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Just giving the last section of your recap video a play for the songs I've missed - certainly a lot of synths in there! Londontown sounds pretty catchy so nice to see that crack your Top 5, Nettles is quite different to a lot of the songs up there and that's sounding quite good as well. I don't think I paid too much attention to Headphones On when it was in the chart but it sounds quite nice as well, even if there's clearly a lot of pain in the lyrics. Thanks as always for taking us through this Jade, gets me listening to songs I wouldn't have otherwise!

20: Klemen - How Much Time Do We Have Left Together?I mis-counted on the number of Eurovision songs left, turns out this isn't the highest one! It is the highest one that topped my chart though. This was Slovenia's entry, a beautiful ballad about the singer's partner getting a cancer diagnosis and not knowing how much time he would have left with her, but equally admiring her courage. A shame this didn't qualify, I can see why it's not the sort that would do well in Eurovision but I really loved it! 19: Ball Park Music - Please Don't Move To MelbourneApologies if you've just moved to Melbourne It's been a while since I charted a Ball Park Music song, so I looked them up to see what they'd released recently and this popped up. It's not an instantly catchy song but it slowly grew on me, eventually cracking my Top 10. It's a song about someone they love moving away, and really hits the summer indie vibes for me. 18: Mumford & Sons - RushmereI'll start off by saying that for months I thought 'Rushmere' was that mountain in America with the faces on it - turns out that's 'Rushmore' and that Rushmere is actually a pond on Wimbledon Common. This song is fantastic though, really takes me back to the early banjo-heavy Mumford & Sons days and just radiates positivity! This topped my chart back in May. 17: Josh Gauton - SanctuaryThe highest Josh Gauton song to appear in my EOY this year and the only one to top my chart, Sanctuary is very much in his slow/moody style that has been present throughout the whole of this album - but there are clearly positive notes in there, particularly the refrain of 'stay with me, sanctuary / shelter me, sanctuary'. I would say it's a fairly epic song. 16: Katarsis - Tavo AkysNow this is actually my highest-ranked Eurovision song! I'd need to go back through the archives to see how many times Lithuania has had the highest Eurovision position in my EOY - it's definitely two with this and Ciuto Tuto, but it could very easily be three with The Roop doing well in my chart as well. This is one of those songs where the lyrics deliberately make very little sense, but the style of music alongside the visuals in the contest certainly set the mood. And the UK pointed it handsomely in both the public and jury vote! I did actually vote for this song on the night alongside Voyage, but other songs overtook it during the week. This is the one that's stuck around the longest though! 15: Kinnship - ZealKinnship doesn't quite hit the dizzying heights he managed last year with his EOY #2 in Toiling, but Zeal was still a #1 in my chart (and the second song called Zeal to make it into my chart - the first was by Junior Garr earlier in the year). The song seems to be about witnessing the birth of a child, however I don't think that's explicitly stated in the song, and it's quite an interesting song to listen to as it starts of slow before filling out into a dance-beat after the first chorus. 14: John Allan - Resurrection PowerAmerican worship artist John Allan was a new discovery for me this year, and one I found just by searching through Spotify's New Christian Music playlist, but it really grabbed me. His style is quite different to a lot of Christian musicians and the track really feels like a fully-fleshed alternative song. Unsurprisingly it's about the importance of Jesus' resurrection! (and given I'm counting song titles, this is the second one with this name to enter my chart, the first being by Chris Tomlin back in 2018) This one topped my chart in December. 13: Amy Macdonald - Is This What You've Been Waiting For?Another Amy MacDonald track now! This was the title track of her album of the same name, and seems to be a love song but the imagery feels a lot more epic than that, with the 'We need to feel the light and sound, it's all around' lyrics heading into the chorus. It's another great indie-pop track from her, and really hit the longevity mark in my chart, entering in May but reaching its peak of #8 in August. 12: Sons of Sunday - I Looked UpAn introduction for Suns of Sunday is that they're effectively a Christian supergroup if ever there was one, bringing together six well-known worship leaders including Brandon Lake, Chandler Moore and Leeland. Their music really spans the genres but I Looked Up is a slow, reflective song, which is why I loved it so much. It effectively documents how God has worked in their lives in the darkest points, and how they were able to 'look up' and see Him through the difficulties. This topped my chart in May. 11: Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To YouAnd just missing out on my Top 10 we have the most recent #1 to make my EOY, having topped my chart in January 2026! It signals a great comeback for Cut Copy, bringing back their synths and other noises to create a fantastic dance-pop song which, like so many other songs in the countdown, radiates positivity and a clear care for the subject of the song.

Giovanni Franzoni seems to be the rising star of the moment - he's bagged a few wins/podiums from unseeded positions recently! And apparently he used to train with Jannik Sinner, never knew he used to be a skiier

The final round of the League phase is wrapping up now. Bodo/Glimt have managed another against-the-odds win against Atletico Madrid, looking at the standings it looks like they've just about scraped into the playoffs? Great result for them if so! Also just noticed that Benfica have scored a 98th minute goal against Real Madrid which grabs them the final place ahead of Marseille.

You know when artists' names sound similar? Every time I see the name 'Mia Wray', this song pops into my head:

30: Limoblaze & Joe L Barnes - Do It Now (Agbanilagbatan)Limoblaze seems to be doing a series of songs with Joe L Barnes - this one was released around October-time and is a bit more jolly than some of the others, going back to the Afro-worship Limoblaze is best known for. The song is about God's faithfulness, knowing they can call on Him and that if he's done it before, he can do it again. The cartoon-ish music video is certainly a bit odd though! 29: Chinese American Bear - Forever LoverThe highest entry by Chinese American Bear this year, this song is a lot more synth-heavy than their two other hits in my chart this year but still really grabbed me, the focus on the artists singing about how they want to be with their partners forever despite it being 'a long long time' is very sweet. This song got to #6 in my chart in December. 28: NEEDTOBREATHE & Tori Kelly - I've Got A StoryThe only song released by former EOY winners NEEDTOBREATHE this year, this was released for the Prime series 'House of David' which, true to form, I haven't seen and I don't have a clue what it's about! This is a nice uplifting song about overcoming adversity though, and it got to #7 in my chart in June having pushed through all the Eurovision entries. 27: Kensington - StayThe highest Kensington song in this year's countdown, it's a track about a difficult relationship that they're trying to keep afloat. Musically it's arranged in such a way that just grabs me and sticks in my head, even if the lyrics in the chorus ('why don't you just stay, stay for another day') are a little reminiscent of East 17! This got to #5 in my chart in November. 26: Together For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne)The last #1 of the year (although technically not the last #1 to make it into my EOY as the first #1 of 2026 is still to come!), this was a campaign song released to support the people of Palestine during the ongoing genocide. I had actually charted Nai Barghouti's song 'Rahu' earlier in the year so was aware of her, this is just a really beautiful song though, the harmonies in the refrain have a real sense of comfort amidst the clear emotion that can be heard in the free rhythms that happen towards the end of the song. 25: Kate Flanders - SatisfierA chart debutant now! Kate Flanders is a brilliant alternative artist that I've discovered this year, I did briefly consider sending 'Satisfier' to BJSC but I've had so many of my favourite songs treated badly by that contest I'd rather go with something I have less of a stake in myself This is definitely worth a listen though. It got to #2 in my chart back in October. 24: KAJ - Bara Bada BastuAnother Eurovision entry, this was my second of three Eurovision #1s this year. It was Sweden's entry and the first Swedish entry to be sung in Swedish since 1998, despite the trio actually coming from Finland! It's an incredibly catchy song though, who knew saunas could create music and viral dances like this? 23: Stanfour - StayWe've been a bit short of songs with the same name this year, so how fitting that two songs called 'Stay' show up just four places apart from each other? (incidentally I've just looked through my archives and that brings the number of songs called 'Stay' up to 5 following offerings by Zedd, Saint Nomad and Monike Linkyte). German band Stanfour have been quite sparing in releasing music over the years, but I do really enjoy this song - although just like the last one it's about convincing a partner to stick with them. 'Stay, 'cause I want you' is better as a lyric in the chorus than the Kensington one I think! 22: The Maccabees - KoyaThe Maccabees did split up in 2017, but this song has apparently been knocking around since then and had remained unreleased up until this year. I actually discovered it when poking through people's charts in the Multichart submissions thread, so thanks to the people who submit there! The lyrics themselves are a bit cryptic (what does it mean to have 'a city that's finding you'?) but somehow the sound really worked well with the end of the year and Christmas approaching. 21: The Red Clay Strays - I'm Still FineAaaand just missing out on the Top 20 we have a little bit of country music! This isn't the sort of song I'd usually listen to but there was just something that felt... right about it, particularly the defiant 'God's not giving me up' in the chorus. This got to #1 in my chart just after Lent.

