Wednesday 30 December 2015

Top 100 songs of 2015

100. The Corrs - Ellis Island
99. Sigala feat Bryn Christopher - Sweet Lovin'
98. The Corrs - Gerry's Reel
97. The Common Linnets - Proud
96. Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again
95. Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds
94. Otto Knows - Next To Me
93. The Arrows - Next Time
92. Lauren Aquilina - Time To Say Goodbye
91. Major Lazer feat MØ & DJ Snake - Lean On
90. Pegboard Nerds - Emoji
89. Years & Years - Eyes Shut
88. Omi - Cheerleader
87. Sheppard - Be More Barrio
86. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?
85. Isa - Don't Stop
84. Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me
83. Susanne Sundfør - Delirious
82. Samir & Viktor - Groupie
81. Kylie Minogue & Dannii Minogue - 100 Degrees
80. Alex Adair - Heaven
79. Mura Masa feat Shura - Love for That
78. Take That - Hey Boy
77. Taylor Swift - Blank Space
76. Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song
75. Years & Years - King
74. Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You
73. Fritz Kalkbrenner - Void
72. Paper Route - You and I
71. Paulini - By My Side
70. Delta Goodrem - You And You Alone
69. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - The Austerity of Love
68. Avicii - Waiting For Love
67. Madonna - Living For Love
66. Tina & Rene - Mi Amore
65. Galantis - Runaway (U & I)
64. Dolly Style - Hello Hi
63. Sigala - Easy Love
62. Zedd feat Troye Sivan - Papercut
61. Timo Odv feat Sarah Jackson - Save Me
60. High Dive Heart - Vintage
59. Lost Frequencies - Reality
58. Electro Velvet - Still in Love with You
57. Loreen - Paper Light (Higher)
56. Walk The Moon - Different Colors (Lost Kings Remix)
55. Loreen - I'm In It With You
54. Emmelie de Forest - Hopscotch
53. Birdy - Wings
52. Mariette - Don't Stop Believing
51. Nádine - Skildery
50. Kadebostany - Castle In the Snow
49. Mika - No Place In Heaven
48. Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
47. The Common Linnets - We Don't Make The Wind Blow
46. Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
45. Flo Rida - Once In a Lifetime
44. The Corrs - I Do What I Like
43. Philip George & Anton Powers - Alone No More
42. Grace feat G-Eazy - You Don't Own Me
41. Courtney Barnett - Debbie Downer
40. Justin Bieber - Sorry
39. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best
38. Jess Glynne feat Emeli Sandé - Saddest Vanilla
37. Ciara - I Bet
36. Andy Duguid feat Jaren - 7Even
35. The Veronicas - If You Love Someone
34. Truls - Circles
33. The Arrows - Pilgrimage
32. LunchMoney Lewis - Bills
31. Little Mix - Love Me Like You
30. Halleluwah - Dior
29. Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices
28. Wrabel - I Want You
27. Ulf Nilsson - Little By Little (Lulleaux & George Whyman Remix)
26. One More Time - Highland
25. The Corrs - Stay
24. Rachel Platten - Stand By You
23. Delta Goodrem - Only Human
22. Axwell Λ Ingrosso - Sun Is Shining
21. Jamie Lawson - Wasn't Expecting That
20. The Rua - I'm Okay
19. The Corrs - Harmony
18. Tove Styrke - Ego
17. Adele - Hello
16. AronChupa - I'm an Albatraoz
15. Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
14. Little Mix - Black Magic
13. Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
12. Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye To Yesterday
11. The Corrs - White Light
10. Fleur East - Sax
9. Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly
8. Rachel Platten - Fight Song
7. The Rua - Fight for What's Right
6. The Corrs - Bring On The Night
5. Mura Masa feat Nao - Firefly
4. Walk The Moon - Shut Up and Dance
3. Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
2. Delta Goodrem - Wings
1. Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes


For the second time in four years, the winner of Melodifestivalen and Eurovision tops my end of year chart. Having always been my favourite Swedish male artist, I was very pleased to hear Måns Zelmerlöw was taking part once again. And though the quality of Melodifestivalen was already quite decent this year, I was still very much waiting for a 'moment' and I knew that it had arrived when I heard the short preview of Heroes.

Abandoning the boring sound of previous album The Barcelona Sessions, this was Måns back on top pop form and to his very best with something of a tribute to David Guetta's Lovers On The Sun but with a much more triumphant melody and more charisma than that and a really stunning stage performance. 

It won Melodifestivalen quite easily and Måns then also swept to victory at Eurovision and returned the contest in very short order back to Sweden, while the song was a huge hit across Europe.

Elsewhere in my top five of the year are Delta Goodrem's Wings, a stunning return to form for my favourite artist - who it was incredible to see live and meet her this year, Ellie Goulding's power ballad from the 50 Shades Of Grey soundtrack, Love Me Like You Do, Walk The Moon's 80s-influenced indie-pop anthem Shut Up and Dance and Firefly, a stunning dance track by Mura Masa and Nao - watch out for big things from both of these artists in 2016.

UK No.1 hits in my top 40 of the year, besides Love Me Like You Do, include Rachel Platten's Fight Song (#8), Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand (#13), Little Mix's Black Magic (#14), Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk (#15), Adele's Hello (#17) and Justin Bieber's Sorry (#40).

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