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01 Delta Goodrem - Sitting On Top of the World 02 LiSA - Gurenge (紅蓮華) 03 Chappell Roan - Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl 04 Michelle Branch - You Set Me Free 05 Lily Allen - Who’d Have Known 06 Toni Braxton - You’re Makin’ Me High 07 Kelly Clarkson - Gone 08 Kesha - Blow 09 ROSALÍA - DIABLO 10 Nelly Furtado & Tiësto - Who Wants to Be Alone 11 FKA twigs - Glass & Patron 12 Nadia Oh - Taking Over the Dancefloor Delta Goodrem sitting on top of my votes Ooh that LiSA song is a banger!A great discovery for me. Interestingly it's by far the most streamed song of the 12 on Spotify.

I think it’s just a “sources claim” / “reportedly” sort of thing, so it could very well be completely made up! I did previously wonder if Simon is au fait with how the singles chart works these days. If it’s true that he expected Top 5, then it was a very unreasonable expectation from him, and would show that his mind set is rooted in how things were a decade or longer ago. On paper, #72 won’t scream “great result” to your average Joe. It’s probably only us avid chart followers (and people working in the industry) who understand the complexities of how difficult it can be to make a splash in the singles chart, particularly as a new artist. So that’s a reason why I think these articles are coming out about it… because it’s quite easy to spin that chart position as a failure and as a blow for Simon Cowell specifically. Syco & EMI shouldn’t see a single’s chart position as being a false start. It’s actually a pretty encouraging start. The band’s social media numbers, and the engagement they get, is definitely strong for a new artist. As mentioned, their introductory tour has sold well already. I could certainly see their debut album go in towards the top end of the album chart with ease. (The album chart is another thing that Simon would need to have a better understanding of - how an album can be something of a one week wonder these days, if it relies more so on pure sales.) Tbh, if D10 go on to have a bunch of charting singles & a high-charting album, and that’s combined with a continued strong social media presence, then this could absolutely see their next tour being in bigger venues. Which I’d say is the ultimate goal. They’ll be an interesting group to follow and whether in the long term they shift the perception of what success looks like for a western pop group these days. I hope the boys aren’t at all despondent about how the single has done (if higher expectations were put upon them).

01 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes 02 Conan Gray - Killing Me 03 Ruel - Not What’s Going On 04 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix) 05 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream 06 George Michael - Freeek! 07 David Bowie - Young Americans 08 Markus Riva - Forever 09 Eric Saade - Every Minute 10 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man 11 Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces 12 Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you) I thought I'd get this done early. I listened twice through to the playlist before voting! I didn't dislike anything here, lots of good stuff. Just a few comments! Troye is first place for me again! I wonder if he will be in every round? 'Strawberries & Cigarettes' is a gorgeous song, and on the soundtrack to one of my favourite films. ❤️ I'm happy to see a track from Conan's 'Found Heaven' album being used already. Max Martin produced and 80s inspired... fabulous! 'Not What's Going On' is one of my personal highlights from Ruel's most recent album; I really hope this is well received by the voters. I lean towards preferring the original version of Shawn's 'Lost in Japan' over the Zedd remix - having said that, I think it was a wise choice to send the remix. Either way, it's one of my favourites from Shawn. Due to being such a fan of Troye's, I had heard this Guitarricadelafuente song many times before now, and I like it a great deal. It's very dreamy sounding, as the title suggests. I'm really intrigued to see what the reaction to 'Freeek!' will be - it's certainly quite a bold choice to send for George. Something about this song and its music video unsettled me a bit when it came out! It's quite a banger though. I know very little of David Bowie's music, outside of the really really big songs that I couldn't possibly have avoided. This was new to me though, and I have to say I enjoyed it. Very catchy and soulful! I think I preferred these latest songs from Markus and Eric over what was sent in the the previous round. Enjoying what has been sent from them so far. I hadn't heard this The Weeknd song before, I like the vibe of it. I wasn't as enamoured with 'Gone to Pieces' as I was with 'The Riddle', but it's still a fun, catchy slice of pop from Nik. Something had to come last and I did like this Fred again.. song; I would say I prefer 'Marea (we’ve lost dancing)'.

Troye appearing twice, love to see it

I randomly wanted to find out the highest placed artists that I've only scrobbled one song by: 58 scrobbles - Zac Efron (Rewrite the Stars) 47 - Lea Michele (Cannonball) 45 - A Great Big World (Say Something) 44 - Klingande (Jubel) 42 - Sexyy Red (Fat Juicy & Wet) 41 - The Pogues (Fairytale of New York) 39 - Little Nikki (Little Nikki Says) 33 - Disco Lines (No Broke Boys) 31 - Wizzard (I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday) 31 - Prince Royale (Back It Up) I'm not sure which of those artists I'd be most intrigued to hear a second song by! https://lastfmlists.com/

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The last month!

The coins thing is pretty cool, hopefully I could justify owning something from the collection.

01 Atomic Kitten - The Tide is High 02 A1 - Same Old Brand New You 03 The Corrs - Breathless 04 Blondie - Maria 05 The 1975 - It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) 06 ABBA - As Good As New 07 Girlicious - Like Me 08 Erasure - Drama! 09 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 10 Florence + the Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 11 HAIM - Forever 12 Ace of Base - All That She Wants 13 The Chicks - Goodbye Earl Enjoyed listening to all the groups!

It's nice to see Troye Sivan - Something to Give Each Other go Silver. His second album Bloom still hasn't managed that, despite being released 5 years prior to Something to Give Each Other!

01 Troye Sivan - Got Me Started 02 Conan Gray - Actor 03 Shawn Mendes - Teach Me How to Love 04 George Michael - Faith 05 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 06 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 07 Ruel & DMA’S - What a Life 08 Guitarricadelafuente - BABIECA! 09 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 10 Eric Saade - Made of Pop 11 Markus Riva - You Make Me So Crazy 12 Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna - Marea (we’ve lost dancing) 13 Luke Black - VOMIT I had a good time listening to these! That top 3... the twink trifecta x I honestly can't recall ever having heard The Riddle before, but that's a great discovery for me. I should really brush up on my 80s hits.

01 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 02 Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes 03 Nelly Furtado - I’m Like a Bird 04 Cher Lloyd - Sirens 05 Michelle Branch - Everywhere 06 Toni Braxton - You Mean the World to Me 07 Lily Allen - URL Badman 08 ROSALÍA - MALAMENTE (Cap.1: Augurio) 09 FKA twigs - ride the dragon 10 Nadia Oh - Hot Like Wow 11 LiSA - QUEEN 12 Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away 13 Kesha - Praying My favourite "new" discovery is Toni Braxton's song *.* Undoubtedly there'll be upcoming Kelly Clarkson and Kesha song entries I like a lot more, and I'm ready for them!

I haven't got around to hearing the album yet, but I couldn't resist ordering a CD and Signed Art Card, so he has my sale regardless of my potential enjoyment

I was surprised to see them at #72 considering its lack of presence in the various streaming platform charts. During the midweeks I assumed it was strongly down to physical sales, but evidently not considering it's just #14 in the physical chart, so its sales are majority thanks to streaming. I suppose it could have been lingering consistently just underneath the Top 200 on Spotify/Apple Music etc charts, and with the state of ACR/SCR in the OCC chart clearing up space, then that's how it results in #72. Well done to them for charting, it's a reasonable start that can be built on.

Ooh it's about time! This really took a long time to get there.

I have a feeling there'll be plenty of copies left for online sales day

Argh I missed the vinyl single. Come back!

Ooh! Somehow I forgot that the original was 2LP, so it figures that this one is too. Flipping the record 3 times during a continuous mix seems less than ideal, compared to just once, but I suppose it gives the songs space to breathe and it should be excellent quality while it plays.

Exciting! I wonder how it'll deal with the switch over from Side A to Side B?

That’s such a lovely moment

Will be interesting to see if XMAS climbs higher in the physical singles chart and vinyl singles chart on Friday, thanks to the decreasing prices. Chart runs so far: Physical: 1 1 6 12 21 26 16... Vinyl: 1 2 12 16 32 36 24...

I need this A very unexpected release! I played the leak so often, it really is a gem. Love that it's become a single of sorts.

This all makes a lot of sense! Regarding cover versions, interesting that lightning didn't strike twice for Kylie in 1992, with Celebration only making it to #20.