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

[josh]

Jan 22, 2016 22:33:49 GMT -5 ry4n said:

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

waiting

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46, 41.

25, 23, 21.

48, 47, 44.

[ry4n]

Jan 22, 2016 23:15:42 GMT -5 josh said:

Jan 22, 2016 22:33:49 GMT -5 ry4n said:

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

waiting

Ok

I like these


323 Only Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown
320 Roses The Chainsmokers feat. ROZES
317 I Bet Ciara
311 Area Code Nick Jonas
305 Your Type Carly Rae Jepsen
303 Warm Blood Carly Rae Jepsen
301 To Ü Skrillex and Diplo feat. AlunaGeorge
295 Sippy Cup Melanie Martinez
291 Willing & Able Disclosure feat. Kwabs
289 Hold My Hand Jess Glynne
285 Grown Little Mix
283 Moments Tove Lo
282 Love Me Like You Little Mix
281 Glitterball Sigma feat. Ella Henderson
279 Heartbeat Song Kelly Clarkson
278 Together Ella Eyre
275 Weird People Little Mix
273 Hair Little Mix
272 Fool's Gold One Direction
271 Doing It Charli XCX feat. Rita Ora
269 Timebomb Tove Lo
268 Nobody Love Tori Kelly
261 Where Do Broken Hearts Go One Direction
258 Holding On Disclosure feat. Gregory Porter
255 7/11 Beyoncé
253 Bitch Better Have My Money Rihanna
248 Levels Nick Jonas
247 Dangerous David Guetta feat. Sam Martin
236 Wings Delta Goodrem
231 Ready to Run One Direction
230 Wilderness Nick Jonas
228 Omen Disclosure feat. Sam Smith
224 I Loved You Blonde feat. Melissa Steel
222 Player Tinashe
221 Ayo Chris Brown X Tyga
218 All Things Go Nicki Minaj
216 In the Night The Weeknd
215 Brooklyn Baby Lana Del Rey
214 Good Thing Sage the Gemini feat. Nick Jonas
213 Bang That Disclosure
211 Wake Up The Vamps
209 Different Colors WALK THE MOON
208 Real Love Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne
206 Ocean Drive Duke Dumont
201 Wrapped Up Olly Murs feat. Travie McCoy
196 Somebody Natalie La Rose feat. Jeremih
195 The Night Is Still Young Nicki Minaj
193 Voices Disclosure feat. Sasha Keable
189 Black Magic Little Mix
187 I Don't Care Cheryl
186 Sax Fleur East
183 Confident Demi Lovato
178 Til It Happens to You Lady Gaga
173 Sledgehammer Fifth Harmony
169 Poison Rita Ora
165 You Were Right RÜFÜS DU SOL
157 Worth It Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink
154 Night Changes One Direction
151 Desire Years & Years
146 They Don't Know Disciples
145 Ghosttown Madonna
142 Bang My Head David Guetta feat. Sia
137 The Hills The Weeknd
136 All Hands On Deck Tinashe
135 F for You Disclosure
133 Second Hand Heart Ben Haenow feat. Kelly Clarkson
132 How Deep Is Your Love Calvin Harris and Disciples
129 Too Original Major Lazer feat. Elliphant and Jovi Rockwell
128 Intoxicated Martin Solveig and GTA
126 When the Beat Drops Out Marlon Roudette
124 Kiss Me Olly Murs
123 Classic Man Jidenna feat. Roman GianArthur
116 Cool for the Summer Demi Lovato
113 Beast Mia Martina feat. Waka Flocka
111 Hourglass Disclosure feat. LION BABE
110 Help Me Lose My Mind Disclosure feat. London Grammar
107 The Heart Wants What It Wants Selena Gomez
104 Cake by the Ocean DNCE
103 Around the World Natalie La Rose feat. Fetty Wap
102 Can't Feel My Face The Weeknd
101 Chains Nick Jonas

100 Teacher Nick Jonas
97 Touch Shift K3Y
96 Linger Guy Sebastian feat. Lupe Fiasco
95 Go All Night Gorgon City feat. Jennifer Hudson
92 GDFR Flo Rida feat. Sage the Gemini and Lookas
91 Ink Coldplay
89 Preach M.O
87 Talking Body Tove Lo
86 Up Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato
83 You Don't Own Me Grace feat. G-Eazy
78 This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a motherf**ker Maroon 5
75 Body Talk Foxes
74 Beggin for Thread Banks
72 I Know Shift K3Y
71 Alive Sia
68 Ghost Town Adam Lambert
65 Wildest Dreams Taylor Swift
64 Geronimo Sheppard
60 You Know You Like It DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge
59 Sparks Hilary Duff
58 Stuck On a Feeling Prince Royce feat. Snoop Dogg
55 Uptown Funk Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
53 Go The Chemical Brothers
52 Hey Mama David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha, and Afrojack
48 Take Me Away DJ S.K.T feat. Rae
46 She Knows Ne-Yo feat. Juicy J
43 Do It Again Röyksopp and Robyn
42 Feeling Myself Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé

[popstop]

That sounds like a threat.

[.indulgecountry]

Love seeing "Bitch I'm Madonna," "She Knows," "My Kind," and "Love Me Like You Mean It" in your last set.

