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  • Acting for Two: Starting with Jesus' voice in "Just a Kiss", Todd is always doing the voice of God whenever He appears.
  • Approval of God:
  • Black Sheep Hit: Despite self-admittedly hating drama, Todd's video cataloguing James Somerton's frequent factual errors, done almost completely absent his usual style, has quickly become his second most popular video of all time, only behind "The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2020". He's ruefully admitted that, despite disliking drama, it turns out he's good at it.
  • The Cast Showoff: Every episode opens with him playing a snippet of the song in question on the piano. Trainwreckords episodes close in a similar fashion.
  • Colbert Bump:
    • Before being picked up on TGWTG, when his third episode ("Party in the USA") was featured in Transmission Awesome, his viewcounts went "from absolutely no hits to hundreds".
    • His appearance in the Atop the Fourth Wall's KISS episode helped his videos to get more views. Todd even got his main page spot after it!
    • The songs featured on One Hit Wonderland tend to get more attention every time Todd does an episode on them, with many comments on YouTube on music videos mention that Todd brought them there. In particular, a number of viewers credited Todd's video on "Oh Yeah" with helping them become fans of Yello, a band whose international popularity was previously limited to a cult following in Europe. A case that was not the episode's subject was "Dog Police".
    • Todd's Trainwreckords episode on Summer in Paradise by The Beach Boys received renewed attention when livestreamer, Beach Boys fan, and Red Vox frontman Vinesauce Vinny commended it during two of his livestreams in 2020 and 2023.
  • Content Leak: Around December 21, Todd's video for the "Top 10 WORST Hit Songs of 2023" was leaked as an unlisted video on Todd's Trainwreckords playlist under the false title of "Nickelback's No Fixed Address". Likewise, the "Top 10 BEST Hit Songs of 2023" was accidentally revealed early at the bottom of the Pop Song Reviews playlist a couple of days before the video's proper release.
  • Corpsing: In the crossover review of From Justin to Kelly with The Nostalgia Chick, she epically fails to hold in a laugh when Todd bellows "NOW KISS!!" to the romantic leads. The review of Crossroads also cuts to the credits just as Lindsay starts laughing at Todd asking "Get out of my house!"
    • During the One Hit Wonderland episode for "It's Raining Men", Todd is clearly chuckling while making Christmas versions of some past subjects.
  • Creator Backlash:
    • He regrets being so hard in his review of the Hannah Montana movie of the "stop the evil real estate developer from building a mall" conflict, finding in retrospect that Hannah was correct that it was bad news.
    • In the comments for the "Tik Tok" review, he says that he doesn't like how any of his Kesha reviews turned out because he feels he comes across as sexist.
    • He agrees with many of his watchers that his "Worst of 2013" was so unhappy that it bordered on depressing, blaming the short turnaround time and coping with the loss of his grandmother as he was making it.
    • Todd states at the beginning of his "Dear Future Husband" review that his attempts to not put his foot in his mouth when commenting on its themes of body positivity combined with his lukewarm opinion on the song in question left him unsatisfied with his "All About That Bass" review. The "Dear Future Husband" review was his way of making up for it (partially by making it clear that he is no longer lukewarm on "All About That Bass" — he straight-up hates it).
    • Todd indicated in the "Top 10 Hit Songs of 2021" video that he had no idea why he put Lupe Fiasco's "The Show Goes On" on his "Best of 2011" list.
    • While he doesn't regret bashing the song, he did admit in the Trainwreckords episode on Robin Thicke's Paula that he regretted jumping on the bandwagon in calling "Blurred Lines" a rape anthem.
    • Todd admitted he almost immediately regretted naming "More Than My Hometown" his number one song of 2020 after video surfaced of Morgan Wallen saying the N-word.
    • In regards to Trainwreckords, Todd doesn't look back on his video on Be Here Now by Oasis with fondness, as he feels that he was far too harsh on the record in retrospect.
    • Todd also isn't a fan of his Trainwreckord on Fairweather Johnson by Hootie & the Blowfish, as he felt that the video amounted to nothing but describing how the album was a Sophomore Slump compared to the band's debut release, with nothing truly disastrous dooming the record to actually talk about. In the episode on the Spin Doctors' Turn It Upside Down, Todd stated that he changed his standards for what classified as a Trainwreckord, so that a Fairweather Johnson-style review doesn't ever happen again.
    • Beginning in the early 2020s, Todd has noted that he's been having a more difficult time making his Best and Worst Songs Lists of the year, as the changing landscape and pop culture in music has made it harder to pick and classify what amounts to a hit song, especially since many of them don't get decent radioplay anymore. Todd still makes the videos though, if only because they tend to get a large amount of views.
  • Creator Couple: He and Lindsay "The Nostalgia Chick" Ellis dated for a while, and frequently helped script each other's videos.
  • Defictionalization:
  • Executive Meddling: Todd originally used "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift as his bumper music for the "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2013" video. Shortly afterwards, Blip told him that he had to take out and replace the bumper music, and he could not use copyrighted music as bumper music from then on. However, in earlier 2015, Blip must have changed their minds, as the video had the bumper music back when it was still on their website.
  • Flip-Flop of God:
    • In regards to "All About That Bass." In his full review of the song, he discusses its themes a lot more than the song itself, saying that it's only OK. Come his "Dear Future Husband" review, he's much less wishy-washy: he hates it and says he'd rather eat venomous scorpions than listen to it again. One year later, he said on Twitter that the song sounds great, but the lyrics are still awful (calling the song "a waste").
    • Also with the Chainsmokers as a whole. Two songs of theirs have made different worst lists ("#Selfie" was #2 on his Worst of 2014 list and "Don't Let Me Down" was #4 on his Worst of 2016 list), but then "Closer" became the first song he's ever given a full review to actually top his year-end best list.
  • Follow the Leader: Todd admitted he started his show because after becoming a fan of other Video Review Shows, he noticed there was a gap of them on music and decided to fill that niche. In turn, many of the music reviewers who started in The New '10s, such as The Double Agent and Diamond Axe Studios Music, will admit Todd is an influence.
  • Meaningful Release Date: Todd's One-Hit Wonderland video on Aqua's "Barbie Girl" released the same day as the 2023 Barbie movie.
  • Milestone Celebration: Todd's One Hit Wonderland on "I Love College" commemorates his tenth anniversary of making videos.
  • Money, Dear Boy:
    • Since 2015, Todd has admitted that he has been splitting his "Worst" and "Best" videos of the year (starting with the ones from 2014) in two as a "purely monetary move". He even stated that, at the time, he didn't earn anything through mid-roll ads according to his contract with Blip. However, he always reminds his Patreon patrons that they can cap how many videos they pay for per month and opt out of the second video before going back to the regular schedule.
    • In the first part of the top 10 worst hit songs of 2019 video, he mentioned that he had considered ending the worst lists in favor of focusing on what he likes but cited the fact that the worst lists tend to be his most popular videos (and thus bring in most income) and he needs the moneynote . He did note however that he also keeps making them in order to record what he considers to be the lousy trends in pop music of each year for future reference; he admitted at the start of the 2011 Worst list that not doing a worst list in 2010 made that year seem incomplete.
  • No Budget: In the "Like a G6/Whip My Hair" commentary, he pointed out that most of his props (biggest being the microphone and mic stand) were from his (then) roommate. In the first video he released after moving out, Todd joked around the fact that his roommate probably got tired of him stealing his stuff... and his jokes.
  • Promoted Fanboy: Todd actually started his reviews with the goal of getting a small chance to join TGWTG.
  • Reality Subtext: The opening for the Trainwreckords episode "Two the Hard Way" has a detailed and nuanced perspective on being in a celebrity couple and the specific problems that can arise from the experience. It is probably not irrelevant that Todd had been in a relationship with Lindsay Ellis that was publicly known and played up in their work.
  • Reclusive Artist: He's kind of a Downplayed example because we know his real name (Kenneth Munson - "Todd Nathanson" is a pseudonym) and he interacts with fans, but he always wears a mask over the top half of his face, not wanting people to know what he looks like. This gimmick was apparently because he was working for a newspaper at the time and was considering a teaching job, but stuck to video reviews instead when they proved more sustainable. While he often joked about the ambiguity of his appearance and race, he appears unmasked in a 2016 video shot by Lindsay Ellis, (he's visible during the "Norway" transition) and Ellis confirmed in a later video that Todd is half-Vietnamese.
  • Rule 34 – Creator Reactions: Shortly after joining the site, Todd mentioned in an interview for Transmission Awesome (Episode 48) that he was quite looking forward to seeing what kind of depraved fanart and fanfiction involving him might crop up. And in "S&M", Todd mentions that sadomachism itself isn't so weird considering he's seen porn of himself.
  • Screwed by the Lawyers:
    • When Todd originally uploaded the "Whatcha Say" review on YouTube in 2009, it was quickly removed thanks to the site's policies towards Warner Music properties. He was eventually forced to put it on Dailymotion.
    • In January 2013, Blip told him that he couldn't use bumper music in his "Best of" and "Worst of" lists anymore. As long as he was talking specifically about the song it was fine, but being used to transition from one section to another was a no-no. In 2015, without an official explanation, the bumper music for both videos was restored, although Todd was forced to change the bumper music for his "Worst of 2014" videos, as it's likely it slipped through their radar.
