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Week 39: 1 1 Michael Jackson The Essential 508,000 2,610,000 2 2 Olivia Dean The Art Of Loving 494,000 770,000 3 3 Harry Styles Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. 394,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 311,000 2,140,000 5 5 Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love 307,000 6 6 The Weeknd Highlights 269,000 1,850,000 7 7 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 246,000 760,000 8 8 Noah Kahan The Great Divide 220,000 9 9 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 215,000 520,000 10 11 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 210,000 2,620,000 11 10 Sabrina Carpenter Man's Best Friend 206,000 510,000 12 12 Linkin Park Papercuts 199,000 590,000 13 13 Noah Kahan Stick Season 187,000 910,000 14 14 ABBA Gold 182,000 6,320,000 15 15 Elton John Diamonds 181,000 2,110,000 16 16 Michael Jackson Thriller 175,000 4,920,000 17 17 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 174,000 3,730,000 18 18 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 172,000 1,060,000 19 19 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 169,000 5,790,000 20 20 Michael Jackson Bad 154,000 4,600,000 21 21 Drake Iceman 154,000 22 22 BTS Arirang 152,000 23 23 Arctic Monkeys AM 148,000 2,470,000 24 24 Taylor Swift The Life Of A Showgirl 144,000 780,000 25 25 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 143,000 3,680,000 26 28 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 142,000 1,390,000 27 26 Tate McRae So Close To What 141,000 400,000 28 27 Raye This Music May Contain Hope 140,000 29 29 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 139,000 830,000 30 30 Pitbull Greatest Hits 139,000 760,000 31 31 Maroon 5 Singles 131,000 1,120,000 32 32 Sombr I Barely Know Her 131,000 220,000 33 33 50 Cent Best Of 50 Cent 129,000 890,000 34 34 Katy Perry The Ones That Got The Plays 127,000 35 35 Calvin Harris 96 Months 121,000 360,000 36 37 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 118,000 2,150,000 37 36 Queen Greatest Hits 118,000 3,330,000 38 38 Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits 116,000 2,430,000 39 41 Sienna Spiro Visitor 116,000 40 39 Oasis Definitely Maybe 115,000 3,130,000 41 40 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans 112,000 2,540,000 42 42 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 110,000 610,000 43 43 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 108,000 2,630,000 44 45 The Beatles 1967-1970 106,000 1,430,000 45 46 Green Day Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 105,000 850,000 46 44 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 105,000 700,000 47 47 OneRepublic The Collection 104,000 160,000 48 48 David Bowie Legacy 103,000 1,250,000 49 49 Lady Gaga The Fame 102,000 3,690,000 50 50 Ed Sheeran ÷ 100,000 4,580,000 52 52 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy 98,000 190,000 53 53 Sam Fender People Watching 98,000 380,000 54 57 Ariana Grande Petal 97,000 56 59 Britney Spears The Singles Collection 96,000 820,000 57 55 EsDeeKid Rebel 96,000 170,000 60 58 Charli XCX Brat 96,000 630,000 62 62 Avicii Avicii Forever 93,000 160,000 63 63 SZA SOS 92,000 810,000 64 64 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 92,000 650,000 68 69 Madonna Finally Enough Love - #1s Remixed 88,000 390,000 69 68 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 88,000 430,000 73 72 Harry Styles Harry's House 86,000 1,010,000 74 74 CoCoMelon Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon 85,000 440,000 75 76 Eminem Curtain Call 2 85,000 590,000 76 75 Bad Bunny Debí Tirar Más Fotos 84,000 150,000 77 77 The Killers Rebel Diamonds 83,000 320,000 79 78 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 82,000 1,070,000 81 80 Zach Bryan With Heaven On Top 80,000 82 83 Don Toliver Octane 80,000 84 82 Bruno Mars The Romantic 80,000 85 92 Dua Lipa Live From Mexico 79,000 87 89 Ella Langley Dandelion 78,000 89 85 Olivia Dean Messy 78,000 190,000 90 91 Taylor Swift Folklore 77,000 1,060,000 91 90 Little Mix Between Us 77,000 740,000 92 87 Madonna Confessions II 77,000 93 93 Luke Combs The Way I Am 76,000 95 94 Fred Again… USB 001 EP 76,000 250,000 97 97 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 74,000 400,000 99 - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits 72,000 1,680,000 100 - Dire Straits Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of 72,000 1,020,000 - 99 Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 72,000 1,950,000 - 100 The Beatles 1962-1966 72,000 1,180,000

Went for Mis-Teeq now, though it was a pretty strong debut.

