Greatest Hits of 2015

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2015 was an awesome year for music in terms of quality as well as genre. Although the year was heavily influenced by R&B, compared to the Pop filled 2014, the year produced brilliant hits. There was Reggae, EDM, Minimal House, Rock, Pop, Country, Rap, Doo-Wop and the newbie Trap which made its ascent to the mainstream scene. The titans of the industry Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Adele, Drake and Wiz Khalifa battled head to head for the top position on the charts and boy bands and girl groups also enjoyed commercial success for instance Little Mix, One Direction, Fifth Harmony and 5 Seconds of Summer. 

The year belonged to Taylor Swift with her crossover album 1989 enjoying monumental success with four top 10 hits and two chart toppers during the year. Blank Space which was No.12 last time on the list is No.6 this year. This along with Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud (15-13) are the only singles to be included from 2014. Swift and The Weeknd each have three entries on the list with Justin Bieber accumulating a whopping four entries including his feature on Skrillex & Diplo's Where Are U Now. Bieber has all four hits within the Top 25 while The Weeknd has all three of his hits within the Top 20. Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth, Jess Glynne and Demi Lovato all have two singles each on the chart.

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars' record breaking global smash hit Uptown Funk grabs the crown on the year end list with Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth's See You Again off the Furious 7 soundtrack at No.2. Adele's comeback hit Hello is at No.3 and would have surely ended at the top if it was not released so late in the year. Soundtracks were quite successful as can be seen from the Furious 7 theme song and similar success was enjoyed by Fifty Shades of Grey wherein it contained the hits Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding and Earned It by The Weeknd. 

The year was a good year for dance music with Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO's Lean On becoming a worldwide hit as well as hits by Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Avicii, Diplo and Zedd. We see Trap being incorporated to Rap, EDM as well as Pop. Fetty Wap enjoyed immense commercial and critical acclaim with his Trap Queen enjoying top positions in the charts worldwide. David Guetta has incorporated Trap into his current music. Alternative Rock had hits by Fall Out Boy, Hozier, X Ambassadors, WALK THE MOON and Elle King. After the breakthrough of MAGIC!'s Rude in 2014 we see Reggae becoming a contemporary mainstream genre with OMI's Cheerleader and R.City's Locked Away. 

Teenyboppers such as Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas all proved that they are much more than social media icons and celebrities and proved with their new albums that they have the vocals as well as the talent to produce mega hits. New artists such as The Weeknd, Rachel Platten, Jesse Glynne, Years & Years and James Bay blew us away with their awesome songs and their deliverance. So without further ado here are the top 50 greatest hits of 2015:

1. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown funk
2. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See you again
3. Adele – Hello
4. The Weeknd – Can’t feel my face
5. Taylor Swift – Blank space
6. Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO – Lean on
7. Justin Bieber – What do you mean?
8. OMI – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
9. Ellie Goulding – Love me like you do
10. Hozier – Take me to church
11. Justin Bieber – Sorry
12. The Weeknd – The hills
13. Ed Sheeran – Thinking out loud
14. Fetty Wap – Trap queen
15. Lost Frequencies – Are you with me
16. Jason Derulo – Want to want me
17. Rachel Platten – Fight song
18. Maroon 5 – Sugar
19. The Weeknd – Earned it
20. WALK THE MOON – Shut up and dance
21. Justin Bieber – Love yourself
22. Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad blood
23. Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber – Where are u now
24. Little Mix – Black magic
25. Years & Years – King
26. Jess Glynne – Hold my hand
27. One Direction – Drag me down
28. James Bay – Hold back the river
29. Meghan Trainor – Lips are movin’
30. David Guetta ft. Bebe Rexha, Nicki Minaj & Afrojack – Hey mama
31. Silento – Watch me (whip/nae nae)
32. Calvin Harris with Disciples – How deep is your love
33. Nick Jonas – Jealous
34. Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih – Somebody
35. Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink – Worth it
36. Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini & Lookas – G.D.F.R.
37. R. City ft. Adam Levine – Locked away
38. Drake – Hotline bling
39. Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds
40. Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato – Up
41. Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye
42. Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky – Good for you
43. Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes
44. Taylor Swift – Style
45. Demi Lovato – Cool for the summer
46. Sheppard – Geronimo
47. Carly Rae Jepsen – I really like you
48. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown  
49. Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne – Not letting go
50. LunchMoney Lewis – Bills 

Till next year...

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Xposition - September 2015

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September was not such an interesting month. In the wake of the aftermath of the MTV Video Music Awards 2015 where hell always breaks lose, September proved to be quite somber. The month kicked off with the announcement that Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger are separating after two years of marriage. 

Yes, the summer is over and it is time to check the anticipated Songs of Summer. The coveted crown in the US went to OMI's Cheerleader beating Wiz Khalifa's See You Again in the final week of the tally. Taylor Swift's Bad Blood came in at No.3 followed by The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face and Silento's Watch Me. In the UK, the Biggest Selling Songs of Summer 2015 were revealed with Jason Derulo's Want To Want Me. At second place was Lost Frequencies' Are You With Me followed by OMI's Cheerleader and Tinie Tempah's Not Letting Go. 

September also revealed the next artist who will sing the next James Bond. The title has gone to Sam Smith. The announcement ended months of speculation in which the likes of Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Adele, Lana Del Rey, Lorde, Noel Gallagher and even Radiohead were tipped as candidates to helm the new Bond song. Smith's Writing On The Wall is to be featured in the film Spectre.

Taylor Swift's conquests continues as she leads the nominations in this year's MTV Europe Music Awards. The singer has nine nominations including Best Song, Best Pop Artist, Best Female Artist and Best Live Act. Alongside Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar's Bad Blood the following have also been nominated for Best Song:

Ellie Goulding: Love Me Like You Do

Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ: Lean On

Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk

Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth: See You Again

Meanwhile, the UK has compiled the lists for the Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2015 So Far and the Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2015 so Far. Ed Sheeran's x leads the albums list followed by Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour and Taylor Swift's 1989. The 5 biggest songs so far are:

1. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown funk
2. OMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Mix)
3. Hozier - Take Me To Church
4. Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
5. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See You Again 

September also witnessed Sam Smith's debut record In The Lonely Hour notch up a record-breaking 67 consecutive weeks in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 – the longest unbroken run ever for a debut album. The LP hasn’t left the Top 10 since its release in May 2014, where it debuted at Number 1. The chart record was previously held by Emeli Sande, whose debut Our Version Of Events tallied 66 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 between February 2012 and May 2013. Prior to Emeli, the record was held for almost 50 years by The Beatles’ Please Please Me (62 weeks).

In chart news, in the US, OMI's Cheerleader stayed atop the charts during the first week and was replaced once again by The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face which replaced it earlier in August. However, this proved short lived as Justin Bieber's global smash hit What Do You Mean? debuted at No.1 the following week. But The Weeknd did manage to grab the top spot in the final week. By this feat The Weeknd became the first solo male to top the Artist 100, Hot 100 and Billboard 200 in the same week as his album Beauty Behind The Madness had topped the album chart as well. Only one other act had achieved the same feat earlier and it was Taylor Swift with her Shake It Off at No.1 on the Hot 100 and 1989 at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and herself at the helm of the Artist 100. Meanwhile, Fetty Wap ft. Remy Boyz' 679, Ed Sheeran's Photograph and R.City ft. Adam Levine's Locked Away all entered the Top 10 during the month. 

In the UK, Rachel Platten opened the month with her debut hit Fight Song at the top. This was replaced by Bieber's What Do You Mean? which was replaced by Sigala's Easy Lover in the third week only to be overthrown by Bieber in the fourth week and he remained at the top during the final week. Demi Lovato's Cool For The Summer, Galantis' Peanut Butter Jelly and Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson's Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) all entered the Top 10 during the month. 

Some of the other popular hits during the month were:

• Taylor Swift - Wildest dreams
• Sam Hunt - House party
• Lana Del Rey - High by the beach
• Pia Mia ft. Chris Brown & Tyga - Do it again
• Nick Jonas - Levels  
• Alessia Cara - Here
• Disclosure ft. Sam Smith - Omen 
• Rita Ora ft. Chris Brown - Body on me 

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Xposition - July 2015

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July was a month of controversy. It all started when Donald Trump, a Republican candidate for the US presidency made defamatory remarks about Hispanic immigrants which lead to many artists pulling out of the Miss USA Pageant which is organized by the Trump owned Miss Universe Organization. Among them were Flo Rida, Natalie La Rose and J. Balvin. 