Picking up where I left off with regularly narrowly missing finals then at least the song went down well! My Top 2 both making it through is good to see as well.

40: Steph Macleod & Nathan Jess - Prepare The WayWe kick off our Top 40 with a great worship song by Scottish singer Steph Macleod. This was his debut in my chart as lead artist (he'd previously appeared as a feature on a Noel Robinson track) but the song just really grabbed me, it's a fab energetic song and the line in the chorus 'you've broken my chains but I've gotta let go' is certainly something that resonated with me! It peaked at #3 in mid-October last year. 39: The Slow Readers Club - Boy So BlueThe Slow Readers Club aren't exactly regulars to my chart but they do appear at regular intervals, having chart appearances in 2021, 2023 and 2025! When I first heard Boy So Blue I honestly thought it was a Cut Copy song as it sounds incredibly like one, and I still can't quite get it into my head that this is by the same band that did songs like Everything I Own! Certainly on the more pop side of indie/alternative. 38: Josiah Queen - Two Wooden BeamsI think I mentioned who Josiah Queen is in my commentary of Can't Steal My Joy. This was the first song of his as a standalone artist that really grabbed me, it's feels a bit 'harder' than his usual folk-pop work largely because it's about the importance of recognising how God's love ties in to the gruesome death of Jesus on the cross (that's what the 'two wooden beams' in the title refer to). This got to #6 in my chart in July. 37: Tide Lines - Better DaysScottish band Tide Lines are one of a few acts I've discovered through seeing their albums on the Album Chart this year! This song just missed out on my Top 10 in the summer, but is a great song looking forward to better times when we can see difficult things around us right now. 36: Ben Fuller - Walk Through FireBen Fuller had a #1 in my chart with 'Who I Am' back in 2022, but other than a Christmas song hasn't appeared in my chart since, so this is a 'welcome back' to him! It's a song about how he is thankful for the trials he's been through as they have refined him and brought him closer to God. It's a lot more epic than the usual contemporary Christian fare! 35: Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks & Anthony Garigula - Constant (ft. Chandler Moore)Another #1 now! In fact I think this was the first new chart-topper of the year for me. On a basic level it is a song about God being constant through doubts and difficulties, but it grabbed me for two reasons - first, musically it's so good, a ballad-esque song with a melody that just flows beautifully. But also that neither Jordin Sparks nor Anthony Garigula are particularly known for singing about Jesus - so to have them both on this song testifying about Him is incredibly powerful. 34: Joshu - holding onI can tick off another country on my #1 nationality bingo-board here as Joshu is from Antigua & Barbuda! Admittedly his family are British but he's lived all his life there. This is quite a moody song but the simplicity of just his voice and the guitar really attracted me to it. It did spend 5 weeks at the top so for it to land at number 34 is quite strange, but sadly it did fall off my chart quite quickly! 33: Seafret & KT Tunstall - Five More SecondsI'm a big fan of Seafret (they still have another song to come) and I've always enjoyed KT Tunstall's music, so it was nice to see them collaborate here! This song is about having 'five more seconds' to try and reconcile a hurting relationship, with both vocallists stating that it's 'still worth fighting for'. It got to #9 in my chart back in September 32: ALEXSUCKS - Flowers & DirtAn odd artist name (I know nothing about this act other than that they're American) and the title isn't the most appealing either - he's stating that he and his partner go together like 'flowers and dirt', which is certainly an inspired choice of simile! I do know that this is an incredibly catchy indie-rock song, and it got to #8 in my chart back in August. 31: Jack Garratt - Ready! Steady! Go!And we finish with a song from Jack Garratt, who made a re-appearance this year with his first new music since lockdown! This one was incredibly catchy, with all the various instruments working together to create something quite inspired. It got to #3 back in July for me.

Just popping my head in here - nice to see Zjerm pop up, one of my favourites from Eurovision this year, a real earworm for me! It made a dent in my EOY as well but it's slightly higher in yours.

1 [1] Indochine - No Name 2 [2] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 3 [15] Seafret - Signal Fire 4 [3] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 5 [6] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 6 [10] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 7 [4] Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To You 8 [11] Gen Zeal - Your Way Yahweh 9 [NEW] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 10 [14] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 11 [8] Pat Barrett - All This In A Name 12 [5] Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team 13 [13] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 14 [12] Tom Speight - Buzzing 15 [9] John Allan - Resurrection Power 16 [17] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 17 [7] Together For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne) 18 [20] The Head And The Heart - Beg, Steal, Borrow 19 [27] White Lies - Juice 20 [22] John Allan - On & On 21 [49] Jonathan Ogden - Stay With You 22 [18] Strings And Heart - oasis for my soul 23 [30] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You 24 [23] Tom Speight - Higher 25 [24] Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear - you're gonna be ok 26 [25] fieldlily - Grow 27 [28] Kensington - Stay 28 [35] Mgzavrebi - Chveni Ambavi 29 [NEW] ESKE - Dancing In The Sky 30 [16] The Maccabees - Koya 31 [19] Chinese American Bear - Forever Lover 32 [36] Josh Gauton - Quiet Joy 33 [26] SERA - Firestone 34 [31] St. Lundi - Mercury 35 [21] Jonathan Ogden - Be My Peace 36 [39] Josh Gauton - Fly Back Quickly, My Love 37 [33] TAEYEON - Panorama 38 [NEW] Theresa Phondo, Esther Chungu & Tio Nason - Daily II 39 [29] Megi Gogitidze - Sulis Saxli 40 [44] Darren Kiely - Two Roads 41 [32] Quiet Man - Treading Water 42 [41] Caleb Hearn & Jenna Raine - BITE THE BULLET 43 [37] Kinnship - Zeal 44 [42] Caamp - Mistakes 45 [38] Nation of Language - I'm Not Ready For The Change 46 [51] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 47 [53] The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers 48 [45] The Kooks - Sunny Baby 49 [40] Sigrid - Jellyfish 50 [34] Limoblaze & Joe L Barnes - Do It Now (Agbanilagbatan) 51 [52] Colony House - OK OK OK OK 52 [46] Chance Pena - Collapse 53 [62] James Marriott - California Rain 54 [NEW] John Michael Howell - Missing Piece 55 [43] Ryan Stevenson - All Falls Away 56 [60] The Color - A Thousand Words 57 [47] ILLENIUM & Norma Jean Martine - Refuge 58 [56] Rhufo & dei - Open Hands 59 [70] Praise Lubangu - fair weather! 60 [NEW] Within Temptation - Somebody Like You 61 [NEW] Teenage Dads - Stay Between Us 62 [48] Cut Copy - Solid 63 [55] Son Mieux - Morning 64 [NEW] Munn - i got peace 65 [67] Elle Limebear & Zo Ross-Waddell - Every Good Thing 66 [50] Steve Queralt & Emma Anderson - Lonely Town 67 [65] Sigrid - Hush Baby, Hurry Slowly 68 [54] Circa Waves - Old Balloons 69 [59] Seafret - Wait 70 [NEW] Grace Graber - RUN 71 [57] Seafret & KT Tunstall - Five More Seconds 72 [58] Curtis Harding - The Power 73 [61] Saint Etienne - Take Me To The Pilot 74 [63] Kate Flanders - Satisfier 75 [73] Limoblaze, Joe L Barnes & Moses Akoh - Through It All

1 [1] Indochine - No Name 2 [2] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 3 [15] Seafret - Signal Fire 4 [3] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 5 [6] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 6 [10] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 7 [4] Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To You 8 [11] Gen Zeal - Your Way Yahweh 9 [NEW] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 10 [14] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 11 [8] Pat Barrett - All This In A Name 12 [5] Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team 13 [13] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 14 [12] Tom Speight - Buzzing 15 [9] John Allan - Resurrection Power 16 [17] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 17 [7] Together For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne) 18 [20] The Head And The Heart - Beg, Steal, Borrow 19 [27] White Lies - Juice 20 [22] John Allan - On & On 21 [49] Jonathan Ogden - Stay With You 22 [18] Strings And Heart - oasis for my soul 23 [30] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You 24 [23] Tom Speight - Higher 25 [24] Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear - you're gonna be ok 26 [25] fieldlily - Grow 27 [28] Kensington - Stay 28 [35] Mgzavrebi - Chveni Ambavi 29 [NEW] ESKE - Dancing In The Sky 30 [16] The Maccabees - Koya 31 [19] Chinese American Bear - Forever Lover 32 [36] Josh Gauton - Quiet Joy 33 [26] SERA - Firestone 34 [31] St. Lundi - Mercury 35 [21] Jonathan Ogden - Be My Peace 36 [39] Josh Gauton - Fly Back Quickly, My Love 37 [33] TAEYEON - Panorama 38 [NEW] Theresa Phondo, Esther Chungu & Tio Nason - Daily II 39 [29] Megi Gogitidze - Sulis Saxli 40 [44] Darren Kiely - Two Roads

That's slightly concerning - I wonder whats causing him to do those things?

Looking at the results at the Australian Open - Norrie out in the third round and Raducanu in the second. Looks like the final 8 are likely to all be seeded players in the men's so no massive surprises there.

Niceland have voted!

Just clocked that Dan Black – Wonder was a song from the FIFA 11 soundtrack, that's a whack of nostalgia there!

50: The K's - Breakdown In My BedroomI hadn't heard of The K's before their Albums Chart #1 earlier in the year, but after that I thought I'd give some of their music a listen and really got into this one. It's a song about the anxieties of being in certain social situations and how that all comes out when you're alone, along with a reminder to be easy on yourself as it's 'your first time existing, there's time to learn'. This peaked at #5 in my chart back in September. 49: Chance Pena - CollapseAnother debutant in my chart, Chance Pena is a singer-songwriter from America. Collapse is a fab guitar-strumming song about the difficulties of being in a relationship, but ultimately a call for his partner to hold him up and a promise that he'll do the same for them. This scraped my Top 10 at #10 in November. 48: Amy MacDonald - Can You Hear Me?The first of two Amy MacDonald songs in my countdown (great that she has come back this year!), Can You Hear Me is a fairly simple song lyrics-wise about living your life, but comes alongside a brilliant guitar-and-drum backing that certainly got my toes tapping! This got to #3 in my chart back in September. 47: Beluga Lagoon - IslaAfter hearing the Levi Heron remix of The Glen, I had to give the original artist a listen! He/they (not quite sure if it's a band?) are pretty bananas, especially with always wearing animal masks, but Isla soon became a real favourite for me and absolutely a bit of light relief amidst anything else that was going on. Hickety Pickety Bumdy Bum! 46: Jonathan Ogden - Blue FeathersBlue Feathers topped my chart just before Lent, becoming Ogden's first #1 in my chart (although he would later have a second with Set Me Free). On the song's YouTube page Ogden mentions that it's a song that's been around for a while but never released, taking in some very personal parts of his life and things he sees as important and working them into a beautiful song. 'A little taste of heaven on the days that hurt like hell will do me well' always gets me! 45: Saint Etienne - GladThe highest Saint Etienne song in my countdown (apparently they've said this is their last album, didn't realise that when I was happily listening to these songs!), the combinations of 'don't it make you sad' and 'don't it make you glad' certainly get you thinking. This got to #12 in my chart around August time. 44: Chinese American Bear - Kids Go DownChinese American Bear remain as funky as ever (no idea where the 'bear' in their name comes from though), this song is an absolute toe-tapper with the funky guitar taking the lead throughout the song. It got to #6 in my chart in February. 43: Patrick Wolf - JupiterNow Patrick Wolf is a name I haven't heard since about 2008! The only reason I remember him is that his name was closest to my own on my dad's Itunes so whenever I recorded nonsense on Audacity his name would be just before mine. Anyway, Jupiter was a real earworm for me, 5 minutes long but not feeling like it went on too long at all! The song documents the artist's recovery from drug addiction. 42: Tommy Cash - Espresso MacchiatoAnother Eurovision song here (three more to go if I've done my maths correctly!) This song was my favourite immediately after the contest, incredibly catchy and with the mock-Italian I couldn't get it out of my head (no stress-o, no stress-o, no need to be depress-o anyone?) It topped my chart directly after the contest but was booted off the week after by one of the songs yet to come. 41: Jeremy Loops & Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Coming HomeI first discovered Jeremy Loops through one of the Worldvision contests here (he's South African) but it's been a while since I've paid much attention to him - this one kept popping up in my YouTube recommended, so eventually I caved in and gave it a listen and I'm glad I did! It combines his usual twangy guitar music with the African vocals of Ladysmith Black Mambazo in a way which makes a thoroughly vibrant and positive song.

Great result for Bodo/Glimt - what a way to get your first Champions League win!

Hallucination was one of the better Eurovision entries this year, certainly one of the best of the pure-pop ones and made my weekly Top 40 as well. Giving Can't Slow Down a quick listen as I've enjoyed other songs by almost monday but not heard this one, this is very funky as well much like the other I've head from them!

