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►► This Is... Best of 2016! | COMPLETE 150 SINGLES LIST
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Nothing's Real, ANTI, Starboy, Dangerous Woman, Emotion Side B
Plenty of good stuff here.
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Emotion Side B is kinda meh after album, but its still have some bops Fever >>>
Dangerous Woman is the best Ari's work
Glorious > AIN
I love how cohesive Starboy is
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top 7 is starting good
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I wonder what albums will be in the TOP 5.
I mean the only albums I can think about are Lady Wood and maybe Glory
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Anti has some good songs, Kiss It Better and Same Ol' Mistakes are my favorite
Touch is by far the best song on Glory Days, I found the album very weak tho
JoJo and Gaga's albums are both overrated imo but they have some good songs
Side B is definitely not as good as Emotion. All the songs are good but they don't stand out like RAWM, Warm Blood, MTMOTN or Boy Problems
Dangerous Woman Very little filler, especially compared to My Everything
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KING great list!
I love your descriptions! they're so well written and you have such brilliant thoughts.
Mad Love
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ANTI, This Is Acting & Dangerous Woman
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Queen of Nipples Foxes
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DW is alright! and This is Acting is one of my favorite albums of 2016, Sia is just amazing! that voice
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TIA and Starboy had some bops
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Good to see talent always wins with Carly LEGEND Jepsen on the list.
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Most of these made my list as well
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Starboy, Lemonade, and Phase are all great albums
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#5 Gwen Stefani - This is What The Truth Feels Like
This is definitely the most underrated album of the year. Although it's pure pop perfection, most Atrlers ignored this incredible album by queen Gwen. I was waiting for Gwen's third album for a long time- Love Angel Music Baby and The Sweet Escape are amazing albums. Baby Don't Lie came out in 2014, and it was a bop, and still one of my favorite songs by Gwen. Unfortunately, it didn't make it to the album, as well as Spark The Fire (which is a mess, but I love it). In 2015 Gwen released the album's lead single, Used To Love You. It seemed like Gwen was giving up on the trash music and going in a new direction. Although I loved UTLY, I was worried that I won't like the album, because I love Gwen making trash music. Then Make Me Like You came out, a fun pop/disco song, with a great music video, that made me very excited for the album again.
The album was released in March this year. After my first listen, I was very disappointed of Gwen. I did like a few songs, but most songs felt like fillers to me. Then I gave up on this album, and forgot about it's existence. Later, my friend started praising the album and calling it pop perfection, so I decided to give it another try. Then I realized he was right, I have no idea why I didn't like it on first listen. All songs are great- both the trash songs and the others. Misery is an amazing song, Truth is beautiful, and Rare is definitely one of the best songs in this album. Red Flag, Asking 4 It, Naughty, and Obsessed, are very trashy songs, but I love them- epsecially Obsessed . Other great songs- Where Would I Be, Send Me a Picture, Me Without You, Rocket Ship, Getting Warmer, and War Paint (Japanese bonus track). A lot of the songs have great electronic production, Getting Warmer has a really cool beat drop.
#4 Panic! At The Disco - Death of a Bachelor
this album is probably the most different one of all albums in this list. This is not a pop album, and I never thought I'd find myself listening to rock music. In 2015 my friend played a few songs of PATD for me, from their new album. I liked them, but didn't really bother listening to them again. When the album came out early this year, that's when I decided to give Brendon a try. I loved all album on first listen, I listened to it a lot of times and I still do. Unlike a lot of pop albums that get overplayed after a few listens, I never got enough of this one. Impossible Year is not really a good song, but the others are incredible. My favorite songs are- Victorious, Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time, Hallelujah, Emperor's New Clothes, Death of a Bachelor, Crazy=Genius, LA Devotee, and my favorite one- House of Memories. That's almost all album, it's a short album and has zero fillers, you should give it a try! I tried PATD's previous album as well after this, and it was amazing as well Brendon is so talented and hot
#3 Broods - Conscious
I didn't like some of the older Broods songs when I tried them, but then I listened to Free. That is an amazing song, one of my favorite songs this year. I loved it so much, so I had to try the album when it came out. I immediately loved all of it, and it reminded me of the way I fell in love with Halcyon . A dark emotional album, which is perfect even without any pop-trash songs. Georgia is incredibly talented and beautiful, Caleb is a great producer. Together these two brothers make a perfect duo. Some amazing songs in the album are Are You Home, Heartlines, Freak of Nature (featuring legend Tove Lo), All of Your Glory (I love it so much, it's so emotional ), and Recovery (probably my favorite one). and the holy trinity of great EDM production are Couldn't Believe, Full Blown Love, and Conscious, 3 amazing songs . this is an amazing album and if you didn't try it yet, it's about damn time. I tried their other album and EP as well, they are beautiful but this is definitely their best project yet.