Then we move onto Ariana Grande who went on a famous donut licking rampage which almost landed her in jail. Moreover, during the incident she went on to say "I hate America, I hate Americans" which resulted in a heavy social media backlash against the artist who has since apologized for the whole incident. One thing for sure, Grande won't be licking anything for a while. 

Next up, the MTV Video Music Awards 2015 is to be held on August 30, 2015. Since the organizers cannot let Miley Cyrus perform on stage after the blurred lines debacle of 2013, the producers of the awards show have asked her to host the damn thing. Well, let's hope there's no bong on stage because we all know she smoked a joint once when accepting an award.

The VMAs announced their nominations and Taylor Swift is nominated for nine including Video of the Year. Ed Sheeran is nominated for six while Hozier, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande have all been nominated for multiple awards. But Minaj felt snubbed for her videos Anaconda and Feeling Myself alongside Beyonce which were both snubbed by MTV. "If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year" tweeted Minaj. Swift however took this personally and tweeted "I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot.." While the two exchanged barbs back and forth social media and the fan armies of the two artists took the war to another level leading to a huge debate about Black Fat Women vs. White Slim Women. However, since then Swift has apologized on twitter for reading too much into the post and misunderstanding and Minaj has accepted. Await another hit single next year by Swift motivated by the Minaj incident. 

The Teen Choice Awards 2015 is also around the corner with Ludacris, Josh Peck and Gina Rodriguez hosting this year. Some new categories such as Choice Web Star, Social Media King, Social Media Queen and Choice Twit have been introduced. Swift and the ladies from Pitch Perfect 2 are leading the nominations with each nominated for six categories.

Tomorrowland 2015, was also held in Boom, Belgium from 24-26 July 2015 with headlining acts from Steve Aoki, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Hardwell, Alesso, Armin Van Buuren and Afrojack. This time with the festival was following the new theme Melodia. 

Well, I guess there is only one way for a Brown to go. Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston's daughter Kristina who was found face down in a bathtub earlier this year was under a medically induced coma after which in late July she passed away. Her mother Whitney Houston died under similar circumstances but the coroner in her case concluded that there was evidence of substance abuse prior to drowning in the bathtub. RIP Kristina.

Moving on to chart news, in the US Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth's See You Again held on to the peak position for the first three weeks of the month and tying for the longest leading Rap No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 alongside Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow. However, OMI's Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) claimed the top spot during the last week of July thereby preventing Wiz Khalifa from breaking the record. During the month Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky's Good For You, Diplo & Skrillex ft. Justin Bieber's Where Are U Now, Rachel Platten's Fight Song, Silento's Watch Me and The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face all entered the top 10. 

In the UK, the month started off with Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne's Not Letting Go at the top followed by Lost Frequencies' Are You With Me and David Zowie's House Every Weekend peaking in the second and third weeks respectively. However, it was Little Mix's newest single Black Magic which crowned the last two weeks of July. During the month Flo Rida ft. Robin Thicke & Verdine White's I Don't Like It, I Love It, Rita Ora's Poison, Years & Years' Shine, Avicii's Waiting For Love, Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink's Worth It and James Bay's Let It Go all entered the top 10.

Other songs which became popular during the month were:

• Krept & Konan ft. Jeremih - Freak of the week
• Birdy - Wings
• Calvin Harris with Disciples - How deep is your love
• John Newman - Come and get it
• Demi Lovato - Cool for the summer 
• Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman 
• Sam Feldt ft. Kimberley Anne - Show me love 

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Xposition - June 2015

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The month of June started off with the girl group G.R.L. already devastated by the tragic death of its member Simone Battle parting ways. The group made up of Paula Van Oppen, Natasha Slayton, Lauren Bennett and Emmalyn Estrada announced the decision through their management. 

The UK has released a list of the Biggest Selling Album of the Decade So Far with Adele's 21 taking the lead. Take That's Progress is at No.2 with Michael Buble's Christmas at No.3. Ed Sheeran X and + are both inside the top 10 with Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour and Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans at No.9 and No.10. Olly Murs has his three albums Right Place Right Time, In Case You Didn't Know and self titled Olly Murs placed at No.16, No. 21 and No. 40 respectively. One Direction, Pink and Lady Gaga also have two entries each. 

