Showing posts with label top 50 songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label top 50 songs. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Rihanna: Top 50 Songs

Rihanna

Top 50 Songs

Born February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as Rihanna, has become one of the biggest pop singers of all time with 14 #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On February 11, 2023, she performed at the Super Bowl halftime show.

For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

Spotify Podcast:

Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode The Best of Rihanna, 2005-2022 based on this list. Premiere: February 14, 2023 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

Awards:

Top 50 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Umbrella (with Jay-Z, 2007) #1 US, UK, CN, AU
2. We Found Love (with Calvin Harris, 2011) #1 US, RR, UK, CN
3. Love the Way You Lie (with Eminem, 2010) #1 US, RR, CN, AU
4. Work with Drake, 2016) #1 US, RB, CN
5. Only Girl in the World (2010) #1 US, RR, UK, CN, AU
6. Diamonds (2012) #1 US, RB, UK, CN
7. Disturbia (2008) #1 US, RB, RR

DMDB Top 2%:

8. The Monster (with Eminem, 2013) #1 US, RR, RB, UK, CN, AU
9. Live Your Life (with T.I., 2008) #1 US, RR
10. Don’t Stop the Music (2007) #1 AU
11. Take a Bow (2008) #1 US, RR, RB, UK, CN
12. Stay (with Mikky Ekko, 2012) #1 RR, CN
13. This Is What You Came For (with Calvin Harris, 2016) #1 CN, AU

DMDB Top 5%:

14. S.O.S. (Rescue Me) (2006) #1 US, RR, CN, AU
15. Rude Boy (2010) #1 US, AU
16. Wild Thoughts (with DJ Khaled & Bryson Tiller, 2017) #1 RB, UK
17. What’s My Name? (with Drake, 2010) #1 US, UK
18. S&M (2010) #1 US, RR, CN, AU
19. Four Five Seconds (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney, 2015) #1 RB, AU
20. Needed Me (2016) #1 RB
21. Pon De Replay (2005)

DMDB Top 10%:

22. Unfaithful (2006) #1 CN
23. Love on the Brain (2016)
24. Where Have You Been (2011)
25. Too Good (with Drake, 2016)
26. All of the Lights (with Kanye West & Drake, 2010)
27. Take Care (with Drake, 2011)
28. Bitch Better Have My Money (2015)
29. Lift Me Up (2022) #1 RB
30. Run This Town (with Jay-Z & Kanye West, 2009) #1 UK

31. Hate That I Love You (with Ne-Yo, 2007)
32. Russian Roulette (2009)
33. Shut Up and Drive (2007)
34. Loyalty (with Kendrick Lamar, 2017)

DMDB Top 20%:

35. Can’t Remember to Forget You (with Shakira, 2014)
36. Lemon (with N*E*R*D, 2017)
37. Pour It Up (2013)
38. California King Bed (2011)
39. Rehab (with Justin Timberlake, 2008)
40. Cheers (Drink to That) (2010)

41. You Da One (2011)
42. Hard (with Jeezy, 2009)
43. If I Never See Your Face Again (with Matchbox 20, 2008)
44. Man Down (2011)
45. Who’s That Chick? (with David Guetta, 2010)
46. Princess of China (with Coldplay, 2011)
47. Kiss It Better (2016)
48. Te Amo (2010)
49. What Now (2013)
50. Fly (with Nicki Minaj, 2010)

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First posted 2/20/2017; updated 2/14/2023.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Top 50 Songs of 2021

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2021

These are the top 50 songs of 2021 based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from more than 30 year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

Check out Dave’s Music Database podcast: The Top 20 songs of 2021 based on this list.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License”
  2. The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay”
  3. Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak) “Leave the Door Open”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  4. Adele “Easy on Me”
  5. Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
  6. Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U”
  7. Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches”
  8. BTS “Butter”
  9. Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits”
  10. Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow “Industry Baby”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  11. Elton John with Dua Lipa “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)”
  12. Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
  13. Doja Cat with SZA “Kiss Me More”
  14. Taylor Swift “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”
  15. Polo G “Rapstar”
  16. Encanto Cast (Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, et al) “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
  17. Gayle “abcdefu”
  18. Doja Cat “Woman”
  19. Cardi B “Up”
  20. Doja Cat “Need to Know”

  21. Billie Eilish “Happier Than Ever”
  22. Coldplay with BTS “My Universe”
  23. Lil Tjay with 6lack “Calling My Phone”
  24. Imagine Dragons with JID “Enemy”
  25. Doja Cat & the Weeknd “You Right”
  26. Morgan Wallen “Wasted on You”
  27. Ed Sheeran “Shivers”
  28. Olivia Rodrigo “Traitor”

    DMDB Top 10%:

  29. Saweetie with Doja Cat “Best Friend”
  30. Nicky Youre & Dazy “Sunroof”

  31. Latto “Big Energy”
  32. Megan Thee Stallion “Thot Shit”
  33. Maroon 5 with Megan Thee Stallion “Beautiful Mistakes”
  34. Drake “What’s Next”
  35. Kacey Musgraves “Justified”
  36. Drake with Future & Young Thug “Way 2 Sexy”
  37. BTS “Permission to Dance”
  38. Marshmello with the Jonas Brothers “Leave Before You Love Me”
  39. Billie Eilish “Your Power”
  40. The Weeknd “Take My Breath”

  41. Justin Bieber “Ghost”
  42. Justin Bieber “Anyone”
  43. Adele “Oh My God”
  44. Olivia Rodrigo “Déjà Vu”
  45. Farruko “Pepas”
  46. Baby Keem with Kendrick Lamar “Family Ties”

    DMDB Top 20%:

  47. Coldplay “Higher Power”
  48. Doja Cat “Get Into It (Yuh)”
  49. Imagine Dragons “Follow You”

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First posted 12/26/2021; last updated 1/17/2023.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

The Top 50 Heavy Metal Songs

Heavy Metal:

Top 50 Songs

Heavy metal is rooted in the hard rock of the late ‘60s and ‘70s, most often attributed to Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin, who all got their start in England in 1968. Distortion, extended guitar solos, and overall loudness characterized the genre and the lyrics are often stereotyped as having Satanic themes.

However one defines the genre, here are the top 50 heavy metal songs as determined by aggregating 32 best-of lists. Those songs appearing on 7 or more lists were then re-ranked based on overall points in Dave’s Music Database.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (1970)
2. AC/DC “Back in Black” (1980)
3. Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
4. Metallica “Enter Sandman” (1991)
5. Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water” (1973)
6. Metallica “One” (1988)
7. AC/DC “Highway to Hell” (1979)
8. Kiss “Rock and Roll All Nite” (1975)
9. Ozzy Osbourne “Crazy Train” (1980)
10. Guns N’ Roses “Paradise City” (1987)

11. Black Sabbath “Iron Man” (1970)
12. Scorpions “Rock You Like a Hurricane” (1984)
13. Van Halen “Runnin’ with the Devil” (1978)
14. Motörhead “Ace of Spades” (1980)
15. Metallica “Master of Puppets” (1988)
16. Black Sabbath “War Pigs” (1970)
17. Judas Priest “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” (1982)
18. Judas Priest “Breaking the Law” (1980)
19. Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills” (1982)
20. Kiss “Detroit Rock City” (1976)

21. AC/DC “Hells Bells” (1980)
22. Iron Maiden “Hallowed Be Thy Name” (1982)
23. Quiet Riot “Bang Your Head (Metal Health)” (1983)
24. Whitesnake “Still of the Night” (1987)
25. Iron Maiden “The Number of the Beast” (1982)
26. Dio “Holy Diver” (1983)
27. Black Sabbath “Black Sabbath” (1970)
28. Iron Maiden “The Trooper” (1983)
29. Deep Purple “Highway Star” (1972)
30. Megadeth “Symphony of Destruction” (1992)

31. Dio “Rainbow in the Dark” (1983)
32. Ozzy Osbourne “Mr. Crowley” (1980)
33. Megadeth “Peace Sells” (1986)
34. Metallica “Fade to Black” (1984)
35. Judas Priest “Painkiller” (1990)
36. Pantera “Walk” (1992)
37. Megadeth “Holy Wars…The Punishment Due” (1990)
38. Slayer “Raining Blood” (1986)
39. Megadeth “Hangar 18” (1990)
40. Metallica “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (1984)

41. Pantera “Cowboys from Hell” (1990)
42. Judas Priest “The Hellion/Electric Eye” (1982)
43. Black Sabbath “Heaven and Hell” (1980)
44. Black Sabbath “Children of the Grave” (1971)
45. Rainbow “Stargazer” (1976)
46. Slayer “Angel of Death” (1986)
47. Accept “Balls to the Wall” (1983)
48. Iron Maiden “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (1984)
49. Iron Maiden “Fear of the Dark” (1992)
50. Diamond Head “Am I Evil?” (1980)

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First posted 1/24/2018; last updated 5/11/2021.

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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Top 50 Songs of 2020

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2020

These are the top 50 songs of 2020 based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Glass Animals “Heat Waves”
  2. Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  3. The Weeknd with Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears”
  4. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood”
  5. Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
  6. BTS “Dynamite”
  7. DaBaby with Roddy Ricch “Rockstar”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  8. Chris Brown with Young Thug “Go Crazy”
  9. Jawsh 685 with Jason Derulo “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)”
  10. Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande “Rain on Me”

  11. Future with Drake “Life Is Good”
  12. Ariana Grande “Positions”
  13. Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage”
  14. Justin Bieber with Quavo “Intentions”
  15. Wizkid with Justin Bieber & Tems “Essence”
  16. The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus “Without You”
  17. Taylor Swift “Cardigan”
  18. Tate McRae “You Broke Me First”
  19. Billie Eilish “Therefore I Am”
  20. Taylor Swift “Willow”

  21. Ava Max “Kings & Queens”
  22. Ariana Grande with Justin Bieber “Stuck with U”
  23. Eminem with Juice Wrld “Godzilla”
  24. Twenty One Pilots “Level of Concern”
  25. Justin Bieber with Benny Blanco “Lonely”
  26. Juice Wrld with Marshmello “Come & Go”
  27. Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones”
  28. Ariana Grande “34+35”
  29. Dua Lipa “Break My Heart”
  30. Luke Combs “Forever After All”

  31. Drake “Toosie Slide”
  32. AJR “Bang!”

    DMDB Top 10%:

  33. Justin Bieber “Yummy”
  34. SZA “Good Days”
  35. Pop Smoke “What You Know Bout Love”
  36. Justin Bieber with Chance the Rapper “Holy”
  37. Drake with Lil Durk “Laugh Now Cry Later”
  38. The Scotts (Travis Scott & Kid Cudi) “The Scotts”
  39. BTS “Life Goes On”
  40. DJ Khaled with Drake “Popstar”

  41. Powfu with beabadoobee “Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)”
  42. 6ix9ine with Nicki Minaj “Trollz”
  43. Lady Gaga “Stupid Love”
  44. Giveon “Heartbreak Anniversary”
  45. Internet Money with Don Toliver & Nav “Lemonade”
  46. JP Saxe with Julia Michaels “If the World Was Ending”
  47. Jonas Brothers “What a Man Gotta Do”
  48. Beyoncé “Black Parade”
  49. The Killers “Caution”
  50. Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”

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First posted 12/26/2021; last updated 1/17/2023.

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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Top 50 Songs of 2019

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2019

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”
  2. Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”
  3. Shawn Mendes with Camila Cabello “Señorita”
  4. Ariana Grande “7 Rings”
  5. Post Malone “Circles”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  6. Tones and I “Dance Monkey”
  7. Jonas Brothers “Sucker”
  8. Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now”
  9. Roddy Ricch “The Box”
  10. Ed Sheeran with Justin Bieber “I Don’t Care”

  11. Harry Styles “Watermelon Sugar”
  12. Gabby Barrett with Charlie Puth “I Hope”
  13. Maroon 5 “Memories”
  14. Doja Cat “Say So”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  15. Khalid “Talk”
  16. Billie Eilish “Everything I Wanted”
  17. Harry Styles “Adore You”
  18. Maren Morris “The Bones”
  19. Sam Smith with Normani “Dancing with a Stranger”
  20. Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber “10,000 Hours”

  21. Chris Brown with Drake “No Guidance”
  22. Lewis Capaldi “Before You Go”
  23. Taylor Swift “You Need to Calm Down”
  24. Travis Scott “Highest in the Room”
  25. Lil Tecca “Ran$om”
  26. Arizona Zervas “Roxanne”
  27. Selena Gomez “Lose You to Love Me”
  28. Taylor Swift with Brendon Urie “Me!”
  29. J. Cole “Middle Child”
  30. Masked Wolf “Astronaut in the Ocean”

    DMDB Top 10%:

