Sergej's Year End Lists of 2020

 

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2020... 20-goddamn-20, where should I even start with the year. In my personal and private life I had ups and downs. But in the worldwide spectrum of the year, it was one, if not the worst year in history. Between the pandemic, police brutality, the pandemic, many deaths, the pandemic, the restrictions and have I mentioned the pandemic yet?

 

At least 2020 provided us with great music and I have to say, it was one of the best years in music for me and for the discoveries that I've found.

 

So who could be the best song of 2020 according to my chart year of 2020?

Last year, the record-breaking "Mambo Salentino" went to #1, but this year Boomdabash & Alessandra Amoroso are back with "Karaoke", can they make it 2 years in a row and snatch the #1 song of the year with "Karaoke"?

Other possible contenders include: Last year's Christmas #1 "I Wish I Never Met You" by Oh Wonder, the song that ruled the charts worldwide "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd and this year's Eurovision song from bella Italia "Fai Rumore" by Diodato. And interesting fact: If "Fai Rumore" gets the #1 song of the year, it will be the first song in chart history to get the #1 song of the year without even hitting #1 in my chart!

 

Before we count down this year's big songs, here are last year's top 10 songs:

1. Boomdabash - Mambo Salentino (feat. Alessandra Amoroso)

2. Dominic Fike - 3 Nights

3. Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

4. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita

5. Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man - Giant

6. Takagi & Ketra - JAMBO (feat. OMI & Giusy Ferreri)

7. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

8. George Ezra - Pretty Shining People

9. Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love

10. Sigala & Becky Hill - Wish You Well

 

Now, normally I would start the worst songs of the year, since there were some songs that I really hated.

But to be honest with you all, this is the part I really hate doing, because quite frankly, I love music and I feel that I listen to it for the love of music and appreciate what most artists do and try.

And really, talking about bad music is not fun at all. It's kind of sad and depressing, especially in this disaster year.

So, I'm going to make a big change starting this year: I'm officially scrapping the "Worst Songs of the Year" list, I know many of you would know which songs I really hate, but I don't want to count the bad songs and talk about them.

If you want to know, which songs I hate, in the Buzzjack forum about the HATECHART 2020 VOTING and see which songs I really dislike. Except I want to make one small change: "Hard To Forget" by Sam Hunt is the worst song of the year and would've made the HATECHART, but I forgot to nominate it. Sorry about that.

 

But enough with the negatives, let's have some positivity in this.

I'll start tomorrow with the Albums of the year (Contender and the list itself).

Edited December 9, 20213 yr by Sergej

Albums of the year:

Contenders for album of the year (nearly reaching the top 10):

20. Coldplay - Everyday Life

Highlights: "Champion Of The World", "Orphans", "Arabesque" and "Church"

 

19. Diodato - Che Vita Meravigliosa

Highlights: "Fai Rumore", "Un'Altra Estate", "Fino A Farci Scomparire" and "Che Vita Meravigliosa"

 

18. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

Highlights: "Is It True", "Lost In Yesterday", "Borderline" and "Breathe Deeper"

 

17. Nico Santos - Nico Santos

Highlights: "7 Days", "Like I Love You", "Easy" and "Low On Love"

 

16. Olly Murs - You Know I Know

Highlights: "Maria", "Excuses", "Feel The Same" and "Moves"

 

15. Taylor Swift - Folklore

Highlights: "Cardigan", "Exile", "Mad Woman" and "The 1"

 

14. Tiziano Ferro - Accetto Miracoli

Highlights: "Balla Per Me", "In Mezzo A Questo Inverno", "Amici Per Errore" and "Accetto Miracoli"

 

13. Stormzy - Heavy Is The Head

Highlights: "Own It", "Audacity", "Rainfall" and "Vossi Bop"

 

12. Ghali - DNA

Highlights: "Good Times", "Barcellona", "Boogieman" and "Fallito"

 

11. Camila Cabello - Romance

Highlights: "My Oh My", "Living Proof", "Shameless" and "First Man"

Can't say I've listened to many albums this year whoops, I know there are some good songs on the Tame Impala album though and Stormzy's album has some decent songs on as well.

don't know any of those albums, except for Stormzy's which I only listened to once.

 

looking forward to your singles chart though!

I'm sorry Serge, I have not listened to any of those albums this year :(

Can't say I've listened to many albums this year whoops, I know there are some good songs on the Tame Impala album though and Stormzy's album has some decent songs on as well.

Hi there Pete!

Nice to see that you like some of the songs for Tame Impala's and Stormzy's albums!

Thank you for your comment.

don't know any of those albums, except for Stormzy's which I only listened to once.

 

looking forward to your singles chart though!

I hope you'll enjoy my Year-End lists!

Thank you for your comment!

I'm sorry Serge, I have not listened to any of those albums this year :(

Don't worry, my next albums you'll definitely have heard before.

Albums of the year:

 

10. Johannes Oerding - Konturen

 

The first all-german album that appears in the chart.

Includes the top 3 hit "Alles Okay" and the top 10 hit "Anfassen".

While the special edition included the #1 song "Ungeschminkt".

 

Charting songs:

01 Ungeschminkt

03 Alles Okay

06 Anfassen

30 An Guten Tagen

31 Blinde Passagiere

42 Ketten

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Edited December 25, 20204 yr by Sergej

Albums of the year:

 

9. LEA - Treppenhaus

 

And here is the second and biggest all-german album in my Year-End Album list.

Includes the top 3 hit "7 Stunden".

