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Mr.Link's Best of 2015
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Wait...first, I can't feel my face...then, there's 10,000 emerald pools? WHAT IS LIFE?
Oh, and hi, Abel.
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Glad to see you recognising "Living for Love." Such a great song, and it deserved to go so much further than it did!
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Member Since: 8/1/2008
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ADELE
"Hello"
Possibly the biggest and most anticipated comeback of all time. Love it or hate it, hell was bound to break loose as soon as Adele confirmed its release. I think this song was tailor-made as her comeback single, it feels like an euphoric triumphant comeback anthem and it shows she has returned for blood in all her glory. Many people have claimed it has become way too overplayed as it's literally everywhere but I'm sure they'll realize how epic it actually is once the dust has finally settled. I'm pretty sure she will slay next year with the rest of her singles and I can't wait for it.
Leona Lewis
"Thunder"
I'm not sure what Leona was trying to do with this album, it felt more like her own cathartic diary than an actual studio record. It's not like her songs are bad material it's just that too much self empowerment feels cheesy and dull in the long run, this is why I think I Am is by far her worst record to date. Among its few highlights there's Thunder. This song feels like the birth of a brand new Leona, very different from the one Syco used to control, even her vocals sound different, it's very hard to describe. It's like she really loves this song and it shows.
Kodaline
"Honest"
This band might be unknown to some of you but it's been around for a while, this is actually the lead single of their second album. They're pretty much the Irish version of The Fray and since The Fray is one of my favorite bands and they've been kind of... erratic lately Kodaline has become my personal cheesy band fix. Honest is simple in its entirety but it just gives me life the more I play it the more I like it. Sadly it was paid dust, it wasn't even a hit in the UK, this band is so underrated I hope they're not dropped.
Sia
"Big Girls Cry"
Last year Sia slayed my whole countdown and this year she's back for some more with this potential introvert anthem. The only bad thing I could find in her ambitious trilogy was the lack of an explicit connection between the three videos which kind of makes this one look very cheap and pointless. Even so it's my second favorite Sia song and I think the video is not even as bad as people make it out to be. It's pretty much like the counterpart of Chandelier as it deals with the darker, quiet and introverted side of anxiety and depression whereas Chandelier does it the opposite way.
twenty one pilots
"Tear In My Heart"
Contrary to what many people think this isn't a new band. They've been around for a few years now and I did know about them but I never found them that interesting especially because they often overused rapped loud verses in pretty much all their songs and that just doesn't do much for me. This song, however, shows a brand new side of them and it sounds totally fresh. Yeah they ditched some of their indie undertones for the sake of a poppy sound but that really does wonders for them. They don't even have to worry because if you listen to their album you'd see they're like an indie, pop, rock, folk, electronic and hip hop band all in one.
Thanks for your comments.
Any Top 5 Predictions?
