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+12 Jakatta feat. Seal - My Vision +10 DB Boulevard - Point Of View +08 Love Inc. - You're A Superstar +07 Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar +06 Missy Elliott - 4 My People (Basement Jaxx Edit) +05 Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation +04 Flip & Fill - Shooting Star +03 Lasgo - Something +02 X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne - Lazy +01 Moony - Dove

SATURDAYS OUT OUT OUT

+30 London Grammar - Strong +29 Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky +28 1975 - Chocolate +27 Bastille - Pompeii +26 HAIM - Falling +25 Jessie Ware - Imagine It Was Us +24 OneRepublic - Counting Stars +23 Drake (feat. Majid Jordan) - Hold On, We're Going Home +22 Laura Mvula - Green Garden +21 Capital Cities - Safe & Sound +20 Disclosure (feat. AlunaGeorge) - White Noise +19 HAIM - Don't Save Me +18 Mariah Carey (feat. Miguel) - Beautiful +17 Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me +16 Bastille - Of The Night +15 Arcade Fire - Reflektor +14 HAIM - Forever +13 Drake - Started From The Bottom +12 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors +11 Little Mix - Move +10 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Ray Dalton) - Can't Hold Us +09 Olly Murs - Dear Darlin' +08 Naughty Boy (feat. Sam Smith) - La La La +07 Icona Pop (feat. Charli XCX) - I Love It +06 Clean Bandit (feat. Love Ssega) - Mozart's House +05 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive +04 Katy Perry - Roar +03 London Grammar - Wasting My Young Years +02 HAIM - The Wire +01 John Newman - Love Me Again

+30 Sia - Chandelier +29 Charli XCX - Boom Clap +28 Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky +27 Ella Henderson - Ghost +26 Vance Joy - Riptide +25 Sigma (feat. Paloma Faith) - Changing +24 Katy B - Crying For No Reason +23 Coldplay - Midnight +22 London Grammar - Hey Now +21 Sigma - Nobody To Love +20 Mr. Probz – Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) +19 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence +18 Röyksopp & Robyn – Monument +17 Bombay Bicycle Club - Luna +16 HAIM - If I Could Change Your Mind +15 Labrinth - Jealous +14 Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me +13 Kasabian - eez-eh +12 Klingande - Jubel +11 Lilly Wood and The Prick – Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix) +10 Kiesza - Hideaway +09 Sam Smith - I'm Not The Only One +08 Ariana Grande (feat. The Weeknd) - Love Me Harder +07 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This +06 Lana Del Rey - Black Beauty +05 Kylie Minogue - Into The Blue +04 Faul & Wad vs. Pnau – Changes +03 One Direction - Steal My Girl +02 Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne) - Rather Be +01 George Ezra - Budapest

The "DNC's" are generally stronger this time around than most of the chart hits. Yola, Holly Humberstone, and Foals for me Of the chart hits - either Acraze or Post Malone I will be in the vast minority - but I can't stand the Tiesto / Ava Max collab

+12 Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned In Love +10 Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (New Voyager Edit) +08 Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks - Dreams +07 Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat +06 Supermode - Tell Me Why +05 Bodyrox feat. Luciana - Yeah Yeah (D Ramirez Edit) +04 Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends +03 Bob Sinclar feat. Steve Edwards - World, Hold On (Children Of The Sky) +02 Booty Luv - Boogie 2Nite (Seamus Haji Edit) +01 Similou - All This Love After this 10, everything else is actively TERRIBLE and should never have been brought into existence

GOOD GRIEF AT THIS LIST Bodyrox and Gwen are the only two I would ever remotely tolerate

Lucky should really have disappeared in Round 1

A fairly terrible final from a fairly terrible batch of songs Honestly I think the Foo Fighters was the only decent one of the original 10 Out of these two though... Dumb is almost tolerable.

The Sacrament is undeserving of this TERRIBLE RESULT.

AGOG at the absence of Tin Tin Out featuring Shelley Nelson

I can't decide if the current trend that insists every song must be "sped-up" and "chipmunked" is LAZY and ANNOYING. Or if I love that it gives random throwbacks like this or Miguel a second lease of life "The Game Of Love" is my Santana go-to

Classic is pushing it a little, and the SEB cover had a niche fanbase at best. Semi popular Alcazar might be. But more worthy of a place over the Shaggy, Nelly Furtado or Usher tracks?

Desert Rose is a good track. It didn't do much in the singles charts in the UK or Ireland so not the most well known track here, but I recall it did give the album a pretty decent boost. I can see how sound-wise it works as a good bridge between the guitars and the chillout of Pure Shores. The more baffling sequencing is The Corrs after Cartoon Heroes, or She Bangs cutting off the trance segment. The vinyl choices are odd. If you needed to cut 50% of the CD tracklist, I'm not sure why Alcazar or Cher would be among the survivors.

THIS is very true The series is really DOOMED anyway, but if they are going to chase after a market, then it's really people who are behind on technology. The same people they're flogging endless 80s re-issues and "100 Number Ones" garbage to. So as odd as it seems, I think the "album sellers" are actually far more critical now than the chart hits. Someone who is interested in Skrillex, KSI or Central Cee will be perfectly happy sourcing it themselves without needing to deal with the Radio 2 brigade. On the other hand, many of the people who still want to listen to Simply Red and Shania Twain likely still rely on CDs for car journeys, and will still see the value in an "all-encompassing" compilation that means they don't need to put too much thought into their own playlist. So I'd actually BEEF UP that element, and perhaps devote ALL of CD1 to that demographic. Lead with the genuine crossover stuff (the Lewis Capaldis, Tom Grennans, Meghan Trainors) as they're already doing, but then go all in on the heritage acts. Leave CD2 to the more edgy stuff and the breakthrough artists, and maybe market it specifically as some kind of "Introducing..." or "New Music" package for those who are still semi-interested in keeping up to date. Just keep it separate. There's still MORE THAN ENOUGH music being brought out to justify three editions per year, so long as they accept representing the charts may not be the priority anymore. Continuing to chase "younger audiences" would be a completely fruitless exercise.

HUZZAH for the Safety Dance It should be ILLEGAL not to stream it at least once a day

It's a shame Getaway and Can't Resist have been missed, but not altogether surprising. Justice is long overdue for the poor old forgotten Mothers Heaven album too. Carnival Girl was pretty DREADFUL, so maybe for the best that disappeared. Looking at Spotify, there is SOME justification to their choices. It may not have hit the charts, but even 10 years after release The Conversation is still one of their more streamed tracks - it seems to be doing about 1m per annum, vs 60k for Getaway and only 25k for Carnival Girl TOP TEN according to Spotify 01. Say What You Want 02. Summer Son 03. Inner Smile 04. I Don't Want A Lover 05. Black Eyed Boy 06. In Our Lifetime 07. Halo 08. The Conversation 09. In Demand 10. Mr Haze

Mary Mary?!

01. Spectrum 02. Sweet Nothing 03. Dance Wiv Me 04. Holiday 05. Feels 06. I'm Not Alone 07. Call My Name 08. Promises 09. Under Control 10. Blame 11. We Found Love 12. I Will Never Let You Down 13. Miracle 14. One Kiss - massively overrated. Insanely repetitive, and Y'all Starlight's completely on the mark about Dua's utterly lifeless vocals. 15. Summer

