Top 50 Pop Songs of 2018

If you're reading this, thank you! It's such a hassle to commit myself to a one post per year blog, but the attention you give me is well worth it.

I think I'm sort of getting boring with my usual recap of the year posts, where I vaguely mention how wild the year was for me but appreciating music for getting me through it. So I'm not going to do that (except probably on my facebook, oh well).

I tried to be a little more strict on guidelines this year for which songs would be in contention. I tried to make it actually pop, so I cut out a few token random rap songs (I really wanted to include the Plain Jane Remix with Nicki Minaj -- fun fact! Anytime a DJ plays the original without the Nicki verse, they are sexist) and I tried to keep it more 2018, so some of the songs were released up to last month. That being said, some songs are from late 2017 because they came out too late for me to consider them last year, and they feel more current this year anyways.

Also I haven't said it anywhere but although Kim Petras is the most reflected artist on this list, Charlie Puth's Voicenotes is my favorite album of the year. I know, he's a man! That's crazy.

Scroll down for the Spotify playlist of the Top 100 of the year I made. It's organized by 50-1 and then the 50 honorable mentions are randomly placed.

as usual I'm posting cover art for the top artist of the year so it shows up on my facebook preview rather than my ridiculous banner photo

#50: EMOTION - ASTRID S

#49: HURT SOMEBODY - NOAH KAHAN & JULIA MICHAELS

#48: CAN'T DANCE - MEGHAN TRAINOR

#47: ANYWHERE - RITA ORA

#46: DON'T BLAME ME - TAYLOR SWIFT

#45: FAMILIAR - LIAM PAYNE & J BALVIN

#44: WINNEBAGO (FEAT. QUINN XCII & DANIEL WILSON) - GRYFFIN

#43: MIRACLE - CHVRCHES

#42: THANK U, NEXT - ARIANA GRANDE

#41: KISS AND MAKE UP - DUA LIPA & BLACKPINK

#40: WOMAN LIKE ME (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ) - LITTLE MIX

#39: PYNK (FEAT. GRIMES) - JANELLE MONÁE

#38: ALL FALLS DOWN (FEAT. JULIANDER) - ALAN WALKER, NOAH CYRUS & DIGITAL FARM ANIMALS

#37: NEVER BE THE SAME - CAMILA CABELLO

#36: CLOSE YOUR EYES - KIM PETRAS

#35: HURTS LIKE HELL (FEAT. OFFSET) - MADISON BEER

#34: BABY (FEAT. MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS & LUIS FONSI) - CLEAN BANDIT

#33: HOME - MACHINE GUN KELLY, BEBE REXHA, X AMBASSADORS

#32: HOW LONG - CHARLIE PUTH

#31: THUNDERCLOUDS (FEAT. SIA, LABRINTH & DIPLO) - LSD

#30: BOTTLED UP (FEAT. TY DOLLA $IGN & MARC E. BASSY) - DINAH JANE

#29: MAKE ME FEEL - JANELLE MONÁE

#28: NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY - ARIANA GRANDE

#27: GIRLS (FEAT. CARDI B, BEBE REXHA & CHARLI XCX) - RITA ORA

#26: VOTE - MIGUEL

#25: FOR YOU - LIAM PAYNE & RITA ORA

#24: HILLSIDE BOYS - KIM PETRAS

#23: FITNESS - LIZZO

#22: MISBEHAVING - LABRINTH

#21: HIGH FIVE - SIGRID

#20: ÉCHAME LA CULPA - LUIS FONSI & DEMI LOVATO

#19: CAN'T DO BETTER - KIM PETRAS

#18: COLOUR (FEAT. HAILEE STEINFELD) - MNEK

#17: HEY DJ (REMIX) - CNCO, MEGHAN TRAINOR & SEAN PAUL

#16: ONLY YOU - CHEAT CODES & LITTLE MIX

#15: THIS IS ME - KEALA SETTLE & THE GREATEST SHOWMAN CAST

#14: PARTY FOR ONE - CARLY RAE JEPSEN

#13: SHALLOW - LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

#12: MEDICINE - QUEEN NAIJA

#11: THESE DAYS (FEAT. JESS GLYNNE, MACKELMORE & DAN CAPLEN) - RUDIMENTAL

#10: GOODBYE (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ & WILLY WILLIAM) - JASON DERULO & DAVID GUETTA

#9: BEST FRIEND (FEAT. NERVO, THE KNOCKS & ALISA UENO) - SOFI TUKKER

#8: GENIUS (FEAT. SIA, DIPLO & LABRINTH) - LSD

#7: SWEET BUT PSYCHO - AVA MAX

#6: I LIKE IT - CARDI B, BAD BUNNY & J BALVIN

#5: 2002 - ANNE-MARIE

#4: HEART TO BREAK - KIM PETRAS

#3: DONE FOR ME (FEAT. KEHLANI) - CHARLIE PUTH

#2: FINESSE (REMIX) [FEAT. CARDI B] - BRUNO MARS

#1: THE MIDDLE - ZEDD, MAREN MORRIS & GREY

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Ocean (feat. Khalid) - Martin Garrix

No Excuses - Meghan Trainor

We Won't Move - Arlissa

Fall In Line (feat. Demi Lovato) - Christina Aguilera

Tie Me Down - Gryffin & Elley Duhé

All The Stars - Kendrick Lamar & SZA

Boo'd Up - Ella Mai

breathin - Ariana Grande

This Feeling (feat. Kelsea Ballerini) - The Chainsmokers

BOY - Charlie Puth

Love is Stronger Than Pride - Amber Mark

Plain Jane (Remix) [feat. Nicki Minaj) - A$AP Ferg

All The Ways - Meghan Trainor

Rumors - R3HAB & Sofia Carson

Dear Lover - Little Mix

Batshit - Sofi Tukker

PAST #1s:

2005 - 1, 2 Step (feat. Missy Elliott) - Ciara
2006 - Promiscuous (feat. Timbaland) - Nelly Furtado
2007 - Fergalicious (feat. Will.i.am) - Fergie
2008 - 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) - Madonna
2009 - Knock You Down (feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo) - Keri Hilson
2010 - Telephone - Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
2011 - Pretty Girl Rock - Keri Hilson
2012 - Everybody Talks - Neon Trees
2013 - Do What U Want (feat. R Kelly) - Lady Gaga
2014 - Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea) - Ariana Grande
2015 - California Winter - Bonnie McKee
2016 - NO - Meghan Trainor
2017 - Woman (feat. The Dap-Kings Horns) - Kesha

2018 - The Middle - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey