Best Songs To Listen To When You're Angry

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What do you do when that extremely annoying thing happens to you? Violence is not always the solution. Counting to ten never worked, breaking stuff worked sometimes but in order to cool down you need to vent that anger off. What better way to deal with those pent-up issues and emotions than listening to music. Like I always say, music can solve anything. Likewise, there are songs which cater to your inner demons when dealing with your ex, friend, relative or random stranger. This list has been compiled from the mainstream hits and all forms of satanic metal and music have been excluded. Rock music rules the compilation with a few pop songs. The crown goes to I Hate Everything About You by Three Days Grace followed by System of a Down's Chop Suey. Nickelback, Evanescence and My Chemical Romance all have three entries each with The Pretty Reckless, Bon Jovi, Paramore, Linkin Park, Pink and Kelly Clarkson having two each. The last 10 songs are from mainstream pop. So here are the 50 best songs to listen to when you're angry:   

1. Three Days Grace – I hate everything about you
2. System of a Down – Chop suey
3. The Pretty Reckless – You make me wanna die
4. Nickelback – Burn it to the ground
5. 3 Doors Down – Going down in flames
6. Evanescence – Going under
7. Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
8. Race Against the Machine – Killing in the name
9. Alanis Morissette – You oughta know 
10. Limp Bizkit – Break stuff
11. Green Day – Platypus (I hate you)
12. Linkin Park ft. Daron Malakian – Rebellion 
13. Paramore – Ignorance
14. Bon Jovi – You give love a bad name
15. My Chemical Romance – House of wolves
16. Nightwish – Bye bye beautiful
17. Nickelback – This means war
18. Breaking Benjamin – Diary of Jane
19. The Pretty Reckless – Going to hell
20. My Chemical Romance – Give ‘em hell kid
21. Bon Jovi – Have a nice day  
22. Nickelback – Edge of a revolution
23. Pink – U + ur hand
24. Savage Garden – Break me, shake me
25. Metallica – St.Anger
26. Evanescence – Sweet sacrifice  
27. Paramore – Monster
28. My Chemical Romance – Sharpest lives
29. Within Temptation ft. Keith Caputo – What have you done 
30. We Are The Fallen – Bury me alive
31. Linkin Park – Numb 
32. Janis Joplin – Piece of my heart 
33. Michael Jackson – They don’t care about us
34. All American Rejects – Gives you hell
35. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Bad reputation
36. Ugly Kid Joe – Everything about you
37. Nicki Minaj ft. Eminem – Roman’s revenge
38. Lily Allen – Fuck you
39. Evanescence – Call me when you’re sober
40. Green Day – Know your enemy
41. Kelly Clarkson – Never again
42. Cee Lo Green – Fuck you
43. Natalie Imbruglia – Big mistake
44. Plain White Ts – Hate (I really don’t like you)
45. Eamon – Fuck it (I don’t want you back)
46. Pink – Just like a pill
47. Kelly Clarkson – Walkaway
48. Carrie Underwood – Before he cheats
49. Enrique Iglesias ft. Ciara – Takin’ back my love
50. Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad blood 

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Ultimate Birthday Playlist/Best Birthday Songs of All Time

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This post is dedicated to Tharindri Rupesinghe!

Your birthday comes only once a year and some love it while others hate it. Some people celebrate that they are one year older while others mourn that their nearing death. Whatever said and done it is the commemoration of one's birth and what you do on that day is up to you. As usual music provides for all occasions and birthdays are no exception. These songs are to wish the birthday girl or boy a very happy birthday and an awesome year ahead. Of course Happy Birthday To You sung at all birthdays takes the crown and according to the Guinness World Records it is the most recognized song in the English language. The melody is attributed to the Mill sisters in 1893 from their Good Morning To All which ultimately throughout the ages took on the version that is sung today at birthdays. So here are the 15 best birthday songs of all time:

1. Patty Hill & Mildred J. Hill – Happy birthday to you
2. New Kids On The Block – Happy birthday to you
3. Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday
4. Katy Perry – Birthday
5. The Beatles – Birthday
6. Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise – It’s my birthday
7. Selena Gomez – Birthday
8. Andreea D – It’s your birthday
9. Destiny’s Child – Birthday
10. Altered Images – Happy birthday
11. Jeremih – Birthday sex
12. Pixie Lott – Birthday
13. Rihanna – Birthday cake
14. The Click Five – Happy birthday
15. 2 Chainz ft. Kanye West – Birthday song  

