THE TOP 40 BEST SONGS OF 2016!!!

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Hello and welcome to the 74th annual Hunger Games! May the odds be EVER in your favor!   My very first annual end-of-the-year song countdown!!

As most of us know, 2016 wasn’t the best year for our world overall. BUT HEY, AS WITH MOST YEARS, WE GOT SOME PRETTY DAMN GREAT MUSIC!! Welcome to my personal top 40 of the year! Radio Dana? WORKS FOR ME! Let’s see if your faves made it, and if you’ve been sleeping on any JAMS! (The radio would rather play Can’t Stop The Feelin’ and Closer another million times, I understand!)

I love all these so much, BUT YES, I’VE MANAGED TO DEFINITIVELY RANK THEM FROM LEAST BEST TO VERY BEST!

LET’S GO!!!

NUMBER 40: Calvin Harris feat Rihanna This Is What You Came For 

Released: April 29, 2016

Starting off, we have this excellent banger! Damn, that Nils Sjoberg can really write a hit right? I’m going to have to keep an eye on her! 😉 I didn’t care for this too much at first because the YOU OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH part was lowkey really annoying but then I started DIGGING THAT BOUNCY BEAT THOUGH!! Suddenly, I was bopping along in the car! Then, it was revealed that my queen Taylor Swift wrote this (in a bit of a sloppy manner! REALLY CALVIN?!) and it was like DUH, JUST LISTEN TO THAT CHORUS!! Also, the video, (which I just saw today!) is A SIGHT! Want to see Rihanna in a glitter sack and trippy, awesome, beautiful scenery! YEAH YOU DO!

NUMBER 39: Little Mix Shout Out To My Ex

Released: October 16, 2016

This empowerment jam from the British girl group you damn well better know, will get you hooked from the very first line! Even if said Ex doesn’t exist quite yet! JUST LET ME LOVE THE SONG OKAY?! Who needs a boyfriend anyway?!?! ………. (yeah, I still do!)

The first verse also contains one of the worse BURNS I’ve heard in any song ever! Zayn’s going to need ice! Groove to this and try NOT to have a great time!

NUMBER 38: Bruno Mars 24K Magic

Released: October 7, 2016

FUCK THE AUTOTUNED INTROOOO!!!! It IS TRASH and I don’t need to be thrown off when I want to party to a new Bruno Mars song!!

BUT HELL YEAH PINKIE FINGERS TO THE MOON!! Mars is the go-to KING of grooves, party bopping, and clever lines you’ll catch later! 24k Magic delivers those as promised, living up to its title!

 

NUMBER 37: Shawn Mendes Treat You Better

Released: June 3, 2016

I’m a little surprised I didn’t make this higher, but obviously Shawn Mendes and his honest, sweet music can do no wrong! Feel free to save me from that asshole guy Shawn! It’s gonna be okay! I’d love more guitar-driven pop JAMS in my life, especially with artists like Shawn! ❤

NUMBER 36: The 1975 The Sound

Released: February 19, 2016

This is probably the happiest and most infectious song in the 1975’s catalogue! It’s a wonderful car jam with a great piano riff, that mainstream radio totally paid dust! It will most likely put you in a good mood, and was a hell an excellent finale to their concerts!

NUMBER 35: Todrick Hall feat Jay Armstrong Color

Released: June 23, 2016

Here’s one you need to hear of! An INCREDIBLY ADORABLE song with nice lyrics that happens to be pro-gay? WONDERFUL! Todrick’s entire Straight Out Of Oz album is BRILLIANT, but here’s a recommendation/starting point! (PS Papi is another of my faves from that! Nicole S kills it!!)

NUMBER 34: MAX Lights Down Low

Released: April 8, 2016

Speaking of ADORABLE songs you should hear of!! (He wrote this when he met his wife and played it at their wedding AWWWWW RELATIONSHIP GOALS AF!) Listen to it and your heart will probably squish up (in a wonderful way! I promise!)

NUMBER 33: Ariana Grande feat Nicki Minaj Side To Side

Released: August 30, 2016 (single)

LET’S REMEMBER THE DICK BICYCLE! I may give 0 fucks, but I actually have lots of chill in me, thanks for wondering. At first I thought it was about being in the club just looking for guys to bang, but it turned out to be way dirtier ARIANA YOU HOE! Just kidding, just DID NOT see that coming! If parts of the Dangerous Woman album were a store, they’d be called Ariana’s Secret!

Sexy chill bop, spinning on every type of bicycle is heavily encouraged!

