BIG POP GIRLS 2022 - THE END

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Alien Superstar was in my top 3 Renaissance tracks since the jump so it's absolutely the most deserving winner. There were a LOT of questionable decisions earlier in the rate ddd so it's nice that the winner at least was correct.

Thank you @aux as always! And also thank you for introducing me properly to Rosalía as I probably wouldn't have listened to her album several times over if it wasn't for this rate. Now I stan!
 
It's interesting to read the background of "PURE/HONEY" - the production is amazing (as on the entire album) but I never returned to the song.
"ALIEN SUPERSTAR" just felt like the rate winner, it has an excellent chorus and those synths during it are especially the highlight.

Thank you for hosting, @aux! You did such a great job and I really enjoyed the write-ups.
Hopefully I'll finally take part in a BPG rate next time.
 
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@aux, hun, thank you so much for hosting this!

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It was a Beyoncé thriller this year, and deservedly so.

I had such a blast following along, counting down a year where the girls brought it.
 
Some of the choices made along the way by the voters really were, well, choices, but can't argue with the winner. Thank you for hosting @aux.

Thinking about what the next edition might be like and realising that we're almost halfway through the year and the only album released so far/currently announced that kinda fits is Endless Summer Vacation

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Though I guess there's also SZA, plus if this means Billboard albums chart #1 chanteuse Karol G gets a spot then I'm all for it, that's my 11 sorted

 
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While the rate's reveals are over, there are a couple of housekeeping things left for me to do. I'll do them later tomorrow as tonight, I want to indulge in a glass of white wine, Nando's and a movie to unwind.

Before I leave for my little break...

It's been an insane year, once again. I really love hosting these, even amidst a Masters degree and working, it was a great source of inspiration. Once again, I found myself looking back at these albums and really admiring them further than before. This is, to me, the best part about hosting these rates: being able to really dig into an album, front to back, alongside you. Of course, this year brought some of the best of the best, and being able to dig into them really was a pleasure.

I do apologise for how long it took me to get through with the rate. I did not expect it to take me half a year, but here we are. It was an insane amount of workload and balancing that with university and everything else life threw at me was wild, but truly worth it. Regardless, with this in mind, I think I will not be hosting solo next year. I am currently looking for a co-host for the next rate. There's a couple of people in mind who I will contact.

Despite the hardships, I adored doing this and cannot wait to do it again.

P.S. I've already got albums in mind.

Signing off for the night,
Mx. Auxiliary "aux" Cord

This was...
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Honestly, aux, I love how it took half a year. I really, really enjoyed this rate. You are a talent.
 

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TOP 10 PROGRESSION

10 VOTERS


1. VIRGO'S GROOVE
2. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
3. PURE/HONEY
4. CUFF IT
5. HEATED
6. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
7. BREAK MY SOUL
8. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
9. Sorry If I Hurt You
10. Constant Repeat

20 VOTERS

1. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
2. CUFF IT
3. PURE/HONEY
4. VIRGO'S GROOVE
5. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
6. HEATED
7. BREAK MY SOUL
8. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
9. SUMMER RENAISSANCE
10. THIQUE

30 VOTERS

1. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
2. PURE/HONEY
3. BREAK MY SOUL
4. CUFF IT
5. VIRGO'S GROOVE
6. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
7. HEATED
8. SUMMER RENAISSANCE
9. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
10. THIQUE

40 VOTERS

1. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
2. PURE/HONEY
3. CUFF IT
4. BREAK MY SOUL
5. SUMMER RENAISSANCE
6. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
7. VIRGO'S GROOVE
8. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
9. HEATED
10. COZY

50 VOTERS

1. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
2. PURE/HONEY
3. CUFF IT
4. BREAK MY SOUL
5. SUMMER RENAISSANCE
6. VIRGO'S GROOVE
7. HEATED
8. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
9. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
10. COZY

60 VOTERS

1. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
2. PURE/HONEY
3. CUFF IT
4. BREAK MY SOUL
5. VIRGO'S GROOVE
6. SUMMER RENAISSANCE
7. HEATED
8. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
9. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
10. COZY

70 VOTERS

1. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
2. PURE/HONEY
3. CUFF IT
4. VIRGO'S GROOVE
5. BREAK MY SOUL
6. SUMMER RENAISSANCE
7. HEATED
8. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
9. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
10. THIQUE

80 VOTERS

1. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
2. PURE/HONEY
3. CUFF IT
4. VIRGO'S GROOVE
5. HEATED
6. SUMMER RENAISSANCE
7. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
8. BREAK MY SOUL
9. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
10. THIQUE

86 VOTERS

1. ALIEN SUPERSTAR
2. PURE/HONEY
3. VIRGO'S GROOVE
4. CUFF IT
5. HEATED
6. SUMMER RENAISSANCE
7. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
8. BREAK MY SOUL
9. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND
10. THIQUE
 
11 x 11
@Dangerous Maknae
@RetroPhysical
@Phloo
@Aester
@Robert
@Slice of Life
@BTG
@SlowGinFizzzz
@Ensnare
@beyoncésweave
@heavymetalgaga
Me and y'all look so beautiful, my gorgeous girlies!

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What a fun rate! The unprecedented lopsidedness of it made it really quite interesting to follow when the good-but-not-great tracks were getting filtered out far too early and of course when the almost unintelligibly great ones were getting ranked at the end. And the one to stand out so definitively against its own indiscernibly brilliant album, and the rest, won! If there's one track to condense and represent such a stupendous album, in all its flair, joy and irreverence, Mme "Alien Superstar" is it.

Take a bow @aux, for taking this beastly muvva on again with such delicious brio!
 
Me and y'all look so beautiful, my gorgeous girlies!

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What a fun rate! The unprecedented lopsidedness of it made it really quite interesting to follow when the good-but-not-great tracks were getting filtered out far too early and of course when the almost unintelligibly great ones were getting ranked at the end. And the one to stand out so definitively against its own indiscernibly brilliant album, and the rest, won! If there's one track to condense and represent such a stupendous album, in all its flair, joy and irreverence, Mme "Alien Superstar" is it.

Take a bow @aux, for taking this beastly muvva on again with such delicious brio!

But which track did you only give a 9 this time?
 

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