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^ I don’t actually - I can see it went 5x platinum in 2013 so presumably if it keeps getting streaming points it will reach 6x before too long.

“Discotheque” might well be my favourite Lithuanian entry: brilliantly effective in every way and still sounds great. I still have a bit of a soft spot for “Something” by Andrius Pojavis from 2013 as I went to that contest. It’s a very basic song but has a simple charm to it. “Tavo Akys” was also a highlight for me with a great moody energy, though I understand why those who want uplifting pop from Eurovision abhorred it.

^ Fixed Forgot to mention that Paul Simon’s “Ultimate Collection” and “Hypersonic Missiles” dropped out this week to make for Sleep Token and a re-entry for “OK Computer”.

Being told to get out (LEAVE) right now is JoJo and her rapping assistant Bow Wow. For both of them it was a 2nd Top 10 hit, reaching #8 in November 2004. JoJo was aged a mere 13 at the time, and Bow Bow 17. 10th: JoJo featuring Bow Wow - Baby It’s You 9/33 votes (27%)

Breaking free from the survivor are High School Musical. The series had a few hits across the first three films but this was the biggest, reaching #9 in September 2006. It features the main characters, played by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, realising they can pursue their dreams. 7th: Cast Of High School Musical - Breaking Free 8/31 votes (26%) 8th: George Michael - Freeek! 11/32 votes (34%) 9th: Geraldine - The Winner’s Song 13/30 votes (43%) 10th: Peter Andre - Insania 13/33 (39%)

Not as far as I’m aware. I did correct “Luther” down by a few k as it wasn’t making sense that it had fallen behind “Hot To Go”, but then I realised I’d made a mistake and given it too much in an earlier week.

I see myself as a right of centre libertarian but I tend to have nuanced views in all things and rarely see issues as black and white. I believe in government being a safety net but not controlling too much beyond that, and that people are at their best when they’re given freedom. I feel like the traditional left and right is almost going out of the window now - everything’s becoming much more about the somewheres vs the anywheres. While I’m very much an anywhere by background I recognise that this comes from my middle class privilege. I do think it’s important to listen to the somewheres more.

Well that was dramatic - we saw a considerable lead for Fall Out Boy come undone at the last minute, ending the possibility of an all Robbie final. Between 1997 and 2005 Robbie had a run of 21 straight Top 10 hits. He has also had 7 #4 peaking hits, of which this was the 6th in April 2003. 4th: Robbie Williams - Come Undone 12/32 votes (38%) 5th: Razorlight - Wire To Wire 21/31 votes (68%) 6th: Ordinary Boys - I Luv U 14/32 votes (44%) 7th: Abs - What You Got 12/31 votes (39%) 8th: N Dubz - I Need You 11/28 votes (39%) 9th: 50 Cent - Just A Lil’ Bit 10/31 votes (32%) 10th: Ronan Keating - I Hope You Dance 14/27 votes (52%)

Can @Scene help us?

@TheSnake coming to break this one too?

And now a double tie 😵‍💫

Looks like we’re definitely getting a group or solo male winner then! 🧐

Well her sender has won almost every contest on the forum so it figures…

Commiserations Enhyphen. The slightly nasal vocal sound isn’t really to my taste but actually the songs have been stronger than I expected, especially the boot camp one. And also to Tom whose songs have been pretty decent too - just not stand out enough I think.

78 and 71

Rockell’s the better effort.

But you’ve voted for McFly 😅

We are a-tied!

A few more votes would be nice - chucking something out with 7 feels harsh!

Can’t think of much likely to enter between now and the mid year point, but there are some definite exits on the way starting with the now tanking “Prada”, so it will be interesting to see what takes their place. I think “505” might show its face again.

Week 22: 1 1 Lola Young Messy 895,000 1,070,000 2 3 Alex Warren Ordinary 860,000 3 2 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 845,000 1,200,000 4 4 Gracie Abrams That's So True 741,000 1,170,000 5 5 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 687,000 1,320,000 6 6 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 677,000 1,120,000 7 7 Chrystal The Days 596,000 760,000 8 8 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 563,000 1,780,000 9 9 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 554,000 2,340,000 10 10 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 545,000 1,750,000 11 11 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 515,000 1,110,000 12 12 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 492,000 2,240,000 13 14 Teddy Swims Lose Control 491,000 2,330,000 14 13 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 491,000 1,280,000 15 15 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 460,000 700,000 16 16 Teddy Swims The Door 446,000 1,110,000 17 17 Tate McRae Sports Car 444,000 18 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 433,000 540,000 19 19 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 412,000 1,030,000 20 20 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 411,000 1,750,000 21 21 Myles Smith Stargazing 405,000 1,420,000 22 22 Hozier Too Sweet 394,000 1,860,000 23 23 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 389,000 24 24 Noah Kahan Stick Season 374,000 2,890,000 25 25 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 371,000 1,510,000 26 26 Alex Warren Carry You Home 370,000 670,000 27 29 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 365,000 28 28 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 356,000 830,000 29 27 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 354,000 740,000 30 30 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 342,000 31 33 Doechii Anxiety 335,000 32 32 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 331,000 990,000 33 31 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 329,000 430,000 34 34 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 326,000 810,000 35 39 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 322,000 36 35 The Killers Mr Brightside 319,000 6,380,000 37 36 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 313,000 540,000 38 37 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 306,000 2,220,000 39 38 Sam Fender People Watching 304,000 410,000 40 41 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose Kisses 303,000 960,000 50 57 Ed Sheeran Azizam 254,000 59 61 Chappell Roan The Giver 232,000 63 65 Leon Thomas Mutt 226,000 250,000 72 93 Sombr Undressed 211,000 75 78 Morgan Seatree featuring Florence + The Machine Say My Name (Remix) 204,000 82 - Sombr Back To Friends 196,000 85 89 Benson Boone Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 194,000 89 94 Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas Tell Me 191,000 “Back To Friends” replacing “Don’t Stop Me Now”

5/6: 1 1 Ordinary (1) 2 3 Pink pony club (2) 3 2 Love me not (2) 4 4 Undressed (4) 5 5 Show me love (4) 6 10 Family matters (6) 7 8 Blessings (7) 8 6 Messy (1) 9 7 Azizam (3) 10 9 APT (2) 11 - Bloodline (11) 12 12 Beautiful things (1) 13 20 Back to friends (13) 14 14 Sports car (7) 15 13 Birds of a feather (2) 16 11 The days (5) 17 16 Carry you home (16) 18 22 Shake it to the max (18) 19 15 That’s so true (1) 20 17 Die with a smile (3) 21 19 Good luck, babe! (2) 22 21 Nice to meet you (12) 23 18 Bad dreams (13) 24 27 Stargazing (6) 25 23 Lose control (2) 26 28 Hairdresser (26) 27 24 Anxiety (4) 28 26 The door (13) 29 29 Taste (1) 30 31 Revolving door (17) 31 30 Espresso (1) 32 25 Mystical magical (23) 33 - Can’t decide (33) 34 34 Sailor song (2) 35 33 A bar song (2) 36 32 Busy woman (11) 37 35 Party 4 u (35) 38 38 Too sweet (1) 39 40 Mr Brightside (10) 40 37 Steve’s lava chicken (13) 41 50 Iris (3) 42 46 One thing (42) 43 36 Nokia (18) 44 43 Stick season (1) 45 42 Abracadabra (4) 46 41 Sorry I’m here for someone else (34) 47 39 Somedays (10) 48 49 Old phone (32) 49 45 Dreams (22) 50 - The giver (2)

Week 22: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 311,000 680,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 181,000 280,000 3 3 Sam Fender People Watching 172,000 4 4 The Weeknd The Highlights 146,000 1,380,000 5 6 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 144,000 1,610,000 6 5 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 142,000 440,000 7 7 SZA SOS 140,000 620,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 133,000 1,790,000 9 11 Charli XCX Brat 122,000 410,000 10 13 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 122,000 470,000 11 10 Lady Gaga Mayhem 120,000 12 12 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 120,000 900,000 13 9 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 120,000 14 14 Tate McRae So Close To What 118,000 15 15 Noah Kahan Stick Season 112,000 580,000 16 16 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 107,000 6,010,000 17 17 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 106,000 2,140,000 18 19 Michael Jackson The Essential 105,000 1,940,000 19 18 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 104,000 240,000 20 20 Arctic Monkeys AM 102,000 2,200,000 21 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 100,000 3,410,000 22 22 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 94,000 2,640,000 23 23 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 88,000 24 25 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 88,000 580,000 25 24 Kendrick Lamar GNX 87,000 150,000 26 26 Linkin Park Papercuts 86,000 260,000 27 27 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 86,000 1,140,000 28 28 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 83,000 270,000 29 29 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 79,000 5,380,000 30 30 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 78,000 31 31 Calvin Harris 96 Months 76,000 150,000 32 34 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 76,000 100,000 33 32 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 75,000 200,000 34 33 Queen Greatest Hits 75,000 3,120,000 35 35 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 72,000 36 36 Pitbull Greatest Hits 70,000 540,000 37 37 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 69,000 400,000 38 38 Fontaines D.C. Romance 68,000 180,000 39 40 Ed Sheeran ÷ 67,000 4,400,000 40 39 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 66,000 220,000 92 - Sleep Token Even In Arcadia 41,000

Have edited in a Spotify playlist. Let me know if I’ve used the wrong version of anything (or ask Bray to let me know).

Voted for my Top 10! Perez’s “Cherry Pink…” Paint It, Black A Whiter Shade Of Pale Blackberry Way Yellow River 99 Red Balloons Blue (Da Ba Dee) Black Coffee Welcome To The Black Parade Pink Pony Club