The UK thereafter released a list of the Biggest Selling Singles of the Millennium so far. On this Pharrell Williams' Happy tops the list with Will Young's Anything is Possible/Evergreen at a close second. Controversial hit Robin Thick ft. T.I. and Pharrell Williams' Blurred Lines is at No.3 and Adele's Someone Like You is at No.4. Rounding up the top 5 is Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera's Moves Like Jagger which never actually even reached No.1 on the UK Charts. 

We now have confirmation of the leading contenders of the year-end charts in the UK as they have released a list of the 40 Biggest Songs of the 2015 so far. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars' global smash hit Uptown Funk is No.1 with Hozier's Take Me To Church at No.2. Rounding up the top 5 are:

3. OMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)

4. Ellie Goulding - Love me like you do

5. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See you again

The 2015 MuchMusic Video Awards were held on June 21, 2015. Good performances of the night included Fall Out Boy's Uma Thurman, Shawn Mendes' Stitches, Carly Rae Jepsen's I Really Like You, Nick Jonas' Chains and a double performance by Ed Sheeran with Photograph and Thinking Out Loud separately. The Video of the Year was awarded to The Weeknd's Often. The other significant winner were:

• Best Pop Video: The Weeknd - Often
• Best Rock/Alternative Video: Arcade Fire - We exist
• Best Hip Hop Video: P Reign ft. Drake & Future - DnF
• Best International Video: Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
• Fan Fave Video: Shawn Mendes - Something Big

The BET Awards were held on June 28, 2015. Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown led the nominations with six each followed by Beyonce and Lil Wayne with four each. Chris Brown & Tyga performed the hit Ayo while Omarion joined Breezy for the summer smash Post To Be. Ciara, Jason Derulo and Tinashe paid homage to the BET honoree Janet Jackson for her monumental contribution to the industry as she was awarded Ultimate Icon: Music Dance Visual Award. The winners of the night included:

• Best Female R&B/Pop Artist: Beyonce
• Best Male R&B/Pop Artist: Chris Brown 
• Best Group: Rae Sremmurd
• Best Collaboration: John Legend & Common
• Best Female Hip Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
• Best Male Hip Hop Artist: Kendrick Lamar
• Video of the Year: Beyonce - 7/11
• FANdemoniam Award: Chris Brown 

It was Taylor Swift vs. Apple Inc. last month with the pop star coming out victorious against the corporate giant. With this achievement she has cemented herself as the most powerful personality in the music industry at present. The dispute was over the royalties that musicians and the ancillary creative contributors would lose due to the free trials granted by Apple's new streaming music service. After Swift posted a strongly worded Tumblr post Apple retreated and agreed to pay royalties on all music for the free trial period. 

Meanwhile, Iggy Azalea wanted a piece of Britney Spears as she took to twitter and blamed Spears for the failure of their collaborated single Pretty Girls. Although Spears did not lash back directly she did tweet the fact that she cannot wait to get back to Vegas as she has a lot of shows to look forward to. This may be a sarcastic hint at Azalea's cancelled tour in comparison to Spears' ongoing multimillion dollar residency in Vegas. 

At the end of the month Billboard announced its first ever Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival featuring the biggest artists on the charts as well as rising newcomers. The festival is to take place on August 22nd and 23rd at New York's Jones Beach. 

June ended with a bang with Lily Allen burning a Fuck Off Kanye flag which was being carried around by a concert-goer at Glastonbury where Kanye West was supposed to perform. She burned the flag until only Kanye was left. Well at least one other female artist other than Beyonce likes Kanye. 

With the hype of the airing of its video at the BBMAs behind it Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar's Bad Blood jumped from 53 - 1 dethroning Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth's rap ballad See You Again on the first week of June on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. However, this peak was proved short lived as Khalfia's See You Again once again took over the top position and held on for the rest of the month. Meanwhile, David Guetta ft. Afrojack, Nicki Minaj and Bebe Rexha's Hey Mama peaked at No.8 and Andy Grammar's Honey, I'm Good and OMI's Cheerleader also entered the Top 10 during the month.