Also Kelly O

1985 Group 1: #1571 17/11/1984 Strawberry Switchblade Since Yesterday 5 63-53-54-48-47-50-52-45-32-10-{5}-7-9-18-25-40-62->17 #1572 03/09/1983 ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man 22 59-53-62-74R(53)-48-45-41-33-{22}-25-37-51-71->13 #1573 05/01/1985 Elaine Paige And Barbara Dickson I Know Him So Well 1 63-34-6-3-2-{1}-1-1-1-2-8-10-28-34-41-62->16 #1574 24/11/1984 Imagination Thank You My Love 22 73-62-60-60-61-63-57-35-26-{22}-24-27-29-40-70->15 #1575 05/01/1985 The Limit Say Yeah 17 50-37-19-{17}-23-31-40-62->8 #1576 29/12/1984 Amii Stewart Friends 12 73-69-39-17-{12}-13-20-27-36-55-65->11 #1577 29/12/1984 Russ Abbot Atmosphere 7 61-52-40-18-10-8-{7}-8-15-20-35-49-69->13 #1578 19/01/1985 Prince 1999/Little Red Corvette 2 13-{2}-3-5-6-10-15-28-39-60->10 #1579 12/01/1985 King Love And Pride 2 45-21-6-4-{2}-2-2-3-8-17-24-41-65-65->14 #1580 05/01/1985 Ashford And Simpson Solid 3 75-54-27-13-6-4-{3}-3-4-6-12-21-32-45-53->15 #1581 19/01/1985 Chaka Khan This Is My Night 14 28-18-{14}-24-35-52->6 #1582 12/01/1985 James Ingram With Michael McDonald Yah Mo B There (Jellybean Remix) 12 60-29-21-{12}-14-25-33-60->8 #1583 12/01/1985 The Pointer Sisters Neutron Dance 31 56-{31}-33-38-44-60-74->7

Another strong group here, this time with no weak links at all and bottom tracks that are no worse than inessential. “America” isn’t one of Simon & Garfunkel’s biggest hits but I’m pleased to see it does show up in their Spotify Top 10. 9 Simon And Garfunkel America A surprisingly small hit but a beautiful and wistful song about hitchhiking across the continent trying to find yourself 8 10cc Donna 1st hit for this UK group and a charming falsetto assisted piece of storytelling that shows what they will go on to do 8 Python Lee Jackson In A Broken Dream Only hit for this Australian band with uncredited Rod Stewart vocals, and particularly great instrumental elements 7 Junior Campbell Hallelujah Freedom 1st solo hit for the leader of Marmalade: this is lovely and uplifting with almost a gospel feel to the backing vocals 7 Lindisfarne All Fall Down Much smaller than their 2 hits earlier in the year but a very charming folk protest song about destroying nature 7 Carpenters Goodbye To Love This is notable for ending with a long guitar solo with backing vocals: otherwise it's a lovely track in their usual style 6 Elvis Presley Burning Love Originally recorded as a soul song by Arthur Alexander, Elvis does put his own stamp on this cover and it works well 6 Bread The Guitar Man Their 3rd hit of the year, in the usual soft rock style but this one does have very nice production and instruments 5 Johnny Nash There Are More Questions Than Answers His 5th Top 10 hit with his crowning chart glory still to come: this has lovely smooth vocals and is a pleasant track 5 Alice Cooper Elected This was inspired by the US 1972 presidential election: it's quite a raucously sung but a fairly enjoyable song overall 5 The O'Jays Back Stabbers 1st hit for this US R&B group who had been going since 1958: it's quite a nice soul song with a bit of a punch to it 4 Chairmen Of The Board Elmo James This has quite an interesting lyrical story but overall I find it very similar to other tracks of theirs and not memorable 4 The Pearls You Came, You Saw, You Conquered A Ronettes cover here in exactly the same style: I assume the only purpose is to make it a UK hit unlike the original 1972 Group 13: 4053 14/10/1972 Harley Quinne New Orleans 19 40-32-26-21-23-{19}-32-35->8 #4054 14/10/1972 Shag Loop Di Love 4 46-26-20-7-5-{4}-7-15-19-29-35-35-37->13 14/10/1972 Chris Montez Let's Dance {1972} 9 50-40-28-19-15-{9}-11-11-22-24-30-30-33-49->14 #4055 21/10/1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan Clair 1 15-5-2-{1}-1-3-7-14-22-25-25-25-27-39->14 #4056 28/10/1972 Hot Chocolate You'll Always Be A Friend 23 35-35-33-29-{23}-24-34-44->8 #4057 28/10/1972 The Strawbs Lay Down 12 37-34-31-26-20-13-{12}-14-21-21-38R(2)-49->12 #4058 28/10/1972 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling 1 38-23-6-2-{1}-1-1-1-2-2-7-14-22-26-38-40-40->17 #4059 28/10/1972 Holland-Dozier Featuring Lamont Dozier Why Can't We Be Lovers 29 39-38-{29}-33-36->5 #4060 04/11/1972 The Stylistics I'm Stone In Love With You 9 31-19-10-{9}-10-15-26-38-38-39->10 04/11/1972 Jeff Beck Hi-Ho Silver Lining {1972} 17 32-22-20-19-{17}-17-17-26-26-31-44-75R(508)-67-62-69->15 #4061 04/11/1972 Bobby Crush Borsalino 37 {37}-41-40-41->4 #4062 04/11/1972 Elton John Crocodile Rock 5 42-20-8-{5}-5-5-7-7-7-17-20-29-41-45->14 #4063 04/11/1972 Mac Davis Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me 29 46-38-30-{29}-32-37->6 #4064 11/11/1972 Donny Osmond Why 3 21-6-4-{3}-6-6-9-9-16-17-21-27-36-37-49-44-45-41-38-46->20 #4065 11/11/1972 The Osmonds Crazy Horses 2 27-7-{2}-2-2-3-5-5-3-4-8-18-19-27-34-40-43-43->18 #4066 11/11/1972 The Jackson Five Lookin' Through The Windows 9 40-21-13-{9}-10-12-20-20-24-32-41->11

Sorry I’m pausing this for a while as have too much other stuff going on. 12/50 countries covered isn’t too bad!

Has to be The Bravery but I have a big soft spot for “Too Close”

Week 39: 1 1 Olivia Dean Man I Need 1,827,000 2,930,000 2 2 Sam Fender and Olivia Dean Rein Me In 1,768,000 2,450,000 3 3 Alex Warren Ordinary 1,147,000 3,330,000 4 4 Raye Where Is My Husband! 1,109,000 1,720,000 5 5 Dave featuring Tems Raindance 1,069,000 1,310,000 6 6 Olivia Dean So Easy (To Fall In Love) 1,013,000 1,390,000 7 7 Bella Kay Iloveitiloveitiloveit 991,000 8 8 Zara Larsson Lush Life 952,000 3,990,000 9 9 Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Golden 950,000 2,280,000 10 10 Taylor Swift The Fate Of Ophelia 922,000 1,670,000 11 11 PinkPantheress Stateside 824,000 950,000 12 12 Olivia Dean Nice To Each Other 819,000 1,590,000 13 13 Djo End Of Beginning 791,000 1,970,000 14 14 Sombr Homewrecker 791,000 15 15 Tame Impala Dracula 786,000 920,000 16 17 Zara Larsson Midnight Sun 747,000 850,000 17 18 Sombr 12 To 12 744,000 1,270,000 18 16 Bruno Mars I Just Might 741,000 19 19 Ella Langley Choosin' Texas 730,000 760,000 20 20 Sienna Spiro Die On This Hill 718,000 890,000 21 21 Alex Warren Fever Dream 682,000 22 23 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 680,000 4,200,000 23 22 Harry Styles American Girls 679,000 24 24 The Killers Mr Brightside 666,000 7,470,000 25 25 Dominic Fike Babydoll 619,000 1,360,000 26 26 Taylor Swift Opalite 607,000 1,020,000 27 27 Sombr Back To Friends 606,000 1,520,000 28 28 Disco Lines and Tinashe No Broke Boys 590,000 1,310,000 29 31 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 574,000 5,140,000 30 30 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 574,000 4,510,000 31 29 Harry Styles Aperture 573,000 32 33 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 556,000 3,490,000 33 34 Olivia Rodrigo Drop Dead 556,000 34 35 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 548,000 1,690,000 35 32 Milky Just The Way You Are 548,000 660,000 36 36 Sabrina Carpenter Manchild 538,000 1,350,000 37 37 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 528,000 2,340,000 38 38 Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj Beauty And A Beat 523,000 1,760,000 39 39 Olivia Dean The Hardest Part 518,000 1,260,000 40 40 Dominic Fike White Keys 514,000 520,000 41 41 Justin Bieber Daisies 508,000 1,010,000 42 42 Michael Jackson Beat It 491,000 2,730,000 43 43 Fleetwood Mac Everywhere 491,000 4,660,000 44 46 Prospa & Cloonee Free Your Mind 477,000 45 44 Teddy Swims Lose Control 469,000 3,280,000 46 45 Olivia Dean A Couple Minutes 468,000 650,000 47 48 ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra Talk To You 467,000 48 47 Sombr Undressed 463,000 1,340,000 49 49 Olivia Dean Dive 462,000 1,130,000 50 50 Olivia Dean OK Love You Bye 457,000 960,000 52 53 Olivia Rodrigo The Cure 447,000 54 54 Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me 439,000 56 60 Oasis Wonderwall 429,000 5,750,000 57 59 Vance Joy Riptide 427,000 5,170,000 60 57 Olivia Dean Baby Steps 424,000 600,000 62 62 Malcolm Todd Earrings 422,000 450,000 63 65 Shakira & Burna Boy Dai Dai 416,000 65 70 Olivia Rodrigo Stupid Song 409,000 66 64 Prince & The Revolution Purple Rain 409,000 2,180,000 67 77 Stella Lefty Boston 400,000 68 66 Noah Kahan The Great Divide 399,000 72 68 Haven featuring Kaitlin Aragon I Run 393,000 490,000 78 78 Alex Warren Eternity 381,000 750,000 79 79 Fleetwood Mac Landslide 381,000 1,980,000 85 85 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D. and Poppy Baskcomb Think About Us 369,000 460,000 86 89 Taylor Swift I Knew It, I Knew You 366,000 93 90 Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me 359,000 650,000 95 93 Michael Jackson Human Nature 356,000 770,000 97 97 Chemical Brothers Go 351,000 790,000 100 - Sienna Spiro Material Lover 347,000 - 99 Olivia Dean Let Alone The One You Love 346,000 530,000 I was overestimating “Aperture” and “Just The Way You Are” which have collapsed since they left the weekly chart.