  31. The Black Keys “Lo/Hi”
  32. Blackbear “Hot Girl Bummer”
  33. The Weeknd “Heartless”
  34. Taylor Swift “Lover”
  35. Polo G with Lil Tjay “Pop Out”
  36. Post Malone with Young Thug “Goodbyes”
  37. Cardi B with Bruno Mars “Please Me”
  38. Lil Nas X “Panini”
  39. Juice Wrld “Robbery”
  40. Blanco Brown “The Git Up”

  41. Camila Cabello with DaBaby “My Oh My”
  42. Ed Sheeran with Khalid “Beautiful People”
  43. Kygo with Whitney Houston “Higher Love”
  44. Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall”
  45. Blake Shelton “God’s Country”
  46. The Black Keys “Go”
  47. The Lumineers “Gloria”
  48. DaBaby “Suge”
  49. Jonas Brothers “Only Human”
  50. Shawn Mendes “If I Can’t Have You”
  51. Tyler the Creator “Earfquake”

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First posted 12/26/2021; last updated 1/17/2023.

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Monday, December 31, 2018

Top 50 Songs of 2018

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2018

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
  2. Drake “God’s Plan”
  3. Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow”
  4. Drake “In My Feelings”
  5. Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next”
  6. Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved”
  7. Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  8. Drake “Nice for What”
  9. Zedd with Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle”
  10. Cardi B with Bad Bunny & J. Balvin “I Like It”

  11. Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes”
  12. Halsey “Without Me”
  13. Childish Gambino “This Is America”
  14. Travis Scott with Drake “Sicko Mode”
  15. 5 Seconds of Summer “Youngblood”
  16. Marshmello with Bastille “Happier”
  17. Post Malone with Ty Dolla $ign “Psycho”
  18. Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  19. XXXtentacion “Sad!”
  20. Benny Blanco with Halsey & Khalid “Eastside”

  21. Dan + Shay “Tequila”
  22. Calvin Harris with Dua Lipa “One Kiss”
  23. Post Malone “Better Now”
  24. Post Malone “Wow.”
  25. Ariana Grande “No Tears Left to Cry”
  26. Marshmello with Anne-Marie “Friends”
  27. Ella Mai “Boo’d Up”
  28. Imagine Dragons “Natural”
  29. Dean Lewis “Be Alright”
  30. Lil Baby with Gunna “Drip Too Hard”

  31. Ava Max “Sweet But Psycho”
  32. Kendrick Lamar with SZA “All the Stars”
  33. Shawn Mendes “In My Blood”
  34. Dan + Shay “Speechless”
  35. Trevor Daniel “Falling”
  36. Khalid “Better”
  37. Lil Baby with Drake “Yes Indeed”
  38. Khalid & Normani “Love Lies”

    DMDB Top 10%:

  39. Kodak Black with Travis Scott & Offset “Zeze”
  40. Morgan Wallen “Whiskey Glasses”

  41. XXXtentacion “Moonlight”
  42. Drake “Nonstop”
  43. Lauv “I Like Me Better”
  44. Mumford & Sons “Guiding Light”
  45. Tyga with Offset “Taste”
  46. Janelle Monáe “Make Me Feel”
  47. Shaed “Trampoline”
  48. DJ Snake with Selena Gomez & Cardi B “Taki Taki”
  49. The Weeknd “Call Out My Name”
  50. 21 Savage with J. Cole “A Lot”

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First posted 12/26/2021; last updated 1/17/2023.

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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Top 50 Songs of 2017

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2017

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”
  2. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito”
  3. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect”
  4. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You”
  5. Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana”
  6. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar”
  7. The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This”
  8. Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”
  9. Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)”
  10. Kendrick Lamar “Humble”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  11. Lizzo “Truth Hurts”
  12. Portugal.the Man “Feel It Still”
  13. Imagine Dragons “Thunder”
  14. Imagine Dragons “Believer”
  15. DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, & Lil Wayne “I’m the One”
  16. Sam Hunt “Body Like a Back Road”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  17. Dua Lipa “New Rules”
  18. Taylor Swift “Look What You Made Me Do”
  19. Charlie Puth “Attention”
  20. DJ Khaled with Rihanna & Bryson Tiller “Wild Thoughts”

  21. Lil Uzi Vert “XO Tour Llif3”
  22. Logic with Alessia Cara & Khalid “1-800-273-8255”
  23. Future “Mask Off”
  24. Harry Styles “Sign of the Times”
  25. Sam Smith “Too Good at Goodbyes”
  26. French Montana & Swae Lee “Unforgettable”
  27. NF “Let You Down”
  28. Ed Sheeran “Castle on the Hill”
  29. Taylor Swift “Delicate”
  30. Demi Lovato “Sorry Not Sorry”

