so far...
15. Lena - Crystal Sky
14. Laura Welsh - Soft Control
13. Blur - The Magic Whip
12. Little Boots - Working Girl
11. NERVO - Collateral
10. Jason Derulo - Everything Is 4
9. Wynter Gordon - Five Needle (EP)
8. Hilary Duff - Breathe In. Breathe Out.
7. Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION
6. Madonna - Rebel Heart
5. Charli XCX - Sucker
4. Conchita Wurst - Conchita
3. Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balcony
2. Nothing but Thieves - Graveyard Whistling (EP)
NOTHING BUT THIEVES
NOTHING BUT THIEVES
HIT
"Ban All the Music"
"Itch"
"Hostage"
"Trip Switch"
"Neon Brother"
MISS
"Lover, Please Stay"
Okay, this year's #1 was totally obvious and I wanted to be trolling a bit. "Nothing but Thieves" was the most anticipated album of the year for me. As you see, it was worth the wait. Unfortunately, my favorite song "Last Orders" off their EP didn't make it to this one and I was sad about this, but hey, we have Neon Brother here which might top "Last Orders." There is one song I dislike. I find "Lover, Please Stay" too boring and always skip it. Overall, this is an excellent album and I can't wait to see it on more countdowns in 2016 because it'll be out in the States in February.
so far...
50. Rihanna - American Oxygen
49. Pitbull - Time of Our Lives (feat. Ne-Yo)
48. Little Boots - Get Things Done
47. Brandon Flowers - Can't Deny My Love
46. Lenka - Blue Skies
45. Elhaida Dani - I Am Alive
44. The Weeknd - The Hills
43. Timbaland - UFO (feat. Future & Tink)
42. Charli XCX - Hanging Around
41. Blur - My Terracotta Heart
40. Weezer - Thank God for Girls
39. Nothing but Thieves - Emergency
38. Azealia Banks - Ice Princess
37. Hilary Duff - Lies
36. JoJo - When Love Hurts
35. NERVO - It Feels
34. JoJo - Save My Soul
33. Tove Lo - Talking Body
32. Blur - Go Out
31. Leona Lewis - Thunder
30. Alexandra Burke - Renegade
29. Jason Derulo - Broke (feat. Stevie Wonder & Keith Urban)
28. Little Boots - Better in the Morning
27. Hilary Duff - One in a Million
26. Carly Rae Jepsen - I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance
25. Madonna - Best Night
24. Shane Filan & Nadine Coyle - I Could Be
23. Laura Welsh - Undiscovered
22. Giorgio Moroder - Tom's Diner (feat. Britney Spears)
21. Carly Rae Jepsen - Never Get to Hold You
20. Conchita Wurst - Firestorm
19. Madonna - Hold Tight
18. Jason Derulo - Cheyenne
17. Lena - Galaxies
16. Stefanie Heinzmann - Stranger in This World
15. Christina Milian - Like Me (feat. Snoop Dogg)
14. Charli XCX - Caught in the Middle
13. Ciara - One Woman Army
12. Madeline Juno - Into the Night
11. Justin Timberlake - Drink You Away
10. Charles Hamilton - New York Raining (feat. Rita Ora)
9. Nothing but Thieves - Hostage
8. Nothing but Thieves - Trip Switch
7. Nothing but Thieves - Last Orders
6. Catfish and the Bottlemen - Homesick
5. Nothing but Thieves - Neon Brother
4. Lena - Traffic Lights
3. NERVO - The Other Boys (feat. Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears & Nile Rodgers)
2. Nothing but Thieves - Itch
KATHLEEN
CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN
"Kathleen" is simply the best song of the year. I watched its music video on MTV Rocks UK back in January. I was like, "Hmm... it's kinda great, I want to know the song title asap." When I saw it's called "Kathleen," I was screaming because my real name is Kathleen. This song was written about me, haha. As I said before, Van McCann is one of the best singers in rock right now and I'm sure they'll manage to break into mainstream with their second album.
2009: Rihanna - Rude Boy 2010: Nelly - Just a Dream 2011: Jessica Sutta - Show Me 2012: Girls Aloud - Something New 2013: Wynter Gordon - TKO (feat. The Oxymorrons) 2014: Roman Lob - Underwater
"Kathleen" is my first ever year-end #1 rock song.
Top 15 Albums and Top 50 Songs are over, but 50 Most Played Artists will start tomorrow. See you in 2016!