Thursday, January 5, 2017

Year-End Special: The Top Songs of 2016

Hey guys! I've already talked about how 2016 went as far as music goes in my SiriusXM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown blog in the Year In Review post as well as the Top 45 of 2016 post. That said, if you have not read those, feel free to go check those out so that you can really see what I thought about 2016 and the music that came with it. But right now, it is time to count down the top songs of 2016 for the Hit 45 Chart. Quite a bit has happened on this chart and there were a lot of successful songs as you will see very shortly. 

 This year-end countdown is based almost entirely on Hit 45 Chart performance. There's still a little bit of opinion put in there, but I tried to include less of that this year so that it can be based more on how the song did during its countdown run. This year, every song peaked somewhere in the Top 20. Most peaked in the Top 10 and the lowest peak is #19. Also, this year we are doing it the same exact way we did it in 2015. So the Hit 90 of the Year is returning for its second year in a row. So with that, let's get into it. These are the 90 biggest songs of the year based off the Hit 45 Chart. So here is the Hit 90 of 2016!
Last Year's #1 Song: David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Bebe Rexha/Afrojack – Hey Mama
The Countdown
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90. M83 – Do It, Try It
Peak: #15
Weeks On Chart: 7
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89. Fetty Wap/Remy Boyz – 679
Peak: #9
Weeks On Chart: 13
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88. Adam Lambert/Laleh – Welcome To The Show
Peak: #10
Weeks On Chart: 7
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87. JoJo – Save My Soul (Ranked Last Year: #52)
Peak: #5
Weeks On Chart: 27
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86. Tinashe/Chris Brown – Player (Ranked Last Year: #62)
Peak: #6
Weeks On Chart: 24
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85. Iggy Azalea – Team
Peak: #17
Weeks On Chart: 12
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84. Conrad Sewell – Start Again
Peak: #15
Weeks On Chart: 11
83. Pitbull/Osmani Garcia/Lil Jon – El Taxi
Peak: #9
Weeks On Chart: 11
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82. Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj – No Broken Hearts
Peak: #13
Weeks On Chart: 9
81. Runaground – Chase You Down
Peak: #6
Weeks On Chart: 9 (Currently Charting)
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80. Fifth Harmony/Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home
Peak: #10
Weeks On Chart: 8
79. Andy Black – Ribcage
Peak: #14
Weeks On Chart: 12
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78. Machine Gun Kelly/Victoria Monet – A Little More (Ranked Last Year: #47)
Peak: #3
Weeks On Chart: 28
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77. The Weeknd – Acquainted
Peak: #14
Weeks On Chart: 13
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76. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, & Imagine Dragons/Logic/Ty Dolla $ign/X Ambassadors – Sucker For Pain
Peak: #13
Weeks On Chart: 11 (Currently Charting)
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75. Britney Spears/G-Eazy – Make Me
Peak: #9
Weeks On Chart: 11
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74. Zedd/Kesha – True Colors
Peak: #8
Weeks On Chart: 11
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73. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dark Necessities
Peak: #18
Weeks On Chart: 13
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72. Coldplay – Up & Up
Peak: #13
Weeks On Chart: 13
71. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 22
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70. Nathan Sykes/G-Eazy – Give It Up
Peak: #18
Weeks On Chart: 17
69. Meghan Trainor – Me Too
Peak: #19
Weeks On Chart: 15
68. Shinedown – Asking For It
Peak: #16
Weeks On Chart: 15
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67. Martin Garrix/John Martin/Michel Zitron – Now That I've Found You
Peak: #14
Weeks On Chart: 15
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66. Rachel Platten – Better Place
Peak: #3
Weeks On Chart: 12
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65. Adam Lambert – Another Lonely Night
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 19
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64. Blink-182 – Bored To Death
Peak: #12
Weeks On Chart: 14
63. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire
Peak: #11
Weeks On Chart: 14 (Currently Charting)
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62. Lindsey Stirling/Andrew McMahon – Something Wild
Peak: #11
Weeks On Chart: 15 (Currently Charting)
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61. Flume/Kai – Never Be Like You
Peak: #11
Weeks On Chart: 16
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60. Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE – Rock Bottom
Peak: #11
Weeks On Chart: 16
59. Prince Fox/Hailee Steinfeld – Fragile
Peak: #14
Weeks On Chart: 17
58. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey – The Little Things
Peak: #8
Weeks On Chart: 15 (Currently Charting)
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57. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U
Peak: #5
Weeks On Chart: 14
56. Rihanna – Kiss It Better
Peak: #5
Weeks On Chart: 14
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55. Taylor Swift – New Romantics
Peak: #3
Weeks On Chart: 14
54. The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 14 (Currently Charting)
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53. X Ambassadors – Renegades (Ranked Last Year: #4)
Peak: #1 (8 Weeks in 2015)
Weeks On Chart: 53
52. Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon – Back 2 U
Peak: #10
Weeks On Chart: 16
51. Jay Sean/Sean Paul – Make My Love Go
Peak: #8
Weeks On Chart: 17 (Currently Charting)
50. Jon Bellion – All Time Low
Peak: #1 (5 Weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 16 (Currently Charting)
49. Troye Sivan – Youth
Peak: #6
Weeks On Chart: 13
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48. Lifehouse – Hurricane (Ranked Last Year: #41)
Peak: #13
Weeks On Chart: 43
47. OneRepublic – Kids
Peak: #6
Weeks On Chart: 18 (Currently Charting)
46. Enrique Iglesias/Tinashe/Javada – Duele El Corazon
Peak: #7
Weeks On Chart: 19


