AMF Chart Week 18 2016

[Setherex]

Welcome to Week 18 of the AMF Chart! The chart we're trying to keep our faith, but Kanye is looking for more.

Here are your rankings for Week 17 (number of weeks on the chart so far in parentheses):
1. Grimes feat. Janelle Monáe - "Venus Fly" (3)
2. PJ Harvey - "The Community of Hope" (7)
3. Iggy Pop - "Gardenia" (4)
4. ANOHNI - "Drone Bomb Me" (6)
5. Yeasayer - "I Am Chemistry" (1)
6. Parquet Courts - "Human Performance" (2)
6. Tegan and Sara - "Boyfriend" (2)
8. Kendrick Lamar - "untitled 07 2014 - 2016" (3)
9. Massive Attack feat. Young Fathers - "Voodoo in My Blood" (4)
10. M83 - "Do It, Try It" (7)
11. Kanye West - "Ultralight Beam" (10)
12. DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels - "Nobody Speak" (1)
13. Deftones - "Hearts/Wires" (2)
14. Deakin - "Golden Chords" (1)
14. Parquet Courts - "Berlin Got Blurry" (1)
16. Andrew Bird - "Left Handed Kisses" (2)
16. Colin Stetson - "Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile" (2)
18. Anna Meredith - "Nautilus" (1)
19. Charles Bradley - "Slow Love" (1)
19. dvsn - "The Line" (1)
Total Votes: 117

The top 10 songs from last week's Chart went through to this week's. Kanye West narrowly misses his first entry into the Hall of Fame with perhaps the best song from his new album. This Chart has never been very friendly to hip hop, though I'm still fairly surprised he wasn't able to make the leap. Definitely not the first time that songs have narrowly missed the 10 week mark, however - all part of the game.

2016 Chart-Toppers by Week (by vote count, not chart position; total weeks atop chart in parentheses):
1. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (2)
2. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (3)
3. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (4)
4. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (5)
5. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel"
6. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (2)
7. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (3)
8. David Bowie - "Lazarus"
9. David Bowie - "Lazarus" (2)
10. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (4)
11. David Bowie - "Lazarus" (3)
12. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (5)
13. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (6)
14. M83 - "Do It, Try It"
15. Grimes feat. Janelle Monáe - "Venus Fly"
16. Courtney Barnett - "Three Packs a Day"
17. Grimes feat. Janelle Monáe - "Venus Fly" (2)

2016 Hall of Fame (10 weeks of advancing votes; automatically retired from chart):
David Bowie - "Lazarus" (Weeks 2 - 11)
Radiohead - "Spectre" (Weeks 2 - 11)
Savages - "Adore" (Weeks 2 - 11)
PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (Weeks 4 - 13)
Grimes - "Artangels" (Weeks 5 - 14)
Courtney Barnett - "Three Packs a Day" (Weeks 7 - 16)

Here is this week's 17-song Spotify chart (with 2 songs included below via external link)


Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar - "Freedom" (streaming on Tidal)

Prince - "Screwdriver"

Here is your 2016 AMF Chart playlist of all songs on the chart so far this year:


Thank you all for voting and nominating continuously every week! Please don't be afraid to supply us with nominations - all songs six months old and younger (or who have received promotion via album/video/single in the last six months) are accepted! And seconding nominations by others gives those songs a better chance at making the next poll!

As per usual, the next poll will be created as close to Sunday at 19:00 UTC as I can make it. Best of voting!

[Setherex]

Couple notes - I think Anderson .Paak has broken a record for nominations in a single year, this now being his fifth since January. And yet still no Hall of Fame entries. We'll have to wait and see if this one pays off.

On the other hand, I don't believe this is the first time two songs of the same name have been in the nomination pool simultaneously. I don't recall what the previous instance was, but I'm also too lazy to go back and search for it right now

More importantly, however, if anyone can please find me a streaming link to Kashiwa Daisuke's "Crystal Valley," it would be greatly appreciated!

[babydoll]

Sorry, Setherex, it must have gotten taken down from YouTube! I didn't realize this.

