Best Songs About Not Caring What Others Think Or Say

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We all judge others and are judged in return. While most of us can take the criticism and the convoluted rumours and stories, some of us find it difficult to cope with public opinion, peer pressure, and blatant judgment. It's all about the reputation and image. What others think and say of us sometimes has a greater impact than we might ever comprehend. So what better way to deal with this than music. Several feel good and inspirational songs deal with this particular issue. David Guetta's Titanium backed by Sia's powerful vocals takes the crown followed by Taylor Swift's crossover smash hit Shake It Off which took the world by storm for its straightforward theme of merely shaking off what others think or say. Simply no one has double entries and its an entire mishmash of genres ranging from Pop and Hip-Hop to EDM and Rap. So here are the Top 25 of the Best Songs About Not Caring What Others Think or Say:

1. David Guetta ft. Sia – Titanium
2. Taylor Swift – Shake it off
3. Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner – Written in the stars
4. Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown – Champion
5. Emeli Sande – Read all about it Part III
6. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Bad reputation
7. Lady Gaga ft. R. Kelly – Do what u want
8. Pink – So what
9. Eminem – The way I am
10. Demi Lovato – Skyscraper
11. Muse – Invincible
12. Nelly Furtado – Powerless (Say what you want)
13. Lindsey Lohan – Rumours
14. Phil Collins – I don’t care anymore
15. S Club 7 – Bring it all back
16. Cheryl Cole – I don’t care
17. Glee Cast – Loser like me
18. Ben Harper – I’ll rise
19. Havana Brown – Warrior
20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Jay Dalton – Can’t hold us
21. Nico & Vinz – Am I wrong
22. Little Mix – Wings
23. Britney Spears – My prerogative
24. Kelly Clarkson – Catch my breath
25. Mary Lambert – Secrets  

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Top Viral Music Videos of All Time

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The growth and development of the internet have led to other phenomena also related to it. Social media is one such phenomenon of the 21st century which have by leaps and bounds become a significant part of our lives. At the heart of it you will find Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Music videos is not a new concept as they have existed since the 60s even before the television became mainstream. However, music videos today is very much a hyped up subject. Whilst it can be the worst song in the history of music, it could also have one of the most popular and/or infamous music videos.

A viral video is a video that becomes popular over a short period of time through the process of sharing through social media. These videos either become popular because they are controversial such as in the case of Hannah Montana crossing over to  the dark side in We Can't Stop or Robin Thicke's scandalous Blurred Lines. However, some videos rise to fame due to the songs being extremely good such as Avicii's Wake me up or Rihanna's Diamonds. While YouTube is the main platform for videos to go viral other social media also plays a crucial role. Songs such as Gangnam Style and Wrecking Ball received the much overrated popularity mostly due to their music videos.

Psy's Gangnam Style definitely takes the throne with over 2 billion views on YouTube at present. In 2014 the 24 hour period record sparked off with Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball gaining over 19.3 million hits. However, this was surpassed by Nicki Minaj's Anaconda with over 19.6 million hits in just 24 hours. This record too was recently broken by Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar's Bad Blood garnering 20.1 million views in just 24 hours. Psy's Gentleman unofficially holds the record reaching 38.4 million views in one day, but is not officially acknowledged because it was only associated with Vevo four days later after its release. So here are the top 40 viral music videos of all time.

