Billboard announces Top-100 Biggest Defining Songs of 2010s
Nov 23, 2019 21:02:38 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 23, 2019 21:02:38 GMT 10
When you get to the end of a decade in the music industry, it’s always tempting to wonder what that period will primarily be remembered as generations down the road. Will the 2010s be remembered as the streaming era? The EDM era? The global pop era? The era of hip-hop dominance? The era of the surprise album? The Drake era?
The answer, of course, is yes. The 2010s were all these things -- and as much as we like to reduce history to one single central narrative, you can’t understand the decade without including all of those mini-histories, and many, many more.
What we at Billboard are trying to do with our list of the 100 Songs That Defined the Decade is to tell the story of the 2010s in the music business through the songs that were most critical to it. These aren’t our picks for the best songs of the decade, or even the most popular, necessarily -- though a large number of them were widely loved, including by many of us on staff -- but rather, the songs that shaped and reflected the music and culture of the 2010s. Not all of them defined the decade at its best, but for better or worse, it’s close to impossible for us to imagine the decade without any of them.
To properly tell the stories of these 100 songs, we enlisted help from the creators and experts who know them best. We interviewed hundreds of artists, writers, producers, label execs, critical authorities and industry gatekeepers to get their enduring memories about these songs and their legacies. Below, find our reported essays on each of these songs, and read about why they were essential to the fabric of the 2010s -- a decade that collapsed genre, expanded borders, and brought music to the masses in ways we’d never previously imagined.
Billboard’s Decade End Charts List - Top 10
1. Uptown Funk- Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
2. Party Rock Anthem- LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
3. Shape Of You- Ed Sheeran
4. Closer- The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
5. Girls Like You- Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
6. We Found Love- Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
7. Old Town Road- Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
8. Somebody That I Used To Know- Gotye Featuring Kimbra
9. Despacito-Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
10. Rolling In The Deep- Adele
Read more: www.billboard.com/100-songs-that-defined-the-2010s
The answer, of course, is yes. The 2010s were all these things -- and as much as we like to reduce history to one single central narrative, you can’t understand the decade without including all of those mini-histories, and many, many more.
What we at Billboard are trying to do with our list of the 100 Songs That Defined the Decade is to tell the story of the 2010s in the music business through the songs that were most critical to it. These aren’t our picks for the best songs of the decade, or even the most popular, necessarily -- though a large number of them were widely loved, including by many of us on staff -- but rather, the songs that shaped and reflected the music and culture of the 2010s. Not all of them defined the decade at its best, but for better or worse, it’s close to impossible for us to imagine the decade without any of them.
To properly tell the stories of these 100 songs, we enlisted help from the creators and experts who know them best. We interviewed hundreds of artists, writers, producers, label execs, critical authorities and industry gatekeepers to get their enduring memories about these songs and their legacies. Below, find our reported essays on each of these songs, and read about why they were essential to the fabric of the 2010s -- a decade that collapsed genre, expanded borders, and brought music to the masses in ways we’d never previously imagined.
Billboard’s Decade End Charts List - Top 10
1. Uptown Funk- Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
2. Party Rock Anthem- LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
3. Shape Of You- Ed Sheeran
4. Closer- The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
5. Girls Like You- Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
6. We Found Love- Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
7. Old Town Road- Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
8. Somebody That I Used To Know- Gotye Featuring Kimbra
9. Despacito-Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
10. Rolling In The Deep- Adele
Read more: www.billboard.com/100-songs-that-defined-the-2010s
Interesting to see that "Uptown Funk" has claimed the title of the biggest defining song of the 2010s. I thought the top spot would have went to "Shape of You", in all honesty. Not really surprised by the other Top-10 selections though.