    • When Blip shut down in 2015, many of the full versions of some of Todd's videos were supposedly lost as they weren't available anywhere due to many reasons. Fortunately, he has been uploading many of them (reviews, One Hit Wonderland, Cinemadonna) to his YouTube account. As of 2017, he has been re-editing some to re-upload them back to YouTube (while not getting caught by the copyright bots). A few are only on his Vimeo channel.
    • By 2019, Todd frequently griped on Twitter on how the algorithms and bots were blocking his videos on the double digits. One of those, a Trainwreckords video on Lauryn Hill's Unplugged 2.0, ended up being Patreon exclusive for over a month.
    • The One Hit Wonderland episode on Skee-Lo's "I Wish" was removed from YouTube in early June 2023 due to a copyright claim from Altra Moda Music (where the official music video can be found on YouTube). Even after Todd did the dispute to get it back up, YouTube had backed it up to at least ten days, rather than the usual two.
    • His "The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2023" video got blocked for about two weeks in February 2024 due to a copyright claim from Collab Asia Music, the management company of Fifty Fifty, whose song "Cupid" was #7 on the list.
    • Really, this is inevitable given he's a music critic on YouTube. In order to demonstrate his points, he needs to play the songs, which activates the notoriously trigger-happy claim bots on any new video he releases. Even old videos aren't safe due to either the constant updates to the algorithm or fraudulent manual claims. He has admitted that he's funded by Patreon and sponsorships as all monetization goes to the covered artists, and cleaning copyright claims is a clusterfrack.
  • Schedule Slip:
    • Since 2013, and while he never had a precise schedule, his "Best Of" and "Worst Of" lists have been uploaded at a late date than his then regular schedule of "within a week or two of the new year" he maintained until then. The ones for 2013 were uploaded a week and half a week later (respectively), while the ones for 2014 were released until the middle of January (for his "Worst Of" videos) and at the end of January (for his "Best Of" ones). At this point, expecting him to put them out any earlier is wishful thinking.
    • Subverted with his "Worst Of" list for 2017, which was uploaded on January 1st, 2018. Todd lampshades the unusual timeliness in the video. His "Worst of" for 2018 also came out in December, while the Best Of still came out in January.
    • Zigzagged with some of his reviews' releases in the second half of 2015. Due to Blip's shutdown, Todd had a four-month gap where he was uploading his videos to YouTube rather than to Channel Awesome, explaining why the gap between his Cinemadonna review of Dangerous Game (which was uploaded on the site on August 16th, 2015) and his "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" review (which was uploaded on December 11thnote ) exists. He acknowledged this incident when he uploaded the "Uma Thurman" review on January 7th, 2016, as it was accompanied by a description that said: "Todd posted this on YouTube last Halloween. It was on time at the time, I swear."
  • What Could Have Been:
    • According to the commentary for "O.M.G.", Todd originally planned to feature cameos from other TGWTG contributors and give them good reason to hate him, such as trying to convert The Distressed Watcher to Mormonism and convincing Linkara that One More Day was a good thing.
    • He was going to review "California Gurls", but didn't want to admit that he loved it. His review of "Best Song Ever" seems to be a good example of what it would have been like.
    • In the commentary for "Whip My Hair", Todd mentions he wanted to use a shot where the Hannah Montana wig got stuck in the microphone after being thrown, but it wasn't good enough.
    • Almost did a One Hit Wonderland for James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", as part of his requests through Patreon. The buyer changed it to "Turning Japanese" at the last minute. He did, however, hint at doing the song in his OHW for "Lullaby", so this could still happen in the close future.
    • The music in between Todd's picks for the "Top 10 Worst Songs of 2004" was supposed to be a Three Days Grace song, but he found the unintentional comedy of "Sorry 2004"'s chorus to be too good not to include.
    • The "Best Of 2014" list was almost a top 9 until he heard "Love Me Harder."
    • As explained in his review of "Am I The Only One", Todd had plans to cover right-wing rapper Tom MacDonald but realized while drafting the review that, thanks to MacDonald's output being nothing but Anvilicious, politically inflammatory, musically bland Author Tracts, the review was devolving into a debunking video. Realizing he couldn't make an enjoyable review of a song by someone he increasingly saw as an insincere grifter rather than a genuine musician, he shelved the idea and, during this review, instead chose to contrast MacDonald with Aaron Lewis, an actual, legitimate musician who released an actual song that happened to be a right-wing Wangst-fest.
      Todd: His songs are essentially unreviewable because they barely even function as music; it's just a list of things that piss him off, listed off as dully and artlessly as possible. It's preachy. Like, no-one uses that word to describe the anti-woke squad, but it is; it's fucking preachy, and goddamn if I'm gonna be making the same mistakes as the guy I'm reviewing.
  • Why the Fandom Can't Have Nice Things: Todd stated the reason why he stopped doing Q&As was he got tired of most people only asking him about his music taste.

Miscellaneous Trivia

  • As of 2023, only ten songs have both received a full review by Todd and also made the year-end best lists: Kanye West and Jay Z's "Ni**as in Paris" (#8 for 2012), Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (#6 for 2012), Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" (#8 for 2013), One Direction's "Best Song Ever" (#6 for 2013), Justin Timberlake's "Suit and Tie" (#5 for 2013), Mike Posner's "I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)" (#4 for 2016), The Chainsmokers and Halsey's "Closer" (#1 for 2016), Portugal. The Man's "Feel It Still" (Honorable mention for 2017), Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus' "Old Town Road" (#9 for 2019), and Beyoncé's "Break My Soul" (#4 for 2022) Compare that to the songs he's given full reviews to that made the worst lists (as of 2019, 31, not counting the songs he would've included for 2010). note 
    • As of the Worst of 2017 list, Taylor Swift joins Rihanna as being one of the few artists to top both a best and worst list, with "Style" topping the Best of 2015 list and "...Ready for It?" topping the Worst of 2017 list; Rihanna remains the only artist to top both lists in the same year, with "Birthday Cake (Remix)" and "Take Care" topping the 2012 Worst and Best lists respectively. Taylor Swift also ties Beyonce's record for the most appearances by one artist on a worst list, with "Look What You Made Me Do" and her feature on Zayn's "I Don't Want to Live Forever" also making the cut. Another record she shares with Beyonce is having two of those songs in the top three, with "Look What You Made Me Do" coming in second, also making her the first artist to take both second and first place on a list.
    • Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran would also appear in both the Best and Worst lists for a year (2022 and 2017 respectively) but unlike Rhianna they topped neither.
  • As of the Best of 2022 list, Taylor Swift is the only artist to hit the #1 best spot in two different years - in 2015 for "Style" and in 2022 for "Anti-Hero".
  • Three songs have topped the list despite not making the year-end Hot 100 for their respective years - "Uptown Funk" topped the 2014 list, despite not reaching its peak until 2015, "Green Light" topped the 2017 list after peaking at #19 and "Breathin'" topped the 2018 list in spite of making the 2019 list.
  • Billy Ray Cyrus is the only artist to get a One Hit Wonderland episode (for "Achy Breaky Heart") and a pop song review. (for his appearance on "Old Town Road")
  • To date, the oldest song Todd has covered is "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett, released in 1962.
  • The longest video on Todd's channel is "I Fact-Checked The Worst Video Essayist On YouTube", a take-down of the disgraced YouTuber James Somerton that runs for a whopping 1 hour, 42 minutes, and 30 seconds.
    • The longest traditional episode is the Trainwreckords episode regarding Edgar Winter and L. Ron Hubbard's "Mission Earth", clocking in at 43 minutes and 16 seconds.
    • The longest Top 10 list is "Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2022" at 41 minutes and 42 seconds.
    • The longest One Hit Wonderland is Los del Rio's "Macarena" at 25 minutes and 17 seconds.
    • The longest Pop Song Review is "Am I The Only One" by Aaron Lewis at 25 minutes and 3 seconds.
    Todd's Year-end Countdowns 

