2012: The Year In Music

2012 – Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee. Whitney Houston passes away. The UK hosts its third Olympic Games. Felix Baumgartner breaks the record for highest skydive at 128,097 feet. And the world didn’t end, as some prophesised … so let’s celebrate with some banging music! I’ll be looking at the popular and highest-ratedContinue reading “2012: The Year In Music”

2011: The Year In Music

2011 – a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hits off the coast of Japan, near the city of Sendai, triggering a huge tsunami. Millions tune in for the royal wedding between Kate Middleton and Prince William. The US announces that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed. Amy Winehouse is found dead at the age ofContinue reading “2011: The Year In Music”

Billboard Top 100 All-Time Greatest Hits – Every Track Ranked

If I’ve learnt anything in my life, it’s that you don’t need to write a good song for it to become a hit. I decided to rank the Billboard Top 100 All-Time Greatest Hits (as of January 2023, when I began this colossal undertaking) based on my personal tastes – this will definitely annoy aContinue reading “Billboard Top 100 All-Time Greatest Hits – Every Track Ranked”

My Spotify Wrapped 2022 – Every Song Ranked

One of the things I look forward to most at the end of each year is my Spotify Wrapped – I usually have no idea which songs were my most-played, so it’s always an eye-opening experience. Since I’ve gotten into the habit of ranking things on this blog, I thought it would be fun toContinue reading “My Spotify Wrapped 2022 – Every Song Ranked”