100 Reasons I Love 2011 [complete]

by **SholasBoy** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:39 pm

It seems only yesterday that I was counting down my top 100 songs of 2010, but yet again another year has rolled by, I got more wrinkles on my face and more grey hairs, but hopefully I've still managed to stay in touch with what's COOL in music :lol:

This year I've decided to go back to what I did before, basing my top 100 of the year on chart performance in my personal chart...so that a #1 position is worth 50 points, where as a #50 position is worth 1. However with another 4 weeks of charts to calculate the final result (and I'm pretty shocked myself by the result so far!) I will start by doing a month by month review of the year.

Before that though, a quick update, for those who have seen me doing my "100 Reasons I Love..." series over the last couple of years... here are my top 10 songs of 1997-2010.

1997
10 Louise - Let's Go Round Again
9 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
8 Texas - Halo
7 Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody
6 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
5 Hanson - Mmmbop
4 Spice Girls - Mama/Who Do You Think You Are?
3 Notorious BIG ft.Puff Daddy & Ma$e - Mo Money Mo Problems
2 Spice Girls - Too Much
1 The Verve - Lucky Man

1998
10 Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Theme
9 Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
8 Madonna - The Power Of Goodbye
7 Tin Tin Out ft.Shelley Nelson - Here's Where The Story Ends
6 Des'ree - Life
5 Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
4 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
3 Sparkle ft.R Kelly - Be Careful
2 Mousse T vs.Hot N Juicy - Horny 98
1 The Corrs - What Can I Do?

1999
10 Busta Rhymes ft.Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be?
9 Destinys Child ft.Timbaland - Get On The Bus
8 Yomanda - Synth N Strings
7 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love
6 Lauryn Hill - Ex Factor
5 Shola Ama - Still Believe
4 Mariah Carey - I Still Believe (Pure Imagination)
3 Missy Elliott ft.Nicole & MC Solaar - All N My Grill
2 Glamma Kid ft.Shola Ama - Taboo
1 Foxy Brown - Hot Spot

2000
10 Lucy Pearl - Dance Tonight
9 Common - The Light/The 6th Sense
8 Lil Kim - No Matter What They Say
7 Spiller ft.Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet
6 Missy Elliott - Hot Boyz
5 Southside Spinners - Luvstruck
4 Aaliyah - Try Again
3 Morcheeba - Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
2 Made In London - Dirty Water
1 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You)

2001
10 M&S Presents The Girl Next Door - Salsoul Nugget
9 Zero 7 ft.Sia & Sophie Barker - Destiny
8 Aaliyah ft.Timbaland - We Need A Resolution
7 Beenie Man ft.Mya - Girls Dem Sugar
6 Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird
5 Mya - Case Of The Ex
4 Sunshine Anderson - Heard It All Before
3 Artful Dodger ft.Michelle Escoffrey - Think About Me
2 David Morales ft.Juliet Roberts - Needin' U II
1 MOP ft.Busta Rhymes & Remy Ma - Ante Up

2002
10 Adam F ft.Lil' Mo - Where's My..?
9 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Music Gets The Best Of Me
8 Irv Gotti ft.Ja Rule, Ashanti, Charli Baltimore & Vita - Down 4 U
7 Alicia Keys - How Come You Don't Call Me
6 DJ Marky & XRS ft.Stamina MC - LK (Carolina Carol Bela)
5 Brandy - What About Us?
4 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You/Move This Mountain
3 Truth Hurts - Addictive
2 Santana ft.Michelle Branch - The Game Of Love
1 Beverley Knight - Gold

2003
10 Plummet - Damaged
9 Desert Eagle Discs ft.Keisha White - Bigger Better Deal
8 Jaimeson - Complete
7 Linus Loves ft.Sam Obernik - Stand Back
6 Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
5 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed Up World
4 Outkast - Hey Ya
3 Beyonce ft.Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
2 Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story (Finally)
1 D Kay & Epsilon ft.Stamina MC - Barcelona

2004
10 Damien Rice - Cannonball 04
9 Shaznay Lewis - You
8 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
7 Jamelia - DJ/Stop
6 Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter
5 Amy Winehouse - Take The Box
4 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
3 Sia - Breathe Me
2 Joss Stone - Right To Be Wrong
1 Kelis ft.Andre 3000 - Millionaire

2005
10 Jupiter Ace ft.Shena - 1000 Years
9 KanYe West - Gold Digger
8 Hound Dogs - I Like Girls
7 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
6 Faith Evans - Again
5 Coldplay - Fix You
4 Missy ELliott ft.Ciara & Fatman Scoop - Lose Control
3 KanYe West ft.Adam Levine - Heard Em Say
2 Twista ft.Faith Evans - Hope
1 Axwell - Feel The Vibe (Til The Morning Comes)

