...and spreadsheet maven Arron put together a #NowPop40 playlist with all the crowdsourced entries.
https://www.tumblr.com/weaversweek/721652908767182848/nowpop40
#NowPop40

Over on my mastodon feed, there’s a daily pop music challenge. This month is #Popiversary2, for which I’m posting chilled-out songs for a hot summer. (check weather) Never mind. Last month was #Now…

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Happy 40th birthday to the Now! That's What I Call Music series. Popular music from the last few months distilled into a handy double-CD.

Back in the summer, I was in #NowPop40, selecting my favourite entries from some of the Now! albums...
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Content warning: This month's music theme

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After the nominations from 34 people were all in, sponsor Arron put together a playlist.

Because some of us want to keep information in the public sphere, the complete #NowPop40 rundown is on my Tumblr, with links to the Spotify playlists if that's your bag.
https://www.tumblr.com/weaversweek/721652908767182848

And whatever you're doing tonight, have a nice night!

#NowPop40

Over on my mastodon feed, there’s a daily pop music challenge. This month is #Popiversary2, for which I’m posting chilled-out songs for a hot summer. (check weather) Never mind. Last month was #Now…

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Day 30 (Part 2) - NOW 48

Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V_xRb0x9aw

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (Official Video)

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Day 30 (Part 1) - NOW 47

Babylon - David Gray

This song always reminds me of being in the UK in 2001-02

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI_SBAkdKzc

DAVID GRAY - Babylon (Official Music Video)

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Borrowing from #Paramore, Olivia delivers a sharp rebuke to her loser ex, and wishes them all the best.

And as we finish #NowPop40, we hope it's been good for you. Sung sincerely, and not as cynically as #OliviaRodrigo does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNi_6U5Pm_o

Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (Official Video)

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#MileyCyrus has come a long way from her squeaky-clean Disney Channel origins. "Midnight sky" oozes sensuality, dark menace, growing with someone and then apart from them.

Also the one excuse to get Stevie Nicks into #NowPop40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxZl2cFvjRs

Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky in the Live Lounge

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Treading similar territory as #AlanisMorissette and #Lorde, #AvaMax sings of a relationship with someone who's ummable, but carries a lot of emotional baggage. Will the singer's character be ruled by their head, or their urges?

"Sweet but psycho" was an early ultra-long-runner, 15 weeks at Vlaamse nummer één. Songs remain popular forever in the streaming error.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMIE8G3Ek_0

Ava Max - 'Sweet But Psycho' | Live at Isle of MTV Malta 2019

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Day 29 - NOW 46

Oops! ... I Did It Again - Britney Spears

The time I wore a red spandex body suit and a blonde wig to a fancy dress party still gets talked about to this day as one of the great fancy dress success stories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow

The #DuaLipa hit factory has been operating at full pelt for almost a full decade.

"IDGAF" is my pick for #NowPop40; in part because one of my outright faves, also because it's the standout song in a very varied year.

Dua leads her army into battle against a useless ex, perhaps against her own feelings for useless ex. Sharp and punchy and strident: makes its point, leaves, done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgfe5tIwOj0

Dua Lipa - IDGAF (Official Music Video)

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