Best Christmas Hits of this Decade

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Every year this blog delivers a brand new compilation to add to your Christmas playlist. This year we explore the latest Christmas songs that have joined the fray to brighten our yuletide spirit. We are not referring to modern Christmas classics such as Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You and Wham!’s Last Christmas, but those originals songs that have entered seasonal airplay only this decade. 

There are artists such as Michael Bublé and Sia who always deliver a festive jingle or two to lighten up our Christmas gatherings. Producing a Christmas album is an arduous task as reception by fans and critics can be polarizing. Due to this, only a few bold musicians actually go down this onerous path, as most take the easy way out with a single. This playlist was such a pleasure to compile as I found out some real gems to be added to your usual Christmas collection. 

Coldplay’s Christmas Lights takes the top spot as the slow ballad delivers a very inspirational message for the season. This is followed by Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton’s You Make It Feel Like Christmas and Sia’s Santa’s Coming for Us which are both equally upbeat and cheerful. In terms of entries Sia leads  with 5 followed by Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Aloe Blacc, John Legend, Ariana Grande and Gwen Stefani each with 2 entries. So here are the Top 40 Christmas Hits of this Decade:

1. Coldplay – Christmas lights
2. Gwen Stefani  ft. Blake Shelton – You make it feel like Christmas
3. Sia – Santa’s coming for us
4. Leona Lewis – One more sleep
5. John Legend – Bring me love
6. Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the tree
7. Ariana Grande – Santa tell me
8. Aloe Blacc – I got your Christmas right here
9. Sia – My old Santa Claus
10. Justin Bieber – Mistletoe
11. Matt Terry – When Christmas comes around
12. Lindsey Stirling ft. Becky G – C’mon Christmas
13. Pentatonix – That’s Christmas to me
14. Michael Bublé – Cold December night
15. Lady Antebellum – On this winter’s night  
16. Gwen Stefani – Cheer for the elves
17. Jim Brickman ft. Kenny Rogers – That silent night
18. Kylie Minogue – Every day’s like Christmas
19. Katy Perry – Cozy little Christmas
20. Mariah Carey – Oh Santa!
21. OneRepublic – Christmas without you
22. Sia – Every day is Christmas
23. Kelly Clarkson – Wrapped in red
24. John Legend – By Christmas eve
25. Meghan Trainor – I’ll be home
26. Sia – Ho ho ho
27. Sara Evans – At Christmas
28. Hurts – All I want for Christmas is New Year’s day
29. Ariana Grande – Winter things
30. Katy Perry – Every day is a holiday
31. Christina Perri – Something about December
32. Train – Shake up Christmas
33. Elizabeth Chan – Something about the holidays
34. Idina Menzel – December prayer
35. Sia – Snowman
36. The Monkees – What would Santa do
37. Sara Bareilles – Love is Christmas
38. Jessie J – This Christmas day
39. The Celebs – Rock with Rudolph
40. Aloe Blacc – Funky ass Christmas 

Till the next carol...

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Best Love Songs of 2016

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Well, 2016 was not the best when it came to the production of love songs. With the resurgence of Reggae in the form of Dancehall and the mainstream success of EDM, R&B and Rap in the yesteryear Pop songs took a back seat; and without Pop, there's no hope for love songs. There was no fan favourite Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran or a staple wedding song like Wings by Birdy. With the usual love song junkies of Pop out of commission, we will have to make do with whatever that was released last year. However, it is an over-exaggeration to state that there were no good love songs produced as Thomas Rhett's Die a Happy Man is an awesome love song followed by Rihanna's over-the-top yet brilliant Love On The Brain as well as James Arthur's come back mega hit Say You Won't Let Go.

What is quite conspicuous is the fact that genres such as EDM and Dancehall also produced love songs alongside the usual Pop, Country and Soul. Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld, John Legend, Justin Bieber and Bebe Rexha all have two entries each. So here are the top 25 love songs of 2016:   

1. Thomas Rhett – Die a happy man
2. Rihanna – Love on the brain
3. James Arthur – Say you won’t let go
4. Kenny Chesney ft. Pink – Setting the world on fire
5. Hailee Steinfeld ft. DNCE – Rock bottom
6. Ellie Goulding – Still falling for you
7. Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend – Like I’m gonna lose you
8. Zara Larsson & MNEK – Never forget you
9. Charlie Puth – One call away
10. Nick Jonas ft. Tove Lo – Close
11. John Legend – Love me now
12. Martin Garrix ft. Bebe Rexha – In da name of love
13. Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ –  Cold water
14. The Veronicas – In my blood
15. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey ft. Zedd – Starving
16. RedOne ft. Enrique Iglesias, R.City, Shaggy & Serayah – Don’t you need somebody
17. Little Mix ft. Jason Derulo – Secret love song
18. DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber – Let me love you
19. Bebe Rexha – I got you
20. Florida Georgia Line – H.O.L.Y.
21. Ariana Grande – Into you
22. The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – Closer
23. Inna – Heaven
24. Sigala ft. Imani & DJ Fresh – Say you do
25. Ellie Goulding – Something in the way you move

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Best of Today’s First Dance Songs for Weddings

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Weddings are hectic, chaotic and extremely stressful. However, there are moments during this joyous occasion that are romantic and one such instance is the First Dance. The first dance is a precious moment that the couple shares at a wedding sometimes to their song but mostly to trending love songs that are about holding each other for the rest of eternity or loving some one with their whole heart and soul. The following ten songs are handpicked from this decade as the most popular ones on the dance floor by most newly betrothed and out of that Christina Perri's A Thousand Years is the most hyped up and loved by all. More recently we have Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud storming the dance floors at weddings. Only One Direction has two entries on the list. So here are the top 10 of today's best first dance songs for weddings:  

1. Christina Perri ft. Steve Kazee – A thousand years part 2

This sappy yet romantic love song was initially written as a solo version for the fourth installment of the vampire love fest movie series – Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Perri re-recorded the song as a duet along with her husband Steve Kazee for the fifth installment of the series – Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. While her solo version fared better on the charts, it is the duet version that is ideally cheesy for weddings.

Pick of the Lyrics: “I have loved you for a thousand years, I’ll love you for a thousand more.”

2. Ed Sheeran – Thinking out loud

A fan favorite at weddings and is indeed Sheeran’s legacy as an artist. This global smasher is taken from his album x, and has gone on to break chart records as well as earning the Song of the Year at the 58th Grammy Awards. It is one of the best-selling singles of all time and is now a clichéd first dance song at weddings

Pick of the Lyrics: “Maybe we found love right where we are”

3. Birdy – Wings

This is definitely the best song on the list and one of my favorites of all time. The haunting yet melodious vocals of Birdy can take the bride and groom to the most romantic atmosphere possible. This song describes a precious moment between a couple and what moment is better than the first dance at a wedding.

Pick of the Lyrics: “We’d remember tonight. For the rest of our lives”

4. Rihanna – Diamonds

This powerful love ballad is now one of the best-selling singles of all time. Penned by Sia Furler the song captures the essence of the backdrop needed for the first dance and this coupled by Rihanna’s vocals can take any grinch to a romantic place. 

Pick of the Lyrics: “So shine bright tonight, you and I, we're beautiful like diamonds in the sky”

5. One Direction – Night changes

This moderately successful hit for One Direction was the last featuring Zayn Malik who left the band to pursue a solo career few months later. A very mellow and slow paced track which sets the romantic mood perfectly for the first dance. 

Pick of the Lyrics: “Even when the night changes, it will never change me and you”

6. John Legend – All of me

This extremely whiny yet somewhat romantic song was a dedication by Legend to his wife Chrissy Teigen. It has goo-goo-gaga all over it and a note of caution as barfing from an overdose of love-sickening madness may be the result at the end of it. 

Pick of the Lyrics: “Give your all to me, I'll give my all to you, you're my end and my beginning”

7. Lindsey Stirling ft. Alisha Popat – We found love

Although the original is an uptempo EDM dance collaboration by Rihanna and Calvin Harris, Stirling managed to produce this masterful string cover with an African flavor. Stirling’s violin interludes are brilliant and provides the perfect rhythm for the first dance. 