[josh]

Songs 40-31

Rank	Song	Artist	2015 Peak	2015 WOC	2015 Points	2015 Certification	2015 Chart Run	Commentary
40	Paradise Awaits	ZHU	9	19	23483.1	3x Platinum	32-22-14-12-9-9-9-16-21-26-25-27-21-22-28-29-34-43-48	This got pushed as a single from ZHU, I believe, which doesn't really mean much for him, but oh well. It's a nice song, but definitely not as good as some of his other singles. It peaked at #9 for 3 weeks. It didn't spend any additional time in the top 10, but it had a pretty long chart run overall, allowing it to make the top 40 here. It charted 1 additional week in 2014. ZHU has 1 more song to appear.
39	Shut Up and Dance	WALK THE MOON	4	17	23846	3x Platinum	37-33-10-5-4-4-4-6-10-22-23-29-34-40-42-47-46	This is a catchy single from WALK THE MOON. It's a bit overrated to me, but it's still pretty good. It peaked at #4 and spent 3 weeks there. It spent 1 more week in the top 5 and 3 more weeks in the top 10. Combining that with a pretty long chart run and it managed to be #39 for the year. It spent its first 3 weeks on the chart in 2014.
38	I Want You to Know	Zedd feat. Selena Gomez	5	12	24423.8	3x Platinum	13-7-6-6-5-8-10-11-16-24-31-38	This was Zedd's lead single from his 2nd album. Featuring Selena, it was definitely set up to be a hit, both on my chart and on the real charts. It's pretty generic, but also catchy, so a peak of #5 makes sense. It only spent 1 week in the top 5 and 6 weeks in the top 10, and it didn't have that long of a chart run. I guess it was around for more competitive weeks than "Shut Up and Dance," because the latter looks like it should have gotten more points based on chart run alone. Oh well. Zedd still has 2 songs and Selena still had 3 songs to come.
37	Afroki	Steve Aoki and Afrojack feat. Bonnie McKee	2	11	24529.6	3x Platinum	41-14-2-2-2-3-3-7-15-26-45	I'm not sure if this was an actual single or not, but it had a music video which made it eligible to chart. Bonnie's vocals are good, which isn't surprising considering I typically like her vocals. The production from Steve and Afrojack is good as well, but I think the vocals are the highlight for me. It peaked at #2 for 3 weeks, spending 5 weeks in the top 3 and 6 weeks in the top 10. It had a pretty short chart run due to a high burn rate, though. The high peak and several weeks in the top 3 got it a lot of points, though.
36	Together	The Magician	7	15	24619.2	3x Platinum	42-13-11-9-7-8-8-10-15-17-17-20-24-34-43	This is a nice single from The Magician. The production is well done and very catchy. The vocals are good, too, but the production is definitely the best part of the song. It peaked at #7 for 2 weeks and spent 5 weeks in the top 10. It had a pretty slow descent after peaking, leading it to a pretty long chart run.
35	Impossible	LION BABE	4	11	24785.1	3x Platinum	40-21-11-6-5-4-6-8-9-13-25	This is a catchy single from LION BABE. It peaked at #4, spending 2 weeks in the top 5 and 6 weeks in the top 10. Once it left the top 10, it dropped quickly due to burning on me, though. It spent 1 additional week on the chart in 2016.
34	Addicted to a Memory	Zedd feat. Bahari	2	12	25109.7	3x Platinum	33-12-3-2-3-3-4-6-8-19-31-41	This was a promo single from Zedd's 2nd album. It peaked at #2 for 1 week, spending 4 weeks in the top 4, 5 weeks in the top 5, and 7 weeks in the top 10. After dropping out of the top 10, however, it didn't last much longer on the chart. The vocals are very soothing from Bahari. I like the production from Zedd as well. It's different from a lot of his other work, especially what he's been putting out lately, meaning it's not nearly as generic as most of his other recent work. That's a good thing. :) Zedd still has 1 song to come.
33	Adventure of a Lifetime	Coldplay	1 [3 weeks]	8	25138.2	3x Platinum	32-3-1-1-1-2-2-2	It took me several listens to get into this song, but once I got into it, I loved it. It peaked at #1 for 3 weeks in 2015, and has spent 2 more weeks at #1 in 2016. It is still charting. It's the lead single from Coldplay's 7th album. The guitar part is super catchy and easily gets stuck in your head. The bass sticks out as well. The high-pitched vocal part during the chorus is quite strange, but very memorable and catchy, as well. It's such a strange song, but it manages to work. I love it. :) Coldplay has 2 songs still to come.
32	One Last Time	Ariana Grande	10	16	25394.7	3x Platinum	37-20-13-12-10-11-11-13-15-15-17-18-19-21-33-37	This was the final single from Ariana's 2nd album and easily the worst of the singles to me. Well, "Bang Bang" is actually the worst, but that wasn't really pushed from her album, so whatever. It's still a nice song, but kind of generic. It peaked at #10 for 1 week, but it spent 12 weeks in the top 20. That allowed it to rack up quite a bit of points. Ariana has 1 more song to come.
31	Beautiful to Me	Olly Murs	5	15	26138.5	3x Platinum	43-28-14-5-5-5-6-7-7-9-13-22-31-35-46	This was released as a promo single from Olly's 4th album. It was released several months after the album came out, unlike most promo singles, which come out shortly before the album is released. It's strange, but oh well. It's a slow, ballad-y song. Olly sounds great, the production is nice, and it just clicked for me. The lyrics are cute. It peaked at #5 for 3 weeks and spent an additional 4 weeks in the top 10.

