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Pedro's Glorious 2016: THE END!
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Not mad at your picks at all.
Wasn't feeling Gwen, haven't heard Here or This Is Acting though
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ANTI, Lemonade, LW and Glory
7/27 had some good bops but I want more from them. Can't wait for 5H3 already
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Rihanna,Tove Lo,Gwen & 5H
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Lady Wood, Side B and Glory
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This Is Acting
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YES someone with taste glad to See FH at #2
Click Denis To Comment on my best of back
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Britney @1 off course
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Glad you included Carly And of course I love Bey's/Ariana's releases. OMG at 7/27 being #2 though
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Amazing albums, you taste is flawless as always
10/10 My favorite is Dangerous Woman, but every album here is iconic
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Your top 2 is absolute perfection, my friend
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Pedro's Glorious 2016: The 20 Best Videos
The Gloriest Best Of 2016 is now among us.
Welcome.
In between Camila Cabello's departure from Fifth Harmony to Christmas week, not only I didn't feel like updating my Best Of but I also had very little time in hands. Now that everything is settling down I am ready to continue with my close up. Last update, I introduced you to my 10 favorite albums of the year and now we smoothly move on to my favorite 20 music videos of 2016... Expect the unexpected!
Hopefully you got that Fifth Harmony reference right there.
30. Martin Garrix - "In The Name Of Love (feat. Bebe Rexha)"
29. Lana Del Rey - "Freak"
28. Calvin Harris - "This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)"
27. DNCE - "Cake By The Ocean"
26. Tove Lo - "Cool Girl"
25. Ariana Grande - "Into You"
24. Fifth Harmony - "All In My Head (Flex) [feat. Fetty Wap]"
23. Rihanna - "Needed Me"
22. Meghan Trainor - "Better (feat. Yo Gotti)"
21. Coldplay - "Hymn For The Weekend (feat. Beyoncé)"
While being simple and exploring a quite cliché concept, Nick's and Tove Lo's chemistry is quite fierce and sexy! That chemistry builds up until the end of the video and one could only wish they'd finally touch eachother and kiss eachother by the end (that thankfully happens). No one would ever stop watching this video up until that moment. It draws you in!
I am not a big fan of Sia's videography. I feel like she needs to start doing something else because it's getting tiring... Yet "The Greatest" is fascinating (and sad) due to its difference... It's not about Maddie and her moves, it's about reality and that's why I love it. From all of her videos this is by far her best. I love how dark it is and how real Maddie keeps it without forcing anything. Even the choreography is better than her other attempts.
I don't know her. I really don't. I know she has a song with The Chainsmokers but that's it. I decided to see some of her videos and I really enjoyed "Colors". I love the way it was filmed - it brings a vintage type of feeling to it - and the concept overall. Just like "Close" (Nick Jonas), one can't stop watching up until the story ends and, to me, that kind of describes a good video.
Even though I am mad for Shakira, I am the first to admit she could easily release better and bigger videos. She tends to always hire the same director - Jaume - and I don't know what it is but they like cheap and boring. "Chantaje", nonetheless, is kind of an improvement. It has more and better sets. I love how she turns a nasty place like a men's restroom in a sexy one. On top of that, her body looks sick and her chemistry with Maluma slays me.
It is not very usual for videos of a soundtrack to slay but P!NK made sure to break that trend. The video is so well produced and I love all of the sets. The chess set needs to be my favorite, not only it was cool to include parts of the original movie but the way they "created" 100 P!nks was so cool and out of the box! I can't even imagine how long that took! I also love the final tea scene! This video was just flawless!
Taylor's videos aren't all that to me. She tries too hard to be out of the box and to always have huge productions but the final result is never that fascinating... The same happened to "Out Of The Woods". While it's a very good video, the concept is so boring and I expected so much more with all that production. I really enjoyed how she went through all seasons of the year but ain't nobody got time for those inspirational Facebook messages.
Zara has always been quite basic to me. She has nothing extraordinary about her - I can easily think of 300 girls that could sing as well as she can and have the same amount of success. On top of that, her videos have always been very basic but "Ain't My Fault" kind of slays. Not only she is serving sex with that body but the choreographies and the sets got me going and feeling it! Easily her best effort!
It took me so long to actually watch this video because, to me, "Rise" was a very weak single - it surely served its purposes though. It took me long but when I saw it, I was kind of impressed. Not only Katy acting was on point but her looks had me going, she looks so beautiful! I don't know if anyone knows Cara Maria from MTV's The Challenge but I had her on my mind through the entire video. I love how the video is way more inspirational than the song itself.
I really can't stand Kanye West and in a normal situation I wouldn't even had seen this video if it wasn't for MTV Video Music Awards that pretty much forced everyone to see it and while it hurts to admit, I really couldn't take my eyes out of the TV screen. The girl is so sexy and hot and her dancing is quite fascinating. I love the workout scene and the way she never stops. Now this is serving sex.
I am ready. Trash me all you want but I will stand by this song and video. Meghan brought me back to early 2000s. She served me with a throwback in every meaning of the word. I love the throwback concept and how she dances throughout the entire video serving Britney's "Overprotected" vibes. On top of that, no one would expect Trainor to have this amount of choreography ever! She surprised all of us and wasn't afraid of expressing herself! Standing ovation!
