For many digital platforms, it’s rewind time. I want to wait a little longer before I do all the rewinds I plan on doing, but I wanted to go ahead and share my top songs of 2019 according to Spotify.
If you’re into lists, or just checking out new music, here are my top songs of 2019, in the order of most to least listened to.
(The “*” means explicit)
“My Blood” by twenty one pilots (was on literally every playlist; I love this song sooooo much)
“Next Up Forever” by AJR *
“Summer Days” by Martin Garrix, Macklemore, Patrick Stump *
“Be Somebody” by CVBZ *
“Pretender” by Steve Aoki, Lil Yachty, AJR
“Glitter” by 070 Shake (On My Block season 2, which I still haven’t finished, introduced me to this song)
“False Confidence” by Noah Kahan *
“Change” by NF
“No Role Modelz” by J. Cole *
“Love It If We Made It” by The 1975 *
“Drowning” by KREAM, Clara Mae (favorite part: the “yeah” right before the beat drops)
“Wherever I Go” by OneRepublic
“Only One” by Bazanji *
“Woke Up Late” by Drax Project, Hailee Steinfeld
“More Than Words” by Little Mix, KAMILLE
“Cash Sh*t” by Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby *
“100 Bad Days” by AJR
“Chlorine” by twenty one pilots
“Finest Hour” by Cash Cash, Abir
“Good Times Roll” by GRiZ, Big Gigantic (a fast food commercial introduced me to this song)
“Human” by Rag’n’Bone Man
“Ain’t No Sunshine – Lido Remix” by Bill Withers, Lido (Milo Manheim’s dance from Dancing with the Stars introduced me to this song; stopped watching after he didn’t win)
“No Grass Today” by AJR
“Wait a Minute!” by WILLOW (would be higher if I didn’t discover her so late)
“a lot” by 21 Savage, J. Cole * (J. Cole’s verse = <3)
“Sit Next to Me” by Foster the People
“Weak” by AJR
“Overwhelming” by Jon Bellion
“Sucker” by Jonas Brothers
“Realer” by Megan Thee Stallion *
“Don’t Throw Out My Legos” by AJR
“Forward Motion – From The Original Motion Picture ‘Late Night‘” by Daya *
“I Can’t Stop Me” by Sabrina Carpenter, Saweetie
“Count You Twice” by Bazanji, Alexi Blue (imagined myself singing this to my future husband every time I listened to it)
“Collide” by Rachel Platten
“Vouch” by Kevin Gates * (I know every word; surprised it’s not higher)
“We Can’t Stop” by Miley Cyrus
“Sunday Best” by Surfaces
“Ritual” by Wrabel (always imagine my future husband singing this to me)
“Shadow” by Macklemore, IRO * (hopefully 2020 brings a new Macklemore album)
“Nice For What” by Drake * (I only listened to this song because I mentally played the music video when it came on, and I really like the music video)
“Caving” by Justin Caruso, James Droll
“L.A.LOVE (la la)” by Fergie, YG
“SICKO MODE” by Travis Scott, Drake *
“Truth Hurts” by Lizzo * (“WHY MEN GREAT TIL THEY GOTTA BE GREAT”)
“Temperamental Love” by Bridgit Mendler, Devontée
“Let Me Down” by Jorja Smith, Stormzy * (hits right in the feels every time)
“Body” by Julia Michaels
“Crush Culture” by Conan Gray (forever my cuffing season and Valentine’s Day song)
“Formation” by Beyoncé *
“Myself” by Bazzi
“Bout you” by happytree, late late
“Home (from Bright: The Album)” by Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors, Bebe Rexha
“Wanted” by OneRepublic
“Old Town Road – Remix” by Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus
“All This Time” by Drax Project (love the sax in this)
“Let You Down” by NF
“Let’s Hurt Tonight” by OneRepublic
“Dreamin” by The Score, blackbear *
“Paradise” by Bazzi *
“How Ya Doin’?” by Little Mix, Missy Elliott
“100 Ways” by Zhavia Ward
“Hey Look Ma, I Made It” by Panic! At The Disco
“We Could Be Beautiful” by Wrabel
“Freedom” by Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar
“You & Me” by That band Honey (underrated)
“Sax” by Fleur East
“If You Want Love” by NF
“Rollercoaster” by Jonas Brothers
“Good Feeling” by Flo Rida
“No Diggity” by Blackstreet, Dr. Dre, Queen Pen
“Big Ole Freak” by Megan Thee Stallion *
“Natural” by Imagine Dragons
“Hit & Run” by Greyson Chance *
“Juice” by Lizzo *
“I’m Gonna Be” by Post Malone *
“All Time Low” by Jon Bellion *
“Too Close” by Louis The Child, Wrabel *
“Side Effects” by The Chainsmokers, Emily Warren
“NO NAME” by NF
“shut up” by Greyson Chance (the beautiful return of Greyson Chance)
“Way Down We Go” by KALEO (Charity and Andreas’ dance from World of Dance introduced me to this song, and I mentally replay their dance every time I listen to it)
“Truth Hurts (DaBaby Remix)” by Lizzo, DaBaby *
“Empire State of Mind (Part 2) Broken Down” by Alicia Keys
“What The Hell Happened To Us” by Quinn XCII, Kailee Morgue
“Get Your Freak On” by Missy Elliott *
“Gonna Love Me” by Teyana Taylor (another time I get hit in the feels)
“Classic” by MKTO
“Start Over” by Imagine Dragons
“Strip” by Little Mix, Sharaya J (every female on this planet needs to hear this song)
“It Takes Two” by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
“Future Hit” by Louis II (Haley Pham’s travel vlog introduced me to this song, and I still love it; I’m surprised it’s not higher)
“Big For Your Boots” by Stormzy *
“Feels Great” by Cheat Codes, Fetty Wap, CVBZ *
“Maybe IDK” by Jon Bellion
“It’s so Good” by Louis II
“My Stress” by NF
“I Got You” by Bebe Rexha
“Dance Off” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Idris Elba, Anderson.Paak
“Paradise” by Coldplay
The music glow up from 2018 to 2019 was real, and I can’t wait to see what music I’ll discover in 2020.
