Kendrick's part was unnecessary on The Greatest, but it's still a nice little track, albeit a bit too repetitive.
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) was one of my least favorite tracks on 25 when it came out, but it eventually grew on me. Hopefully I'll see her other singles in your future updates.
I like the rock-ish direction of Perfect Illusion, and I liked Just Like Fire mostly because of the music video. I love Alice in Wonderland and anything associated with Tim Burton. Alice by Avril Lavigne is the superior one though.
I agree that Kill Em With Kindness wasn't the right single choice but it's a bop M&TR woulda been better
Just Like Fire, Send My Love and Ain't My Fault I only like Bad Things for Camila
Rihanna makes her second appearance on the list. This song is better than Work, since you can actually understand what she is saying, but this instrumental is so damn trippy and messy and the chorus is too. That's kinda why I barely listen to it. It's like good background music. There was still some good Rih singles this year though
89. Charlie Puth - One Call Away
A little vanilla of a song, but it's pleasant, harmless, and Charlie is adorable. (Now if only he got naked again ).
88. FIfth Harmony f. Fetty Wap - All In My Head (Flex)
Ugh. Why did these girls have to waste their momentum on subpar songs like this? Dinah-Jane and Normani can't hold a chorus down here, and Ally is very forgettable too. Lauren really saves this song for me. She sounds heavenly on her parts. I just wish she was given the spotlight on better songs. Still a bop, at times, but these girls can do better.
87. Tori Kelly - Hollow
Let's be real. If this girl would actually put out good songs like this on a regular basis instead of the forgettable stuff like Nobody Love and Should've Been Us, with all the promo she has gotten, maybe she'd actually have a Top 40 hit by now. In terms of quality, this is her best single. It has the best instrumental of them all, and her vocals shine here. It's ashame though that it took her three singles to get a quality one out of them.
86. Fergie - Life Goes On
As cute as this is, I just wish Fergie would have spent this year more wisely in terms of promo and quality. This song is without a doubt not a smash, but I guess she knows that. I'm just hoping that we finally get Double Dutchess at some point.
85. Britney Spears f. G-Eazy - Make Me
Just like GaGa with ARTPOP, Britney hasn't exactly been putting out quality singles these past three years. Work Bitch remains mediocre, and Perfume and Pretty Girls both suck ass. Still, I gave this song a chance. It can get stuck in my head at times, and it's not too bad, but I mean, it could have been better. I could say that about a lot of the Glory tracks though. G-Eazy wasn't really needed, and honestly, he should've just gotten undressed in the video. Why the **** would you unbutton your shirt a little if you aren't even gonna undress? What a waste you dumbass.
84. Lady GaGa - Million Reasons
GaGa's second and last appearance this year comes in at #84. When it comes to ballads, GaGa isn't exactly a favorite of mine. But this time, she actually delivered something 75% decent. i just wish this was more of a power ballad
83. Hailee Steinfeld - Rock Bottom
Until later in the year, this was the only Hailee I had really listened to this year aside from Love Myself. I'll get more into Starving later, but for this song, I can see what it flopped, even with DNCE attached to it. This song just feels juvenile. I mean, I'm almost 23. There should've been more power in this song. And there isn't. Oh well. It's the second best song on the EP.
82. Ellie Goulding - Keep On Dancin
Earlier in the year, this was rumored to be a single for the era. That never happened, did it? I could care less though. This is still better than some of the other songs released this year. So yeah.
81. Jane Zhang f. Timbaland - Dust My Shoulders
It's funny how this song ended up getting so high on iTunes, but it failed to chart on the Hot 100 because it was most likely coming from outside of the US. Regardless, that's obviously how it got my attention. In a world full of drama and terror this year, it's nice to have songs like this that are just pleasant, cute, nice, and somewhat relaxing.
Extra Tidbit:
Zootopia Judy & Nick Tribute - The Climb vs. Perfect Song
I really like video editing, especially when you combine animated media with songs I really like. This Zootopia is exactly that. Combining scenes that fit the lyrics just right. And the message at the end is just very fitting for both songs and the movie