Saturday, November 8, 2025

The 2024 Guitar Ballad Awards (The Pulse Year-In Review 2024) - Nominations & Results

 


Hey everyone! I just finished putting all Pulse countdowns in 2023 on a spreadsheet, and will share data from that but first I thought I would share 2024 data awards style. This will work kind of like an awards show, and I'm going to do nominations and you can guess see who gets the crowns! Let's get into it!

Best Breakthrough Artist:
(Best performing artist who hasn't had a Pulse Top 15 Hit before)
Chappell Roan
Mark Ambor
Myles Smith
Papa Roach
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Best Payola Song:
(Best performing "hot ac-exclusive" song which has never crossed over to become popular elsewhere)
Bon Jovi - Legendary
Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse
OneRepublic - Sink Or Swim

Papa Roach feat. Carrie Underwood - Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark)

Phillip Phillips - Love Like That
The Fray - Time Well Wasted

Best Nobody:
(Best performing artist that never had a hit ever)
Charlotte Cardin (Confetti)
David J (After We Broke Up)
Frawley (After We Broke Up)
Griff (Last Night's Mascara)
Matt Hansen (Something To Remember, Gravity)

Sarah Reeves (More Than Enough)
Vincent Lima (The Fire)

Best Flop:
(Worst performing song by a legacy artist)
Ariana Grande - Popular
Coldplay and company - We Pray
Halsey - Ego
Justin Timberlake - No Angels
Marshmello feat. Pink & Sting - Dreaming
Shawn Mendes - Why Why Why

Top Non-#1 Hit:
(Best performing song that didn't hit #1)
Bon Jovi - Legendary
Dua Lipa - Illusion
Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay
Mark Ambor - Belong Together
Myles Smith - Stargazing
Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help

Best Bottom 10 Hit:
(Best performing song that didn't hit Top Five)
Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather
Bon Jovi - Living Proof
Dasha - Austin
Enrique Iglesias & Miranda Lambert - Space In My Heart
Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton - Purple Irises
Morgan Wallen - Thinkin' 'Bout Me

Most Frequent Artist:
(Artist with the most songs on the countdown in 2024)
Alex Warren
Ariana Grande
Sabrina Carpenter
Teddy Swims

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(Artist who performed best in 2024)
Dua Lipa
OneRepublic
Post Malone
Shaboozey

Taylor Swift
Teddy Swims

Longest Tenure:
(Song with the most weeks on the countdown)
Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

Mark Ambor - Belong Together
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)
Teddy Swims - The Door

Longest-Running #1:
(Song with the most weeks at #1)
Hozier - Too Sweet
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
OneRepublic - Sink Or Swim
Papa Roach feat. Carrie Underwood - Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark)
Phillip Phillips - Love Like That
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

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SONG OF THE YEAR
(Best performing Song)
Hozier - Too Sweet
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
Mark Ambor - Belong Together

Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)
Teddy Swims - The Door

5 comments:

  1. Chappell Roan
    Papa Roach feat. Carrie Underwood - Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark)
    Griff (Last Night's Mascara)
    Shawn Mendes - Why Why Why
    Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
    Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather
    Sabrina Carpenter
    Shaboozey
    Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
    Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
    Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

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    1. - The best breakout artist wasn't Chappell Roan, it was Shaboozey.
      - The best payola song wasn't Leave A Light On, it was Love Like That
      - The best nobody wasn't Griff, it was Matt Hansen (Last Night's Mascara also charted in 2025, but it still wouldn't be as big as Something To Remember)
      - The best flop wasn't Why Why Why, it was Popular
      - The best non-#1 song wasn't I Had Some Help, it was Belong Together
      - The best performing non top 5 hit WAS Birds Of A Feather!
      - The most frequent artist was actually all 4, so I'll still give you the point
      - The artist of the year wasn't Shaboozey, it was still somehow Taylor Swift. Fortnight hit top 3, I Can Do It With A Broken Heart hit top 2 and Is It Over Now was a #1.
      The longest tenure wasn't Die With A Smile, it was Belong Together.
      The longest running #1 was A Bar Song (Tipsy) and also Too Sweet. I'll give you the point since i thought it was only A Bar Song for some reason.
      - The song of the year was A Bar Song (Tipsy) with 127,664 points. Die With A Smile is second with 124,008 points.

      3/11

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    2. Here were the top 30 songs on The Pulse in 2024 (my list, not theirs) with peaks and weeks included:

      # Artist/Title Chart Peaks Avg Total Charts
      1 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 1 127664 18
      2 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 1 124008 17
      3 Mark Ambor - Belong Together 2 117856 30
      4 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) 1 113331 18
      5 Hozier - Too Sweet 1 112455 14
      6 Teddy Swims - The Door 1 96095 17
      7 Phillip Phillips - Love Like That 1 94844 15
      8 OneRepublic - Sink Or Swim 1 82664 14
      9 Myles Smith - Stargazing 3 78779 17
      10 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 1 78777 17
      11 Papa Roach feat. Carrie Underwood - Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark) 1 78456 12
      12 Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay 4 76455 21
      13 Bon Jovi - Legendary 2 68043 15
      14 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait 1 62719 10
      15 The Fray - Time Well Wasted 1 62546 11
      16 Dua Lipa - Houdini 1 62152 10
      17 Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 2 61044 14
      18 Dua Lipa - Illusion 4 58414 14
      19 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 3 57001 13
      20 Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather 7 52496 16
      21 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 2 52118 13
      22 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 2 51462 11
      23 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 5 51153 14
      24 Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse 1 50172 7
      25 Sia - Gimme Love 3 49190 10
      26 Dasha - Austin 6 46939 14
      27 Dua Lipa - Training Season 1 43634 8
      28 Benson Boone - Slow It Down 3 41763 10
      29 Dean Lewis - Trust Me Mate 3 40468 9
      30 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 3 40438 11

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    3. Belong Together also had 2 weeks in 2025, bringing its total to 32 weeks. But there's a song from 2023 that had 33 weeks :eyes:

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    4. Wow, only 3 points, I did terrible

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