Getting through these quickly! 12 to 12 is a very funky song, probably my favourite of the three Sombr songs to chart this year. Giving Dance in the Rain a listen now, it's sounding quite nice, really like the positive message in there!

17 January 2026 1 [2] Indochine - No Name 2 [1] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 3 [4] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 4 [3] Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To You 5 [6] Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team 6 [8] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 7 [5] Together For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne) 8 [9] Pat Barrett - All This In A Name 9 [7] John Allan - Resurrection Power 10 [18] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 11 [48] Gen Zeal - Your Way Yahweh 12 [12] Tom Speight - Buzzing 13 [15] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 14 [14] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 15 [34] Seafret - Signal Fire 16 [10] The Maccabees - Koya 17 [19] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 18 [13] Strings And Heart - oasis for my soul 19 [11] Chinese American Bear - Forever Lover 20 [31] The Head And The Heart - Beg, Steal, Borrow 21 [16] Jonathan Ogden - Be My Peace 22 [17] John Allan - On & On 23 [30] Tom Speight - Higher 24 [20] Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear - you're gonna be ok 25 [22] fieldlily - Grow 26 [21] SERA - Firestone 27 [33] White Lies - Juice 28 [25] Kensington - Stay 29 [27] Megi Gogitidze - Sulis Saxli 30 [36] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You 31 [29] St. Lundi - Mercury 32 [28] Quiet Man - Treading Water 33 [44] TAEYEON - Panorama 34 [23] Limoblaze & Joe L Barnes - Do It Now (Agbanilagbatan) 35 [47] Mgzavrebi - Chveni Ambavi 36 [45] Josh Gauton - Quiet Joy 37 [26] Kinnship - Zeal 38 [35] Nation of Language - I'm Not Ready For The Change 39 [46] Josh Gauton - Fly Back Quickly, My Love 40 [32] Sigrid - Jellyfish 41 [42] Caleb Hearn & Jenna Raine - BITE THE BULLET 42 [39] Caamp - Mistakes 43 [37] Ryan Stevenson - All Falls Away 44 [65] Darren Kiely - Two Roads 45 [53] The Kooks - Sunny Baby 46 [41] Chance Pena - Collapse 47 [52] ILLENIUM & Norma Jean Martine - Refuge 48 [40] Cut Copy - Solid 49 [NEW] Jonathan Ogden - Stay With You 50 [51] Steve Queralt & Emma Anderson - Lonely Town 51 [NEW] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 52 [50] Colony House - OK OK OK OK 53 [NEW] The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers 54 [49] Circa Waves - Old Balloons 55 [54] Son Mieux - Morning 56 [61] Rhufo & dei - Open Hands 57 [55] Seafret & KT Tunstall - Five More Seconds 58 [56] Curtis Harding - The Power 59 [57] Seafret - Wait 60 [NEW] The Color - A Thousand Words 61 [63] Saint Etienne - Take Me To The Pilot 62 [NEW] James Marriott - California Rain 63 [58] Kate Flanders - Satisfier 64 [62] Land of Color & Sarah Kroger - Again And Again 65 [NEW] Sigrid - Hush Baby, Hurry Slowly 66 [59] Inhaler - Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah) 67 [64] Elle Limebear & Zo Ross-Waddell - Every Good Thing 68 [60] Joshu - holding on 69 [71] Jonathan Ogden & Praise Lubangu - Safe 70 [70] Praise Lubangu - fair weather! 71 [66] Steph Macleod & Nathan Jess - Prepare The Way 72 [72] Stephen Stanley - idols 73 [78] Limoblaze, Joe L Barnes & Moses Akoh - Through It All 74 [69] Steph Macleod - Serenity 75 [73] Unheilig - Wunderschon