In the UK, Jason Derulo's Want To Want Me debuted at No.1 and topped the charts for the entire month. During the month Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO's Lean On and Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih's Somebody both peaked at No.2 and Walk The Moon's Shut Up and Dance and Deorro & Chris Brown's Five More Hours both peaked at No.4. 

Other songs which became popular during the month were:

• Martin Garrix ft. Usher - Don't look down
• Alexandra Stan & Inna ft. Daddy Yankee - We wanna
• Ed Sheeran - Photograph
• Pitbull ft. Chris Brown - Fun
• Hilary Duff - Sparks 
• Adam Lambert - Ghost town 
• The Weeknd - The hills 

Till the next beat…

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Xposition - May 2015

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The 2015 Billboard Music Awards was held on 17 May 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen. This was definitely Taylor Swift's night as she grabbed 8 out of 14 nominations including Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album and Billboard Chart Achievement Award. Moreover, she premiered her much anticipated video of her latest single Bad Blood featuring Kendrick Lamar and a host of super stars in the video. 

Some of the great performances of the night included Nick Jonas with Jealous, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth and Lindsey Stirling with See You Again, Hozier with Take Me To Church, Nicki Minaj and David Guetta with The Night is Still Young and Hey Mama and Little Big Town and Faith Hill with Girl Crush. Mariah Carey took the stage with a medley of Vision of Love and her newest single Infinity, marking the first time she has performed on the Billboard stage since 1998. Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea performed their new single Pretty Girls which was less than mediocre and Kanye West was booed when he got on stage for his medley of All Day and Black Skinhead. Some of the significant winners of the night were:

• Top New Artist - Sam Smith
• Top Male Artist - Sam Smith
• Top Duo/Group - One Direction
• Top Hot 100 Song: Meghan Trainor - All about that bass
• Top Streaming Artist - Iggy Azalea
• Top Country Song: Jason Aldean - Burnin' it down
• Top Dance/Electronic Artist - Calvin Harris
• Top Dance/Electronic Song: DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn down for what
• Top Latin Song: Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona - Bailando
• Top R&B Song: Pharrell Williams - Happy
• Top Rap Song: Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - Fancy
• Top Rock Song: Hozier -  Take me to church
• Top Soundtrack - Frozen 

The 60th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Vienna, Austria, following Conchita Wurst's victory in 2014. The finals were held on 23 May 2015 where Sweden's entry Mans Zelmerlow's Heroes (365 points) beat Russia's entry Polina Gagarina's A Million Voices (303 points). Russia became the first non-winning nation to score over 300 points in the contest. 

Some musicians also passed away during the month of May including B.B. King aka King of the Blues  suffering from ill health in recent months and Errol Brown, the lead singer of the popular 70s band Hot Chocolate who died of liver cancer. 

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar's Bad Blood which premiered at the Billboard Music Awards broke the Vevo 24-Hour viewing record garnering 20.1 million views, surpassing the record previously held by Nicki Minaj's Anaconda with 19.6 million views. The song for once is not about an ex-lover but about her ongoing cat fight with Katy Perry, whom she says dislikes her for an unknown reason. The video directed by Joseph Kahn features Swift's BFF Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding, Ellen Pompeo and a host of super models including Cindy Crawford. The song with its backstory and star studded video will start bidding for its place at the top of the charts from June. 

In the US, Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth's See You Again continued its reign for the entire month of May completing six weeks at the top. Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea's much hyped Pretty Girls failed to reach even the top 20. David Guetta's new single Hey Mama featuring Nicki Minaj and Afrojack is  rapidly climbing the charts. The single which initially did not credit the vocals of Bebe Rexha finally changed the credits to feature Rexha after the performance at the Billboard Music Awards and the premiere of the video, which however only features Nicki Minaj (that too as a hologram). Jason Derulo's newest single Want To Want Me and T-Wayne's Nasty Freestyle entered the top 10 while Fetty Wap's Trap Queen peaked at No.2 and WALK THE MOON's Shut Up and Dance peaked at No.4 during the month.

