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Was 2014 the WORST year for Music....

🕑 Added 2024-08-28 00:44:00 +0000 UTC

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Bria Williams

Turn down for what was a club bangerrrr

Red Jones

I was a sophomore in high-school during this era of music so tbh all these songs piss me off lmao

evette grant-stuart

Me looking at Kenya saying “talk dirty to me” is somewhere between fine and good hate the song it’s annoying it ain’t a chop cause it’s not like I have this urge to shut it off but I’d rather it not appear on my playlist. But I taketh and I giveth, you calling No Bass a chop is accurate cut that shit off

B.Darling

There is NOTHING WORSE than Girl on Fire.

B.Darling

You started off strong. My gosh 😂

Dani

Ain’t It Fun 🤩

Kris

When are 2 chainz verses not crazy🤣

jaleel

I graduated in 2014 and nostalgia is a bitch so we gon have to agree to disagree here

Bria Hall

Not Fist Brown. 😂😂😂

Bria Hall

Me too. They played it way too much. 😂😂

Adrienne C

I loved listening to this - and I agree with about 90% of what you said 😆 You should do 2015-2023 next 👀

suellen Sofia

Idk if it’s nostalgia but I like most of them songs 🫣

Diana

okay thank you. John Legend is kinda just talking in All of Me lol but I do think that's maybe the appeal. He's just talking to his wife... But he isn't as soulful as he is in his other songs imo so it's just alright to me

Reyhan

bruno mars could do All of Me (better imo) but John Legend couldn’t do When I was Your Man

Mariah L.

I said it on Twitter but I’ve been a Rude apologist for the longest. Like yes the entire premise of the song and the artists cosplaying Jamaicans is abysmal but I love the song 😭

Mariah L.

Justice for Counting Stars!!

Mariah L.

Like?!!!!

Mariah L.

Happy is one of the few songs that makes me irate. It’s that serious lmao

Mariah L.

Wait Kenya ntm on 2011 😭😭😭

Viet Dau

Actually… you’re still evil for this ranking

Viet Dau

As a OneRepublic fan, I’ll accept a “bad” for Counting Stars since you respect Native as an album 😂

ceeitrus

At least 2014 as opposed to now had a lot going on, there was more variety on the charts, 2024 drier than a mf rn, we get a few artists here and there that’ll pop off and then they’ll fall off a year or two later, save for doja, megan and billie, and whoever else is still relevant was relevant 10 years

Cydney D

I loved of all these songs except for Pompeii. I thought the video was gonna go differently lmaoo😂😂

Danielle A

Kenya WE SEE EACH OTHER. ID PUT TALK DIRTY BELOW GOOD ABOVE FINE JDNFJFFKFMFKKFKFMFMMFGFHFFHHFJFJFJD

Bekah

This is why i still listen to the radio when im driving to know what the general population like... Its actually kinda interesting to listen to

rudi!!!

I kinda sorta miss having a monoculture where everyone was in the loop about what's popular, but I have no idea how we'd ever get back to that or if that would be a good thing...I think artists have been more creative bc the charts are less and less important, but I miss the unity of having, like, a song of the summer or an album that even the general public is paying attention to. also echoing other comments saying you should review the top songs from other years bc I'm curious as to how 2020's top songs aged lmao

rudi!!!

LOVE naomi!!!

rudi!!!

ever since I was a kid, ppl made jokes about my name like "oh, I bet Rudi is RUDE HAHAHA," so imagine my disappointment when that magic song got so popular 😭 all the jokes came back and it was so annoying!!! (I actually don't mind the song, but why were CANADIANS singing ska music in 2014 anyway)

Tia

It’s unserious 😂

DariaanMichelle

Turn Down for What and All I Do is Win by DJ Khaled both give me the same visceral reaction to want to turn the fucking radio off. I genuinely HATE those songs.

Eboni Haynes

Over Counting Stars was my heartbreaking moment

Lavender1495

I love edm so I didn’t mind it 😁

Tia

Kenya you giving it to talk dirty but not dark horse is diabolical actually omg

Daria Black

I feel like neyo “closer” and fist brown “forever” kicked off that awful EDM spasm. All the more reason to hate them 🙌🏾

Vanessa Carlos

I physically shuddered when you said “turn down for what”

Gabriel Benton

Hated happy, timber, and Dark Horse so much. Problem and Fancy stand out for me as the better songs. Kenya singing the songs has me gasping for air lol.

KRYSTAL

Hate pompell and timber

Davonte

I literally made a post last year saying 1) 2013 was the last GOOD year of music (of the 2010s at least). 2015 and 2016 were fine, but it's never been good since, and 2) I 1000% believe 2001-2006 was the greatest stretch in music history. ALL of the girls were firing on all cylinders in pop, hiphop, rock, etc... But anyway, Fancy and Dark Horse get behind me!! Every other song on this list can go to hell frfr

J

I love Royals...but a lot of the mainstream pop acts really tried to mimic that style in mass: "Cool, nonchalant pop." Lorde did it best the first time.

C

MTV plays in people’s faces. They’ll give you Meg as the host…but look at the lineup for performances😐.

Nini

additionally 😭 i remember the all about that bass music video going around on tumblr before it blew up on the radio. i reblogged it and i feel partially responsible for that song's success...im sorry 😞

Whitney Jarrett

My roommates and I have a running theory that Royals, while fantastic, was the beginning of the end. That and that "Rude" song

Nini

naomi cannibal did a video about 2014 pop. i didn't notice that everybody was in their 50s/60s bag back then and now i hear it. also, i personally think that 2011 was a BAAAD year for music

Quham Adeniyi

I'm a huge cornball so I will just start clapping when Happy comes on lol...And Turn Down for What is so damn stupid and enjoyable for me ...maybe moreso because of its MV . I DESPISE sappy wedding music so John and Sam gonna get that chop from me.

Cosmic Orbit

I saw a man breakdancing to all of me in front of the Staten Island ferry last week and I was so annoyed I hate that song with a passion.

momo

2017 <<<<< that year was painful. at least in regards to mainstream pop and the EDM wave was….aged terribly.

Manna Steel

problem went platinum in this household...it sold out STADIUMS

Kiara Phillip

Right so boring🥱

Manna Steel

all of me is so chop!!! sorry that song pmo everytime i heard it

Shaquan Harris

Turn Down for What is on my “Songs of Purgatory” Playlist

Clarissa

Am I Wrong is soooo chop 😭

J

I would love to see your thoughts on other years!

emiliaem

happy by pharrell** sorry didnt mention that part lol

emiliaem

my 8th grade middle school teachers forced the entire grade to make a flash dance lip sync cover of this song for our graduation. and for that reason i can not tolerate this song 😭

J

The full 2014 list has way better songs (eg Aint it Fun, Rather Be, Royals, Latch)

Olga Llamas

The only time I actually enjoyed Shake It Off was live at the Eras Tour. It hits different with a whole stadium singing it.

aiyonna

i did not know the rude guy was white omfg 😭

Natalie Stravens

These songs take me back to frosh week since I started university in 2014. Happy played at every event, it was rough But now thinking back to that time, you’re right about the switch to streaming. I remember the next summer, finally signing up for Spotify premium because they had the 3 months for $1 deal and never looked back