1 [2] Indochine - No Name 2 [1] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Wedding 3 [4] Tom Speight & Lydia Clowes - Perfect Strangers 4 [3] Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger - Belong To You 5 [6] Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team 6 [8] Matoma & Nico & Vinz - Love To The Universe 7 [5] Together For Palestine - Lullaby (ft. Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry & Leigh-Anne) 8 [9] Pat Barrett - All This In A Name 9 [7] John Allan - Resurrection Power 10 [18] LUNA & Russo - Voorbestemd 11 [48] Gen Zeal - Your Way Yahweh 12 [12] Tom Speight - Buzzing 13 [15] Sheppard - Beautiful Nothing 14 [14] Walk Off The Earth & Ryan Mack - Where Would I Be 15 [34] Seafret - Signal Fire 16 [10] The Maccabees - Koya 17 [19] Alok & Zeeba - Dive Into The Ocean (ft. Portugal. The Man) 18 [13] Strings And Heart - oasis for my soul 19 [11] Chinese American Bear - Forever Lover 20 [31] The Head And The Heart - Beg, Steal, Borrow 21 [16] Jonathan Ogden - Be My Peace 22 [17] John Allan - On & On 23 [30] Tom Speight - Higher 24 [20] Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear - you're gonna be ok 25 [22] fieldlily - Grow 26 [21] SERA - Firestone 27 [33] White Lies - Juice 28 [25] Kensington - Stay 29 [27] Megi Gogitidze - Sulis Saxli 30 [36] Ibibio Sound Machine & Village Cuts - Anyone Like You 31 [29] St. Lundi - Mercury 32 [28] Quiet Man - Treading Water 33 [44] TAEYEON - Panorama 34 [23] Limoblaze & Joe L Barnes - Do It Now (Agbanilagbatan) 35 [47] Mgzavrebi - Chveni Ambavi 36 [45] Josh Gauton - Quiet Joy 37 [26] Kinnship - Zeal 38 [35] Nation of Language - I'm Not Ready For The Change 39 [46] Josh Gauton - Fly Back Quickly, My Love 40 [32] Sigrid - Jellyfish

60: Phil Wickham - What An Awesome GodI've been aware of worship leader Phil Wickham for years - we sing plenty of his songs in church, and Sunday's Coming was a great Easter song from a few years back. This was the first one to crack my Top 40 though, and hence the first to make my EOY! It's a 'cover' of the famous old Christian song 'Our God is an Awesome God', but instead of just using a repeated refrain he adds his own verses in to tell the story of who Jesus is and what he will do in the future. It's a brilliant song and pretty catchy as well. 59: Zoe Me - VoyageAnother Eurovision track here! I thought this was so beautiful on the night, quite a contrast to a lot of the songs that went all out in being 'big' and full of energy, this was a simple ballad asking someone to go on a journey with them. The sped-up violins in the bridge added a bit of drama but that was all. I did fear this wouldn't do too well as it was an auto-qualifier and sadly at least in the public vote my fears were confirmed with it not getting any points (although I voted for it!) It was great that so many juries did give it points though - just a bit of a shame that the 'nul points' was announced right at the crunch-time of the votes. It got to #2 in my own chart. 58: Curtis Harding - There She GoesI had never heard of Curtis Harding before this year but I discovered this one through a random trawl of the Radio 6 playlist and found its piano riff and generally positive energy very appealing. It bridges the boundary a little bit between alternative and R&B/soul, and whilst it only got to #18 in my chart it was a really slow burner for me, spending 12 weeks inside the Top 40. And he followed it up with The Power which is a great song as well! 57: Pat Barrett - All This In A NameThis was a song I found just by scrolling through Spotify's All New Christian and Gospel playlist - Pat Barrett had got to #2 in my chart with Scatter back in 2023 but I hadn't gone back to listen to anything more from him so thought I'd give this a go. There's nothing particularly 'special' in how it's produced, it's just a really good worship song about the name of Jesus and what that's mean to people throughout history and to us today. 56: Andrew Ripp - BreakdownAaand looking at the songs that are to come I've realised this is the second in a run of six Christian songs in a row! This one is very light-touch on the faith side though as it only mentions God once. The focus here is on the fact that you can get through the storms of life, and that when things seem to be caving in there's often light on the other side. This got to #8 in my chart back in May, a seventh Top 10 single in a row for Ripp! 55: Connor Price, Taylor Hill & Maverick City Music - I Need HelpI've not heard too much from Connor Price - I gather that whilst he is a Christian his music isn't usually focussed on him, so this song was breaking new ground. Oh and this is a rap song so forget what I said about Limoblaze being the only rap song in my EOY in the last comment This is simply a song about struggling with faith, and the fact that you shouldn't be afraid to ask for help, both from others and from God. 54: Josiah Queen & Brandon Lake - Can't Steal My JoyThe first of two Josiah Queen songs in my EOY, he has had quite the year becoming more well known as an artist. His music is inspired by artists like Mumford and Sons and Rend Collective so he brings something a little bit different to the usual contemporary Christian artists, and this song is just a brilliant song about the confidence he has in God. And adding Brandon Lake gives a different voice as well which is great! 53: Grace Graber & Daniel Spriggs - My Favorite PartAnother year, another EOY hit for Grace Graber, who as a Christian shines a light on the difficulties people have with mental health and how a genuine faith can help to combat that. My Favourite Part is again fairly light-touch on mentions of God but it's clear that she's singing from a place of faith, talking about the fact that there is someone there for you even when you can't see it. 52: Strings And Heart - oasis for my soulA new name in my EOY now, I discovered Strings And Heart through their song 'Kerosene' which is very punchy - this one slightly less so, but it's a great guitar song (I think the 'strings' in their name refer to guitar strings, certainly not hearing any violins in their music!) and was the first song of theirs to crack my Top 10, doing so in December. 51: SERA - FirestoneSERA is also a new artist in my chart - she's Dutch, and I think that's about as much as I know about her. But this song is great, an alt-pop song about standing strong in the fire. I must admit I don't actually know what a firestone is, I remember Kygo singing about one back in 2015 and this is the first time I've heard one mentioned since! This peaked at #9 in my chart in December.

