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But the songs by the less well known artists could be much better. 🤨

Correct! Benson is all but guaranteed now (doing 24k per week and only needs to average 13.5k from now on). Billie needs to average 13.6k to the end of the year and did 19k last week - pretty nailed on. Chappell needs 14.6k per week and doing 18k - less sure but decent chance. Teddy needs 16.8k per week and is only 1k above that so looking less likely, though the longevity so far has been crazy so you never know. Sabrina is doing 17k and needs to average 17k so very likely to fall short, though new material could give a small boost.

There was never really any doubt about what was going to be my first 10 in this series, though maybe some of the other discoveries could creep up on it in future. “Atomic” doesn’t have the big catchy chorus of Blondie’s other chart toppers, but it’s a work of pure art. To me it makes me think of when you’re having a wonderful time with someone or a group of people and everything seems wonderful and everyone is beautiful and you’re lost in the moment. Not to neglect the other great stuff here: “Turning Japanese” is an absolute stonker and there’s some wonderfully trippy madness from Bowie. 10 Blondie Atomic 452nd #1 and my favourite of their many greats: an immersive instrumental led track, but with vocal parts that are gorgeous and intense 9 The Vapors Turning Japanese Only Top 40 for this UK band: masterful use of the Oriental riff and a relentless track that creates a sense of a crazy ride you can't get off 8 David Bowie Alabama Song Originally a 1920s German song, this was a very uncommercial release for him, but it's wonderfully jarring and captivatingly unhinged 8 The Police So Lonely It's still the first 12 months of their commercial success: I love the punchiness of this and find the strident raspy vocals are very effective 7 Stiff Little Fingers At The Edge 1st and biggest Top 40 for this Northern Irish punk band: it's very raucous with gruff vocals but a highly compelling and energetic track 7 The Gibson Brothers Cuba/Better Do It Salsa {1980} These 2 tracks are incredibly similar but both excellent authentically Latin tracks with good use of instruments and a catchy vocal refrain 6 Donna Summer On The Radio This feels much bigger than its peak: it's lyrically an interesting and emotive number well sung, but the overall package is fairly ordinary 6 Fern Kinney Together We Are Beautiful 453rd #1: only hit for this US disco singer and it's a sweet and uplifting track: it just lacks any musical features to make it really stand out 5 The Beat Hands Off, She's Mine 2nd hit for this ska influenced UK band not dissimilar to Madness: this doesn't stand out from the crowd but is a fun and pulsating track 4 Shakin' Stevens Hot Dog 1st of a big run of hits for this Welsh performer with a rockabilly cover: this doesn't do anything unexpected but is a competent version 4 Marti Webb Take That Look Off Your Face 1st hit for this actress, reaching the Top 3 with a Lloyd Webber song; it's quite a nice track for its genre but as a hit single feels quite wooden 3 Iron Maiden Running Free 1st of a very long run of hits for this UK band: already their style is clearly established and they will have better examples of it to come 2 Sammy Hagar I've Done Everything For You Only Top 40 for this US glam rocker: despite its energetic and vigorous style somehow this track manages to be quite flaccid and dull 2 Captain And Tennille Do That To Me One More Time A US #1 and here the biggest and last hit for the married duo: a dreary piece of easy listening; the saxophone is the only interesting part 1980 Group 5: #59 23/02/1980 Liquid Gold Dance Yourself Dizzy 2 73-47-23-14-5-4-{2}-2-3-8-17-40-54-71->14 #60 23/02/1980 The Detroit Spinners Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl 1 70-48-31-20-8-5-3-{1}-1-3-7-18-42-69->14 #61 23/02/1980 The Brothers Johnson Stomp 6 65-44-32-25-14-11-{6}-9-15-29-46-68->12 #62 01/03/1980 Jon Pertwee Worzel's Song 33 57-35-{33}-39-47-59-67->7 #63 23/02/1980 Narada Michael Walden Tonight I'm Alright 34 68-45-38-37-{34}-37-43-59-74->9 #64 01/03/1980 Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach 10 67-39-21-15-{10}-11-15-21-42-69->10 #65 01/03/1980 Squeeze Another Nail In My Heart 17 65-40-27-26-{17}-18-23-27-75->9 #66 15/03/1980 Rush The Spirit Of Radio 13 23-16-{13}-23-28-39-71->7 #67 01/03/1980 The Lambrettas Poison Ivy 7 69-44-28-27-12-{7}-8-10-15-21-47-63->12 #68 08/03/1980 UK Subs Warhead 30 42-{30}-38-54->4 #69 23/02/1980 Tony Rallo And The Midnite Band Holdin' On 34 69-50-41-{34}-42-50-56-66->8 #70 15/03/1980 Genesis Turn It On Again 8 35-25-23-{8}-10-13-16-42-70-73->10 #71 15/03/1980 Siouxsie And The Banshees Happy House 17 36-23-21-20-{17}-20-22-50->8 #72 08/03/1980 The Dooleys Love Patrol 29 68-39-30-{29}-29-31-43->7

1 Pet Shop Boys - Go West 2 CHVRCHES - Bitter End 3 A-ha - You Are the One 4 Ellie Goulding - Army 5 Lady Gaga feat. Christina Aguilera - Do What U Want 6 Louise - Arms Around the World 7 Avril Lavigne - Don’t Tell Me 8 Mary J. Blige & U2 - One 9 The Saturdays - Disco Love

Shall I come up with a different way to order it so Agnes is in the death slot…? 🧐

#59 with 65k; around 570k total.

Girls Aloud were actually going to appear here! The sender changed their mind though after we found the song had been send to BJSC before (15 years ago when the rules were presumably more lax).

Removed the total as it’s confusing but it’s because the total is rounded to 10k and I don’t think it did anything much until this year.

1 Debbii 2 Dove 3 Maddison

Half year update: 1 1 Alex Warren Ordinary 1,096,000 2 2 Lola Young Messy 995,000 1,170,000 3 3 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 937,000 1,290,000 4 4 Gracie Abrams That's So True 824,000 1,260,000 5 5 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 812,000 1,260,000 6 6 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 760,000 1,390,000 7 7 Chrystal The Days 680,000 850,000 8 9 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 650,000 2,440,000 9 8 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 646,000 1,860,000 10 10 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 620,000 1,820,000 11 11 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 575,000 1,170,000 12 12 Teddy Swims Lose Control 564,000 2,400,000 13 13 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 563,000 2,310,000 14 14 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 558,000 1,350,000 15 15 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 529,000 770,000 16 19 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 518,000 17 16 Tate McRae Sports Car 516,000 18 17 Teddy Swims The Door 514,000 1,180,000 19 8 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 504,000 610,000 20 20 Myles Smith Stargazing 476,000 1,490,000 21 21 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 474,000 1,810,000 22 23 Hozier Too Sweet 452,000 1,920,000 23 22 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 446,000 1,070,000 24 24 Alex Warren Carry You Home 440,000 740,000 25 26 Noah Kahan Stick Season 429,000 2,950,000 26 25 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 428,000 27 28 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 424,000 28 27 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 416,000 1,560,000 29 29 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 412,000 880,000 30 30 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 395,000 790,000 31 31 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 394,000 32 32 Doechii Anxiety 386,000 33 34 The Killers Mr Brightside 376,000 6,440,000 34 33 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 375,000 1,040,000 35 35 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 364,000 460,000 36 36 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 362,000 850,000 37 44 Ed Sheeran Azizam 359,000 38 37 Sam Fender People Watching 355,000 460,000 39 39 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 350,000 1,260,000 40 41 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 350,000 4,160,000 41 40 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 347,000 2,260,000 42 42 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose Kisses 346,000 1,000,000 43 38 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 346,000 570,000 44 43 Billie Eilish Wildflower 343,000 860,000 45 45 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 342,000 3,560,000 46 46 Dasha Austin 335,000 1,480,000 47 49 Sombr Undressed 335,000 48 48 Drake Nokia 326,000 49 47 Doechii Denial Is A River 321,000 50 51 Tate McRae Revolving Door 308,000 52 55 Sombr Back To Friends 302,000 57 56 Alex Warren Burning Down 281,000 410,000 59 58 Pawsa and The Adventures Of Stevie V Dirty Cash (Money Talks) 276,000 340,000 60 60 Chappell Roan The Giver 276,000 61 62 Leon Thomas Mutt 273,000 290,000 68 68 Sabrina Carpenter Juno 255,000 500,000 69 71 Morgan Seatree featuring Florence + The Machine Say My Name (Remix) 254,000 70 69 Imogen Heap Headlock 251,000 340,000 71 70 Kendrick Lamar TV Off 248,000 340,000 74 77 Benson Boone Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 245,000 76 79 Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas Tell Me 243,000 78 87 Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea Shake It To The Max (FLY) - Remix 240,000 80 78 Tyla Push 2 Start 238,000 300,000 87 88 Disturbed The Sound Of Silence 225,000 1,830,000 89 86 Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Defying Gravity 224,000 350,000 92 93 Tate McRae It's OK I'm OK 220,000 400,000 97 - Stereophonics Dakota 214,000 2,520,000 98 - Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag 214,000 2,830,000 99 - Tom Odell Another Love 213,000 3,590,000 100 98 Chappell Roan Red Wine Supernova 213,000 640,000 XXX 97 Sam Barber featuring Avery Anna Indigo 213,000 240,000 XXX 99 Sam Fender Arm's Length 212,000 XXX 96 Jimin Who 210,000 480,000 I guess “Teenage Dirtbag” isn’t that surprising in the context of it being #74 on Maestro’s Spotify YTD, but that wasn’t on my radar at all.