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Xposition - August 2015

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The month did not start with drama but it sure ended with a bang. The 2015 Teen Choice Awards were held in August with One Direction being the biggest winners of the night winning 8 out of their 10 nominations including Music Group: Male, Summer Music Star: Group, Summer Tour, Music Single: Group and Love Song. Top notch performances included Rachel Platten's Fight Song, Little Mix's Black Magic and 5 Seconds of Summer's She's Kinda Hot. Other winners of the night in music were:

• Male Artist - Ed Sheeran
• Female Artist - Demi Lovato
• Music Group: Female - Fifth Harmony
• Music Single: Female - Ariana Grande - One Last Time
• Music Single: Male - Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
• Breakout Artist - Little Mix
• Song From a Movie/TV Show - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See You Again (Furious 7)

Of course the drama that we all anticipated, may be scripted may be not, went down at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards hosted by none other than Miley Cyrus. Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift settled the score for their pre-VMA twitter spat on stage when the two performed on stage with Nicki Minaj's Trini Dem Girls and The Night is Still Young and Taylor Swift's Bad Blood. Other good performances included The Weeknd's global smash hit Can't Feel My Face, Justin Bieber with a medley of Where Are U Now and his newest single What Do You Mean and Demi Lovato with her new single Cool for the Summer accompanied by Iggy Azalea. 

Before we get to the awards let's talk about the drama. Before the ceremony Miley Cyrus earlier commented about the Nicki Minaj-Taylor Swift twitter spat in her interview to the New York Times and it was not in favour of Minaj, so when Minaj came on stage to accept her award for Best Hip-Hop Video for Anaconda, she asked Cyrus who was on stage what the bitch's deal was in making comments about her to the press. Cyrus as a host was too much to take with her partial nudity and language and at one point she even flashed the crowds. 

But the icing on the cake was when an inebriated Kanye West, the recipient of the coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award announced his candidacy for the 2020 US Presidential Election. Other highlights included Taylor Swift premiering her video for the newest single Wildest Dreams and also Miley Cyrus' surprise release of her newest album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz accompanied by the performance of her newest single off the album - Dooo It!

Now getting back to the awards, Taylor Swift proved her might by winning the Video of the Year for Bad Blood and she also won three more awards including Best Female Video and Best Pop Video both for Blank Space and Best Collaboration for Bad Blood with Kendrick Lamar. Some of the other significant recipients were:

• Best Male Video: Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
• Artist to Watch: Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
• Best Rock Video: Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman
• Best Video with a Social Message: Big Sean ft. Kanye West & John Legend - One Man Can Change The World
• Song of Summer: 5 Seconds of Summer - She's Kinda Hot 

Now moving onto the charts, in the US OMI's Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) continued to reign for three weeks at the top only to be replaced by The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face for one week which was again taken over by Cheerleader in the fifth and final week. It is evident that The Weeknd will dethrone OMI in the weeks to come. Rachel Platten's Fight Song peaked at N.6 during the month while Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO's Lean On peaked at No.4. Meanwhile, One Direction's newest single Drag Me Down debuted at No.3 the highest debut for this year. It has been a great year for Fetty Wap with his first three singles reaching the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. He sets a record in the US as he is the first act to simultaneously chart first four charting singles in the top 10 of Hot Rap Songs. 

In the UK, Little Mix's Black Magic continued their reign from July through to the first two weeks of August only to be replaced by One Direction's Drag Me Down. This was followed by Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor's Marvin Gaye and Jess Glynne's Don't Be So Hard On Yourself with the fourth and fifth weeks respectively. With her latest hit, Jess Glynne matches Cheryl Cole's record for the most number of Number One hits by a British Female Sole Artist on the UK Singles Chart. 

Some of the other popular hits during the month were:

• Sigma ft. Ella Henderson - Glitterball
• Fetty Wap ft. Remy Boyz - 679
• Shawn Mendes - Stitches 
• X Ambassadors - Renegades
• Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend - Like I'm gonna lose you 
• Hailee Steinfeld - Love myself 
• Elle King - Ex's & Oh's 

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Ultimate Hits of the 60s

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I welcome you all to the golden era of music. Some hate the 80s and some hate the 70s. Everyone hates the 2010s but no one really dislikes the 1960s. The 1960s is when the modern music revolution took place with the likes of The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Supremes and Aretha Franklin. The foundation for mainstream pop was established, rock and roll took on new forms and the Motown sound took charts by storm. Although my favourite decade is the 90s and thereafter the 2000s, I've always had a special place for the 1960s for making the music industry for what it is today. 

The bands were more or less named after some random collaboration like for the males: The Marcels, The Foundations, The Monkees, The Zombies etc. and for the females: The Chiffons, The Dixie Cups, The Crystals, The Shirelles etc. What is evident from this era is that bands had more to do with being established than solo artists and also mixed bands were quite rare other than those formed by families such as Sly & The Family Stone. The doo-wop style was extremely popular during this era along with Jazz, Blues and Soul music. 

This list is a compilation of the greatest hits released between 1960-1969 by different artists and bands with the exception of a very few artists having collaborated on songs. I have deliberately excluded other double entries for the sole purpose of providing space for one-hit wonders and to prevent artists or bands such as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Chubby Checker, Tom Jones and The Everly Brothers from having double entries. Therefore, painstakingly I have had to research and find out the best song released by these artists and bands. Thus, these are the Ultimate Hits of the 60s based on chart performance as well as accolades received. 

1. The Beatles – Hey Jude
2. Chubby Checker – The twist
3. The Monkees – I’m a believer
4. The Supremes – Baby love
5. The Archies – Sugar, sugar
6. Elvis Presley – It’s now or never
7. The Beach Boys – Good vibrations
8. The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s clown
9. Aretha Franklin – Respect
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
11. Mary Hopkins – Those were the days
12. The Ronettes – Be my baby
13. Tom Jones – Green, green grass of home
14. Manfred Mann – Do wah diddy diddy
15. Roy Orbison – Oh pretty woman
16. Sonny & Cher – I got you babe
17. The Rolling Stones – Paint it, black
18. The Shirelles – Will you love me tomorrow
19. Cliff Richard – Congratulations
20. Engelbert Humperdinck – Release me
21. Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra – Somethin’ stupid
22. Marvin Gaye – I heard it through the grape vine
23. The Troggs – Wild thing  
24. Bob Dylan – Like a rolling stone
25. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs.Robinson
26. Bobby Lewis – Tossin’ and turnin’
27. Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki
28. Del Shannon – Runaway
29. Peter and Gordon – A world without love
30. The Four Seasons – Rag doll
31. Cilla Black – You’re my world
32. Little Eva – The loco-motion
33. Nancy Sinatra – These boots are made for walking
34. The Shadows – Apache
35. Ray Charles – I can’t stop loving you
36. Four Tops – Reach out, I’ll be there
37. Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The young ones
38. The Drifters – Save the last dance for me
39. Lesley Gore – It’s my party
40. Ben E. King – Stand by me
41. Dusty Springfield – You don’t have to say you love me
42. Righteous Brothers – Unchained melody
43. Louis Armstrong – What a wonderful world
44. The Mamas & the Papas – Monday, Monday
45. Young Rascals – Groovin’
46. Lulu – To sir, with love
47. The Byrds – Mr.Tambourine Man
48. Brenda Lee – I’m sorry
49. Connie Francis – Everybody’s somebody’s fool
50. Petula Clark – Downtown
51. The Animals – The house of the rising sun
52. The Marvelettes – Please Mr.Postman
53. The Dave Clark Five – Glad all over
54. The Chiffons – He’s so fine
55. The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
56. The Marcels – Blue moon
57. The Seekers – I’ll never find another you 
58. Roger Miller – King of the road
59. Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs – Sugar shack
60. Dean Martin – Everybody loves somebody
61. Bobby Vee – Take good care of my baby
62. The Cascades – The rhythm of the rain
63. Jim Reeves – He’ll have to go
64. Percy Faith – Theme from a Summer Place
65. Martha and the Vandellas – Dancing in the street
66. The Tornados – Telstar
67. Ken Dodd – Tears
68. The Kinks – You really got me   
69. Dionne Warwick – Walk on by
70. The Crystals – Da doo ron ron
71. The Temptations – My girl
72. Percy Sledge – When a man loves a woman
73. Jimmy Dean – Big bad John 
74. The 5^th Dimension – Aquarius/Let the sunshine in
75. Frank Ifield – I remember you
76. Jerry Butler & Betty Everett – Let it be me
77. The Tremeleos – Silence is golden
78. Bobby Vinton – Roses are red (my love)
79. Sandie Shaw – (There’s) always something there to remind me
80. The Moody Blues – Go now
81. The Searchers – Needles and pins
82. Lou Christie – Lightnin’ strikes
83. The Tokens – The lion sleeps tonight
84. Betty Everett – The shoop shoop song (It’s in his kiss)
85. The Hollies – Stop, stop, stop
86. The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the city
87. Joe South – Games people play
88. Acker Bilk – Stranger on the shore
89. The Doors – Light my fire
90. Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday people
91. The Foundations – Build me up buttercup
92. Peter, Paul and Mary – Leaving on a jet plane
93. The Dixie Cups – Chapel of love
94. Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders – Game of love
95. Bobby Goldsboro – Honey
96. Skeeter Davis – The end of the world
97. Gerry and the Pacemakers – You’ll never walk alone
98. The Turtles – Happy together
99. The Boxtops – The letter
100. The Shangri-las – Leader of the pack
101. Tommy Roe – Sheila
102. Herb Alpert – This guy’s in love with you
103. Danny Williams – Moon river
104. Dick and Dee Dee – The mountain’s high
105. Glen Campbell – Galveston
106. The Angels – My boyfriend’s back
107. Mary Wells – My guy
108. Barry Sadler – Ballad of the Green Berets
109. Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
110. Lonnie Donegan – My old man’s a dustman
111. Otis Redding – (Sittin’ on) the dock of the bay
112. Joe Cocker – With a little help from my friends
113. Gary Lewis & the Playboys – This diamond ring
114. Brian Hyland – Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini
115. Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas – Bad to me
116. The Association – Cherish
117. Paul Mauriat – Love is blue
118. Ike & Tina Turner – River deep - mountain high
119. Ricky Valance – Tell Laura I love her
120. James Brown – I got you (I feel good)
121. Rolf Harris – Tie me kangaroo down, sport
122. The Contours – Do you love me
123. Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s talkin’
124. Tammi Terrell & Marvin Gaye – Ain’t no mountain high enough
125. Big Brother and the Holding Company – Piece of my heart
126. The Who – I can see for miles
127. Chuck Berry – You never can tell
128. Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be sure to wear flowers in your hair)
129. The Zombies – She’s not there
130. Bobby Darin – Things
131. Sam Cooke – Chain gang
132. John Lennon – Give peace a chance
133. Pat Boone – Speedy Gonzales  
134. Jimmy Jones – Handy man
135. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young girl
136. Eddie Cochran – Three steps to heaven
137. Frankie Vaughan – Tower of strength
138. John Leyton – Johnny remember me
139. Herman’s Hermits – I’m into something good
140. Paula and Paula – Hey Paula
141. Buddy Holly – Bo Diddley
142. Jewel Akens – The birds and the bees
143. Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger
144. Gene McDaniels – A hundred pounds of clay
145. Marmalade – Ob-la-di, ob-la-da
146. Helen Shapiro – Walkin’ back to happiness
147. Johnny Preston – Cradle of love
148. Johnny Rivers – Poor side of town
149. Patsy Cline – I fall to pieces
150. Peggy Lee – Is that all there is?

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Top 20 Songs About Being Young

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We may be growing old but all of us want to be young at heart. Maturity is a pretty subjective characteristic, as the most mature person can end up doing the most juvenile thing. There are songs about being young and the experiences one goes through when you were a kid. I have excluded those songs which reminisce the thought of how it felt to be young, because those are downright depressing. We have Fun. ft. Janelle Monae's We Are Young at the helm which although I am not crazy about actually sums up how the lives of today's youth are led. This is followed by the anthem, Young, Wild & Free by Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars. 

These songs are more or less based in pop with several rock and R&B songs and two indie and one EDM. Kesha is the only artist with two entries. I placed Jay-Z ft. Mr.Hudson's Forever Young which is a sampled version of Alphaville's original of the same name on higher position as I believed Jay-Z's rap verses are more relevant to our times. Songs like I'm Just A Kid, Cool Kids and Teenagers are more about what you go through when you are young. So here are the best songs about being young:

1. Fun. ft. Janelle Monae – We are young
2. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – Young, wild & free
3. Kesha – Die young
4. The Corrs – So young
5. Jay-Z ft. Mr.Hudson – Forever young
6. Tulisa Contostavlos – Young
7. Avril Lavigne – Here’s to never growing up
8. Rod Stewart – Forever young
9. Hardwell ft. Chris Jones – Young again
10. Simple Plan – I’m just a kid
11. Kesha ft. will.i.am – Crazy kids
12. Wheatus – Teenage dirtbag
13. My Chemical Romance – Teenagers
14. Echosmith – Cool kids
15. One Direction – Live while we’re young
16. Bob Dylan – Forever young
17. Katy Perry – Teenage dream
18. MGMT – Kids
19. The Undertones – Teenage kicks
20. Alphaville – Forever young 

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Most Sought After Artists to Be Featured at Present

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Adele, Shawn Mendes and Desiigner maybe making their mark atop the charts with their smash hits but not a lot of other artists seem to feature them, or they may just not have the time. There are some artists at present who have been sought after by others to be featured in their songs. Although featuring artists is not a contemporary trend, there are some artists who have been featured more than others which begs the question why are they more sought after. The ability to rap and/or powerful vocals and a popular image in the mainstream are the key elements of being sought after. Topping the list this year is Drake with an increasing demand for the hit generator to be featured. Also on the list are rappers Sean Paul, Fetty Wap, G-Eazy and Ty Dollar $ign as well as vocal powerhouses Rihanna, Zara Larsson and Tove Lo. The only artist to be on the list from last year is Chris Brown whose demand has somewhat decreased but not as significantly as the rest. 

There are some artists who are just born hit makers such as Lil Wayne, Flo Rida, Pitbull and Nicki Minaj (surprisingly though none of them make the list). It’s like if they are featured, it is bound to be a hit. So no wonder the artists have them in mind when writing and/or producing their songs. There are many rappers on the list along with female artists with varying powerful vocals. So here are today’s 10 most sought after artists to be featured:

1. Drake
   
2. Tove Lo
   
3. Sean Paul
   
4. G-Eazy
   
5. Zara Larsson
   
6. Fetty Wap
   
7. Rihanna
   
8. Chris Brown
   
9. MØ
   
10. Ty Dollar $ign
    

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Best Songs to Deal With Insecurities

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It's not a big secret that we all have our inherent insecurities. But do we need to let these hold us back. Most insecurities are about one's image. Be it physical or social attributes or lack thereof, all of us try to handle them in our own ways. Bullying has been taken to another ugly level, through cyberbullying. By the advent of social media and the rapid escalation of stereotypes by the mainstream media, kids as well as grownups these days are popping pills to deal with the social stigmas and peer pressure. 

We are all humans and no one is perfect. The #DUFFS and the #COOLKIDS must be able to get along just fine. Sadly this is not the case, labels, stereotypes and insecurities remain the same. Music is one way to deal with one's insecurities. Although hundreds of inspirational songs are released each year only a few actually over the past few decades deal with insecurities. Pink's Fuckin' Perfect is definitely number one on the list as the title itself says no one is perfect and no one should strive to be fucking perfect. There is not much to say about genre as they are all but one from mainstream pop. The underlying themes are more or less in relation to body image whilst some of the male artists are singing about how they love the girl 'just the way they are'. So here are the best 20 songs to deal with insecurities. 

1. Pink – Fuckin’ perfect
2. Olly Murs – Beautiful to me
3. TLC – Unpretty
4. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
5. David Grey – It’s not easy being me
6. Bruno Mars – Just the way you are
7. Lady Gaga – Born this way
8. Sugababes – Ugly
9. Colbie Caillat – Try
10. Hailee Steinfeld – Love myself
11. J. Cole ft. TLC – Crooked smile
12. Mika – Big girl (you are beautiful)
13. Katy Perry – Firework
14. Audioslave – Be yourself
15. One Direction – What makes you beautiful
16. Meghan Trainor – All about that bass
17. Jessie J – Who you are
18. Beyonce – Pretty hurts
19. Jesse McCartney – Beautiful soul
20. Selena Gomez & The Scene – Who says 

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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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Most Inspirational Songs of 2014

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When I compiled the list for inspirational songs for 2013, I believed that it was just a coincidence that there were so many inspirational songs during that year. However, now I believe that it is a trend for artists to come up with at least one motivational song in their albums. Although there were not so many inspirational songs during 2014 there were enough to compile a list. I think the reason for artists to come up with so many inspirational songs is due to the fact that there is a popular demand for such songs. During this hectic era, the younger generation can be heavily burdened with work, life and love and so to cater to the market wants and needs, artists come up with these songs. The songs are sometimes purely inspirational while others deal with motivation to handle breakups. The genres vary from Rap, Hip-Hop and Pop to Rock, EDM and Country. Eminem ft. Sia's Guts Over Fear featured in the film The Equalizer takes the crown with Taylor Swift's global smash hit Shake It Off at second followed by the X-Factor winner Ben Haenow's winning single Something I Need at third. Sia and Fall Out Boy are the only artists with two entries with the latter having both entries within the top 10. So here are the 25 most inspirational songs of 2014:

1. Eminem ft. Sia – Guts over fear
2. Taylor Swift – Shake it off
3. Ben Haenow – Something I need (Original by OneRepublic)
4. Idina Menzel – Let it go
5. Fall Out Boy – Immortals
6. The Script – Superheroes
7. Ella Henderson – Glow
8. Imagine Dragons – Warriors
9. OneRepublic – I lived
10. Fall Out Boy – Centuries
11. Sia – Chandelier
12. Colbie Caillat – Try
13. Nico & Vinz – Am I wrong
14. Avicii – The days
15. Foxes – Let go for tonight
16. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – Rather be
17. Carrie Underwood – Something in the water
18. Aloe Blacc – The man
19. Paramore – Ain’t it fun
20. Tinie Tempah ft. Ella Eyre – Someday (A place in the sun)
21. American Authors – Best day of my life
22. Lily Allen – Air balloon
23. Cheryl Cole – I don’t care
24. Union J – Tonight (We live forever)
25. Ariana Grande ft. Zedd – Break free

Till the next chord…

At Ease!!!

Top 40 Floorfillers of Today

Attention!!!

Have you ever felt like banging your head against a wall or punching the DJ in the face at a party as he continuously failed to play a good dance song? Nowadays DJs may be talented in terms of mixing songs, but most of them miserably fail to cater to the audience in terms of playing some good dance music. Sometimes they play one good dance song and move on to another song which is impossible to dance to. This is where a floorfiller comes in. When you play these songs it will be hard for those on the dance floor to leave it. The period has been restricted to this decade so all songs on this list are those that were released after 2010. Pitbull ft.Kesha's addictive global dance hit Timber takes the crown as it is the saving grace of all DJs these days to bait party people to get on the dance floor. At a close second and third are LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem and Don Omar's Danza Kuduro. Most of these songs are duets or collaborations by famous artists who have come together to produce an awesome dance hit. The genres range from Pop, Hip-Hop, European Pop, Latin Pop and EDM. Pitbull leads with 7 entries on the list and Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, Swedish House Mafia, Shakira, Nayer, DJ Snake, Mohombi, Calvin Harris, Tinie Tempah and LMFAO have two entries each. 

1. Pitbull ft. Kesha – Timber
2. LMFAO ft. GoonRock & Lauren Bennett – Party rock anthem
3. Don Omar ft. Lucenzo – Danza kuduro
4. Sasha Lopez & Andreea D ft. Broono – All my people
5. Alexandra Stan – Mr. Saxobeat
6. PSY – Gangnam style
7. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams & T.I. – Blurred lines
8. Enrique Iglesias ft. Sean Paul, Gente de Zona & Descemer Bueno – Bailando
9. Nayer ft. Pitbull & Mohombi – Suave (Kiss me)
10. Avicii – Levels
11. Pitbull ft. Marc Anthony – Rain over me
12. Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E – Tonight (I’m fucking you)
13. Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We no speak Americano
14. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – On the floor
15. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – Talk dirty
16. Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea – Problem
17. Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah – Miami 2 Ibiza
18. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – We found love
19. Michel Telo ft. Pitbull – Ai se eu te pego
20. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – Club can’t handle me
21. Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin – Don’t you worry child
22. Tom Boxer & Morena ft. J. Warner – Deep in love
23. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – Scream and shout
24. Shakira ft. Pitbull – Rabiosa
25. Martin Garrix – Animals
26. DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn down for what
27. Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer – Give me everything
28. Taio Cruz – Dynamite
29. LMFAO – Sexy and I know it
30. Nicki Minaj – Starships
31. Inna ft. Juan Magan – Un momento
32. Black Eyed Peas – Don’t stop the party
33. Pitbull ft. John Ryan – Fireball
34. Calvin Harris ft. Tinie Tempah – Drinking from the bottle
35. Mohombi – Maracca
36. The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE 
37. Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock – A little party never killed nobody (All we got)
38. Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO – Lean on
39. Shakira ft. Freshlyground – Waka waka (This time for Africa)
40. Bauur – Harlem shake

Till the next beat…

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