Ever since 2010 I’ve kept track of the music I listen to each month. It’s fascinating to see how some bands stay with me over the years whilst others have their moment on my stereo before vanishing from my mind… well, until years later when I check out to see what I was listening to way back when in any case!

Anyway, I ran a Top 50 (which turned in to a Top 100) bands of the month chart on various social media platforms recording my listening habits for posterity and to share my earworms of the month. I listen to a lot of music when working, and also when relaxing. My tastes are fairly broad and I love discovering new bands, as well as new sounds and genres.

December saw eleven first time entries on the list, with Stella Rose (the daughter of Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan) leading the pack as the highest new entry at #25. Some of the other new entries were CHVRCHES singer Lauren Mayberry’making her solo debut (#68), Matchbox Twenty (#84) Bookish Song Collective (#94) and Blackfilm (#100).

In addition to the new releases we had 15 artists and bands returning to the Top 100 this month, with The Sisters of Mercy leading the way at #7.

Here’s my Top 100 for December 2024…

CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share

Top 100 Bands – December 2024

Position	Last Month	Band
1	1	Chvrches
2	2	Halsey
3	7	All About Eve
4	6	The Cure
5	5	The Mission
6	3	Clannad
7	RE	The Sisters of Mercy
8	17	Conjure One
9	89	Mind.In.A.Box
10	14	Denmark + Winter

The Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia My Reflection

11	9	Hania Rani
12	18	Fields of the Nephilim
13	32	Akoviani
14	4	Max Richter
15	13	Of Verona
16	80	Kite
17	28	Eguana
18	22	The Underground Youth
19	39	TigerEyes
20	24	Klergy

Kite – Jonny Boy

21	15	Midnight Smoke
22	29	Saint of Sin
23	11	Ari Mason
24	26	Access to Arasaka
25	NE	Stella Rose
26	RE	God Is an Astronaut
27	35	GRVI
28	54	Holly Humberstone
29	55	OBJECT AS SUBJECT
30	31	YUNGBLUD

Stella Rose – Angel

31	33	Artonoise
32	27	Brand New
33	30	Soccer Mommy
34	34	Dardust
35	37	Miraj
36	21	Murcof
37	RE	Toni Castells
38	43	Ingo Hermann
39	68	Silencio
40	RE	The Knife

The Knife – Pass This On

41	46	Enigma
42	38	New Model Army
43	44	Zack Hemsey
44	23	CASHFORGOLD
45	50	Germind
46	48	Allie X
47	47	Ethel Cain
48	61	Somewhere off Jazz Street
49	RE	Gracie Abrams
50	51	Kaelan Mikla

Gracie Abrams – I Love You, I’m Sorry

51	19	London Grammar
52	8	Aleister Crowley
53	53	Dead Astronauts
54	RE	Fischerspooner
55	RE	Franz Ferdinand
56	98	Juno Reactor
57	84	Red Mecca
58	41	Robot Koch
59	56	Suede
60	45	65daysofstatic
61	65	Edelis
62	57	Electro Spectre
63	58	Mind Cinema
64	59	Poppy
65	97	In Strict Confidence
66	69	Transvision Vamp
67	79	Depeche Mode
68	NE	Lauren Mayberry
69	20	Kalandra
70	RE	THYX
71	74	Vestron Vulture
72	78	Lost in Kiev
73	81	Lowering
74	64	Marilyn Manson
75	12	Linkin Park

Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out

76	90	Povarovo
77	83	Radare
78	85	The Eden House
79	87	Coheed and Cambria
80	88	Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea
81	RE	Delerium
82	NE	Rue Oberkampf
83	94	Dead Can Dance
84	NE	Matchbox Twenty
85	100	Mothica
86	82	PJ Harvey
87	NE	Cyprss
88	71	Flower Face
89	RE	HEALTH
90	RE	Rag’n’Bone Man
91	NE	Ramsey
92	NE	Somewhere in Between
93	RE	Bastille
94	NE	Bookish Song Collective
95	NE	Holly Miranda
96	RE	Manet
97	RE	Meg Myers
98	NE	Breathe
99	RE	The Phantom Chords
100	NE	Blackfilm

Matchbox Twenty – How Far We’ve Come