Top 100 Social Distancing and Quarantine Songs: Isolation, Lockdown, Survival, and Staying-Home Playlist Social distancing and quarantine songs became a strange little pop-culture category during the COVID-19 era. Some songs were written directly about lockdowns, isolation, anxiety, distance, and trying to stay hopeful. Others were older songs that suddenly sounded brand new because their titles […]
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Rock and Roll Songs with Guns: Stories, Warnings, Protest Songs, and Pop-Culture Firepower Rock and roll songs with guns can be tricky territory. Some songs use guns as symbols of danger, power, revenge, fear, war, crime, or old Western storytelling. Others are warnings, protest songs, cautionary tales, or dark character studies. A few use gun
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2019 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics2019 music was a streaming-era snapshot of pop, hip-hop, country crossover, Latin music, dance-pop, soundtrack hits, viral songs, and moodier alternative pop. Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, and Lewis Capaldi all
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2018 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2018 music was a streaming-era mix of pop, hip-hop, country crossover, Latin music, EDM, alternative pop, movie soundtracks, and viral favorites. Ed Sheeran, Drake, Camila Cabello, Post Malone, Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Travis Scott, Maroon 5, Imagine Dragons, Ariana Grande, and Kendrick Lamar helped define a
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2017 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics2017 music was a major streaming-era year, with pop, hip-hop, Latin crossover, EDM, country-pop, R&B, alternative rock, and soundtrack-adjacent hits all competing for space. Ed Sheeran, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Migos, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Dua Lipa, and Imagine
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2006 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Top 10 Songs of 2016 Closer – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey Heathens – Twenty One Pilots Sorry – Justin Bieber Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake Cake by the Ocean – DNCE Stitches – Shawn Mendes This Is What You Came For – Calvin
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2015 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2015 music was a big mix of pop, funk revival, EDM, hip-hop, R&B, country crossover, alternative rock, movie songs, and viral dance hits. Walk the Moon, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Selena Gomez, Fetty Wap, Major Lazer, Rachel
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2014 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics2014 music was a big, bright mix of pop, hip-hop, EDM, movie songs, alternative rock, country crossover, and viral novelty hits. Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams, Iggy Azalea, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Sia, Idina Menzel, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, and Nicki Minaj helped define
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150 Inspirational Songs and Happy Music: Feel-Good Hits, Uplifting Anthems, and Positive Playlist FavoritesInspirational songs and happy music can change the whole atmosphere of a room. A bright chorus, a hopeful lyric, a danceable beat, or a familiar singalong can help lift a mood, energize a crowd, or make a tough day feel a little
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2012 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2012 music was a huge year for viral hits, dance-pop, EDM, country crossover, indie-folk, hip-hop, and big emotional ballads. PSY, Carly Rae Jepsen, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, fun., Rihanna, Adele, Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Gotye, Kimbra, and David Guetta helped define a year
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2011 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2011 music was a loud, glossy mix of dance-pop, EDM, hip-hop, pop-rock, country crossover, alternative rock, and emotional ballads. LMFAO, Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Adele, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Pitbull, Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys, and Foster the People
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2010 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2010 music was loud, bright, digital, and built for the party-pop era. Katy Perry, Rihanna, Ke$ha, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Train, and David Guetta helped shape a year where pop radio leaned heavily into dance beats,
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Sexy Songs of the 2000s: Mainstream Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop, Dance, Country, and Rock Hits The 2000s were not shy. Pop radio, MTV, VH1, BET, CMT, dance clubs, ringtone charts, and early YouTube all helped turn flirtatious, suggestive, and sensual songs into massive mainstream hits. Some were smooth. Some were playful. Some were dramatic. Some were
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2009 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2009 music was a loud, glossy mix of dance-pop, electropop, hip-hop, pop-rock, country crossover, TV soundtrack moments, and internet-friendly novelty hits. The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Jay Sean, Pitbull, Owl City, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kanye West, and Katy Perry helped define
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2008 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2008 music was a packed mix of dance-pop, R&B, hip-hop, pop-rock, country crossover, emo-pop, Disney Channel favorites, and early viral dance songs. Beyoncé, Flo Rida, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Kanye West, Coldplay, Kings of Leon, T.I., and Lady Gaga helped
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2007 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2007 music was a ringtone-era mix of hip-hop, pop, R&B, emo-pop, country crossover, dance songs, Disney Channel favorites, and big radio ballads. Rihanna, Fergie, Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani, Akon, Soulja Boy, Carrie Underwood, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, Timbaland, Taylor Swift, and Fall Out Boy helped
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2006 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Top 10 Songs of 2006 Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean SexyBack – Justin Timberlake Irreplaceable – Beyoncé Everytime We Touch – Cascada Temperature – Sean Paul Get Up – Ciara featuring Chamillionaire We’re All in This Together – High School Musical Cast
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2005 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2005 music was a colorful mix of pop, hip-hop, R&B, rock, pop-punk, Latin crossover, country, movie songs, and internet novelty hits. Gwen Stefani, The Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Daddy Yankee, Akon, and The Pussycat
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2004 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2004 music was a heavy mix of crunk, hip-hop, R&B, pop-rock, country crossover, dancehall, teen pop, and alternative rock. Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris, Britney Spears, Ciara, Maroon 5, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Green Day, Linkin Park, Gretchen Wilson, Outkast, Beyoncé, and Nelly helped define a
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2003 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2003 music was a busy mix of hip-hop, R&B, pop, pop-punk, alternative rock, country crossover, dancehall, and early-2000s soundtrack favorites. Beyoncé, Jay-Z, OutKast, 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Sean Paul, Kelly Clarkson, Missy Elliott, Coldplay, Evanescence, Good Charlotte, and Michelle Branch helped define a
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2002 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2002 music was a crossover-heavy mix of pop, hip-hop, R&B, rock, country, dance music, Latin pop, and soundtrack hits. Kelly Clarkson, Nelly, Avril Lavigne, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, No Doubt, Sean Paul, Ashanti, Pink, Linkin Park, Michelle Branch, and John Mayer helped define a year
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2001 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2001 music was a transitional mix of pop, hip-hop, R&B, dance music, rock, country, teen pop, movie soundtrack songs, and early internet-era favorites. Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil’ Kim, Mýa, *NSYNC, Usher, Shaggy, Nelly, Destiny’s Child, Daft Punk, Shakira, Alicia Keys, Lifehouse, Train, Nickelback, and Janet
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2000 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2000 music was a turn-of-the-millennium mix of teen pop, pop-punk, country crossover, hip-hop, R&B, Latin pop, alternative rock, dance hits, and TRL-era radio favorites. Britney Spears, NSYNC, Destiny’s Child, Eminem, Bon Jovi, Faith Hill, Creed, Nelly, Christina Aguilera, Baha Men, and Lonestar all helped shape
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1999 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 1999 music was a last-call-for-the-decade mix of teen pop, adult contemporary, Latin pop, hip-hop, R&B, swing revival, alternative rock, movie soundtrack songs, and dance music. Aerosmith, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Ricky Martin, Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Brandy, Monica, Will Smith, Lauryn Hill, Madonna, Alanis Morissette, and
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Sexy Songs of the 1990s: 69 Mainstream Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop, Dance, and Rock Hits The 1990s had a very specific way of making sexy songs sound mainstream. A slow jam could play at a school dance, a pop ballad could hide very grown-up lyrics behind a giant chorus, and an R&B hit could become a
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About 90s Music: Grunge, Hip-Hop, R&B, Teen Pop, Dance Hits, Alternative Rock, Britpop, Soundtracks, and Songs That Defined the DecadeMusic of the 1990s was a wild handoff between old-school radio, MTV, CDs, mixtapes, mall culture, alternative rock, hip-hop, R&B, teen pop, dance music, and the first hints of the internet age. The decade started with
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1998 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 1998 music was a colorful mix of teen pop, Latin pop, alternative rock, adult contemporary, hip-hop, R&B, country-pop, dance music, and movie soundtrack favorites. Smash Mouth, Shania Twain, Ricky Martin, Santana, Cher, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, TLC, Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Goo Goo Dolls, Sarah
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1997 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 1997 music was a wonderfully crowded mix of dance-pop, hip-hop, R&B, alternative rock, ska revival, country crossover, adult contemporary, movie soundtrack songs, and novelty party hits. Aqua, Spice Girls, Usher, Puff Daddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Hanson, Sugar Ray, Third Eye Blind, LeAnn Rimes, Sarah McLachlan,
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1996 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Top 10 Songs of 1996 Macarena – Los Del Rio Grease Megamix – Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta Maria – Ricky Martin California Love – 2Pac Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion Champagne Supernova – Oasis I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan Sweet
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1995 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 1995 music was a wide-open mix of pop, R&B, hip-hop, alternative rock, grunge, country, dance music, movie soundtrack songs, and novelty hits. Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, TLC, Coolio, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Alanis Morissette, Shania Twain, Hootie & the Blowfish, Selena, Seal, and Dave
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