This is always one of my favorite year-end round up lists to write! Throughout the years, I’ve had so many different platforms that I’ve used to listen to music. It started when I was young just listening to the radio with my tape ready to record a track – making mix tapes the old school way. From there, Kevin and I graduated to downloading songs off the internet (c’mon everyone did it!) then to iTunes, websites like SoundCloud, and then Spotify. How I lived a life without Spotify previously is beyond me. Last year, I relied heavily on the playlist that they had curated for me highlighting my top 100 tracks based on plays from the last year. I listened to mine for 2017 as well and while I think that it is mostly correct, I’m so OCD that I need to cross check it with my own list to make sure that it is 100% accurate. 2017 was such a great year for music and I can’t wait to share with you my favorites below! (As usual, these are in no particular order)
1. Khalid – Shot Down
2. Fifth Harmony – Down
3. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
4. Charles Bradley – Victim of Love
5. Campfire OK ft. Melodie Knight – Wooden Queen
6. Cashmere Cat ft. Camila Cabello – Love Incredible
7. Dua Lipa ft. Miguel – Lost In Your Light
8. Calvin Harris, Young Thug, Pharrell, Ariana Grande – Heatstroke
9. ODESZA ft. Leon Bridges – Across the Room
10. Flume ft. Kučka – Hyperreal
11. SZA – The Weekend
12. Snakehips, Anne-Marie, Joey Bada$$ – Either Way
13. Kehlani – Keep On
14. LÉON – For You
15. Drake – Madiba Riddim
16. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still
17. Father John Misty – Real Love Baby
18. Major Lazer, Travis Scott, Camila Cabello – Know No Better
19. Syd – Insecurities
20. Kacy Hill – Like A Woman
21. Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back
22. Trey Songz – Playboy
23. Audien, MAX – One More Weekend
24. Rationale – Deliverance
25. Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano
26. TRACE – Honey
27. Wild Front – Rico
28. H.E.R. – Every Kind of Way
29. Gallant, Andra Day – In the Room: Cruisin’
30. Big Sean, Chance the Rapper – Living Single
31. Michael Kiwanuka – Cold Little Heart
32. Maxwell – Lake By the Ocean
33. Lipstick Gypsy – The Cure
34. BAYNK ft. NIKA – What You Need
35. Ella Mai – Naked
36. Olmos – Hold Me
37. 6LACK, Jhene Aiko – First Fuck
38. PREP – Who’s Got You Singing Again
39. JMR – Bad For Good
40. Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE
41. Fleet Foxes – If You Need To, Keep Time On Me
42. Sinead Harnett – Unconditional
43. Fyfe, Kimbra – Belong
44. B. Lewis – Strange Things
45. Sabrina Claudio – Unravel Me
46. Childish Gambino – Redbone
47. Tyler, The Creator – 911 / Mr. Lonely
48. The Dip – Sure Don’t Miss You
49. Kaskade – Nobody Like You
50. SZA – Quicksand
51. Aly & AJ – I Know
52. Demi Lovato – Ruin the Friendship
53. Ty Dolla $ign – Famous
54. Majid Jordan, PARTYNEXTDOOR – One I Want
55. Dan Croll – Tokyo (Fractures Remix)
56. French Montana – Unforgettable
57. Daniel Caesar ft. Kali Uchis – Get You
58. Kehlani – Honey
59. Taylor Swift, Future, Ed Sheeran – End Game
60. Miguel – Banana Clip