Kevin's Monthly Charts

[LonelyDreamer]

Hi Ukmixers and friends!

Since a long time ago I intend to post my personal charts here, because I love your topics and I already got many great suggestions from you.

I mean to suggest to you new songs, albums and artists, so I hope you enjoy it too!


* Once my weekly lists change a lot, and I don't usually listen to a same track times enough to make huge numbers, I chose to post them monthly.


Here we go!


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#1's so far:
6x Michael Jackson
3x Björk
2x Kate Bush
1x Tori Amos
1x Lana Del Rey
1x Lady GaGa
1x Émilie Simon
1x Adele

[songs]
3x Kate Bush (This Woman's Work + Never Be Mine + Walk Straight Down the Middle)
2x Björk (Crystalline + Virus)
2x Lady Gaga (Born This Way + Bloody Mary)
2x Lana Del Rey (Blue Jeans + Dark Paradise)
1x Michael Jackson (Best Of Joy)
1x Sinéad O'Connor (Reason With Me)
1x Patti Smith (April Fool)
1x Gus Gus (Deep Inside)
1x Ane Brun (Oh Love)
1x Émilie Simon (Franky's Princess)
1x Sarah McLachlan (Steaming)

[LonelyDreamer]

JANUARY 2011
(3th jan - 30th jan)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (nw) Michael Jackson
02 (nw) Antony and the Johnsons
03 (nw) Hurts

04 (nw) Robyn
05 (nw) Cher
06 (nw) Kate Bush
07 (nw) Alphabeat
08 (nw) Emilie Simon
09 (nw) Goldfrapp
10 (nw) Portishead


TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Michael Jackson – Best Of Joy
02 (nw) Hurts – The Water
03 (nw) Cher – You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me

04 (nw) Antony and the Johnsons – One Dove
05 (nw) Hurts – Silver Lining
06 (nw) Hurts – Devotion (feat. Kylie Minogue)
07 (nw) A Camp – Stronger Than Jesus
08 (nw) Michael Jackson – Hollywood Tonight
09 (nw) Emilie Simon – My Old Friend
10 (nw) Robyn – Time Machine

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FEBRUARY 2011
(31th jan - 27th feb)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (nw) Adele
02 (nw) Dalida
03 (01) Michael Jackson

04 (05) Cher *new peak*
05 (02) Antony and the Johnsons
06 (03) Hurts
07 (nw) Lady Gaga
08 (04) Robyn
09 (nw) Tori Amos
10 (09) Goldfrapp


TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Lady Gaga – Born This Way
02 (nw) Tori Amos – Girl
03 (nw) Dalida – Mama

04 (nw) Adele – Set Fire to the Rain
05 (nw) Adele – Hiding My Heart
06 (nw) Dalida – Salma Ya Salama
07 (nw) Muse – Uprising
08 (nw) Dalida – Alabama Song
09 (nw) Dalida – Bang Bang
10 (02) Hurts - The Water

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MARCH 2011
(28th feb - 27th mar)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (03) Michael Jackson
02 (10) Goldfrapp *new peak*
03 (05) Antony and the Johnsons

04 (re) Kate Bush *new peak*
05 (nw) Clare Maguire
06 (04) Cher
07 (06) Hurts
08 (09) Tori Amos *new peak*
09 (re) Emilie Simon
10 (nw) Björk


TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
02 (nw) Clare Maguire – Freedom
03 (nw) Clare Maguire – You're Electric

04 (nw) Antony and the Johnsons – Poorest Ear
05 (nw) The Golden Filter – Dance Around The Fire
06 (nw) Clare Maguire – Happiest Pretenders
07 (nw) Goldfrapp – A&E
08 (re) Michael Jackson – Best Of Joy
09 (nw) Antony and the Johnsons – Daylight and the Sun
10 (re) Michael Jackson – Hollywood Tonight

