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+25: Rihanna - Kiss It Better +24: Klingande - Jubel +23: Lady Gaga - Alejandro +22: The Veronicas - Untouched +21: Robyn - Honey +20: Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love +19: Taylor Swift - Blank Space +18: Girls Aloud - Untouchable +17: Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +16: Lady Gaga - Judas +15: Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart +14: Katy B - Katy on a Mission +13: Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods +12: Ariana Grande & The Weeknd - Love Me Harder +11: Example - Changed the Way You Kiss Me +10: Cheryl - Call My Name +9: Ariana Grande - breathin +8: Haim - Falling +7: La Roux - Bulletproof +6: Rihanna feat. Drake - Work +5: P!nk - Try +4: Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel the Love +3: Kanye West - All of the Lights +2: Tove Lo - Stay High (Habits) [Hippie Sabotage Remix] +1: The Naked and Famous - Young Blood The stronger of the 2 semi final groups I think. Next 10: Elastic Heart/Walking with Elephants/I Knew You Were Trouble/Ghost/1999/When Love Takes Over/Sonnentanz/Bon Appétit/Just Dance/Tilted

What a start for no tears :wub: Incredible to see Make Me Feel in the top 10 (my nomination, though I was surprised to see that it hadn't been in contention for the list in the first place), as well as 1999, Honey & Girlfriend not far below (it's a really solid top 10 & top 20 too!) + I'll echo Bré regarding MALAMENTE amassing 100 points.

07 Me Against the Music (feat. Madonna) 07 (I Got That) Boom Boom (feat. Ying Yang Twins) - a bop! 06.5 Showdown 10 Breathe on Me 09 Early Mornin' 10 Toxic 06 Outrageous 10 Touch of My Hand 08 The Hook Up 05.5 Shadow 06 Brave New Girl 11 Everytime 07 Me Against the Music (feat. Madonna) [Rishi Rich's Desi Kulcha Remix] - a solid remix, though it doesn't necessarily add/detract from the song to me :P 09.5 The Answer 09.5 Don't Hang Up (average of 8.13 & 7.92 without bonuses, which proves how essential they are to my experience of the album :P) what an album!

I love the idea of the top 40! A solid top 5 (pleased/somewhat surprised to see Losing It so high here) but I love all of #6-#10 (omg Carly not winning with a ROTD winner track :o ). Happy to see high placings for Baby (I'd never realised how stark the sales peak vs. official peak was, deserved better tbh), Half the World Away, Loud Places, +1, Stay, Hope There's Someone, Lost on You (! that this never officially charted), Gold, Heartbeat Loud, All for You, Best Behaviour and The Way among others :wub: Didn't expect Lana to miss top 40 with both songs & poor Rollin placing last :P Thanks Dan for this game, a fantastic idea (particularly love seeing the sales peaks which I'd never looked into myself)

+5: AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove +4: Billie Eilish - bad guy (still easily my favourite song in the top 10 but it feels unworthy of getting so many points because of my fatigue of it) . +3: Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love +2: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita +1: Dominic Fike - 3 Nights (though Açaí Bowl would be +5-worthy in this competition tbh) -1: MIST feat. Fredo - So High -2: Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me -3: Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait -4: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care -5: Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid - Beautiful People How Do You Sleep? would honestly be my +5, a frustrating top 10 this week.

