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If they had counted sooner it would presumably have declined in each of the last 3 weeks I mean. It had an 'increase' last week but it (probably) wasn't a real one. Unless #1 on the video streaming chart is not even worth 1.2k sales.

Presuming 'Nice To Each Other' should be good to finally go top 5 this week - I guess 'Golden' has scammed its way to staying on SCR with the very convenient timing of its video streams suddenly counting now but should have a clear path to #4 at least? Tame Impala's new song debuting at #77 which is the highest of the era so far. The other two only spent one day in the top 200 each though. I keep expecting something from him to eventually break through a bit more (although if he ever makes a top 40 breakthrough it's probably just as likely if not more that it'd just be one of his old songs getting a focused resurgence than a new release). I mean it was more that you were calling Olivia's song the biggest hit of the year when it still had yet to even overtake 'Golden' (and will only do so this week). This week will probably be its peak with the album release and even then it's not going to be touching the numbers 'Fortnight' did so if the new Taylor album is anywhere near as big she's going to breeze to #1 anyway. I don't see the need for weeks of dramatising the hypothetical situation that the world's biggest musician might (but probably still won't) have to settle for not being #1 on one occasion. Not least because no one has even heard any of the songs yet.

The vocalists are EJAE, AUDREY NUNA and REI AMI who are all definitely real people. x

Also 2/2 and this is where I'd put my 3/3 if I had one

This thread seems ambitious but looking forward to following along x You certainly chose a controversial time to debut! That controversy of course being that I wasn't winning contests any more after my glorious heyday of 67-74 and still never have again to this day I am pretty sure I have received your top marks at least once but I won't spoil it for myself which song(s) that would have been as my memory isn't that good x (Dan's comment in this thread also inspiring the new thread I just dropped, I started typing it out as a reply in this thread then realised it'd be a bit off topic and also massive) I do have all past votes archived (well not all of them, but all since you joined x) so let me know if there's anything you can't find. I know a lot of old BJSC threads have been a bit ruined by the new site automatically converting YouTube links to embeds and breaking some formatting, plus probably a lot of stuff that's lost outside of my archive due to being posted as images which have since gone offline rather than text.

