Jay's End of Year 2021

 

Better late than never!

 

- This list includes songs from 2021 and 2020.

 

- Everything included in the list achieved 5 plays or more in 2021, which has resulted in 263 songs.

 

- The order is based on my Last.fm scrobbles (play counts) from 1st Jan to 31st Dec 2021.

 

- If songs have the same number of scrobbles as each other, then they're arranged in alphabetical order by artist name (which isn't ideal... but three years on, I can't instantly recall every song here to be able to try and order them from favourite to least favourite!). 2021 released songs have been given a higher priority than 2020 songs in the alphabetical system.

 

- For the most part, this list focuses on singles. However, the definition of what is and isn't a single can be a bit blurred. For instance I counted Kylie Minogue - Dance Floor Darling as being a single because it was playlisted on Radio 2 (despite the fact that her Wikipedia page disregards it as being one). There are some oddities in the list which are probably better defined as album/bonus tracks (I even included Spice Girls' old demo Feed Your Love!).

 

- Album versions/radio edit/extended versions are counted as being a full play. However I decided to downweight remixes/acoustic/instrumental versions etc, so 1 play of those tracks only contributes half a play to the main song's overall play count. That's why there's a few ".5" moments below!

 

- If I consider the album version and single version to be significantly different from each other, then they both appear in this count down (that's if they both got 5+ plays). For example: Kylie Minogue/Dua Lipa - Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix) and Kylie Minogue - Real Groove are both included separately.

 

Soon I'll post my EOY 2022 and 2023 lists, before finally reaching 2024! Without further ado, here's my 2021 in music...

 

 

01. Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (68.5 plays)

02. Griff - Black Hole (62 plays)

03. Steps & Michelle Visage - Heartbreak in This City (58.5 plays)

04. Griff - One Foot in Front of the Other (55 plays)

05. Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem (50 plays)

06. Kylie Minogue & Dua Lipa - Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix) (50 plays)

07. Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu (50 plays)

08. Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (49 plays)

09. Little Mix feat. Saweetie - Confetti (48.5 plays)

10. Conan Gray - Overdrive (48 plays)

 

11. Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae - You (48 plays)

12. Steps - Take Me for a Ride (48 plays)

13. Kylie Minogue - Dance Floor Darling (47.5 plays)

14. Steps - The Slightest Touch (45.5 plays)

15. Griff - One Night (40 plays)

16. Sigala & Rita Ora - You for Me (39.5 plays)

17. Griff - Shade of Yellow (39 plays)

18. Kylie Minogue and Years & Years - A Second to Midnight (37.5 plays)

19. Katy Perry - Electric (33 plays)

20. Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) (32.5 plays)

 

21. Kylie Minogue - Real Groove (32.5 plays)

22. Joel Corry, Raye & David Guetta - Bed (32 plays)

23. Agnes - 24 Hours (31 plays)

24. Nick Jonas - This Is Heaven (31 plays)

25. Cardi B - Up (30 plays)

26. Kylie Minogue - Say Something (29.5 plays)

27. Little Mix - Sweet Melody (29.5 plays)

28. Conan Gray - People Watching (28 plays)

29. Doja Cat feat. SZA - Kiss Me More (28 plays)

30. Justin Bieber - Anyone (27 plays)

 

31. MUNA - Silk Chiffon (27 plays)

32. Ariana Grande feat. Doja Cat & Megan Thee Stallion - 34+35 (Remix) (26 plays)

33. Mabel - Let Them Know (26 plays)

34. Nick Jonas - Spaceman (26 plays)

35. Normani feat. Cardi B - Wild Side (26 plays)

36. Shakira - Don't Wait Up (26 plays)

37. Taylor Swift - willow (25.5 plays)

38. Steps - Something in Your Eyes (25.5 plays)

39. Charli XCX - Good Ones (24.5 plays)

40. The Wanted - Rule the World (24.5 plays)

 

41. Dua Lipa - We're Good (24 plays)

42. Troye Sivan - Angel Baby (24 plays)

43. Adele - Easy on Me (23.5 plays)

44. Anne-Marie & Little Mix - Kiss My (Uh-Oh) (23.5 plays)

45. Demi Lovato feat. Ariana Grande - Met Him Last Night (23.5 plays)

46. Troye Sivan - could cry just thinkin about you (23 plays)

47. Maisie Peters - John Hughes Movie (22 plays)

48. Marshmello & Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me (22 plays)

49. Raye & Rudimental - Regardless (22 plays)

50. Joel Corry feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie - OUT OUT (21 plays)

 

51. Steps - To the Beat of My Heart (21 plays)

52. Justin Bieber - Hold On (20 plays)

53. Latto - Big Energy (20 plays)

54. Little Mix - Love (Sweet Love) (20 plays)

55. Ava Max - My Head & My Heart (20 plays)

56. Jennifer Lopez & Rauw Alejandro - Cambia el Paso (19 plays)

57. Mimi Webb - Good Without (19 plays)

58. Rita Ora & Imanbek - Bang Bang (19 plays)

59. Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love (19 plays)

60. Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (18 plays)

 

61. The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - Save Your Tears (Remix) (18 plays)

62. Ava Max - EveryTime I Cry (17.5 plays)

63. Little Mix - No (17.5 plays)

64. Kylie Minogue - Magic (17.5 plays)

65. Conan Gray - Telepath (17 plays)

66. Doja Cat - Streets (17 plays)

67. Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin (17 plays)

68. Laura Mvula - Got Me (17 plays)

69. Ariana Grande - 34+35 (17 plays)

70. Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby - Levitating (17 plays)

 

71. The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - STAY (16.5 plays)

72. Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware - Kiss of Life (16 plays)

73. P!nk - All I Know So Far (16 plays)

74. Rita Ora, David Guetta & Imanbek feat. Gunna - Big (16 plays)

75. Years & Years - Starstruck (16 plays)

76. Ariana Grande - positions (16 plays)

77. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (16 plays)

78. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain on Me (15.5 plays)

79. Agnes - Here Comes the Night (15 plays)

80. Becky Hill - Last Time (15 plays)

 

81. Rebecca Black - Girlfriend (15 plays)

82. Shane Codd - Get Out My Head (15 plays)

83. Ed Sheeran - Shivers (14 plays)

84. Natalie Imbruglia - Maybe It's Great (14 plays)

85. Olivia Rodrigo - traitor (14 plays)

86. Sia - Floating Through Space (14 plays)

87. Steps - A Hundred Years of Winter (F9 Remix) (14 plays)

88. Taylor Swift feat. The National - coney island (14 plays)

89. The Weeknd - Take My Breath (14 plays)

90. Why Don't We - Love Back (14 plays)

 

91. Taylor Swift - cardigan (14 plays)

92. Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver - exile (14 plays)

93. Bella Poarch - Build a Bitch (13 plays)

94. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (13 plays)

95. Gwen Stefani - Slow Clap (13 plays)

96. Zara Larsson - Talk About Love (13 plays)

97. Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa - Prisoner (13 plays)

98. Steps - A Hundred Years of Winter (12.5 plays)

99. Dua Lipa - Love Again (12 plays)

100. Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti (12 plays)

 

(12 plays)

101. Glass Animals - Heat Waves

102. Hayley Kiyoko - chance

103. Justin Bieber - Ghost

104. Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise

105. Years & Years and Galantis - Sweet Talker

106. Melanie C - Into You

 

(11 plays)

107. Adele - Oh My God

108. Ben Platt - imagine

109. Kim Petras - Coconuts

110. Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)

111. Lizzo feat. Cardi B - Rumors

112. Lola Lennox - Wherever You Go

113. Luke Hemmings - Starting Line

114. Rebecca Black - Personal

 

(10 plays)

115. Avril Lavigne - Bite Me

116. Clean Bandit feat. iann dior - Higher

117. Coldplay - Higher Power

118. Delta Goodrem - All of My Friends

119. HAIM feat. Thundercat - 3 AM

120. Little Mix - Between Us

121. Natalie Imbruglia - Build It Better

122. Nathan Dawe, Anne-Marie & MoStack - Way Too Long

123. Olivia Rodrigo - brutal

124. Slayyyter - Troubled Paradise

125. Taylor Swift - Love Story (Taylor's Version)

126. The Wanted - Colours

127. Westlife - Starlight

128. Whitney Houston & Clean Bandit - How Will I Know

129. Zara Larsson - Look What You've Done

130. Little Mix - Break Up Song

131. Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears

132. Rina Sawayama - LUCID

133. Steps - What the Future Holds

134. Troye Sivan & Kacey Musgraves feat. Mark Ronson - Easy

 

(9 plays)

135. Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik - Seaside

136. Doja Cat - Need to Know

137. Ed Sheeran - Afterglow

138. Greyson Chance - Nobody

139. JLS - Eternal Love

140. Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish

141. Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now

142. PRETTYMUCH - Stars

143. Rag'n'Bone Man - All You Ever Wanted

144. Saweetie feat. Doja Cat - Best Friend

145. Shawn Mendes & Tainy - Summer of Love

146. Tainy & Miguel - Sunbathe

147. Taylor Swift feat. HAIM - no body, no crime

148. Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto

149. The Cast of of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Season 2 - UK Hun? (United Kingdolls Version)

150. Zayn - Vibez

151. Sarah Harding - Wear It Like a Crown

152. Ava Max - Kings & Queens

153. Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky (8.5 plays)

 

(8 plays)