+30: Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry +29: Christine and The Queens - Doesn't Matter +28: Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel +27: Charli XCX - Focus +26: ROSALÍA - MALAMENTE +25: Robyn - Honey +24: Ariana Grande - god is a woman +23: Christine and The Queens feat. Dâm-Funk - Girlfriend +22: Camila Cabello - Never Be the Same +21: Virtual Self - Ghost Voices +20: Young Fathers - In My View +19: Ariana Grande - breathin +18: Metric - Dressed to Suppress +17: Slayyyter - Alone +16: Years & Years - All for You +15: Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999 +14: Taylor Swift - Delicate +13: Sigrid - Strangers +12: Ex:Re - Romance +11: Mabel & Not3s - Fine Line +10: Troye Sivan feat. Ariana Grande - Dance to This +9: Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life +8: Halsey - Without Me +7: Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All the Stars +6: Kacey Musgraves - High Horse +5: Years & Years - Sanctify +4: Jax Jones feat. Ina Wroldsen - Breathe +3: Troye Sivan - My My My! +2: Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex +1: Au/Ra & CamelPhat - Panic Room Another great list, a particularly strong top 10 this year! Honourable mentions: Billie Eilish - when the party's over BROCKHAMPTON - 1999 WILDFIRE Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It Ciara - Level Up Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato - Solo Clean Bandit feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi - Baby CLiQ feat. Alika - Wavey Dave feat. Fredo - Funky Friday Dua Lipa & BLACKPINK - Kiss and Make Up French Montana feat. Drake - No Stylist George Ezra - Paradise Grimes feat. HANA - We Appreciate Power Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop® - Capital Letters Hayley Kiyoko feat. Kehlani - What I Need Kim Petras - Heart to Break Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato - Échame La Culpa MK - 17 Pale Waves - Noises RAYE - Friends Rita Ora - Let You Love Me The 1975 - It's Not Living (If It's Not with You) The Wombats - Turn Troye Sivan - Bloom

+30: Lorde - Green Light +29: Dua Lipa - Be the One +28: Rina Sawayama - Alterlife +27: Charli XCX feat. Kim Petras & Jay Park - Unlock It +26: Wolf Alice - Don't Delete the Kisses +25: Rita Ora - Anywhere +24: Lorde - Homemade Dynamite +23: Lorde - The Louvre +22: Mabel feat. Kojo Funds - Finders Keepers +21: Jessie Ware - Midnight +20: Selena Gomez - Bad Liar +19: Tove Lo - Disco Tits +18: Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm +17: Martin Solveig feat. Ina Wroldsen - Places +16: Little Mix feat. Stormzy - Power +15: Francesca Michielin - Vulcano (thank you Liam for nominating this! A total banger) +14: Lorde - Perfect Places +13: Katy Perry feat. Migos - Bon Appétit +12: Dua Lipa - New Rules +11: Stormzy - Big for Your Boots +10: Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana +9: Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me +8: Little Mix feat. Machine Gun Kelly - No More Sad Songs (I don't like the MGK feature at all but I love the original) +7: Stefflon Don & French Montana - Hurtin' Me +6: Drake - Passionfruit +5: Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour +4: Lizzo - Truth Hurts +3: Disciples - On My Mind +2: Paramore - Hard Times +1: Little Mix - Touch This was tricky to cut down; one of my longest honourable mentions too ~ Arcade Fire - Everything Now Avicii feat. Rita Ora - Lonely Together Bleachers - Don't Take the Money BROCKHAMPTON - BOOGIE CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento [Remix] David Guetta & Afrojack feat. Charli XCX & French Montana - Dirty Sexy Money Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts French Montana feat. Swae Lee - Unforgettable Galantis - Rich Boy J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente Jax Jones feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don - Instruction Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me Julia Michaels - Issues Kesha - Praying Lorde - Liability Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert - Bad and Boujee One Bit & Noah Cyrus - My Way Paramore - Rose-Colored Boy Sabrina Carpenter - Thumbs Sampha - (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano Taylor Swift - ...Ready for It? (in 2017 at least two of these three would have been in my vote, apologies to this which was the closest this year :mellow: ) Taylor Swift - Getaway Car Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do Zara Larsson - I Would Like

+25: Rihanna - Kiss It Better +24: Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away with Me +23: Christine and the Queens feat. Dâm-Funk - Girlfriend +22: The Avener & Phoebe Killdeer - Fade Out Lines +21: Antony & The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone +20: Sigrid - Don't Kill My Vibe +19: Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller - The Way +18: Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman +17: Henry Krinkle - Stay +16: Jamie xx feat. Romy - Loud Places +15: Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour +14: Years & Years - All for You +13: Kiiara - Gold +12: The 1975 - Somebody Else +11: Troye Sivan feat. Ariana Grande - Dance to This +10: David Bowie - Changes +9: Blanche - City Lights +8: Andy C & Fiora - Heartbeat Loud +7: Lana Del Rey - High By the Beach +6: David Bowie - Lazarus +5: Ellie Goulding - Something in the Way You Move +4: Seinabo Sey - Younger [Kygo Remix] +3: Chvrches - Get Away +2: Anton Powers & Pixie Lott - Baby +1: Martin Solveig feat. Sam White - +1 (I HAD TO) @Rush *cue relevant Natalia Kills jpg* A pretty great list (even if so few of my preferred songs advanced from the play-offs :coffee: )! Close misses: Say It, Lost on You, Rollin, Wavey, Everything Now, Échame La Culpa, Go, Rumour Mill, Hunger, Holding On, Losing It, Fade, Fuego, Half the World Away (Ritual would have fit among these but it wasn't close to my vote)

+5: Sigala & Becky Hill - Wish You Well +4: AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove +3: Billie Eilish - bad guy +2: Lil Nas X - Old Town Road +1: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita -1: MIST feat. Fredo - So High -2: Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me -3: Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait -4: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care -5: Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid - Beautiful People

+30: Rihanna - Kiss It Better +29: Beyoncé - Formation +28: Ariana Grande - Into You +27: Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion +26: The xx - On Hold +25: Tove Lo - True Disaster +24: Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy - Make Me… +23: Flume feat. Kai - Never Be Like You +22: KDA feat. Tinashe - Just Say +21: Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Work from Home +20: Jamala - 1944 +19: Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval - The Spoils +18: Rihanna feat. Drake - Work +17: Zara Larsson - Lush Life +16: Katy B & Chris Lorenzo - I Wanna Be +15: Tove Lo - Cool Girl +14: Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom +13: Christine and The Queens - Tilted +12: Mitski - Your Best American Girl +11: Christine and The Queens - Saint Claude +10: Selena Gomez - Hands to Myself +9: Beyoncé - Sorry +8: Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Never Ever +7: JoJo feat. Remy Ma - FAB. +6: Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell +5: The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy +4: Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman +3: Dua Lipa - Last Dance +2: All Saints - One Strike +1: Shakira feat. Maluma - Chantaje A fantastic year for music, but I expected the list to have a few more... essential favourites of mine (I'd say that the list splits pretty evenly into two tiers of favourites for me :P ) so a number of songs I don't love as much snuck in that I anticipated to miss out entirely! Still, I did particularly enjoy boosting JoJo in my vote (partly because Mad Love. is so underrated) and I'm pleased to give both Christine songs more points than expected (I'm amused by Tilted probably being one of few songs in ROTD to have for more than 2 years before its listed year.... Be the One whomst?? [Of course Christine wouldn't stand by that, er, incarnation of the song now :P]). Honourable mentions (surprisingly shorter than my 2015 list too!): Alan Walker - Faded Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj - Side to Side Beyoncé - Hold Up BLACKPINK - BOOMBAYAH Blood Orange - Augustine (very happy to see something from Freetown Sound nominated even if this isn't one of my very favourites) Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah) Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl IMANY - Don't Be So Shy [Filatov & Karas Remix] Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl MK & Becky Hill - Piece of Me Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles Shawn Mendes - Stitches Sigala feat. Imani Williams & DJ Fresh - Say You Do The 1975 - Somebody Else The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down The Chainsmokers feat. ROZES - Roses The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming

+30: Years & Years - King +29: Susanne Sundfør - Accelerate +28: Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away with Me +27: Taylor Swift - Style +26: Tame Impala - Let It Happen +25: Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer +24: Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +23: Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better +22: Danny L Harle - Broken Flowers +21: The Avener & Phoebe Killdeer - Fade Out Lines +20: Years & Years - Shine +19: RÜFÜS DU SOL - Innerbloom +18: Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer +17: Diplo & Sleepy Tom - Be Right There +16: Charli XCX feat. Rita Ora - Doing It +15: Ariana Grande - Focus +14: The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face +13: Susanne Sundfør - Delirious +12: Sia - Elastic Heart +11: Marina and The Diamonds - I'm a Ruin +10: Calvin Harris feat. Haim - Pray to God +9: Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself +8: Disclosure feat. Lorde - Magnets +7: Selena Gomez feat. A$AP Rocky - Good for You +6: Little Mix - Love Me Like You +5: Chvrches - Clearest Blue +4: Jamie xx feat. Romy - Loud Places +3: Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Rhymes +2: Tchami feat. Kaleem Taylor - Promesses +1: Grimes - Kill vs. Maim I was thinking that this year would pale in comparison to the years before and after but this vote was still really tough to cut down, y'all came up with a pretty great list. Honourable mentions: 99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy - The Girl Is Mine Alessia Cara - Here Ariana Grande - One Last Time Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love Ciara - I Bet David Zowie - House Every Weekend Disciples - They Don't Know Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink - Worth It Fleur East - Sax Florence + The Machine - Queen of Peace Florence + The Machine - What Kind of Man Fono - Real Joy Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly Galantis - Runaway (U & I) Justin Bieber - Sorry Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Little Mix - Black Magic Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ - Lean On Philip George & Anton Powers - Alone No More Philip George - Wish You Were Mine Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams The Weeknd - In the Night Wolf Alice - Giant Peach Zara Larsson & MNEK - Never Forget You