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APRIL 2011
(28th mar - 24th apr)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (04) Kate Bush *new peak*
02 (01) Michael Jackson
03 (03) Antony and the Johnsons

04 (nw) Agnes Obel
05 (re) Adele
06 (nw) Emilie Autumn
07 (re) Lady Gaga
08 (10) Björk *new peak*
09 (06) Cher
10 (nw) David Bowie


TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Kate Bush – Never Be Mine
02 (01) Kate Bush – This Woman's Work
03 (nw) Lady GaGa - Judas

04 (nw) Kate Bush – Deeper Understanding
05 (nw) Kate Bush – Lily
06 (nw) Agnes Obel – On Powdered Ground
07 (nw) Kate Bush – Deeper Understanding (Director's Cut)
08 (nw) Kate Bush – The Song Of Solomon
09 (nw) Adele – Someone Like You
10 (nw) Adele - Turning Tables

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MAY 2011
(25th apr - 29th may)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (07) Lady Gaga *new peak*
02 (01) Kate Bush
03 (nw) Ney Matogrosso

04 (02) Michael Jackson
05 (03) Antony and the Johnsons
06 (nw) Hello Saferide
07 (nw) Elton John & Leon Russell
08 (nw) Elisa
09 (re) Tori Amos
10 (08) Björk


TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary
02 (nw) Antony and the Johnsons – Kissing No One
03 (nw) Hot Chip – I Feel Better

04 (nw) Grimes – My Sister Says The Saddest Things
05 (nw) Metronomy – Corinne
06 (nw) Metronomy – The Bay
07 (nw) Hello Saferide – Anna
08 (nw) Lady Gaga – Scheiße
09 (nw) Ney Matogrosso – Bicho de Sete Cabeças II
10 (nw) Elton John & Leon Russell – I Should Have Sent Roses

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JUNE 2011
(30th may - 26th jun)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (04) Michael Jackson
02 (02) Kate Bush
03 (01) Lady Gaga

04 (10) Björk *new peak*
05 (nw) Gus Gus
06 (nw) Ozzy Osbourne
07 (09) Tori Amos *new peak*
08 (nw) Klaus Nomi
09 (03) Ney Matogrosso
10 (05) Antony and the Johnsons

TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Gus Gus – Deep Inside
02 (nw) Björk – Hyperballad
03 (nw) Gus Gus – Arabian Horse

04 (nw) Michael Jackson – Beat It
05 (nw) Tori Amos – Hey Jupiter
06 (nw) Michael Jackson – All In Your Name (feat. Barry Gibb)
07 (nw) Kate Bush – Top of the City (Director's Cut)
08 (nw) Michael Jackson – You Rock My World (A Cappella)
09 (nw) Lady Gaga – Scheiße
10 (nw) Gus Gus – Within You


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JULY 2011
(27th jun - 31th jul)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (04) Björk *new peak*
02 (01) Michael Jackson
03 (nw) Enya

04 (nw) Amy Winehouse
05 (nw) Glasvegas
06 (nw) Sade
07 (07) Tori Amos
08 (03) Lady Gaga
09 (nw) Nina Hagen
10 (nw) Evanescence

TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Björk - Crystalline
02 (nw) The Dø – Slippery Slope
03 (nw) Enya – Someone Said Goodbye

04 (nw) Glasvegas – Stronger Than Dirt ((Homosexuality pt.2))
05 (nw) Enya – If I Could Be Where You Are
06 (nw) Björk – Wanderlust
07 (05) Tori Amos – Hey Jupiter
08 (nw) Glasvegas – Shine Like Stars
09 (nw) Sade – Love Is Found
10 (nw) Björk – Cosmogony

[LonelyDreamer]

AUGUST 2011
(1st aug - 28th aug)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (01) Björk
02 (02) Michael Jackson
03 (re) Kate Bush

04 (re) Goldfrapp
05 (08) Lady Gaga
06 (03) Enya
07 (07) Tori Amos
08 (05) Glasvegas
09 (09) Nina Hagen
10 (nw) Beyoncé


TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Björk – Virus
02 (nw) Kate Bush – Top Of The City
03 (re) Goldfrapp - A&E *new peak*

04 (nw) Björk – Moon
05 (nw) Michael Jackson – Slave to the Rhythm
06 (10) Björk - Cosmogony *new peak*
07 (nw) iamamiwhoami – clump
08 (01) Björk – Crystalline
09 (nw) Nina Hagen – Gods of Aquarius
10 (nw) Tori Amos – Nautical Twilight

[LonelyDreamer]

SEPTEMBER 2011
(29th aug - 25th sep)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (01) Björk
02 (nw) Ane Brun
03 (03) Kate Bush

04 (02) Michael Jackson
05 (nw) Morrissey
06 (nw) Depeche Mode
07 (re) Adele
08 (nw) Marina & the Diamonds
09 (re) Antony and the Johnsons
10 (nw) Sophie Ellis-Bextor


TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Ane Brun - Oh Love
02 (nw) Björk - Mutual Core
03 (nw) Ane Brun – These Days

04 (04) Björk – Moon
05 (nw) Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
06 (nw) Björk – Thunderbolt
07 (nw) Björk – Sacrifice
08 (nw) Marina & The Diamonds – Radioactive (Acoustic)
09 (nw) Kate Bush – And Dream Of Sheep
10 (nw) Ane Brun – Do You Remember

[Vindrag]

Finally!! I was hoping that you'd start posting your chart here too. Let's see...

Obviously, I'm deeply in love with 85 % of your chart. I'm still not that satisfied with Brun's new album, These Days sounds quite good though.

Awesome chart!

[Tiger]

03 (03) Kate Bush
07 (--) Adele
10 (--) Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's really great.

[LonelyDreamer]

Thanks!

I'm compiling my charts from January to July as well. I will post them soon!

[LonelyDreamer]

Just updated!

[poriel]

SEPTEMBER 2011
(29th aug - 25th sep)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (01) Björk
02 (nw) Ane Brun
03 (03) Kate Bush

04 (02) Michael Jackson
07 (re) Adele
08 (nw) Marina & the Diamonds
09 (re) Antony and the Johnsons
10 (nw) Sophie Ellis-Bextor

TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Ane Brun - Oh Love
02 (nw) Björk - Mutual Core
03 (nw) Ane Brun – These Days

04 (04) Björk – Moon
05 (nw) Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
06 (nw) Björk – Thunderbolt
07 (nw) Björk – Sacrifice
08 (nw) Marina & The Diamonds – Radioactive (Acoustic)
09 (nw) Kate Bush – And Dream Of Sheep
10 (nw) Ane Brun – Do You Remember

Ane's new album's awesome!

[LonelyDreamer]

OCTOBER 2011
(26th sep - 30th oct)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (04) Michael Jackson
02 (nw) Lana Del Rey
03 (re) Tori Amos *new peak*

04 (02) Ane Brun
05 (03) Kate Bush
06 (01) Björk
07 (nw) Little Boots
08 (06) Depeche Mode
09 (nw) Maria Mena
10 (nw) Dead Can Dance


TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans
02 (nw) Lana Del Rey – Kinda Outta Luck
03 (nw) Lana Del Rey – Video Games

04 (nw) Maria Mena – Habits
05 (nw) Kate Bush – Wild Man
06 (nw) Little Boots – Mathematics
07 (nw) Lana Del Rey – Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix)
08 (nw) Michael Jackson – Gone Too Soon
09 (nw) Michael Jackson – Who Is It
10 (01) Ane Brun – Oh Love

[LonelyDreamer]

OCTOBER 2011

SOME NOTES:

+ For the fourth time this year, the KING is #1! Besides, two of his songs made the Top 10: 'Who Is It' and 'Gone Too Soon', both from [probably] the best album ever released - Dangerous (1991). More #1's may come until the end of the year, since a brand-new album of remixes - IMMORTAL - will be released in november 21th.

+ Lana Del Rey is the 'hot shot debut' of the month - and she doesn't have released a proper studio album yet! Her hits 'Blue Jeans' and 'Video Games' are #1 and #3, respectively, plus 'Kinda Outta Luck', an unreleased song, is #2. 'Video Games (Jamie Woon Remix)' is #7, making the very first apparition of a remixed track in the Top 10.

+ Tori Amos keeps growing and growing... and, for the first time this year, made a Top 3 (could be #2 if this chart had another week). Her Night Of Hunters (2011) album is simply great! It's an acoustic/classical work that everyone should be looking for - a great and unexpected comeback. My current favourites are 'Your Ghost', 'Night Of Hunters' and 'Snowblind'.

+ Ane Brun is doing quite well since her debut last month. I'm definitely in love with her last album, It All Starts With One (2011), and it gets even better with each listen.

+ Kate Bush has one of the more stable chart-runs in my lists and did a Top 5 once again... you know, I can't get enough of this woman's works! Her brand-new single, 'Wild Man', is #5 as well. A great preview of her upcoming 50 Words for Snow for sure.

+ After several times at the top, my beloved Icelandic Queen Björk fell some positions. The point is that I didn't lose interest, but stopped listening to her new songs until I got my "Biophilia" Manual, last week. So wait for a Top 3 position next month! The book's explanations are phenomenal, I love to discover her intentions for each song.

+ Little Boots is the second highest debut. I never really cared about her until now, despite all MTV adverts years ago. Her songs are really catchy and I can't take 'Mathematics' and 'Meddle" out of my head.

+ Depeche Mode is an amazing discover I made this year. Their album Some Great Reward (1984) is a grower and includes lots of memorable songs, especially the fantastic 'Blasphemous Rumours'. It's the second time they appear in my charts.

+ Maria Mena's Viktoria (2011) is another bet for my ranking of best albums of the year. It's very good, but not as great as her last one - Cause And Effect (2008). 'Habits' is my favourite song by far.

+ Finally... Dead Can Dance. It is one of the best groups of all time, since they have created the Ethereal genre as we know. Most plays of this month comes from 'Echolalia' and 'Dawn of the Iconoclast', songs that are just apart of everything in music nowadays.

[Vindrag]

Will look more closer on this later!

A lot of Lana Del Rey here! I need to hear that other track, Blue Jeans. Video Games debuted at #3 on my chart, and fell out the week after. Don't know why though, it just.. disappeared.

[poriel]

+ Maria Mena's Viktoria (2011) is another bet for my ranking of best albums of the year. It's very good, but not as great as her last one - Cause And Effect (2008). 'Habits' is my favourite song by far.


YESS! So great for her. Viktoria's one of great album in this year. so amazing.

[Vindrag]

ARTISTS

1. Michael Jackson... you know how I feel already, sorry, but I just wanted to irritate you!

2. Lana Del Rey... I wrote about her in a post above. She's cute and all, I was expecting VG to smash ultra hard on my chart, but then I just lost interest with all the new images of her and all the hype.

3. Tori Amos... YEAH!! The album is something extra, I agree with what you said about her new album, something new always unravels. Mysterious and intimate. Strong "comeback" indeed. I wish you were with me in Copenhagen, you would've loved her live!

4. Ane Brun... I've tried the new album 2-3 more times since we last spoke. But... nothing. Do You Remember is, however, smashing!!

5. Kate Bush... my #1 at the moment. Her discography is unbeliviababablelele!!! I've purchased all her iTunes stuff and added rarities. Shuffling through all of her music feels so unique, everything sounds so different from the other. Activates emotions and fantasy.

6. Björk... steady growing closer to Biophilia. Not her strongest effort, but I have great respect for what she have done on that album. They need to be heard seperately, I guess. Virus (Sweet Charm Remix)!

7. Little Boots... booo!!!!!!!!!

8. Depeche Mode... classic epicness!

9. Maria Mena... unfamiliar with this person!

10. Dead Can Dance... I've only heard a few tracks, randomly, I guess I'll have to try on of those albums you wrote on!

SONGS

5. Wild Man - I feel that this is becoming one of my favourite Bush tracks. I feel like such a hipster when listening to it. Dancing, jamming, forming pictures in my head of this journey through the Himalaya, searching for the Yeti - wanting to protect him. It's such a beautiful story. Feels like I'm a child, sitting next to my mother, reading books for me. It's so beautiful how she provokes the fantasy. Whispering Queen!

[AlexZ]

Very glad for Little Boots. Good surprise!!!!!
Her first album maybe is the best in my music collection. Love all songs from her debut, but best tracks: Mathematics , Remedy, Earthquake.

[LonelyDreamer]

ARTISTS

1. Michael Jackson... you know how I feel already, sorry, but I just wanted to irritate you!

I know there's a place for MJ in your heart!

2. Lana Del Rey... I wrote about her in a post above. She's cute and all, I was expecting VG to smash ultra hard on my chart, but then I just lost interest with all the new images of her and all the hype.

Lost interest after hype? Uhmmm... "Don't swim against the current"... Lana Del Rey will rock in 2012!

You should try "Blue Jeans", since it's even better than "Video Games".

3. Tori Amos... YEAH!! The album is something extra, I agree with what you said about her new album, something new always unravels. Mysterious and intimate. Strong "comeback" indeed. I wish you were with me in Copenhagen, you would've loved her live!

Hope someday I'll see her live.

5. Kate Bush... my #1 at the moment. Her discography is unbeliviababablelele!!! I've purchased all her iTunes stuff and added rarities. Shuffling through all of her music feels so unique, everything sounds so different from the other. Activates emotions and fantasy.

She is your #1 and always have been. P.S.: I've never understood "And Dream Of Sheep" as I do now... It's one of most beautiful songs ever written, an addiction.

6. Björk... steady growing closer to Biophilia. Not her strongest effort, but I have great respect for what she have done on that album. They need to be heard seperately, I guess. Virus (Sweet Charm Remix)!

Listen to 'Biophilia' bonus disc (live versions) and read the Manual. They're just mind blowing.

[LonelyDreamer]

Very glad for Little Boots. Good surprise!!!!!
Her first album maybe is the best in my music collection. Love all songs from her debut, but best tracks: Mathematics , Remedy, Earthquake.

My new obsessions are "Stuck On Repeat" and "Ghost"! I'll try these again!

[poriel]

Vindrag, you should try Maria Mena!

[GUS argentino78]

Wow! SO much love for Lana!

[Tiger]

TOP 10 ARTISTS

01 (04) Michael Jackson
03 (re) Tori Amos *new peak*
05 (03) Kate Bush

TOP 10 SONGS


03 (nw) Lana Del Rey – Video Games
08 (nw) Michael Jackson – Gone Too Soon
09 (nw) Michael Jackson – Who Is It

TORIIIIIIIII

[LonelyDreamer]

Compiling november charts... 3 songs of last month's Top 10 remained (it's a record! ), plus another surprises!

[CrazyCrazy]

Wow nice charts!! I've had a flick through and am so proud to see Nina charting, hope to see more of her in your listening cycle someday! These 3 albums are my faves from Nina at present:

Nunsexmonkrock
Fearless
In Ekstasy

All epic in their own way.

Kate Bush is wonderful, Bjork is amazing and Ane Brun's album has been in my ears these past few days, very nice voice she has, her vocal at the end of These Days! Also happy to see Tori and Michael getting some love!!