Worst of 1976

  • 10. Henry Gross: "Shannon"
  • 9. Captain & Tennille: "Shop Around"
  • 8. Chicago: "If You Leave Me Now"
  • 7. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: "Only Sixteen"
  • 6. Silver Convention: "Get Up and Boogie"
  • 5. Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots: "Disco Duck"
  • 4. John Travolta: "Let Her In"
  • 3. Barry Manilow: "I Write the Songs"
  • 2. C.W. McCall: "Convoy"
  • 1. The Starland Vocal Band: "Afternoon Delight"

Worst of 1987

  • 10. Pseudo Echo: "Funkytown"
  • 9. Gregory Abbott: "Shake You Down"
  • 8. Chicago: "Will You Still Love Me"
  • 7. Lionel Richie: "Ballerina Girl"
  • 6. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam: "Head to Toe"
  • 5. Genesis: "Tonight Tonight Tonight"
  • 4. Europe: "Carrie"
  • 3. Peter Cetera ft. Amy Grant: "The Next Time I Fall"
  • 2. Glenn Medeiros: "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You"
  • 1. Kenny G: "Songbird"

Worst of 1991

  • 10. Another Bad Creation: "Iesha"
  • 9. Gerardo: "Rico Suave"
  • 8. Whitney Houston: "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
  • 7. UB40: "The Way You Do The Things You Do"
  • 6. Vanilla Ice: "Play That Funky Music"
  • 5. Timmy T.: "One More Try"
  • 4. Stevie B.: "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"
  • 3. Madonna: "Justify My Love"
  • 2. Bette Midler: "From a Distance"
  • 1. Bryan Adams: "Everything I Do (I Do For You)"

Worst of 2004

  • 10. Jessica Simpson: "With You"
  • 9. Nickelback: "Someday"
  • 8. Beyoncé ft. Sean Paul: "Baby Boy"note 
  • 7. Hoobastank: "The Reason"
  • 6. Chingy: "One Call Away"
  • 5. Lloyd ft. Ashanti: "Southside"
  • 4. Kelis: "Milkshake"
  • 3. Jadakiss ft. Anthony Hamilton: "Why"
  • 2. Eamon: "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)"
  • 1. Eminem: "Just Lose It"

Worst of 2009

  • 10. Miley Cyrus: "The Climb"
  • 9. Beyoncé: "If I Were a Boy"
  • 8. Justin Bieber: "One Time"
  • 7. Jeremih: "Birthday Sex"
  • 6. Soulja Boy Tell'Em feat. Sammie: "Kiss Me Thru the Phone"
  • 5. Jason Mraz: "I'm Yours"
  • 4. Black Eyed Peas: "Boom Boom Pow"
  • 3. Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
  • 2. Mario feat. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett: "Break Up"
  • 1. Beyoncé: "Diva"

Worst of 2011

  • 10. Jeremih ft. 50 Cent: "Down on Me"
  • 9. Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne: "Look at Me Now"
  • 8. Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars: "Lighters"
  • 7. Dr. Dre ft. Eminem & Skylar Grey: "I Need a Doctor"
  • 6. Bruno Mars: "The Lazy Song"
  • 5. Christina Perri: "Jar of Hearts"
  • 4. The Black Eyed Peas: "The Time (Dirty Bit)"
  • 3. LMFAO: "Sexy and I Know It"
  • 2. Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris: "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' U)"
  • 1. Hot Chelle Rae: "Tonight, Tonight"

Best of 2011

  • 10. Usher: "More (Remix)"
  • 9. Nicki Minaj ft. Drake: "Moment 4 Life"
  • 8. Adele: "Someone Like You"
  • 7. Foster the People: "Pumped Up Kicks"
  • 6. Lupe Fiasco: "The Show Goes On"
  • 5. Katy Perry: "T.G.I.F. (Last Friday Night)"
  • 4. Lady Gaga: "The Edge of Glory"
  • 3. Adele: "Rolling in the Deep"
  • 2. Kanye West ft. Rihanna: "All of the Lights"
  • 1. Cee Lo Green: "Fuck You"

Worst of 2012

  • 10. Train: "50 Ways to Say Goodbye"
  • 9. Rihanna: "Where Have You Been"
  • 8. Pitbull: "Back in Time"
  • 7. Cher Lloyd: "Want U Back"
  • 6. Hunter Hayes: "Wanted"
  • 5. will.i.am feat. Britney Spears: "Scream and Shout"
  • 4. Flo Rida: "Whistle"
  • 3. Maroon 5: "One More Night"
  • 2. Train: "Drive By"
  • 1. Rihanna feat. Chris Brown: "Birthday Cake (Remix)"

Best of 2012

  • 10. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars: "Young, Wild & Free"
  • 9. Flo Rida: "I Cry"
  • 8. Jay-Z & Kanye West: "Ni**as in Paris"
  • 7. Imagine Dragons: "It's Time"
  • 6. Gotye feat. Kimbra: "Somebody That I Used to Know"
  • 5. Ke$ha: "Die Young"
  • 4. Fun.: "Some Nights"
  • 3. Bruno Mars: "Locked Out of Heaven"
  • 2. Ellie Goulding: "Lights"
  • 1. Drake feat. Rihanna: "Take Care"

Worst of 2013

  • 10. Passenger: "Let Her Go"
  • 9. Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly: "Cruise (Remix)"
  • 8. Fall Out Boy: "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
  • 7. Jay-Z ft. Justin Timberlake: "Holy Grail"
  • 6. Drake: "Started from the Bottom"
  • 5. Lil Wayne ft. Drake & Future: "Bitches Love Me"
  • 4. Imagine Dragons: "Demons"
  • 3. Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera: "Feel This Moment"
  • 2. will.i.am ft. Justin Bieber: "#thatPOWER"
  • 1. Katy Perry: "Roar"

Best of 2013

  • 10. The Neighbourhood: "Sweater Weather"
  • 9. Mariah Carey ft. Miguel: "#Beautiful"
  • 8. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz: "Thrift Shop"
  • 7. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton: "Can't Hold Us"
  • 6. One Direction: "Best Song Ever"
  • 5. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z: "Suit & Tie"
  • 4. Lady Gaga ft. R. Kelly: "Do What U Want"
  • 3. Kendrick Lamar: "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
  • 2. Bruno Mars: "Treasure"
  • 1. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell: "Get Lucky"

Worst of 2014

  • 10. Maroon 5: "Animals"
  • 9. Taylor Swift: "Shake It Off"
  • 8. Florida Georgia Line ft. Luke Bryan: "This Is How We Roll"
  • 7. 5 Seconds of Summer: "She Looks So Perfect"
  • 6. Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown: "Show Me"
  • 5. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora: "Black Widow"
  • 4. Jason Derulo: "Trumpets"
  • 3. Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Tyga: "Loyal"
  • 2. The Chainsmokers: "#SELFIE"
  • 1. Jason Derulo ft. Snoop Dogg: "Wiggle"

Best of 2014

  • 10. Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd: "Love Me Harder"
  • 9. Pharrell: "Happy"
  • 8. Ed Sheeran: "Sing"
  • 7. Ed Sheeran: "Don't"
  • 6. Katy Perry: "Birthday"
  • 5. Paramore: "Ain't It Fun"
  • 4. Sia: "Chandelier"
  • 3. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne: "Rather Be"
  • 2. Charli XCX: "Boom Clap"
  • 1. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars: "Uptown Funk"

Worst of 2015

  • 10. T-Wayne: "Nasty Freestyle"
  • 9. Little Big Town: "Girl Crush"
  • 8. Nicki Minaj feat. Chris Brown, Drake & Lil Wayne: "Only"
  • 7. Selena Gomez: "Same Old Love"
  • 6. Meghan Trainor: "Dear Future Husband"
  • 5. Silentó: "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
  • 4. Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar: "Bad Blood"
  • 3. Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink: "Worth It"
  • 2. Rachel Platten: "Fight Song"
  • 1. Charlie Puth & Meghan Trainor: "Marvin Gaye"

Best of 2015

  • 10. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Caz: "Downtown"
  • 9. Taylor Swift: "Wildest Dreams"
  • 8. Elle King: "Ex's & Oh's"
  • 7. Big Sean feat. E-40: "I Don't Fuck with You"
  • 6. The Weeknd: "Can't Feel My Face"
  • 5. Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney: "FourFiveSeconds"
  • 4. Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ: "Lean On"
  • 3. Walk the Moon: "Shut Up and Dance"
  • 2. Demi Lovato: "Cool for the Summer"
  • 1. Taylor Swift: "Style"

