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What happened in May, then? Well, at one point Lady Gaga had four tracks in the top 40 (but then so did Adele), Blue solidly outperformed Jedward chart-wise and several boring songs by awful dudes were at number one.

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Lower reaches watch: Charlie out of Busted got to #65; Sweden, Denmark and Azerbaijan's Eurovision entries made the top 100 while Jedward got to #82; Glee mopped up pretty much all the remaining slots.

*Charted BEFORE their Eurovision appearance! That's loads better than poor old Josh Dubovie who didn't chart at all last year.
**Charity single that charted one place below the Black Eyed Peas' totally unrelated "Just Can't Get Enough"
***Any ideas?

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piratemoggy.livejournal.com

Finish Line is SO GOOD. I know I've banged on about it quite a lot in various places but it's by the same lass as On My Own, that we all got quite excited by earlier this year and is such an exercise in classy, mournful pop with a tough edge that it feels like it pretty much embarasses all other recent offerings. I haven't bothered to listen to the Gaga due to basically just sitting here with this on repeat:

(also: omg, pretty)

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katstevens.livejournal.com

I haven't listened to any of the Gaga album yet apart from Judas and Born This Way.

*resigns from poptimists*

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vumgarda.livejournal.com

19 appearance is due to Manchester United fans celebrating them winning the league for the 19th time - obv totally compatible with the original message of the song.

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koganbot

The word "new" even more questionable than usual (at least three of these I listened to 'cause they were on

credoimprobus's April list):
Bobby Brackins ft. Dev "A1"

Big Freedia "Almost Famous"

Rainbow "To Me"

Kelly Rowland ft. Lil Wayne "Motivation"
Lemonade Mouth Cast "Determinate"
Phaeleh ft. Soundmouse "Afterglow"
Dev "In The Dark (Proper Villains Remix)"
Nero ft. Alano "Guilt"
Nicholas Jaar "Keep Me There"
Kim Kardashian "Jam (Turn It Up)"
Yasmin "Finish Line"
Roach Gigz ft. Lil 4Tay "Wild Child"
Rittz "High Five"
Rittz ft. Yelawolf & Big K.R.I.T. "Fulla Shit"
Blady "찌릿찌릿"
Metronomy "The Look"
4minute "Mirror Mirror"

Not So New
Dev "Monsta"
Seo Taiji & Boys "1996, When They Conquer The World"

Think Dev is exploring the question, "Is it possible to be Ke$ha and Cassie simultaneously?"