+5: Sigala & Becky Hill - Wish You Well +4: AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove +3: Stormzy - Crown +2: Lil Nas X - Old Town Road +1: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita -1: MIST feat. Fredo - So High -2: Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me -3: Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait -4: Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy - Take Me Back to London (Stormzy is great in this, Ed is..... Ed) -5: Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid - Beautiful People

+30: Katy B - Crying for No Reason +29: Klingande - Jubel +28: Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne - My Love +27: Lana Del Rey - West Coast +26: Taylor Swift - Blank Space +25: Röyksopp & Robyn - Do It Again +24: Ariana Grande & The Weeknd - Love Me Harder +23: Marina and The Diamonds - Froot +22: Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods +21: FKA twigs - Two Weeks +20: Blonde feat. Melissa Steel - I Loved You +19: Indiana - Solo Dancing +18: Watermät - Bullit +17: Matrix & Futurebound feat. Max Marshall - Control +16: Mr. Probz - Waves [Robin Schulz Remix] +15: Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z - Drunk in Love +14: Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be +13: The Magician feat. Years & Years - Sunlight +12: Tove Lo feat. Hippie Sabotage - Stay High [Habits Remix] (no credit looks correct for this remix :/ ) +11: Ten Walls - Walking with Elephants +10: Kiesza - Hideaway +9: Charli XCX - Boom Clap +8: Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive) +7: Foxes - Holding onto Heaven +6: Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones - I Got U +5: Tinashe feat. Schoolboy Q - 2 On +4: 'Lillywood met in a cafe in Paris' - Prayer in C [Robin Schulz Remix] +3: Neon Jungle - Braveheart +2: Ella Henderson - Ghost +1: Ariana Grande feat. Zedd - Break Free ahhhh so much that I'd love to give points to and a bunch of songs that I've loved for so long that it would be wrong to leave them out! Probably my longest honourable mentions yet (sorry): 5 Seconds Of Summer - She Looks So Perfect alt-J - Hunger of the Pine Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea - Problem Avicii - Addicted to You Becky G - Shower Bombay Bicycle Club - Luna Faul & Wad Ad vs. Pnau - Changes G.R.L. - Ugly Heart Gorgon City feat. MNEK - Ready for Your Love Haim - If I Could Change Your Mind Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang (I feel like this would age badly if not for the endless hilarity of that video of the girl reciting Nicki's verse and...Jessie J receiving top billing amongst this company. Fortunately still bangs though regardless!) Jessie Ware - Tough Love Katy B - Still Kiesza - Giant in My Heart Little Mix - Salute Lorde - Team Melissa Steel feat. Popcaan - Kisses for Breakfast Milky Chance - Stolen Dance Nicki Minaj - Anaconda Pitbull feat. Kesha - Timber Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down Rudimental feat. Becky Hill - Powerless RuPaul - Sissy That Walk Sigma - Nobody to Love The Saturdays - Not Giving Up Troye Sivan - Happy Little Pill Vic Mensa - Down on My Luck Wankelmut & Emma Louise - My Head Is a Jungle [MK Remix] Years & Years - Take Shelter

