josh's 2015 year-end countdown (finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!)

[ry4n]

Oh and "You Don't Own Me" is a cover of a Lesley Gore song from the early 60's. She passed away in early 2015 I think? Maybe they released it as a tribute and then it randomly took off lol.

Both the original and Grace's version were produced by Quincy Jones (yeah he's been producing music for 60 years!)

[popstop]

Uma Thurman is too low.

I forgot about Sayit. Good song.

I may chart Everglow once Adventure of a Lifetime has run its course.

You Don't Own Me is a remake is of a Lesley Gore song.

[ry4n]

Yw for page 2

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88, 87, 85.

43.

88-86, 84-82.

[josh]

Yeah, I was like 99% sure it was a cover (not a remake, that's for video games lol oops) but I was too lazy to double check lol Thanks for the comments everyone. :)

[josh]

Songs 80-71

Rank	Song	Artist	2015 Peak	2015 WOC	2015 Points	2015 Certification	2015 Chart Run	Commentary
80	Another Lonely Night	Adam Lambert	7	10	15028.6	2x Platinum	42-21-11-10-9-7-12-25-38-46	Initially released as a promo single, this has become the 2nd single from Adam's album. It's a nice dance track, but not my absolute favorite from the album. He still has 3 songs left in the countdown.
79	Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)	AWOLNATION	5	11	15172.1	2x Platinum	41-25-12-5-6-8-17-28-32-39-44	This definitely isn't my normal type of music, but for some reason I really like this. I really like the instrumentation of this, the "ohhh" parts, and the whisper/rap/whatever chorus. I also really like the bridge, at least until the screaming part lol.
78	This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a Motherfucker	Maroon 5	11	12	15327.1	2x Platinum	44-34-21-12-11-13-13-15-17-32-41-44	This song was randomly added on to the album like a year after release, but not for a re-release. It was just randomly added on. So strange. It flopped as a single, but who cares because of Adam's ass in the music video. Yum. :) Most people hate it, but I find it really catchy. Oh well.
77	Hood Go Crazy	Tech N9ne feat. B.o.B and 2 Chainz	7	9	15732.1	2x Platinum	31-15-12-9-7-12-16-23-35	Never really heard of Tech N9ne before this, and probably won't ever hear of him again, but oh well. This song is pretty catchy. Nice production and rapping, etc. Not too much to say about it, really. 2 Chainz sucks, as usual.
76	Spark the Fire	Gwen Stefani	7	9	15838.9	2x Platinum	9-7-7-9-8-16-25-25-35	This charted 4 weeks in 2014. Another song that most people hated, but I loved it. A lot better than "Baby Don't Lie," imo. I definitely understand why people hate it, because it's very obnoxious and in your face, but that's kind of what I like about Gwen? Idk. Love the production and love Gwen. She has 1 more song to come.
75	Body Talk	Foxes	14	15	15998.5	2x Platinum	47-36-32-26-22-23-19-19-18-16-14-20-24-34-42	Definitely my favorite song from the album so far. (I still need to download her full debut album lol oops.) Not too much to say about this. It's a nice little song and pretty catchy, but it's not my favorite song of hers.
74	Beggin for Thread	BANKS	7	11	16023.3	2x Platinum	49-31-19-15-11-7-9-10-16-29-46	I think fancy got me into this song. I think I had seen a few other people charting this before him, but I think seeing it on fancy's chart is what made me finally chart it. It's a mellow little song, but also pretty catchy. It's got a nice production and nice vocals as well. I didn't care for anything else of hers that I listened to, though.
73	Dance Like We're Making Love	Ciara	13	14	16313.6	2x Platinum	48-33-23-14-15-13-17-21-18-24-25-26-33-36	This song is quite catchy. It should have been a big hit, but this is Ciara, so I'm not surprised. Her luck lately is not good. The production is quite good and catchy and the vocals are great as well. The chorus is a little basic/repetitive, but it doesn't affect the song too much. Ciara looks great in the video, as expected.
72	I Know	Shift K3Y	10	12	16499.5	2x Platinum	42-28-21-17-14-12-10-10-14-29-36-39	This is a nice little dance song. The vocals in the chorus are a bit repetitive, but oh well. I don't really have all that much to say.
71	Alive	Sia	15	13	16847	2x Platinum	42-21-18-20-18-18-15-16-17-21-26-33-41	This was a big flop on radio, which is both surprising and not surprising. Radio hasn't latched on to Sia yet, still, so it's not surprising, but it's surprising because radio barely even tried playing it before dropping it. I don't know that it even made top 40 before it peaked. If it did, it was barely top 40. A lot of people on Pulse didn't like it, so it might not have done well anyways, but still. For some reason it's, by far, my favorite single of hers, at least from an album of hers. It's catchy and I don't think her vocals are terrible like a lot of people seem to.

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[josh]

Albums 40-36

Rank	Album	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
40	Non-Fiction	Ne-Yo	She Knows	Just the one song from this album, so see its commentary later.
39	Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness	Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness	Cecilia and the Satellite	Same.
38	Forever	Alesso	Heroes (we could be) Sweet Escape	This spawned 2 pretty catchy singles. Neither song was my favorite, but I think they put the album at a pretty good spot. They didn't give me enough of an incentive to check out the rest of the album, but maybe I will one day.
37	My House	Flo Rida	GDFR I Don't Like It, I Love It	You already saw my thoughts on "GDFR," but "I Don't Like It, I Love It" only made bubbling under. The latter is catchy as well, like "GDFR," but not quite as good. I didn't really care for what else I heard from this album/EP, whichever it is.
36	Queen of the Clouds	Tove Lo	Heroes (we could be) Moments Talking Body Timebomb	I should probably check out this album finally lol. She's had some really good, catchy singles, but also some very bland singles. You've already seen my thoughts on "Talking Body." "Moments" and "Timebomb" didn't click with me, and "Heroes (we could be)" was decent. I debated including it on this album, but it was on the re-release and I eventually decided to include it. "Habits," its remix, and "Not On Drugs" are also really good.

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Artists 80-72

Rank	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
80	CAZZETTE	Together	Only the song song, so see commentary on that later.
80	Newtimers	Together (100%)	Same.
78	Britney Spears	Pretty Girls	Same.
78	Iggy Azalea	Pretty Girls	Same, but blah at her being lead so getting full points.
77	Foxes	Amazing Better Love Body Talk If You Leave Me Now	She had several singles/promo singles from her upcoming album chart. "Body Talk" was definitely the biggest hit.
76	DJ Snake	You Know You Like It	See the song commentary later.
75	Childish Gambino	III. Telegraph Ave. ("Oakland" by Lloyd) IV. Sweatpants	I think "Sweatpants" was an actual single and "Telegraph Ave." was just a promo single, but he doesn't get any radio play, so there's not much of a distinction for him, really. "Telegraph Ave." performed better in 2015, but when including 2014, "Sweatpants" was definitely the bigger hit, because I find it much catchier. :)
74	Prince Royce	Stuck On a Feeling	Song commentary coming later.
73	Ella Henderson	Glitterball (100%) Here for You (100%)	"Glitterball" was a big flop on my chart, but "Here for You" did well. You will see more thoughts on the latter soon.
72	Galantis	In My Head	Song commentary coming later, etc.

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[popstop]

Spark the Fire should definitely be higher!
Alive was a no-shower and should be lower
Glitterball flopped? You should be bopped.
Begging for Thread? 74?

This has been poetry with popstop.

[josh]

I love you, Popstop.
You always make me happy.
I'm glad we are friends.

[popstop]

Who knew?
Josh does haiku.

[josh]

This brought to you
by josh-double-u.

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I like half of your content in the most recent section.

[Zeebz]

Pop and Josh are faves
This countdown is fantastic
I love the Cake Club

Yay!

[josh]

Songs 70-61

Rank	Song	Artist	2015 Peak	2015 WOC	2015 Points	2015 Certification	2015 Chart Run	Commentary
70	Evil In the Night	Adam Lambert	11	13	17033.1	2x Platinum	40-27-25-22-23-16-15-13-11-13-17-30-43	This was one of Adam's promo singles for his album. It peaked just outside the top 10, but spent several weeks in the teens, allowing it to accumulate a decent number of points. It's a nice song with a good production and Adam's usual, strong vocals. Nothing amazing, though. He has 1 more song to come.
69	Get Ready for It	Take That	9	13	17319.5	2x Platinum	42-29-19-11-11-9-10-15-22-31-30-31-38	I wasn't familiar with any of Take That's material prior to this song. This is a nice, catchy little single from them. I like the little "ohhhhhh" (?) parts in the chorus. I think it's just the a in "all" being dragged out? Regardless, that part is catchy. Not much else to say.
68	Ghost Town	Adam Lambert	5	10	17353.7	2x Platinum	10-5-6-5-7-13-23-28-35-47	The lead single from Adam's album. I definitely like it more when the production picks up, rather than the sparse production at the beginning. The chorus is a bit empty, relying heavily on the whistling, but it's still catchy and memorable. I enjoyed it enough for it to crack the top 5 for 2 non-consecutive weeks.
67	Me and the Moon	Shane Filan	5	7	17533.5	2x Platinum	40-6-5-5-6-8-10	This is a sappy little song from Shane Filan, the lead single to his 2nd (solo) album. Idk why, but I'm a sucker for his sappy songs. Apparently I'm like the only person, since his sales are not very good lol. It's just a catchy song. You should listen. This is still charting.
66	Beautiful Now	Zedd feat. Jon Bellion	8	11	17541.3	2x Platinum	34-22-12-8-8-8-12-14-24-37-45	This was the 2nd single from Zedd's 2nd album. It flopped. It's pretty basic and generic, but it's also pretty catchy, which is good. The chorus is so stupid with the "ba ba ba ba ba" part, lol. It's good enough, but Zedd has had plenty of other songs that are better. He still has 2 songs left.
65	Wildest Dreams	Taylor Swift	13	13	17639.3	2x Platinum	44-33-26-17-16-13-14-13-19-16-20-26-37	This is the 4th single from 1989, and by far the most successful single on my chart. Actually, it's her most successful song on my chart, ever. That only includes the Red era, but still. I'm surprised to see how high this ranks, because it only peaked at #13, but it had 8 weeks top 20, so I guess that really pushed it up there. There's nothing particularly special about this song to me, but it's got a nice production and melody and whatnot.
64	Geronimo	Sheppard	6	11	17924.6	2x Platinum	22-15-11-7-6-6-8-19-24-39-47	This song was unusual for me to enjoy, because I don't normally care for songs like this. It's catchy, though. The "feeeeeeel" part is really nice, and the "bombs away" part gets stuck in your head easily, as well. It came very close to a top 5 peak, but just missed out. Its first 2 weeks were in 2014.
63	Together	CAZZETTE feat. Newtimers	1 [2 weeks]	9	17956.5	2x Platinum	48-6-1-1-4-11-22-29-39	This song managed to gain 42 spots in its 2nd week, hit #1 in its 3rd week, stay at #1 in its 4th week, and then drop off after only 9 weeks. Crazy run. It wasn't a super bad burn rate, it just kind of got lost in the shuffle after a few weeks. It's a catchy little song, though. I like the sax.
62	Pretty Girls	Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea	9	13	17992.7	2x Platinum	38-21-13-9-10-9-12-14-26-27-30-40-45	Lol. This song. Basically everyone hates it. I think it's a fun little song for what it is. Nothing game changing or serious, just a fun song. It's got a nice production, and Britney sounds... like Britney. It's a nice song. Iggy can get out, though.
61	Here for You	Kygo feat. Ella Henderson	16	15	18143.9	2x Platinum	41-28-20-16-19-16-21-21-23-22-22-27-25-28-29	This is another nice little song. I like how the production quiets down, then builds up as Ella's vocals lessen, leading up to the chorus. There's not a drop, at least in the usual sense, but the production gets louder, like a normal drop, but Ella's vocals also come back at that time, which changes it up from the norm. This only peaked at #16, but I guess 4 weeks top 20 and 14 weeks top 30 got it a lot of points. I was surprised to see it this high. This is still charting.