#2 Britney Spears - Glory
This is probably the biggest surprise of the year. In 2013 Britney released Britney Jean, and Pretty Girls last year. It seemed like her career kept going down. The lead single, Make Me, came out in July. I loved it, but knew it would flop. I was hoping for the music video to save this single, but then she released the awful video instead of the original one, and I just couldn't like this song anymore. It feels like such a mess. Then Britney announced her album Glory, and revaled the horrific album cover, taken from the Make Me music video. I wasn't excited for this album at all. I did like Private Show and Clumsy, although they are considered the worst songs released this year, but obviously they were not enough to make me excited for the album. Then- Do You Wanna Come Over was released. A pure bop, incredible chorus, a song that makes you feel like such a hoe. The album came out in August, and I was SHOOK. A pure pop perfection, full of bops, without a single bad song. Invitation is an amazing album opener. I really like Man On The Moon, it's a beautiful song and very underrated. Slumber Party was one of my favorite tracks on first listen, and Just Like Me as well, which is far better than Just Love Me, deal with it.
The amazing bops of the album- Love Me Down, Better, Change Your Mind, and Liar I love these 4 songs so much, and everytime I play them I feel the urge to dance. (especially Better, the production is sooooo good)
Hard to Forget You, What You Need, If I'm Dancing, and Coupure Electrique slay as well.
This is definitely the best album of the year (after Lady Wood, ofcurse).
#1 Tove Lo - Lady Wood
Since Katy's Prism era hs been over a long time ago, and I didn't expect another era soon, I was left with my other main favs- Ellie, Sia, and Tove. Ellie released the best album of 2015, Sia released a great pop album (it was #8 on my list), and then the only album left was Tove's second album, which I was incredibly excited for, since Queen of The Clouds is an amazing masterpiece and one of my favorite albums EVER. I waited a long time for new music from Tove. She uploaded the Influence demo on her soundcloud last christmas, and I loved it so much, I couldn't wait for the album and every day of wait has been torture for me. She released the beautiful song "Scars" for the Divergent movie this year, that kept me waiting a little bit. Then she announced Cool Girl- I was so excited and impatient. I wanted to hear it immediately.
It came out in August- on first listen I wasn't sure what I think about it, but after a few listenes it became one of my favorite songs this year- it's a perfect pop song, a bop with incredible electronic production, and a lot of people was praising it. I loved it so much and it made waiting for the album even worse. I hoped for more than 10 songs on the album, so that was disappointing (but later Tove announced Volume 2 coming next year). I also hoped to see Tove on the album cover, but I got used to it and I love it. Madonna would never.
Tove released the final version of Influence, featuring Wiz Khalifa. I didn't really notice a big difference, except for a few more backing vocals. The Wiz verse doesn't really add a lot to the song. Then True Disaster came out, a true pop perfection.
The album came out in October, finally. On first listen I was confused, but on my second listen I started loving all of the album. Lady Wood and Imaginary Friend are definitely the two best songs in the album. both have an amazing chorus and dark-techno beat drop. Vibes is not good like the other 9 songs, but it's great, and recently I started liking it more. Don't Talk About It is a perfect pop song. Keep It Simple and Flashes are not as good as DTAI, but in time I learned to love them too. Flashes has an amazing chorus. Keep It Simple has a really cool production, and Tove serves vocals. The bridge is incredible, the best one in the album probably. WTF Love Is is one of my favorite tracks, a pure bop, i'm not here for the hate it's recieving from ATRLers .
Now I definitely love all songs in the album, Tove is such an amazing artist, and I can't wait for Volume 2
At the moment, it's not better than Queen of The Clouds, but i'm sure that would change after Volume 2 will get released.
thank you for reading my top 25 albums list! top 150 singles will be posted soon
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AMAZING LISTS
Lady Wood and Conscious
SUCH TASTE WHEW
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AMAZING LISTS
Lady Wood and Conscious
SUCH TASTE WHEW
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thanks sis
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Great Top 5 I am in love with GWEN!
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I have 150 singles but sorting them is so hard
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I have 150 singles but sorting them is so hard
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It's so challenging
But always go with your gut. I got SCALPED for putting Sia and Britney so low but that was an honest reflection of my music in 2016.
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