In the UK, See You Again was at the top for only during the first week of May as OMI's Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) displaced it during the second week and continued at the top for the remainder of the month beating out heavy competition by LunchMoney Lewis' Bills which peaked at No.2 and Carly Rae Jepsen's I Really Like You which peaked at No.3. Major Lazor & DJ Snake ft. MO's global hit Lean On, Clean Bandit's Stronger and Taylor Swift's Bad Blood all peaked at No.4 and Iggy Azalea ft. Jennfier Hudson's Trouble peaked at No.7.

Some of the other songs which became popular during the month of May are:

• Andy Grammar - Honey. I'm good
• Galantis - Runaway (U & I)
• Blonde ft. Alex Newell - All cried out
• Omarion ft. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko - Post to be
• DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge - You know you like it 
• Silento - Watch me
• Echosmith - Bright 

Till the next beat…

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Saddest Songs of All Time

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Sadness is a subjective feeling which can be generally termed as emotional pain associated with feelings of despair, rejection, loss, loneliness, disappointment and sorrow. Music as we know is quite capable of generating emotions. There are songs which can tug at your very heart strings to invoke those depressing feelings and leave you quite miserable. While happy songs are quite upbeat with a peppy melody and positive lyrics, sad songs take on slow gloomy rhythms accompanied by soft vocals and disheartening lyrics. These songs are mostly tributes to loved ones who have passed away and some are dealing with heartbreak while others are about personal loss. While there is a blurred line between sad songs and songs about heart break, the tone, mood and emotion sets apart the latter from the sad songs as well as the fact that the sad songs which are also about heartbreak deals with the pain one is going through instead of bitter feelings towards the other party. 

So Evanescence's Hello is crowned as the saddest song with its extremely emotional lyrics accompanied by a haunting Amy Lee on the piano. The song is about how Amy Lee still remembers how she found out about her 3 year old sister's death when she was 6 years old. At second place is Ross Copperman's Holding On and Letting Go with Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven at a close third. Evanescence has 4 entries on the list with Sarah McLachlan having 3 entries. So here are the saddest songs of all time:

1. Evanescence – Hello
2. Ross Copperman – Holding on and letting go
3. Eric Clapton – Tears in heaven
4. Don Mclean – Vincent
5. Vonda Shepard – 100 tears away
6. R.E.M. – Everybody hurts
7. Spiritualized – Lay it down slow
8. The Carpenters – Goodbye to love
9. Elton John – Candle in the wind
10. Skeeter Davis – The end of the world
11. The Band Perry – If I die young
12. Nelly Furtado – All good things come to an end
13. Evanescence – You
14. Vonda Shepard ft. Emily Saliers – Baby don’t you break my heart slow
15. Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera – Say something
16. Pearl Jam – Last kiss (Original by Wayne Cochran)
17. Gary Jules – Mad world
18. Boz Scaggs – We’re all alone
19. Chental Kreviazuk – Leaving on a jet plane (Original by John Denver)
20. Gabrielle – Out of reach
21. Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on heaven’s door
22. Timbaland ft. OneRepublic – Apologize
23. Sarah McLachlan – Angel
24. Enya – Only time
25. Gilbert O’ Sullivan – Alone again (naturally)
26. Mariah Carey & Boys II Men – One sweet day
27. Jewel – Foolish games
28. Sarah McLachlan – Rainbow connection (Original by Kermit the Frog)
29. Evanescence – My immortal
30. Simon & Garfunkel – The sound of silence
31. The Beatles – Yesterday
32. U2 – With or without you
33. Sam Smith – I’m not the only one
34. James Blunt – Goodbye my lover
35. Peter & Gordon – World without love
36. Patti Smith – No mistakes
37. Miranda Lambert – Over you
38. Adele – Someone like you
39. Joshua Radin – Closer
40. Whitney Houston – I will always love you (Original by Dolly Parton)
41. Lifehouse – Broken
42. Roy Orbison – In the real world
43. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See you again
44. Cyndi Lauper – Time after time 
45. Avril Lavigne – Nobody’s home
46. Radiohead – Creep
47. Johnny Cash – Hurt
48. Sarah McLachlan – I will remember you
49. Mike + The Mechanics – The living years
50. Coldplay – Fix you

Till the next chord…

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Xposition - April 2015

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Well April did have its moments in terms of major drama and breakups. First up, Miley Cyrus split from a five month relationship with Patrick Schwarzeneggar and this was followed by Big Sean and Ariana Grande's breakup. A lame twitter spat between Diplo and LTTE terrorist supporter M.I.A. over her being signed on to a major label was also the subject of unwarranted media hype. 

