Here are your rankings for Week 1 (number of weeks on the chart so far in parentheses):
1. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (7)
2. Grimes - "Flesh Without Blood" (10)
3. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Run Away with Me" (7)
4. Grimes - "California" (8)
4. Grimes - "Kill V. Maim" (8)
6. M.I.A. - "Borders" (6)
7. Beach House - "Elegy to the Void" (10)
8. Susanne Sundfør - "Accelerate" (7)
9. Drake - "Hotline Bling" (6)
10. Cage the Elephant - "Trouble" (2)
11. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - "S.O.B." (1)
11. Pusha T - "Crutches, Crosses, Caskets" (1)
13. Kurt Vile - "Dust Bunnies" (1)
13. The Rubens - "The Night Is on My Side" (1)
13. Weezer - "Thank God for Girls" (1)
16. FEWS - "The Zoo" (1)
16. Lizz Wright - "Freedom" (1)
16. Port St. Willow - "Ordinary Pleasure" (1)
19. One Direction - "History" (1)
19. Prince Rama - "Bahia" (1)
Total Votes: 112
Congratulations to Grimes' "Flesh Without Blood" and Beach House's "Elegy to the Void" for entering our Hall of Fame! Noting, of course, that both songs will enter the Hall for 2015, rather than 2016. Grimes' support for this song on the chart wasn't quite as big as the support she had for "REALiTi" back when, but it was still impressively strong. And with the retirement of two frequent chart placers out of a large block of frequent chart placers, there's finally a bit more room for new appearances. Good thing there was so much support and nominations last week! Hopefully we can keep the ball rolling well into the new year. A side, interesting congrats to David Bowie as well - the first male artist to top the chart solo in over 25 weeks. Due to Grimes and Beach House's retirement from the chart, the top 10 songs otherwise made it through to this week.
2016 Chart-Toppers by Week (by vote count, not chart position; total weeks atop chart in parentheses):
1. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (2)
2015 Hall of Fame (10 weeks of advancing votes; automatically retired from chart):
Björk - "Black Lake" (Weeks 4 - 13)
Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian at Best" (Weeks 5 - 14)
Father John Misty - "I Love You, Honeybear" (Weeks 7 - 16)
Sufjan Stevens - "No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross" (Weeks 8 - 17)
Courtney Barnett - "Depreston" (Weeks 10 - 19)
Grimes - "REALiTi" (Demo) (Weeks 11 - 20)
Tame Impala - "Let It Happen" (Weeks 11 - 20)
Kendrick Lamar - "King Kunta" (Weeks 12 - 21)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Piss Crowns Are Trebled" (Weeks 13 - 22)
Alabama Shakes - "Gimme All Your Love" (Weeks 18 - 27)
Sufjan Stevens - "Fourth of July" (Weeks 18 - 27)
Tame Impala - "Eventually" (Weeks 22 - 31)
Florence + The Machine - "Ship to Wreck" (Weeks 24 - 33)
Beck - "Dreams" (Weeks 25 - 34)
Beach House - "Sparks" (Weeks 27 - 36)
Julia Holter - "Feel You" (Weeks 28 - 37)
CHVRCHES - "Leave a Trace" (Weeks 29 - 38)
Kacey Musgraves - "Biscuits" (Weeks 29 - 38)
Joanna Newsom - "Sapokanikan" (Weeks 33 - 42)
Deafheaven - "Brought to the Water" (Weeks 34 - 43)
Mbongwana Star - "Suzanna" (Weeks 34 - 43)
Julia Holter - "Sea Calls Me Home" (Weeks 37 - 46)
Joanna Newsom - "Leaving the City" (Weeks 39 - 48)
Julia Holter - "Silhouette" (Weeks 40 - 49)
Beach House - "Elegy to the Void" (Weeks 44 - 1)
Grimes - "Flesh Without Blood" (Weeks 44 - 1)
Songs that entered the chart in 2015 will be added to the 2015 Hall of Fame, rather than the 2016 Hall of Fame.
Here is this week's 18-song Spotify chart (with 2 songs included below via YouTube link):
Thank you all for voting and nominating continuously every week! Please don't be afraid to supply us with nominations - all songs six months old and younger (or who have received promotion via album/video/single in the last six months) are accepted! And seconding nominations by others gives those songs a better chance at making the next poll!
As per usual, the next poll will be created as close to Sunday at 19:00 UTC as I can make it. Best of voting!