Certified Bangers

This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-EIGHTY of Certified Bangers, titled "The Moon". The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Min Taka - Boston

2. Men I Trust – In My Years

3. Eleni Drake - Strawberry Moon

4. Teethe - Moon

5. Nina Cobham - effort in

6. Magdalena Bay - Love Is Everywhere

7. Yuni Wa - So 1989

8. Fluidity - Dream To Be Free

9. Highpass – Earthshine

10. Alpha Rhythm - Star Crossed

11. Bliu Prince - Blinded

12. Alex Isley - Fool's Gold (A COLORS SHOW)

13. Gaidaa - Morning Blue

14. Jitwam - Opendoors

15. Victoria Monét – Alright (prod. KAYTRANADA)

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. KAYTRANADA – 130 pts

2. Hiroshima - 125 pts

3. Keeno - 80 pts

4. Fred V - 75 pts

5. beabadoobee - 70 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Submorphics – 65 pts

7. Alpha Rhythm – 60 pts

8. Olivia Dean – 50 pts

9. Clairo - 45 pts

10. Liang Lawrence - 40 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-NINE of Certified Bangers, titled "For Two". The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Lee Ritenour & Larry Carlton – After The Rain

2. No Guidnce - White Tee

3. Elmiene - Sweetness

4. Janelle Monáe - Only Have Eyes 42

5. JVKE - this is what sadness feels like

6. alayna - Sugar

7. Habe – Half Heard Melody (feat. Chris Mazuera)

8. runo plum - Arms Open Wide

9. Sigrid - Ghost

10. Fred V & Etherwood – Subliminal (feat. ALLKNIGHT & FJ Law)

11. Maykors & Komax - Lullaby

12. Mystic State - Ashes (feat. JFO)

13. John Powell - Stoick's Ship

14. Hagood Hardy - Maybe Tomorrow

15. Marie Oppert – I Will Wait for You

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. Hiroshima - 125 pts

2. KAYTRANADA – 100 pts

3. Keeno - 80 pts

4. Fred V - 75 pts

5. beabadoobee - 70 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Submorphics - 65 pts

7. Olivia Dean - 50 pts

8. Raveena - 50 pts

9. Alpha Rhythm – 45 pts

10. Clairo – 45 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-EIGHT of Certified Bangers - Appreciation of Indie Pop III. Kgabo once again showcases his love for the genre of Indie Pop. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Wolf Alice - The Sofa

2. Pixey - I'm Just High

3. Sofía Valdés – Handful of Water

4. Hannah Jadagu - Say It Now

5. Alvvays - Tile By Tile

6. Strawberry Guy - Mrs Magic

7. Men I Trust - Carried Away

8. Sarah Crean - Show Me Nuance

9. Meg Baird - Will You Follow Me Home?

10. Tyler Burkhart – In time

11. Connie Constance - Till The World's Awake

12. runo plum – flip your pillow

13. Xinxin - In Perfect Time

14. frown line - Come Around

15. Liang Lawrence - Out Loud

16. Girlpool - Pretty

17. Luna Li – Golden Hour (French Version)

18. Delorians – Just Another Thursday

19. Unflirt – Out Of Time

20. Rachel Chinouriri - The Hills

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour remains unchanged from last week as this is a World Tour-Exempt Episode.

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-SEVEN of Certified Bangers, titled "Calm Before the Calm". Kgabo is very excited for Appreciation of Indie Pop III next week. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Submorphics - Cinerama (Primitive Instinct Remix)

2. Etherwood – Clouds (feat. Phoebe Freya)

3. Audioscribe – Magnetize

4. Evans Blue - Erase My Scars

5. Feeder - Renegades

6. Sir Chloe - Sedona

7. Tokyo Tea Room - Tell Me How

8. Vansire - Night Vision (feat. Barrie)

9. Nieve Ella – Car Park

10. runo plum – growing pains

11. Olivia Dean - The Hardest Part

12. Dana Williams – Alone Together

13. Ari Elle – skylight

14. Nicole Chambers - Steady

15. KAYTRANADA – Out Of Luck (feat. Mariah the Scientist)

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. Hiroshima - 125 pts

2. KAYTRANADA - 100 pts

3. Keeno - 80 pts

4. beabadoobee - 70 pts

5. Submorphics – 65 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Fred V - 60 pts

7. Joy Denalane - 55 pts

8. Olivia Dean - 50 pts

9. Raveena - 50 pts

10. Alpha Rhythm – 45 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-SIX of Certified Bangers, titled "Bloom Under Pressure". The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Emeli Sandé - Roots

