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Added the Kygo, Madison & Topic songs. The latter especially would be great to see in the top 40 - nearly half of this entire list is made up of dance songs now, seems as though house especially is having a big resurgence in the charts this spring. @ Dexton - if you see this, there are 3 new songs to add to your predictions ;o

preferring this new single to "Beautiful Faces", this has really heightened my excitement for the album

Bringing this back. Below is a list of potential chart hits - the aim of the game is to predict where they'll chart within the top 100. After they've all peaked I'll tally up who was closest and crown a winner. Just a bit of quick fun. If you've any other future hits you want me to add to the list, just drop them below and I'll add them. xx | Jax Jones & Martin Solveig "Tequila" (feat. RAYE) xx | Lil Mosey "Blueberry Faygo" xx | Powfu "death bad" (feat. beabadoobee) xx | Nathan Dawe "Flowers" (feat. Jaykae) xx | Sam Smith & Demi Lovato "I'm Ready" xx | Martin Solveig "Juliet & Romeo" (feat. Roy Woods) xx | twenty one pilots "Level of Concern" xx | Megan Thee Stallion "Savage" xx | S1mba "Rover" (feat. DTG) xx | Tiësto & Becky Hill - Nothing Really Matters xx | CamelPhat & ARTBAT "All For The Feeling" xx | Jack Harlow "WHATS POPPIN" xx | JP Saxe "If The World Was Ending" (feat. Julia Michaels) xx | DripReport "Skechers" xx | Surf Mesa "ily [i love you baby]" (feat. Emilee) xx | HOSH & 1979 "Midnight [The Hanging Tree]" (feat. Jalja) xx | 220 KID & GRACEY "Don't Need Love" xx | Sam Fischer "This City" xx | Ava Max "Kings & Queens" xx | Vicetone & Tony Igy - Astronomia xx | Topic "Breaking Me" (feat. A7S) xx | Kygo "Like It Is" (feat. Zara Larsson & Tyga) xx | Madison Beer "Selfish"

amazing EDIT - sounds like someone’s been listening to a lot of Skee Mask recently :thinking:

+5 Powfu "deathbed" (feat. beabadoobee) +4 Dua Lipa "Break My Heart" +3 The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" +2 Dua Lipa "Physical" +1 Drake "Toosie Slide" -1 SAINt JHN "Roses" [imanbek Remix] -2 Doja Cat "Say So" -3 Dua Lipa "Don't Start Now" -4 Joel Corry "Lonely" -5 Mabel "Boyfriend" everything above "Don't Start Now" is rather great, quite a strong top 10!

really enjoying this - the actors look scarily similar to the real life characters, the Chris Tarrant actor is spot on :lol:

it is a bit dire isn't it think we need 220 KID to sneak into the top 40 to resolve matters :magic:

I'd LOVE for this to go top 40, it's fantastic. The vocals are something else <3

32. 0 | Mack., 31. 29 | West, 30. 38 | xajnipi, 29. 51 | Dexton, 28. 60 | LewisGT, 27. 64 | Riser, 26. 65 | gavindeejay, 25. 68 | M4NGO, 24. 70 | Jahq, 23. 71 | SamJudd, 22. 72 | Jordan Lee, 21. 76 | vibe, 20. 82 | n4yr, 19. 84 | tgl92, 18. 85 | Bré, [4 top answers] 17. 85 | awardinlockdown, [5 top answers] 16. 88 | Scene, [4 top answers] 15. 88 | MrAndrewMan, [5 top answers] 14. 89 | Bjork, 13. 90 | paulglib, 12. 93 | Beverly, 11. 95 | diva thin muffin, 10. 96 | Jade, [4 top answers] 9. 96 | coi, [6 top answers] 8. 97 | Dobbo, 7. 100 | jimwatts, [5 top answers] 6. 100 | WhoOdyssey, [6 top answers] 5. 102 | dan.G, 4. 104 | girlsaloudjunkie, 3. 106 | Dan17F1, [6 top answers] 2. 106 | chrissmith276 [7 top answers] 1. 108 | King Rollo :cheer: CONGRATULATIONS ROLLO! :cheer: A close victory but a worthy one, with just 4 points between the top 5. Hope you've enjoyed :)

10. Name an Ed Sheeran single that failed to hit #1. [18] "Castle on The Hill": paulglib, jimwatts, n4yr, Scene, MrAndrewMan, WhoOdyssey, West, tgl92, Dan17F1, SamJudd, diva thin muffin, girlsaloudjunkie, dan.G, Jordan Lee, Jade, Bré, gavindeejay, chrissmith276, King Rollo [4] "The A Team": Dobbo, vibe, Bjork, coi, Jahq [2] "South of the Border": LewisGT, PeteFromLeeds, Riser [1] "Photograph": M4NGO, xajnipi [0] "Galway Girl": awardinary [0] "Happier": Dexton [0] "Hush Little Baby": Mack And so we reach our last question - some unexpected choices here, most notably "Hush Little Baby" (which I didn't know existed), and "Happier" (which I forgot existed) ;o. But despite some varied decisions, "Castle On The Hill", Ed's catchy counterpart to the monstrous hit that was "Shape of You" leads by a landslide here! I recall Ed saying he expected "Castle" would overtake "Shape of You" and reach #1 eventually. Didn't happen Ed, sorry. So... that leads us to the big question - did Mack think it was a round of Pointless? And another big question - who WON? You'll find out in 5 minutes ;)

From memory, "I Love It" and "Thotiana" were all initially snubbed for a little while after release due to the lack of a sufficient edit. I consider "Paris" to be an entirely different version of the song to the "N*" release, to the extent they don't refer to it by its actual name. And "Godzilla" is... well, I'll give you that one :') EDIT - essentially, as it was a hard question to judge, I thought as long as there was some obvious criteria to suggest that the song would have been snubbed at some stage, it was a valid answer.

9. Name a track from the past decade that has been snubbed by radio due to too much swearing. [5] Tory Lanez "The Take" (feat. Chris Brown): Dobbo, WhoOdyssey, LewisGT, dan.G, PeteFromLeeds, chrissmith276 [3] XXXTENTACION "SAD!": paulglib, jimwatts, girlsaloudjunkie, gavindeejay [2] 6ix9ine "FEFE" (feat. Murda Beatz & Nicki Minaj): Bjork, MrAndrewMan, Riser [2] Kanye West & Lil Pump "I Love It" (feat. Adele Givens): coi, n4yr, diva thin muffin [1] Jay Z & Kanye West "N*ggaz in Paris": awardinary, xajnipi [0] Nicki Minaj "Only" (feat. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown): vibe [0] Drake "HYFR" (feat. Lil Wayne): West [0] Poundz "Opp Thot": M4NGO [0] M Huncho "Thumb" (feat. Nafe Smallz): Jade [0] Cee-Lo Green "F*** You": SamJudd [0] Blueface "Thotiana": Bré [0] Eminem "Godzilla" (feat. Juice WRLD): Jordan Lee [0] Migos "Bad & Boujee" (feat. Lil Uzi Vert): King Rollo [0] Calvin Harris "Open Wide" (feat. Big Sean): Dan17F1 [0] The Pogues "Fairytale Of New York" (feat. Kirsty MacColl): tgl92 [0] A$AP Rocky "F*ckin' Problems" (feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar): Scene [0] Dizzee Rascal "Bassline Junkie": Dexton [0] Nicki Minaj "High School" (feat. Lil Wayne): Mack [0] WRONG: N/A: Jahq Now this one was a BLOODBATH! It'd have been a wonderful showing if this was a round of Pointless... but it isn't. Tory Lanez' "The Take" was marginally the most popular answer here, scoring 6 contestants a whopping 5 points. Oh well, every little helps. Also, fun fact, I hadn't the foggiest idea what that song was until hosting this introduced me to it :') Some real throwbacks here though - remember the good old days when "High School" and "Bassline Junkie" charted. *.* Wig

8. Name an artist/group from the past decade with a #1 album, but no top 10 hits. [8] BTS: coi, n4yr, MrAndrewMan, WhoOdyssey, diva thin muffin, girlsaloudjunkie, chrissmith276, PeteFromLeeds, Bré [4] Blossoms: paulglib, Dexton, Jade, Riser, King Rollo [3] The 1975: Bjork, LewisGT, dan.G, Jahq [2] Foals: awardinary, jimwatts, Dan17F1 [1] Bring Me The Horizon: M4NGO, Scene [0] Royal Blood: Dobbo [0] Rick Astley: vibe (technically correct, as although Rick has had a top 10 before, he has not in the 2010's) [0] Liam Gallagher: gavindeejay [0] The Vaccines: West [0] Steps: SamJudd (technically correct, as although Steps have had a top 10 before, he has not in the 2010's) [0] Collabro: Jordan Lee [0] Marina & The Diamonds: tgl92 [0] Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: xajnipi [0] WRONG - Feeder: Mack http://www.ukmusicreviews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Article-Collabro.jpg Speaking of blasts from the past, here's another one... who remembers Collabro? *.* As expected, they didn't exactly sweep the table. Instead, it's K-Pop stars BTS propped up by indie darlings Blossoms, Foals, and The 1975. Sounds like a festival line-up. In this edition of "Mack's peculiar guesses", it's Feeder - a band who've never had a #1 album, let alone one in the last decade. ;o Oh well.

