DJ Earworm: "Bey didn't have any smash singles this year."
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Two notable absences are Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, whose collaboration “Side to Side” has felt ubiquitous for months now. But most glaringly: no Beyoncé. How are you going to include Joe Jonas in a 2016 round-up and leave out Beyoncé?
DJ Earworm told The Verge in an email: “On Billboard, ‘Hold Up’ peaked at number 13, ‘Sorry’ peaked at number 11, [and] ‘Formation’ peaked at number 10. While she had a really big cultural moment, it didn't translate into smash singles.”
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Calvin Harris and Rihanna - This Is What You Came For
D.R.A.M. and Lil Yachty - Broccoli
Desiigner - Panda
DJ Snake and Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
DNCE - Cake By The Ocean
Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla - One Dance
Fifth Harmony and Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home
Flo Rida - My House
Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
Lukas Graham - 7 Years
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ - Cold Water
Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza
Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles
Rihanna - Needed Me
Rihanna and Drake - Work
Sia - Cheap Thrills
The Chainsmokers and Daya - Don't Let Me Down
The Chainsmokers and Halsey - Closer
The Weeknd and Daft Punk - Starboy
Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Twenty One Pilots - Ride
Zayn - Pillowtalk
Some, but not all. It was most definitely not bigger than 9-week #1 hit, Work, or platinum selling This Is What You Came For and Needed Me (both still charting on the Hot 100).
She may not have sat atop the chart echelon (mostly cus shes too headstrong to play industry ball) but her music remained ubiquitous regardless. I dont even live in the US yet "Becky with the good hair" was a thing here, let alone Formation.
The mashup is composed exclusively of chart hits so i cant be mad at the DJ.