Most Underrated Songs of 2016

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Underrated means undervaluing something or not giving something the recognition it deserves. In the music industry it is particularly difficult for new artists to make headway in the mainstream as they have to compete with the already established and popular artists. So when highly overrated artists spew album after album and single after single backed by their record labels the smaller and lesser known artists or the new ones find it almost impossible to gain ground in the music scene. Pop culture is such however, that sometimes even the best of songs do not necessarily get chart success. Some of these songs which do get radio airplay, counts for almost nothing compared to physical and digital sales as well as streaming.

The following songs are the inverse of overrated as I believe they should have performed much better than they did on the global charts. Dua Lipa’s Hotter Than Hell tops the list as although it was a minor hit, the song deserves much more when taking the production as a whole.  She has two songs on the list as her follow-up single also failed to make any mark on the charts although now she is a worldwide phenomenon and is one of the most sought after artists to be featured. So here are the 20 most underrated songs of 2016:
  1. Dua Lipa – Hotter than hell
  2. Pitbull ft. Enrique Iglesias – Messin’ around
  3. Flo Rida – Zillionaire
  4. Tim McGraw – Humble and kind
  5. Thomas Rhett – Die a happy man
  6. Dua Lipa – Blow your mind (mwah)
  7. RedOne ft. Enrique Iglesias, R.City, Shaggy & Serayah – Don’t you need somebody
  8. Zedd ft. Kesha – True colors
  9. Hailee Steinfeld ft. DNCE – Rock bottom
  10. Bebe Rexha ft. Nicki Minaj – No broken hearts
  11. Years & Years – Worship
  12. Anne Marie – Alarm
  13. Troye Sivan – Youth
  14. OneRepublic – Kids 
  15. Fifth Harmony – That’s my girl
  16. Selena Gomez – Kill em with kindness
  17. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – I know what you did last summer
  18. Alan Walker – Sing me to sleep
  19. Zara Larsson – Ain't my fault 
  20. Alessia Cara – Wild things
Till the next beat...

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