The Year In Pop so far

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Here's the latest stats from Poptimist HQ! Remember, you can go back and vote in past polls by clicking on the '2007' tag - all the polls are open until the end of the year.

October Top 10:

1. Aly & AJ - Potential Break-Up Song
2. Britney Spears - Gimme More
3. Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know
4. Rihanna & Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You
5. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
6. Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
7. Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life
8. Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
=9. Enrique Iglesias - Tired Of Being Sorry
=9. Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love

2007 Top 40 so far:

1. Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella
2. CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
3. Girls Aloud- Sexy! No No No...
4. Robyn ft Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
5. The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
6. Aly & AJ - Potential Break-Up Song
7. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
=8. Amerie - Take Control
=8. Britney Spears - Gimme More
10. Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive
=11. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own
=11. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Me And My Imagination
=13. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
=13. Sugababes - About You Now
=15. Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
=15. Peter, Bjorn and John, ft. Bergsman - Young Folks
=16. Dizzee Rascal - Pussyole (Old Skool)
=16. Groove Armada ft Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)
=16. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around Comes Around
=16. Lady Sovereign - Love Me Or Hate Me
=16. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
=16. McFly - Babys Coming Back/Transylvania
=16. Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know
=16. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Catch You
=24. Amerie - Gotta Work
=24. Eve - Tambourine
=24. Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
=24. Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
=28. Ciara - Like A Boy
=28. Mark Ronson ft D Merryweather - Stop Me
=28. Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado - Give It To Me
31. Christina Aguilera - Candyman
=32. Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
=32. Feist - 1234
=32. Lily Allen - Alfie
=32. Natasha Bedingfield - I Wanna Have Your Babies
=32. White Stripes - Icky Thump
=37. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
=37. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
=37. Mutya Buena - Real Girl
=37. Unklejam - What Am I Fighting For

Comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

that's not a bad top ten of the year i must say...

is it surprising that you have to go down to 15 to get a man's voice?

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Are you accusing Jay-Z of being a GURL?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

yes. and a p00f.

his contribution is minimal to the joy of the song though, eh?

[lastclearchance.livejournal.com]

I think his contribution hurts the song, personally. I much prefer the Lil Mama remix or the edit I made that just takes him out.

I mean, nothing against Jay-Z, but that intro always struck me as a "play this on urban radio pls" badge.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

and a really weedy sounding Swede man's voice too ha ha

it's a good list altho shame about CSS being so high up as as much as i like the song it's a real 06 hangover (ditto The Gossips...and Robyn really)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Replace Gossip & CSS with songs Actually From This Year (i.e. the next two down in the list) and yep, it's pretty good.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

NOT ENOUGH LOVE FOR ENRIQUE pls can all poptimists go back and tick kthx.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

There are some V STRANGE omissions. I can't believe 'The Way I Are' and 'Beautiful Girls' and 'Last Night' are less popular than some of those up there!

And 'Heater' got no October love, bah...and 'No One' looks well on the way to being a great lost single in the Poptimists charts too :(

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Dude it's Enrique F**kin' Inglesias, what do you expect?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I expect people to actually listen to the song and hear how amazing it is!

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

His voice bugs me. I want to hear someone else singing it.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I have heard it, and it's still EFI. I'm not saying it's impossible to forgive Hero, but a few nice touches are more than removed by the tastefulness, particularly that bluddy spanish guitar, so, not yet then.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

if you like enrique so much why don't you go live there??

my top 10 out of this lot

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

1. Feist - 1234
2. Robyn ft Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
3. Groove Armada ft Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)
4. Aly & AJ - Potential Break-Up Song
5. Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know
6. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (LIL MAMA REMIX obviously)
7. Britney Spears - Gimme More
8. Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres (only heard this a couple of weeks back - probably over-rating it right now but it was pleasant surprise)
9. Unklejam - What Am I Fighting For
10. Eve - Tambourine

Re: my top 10 out of this lot

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

did the poptimism djs play my suggestion of Feist 1234 followed by steps 5678?

Re: my top 10 out of this lot

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

and anyway, mashup plz, obv

Re: my top 10 out of this lot

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

oooh maybe i should do that next month ;)

and then grab a megaphone and shout "9...10...A BIG FAT HEN"

inevitable

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

YOU SAID HEN

Re: my top 10 out of this lot

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

drop in the bender sample and it would indeed be a winner :-D

Re: my top 10 out of this lot

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

This is so happening.

Re: my top 10 out of this lot

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

5678 didn't get played due to lack of kat although i did have it.

my own top 10 out of this lot

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

(excluding stupid old songs)

1 umbrella
2 potential break-up song
3 pussyole
4 like a boy
5 take control
6 back to black
7 about you now
8 you know i'm no good
9 tambourine
10 gimme more

only 11 songs i don't like, and only one i really really hate! but too many overlooked...

Top Selling Singles of Jan-Jun 2007 so far:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

1, Grace Kelly, Mika, (Universal Island)
2, (I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles, Proclaimers/ B Potter/ A Pipkin, (EMI/Parlophone)
3, Umbrella, Rihanna Ft Jay-Z, (Mercury)
4, Ruby, Kaiser Chiefs, (B Unique/Polydor)
5, How To Save A Life, The Fray, (RCA Label Group)
6, The Sweet Escape, Gwen Stefani Ft Akon, (Polydor)
7, Beautiful Liar, Beyonce & Shakira, (RCA Label Group)
8, Girlfriend, Avril Lavigne, (Columbia Label Group)
9, Shine, Take That, (Polydor)
10, Starz In Their Eyes, Just Jack, (Mercury)

Since then Rihanna and Leona Lewis (already!) have overtaken the Proclaimers.

Re: Top Selling Singles of Jan-Jun 2007 so far:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

AND the volume of singles sales has gone up by 29%. Gawd bless downloads!

Re: Top Selling Singles of Jan-Jun 2007 so far:

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

what jan to jun, or year on year (as i guess jan is still a poor sales month for singles?)

Re: Top Selling Singles of Jan-Jun 2007 so far:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Just Jan-Jun 07, shouldn't have had that 'so far' there...

Top Selling Albums of Jan-Jun 2007

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

1, Back To Black, Amy Winehouse, (Universal Island)
2, Now That's What I Call Music 66, Various Artists, (EMI TV/ UMTV)
3, Beautiful World, Take That, (Polydor)
4, Life In Cartoon Motion, Mika, (Universal Island)
5, Yours Truly Angry Mob, Kaiser Chiefs, (B Unique/Polydor)
6, Favourite Worst Nightmare, Arctic Monkeys, (Domino Recordings)
7, Eyes Open, Snow Patrol, (Polydor)
8, Loose, Nelly Furtado, (Polydor)
9, Everytime We Touch - The Album, Cascada, (UMTV)
10, Undiscovered, James Morrison, (Polydor)

Re: Top Selling Albums of Jan-Jun 2007

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

! re Cascada there

Re: Top Selling Albums of Jan-Jun 2007

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Rihanna isn't showing up there - perhaps she'll do better in the second half of the year.

ack

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

i was scared for i moment - i thought "the gambler" was our #8 song of the year!

Re: ack

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

uh, i only just noticed that. wtf.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Year in pop purists shd note that there is actually a more complex formula for working out placings which takes # of voters in a week into account, so these may not be the final rankings (though they'll be close obv)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I thought there might be something like this! However this might be beneficial for encouraging more dudes to go back and vote in past polls :)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Transylvania behind Young Folks ftl.