This is a long overdue post, but nevertheless one that is required to complete the year-end lists which would finally include the Most Successful Artists of 2016. Although 2015 produced a wide array of remarkable videos, 2016 could not match the predecessor in terms of visual aesthetics. Nevertheless, the directors and choreographers were not lethargic last year, as there were some beautiful videos that were produced.
Coldplay of course takes the top spot with Up & up with its awesome and bizarre visual with the entire sequence being engulfed in top notch animation. Next we have Sia who teamed up with Maddie Zeigler once again for a perfectly choreographed video. Down the list we have one more where the two team up for Sia's Cheap Thrills (although released as a video this is life performance). In third place we have PUP's Sleep in heat, which sees Stranger Things cast member Finn Wolfhard putting on emotional performance with a dog.
Leading the fray with two entries each are Coldplay, Sia, Kanye West, Beyonce, Clean Bandit and Bebe Rexha. However, Bey's uncredited appearance in Coldplay's Hymn for the Weekend accumulates her entries to three as she appears in the video. 2016 covered a wide range of genres from Pop, Rock and EDM to Rap, Trap and Reggae Fusion which is a mishmash of the best kind. Some of the biggest hits of the year such as The Weeknd's Starboy, Jutsin Timberlake's Can't Stop the Feeling and Clean Bandit's Rockabye are all featured here because of their awesome videos. However, The Chainsmokers' Closer and Lukas Graham's 7 Years are not here because they are not great videos. So here are the 50 best music videos of 2016:
- Coldplay – Up & up
- Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar – The greatest
- PUP – Sleep in heat
- Kaytranada – Lite spots
- Clean Bandit ft. Louisa Johnson – Tears
- The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – Starboy
- Beyonce – Formation
- Radiohead – Burn the witch
- ZAYN – Pillowtalk
- Martin Garrix ft. Bebe Rexha – In the name of love
- David Guetta ft. Zara Larsson – This one’s for you
- DJ Shadow ft. Run the Jewels - Nobody speak
- Andra Day – Rise up (Inspiration Version)
- Coldplay – Hymn for the weekend
- Mike Posner – I took a pill in Ibiza (SeeB Remix)
- Sia – Cheap thrills (Performance Edit)
- Jenny Hval – Conceptual romance
- Alan Walker – Faded
- Tame Impala – The less I know the better
- Kanye West – Famous
- Beyonce – Hold up
- Clean Bandit ft. Anne Marie & Sean Paul – Rockabye
- Nick Jonas ft. Tove Lo – Close
- Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – This is what you came for
- Fergie – M.I.L.F. $
- Pink – Just like fire
- Black Eyed Peas ft. The World – #WHEREISTHELOVE
- Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj – Side to side
- DJ Snake ft. Bipolar Sunshine – Middle
- Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall – Juju on that beat (TZ Anthem)
- Selena Gomez – Kill ‘em with kindness
- Alessia Cara – Wild things
- Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
- AronChupa ft. Lil Sis Nora – Little swing
- The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – Don’t let me down
- Major Lazer ft. Nyla & Fuse ODG – Light it up
- Flo Rida – My house
- Taylor Swift – Out of the woods
- Justin Timberlake – Can’t stop the feeling!
- Kanye West – Fade
- Bebe Rexha ft. Nicki Minaj – No broken hearts
- Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – Work from home
- Solange – Cranes in the sky
- Galantis – No money
- Bruno Mars – 24K magic
- Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato – Irresistible
- Anohni – Drone bomb me
- The Veronicas – In my blood
- Thomas Rhett – Die a happy man
- Jennifer Lopez – Ain’t your mama
At Ease!!!
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