2. James Vickery - Pressure, Pt. II (with Sinéad Harnett)

3. Hiroshima – The Door Is Open

4. October London - Back To Your Place

5. B.loxx - Take It as It Comes

6. Alpha Rhythm & Maykors – Spiritual Awakening

7. Humanature – Never Know

8. Unglued - Bloom (feat. Esther Durin & Elsie)

9. Mr Williamz - Dance Haffi Nice (feat. SHY FX & Ms. Dynamite)

10. Joesef - Just Come Home with Me Tonight

11. Anna Shoemaker – Holly

12. Chenayder - Goodbye

13. Katie Tupper - Honey

14. Liang Lawrence - Kiss My Apocalypse

15. Connie Constance - Mood Hoover

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. Hiroshima - 125 pts

2. Keeno - 80 pts

3. beabadoobee - 70 pts

4. KAYTRANADA - 70 pts

5. Fred V - 60 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Joy Denalane - 55 pts

7. Submorphics – 50 pts

8. Raveena - 50 pts

9. Alpha Rhythm – 45 pts

10. Clairo - 45 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-FIVE of Certified Bangers, titled "Barry Never Looks Back". The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Kiana Ledé - Irresponsible

2. Kennedy Ryon - Sunny Days

3. Numi - Do You See Me

4. Sinéad Harnett – Spiral

5. KAYTRANADA – The Worst In Me (feat. Tinashe)

6. Oliver Heldens - Never Look Back (feat. Syd Silvair)

7. Alexus - Barry

8. Submorphics & Zar - Another Level Of Love (feat. aya dia)

9. Mitekiss - Mortala (feat. Emiko & Duskee)

10. Faye Webster - Suite: Jonny

11. beabadoobee - This Is How It Went

12. Unflirt - Crush

13. Lily Kye - Halftime

14. Adele - Woman Like Me

15. REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You (featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. Hiroshima – 110 pts

2. Keeno - 80 pts

3. beabadoobee - 70 pts

4. KAYTRANADA - 70 pts

5. Fred V - 60 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Joy Denalane - 55 pts

7. Submorphics – 50 pts

8. Raveena - 50 pts

9. Clairo - 45 pts

10. Grace Weber - 35 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-FOUR of Certified Bangers - the Appreciation of Soundtracks and Classical Music II. Kgabo once again showcases his love for classical music and soundtracks. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. John Powell - The Hidden World (from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World)

2. James Newton Howard - The Portal (from Treasure Planet)

3. Jacques Offenbach – Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

4. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, TH 13: Valse

5. Nadine Sierra & Pretty Yende - Lakmé / Flower Duet: Dôme épais le jasmin... Sous le dôme épais

6. IZZY - Song Of Our Homeland

7. Sarah Brightman - La Luna

8. Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo (featured in The Sopranos)

INTERLUDE: The Sopranos: Tony Soprano, consigliere Silvio Dante and underboss Bobby Baccalieri discuss what to do with acting Lupertazzi boss Phil Leotardo. Tony and Silvio imitate Raging Bull

9. Hannah Holgersson - Ave Maria (Bach Gounod)

10. Terry Davies – Speaking Unto Nations (Beethoven Symphony No. 7 – II) (from The King's Speech)

11. John Williams – Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give Life) (from Schindler's List)

12. Alan Silvestri – The Avengers (from The Avengers)

13. Nick Arundel - Arkham City Main Theme (from Batman: Arkham City)

14. Hans Zimmer - Cornfield Chase (from Interstellar)

INTERLUDE: South Africa officially breaks the Guinness World Record for Largest Marimba Ensemble. High school children play a rendition of "Cornfield Chase" by Hans Zimmer

15. Luigi Piovano – Buongiorno Principessa (from La vita è bella)

16. Chet Swiatkowski – Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini (from Somewhere In Time)

17. Matt Haimovitz & Mari Kodama - Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)

18. Peter Nero - Theme from "Summer of '42" (from Summer of '42)

19. Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morgenstemning

20. Raphaela Gromes & Julian Riem – All I Ask

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour remains unchanged from last week as this is a World Tour-Exempt Episode.

