100. Sun is shining (Axwell/Ingrosso) This year's countdown with this dance track which topped the charts in Sweden

99. One last time (Miriam Bryant) More Swedish pop from singer who was a regular on a Swedish TV music show

98. One call away (Charlie Puth) Follow up to "Marvin Gaye" which is higher up my chart as is "See you again" on which he featured

97. Leave a trace (Chvrches) Scottish band who had a number one on my chart in 2013 with "The Mother we share"

96. Play my drum (Sandra Lyng) Norwegian singer who rose to popularity after featuring on the 2004 Norwegian version of Pop Idol

95. Guru (Adam Vadel) First of 7 French acts on my chart with this Gypsy influenced track

94. Heroes (Mans Zelmerlow) Swedish winner of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest but there is another ESC song higher up my chart

93. Reverse (Somekindofwonderful) US rockband from Ohio with their debut single alas with little commercial success

92. I'm gonna show you crazy (Bebe Rexhe) This US singer/songwriter had some success in Scandanavia with this track

91. Badaboum (Hooverphonic) Belgian band with 26 chart entries in Belgium since 1996 but the first on my chart

90. Locked away (R City ft Adam Levine) US duo composed of brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas and featuring the lead singer of Maroon 5 who was number one in 2014 on my chart with "Lost stars"

89. Mi verdad (Mana/Shakira) Mexican rock band formed in 1986 with 40 million albums sold worldwide teamed up with the Colombian global superstar

88. Runnin' (Naughty Boy ft Beyoncé/Arrow Benjamin) Shahid Khan known as Naughty Boy was 33 on my 2013 rundown with "La la la"

87. Classic man (Jidenna ft Roman GianArthur) Peaked at 22 in the US and remixed with rapper Kendrick Lamar but the track had limited international appeal

86. Good enough (Empire Cast ft Jussie Smollett) First of two tracks from the US hit series Empire Cast both of which were performed on the show by Jussie Smollett

85. Powerful (Major Lazer ft Ellie Goulding/Tarrus Riley) US group who grabbed one of the top selling tracks of the year still to come on this countdown

84. Music to my soul (Cee Lo Green) US singer best known for "f*** you" in 2010 and for being part of Gnarls Barkley which had a worldwide hit with "Crazy"

83. Russian roulette (Tungevaag & Rabaan x Charlie Who) Norwegian/Swedish dance music duo who previously had a big Scandanavian hit in 2014 with "Samsara 2015"

82. Waiting for love (Avicci) First of two tracks on this countdown by Tim Bergling better known as Avicci

81. When it comes to love (Regi & Lester Williams ft Patti Russo) Regi is an ex member of Milk Inc who reached number one on my chart with "Walk on water" and had numerous other chart entries

80. New Jordans (Vybz Kartel/Rvssian) Jamaican successes kept coming for Vybz Kartel in 2015 despite his life prison sentence in 2014 for the murder of Clive Williams in 2011. He paid music homage to Clarks shoes in 2010 with the track ending the year at 21 on my year end countdown with "Clarks again" at 36 In 2015 allegiances switched to New Jordans

79. For a better day (Avicci) Higher of two Avicci tracks on my year end countdown. "Addicted to you" was 36 on my 2014 year end countdown and in 2013 "Wake me up" was at 5, "Hey brother" at 27 and "You make me" at 59

78. Andalouse (Kendji Girac) Former winner of "The Voice" in France and has since had 10 French single hits with some international success

77. Derech hashalom (Peer Tasi) Over 25 million youtube views for a song sung in Hebrew with the population of Israel at 8 million. The track spanned 2014/15 and was 76 on my 2014 Year End Countdown

76. What do you mean (Justin Bieber) First of three tracks by the Canadian singer on my countdown and his first song to go number one in the US also hitting the top in charts all round the world

75. Tennessee Whiskey (Chris Stapleton) Cover of an old country hit which Stapleton performed at the Country Music Awards with Justin Timberlake

74. Lucifer (XOV) Iranian refugee resident in Sweden with a track that only peaked at 46 in Sweden but did better in Germany

73. Sugar (Robin Schulz ft Francesco Yates) German DJ and producer with his third German number following "Waves" and "Prayer in C" in 2014