+30: Chvrches - Lies +29: Lorde - Tennis Court +28: Katy B - 5 AM +27: Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge - White Noise +26: Wilkinson feat. Becky Hill - Afterglow +25: Foxes - Youth +24: Duke Dumont feat. A*M*E - Need U (100%) +23: Little Mix - Move +22: Avicii vs. Nicky Romero - I Could Be the One +21: Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle - You & Me +20: Ben Pearce - What I Might Do +19: Paramore - Still Into You +18: Chris Malinchak - So Good to Me +17: Lady Gaga - Applause +16: Jessie Ware - Imagine It Was Us +15: Haim - Falling +14: Storm Queen - Look Right Through [MK Remix] +13: Mariah Carey feat. Miguel - #Beautiful +12: Katy B & Jessie Ware - Aaliyah +11: Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre - Waiting All Night +10: Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller - The Way +9: Klangkarussell feat. Will Heard - Sonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine) +8: Tegan and Sara - Closer +7: Chase & Status feat. Louis M^ttrs - Lost & Not Found +6: Selena Gomez - Come & Get It +5: Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble +4: All About She - Higher (Free) +3: Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop +2: Haim - The Wire +1: Chase & Status feat. Moko - Count on Me Two absurdly stacked votes in ROTD this week! Close: Arcade Fire - Reflektor Avicii - You Make Me Avril Lavigne - Rock N Roll AWOLNATION - Sail Charli XCX - SuperLove Chvrches - Recover Chvrches - The Mother We Share Drake feat. Majid Jordan - Hold On, We're Going Home Haim - Don't Save Me Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX - I Love It Justin Timberlake - Mirrors Kanye West - Black Skinhead Lady Gaga - Do What U Want Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness London Grammar - Strong Martin Garrix - Animals Paramore - Ain't It Fun Paramore - Now Showtek feat. We Are Loud! & Sonny Wilson - Booyah will.i.am feat. Britney Spears - Scream & Shout

A lot that I like in this section... so I came up with 21 songs (but not All I Ask, apologies) that I'd be most happy with going through! Especially holding out for my clear favourite Make Me... :heart: Alesso - Falling Alicia Keys - In Common Andy C & Fiora - Heartbeat Loud BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy - Make Me... Calvin Harris feat. Future & Khalid - Rollin Christine and the Queens - 5 dollars CLiQ feat. Alika - Wavey David Guetta feat. RAYE - Stay (Don't Go Away) Demi Lovato - Confident Ellie Goulding - Something in the Way You Move Linkin Park feat. Kiiara - Heavy Little Mix - Is Your Love Enough? Louisa feat. 2 Chainz - YES Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato - Echamé La Culpa Missy Elliott feat. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From) Mura Masa feat. A$AP Rocky - Love$ick NEIKED feat. Mimi - Call Me Radiohead - Burn the Witch Radiohead - Daydreaming Rudimental feat. Anne-Marie & Will Heard - Rumour Mill

but WOW what a moment! :angel: Thank you to the other Little Nuclear Seasons <3 Pleased to see some love for my other nominations Finish Line & Go! Also very pleased to see these as new AQs: Love seeing Judas/Blind Faith/Midnight City (!!!) shake up the top 10 a bit too.

Group 11 +12: Antony and The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone :heart: +10: Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé - Feeling Myself +8: Henry Krinkle - Stay +7: Troye Sivan feat. Ariana Grande - Dance to This ^ really strong top 4! +6: The Chemical Brothers feat. Q-Tip - Go +5: Missy Elliott feat. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From) +4: David Guetta feat. RAYE - Stay (Don't Go Away) +3: Ariana Grande - bloodline +2: T-Wayne - Nasty Freestyle +1: The Chainsmokers feat. Emily Warren - Side Effects Close: Under the Shadows (I love a bunch of other songs by Rae, shame I can't give this points too), Testify, Rooting for You, Like Sugar, Sirens Group 12 +12: Rihanna - Kiss It Better (probably my favourite song in the game :heart: :heart: :heart: ) . +10: Kiiara - Gold +8: Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora - Ritual +7: Usher - Crash +6: Rudimental & Major Lazer feat. Anne-Marie & Mr Eazi - Let Me Live +5: Bring Me The Horizon - Throne +4: David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne - Light My Body Up +3: Nick Jonas - Levels (one of his best imo) +2: Pia Mia - Touch +1: Nick Jonas feat. Nicki Minaj - Bom Bidi Bom (Nicki is great on this) The pattern of a great group paired with a weaker group continues... I quite like everything in my vote this round though. Close: Run (what a pile-up of Nics in this round!), Summer Nights, All Night

