Man, 2016 has really been a hellish year, hasn’t it? There has, however, been some pretty good music, and now that December is fast approaching, folks are starting to produce their “Best of” lists. The music streaming service Pandora revealed its top 100 songs for the year on Wednesday morning, and it’s not a bad bunch of tracks.
It is not, importantly, a list of the 100 best songs of 2016. Pandora’s “Top Thumb Hundred” is a ranking of the 100 most “thumbed-up” songs of the year. So, it’s less of a holistic examination of the year in music so much as it’s the tastes and base preferences for one streaming site’s user base. Still — there are worse lists (even if Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book got shafted by the good people who listen to Pandora).
Drake dominated the list, making 14 appearances, while Future took the No. 2 slot with eight appearances on the list. Almost half of the list (42 tracks) were hip hop, while 29 songs were pop.
Check out the list below, although it’s disgusting that it excludes the True Number One Song Of The Year 2016: “Store,” off of Carly Rae Jepsen’s extras album E•MO•TION: Side B. Don’t @ me.
Anyway, here’s the list:
100. “No Limit” (Feat. Young Thug), Usher
99. “H.O.L.Y.,” Florida Georgia Line
98. “Just Like Fire” (From Alice Through The Looking Glass), Pink
97. “Child’s Play,” Drake
96. “My Beyoncé” (Feat. DeJ Loaf), Lil Durk
95. “R.I.C.O.” (Feat. Drake), Meek Mill
94. “Sorry Not Sorry,” Bryson Tiller
93. “Trap Niggas,” Future
92. “Moolah,” Young Greatness
91. “Come Get Her,” Rae Sremmurd
90. “Me Too,” Meghan Trainor
89. “When We Were Young,” Adele
88. “Law” (Feat. E-40), Yo Gotti
87. “All The Way Up” (Feat. French Montana), Fat Joe & Remy Ma
86. “Body” (Feat. Jeremih), Dreezy
85. “Cold Water” (Feat. Justin Bieber & MØ), Major Lazer
84. “Jimmy Choo,” Fetty Wap
83. “Cheap Thrills,” Sia
82. “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
81. “Treat You Better,” Shawn Mendes
80. “Sex With Me,” Rihanna
79. “Roses” (Feat. ROZES), The Chainsmokers
78. “Middle” (Feat. Bipolar Sunshine), DJ Snake
77. “Cake By The Ocean,” DNCE
76. “Renegades,” X Ambassadors
75. “Close” (Feat. Tove Lo), Nick Jonas
74. “Gold,” Kiiara
73. “Promise” (Feat. Fetty Wap), Kid Ink
72. “Locked Away” (Feat. Adam Levine), R. City
71. “Send My Love” (To Your New Lover), Adele
70. “Hide Away,” Daya
69. “Antidote,” Travis Scott
68. “Still Here,” Drake
67. “Come And See Me” (Feat. Drake), PARTYNEXTDOOR
