Mr.Link Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 MR. LINK'S 2018 YEAREND COUNTDOWN Hi everyone! This is my 10th consecutive year making a yearend thread. In this case however, I have zero time to do it in a formal way and truth be told this year was pretty bad so it's not really worth it, so I'll do it in one shot. Anyways, I just wanted to share my top 100 songs for this year while checking out some of your countdowns. Hope you're all enjoying the holidays. Cheers (to this awful year being finally over!). 1 Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All the Stars 2 Taylor Swift - Delicate 3 Justin Timberlake - Say Something (feat. Chris Stapleton) 4 Marshmello & Bastille - Happier 5 Florence + the Machine - Hunger 6 Christine and the Queens - Girlfriend 7 Angus & Julia Stone - Cellar Door 8 Jess Glynne - I'll Be There 9 James Bay - Pink Lemonade 10 P!nk - Beautiful Trauma 11 Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 12 The Carters - Apeshit 13 Troye Sivan - Bloom 14 MGMT - Me and Michael 15 George Ezra - Shotgun 16 Kodaline - Shed a Tear 17 Hippo Campus - Bambi 18 CHVRCHES - Graffiti 19 Years & Years - All for You 20 twenty one pilots - My Blood 21 Labrinth, Sia & Diplo - Thunderclouds 22 Sigrid - Strangers 23 Janelle Monae - PYNK 24 Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me 25 Tom Grennan - Found What I've Been Looking For 26 Cher - SOS 27 Hailee Stenfeld - Capital Letters 28 Young the Giant - Superposition 29 George Ezra - Paradise 30 Weezer - Africa 31 Billie Eilish - I Don't Wanna Be You Anymore 32 Lana del Rey - Mariners Appartment Complex 33 Sigrid - High Five 34 Céline Dion - Ashes 35 Imagine Dragons - Natural 36 James Bay - Us 37 Blossoms - I Can't Stand it 38 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry 39 SZA - Broken Clocks 40 Lauv - I Like Me Better 41 Cardi B - I Like It 42 Kylie Minogue - Dancing 43 Lewis Capaldi - Grace 44 Sam Smith - One Last Song 45 Zedd - The Middle (feat. Marren Morris) 46 Kygo - Born to Be Yours (feat. Imagine Dragons) 47 Muse - Something Human 48 Foster the People - Sit Next to Me 49 Bruno Mars & Cardi B - Finesse (Remix) 50 Snow Patrol - Life on Earth 51 Bad Wolves - Zombie 52 twenty one pilots - Jumpsuit 53 Christine and the Queens - Doesn't Matter 54 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five 55 Imagine Dragons - Next to Me 56 Kodaline - Follow Your Fire 57 Demi Lovato - Sober 58 James Bay - Wild Love 59 Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé - Perfect duet 60 Bleachers - Alfie's Song 61 Troye Sivan - My My My! 62 Lewis Capaldi - Fade 63 Calum Scott & Leona Lewis - You're the Reason 64 Bazzi - Mine 65 The Vaccines - I Can't Quit 66 Sigrid - Sucker Punch 67 Hozier - Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples) 68 Years & Years - Sanctify 69 Young the Giant - Simplify 70 Half*Alive - Still Feel 71 The Weeknd - Call Out My Name 72 Clean Bandit - Solo (feat. Demi Lovato) 73 Taylor Swift - End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran & Future) 74 Metric - Now Or Never Now 75 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes 76 Gorillaz - Humillity 77 Ella Mai - Boo'd Up 78 Bleachers - I Miss Those Days 79 Lana del Rey - Venice Bitch 80 Louane - Si T'étais-Lá 81 Declan McKenna - Make Me Your Queen 82 CHVRCHES - Miracle 83 Janet Jackson - Made for Now 84 Pale Waves - New Year's Eve 85 MGMT - When You Die 86 Jessie Reyez - Body Count 87 Muse - Thought Contagion 88 Jess Glynne - All I Am 89 Kygo - Remind Me to Forget (feat. Miguel) 90 Crystal Fighters - Yellow Sun 91 Tom Grennan - Run In the Rain 92 John Mayer - New Light 93 Christine and the Queens - 5 Dollars 94 David Guetta & Sia - Flames 95 Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel 96 lovelytheband - Broken 97 Dean Lewis - Be Alright 98 Kelly Clarkson - I Don't Think About You 99 Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato - Fall In Line 100 Ed Sheeran - Happier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGibson Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 21 minutes ago, Mr.Link said: 2 Taylor Swift - Delicate 3 Justin Timberlake - Say Something (feat. Chris Stapleton) 4 Marshmello & Bastille - Happier 5 Florence + the Machine - Hunger 6 Christine and the Queens - Girlfriend 9 James Bay - Pink Lemonade 10 P!nk - Beautiful Trauma 11 Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 12 The Carters - Apeshit 14 MGMT - Me and Michael 15 George Ezra - Shotgun 20 twenty one pilots - My Blood 21 Labrinth, Sia & Diplo - Thunderclouds 24 Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me 28 Young the Giant - Superposition 29 George Ezra - Paradise 30 Weezer - Africa 35 Imagine Dragons - Natural 42 Kylie Minogue - Dancing 45 Zedd - The Middle (feat. Maren Morris and Grey) 47 Muse - Something Human 48 Foster the People - Sit Next to Me 51 Bad Wolves - Zombie 52 twenty one pilots - Jumpsuit 54 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five 55 Imagine Dragons - Next to Me 57 Demi Lovato - Sober 58 James Bay - Wild Love 59 Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé - Perfect duet 60 Bleachers - Alfie's Song 63 Calum Scott & Leona Lewis - You're the Reason 64 Bazzi - Mine 66 Sigrid - Sucker Punch 67 Hozier - Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples) 69 Young the Giant - Simplify 72 Clean Bandit - Solo (feat. Demi Lovato) 73 Taylor Swift - End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran & Future) 74 Metric - Now Or Never Now 75 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes 76 Gorillaz - Humility 78 Bleachers - I Miss Those Days 82 CHVRCHES - Miracle 83 Janet Jackson - Made for Now 87 Muse - Thought Contagion 92 John Mayer - New Light 95 Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel 96 lovelytheband - Broken 97 Dean Lewis - Be Alright 98 Kelly Clarkson - I Don't Think About You 99 Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato - Fall In Line 100 Ed Sheeran - Happier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potent Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I see 4 songs from the top 20 that are within 1 spot of where I placed them All the Stars was actually the #1 on my mid year countdown but I ended up switching it for a different #1 on the yearend A lot of alternative here, I tried to follow alternative music this year but it seemed futile like I was listening to 5 mediocre songs to get one good one. I’ll try to listen to some of the ones here though. I’m kinda interested in Kodaline, I came to love Honest and High Hopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Link Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, potent said: I see 4 songs from the top 20 that are within 1 spot of where I placed them All the Stars was actually the #1 on my mid year countdown but I ended up switching it for a different #1 on the yearend A lot of alternative here, I tried to follow alternative music this year but it seemed futile like I was listening to 5 mediocre songs to get one good one. I’ll try to listen to some of the ones here though. I’m kinda interested in Kodaline, I came to love Honest and High Hopes. I kinda agree, for me it was soooo hard to put together a top 100 this year and since the mainstream has gone sort of trashy (tons of random rappers and whatnot) I had to go for alternative music and this is the best I could come up with. Looking forward to see what's that new #1 you speak about and hopefully ATS didn't fall that far below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Link Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Btw, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/116bk18HNGspwu_NKA_paozCRO3D4jmyof8JE6Rwp3lE/edit?usp=sharing I put together a compilation of all my yearend countdowns from 2000 to 2018 (except for 2013 which is currently under review ), in case anyone's interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicLoverDude Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Quote 1 Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All the Stars 2 Taylor Swift - Delicate 4 Marshmello & Bastille - Happier 11 Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 24 Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me 27 Hailee Stenfeld - Capital Letters 38 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry 40 Lauv - I Like Me Better 41 Cardi B - I Like It 42 Kylie Minogue - Dancing 45 Zedd - The Middle (feat. Marren Morris) 49 Bruno Mars & Cardi B - Finesse (Remix) 57 Demi Lovato - Sober 73 Taylor Swift - End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran & Future) I like these the most out of that list. Made For Now, Miracle and Sucker Punch I need to listen to in full. VERY surprised Ariana and Hailee made it here. Kinda sad Head Above Water isn't Top 10 ? Taylor and Happier slaying . I feel you on this year. It was one of my worst too. The music however seemed to be my saving grace for me. If you just ignored all the mumble rap, it's easier to find good songs from this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Quote 2 Taylor Swift - Delicate 3 Justin Timberlake - Say Something (feat. Chris Stapleton) 4 Marshmello & Bastille - Happier 11 Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 12 The Carters - Apeshit 15 George Ezra - Shotgun 20 twenty one pilots - My Blood 21 Labrinth, Sia & Diplo - Thunderclouds 24 Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me 30 Weezer - Africa 35 Imagine Dragons - Natural 38 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry 45 Zedd - The Middle (feat. Marren Morris) 46 Kygo - Born to Be Yours (feat. Imagine Dragons) 48 Foster the People - Sit Next to Me 49 Bruno Mars & Cardi B - Finesse (Remix) 51 Bad Wolves - Zombie 52 twenty one pilots - Jumpsuit 59 Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé - Perfect duet 67 Hozier - Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples) 71 The Weeknd - Call Out My Name 72 Clean Bandit - Solo (feat. Demi Lovato) 73 Taylor Swift - End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran & Future) 75 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes 76 Gorillaz - Humillity 82 CHVRCHES - Miracle 96 lovelytheband - Broken 98 Kelly Clarkson - I Don't Think About You 99 Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato - Fall In Line Love These Songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I didn't expect "I Like It", "Finesse" and "No tears left to cry" to make it. Great to see them here Also surprised to see All The Stars at #1. Good choice. Beautiful Trauma top 10 (it was #11 in my 2017 list). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvx Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Your top 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhdang2000 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 All The Stars is not my favorite, but I can see why it's #1. Delicate + Say Something + Happier + Hunger. TMYLM so high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 7 Angus & Julia Stone - Cellar Door Great to see them. On 12/30/2018 at 2:48 AM, Mr.Link said: Btw, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/116bk18HNGspwu_NKA_paozCRO3D4jmyof8JE6Rwp3lE/edit?usp=sharing I put together a compilation of all my yearend countdowns from 2000 to 2018 (except for 2013 which is currently under review ), in case anyone's interested. Superbly stuff. I'm miles away from organizing Top 100s from 2000 all the way to 2009. Great job there. Hopefully we'll have Spotify playlists soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-mUsIcLoVeR- Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I'll come back to this later, Mr. Link, to give full commentary on the whole list. Supporting an old ATRLer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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