2006
10 Jack Johnson - Better Together
9 Nelly Furtado - All Good Things (Come To An End)
8 Shapeshifters - Incredible
7 Corinne Bailey-Rae - Put Your Records On
6 Bodyrox ft.Luciana - Yeah Yeah
5 Sugababes - Easy
4 Chris Lake ft.Laura V - Changes
3 Justice vs.Simian - We Are Your Friends
2 Red Carpet - Alright
1 Keisha White - The Weakness In Me

2007
10 Eve - Tambourine
9 Masters At Work - Work
8 Soulja Boy - Crank That
7 Mason vs.Princess Superstar - Perfect Exceeder
6 Travis - Closer
5 Freaks - The Creeps (Get On The Dancefloor)
4 Groove Amrada - Get Down
3 The Fratellis - Flathead
2 Kate Nash - Foundations
1 T2 ft.Jodie Aysha - Heartbroken (Wawa Remix)

2008
10 KanYe West - Flashing Lights
9 Dave Armstrong ft.H-Boogie - Love Has Gone
8 Solange - I Decided (Freemasons Remix)
7 The Guillemots - Falling Out Of Reach
6 The Killers - Human
5 KanYe West - Love Lockdown (Pjanoo Mashup)
4 Alphabeat - Fascination
3 Ne-Yo - Closer
2 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
1 The Futureheads - The Beginning Of The Twist

2009
10 Dizzee Rascal - Holiday
9 Zero 7 - Medicine Man
8 Keri Hilson - Return The Favour
7 Attacca Pesante - Make It Funky For Me
6 Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
5 Sugababes - Get Sexy
4 Paradiso Girls ft.Lil' Jon - Patron Tequila
3 Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm
2 Ciara ft.Missy Elliott - Work
1 Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone

2010
10 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed
9 Mumford & Sons - The Cave
8 Nicki Minaj - Itty Bitty Piggy
7 Alexis Jordan - Happiness
6 Kate Nash - Don't You Want To Share The Guilt?
5 Lethal Bizzle ft.Luciana - Go Go Go
4 David Guetta ft.Kid Cudi - Memories
3 Marina & The Diamonds - Shampain
2 Afrojack ft.Eva Simons - Take Over Control
1 Shakira ft.FRESHLYGROUND - Waka Waka

by **king_oxymoron** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:21 am

A properly diverse selection of songs here, lots of Shola and Sophie.. only 5 songs that have been in my own personal top 10's though - 'Stop', 'Holiday', 'Foundations', 'Memories' and 'The Weakness In Me'

by **steophonic** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:52 pm

You had great taste in 1997!

I think your taste in dance music in particular is second to none on here. Looking at the past charts: Southside Spinners, David Morales, Layo & Bushwacka, Plummet, Jupiter Ace, Red Carpet, Chris Lake, Bodyrox, Mason vs.Princess Superstar, Calvin Harris, Afrojack & David Guetta - some serious anthems there!

Hope this years rundown continues the trend!

by **Tiger** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:28 pm

by **CrazyCrazy** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:29 pm

Oooh I love many of your picks from previous years!!

by **irishguy28** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:06 pm

Just for putting Les Corrs at #1 in 1998, you are ledge.

by **Plym** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:36 pm

Cher Lloyd a major contender?

by **SholasBoy** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:04 pm

JANUARY

New Years eve was a weird one for me this year, I remember going home angry, waking up hung over the next day and thinking, pffftttt ‘ere we go again for another year then!

My first chart of the year began with Jazmine Sullivan kicking off with a new entry at the top, new year, new me, new #1, “Good Enough” was a fitting track really to start a new year, an empowering anthem, about moving on and not caring, if you’re not “Good Enough”

Although the album was released at the end of 2010, it was one of my soundtracks to the year, and I think, better than any album released in 2011. In the same week she was also in my top 10 with the lead single “Holding You Down (Goin’ In Circles).
As the year progressed it became obvious to me that it was gonna be another great year for R&B music as it blended into my other favourite genre, dance, other favourites included Pitbull’s “Hey Baby” and Alexis Jordan “Good Girl”.
There was still some room for pop and rock in my life though, as The Wombats continued to be one of my favourite bands, they reached #9 with “Jump Into The Fog”, while Avril Lavigne scored her first chart topper in my personal chart since 2004’s “Nobody’s Home”, “What The Hell” also finished as my most played song of the year.

Another genre started to creep back in this year too, mostly lead by Yasmin, the trip hop sound really started to show some promise, Yasmin managed to peak as high as #6 with lead single “On My Own”, while the slightly heavier drum and bass sounds of Chase & Status hit the top 5 with “Blind Faith”, it was clear this was a sound going to be borrowed for pop acts this year too as Black Eyed Peas scored a #1 with “Just Can’t Get Enough”, leading a very mixed R&B top 3, ahead of the Caribbean influenced “Man Down” (Rihanna) and dance/pop sound of “On The Floor” (Jennifer Lopez)

January #1s
W1: Jazmine Sullivan – Good Enough
W2: Jazmine Sullivan – Good Enough
W3: Avril Lavigne – What The Hell
W4: Rihanna – Man Down
W5: Black Eyed Peas – Just Can’t Get Enough

Other hits in January in my chart included Ciara’s “Turn It Up”, Nicki Minaj’s “Muny”, Rihanna’s “S&M” and Jessie J’s “Price Tag”.

by **king_oxymoron** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:24 am

Surprised you like that Avril track so much it was your most played! Loads of good picks here though, the Jazmine album as a whole and the inclusion of the Wombats being my highlights!

by **UKMusicLova** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:50 pm

I've been fully loving The Wombats this year! Their album is one of my favourites this year!

Also Jazmine's album fully grew on me, from being disappointed at first. Still not a patch on her classic debut IMO!.

I love 'What The Hell' too, quite surprised you love it also! :lol:

by **steophonic** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:57 pm

I found that Jazmine Sullivan song after checking out your chart at the time, I really like it.

Alexis Jordan - great obvs.

Avril... not so much.

Chase & Status have been constantly strong with their releases.

by **Tiger** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:23 am

W3: Avril Lavigne – What The Hell
W4: Rihanna – Man Down
W5: Black Eyed Peas – Just Can’t Get Enough

Those arenice. Will there be a chart?

by **abi** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:26 pm

"Just Can't Get Enough" is probably one of BEP's finest songs.

by **SholasBoy** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:18 am

FEBRUARY

Cool times in February, as king_oxymoron, steophonic, Thombus, Thriller and Plym all came to stay at my flat for a weekend, where I caused all manor of drama, pushing women out of fire escapes, throwing pints over Adam and trying to find something to cook 6 people with entirely different tastes! But when we get together I think we all usually discover something new in music or gain some love for one track or another.

The month started off with a new #1 in my chart, Flo Rida's "Who Dat Girl?" which I was sure was going to be a massive hit, it never was, though it gave him a second big #1 hit on my chart, following 2009's "Sugar", though he would make it a third by the end of the year.

2 of my favourite acts made comeback splashes in February. While Nicki Minaj has been one of my favourite acts of the year, I still thoroughly enjoyed Lil Kim's Nicki diss track "Black Friday" which peaked at #2, while a kick ass video and catchy chorus helped Lady GaGa score her only chart topper this year with "Born This Way", becoming her fourth over all, following "Bad Romance" "Telephone" and "Alejandro".

A huge chart topper from November 2010, "Monster" by KanYe West just wouldn't shift out of my chart and by its 20th week it was still as high as #7, the song went on to spend more than half a year in my top 50.

February was completed by DJ Tiesto, an act who had scored many hits in my charts over the years, but never quite reached the top 5 before, this time, he turned his mostly instrumental "C'Mon" into a Busta Rhymes rapping frenzy of a track "C'Mon (Catch Em By Surprise)", by it's 5th week it gave him a first #1, and Busta's first since 2006's "This Is How We Do It Over Here", the song eventually went on to spend 3 weeks at #1.

February #1s
W6 Flo Rida ft.Akon - Who Dat Girl?
W7 Flo Rida ft.Akon - Who Dat Girl?
W8 Lady GaGa - Born This Way
W9 Tiesto vs.Diplo ft.Busta Rhymes - C'Mon (Catch Em By Surprise)

Other hits in February include Shakira's "Rabiosa", Fabolous "You Be Killin Em", Groove Armada's "Time & Space" and Greg Parys "Why Don't We Just F***"

by **SholasBoy** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:24 am

Tiger wrote:Those arenice. Will there be a chart?

Yes at the end of the year.

by **JimJim** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:22 am

'Who Dat Girl' only peaked at #64 in the UK?!

It was a top 10 platinum hit here :lol:

...love that song.

by **Tiger** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:25 am

W8 Lady GaGa - Born This Way

by **king_oxymoron** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:06 pm

Well it sure wasn't that Flo Rida tune we all agreed on!

I like the GaGa and Tiesto tracks though

by **Thriller** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:50 pm

WHERE IS "GOOD GIRL"?!

EDIT: Oh, you mentioned it for January :lol:

by **SholasBoy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:47 am

MARCH

In March I remember doing a lot of clubbing, where I met a new group of friends that I became quite close to in this period, so I was going out quite a lot to get to know them a bit better. That's really the only thing of much influence I can remember from March..

It started off with the second single from Jodie Connor, making an immediate climb to the top. After her first single "Now Or Never" had been a minor hit on my chart, I was far more impressed by her follow up, "Bring It", featuring Tinchy Stryder, she returned the favour from featuring on his "In My System", a top 10 hit in my chart last year. Sadly she's yet to release any follow up to this yet.

While Adele had been blowing up in everyones charts in early 2011, it wasn't until March that she achieved a top 10 hit in mine, both her cover of Cheryl Cole's "Promise This" and "Set Fire To The Rain" made my top 10 in March at #7 and #8 respectively. It seemed quite a month for artists appearing twice in my top 10, as Pitbull peaked at #4 with "Give Me Everything", he also featured on Jennifer Lopez's big comeback single "On The Floor" which reached #2. Kelly Rowland also featured on 2 top 10 dance hits, Alex Gaudino's "What A Feeling" (#5), and Rune RK's "Free Fall" (#10), though the latter eventually peaked at #2 at the end of May. Finally, Dev also managed to peak at #9 in March with both "Bass Down Low" and "In The Dark"

Finally, after the initial success of Yasmin's debut single "On My Own", she followed Jodie Connor's footsteps by coming back even stronger and showing the UK still had some girl power as the Freemasons remix of "Finish Line" became the first song to debut at #1 since Jazmine Sullivan managed it with "Good Enough" in week 1.

March #1s
W10 Jodie Connor ft.Tinchy Stryder - Bring It
W11 Tiesto vs.Diplo ft.Busta Rhymes - C'Mon (Catch Em By Surprise)
W12 Tiesto vs.Diplo ft.Busta Rhymes - C'Mon (Catch Em By Surprise)
W13 Yasmin - Finish Line (Freemasons Remix)

Other hits in March include Rebecca Black's "Friday", Erick Morillo's "Live Your Life", Olav Basoski's "New Day" and Paul Morrell's "Give Me Love".

by **toni_pest** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:12 am

SholasBoy wrote:Other hits in March include Rebecca Black's "Friday"

:O that's rare, well, I like it too, so the shame's on both of us

by **king_oxymoron** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:51 pm

The Adele and Kelly stuff is great and I liked that Yasmin single much more than her debut.. not sure on RB though!

by **steophonic** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:02 am

Yes, great weekend in February, enjoyed it muchly - great music too, remembered for Alexis Jordan mainly but I also got a new found appreciation of the original mix of Cassius when I had overplayed the Scream remix to death by that point.

J-Lo was huge at the start of the year - pretty much dominated this period for me. Quite liked "Finish Line", "Give Me Love" "Live Your Life" and still loving Tiesto/Diplo around this point.

by **SholasBoy** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:38 pm

APRIL

April was a great battle between 2 huge dance singles all month, LMFAO had previously had some success in my chart with songs "LaLa" "Yes" and "Shots", but it was "Party Rock Anthem" that really kicked it off for them for me, it had me trying to master the shuffle and cutting into many feet and shins while attempting it in clubs. I was showing the video off to everyone and it became my longest running #1 of the year with 4 weeks. the longest since last years "Waka Waka" (My favourite of 2010).

Can't remember exactly what was going on in my life in April, but it did lead Thriller to at one point state "I think Shane's shuffled off UKMix!". The song being kept at #2 all month was an act who previously appeared with LMFAO on "No Getting Over", David Guetta brought out the big guns, Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj for one of the most addictive tracks of the year, "Where Them Girls At?" which sat 3 weeks behind LMFAO at #2.

2 of the longest runners in my chart in 2011 peaked in April too, with Kelly Rowland managing to reach as high as #4 with "Motivation", due to the "Ill Factor & Linney" remix getting my attention, after a shaky start, the song eventually spent 21 weeks inside my top 50. Also after no success with her first couple of singles in my chart, Clare Maguire went as high as #3 in April with "The Shield and The Sword", a song that would spend 19 weeks inside my chart.

April #1s
W14 Yasmin - Finish Line (Freemasons Remix)
W15 LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
W16 LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
W17 LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem

Other hits in April include "Top Of The World" from The Cataracs, Alexis Jordan's "Hush Hush" and 2 more songs that wouldn't shift all year, Devlin's "Runaway" and KanYe Wests "All Of The Lights".

by **toni_pest** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:46 pm

LMFAO and David Guetta both had great dance tracks, Alexis and Kanye/Rihanna are also great