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[josh]

Albums 20-17

Rank	Album	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
20	Déjà Vu	Giorgio Moroder	74 Is the New 24 Diamonds Don't Let Go Right Here, Right Now	"Don't Let Go" was a big flop, "74 Is the New 24" only performed ok, "Right Here, Right Now" performed a bit better, and "Diamonds" was the big hit of the album. I didn't listen to the full album, pretty much just these songs and a listen or two to a few other songs that were instant grat songs.
19	Adventure	Madeon	Home Nonsense Pay No Mind You're On	"Home" flopped pretty badly, but "You're On" and "Nonsense" both did alright. "Pay No Mind" was definitely the most successful song for the year. For some reason I haven't downloaded the full album. I should get on that.
18	Money Sucks, Friends Rule	Dillon Francis	Not Butter	"Not Butter" was the only song from the album to chart, at least in 2015. He is pretty hit or miss with me, so I'm not sure if I will ever download the full album. "Not Butter" will show up in a while in the song countdown.
17	A Head Full of Dreams	Coldplay	Adventure of a Lifetime Everglow	Both songs have appeared in the song countdown already. Both songs are still charting really well in 2016, so the album should place really well next year as well. I love the album, which shouldn't surprise anyone. It's much more upbeat and happy compared to the previous album, which is nice, although I loved that album as well lol. Everyone go and buy all of their albums now please. :)

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[josh]

Artists 40-31

Rank	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
40	Delaney Jane	Heaven (100%) Shades of Grey (100%)	"Heaven" only charted 1 week in 2015, so it is only #322 for the year. "Shades of Grey" was a big hit, though, and is yet to appear in the song countdown.
40	Shaun Frank	Heaven Shades of Grey	Same as Delaney!
39	Drake	Only (100%) Truffle Butter (75%)	I quite like his part in "Only," but it only had 1 week charting in 2015. I like his part in "Truffle Butter" as well, but not quite as much, so he only got 75% of the points for that song. It will appear soon in the song countdown.
38	Demi Lovato	Confident Cool for the Summer Nightingale Stone Cold Up (75%) Waitin for You	"Stone Cold," "Waitin for You," and "Nightingale" were flop songs. "Confident" performed alright, while "Cool for the Summer" was a minor hit. I actually like "Confident" better than "Cool for the Summer," but the chart run for "Cool for the Summer" just ended up being better. Oh well. She also charted with "Up," which I gave my thoughts on before. She only got 75% of the points for that song, though.
37	Kygo	Here for You Nothing Left	"Nothing Left" just missed the top 100 at #122 while "Here for You" was #61 for the year, so you already know my thoughts on that song. He had a pretty good year, I suppose.
36	Tamar Braxton	Angels & Demons Catfish Circles If I Don't Have You Let Me Know	All of these songs are from her 3rd album, which I gave my thoughts on already, so see that if you wish to read more. :)
35	Beyoncé	7/11 Feeling Myself (100%) Ring Off	#42 for the year, and I gave my thoughts on it before.
34	David Guetta	Bang My Head Dangerous Hey Mama	All 3 songs are from the same album, which I gave my thoughts on already, so you can read those if you wish.
33	Maroon 5	Feelings Sugar This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a Motherfucker	The same thing applies for these 3 songs as well.
32	Take That	Get Ready for It Let In the Sun	The same for these 2 songs lol
31	The Weeknd	Can't Feel My Face The Hills In the Night Love Me Harder	The first 3 of these songs are all on his album, which I gave my thoughts on already. "Love Me Harder" was on Ariana's album, though. "Love Me Harder" was definitely the biggest of these 4 songs, but since it peaked in 2014, it was not the biggest song for 2015. None of these was a big hit in 2015, but doing decently well, "Can't Feel My Face," "The Hills," and "Love Me Harder" all combined to push him to #31 for the year. "In the Night" was only #216 for the year, but it is still charting, so it is low due to a split chart run.

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39, 38, 34, 33, 32.

17.

39, 38, 34, 33, 31.

[popstop]

I like this set of ten better the best so far. Adventure of a Lifetime is killing it on my chart right now too - it's too bad it got split over two years on ours! I wish the Zedd songs were higher especially ATAM - that was #3 on my year-end! My son thinks that song sounds like a video game, haha! Also, Afroki, Shut Up and Dance, AND One Last Time. This would have been an amzing top ten, probably more amazing than your actual top ten.

[josh]

Jan 25, 2016 11:02:46 GMT -5 popstop said:

I like this set of ten better the best so far. Adventure of a Lifetime is killing it on my chart right now too - it's too bad it got split over two years on ours! I wish the Zedd songs were higher especially ATAM - that was #3 on my year-end! My son thinks that song sounds like a video game, haha! Also, Afroki, Shut Up and Dance, AND One Last Time. This would have been an amzing top ten, probably more amazing than your actual top ten.

Has he heard Zedd's Zelda song/remix?

[sadchild]

39
Shut Up and Dance
WALK THE MOON

This is a catchy single from WALK THE MOON. It's a bit overrated to me, but it's still pretty good. It peaked at #4 and spent 3 weeks there. It spent 1 more week in the top 5 and 3 more weeks in the top 10. Combining that with a pretty long chart run and it managed to be #39 for the year. It spent its first 3 weeks on the chart in 2014.

Funny, I think it's a little overrated now too. But before it was a crossover pop hit, I thought it was underrated. I didn't understand why more people weren't loving it, then it exploded and I thought "okay already!" lol.

