There are two versions of this song. The awful snooze fest which wasn't even included in the album and the radio edit. If you don't know this song and you're willing to give it a listen (please do) take that into consideration. Now, Avenir is by all standards an average pop song (yeah it's in French, so ****ing what?) but it's Louane's charismatic and joyful personal touch what makes it so great. I first listened to it in February and I still can't get enough of it, it's addictive. I wish French music wasn't so local the GP is missing out big time!
Ed Sheeran "Photograph"
Ed has become a staple in every single one of my countdowns. No matter how unbiased I try to be while making these lists he always manages to sneak inside the top 10. This song is my second favorite x album track after TOL and it was definitely the right choice as a follow up to it. While I do love the fact that he was trying to make something different and more personal for its music video I have to say it nearly killed its chances of becoming a hit. Thankfully talent always wins and the song did well on the radio all by itself.
Taylor Swift "Style"
Style has rapidly become a Taylor Swift fan favorite, I don't know if it's because it wasn't overexposed like most of her recent singles or because it's just that good, my money is on the latter. Contrary to what many fans think I absolutely love the video. I think it enhances the song's stripped down retro elements and gives it a totally new meaning. It's not my favorite Taylor Swift single this decade (BTD still gets the award) but it's on its way to snatch it. Forget Shake It Off, forget Blank Space, this is the true gem of the 1989 era and I hope it's remembered as such.
Jess Glynne "Hold My Hand"
Missing my #1 spot almost by a coin toss up here comes Jess Glynne. This song is the epitome of joy. It cheers me up all the time no matter what my current mood is, it's like chewing happy pills in a storm. The uplifting fast-paced verses, the euphoric chorus and Jess' powerful vocals are just life-giving. I'm so happy for all the success Jess got this year (the US shall remain tasteless though) she's really come a long way from singing hooks for Tinie Tempah and Clean Bandit from behind the curtain. Now she's the one delivering and she did it better than anyone, well... almost anyone.
Years & Years "Shine"
So yeah Years & Years lands their 5th and final entry at #1 this year. I have to say I had a tough time deciding between this song and HMH, not because they're epic masterpieces (in fact I think this is my weakest #1 this decade) but because I love them pretty much the same in their own way. Shine is unique within Y&Y's discography in such a way that it's the only song in the album which deals with a rather melancholic and emotionally charged situation without straying away from the signature power chorus and quirky production elements that set them apart from the rest of the pop box. It might not have gotten the recognition it deserved but for me it was the best song of the year.
Oh and feliz dia de los inocentes atrasado #AQuienCorresponda.
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FULL LIST
1 Years & Years - Shine
2 Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
3 Taylor Swift - Style
4 Ed Sheeran - Photograph
5 Louane - Avenir
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)
Favorite Tracks:
1. Polaroid
2. I'm So Sorry
3. Friction
4. Shots
5. The Fall
Worst Track:
Summer
#02
Jess Glynne "I Cry When I Laugh"
Favorite Tracks:
1. Hold My Hand
2. Real Love (with Clean Bandit)
3. Saddest Vanilla (feat. Emeli Sandé)
4. Ain't Got Far to Go
5. Take Me Home
Worst Track:
Not Letting Go (with Tinie Tempah)
#01
ADELE "25"
Favorite Tracks:
1. Water Under the Bridge
2. Hello
3. When We Were Young
4. Million Years Ago
5. Remedy
6. River Lea
7. Sweetest Devotion
8. Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
9. Love In the Dark
10. I Miss You
Worst Track:
All I Ask
RECAP:
1 ADELE - 25
2 Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh
3 Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors
4 Years & Years - Communion
5 BORNS - Dopamine
6 Louane - Chambre 12
7 twenty one pilots - Blurryface
8 X Ambassadors - VHS
9 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
10 Nothing But Thieves - Nothing But Thieves
11 Nate Ruess - Grand Romantic
12 Leona Lewis - I Am
13 Madonna - Rebel Heart
14 Troye Sivan - Blue Neighboorhood
15 Enya - Dark Sky Island
16 Jamie Lawson - Jamie Lawson
17 Kodaline - Coming Up for Air
18 Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho
19 Hilary Duff - Breathe In. Breathe Out
20 James Bay - Chaos and the Calm
4/5 YAAAAS Ya sabés cual odio
Podemos seguir siendo amigas por un año más
Y por cierto espero que el nuevo álbum de mis ositos esté en tu conteo el año que viene
Imagine Dragons + Jess
Adele hasta que no lo ponga en Spotify no la querré
5: El single mas aburrido de ese album es el que mas alto dejaste creo, no es mala la cancion pero es bastante
generico y el video es mierda, definitivamente este era el pusto de TOL
4: Muy buena cancion, amo mucho la version low pero por no se single no la inclui en mi top, creo que la dejaste
en el lugar que se merecia
3: La mejor cancion de Taylor desde Back To December y si la cancion nunca aburre y se merecia mas exito, tambien la dejaste en un buen lugar
2. Buena cancion, quizas se merecia mas tu 1 porque la vienes escuchando desde hace mucho tiempo y lleva la linea de las canciones que te gustan
1. LOL ahora eres hipster, buena canción pero no para darle el 1, te ganaste la corona de la mas poser del 2015 oops
I Don't agree with Shine being #1 or Hold My Hand being #2. Not When Style exists. Both Shine and Hold My Hand lack the life that Style has. So in my opinión, it was robbed big time .