Worst of 2016

  • 10. Daya: "Sit Still, Look Pretty"
  • 9. Drake & Future: "Jumpman"
  • 8. Ruth B: "Lost Boy"
  • 7. Machine Gun Kelly feat. Camila Cabello: "Bad Things"
  • 6. Zay Hilfigerr & Zayion McCall: "Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)"
  • 5. Shawn Mendes: "Treat You Better"
  • 4. The Chainsmokers feat. Daya: "Don't Let Me Down"
  • 3. Zayn: "Pillowtalk"
  • 2. Gnash feat. Olivia O'Brien: "I Hate U, I Love U"
  • 1. Lukas Graham: "7 Years"

Best of 2016

  • 10. Coldplay: "Adventure of a Lifetime"
  • 9. Beyoncé: "Sorry"
  • 8. Drake feat. Rihanna: "Too Good"
  • 7. DNCE: "Cake by the Ocean"
  • 6. Adele: "When We Were Young"
  • 5. The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk: "Starboy"
  • 4. Mike Posner: "I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)"
  • 3. Ariana Grande: "Into You"
  • 2. Bruno Mars: "24K Magic"
  • 1. The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey: "Closer"

Worst of 2017

  • 10. Imagine Dragons: "Thunder"
  • 9. Maroon 5 feat. SZA: "What Lovers Do"
  • 8. Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé: "Perfect Duet"
  • 7. Imagine Dragons: "Believer"
  • 6. Zayn feat. Taylor Swift: "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
  • 5. Lil Pump: "Gucci Gang"
  • 4. Ed Sheeran: "Shape of You"
  • 3. Sam Hunt: "Body Like a Back Road"
  • 2. Taylor Swift: "Look What You Made Me Do"
  • 1. Taylor Swift: "...Ready for It?"

Best of 2017

Worst of 2018

  • 10. Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign: "Psycho"
  • 9. Juice WRLD: "Lucid Dreams"
  • 8. Taylor Swift ft. Future & Ed Sheeran: "End Game"
  • 7. Camila Cabello: "Never Be the Same"
  • 6. Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran: "River"
  • 5. Kanye West & Lil Pump ft. Adele Givens: "I Love It"
  • 4. Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown: "Freaky Friday"
  • 3. Lil Baby ft. Drake: "Yes Indeed"
  • 2. Justin Timberlake: "Filthy"
  • 1. Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B: "Girls Like You"

Best of 2018

  • 10. Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B: "Finesse (Remix)"
  • 9. Dua Lipa: "New Rules"
  • 8. Travis Scott: "Sicko Mode"
  • 7. Khalid ft. Normani: "Love Lies"
  • 6. Ella Mai: "Boo'd Up"
  • 5. Cardi B, J Balvin & Bad Bunny: "I Like It"
  • 4. Nicki Minaj: "Chun Li"
  • 3. Ariana Grande: "Thank U, Next"
  • 2. Drake: "Nice for What"
  • 1. Ariana Grande: "Breathin"

Worst of 2019

  • 10. Jonas Brothers: "Only Human"
  • 9. Luke Bryan: "Knockin' Boots"
  • 8. YK Osiris: "Worth It"
  • 7. Marshmello & Kane Brown: "One Thing Right"
  • 6. Lil Baby & DaBaby: "Baby"
  • 5. Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber: "I Don't Care"
  • 4. Lewis Capaldi: "Someone You Loved"
  • 3. SHAED: "Trampoline"
  • 2. Maroon 5: "Memories"
  • 1. Lil Dicky: "Earth"

Best of 2019

Worst of 2020

  • 10. Justin Bieber: "Lonely"
  • 9. BLACKPINK ft. Selena Gomez: "Ice Cream"
  • 8. Luke Bryan: "One Margarita"
  • 7. Trevor Daniel: "Falling"
  • 6. Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani: "Nobody But You"
  • 5. DJ Khaled ft. Drake: "Popstar"
  • 4. 24kgoldn ft. Iann Dior: "Mood"
  • 3. Stay Solid Rocky: "Party Girl"
  • 2. Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo: "Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)"
  • 1. Justin Bieber: "Yummy"

Best of 2020

  • 10. Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé: "Savage (Remix)"
  • 9. The Weeknd: "Heartless"
  • 8. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande: "Rain on Me"
  • 7. Benee ft. Gus Dapperton: "Supalonely"
  • 6. Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver: "Exile"
  • 5. Lil Baby: "The Bigger Picture"
  • 4. Miley Cyrus: "Midnight Sky"
  • 3. Harry Styles: "Adore You"
  • 2. Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion: "WAP"
  • 1. Morgan Wallen: "More Than My Hometown"

Worst of 2021

  • 10. Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion: "Beautiful Mistakes"
  • 9. Tate McRae: "You Broke Me First"
  • 8. Glass Animals: "Heat Waves"
  • 7. Drake feat. Future & Young Thug: "Way 2 Sexy"
  • 6. Walker Hayes: "Fancy Like"
  • 5. Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon: "Peaches"
  • 4. The Kid Laroi: "Without You"
  • 3. Dan + Shay: "Glad You Exist"
  • 2. Duncan Laurence: "Arcade"
  • 1. Aaron Lewis: "Am I the Only One?"

Best of 2021

  • 10. Olivia Rodrigo: "Brutal"
  • 9. Adele: "Easy on Me"
  • 8. Machine Gun Kelly feat. Blackbear: "My Ex's Best Friend"
  • 7. SZA: "Good Days"
  • 6. Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar: "Family Ties"
  • 5. Megan Thee Stallion: "Thot Shit"
  • 4. Rauw Alejandro: "Todo de ti"
  • 3. Kali Uchis: "Telepatía"
  • 2. Billie Eilish: "Your Power"
  • 1. The Anxiety: "Meet Me at Our Spot"

Worst of 2022

  • 10. Jessica Darrow: "Surface Pressure"
  • 9. Jack Harlow: "First Class"
  • 8. Harry Styles: "Music for a Sushi Restaurant"
  • 7. Post Malone feat. Doja Cat: "I Like You (A Happier Song)"
  • 6. Meghan Trainor: "Made You Look"
  • 5. Jax: "Victoria's Secret"
  • 4. Gayle: "ABCDEFU"
  • 3. Latto: "Big Energy"
  • 2. Mitchell Tenpenny: "Truth About You"
  • 1. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha: "I'm Good (Blue)"

Best of 2022

  • 10: Jelly Roll: "Son of a Sinner"
  • 9: Hitkidd, GloRilla: "F.N.F (Let's Go)"
  • 8: Chris Stapleton: "You Should Probably Leave"
  • 7: Lizzo: "About Damn Time"
  • 6: Kendrick Lamar: "The Heart Part 5"
  • 5: Sam Hunt: "23"
  • 4: Beyoncé: "Break My Soul"
  • 3: Harry Styles: "As It Was"
  • 2: Steve Lacy: "Bad Habit"
  • 1: Taylor Swift: "Anti-Hero"

Worst of 2023

  • 10: Travis Scott ft. Bad Bunny and The Weeknd: "K-Pop"
  • 9: Olivia Rodrigo: "Vampire"
  • 8: Drake: "Search & Rescue"
  • 7: David Kushner: "Daylight"
  • 6: Dylan Scott: "Can't Have Mine (Find You a Girl)"
  • 5: Oliver Anthony Music: "Rich Men North of Richmond"
  • 4: David Guetta ft. Anne-Marie and Coi Leray: "Baby Don't Hurt Me"
  • 3: Drake ft. SZA: "Slime You Out"
  • 2: Jason Aldean: "Try That in a Small Town"
  • 1: Morgan Wallen: "Last Night"

Best of 2023

  • 10: Taylor Swift: "Cruel Summer"
  • 9: Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage: "Good Good"
  • 8: Lizzy McAlpine: "Ceilings"
  • 7: Fifty Fifty: "Cupid"
  • 6: Sabrina Carpenter: "Nonsense"
  • 5: Morgan Wallen ft. Eric Church: "Man Made a Bar"
  • 4: Billie Eilish: "What Was I Made For?"
  • 3: Victoria Monét: "On My Mama"
  • 2: Noah Kahan: "Dial Drunk"
  • 1: Olivia Rodrigo: "Bad Idea Right?"

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