It's Day 22 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2022
and it's FINAL GROUPS DAY
32 tracks remain in the A-Sides, only 16 will survive.
Spotify: spotify.link/isufDlqg4wb
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Meanwhile the last 25 in the B-Sides are duking it out over HERE and will be for another day...
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Calm Down, says Rema. NO, say I, there is no reason for calm when the B-Sides of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2022 are at stake
Day 21 - Playlist from Chat Pile's "Why": open.spotify.com/playlist/4zgya
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GROUP A
1 WET LEG! youtube.com/watch?v=8qWHth
2 ALVVAYS! youtube.com/watch?v=YVJ0ZK
3 ROSALIA! youtube.com/watch?v=6o7bCA
4 BIG THIEF! youtube.com/watch?v=RnatkV
- 1 Angelica33.1%
- 2 Belinda Says23.5%
- 3 Saoko25.3%
- 4 Simulation Swarm18.1%
332 votesFinal results
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POLLFACTS!
Rosalia's 2022 entries are her 5th and 6th - first time in FGs.
This is Wet Leg's 3rd poll entry - they were 2021 finalists.
Big Thief showed up once before, in 4 Letter Words
Alvvays are new.
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2022 FINAL GROUP B #PPPMatches
1 MEGAN THEE STALLION! youtube.com/watch?v=u_v2Rv
2 SZA! youtube.com/watch?v=MSRcC6
3 SHARON VAN ETTEN! youtube.com/watch?v=n9MgJ_
4 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN! youtube.com/watch?v=h2-RZS
- 1 Her24.2%
- 2 Kill Bill28.1%
- 3 Mistakes20.9%
- 4 Unnecessary Drama26.9%
335 votesFinal results
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POLLFACTS!
Belle & Sebastian are PPP veterans - it's their 11th entry.
Megan reached Pollhalla in 2020 with Cardi B, this is her 4th poll entry but solo debut.
3rd go for Sharon Van Etten - she did well in 2021 with Angel Olsen.
It's SZA's first time!
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2022 FINAL GROUP C #PPPMatches
1 BEYONCE! youtube.com/watch?v=yjki-9
2 THE BETHS! youtube.com/watch?v=LGzann
3 LIA LIA! youtube.com/watch?v=T7zHk_
4 DANGER MOUSE & BLACK THOUGHT! youtube.com/watch?v=Ni-e5U
- 1 Break My Soul33.2%
- 2 Head In The Clouds24.4%
- 3 I'm A Moth!!19.1%
- 4 The Darkest Part23.2%
340 votesFinal results
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POLLFACTS!
All new (except Bey obvs) here! Well, Black Thought has been in once with The Roots.
Beyonce's had a chequered PPP career - making her 9th and 10th solo/duet appearances here but her best run is still back in the very first #1s poll.
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2022 FINAL GROUP D #PPPMatches
1 NIA ARCHIVES! youtube.com/watch?v=oELrBo
2 CHARLOTTE ADIGERY & BOLIS PUPUL! youtube.com/watch?v=37eaA3
3 SUDAN ARCHIVES! youtube.com/watch?v=eaY8kI
4 KENDRICK LAMAR! youtube.com/watch?v=uAPUkg
- 1 Baiana13.7%
- 2 CeciN'EstPasUnCliche25.2%
- 3 Selfish Soul31.3%
- 4 The Heart Pt 529.9%
278 votesFinal results
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POLLFACTS!
Kendrick Lamar's entries this poll are his 6th and 7th - first time in a year poll though.
Charlotte & Bolis showed up in the 2021 poll with "HAHA"
Both Nia and Sudan Archives are new for '22!
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2022 FINAL GROUP E #PPPMatches
1 TAYLOR SWIFT! youtube.com/watch?v=b1kbLw
2 HARRRY STYYLES! youtube.com/watch?v=H5v3kk
3 BEYONCE! youtube.com/watch?v=yrtWLy
4 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS! youtube.com/watch?v=UxU1tK
- 1 Anti-Hero26.9%
- 2 As It Was28.5%
- 3 CUFF IT18.5%
- 4 Training Montage26.1%
368 votesFinal results
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POLLFACTS!
Taylor Swift joins us for a 17th time, her most successful run was in 2020 IIRC.
