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I’ve just realised that Rare DM did actually get an 18, thank you @jimwatts for those juicy Bronzilian points 😋

Congratulations @Harve - my favourite winning is amazing to see, such an inspired choice! And OMG we finished 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been waiting for that position for what feels like 10 years to complete my top 30 positions

We don’t need the 18s, keep the scoreboard how it is as I’m FINALLY 23rd!!

Ah this is going better so far than I was expecting for Rare DM. I've really been enjoying her album and wasn't sure which track to send, but went for Honey as it was the first one I heard by her and it's great that it's registered highly for a few of you (thanks to Jade in particular for the silver!) - delighted to be top 10 at this point, even if it's likely downhill from here on in!

1 and 3 are my favourites, 2 is still great but not quite as good as those either side of it 4 was okay but a big step down for me.

It may be just because I like it, but I think New Helvética stands out in the final. Hoping it does well.

The Corrs again for me, it’s nice but not that memorable.

The success of the Fugees was really impressive, they really sold disproportionately well for a hip hop act in the UK. I'd be intrigued to know whether any other hip hop act came close to matching them. I never really got into the album aside from the singles really, I bought it and then realised that it wasn't totally my thing after all. Lauryn's solo album was something I loved though, it took a while to grow on me but it did and I ended up really liking every track on it - and Ex Factor is one of the best soul tracks of the decade <3

Good luck!

The extension is most welcome this month as I've got much more time tomorrow daytime than I do this evening - thank you!

(already doubting myself on my own statement as I am far from an oracle on US chart performance!!)

I think Music worked just fine and can understand why it was chosen, isn't it by far her biggest single in the US out of her hits this century?

I'm very late but I got the double pale pink variant today as I found a copy online for £38 and thought that was pretty good value. Happy with this version in the end, as much as I'd have liked the premium one it's probably not worth so much more for so little extra.

@Jaz13music just thought I'd mention that I was in Rough Trade Nottingham today and they had about 8 copies of Tigermilk. I know it says sold out online but could be worth giving them a ring to see if they could post you one?

That sounds horrific 😕 what a horrible way to go

#10 in the mids for week 3 is way beyond my expectations, incredible result!! 🤩

The first three were fantastic, definitely watch them! Although no idea whether they will seem as good now in retrospect if you don’t have the nostalgia of seeing them at the time… hopefully they still stand up though

The Mint Royale / Laverne track is great - but who thought that January was a good time to promote it?!!! It always had Summer written all over it

Yes that made me howl as well 😂

I really enjoyed this. There are a few bits that made me laugh, but largely I just really enjoyed the feel of it.

I find Will.i.am quite intriguing as a personality, he seems very quirky and appears to have pretty decent taste in things... difficult to believe that he typically made such generic sounding music, of which that one is a perfect example. Although it goes beyond generic to quite cringy in his own parts, especially when he's asking everyone to say hell yeah etc.

That's only one aspect though. It's one of the reasons I still choose to buy music I really love, even if it's only a digital file... but for most people buying music isn't good value for money, they could spend £30-£40 on one vinyl (or let's say £10 on a CD?) and then also buy the kit to play them on; or they could utilise their phones they already have to just listen to anything they want to for a comparatively small amount a month. There's clearly so many valid reasons for a lot of people to love streaming, even if you personally don't.

I'm not watching so I can't judge properly - but my view when I heard what they were planning was that it was completely unnecessary and very likely out of sync with what football fans would want.

Favourites: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes this has grown on me so much over the years since I first heard it, I always used to think it was second best to Relax but now I think it's much better Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy one of the best synth tracks of the decade, also one of the first songs I can remember hearing that had such a prominent LBGTQ+ theme Grandmaster And Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It) One of the first rap tracks I can remember hearing and loving Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Another track that's really grown on me over the years Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time Gorgeous, one of the best ballads of the 80s Almost there but sadly no room: Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Ain’t Nobody should have won that tie break! I’ve not visited this thread for a while but will try to remember to vote again ☺️