The 50th Academy of Country Music Awards was held in April where Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert emerged as the biggest winners of the show. Luke Bryan who co-hosted the show alongside Blake Shelton won the Entertainer of the Year. Miranda Lambert took away the Female Vocalist of the Year and Jason Aldean won the Male Vocalist of the Year. The other winners are:

• Album of the Year: Miranda Lambert - Platinum
• Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert - Automatic
• Vocal Duo of the Year - Florida Georgia Line
• Vocal Group of the Year - Little Big Town
• New Artist of the Year - Cole Swindell
• Single Record of the Year: Lee Brice - I Don't Dance

The 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards was also held in April where Enrique Iglesias and Romeo Santos ruled the night. Enrique Iglesias took 9 awards including Latin Pop Album of the Year for Sex & Love and his global hit Bailando won the award for Hot Latin Song of the Year, Airplay Song of the Year, Digital Song of the Year, Streaming Song of the Year and Latin Pop Song of the Year. Romeo Santos bagged 10 awards to seal his title as the most nominated artist in the history of the awards. In what seemed a very emotional performance for her, Jennifer Lopez stole the show when she paid tribute to Selena, who was tragically murdered 20 years ago.  The significant winners included:

• Artist of the Year: Romeo Santos
• New Artist of the Year: J. Balvin
• Social Artist of the Year: Shakira
• Hot Latin Songs Male Artist of the Year: Romeo Santos
• Hot Latin Songs Female Artist of the Year: Natalia Jimenez
• Billboard Spirit of Hope Award - Carlos Santana

The 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards were also held in April with performances by Fifth Harmony, Nick Jonas, Sheppard, Natalie La Rose and Shawn Mendes. The Song of the Year went to Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea's Problem while the Hero Award was awarded to Jennifer Lopez. Other winners of the night included:

• Best Female Artist: Ariana Grande
• Best Male Artist: Ed Sheeran
• Best Group: Fifth Harmony
• Best New Artist: Charli XCX
• Best Band: 5 Seconds of Summer
• Best Collaboration: Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd - Really don't care 
• Best Song to Dance To: Taylor Swift - Shake it off 

The much anticipated 2015 Billboard Music Awards are to be held next month with Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea opening the show with her newest single Pretty Girls, which is hyped up to be one of the biggest collaborations this year. Taylor Swift leads the nominations with 14 followed by Sam Smith with 13, Iggy Azalea with 12 and Meghan Trainor with 9. Mariah Carey is also to perform for the first time since 1998 at the show. 

In the US Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk ruled for the first three weeks of the month completing 14 weeks at No.1 and tying at second place with 6 other songs behind Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's One Sweet Day which holds the record for staying 16 weeks at number one. However, Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth's See You Again taken from the Furious 7 soundtrack dethroned Uptown Funk's reign. This tribute to Fast and the Furious star Paul Walker who died in a tragic car accident in 2013 once again shows that this year the Billboard Hot 100 is more tolerable to soundtracks as it comes in the wake of the success of Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do and The Weeknd's Earned It from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini and Lookas' G.D.F.R., Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih's Somebody and Walk The Moon's Shut Up and Dance all managed to enter the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. 

In the UK the month started off with Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand at the top the position of which it kept till Wiz Khalifa's See You Again claimed the top spot in the UK as well. During the month Ed Sheeran's Bloodstream, Nick Jonas' Jealous, and OMI's Cheerleader all peaked at No.2. Sia's Elastic Heart also achieved a peak of 10 and Steve McCrorie's Lost Stars a peak of No.4 during the month. 

Some of the other songs that became during the month are:

• Jason Derulo - Want to want me
• David Guetta ft. Afrojack & Nicki Minaj - Hey mama
• Little Big Town - Girl crush
• Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber - Where are u now
• Major Lazer & Dj Snake ft. MO - Lean on
• Carly Rae Jepsen - I really like you 
• Iggy Azalea ft. Jennifer Hudson - Trouble 

Till the next beat…

At Ease!!!