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Interesting how different perspectives can be! I’d say this has been one of the best years in a LONG time, from a pop music perspective British music… to be honest I hadn’t noticed but it’s true, there’s basically no “huge” UK star at the moment other than Charli, but even she is based in America.

The Spotify Wrapped impact!! I don’t recall this ever happening in past years? Was so confused at why Birds of a Feather was so high

FIVE Charli songs in the top 100, nearly two months after the album’s release. I don’t think I’ve ever been so delighted at an album campaign’s success. SO deserved after years of killing it but not really being appreciated beyond her core fans.

Would it be Charli’s first #1 on Spotify..?

The Weeknd’s greatest hits album spending literally years in the UK charts, and very high up, simply cos people stream his individual songs so much.

Florence & The Machine was just ‘Florence Welch’ on her Calvin Harris collab Sweet Nothing Dixie Chicks / The Chicks ‘Years & Years’ is both the name of a band, and now the stage name for now-soloist Olly Alexander

#53 Tiesto - The Business Seems to being used at the start of World Cup matches in between the national anthems and kickoff so will likely keep climbing

That Sam Smith song is an absolute sonic assault, I’m gobsmacked it’s doing well On a more positive note, has a trans woman (or man!) ever been #1 on Spotify before? I can’t recall another trans pop star of recent years? Or ever really!

Beyoncé will finally release her next studio album But Rihanna won’t Ed Sheeran will release another album and will dominate the UK charts more than Equals did Mimi Webb will feature on a big dance smash Adele will clean up at the Brits Billie Eilish will release Oxytocin and it will be a big hit The Saturdays will reform Charli XCX’s album released in March will be a critical success but a commercial disaster Anne-Marie will re-release a song from her album with a new male feature and it will perform moderately well Lewis Capaldi will re-emerge in Q4 and do very well Dua Lipa will return in Q3 with a huge new song Kim Petras will get a top 40 hit in the UK Cardi B will get a #1 in the UK

7 versions of the same song in the top 40. I’ve been following the iTunes chart closely for about 12 years now and I’ve never seen ANYTHING like this?! Phenomenal, deserved, and I’ll be so so excited if they get to #1 officially

Blinding Lights is one of the best songs of recent years but HOW is it still knocking about the top 10, over a year later?! Not that I’m complaining, but wow

Very bizarre that LadBaby hasn't said a word and yet he's the firm bookies favourite still? I really hope it doesn't become the norm that he releases a song every Xmas. It'll be worse than X Factor winning every year. I have money on Mariah so I'm hoping she stays put!

I wouldn’t write off Nathan Dawe & Little Mix

Feel like Underneath The Tree is growing in popularity year by year. I saw a tweet the other day that said UTT will be the AIWFCIY of the 2030s. I don’t know if it’ll ever be THAT popular but I can see it being seen as an absolute Christmas classic in years to come.

Hahah that’s meeeee The bookies got that SO wrong. It was only the week before and they were already #1, it was such a no brainer?! I’m annoyed I didn’t put more than a tenner on tbh

That Death Bed song is so unbelievably irritating

Oh my goodness I have not heard that Naughty Boy song in YEARS. I completely forgot it existed!!! Listening now and it's bringing back a lot of fond memories of 2014-2015. Beautiful song - thank you for reminding me of it.

Scared To Be Lonely is such a formulaic, generic song and VERY of its time but I have always found it so incredibly beautiful. Lyrically and sonically. Lonely Together is nice too, of all of Avicii's songs it makes me think about the tragedy of his death the most

WHY WONT DANCE MONKEY f*** OFFFF

2010 and 2011 kind of blur into one for me but I'm going to say 2011. 2014, 2016 and 2017 all stand out too in big ways for various reasons. 2019 is probably the worst unfortunately, I also don't remember a huge amount from 2015

Little Mix’s Wasabi is being used on an advert for Pretty Little Thing, hope we see it appear in the charts even if it’s super low

Am I right in thinking Dua has never been #1 on iTunes?

Just realised where I know Joel Corry from He used to be in Geordie Shore as Sophie’s boyfriend lol

Was going to make a 2019 predictions thread but this will certainly do! My predictions... 1. Rihanna will return in the first half of the year & smash. 2. Ariana's album will be a surprise drop. We'll wake up one day and it'll just be there. 3. Ariana's album will come in Q1. 4. Beyonce will surprise drop another album 5. George Ezra will clean up at The Brits 6. Little Mix's remaining singles from LM5 will struggle, except for Wasabi which will do well 7. Lady Gaga's album will be pop and the fans will love it 8. Ed Sheeran will re-appear at the end of the year. 9. Ava Max will get at least one big (Feat. Ava Max) single, off the back of Sweet But Psycho's success 10. Charli XCX's album (which she's confirmed is happening) will inevitably flop :( 11. Dua Lipa will have a quieter year 12. Lizzo will have a hit in the UK 13. Tove Lo will come back towards the end of the year 14. Marina will return with a critically acclaimed album that won't be a huge success but better than Froot

The Ben Haenow song is actually very good. That being said, Clean Bandit is my favourite by a mile!