2015 was an awesome year for music in terms of quality as well as genre. Although the year was heavily influenced by R&B, compared to the Pop filled 2014, the year produced brilliant hits. There was Reggae, EDM, Minimal House, Rock, Pop, Country, Rap, Doo-Wop and the newbie Trap which made its ascent to the mainstream scene. The titans of the industry Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Adele, Drake and Wiz Khalifa battled head to head for the top position on the charts and boy bands and girl groups also enjoyed commercial success for instance Little Mix, One Direction, Fifth Harmony and 5 Seconds of Summer.
The year belonged to Taylor Swift with her crossover album 1989 enjoying monumental success with four top 10 hits and two chart toppers during the year. Blank Space which was No.12 last time on the list is No.6 this year. This along with Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud (15-13) are the only singles to be included from 2014. Swift and The Weeknd each have three entries on the list with Justin Bieber accumulating a whopping four entries including his feature on Skrillex & Diplo's Where Are U Now. Bieber has all four hits within the Top 25 while The Weeknd has all three of his hits within the Top 20. Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth, Jess Glynne and Demi Lovato all have two singles each on the chart.
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars' record breaking global smash hit Uptown Funk grabs the crown on the year end list with Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth's See You Again off the Furious 7 soundtrack at No.2. Adele's comeback hit Hello is at No.3 and would have surely ended at the top if it was not released so late in the year. Soundtracks were quite successful as can be seen from the Furious 7 theme song and similar success was enjoyed by Fifty Shades of Grey wherein it contained the hits Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding and Earned It by The Weeknd.
The year was a good year for dance music with Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO's Lean On becoming a worldwide hit as well as hits by Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Avicii, Diplo and Zedd. We see Trap being incorporated to Rap, EDM as well as Pop. Fetty Wap enjoyed immense commercial and critical acclaim with his Trap Queen enjoying top positions in the charts worldwide. David Guetta has incorporated Trap into his current music. Alternative Rock had hits by Fall Out Boy, Hozier, X Ambassadors, WALK THE MOON and Elle King. After the breakthrough of MAGIC!'s Rude in 2014 we see Reggae becoming a contemporary mainstream genre with OMI's Cheerleader and R.City's Locked Away.
Teenyboppers such as Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas all proved that they are much more than social media icons and celebrities and proved with their new albums that they have the vocals as well as the talent to produce mega hits. New artists such as The Weeknd, Rachel Platten, Jesse Glynne, Years & Years and James Bay blew us away with their awesome songs and their deliverance. So without further ado here are the top 50 greatest hits of 2015:
- Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown funk
- Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See you again
- Adele – Hello
- The Weeknd – Can’t feel my face
- Taylor Swift – Blank space
- Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO – Lean on
- Justin Bieber – What do you mean?
- OMI – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
- Ellie Goulding – Love me like you do
- Hozier – Take me to church
- Justin Bieber – Sorry
- The Weeknd – The hills
- Ed Sheeran – Thinking out loud
- Fetty Wap – Trap queen
- Lost Frequencies – Are you with me
- Jason Derulo – Want to want me
- Rachel Platten – Fight song
- Maroon 5 – Sugar
- The Weeknd – Earned it
- WALK THE MOON – Shut up and dance
- Justin Bieber – Love yourself
- Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad blood
- Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber – Where are u now
- Little Mix – Black magic
- Years & Years – King
- Jess Glynne – Hold my hand
- One Direction – Drag me down
- James Bay – Hold back the river
- Meghan Trainor – Lips are movin’
- David Guetta ft. Bebe Rexha, Nicki Minaj & Afrojack – Hey mama
- Silento – Watch me (whip/nae nae)
- Calvin Harris with Disciples – How deep is your love
- Nick Jonas – Jealous
- Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih – Somebody
- Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink – Worth it
- Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini & Lookas – G.D.F.R.
- R. City ft. Adam Levine – Locked away
- Drake – Hotline bling
- Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds
- Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato – Up
- Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye
- Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky – Good for you
- Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes
- Taylor Swift – Style
- Demi Lovato – Cool for the summer
- Sheppard – Geronimo
- Carly Rae Jepsen – I really like you
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown
- Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne – Not letting go
- LunchMoney Lewis – Bills
Till next year...
At Ease!!!