I will just keep it real simple. If only I knew about this singer, song and video in 2015, she would have easily topped my video list last year. If this was from 2016, she'd be first. This is the ONLY reason why Jain's "Come" is a bonus on the video chart - release date. This video is pure slayage and extra original. I can't get enough of it.
Ariana kicked off this era with a terrible video - "Dangerous Woman" - but ever since she has been serving. "Side To Side" is the best one so far. I love how good she looks in the video and the sets of it. Every time I am at the gym and this songs comes on, it's inevitable but to picture the video in my mind. I also need to compliment the styling they gave her in it! Props for having Nicki Minaj in it.
"Formation" is a great video but not ALL that. People make such a big deal out of this video and while I feel like it was an important video for a few reasons, I don't see all the hype. I do love the concept, I do love the sets and the styling but as you can see, I do think there was eight other better videos. On the bright side, I do live for a lot of the looks of this video - car scene, middle finger scene.
Well! One of the better videos is also from her. I promise this is not because she is wearing the best color in the world - yellow. I just love the concept and simplicity of "Hold Up"! I really enjoy the mood swings throughout the entire video and how it ends in such an agressive but funny way! If you want to consider the intro of the video to be part of the video, let's just say it brings it to a whole new level... Specially when she opens the doors and the water comes out!
I just love how much input Jennifer Lopez usually puts into her videos. I love how girl empowering "Ain't Your Mama" video is and all the different looks and sets! She did put work into this and it worked in a magnificent way! She looks beautiful and I really have to admit that the flashmob is my favorite part of the video. Not only she looks stunning but there's just so much energy. J.Lo served!
This video is a piece of art and so underrated. Not even 10 million views... How's that possible? I love how overly worked her looks are and how the sets are all so original and fascinating. It pains me to see such an amazing video going to waste and being completely unnoticed but I really enjoy watching it. Even though it doesn't have a concrete concept, you don't get bored because every scene has so much to explore and see.
I love how highly produced "That's My Girl" is. I love the concept and how they are all so much into character. The "Mad Max" concept really worked here and to be fair everything is on point: the looks, the choreography, the concept... And while it is a great video THANK YOU to whoever scrapped this as the first single of "7/27".
I know many of you will not support this decision but the fact this video was created LIVE goes beyond anything else. I love how it all worked out so well and how it turned out to be such a cute video. Everything was thought to the smallest detail and Gwen Stefani really worked hard to get this all set and done. She deserved more recognition.
The most watched video of 2016 and it was so deserved. Out of its 1,2 Billion views, I must've watched it 100,000 - it was also my most played video of the year but I have to keep it fair. I still can't get enough of this video or Camila's looks. It is epic and iconic. The girls were all on point. The looks were so fantastic and worked so well in all of them. Their stylist really knew what he was doing. On top of that, the scenario and all this construction sets makes it so hot and sweaty! We have to add the choreography detail at the end which was flawless... I just love when choreography is added into a video... If the video is great that just works even better!
Britney mocked us all with "Make Me..." and brought sexy back with "Slumber Party". This video is so well done and every set is a masterpiece. I feel like it is a piece of art and Britney Spears is ON POINT. She literally reminded all of us why she is such a Queen and why her videography should never stop being praised. She looks so into it, her body is sick, the choreography is flawless, the chemistry between her and the model (and Tinashe) is super sexy and really... She is the freaking Queen and this video is flawless.
My two faves - Britney Spears and Fifth Harmony - released iconic videos during 2016 but none was as iconic as "M.I.L.F. $". When I first saw this I couldn't believe my eyes and I couldn't even make sense out of it: "How can Fergie come back like this?" I thought she had the year in her hand but she let this flip out of her hands. The video was so controversial, so well produced, so fascinating, so sexy... She had it all. Maybe the song could've been better but this video could even make a disgusting song like "7 Years" tolerable. I love how this video created this fantasy world of milfs and how every set was thought to the smallest detail. Many may not agree but I don't think there was a better video this year. Fergie SLAYED and SERVED.
NEXT: THE SINGLES.
Thank you so much everyone for your comments.
I truly appreciate it!
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Is like I love all your sets The videos here are geat, i'm agree that M.I:L.F. is the best of the year, it slayed so hard as no other video
many others great here: Chantaje, Out Of The Woods, In The Name Of Love and Work From Home are my favorites
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28. Calvin Harris - "This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)"
27. DNCE - "Cake By The Ocean"
26. Tove Lo - "Cool Girl"
25. Ariana Grande - "Into You"
22. Meghan Trainor - "Better (feat. Yo Gotti)"
21. Coldplay - "Hymn For The Weekend (feat. Beyoncé)"
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@ these. Aw, Hymn should've been on the main list for sure.
I'm here for all of the top 20 except for 5H, Shakira and Jain. Fantastic list with tons of great choices!
Especially with that top 2
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Great countodown the only songs i didnt like are that Pink song & Jlo Aint Your Mama!
Where is Make Me???
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25/30
I rarely watch MV, but this list slays me bad.
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Amazing list. I really enjoy many of the music videos there
Chantaje made it
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You're finally back
Gwen x2, Shaki, Brit
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All amazing videos (except No tbh, it ruined the song for me )
The top 3 is so on point tbh.
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chantaje, milf, and iconic party
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Chantaje is amazing! Shakira looks so hot! MILF is a bad song but what an incredible music video
Slumber Party
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