+5: Sigala & Becky Hill - Wish You Well +4: Mabel - Mad Love +3: Stormzy - Crown +2: Post Malone feat. Young Thug - Goodbyes +1: Lil Nas X - Old Town Road -1: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita (sad to not be able to give this positive points, a great top 6!) . -2: Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me -3: Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait -4: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care -5: Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid - Beautiful People

+20: Tove Lo - Glad He's Gone +19: Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello - Find U Again +18: Mabel - Mad Love +17: Katy Perry - Never Really Over +16: Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora - Ritual +15: AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove +14: Ashley O - On a Roll +13: Stormzy - Crown +12: Lil Nas X - Panini +11: Lil Mi X - Bounce Back +10: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita +9: Nicki Minaj - #MEGARTON +8: MoStack feat. Stormzy - Shine Girl +7: Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter +6: Cheryl - Let You +5: Drake feat. Rick Ross - Money in the Grave . +4: Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down +3: Avicii - Heaven +2: Bastille - Joy (no points) Chris Brown feat. Drake - No Guidance

+4: Mabel - Mad Love +3: Stormzy - Crown +2: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita +1: Lil Nas X - Old Town Road -1: Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait -2: Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me -3: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care -4: Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved -5: Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid - Beautiful People Almost a sandwich made entirely of white bread there! (Ignoring the ethnicities of 3/4 of Justin's collaborators to which... I think a different point could be made but anyway.)

+30: Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay - 212 (not even close to anything else here but it would have certainly found competition for +30 in 2011 :P ) +29: Hot Natured - Benediction +28: Santigold - Disparate Youth +27: Cheryl - Call My Name +26: M.I.A. - Bad Girls +25: Redlight - Get Out My Head +24: Christina Aguilera - Your Body +23: P!nk - Try +22: Sub Focus feat. Alpines - Tidal Wave +21: Usher - Climax +20: Ellie Goulding - Figure 8 +19: Taylor Swift - All Too Well +18: Girls Aloud - Something New +17: Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel the Love +16: Little Mix - DNA +15: Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans +14: Solange - Losing You +13: Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Latch +12: Ke$ha - Die Young +11: Girls Aloud - On the Metro +10: Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Running to the Sea +9: Porter Robinson - Language +8: Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven +7: Marina and The Diamonds - Primadonna +6: Jessie J - Domino +5: Jay-Z & Kanye West - N***** in Paris +4: P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) +3: Cher Lloyd - Want U Back +2: Jay-Z & Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean - No Church in the Wild +1: Lana Del Rey - Born to Die A far weaker year for ROTD entries I think? My +9 would have had difficulty making my 2011 vote :P Still, a few that weren't far away in my ranks: Alex Clare - Too Close Avicii - Silhouettes Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe Cover Drive - Twilight Emeli Sandé - My Kind of Love Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (original > remix imo) Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know Jessie Ware - 110%/If You're Never Gonna Move Lana Del Rey - Ride Loreen - Euphoria Nicki Minaj - Pound the Alarm Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks Purity Ring - Fineshrine Rihanna - Where Have You Been Skrillex feat. Sirah - Bangarang Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Tulisa - Young Woodkid - Run Boy Run