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Albums 35-31

Rank	Album	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
35	The First Time	Kelsea Ballerini	Dibs Love Me Like You Mean It	"Love Me Like You Mean It" was definitely the main factor in the album placing this high, since "Dibs" flopped. You will hear thoughts on the former later. I haven't heard anything else from the album besides those 2 songs.
34	Beauty Behind the Madness	The Weeknd	Can't Feel My Face The Hills In the Night	None of the 3 songs made it past bubbling under, but their sum allowed the album to get pretty high overall. "Can't Feel My Face" just missed out of the top 100 at #102, though. I haven't really heard much else from the album. I've heard "Earned It," which I assume was probably tacked on to the album, at the very least as a bonus track. I didn't like it, hence it never charting. I did listen to "Acquainted" since it's an urban single, and I think I liked it, so that will probably chart once "In the Night" is done. Other than those few songs, though, I haven't really checked anything else out because none of the songs have been huge hits with me, making me want more of his material.
33	Neon Future I	Steve Aoki	Afroki	Only "Afroki" charted, so look for commentary on that later.
32	Settle	Disclosure	F for You Help Me Lose My Mind Voices	These 3 songs only made the bubbling under section, but like Beauty Behind the Madness, their sum was enough to push the album up relatively high. "F for You" was a big hit, just mostly in 2014, not 2015. The singles, overall, definitely got worse over time.
31	THE NIGHTDAY	ZHU	Paradise Awaits The One	"The One" flopped, but "Paradise Awaits" was a nice hit. You will see commentary on that song later. "Faded" and "Stay Closer" both charted in 2014. I haven't listened to the 2 other songs from the EP. I don't know why, since I've enjoyed most of his material so far. I should do that, and so should you.

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Artists 70-61

Rank	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
70	Matthew Koma	I Wish (My Taylor Swift)	He only charted with the one song, so see its commentary later on.
70	The Knocks	I Wish (My Taylor Swift)	Same as with Matthew.
68	Bruno Mars	Uptown Funk (100%)	Same, but with a different song.
68	Mark Ronson	Uptown Funk	Same.
67	Lil Wayne	Only (75%) Senile (25%) Truffle Butter (50%)	He charted 3 times as a feature, each time with Nicki and twice with Drake. I typically don't care for Lil Wayne. His part in "Senile" is just ok. His part in "Truffle Butter" is decent, and his part in "Only" is actually somewhat good.
66	Jordin Sparks	100 Years Boyz In the Hood Double Tap How Bout Now (Remix) It Ain't You Right Here Right Now They Don't Give Work from Home	Jordin charted 8 songs during the year, all as a lead artist. "Double Tap" was the most successful, but even that couldn't make it out of the bubbling under section. I definitely prefer pop Jordin, but she's made some catchy songs with the past album and mixtape.
65	The Chemical Brothers	Go	They only charted with "Go," so see its commentary later on.
64	Jidenna	Classic Man Yoga	He charted twice, both times as a lead artist. I forgot he was considered lead on "Yoga" and was prepared to give him less than 100% of the points, but oh well. He's definitely not my favorite rapper, but he could be 2 Chainz way worse, so oh well.
63	Bebe Rexha	Hey Mama (100%)	She only charted with "Hey Mama," so see its commentary later on. Since she is responsible for the chorus, a very important part of the song, I gave her full points. Having her on chorus and Nicki on verses kind of made it confusing with my usual rule for featured vocalists, but they both ended up getting 100% since I enjoy both of their parts and they are both very important to the song.
61	DJ S.K.T	Take Me Away	He only charted with "Take Me Away," so see commentary for that song later.
61	Rae	Take Me Away (100%)	Same.

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68, 66, 65, 64.

35, 34, 32.

Half of your artists.

[josh]

Also please bear with me, I'm working on the tables to make them have set widths so non-commentary columns will look much prettier.

Edit: Maybe. I got the song posts updated, but the code for table width keeps disappearing on me in the album and artist posts. Not sure why since I'm using the exact same format for all the posts, just changing the numbers a bit due to different amount of columns in the tables. Any ideas?

[.indulgecountry]

"Wildest Dreams" and "Pretty Girls"!!