  31. Imagine Dragons “Whatever It Takes”
  32. Camila Cabello “Never Be the Same”
  33. Zedd with Alessia Cara “Stay”
  34. Keala Settle & the Greatest Showman Cast “This Is Me”
  35. Julia Michaels “Issues”
  36. Måneskin “Beggin’”
  37. Brandi Carlile “The Joke”
  38. Kendrick Lamar “DNA”
  39. Lorde “Green Light”
  40. Khalid “Location”

  41. Khalid “Young, Dumb & Broke”
  42. G-Eazy with Halsey “Him & I”
  43. G-Eazy with A$AP Rocky & Cardi B “No Limit”
  44. Bazzi “Mine”
  45. Niall Horan “Slow Hands”
  46. U2 “You’re the Best Thing About Me”
  47. Arcade Fire “Everything Now”
  48. Beck “Up All Night”
  49. Kendrick Lamar with Zacari “Love”
  50. Taylor Swift “Ready for It?”

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Thursday, December 31, 2015

The Top 50 Songs of 2015

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2015

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Adele “Hello”
  2. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again”
  3. The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face”
  4. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
  5. Justin Bieber “Sorry”
  6. The Weeknd “The Hills”
  7. Drake “Hotline Bling”
  8. Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?”
  9. Lukas Graham “7 Years”
  10. Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out”

  11. Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  12. Major Lazer with DJ Snake & MØ “Lean On”
  13. Ellie Goulding “Love Me Like You Do”
  14. Shawn Mendes “Stitches”
  15. Desiigner “Panda”
  16. Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man”
  17. Twenty One Pilots “Ride”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  18. Mike Posner “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”
  19. Disturbed “The Sound of Silence”
  20. X Ambassadors “Renegades”

  21. Jason Derulo “Want to Want Me”
  22. Little Big Town “Girl Crush”
  23. Rihanna with Kanye West & Paul McCartney “Four Five Seconds”
  24. Alan Walker “Faded”
  25. Coldplay with Beyoncé “Hymn for the Weekend”
  26. Chris Stapleton “Tennessee Whiskey”
  27. Rachel Platten “Fight Song”
  28. DNCE “Cake by the Ocean”
  29. Alessia Cara “Scars to Your Beautiful”
  30. Flo Rida “My House”

  31. Alessia Cara “Here”
  32. David Bowie “Lazarus”
  33. Adele “Send My Love to Your New Lover”
  34. The Chainsmokers with Rozes “Roses”
  35. Skrillex with Diplo & Justin Bieber “Where Are Ü Now”
  36. Kendrick Lamar “Alright”
  37. Coldplay “Adventure of a Lifetime”
  38. Calvin Harris & Disciples “How Deep Is Your Love”
  39. Beck “Dreams”
  40. G-Eazy with Bebe Rexha “Me, Myself & I”

  41. Charlie Puth & Meghan Trainor “Marvin Gaye”
  42. Selena Gomez with A$AP Rocky “Good for You”
  43. Mumford & Sons “Believe”
  44. David Bowie “Blackstar”
  45. Adele “When We Were Young”
  46. Andy Grammar “Honey I’m Good”
  47. Meghan Trainor & John Legend “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”
  48. Post Malone “White Iverson”
  49. Kendrick Lamar “King Kunta”
  50. Sam Hunt “Take Your Time”

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First posted 12/26/2021; last updated 1/17/2023.

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Whitney Houston: Top 50 Songs

Whitney Houston would have been 50 years old today. Here are her top 50 songs according to the DMDB. The list was originally posted on the blog on February 12, 2012 (In Memory of Whitney Houston. As with most DMDB lists, rankings are determined by chart stats, sales figures, airplay, ranking in the overall DMDB (which aggregates all-time best-of lists), and an aggregate of best-of lists focused just on Whitney Houston songs.

1. I Will Always Love You (1992)
2. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (1987)
3. How Will I Know (1985)
4. Greatest Love of All (1986)
5. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (1995)

Check out a vocal-only version here to see just how astonishing her singing was when the
“’80s dance-pop cheese” was stripped away.

6. Saving All My Love for You (1985)
7. Didn’t We Almost Have It All (1987)
8. I’m Your Baby Tonight (1990)
9. All the Man I Need (1990)
10. I Have Nothing (1993)

11. Where Do Broken Hearts Go (1988)
12. So Emotional (1987)
13. I’m Every Woman (1993)
14. When You Believe (with Mariah Carey, 1998)
15. You Give Good Love (1985)

16. It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay (1999)
17. One Moment in Time (1988)
18. Run to You (1993)
19. I Believe in You and Me (1996)
20. My Love Is Your Love (1999)

21. Heartbreak Hotel (with Faith Evans & Kelly Price, 1998)
22. Love Will Save the Day (1988)
23. Step by Step (1996)
24. Count on Me (with CeCe Winans, 1996)
25. Miracle (1990)

26. My Name Is Not Susan (1991)
27. Hold Me (with Teddy Pendergrass, 1984)
28. The Star Spangled Banner (live, 1991)
29. Why Does It Hurt So Bad? (1996)
30. I Learned from the Best (1999)

31. Queen of the Night (1993)
32. Could I Have This Kiss Forever (with Enrique Iglesias, 2000)
33. It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be (with Aretha Franklin, 1989)
34. I Look to You (2009)
35. All at Once (1985)

36. If I Told You That (with George Michael, 2000)
37. Million Dollar Bill (2009)
38. Something in Common (with Bobby Brown, 1992)
39. Try It on My Own (2003)
40. Same Script, Different Class (with Deborah Cox, 2000)

41. Fine (2000)
42. One of Those Days (2002)
43. If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful (with Jermaine Jackson, 1986)
44. My Heart Is Calling (1997)
45. I Belong to You (1991)

46. Whatchulookinat (2002)
47. We Didn’t Know (with Stevie Wonder, 1992)
48. Look into Your Heart (1994)
49. One Wish for Christmas (2003)
50. I Didn’t Know My Own Strength (2009)

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Friday, December 31, 2010

The Top 50 Songs of 2010

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2010

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
  2. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)”
  3. Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie”
  4. Katy Perry “Firework”
  5. Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg “California Gurls”
  6. Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)”
  7. Bruno Mars “Grenade”
  8. Rihanna “Only Girl in the World”
  9. Taio Cruz “Dynamite”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  10. Usher with will.i.am. “OMG”

  11. Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks”
  12. Eminem “Not Afraid”
  13. Katy Perry with Kanye West “E.T.”
  14. Pink “Raise Your Glass”
  15. Justin Bieber with Ludacris “Baby”
  16. Katy Perry “Teenage Dream”
  17. Usher with Pitbull “DJ Got Us Falling in Love”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  18. B.o.B. with Bruno Mars “Nothin’ on You”
  19. AWOL Nation “Sail”
  20. Katy Perry “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”

  21. The Band Perry “If I Die Young”
  22. Rihanna with Drake “What’s My Name?”
  23. Black Eyed Peas “The Time (Dirty Bit)”
  24. B.o.B. with Hayley Williams “Airplanes”
  25. Rihanna with Britney Spears “S & M”
  26. Kanye West with Pusha T “Runaway”
  27. Bruno Mars “The Lazy Song”
  28. Ellie Goulding “Lights”
  29. Miranda Lambert “The House That Built Me”
  30. Christina Perri “Jar of Hearts”

  31. Wiz Khalifa “Black and Yellow”
  32. Robyn “Dancing on My Own”
  33. Michael Franti & Spearhead “The Sound of Sunshine”
  34. Flo Rida with David Guetta “Club Can’t Handle Me”
  35. Taylor Swift “Mine”
  36. Ke$ha “We R Who We R”
  37. Bruno Mars “Marry You”
  38. Katy Perry “The One That Got Away”
  39. Far East Movement with Cataracs & Dev “Like a G6”
  40. Pink “Fuckin’ Perfect”

  41. California Swag District “Teach Me How to Dougie”
  42. Kanye West & Dwele “Power”
  43. Enrique Iglesias with Pitbull “I Like It”
  44. Travie McCoy with Bruno Mars “Billionaire”

    DMDB Top 10%:

  45. Janelle Monáe with Big Boi “Tightrope”
  46. Mike Posner & Big Sean “Cooler Than Me”
  47. The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
  48. Enrique Iglesias with Ludacris & DJ Frank E “Tonight I’m Lovin’ You”
  49. Kings of Leon “Radioactive”
  50. Arcade Fire “Ready to Start”

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