+30: Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons +29: Lady Gaga - Marry the Night (this top 2 :heart: ) +28: Delilah - Go +27: Nero - Promises +26: Katy B - Broken Record ^.^ +25: Lady Gaga - Judas +24: Yasmin - Finish Line +23: Lana Del Rey - Video Games +22: Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory +21: Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey - Blind Faith +20: M83 - Midnight City +19: Wynter Gordon - Dirty Talk +18: Example - Changed the Way You Kiss Me +17: Emeli Sandé - Heaven +16: Nicola Roberts - Beat of My Drum +15: Lady Gaga - Born This Way +14: Rihanna - S&M +13: Calvin Harris - Feel So Close +12: Nicki Minaj - Super Bass +11: Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me +10: Florence + The Machine - What the Water Gave Me +9: Nicole Scherzinger feat. 50 Cent - Right There +8: Kanye West - All of the Lights +7: Beyoncé - Countdown +6: The Naked and Famous - Young Blood +5: Chase & Status feat. Delilah - Time +4: Marina and The Diamonds - Radioactive +3: Adele - Rolling in the Deep +2: Nero - Guilt +1: Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah - Earthquake Another ridiculously stacked year, it's so difficult to give space to everything I love in this game :drama: Again, my honourable mentions: Adele - Set Fire to the Rain Adele - Someone Like You Alexandra Stan - Mr. Saxobeat Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush Britney Spears - Till the World Ends Calvin Harris feat. Kelis - Bounce Chr*s Br*wn feat. Benny Benassi - Beautiful People Cobra Starship feat. Sabi - You Make Me Feel… DJ Fresh feat. Sian Evans - Louder Ellie Goulding - Lights Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out Gotye - Easy Way Out Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull - On the Floor JoJo - Disaster Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite - Lights On Katy Perry feat. Kanye West - E.T. Lady Gaga - Electric Chapel Modestep - Sunlight Nero - Me and You Nicki Minaj feat. Drake - Moment 4 Life Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (Robyn's showings in my votes have been awfully disproportionate to how much I love her / her voice, I should've nominated Indestructible for 2010 / something else from Honey for 2018 :P ) Sak Noel - Loca People The Saturdays - All Fired Up

omg this not scraping its way out of the bottom 10 songs! thank you to everyone who contributed to its results, I'd wondered if it was a bit of a risky nomination :P Also pleasantly surprised for Obsessions - I didn't know how loved it was by anyone on here but I'd easily rank it amongst my favourite Marina songs :wub: - and Heartbeat too (especially glad to see the official title for the remix written out by both Rush & Bré *.* ) Otherwise I love a good half of this list so I could mention everything but very pleased The Girl and the Robot & Crystalised entering higher than expected, as well as the noteworthy gains for Zero, Get Shaky, Day n Nite, The Loving Kind, Bonkers, Omen & She Wolf :) It's also a pretty great top 10, delighted to see both Ignorance & End Credits (I guess not at the expense of Paparazzi but anyway). A fantastic top 2 and the correct winner for sure :heart:

This is a cool idea! I don't really understand how it'll pan out though - I'd be happy to join if I'm able to? Regardless, I voted: Sound of Silence, Gladiator - queen! Please Don't Say You Love Me, Waking Up Slow, The Power of Love - even though I'm voting her 2 biggest Australian hits this a good bunch of songs, I really like her voice (would also vote My Mistake which probably went under the radar as a late release last year!) Colder :heart: , Loyal to Me, The Best You Had, Chewing Gum - yay for Nina, she massively won me over last year with the first 2 songs & her second album this year being really well-rounded! (I hadn't heard Stay Out before this and it's quite nice, strange to hear her on something like that :P). Also justice for her Feed Me collab What It Feels Like which is brilliant / probably introduced me to her after Popjustice exposed me to it ~ A Thousand Years - holds up a bit better than Jar of Hearts for me, both solid Monsters

Group 9 +12: Christine and the Queens feat. Dâm-Funk - Girlfriend +10: Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy - Make Me... ^ tough pick between these two :wub: +8: Fleur East - Favourite Thing +7: Calvin Harris feat. Future & Khalid - Rollin +6: LP - Lost on You +5: Galantis - Rich Boy +4: OneRepublic - Kids +3: The Chainsmokers feat. XYLØ - Setting Fires +2: BTS - Fake Love +1: Skrillex & Rick Ross - Purple Lamborghini Great group. Close: Flashlight, Alone, I Rise, Ocean Drive, LUV, Zeroes, Face My Fears Group 10 +12: Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour +10: Years & Years - All for You +8: Radiohead - Daydreaming (pleasantly surprised that this was a sales top 40 hit!) +7: Seinabo Sey - Younger [Kygo Remix] (another surprise, I don't remember this reaching the UK at any point) +6: 5 After Midnight - Up in Here +5: Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside +4: Major Lazer feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley - Powerful +3: Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne - . +2: Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino +1: Madonna & Quavo - Future (this is perfectly competent but it would honestly be my least favourite song on Madame X, I Rise deserves the points more) -2: Lukas Graham - Mama Said Close: M.I.L.F. $, Top Off