Senegal v Morocco in the final then!

70: Kensington - A MomentThe first song from Dutch band Kensington in quite a few years - as I mentioned I had completely missed the fact they had replaced their lead singer, I'm so unobservant This is a great song though, maybe nt quite as memorable as some of their others but focusses on a moment of love between the singer and the subject. This peaked at #2 in my chart in the spring. 69: James Marriott - I Don't Want To Live Like This AnymoreQuite fitting for this one to appear here given he's just managed his first Top 40 hit! I also discovered this one from chart recaps back when it had its sole week in the Official Charts, always good to see new indie music cracking the charts and his tone of voice is great as well. It cracked my Top 10 just before Lent and stuck around for a little while afterwards. 68: Ax and the Hatchetmen - Blurry Lights (with Albert Hammond Jr)Another bizarre name for a band here in Ax and the Hatchetmen! A very catchy indie-pop song which I think is just about meeting and dancing with someone on a night out? I hope so anyway, the guitar in the chorus really makes this one though. 67: Jonathan Ogden & Praise Lubangu - SafeJonathan Ogden had two #1s in my chart this year which are still to come, but this one definitely deserves its moment in the spotlight. It's very chilled with a slight tinge of jazz in there as well, reminding us that we can be confident in God when we put our trust in him. It's certainly not standard guitar-fare, and the two voices on the song work together very well on it. 66: fieldlily - GrowAnother newcomer to my chart this year, fieldlily is a folk/alternative duo consisting of two sisters. This one took a while for me to love it, but it really did... grow on me (I don't think there's any way I could have avoided that pun!) It's a song about navigating life as it is today and growing into what your life truly is meant for. 65: Shkodra Elektronike - ZjermTime to blow the Eurovision klaxon again? This was Albania's entry (although I've since found out that they've both spent most of their lives in Italy!) and there's something a bit quirky in this that really grabbed me. It is the one that grew on me the most after the contest - whether that's the snappiness of the vocals in the chorus, the semi-rap in the middle or something else I'm not quite sure, but it only just missed out on topping my chart. 64: Josh Gauton - In The WaterAnother Josh Gauton song makes an appearance now. It's quite similar to all his others, quite moody but with a positive twist in the final line of the vocals ('There must be something in the water, pulling me, drawing me out'). Made the Top 5 in my charts in the summer. 63: Limoblaze - PrayThe closest to a pure rap song you'll get in my Top 100 this year I think? It's certainly different to the sort of music Limoblaze usually puts out as he's mostly in the Afrobeats space, but again it's a song I warmed to the more I heard it. I don't think I need to explain what the song is about given the title! 62: St. Lundi - MercuryI find it amazing that I discovered St. Lundi by complete chance back in 2021 on a feature on a SeeB track, given how much of a staple of these countdowns he's been since! This strikes me as something that would have done well at Eurovision, a fairly steady tempo that's very easy to tap along to (and that I do keep getting mixed up with 'Burning Down' by Alex Warren!) This didn't make my Top 10 but has been a long runner in my Top 40 for a good few months. 61: Dan Stirling & Gareth James - MorningWe lose another chart-topper now! Again this is more on the alternative side of worship, and definitely worth a listen even if it is a little abrupt in places. We always need a reminder that 'joy comes in the morning' when things don't seem to be on our side in this life.

The United Cup has been won by Poland! Well done to them - their first time winning (although to be fair it is only the fourth time the contest has been run)