RECAP
6 twenty one pilots - Tear In My Heart
7 Sia - Big Girls Cry
8 Kodaline - Honest
9 Leona Lewis - Thunder
10 ADELE - Hello
11 Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams
12 BORNS - 10,000 Emerald Pools
13 Alessia Cara - Here
14 Madonna - Living For Love
15 Years & Years - King
16 The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
17 Jessie Ware - Champagne Kisses
18 Cold War Kids - First
19 Rihanna - FourFiveSeconds
20 James Bay - Hold Back the River
21 Sia - Elastic Heart
22 Sam Smith - Like I Can
23 Nothing But Thieves - Trip Switch
24 The Weeknd - The Hills
25 Leona Lewis - Fire Under My Feet
26 Gwen Stefani - Used to Love You
27 Muse - Dead Inside
28 The Vaccines - Dream Lover
29 Clean Bandit - Real Love (feat. Jess Glynne)
30 Jamie xx - Loud Places (feat. Romy)
31 Avril Lavigne - Give You What You Like
32 Imagine Dragons - Shots
33 Hilary Duff - Sparks
34 Beck - Heart Is A Drum
35 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
36 X Ambassadors - Unsteady
37 Lifehouse - Hurricane
38 Troye Sivan - WILD
39 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
40 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
41 Years & Years - Take Shelter
42 Louane - Jour 1
43 The Weeknd - Earned It
44 Metric - The Shade
45 Foxes - Body Talk
46 Christine and the Queens - Christine
47 BORNS - Electric Love
48 Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine
49 Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta La Raíz
50 Nate Ruess - Nothing Without Love
51 X Ambassadors - Renegades
52 Marina Kaye - Homeless
53 Jamie Lawson - Wasn't Expecting That
54 Sia - Alive
55 U2 - Every Breaking Wave
56 Zedd - Beautiful Now
57 James Morrison - Demons
58 Alesso - Heroes (feat. Tove Lo)
59 Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman
60 Silversun Pickups - Nightlight
61 Years & Years - Eyes Shut
62 Foxes - Feet Don't Fail Me Now
63 Imagine Dragons - I Bet My Life
64 Giorgio Moroder - Deja Vu (feat. Sia)
65 Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
66 Madonna - Ghosttown
67 Carrie Underwood - Something In The Water
68 Rudimental - Lay It All On Me (feat. Ed Sheeran)
69 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
70 Little Big Town - Girl Crush
71 Nico & Vinz - In Your Arms
72 Kelly Clarkson - Invincible
73 Saint Motel - My Type
74 Brandon Flowers - Still Want You
75 Nothing But Thieves - Wake Up Call
76 Sam Hunt - Take Your Time
77 Kodaline - Love Will Set You Free
78 Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho
79 Louane - Jeune (J'ai envie)
80 LIGHTS - Running With Boys
81 Jess Glynne - Take Me Home
82 CHVRCHES - Leave a Trace
83 The Script - Man On A Wire
84 Sam Smith - Lay Me Down (feat. John Legend)
85 Coeur de Pirate - Oublie-Moi (Carry On)
86 PVRIS - My House
87 Maldita Nerea - Perdona Si Te Llamo Amor
88 Taylor Swift - Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
89 Enya - Echoes In Rain
90 Sia - Fire Meet Gasoline
91 Kodaline - The One
92 Fall Out Boy - Immortals
93 The All-American Rejects - There's a Place
94 Years & Years - Desire
95 Imagine Dragons - Roots
96 Kelly Clarkson - Hearbeat Song
97 Young Rising Suns - High
98 Wiz Khalifa - See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth)
99 Family of the Year - Hero
100 Omi - Cheerleader
101 Thomas Rhett - Die A Happy Man
102 Missy Eliott - WTF (feat. Pharrell Williams)
103 Vance Joy - The Fire and the Flood
104 Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall
105 Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better
106 The Veronicas - If You Love Someone
107 Jarryd James - Do You Remember
108 Walk Off Earth - Rule the World
109 George Ezra - Barcelona
110 twenty one pilots - Ride
111 Ingrid Michaelson - Afterlife
112 Lost Frequencies - Reality (feat. Janieck Devy)
113 Tori Kelly - Nobody Love
114 U2 - Song for Someone
115 Kygo - Firestone
116 Carrie Underwood - Smoke Break
117 Nate Ruess - Great Big Storm
118 James Bay - Let It Go
119 The Vaccines - Minimal Affection
120 Coleman Hell - 2 Heads
121 Louane - Je Vole
122 The Script - No Good in Goodbye
123 Last Dinosaurs - Apollo
124 Muse - Mercy
125 Drake - Hotline Bling
126 Kelly Clarkson - Piece by Piece [Radio Edit]
127 Mr. Probz - Waves
128 Fall Out Boy - Irresistible
129 Bleachers - Rollercoaster
130 George Ezra - Listen to the Man
131 Sam Smith - I'm Not The Only One
132 Andy Grammer - Honey, I'm Good
133 Jessie Wire - You & I (Forever)
134 James Newton Howard - The Hanging Tree
135 Ingrid Michaelson - Time Machine
136 Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
137 Rob Thomas - Trust You
138 Bastille - Torn Apart
139 Christina Perri - The Words
140 AWOLNATION - I Am
141 Hozier - Someone New
142 Natalie La Rose - Somebody (feat. Jeremih)
143 AURORA - Runaway
144 Weezer - Thank God for Girls
145 LIGHTS - Same Sea
146 Mr. Probz - Nothing Really Matters
147 Sheppard - Let Me Down Easy
148 Jojo - When Love Hurts
149 Foxes - Better Love
150 Gwen Stefani - Baby Don't Lie
151 Janet Jackson - No Sleep
152 Maître Gims - Est-ce que tu m'aimes ?
153 Hilary Duff - All About You
154 Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Cecilia & The Satellite
155 Walk the Moon - Different Colors
156 Paramore - Hate to See Your Heart Break
157 Troye Sivan - Talk Me Down
158 Imagine Dragons - Gold
159 The Neighbourhood - RIP to My Youth
160 American Authors - Go Big Or Go Home
161 Hozier - Take Me To Church
162 A Great Big World - Hold Each Other
163 Owl City - My Everything
164 Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me
165 The Weeknd - In the Night
166 Jaymes Young - I'll Be Good
167 Marina Kaye - Sounds Like Heaven (feat. Lindsey Stirling)
168 Gwen Stefani - Spark the Fire
169 Lana del Rey - High by the Beach
170 Daya - Hide Away
171 Cold War Kids - Hot Coals
172 The Band Perry - Live Forever
173 Jamie xx - I Know There's Gonna Be Good Times
174 Clean Bandit - Stronger
175 Naughty Boy - Runnin' (Lose It All) (feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin)
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#03 | #02 | Louane | Jess Glynne |
#01 | Years & Years |
Will Y&Y get the #1 song too? Find out tomorrow.
FULL LIST:
1 Years & Years (5 songs, top 5 song, top 5 album)
2 Jess Glynne (4 songs, top 5 song, top 3 album)
3 Louane (4 songs, top 5 song, top 10 album)
4 Taylor Swift (4 songs, top 5 song, no album)
5 Ed Sheeran (3 songs, top 5 song, no album)
6 twenty one pilots (3 songs, top 10 song, top 10 album)
7 Sia (5 songs, top 10 song, no album)
8 Adele (1 song, top 10 song, top 3 album)
9 BORNS (2 songs, top 20 song, top 5 album)
10 The Weeknd (3 songs, top 20 song, top 10 album)
11 Kodaline
12 Madonna
13 Imagine Dragons
14 Leona Lewis
15 Sam Smith
16 Alessia Cara
17 X Ambassadors
18 James Bay
19 Hilary Duff
20 Troye Sivan
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20-16 4/5
15-11 4/5
Jessie Ware
TS
5 Ed 4 TS
Esperando el top 10
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Hello
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Hello is my favorite from this set.
Great for Y&Y too
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Member Since: 12/20/2010
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10 - 6 5/5
Honest
Style top 5
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Member Since: 5/17/2009
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4/5
Hello
excited for tomorrow
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Member Since: 8/31/2009
Posts: 6,233
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Member Since: 3/27/2008
Posts: 8,259
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"Hello"
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 9/24/2009
Posts: 70,975
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3/5
Tear In My
Y&Y
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 2,409
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"Here" como me encanta esa canción
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 7/23/2007
Posts: 35,994
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3/5
Tear In My Heart + Thunder + Hello
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Member Since: 4/6/2007
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Tear In My Queen.
Hello es muy buena de hecho.
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Member Since: 1/27/2007
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2 I 5
Hello
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6 twenty one pilots - Tear In My Heart
Excelente, no me parece un masterpiece, pero me agrada, crei que estaria seria el hit y no SO lol
7 Sia - Big Girls Cry
Prefiero Elastic Heart, esta igual es buena, espero saque singles asi en el proximo album y no como Alive
8 Kodaline - Honest
Me agrada, pero no para top 10, aburre rapido sus singles
9 Leona Lewis - Thunder
Y esto sera lo mas lejos que la veremos en un best, me agrada aunque años luz de Bleeding Love
10 ADELE - Hello
Con todo y que sea overrated me agrada, podria jurar que te arrepentiras de dejarla aqui
PREDICCION
5. Photograph
4. Style
3. Avenir
2. Hold My Hand
1. Shine
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Member Since: 1/26/2006
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3/5
"Hello" es buenísima, qué bien que alcanzó el top 10.
"Big Girls Cry" es la que más me gustó de los singles del álbum pasado que sacó este año, las otras me aburrieron.
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Member Since: 11/27/2008
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Hello and Big Girls Cry
Style needs that #1 BAD!
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Member Since: 6/20/2007
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Hello + Thunder Masterpieces
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