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Chart Notes: Not much going on here this week. I feel like a broken record here, but yeah, this is moving slowly. For one, I went out of town to Vegas for a Bachelor's Party for a couple days and I really didn't listen to anything during that time (it was fun). When I got back, I came home to horrible allergies and have just about been the walking dead and haven't felt like doing much of anything let alone listen to music so... plays are low across the board. Actually, instead, I've been rewatching Friends. It's a great show, watch if you haven't! I also have been trying out Apple Music. It's pretty cool! I don't think I'm won over by streaming yet, but it's been nice to be able to keep up on new releases that way.
In fact, one of my Apple Music discoveries is charting this week! Vince Staples's album: Summertime '06 is currently charting, I've streamed it once or twice in addition to a couple tracks from it. I don;t scrobble or track my Apple Music plays so it has no plays listed, but it substantially shaped my week enough that I threw it up here. To be honest, I was browsing the service and tried it out because I saw a Jhene Aiko feature and loved it. It's an album of the year contender in all honesty. As far as the music on the album chart goes, Carrie Underwood charts, because I took a listen to her album for the first time in awhile because one of my Survivor Entries revolves around her (she's great, she's going to do well here when she finally puts out a new album). Brantley Gilbert tops the album chart for a second week - a rare feat. Usually artists don;t top the album chart for multiple weeks. As Far as I know, only Drake and Ciara have done so (and both chart this week coincidentally!).
The singles chart sees not much flux. A couple new debuts on the lower regions, I only really expect Fly to go anywhere significant or stick around for a substantial amount of time, but also a couple Rih-Entries from Bitch Better Have My Money and American Oxygen. The video for BBHMM was a big help in all honesty; the song was getting ready to fall off here, but gained some new life, it's aready one of my most played songs and can only go up from here to be honest. Even though there are 20 songs here, play this week were so low, putting this chart together was tricky this week; however, Brantley and Bottoms Up got more than twice the amount of plays of Tom's Diner. Bottoms Up looks like it's on lock for another week at number one; if it makes it that far, it will become tied for one of the longest running number ones here and possibly be subject to the curse of three weeks (when a song that has spent three weeks at number 1 suddenly plummets off the chart). I have no idea if that will happen, Brantley could break the record, time will tell. Until next week and Happy 4th of July!
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Tom's Diner NEEDS that #1. 
Why is Ciara still here? 
Jason bae  American Oxygen
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Screaming is how I feel about Sam Smith tbh.
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Tom's Diner NEEDS that #1.
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It's gonna be hard for Brit to rack in enough plays. It could happen though.
There really haven't been very many good pop albums, so I've just kept Jackie on my ipod. I think I caught Stockholm Syndrome or something from Jackie. I like a bunch of the album now.  Help me! 
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Thank you! He's completely overrated and shrill. We agree there 
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Yes. Like replaces like! Brantley takes down Luke What else would have been number 1? Seriously though, there's not much going on in pop at the moment.
T.I. is great and always brings the fire! Don't do the Tik Tik Boom featured artist like that  I'd actually be curious to see which song you like more, Bottoms Up or Kick The Dust Up. 
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True, but these country songs... 
And no I wasn't shading T.I., I meant since this song has T.I. on it, it MUST be a bro-country song.
Very smart
Coffee! I just got into his album today and I'm reeeeally into it. 
Want to Want Me back too, right on the week it leaves for me
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The Quarterly Bloom
Best Of: Quarter Two
Hi everybody. I decided to do a best of Quarter 2 on a whim after talking music with Cristhian; I had no idea Q2 was already over! Time flies! I threw together a list really quick and decided I'd post it. So I swiped my Q1 format real quick decided to reuse my Q1 formatting (available here for consistency sake.I checked out prezli's chart recently and saw that she had put up a Best Of for the first quarter of the year and I was inspired to do the same. This year has been a great year so far and is only looking up so I definitely do have enough to work with for a pretty nice Quarterly report.
Honestly, Q2 >> Q1 in terms of singles and songs; but Q1 >> Q2 in terms of albums. I'm cautiously optimistic for Q3 and Q4; one thing I've been missing out on is some good mainstream pop!
I just got and have listened to some new albums, but unfortunately haven't been digested properly yet (special shout-out to Vince Staples's Summertime '06, Passion Pit's Kindred, and Miguel's Wildheart! There's always Q3 for them though!
Speaking of charting, If you're looking for the most recent chart update, you can find that here (or just look like 4 posts above this guy.
Top 20 Songs
 Top 20 Songs20: A$AP Rocky (feat. Mos Def & Acyde) - Back Home
The closer to A$AP's underrated sophomore album; it's more energetic than most of the album and kind of goes off. The real reason it is here though is the eerie send-off to the departed A$AP Yams.
19: Block B - BASTARZ - Zero For Conduct
Talk about going off! This one is unrelenting!
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18: Rihanna American Oxygen
Breathe In. Breathe Out. It should have been an iconic opening line instead of representing painful blandness in album form. American Oxygen is greatness; love how that industrial churn adds a bleakness to the track.
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17: Miguel - coffee
This one is kind of a cheat, seeing as how it already appeared in another form in my official Best Of 2014. But this is too good not to be here. Rich and Earth, this song made me like coffee!
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16: .wav Theory - Oscillate
It's a cut off a mixtape, but one of the year's weirdest and most playful tracks. It sounds exactly like you'd expect it to based off the title and the cover I guess?
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15: A$AP Rocky - L$D
A$AP is more of an album's artist on his new album. L$D is a stand-out thoughThe way that this one just slowly trickles at it's own pace is addictive.
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14: Ciara - Lullaby
Ciara got flack for going pop; the 1-2 punch of Lullaby - Dance Like We're Making Love is enough to justify that move.
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13: EXO - My Answer
K-Pop can be way too caffeinated and overstimulating at times. This was the Quarter I really got into K-Pop for the first time, thanks in big part to this delicate and affecting piano ballad that showed me that there was more to K-Pop than I thought
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12: Giorgio Moroder (feat. Britney Spears) - Tom's Diner
This is an ironic song to come after my write-up for EXO, I know; but, I am a huge Britney fan and this is the best collab she released this year. It's interesting to hear her cover a song like this.
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11: Disclosure (feat. Gregory Porter) - Holding On
I was disappointed at first, but that soulful vocal makes me feel happy in a way no other song this year has made me feel; and the song is still danceable 
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[SIZE="4"]10: Big Sean - Paradise/SIZE]
When did Sean get good? Trick question, he hasn't. This song though sets up the illusion he is. Clouds descend in from out of nowhere as soon as Mike Will's intro hits and you know the track isn't gonna let up. Sean stumbled into menacing brilliance with this one.
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09: Yelawolf - Devil In My Veins
Yelawolf is basically the Southern Eminem, so it's weird for him to release a sung bluesy folk tune; but this song is white hot enough to justify a career change for him
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08: Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money[
Y'all should know her well enough, she does what she wants and rihleases what she wants. It's a little formless, but one of the funnest songs of the year.
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07: Brantley Gilbert (feat. T.I.) - Bottoms Up (Remix)
Another song that reappears from my best of 2014 in another form. Bottoms Up doubles down on bro country and explodes in just the right ways.
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06: Taylor Swift (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Bad Blood
[I]I still can't believe this is a thing. I never would've imagines a sleek electronic Kendrick Lamar featuring #1 hit from Taylor Swift written in the style of Katy Perry, but here we are. It works. (Kendrick's the weak link here: his ad-libs bring down the song slightly)
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05: Zedd (feat. Jon Bellion) - Beautiful Now
I'm not a big fan of Zedd. I'm only into this one because I became of fan of Jon Bellion's work after his mixtape last year. Glad I got into this though. This song takes off.
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04: Disclosure - Bang That
People were lukewarm to this one for some reason. Maybe because it wasn't as poppy as some of Disclosure's other stuff? Whatever the reason, Bang That is white hot. "Bang That til you pass out. Shake that til you pass out/ Freak That Til you pass out." This decade's Technologic
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03: Ciara - Dance Like We're Making Love
Too much about the Jackie era comes off like a low budget mess. Too much to list here. The one thing that didn't go wrong is the music. Dance Like We're Making Love is , sharp, clean, atmospheric, and alluring; one of Ci's best and that is a very good thing.
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02: Luke Bryan - Kick The Dust Up
I'm a huge fan of Luke's first singles and this is no exception. The lyrics are trite, but the urgency Luke delivers the chorus about turning a cornfield into a party tell me he means business and knows he can do just that.
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01: MNDR (feat. Killer Mike) - Lock & Load
I'm a huge fan of both these artists. In fact, they released two of my favorite 2012 albums (separately of course). Imagine my surprise when I was thirstily searching for new news about them and randomly found out that not only they released new music, they had collaborated. I had never imagined the two working together, but it was a dream collaboration put together by the people behind Grand Theft Auto. This track delivered; it's cinematic, atmospheric, and the tension that it builds is incredibly satisfying. It's the standard pop song with a rap feature turned on it's head, strapped to the teeth, and out for blood. Katy could never.
Top 10 Albums
Top 10 Albums
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Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
It has it's moments, it's a little boring a difficult to fully engage with but has an interesting concept; the jazzy production is a winner though.
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Haitus Kaiyote
Choose Your Weapon
One of the more adventurous releases this year, tied together by a jazzy looseness.
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Brandon Flowers
The Desired Effect
It's hard to deny this album. The Killer's frontman does excelletn alternative pop.
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Milencolin
True Brew
Hooky Swedish pop-punk rock that hits better and more satisfyingly than Green Day or blink nostalgia
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Thee Oh Sees
Mutilator Defeated At Last
Menacing, loose, and dangerous garage rock.
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Blur
The Magic Whip
It might not sink in immediately, but this is melancholy and its most replayable and captivating.
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Towkio
.wav Theory
I got this one off of datpiff, but I'll count it as an album because I counted Drake for Q1. The best mixtape this quarter; it's playful, experimental, and just a lot of fun which is refreshing to hear in 2015.
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Carrie & Lowell
Downcast folk for those cloudy days spent contemplating life.
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Jackie
A major disappointment at first because of the strangeness in hearing Ciara do straight-up pop without the proper priming by her label and marketing nation team; but one of the best pop releases this year
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A$AP Rocky
At.Long.Last.A$AP
[A$AP came back with a great album that murkily creeps along and develops and unravels at its own pace
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Where is The Balcony?  The Magic Whip 
Are you serious with Jackie?
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Okay, so I just listened to that #LuvUHater (I was so intrigued by the title )
Oh, it's mostly in Korean, right? All I could understand were the English cuss words. 
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Bottoms Up #1 again 
Higher with a new peak and Jason Derulo is back 
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New chart: Oh, yeah! Bottoms Up for Brantley and T.I for their #1 spot again this week! I wonder if Luke can kick their dusts up. We’re are dancing like we’re making 10 bands. Bang That Devil in my Veins. Bitch finally rih-lease her video and it’s worth the wait. Breathe in Breathe Out is back! Holding ON needs to rebound. I like the video for it. We have different reasons why we’re not streaming fans. You because you actually buy your music (gasp!) and I enjoy free from You-tube (you selfish bastard!). But I may try the Apple Music free trial soon. Maybe for 1989, but then again if I didn’t like her singles then why would I want to stream her album let alone buy her album.
Best of Q2: Back Home is great song and I enjoy listening to it. Make me want to check out songs from his latest album. American Oxygen is of course a great R8 single. Coffee is f**king good and that’s the f**king coffee. LSD is here too. Lullaby is so good, K-pop! Glad that Holding on is here and it’s so danceable, agree what you said about Yelawolf. Rih does what Rih wants like releasing a video 3 months late in which she co-directs and got the people talking and feminists clashing, Bottoms Up (Remix), you and your dislike of Lamar’s adlibs, and the whole top 5 rules so much. Great job.
Hopefully, I can bring the YTT my Q1 and Q2 updates before I start classes again.
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AO2 comes back on the countdown & Ghost Town reaching a new peak 
Bad Blood in the Top 10 for Q2 
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Coffee
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A$AP slaying
Bad Blood Style isn't here? 
BBHMM, AO2, Coffee, Beautiful Now
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Want to Want Me returns
Adam's song is ok too, I like the unique kind of laid-back sound.
Carrie's album charting  I never did check it out but Good Girl was one of my favorite songs in 2012.
Beautiful Now is good but I'm also waiting for more interesting mainstream releases. Maybe late summer and early fall will provide that like in 2014.
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YAS Kendrick, Sufjan and Hiatus Kaiyote slaying the albums Q2 chart.
Honestly, TRF.
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Where is The Balcony? The Magic Whip
Are you serious with Jackie?
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Late response and I am sorry, but The Balcony was prominently featured in my best of Q1! And it will be sure to do quite well in my year end. (I hope that the year end takes its damn time to get here though; this year has been going by so fast!)
And yeah, Jackie! For real! Fun fact: People call me Jackie from time to time and I hate it  I like the album though 
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And? How'd you like it? #Luv or #Hate? K-Pop songs have amazing titles though
Honestly, whenever I listen to a foreign language song, I assume most of the words are cuss words. Apparently I listen to really explicit language.
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Bottoms Up #1 again
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Jason has been performing really spotty, Brantlely has been really consistent. Ironically, if this was made the same time last year, things would probably be opposite.
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Tom's Diner <3
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Tom's Diner is so great! I've increased my milk pouring by at least 15% since I've been listening
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New chart: Oh, yeah! Bottoms Up for Brantley and T.I for their #1 spot again this week! I wonder if Luke can kick their dusts up. We’re are dancing like we’re making 10 bands. Bang That Devil in my Veins. Bitch finally rih-lease her video and it’s worth the wait. Breathe in Breathe Out is back! Holding ON needs to rebound. I like the video for it. We have different reasons why we’re not streaming fans. You because you actually buy your music (gasp!) and I enjoy free from You-tube (you selfish bastard!). But I may try the Apple Music free trial soon. Maybe for 1989, but then again if I didn’t like her singles then why would I want to stream her album let alone buy her album.
Best of Q2: Back Home is great song and I enjoy listening to it. Make me want to check out songs from his latest album. American Oxygen is of course a great R8 single. Coffee is f**king good and that’s the f**king coffee. LSD is here too. Lullaby is so good, K-pop! Glad that Holding on is here and it’s so danceable, agree what you said about Yelawolf. Rih does what Rih wants like releasing a video 3 months late in which she co-directs and got the people talking and feminists clashing, Bottoms Up (Remix), you and your dislike of Lamar’s adlibs, and the whole top 5 rules so much. Great job.
Hopefully, I can bring the YTT my Q1 and Q2 updates before I start classes again.
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Brantley and TI are rocking this quiet little country chart for sure Too bad about Luke, his dusty song is my number 2 most played song (of all time) at the moment but he was kind of robbed here. Oh well, that's how the dust dissipates I guess
I think Rih should just sit on all her videos from now on. Bitch Better wait to Rihlease her videos since BBHMM and Pour It Up are my two favorite Rihanna videos. I would highly rec 1989 though. The Jack Antonoff produced album tracks are worth it; especially if you checked out his Bleachers album and liked it. I was really won over by Out Of The Woods, I Wish You Would, and others. I've been enjoying the trial to be honest.
Thank you for supporting my Q2 best of I stand by what I say about K-Dot's "ughs" and "you better let it gos" though. I hope we don't have Bad Blood now. If we do, I might just have to chart King Kunta next week.
Also, you should do the best of. I'll follow along/support it, if you haven't done it already. I need to comeback to this section and restart everything I've missed it. Anyway, thanks for the comment. Cheers and bottoms up 
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Those :mazens: s make me think the public health grade for the diner is on the low side  I may have to shut it down.
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A$AP slaying
Bad Blood Style isn't here?
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Must.Chart.A$AP
Sorry about Style  I think it's my least favorite 1989 single. Blank Space > Shake It Off > Bad Blood > Style.
But I love the songs you highlighted/outlined !
Anyway, I think that you're gonna like a lot more soon.
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Want to Want Me returns
Adam's song is ok too, I like the unique kind of laid-back sound.
Carrie's album charting I never did check it out but Good Girl was one of my favorite songs in 2012.
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Want To Want Me needs to stick around, it's hot and it's cold it';s yes than it's no. You know? I want to want it stick around for awhile. Adam's song is cool, but it doesn't really "pop" in a big way if you know what I mean.
Hey though, I love Good Girl! The reason I downloaded the album back in the day. I kind of sat out her Play On Era but, Good Girl got me back on board. The album is pretty good.
Gosh, pop has been pretty weak though this year. I think it's been a great year for other genres, but pop is dire. I'm hoping for an eventful late summer/early fall.
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All those albums are awesome and are likely to clean up at the end of the year Looking forward to your best of again actually. I got some good stuff from their last time.
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