1. Psy – Gangnam style
   
2. Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad blood
   
3. Psy – Gentleman
   
4. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking ball
   
5. Taylor Swift – Blank space
   
6. Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris – Baby
   
7. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
   
8. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See you again
   
9. Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona – Bailando
   
10. Taylor Swift – Shake it off
    
11. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown funk
    
12. Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ – Lean on 
    
13. Meghan Trainor – All about the bass
    
14. Maroon 5 – Sugar
    
15. Ylvis – The fox (What does the fox say?)
    
16. Sia – Chandelier
    
17. Pharrell Williams – Happy
    
18. Rebecca Black – Friday
    
19. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – Dark horse
    
20. Ellie Goulding – Love me like you do 
    
21. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call me maybe
    
22. Miley Cyrus – We can’t stop
    
23. Katy Perry – Roar
    
24. LMFAO ft. GoonRock & Lauren Bennett – Party rock anthem
    
25. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – On the floor
    
26. Shakira ft. Freshlyground – Waka waka (This time for Africa)
    
27. Psy & Hyuna – Oppa is just my style
    
28. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – Thrift shop
    
29. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred lines
    
30. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – Fancy
    
31. OneRepublic – Counting stars
    
32. Avicii – Wake me up
    
33. Pink ft. Nate Reuss – Just give me a reason
    
34. Rihanna – Diamonds
    
35. One Direction – What makes you beautiful
    
36. Ed Sheeran – Thinking out loud 
    
37. Pitbull ft. Kesha – Timber
    
38. Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj – Bang bang 
    
39. MAGIC! – Rude
    
40. Michel Teló – Ai se eu te pego
    

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Best Songs with a Social/Political Message

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There are some songs which are so bad that they end up on the worst songs lists like mine. Then there are those songs which are cheesy love songs and about petty breakups. However, certain artists and bands focus on something much more. They convey social messages and make political statements and when these songs enter the mainstream through popular artists and bands, they have a significant impact. The King of Pop is definitely the main contributor to this niche as he has three entries in this list and we all know that it was Michael Jackson who wrote We Are The World which claims the top spot. Whilst there are certain differences between the original and the cover by 25 for Haiti they both carry the same message. Other artists and bands with more than one entry are Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Bob Marley, Pink, Kelly Clarkson and Bob Dylan.

1. USA for Africa/25 for Haiti – We are the world
2. Michael Jackson – Heal the world
3. Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the wind
4. Black Eyed Peas – Where is the love?
5. Pink – Fuckin’ perfect
6. Michael Jackson – Earth song
7. Lady Gaga – Born this way
8. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – Same love
9. Michael Jackson – Black or white
10. Artists Stand Up to Cancer – Just stand up
11. Joni Mitchell – Big yellow taxi
12. TLC – Unpretty
13. Marvin Gaye – What’s going on
14. U2 ft. Mary J. Blige – One
15. Kelly Clarkson – People like us
16. Bob Marley – Redemption song
17. Avicii – Hey brother
18. Suzanne Vega – Luka
19. My Chemical Romance – Teenagers
20. The Cranberries – Zombie
21. Pink – Dear Mr. President
22. Dixie Chicks – Not ready to make nice
23. John Lennon – Imagine
24. Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall Part II
25. Midnight Oil – Beds are burning
26. Phil Collins – Another day in paradise
27. Rise Against – Make it stop (September’s children)
28. Lily Allen – Fuck you
29. Shania Twain – Kaching
30. The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
31. Snoop Lion ft. Drake & Cori B. – No guns allowed
32. Beyonce – Pretty hurts
33. Green Day – American idiot
34. Lady Gaga ft. R.Kelly – Do what u want
35. Bob Dylan – Ballad of Hollis Brown
36. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
37. Miguel – Candles in the sun
38. Kelly Clarkson – Dark side
39. Cyndi Lauper – True colours
40. Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ bout a revolution
41. Sarah Brightman – Shall be done
42. J.Cole ft. TLC – Crooked smile    
43. Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
44. Boyzone – A different beat
45. Jessie J ft. B.o.B – Price tag
46. Bob Marley – One love
47. Woody Guthrie – This land is your land
48. Madonna – Papa don’t preach
49. Pink – Stupid girls
50. Beyonce – I was here

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Xposition - December 2013

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December was of course really dreary compared to November. But when December comes everyone reminisces what happened throughout the year. Twerking, controversial songs and controversial videos we had it all. Although the music scene was pretty inactive, the charts proved otherwise. There was intense competition for the Christmas No. 1 in the UK. Under Control by Calvin Harris & Alesso ft. Hurts peaked in the first week while Lily Allen with her cover of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know snatched the number 1 spot once more and held on for two weeks. However, ultimately it was X-Factor winner Sam Bailey's cover of Demi Lovato's Skycraper that claimed the throne in the Christmas week. This was soon overthrown by Pharrell Williams' Happy in the final week.

In the US Lorde's Royals held on for its dear life in the first week as Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball repeaked in the second week. However, it was Eminem's The Monster which features Rihanna that held on for the last two weeks in December. Beyonce's fifth studio album titled Beyonce was released and its lead single XO was released which may or may not be a hit as it could go either way with fans and critics. One Direction's newest album Midnight Memories also peaked both in the US and UK during the month. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha's Timber has been struggling at No.2 in the US while it is anticipated to hit UK by full force in 2014 when it will be released in the first week of January.

Moving onto the year-end charts. It was not Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke but Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis that claimed the top spot in the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 2013. Blurred Lines was second while Imagine Dragons' Radioactive was third. The other top seven singles are:

4. Baauer - Harlem shake

5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton - Can't hold us 

6. Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

7. Pink ft. Nate Ruess - Just give me a reason

8. Bruno Mars - When I was your man

9. Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly - Cruise

10. Katy Perry - Roar

Some of the surprises on this list was that Daft Punk's Get Lucky, Lorde's Royals or Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball failed to make the top 10. 

The biggest selling singles of 2013 in the UK was also released and Robin Thicke claimed the top spot while Daft Punk's Get Lucky was No.2. Avicii was No.3 with Wake me up and surprisingly Passenger claimed 4th place with let her go. The other top 6 singles are:

5. Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith - La La La

6. Katy Perry - Roar

7. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz - Thrift shop

8. Pink ft. Nate Ruess - Just give me a reason

9. OneRepublic - Counting stars

10. Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

Some of the surprises on this list was that Ellie Goulding's Burn, Will.I.Am's Scream & Shout and Bruno Mars' When I was your man failed to crack the top dozen. An interesting thing is that other than for Robin Thicke and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and Pink all were able to claim top spots both in the UK and US year-end charts. 

Some of the other good songs released in December are:

1. Avicii - Hey Brother
2. Jason Derulo - Trumpets
3. Leona Lewis - One more sleep
4. McFly - Love is on the radio
5. Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - Say something 

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Greatest Hits of 2013

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What a year it has been in music… From twerking to controversial songs about sexual violence, we had it all. Fantastic albums topping the charts by Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, Drake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Lyrical, musical and vocal brilliance was seen by Katy Perry, Daft Punk, Rihanna, Eminem and Taylor Swift. Dance music was evidently in the forefront with Avicii, Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix, will.I.am. and Rudimental. Indie music too peaked throughout the year with Lorde, Imagine Dragons, Passenger and The Lumineers. Therefore from the popularity on the worldwide charts these are the best songs of 2013:

1. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams & T.I. – Blurred lines
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – Thrift shop
3. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams – Get lucky
4. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking ball
5. Baauer – Harlem shake
6. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
7. OneRepublic – Counting stars
8. Avicii ft. Aloe Blocc – Wake me up
9. Katy Perry – Roar
10. Lorde – Royals
11. Pink ft. Nate Reuss – Just give me a reason
12. Miley Cyrus – We can’t stop
13. Bruno Mars – Locked out of heaven
14. Ellie Goulding – Burn
15. Will.I.Am ft. Britney Spears – Scream & shout
16. Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
17. Taylor Swift – I knew you were trouble
18. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can’t hold us
19. Eminem ft. Rihanna – The monster
20. Bastille – Pompeii
21. Passenger – Let her go
22. Lily Allen – Somewhere only we know
23. Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais – Summertime sadness
24. Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith – La la la
25. Duke Dumont ft. A.M.E. – Need U (100 percent)
26. Bingo Players ft. Far East Movement – Get up (rattle)
27. One Direction – One way or another (teenage kicks)
28. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – Talk dirty
29. Eminem – Berzerk
30. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – Timber
31. Martin Garrix – Animals
32. Bruno Mars – When I was your man
33. Jay Z ft. Justin Timberlake – Holy grail
34. Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre – Waiting all night
35. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay Z – Suit & tie
36. Drake ft. Majid Jordan – Hold on, we’re going home
37. Avicii vs. Nicki Romero – I could be the one
38. Icona Pop ft. Charlie XCX – I love it
39. Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly – Cruise
40. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – Stay
41. One Direction – Best song ever
42. Demi Lovato – Heart attack
43. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I need ur love
44. Capital Cities – Safe and sound
45. John Newman – Love me again
46. Lady Gaga – Applause
47. Psy – Gentleman
48. The Lumineers – Ho Hey
49. Selena Gomez – Come & get it
50. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity

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