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Monika:
Adele really wiped the floor with everyone else this year.
Country music is mostly an American phenomenon, so I didn't recognise a single one of the country songs songs, although I recognises the names of most of the artists behind them .
The two songs I'll remember from 2011 probably are Rolling In the Deep and Born This Way.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Monika on December 27, 2011, 03:47:05 pm ---Country music is mostly an American phenomenon, so I didn't recognise a single one of the country songs songs, although I recognises the names of most of the artists behind them .
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Yep. Pretty much.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: southendmd on December 27, 2011, 03:41:19 pm ---Chuck, do you know all those songs?! I recognize about three, and that's only from watching 'Glee'. :laugh:
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Big Brother Paul, here are the ones I know from listening to the radio to and from work each day.
94. “God Gave Me You” – Blake Shelton
93. “Price Tag” – Jessie J.
91. “Please Don’t Go – Mike Posner
89. “She Ain’t You” – Chris Brown
88. “Where Dem Girls At” – David Guetta ft. Flo Rider & Nicki Minaj
87. “Don’t Wanna Go Home” – Jason DeRulo
86. “Best Thing I Never Had” – Beyoncé
85. “Headlines” – Drake
83. “In The Dark” – Dev
78. “Who Says” – Selena Gomez & the Scene
77. “Cheers (Drink To That) – Rihanna
75. “Teenage Dream” – Katy Perry
74. “Back To December – Taylor Swift
73. “Without You” – David Guetta ft. Usher
72. “Like A G6“ – Far*East Movement ft. Caratacs & Dev
71. “You & I” – Lady Gaga
70. “Pretty Girl Rock” – Keri Hilson
69. “We Found Love” – Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
66. “For The First Time” – The Script
65. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” – Usher ft. Pit Bull
64. “Bottoms Up” – Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj
63. “Written In The Stars” – Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner
62. “What The Hell” – Avril Lavagne
61. “More” – Usher
60. “Hold It Against Me” – Britney Spears
58. “Rocketeer” – Far * East Movement
57. “Sexy & I Know It” – LMFAO
55. “Jar of Hearts” – Christina Perri
54. “Stereo Love” – Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina
53. “Motivation” – Kelly Rowland ft. ‘Lil Wayne
52. “Just A Dream” – Nelly
51. “I Need A Doctor” – Dr. Dre with Eminem & Skylar Grey
50. “Moment For Life” – Nicki Minaj ft. Drake
49. “Yeah 3X” – Chris Brown
48. “You Make Me Feel” – Cobra Starship ft. Sabi
46. “I Wanna Go” – Britney Spears
44. “Dynamite” – Tiao Cruz
42. “Just A Kiss” – Lady Antebellum
40. “Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna
39. “Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)” – Pit Bull ft. ‘Lil Wayne
38. “Coming Home” – Diddy Dirty Money ft. Skylar Grey
37. “The Time (Dirty Bit)” – Black Eyed Peas
36. “Stereo Hearts” – Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine
35. “If I Die Young” – The Band Perry
34. “Lighters” – Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Marz
33. “Blow” – Ke$ha
32. “Tonight Tonight” – Hot Chelle Rae
31. “Black & Yellow” – Wiz Khalifa
30. “We R Who We R” – Ke$ha
29. “The Edge of Glory” – Lady Gaga
27. “Till The World Ends” – Britney Spears
26. “The Lazy Song” – Bruno Marz
25. “Good Life” – OneRepublic
24. “Someone Like You” – Adele
22. “Down On Me” – Jeremih ft. 50 Cent
20. “What’s My Name” – Rihanna ft. Drake
19. “F**ckin’ Perfect” – P!nk
18. “Born This Way” – Lady Gaga
17. “Raise Your Glass” – P!nk
16. “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)” – Enrique Inglesias ft. Ludacris
15. “Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Marz
14. “Last Friday Night” – Katy Perry
13. “Pumped Up Kicks” – Foster The People
12. “S&M” – Rihanna
11. “On The Floor” – Jennifer Lopez ft. Pit Bulls
10. “Just Can’t Get Enough” – Black Eyed Peas
9. “Moves Like Jagger” – Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
8. “Super Bass” – Nicki Minaj
7. “F**K You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green
6. “Grenade” – Bruno Marz
5. “Give Me Everything” – Pit Bull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
4. “E. T.” – Katy Perry
3. “Firework” – Katy Perry
2. “Party Rock Anthem” – LMFAO
1. “Rolling In The Deep” - Adele
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: milomorris on December 27, 2011, 01:10:34 pm ---There are many more country artists on these charts than I would have expected.
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--- Quote from: Monika on December 27, 2011, 03:47:05 pm ---Adele really wiped the floor with everyone else this year.
Country music is mostly an American phenomenon, so I didn't recognise a single one of the country songs songs, although I recognises the names of most of the artists behind them .
The two songs I'll remember from 2011 probably are Rolling In the Deep and Born This Way.
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In regards to the country music songs......it's a bit of an explanation.
I was always a "chart freak" and I used to buy Billboard magazine each week to go over all the charts....Country, Dance/club, R&B, Hot 100. For a long time (up to the late 90s) the Hot 100 singles chart was an equal "weight" between copies sold, and airplay on radio.
In the late 90s songs started getting airplay but were not released as singles by the record companies. As a result, Billboard changed thier methodology, giving more credit to airplay than copies sold, so that airplay only songs could chart on the Hot 100.
With this change, songs that were receiving airplay by stations across the US could then chart on the Hot 100, which meant that country singles were getting more exposure. When airplay became the driving thrust to push the song up the Hot 100, country songs got break, and country artists saw their songs start climbing the Hot 100.
On top of that, with the single nearly extinct, and digital downloads from I-Tunes and such accounting for sales, more country songs are getting the download figures that popsongs are, so acts like Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and others are hitting the pop charts on a more regular basis.
As for Adele, she's had a fantastic year, with only two hit songs from her CD. I'm thinking we'll hear a lot more from Adele in 2012. I've let people borrow my copy of "21" and everyone always says the same thing "I love the song 'Set Fire To The Rain' off of it." Well, two NY stations just started to play "Set Fire To The Rain" on a regular basis, so I'm willing to bet that's her next big hit.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on December 27, 2011, 04:19:44 pm ---Big Brother Paul, here are the ones I know from listening to the radio to and from work each day.
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Nice!!! I know all the country tunes, because that's what I listen to in the car. I know a couple of the hip-hop/rap tunes from jukeboxes in bars that I frequented (until a few weeks ago) in the 'hood. The pop and rock stuff I know very little because I don't ear that music unless a musical guest makes an appearance on a TV show. Even then, most of the TV I watch is PBS.
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