TMG have their 12th song in the poll, we don't often see them in FGs.
See group C for the 3rd most polled artist here.
Hal has been in once before and had to leave IN DISGRACE.
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2022 FINAL GROUP F #PPPMatches
1 METRIC! youtube.com/watch?v=YjNytM
2 LET'S EAT GRANDMA! youtube.com/watch?v=9R9qLl
3 ICE SPICE! youtube.com/watch?v=yF-NC3
4 JANE WEAVER! youtube.com/watch?v=9k_L1G
- 1 Doomscroller24.3%
- 2 Happy New Year29.6%
- 3 Munch (Feelin U)25%
- 4 Oblique Fantasy21.1%
280 votesFinal results
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POLLFACTS!
LEG are here for a fourth go - think this is their first FGs appearance.
Jane Weaver debuted in the 2021 poll, I don't recall her doing this well tho.
Ice Spice is new, as are - perhaps surprisingly - Metric.
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2022 FINAL GROUP G #PPPMatches
1 LITTLE SIMZ! youtube.com/watch?v=FYlYaV
2 MITSKI! youtube.com/watch?v=P4J3Z9
3 RINA SAWAYAMA! youtube.com/watch?v=ekauEr
4 PARAMORE! youtube.com/watch?v=xIYJ7V
- 1 Gorilla30.1%
- 2 Love Me More29.8%
- 3 This Hell20.1%
- 4 This Is Why20.1%
289 votesFinal results
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POLLFACTS!
4 appearances for Simz, her biggest poll hit was "Point And Kill" last year.
4th go for Rina too, including this very track back in the Death poll.
Mitski's been in - you guessed it - 4 times.
Paramore breaks the streak - 3rd go for them.
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2022 FINAL GROUP H #PPPMatches
1 HAAI ft JON HOPKINS! youtube.com/watch?v=V34DRN
2 ROSALIA! youtube.com/watch?v=5g2hT4
3 HIKARU UTADA! youtube.com/watch?v=x_5hge
4 YEAH YEAH YEAHS ft PERFUME GENIUS! youtube.com/watch?v=ckM_Tk
- 1 Baby, We're Ascending13.1%
- 2 Despecha18.2%
- 3 SomewhereNearMarseilles27.7%
- 4 SpittingOffTheEdgeOf..40.9%
274 votesFinal results
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See Group A for Rosalia.
Utada Hikaru makes their 5th PPP appearance, this is easily their strongest run.
Only the 3rd go for the YYYs - they reached Pollhalla with "Maps".
First appearance for both HAAI and Jon H!
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Tom, I hear you cry, where are you getting all these amazing STATS?
That's easy - I have got off my arse and updated the PEOPLE'S POP INDEX again.
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Tomorrow is our first no poll day in a while. Expect some prodding re the B Sides but also expect the GOLDEN BEAT noms thread - as is traditional w/the year end poll you’ll get more picks than normal.
Then back on Friday for what I have been instructed to call the OCTOFINALS
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If - and it's a VERY big if - these positions remain steady we're looking at:
Wet Leg v SZA
Beyonce v Kendrick
B&S v Rosalia
Sudan Archives v The Beths
Mountain Goats v Ice Spice/Jane Weaver
Mitski v Utada Hikaru
Let's Eat Grandma v Harry's Tiles
YYYs v Little Simz
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Also! GOLDEN BEAT noms are now open
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This is the nominations thread for the GOLDEN BEAT 2022 award. For anyone who doesn't know, this goes to our collective favourite discovery of the poll - nominate UP TO 8 tracks you didn't know before.
Reminder list here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d
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Tomorrow our last 13 in the B-Sides will go into SINGLE QUALIFICATION quarter-final death-matches:
QF1: Lady Aicha &c, Nia Archives, Santi & Tugce
QF2: Ginebras, Hemlocke Springs, Special Interest
QF3: KH, Whipped Cream, Yeule
QF4: Chat Pile, Cheerbleederz, CMAT, Mary H
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I’ve edited the final groups playlist for the last time - it can now stand as the definitive record of what did gud in the 2022 poll
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Congratulations to the 14 nominators of the 16 remaining tracks!
(Where 2 people nominated a track I took the highest placed mention)
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