100. Kylie Minogue "Flower"
99. Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean “As Long As You Love Me”
98. Pitbull "Back In Time"
97. Ellie Goulding "Anything Could Happen"
96. Madonna feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A "Give Me All Your Luvin'"
95. Miguel "Adorn"
94. Emeli Sandé "Next To Me"
93. Garbage "Big Bright World"
92. Lana Del Rey "Ride"
91. Aerosmith "What Could Have Been Love?"
Will.i.am & Britney Spears "Scream And Shout"
I wasn't expecting too much from this collaboration and I wasn't really impressed at first listen but I enjoy the song now, the beat is hypnotizing and Britney's weird british accent () works very well here. The success of this song really surprised me though.
Demi Lovato "Give Your Heart A Break"
Another X-Factor judge in this set. This was a very good year for Demi Lovato. "Give Your Heart A Break" surprisingly became a big airplay hit for her. It's a good song but I think "Skyscraper" is much better.
Little Big Town "Pontoon"
I don't know too much about this group but this song is so catchy. "Pontoon" is definitely the redneck anthem party of the year.
The Script feat. Will.i.am "Hall Of Fame"
This is the second collaboration of will.i.am in this set, this time as a featured artist. I'm not really a fan of The Script's music but I liked the combination between them and will.i.am in this song.
Monica & Brandy "It All Belongs To Me"
One of the biggest flops of the year. Monica & Brandy tried to recreate the success of "The Boy Is Mine" with this song but no one was here for this anymore. However I think the song was decent and I enjoyed it for a while. Also thanks to this collaboration I started to check for some old songs of them from the 90's that I didn't know which are really amazing.
Rita Ora "How We Do (Party)"
This song and artist aren't nothing new musically speaking. But the song is very catchy and I played it for some time this year. This is the first of 2 entries by Rihta.
Girls Aloud "Something New"
"Something New" is the comeback single of Girls Aloud. I didn't think it was that good when it was released but the song grew on me after some plays. I love these girls style.
Marina And The Diamonds "Primadonna"
This song reached #1 on my personal countdown for a week but it got old for me very quick. I guess it's just here because I really liked it for like a month
M.I.A "Bad Girls"
"Bad Girls" is not only a good song, but the video is even better. I love M.I.A's style when it comes to music and videos. I'm rooting for her to win a Grammy with the video of this song.
The Cranberries "Tomorrow"
Another of my favorite female fronted bands of the 90's was back this year with their first studio album in 11 years. "Tomorrow" was the only official single of this album which went basically unnoticed. I wish they had released at least another single.
Coldplay "Paradise"
"Paradise" was my last #1 of 2011 and my first #1 of 2012. It was also #10 on my Top 100 singles of 2011. However it deserved to be here again because I played it at the begining of the year. "Paradise" will be remember as the signature hit of the Mylo Xyloto era.
Nelly Furtado "Parking Lot"
"Parking Lot" was the 3rd consecutive flop single released from Nelly's last album "The Spirit Indestructible". It was really sad to see Nelly doing that bad this year. She deserves better and "Parking Lot" is a good song with a good video. She shouldn't have waited too much to release this album.
Cher Lloyd "Want U Back"
I've never thought the annoying Cher Lloyd would be part of my best of, last year she released that awful song "Swagger Jagger" but this year she released a much better and addicting song. I'd wish she didn't do that annoying helicopter noise at the end of the song though
Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo "Let's Go"
Very catchy and generic, Let's Go was one of the multiples #2 hits of Calvin Harris in the UK this year, it was also a big hit in the US and it also helped him to get his first Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording. If "Feel So Close" was elegible he probably would have better chances to win.
Ed Sheeran "Lego House"
This is my favorite single of Ed Sheeran. I think there's something special about the lyrics of this song and it was also the song that made me notice him. This is Ed's only entry on my top 100.
Scream And Shout, Tomorrow, Primadonna, Bad Girls.
"Let's Go" is probably the worst song that Calvin Harris has ever done, like you said, generic as hell. But I like it anyway
and agree with you, "Feel so Close" deserved that Grammy nom, not this