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    Hey folks, we've come to the halfway mark of my (late) year-end countdown of the biggest songs on my weekly personal music chart for 2024 (well, from mid-December 2023 to mid-december 2024), and I'm going to pause and roll out the honorable mentions, the songs that almost made the list this year. And adding this extended list, which expands into multiple genres, there were only three songs that don't show on either that made my top ten (and they did so waaaay late or way early): Hozier's "Nobody's Soldier" (#127), Ella Langley and Riley Green's "You Look Like You Love Me" (#162) and boygenius' "Cool About It" (#163). You can catch up with the whole series so far by clicking here . Let's get it started... 125. Wildflower - Tyrese 124. If It Doesn't Hurt - Nothing More 123. Exes - Tate McRae 122. Burial Ground - The Decemberists 121. Northern Attitude - Noah Kahan f/Hozier 120. Highway Queen - Mt. Joy 119. Creatures I...

  We're coming up to the halfway mark in my (late) year-end countdown of the hits that went the highest and/or stayed the longest on my weekly music chart from last year. You can catch up with the rest of the series by clicking here . On we go...  #60 - Bulletproof - Nate Smith          from the album California Gold (2024)          2scchart peak: #10 (one week)          Weeks on the chart: 16          Points: 1151 Smith followed up his long-lasting hit "World On Fire" (which we'll come to much later) with this country-rock lead single to his sophomore album, stealing quite liberally from Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance" in the process. Besides that, not that bad for the B-lister in the Jelly Roll/Teddy Swims/Rag N' Bone Man big-guy-singer vein.  (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    Welcome back, it's time for part four of my (late) year-end countdown of the biggest songs of 2024 on my weekly personal music chart . You can catch up with the rest of the series by clicking here . Let's get moving... #70 - Agora Hills - Doja Cat          from the album Scarlet (2023)          2scchart peak: #32 (two weeks)          Weeks on the chart: 30          Points: 1096 Yeah, this is on here because it just wouldn't go away on the charts, but it's not the most offensive Doja Cat vehicle out there. Like background music for a night cafe. It is kind of scary that the Agoura Hills area is currently under siege by the California wildfires. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    Hey folks, I'm back with part three of my (late) year-end countdown of the biggest songs of my weekly personal music chart for 2024.  You can catch up with the series so far by clicking here . And off we go... #80 - Turn The Lights Back On - Billy Joel           from the single (2024)           2scchart peak: #16 (one week)           Weeks on the chart: 15            Points: 1043    Last year's biggest comeback surprise to me thankfully wasn't a resurrected oldie gone viral, but rather this one-off return by one of the most beloved American modern musicians. And he did it without cow-towing to any "current trend" but rather going back to his roots (a sentimental CGI music video didn't hurt either).  (Click below to see the rest of the post)

  Saturday's here, and it's time to run down my top "hit" tunes from the previous week. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars won't budge from the #1 spot for a 14th week, while Teddy Swims (pictured above) rockets into the top ten.  Songs from Swedish House Mafia/Alicia Keys, twenty-one pilots, and almost monday make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits from Chappell Roan, Tyrese, Parmalee, and Eric Benet/Tamar Braxton drop off my chart. And under the list everything is Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. And please check out my ongoing year-end countdown of the biggest songs on this chart from last year by clicking here. Effing Greenland? This is what you voted for? This Week            Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

    Hey folks, I'm back with round two of my recap of the biggest songs on my weekly personal music chart for 2024. You can catch up with the rest of the series by clicking here . And away we go... #90 - The Emptiness Machine - Linkin Park           from the album From Zero  (2024)           2scchart peak: #5 (one week)           Weeks on the chart: 11 (still charting)           Points: 976 Well as I mentioned in part one Linkin Park finally settled on a new co-lead singer with Emily Armstrong formerly of the group Dead Sara, coming hard out of the gate with this huge rock radio hit. It didn't come though without a little controversy over Emily's ties to Scientology and more notably convicted actor Danny Masterson. She's kept it vague, but nevertheless musically this was a nice new direction for the group without tarnishing the legacy of Chester Bennington.   (Click ...