1/10: 1 1 Rein me in (1) 2 2 Man I need (1) 3 3 Great expectation (3) 4 5 Movin’ to the sun (4) 5 4 Choosin’ Texas (4) 6 6 Boston (6) 7 7 Stupid song (2) 8 8 Ordinary (1) 9 44 Nicole Kidman (9) 10 10 Training season (5) 11 11 The cure (3) 12 - Babydoll (12) 13 9 Dai dai (2) 14 12 Free your mind (8) 15 16 Stop the wedding! (15) 16 13 Hate that I made you love me (1) 17 45 My body isn’t ready (17) 18 22 Die on this hill (12) 19 28 Ain’t in LA (19) 20 14 Mr Brightside (10) 21 19 Where is my husband! (3) 22 15 Homewrecker (10) 23 17 So easy (5) 24 23 Material lover (19) 25 18 Iloveitiloveitiloveit (2) 26 21 Raindance (2) 27 27 Bloodstream (27) 28 20 Midnight sun (8) 29 29 Earrings (26) 30 24 On 2nite (15) 31 30 Iris (3) 32 25 Billie Jean (1) 33 40 The fate of Ophelia (1) 34 32 Golden (1) 35 33 Nice to each other (1) 36 26 Loser (19) 37 37 Drop dead (1) 38 35 12 to 12 (8) 39 34 Wonderwall (2) 40 - Orbiter (40) 41 36 Dreams (22) 42 28 Lush life (3) 43 31 Talk to you (5) 44 41 Beautiful things (1) 45 - Stick season (1) 46 50 Sign of the times (1) 47 39 Love me not (2) 48 - Willing and able (48) 49 47 Animal (25) 50 - Everywhere (4)

Would have preferred Elbow vs Florence but hey ho. Went for LeAnn.

O-Zone definitely!

Yeah I’d probably put “It’s My Birthday” below “Something I Need” too. The latter is obviously very dull but the former makes “The Time (Dirty Bit)” look like a masterpiece.

I think Tove Lo’s big hit is very loved on here though.

Milica and Vengaboys are both losses for variety in their respective groups really. And the Mackenzie song did have a certain charm haha.

Kate has to go through, though will be sad for Milica

Oops at the theme for Dido if she gets through! (Not that she doesn’t have other strong album tracks.)

I was surprised as well, but thinking about it that Bop Idol contest was album tracks only, and it’s a different prospect being up against a group of big singles.

Belatedly doing my version of this as I have for every other year in the series. Somebody That I Used to Know — Gotye Titanium (feat. Sia) — David Guetta Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix] — Florence + the Machine We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) — fun. Paradise — Coldplay Don't You Worry Child (feat. John Martin) — Swedish House Mafia Feel the Love (feat. John Newman) — Rudimental Call Me Maybe — Carly Rae Jepsen Diamonds — Rihanna Domino — Jessie J Gangnam Style — PSY Hot Right Now (feat. Rita Ora) — DJ Fresh Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) — Calvin Harris Bom Bom — Sam and the Womp Wings — Little Mix Call My Name — Cheryl Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sandé) — Labrinth Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) — Ne-Yo Good Feeling — Flo Rida R.I.P. — Rita Ora & Tinie Tempah Heatwave (feat. Ms D) — Wiley Twilight — Cover Drive Candy — Robbie Williams The Power of Love — Gabrielle Aplin Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida) — Olly Murs Young — Tulisa Little Things — One Direction He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother — Justice Collective This Is Love (feat. Eva Simons) — will.i.am Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am) — The Script Impossible — James Arthur How We Do (Party) — Rita Ora Part of Me — Katy Perry Turn Up the Music — Chris Brown Sing (feat. Military Wives) — Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band Payphone — Maroon 5

I did a bit of an Alizée dive for Bop Idol 1. I went with her 2nd most streamed song, “J’en Ai Marre”, which I think was the right choice as it was specifically a pop contest, and it came 3rd. However I find some other interesting tracks in the process, of which my favourites are “Gourmandises” and “À Contre Courant”. “Moi…Lolita” is the best though.

