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activebeast · Best Songs Ever 2014 · Honor Roll
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01 · CHER LLOYD, "Sirens"
Weeks on Chart: 14 Weeks
Peak Position: #01 (1 Week)
Debut Date: May 3, 2014
Cher Lloyd scored her third "Honor Roll" status after "Want U Back" and "With Ur Love" two years ago. This mature pop ballad off her sophomore record is definitely a shocking smash.
♫ "I am tired. I'm growing older. I'm getting weaker everyday. We follow the sun down low. We follow the sun down low." ♫ |
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02 · RITA ORA, "I Will Never Let You Down"
Weeks on Chart: 14 Weeks
Peak Position: #01 (1 Week)
Debut Date: April 5, 2014
Another British pop royalty made it into the list. Rita first scored an "Honor Roll" status with "How We Do (Party)" last 2012. This year, her smash collaboration opposite Calvin Harris rocked the countdown for 14 weeks!
♫ "'Cause I've been sick and working all week, and I've been doing just fine. You've been tired of watching me, forgot to have a good time." ♫ |
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03 · ONE DIRECTION, "Midnight Memories"
Weeks on Chart: 14 Weeks
Peak Position: #01 (4 Weeks)
Debut Date: February 1, 2014
An "Honor Roll" list wouldn't be complete without One Direction. The title track off the group's third album became their sixth "Honor Roll" song on my countdown. And to top that, "Midnight Memories" bagged the most weeks at #1 for 2014!
♫ "'Tell me that I'm wrong but I do what I please. Way too many people in the Addison Lee. Now I'm at the age when I know what I need." ♫ |
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04 · LORDE, "Team"
Weeks on Chart: 15 Weeks
Peak Position: #01 (1 Week)
Debut Date: January 11, 2014
New Zealander Lorde wowed the world with "Royals" last year which happened to reach the "Honor Roll" status last year. This time, Lorde comes back with the haunting follow-up "Team". 15 well-spent weeks on charts!
♫ "'Tell me that I'm wrong but I do what I please. Way too many people in the Addison Lee. Now I'm at the age when I know what I need." ♫ |
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05 · ONE DIRECTION, "Story Of My Life"
Weeks on Chart: 15 Weeks
Peak Position: #01 (2 Weeks)
Debut Date: November 2, 2013
Released late last year, "Story Of My Life" served as One Direction's seventh "Honor Roll" overall. Unlike their previous hits, the song struggled to reach the summit but definitely enjoyed great longevity. Having charted impressively last year, the song was not shortlisted this year.
♫ "'I know that in the morning now,
I see ascending light upon a hill. Although I am broken, my heart is untamed still." ♫ |
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06 · JESSIE J, ARIANA GRANDE & NICKI MINAJ, "Bang Bang"
Weeks on Chart: 16+ Weeks
Peak Position: #01 (4 Weeks)
Debut Date: August 30, 2014
Still enjoying an incredible chart run is the surefire collaboration of Jessie, Ari and Nicki. "Bang Bang" debuted on my countdown at #1 and from the on, it never dropped out of the Top 10! This song made the girls' score their first "Honor Roll".
♫ "'She might have let you hold her hand in school, but I'mma show you how to graduate." ♫ |
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07 · TAYLOR SWIFT, "Shake It Off"
Weeks on Chart: 17+ Weeks
Peak Position: #01 (3 Weeks)
Debut Date: August 23, 2014
Queen Taylor definitely shook everyone off in the charts with the phenomenal "Shake It Off". Currently spending its seventeenth week on chart, the single served as Taylor's second "Honor Roll" hit. Will she be able to reclaim the top spot after three long years?
♫ "'But I keep cruising. Can't stop, won't stop grooving. It's like I got this music in my body saying it's gonna be alright." ♫ |
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08 · ARIANA GRANDE f/ ZEDD, "Break Free"
Weeks on Chart: 18+ Weeks
Peak Position: #01 (2 Weeks)
Debut Date: August 16, 2014
After having bunch of Top 100 entries last year with four, Ariana Grande scored another "Honor Roll" as "Break Free" spent 18 weeks on chart (and even counting!). Not to mention those 18 weeks were spent in the Top 10!
♫ "This is the part when I say I don't want ya. I'm stronger than I've been before. This is the part when I break free, 'cause I can't resist it no more." ♫ |
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Can't wait to see who emerges on top!
