#THEN0UGHTIE5
#TheTwen2ie5
#TheTenx5
#TheN0ughtie5
#Twen2y526

Hello. Just reminding you I'm still here, and asking if you want to contribute a few words to next year's countdown.

Cheers.

mu21cvs.com/midnights-to...
October 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
#TheTwen2ie5
#TheTenx5
#TheN0ughtie5
#Twen2y526

#PARTV

I have changed my name for a month, and the avatar looks a bit like a bumble bee...
August 23, 2026 at 12:38 PM
#TheN0ughtie5
and
#TheTwen2ie5
#TheTenx5

IN THE ZONE now fully up to date with all qualifiers and stats!

Get your heads ready for

*** PART V ***

Your 5 months of prep

starts next Wednesday!
#TheN0ughtie5

QUALIFIERS BY LEAD ARTIST now up to date!
#TheN0ughtie5

Good morning after the night before...

This page has been updated for QUALIFIERS BY YEAR (the first link under Google Sheets).

Qualifiers by lead artist takes longer due to indexing and cross-referencing, but will hopefully be done later today.

mu21cvs.com/in-the-zone-...
August 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
#TheN0ughtie5

QUALIFIERS BY LEAD ARTIST now up to date!
#TheN0ughtie5

Good morning after the night before...

This page has been updated for QUALIFIERS BY YEAR (the first link under Google Sheets).

Qualifiers by lead artist takes longer due to indexing and cross-referencing, but will hopefully be done later today.

mu21cvs.com/in-the-zone-...
IN THE ZONE: QUALIFIERS
IN THE ZONE is a 2003 studio album by Britney Spears. This page combines the separate qualifiers from Parts I – IV* in one location, along with the cumulative stats for artists and countries.…
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August 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
#TheN0ughtie5

Good morning after the night before...

This page has been updated for QUALIFIERS BY YEAR (the first link under Google Sheets).

Qualifiers by lead artist takes longer due to indexing and cross-referencing, but will hopefully be done later today.

mu21cvs.com/in-the-zone-...
IN THE ZONE: QUALIFIERS
IN THE ZONE is a 2003 studio album by Britney Spears. This page combines the separate qualifiers from Parts I – IV* in one location, along with the cumulative stats for artists and countries.…
mu21cvs.com
August 21, 2026 at 7:59 AM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

The suspense...
Could it be Animal Collective, or YYYs...?

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (17/17)

20.12 (240/240)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS
'ZERO'
USA

*Larry David.jpg*

1 x 12
@sonofmechamummy.bsky.social #1
1 x 11
6 x HM

Much stronger June than July.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGN...
August 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
And so ends #TheN0ughtie5 parade season, and the last of the 50-song challenges.

Thanks to everyone for playing, as always.

Things slow down a bit from here: no more picking until December.

But in the meantime, please keep an eye on THIS.

Reveal in just 6 DAYS!

mu21cvs.com/2026/08/14/p...
PART V – WHAT TO EXPECT…
Dummy Part V post. *** REVEAL STARTS IN 6 DAYS! *** Full post on Wednesday 26 August 2026: the first anniversary of the MU21CVS website going live, and of the date I regard as the true start of the…
mu21cvs.com
August 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (16/17)

20.11 (239/240)
GRIZZLY BEAR
'TWO WEEKS'
USA

No bonuses
5 x HM

4/5 GAPDY!

Quelle surprise, qualifier 240 is another GAPDY band, but one we've seen already.
So a gap remains at D (50pts for 'Stillness Is The Move').

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcfk...
August 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (15/17)

20.10 (238/240)
KE$HA
'TIK TOK'
USA

2 x 12
@jonathanbogart.net #1
@jelbugle.bsky.social
5 x HM

Double-12!

One more 12 still to come...

More importantly: this had only 10 points on 23rd July.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6X...
August 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (14/17)

20.9 (237/240)
RÖYKSOPP ft ROBYN
'THE GIRL AND THE ROBOT'
Norway/Sweden

1 x 12
@simondodsworth.bsky.social - list
2 x 11
5 x HM

When I said Little Boots was the penultimate new entry, I forgot BOTH of these are new :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIWR...
August 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (13/17)

20.8 (236/240)
FUCK BUTTONS
'SURF SOLAR'
UK

No bonuses
7 x HM

This is the 93rd and final UK auto-qualifier, improving on our 75 in #TheTenx5.