As this has been somewhat of a frequent topic of discussion lately (mainly because of my own pet peeves x), I thought it'd be interesting to compile a list of all the BJSC winning artists' previous entry positions (if any). I definitely felt that the current run of recycled former top 10 artists felt unusual and the stats do support that - we've currently had 5 of them in a row, when it had never previously happened more than 3 times in a row (BJSCs 135-137 and 164-166). Including Amelie Lens as well we're on a run of 6 recycled artists winning in a row which is the second longest such run ever, only beaten by a run of 8 in a row in BJSCs 118-125 (although worth noting that 2 of those 8 also included a non-recycled artist which cannot be said about the current run). It's not all bad news lately though - before this run of recycled winners, 4 of the last 5 winners had been first time entrants. So perhaps we are not doomed to recycled winners forever. x In the list below I've bolded recycled artists and highlighted in red those who had a previous top 10 hit. To avoid getting too much into the weeds I've not counted as a recycle when artists were sent as solo acts after previously being sent as part of a group or vice versa (if I had done BJSCs 77-79 would be another three in a row of recycled top 10 artists as Malin had previously come top 10 as a member of Niki & The Dove). 1 Britney Spears/Junkie XL - first entry 2 Katharine McPhee - first entry 3 The Chicks - first entry 4 Sara Bareilles - first entry 5 t.A.T.u. - first entry 6 Beverley Knight - first entry 7 Katy Perry - first entry 8 Lily Allen - 2nd in BJSC 6 9 Margaret Berger - first entry 10 Brandy - first entry 11 Lenka - first entry 12 La Roux - first entry 13 Agnes - 9th in BJSC 11 14 Uh Huh Her - first entry 15 Röyksopp - 21st in BJSC 8, 18th in BJSC 14 16 V V Brown - 7th in BJSC 10, 8th in BJSC 14 17 Beautiful Small Machines - first entry 18 Kesha - DNQ in BJSC 14 19 Eva Simons - first entry 20 Alphabeat - 8th in BJSC 8 21 The Dolly Rockers - 6th in BJSC 19 22 Ellie Goulding - 15th in BJSC 13, DNQ in BJSC 20 23 MARINA - 18th in BJSC 12, 13th in BJSC 14, 6th in BJSC 16 24 Delphic - first entry 25 Roll Deep/Jodie Connor - first entry 26 Sheelah - first entry 27 Eric Saade - 20th in BJSC 23 28 Molly Sandén - first entry 29 Zoë Badwi - first entry 30 Adele - 12th in BJSC 6 31 Sheelah - 1st in BJSC 26 32 Lykke Li - DNQ in BJSC 7, 26th in BJSC 13, DNQ in BJSC 21, 14th in BJSC 30 33 Agnes Obel - DNQ in BJSC 15 34 Charice - 28th in BJSC 25 35 Chart Music - first entry 36 Lana Del Rey - first entry 37 Jessica Mauboy - 22nd in BJSC 11, DNQ in BJSC 22, 4th in BJSC 30 38 Loreen - first entry 39 Ricki-Lee - DNQ in BJSC 11, DNQ in BJSC 23 40 Rachel Platten - first entry 41 Foxes - first entry 42 Emma Hewitt - first entry 43 Dragonette - 14th in BJSC 2, 9th in BJSC 4, DNQ in BJSC 20, DNQ in BJSC 21, 34th in BJSC 26 44 Ronya - first entry 45 Woodkid - first entry 46 Trentemøller/Ane Trolle - first entry 47 TR/ST - first entry 48 Unicorn Kid - 11th in BJSC 40 49 Fibes, Oh Fibes! - 27th in BJSC 21 50 Frida Sundemo - first entry 51 Kate Boy - first entry 52 Zara Larsson - first entry 53 Carli - first entry 54 Postiljonen - first entry 55 Marcel Woods/Vanbot - Vanbot 3rd in BJSC 33, 15th in BJSC 43 (first entry for Marcel Woods) 56 Ghost Loft - first entry 57 Belanger - first entry 58 Vaults - first entry 59 The Kite String Tangle - first entry 60 Cut Copy - first entry 61 Indila - first entry 62 SOHN - 19th in BJSC 50 63 RuPaul - first entry 64 RAM/Susana - first entry 65 Hervé/Zebra Katz - Hervé DNQ in BJSC 62 (first entry for Zebra Katz) 66 A. G. Cook - 16th in BJSC 59 67 Jay Dabhi/Moises Modesto - first entry 68 Michael Woods/Lauren Dyson - Michael Woods 24th in BJSC 49, 4th in BJSC 53, 29th in BJSC 65 (as Out Of Office) (first entry for Lauren Dyson) 69 Blonde/Melissa Steel - Blonde DNQ in BJSC 67 (first entry for Melissa Steel) 70 Josef Salvat - 11th in BJSC 54 71 LINES/Adele Kosman - first entry 72 PVRIS - first entry 73 SNBRN/Kerli - Kerli 16th in BJSC 18, 11th in BJSC 25, 4th in BJSC 57, 19th in BJSC 66 (first entry for SNBRN) 74 A-WA - first entry 75 MEG MYERS - DNQ in BJSC 41, 28th in BJSC 63 76 Sigala - first entry 77 Alex Metric/Jacques Lu Cont/Malin - Alex Metric 23rd in BJSC 18, 21st in BJSC 59 (first entry for Jacques Lu Cont and Malin) 78 Rationale - 2nd in BJSC 24 (as Tinashé) 79 Shaun Frank/KSHMR/Delaney Jane - KSHMR 10th in BJSC 77 (first entry for Shaun Frank and Delaney Jane) 80 Delta Heavy - first entry 81 Allie X - 7th in BJSC 75 82 Hilight Tribe/Vini Vici - first entry 83 K3 - first entry 84 Salt Ashes - 15th in BJSC 68, 38th in BJSC 81 85 Bang La Decks - first entry 86 Aelyn - first entry 87 The Naked And Famous - 39th in BJSC 77 88 RAYE - 35th in BJSC 77 89 Crystal Waters - first entry 90 Fraunhofer Diffraction - first entry 91 Finn Keane/Noonie Bao - Finn Keane DNQ in BJSC 73 / Noonie Bao DNQ in BJSC 50, 35th in BJSC 78 92 Gareth Emery/Standerwick/HALIENE - Gareth Emery 20th in BJSC 45, 4th in BJSC 78 / HALIENE 8th in BJSC 53, 18th in BJSC 64, 8th in BJSC 84, 35th in BJSC 85 (all as Kelly Sweet) (first entry for Standerwick) 93 Jaded - first entry 94 Drones Club - first entry 95 Bleachers - DNQ in BJSC 72 96 Helena Paparizou - 10th in BJSC 5, 8th in BJSC 9, DNQ in BJSC 34 97 Norda/Mike De Ville/Joanna Jones - first entry 98 Clare Maguire - 19th in BJSC 87 99 Francesca Michielin - first entry 100 TR/ST - 1st in BJSC 47 101 Alvaro Soler - DNQ in BJSC 77 102 Kim Petras - 26th in BJSC 100 103 Metroplane/Bree Runway - Bree Runway 7th in BJSC 100 (first entry for Metroplane) 104 Built By Titan/Starxs - Built By Titan DNQ in BJSC 85 (first entry for Starxs) 105 grandson - first entry 106 Jean-Michel Blais/CFCF - first entry 107 Cathedrals - 26th in BJSC 68 108 Daniella Mason - 12th in BJSC 75, DNQ in BJSC 100 109 Colleen D'Agostino - 4th in BJSC 74 110 Gryffin/ZOHARA - Gryffin 11th in BJSC 98 (first entry for ZOHARA) 111 White Lies - DNQ in BJSC 63 112 Skeler/Juche - first entry 113 Two Steps From Hell/Chris Bleth/Merethe Soltvedt - Two Steps From Hell 12th in BJSC 76, 18th in BJSC 95 / Merethe Soltvedt 4th in BJSC 82, 32nd in BJSC 98 (first entry for Chris Bleth) 114 Eden xo/F9 - Eden xo 10th in BJSC 12, 29th in BJSC 16, 16th in BJSC 23 (all as Jessie Malakouti), 16th in BJSC 28, 15th in BJSC 31, 25th in BJSC 40 (all as Jessie And The Toy Boys), 22nd in BJSC 66 (first entry for F9) 115 SOFI TUKKER/Bomba Estéreo - SOFI TUKKER 20th in BJSC 81, 16th in BJSC 94 / Bomba Estéreo 26th in BJSC 82, 31st in BJSC 111 116 Drab Majesty - first entry 117 Rompasso - first entry 118 Charlotte Lawrence - DNQ in BJSC 74 119 Franky Wah/Robinson - Robinson 40th in BJSC 96, 18th in BJSC 103 (first entry for Franky Wah) 120 Sabrina Carpenter - 18th in BJSC 88, 39th in BJSC 94 121 NINA/LAU - NINA DNQ in BJSC 69, 16th in BJSC 92 (first entry for LAU) 122 Smith & Thell - 26th in BJSC 42, 7th in BJSC 58, DNQ in BJSC 70, 12th in BJSC 90 123 Betty Who - DNQ in BJSC 51, 16th in BJSC 62, 34th in BJSC 97 124 Rebecca & Fiona - 21st in BJSC 37, 22nd in BJSC 40, 27th in BJSC 56, 31st in BJSC 94 125 Nova Miller - 17th in BJSC 98, 20th in BJSC 107 126 Klangkarussell/GIVVEN - first entry 127 Sheppard - DNQ in BJSC 67 128 Tei Shi - 19th in BJSC 70 129 EVERGLOW - 11th in BJSC 118, 18th in BJSC 126 130 Nora En Pure - 18th in BJSC 102 131 Worakls/Rusanda Panfili - Worakls 7th in BJSC 111 (first entry for Rusanda Panfili) 132 LOVA - first entry 133 Doss - 29th in BJSC 64 134 Ane Brun - DNQ in BJSC 35 135 Stockholm Noir/Ofelia - Stockholm Noir 2nd in BJSC 95 / Ofelia DNQ in BJSC 77 136 Faouzia - 6th in BJSC 121 137 Violet Chachki/Allie X/Lecomte De Brégeot - Violet Chachki 13th in BJSC 96 / Allie X 7th in BJSC 75, 1st in BJSC 81 (first entry for Lecomte De Brégeot) 138 X-Perience - first entry 139 Anabel Englund - 18th in BJSC 119, 14th in BJSC 131 140 Confidence Man - 28th in BJSC 94, 5th in BJSC 99 141 aamourocean - first entry 142 Leony - 25th in BJSC 108, 8th in BJSC 133 143 Nessa Barrett - first entry 144 M83/Susanne Sundfør - M83 20th in BJSC 14, DNQ in BJSC 37, 6th in BJSC 61 / Susanne Sundfør 9th in BJSC 43, 5th in BJSC 122 145 Stevie Nicks - first entry 146 Third ≡ Party/Kathy Brown - first entry 147 Rose Gray - 13th in BJSC 133, 2nd in BJSC 145 148 Honey. - first entry 149 220 KID/ÁSDÍS - first entry 150 Madison Rose - 24th in BJSC 144, DNQ in BJSC 146 151 Nabihah Iqbal - first entry 152 Nyteout - first entry 153 Blusher - first entry 154 Snow Strippers - first entry 155 hemlocke springs - 32nd in BJSC 151 156 Geo22 - first entry 157 Jai Wolf/BANKS - Jai Wolf 10th in BJSC 76, 4th in BJSC 130 / BANKS 18th in BJSC 53, 35th in BJSC 115 158 Lucia & The Best Boys - DNQ in BJSC 122, 9th in BJSC 129 159 Argy/Omnya - first entry 160 MisterWives - DNQ in BJSC 61, 30th in BJSC 78, 4th in BJSC 95 161 Fat Dog - first entry 162 Grossstadtgeflüster - first entry 163 RONDÉ - 33rd in BJSC 147, 14th in BJSC 153 164 Margaret Berger - 1st in BJSC 9, 24th in BJSC 13, 12th in BJSC 32 165 METTE - 6th in BJSC 153 166 ascendant vierge/TDJ - ascendant vierge 4th in BJSC 142 / TDJ 10th in BJSC 134 167 Nicolina - first entry 168 Active Child - 22nd in BJSC 42, 24th in BJSC 59, 3rd in BJSC 118 169 Father John Misty - first entry 170 Mona Yim - first entry 171 ALT BLK ERA - first entry 172 Amelie Lens - 36th in BJSC 112 173 Rebecca Black - 38th in BJSC 135, 21st in BJSC 151, 2nd in BJSC 169 174 Debbii Dawson - 9th in BJSC 166, 7th in BJSC 172 175 Annalisa - 15th in BJSC 85, 10th in BJSC 151, 2nd in BJSC 155 176 Ninajirachi - 14th in BJSC 140, 3rd in BJSC 173 177 Night Tapes - 8th in BJSC 165

Heard this on the radio today and I think I am on board with it but I can't help but feel the vocal mix is a little bit off which spoils it from being an instant big fave for me hmm (I see a number of people on Reddit commenting on this as well so I'm not just making it up). Hopefully I'll just get used to it and bop along. x That niggle aside I definitely think it sounds like a big hit so not surprised it's doing so well off the bat! I certainly prefer it over 'Man I Need' so rooting for it to challenge that in this sudden chart battle of the British pop soul ladies x

Is there actually any relevance to the phrase 'dreaming owl' out of interest? (will try and remember to enter this after I accidentally boycotted the whole of the last quiz season iirc x)

https://sync-tube.de/room/ApAM3t-I 8pm ~ YouTube playlist:

2 out of 3 of Taylor's recent #1s only spent a week there, it's not a given that she'll get another 'Anti-Hero' style hit from this era so Olivia and/or RAYE could very easily still be #1 contenders for weeks to come yet. Not heard the song yet but it's nice to see RAYE getting another big hit as lead artist, for all the hype around her 'Escapism.' had still been a bit of an outlier until now.

I always mean to listen to some of the songs I'm unfamiliar with for ROTD but then don't get around to it whoops - maybe I should make a playlist of the songs I don't know from this year and aim to familiarise myself with some of them in time for next year (With regards to the specific examples, I only really got into Wolf Alice during the 'Blue Weekend' era so I only know a handful of songs from the first two albums, I haven't heard 'Visions Of A Life', but re alt-J I do know the whole of that album and do just think '3WW' is by far the best song on it! Although 'Adeline' wasn't far off my votes and I would have voted for 'Deadcrush' if it was nominated x)

I am going to do a listenthrough for this today, will start promptly from 8pm for anyone who does want to listen to all the songs at once x (BJSC final listenthroughs are often a pretty similar length albeit tbf with people already knowing at least half the songs - in any case, obviously people can just dip in or out at any time).

Omg winner (Welcome back Jordan & Chris! (And dhwe, though I reserve the right for that to be only a 67% welcome back x))

Scene stick to the first song you confirm challenge: impossible

Not had any clashes yet! After Water From Your Eyes last month another person has sent another artist I had as a potential iirc around the same time o:

'Tears' not being cringe enough for the average Sabrina Carpenter fan it appears x

Wolf Alice getting another DTF *.*

Confirmed for now I may or may not look for a different entry before the deadline if I find a moment where I feel up to it x

2018 Joji - SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK ROSALÍA - DI MI NOMBRE (Cap.8: Éxtasis) Travis Scott - SICKO MODE

+30 3WW +29 JUNKY +28 HUMBLE. +27 Lemon (ooh great choice whoever nominated this, not thought about this song for a while x) +26 Be The One +25 Homemade Dynamite +24 rockstar +23 Play God +22 Mask Off +21 Don't Delete The Kisses +20 Castle On The Hill +19 Big For Your Boots +18 XO TOUR Llif3 +17 Slide +16 Green Light +15 Havana +14 New Rules +13 See You Again +12 Unforgettable +11 Passionfruit +10 Hard Times +9 Rooting For You +8 Man's Not Hot +7 Touch +6 Big Picture +5 Perfect Places +4 Track 10 +3 Cola +2 Mi Gente +1 On My Mind

It's annoyingly long winded and now takes up a lot more space but yes it is still possible x spoilah click on the black circle with the plus sign (2nd option in the top left of the post box) and select 'wrap in box', then in the box that pops up click the cog in the top right and select 'expandable' (and type something into the box title to indicate it's a spoiler)

He would need to match or come very close to the first week overall numbers of 'Survive' to even be in contention for #1 this week so given the streaming is looking to be a lot lower that means he'd have to find a way to sell even more pure sales. Not impossible but I don't think it's likely. Would predict a #3 debut.

Spotify debuts for the first two singles from the previous Capaldi era compared to the current one: 'Forget Me' - #1 515k 'Pointless' - #18 270k 'Survive' - #3 409k 'Something In The Heavens' - #17 250k So that seems like an ok enough debut for the new song (only a small drop from the debut numbers of his last second single, and it has actually debuted a place higher although tbf 'Pointless' was a December release so it had a lot of Christmas songs ahead of it). Of course 'Pointless' was only a #1 because of that absurd physical push and was otherwise just a top 20 hit with decent although erratic longevity.

Oh, I was looking forward to this finally being back this week :( feel like at this point we've skipped more weeks than not since these started... Anyway, I didn't vote yet so: ABBA - Super Trouper Adam And The Ants - Antmusic The Clash - The Call Up Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry Queen - Flash 'The Call Up' was my fave discovery of the week, honourable mentions to Robert Palmer, Kate Bush and The Boomtown Rats. Next faves of the ones I already knew would be Chas & Dave, Kool & The Gang and Daryl Hall & John Oates. Not as good as the previous weeks in general though.

I think the teaser video needs more CHAS I've not stumbled into any more potentials since a couple of weeks ago so for now the plan is still instrumental glitchy dark techno stomper x