154. THE ANXIETY - Meet Me at Our Spot

155. Charli XCX, Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek - New Shapes

156. Coldplay & BTS - My Universe

157. Doja Cat - Woman

158. Dove Cameron - LazyBaby

159. Greyson Chance - Hellboy

160. Greyson Chance - Holy Feeling

161. Hayley Kiyoko - found my friends

162. Jesy Nelson feat. Nicki Minaj - Boyz

163. Jo O'Meara - Missing You

164. L.L.A.M.A, Ne-Yo & Carmen DeLeon - Shake

165. Olivia Dear - Halfway

166. Robin Packalen feat. Alex Mattson - Hard to Love

167. Shawn Mendes - It'll Be Okay

168. Sugababes - Run for Cover (MNEK Remix)

169. Tia Kofi - Loving Me Like That

170. Dua Lipa - Physical

171. Troye Sivan - Easy

172. Lady Gaga - 911 (7.5 plays)

173. Steps - Under My Skin (7.5 plays)

 

(7 plays)

174. ACRAZE feat. Cherish - Do It To It

175. Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember

176. Demi Lovato - Dancing with the Devil

177. Doja Cat & The Weeknd - You Right

178. HAIM feat. Taylor Swift - Gasoline

179. Jo O'Meara - Sweet Surrender

180. Jonas Brothers - Who's in Your Head

181. Kim Petras - Future Starts Now

182. Kings of Leon - 100,000 People

183. Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT

184. Melanie C - Touch Me

185. Paloma Faith - Monster

186. Rebecca Black - Worth It for the Feeling

187. Sabrina Carpenter - Skin

188. Why Don't We - Slow Down

189. Ava Max - Naked

190. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart

191. Kylie Minogue - I Love It

192. The Pussycat Dolls - React

193. Lady Gaga - Stupid Love (6.5 plays)

 

(6 plays)

194. The Aces - Don't Freak

195. Ariana Grande - pov

196. Billie Eilish - Your Power

197. Bleachers - Stop Making This Hurt

198. Camila Cabello - Don't Go Yet

199. CJ - Whoopty

200. Diana Ross - If the World Just Danced

201. Foxes - Sister Ray

202. Gabrielle - Stop Right Now

203. Jessie Ware - Please

204. Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon - Peaches

205. Katy Perry feat. Luísa Sonza & Bruno Martini - Cry About It Later

206. Katy Perry - Not the End of the World

207. Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY

208. Lorde - Solar Power

209. NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G - Better Days

210. Niall Horan & Anne-Marie - Everywhere

211. The Paper Kites feat. Aoife O'Donovan - Climb on Your Tears

212. Riton & Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman - Friday

213. Ruel - too many feelings

214. Smith & Thell - Radioactive Rain

215. Spice Girls - Feed Your Love

216. Tia Kofi - Outside In

217. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - I Get a Kick

218. Years & Years - Crave

219. Years & Years with Kylie Minogue - Starstruck

220. Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion - WAP

221. Little Mix - Happiness

222. Taylor Swift - Betty

223. Taylor Swift - the 1

224. Melanie C - Blame It on Me (5.5 plays)

225. Melanie C - In and Out of Love (5.5 plays)

226. Melanie C - Who I Am (5.5 plays)

 

(5 plays)

227. 5 Seconds of Summer - 2011

228. Atomic Kitten - Southgate You're the One

229. Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez - DAKITI

230. Becky Hill & Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da)

231. Benjamin Ingrosso - Smile

232. Calvin Harris feat. Tom Grennan - By Your Side

233. Conan Gray - Astronomy

234. DJ Snake & Selena Gomez - Selfish Love

235. Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin - Risk It All

236. Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good

237. Jason Derulo feat. Adam Levine - Lifestyle

238. Jo O'Meara - On the Surface

239. Jonasu - Black Magic

240. Julia Michaels - All Your Exes

241. Kylie Minogue - Marry the Night

242. Laura Mvula - Church Girl

243. Lauv - 2021

244. Liam Payne - Sunshine

245. Marina - Purge the Poison

246. Maroon 5 - Beautiful Mistake

247. Miley Cyrus - Angels Like You

248. Raye - Call on Me

249. Sash! feat. Shayne Ward - Coming Home

250. Shane Codd feat. Charlotte Haining - Always on My Mind

251. Silk City feat. Ellie Goulding - New Love

252. Sub Urban feat. Bella Poarch - INFERNO

253. SZA - Good Days

254. Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)

255. Taylor Swift feat. Maren Morris - You All Over Me

256. Tom Grennan - Don't Break the Heart

257. The Wanted - Remember (Acoustic)

258. Will Young - Daniel

259. Dua Lipa - Hallucinate

260. The Knocks & MUNA - Bodies

261. Little Mix - Holiday

262. Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber - Monster

263. Why Don't We - Lotus Inn

Nick Jonas deserved more plays x

Overdrive in the top 10, where it should be *.* Telepath needs to be higher though x

Mee seeing that top 10:

 

Nick Jonas deserved more plays x

A good showing to have two songs in the Top 40 though 😍 His album is an underrated triumph!

 

Overdrive in the top 10, where it should be *.* Telepath needs to be higher though x

I guess it suffered a little for being a later in the year release :cry: What a bop though!!

 

Mee seeing that top 10:

 

The homophobic dog may disapprove, but I know you fully approve :cheeseblock: x

 

Thanks peeps!!