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19-Nov 63 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 42 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 40 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 36 Sia — Cheap Thrills 32 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling -6 25 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable +2 24 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For +2 24 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down 22 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 21 Rita Ora — Anywhere 21 Zara Larsson — I Would Like 21 Ariana Grande — One Last Time 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 19 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl 04 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home

18-Nov  50 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 38 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy +2 33 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 32 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 28 Sia — Cheap Thrills 23 Ariana Grande — One Last Time 23 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable +2 22 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 21 Rita Ora — Anywhere 21 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl 21 Zara Larsson — I Would Like 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 18 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For 18 Ed Sheeran — How Would You Feel 18 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down 14 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop — Friends  11 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home 11 Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane — Black Beatles  10 DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber — Let Me Love You 08 Jonas Blue & Dakota — Fast Car -6

If you ever go down the Rihanna demo rabbit hole, you'll probably land on this fascinating recording:

Sun 17 Nov 88 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 66 No Doubt - Just a Girl 46 Suede - Trash 46 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 43 Faithless - Insomnia +4 32 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 30 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 27 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 25 Texas - Say What You Want 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 19 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) 18 The Charlatans - One to Another 18 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me  14 U2 - Staring at the Sun  12 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 00 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week -6

17-Nov  38 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 32 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy +2 28 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 24 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 24 Sia — Cheap Thrills 24 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For 21 Ariana Grande — One Last Time 21 Rita Ora — Anywhere 21 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl 21 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable +1 21 Zara Larsson — I Would Like +1 20 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 20 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 20 Ed Sheeran — How Would You Feel 20 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop — Friends 20 Rak-Su ft. Wyclef & Naughty Boy — Dimelo 16 Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane — Black Beatles 16 DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber — Let Me Love You 14 Jonas Blue & Dakota — Fast Car 11 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home 10 Ed Sheeran — Castle On The Hill 00 Ed Sheeran — Galway Girl -6

16/11/24 24 Ed Sheeran — Galway Girl 22 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down 22 DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber — Let Me Love You 21 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 21 Ariana Grande — One Last Time +1 21 Rita Ora — Anywhere +1 21 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl +1 21 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For +1 20 Sia — Cheap Thrills 20 Jonas Blue & Dakota — Fast Car 20 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 20 Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane — Black Beatles 20 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 20 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 20 Zara Larsson — I Would Like 20 Ed Sheeran — How Would You Feel 20 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 20 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable 20 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop - Friends 20 Rak-Su ft. Wyclef & Naughty Boy — Dimelo 17 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home 14 Calum Scott — Dancing On My Own -6 14 Ed Sheeran — Castle On The Hill 14 Rihanna ft. Drake — Work

15-Nov 68 Hozier — Take Me To Church 59 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 59 James Bay — Hold Back The River 36 Maroon 5 — Maps 36 Years & Years — Shine 16 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love +4 07 One Direction — Perfect 07 Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake — Lean On 06 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 02 The Vamps — Last Night -6

It's ragebait. People make duet videos about hitting her. I would hope they're joking.

Bemi Orojuogun has 200k followers under the name omo.oroje on TikTok. Almost all of her videos depict her standing silently at the roadside as London buses swing past her head. She's done this hundreds of times without being hit. https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/london-bus-almost-wipes-out-30060950 Tempting fate? When I reached a certain height, Clorox Sr told me about a classmate of his who, aged 18, was hit by the left mirror of a bus and killed instantly. Not DDP-worthy, but one to keep an eye on.

14th November 86 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 58 No Doubt - Just a Girl 46 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 40 Suede - Trash 39 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 34 Texas - Say What You Want +2 33 Faithless - Insomnia +2 30 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 26 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) 23 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 20 U2 - Staring at the Sun 20 The Charlatans - One to Another 20 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me  20 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 16 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 14 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week 06 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One 05 Mark Owen - Clementine -6

14th November 62 Hozier — Take Me To Church 58 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 55 James Bay — Hold Back The River 36 Years & Years — Shine 35 Maroon 5 — Maps 18 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love +2 12 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 08 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — Stay The Night 08 The Vamps — Last Night -6 07 One Direction — Perfect 07 Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake — Lean On +2

11/13/2024  86 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 54 No Doubt - Just a Girl 46 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 39 Suede - Trash 37 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 36 Texas - Say What You Want 33 Faithless - Insomnia +4 30 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 28 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) 23 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 20 U2 - Staring at the Sun 20 The Charlatans - One to Another 20 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me  20 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 18 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One 16 Mark Owen - Clementine -1 16 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 14 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week 00 Backstreet Boys - We’ve Got It Goin’ On -5

13-Nov 56 Hozier — Take Me To Church 48 James Bay — Hold Back The River 45 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 36 Maroon 5 — Maps 34 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love 32 Years & Years — Shine 24 Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake — Lean On +4 22 One Direction — Perfect 14 The Vamps — Last Night -6 14 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 12 Calvin Harris & Disciples — How Deep Is Your Love 11 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams— Stay The Night

Rachel Chinouriri at Queen Margaret Union in foggy Glasgow. In orange, with her opener Leonie Biney (in turquoise). I wasn't sure I'd make it until the last minute, because I've been feeling worse for wear since flying back from Iceland. Fortunately this was quite an easy-going gig. Rachel has a great Billie Eilish-ish voice and clearly has a loyal fanbase of young women. I did laugh when she asked the audience if anyone had been to Hereford (350 miles away) and the room fell silent.

Translating works in a language spoken by 240 million people? You're right, bet it was a big waste of time. GREAT BRITAIN, ENGLISH ONLY. OI LUV, I WANT SOME FISH AND CHIPS, POR FAVOR.

12-Nov 50 Hozier — Take Me To Church 40 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 38 James Bay — Hold Back The River 36 Years & Years — Shine 36 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love 36 Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake — Lean On +2 28 One Direction — Perfect +2 26 Maroon 5 — Maps -6 20 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 20 The Vamps — Last Night 18 Calvin Harris & Disciples — How Deep Is Your Love 17 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — Stay The Night 05 Duke Dumont — Won’t Look Back

Kid named Sawe:

10/11/2024 70 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 50 Texas - Say What You Want 44 No Doubt - Just a Girl 40 Suede - Trash 40 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 40 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 37 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) 29 Faithless - Insomnia +4 24 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 23 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 20 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One 20 U2 - Staring at the Sun 20 The Charlatans - One to Another 20 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me 20 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 20 Backstreet Boys - We’ve Got It Goin’ On 18 Coolio ft. 40 Thevz - C U When U Get There 17 Mark Owen - Clementine 17 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 16 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week 12 George Michael - Older/I Can’t Make You Love Me -3 11 Orbital - The Saint 06 Wet Wet Wet - If I Never See You Again -3

10/11/2024 44 Hozier — Take Me To Church 34 James Bay — Hold Back The River 34 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 34 Years & Years — Shine 32 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love  30 Maroon 5 — Maps -6 30 Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake — Lean On 26 One Direction — Perfect +4 20 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 20 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — Stay The Night  20 The Vamps — Last Night 20 Calvin Harris & Disciples — How Deep Is Your Love  15 Felix Jaehn ft. J Thompson — Ain’t Nobody  15 Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih — Somebody  14 Duke Dumont — Won’t Look Back 10 Lunchmoney Lewis — Bills  04 Will.I.Am ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana & DJ Mustard — Feelin’ Myself

9th November  36 Hozier — Take Me To Church 30 Years & Years — Shine 30 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 28 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love 28 James Bay — Hold Back The River 27 Maroon 5 — Maps -6 27 Major Lazer ft. MØ &DJ Snake — Lean On 22 One Direction — Perfect 22 Duke Dumont — Won’t Look Back +2 22 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine +2 20 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — Stay The Night 20 The Vamps — Last Night 20 Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih — Somebody 20 Calvin Harris & Disciples — How Deep Is Your Love 20 Felix Jaehn ft. J Thompson — Ain’t Nobody 17 Will.I.Am ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana & DJ Mustard — Feelin’ Myself 17 Union J — You Got It All 14 Lunchmoney Lewis — Bills 12 Nick Jonas — Jealous

8/Nov/2024 27 Maroon 5 — Maps 23 Years & Years — Shine 22 Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake — Lean On 22 One Direction — Perfect +2 22 Hozier — Take Me To Church +2 20 Will.I.Am ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana & DJ Mustard — Feelin’ Myself 20 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — Stay The Night 20 The Vamps — Last Night 20 Duke Dumont — Won’t Look Back 20 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love 20 Union J — You Got It All 20 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 20 Meghan Trainor — Lips Are Movin’ 20 James Bay — Hold Back The River 20 Lunchmoney Lewis — Bills 20 Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih — Somebody 20 Calvin Harris & Disciples — How Deep Is Your Love 20 Felix Jaehn ft. J Thompson — Ain’t Nobody 18 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 17 Ed Sheeran — Bloodstream 17 Nick Jonas — Jealous 14 R. City ft. Adam Levine — Locked Away -6 14 John Legend — All Of Me 14 5 Seconds of Summer — Don’t Stop "Perfect" is one of the few good 1D songs. It's often compared to Style by Taylor Swift, which is vastly superior, but tbh most songs don't measure up to Style. It only reached #21 though.

Today was the first day of Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik. I got my money's worth by seeing 5 acts. In order of greatness: 5. GDRN (pronounced "Gudrun") at Hafnarhús Art Museum – Icelandic-language singer. The first of several gorgeous people to grace the stage. Unfortunately I was stuck behind a couple of grey-haired waterproof trouser wearers who were having a natter. Her crowdwork needs some work. 4. Une Misère at Iðnó – local metal band. It's metal. It all sounds the same to me, but I wanted to go to one metal gig. The singer was really hot and I liked it when he asked the crowd if they were enjoying Iceland (woooo!!), only for his response to be "why? It's fucking shit". There was of course a mosh pit. It stank in there. 3. Joy (Anonymous) at Iðnó – London funky house duo. Kind of the opposite of Une Misère if you think about it. Their setup consisted of some computers on a shoogly metal table. I finally managed to get close to the stage, right in front of a fat subwoofer (yes dad, I wore earplugs). I and about 30 people at the front turned into sweaty messes. 2. Ravyn Lenae at Art Museum – R&B singer from Chicago. I managed to secure a barricade spot for the first time ever!! She pointed directly at me and sang at me a few times, and I got nervous because she's one of the most stunning people I've seen in person. 1. Magdalena Bay at Art Museum – American duo with eclectic influences. I needed to pee but I was not letting go of that damn barricade. Again, why are all these artists hot‽ They played their new album Imaginal Disk from front to back and nothing else. It's one of my favourite albums of the decade and I knew every word. It was everything. They're everything. Today was one of the best days of my life.

Better than Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, or any shortened form.

8-Nov 89 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 66 Adele — Skyfall 64 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason -6 64 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 59 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 55 Bastille — Pompeii 34 Nicki Minaj — Starships +4 06 Avicii — Hey Brother 05 One Direction —  Best Song Ever