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-THREE of Certified Bangers, titled "Affair in Amsterdam (or Boston)". The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Redman & DJ Kool - Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get In Da Club) (featured in Def Jam: Fight for NY)

2. KIRBY - Pineapple Cognac

3. Felicia Lase - Sign

4. Olive Jones - Planes

5. Tei Shi – When He's Done

6. Dido - Quiet Times

7. Coldplay – Amsterdam

8. Gob - Oh! Ellin

9. Michael Giacchino – Webbed Surveillance (from Spider-Man: Homecoming)

10. Harry Gregson-Williams – Into The Sunset (from Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas)

11. Lorne Balfe - Last Glimmer (from Black Widow)

12. Qumulus - Happenstance

13. Reburf & Lottie IV - Solitude

14. Fred V - What I'm Hoping For (feat. Laura Brehm)

15. Etherwood - See The Sky (feat. Thomas Oliver)

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. Hiroshima – 110 pts

2. Keeno - 80 pts

3. Fred V - 60 pts

4. beabadoobee - 55 pts

5. KAYTRANADA – 55 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Joy Denalane - 55 pts

7. Raveena - 50 pts

8. Clairo - 45 pts

9. Sub:liminal - 42.5 pts

10. Grace Weber - 35 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-TWO of Certified Bangers, titled "From Ruins to Redemption". The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Sceptix - Introspection

2. Nelver - Time Forward

3. Critical Event & Askel & Elere – Endling

4. 3rd Strike - Redemption

5. Route 500 – I'll Play You Out (feat. Bess Atwell)

6. Molly Payton – Ruins

7. Lizzy McAlpine - ceilings

8. Christian Leave - Maybe

9. John Powell – Dragon's Den [from How to Train Your Dragon (2010)]

10. Ludwig Göransson – Killmonger (from Black Panther)

11. Michael Giacchino - The Hands Dealt (from Doctor Strange)

12. Hiroshima - Save Yourself For Me

13. Alfa Mist & Kaya Thomas-Dyke - Blaze

14. Emeli Sandé – Lighthouse

15. Raveena - Rush

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The top 25 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. Hiroshima – 110 pts

2. Keeno - 80 pts

3. beabadoobee - 55 pts

4. KAYTRANADA - 55 pts

5. Joy Denalane - 55 pts

----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Raveena - 50 pts

7. Clairo - 45 pts

8. Fred V - 45 pts

9. Subliminal - 42.5 pts

10. Grace Weber - 35 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-ONE of Certified Bangers, titled "Heats". The CBWT Heats has begun. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. sweet93 – Stars Above

2. Cafuné - Perspective

3. SOMOH – My Body Is A Friend

4. Faye Webster - Jonny

5. Norman Brown – Just Between Us

6. Ericalisa - Control

7. Brent Faiyaz - Stay Down

8. Grace Weber - Queen

9. CARRTOONS – Grace (feat. Rae Khalil)

10. Katie Tupper - Need Nothing

11. SOLOMON - fool (A COLORS SHOW)

12. Walk:r - Setting Sun

13. Surreal & Zar - Summer Rain

14. imo-Lu - INKY

15. MC Fava – Sarah (feat. Smote & Becca Jane Grey) (Keeno Remix)

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The top 25 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. Hiroshima - 95 pts

2. Keeno - 80 pts

3. beabadoobee - 55 pts

4. KAYTRANADA - 55 pts

5. Joy Denalane - 55 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Clairo - 45 pts

7. Fred V - 45 pts

8. Sub:liminal - 42.5 pts

9. Grace Weber - 35 pts

10. Olivia Dean - 35 pts

11. Submorphics - 35 pts

12. Gang Starr - 35 pts

13. Carlos Abril - 35 pts

14. The Pointer Sisters - 30 pts

15. Matt Maltese - 30 pts

16. Alpha Rhythm - 30 pts

17. London Elektricity - 30 pts

18. Rachel Bobbitt - 30 pts

19. Luna Li - 25 pts

20. Ice Cube - 25 pts

21. Kate Bollinger - 25 pts

22. Liang Lawrence - 25 pts

23. Arlo Parks - 25 pts

24. Men I Trust - 20 pts

25. Raveena - 20 pts

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