Best Music Videos of 2015

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It has indeed been a process to compile this list as there were some awesome music videos which were released this past year. While 2015 was a great year for music, the directors, cinematographers and choreographers have also brought out their guns to put out brilliant videos which are creative as well as artistic. The year actually saw some high profile videos achieve ground in terms of chart success due to the promotion gained from the accompanying video such as Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and Adele. We don't have any controversial videos as such on the list as Miley Cyrus did not release any worthwhile music. Returning from last year we have Taylor Swift, Sia, Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Maroon 5, Meghan Trainor, David Guetta, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Little Mix. 

Some of the videos that did not make the cut are Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth's See You Again and Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do as the two videos amount to nothing much after the hyped up parts of the films that they are a part of - Furious 7 and Fifty Shades of Grey are omitted. OMI's Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) was left out as the quality of the video is really mediocre while Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea's Pretty Girls did not make the cut as it was just simply bad. MIA's Borders although a great video failed to make the list because she is a terrorist. Some messy videos were omitted such as Madonna ft. Nicki Minaj's Bitch, I'm Madonna and Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor's Marvin Gaye. Hilary Duff's Sparks was cut as it was more of an advertisement to promote Tinder rather than a music video. 

No genre takes the lead in terms of entries, but in terms of artists Kendrick Lamar, Justin Bieber and The Weeknd all have three entries each with Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj and FKA Twigs having two entries each. However, it is Lady Gaga's Till It Happens To You that takes the top spot. The song was penned by renowned hit writer Dianne Warren and the music video was directed by Catherine Hardwicke which revolves around campus rape. At second place we have Kendrick Lamar's Alright directed by Colin Tilley and The Little Homies while at third place we have Rihanna's Bitch Better Have My Money with Rihanna making her directorial debut for her own music video alongside Megaforce. So here are the Best 50 Music Videos of 2015:
  1. Lady Gaga – Till it happens to you
  2. Kendrick Lamar – Alright
  3. Rihanna – Bitch better have my money
  4. Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad blood
  5. The Weeknd – Can’t feel my face
  6. Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ – Lean on
  7. Sia – Elastic heart
  8. Lana Del Rey – High by the beach
  9. Grimes – Flesh without blood/Life in the vivid dream
  10. Missy Elliot ft. Pharrell Williams – WTF (where they from)
  11. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment ft. Chance the Rapper & Jamila Woods – Sunday candy
  12. Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta
  13. FKA Twigs – Glass & patron
  14. Tinashe – All hands on deck
  15. Years & Years – King
  16. Taylor Swift – Style
  17. Adele – Hello
  18. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown funk
  19. Selena Gomez – Same old love
  20. Justin Bieber – Love yourself
  21. Inna ft. Eric Turner – Bop bop
  22. Nick Jonas – Chains
  23. Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky – Good for you
  24. The Weeknd – Earned it
  25. Beyonce – 7/11
  26. The Chainsmokers ft. ROZES – Roses
  27. Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber – Where are u now
  28. BIGBANG – Bang bang bang
  29. David Guetta ft. Bebe Rexha, Nicki Minaj & Afrojack – Hey mama
  30. Maroon 5 – Sugar
  31. Demi Lovato – Cool for the summer
  32. FKA Twigs – Two weeks
  33. Meghan Trainor – Dear future husband
  34. Martin Garrix ft. Usher – Don’t look down

  35. Major Lazer ft. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley – Powerful
  36. Charli XCX – Famous
  37. Adam Lambert – Ghost town
  38. Nicki Minaj ft. Beyonce – Feeling myself
  39. Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini & Lookas – G.D.F.R.
  40. Drake – Hotline bling
  41. The Weeknd – The hills
  42. Madonna – Living for love
  43. Carly Rae Jepsen – I really like you
  44. Justin Bieber – Sorry
  45. Alexandra Stan – I did it, mama
  46. Little Mix – Black magic
  47. Ariana Grande – Focus
  48. Walk the Moon – Shut up and dance
  49. Silento – Watch me (whip me/nae nae)
  50. Iggy Azalea ft. Jennifer Hudson – Trouble 
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