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The Top 100 Tunes of 2008: Part 4
61. Nickelback – Gotta Be Somebody
62. Death Cab For Cutie – Cath
63. Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful Of Sunshine
64. Linkin Park – Leave Out All The Rest
65. Carrie Underwood – Last Name
66. Craig David vs. Bob Sinclair – Hold On To The Hot Stuff
67. Christina Aguilera – Keeps Getting Better
68. Jordin Sparks – One Step At A Time
69. Kenny Chesney – Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
70. Rise Against – ReEducation (Through Labour)
Two American Idol winners make their presence known in this set, as
Jordin Sparks appears with her second of three on the year-end, and
Carrie Underwood with her first of two. On the pop front as well, we see one-off appearances from
Christina Aguilera and
Natasha Bedingfield, with two above average pop songs, and the mighty renovation of
Craig David ‘Hot Stuff’, which was mashed up with Bob Sinclair’s epic ‘World Hold On’ to club shattering results. The rock realm is well represented with solo year-end showings from
Linkin Park,
Nickelbak and
Rise Against, all of which peaked just inside the top 10 on my personal chart, while
Death Cab For Cutie show up for the last time on the singles tally. Their album, ‘Narrow Stairs’, will do very well on the year-end albums tally.
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The Top 100 Tunes Of 2008: Part 5
51. Seether – Rise Above This
52. T.I. f/ M.I.A., Kanye West, Jay Z, Lil’ Wayne – Swagga Like Us
53. Britney Spears – Piece Of Me
54. MGMT – Time To Pretend
55. Alicia Keys – Teenage Love Affair
56. City & Color – Waiting
57. Coldplay – Lost!
58. Seether – Fake It
59. Theory Of A Deadman – Bad Girlfriend
60. Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
Seether scored two top 5 singles this year on my personal chart, and both of them occupy space in this last set before we begin counting down the top 50. Also on the Modern Rock front,
MGMT sees its first of two charting singles make an appearance, with a track that took forever to grow on me, while
Coldplay begin their monumental year-end campaign with their first of three singles to chart, and obviously, a huge album placing awaits '‘Viva La Vida’. Canada is also well represented with
Theory Of A Deadman and
City & Color making solo top 100 appearances in this set. On the pop side of things,
Britney Spears launches her 2008 year-end campaign, with her first of three tracks to chart and a sure to be solid showing for ‘Circus’ on the album tally. ‘Piece Of Me’ was without a doubt, a criminally denied hit on pop radio. Last but not least,
T.I. appears with his first of three, which just so happens to be a mega who’s who in hip hop amalgamation, which led to a brilliant M.I.A. sample, a sick Kanye verse, and a line, ‘Can’t wear skinny jeans ‘cos my nuts don’t fit’.
Oh. And after a banner 2007 year, where she had two #1 singles, and three more top 5 hits; a year-end campaign with three songs in the top 20, two more in the top 50, and a #4 album...
Amy Winehouse had a more subdued 2008 where she peaked with 'Love Is A Losing Game' at #6 on my personal chart.
Tomorrow:. I’m busy. But Sunday I’ll make up for it. #20-16 albums, and the top 50 tunes begins! #50-41. Don’t miss out!