I'll admit that I haven't listened to very many albums this year which sucks but the ones I have heard, I've loved (for the most part). Some of these albums you may like, some you may actually dislike but just remember it's based on my top picks from the ones I've heard so far!
~ Released: 10/9/15 ~
I was not expecting much from Selena with this album. After Stars Dance I figured there'd be a few spectacular songs intermingled with lackluster ones but Revival is 100% solid pop record all on its own. The overall vibe is very chill and calm which seems to be the image Selena was going for this era. She really excels on midtempo songs like Me and The Rhythm, Same Old Love and Perfect.
Nice to see some love for Adele. Her album really was solid.
Focus is a great video too!
This alone:
Although, I kind of love the One Last Time video
I love that scene so much! nn OLT makes me cringe
Quote:
Originally posted by Tom Vercetti
Revival number 1?
It had its highlights though. Nice countdown
Thanks sis
Several musical acts rose and fell this year. Some hit their arguable peak critically and commercially while others seemed to hit rock bottom and are headed on a sinking ship to oblivion. Thankfully, these next 10 artists are not headed on a downhill slope, rather (at least in my opinion) have a bright future ahead of them in the coming years! To be clear, this specific countdown measures the artists who "won" 2015 and are the most (musically) relevant to me! Hihi
~ Top track: Focus ~
She may be "flopping" on the billboard charts now but she is still slaying that vocal/music game! With Focus, The Honeymoon Tour, The Ari™ fragrance and Scream Queens Ariana Grande has been everywhere in 2015 and I wholeheartedly loved every moment of it!
Several musical acts rose and fell this year. Some hit their arguable peak critically and commercially while others seemed to hit rock bottom and are headed on a sinking ship to oblivion. Thankfully, these next 10 artists are not headed on a downhill slope, rather (at least in my opinion) have a bright future ahead of them in the coming years! To be clear, this specific countdown measures the artists who "won" 2015 and are the most (musically) relevant to me! Hihi
~ Top track: Focus ~
She may be "flopping" on the billboard charts now but she is still slaying that vocal/music game! With Focus, The Honeymoon Tour, The Ari™ fragrance and Scream Queens Ariana Grande has been everywhere in 2015 and I wholeheartedly loved every moment of it!
Becoming a top 5 Billboard Female Artist for the second year in a row amidst scandal & poor single chart run, selling out stadiums and delivering flawless live performances all year, what a Queen!
Becoming a top 5 Billboard Female Artist for the second year in a row amidst scandal & poor single chart run, selling out stadiums and delivering flawless live performances all year, what a Queen!
(I knew it )
Only the Queen
Quote:
Originally posted by Auburn
I knew Ari would be your #1 artist
I think everyone did
So the hardest part when creating this best of was coming up with ONLY 20 songs for the countdown. There were so many amazing pop/r&b songs that came out this year that this was truly a struggle for me to decide but here it is after weeks of deliberation. And as a disclaimer: with me being a major pop fan, most of the songs in this countdown will be pop. So sit down, grab a bucket of popcorn and get ready to be entertained!
~ Released: 3/2/15 ~
The no. 1 for this years countdown of the best songs of 2015 was the clear winner. Similar to my no. 1 last year (Ariana Grande - Break Free), this song never seems to get old no matter how much time passes since its release or how mnay times I hear it on the radio. Every tiny little element of this song came together to make such an eargasm.
This list was fairly easy to come up with surprisingly. There were some really amazing movies out this year and I think I did a pretty good job at acknowledging them and placing them in their prospective rankings. Will you agree? You'll just have to find out!
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~ Released: 12/18/15 ~
I'm a huge Star Wars fan and anyone who knows me should've known Star Wars would end up at the top of this countdown! This movie is already a classic in my book already, everything was executed so flawlessly. The actors (new and old) really showed the best of their acting abilities
and the action was was intense and exciting to say the very least.
2015 was a great year for music videos. The 24 hour VEVO streaming record was broken not once, but twice this year and for good reason! This list will comprise the top 5 best music videos released this year. It was difficult only picking five videos but there were some particular stand outs that really required no thought. Will your fave make it? Stay tuned and let me know
what you think of the list so far!
~ Released: 7/1/15 ~
Rihanna makes her very first appearance on this countdown as she zooms to no. 1 on the videos list this year. The "Bitch Better Have My Money" video is badass, edgy, cool and fun all wrapped up into one. Rihanna is never one to disappoint when it comes to her visuals but this time she pulled out all of the stops to make an amazing video to go with a nice song. In my opinion this is by far one of Rihanna's best videos along with "Only Girl (In The World)" and "Where Have You Been"!
21. Big Sean & Nicki Minaj - 2 points
22. Sia - 1 points
23. Remy Boyz - 0.5 points
That's all guys! I hope you all enjoyed my best of this year! I worked so hard on it and some of it was last minute but it came together and so yea I'm glad you guys supported this. I'll be sure to comment on all of your best ofs as well! See you all in December when I begin my best of 2016
Ariana Slaying! Revival is amazing, one of my favorite albums of 2015 too and Lean On hated the song at first but then I realized who amazing that song was!