You should check out the rest of Kelsea Ballerini's album sometime. It's really good. <33

[josh]

Songs 60-51

Rank	Song	Artist	2015 Peak	2015 WOC	2015 Points	2015 Certification	2015 Chart Run	Commentary
60	You Know You Like It	DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge	2	10	18425.7	2x Platinum	46-26-15-6-2-2-8-15-23-34	The DJ Snake version of this is definitely the more interesting version, imo. The production is great and makes a nice match with AlunaGeorge's vocals. This had a pretty short chart run, but managed to peak at #2 for 2 weeks.
59	Sparks	Hilary Duff	6	12	18503.8	2x Platinum	33-20-6-9-8-8-8-14-24-29-36-48	This was a solid comeback single for Hilary. Well, it was actually her 3rd single, but whatever. It's very catchy, and it's a shame that it flopped. It only peaked at #6 on my chart, but it spent 5 weeks in the top 10.
58	Stuck On a Feeling	Prince Royce feat. Snoop Dogg	4	11	18638.7	2x Platinum	45-18-12-7-6-4-5-13-20-39-43	I had no clue who Prince Royce was prior to this song, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this song. His vocals are nice, but the production is definitely the highlight of the song for me. It's very catchy. Snoop's part is pretty decent as well. It managed to get 2 weeks top 5 and 2 additional weeks top 10.
57	In My Head	Galantis	8	11	18677.1	2x Platinum	42-33-23-17-11-9-8-10-11-21-28	I wasn't a fan of anything I had heard by Galantis prior to this song. However, this song is catchy and caught my interest when I first heard it. It managed to get 3 weeks in the top 10. The song is still charting.
56	I Wish (My Taylor Swift)	The Knocks and Matthew Koma	11	13	18883.8	2x Platinum	45-31-24-16-12-16-14-14-12-11-22-30-48	This song is the highest song to peak outside the top 10, meaning every song that appears from now on had a top 10 peak. Also, ronically, this performed better than any song by Taylor Swift. It's catchy with a nice production and decent vocals.
55	Uptown Funk	Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars	1 [1 week]	10	19092.8	2x Platinum	7-2-1-2-7-12-17-26-36-44	Everyone is familiar with this song, I'm sure. It managed to spend a week at #1, but mostly due to the beginning of 2015 being quite non-competitive for me. This means that, most of the time, this wouldn't have been a #1 hit. However, I still enjoy the song, don't get me wrong. It's just the peak is a little higher than I would have preferred. This charted 7 weeks in 2014, splitting its chart run up a bit.
54	The Original High	Adam Lambert	4	7	19879.8	2x Platinum	27-5-4-4-4-4-5	This was one of Adam's instant grat songs from his album, and by far my favorite of those songs. I absolutely love the chorus. Adam's vocals there are really good and are very pleasing to me. I'm not sure why I enjoy them so much. Due to a competitive chart lately, it's (so far?) only peaked at #4. The song is still charting.
53	Go	The Chemical Brothers	8	15	19980.9	2x Platinum	43-35-13-8-9-10-11-14-21-26-21-24-25-35-44	The production on this song is pretty great and is definitely the highlight of the song, rather than the vocals. The vocals aren't bad, they just are not nearly as interesting or captivating as the production. I love the bass (?) or the low production and also the prominent production during the chorus. That part is very catchy. This only peaked at #8 and only spent 3 weeks top 10, but it had a pretty long chart run, pushing it up pretty high in the countdown.
52	Hey Mama	David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha, and Afrojack	3	10	20522.1	2x Platinum	42-12-11-5-3-5-4-10-22-39	Another song I'm sure almost everyone is familiar with. This was definitely a nice return to form for David, in my opinion. Afrojack's influence can definitely be heard here, which is a good thing, imo. Nicki sounds great on the verses and Bebe sounds great on the chorus. Everything meshes well together and makes a great song. It peaked at #3, spending 4 weeks top 5 and an additional week top 10.
51	Diamonds	Giorgio Moroder feat. Charli XCX	8	13	20821.4	2x Platinum	41-35-26-19-11-9-8-9-9-9-12-24-42	This is a catchy little song from Giorgio. Charli sounds good on the vocals. I like how her vocals are given in a semi-delayed manner. It allows the production to be at a nice speed, and the effect on the vocals is an interesting and effective one, which I definitely like. Giorgio's production is great as well. This peaked at #8 and spent another 4 weeks at #9.

