#68 - #53

68 Justin Timberlake Mirrors The 20/20 Experience • • • • • • • • • • • • • Already timeless, tbh. One amazing love song. Never, ever got sick of this and still am not. A+ pop song. • • • • • • • • • • • • • JT / 3 of 3 Plays Total 38 Personal Chart 21* - 12 - 20 - 1 - 13 - 13 - OFF Last Year's 68 Ke$ha - "Warrior" 64 Pitbull Timber f/Ke$ha Global Warming: Meltdown • • • • • • • • • • • • • #1 collaboration of the year for me, a surprising out-of-nowhere SMASH. This song is just too good. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pitbull / 1 of 1 Plays Total 26 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 64 Ke$ha - "Last Goodbye" 60 Sky Ferreira I Blame Myself Night Time, My Time • • • • • • • • • • • • • Usually vulnerable sad songs get annoying. Sky pulls it off easily. The production in this song is elite. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Sky Ferreira / 3 of 6 Plays Total 25 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 60 Lana Del Rey - "Cola" 56 Charli XCX You (Ha Ha Ha) True Romance • • • • • • • • • • • • • The fact that this samples one of my favorite electronic acts while slaying on its own... amazing song. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Charli XCX / 3 of 4 Plays Total 43 Personal Chart 8 - 1 - 2 - 19 - OFF Last Year's 56 Justin Bieber - "Beauty and A Beat"

67 Azealia Banks Venus w/Paul Oakenfold Some Album • • • • • • • • • • • • • Not the best Venus released this year, but it's up there. ZeeZee slays over any instrumental, truthfully. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Azealia Banks / 3 of 4 Plays Total 26 Personal Chart 4 - N/A Last Year's 67 Nelly Furtado - "Big Hoops" 63 J. Cole Crooked Smile f/TLC Born Sinner • • • • • • • • • • • • • Like the sun, yeah, you know we'll find our way back 'round! One of the best uplifting rap song of the year. • • • • • • • • • • • • • J. Cole / 2 of 2 Plays Total 39 Personal Chart 24* - 12 - 18 - X(?) - 15 - OFF Last Year's 63 Nicki Minaj - "Stupid Hoe" 59 Avril Lavigne Give You What You Like Avril Lavigne • • • • • • • • • • • • • A new sound for Avril, and a great one! Proof that her and Chad can make magic. Potential 2014 single. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Avril Lavigne / 4 of 6 Plays Total 32 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 59 Ke$ha - "Thinking Of You" 55 Kerli Sugar Utopia • • • • • • • • • • • • • This Kerli / Switch collab, though... too, too monumental. Need more of THIS in 2014, Kerli. Please! • • • • • • • • • • • • • Kerli / 4 of 4 Plays Total 38 Personal Chart 24* - 4 - 3 - 11 - OFF Last Year's 55 Avril Lavigne - "Too Much to Ask"

66 CHVRCHES Science/Visions The Bones of What You Believe • • • • • • • • • • • • • One of those songs that the title sounds like the song. Very contemplative and layered, a great track. • • • • • • • • • • • • • CHVRCHES / 4 of 4 Plays Total 27 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 66 Cyndi Lauper - "Into the Nightlife" 62 V V Brown Igneous Samson & Delilah • • • • • • • • • • • • • This song gets my blood pumping. A furious anthem. Sounds like V V is on the hunt. So, so good, too! • • • • • • • • • • • • • V V Brown / 3 of 5 Plays Total 26 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 62 Azealia Banks - "Van Vogue" 58 will.i.am Far Away From Home #willpower • • • • • • • • • • • • • This Nicole Scherzinger-assisted jam was a promising highlight on Will's obviously lacking album. • • • • • • • • • • • • • will.i.am / 2 of 2 Plays Total 39 Personal Chart 7 - 4 - 2 - 6 - OFF Last Year's 58 Azealia Banks - "Luxury" 54 Fake Blood Let It Go Cells • • • • • • • • • • • • • A party-starting house jam, fully equipped with a perfectly-sculpted breakdown and oddly-placed sample. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Fake Blood / 2 of 2 Plays Total 62 Personal Chart 15 - 17 - OFF Last Year's 54 Neon Hitch - "Out Of This World"

65 Avril Lavigne Bitchin' Summer Avril Lavigne • • • • • • • • • • • • • This slays? So much that I'm obsessed with it NOW and it's JANUARY. Her sing-talk bridge, though... yas. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Avril / 3 of 6 Plays Total 27 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 65 Marina - "Power & Control" 61 Lady Gaga G.U.Y. ARTPOP • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bottoms finally have their anthem. But no, this is a great pop record. Hopeful for it being a hit in 2014. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lady Gaga / 5 of 10 Plays Total 31 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 61 Avril Lavigne - "Nobody's Fool" 57 Lady Gaga Applause ARTPOP • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ah, the infamous underperformer 4pplause. Still remember when this debuted. Grower of 2013. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lady Gaga / 6 of 10 Plays Total 41 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 57 Lana Del Rey - "Radio" 53 M.I.A. Only 1 U Matangi • • • • • • • • • • • • • All sorts of powerful bangs make this up to be one of the crookedest empowerment songs of... ever. Too good. • • • • • • • • • • • • • M.I.A. / 3 of 7 Plays Total 37 Personal Chart N/A Last Year's 53 Rye Rye - "Hotter"

Daily Special 1 • 2013 in Avatars Daily Special 2 • 5 Best Comebacks of 2013 Daily Special 3 • 5 Most Annoying People

Daily Special 4 • 5 Worst Songs Daily Special 5 • 5 Best Collaborations Daily Special 6 • 5 Most Unfortunate Flops

Daily Special 7 • 5 Biggest Single Snubs Daily Special 8 • Most Anticipated in 2014 Daily Special 9 • Top 5 Potential Hits in 2014

5 Single Snubs of 2013

1 - Ke$ha • Supernatural
Remember when this was the most anticipated song from Warrior? Remember when it should've been the second single following Die Young? Remember when it was rumored as the fourth single and there were at least a dozen single threads? It's actually a tragedy. Unfortunately, there's no hope for this song to be a hit now, considering it sounds a bit dated and ridiculous and is probably too bland, dance-y and repetitive for 2014 Pop radio. But hey, maybe we have Thinking Of You. But probably not. Rest in peace, Superprophetal!

2 - Rihanna • Jump
I cannot BELIEVE this Who the f**k would leave behind a smash like this? What kinda flat-out sin? Who decided Right Now would be a better idea? Who is in charge of this girl's single choices? Because every damn year a tragedy this size occurs and I am no longer having that. Granted, Kanye didn't jump on the song quickly enough to turn it into a full-fledged smash, that's what remixes are for. Oh well, bring on R8.

3 - Leona Lewis • Glassheart
I actually am in disbelief that no one made this a single? Like, we can make some boring love ballads singles and allow them to flop but this is where I draw the line. Maybe it's a bit too dubsteppy for Leona. Maybe it sounds like Beauty And A Beat. And yet, this song is a certified smash that got away and I will never be over it. Simon Cowlick better drop her so she can tear the world in two like she should be doing. I'm over purchasing her UK-only albums in the used section a year after their release.

4 - Justin Timberlake • Pusher Love Girl
Okay, so maybe he needed to end the 20/20 pt. I era after Mirrors deservedly smashed the planet in two. He performed this specific song numerous times, however, and it started to become one of those fan favorites or whatever. Actually, I'm pretty sure there are bigger fan favorites than this one, but this song became low-key popular due to him promoting it for absolutely no reason. It should've been a single, it had enough buzz and is a potential classic. This or Don't Hold The Wall are better than any single from 20/20 pt. II

5 - Lana Del Rey • Cola
So, remind me WHY exactly Lana didn't even give this, her song with some of her most iconic one-liners, even a VIDEO treatment? It was snubbed in Tropico, continuously ignored and is now looked over, even though it's super popular among listeners. Like, okay, maybe it's a bit vulgar. Fine. In which case, swap out this with American, actually one of her best songs ever, and you'll see that there is some type of crime going on here. Especially in a world where Ride was given the amount of promo that it was