Pick of the Lyrics: “We found love in a whole new place”

8. Thomas Rhett – Die a happy man

This is Rhett’s biggest hit to date. With a hint of Country flavor backing the track, the song does not go overboard with any hillbilly antics. With an almost acoustic feel to the song, Rhett’s calm and cool vocals is what all couples want to destress them during that first awkward dance.

Pick of the Lyrics: “Oh, if all I got is your hand in my hand, baby, I could die a happy man”

9. Ellie Goulding – Love me like you do

If you want a song that is gushing barfworthy lyrics throughout, then this is the first dance song you want. Taken from the controversial Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, it is Goulding’s best-selling single to date. 

Pick of the Lyrics: “I'll let you set the pace, cause I'm not thinking straight, my head's spinning around I can't see clear no more”

10. One Direction – Perfect

This is one of the more mature songs by One Direction released as a quartet after Malik’s departure. Commercially it enjoyed moderate success but won critical acclaim. The song is reminiscent of a love song from the 90s or 2000s such as those from Edwin McCain.

Pick of the Lyrics: “If you like to do whatever you've been dreaming about, then baby, you're perfect”

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Most Inspirational Songs of 2015

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And so the saga of the inspirational hits continue as the 2010s seem to spew more positive attitude than all of the preceding decades combined. While in 2014 the inspirational songs took a dip, in 2015 they returned with a vengeance and topped the charts worldwide. One distinct thing that can be noticed is that these songs are not about getting over breakups and how strong you are after a broken heart, they are purely about inner strength and provides the motivation we need these days to get by. Taking the crown this time is Rachel Platten with her global smash hit Fight Song which topped the charts in the UK and entered the top 10 in over ten countries including Australia, Canada and the US. At second place is Eminem ft. Gwen Stefani's Kings Never Die from the soundtrack of Southpaw. Pop rules as a genre this time although there are Rap, EDM, Dancepop and R&B. Rachel Platten, Jessie J, Rihanna, John Legend and Jess Glynne have two entries each. So here are the 25 most inspirational songs of 2015: 

1. Rachel Platten – Fight song
2. Eminem ft. Gwen Stefani – Kings never die
3. Demi Lovato – Confident
4. Kendrick Lamar – Alright
5. Jess Glynne – Don’t be so hard on yourself
6. One Direction – Drag me down
7. Big Sean ft. Kanye West & John Legend – One man can change the world
8. Jessie J – Flashlight
9. Hailee Steinfeld – Love myself
10. Sia – Alive
11. Zedd ft. Jon Bellion – Beautiful now
12. Jess Glynne – Hold my hand 
13. Martin Garrix ft. Usher – Don’t look down
14. Common & John Legend – Glory
15. Alesso ft. Tove Lo – Heroes (we could be)
16. Jessie J – Masterpiece
17. Kelly Clarkson – Invincible
18. Rachel Platten – Stand by you
19. Rihanna – American oxygen
20. Jennifer Lopez – Feel the light
21. Meghan Trainor – Better when I’m dancin’
22. Nicki Minaj – The night is still young
23. Madonna – Living for love
24. Clean Bandit – Stronger
25. Rihanna – Towards the sun

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Best Songs about Anti-Racism/Non-Discrimination

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Are we not all guilty of racial profiling? In the wake of the terrible rise of ISIS, we see the gradual slow but steady ascension of racism. Discrimination is only skin deep, but not all of us are colour blind. The Holocaust was a horror for all of us, not just the Jews which suffocated in the gas chambers. The massacres and genocide in the name of purifying regions and nations has become a contemporary nightmare around the world, particularly in Africa and Asia. That does not in anyway mean that in the elitist areas of the developed Western world, that bigotry is dead. For those of African descent with dark skin have suffered immense discrimination at the hands of those with white skin, especially in the Americas. 

The root cause of racism is the mistrust among communities and terror outfits such as LTTE and ISIS have paved the way for certain ethnicities being classified and profiled as terrorists. The ugly truth is that the violent separatism advocated by the Tamil Tigers and the incessant Jihadist butchery of the IS militants have lead the world to stereotype these communities. #SayNoToRacism is a slogan popularized by activists, mainstream and social media these days. However, it is relevant to note how much of it has had an actual effect. 

Music has over the years dealt with many issues and non-discrimination is an area which it has touched upon, although there is no significant number. Bob Marley and the Wailers' War takes the crown as the Rastafarian sings bravely about the equal rights for different races. Michael Jackson with his 90s hit Black or White takes second place and the King of Pop is the only one to have two entries on the list. At a close third is Eddy Grant's Gimme Hope Jo'anna which refers to the Apartheid which prevailed in South Africa. There is no typical genre as it varies from pop and rock to reggae and rap. So here are the Top 25 songs about anti-racism and non-discrimination:

1. Bob Marley and the Wailers – War
2. Michael Jackson – Black or white
3. Eddy Grant – Gimme hope Jo’anna
4. Vanessa Williams – Colours of the wind
5. Billie Holiday – Strange fruit
6. Lady Gaga – Born this way
7. Bob Dylan – Hurricane 
8. Black Eyed Peas – Where is the love?
9. John Legend & Common – Glory
10. John Lennon – Imagine
11. B.o.B. ft. Taylor Swift – Both of us
12. Sam Cooke – A change is gonna come
13. Race Against The Machine – Killing in the name
14. Boyzone – A different beat
15. Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday people
16. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder – Ebony and ivory
17. En Vogue – Free your mind
18. Jay-Z – 99 Problems
19. Michael Jackson – They don’t care about us
20. Gwen Stefani – Long way to go
21. Aerosmith – Livin’ on the edge
22. Cher – Half-breed
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The power of equality 
24. 2Pac ft. Pogo – I don’t give a fuck
25. Scatman John – Scatman’s world 

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Best of Today's Love Songs

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'Tis the season of heart-shaped chocolates, teddy bears, red roses and mushy love songs. Love is in the air as Valentine's Day is around the corner. In the recent past there have been some good love songs and a few like John Legend's All of Me and Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud have topped the charts. This is a compilation of the best of today's love songs and only the past five years since the start of the decade have been considered for this list. Christina Perri ft. Steve Kazee's A Thousand Years Part 2 featured in the Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn Part 2 takes the crown. Whilst the song is now a wedding favorite it is also played as the first dance song replacing old classics as well. At a close second is Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud. Several covers also appear on the list notably Ellie Goulding's cover of How Long Will I Love You? originally by The Waterboys and Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris' dance track We Found Love covered by violinist Lindsey Stirling ft. Alisha Popat. X Factor Australia winner Dami Im makes the list with her cover of Saving All My Love For You originally sung by Whitney Houston. 

Some of the newer artists have several entries with Ellie Goulding having three entries in the top 25 itself with Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars also having three entries each. Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Lady Antebellum, Justin Timberlake, Pink and One Direction have two entries each. Whilst there is a mixture of genres on this list most of the songs are soft pop. But there is also rock, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) and indie music. Some of the 90s and 2000s forgotten artists released new love songs in the past few years such as the Backstreet Boys, Hillary Duff and James Blunt. So here are the Best of Today's Love Songs:

1. Christina Perri ft. Steve Kazee – A thousand years part 2
2. Ed Sheeran – Thinking out loud
3. Ellie Goulding – How long will I love you? (Original by The Waterboys)
4. Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
5. Lady Antebellum – Just a kiss
6. Rihanna – Diamonds
7. John Legend – All of me
8. Bruno Mars – Just the way you are
9. Lindsay Stirling ft. Alisha Popat – We found love (Original by Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris)
10. One Direction – You and I
11. Ellie Goulding – Love me like you do
12. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything has changed
13. Pink ft. Nate Reuss – Just give me a reason
14. Paramore – Still into you
15. Dami Im – Saving all my love for you (Original by Whitney Houston)
16. Beyonce – XO
17. Hunter Hayes – Wanted
18. Tim McGraw ft. Taylor Swift – Highway don’t care
19. Charli XCX – Boom clap
20. David Guetta ft. Usher – Without you
21. Lana Del Rey – West coast
22. Ellie Goulding – Beating heart
23. One Direction – Night changes
24. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – Rather be
25. Ricky Martin ft. Joss Stone – The best thing about me is you
26. Cover Drive – Sparks
27. Katy Perry – Unconditionally
28. Lady Antebellum – I run to you
29. Miley Cyrus – Adore you
30. Jason Derulo – Marry me
31. Beth – Addicted to you (Original by Avicii)
32. Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake – Love never felt so good
33. Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend – Like I'm gonna lose you 
34. Pink ft. Lilly Allen – True love
35. Bruno Mars – Marry you
36. Ella Henderson – Yours
37. Taylor Swift – Today was a fairytale
38. Tegan and Sara with Kurt Hugo Schneider & Band – Closer
39. James Blunt – Bonfire heart
40. Backstreet Boys – In a world like this
41. Rita Ora – I will never let you down
42. Bruno Mars – Treasure
43. Birdy – Wings
44. Jennifer Lopez – First love
45. Hilary Duff – All about you
46. Zedd ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant – Find you
47. The Vamps ft. Demi Lovato – Somebody to you
48. Olly Murs – Army of two
49. Milky Chance – Stolen dance
50. One Direction – Perfect 

Till the next serenade… 

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Xposition - January 2015

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The dawn of the new year brings hope for music, from the setback which the industry suffered last year at the hands of pop which had invaded the mainstream. The year started off with the 72nd Golden Globe Awards wherein the Best Original Song was won by Glory by Common and John Legend featured in the film Selma. The Best Original Score was awarded to Johann Johannsson for The Theory of Everything. 

The 20th Critics' Choice Awards was also presented in January where the Best Score was awarded to Antonio Sanchez for Birdman and the Best Song once again going to Glory. The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced on 15th January 2015 in which the nominations for Best Original Score are Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game, Hans Zimmer for Interstellar and Johann Johannsson for The Theory of Everything. The nominations for the Best Original Song are:

• Everything is Awesome from The Lego Movie by Shawn Patterson
• Glory from Selma by Common and John Legend
• Grateful from Beyond the Lights by Diane Warren
• I'm Not Gonna Miss You from Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
• Lost Stars from Begin Again by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Whilst the Golden Globes are a precursor to the Oscars, that would mean Johann Johannsson and Common and John Legend would win in the respective categories, but this has not always been the case.

The charts all over the world were uneventful as they were recovering from the hangover of 2014 and January 2015 was dealing with the dregs of December 2014. Taylor Swift's Blank Space continued her reign in the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks after which Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars' overrated Uptown Funk took over and stayed at the top for the remainder of the month. Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud reached No.2 whilst Nick Jonas's Jealous also climbed to No.7. Maroon 5's newest single debuted at No.8 becoming the band's 11th top ten hit in the US. 

In the UK Ronson's Uptown Funk opened the year at the helm and remained at the peak for the entire month. Only an artist and/or group that is equally influential as Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars would be able to dethrone this track. During the month Philip George's Wish You Were Here, Hozier's Take Me To Church and Meghan Trainor's Lips Are Movin' all peaked at No.2 and Alesso ft. Tove Lo's Heroes (We Could Be) peaked at No.6. 

Other songs which became popular during the month are:

• Avicii - The nights
• Taylor Swift - Style
• Nicki Minaj ft. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown - Only
• Beyonce - 7/11
• Flo Rida ft. Sage The Gemini & Lookas - G.D.F.R.
• Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer 

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Xposition - December 2014

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December is course that time of the year where you analyze the sales, the streams and the radio plays to compile those much awaited year end lists of the best hits of the year. The most significant among these is the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. This year the list calculated data from December 7, 2013 to November 29, 2014 and therefore Taylor Swift's Blank Space will not be part of the list. So the top 10 of this year are:

1. Pharrell Williams - Happy
2. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J - Dark Horse
3. John Legend - All of Me
4. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - Fancy
5. OneRepublic - Counting Stars
6. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty
7. MAGIC! - Rude
8. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
9. Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea - Problem
10. Sam Smith - Stay With Me

From last year we have top hits still on the list such as:

• Avicii - Wake Me Up
• Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball
• Katy Perry - Roar
• Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
• Robin Thicke ft. Pharell & T.I. - Blurred Lines
• Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith - La La La
• Lorde - Royals

In the UK the Official Top 100 Biggest Songs of 2014 were also released. And the top 10 are:

1. Pharrell Williams - Happy
2. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather Be
3. John Legend - All of Me
4. Mr.Probz - Waves
5. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
6. Ella Henderson - Ghost
7. Sam Smith - Stay With Me
8. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
9. Pitbull ft. Kesha - Timber 
10. George Ezra - Budapest

It is interesting to note that Happy topped both the charts in UK and US and that All of Me and All About That Bass is No.3 and No.8 respectively. However, it is clear that both year-end chart top tens are heavily influenced by mainstream pop. 

The nominations for the Grammy Awards 2015 were also announced in December, altogether 83 awards, one more than in 2014. Iggy Azalea's Fancy, Sia' Chandelier, Sam Smith's Stay With Me, Taylor Swift's Shake It Off and Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass are all nominated for the Record of Year. With the exclusion of Fancy the other four are competing alongside Hozier's Take Me To Church for Song of the Year. Iggy Azalea, Bastille, Brandy Clark, HAIM and Sam Smith are all vying for Best New Artist. 

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2014 was held in December and the coveted spots to perform went to Taylor Swift, Hozier, Ariana Grande and Ed Sheeran. Taylor Swift performed her chart topping Blank Space and her new single Style. Ariana Grande performed a medley of her hits Problem, Break Free, Bang Bang and Love Me Harder. Ed Sheeran performed Thinking Out Loud and Hozier performed Take Me To Church. 

The charts during December did not have many changes as Taylor Swift's Blank Space continued its reign at the top spot in the US throughout the month and will probably continue for some time in January 2015 as well. Selena Gomez's The Heart Wants What It Wants entered the top 10 at No.6 gaining a boost by her heartrending performance at the American Music Awards and Meghan Trainor's second hit Lips Are Movin' also climbed to No.4. We will just have to wait and see whether singer is capable of producing two consecutive top hits. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk entered the top 10 and also Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud which had already topped the charts in the UK.

In the UK Take That's These Days claimed the top spot for the first week of December and in the second week Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud returned to number one after a lapse of four weeks.  Ronson's Uptown Funk was at the top for the third week only to be replaced by Ben Haenow's cover of Something I Need which was the Christmas Number One. This is not a big surprise as last year too the X-Factor winner's crowning song claimed the Christmas Number One. Union J's You Got It All, One Direction's Night Changes and Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato's Up also entered the top 10 during the month. 

Other songs which became popular during the month were:

• James Newton Howard ft. Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree
• Tove Lo - Over 
• Alesso ft. Tove Lo - Heroes (We Could Be)
• Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo - Time of Our Lives
• Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
• Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
• OneRepublic - I Lived
• Nicki Minaj ft. Skylar Grey - Bed of Lies

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Whiniest Songs of All Time

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There are those songs which when you hear them, you want to pull out your hair one by one and then cause irreversible damage to your ears. These are those pathetic, whiny, sad and lamenting songs sung by losers and bitter exes in order to get over their hurt feelings or to show that they are obsessively still in love with them. Sigh… Yes, there are such people in this world. U2's With or Without You takes the crown for the whiniest song of all time as the lover clearly is whining about how he cannot live without the one he loves and he is debating on that as well, GET OVER IT. Some artists have numerous hits on the list such as Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Avril Lavigne, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Michael Bolton and everybody's favorite Justin Bieber. These songs are overflowing with emotions, the listeners would want to shoot the artist and then themselves as well. So let's not whine more about these songs and see what the others are:

1. U2 – With or without you
2. Bruno Mars – It will rain
3. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking ball
4. Justin Bieber – Baby
5. Arash ft. Helena – Broken angel
6. Mariah Carey – My all
7. John Legend – All of me
8. Enrique Iglesias – Hero
9. Sam Smith – Stay with me
10. Air Supply – All out of love
11. Daniel Bedingfield – If you’re not the one
12. Justin Timberlake – Cry me a river
13. Leona Lewis – Bleeding love
14. Celine Dion – Think twice
15. Phil Collins – Against all odds
16. Avril Lavigne – When you’re gone
17. Harry Nilsson – Without you
18. Rihanna ft. Mikki Ekko – Stay
19. Michael Bolton – How am I supposed to live without you
20. Fergie – Big girls don’t cry
21. Akon – Lonely
22. Meatloaf – I would do anything for love
23. Foreigner – I want to know what love is
24. David Guetta ft. Usher – Without you
25. Lady Antebellum – Need you now
26. Taylor Swift – You belong with me
27. Bruno Mars – When I was your man
28. Enrique Iglesias – I have always loved you
29. Celine Dion – My heart will go on
30. LeAnn Rimes – How do I live
31. Rascal Flatts – What hurts the most
32. Ne-Yo – So sick
33. Beyonce – If I were a boy
34. Chicago – If you leave me now
35. Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera – Say something
36. Mariah Carey – We belong together
37. Sam Smith – I'm not the only one
38. Roy Orbison – Crying
39. Mandy Moore – Only hope
40. Backstreet Boys – Incomplete
41. Alicia Keys – If I ain’t got you
42. Demi Lovato – Heart attack
43. Eric Carmen – All by myself
44. Jason Derulo – The other side 
45. Ricky Martin – She’s all I ever had
46. Jennifer Heart – The power of love
47. Maroon 5 – She will be loved
48. OneRepublic – Apologize
49. Journey – Open arms
50. Sinead O’ Connor – Nothing compares 2 u
51. Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
52. One Direction – Story of my life
53. Enrique Iglesias – Heart attack
54. Adele – Someone like you
55. Roxette – It must have been love
56. Ne-Yo – Let me love you
57. Katy Perry – Thinking of you
58. Maroon 5 – Love somebody
59. Backstreet Boys – Show me the meaning of being lonely
60. Carrie Underwood – Jesus take the wheel
61. Avril Lavigne – I'm with you
62. Take That – Patience
63. Bruno Mars – Grenade
64. Don McClean – And I love you so
65. Skeeter Davis – End of the world
66. Dixie Chicks – Not ready to make nice
67. Trey Songz – Heart attack
68. Jewel – Foolish games
69. Demi Lovato – Give your heart a break
70. Britney Spears – Perfume
71. Justin Bieber – As long as you love me
72. Shania Twain – It only hurts when I’m breathing
73. Arash ft. Helena – Pure love
74. The Moffats – Miss you like crazy
75. OneRepublic – Say (all I need)
76. Kelly Clarkson – Hear me
77. Whitney Houston – I will always love you
78. Jason Derulo – Fight for you
79. Michael Bolton – Murder my heart
80. Alicia Keys – No one
81. Mandy Moore – Cry
82. Hoobastank – The reason
83. Lana Del Rey – Young and beautiful 
84. Simple Plan – Perfect
85. Ricky Martin ft. Christina Aguilera – Nobody wants to be lonely
86. Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer – Give me everything
87. Rihanna – Unfaithful
88. Roy Orbison – In the real world
89. Righteous Brothers – Unchained melody
90. Bryan Adams – Please forgive me
91. Bonnie Tylor – Total eclipse of the heart
92. No Mercy – Please don’t go
93. No Doubt – Don’t speak
94. Linkin Park – Numb
95. Dido – Don’t leave home
96. Selena Gomez & The Scene – A year without rain
97. Beyonce – Best thing I never had
98. Jojo – Too little too late
99. Mario – Let me love you
100. Kelly Clarkson – Because of you

Till the next beat…

At Ease!!!