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Dec 6, 2021 · This year, the pop-music world felt more wide open than ever. Our list of 2021’s best songs includes a beautiful indie-pop celebration of queer love, a reggaeton star tucking into some sweet ...
Fight the Power. Public Enemy. 1989. 1. Respect. Aretha Franklin. 1967. You can sort the above list by rank, song, artist or year if you want to slice and dice these greatest songs. We’ve also created a Spotify playlist of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time where you can play each and every song in the order of Rolling Stone’s ...
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- Rauw Alejandro – “Todo de Ti”
- Polo G, Roddy Rich – “Fame & Riches”
- Zara Larsson – “Need Someone”
- Lecrae, Jidenna, Limoblaze – “Everyday”
- Elton John, Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)”
- Gabrielle Aplin – “When The Lights Go Out”
- Ed Sheeran – “Overpass Graffiti”
- Self Esteem – “I Do This All The Time”
- Pink, Willow Sage Heart – “Cover Me in Sunshine”
- Olivia Rodrigo – “. Good 4 U”
In a shift from traditionally charting crossover Latin hits, Rauw Alejando’s smash “Todo De Ti” was a welcome surprise. The dance-synth pop single by the Puerto Rican singer became a big success thanks to its beach-friendly summer vibe and very catchy melody (which feels like it may have been influenced by Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry”). As Latin ...
Polo G was the breakthrough rap artist of the year and it shows with the recently released deluxe edition of his album Hall Of Famewhich debuted at Number One on the album charts. “Fame & Riches” featuring last year’s breakthrough rapper Roddy Rich is as self-reflective as a song about the excesses of life will ever be in modern times. But it works...
Swedish singer Zara Larsson is quite the Scandinavian anomaly. Unlike many of her peers (Florrie, Tove Lo – to name a couple), she’s not really found her sound yet. Most of her records have been good but not great and for the most part, you can’t really tell who’s singing any of her songs, because they often feel so overproduced with so little emot...
Texan and Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae joined hands with “Classic Man” Nigerian-American Jidenna and U.K.-based Nigerian Afrobeat hitmaker Limoblaze for this “ho-li-day” jam. Guaranteed to take you straight to the chill zone, the song works well because the three artists complement each other well, reminding us about what they share in common ra...
The power of Dua Lipa is all I can say here. Elton John has been staying relevant collaborating with everyone from Lil Nas X to Lady Gaga, but it took Australian trio PNAU to have John repurpose four of his own songs with a little help from Dua Lipa to finally get back on the charts again and make it all the way to Number One in his native England....
While she has appeared as a featured artist on Michael Calfan’s house track “Imagining,” “When The Lights Go Out” is Gabrielle Aplin’s song and the track that examines trust in a relationship works because her silky voice and melancholic approach are kept intact. Another artist I just can’t quite understand why she continues to slip under the radar...
Ed Sheeran is many things. He’s a superstar – his songs get played at any and every respectable event from weddings to funerals and everything in between. But Ed Sheeran is also incredibly talented songwriter and musician and many of his more commercial fares tend to actually be some his weakest material. Case in point – “Overpass Graffiti”. The Ei...
Rebecca Taylor aka Self Esteem lives up to her name with “I Do This All The Time” – an empowering song if there ever was one. The British singer delivers a strong message in this part-spoken word anthem where she vents about the challenges faced in conforming to “normal” society. The song and the complementing video showcase a beautiful reality – t...
Very few pop artists can offer this level of saccharine and get away with it but Pink managed to do that so beautifully this year in “Cover Me In Sunshine,” probably one of the most, if not most happy songs the artist has ever recorded. Go figure then she would get her daughter to make her vocal debut on the song. While artists have often featured ...
“Good 4 U” on its own felt like a great updated pop-punk record that Avril Lavigne or Paramore would have released in the 2000s. Incidentally, the latter band’s Hayley Williams and Josh Farro got songwriter credits on the single as it was inspired by their hit “Misery Business.” But when you realize the song was part of the album Sour– that include...
- M-22, Rhea Melvin – “Gravity” British-German DJs M-22 produced one of the most anthemic club singles of the year with “Gravity” featuring Northern Ireland’s Rhea Melvin.
- Kacey Musgraves – “Good Wife” Okay, I’ll be honest, there was a part of me that was disappointed with Kacey Musgrave’s album star-crossed. It’s a great album, no doubt, but when unfairly comparing it (and I am being unfair) to her Grammy Album Of The Year-winning Golden Hour, it just paled in comparison.
- bbno$, Rich Brian – “Edamame” It’s a bit odd that the Top 40 of this year’s chart started with “Keto” and now we have protein-rich “Edamame.” This ridiculously fun and funny single by bbno$ featuring Rich Brian was instantly loveable.
- Manchester Orchestra – “Telepath” Manchester Orchestra have been around since the mid-2000s. While generally classified under the indie rock genre, I’ve always found the American band far more compelling than that generic label.
Dec 24, 2021 · 12. RAY BLK, Stefflon Don – “Over You”. South London’s RAY BLK has been one to watch for a minute. But this year, the singer delivered big with her stellar Access Denied album. The self-proclaiming “Black Madonna” has somehow found the absolute right formula for a current mainstream sound.
Preview. The 2021 updated list of the Rolling Stone Magazine 500 Greatest Songs of all time. All songs in order from number 500 to number 1. Featured Artists. Kanye West. The Supremes. Townes Van Zandt. Lizzo.