[josh]

Songs 30-21

Rank	Song	Artist	2015 Peak	2015 WOC	2015 Points	2015 Certification	2015 Chart Run	Commentary
30	Hooch	Chris Lorenzo v Kelis	2	14	26567	3x Platinum	23-2-2-2-2-3-8-10-19-27-27-40-45-47	Charting this song was debatable. It wasn't a single and didn't receive a video. However, it got this remix, which I loved, and that kind of made it eligible by my rules? Idk. I ended up deciding to chart it. It peaked at #2 for 4 weeks, getting 1 more week in the top 3 and 2 more weeks in the top 10. It didn't have too long of a shelf-life, but those 5 weeks in the top 3 definitely pushed it high in points. The remix is really good. The production is great and the effect on Kelis' vocals is really well done as well. The remix is definitely a big change from the album version. I definitely prefer the remix.
29	Focus	Ariana Grande	1 [1 week]	9	26808.3	3x Platinum	12-2-1-2-3-6-7-9-11	So this song, understandably, is very polarizing. The male vocals in the chorus (Jamie Foxx, I think it is?) are my least favorite part of the song, but they don't make me hate the song. The production and, especially, Ariana's vocals in the chorus are great. Ariana sounds great on the song. The production is good but nothing amazing. Overall, I quite like the song. It managed to get in 1 week at #1, with another 3 weeks in the top 3 and another 3 weeks in the top 10. It is still charting.
28	King	Years & Years	3	16	26917.1	3x Platinum	37-30-21-12-7-4-4-3-4-7-11-21-29-34-47-47	This song is great and easily my favorite by Years & Years. It took me a few listens to get into, but once I got into it, I liked it quite a bit. It only peaked at #3 for 1 week, but got another 3 weeks in the top 5 and another 2 weeks in the top 10. The song is quite catchy with a good production and good vocals. :)
27	Alright	Kendrick Lamar	4	13	27174.4	3x Platinum	37-15-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-10-16-32-41	This was the 4th single from Kendrick's album. It took me a little bit to get behind as a single, but after a few listens I definitely got into it. It peaked at #4 for 6 weeks and got another 2 weeks in the top 10. The production is great and Kendrick is great, like usual. He has 1 more song to come.
26	King Kunta	Kendrick Lamar	1 [1 week]	11	27196.1	3x Platinum	23-5-3-2-2-1-2-5-8-15-35	Look who it is! This was the 3rd single from Kendrick's album. This was more instant for me than "Alright" which explains the quicker rise to its peak. It peaked at #1 for 1 week, with another 4 weeks in the top 3, another 2 weeks in the top 5, and another 1 week in the top 10. After dropping out of the top 10, this fell hard due to burning on me. The song, though, is quite catchy and I definitely recommend it. :)
25	All Your Friends	Coldplay	3	19	27541.1	3x Platinum	8-4-3-3-5-5-7-18-22-27-24-25-27-33-36-42-47-40-44	This wasn't a single, but it got a (lame) video, making it eligible to chart. Its first 2 weeks charting were in 2014. It's a slow, mellow song, meaning it fits in well on Ghost Stories. It's definitely not my favorite song from the album, but peaking at #3 for 2 weeks, I obviously still like it quite a bit. It got another 3 weeks in the top 5 and another 2 weeks in the top 10. It had a nice, slow descent, too. There is 1 more song by Coldplay to come still.
24	MHATLP (HI-LO Edit)	Oliver Heldens and Da Hool	1 [2 weeks]	13	28129.4	3x Platinum	33-21-8-4-1-1-6-13-14-17-20-20-22	This song is really catchy. It managed to peak at #1 for 2 weeks. It got another 1 week in the top 5 and another 2 weeks in the top 10. It dropped from the top 10 pretty quickly, but then managed to hang around the 15-25 area for the last few weeks of 2015. It is still charting. Oliver did a great job remixing this song. He has 1 more song to appear.
23	Shades of Grey	Oliver Heldens and Shaun Frank feat. Delaney Jane	5	16	28203.6	3x Platinum	40-16-9-6-6-5-5-5-6-12-18-22-25-26-36-45	Look who it is! [2] Again, Oliver did great on the production. Shaun did, as well. Not that you really know who did what, but whatever. Delaney's vocals are pretty good, as well. Thanks to Mikey for introducing me to this song. :) It only peaked at #5 for 3 weeks, but it got another 4 weeks in the top 10.
22	Papercut	Zedd feat. Troye Sivan	2	10	28240.8	3x Platinum	42-20-5-2-3-2-3-3-3-4	So this apparently got sent to radio in Australia, making it eligible to chart. I'm always iffy about charting songs in situations like that, but I trust Juan Carlos when he says they were sent. Coming in at nearly 7.5 minutes, this is a long song. However, Troye's soothing vocals and Zedd's production make it seem not nearly that long, in a good way. Troye sounds great and Zedd changed things up from the rut he had been in prior to this song. Everything just comes together really well and makes the song amazing. It peaked at #2 for 2 weeks but spent another 4 weeks at #3, 1 week at #4, and 1 week at #5, at least in 2015. It is still charting.
21	Automatic	ZHU x AlunaGeorge	2	14	28692.1	4x Platinum	34-13-6-2-2-2-3-7-9-16-24-30-34-42	This is a great collaboration between ZHU and AlunaGeorge. Both acts have good vocals as expected, and ZHU's production is top notch as well. I especially love the change in production right about the last minute of the song. It's very catchy. The sax solo is pretty good, too. This peaked at #2 for 3 weeks, got another 1 week in the top 3, and another 3 weeks in the top 10.

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Albums 16-13

Rank	Album	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
16	Breathe In. Breathe Out.	Hilary Duff	My Kind Sparks	I already gave my thoughts on both of these songs. The album is pretty good, and it's a shame that it flopped, other than its peak of #5 on the Billboard 200.
15	Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)		Love Me Like You Do	I only liked this single from the album, and it will appear later in the song countdown. :)
14	Delirium	Ellie Goulding	Love Me Like You Do On My Mind Something In the Way You Move	"Love My Like You Do" was definitely the big point-getter for the album. "Something In the Way You Move" performed decently, and "On My Mind" did alright for the few weeks it charted in 2015. It took quite a while to grow on me, hence it only debuting in late November. The album is decent, but far from my favorite album of the year.
13	Never Been Better	Olly Murs	Beautiful to Me Kiss Me Never Been Better Seasons Stevie Knows Wrapped Up	This is a solid album, as expected from Olly. However, it's lacking something to put it at the same level as his previous albums. The same can be said for the singles from the album. Something is just missing to take it all to the next level. However, it's all still good, but not great. I still recommend everyone listen to and purchase it. :)

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Artists 30-21

Rank	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
30	Shift K3Y	I Know Name & Number Touch	"Name & Number" didn't perform all that well, but "I Know" and "Touch" both did pretty well and made the top 100 of 2015 already, so you have seen my thoughts on them. He does a pretty good job with his productions, and has another song currently charting. :)
29	Years & Years	Desire King	Both songs are on Communion, which I gave commentary on, and I just gave my thoughts on "King" as well. See those if you desire ( ;) ) to read more.
28	Giorgio Moroder	74 Is the New 24 Diamonds Don't Let Go Right Here, Right Now	All of these songs are from Déjà Vu, which I gave my thoughts on already. :)
27	Bonnie McKee	Afroki (100%) Bombastic	I already gave my thoughts on "Afroki," but have not said anything about "Bombastic." That song is definitely unusual. It took me several listens to get into. It, if pushed, would be very polarizing, I imagine. I should check out the rest of the Bombastic EP. I'm not sure why I like Bonnie as much as I do, but oh well.
26	Pep & Rash	Red Roses Sugar	"Sugar" is only #177 for the year, due to it only charting 4 weeks before the year ended. "Red Roses" was a big hit, though, and is still yet to appear. I'm definitely a fan of their (?) production on those two songs. :)
25	LION BABE	Hourglass (100%) Impossible	"Hourglass" just missed the top 100 of 2015 at #111 while "Impossible" was #35, so you know my thoughts on that song. "Hourglass" is quite catchy and was a good choice of a promo single for Disclosure. I'm not really a fan of the other stuff I listened to by LION BABE, though.
24	Madeon	Home Nonsense Pay No Mind You're On	These songs are all on Madeon's album Adventure, which I gave my thoughts on before. :)
23	Gwen Stefani	Spark the Fire Used to Love You	I gave my thoughts on both of these songs already. I have faith that "Used to Love You" will be on Gwen's upcoming album, but I have doubts about "Spark the Fire" being on the album. I think there is a decent chance that "Baby Don't Lie" will be on the album, not that it matters. I love Gwen. She remains one of my favorite artists.
22	Dillon Francis	Not Butter	He only charted with "Not Butter," which still has yet to appear in the song countdown. As I said for his album, he is very hit or miss with me. "Not Butter" was obviously a hit.
21	Afrojack	Afroki Hey Mama	Both of these songs made the top 100 for 2015 already, so you can see my thoughts on them there. Afrojack can make some pretty good productions. I like them when they are loud and messy. :) What he did to Wrabel's "Ten Feet Tall" was a travesty, though. >:(

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[nick64]

Papercut!!

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28, 27, 23, 22.

16, 15, 14.

23, 21.

[popstop]

If only they took out that dumb fuh-fuh-focus, that song would have been a hit! >:(

I credit Mikey for Shades of Grey success on my chart too. Thanks Mikey

I remember your brief interest in King Kunta. I'm not sure why I never charted it,

[sadchild]

King Kunta
Kendrick Lamar

Look who it is! This was the 3rd single from Kendrick's album. This was more instant for me than "Alright" which explains the quicker rise to its peak. It peaked at #1 for 1 week, with another 4 weeks in the top 3, another 2 weeks in the top 5, and another 1 week in the top 10. After dropping out of the top 10, this fell hard due to burning on me. The song, though, is quite catchy and I definitely recommend it. :)

i haven't grown tired of it yet, but i think that's because i discovered it later in the year. not sure how i missed this one (and "Blacker The Berry") for six months or so!

[josh]

Songs 20-11

Rank	Song	Artist	2015 Peak	2015 WOC	2015 Points	2015 Certification	2015 Chart Run	Commentary
20	Making the Most of the Night	Carly Rae Jepsen	4	21	28920.7	4x Platinum	38-21-12-8-4-4-4-8-10-15-23-25-27-30-30-31-33-37-39-39-37	This was one of several promo singles for E•MO•TION. It was a great choice and I love it. It's so fun and catchy and amazing, just like basically everything from the album. It managed to peak at #4 for 3 weeks, and is still charting! Carly has a huge 4 more songs yet to appear, and they are all in the top 10. :O
19	Take Your Time	Sam Hunt	9	16	29616.7	4x Platinum	43-36-21-12-9-11-11-12-12-10-11-9-9-11-12-34	This was the second single from Sam's album. It's definitely my least favorite of the first 3 singles he released. I'm not sure how I would rank it to "Break Up In a Small Town" as I haven't gotten to charting that single yet. Even though it's my least favorite of the 3 songs, it's still pretty good. It only peaked at #9, but it spent 3 weeks there, plus several more weeks at #10 or just below, allowing it to rack up a lot of points. Sam has 1 more song to appear.
18	Red Roses	Pep & Rash	1 [2 weeks]	14	30306.3	4x Platinum	41-5-2-2-1-1-3-4-5-10-22-37-37-38	This song had a relatively short run, with a quick rise and a quick fall. However, it peaked at #1 for 2 weeks, spending a total of 5 weeks in the top 3, 8 weeks in the top 5, and 9 weeks in the top 10. This allowed it to get quite a lot of points. The production on this song is very loud and noisy and that's why I like it so much. :)
17	Me & the Rhythm	Selena Gomez	4	13	30404.4	4x Platinum	34-19-9-6-4-8-8-8-7-9-10-14-18	This was the sole promo single from Revival. It managed to peak at #4 for 1 week, spending a total of 9 weeks in the top 10. It is still charting. It's quite catchy, and I like it a lot. :) Selena has 2 more songs yet to appear.
16	Devil Pray	Madonna	6	20	30421.8	4x Platinum	43-21-12-9-6-7-7-8-16-16-16-17-18-16-18-29-33-39-45-46	This was one of the initial songs from Rebel Heart to be released on iTunes due to the leak. It was one of the songs that I instantly liked. The lyrics to the chorus are kinda bad, but the melody of the song makes up for that. It peaked at #6 and spent 5 weeks in the top 10. Despite not spending too much time in the top 10, a longer than average chart run helped it out in accumulating points.
15	Monument	Röyksopp and Robyn	5	19	30687.3	4x Platinum	50-31-18-10-7-5-9-7-10-10-15-17-17-15-19-22-34-42-43	This was the 3rd single from Do It Again and ended up being the most successful, points-wise, single on my chart. The song is nearly 10 minutes long, but it's just so catchy that I don't care, similar to Zedd's "Papercut." It only peaked at #5, but it spent another 6 weeks in the top 10.
14	High by the Beach	Lana Del Rey	3	18	32545.5	4x Platinum	43-30-19-12-7-5-5-3-3-6-9-10-18-25-29-31-36-38	This was the lead single from Honeymoon, although I actually charted "Honemoon," a promo single, prior to this due to the strange order things happened with the album. It's pretty mellow and monotone, which is typical for Lana. Basically, the whole song is nothing unusual for her. However, it's catchy and just works for me. Not sure what else to say. :) It charted 1 additional week in 2016.
13	Same Old Love	Selena Gomez	4	16	34266.3	4x Platinum	6-6-5-4-6-6-8-8-12-15-15-17-19-28-29-30	This was the 2nd single from Revival. It is a good song and quite catchy, but not my favorite song or even single from Selena. It peaked at #4 for 1 week and spent its first 8 weeks in the top 10. The release of "Me & The Rhythm" likely caused this to drop sooner than it would have otherwise, but nearly making the top 10 for the year, I think its placement is about right. This charted 2 additional weeks in 2016. Selena has 1 more song to come.
12	Numb	Nick Jonas feat. Angel Haze	2	18	35162.2	4x Platinum	43-3-3-3-3-3-2-7-8-9-12-12-16-27-31-38-43-44	This was a promo single for Nick's self-titled album. It is super catchy. I love the production and Nick's vocals. Angel sucks and can leave. It peaked at #2 for 1 week, spent another 5 weeks at #3, and spent another 3 weeks in the top 10.
11	Truffle Butter	Nicki Minaj feat. Drake and Lil Wayne	1 [4 weeks]	19	37822.4	5x Platinum	26-11-7-3-1-1-1-1-2-5-9-17-20-24-28-26-27-37-44	This was one of many singles from The Pinkprint. I'm not sure if it was pushed to radio by the label or if radio picked it up on its own. I think it was the latter, since this is exclusive to the iTunes-version of the album. The singles for Nicki's albums are always a mess. Anyways, this song is super catchy. Nicki's part is the best, but Drake's part is pretty good too, and Lil Wayne's part is even decent. It peaked at #1 for 4 weeks, allowing it to make #11 for the year, just missing out on the top 10. Nicki has 1 more song to appear on the countdown.

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[josh]

Albums 12-9

Rank	Album	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
12	To Pimp a Butterfly	Kendrick Lamar	Alright The Blacker the Berry King Kunta These Walls	This is a good album, but I prefer good kid, m.A.A.d city to this. good kid, m.A.A.d city is more instant and catchy, in my opinion, whereas this album is more of a statement than good kid, m.A.A.d city. I was pretty disappointed at first, to be honest, but after listening a few times and hearing more about the single choices, I got behind some of the single choices. "The Blacker the Berry" was a promo single, which was alright ( ;) ) and a step up from "i." "These Walls" was just an ok single choice and didn't perform much better. "Alright" and "King Kunta" were both good choices for singles that performed well on my chart, making top 30 for the year. You can read my thoughts about those songs earlier in the thread.
11	Ghost Stories	Coldplay	All Your Friends Ghost Story Ink True Love	2 singles from the album, "True Love" and "Ink," charted in 2015. In addition, "All Your Friends" and "Ghost Story" both got music videos, which made them eligible to chart. "Ghost Story" was the least successful of the 4 songs, which makes sense since it was my least favorite of the songs, "only" making #106 for the year. "True Love" was next at #94, "Ink" followed at #91, and "All Your Friends" was the most successful at #25. You can read my thoughts on the latter 3 songs earlier in the thread. "Ghost Story" is nice, but nothing too special. Like I said last year (I think), this is a great album. It's pretty mellow and sad, but it does that very well. "O" is amazing and flawless. I love the album, and everyone needs to buy it now if you haven't already! Even if you have, buy it again!!!
10	Nick Jonas X2	Nick Jonas	Area Code Chains Good Thing Levels Numb Teacher Wilderness	I have only listened to the singles and promo singles from this album. I should get around to downloading the full album sometime soon lol. "Good Thing" was included on the re-release, so I included it on here. It was only #214 for the year, so it didn't add too many points to the album. "Area Code" flopped at #311 for the year. "Levels" didn't perform much better at #248 for the year, and "Wilderness" did pretty poorly at #230 as well. "Chains" performed moderately well, just missing the top 100 for the year at #101, while "Teacher" just made the top 100 for the year at #100. "Numb" was the album's big hit for the year at #12. You can read my thoughts on that song 2 posts above this one. Overall he had some decent singles and promo singles for the album, and since I haven't listened to the full album, I can't say anything about album tracks.
9	Do It Again	Röyksopp and Robyn	Do It Again Monument Sayit	All 3 singles did well on my chart. "Sayit" was definitely the least successful, but still made #84 for the year. "Do It Again" made #43 for the year, and "Monument" made #15 for the year. You can read my thoughts on all 3 singles in this thread. I only recently downloaded the full EP and I don't remember the other songs to give additional feedback on them, but the singles are pretty great!

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Artists 20-11

Rank	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
20	Lana Del Rey	Big Eyes Brooklyn Baby High by the Beach Honeymoon Ultraviolence	Lana had the tail-end of the Ultraviolence era in 2015 on my chart, plus the start of the Honeymoon era, plus "Big Eyes" inbetween. Pretty much everything flopped this year except for "High by the Beach," which I just gave my thoughts on above. She is off to a good start in 2016 so far, though.
19	AlunaGeorge	Automatic To Ü (100%) You Know You Like It	"To Ü" only charted in the final week of the year, so it appears like a flop at only #301 for the year. However, it is the current #1, having spent 2 weeks there so far. "You Know You Like It" and "Automatic" were both big hits as well. AlunaGeorge had quite a successful year on my chart. :)
18	Hilary Duff	My Kind Sparks Youngblood	Hilary flopped in the real world, but performed pretty well on my chart at least. :) "Sparks" and "My Kind" both made the top 60 for the year while "Youngblood" only came in at #153, but it is still charting. She had a pretty successful year here. :)
17	Ellie Goulding	Love Me Like You Do On My Mind Something In the Way You Move	All of these songs were included on Delirium, which I gave my thoughts on earlier. You can read my thoughts in the album commentary if you wish. :)
16	Disclosure	Bang That F for You Help Me Lose My Mind Holding On Hourglass The Mechanism Omen Voices Willing & Able	They charted 9 songs for the year, but not even 1 of the songs made the top 100 for the year. "Help Me Lose My Mind" was the most successful at #110, with "Hourglass" just behind at #111. If "Hourglass" wasn't split partially into 2016, it might have made the top 100. "F for You" was a big hit, but peaked in 2014, meaning it was only #135 for the year. However, despite not having a big hit, they managed to still be the #16 artist for the year, which isn't too bad. :)
15	ZHU	As Crazy as It Is Automatic The One Paradise Awaits	"As Crazy as It Is" only charted in the final week of the year so only came in at #325 for the year. "The One" didn't perform very well and only was #226 for the year. "Paradise Awaits" was a hit and was #40 for the year, while "Automatic" was a big hit at #21 for the year. You can read my thoughts on those 2 songs earlier in the thread. ZHU is pretty great.
14	Oliver Heldens	MHATLP (HI-LO Edit) Shades of Grey	His 2 charting songs were #24 and #23 for the year. You can read my thoughts on them earlier in the thread. :)
13	Kendrick Lamar	Alright The Blacker the Berry King Kunta These Walls	See the above commentary for To Pimp a Butterfly.
12	Nick Jonas	Area Code Chains Good Thing (100%) Levels Numb Teacher Wilderness	See the above commentary for Nick Jonas X2.
11	Röyksopp and Robyn	Do It Again Monument Sayit	See the above commentary for Do It Again.

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[Fancy]

justice for selegend :'(

[popstop]

Pretty sure I might as well skip the top ten.

[josh]

Feb 1, 2016 22:40:42 GMT -5 popstop said:

Pretty sure I might as well skip the top ten.

no! :'(

[.indulgecountry]

"Devil Pray"! Yassss Madonna!

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19, 14, 13.

12-10.

8 of your 10 artists.

[josh]

Songs 10-6

Rank	Song	Artist	2015 Peak	2015 WOC	2015 Points	2015 Certification	2015 Chart Run	Commentary
10	Not Butter	Dillon Francis	3	17	37875.1	5x Platinum	41-3-3-4-3-4-5-7-7-10-17-19-18-18-19-18-21	Like I said before regarding Dillon, he's very hit or miss with me. This song was a hit, clearly. I like the loud, noisy production. It's fun. The robotic vocals are interesting, as well. It peaked at #3 for 3 non-consecutive weeks, spent another 3 weeks in the top 5, and another 3 weeks in the top 10. Due to lack of competition, it had a very slow descent outside the top 10, getting it to rack up quite a bit of points, also allowing it to still be charting.
9	I Really Like You	Carly Rae Jepsen	4	20	38206.2	5x Platinum	12-5-4-4-4-6-6-5-8-9-9-9-16-16-26-31-38-42-47-45	This was the lead single from Carly's album. Definitely not the best choice of a lead single, but what's done is done. It's a great song, but not the correct choice if trying to get a big hit. Despite my love of Carly and the song, it only peaked at #4 for 3 weeks. It spent another 2 weeks in the top 5 and another 6 weeks in the top 10, which helped make up for the (relatively) low peak. Carly has 3 more songs still. :O
8	All That	Carly Rae Jepsen	3	23	40929	5x Platinum	41-22-11-7-4-3-3-3-3-6-8-9-17-21-20-19-17-19-23-31-37-38-40	This was the first promo single from Carly's album. I didn't care for it at all at first, but after a few listens it grew on me immensely, and I ended up loving it. It peaked at #3 for 4 weeks, spent another 1 week in the top 5, and another 4 weeks in the top 10. It's a great ballad and it's just so good. Carly has 2 more song to appear still.
7	Love Me Like You Do	Ellie Goulding	2	22	41417.2	5x Platinum	47-17-8-3-2-2-4-4-5-6-10-11-9-15-16-15-17-28-32-40-44-45	Everyone should definitely know this song. I've talked about this before, but it took me several listens to even get through the entire song lol. Then a few more listens and I went from hating to going "ok this isn't so bad." A few more listens and I started to like it a little, and it ended up turning into loving it. It peaked at #2 for 2 weeks, spent another 4 weeks in the top 5, and another 3 weeks in the top 10. Ellie sounds great and Max did great on the production. It all just works well together and is a great song. :)
6	Trini Dem Girls	Nicki Minaj feat. LunchMoney Lewis	1 [3 weeks]	16	43109.4	6x Platinum	8-5-2-2-1-1-1-2-3-7-10-12-16-18-19-20	This was one of the many singles from Nicki's album. Unfortunately it flopped on radio. It also didn't get any push besides being sent to radio, so there was no video. This is probably due to the label issues Lil Wayne is going through currently. It peaked at #1 for 3 weeks, spent another 4 weeks in the top 3, another 1 week in the top 5, and another 3 weeks in the top 10. Despite it flopping on radio, I clearly love it, and was so happy to hear it was going to be a single. Due to a somewhat lack of competition, it, like "Not Butter," had a very slow descent outside of the top 10 and is still currently charting.

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Albums 8-6

Rank	Album	Artist	Song(s)	Commentary
8	Unbroken (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)		Miracles	Miracles was the only song on the soundtrack that wasn't from the score. It will appear later on in the countdown. :)
7	Rebel Heart	Madonna	Bitch I'm Madonna Devil Pray Ghosttown Iconic Unapologetic Bitch	"Iconic" was one of the second batch of promo singles. I thought it was decent so charted it, but it was only a minor hit and was #192 for the year. "Unapologetic Bitch" was only #148 for the year, but it only charted for the last 4 weeks of the year, which definitely cut its points significantly. It is still charting and should do better for 2016. "Ghosttown" was another minor hit and was #145 for the year. "Bitch I'm Madonna" was #49 for the year and "Devil Pray" was #16, and I gave my thoughts on them earlier. :) I'm not a fan of much else from the album, unfortunately. At least she gave several good songs along with a lot of crap.
6	The Original High	Adam Lambert	Another Lonely Night Evil In the Night Ghost Town The Original High Underground	"Underground" was one of several promo singles and was #155 for the year. "Another Lonely Night" was another promo single that ended up being the 2nd single. It was #80 for the year, so you already heard my thoughts on it. "Evil In the Night" was another promo single and was #70 for the year. "Ghost Town" was the lead single and #68 for the year. "The Original High" was also a promo single and was #54 for the year. You have heard my thoughts on all of those other songs already. I really like the album and wish it had been way more successful.

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Artists 10-6

Rank	Artist	Songs	Commentary
10	Olly Murs	Beautiful to Me Kiss Me Never Been Better Seasons Stevie Knows Up Wrapped Up	All of his songs came from Never Been Better, which appeared a little earlier in the countdown. See commentary there if you wish. :)
9	Madonna	Bitch I'm Madonna Devil Pray Ghosttown Iconic Unapologetic Bitch	All of her songs come from Rebel Heart, which just appeared above. See commentary there if you wish. :)
8	Ariana Grande	Adore (100%) Boys Like You (100%) Focus Love Me Harder One Last Time Santa Tell Me	"Boys Like You" flopped, but that was due to Who Is Fancy and the song sucking, not Ariana. Her part was great. "Adore" was not much of a hit. I prefer the other collaboration between Ariana and Cashmere Cat, "Be My Baby." "Santa Tell Me" was only #164 for the year, which is pretty good considering it only charted the first 4 weeks of the year. As I said for her album, "Love Me Harder" was #140 for the year, due to having peaked in 2014. "One Last Time" was #32 for the year and "Focus" was #29 for the year, so you can read my thoughts on those songs a little earlier in the thread. She did pretty great despite having a break for several months this year. :)
7	Adam Lambert	Another Lonely Night Evil In the Night Ghost Town The Original High Underground	All of his songs came from The Original High, whichjust appeared above. See commentary there if you wish. :)
6	Sam Hunt	House Party Leave the Night On Take Your Time	"House Party" was #98 for the year, "Take Your Time" was #19 for the year, and "Take Your Time" is still yet to appear. You can read my thoughts on the former 2 songs earlier in the thread, while you can read my thoughts on the latter very soon. He had a great year, and I suspect will have a great year this year as well.

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