"Death Bed" *.*

7. Name a Drake track that has hit the top 5 in the past 5 years. [19] "One Dance": Dobbo, M4NGO, awardinary, Bjork, coi, paulglib, jimwatts, Scene, tgl92, Dan17F1, diva thin muffin, girlsaloudjunkie, LewisGT, PeteFromLeeds, Jade, gavindeejay, Jahq, Riser, chrissmith276, King Rollo [7] "God's Plan": vibe, xajnipi, n4yr, MrAndrewMan, WhoOdyssey dan.G, Jordan Lee, Bré [1] "Nice For What": Dexton, West [0] "Hotline Bling": SamJudd [0] WRONG - "No Stylist": Mack In all honesty I was expecting "God's Plan" to sweep the floor here, with "In My Feelings" in a close second place. Instead, Drake's 2016 dancefloor banger "One Dance" amasses a remarkable 19 points. Huuuge. Other than that, not much to note - aside from "No Stylist" getting a mention (which didn't hit the top 5 :P).

Disappointed to see no sign of "Flowers" this week... can see it being near top 10 next week though, so that'll more than make up for it :)

6. Name any dance track that hit the top 10 in 2019. [8] Kygo "Higher Love" (feat. Whitney Houston): vibe, awardinary, Bjork, Dan17F1, diva thin muffin, Jade, Bré, Jahq, King Rollo [5] Calvin Harris & Rag 'n' Bone Man "Giant": M4NGO, paulglib, jimwatts, SamJudd, dan.G, gavindeejay [5] MEDUZA "Piece of Your Heart" (feat. Goodboys): coi, xajnipi, WhoOdyssey, girlsaloudjunkie, Riser, LewisGT [2] Regard "Ride It": Dobbo, n4yr, PeteFromLeeds [1] Joel Corry "Sorry": MrAndrewMan, Jordan Lee [0] Jax Jones & Martin Solveig "All Day & Night" (feat. Madison Beer): Dexton [0] Sam Feldt "Post Malone" (feat. RANI): West [0] Tones & I "Dance Monkey": chrissmith276 [0] Dua Lipa "Don't Start Now": Scene [0] Jax Jones "This Is Real" (feat. Ella Henderson): tgl92 [0] KSI "Down Like That" (feat. S-X, Lil Baby & Rick Ross): Mack http://electronics.buysku.com/Electronics-image/2016-1/Lovely-DJ-Rapper-Copy-Voice-Pet-Wear-Clothes-Talking-Hamster-Plush-Toy-for-Kids-Red-Grey-6358894150095312501.jpg Another close one... "Higher Love", arguably the biggest dance tune of 2019 has a narrow lead here, giving 9 contestants a healthy 8 points. Some controversial definitions of "dance" here, such as "Don't Start Now", and "Dance Monkey"... but I can see where Chris and Scene were coming from (and besides, I did speak of the boundaries being loose.). Aaaand, the less said the better about KSI's "Down Like That" being chosen... :wacko:

5. Name a female soloist with multiple top 10's, but no number one hits. [10] Mabel: Dobbo, awardinary, coi, Dexton, MrAndrewMan, WhoOdyssey, Dan17F1, diva thin muffin, dan.G, Jahq, chrissmith276 [8] Janet Jackson: vibe, Bjork, paulglib, xajnipi, LewisGT, PeteFromLeeds, Jordan Lee, Jade, King Rollo [5] Selena Gomez: jimwatts, n4yr, tgl92, Bré, gavindeejay, Riser [2] Avril Lavigne: M4NGO, Scene, SamJudd [0] Alesha Dixon: girlsaloudjunkie [0] Shania Twain: West [0] WRONG - Lil Kim: Mack http://static.wixstatic.com/media/158bcf_bb4c885174b440cf8975cd572d433515.png Another rather tight one, I must say I was quite shocked to see Janet Jackson get such a high score here - I'd never have known she hasn't had a #1! A couple of interesting choices here... Shania Twain being a fantastic shout for Pointless, but unfortunately not so for Family Fortunes. Also, another inspired choice by Mack - "Lady Marmalade" was a thing ;) Mabel, probably the most obvious choice, gets a healthy score of 10, leading the way. Halfway through, and it's rather tight so far between a close top 5. Good luck!

"Tequila" isn't quite hitting me in the same way that "All Day & Night" did, but it's still nice to see Martin get another hit.