NUMBER 32:  Nick Jonas Comfortable

Released: June 10, 2016

One of my faves on this album! Chill cruise along music about trusting someone and importance of practice. Also… can you hear higher female background vocals? Guess who? DEMI LOVATO!! Their voices blend REALLY well and I LIVE for it!

NUMBER 31: Little Mix feat Charlie Puth Oops

Released: November 18, 2016

Accidentally in love, whatcha gonna do? THE WHISTLES ARE EVERYTHING plus, look no further for a fun sing along!

NUMBER 30: Machine Gun Kelly feat Camila Cabello Bad Things

Released: October 14, 2016

Love it! It’s so catchy and Camila sounds SO AMAZING! If her upcoming solo career brings more songs and collaborations like this, THEN I’M REALLY EXCITED! Another one I sing along with a lot! Put it on repeat, it’s fine!

NUMBER 29: Trevor Moran Get Me Through The Night

Released: September 23, 2016

I have to “Show the Love” for #TeamInternet (Youtube) here! Trevor Moran’s latest single is SUCH A JAM! Only legends have sirens in their music and pretend to run for president! That’d be much better then our current reality! Dance party anyone?!

NUMBER 28: Niall Horan This Town

Released September 29, 2016

OMG MY BABY! Sweet Irish prince Niall released his first solo song and it’s beautiful, charming and calming. Let Niall serenade you, you won’t regret taking a chonce on this! Think lavender, a blanket, melting butter, and a slow little rainfall.

 NUMBER 27: Nick Jonas Bacon

Released: July 12 2016 (single)

Expect a (chill but still LIT!) party from this SIZZLIN’ track!! Live with no worries! #AWSHITTHROWSOMEBACONONIT #RandomAndDumbCanBeFun #EvenIfYouAren’tTwelveAnymoreYouCanJustExcecuteItWayBetterNow

NUMBER 26: Fifth Harmony feat Ty Dolla Sign Work From Home

Released: February 26, 2016

You know you were grooving to this innuendo-filled MEGA BOP this year! It’s got an excellent beat! The music video is also freaking ICONIC! Now, let me go find myself a sexy construction worker…

NUMBER 25: Little Mix Power

Released: November 18, 2016

MY ABSOLUTE FAVE FROM THEIR NEWEST ALBUM GLORY DAYS! Did someone say PUMP UP JAM! And right off the bat Perrie Edwards has me freaking SHOOK with her vocals, SO THERE’S KIND OF THAT!!!

PS: Wanna feel like you’ve inhaled 5 gallons of coffee? HIT THE SETTINGS BUTTON AND SPEED UP THE YOUTUBE VIDEO!! YEAAAAAAHHH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!! #MakeItShower

NUMBER 24: Beyonce All Night

Released: April 23, 2016

Song actually starts around the 3:00 mark.

Because this is Beyonce and because she is FLAWLESS, she ends her epic themed visual album Lemonade with a wonderful song about pure, sweet love! I’m definitely feeling it!

NUMBER 23: Ariana Grande Be Alright

Released: May 20, 2016

Calming and reassuring, yet excellent to jam out to! Feeling anxious and worried? Queen Ariana’s got you! Plus if you see the snl performance or any edition of this live, her dance is cute and awesome!

NUMBER 22: Beyonce Hold Up

Released: April 23 2016

Song @ 1:35

THIS EXTREMLY CATCHY CHEATING PARIONIA JAM!!!! Queen B is going hard with hot sauce! Guess it is worse to look jealous than crazy! *INSERT EPIC AIR HORN* Plus the melody going down and back up again sounds so great and I once listened to a podcast that dissected this song and it was epic! OH MY GOSH BEYONCE IS WORSHIPED FOR REASONS!

NUMBER 21: ZAYN and Taylor Swift I Don’t Wanna Live Forever

Released: December 9, 2016

Maybe this didn’t make the top 20 due to the soundtrack it is on….

MOST WONDERFUL MUSICAL SURPRISE OF THE YEAR BY FAR! The Falsetto power is real!! I didn’t know how badly I needed this amazing duet in my life  GAH!

If Taylor Swift is going to torture us by CHANGING HER ALBUM RELEASE SCHEDULE THAT’S BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE HER CAREER BEGAN, at least I have this magic! I miss Taylor so much and I really long for TS6!

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NUMBER 20: JoJo feat Wiz Kahlifa Fuck Apologies

Released: July 28, 2016

Totally slept on this bop for a while. I’d hear that JoJo (you may know her songs Get Out (Leave) Right Now and/or Too Little Too Late from several years ago) was back in the game from some music podcasts I listen to but, she ended up visiting my college for the day and I got a photo with her. Insanity. That drove me to looking this one up and HOLY SHIT I GOT SO ADDICTED! Stop sleeping on it like I did and just freaking listen! She’s back and she’s talented, despite lots of drama with her record label.

