60. Miunda Linda (Nelson Freitas) Dutch singer of Cape Verde origin but attained success in Portugal with this track

 

 

59. Funeral (Lukas Graham) First of two for the Danish band bearing the first and middle name of the lead singer

 

 

58. Shut up and dance (Walk the Moon) US rockband who peaked at 4 in the US with this track

 

 

57. Here she comes again(DJ Antonio remix) (Royskopp) Norwegian electronic music duo had a number one in Russia with this remix

 

 

56. Mental manadhil (AR Rahman) Prolific Bollywood film score writer and all time best selling Indian artist best known in the west for Slumdog Millionaire's "Jai ho" covered by the Pussycat Dolls

 

 

55. Escreve ai (Luan Santana) Brazilian singer who was on my 2013 countdown at 87 with "Te esparando" but in 2012 was at 2 on the year end countdown with "Te vivo" and at 31 with "Nega"and in 2011 was at 6 with "Quimica do amor" and at 38 with "Amor nao e pecado"

 

 

54. When we were young (Adele) First of three by Adele from her record breaking album "25"

 

 

53. Ghost town (Adam Lambert) US singer who rose to fame after finishing runner up on American Idol in 2009. He was 61 in my 2012 countdown with "Never close our eyes" and at 16 in the 2010 countdown with "Whatya want from me"

 

 

52. Are you with me (Lost Frequencies) Belgian DJ who charted for me in 2014 ending at 41 on the year end countdown but into 2015 amassed 23 weeks in my Top 20. The follow up is yet to come on this chart

 

 

51. See you again (Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth) Number one for 12 weeks in the US and over 1 billion youtube views. It was written as a tribute to the late Paul Walker for the film Furious 7

 

 

50. Start again (Conrad Sewell) Australian singer who featured on the vocals to Kygo's 2Firestone" still to come on this rundown

 

 

49. Homeless (Marina Kaye) French singer got to number one in France with this English language song

 

 

48 A million years ago (Adele) Second of three tracks from "25". Track has been embroiled in allegations of plagiarism of a song by a Kurdish Turkish singer

 

47. Parijs (Kenny B) First of two tracks by singers from Surinaam The track about the finding love in the French capital was number one in Holland and has over 20 million youtube views more than the number of Dutch speakers in the world

 

 

46. Cheerleader (Omi) Jamaican singer who released the song in 2012 and was only a modest hit in Jamaica. I heard the song in 2013 when it had a very modest youtube view count and it ended the year at 70 on my year end countdown. Then in 2014 it was remixrd by Felix Jaehn and it started to become a hit in Sweden and re-entered my chart finishing at 40 on the 2014 year end countdown. In 2015 it became one of the biggest hits of the year and by the year end had amassed 29 weeks in my chart in three separate runs despite only ever peaking at 5.

 

 

45. Thinking out loud (Ed Sheeran) And here's another chart phenomena for me. This was the top song for me on the 2014 countdown but continued charting into 2015 when it's international success peaked. Eventually the song spent a total of 31 weeks in my Top 20

 

 

44. Renegades (X Ambassadors) US rockband whose success with this track on the back of its use on a commercial for the Jeep Renegade

 

 

43. Uma Thurman (Fall Out Boy) US rockband who have had 19 single hits in the US but this only their second on my chart and it uses as its hook the theme from The Munsters

 

 

42. Vampire (Lazy Boy Empire) Mysterious act with no details of their background save the interesting video for the song

 

41. El mismo sol (Alvaro Soler) Spanish singer went to number one in Italy before it starting gathering success in Spanish speaking countries and in the rest of Europe

 

 

 

Edited January 4, 20169 yr by moth09

Hi Moth,

 

I liked these.

 

58. Shut up and dance (Walk the Moon) US rockband who peaked at 4 in the US with this track

 

 

54. When we were young (Adele) First of three by Adele from her record breaking album "25"

 

 

52. Are you with me (Lost Frequencies) Belgian DJ who charted for me in 2014 ending at 41 on the year end countdown but into 2015 amassed 23 weeks in my Top 20. The follow up is yet to come on this chart

 

 

51. See you again (Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth) Number one for 12 weeks in the US and over 1 billion youtube views. It was written as a tribute to the late Paul Walker for the film Furious 7

 

 

50. Start again (Conrad Sewell) Australian singer who featured on the vocals to Kygo's 2Firestone" still to come on this rundown

 

 

 

48 A million years ago (Adele) Second of three tracks from "25". Track has been embroiled in allegations of plagiarism of a song by a Kurdish Turkish singer

 

 

46. Cheerleader (Omi) Jamaican singer who released the song in 2012 and was only a modest hit in Jamaica. I heard the song in 2013 when it had a very modest youtube view count and it ended the year at 70 on my year end countdown. Then in 2014 it was remixrd by Felix Jaehn and it started to become a hit in Sweden and re-entered my chart finishing at 40 on the 2014 year end countdown. In 2015 it became one of the biggest hits of the year and by the year end had amassed 29 weeks in my chart in three separate runs despite only ever peaking at 5.

 

 

45. Thinking out loud (Ed Sheeran) And here's another chart phenomena for me. This was the top song for me on the 2014 countdown but continued charting into 2015 when it's international success peaked. Eventually the song spent a total of 31 weeks in my Top 20

 

 

44. Renegades (X Ambassadors) US rockband whose success with this track on the back of its use on a commercial for the Jeep Renegade

 

 

43. Uma Thurman (Fall Out Boy) US rockband who have had 19 single hits in the US but this only their second on my chart and it uses as its hook the theme from The Munsters

 

 

 

41. El mismo sol (Alvaro Soler) Spanish singer went to number one in Italy before it starting gathering success in Spanish speaking countries and in the rest of Europe

 

Espically Walk The Moon, Lost Frequiences, Omi and FOB :heart: