying so much more success again.

New comedy starring Diane Morgan and Sue Johnston is coming next month! And no, Doctor Who fans, it’s not what we would want it to be

Could really do without those three tacked on the end and more original songs than just three we haven’t already heard, but alas that’s the way of it these days. So much to be excited about I’m sad I missed out on the alternate artwork that was only available to those that pre-ordered a while back, because to me that’s a lot better than the standard.

Was kinda hoping they’d just forget about Dani Dyer, but predictable really

Officially coming on 10th July it seems, titled On Your Side!

Another new single from HRVY on the way soon!

Hopefully the rumours about Delta turn out to be true too then if that’s Lacey confirmed