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Stereo Love, now there was a tune :wub:

No year is without their triumphs. 2010 had some great tracks in the Top 40 - Dancing On My Own is in my Top 10 songs of the whole decade - but a lot of the Top 40 was cluttered with repetitive, samey dance tunes that just wouldn't go away (or didn't seem too, in hindsight I know the charts of 2010 moved a lot faster) I guess you could say the same for 2016 but for me the difference is that the repetitive, samey dance tunes in general sound a lot better. Jonas Blue, Cheat Codes, The Chainsmokers, DJ Snake, Major Lazer exct may all be slightly different flavours of the same thing but their music just sounds a lot better to my ears than the stuff we were getting in 2010. The year also gave us 'The Time' by The Black Eyed Peas which is an easy contender for my least favourite song of all-time.

I was 14 in 2007, so I kind of find it hard to look at objectively, all those Cascada/T2/Freddie Le Grande tracks brings back so many nice and lovely memories for me. Nearly a decade on (man that's scary to say), I can see why a lot of 2007 probably does suck but for me, nostalgia kind of ends up trumping objective views of songs. There were a few big standout hits for me in '07 though - Umbrella, Foundations, The Way I Are, Call the Shots, About You Now, Rule The World, Gimme More, Give It To Me, Say It Right and probably 10 to 15 others.

Just in order of my personal taste, years for chart music this decade: 1) 2012 2) 2011 3) 2013 4) 2015 5) 2016 6) 2014 7) 2010

I agree, 2010 was probably the worst year for chart music that I can remember. Curiously surrounded by 2009 and 2011, which were both fantastic. I think, if anything, 2016 has suffered from a lack of diversity but in terms of the actual music that has made it's way into the Top 40, I have to say, I haven't minded this year. What's telling to me is that in previous years there was always one Top 40 hit that stood out, to me, as being the best of the year (Rolling In The Deep, Somebody That I Used To Know, Pompeii, Budapest, King) whereas this year, I genuinely couldn't call it. I feel like there's been less "hits" but the one's that have been genuine hits have on the whole been very good and the only reason I've gone off some of the bigger ones is due to over saturation and overplay. One Dance, Cheap Thrills, I Took a Pill in Ibiza, This Is What You Came For, Love Yourself, This Girl, Lush Life exct. are all pretty solid songs in my view, but I need to not here any of them for a while before I can get back to fully appreciating them.

I'll buy Now 95 out of tradition, I'm amazed by how well these things continue to sell

In order to make a real breakthrough in the US, you have to go promo heavy. The Saturdays tried it half arsed and their single did precisely nothing. What with a tour and promo in zone's they're already established in, I don't know if Little Mix would have the time.

That's a shame, so there's no real push for it then? They'll sink without airplay. Oh well.

Is Little Mix's high debut just due to fans buying the song in biggish numbers in its first week or does it actually have some momentum there? I'd really like to see a UK girlband score a big hit over there as that can't have happened since the Spice Girls twenty years ago.

I really hope Stay The Night by Zedd gets a release date soon. Love it so much :wub:

07 | Video Games 20 | Born To Die 03 | Blue Jeans 01 | National Anthem 17 | Dark Paradise 10 | Ride 30 | Cola 01 | Young & Beautiful 02 | Summertime Sadness

I'm actually kinda surprised that Britney is still as high as she is. I'm pleased none the less, but I really did think she'd be lucky to reach the top twenty with this one