4. Name a track by Ed Sheeran that hit number one. [24] "Shape of You": Dobbo, vibe, M4NGO, awardinary, Bjork, coi, paulglib, jimwatts, n4yr, Dexton, Scene, MrAndrewMan, WhoOdyssey, tgl92, Dan17F1, SamJudd, diva thin muffin, girlsaloudjunkie, dan.G, PeteFromLeeds, Jordan Lee, Jade, Bré, chrissmith276, King Rollo [2] "Perfect": LewisGT, gavindeejay, Jahq [0] "Thinking Out Loud": xajnipi [0] "Bloodstream": Mack [0] "I Don't Care": Riser [0] "Beautiful People": West This was arguably the biggest landslide out of any question. I was expecting "I Don't Care" to be the most common! Mack continues his streak of getting 0 points in every question by guessing Ed's 2015 Rudimental collab "Bloodstream". For the 7 of you that didn't guess "Shape Of You", it may be a bit of an uphill struggle from here...

3. Name a boyband from the 2010's with at least one top 40 single, but no #1 hits. [8] The Vamps: Dobbo, M4NGO, awardinary, Bjork, coi, jimwatts, dan.G, Jahq, Riser [6] BTS: vibe, tgl92, Dan17F1, SamJudd, LewisGT, PeteFromLeeds, King Rollo [5] Union J: paulglib, n4yr, Scene, girlsaloudjunkie, Jade, Bré [2] Lawson: xajnipi, Jordan Lee, Lawson [1] Jonas Brothers: Dexton, WhoOdyssey [0] Westlife: chrissmith276 [0] Loveable Rogues: West [0] CNCO: diva thin muffin [0] D-Block Europe: Mack [0] Rak-Su: MrAndrewMan http://celebritain.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/lovable-rogues.jpg This was another question with some rather questionable choices, the first of which being Mack (who's still on 0 points at this point :x) classifying D-Block Europe as a boyband :lol: Similarly surprising to see was West's decision to go for the Loveable Rogues (!) - now that's a blast from the past. Expectedly, the Vamps were the most popular answer here but they didn't sweep the floor like I imagined. (Also, although Westlife and the Jonas Brothers both formed before the 2010's, they still fall within the criteria of the question, so they're correct answers.)

Amended! Sorry, I'm a bit rusty on this whole quiz lark, it's been years since I hosted one ;o

2. Name a #1 single from the past 5 years that spent only one week on top of the charts. [12] Billie Eilish "No Time To Die": Dobbo, vibe, paulglib, Scene, WhoOdyssey, Dan17F1, girlsaloudjunkie, LewisGT, dan.G, PeteFromLeeds, Riser, chrissmith276, King Rollo [5] Ellie Goulding "River": coi, jimwatts, MrAndrewMan, SamJudd, diva thin muffin, Jahq [3] LadBaby "I Love Sausage Rolls": awardinary, Bjork, xajnipi, Jade [1] Harry Styles "Sign of the Times": M4NGO, n4yr [1] Ariana Grande "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored": Jordan Lee, tgl92 [0] LadBaby "We Built This City": gavindeejay [0] Drake "Nice For What": Dexton [0] Lewis Capaldi "Before You Go": Bré [0] DJ Khaled "I'm The One" (feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper, Quavo & Lil Wayne): West [0] WRONG - Nick Jonas "Jealous": Mack Standard stuff here, although I must say I was not expecting "Before You Go" to have seemingly been completely erased from everyone's memories. Poor Bré. Ellie Goulding's completely valid #1 which could not be questioned in any way did well here, so I'm baffled as to how Lewis was shunned. Also, notably, you have to feel bad for gavindeejay, picking the wrong LadBaby song :(.

Right, starting off with question 1... 1. Name an artist that has featured on any of Olly Murs' top 40 singles. [11] Demi Lovato: coi, paulglib, xajnipi, jimwatts, Dexton, MrAndrewMan, tgl92, SamJudd, diva thin muffin, Jordan Lee, gavindeejay, Jahq [10] Flo Rida: Dobbo, awardinary, Bjork, n4yr, WhoOdyssey, West, girlsaloudjunkie, LewisGT, dan.G, Bré, chrissmith276 [7] Rizzle Kicks: vibe, M4NGO, Scene, Dan17F1, PeteFromLeeds, Jade, Riser, King Rollo [0] WRONG - T-Pain: Mack Not quite sure what Mack was thinking of when he thought T PAIN :lol: would be a correct (and popular!) answer for a well-known Olly Murs feature... but there you go. Everyone else fared rather well here, poor Snoop Dogg and Travie McCoy being shunned tho :'(. So, a great start for all, aside from Mack. But lets hope this doesn't translate to poor form for him, maybe he'll bounce back and be right amongst the points in the next round......

anyone? ;o