[Setherex]

Sorry, Setherex, it must have gotten taken down from YouTube! I didn't realize this.

It's cool! Fortunately, it isn't a requirement of the Chart for the songs to actually be listenable, haha. Just makes it more unlikely to receive votes, I suppose.

But then again, this Forum does seem to have a very high affinity for Daisuke. Where there's a will, they might be a way.

[Rdwdbob]

Shearwater - 'A Long Time Away' ... thrilling and chilling at the same time! ... and oh man that last minute build-up (headphones mandatory).

[spiritualized]

There is something about Massive Attack's song that absolutes fascinates me, in a creepy kind of way. It reaches their best moments with Tricky.
Underwhelmed by Beyonce, but I do think she gets better with age.
I am shocked by the weak showing from Tegan & Sara - they had such a strong debut, but this song is a poor, poor comparison. Somuchso that I actually voted for its big sister, Grimes - which is a first.
Yeasayer's song is growing on me by the week.
Nice discoveries for this week - King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard (what a name )

Nominations for next week

Andrew Bird - Roma Fade (much better than the first nominated a couple of weeks ago)
and if room allows - Beach Baby - Limousine

[Romain]

I nominate:
Wire - Nocturnal Koreans

[bonnielaurel]

Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

[Setherex]

Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

A repeat nomination from a few weeks ago. May re-enter the Chart with at least two supporting nominations!

[Setherex]

Can we skip the formalities and just nominate "Burn the Witch" to the Hall of Fame, please?

How many 'seconds' do we need to accomplish this

[EmilienDelRey]

Domo Genesis - Dapper

[babydoll]

Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

I'll second.

[spiritualized]

Can we skip the formalities and just nominate "Burn the Witch" to the Hall of Fame, please?

How many 'seconds' do we need to accomplish this

If I "most certainly" second that, does it count for two "secondings" ?
Wait, is that an actual nomination ??

[JohnnyBGoode]

Can we skip the formalities and just nominate "Burn the Witch" to the Hall of Fame, please?

How many 'seconds' do we need to accomplish this

If I "most certainly" second that, does it count for two "secondings" ?
Wait, is that an actual nomination ??

I should have seconded this earlier but I've had it on repeat since I got home.

If it still needs a proper nomination, I nominate it.

[Gillingham]

Can we skip the formalities and just nominate "Burn the Witch" to the Hall of Fame, please?

How many 'seconds' do we need to accomplish this

Not sure if this is a nomination, but I'll second it anyway.

[acroamor]

I'd like to throw in a nomination for "Happy" by Mitski, a much weirder track than her previous single.

[whuntva]

Someone has to nominate "Burn the Witch".

It may as well be me.

[Setherex]

Someone has to nominate "Burn the Witch".

It may as well be me.

You would actually be the fifth to do so.

[Maschine_Man]

Just want to thank the people who nominated "Oh, To Be A Defector" and "Boyfriend". Two fantastic songs that have been all in my ears for the last few days.

They just released a video, and I'm seeing them later in the week, I nominate Tacocat - "Talk"

[spiritualized]

A pleasure, Maschine_Man, I nominated Chorusgirl.
Although I wont't take any credit, it is just the catchiest song of all the eligible songs in my "discoveries" of the week from Spotify. I listen to these every Monday religiously and sometimes little gems like "Oh, to be a defector" makes onto my list.

This is how I discovered "Dusseldorf" from Teleman and the Salad Boys...great jangle pop.

[babydoll]

I'd like to nominate James Blake's I Need a Forest Fire.

[3coco3]

I propose to nominate " Daydreaming " by Radiohead , in addition to " Burn the Witch"

[Setherex]

My weekly reminder to get your votes, nominations, and seconding nominations in before "Burn the Witch" beats them all tomorrow. My futile noms for the week:

Todd Slant - "Tsunami"
Mitski - "Happy"
Braids - "Companion"

[babydoll]

Setherex, you just seconded acroamor's nomination for Mitski's Happy.

[Setherex]

Setherex, you just seconded acroamor's nomination for Mitski's Happy.

I'll take it