72. Sorry (Justin Bieber) Quick follow up to "What do you mean" almost repeating the massive worldwide success of the former

71. Ginza (J. Balvin) First of two on my countdown by the Colombian reggaeton singer with one of the best selling Latin tracks of the year

70. Easy love (Sigala) London based DJ sampled the Jackson 5's "ABC" and got to number one in the UK

69. Here for you (Kygo ft Ella Henderson) First of four tracks on my countdown from the Norwegian DJ more than any other act. This track features former UK X Factor contestant Ella Henderson who was 38 on my 2014 Year End Countdown with "Ghost"

68. Grande amore (Il Volo) Operatic trio came third in the Eurovision Song Contest but won on the televote

67. Can't sleep love (Pentatonix) US cappella group famous for their covers but this was their first original track to be released as a single. Their "Mary did you know" was 19 on my 2014 Year End Countdown

66. Wild eyes (Broiler ft Ravvel) Norwegian electronic duo got to number one in Norway with this track but failed to get international success

65. Dans mon quartier (Riff Cohen)/Mis Mis (Simge) Second of two Israeli acts on the countdown. The original is sung in French but with its semetic feel it became popular in Turkey and was remade in Turkish by Simge

64. Culpa al Corazon (Prince Royce) US bachata singer who was 38 in my 2013 countdown with "Darte un beso" and 72 with "Te perdiste mi amor", in the 2012 countdown with "Soy incondicional" at 29 and "Las cosas pequenas" at 85 and on the 2011 countdown with "Mi ultima carta" at 28 and "El amor que perdimos" at 50 and on the 2010 countdown with "Corazon sin cara" at 3 and "Stand by me" at 28

63. Lush life (Zara Larsson) Swedish singer and former winner of a Swedish talent show. She also had success in 2015 with MNEK on "Never forget you"

62. California dreamin' (Sia) Australian singer who has only charted for me with covers "You're never fully dressed without a smile" in 2014 and with Mama and the Papas track

61. Cake by the ocean (DNCE) US rockband peaked at 43 by the end of 2015 with this track

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 Europe40. Ay vamos (J. Balvin) Released in 2014 it was 39 in the 2014 Year End Countdown peaking at 7 on my chart but it re-emerged for a second stint in 2015 and peaked at 6 with 20 weeks in total on my chart. J. Balvin was 66 in the 2013 Year End Countdown with "Tranquila" and 71 on the 2015 countdown with "Ginza"

39. Faded (Alan Walker) 18 year end Norwegian producer was number one on my chart at the year end following the biggest climb of the year. Destined to be a big international hit in 2016

38. Goodbye (Feder ft Lyse) French DJ who got to number one in France with this track and had success all over mainland Europe.

37. La mordidita (Ricky Martin ft Yotuel) Puerto Rican star who had hits such as "Maria", "Livin la vida loca" and "She bangs". "La mordidita" was a big pan Latin hit

36. Ofeshe (Harrysong) Nigerian singer used the hook of "La Bamba" on this track which peaked at 2 on my chart

35. Roma-Bangkok (Baby K ft Giusy Ferreri) Italian rap singer raised in London and featuring the 2014 winner of Italian X Factor was number one for 11 weeks with this song and its success spilled over into other European countries and North Africa.

34. Christine (Christine and the Queens) French singer who peaked at 3 in France but peaked at 2 on my chart

33. You're so beautiful (Empire Cast ft Jussie Smollett) Higher of two tracks from the hit US TV series Empire. Reached number one for one week on my chart

32. Nothing left (Kygo ft Will Heard) Second of four tracks on the countdown from the Norwegian DJ. The song features British soul and jazz singer Will Heard

31. Hold back the river (James Bay) UK singer songwriter peaked at 2 in the UK with this song

30. Don't be shy(Filatov and Karas remix) (Imany) French singer who has had only minor success in France but is huge in Russia where this track was the biggest hit of the year

29. Reality (Lost Frequencies) Higher of two by Belgian act repeating the success of "Are you with me". Only peaked at 7 on my chart but spent 17 weeks in the Top 20

28. Love yourself (Justin Bieber) Highest placed of three tracks by the Canadian singer on my chart. It was co-written by Ed Sheeran. In December the track was top for 2 weeks on my chart and in the month of December "What do you mean", "Sorry" and "Love yourself" were dominating charts all over the world

