Christmas is next week and you probably don't have time to read lots of words, so here's a concise list of 2019's Best Albums as decided by us (and a lot of arguing and joint mathematics), which includes a key track for your listening pleasure (and the rather unsurprising realisation that Jack Antonoff is maybe the real winner of this year's albums list).
As we end the year, our final gift to you is this playlist of our top fifty favourite songs of 2019 (in no particular order; we love them all)!
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Having just released his sophomore album 'Fine Line', Harry Styles took to BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge to perform an excellent rendition of Lizzo's song 'Juice', as well as performances of 'Adore You', 'Lights Up', and a Christmas song, 'Wonderful Christmastime'.
Watch the performances below...
Having just spent the last few months touring the US with Conan Gray, BENEE has shared a new music video for 'Blu', lifted from her 'Stella & Steve' EP.
About the song and music video, Stella shares: "Blu is my favourite song out of the Stella & Steve EP! I also wrote & played the guitar bridge at the end of song which is a first for me hahar.
At Jack Antonoff's annual benefit show for The Ally Coalition, this year's surprise special guests included Ezra Koenig, Carly Rae Jepsen (who performed an unreleased song!), Dev Hynes, and Jason Isbell.
Koenig, Hynes, and Isbell all banded together to perform 'Married In A Gold Rush', and Koenig also played 'A-Punk' live with an assist from Antonoff.
Watch videos from the show below...
To raise money for the NSW Rural Fire Service in Australia, Ruel is auctioning some of his old clothes off on eBay with all proceeds going to help firefighters who are currently battling more than 100 fires across New South Wales.
Grimes has shared a new single '4ÆM' today, the fourth single lifted from her upcoming album 'Miss Anthropocene', which is scheduled for release on February 21st, 2020.
The song was first teased back in 2018 via a Tweet from Grimes where she described the song as "my ethereal chav jam that’s like ... a cyberpunk interpretation of the bajirao mastani movie (plz watch this incredible film if u haven’t) from mastanis perspective."
Ryan Beatty has shared a new 'performance' version of his single 'Dark Circles', which showcases his stunning vocals in the song even more.
Listen to the new rendition below...
Getting in the Christmas spirit, Vampire Weekend appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden to perform a mash-up of 'Christmas Time Is Here' and 'Harmony Hall', even featuring and adorable six-piece children's choir.
Watch the performance below...
Dua Lipa has shared a taster of her upcoming album 'Future Nostalgia' with the album's title track, a sassy disco-inspired song which sees Lipa playfully commenting on expectations around her music ("You want a timeless song, I wanna change the game"), and in a rap-section partway through she declares, "I can't build you up if you ain't tough enough / I can't teach a man how to wear his pants."
Listen to 'Future Nostalgia' below...