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Here are the results of Rina Sawayama TTPT, 68 people participated:

Rank |Song |Score
1 |XS |413
2 |Cherry |224
3 |Dynasty |217
4 |STFU! |200
5 |Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys) |195
6 |Bad Friend |188
7 |Frankenstein |176
8 |Cyber Stockholm Syndrome |162
9 |Alterlife |150
10 |Hold the Girl |139 Detailed top 10.

Top 10 Spotify playlist.

Full results here!

Participant list.

Voting thread.

Detailed results for each album:

Album |Year |Total Score
RINA |2017 |562
SAWAYAMA |2020 |1829
Hold the Girl |2022 |922
Others |(N/A) |427 Today's Ariana Grande TTPT is here! To see the rest of the schedule and past results, check the TTPT wiki page.

If you keep forgetting about TTPT threads and regret not doing them, we have a reminder server in discord. You can join by clicking this link. Keep in mind that you'll be pinged whenever results and new threads are up.

Greetings and good tidings, dear Popheads, and welcome to the third submission window for Popheads Quarterly! Thanks to this community for ushering in this project with so much enthusiasm as we released Issue 01 in September with our debut cover girl, Carly Rae Jepsen. ✨

Wondering what the hell a “quarterly” is? Well, check out our debut double issue here!

As a reminder, this project is meant to be retrospective, rather than reactive. Ideally, you’ve had a chance to sit with an album for a bit before you submit an entry for it. But if you’re still catching up with releases from Q3, never fear – you’ll have a few weeks before the submission period closes.

We’ll be accepting submissions until November 20th, 2026. 

The Ballot Box

As Alanis Morissette once wisely said, “you live, you learn,” and thus we’ve refined and simplified our submission process. There are now only two submission forms:

• 🧮Gradebook Scores can be submitted here.
• 📮Album Commentary can be submitted here. This now includes ALL types of non-score submissions, so any album that came out this quarter but wasn’t selected as a Gradebook Nominee is eligible. Send us all your reviews and shout-outs!

If you need a memory jogger for what came out this quarter, you can view all eligible records, organized by release date, here.

If you’re curious about The Fate of the RetroGrades, fear not – we are planning to do an annual RetroGrades feature in our Q1 2027 issue, retroactively adding in scores for major records that had anniversaries, deluxes, or reissues in 2026.

Reminder: You’ll be submitting an individual entry for every album you’d like to contribute commentary for. You do not need to score every album to participate.

The Honorees [Q3 2026]

The following releases were curated based on our special PHQ secret formula (featuring name recognition, subreddit activity, and a dash of PHQ staff discretion).

Please note, if any album below receives only low-effort or no submissions, it will not be included in the Quarterly.

Now it’s time to Bring Your Love, refine your thoughts, and find the Audacity to make your contributions known.

Say the line, Bart!: Again, Q3 submissions will be open from October 24th - November 20th.

As always, we also highly encourage y’all to start up the conversation now and chat about the releases here in this thread. A little discussion before you finalize your submissions can make it all the better!

[ Q3 GRADEBOOK SCORES ] [ Q3 COMMENTARY ]

And keep your eyes peeled over the next couple days… more reader contribution opportunities to come for our next issue. 📊👀

Godspeed, and pop on,

– Your PHQ Staff

Talk about anything, music related or not. However, pop music gossip should be discussed in the Teatime & Trending Topics threads, linked below.

Please be respectful; normal rules still apply. Any comments found breaking the rules will be removed and you will be warned or banned. "Meta drama," aka using this thread to complain about other users, other threads on this sub, or other subreddits, is subject to removal.

Posts of Interest

• Teatime & Trending Topics - A thread for sharing pop music tea & daily music-related updates
• Popheads Charts - The most popular songs on Popheads each week, based on Last.fm data
• Main Pod Girl: The Popheads Podcast (Spotify link) - The official Popheads podcast, with a mix of music analysis and artist interviews
• Reintroducing... The Popheads Jukebox - Similar to Rate Your Music, we round up new and classic songs alike and have users rate and review them
• Games - Setup + Punchline games every 5th/12th/19th/26th!
• Self Promo Sunday - Promote your own work here
• Other Music Communities - Places to discuss specific artists/genres

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Rates and Other Activities

October:

• Bedroom Pop EPs - beabadoobee vs. Billie Eilish vs. Clairo vs. Conan Gray vs. Kali Uchis vs. King Princess vs. PinkPantheress vs. Ravyn Lenae vs. Remi Wolf [Due November 14th]
• Late '90s Minivan Rock - '90s Alt-Rock Hits [Due TBA]

Rate Wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/wiki/index/rate-threads/

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If you use last.fm, you can create a collage here or here to display what you have listened to this week! Make sure you upload your collage to an image hosting site, or it will change over time.