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Albums 30-26

Rank	Album	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
30	Food	Kelis	Hooch	This album only had "Hooch" chart. Technically the remix isn't on the album, but as with AlunaGeorge's album, I decided to include the album in the countdown. See my thoughts on the song later on.
29	TALKING IS HARD	WALK THE MOON	Different Colors Shut Up and Dance	"Different Colors" wasn't much of a hit, just missing out on a Gold certification, but "Shut Up and Dance" was a hit and will appear later on in the countdown.
28	Genesis Series	ZHU	As Crazy as It Is Automatic	"As Crazy as It Is" only charted 1 week in 2015 so understandably was only #325 in the song countdown, but "Automatic" was a big hit and will appear soon.
27	Calling All Lovers	Tamar Braxton	Angels & Demons Catfish Circles If I Don't Have You Let Me Know	Tamar and this album didn't perform too well in 2015, both on my chart and in the real world, with only "If I Don't Have You" making the top 100 of the song countdown. "Circles" was close, but didn't quite make it. Overall I definitely like Love and War better, but this one is still decent.
26	Listen	David Guetta	Bang My Head Dangerous Hey Mama	"Dangerous" was not a hit, plus it was split between 2014 and 2015, so did not contribute much to the album's total points. "Bang My Head" did pretty well but missed the top 100 due to it still charting. "Hey Mama" was a nice hit and you can read my thoughts on it in the post above! :)

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Artists 60-51

Rank	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
60	Charli XCX	Diamonds (100%) Doing It	"Doing It" was a nice flop, but "Diamonds" was a nice sized hit. See my thoughts on it 2 posts above. :)
59	LunchMoney Lewis	Trini Dem Girls (50%)	He played a pretty big role in "Trini Dem Girls," although I like Nicki's part much more, so he only got 50% of the points. See more thoughts on the song later. :)
58	Passion Pit	Pay No Mind (100%)	See my thoughts on the song later. I didn't care for any other singles of theirs that I gave a try.
57	Ne-Yo	She Knows	See my thoughts on the song later. [2]
56	Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness	Cecilia and the Satellite	See my thoughts on the song later. [3]
55	Alesso	Heroes (we could be) Sweet Escape	Both of his songs were on his album Forever, which made the album countdown already. See my thoughts there if you wish.
54	Flo Rida	GDFR I Don't Like It, I Love It	Both of his songs were on his EP My House, which made the album countdown already. See my thoughts there if you wish.
53	Tove Lo	Heroes (we could be) (100%) Moments Talking Body Timebomb	All of her songs were on her album Queen of the Clouds, which made the album countdown already. See my thoughts there if you wish.
52	Kelsea Ballerini	Dibs Love Me Like You Mean It	Both of her songs were on her album For the First Time, which made the album countdown already. See my thoughts there if you wish. "Love Me Like You Mean It" is still yet to appear in the song countdown, though, so you can see my thoughts on it soon.
51	Kelly Clarkson	Heartbeat Song Invincible Piece by Piece Second Hand Heart (100%) Someone Take You High	All of the songs except "Second Hand Heart" appeared on Kelly's album Piece by Piece, which only made the bubbling under. "Heartbeat Song" was not very exciting to me. "Invincible" was better, but still far from her best. "Take You High" was a nice change of pace, but didn't click with me. "Someone" was definitely better than the previous 3 songs, and performed better than those songs. "Piece by Piece" was my favorite of the instant grat songs, a nice ballad. Kelly only featured on "Second Hand Heart," but I liked her part so she got 100% of the points. Her vocals meshed well with Ben's.

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60, 59, 58, 55, 52.

29, 26.

60, 57, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51.

[sadchild]

277 The Blacker the Berry Kendrick Lamar
256 Dreams Beck
251 Didn't Know You Karmin

those are 3 great songs!

79 Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) AWOLNATION
This definitely isn't my normal type of music, but for some reason I really like this. I really like the instrumentation of this, the "ohhh" parts, and the whisper/rap/whatever chorus. I also really like the bridge, at least until the screaming part lol.

i love your personalized commentary about the songs on your list! i'm doing the same thing. yeah, this is a very cool song. i'd recommen listening to his song "Kill Your Heroes" too.

77 Hood Go Crazy Tech N9ne feat. B.o.B and 2 Chainz
Never really heard of Tech N9ne before this, and probably won't ever hear of him again, but oh well. This song is pretty catchy. Nice production and rapping, etc. Not too much to say about it, really. 2 Chainz sucks, as usual.

i've been a tech n9ne fan for quite a while now. check out "Am I A Psycho?" because it features BoB too! also, a good dance song by T9 is "I Love Music".

64 Geronimo Sheppard
This song was unusual for me to enjoy, because I don't normally care for songs like this. It's catchy, though. The "feeeeeeel" part is really nice, and the "bombs away" part gets stuck in your head easily, as well. It came very close to a top 5 peak, but just missed out. Its first 2 weeks were in 2014.

agreed. this is a diamond in the rough, but it's really good!

55 Uptown Funk Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
Everyone is familiar with this song, I'm sure. It managed to spend a week at #1, but mostly due to the beginning of 2015 being quite non-competitive for me. This means that, most of the time, this wouldn't have been a #1 hit. However, I still enjoy the song, don't get me wrong. It's just the peak is a little higher than I would have preferred. This charted 7 weeks in 2014, splitting its chart run up a bit.

an awesome tune but very overplayed. i had to stay away from it as much as i could to not get sick of it!

53 Go The Chemical Brothers
The production on this song is pretty great and is definitely the highlight of the song, rather than the vocals. The vocals aren't bad, they just are not nearly as interesting or captivating as the production. I love the bass (?) or the low production and also the prominent production during the chorus. That part is very catchy. This only peaked at #8 and only spent 3 weeks top 10, but it had a pretty long chart run, pushing it up pretty high in the countdown.

as a fan of Q-Tip, i love the vox, but he's an acquired taste. you're right about the production, it's awesome!

[josh]

Songs 50-41

Rank	Song	Artist	2015 Peak	2015 WOC	2015 Points	2015 Certification	2015 Chart Run	Commentary
50	Used to Love You	Gwen Stefani	4	10	21218.1	2x Platinum	19-5-4-4-7-10-13-21-33-31	This is a nice song from Gwen. Definitely more radio friendly than "Spark the Fire," which I am fine with since I like Gwen being successful. It managed to get 3 weeks in the top 5, 2 of which were at its peak of #4. This charted 1 additional week in 2016.
49	Bitch I'm Madonna	Madonna feat. Nicki Minaj	3	10	21250.5	2x Platinum	23-14-5-4-3-3-5-7-16-43	I charted this when it was just an instant grat song. The production is a lot of fun to me. Very noisy and annoying (in a good way) but I love it lol. Madonna's vocals are kind of annoying (in a bad way) sometimes, but they're worse on other recent songs of hers. Nicki does a great job, like usual, which elevates the song further. This got 2 weeks at its peak of #3 and a total of 5 weeks in the top 5. The song's 1st week was in 2014. Madonna has 1 more song to come.
48	Take Me Away	DJ S.K.T feat. Rae	3	11	21449.6	3x Platinum	43-24-7-4-3-5-4-12-19-25-46	This is a fun little dance song. The production is definitely the highlight to me. It gets stuck in my head easily. It spent 1 week at its peak of #3 and another 3 weeks in the top 5.
47	Pay No Mind	Madeon feat. Passion Pit	7	15	21650.3	3x Platinum	42-18-11-9-8-7-11-13-21-25-25-25-35-38-45	I think when I charted this it was just an instant grat song, but it has since gotten a music video and I believe pushed as a real single. It only peaked at #7 and only spent 3 weeks in the top 10, but it had a longer chart run than most songs in this area, allowing it to get more points from that longevity. Madeon did great on the production and the vocals from Passion Pit are good as well, but the production is definitely the highlight for me.
46	She Knows	Ne-Yo feat. Juicy J	2	13	21880.9	3x Platinum	44-30-16-10-2-2-2-3-7-21-32-40-45	This was close to reaching the top but ultimately missed out, peaking at #2 for 3 weeks. The production is definitely the highlight of the song for me while Juicy J is easily the worst part of the song lol. The chorus is really catchy and gets stuck in your head.
45	My Kind	Hilary Duff	5	12	22075.3	3x Platinum	41-23-11-8-6-6-5-7-10-15-21-39	This got a music video which made it eligible to chart. :) This is a catchy song from Hilary's latest album, and I was glad to get another song to chart from it. It only peaked at #5, though. The "ooooohhhhh" part of the chorus is probably my favorite part of the song.
44	Cecilia and the Satellite	Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness	9	14	22233	3x Platinum	47-32-27-17-14-15-13-13-11-9-11-17-30-32	This is an alternative single, which makes it unusual on my chart. However, it is quite catchy. The lyrics are really strange lol. I'm not sure why, but I just like this song. It peaked at #9 and only spent that 1 week in the top 10, but a lengthy stay in the teens allowed it to get up pretty high in the countdown. It charted 1 more week in 2016.
43	Do It Again	Röyksopp and Robyn	1 [5 weeks]	13	22570.1	3x Platinum	44-1-1-1-1-1-4-15-29-48-48-43-45	I was quite late charting this song, but oh well. It made a big 43-position leap in its 2nd week, where it spent 5 weeks at #1. It then dropped pretty fast, but spent a few weeks at the bottom of the chart. It is very catchy, both in the production and the vocals. They have 1 more song to come.
42	Feeling Myself	Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé	10	19	22607.5	3x Platinum	40-26-15-14-10-15-16-15-18-17-20-25-25-30-29-28-36-39-46	This song was a single, but barely got any official push. Radio ate this up because of the Nicki and Beyoncé combo, but the video didn't come out until it was basically done on radio, which was lame. Oh well. It's pretty catchy, but there were several better songs on the album. It only peaked at #10, but it charted 19 weeks, which really helped it rack up points. Nicki has 2 more songs.
41	Love Me Like You Mean It	Kelsea Ballerini	6	13	23412.6	3x Platinum	40-25-15-10-6-8-8-10-10-13-19-24-35	I was late charting this song as well, but again, oh well. It is very catchy. Kelsea has a nice voice and the production isn't too "country." "Twangy" vocals can get on my nerves, which is why I don't like too many country songs. I also like country songs better when they lean more pop, which works in this song's favor. It peaked at #6 and spent 5 weeks in the top 10.

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Albums 25-21

Rank	Album	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
25	V	Maroon 5	Feelings Sugar This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a Motherfucker	"This Summer" is the only song to make it past the bubbling under, so you have seen thoughts on that one already. "Sugar" and "Feelings" are both decent, but they have better. The album had a few more songs chart in 2014. I haven't listened to any non-singles yet, so no thoughts on those.
24	III	Take That	Get Ready for It Let In the Sun	I've only heard these two songs, so I have nothing to add other than what I said for them in the song countdown. Actually, I think I heard another single from the album once and liked it. I think it's in the songs to look out for section of my chart.
23	My Everything	Ariana Grande	Love Me Harder One Last Time	"Love Me Harder" was a big hit, but had peaked by the start of the year so only made the bubbling under section. "One Last Time" is still coming up in the countdown. Pretty good album. :)
22	Communion	Years & Years	Desire King	I only really liked these two songs. I've listened to several other songs from the album that have been singles or promo singles or whatever and didn't care for them. "Desire" missed the top 100, but "King" is still coming up, so see my thoughts on it later.
21	Honeymoon	Lana Del Rey	High by the Beach Honeymoon	"Honeymoon" didn't do too well, but "High by the Beach" did well and is coming up in the songs countdown. I haven't listened to the full album too many times, but it's decent enough from what I remember lol

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Artists 50-42

Rank	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
50	Steve Aoki	Afroki	You will see my thoughts on "Afroki" shortly.
49	The Magician	Together	You will see my thoughts on "Together" shortly.
48	Sia	Alive Bang My Head (100%)	"Alive" was #71 in the song countdown while "Bang My Head" only made the bubbling under, although it charted more in 2016. I didn't really care for her other singles lately besides "Alive."
47	Bahari	Addicted to a Memory (100%)	You will see my thoughts on "Addicted to a Memory" shortly.
45	Chris Lorenzo	Hooch	You will see my thoughts on "Hooch" shortly.
45	Kelis	Hooch	You will see my thoughts on "Hooch" shortly. [2]
44	WALK THE MOON	Different Colors Shut Up and Dance	Like I said for their album, "Different Colors" kind of flopped, but "Shut Up and Dance" was a big hit and will appear later on.
43	Da Hool	MHATLP (HI-LO Edit)	You will see my thoughts on "MHATLP (HI-LO Edit)" shortly.
42	Troye Sivan	Papercut (100%)	You will see my thoughts on "Papercut" shortly.

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50. 59. 44 43 - They are all so beautiful. :'(

[ry4n]

You'll see my thoughts on your year-end chart shortly.