Half year update: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 348,000 720,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 216,000 320,000 3 3 Sam Fender People Watching 188,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 173,000 1,640,000 5 5 The Weeknd The Highlights 170,000 1,400,000 6 6 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 159,000 460,000 7 7 SZA SOS 155,000 640,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 152,000 1,810,000 9 9 Charli XCX Brat 144,000 430,000 10 10 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 139,000 490,000 11 11 Tate McRae So Close To What 139,000 12 12 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 133,000 920,000 13 14 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 132,000 2,160,000 14 13 Lady Gaga Mayhem 130,000 15 16 Noah Kahan Stick Season 130,000 600,000 16 15 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 127,000 17 17 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 126,000 6,030,000 18 18 Michael Jackson The Essential 123,000 1,960,000 19 19 Arctic Monkeys AM 119,000 2,220,000 20 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 116,000 3,430,000 21 20 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 115,000 250,000 22 22 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 112,000 2,660,000 23 23 Linkin Park Papercuts 103,000 270,000 24 24 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 103,000 600,000 25 25 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 101,000 1,150,000 26 28 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 95,000 5,400,000 27 29 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 95,000 110,000 28 26 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 95,000 29 27 Kendrick Lamar GNX 94,000 150,000 30 30 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 93,000 280,000 31 31 Calvin Harris 96 Months 90,000 160,000 32 32 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 89,000 210,000 33 34 Queen Greatest Hits 87,000 3,130,000 34 33 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 87,000 35 35 Pitbull Greatest Hits 85,000 550,000 36 36 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 82,000 410,000 37 37 Ed Sheeran ÷ 80,000 4,410,000 38 38 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 79,000 39 40 Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel 78,000 1,620,000 40 39 Fontaines D.C. Romance 78,000 200,000 41 41 Maroon 5 Singles 77,000 920,000 42 42 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 74,000 230,000 43 45 Oasis Definitely Maybe 74,000 2,870,000 44 44 Bob Marley Legend 74,000 3,350,000 45 43 George Michael Twenty Five 74,000 1,820,000 46 47 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 73,000 1,970,000 47 46 Taylor Swift Folklore 73,000 910,000 48 49 50 Cent Best Of 50 Cent 72,000 680,000 49 48 Eminem Curtain Call 2 72,000 450,000 50 50 CoCoMelon Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon 71,000 300,000 60 59 Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor's Version) 64,000 600,000 62 63 The Beatles 1967-1970 62,000 1,260,000 65 64 Taylor Swift Midnights 61,000 1,030,000 71 71 Little Mix Between Us 58,000 610,000 72 72 Playboi Carti I Am Music 57,000 73 76 Sleep Token Even In Arcadia 57,000 74 73 Sabrina Carpenter Emails I Can't Send 57,000 210,000 75 74 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever 56,000 460,000 78 75 Robbie Williams Better Man (OST) 54,000 81 81 The Beatles 1962-1966 53,000 1,060,000 85 86 Linkin Park From Zero 49,000 120,000 88 85 Tyler, The Creater Chromakopia 49,000 120,000 96 95 Bad Bunny Debí Tirar Más Fotos 47,000 98 91 Taylor Swift Lover (Live From Paris) 47,000 99 100 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under 46,000 430,000 100 97 Mumford & Sons Rushmere 46,000

3/7: 1 1 Ordinary (1) 2 2 Manchild (1) 3 5 Dior (3) 4 3 Love me not (2) 5 - Victory lap (5) 6 4 Pink pony club (2) 7 - Rein me in (7) 8 7 Undressed (4) 9 8 Blessings (7) 10 6 Family matters (5) 11 10 Back to friends (7) 12 9 Sapphire (9) 13 11 Azizam (3) 14 14 Messy (1) 15 13 Beautiful things (1) 16 12 Show me love (4) 17 17 APT. (2) 18 21 Mystical magical (18) 19 15 Can’t decide (15) 20 16 Shake it to the max (16) 21 20 The days (5) 22 19 Nice to each other (19) 23 23 One thing (23) 24 18 Just keep watching (6) 25 24 That’s so true (1) 26 22 Birds of a feather (2) 27 27 Good luck, babe! (2) 28 28 Stargazing (6) 29 26 Lose control (2) 30 33 Sports car (7) 31 31 Die with a smile (3) 32 29 Espresso (1) 33 36 The door (13) 34 30 Nice to meet you (12) 35 25 Bloodline (11) 36 34 Bad dreams (13) 37 35 Taste (1) 38 39 A bar song (2) 39 32 Carry you home (16) 40 37 Party 4 u (35) 41 44 Mr Brightside (10) 42 38 Hairdresser (22) 43 45 Somedays (10) 44 40 The glen (41) 45 47 Too sweet (1) 46 41 Sailor song (2) 47 - No broke boys (47) 48 - Say my name (48) 49 43 Iris (3) 50 48 Dreams (22)

Haha it’s definitely the other Lizzo song!

Well there’s a WTF new entry this week that’s not been mentioned in this thread and that I don’t recall seeing on the Audio Streaming chart at all.

Oh congratulations Jim!

25 Fleetwood Mac- The Chain 24 Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound Of Silence 23 Lykke Li- I Follow Rivers 22 Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb 21 Tame Impala- Let It Happen 20 Michael Kiwanuka- Cold Little Heart 19 Frank Ocean- Lost 18 The Beatles- Here Comes The Sun 17 The XX- Intro 16 Alt-J- Breezeblocks 15 Pixies- Where Is My Mind 14 The Cinematic Orchestra ft. Patrick Watson- To Build A Home 13 Blondie- One Way Or Another 12 Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank) 11 The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter 10 David Bowie- Changes 9 Fisher- Losing It 8 Aerosmith- Dream On 7 Oasis- Half The World Away 6 Elton John- Tiny Dancer 5 Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know 4 Petit Biscuit- Sunset Lover 3 Meat Loaf- Paradise By The Dashboard Light 2 The Beach Boys- Wouldn't It Be Nice 1 Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream

Welcome to the voting stage of BOP IDOL 4: TV Talent Shows The following talent shows are represented: X Factor UK X Factor Australia The Voice UK The Voice USA The Voice of Finland Britain’s Got Talent New Zealand’s Got Talent American Idol Swedish Idol Popstars Making The Band All Ireland Talent Show Star Academy Young Talent Time There are 23 entrants shown here in confirmation order: Julian_ Scene Roba. gooddelta Addy CowTzy jimwatts Herbs uhsting AllStarBySmashMouth Tafty Dobbo Mangø vibe awardinary King Rollo Chez Wombat Cody Piastri Calum Brer dandy* ChrisJK Jade This is an anonymous contest so please do not reveal or hint at your entry until the results are announced - but feel free to speculate what people may have sent! I have decided to present the track list in release order: 1 Breathe - Liberty X, Popstars, 13/05/2002 2 Creep - Dannii Minogue, Young Talent Time, 17/03/2003 3 Nolwenn Ohwo! - Nolwenn Leroy, Star Academy, 23/01/2006 4 Damaged - Danity Kane, Making The Band, 29/01/2008 5 Kashmir - Escala, Britain’s Got Talent, 25/05/2009 6 You’ll Never Get To Heaven - Diana Vickers, X Factor UK, 03/05/2010 7 Dub On The Track - Cher Lloyd, Mic Righteous, Zeph Ellis & Ghette, X Factor UK, 07/11/2011 8 Misty Eye - Aiden Grimshaw, X Factor UK, 20/08/2012 9 Think Of You - Christina Grimmie, The Voice USA, 06/08/2013 10 Alone By Heart - Clara Van Wel, New Zealand’s Got Talent, 25/10/2013 11 Chameleon Life - Daithi featuring Raye, All Ireland Talent Show, 06/06/2014 12 Gladiator - Dami Im, X Factor Australia, 08/08/2014 13 California - Amelia Lily, X Factor UK, 07/09/2014 14 Borderline - Tove Styrke, Swedish Idol, 09/10/2014 15 I Do - Only The Young, X Factor UK, 07/08/2015 16 Baby Don’t Dance - Fleur East, X Factor UK, 04/12/2015 17 Blood - Equador (Bo Bruce), The Voice UK, 28/10/2016 18 Bloodstream - Tokio Myers, Britain’s Got Talent, 12/10/2017 19 Rock With Me - Reggie ‘n’ Bollie featuring Ironik and Lauren Murray, X Factor UK, 15/12/2017 20 Domino - Saara Aalto, The Voice Of Finland, 16/02/2018 21 Ladies In The ‘90s - Lauren Alaina, American Idol, 15/10/2018 22 Racing Cars - Ruti, The Voice UK, 05/04/2019 23 I Trance - Agnes, Swedish Idol, 28/06/2019 A few notes: As well as all not being UK Top 40 hits, none of the tracks have more than 60 million Spotify streams and so we’re happy that none of them are too well known. As far as we know none of the tracks have been entered into any previous contests on the site. Sorry to the 3 of you who tried in vain to enter Bo Bruce. Equador is a collaboration between her and her husband Henry Binns and we decided to allow it as the artist representing her. It is debatable whether “Young Talent Time” is what made Dannii Minogue famous, but it seems it was a key part of her journey and so we have allowed it. The YouTube playlist: The Spotify playlist (now missing “Racing Cars” by Ruti): Let me know if you wish to change the version of your track on either of these playlists. I believe I have tried to use the links provided on the Google form as far as possible. Please vote for your favourite 10 songs in the usual Eurovision style scoring system: +12 +10 +08 +07 +06 +05 +04 +03 +02 +01 Please vote by sending me a private message. You have until 23:59 UK time on Wednesday 16 July to submit your votes. Guest votes are very welcome. I am planning to host a listen through at 20:00 on Thursday 10 July. Votes received: ChrisJK Jade Tafty awardinary Chez Wombat gooddelta Dobbo Scene Mangø AllStarBySmashMouth uhsting Brer King Rollo Roba. Herbs Calum Addy! Cody Piastri vibe dandy* jimwatts CowTzy Julian_

All pretty good - went for Girls Aloud.

A great bottom half especially. Going for Hermes House Band.

I’m sure Lewis will pull out all the stops he needs to in order to be #1, and I’ll be surprised if there’s any other outcome. However the Top 4 could be closer than we’ve seen for a while.

Hear’Say have been slung out, not by everybody but by more than 50% which is unusual in Round 3. This was the lead from their 2nd album of the same name, which only reached #24 after their 1st album had topped the charts. The single at least fared better, reaching #4 in December 2001. 8th: Hear’Say - Everybody 16/30 votes (53%) 9th: Wyclef Jean featuring The Rock and Melky Sedeck - It Doesn’t Matter 9/29 votes (31%) 10th: Jennifer Lopez featuring Fat Joe - Hold You Down 12/32 votes (38%)

Breaking free of the survivor to go and be independent is Kelly with her debut hit. The song had originally been meant for Christina Aguilera’s “Stripped” album but was left unfinished. It reached #6 in August 2003, and when the follow up only reached #35 it looked like that was it for her in the UK charts. 5th: Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent 12/30 votes (30%) 6th: U2 - Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of (38%) 7th: Scooter - Nessaja 9/35 votes (26%) 8th: Jamelia - Something About You 8/27 votes (30%) 9th: Shaznay Lewis - Never Felt Like This Before 7/28 votes (25%) 10th: True Steppers featuring Dane Bowers - Buggin’ 14/34 votes (41%)

Looks like we’re done! I’ll get the entry list reviewed and it should be up soon.

I gave eight tracks an 8 and one 9! 1 Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers ❤️ 2 Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now 3 John Foxx - Underpass 4 The Buggles - The Plastic Age 5 Amii Stewart - Paradise Bird Commiserations: New Musik - Living By Numbers Boomtown Rats - Someone’s Looking At You Azimuth - Jazz Carnival Michael Jackson - Rock With You The Specials - Too Much Too Young