My Favorite Hits of 2014

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Last year was in fact quite depressing when it came to those songs that became mainstream hits. Although I have a penchant for mainstream hits, the songs that became popular in 2014 were mainly pop, which quite mediocre according to my taste. Of course I was addicted to the top ten hits on this list and the 25 most played songs playlist on my iPod is a witness to this. The biggest hits of 2014 which are Happy by Pharrell Williams and All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor are not on this list, as I actually find these two hits extremely overrated and annoying. Most of the overrated hits last year such as Iggy Azalea's Fancy, Sam Smith's Stay With Me, John Legend's All Of Me and Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud are also not on this list. There were some meaningful songs like Prayer in C, Cool Kids, Someday and Ghost. Some artists have two entries on the list such as Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Iggy Azalea, Tinie Tempah, David Guetta, Sam Martin, Hardwell, Imagine Dragons and Taylor Swift. So here are my favorite hits of 2014:

1. Lilly Wood and the Prick – Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
2. will.i.am ft. Miley Cyrus, French Montana & Wiz Khalifa – Feelin’ myself
3. Tinie Tempah ft. Ella Eyre – Someday (A place in the sun)
4. Echosmith – Cool kids
5. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora – Black widow
6. Enrique Iglesias ft. Gente de Zona & Descemer Bueno – Bailando
7. Troye Sivan – Happy little pill
8. Magic! – Rude
9. DVBBS & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah – Tsunami (Jump)
10. Fall Out Boy – Centuries
11. David Guetta ft. Sam Martin – Lovers on the sun
12. Pitbull ft. John Ryan – Fireball
13. Hardwell & Joey Dale ft. Luciana – Arcadia
14. Linkin Park – The final masquerade
15. Taylor Swift – Blank space
16. Wisin ft. Ricky Martin & Jennifer Lopez – Adrenalina
17. Imagine Dragons – Warriors
18. Enrique Iglesias ft. Pitbull – I’m a freak
19. Maroon 5 – Animals
20. Calvin Harris – Summer
21. Jason Derulo ft. Snoop Dogg – Wiggle
22. Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea – Problem
23. The Script – Superheroes
24. Lady Antebellum – Bartender
25. Rixton – Me and my broken heart
26. American Authors – Best day of my life
27. Coldplay – A sky full of stars
28. Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah – Crazy stupid love
29. Ella Henderson – Ghost
30. Tiesto – Red lights
31. Ellie Goulding – Beating heart
32. Calvin Harris ft. John Newman – Blame
33. Ed Sheeran – Don’t
34. George Ezra – Budapest
35. Taylor Swift – Shake it off
36. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – Outside
37. Imagine Dragons – I bet my life
38. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
39. The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE 
40. Shakira – Dare (la, la, la)
41. Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway – Wizard
42. Hardwell ft. Matthew Koma – Dare you
43. OneRepublic – Love runs out
44. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – Rather be
45. DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn down for what
46. Tiesto ft. Matthew Koma – Wasted
47. MKTO – Classic
48. Zedd ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant – Find you
49. Lana Del Rey – West coast
50. David Guetta ft. Sam Martin – Dangerous

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Xposition - September 2014

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Well September was a relatively quiet month in terms of happenings in the music scene. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX's Fancy was crowned Song of the Summer by Billboard after the song topped the weekly chart from start to finish. Fancy is the first song to achieve this feat since Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg's California Gurls topped the chart from start to finish in 2010. 

The UK has released a list of the Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles So Far as of 30th September 2014. Leading the list is Pharrell Williams' Happy followed by Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne's Rather Be and John Legend's All of Me. Mr. Probz's Waves is at 4 with Pitbull ft. Kesha's Timber and Ella Henderson's Ghost at 5 and 6 respectively. There may be changes at the end of the year but for now these are the top guns to claim the biggest selling single of UK for 2014.  

There were movements in the charts in the US since the VMAs at the end of August would see sales in certain songs. It was none other than Taylor Swift's Shake It Off which blasted through to the top on the first week of September moving Magic!'s Rude out of place. Her single which was performed at the VMAs is also her entry to the mainstream pop scene. The single stayed there for two weeks and was dethroned by Meghan Trainor's debut hit All About That Bass. With a catchy beat, controversial lyrics and a flamboyant video the song was struggling to peak in its first few weeks behind Rude. However, finally the song peaked in the third week and remained at the top spot in the final week of September. With Nicki Minaj's brilliant performance of Anaconda on the VMA stage, the single peaked at No.2 during the month and this was the only movement within the top 10.

In the UK Lily Wood and the Prick and Robin Schulz's Prayer in C was number one for the first two weeks of the month. Then Calvin Harris ft. John Newman's Blame was number one for one week before being dethroned by Sigma ft. Paloma Faith's Changing in the final week. Other singles which became popular during the month were:

• Echosmith - Cool kids
• Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross - New flame
• Jeremih ft. YG - Don't tell 'em
• Tove Lo - Habits (stay high)
• Sam Smith - I'm not the only one
• The Script - Superheroes
• 5 Seconds of Summer - Amnesia
• Professor Green ft. Tori Kelly - Lullaby

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