I don't have much to say here about this week's chart. Like last week, no new releases have caught my eye and so I've mostly stuck to what I know.
Nicki Minaj got some exposure on the chart this week since I listened to two of her albums and found some highlights to enjoy. A few deep cuts from Kylie's Body Language also found their way into the top of my chart since I listened to the album in full again and my opinions of said songs changed for the better. Lana Del Rey's appearances on the chart, with the exception of Cherry, come from her collection of unreleased tracks this week.
Other than that, pretty standard stuff. A few new entries, a few re-entries, a couple unusual songs that I can't even explain why I listened to them this week, etc.
Chart Highlights:
#1. Kylie Minogue - Loving Days: A new favorite from Body Language, this song would've been an uncontested #1 if not for my unexpected #2.
#2. Charli XCX - Bounce: So for the past week there have been a massive amount of Charli XCX leaks happening. Almost her entire next album leaked on the weekend and Bounce is the highlight for me. It's ridiculously addictive and nearly stole the #1 spot from Loving Days after it went uncontested for half the week.
#3. Lana Del Rey - Go Go Dancer / #8. Lana Del Rey - Be My Daddy: The highest Lana Del Rey appearances as I mentioned are some unreleased songs. These songs have been two of my favorite unreleased from Lana, Be My Daddy even charted in one of my older charts that I made while backlogging. Both of these are not what you'd ever expect to hear from Lana, they're very upbeat for starters. Go Go Dancer has a dark/dance-pop influence and Be My Daddy is a guitar-driven bop.
#10. Nicki Minaj - Shanghai / #13. Nicki Minaj - Feeling Myself (feat. Beyonce) / #16. Nicki Minaj - Get On Your Knees (feat. Ariana Grande): I decided to highlight all 3 Nicki Minaj entries since they all come from the same album and are quite close together. After listening to The Pinkprint in full I found great songs in Shanghai and Get On Your Knees, however Feeling Myself has already long been a favorite Nicki track of mine.
#14. Kylie Minogue - Cruise Control: Highlighting the second deep cut from Body Language that I have found a new love for. It's not as strong as most of the other tracks from the album that have charted here before but it's still very good and goes to show just how good the album is as a whole.
#20. Caro Emerald - The Ghost of You: Here we have a song that I considered to be one of the 10 best songs from the first quarter of the year. Of course, I never got last.fm until May but if I had it around the time this song (and its parent EP) existed, it definitely would've had a fair run on my charts.
#27. きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ - PONPONPON: This is easily one of the most unusual entries I've had on the chart. I'm not sure what drove me to listen to this song more than 2 or 3 times. I guess it's because I haven't heard it in a few years and it is actually a decent song. I planned on listening to Kyary's first album in its entirety but I ended up only listening to this song. Admittedly it shouldn't have had enough plays to chart, at least not anywhere but the bottom 5.
Biggest Dropouts This Week:
Allie X - Too Much To Dream: #2 -> OUT
Lana Del Rey - Flipside: #3 -> OUT
Madonna - Ghosttown: #5 -> OUT
Cher - Woman's World: #6 -> OUT
Erika Jayne - XXPEN$IVE: #9 -> OUT
Emmalyn - Bigger Than You: #10 -> OUT
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- Number 21 Debut
Light My Body Up
David Guetta ft. featuring Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne
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Back to the River
The Pretty Reckless ft. featuring Warren Haynes
From the album: Who You Selling For
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