 

Charting songs:

03 7 Stunden (feat. Capital Bra)

12 Treppenhaus

29 Okay

56 Ende Der Welt

79 110 (Prolog)

80 Sylt 98

84 Immer Wieder

92 Sie

93 Staub

94 Wenn Nur Liebe Hilft

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Edited January 10, 20214 yr by Sergej

Albums of the year:

 

8. Francesco Gabbani - Viceversa

 

The biggest italian album in my Year-End album list.

Includes the #1 hits "Viceversa" and "Il Sudore Ci Appiccica".

 

Charting songs:

01 Viceversa

01 Il Sudore Ci Appiccica

25 Einstein

34 È Un'Altra Cosa

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Albums of the year:

 

7. Run The Jewels - RTJ4

 

The biggest rap album of the year.

The first time Run The Jewels are making the Year-End album, after their critical success of their last 3 albums.

Includes the #2 hit "Ooh LA LA" and the top 10 hit "JU$T".

 

Charting songs:

02 Ooh LA LA (feat. DJ Premier & Greg Nice)

07 JU$T (feat. Pharrell Williams & Zack De La Rocha)

14 Out Of Sight (feat. 2 Chainz)

15 A Few Words For The Firing Squad (Radiation)

26 Pulling The Pin (feat. Mavis Staples & Josh Homme)

28 Yankee and the Brave (Ep. 4)

34 Goonies vs. E.T.

36 holy calamaf**k

37 Never Look Back

38 Walking In The Snow

48 The Ground Below

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Not heard any of those albums unfortunately! Giving Viceversa a listen now (although Youtube tells me I've heard it before, probably on your chart!) it sounds quite nice, listening to it all the way through definitely makes me appreciate it more.

Not heard any of those albums unfortunately! Giving Viceversa a listen now (although Youtube tells me I've heard it before, probably on your chart!) it sounds quite nice, listening to it all the way through definitely makes me appreciate it more.

Hope you will get a chance to listen to those albums!

Thank you for your comment!

Albums of the year:

 

6. Oh Wonder - No One Else Can Wear Your Crown

 

This is the biggest album by a duo this year.

It includes the #1 songs "Happy" and "I Wish I Never Met You", as well as the top 10 hits "Hallelujah" and "In And Out Of Love".

 

Charting songs:

01 Happy

01 I Wish I Never Met You

05 Hallelujah

07 In And Out Of Love

49 Drunk On You

53 Nebraska

54 Better Now

54 Nothing But You

69 Dust

96 How It Goes

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Edited December 28, 20204 yr by Sergej

Albums of the year:

 

5. Kygo - Golden Hour

 

This is the biggest dance album of the year.

It includes the top 3 hits "Higher Love", "Like It Is" and "Lose Somebody".

 

Charting songs:

02 Higher Love (with Whitney Houston)

02 Like It Is (with Zara Larsson & Tyga)

03 Lose Somebody (with OneRepublic)

25 Feels Like Forever (with Jamie N Commons)

30 I'll Wait (with Sasha Sloan)

31 The Truth (with Valerie Broussard)

35 How Would I Know (featuring Oh Wonder)

46 Hurting (with Rhys Lewis)

52 Could You Love Me (with Dreamlab)

72 Follow (with Joe Janiak)

73 Say You Will (with Patrick Droney & Petey)

75 Beautiful (with Sandro Cavazza)

88 Don't Give Up On Love (with Sam Tinnesz)

89 Only Us (featuring Haux)

99 Freedom (featuring Zak Abel)

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Albums of the year:

 

4. Harry Styles - Fine Line

 

Harry Styles outdoes himself with his new album, as this album has sold more and streamed more than his previous album.

It includes top 3 hit with "Lights Up", the top 5 hit "Watermelon Sugar" and the top 10 hit "Adore You".

 

Charting songs:

03 Lights Up

04 Watermelon Sugar

07 Adore You

20 Golden

23 Falling

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Edited December 28, 20204 yr by Sergej

Albums of the year:

 

3. Niall Horan - Heartbreak Weather

 

Niall Horan had the biggest album out of all the former One Direction albums and it might be my favourite album from all the former One Direction members.

It includes the #1 song "Black And White", the top 3 song "Nice To Meet Ya", the top 5 song "New Angel" and the top 10 song "No Judgement".

 

Charting songs:

01 Black and White

02 Nice To Meet Ya

05 New Angel

08 No Judgement

13 Heartbreak Weather

15 Put A Little Love On Me

24 Dear Patience

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Albums of the year:

 

2. The Weeknd - After Hours

 

The biggest male album of the year.

It includes the #1 songs "Blinding Lights", "In Your Eyes" and "Save Your Tears".

 

Charting songs:

01 Blinding Lights

01 In Your Eyes

01 Save Your Tears

16 Heartless

48 Snowchild

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

Albums of the year:

 

And finally my album of the year 2020 should come as no surprise:

1. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

 

The biggest female singer of this year and last decade has made a new album this year and of course I like it a lot.

In my opinion, I dare say it, it is better than her last album.

It includes the #1 songs "Don't Start Now", "Physical", "Break My Heart" and "Fever", as well as the top 3 song "Levitating", the top 5 hit "Hallucinate" and the top 10 songs "Love Again" and "Cool".

 

Charting songs:

01 Don't Start Now

01 Physical

01 Break My Heart

01 Fever (feat. Angèle)

02 Levitating

05 Hallucinate

07 Love Again

09 Cool

14 Pretty Please

17 Future Nostalgia

19 Good In Bed

20 Boys Will Be Boys

 

If you haven't listened to this album, you can listen to it here:

 

And those were my top albums of the year.

 

Tomorrow, I'll begin with the top 300 songs of 2020.

I hope you all will be there with me to count down my 300 songs of this year!