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45. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 15
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44. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 16
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43. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out
Peak: #1 (1 Week)
Weeks On Chart: 15
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42. DJ Snake/Bipolar Sunshine – Middle
Peak: #4
Weeks On Chart: 19
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41. Zara Larsson/MNEK – Never Forget You
Peak: #1 (1 Week)
Weeks On Chart: 19
40. RedOne/Enrique Iglesias/R. City/Serayah/Shaggy – Don't You Need Somebody
Peak: #13
Weeks On Chart: 28 (Currently Charting)
39. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water
Peak: #4
Weeks On Chart: 23 (Currently Charting)
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38. Disturbed – The Sound of Silence
Peak: #8
Weeks On Chart: 18
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37. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara – Wild
Peak: #6
Weeks On Chart: 21
36. Tinie Tempah/Zara Larsson – Girls Like
Peak: #10
Weeks On Chart: 20 (Currently Charting)
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35. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime
Peak: #3
Weeks On Chart: 20
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34. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 22
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33. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
Peak: #1 (1 Week)
Weeks On Chart: 22
32. Wrabel – 11 Blocks
Peak: #1 (1 Week)
Weeks On Chart: 22 (Currently Charting)
31. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You
Peak: #1 (3 Weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 22 (Currently Charting)
30. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
Peak: #1 (3 Weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 22 (Currently Charting)
29. X Ambassadors – Unsteady
Peak: #5
Weeks On Chart: 26
28. Robert DeLong – Don't Wait Up (Ranked Last Year: #3)
Peak: #1 (2 Weeks in 2015)
Weeks On Chart: 52
27. Jon Bellion/Travis Mendes – Guillotine
Peak: #3
Weeks On Chart: 27 (Currently Charting)
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26. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore
Peak: #6
Weeks On Chart: 28
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25. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 20
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24. Rachel Platten – Stand By You
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 26
23. Justin Bieber – Company
Peak: #4
Weeks On Chart: 31
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22. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
Peak: #1 (1 Week)
Weeks On Chart: 25
21. Carrie Underwood – Church Bells
Peak: #11
Weeks On Chart: 26 (Currently Charting)
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20. Zac Brown Band – Beautiful Drug
Peak: #5
Weeks On Chart: 10
19. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go
Peak: #3
Weeks On Chart: 30
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18. 3 Doors Down – In The Dark
Peak: #5
Weeks On Chart: 22
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17. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 24
16. Kelly Clarkson – Piece By Piece (Album Version)
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 12
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15. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, and I
Peak: #1 (1 Week)
Weeks On Chart: 15
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14. James Bay – Let It Go
Peak: #8
Weeks On Chart: 27
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13. Flo Rida – My House
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 40
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12. Robin Schulz/Francesco Yates – Sugar
Peak: #4
Weeks On Chart: 34
11. Shinedown – State Of My Head
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 25
10. Fitz & The Tantrums – HandClap
Peak: #9
Weeks On Chart: 37 (Currently Charting)
9. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move
Peak: #1 (2 Weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 25
8. Audien/Lady Antebellum – Something Better (Ranked Last Year: #61)
Peak: #1 (3 Weeks in 2015)
Weeks On Chart: 40
7. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling
Peak: #4
Weeks On Chart: 25
6. P!nk – Just Like Fire
Peak: #1 (4 Weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 28
5. Justin Bieber – Sorry (Ranked Last Year: #55)
Peak: #1 (2 Weeks in 2015; 6 Weeks in 2016)
Weeks On Chart: 39
4. Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance
Peak: #2
Weeks On Chart: 26
3. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
Peak: #1 (1 Week)
Weeks On Chart: 32
2. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
Peak: #1 (5 Weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 47 (Currently Charting)
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1. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend [Biggest Song of 2016!]
Peak: #1 (13 Weeks) [All-Time Record!]
Weeks On Chart: 48 (Currently Charting)



 I hope you guys enjoyed this post! These were the 90 biggest songs of 2016 based off the Hit 45 Chart! I can't wait to see what 2017 brings us and I'm sure it'll be another great year for this chart! We still remain on the same schedule, so there will be a chart this upcoming weekend. But once again, I hope you enjoyed and I look forward to the new songs we'll see on the Hit 45 Chart in 2017. I'm your host, Adrian Carrazco, and this was the Hit 90 of 2016!
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2017 at 8:25 AM

    I'm just done, you torture me with #10 by making it barely enter the top 10?

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  2. UnprocessedFishSticksJanuary 6, 2017 at 8:54 AM

    Nice post! And when I saw Up and Up, I thought it was All The Way Up by Fat Joe, and I was like, "WHAT! ADRIAN ACTUALLY LIKES THAT SONG!"

    And I made an end-of-year chart for my chart that you can check out here if you'd like.

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  3. Jack FarrellJanuary 7, 2017 at 5:18 AM

    Nice! Mine will be out possibly tomorrow. As I've had it ready for weeks now.

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