We're over halfway through the year so it's time we took a look at the biggest songs so far! Eleven different songs have topped The Official Vodafone Big Top 40 in the first half of the year but which will come out on top overall? See the full Top 40! George Ezra returned with his second album Staying At Tamara's in and it's produced some of his biggest hits to date. He's not managed to hit the top spot yet, with 'Shotgun' and 'Paradise' both just missing out at Number 2.

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Luckily, that also made this one of the most exciting years for singles on the charts and in our own personal playlists in recent memory -- one in which the biggest hits were also some of the most challenging and rewarding, and in which the more conventional pop songs that did break through on a massive scale felt fresher than they have in a long time. From the "Shallow" to "The Middle" to the highest of "High Hopes," music was captivating at all levels in Here are the Billboard staff's favorite songs of the year. An obvious Hot chart topper and delightful fixture on pop radio. Jessie Reyez, "Body Count". Young Fathers, "In My View".
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It's December, which means Best of lists are here. With so many lists out there, who has time to read all of them? Turns out: We do. But because you probably don't, we rounded up all the Top 10 lists we could find, smashed 'em together in a big spreadsheet, and spit out overall Top 10 lists for the year's best albums, songs, books and movies. You're welcome. By making statements such as this and 'Thank U, Next' part of her public grapple with trauma, Grande is crafting her own bracingly resilient narrative.
The Billboard Hot is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan , is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. At the end of a year, Billboard will publish an annual list of the most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot chart based on the information. For , the list was published on December 4, calculated with data from December 2, to November 17, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved December 5, Billboard Year-End Hot singles. Categories : record charts Billboard charts in American music. Namespaces Article Talk.