Goodbye is the worst single the Spice Girls ever released

01. (01) Django Django // Self Esteem - Complete Me 02. (05) Chicane // The Mannequin - All This Time Alone 03. (NE) M83 - Laura 04. (02) Paolo Nutini - Acid Eyes 05. (03) JVKE - Golden Hour 06. (04) Paolo Nutini - Shine A Light 07. (09) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Breaking The Circle 08. (07) Röyksopp // Susanne Sundfør - Stay Awhile 09. (06) George Clanton - Bleed 10. (08) William Orbit // Georgia - Bank Of Wildflowers 11. (10) Spoon - Wild 12. (12) Lemar - Future Love 13. (11) Gretel Hänlyn - Today (Can't Help But Cry) 14. (22) The Album Leaf // Bat For Lashes - Near 15. (13) Julian Lennon - Lucky Ones 16. (17) Shania Twain - Giddy Up! 17. (14) P!nk - Trustfall 18. (16) Inhaler - If You're Gonna Break My Heart 19. (18) M83 - Oceans Niagara 20. (21) Rose Gray - Ecstasy 21. (20) George Clanton - Livin' Loose 22. (24) Bleach Lab - I Could Be Your Safe Place 23. (26) Niall Horan - Heaven 24. (28) Gorillaz // Adeleye Omatayo - Silent Running 25. (15) Kai Bosch - My Jeans 26. (NE) Caroline Polachek - Smoke 27. (25) Lizzy McAlpine - Ceilings 28. (NE) PNAU // Khalid - The Hard Way 29. [NE) Miley Cyrus - Jaded 30. (29) Lana Del Rey - A&W 31. (19) Donna Lewis // Digital Farm Animals - ILYAF (I Love You Always Forever) 32. (NE) Callum Beattie - Heart Stops Beating 33. (35) Birdy - Raincatchers 34. (23) Tiësto // Poppy Baskcomb - I Can't Wait 35. (34) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 36. (NE) The Kid Laroi - Love Again 37. (33) Linkin Park - Lost 38. (31) Self Esteem - f***ing Wizardry 39. (32) Tep No - Spirit Leaves 40. (36) Slipknot - Bone Church

So what do we think of the full album now it's been out a couple of weeks? To my ears, no matter what statements they may put out about exploring new artistry, this is basically the SAME OLD SHIT we've all come to love from M83. And frankly that's VERY SPLENDID. 10/10.

01. Django Django // Self Esteem - Complete Me 02. Paolo Nutini - Acid Eyes 03. JVKE - Golden Hour 04. Paolo Nutini - Shine A Light 05. Chicane // The Mannequin - All This Time Alone 06. George Clanton - Bleed 07. Röyksopp // Susanne Sundfor - Stay Awhile 08. William Orbit // Georgia - Bank Of Wildflowers 09. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Breaking The Circle 10. Spoon - Wild 11. Gretel Hänlyn - Today (Can't Help But Cry) 12. Lemar - Future Love 13. Julian Lennon - Lucky Ones 14. P!nk - Trustfall 15. Kai Bosch - My Jeans 16. Inhaler - If You're Gonna Break My Heart 17. Shania Twain - Giddy Up! 18. M83 - Oceans Niagara 19. Donna Lewis // Digital Farm Animals - ILYAF (I Love You Always Forever) 20. George Clanton - Livin' Loose 21. Rose Gray - Ecstasy 22. The Album Leaf // Bat For Lashes - Near 23. Tiësto // Poppy Baskcomb - I Can't Wait 24. Bleach Lab - I Could Be Your Safe Place 25. Lizzy McAlpine - Ceilings 26. Niall Horan - Heaven 27. Jessie Ware - Pearls 28. Gorillaz // Adeleye Omatayo - Silent Running 29. Lana Del Rey - A&W 30. Athletes Of God // Crooked Man // Lady Blackbird - Don't Wanna Be Normal 31. Self Esteem - f***ing Wizardry 32. Tep No - Spirit Leaves 33. Linkin Park - Lost 34. Miley Cyrus - Flowers 35. Birdy - Raincatchers 36. Slipknot - Bone Church 37. BLOND:ISH // Madonna // Eran Hersh // Darmon - Sorry 38. Arlo Parks - Impurities 39. Caroline Polachek - Blood And Butter 40. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - Still

I think Elton has more to do with that than Britney. He was coming off the back of a big number one hit with the same schtik.

I'm going to pretend the final is Silence vs Galvanize SILENCE TO WIN