NUMBER 19: DJ Snake feat Justin Bieber Let Me Love You

Released: August 5, 2016

ONE OF MY FAVORITE JUSTIN BIEBER SONGS OF ALL TIME!! It’s encouraging, it’s sweet, it’s got a SWEET beat, he sings the chorus with such emotion and I love singing along with it! IT’S SO GOOD!!!! Synth pop at it’s very best!! (Justin really does have a knack for these EDM tracks)

NUMBER 18: Fifth Harmony Big Bad Wolf

Released: May 27. 2016

(It’s speed up. WHOA!)

*Is forever bitter at Fifth Harmony for not putting this sexy bop on the 7/27 album* Love the gypsy vibe, love the wearwolf vibe, BOP!

NUMBER 17: Hailee Steinfeld and Grey feat Zedd Starving

Released: July 22, 2016

Thirst ANTHEM! I love how it starts acoustic with a guitar before progressing to the EDM. Sexy and fun AF!

NUMBER 16: Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman

Released: March 11, 2016

YAAAASSSSS ARI!!!! Powerful, epic and sexy! What more could you want in your pop music?! Oh yeah, an epic guitar solo in the middle! JUST GET SLAYED! PS: If you have not heard the a capella version of this, I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY encourage you looking it up because YOU’LL BE SHOOOOOOOK!

NUMBER 15: Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki Just Hold On

Released: December 10, 2016

Niall wasn’t the only 1D guy to release their first solo song! We got it from the member you’d least expect! This beautiful, uplifting song about staying strong was released immediately after the public got the news that Louis’s mom Johannah had passed away from cancer. Just Hold On was dedicated to her and Louis like the brave warrior he is, performed it on the X Factor the next day because it was his mom’s last wish. And…that’s the time the whole fandom cried over a dance song!

NUMBER 14: Ariana Grande Greedy

Released: May 20 2016

Even bigger THIRST anthem than Starving!! #GreedyForLove HER VOCALS ON THIS WOW!! And that key change towards the end?!?! WHOAA!! SHOOK AF!!!

NUMBER 13: Kelly Clarkson Piece by Piece 

Released: November 9, 2015 (The album and Idol performance were this year! It counts!)

AWW! I think what got me (and others) into this song was her emotional acoustic American Idol performance of this. It’s super powerful! The original is great too! I never really knew about her background with her father before this. The song is definitely brave. Her songs about her husband Brandon (this and the lighter Winter Dreams on her Christmas album) are really sweet! ❤

NUMBER 12: Pentatonix Hallelujah (Cover)

Released: October 12, 2016

The best song on the newest Pentatonix Christmas album and the best/most beautiful cover of this song I’ve heard! It’s so soothing! Pentatonix in general need more recognition, because we basically have a capella heaven over here!

NUMBER 11: Nick Jonas Chainsaw

Released: June 10, 2016

During the Future Now tour, Nick directly said that this song was a result of Demi telling him he needed to be more vulnerable! THANK YOU DEMI! Nick gets quite aggressive after a breakup doesn’t he? It’s an incredible song though, and I loved seeing it on tour with him sitting there playing piano, singing his heart out! Is this his attempt to equal Demi’s Stone Cold? I’ll take it!

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WE’RE AT THE TOP 10!!!!!

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Aren’t you just DYING to know what I’ll pick! Keep looking further!!


NUMBER 10: Shawn Mendes Mercy

Released: October 18, 2016

More soulful then anyone would ever expect from Shawn! DAAAAMMNNN! He sure made a masterpiece out of this breakup! And the live version?? DAMNNNNN, THAT’S AN ARTIST FOR YOU!!!

NUMBER 9: Alessia Cara Scars To Your Beautiful

Released: July 26 2016 (Single)

This one is so perfect! It’s another inspirational “don’t change who you are” type song, but I have respect for those! However, that chant in the bridge is kind of a new one by standards of today! “We’re stars and we’re beautiful!”

NUMBER 8: Daya Sit Still, Look Pretty

Released: March 29, 2016

THIS FREAKING FEMALE EMPOWERMENT BOP!!!! Here’s one I never got sick of on the radio! I like how she recycles the Sit Still, Look Pretty notion from history and did a whole song about how girls are worth more than that! We’re the Queens not people to be manipulated by men and society! Plus HER VOICE IS SO COOL!!