27. Ex's and Oh's (Elle King) US singer's debut single peaked at 10 in the US and was number one on my chart for 2 weeks in October

26. Writings on the wall (Sam Smith) Sam Smith's Bond movie film was number 2 for three weeks in November

25. Lay me down (Sam Smith/John Legend) 4th track from "In the lonely hour" to chart with "Stay with me", "I'm not the only one" and "Leave your lover" being 6, 17 and 32 respectively on my 2014 Year End Countdown. "Lay me down" was re-recorded as a charity single featuring John Legend

24. Higher place (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike ft Neyo) Belgian DJ duo was top for 7 weeks in Flanders with this song and reached number 2 in my chart in October

23. Marvin Gaye(Charlie Puth ft Meghan Trainor) Highest of three tracks on my chart by Charlie Puth and first of two by Meghan Trainor. The song reached number three on my chart in July taking 13 weeks to get there

22. Hotline bling (Drake) Canadian singer/rapper sampled Timmy Thomas' 1973 track "Why can't we live together" on his 2015 hit. Of his 85 singles to date he has only charted for me twice but "Hold on we're going home" was 9 on my 2013 Year End Countdown

21. Lean on (Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft Mo) Higher of two tracks on my chart for Major Lazer who was also 51 on my 2013 Countdown with "Watch out for this" and 91 with "Get free". "Lean on" was one of the world's biggest sellers of 2015 and had over 1 billion youtube views

20. King (Years and Years)UK electronic duo got to number one in the UK with this track which spent one week at number one on my chart in May

19. Firestone (Kygo ft Conrad Sewell)Third out of four tracks in this countdown for Kygo. The song first entered my chart in 2014 and was placed at 56 on the 2014 year end countdown. It only peaked at 3 but by the end of 2015 it had spent 29 weeks inside the Top 20 in two separate runs.

18. Earned it (Weeknd) First of two inside the Top 20 of the countdown for the Canadian singer. It is also the first of two from the film of Fifty Shades of Grey and was number two for two weeks on my chart in March

17. Like I'm gonna lose you (Meghan Trainor/John Legend)This ballad topped the charts in Australia and spent three weeks atop my chart in August. Trainor was at 23 on this countdown with "Marvin Gaye" and Legend at 25 with "Lay me down" both again as duets.

16. Take your time (Sam Hunt)Country music made it right to the top of my chart as Sam Hunt spent two weeks at number one in October and November

15. Est ce que tu m'aimes (Maitre Gims) The most successful French language artist of the past few years got to 3 in France with this track and by the year ended had reached 2 in Italy. On my chart it spent four weeks at number two in June and July. Maitre Gims was at 46 in my 2014 countdown with "Changer", 61 in the 2013 countdown with "Zombie" and 64 with "Bella"

14. Stole the show (Kygo ft Parson James) Highest of the four tracks on the countdown by Kygo. The song spent three weeks at the top of my chart in May

13. Richest Girl (Etana) First of two reggae tracks inside the Top 20 of the year. this Jamaican singer was two weeks at the top of my chart in March

12. Wasn't expecting that (Jamie Lawson)British singer/songwriter originally had a hit in Ireland with this in 2011. It reached 6 in the UK in October but was number one for one week in May amassing 17 weeks in the Top 20 by the year end in two separate chart runs.

11. Want to want me (Jason De Rulo)Second number one for De Rulo on my chart following "Trumpets" at the start of 2014. "Want to want you" spent 4 weeks at the top of my chart in June.

10. Stitches (Shawn Mendes) International breakthrough track for the young Canadian singer which peaked at 4 in the US. The song was 2 weeks at the top of my chart in November and had spent 11 weeks in the Top 10 by the year end.

9. Catch and release(deepend remix) (Matt Simons) US singer songwriter had real success with track when it was remixed by Dutch house producers. Its first appearance on my chart predated this success and it spent 2 weeks at number 2 with 23 weeks inside my Top 20 by the end of the year

8. Can't feel my face (Weeknd) Second track of Weeknd inside the Top 20 of 2015. This Michael Jackson influenced track was number one in the US and was number one for two weeks on my chart in July

7. Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars) This track first charted with me in November 2014 and was at 9 in my 2014 Year End Countdown. Its reign at the top extended to 7 weeks in 2015 and spent a total of 25 weeks in the Top 20. Taking 2014 and 2015 this track would have ended number for the two years combined. In the US "Uptown Funk" sold over 6 million and was 14 weeks at number one the joint second longest run ever. Over the past 5 years Bruno Mars would be favourite artist.. On the 2013 countdown "Treasure" was 44, "Gorilla" 50 and "Moonshine" 97, on the 2012 countdown "When I was your man" was at 5, "Locked out of heaven" 11 and "Young Girls" 36, on the 2011 countdown "It will rain" was 9, "Liquor Store Blues" 24, "Lazy song" 30, "Talking to the moon" 39 and "Marry you" 49 and on the 2011 countdown "Grenade" was 9 and "Just the way you are" 10

6. Hello (Adele)The highest of three tracks by Adele on the 2015 countdown. This track was 4 weeks at number one in November and December. It dominated world charts by the end of the year and was or had been top in over 100 countries and was approaching a billion youtube views in just over 2 months

5. Photograph (Ed Sheeran) In 2014 Sheeran featured 4 times on my Year end Countdown "I see fire" at 57, "Sing" at 50, "Make it rain" at 37 and "Thinking out loud" at 1 which again featured on the 2015 countdown. The video to "Photograph" features a montage of film from Sheeran's childhood. "The track was number one for two weeks on my chart in July and was 4 weeks at number two

4. Parfum (Prince Koloni) The higher of two reggae songs in the Top 20 Countdown for 2015. Prince Koloni is a Surinaam singer and his track "Parfum" was top of my chart for five weeks in September and October 2015 spending 19 weeks in the Top 20.

3. El Perdon (Nicky Jam/Enrique Iglesias)This was not only the biggest Latin hit of the year for the US reggaeton singer Nicky Jam and his pairing with Enrique Iglesias with whom he later re-recorded the track but was a massive worldwide hit going number one in over 25 countries and with a combined youtube viewing of over 1 billion. On my chart it spent 4 weeks at number one in March and April and spent 22 weeks in my Top 20 in two separate chart runs.

2. 7 years (Lukas Graham)Second appearance on the Year End Countdown for this Danish band and the fantastic voice the lead singer after whom the band is named. The track was number one in both Denmark and Sweden and on my chart it was number one for 2 weeks in August and was 27 weeks in the Top 20 by the year end

1. Love me like you do (Ellie Goulding) Number one on my countdown is one of the biggest global hits of the year with over 1 billion youtube views. The song from the soundtrack of the film of Fifty Shades of Grey topped my chart for 5 weeks topped my chart for five weeks and was 15 weeks in my Top 10

Commentary :"Love me like you do" ends 2015 as my number one song of the year having spent 5 weeks at the top but "Uptown Funk"'s 7 weeks at the top spanned the end of 2014 into 2015 and ended at 7 in the 2015 rundown having been at 9 in the 2014 countdown. Several other tracks similarly appeared in both year's countdowns "Thinking out loud", "Firestone", "Ay vamos", "Are you with me", "Derech hashalom" and "Cheerleader" which has now appeared on the countdowns of three consecutive years. 27 of the tracks are productions from the USA (28 in 2014 and 27 in 2013 so remarkably stable), 14 are from the UK (17 in 2014 and 16 in 2013 again very stable), 7 from France (6 in 2014 and 5 in 2013), 8 from both Sweden and Norway - altogether 18 from Scandanavia more than from the UK - 7 from Canada and 5 from Belgium. Altogether 23 countries are represented in the Top 100 (29 in 2014 and 28 in 2013). The act most represented on the countdown is Kygo with four and he also had the longest runner in the Top 20 with 29 weeks spanning 2014 and 2015.

Edited January 10, 201610 yr by moth09

Hiya Moth, really good #1 - a top ballad that. Most pleased about the absolute jam that is El Perdón in your top 3, a track I really cannot get enough of!

 

Also great seeing the 2 Kygo tracks in your top 20. Good list overall!

Ellie Doing amazing here :cheer:

 

Great top 100 :cheer: