Monday, December 30, 2024
Top 50 Pop Songs of 2024
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Top 50 Pop Songs of 2023
This is my ninth year in a row of doing this! To me this is more traditional than watching a super bowl on a sunday. In terms of music, it wasn't the best year for pop so some spots on this list are filled by more R&B and hip hop than in years past. So enjoy that
In 2023 we learned:
- we need to bring back key changes in songs
- the government should hire more gay people (endless entertainment)
- to stop drinking IPAs, because why
— v (@ViralContentz) December 10, 2023
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Friday, December 30, 2022
Top 50 Pop Songs of 2022
Hey, it's Che Diaz!
Can you believe I've done this for 8 years in a row? And in all that time we had more Avatar movies than Keri Hilson singles?
I am proud of this year's top 50 (and the top 200 on the playlist below), I think it's my favorite list yet.
KEY:
😴 = R&B
👑 = GAY
🤬 = NOT IN ENGLISH
♣️ = WOULD PLAY IN A CLUB
❄️ = EDGY
❌ = MEN
🥛 = sorry everyone next time I will try to not include meghan trainor but I was not born perfect
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST (spoiler alert! It's in order 1-50, it's also embedded below)
#49: BLACK MASCARA. - RAYE ♣️❄️
#48: ITS ALL GOOD - NEON DREAMS ❌
#47: MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT - HARRY STYLES ❌❄️
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Surrender My Heart - Carly Rae Jepsen 👑
Baby - Charli XCX 👑♣️❄️
JUMP (feat. Coast Contra) - Ciara 😴♣️
Dance Around It (feat. Brandi Carlile & Sheryl Crow) - Lucius 👑❄️
Let Love Go (feat. Lil Tecca) - Mabel 😴
What Would You Do? - Tate McRae ❄️
BOP BOP! - VIVIZ 🤬👑
Wolf - Yeah Yeah Yeahs ❄️
PAST #1s:
Friday, December 31, 2021
Top 50 Pop Songs of 2021
A few times during this year I envision writing this post and relaying something meaningful and reflective that encapsulates my thoughts on 2021. I should learn to stop hyping things up mentally for me if I don't end up doing them. But here are a few minor thoughts.
2021 gave us the return of ABBA but not Keri Hilson (I would prob take ABBA obviously but it's Sophie's Choice for me). We got a 4th Matrix but somehow National Treasure 3 is being turned into a tv show without Nic Cage. We didn't see Samantha Jones but we saw... (spoiler alert) Tobey Maguire's Spider Man, cool. And we had 2 Disney movies but one of them involved LMM 🤢. None of those are related to each other but this year I learned to especially let myself be open to surprises.
But I will say this is my 7th year in a row of doing this and I find that pretty cool. I can't write every day but I can list 50 songs a year. So I'm not sure how I ever survived high school in the Silicon Valley.
THE LIST:
#50: BETTER DAYS - NEIKED, MAE MULLER, POLO G
#49: OSTON - I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE
#48: UP - CARDI B
when I say pop I mean it loosely
#47: DIVING - EVANGELIA & KELVIN JONES
#43: BED - JOEL CORRY, RAYE & DAVID GUETTA
but kind of iconic/bad lyrics
#42: KILL MY HEART (FEAT. PARSON JAMES & QVEEN HERBY) - VINCINT
#41: NO - LITTLE MIX
adding to my yearly tradition of giving Little Mix something near 40-42nd place because they decided to show up (and sadly this will likely be their last year of doing so)
#40: THE FEELS - TWICE
#39: LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN - BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON .PAAK, SILK SONIC
#38: CACHITO - DANNA PAOLA, MAU Y RICKY
#36: WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (FEAT. PINK SWEAT$) - HONNE
#35: SYMPTOM OF YOUR TOUCH - ALY & AJ
olivia wasn't the only disney channel star who decided to do something this year :)
#34: THAT'S WHAT I WANT - LIL NAS X
#33: HAVE MERCY - CHLOE
#31: STRANGERS AGAIN - VICTORIA NADINE
#30: ONE NIGHT - GRIFF
#29: ALL MY GIRLS LIKE TO FIGHT - HOPE TALA
#27: DOPAMINE - PURPLE DISCO MACHINE
#25: BUTTER (REMIX) - BTS & MEGAN THEE STALLION
imagine not preferring the remix...
#24: IN CASE YOU MISS ME - JOHN K
#23: HERE COMES THE NIGHT - AGNES
#22: ALL YOUR EXES - JULIA MICHAELS
#19: COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) - ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA
#17: LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE - ZARA LARSSON
#16: DO IT AGAIN - SOFIA KARLBERG
#15: SUGAR - NATALIA GORDIENKO
#14: MAMA DON'T KNOW - RUBEN
#13: A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT - KYLIE MINOGUE & YEARS & YEARS
#12: GOOD 4 U - OLIVIA RODRIGO
#11: DON'T SHUT ME DOWN - ABBA
I had to put them here somehow! Couldn't resist
#10: WOMAN OF THE HOUR - STELA COLE
listened to this right as I touched down on a plane to Fiji as the chorus hit... euphoric
#7: CRAVE - YEARS & YEARS
#6: MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) - LIL NAS X
#5: LAST LOVE - SINEAD HARNETT
#4: GOOD ONES - CHARLI XCX
#3: HAPPIER THAN EVER - BILLIE EILISH
#2: DEJA VU - OLIVIA RODRIGO
sorry to Will Arbuckle... shortly before you told me this was your #1 of the year I finalized this placement
#1: KISS ME MORE (FEAT. SZA) - DOJA CAT
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Top 50 Songs of 2020
I don't really care to say anything reflective of 2020. Let's hope next year is better.
Scroll down for the spotify playlist :)
THE LIST
#50: JOAN OF ARC ON THE DANCE FLOOR - ALY & AJ
#49: WHAT A MAN GOTTA DO - JONAS BROTHERS
#48: THE OTHER SIDE - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, SZA
#47: JOKE'S ON YOU - CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE
Did I mention this is from one of the best movies of the year, BIRDS OF PREY?
#46: FLAMES - R3HAB, ZAYN & JUNGLEBOI
Lyrically? Meh. But does it make me run faster? Duh
#45: CONTROL - ZOE WEES
#44: EAT THEM APPLES - SUZI WU
There are few things in my life I've heard like this song, which might or might not feature a satanic ritual. And now apparently APPLE is using it in its commercials (but taking out the part where she sings about apples? make it make sense) so it's not as fun anymore.
#43: WHO YOU LOVIN - LÉON
#42: JUST A GIRL - GRACE DAVIES
#41: CRAVE - KIESZA
#40: NOTHING BUT MY FEELINGS - LITTLE MIX
rip to this lovely group which will always outsell fifth harmony in every way, shape and form
#39: CALL YOUR NAME - TORA
#38: POV - ARIANA GRANDE
I capitalized the song! Sorry ariana!
#37: REACT - THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
The return of PCD was a welcome surprise this year right? Or did it cause the pandemic hmm...
#36: NAKED - JONAS BLUE & MAX
#35: HALLUCINATE - DUA LIPA
#34: MOVE - THE MAMAS
EuRoViSiOn iS GoOd!
#33: CRY - CUT_
#32: CAMERA FLASH - JONES
#31: RAIN ON ME - LADY GAGA & ARIANA GRANDE
#30: HIT 'N' RUN - BATHSHEBA
#29: LITTLE BIT OF LOVE - KESHA
#28: LOVE AGAIN - DUA LIPA
#27: PINK PONY CLUB - CHAPPELL ROAN
a song about WeSt HoLlyWoOd
#26: THINK ABOUT THINGS - DAðI FREYR
EuRoViSiOn
#25: WOMAN (FEAT. LIANNE LA HAVAS) - NAO
#24: STAND UP - CYNTHIA ERIVO
#23: PURPOSE - DAVINA MICHELLE
Might be what I've sang the most in the shower from this whole list!
#22: HEART BROKE - MALIA CIVETZ
#21: DON'T GO - ISABELA MERCED & DANNA PAOLA
#20: OMG WHAT'S HAPPENING - AVA MAX
#19: WATERMELON SUGAR - HARRY STYLES
#18: OXYGEN - WINONA OAK & ROBIN SCHULZ
#17: WON'T BITE (FEAT. SMINO) - DOJA CAT
#16: FALLIN' (ADRENALINE) - WHY DON'T WE
#15: BLINDING LIGHTS - THE WEEKND
I don't even like The Weeknd but this song is incredible. Imagine listening to what the Grammys have to say anyways... They suck. Remember they never nominated Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION, for anything.
#14: LEVITATING (FEAT. DABABY) - DUA LIPA
#13: SUGAR - ELÍSABET
#12: TONIGHT - KESHA
#11: XS - RINA SAWAYAMA
#10: ATTENTION - ULRIKKE
EuRoViSiOn
#9: SAY SO - DOJA CAT
#8: BEND THE KNEE - BRUNO MARTINI, IZA, TIMBALAND
Timbaland was a king when I was in middle school and he still is <3
#7: PHYSICAL - DUA LIPA
#6: LOVE OF YOUR LOVE - RAYE
When I first heard this song my jaw dropped. RAYE is slept on by everyone. Last year she released LOVE ME AGAIN which also made my top 10.
#5: FADED - IZZY BIZU
#4: 5 OF YOUR EXES - VVAVES
#3: DAMN DANIEL - BREE RUNWAY & YUNG BABY TATE
#2: BREAK MY HEART - DUA LIPA
This woman really almost saved us from this year. If her next album is half as good as this... I won't accept the lack of quality but it'll still be better than what most people are putting out these days.
#1: WAP (FEAT. MEGAN THEE STALLION) - CARDI B
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: