Another year in music has passed us by. I wasn't as thrilled with this year in music as I thought I'd be, especially when you consider how much potential it had. Outkast's reunion was a little disappointing (at first; it got better from what I've heard), Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran become the only artists to sell over a million copies of their album this year (congrats to them), my favorite Swedish synthpop group announced that they're disbanding, and in general, the albums that were released were overall a little lacking.
That being said, the charts seemed more interesting than ever. Indie pop continued to dominate the charts with artists like Bastille and Lorde, Taylor Swift replaced herself at Number 1, and EDM continued a somewhat impressive run on the charts. I was pleasantly surprised with a lot of the songs that ended up on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100, as you'll see later on here. Going through this list, I also enjoyed--and somewhat hated--checking out some of the songs I may not have heard (of which there were plenty). After listening to the 100 songs that made the cut, I picked out my ten favorites and compiled them into my own list for you to enjoy. The only criteria for choosing the songs is that the songs must have made the 2014 Year-End list, so naturally there are going to be some songs that won't make it here regardless of how much I liked them.
Anyway, enough chit-chat from me. Let's jump right into the list with Number 10.
That being said, the charts seemed more interesting than ever. Indie pop continued to dominate the charts with artists like Bastille and Lorde, Taylor Swift replaced herself at Number 1, and EDM continued a somewhat impressive run on the charts. I was pleasantly surprised with a lot of the songs that ended up on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100, as you'll see later on here. Going through this list, I also enjoyed--and somewhat hated--checking out some of the songs I may not have heard (of which there were plenty). After listening to the 100 songs that made the cut, I picked out my ten favorites and compiled them into my own list for you to enjoy. The only criteria for choosing the songs is that the songs must have made the 2014 Year-End list, so naturally there are going to be some songs that won't make it here regardless of how much I liked them.
Anyway, enough chit-chat from me. Let's jump right into the list with Number 10.