Thanks for this Jaz! “Get Lucky” is quite comfortably my #1 too. “Royals” I found a bit gimmicky at the time but I’ve come round to it enough to put it in the top 10, though I prefer “Team”. My version: 1. Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers 2. Mirrors - Justin Timberlake 3. La La La - Naughty Boy ft Sam Smith 4. Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Wanz 5. Happy - Pharrell Williams 6. Counting Stars - OneRepublic 7. Animals - Michael Garrix 8. Royals - Lorde 9. Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus 10. I Love It - Icona Pop ft Charli XCX 11. I Could Be The One - Avicii & Nicky Romero 12. Look Right Through - Storm Queen 13. Need U (100%) - Duke Dumont ft A*M*E 14. Waiting All Night - Rudimental ft Ella Eyre 15. Wake Me Up - Avicii 16. Scream & Shout - will.i.am ft Britney Spears 17. Love Me Again - John Newman 18. Under Control - Calvin Harris & Alesso ft Hurts 19. Get Up (Rattle) - Bingo Players ft Far East Movement 20. We Can’t Stop - Miley Cyrus 21. Burn - Ellie Goulding 22. Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen 23. Roar - Katy Perry 24. Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble - PJ & Duncan 25. Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft T.I. & Pharrell Williams 26. The Monster - Eminem ft Rihanna 27. Impossible - James Arthur 28. Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo ft 2 Chain 29. What About Us - The Saturdays ft Sean Paul 30. One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks) - One Direction 31. Skyscraper - Sam Bailey

“Young Folks” easily

1 Calvin Harris - Summer: I became bored of this at the time but it’s excellently crafted and sounds great now 2 Roosevelt - Take Me Back (Midnight Version): a 7 minute dance track is brave but it works on me and is interesting all the way through 3 Gary Numan - I Die: You Die: this has a lovely riff and interesting lyrics 4 Damien Rice - Woman Like a Man: this is surprisingly raw but it gets very good towards the end 5 Sam Fender - Saturday: a well written pre breakthrough song 6 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises: a decent track and I enjoy the smoothness of the vocals 7 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me: the storytelling is quite nice but the vocals are very laboured 8 Mackenzy Mackay - London: this is surely a Sheeran parody, but has more entertainment value than those below 9 Tom Grennan - Before You: nicely sung but find the song bland 10 Darin feat. Kat DeLuna - Breathing Your Love: find this kind of dance pop a little formulaic 11 HRVY - 1 Day 2 Nights: not keen on any aspect of this

We think Nelly should have something night sky themed.

30 Anna Meredith - Nautilus 29 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) - Starboy 28 Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out 27 Frank Ocean - Pink + White 26 Blossoms - Charlemagne 25 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) - I Feel It Coming 24 Sia - Cheap Thrills 23 Twenty One Pilots - Heathens 22 Elle King - Ex's And Oh's 21 Rae Sremmurd (feat. Gucci Mane) - Black Beatles 20 Weeknd - False Alarm 19 Kungs vs. Cookin On 3 Burners – This Girl 18 Jorja Smith – Blue Lights 17 Ariana Grande - Into You 16 xx – On Hold 15 Adele - When We Were Young 14 Twenty One Pilots - Ride 13 Glass Animals - Life Itself 12 Lemon Demon - Touch-Tone Telephone 11 Black Honey - All My Pride 10 Christine And The Queens - Saint Claude 9 Mystery Jets - Bubblegum 8 Frank Ocean - Nights 7 Alan Walker (feat. Iselin) - Faded 6 Childish Gambino - Redbone 5 Rihanna - Kiss It Better 4 Solange - Cranes In The Sky 3 Two Door Cinema Club - Bad Decisions 2 Paradis - Toi Et Moi 1 Porter Robinson & Madeon – Shelter

1 Ultravox - The Voice: the way the tension builds in this is masterful 2 Sade - Your Love is King: a classic of its genre - love the vocals and the sax 3 Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down the Line: so much jangle and punch to this 4 M83 - Kim & Jessie: lovely storytelling and production 5 New Order - Age of Consent: a good example of their early style 6 Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again: nice to have something recent from them; Dave does inevitably sound older but I love the synths towards the end 7 iamamiwhoami - chasing kites: I prefer “Play” but this is still a nice dreamy track 8 Texas - I Don't Want a Lover: a good debut hit and I like the twangy instrumental bits 9 Bananarama - Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango): lacks a bit of sparkle 10 Years & Years - All For You: a forgettable late teenies offering 11 Vengaboys - 1999 (I Wanna Go Back): sadly this doesn’t have any of the charm or creativity of the likes of “We Like To Party!”