NUMBER 7: Fifth Harmony Write On Me

Released: May 27, 2016

I love the idea of a S.O. becoming part of your personal story after you start dating. It’s beautiful and a really interesting song concept. Plus this song just is really so chill and it makes me feel happy. (until I remember they seemed really cute and close with each other while performing it and it was Camila’s favorite song on the 7/27 album and *cries* CAMILA!)

NUMBER 6: Ariana Grande Into You 

Released: May 6, 2016 (single)

I’m unapologetic about the amount of Ariana Grande on this list! She is the QUEEN of my countdown this year, and just an all around pop QUEEN in general!

THIS SUPER LIT, LOVE JAM AND ONE OF THE BEST POP SONGS OF THE YEAR (maybe of the last few years!) WAS UNDER CREDITED PARTIALLY BECAUSE THE INFERIOR SIDE TO SIDE WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE TOO EARLY!

No, what makes you think that I’m kind of bitter about that?

I also love how it just BUILDS/LIGHTS right the hell up!!! SLAY ARIANAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

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THE TOP 5 BEST SONGS RELEASED IN 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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NUMBER 5:  Beyonce Formation

Released: February 6, 2016

One of the most ICONIC 2016 jams, surely!!  That springboard beat is sure as hell original! Boast about those origins QUEEN! Gather your ladies in formation and WORK IT at the freaking Super Bowl BECAUSE YOU SLAY!! BEYONCE!!

And if anyone does her wrong (like Jay Z again, but the Lemonade album should have that fixed for good!), she does have Hot Sauce in her bag. #SWAG

NUMBER 4 Demi Lovato Body Say

Released: July 1, 2016

DANA, YOU PUT YOUR QUEEN/EVERYTHING IN ONLY FOURTH?!?!

I know, I know, I’m trying to keep things as balanced and fair as I possibly can and stick to just the music itself!

Since I couldn’t have Demi’s (ANTICIPATED AF!!) 6th album in 2016, a buzz single sexier than any song she’s ever released (lowkey porn?) will DEFINITELY satisfy some needs! I saw it live too! RIP ME!

Yeah….I hate it, but it might have been a good thing that this didn’t have a music video.

What else do you want?? You have, CATCHY AF, SEXY AF, REPLAY VALUE, AND DEMI LOVATO!!! (That cover though!!)

This was the song most played on my Spotify this year…… #LovaticProblems #OMG

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THE TOP

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NOT THAT TOP! Twenty One Pilots released great stuff this year, sorry I didn’t put them on the countdown!

THE REAL TOP

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I GIVE UP!!!

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NUMBER 3: Fifth Harmony That’s My Girl

Released: September 27, 2016 (single)

I basically went from LOVING this song to full-on STANNING it! I will sing it randomly at any time! It’s SO DAMN FUN and it’s SUCH AN EMPOWERING ANTHEM! THOSE HORNS FREAKING MEAN BUSINESS!!! And I REALLY LIVE FOR NORMANI’S RAP! If you’re feeling me (hope you are!!) PUT YOUR FIVE HIGH!

NUMBER 2: Lady Gaga Million Reasons 

Released: November 8, 2016

It’s BEAUTIFUL! I was hooked the moment I heard it on Carpool Karaoke! The fact that this and You And I are my favorite Gaga songs, proves I love her going country-pop. Super amazing, and the power of her vocals is distributed in all of the right places!

THE NUMBER 1 BEST SONG RELEASED IN 2016!:
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Rihanna Love On The Brain

Released: September 27, 2016 (Single)

OMFG RHIANNA HAS GREAT STUFF AND I THINK THIS IS HER GREATEST! I was blown away when I first saw her doing this on the Billboard music awards! FAVE PERFORMANCE OF THAT NIGHT FOR SURE! I think Demi Lovato would do an EPIC cover of it too! Can that happen?  A 60s style ballad with great vocals! I It’s definitely my winner this year for a reason!!

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You gotta love how Rihanna both started and finished my countdown this year! It’s nice and neat like!!


That about does it for my little blog this year! Here’s to my New New years tradition! Here’s to a 2017 filled with more REALLY PHENOMINAL music and, hopefully more happy pop culture news then some of the shit that went down in 2016! I really want to make DOPC bigger and better in the future because right now, it may be more of a speck on the internet then even a drop, but it’s special to me!

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND AS A GIFT, HERE’S A SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF THIS ENTIRE (Except Big Bad Wolf, couldn’t find that!) COUNTDOWN! Consider ending the year (or just chilling and celebrating music of 2016) with it!

BYE! ❤ 🙂

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