[LonelyDreamer]

Wow nice charts!! I've had a flick through and am so proud to see Nina charting, hope to see more of her in your listening cycle someday! These 3 albums are my faves from Nina at present:

Nunsexmonkrock
Fearless
In Ekstasy

Thanks a lot! As you've seen, you had some influence in my last charts... "In Ekstasy" is my favourite one by far. I love our Mother Of Punk!!

"Fearless" was really sucessful in Brazil, once her Rock In Rio 1985 performance became a classic. You should watch this!

Kate Bush is wonderful, Bjork is amazing and Ane Brun's album has been in my ears these past few days, very nice voice she has, her vocal at the end of These Days! Also happy to see Tori and Michael getting some love!!

MJ is my ultimate definition of music, and he will ever be. I love him, so I'm really glad you like his songs.

On Ane Brun's "It All Starts With One", well, it's one of my favourite albums of the year!

[LonelyDreamer]

NOVEMBER 2011
(31th oct - 27th nov)

TOP 10 ARTISTS


01 (05) Kate Bush
02 (03) Tori Amos *new peak*
03 (01) Michael Jackson

04 (06) Björk
05 (re) Goldfrapp
06 (02) Lana Del Rey
07 (04) Ane Brun
08 (nw) Alice Gold
09 (re) Antony and the Johnsons
10 (nw) The Golden Filter

TOP 10 SONGS


01 (nw) Kate Bush – Walk Straight Down the Middle
02 (nw) Tori Amos – SnowBlind
03 (nw) Björk – Sonnets / Unrealities XI

04 (nw) The Golden Filter – Kill Me
05 (01) Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans
06 (05) Kate Bush – Wild Man
07 (nw) Tori Amos – Job's Coffin
08 (nw) Michael Jackson – They Don't Care About Us (Immortal Version)
09 (nw) Tori Amos - Battle Of Trees
10 (02) Lana Del Rey – Kinda Outta Luck

[LonelyDreamer]

NOVEMBER 2011

SOME NOTES:

+ Kate Bush topped my songs chart for the third time, once again with a song from her The Sensual World (1989) album: 'Walk Straight Down The Middle'. It's one of her most underrated songs and I just discovered this amazing piece of music recently. It's about fear and indecision/hesitation (we're at the "middle of it"), the time when we need to figure out what's really around us and move on. I love its lyrics... He thought he was gonna die, but he didn’t. She thought she just couldn’t cope, but she did. We thought it would be so hard, but it wasn’t… it wasn’t easy, though! P.S.: I can't wait for 50 Words For Snow (2011)!

+ Tori Amos is still rising. I love Night Of Hunters (2011) and I think is one of the best albums released in the last years. Despite it didn't chart, 'Your Ghost' is my favourite song on the album.

+ Michael Jackson has big chances for another #1 next month! I love Immortal (2011) and the new mixes... e.g., 'They Don't Care About Us (Immortal Version)' is one my most-played songs of november - after just a week.

+ Not as I expected, Björk didn't make the Top 3 this month. Biophilia (2011) is a mindblowing experience and probably the best album of 2011. "Sonnets / Unrealities XI", from my favourite Björk's album, Medúlla (2004), got a #3, though.

+ My favourite electronic band is back on the charts! Goldfrapp made a Top 5, mostly because I re-discovered how much I love Black Cherry (2003) some weeks ago.

+ A big but expected drop for Lana Del Rey. Can't get enough of her songs... so her proper debut album - Born To Die (2012) - will probably dominate my charts in January/February 2012.

+ Ane Brun made a Top 10 for the third time. Big results for such a new discover (plus I still don't know her discography, just her last album).

+ Alice Gold is a discover I made recently. Debut album is a grower, hope she gets some commercial success next time.

+ Antony and the Johnsons... So sad, so beautiful. Lovely songs.

+ The Golden Filter's Syndromes EP (2011) is flawless. Great short-film and OST. A must-see.