(45 in #TheTwen2ie5 so far, with many more spaces left of course)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQX...
August 20, 2026 at 2:03 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (12/17)

20.7 (235/240)
LITTLE BOOTS
'REMEDY'
UK

No bonuses
3 x HM

The song in 240th position!

Both it and Avril Lavigne's 'Complicated' had a top rank of 13.
Avril had no other rank.
This had a second rank of 28.

Ouch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcdq...
August 20, 2026 at 12:43 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (9/17)

20.4 (232/240)
PHOENIX
'LISZTOMANIA'
France

1 x 11
5 x HM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BJD...
August 20, 2026 at 9:13 AM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (11/17)

20.6 (234/240)
LADY GAGA
'PAPARAZZI'
USA

No bonuses
5 x HM

It's not often I Iink two YT videos for the same song, but, you know...

(and if you don't, you should)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h6V...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sm...
August 20, 2026 at 11:39 AM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (10/17)

20.5 (233/240)
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
'MY GIRLS'
USA

2 x 11
4 x HM

Three out of five GAPDY bands so far today! (A, P, Y)

Can we complete the set? Stay tuned...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2...
August 20, 2026 at 10:19 AM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (8/17)

20.3 (231/240)
LA ROUX
'IN FOR THE KILL'
UK

No bonuses
10 x HM

The penultimate new entry on the artist leaderboard (minimum 2 including features).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXtA...
August 20, 2026 at 8:07 AM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20

2009 (7/17)

20.2 (230/240)
BLACK EYED PEAS
'I GOTTA FEELING'
USA

No bonuses
4 x HM

Only right that one of the more ubiquitous acts of the 00s should squeeze in on Day 20.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4...
August 20, 2026 at 6:56 AM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 20 - FINAL DAY

2009 (6/17)

20.1 (229/240)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS
'HEADS WILL ROLL'
USA

1 x 11
16 x HM

We begin the final day with the last song to equal the old HM record.

(one guess how we end it...)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDyG...
Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
YouTube video by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Topic
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2026 at 5:35 AM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 19

2009 (5/17)

19.12 (228/240)
JAY-Z ft ALICIA KEYS
'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'
USA

1 x 12
@78alster.bsky.social #1 - list
1 x 11
5 x HM

We end Day 19 with a tie at the top of the artist leaderboard!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk60...
August 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 19

2009 (4/17)

19.11 (227/240)
BAT FOR LASHES
'DANIEL'
UK

No bonuses
5 x HM

Including Part II, uniquely through with two songs, one girl's name and one boy's name!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yEj...
August 19, 2026 at 6:45 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 19

2009 (3/17)

19.10 (226/240)
LA ROUX
'BULLETPROOF'
UK

1 x 12
@weaversweek.bsky.social
2 x 11
7 x HM

As with Fleet Foxes, high "grab two songs in the last two days" energy here.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8e...
August 19, 2026 at 5:03 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 19

2009 (2/17)

19.9 (225/240)
DIZZEE RASCAL ft ARMAND VAN HELDEN
'BONKERS'
UK/USA

No bonuses
6 x HM

A second UK No.1 for Dizzee, a second UK No.1 for 2009.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci40...
August 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 19

Ra!

2009 (1/17)

RA!

19.8 (224/240)

AH-AH-AH!

LADY GAGA
'BAD ROMANCE'
USA

5 x 12
@superchartisland.com #1
@kuppermann.xyz #1
@meikle.bsky.social
@steveperez.bsky.social
Lucy Jacobs - list #1

7 x 11
10 x HM

Statfest in reply!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4...
August 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
#THEN0UGHTIE5

PARADE - DAY 19

2008 (23/?)

19.6 (222/240)
GRACE JONES
'WILLIAMS BLOOD'
Jamaica

1 x 11
8 x HM

Second and final non-US/UK qualifier today.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WW6...
August 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
#TheN0ughtie5

Our final TV TEASER is the perfect send-off.

It's based on the episode title.

And therefore, finally, the ultimate Jez-it Mark of

* / *****

(but maybe * / * if I tell you it's also the 240th and final qualifier)
August 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM