Davido, Beyonce, Drake, Others Make AP’s Top Songs Of The Decade
18 December 2019 |
7:18 am
The 2010s decade is cruising to an end and as we prepare to move into another, different organisations have been taking a look at some of the people that helped to shape the 2010s. Mesfin Fedaku, the music editor of Associated Press has released a list of the top 25 songs of the decade and Nigerian…
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The 2010s decade is cruising to an end and as we prepare to move into another, different organisations have been taking a look at some of the people that helped to shape the 2010s.
Mesfin Fedaku, the music editor of Associated Press has released a list of the top 25 songs of the decade and Nigerian music sensation Davido made the cut at number 23.
The list dominated by foreign superstar musicians has the likes of Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Kelly Rowland, Adele among others.
Check out the full list below:
- Robyn, “Dancing on My Own”
- Kelly Rowland featuring Lil Wayne, “Motivation”
- Alabama Shakes, “Gimme All Your Love”
- Drake, “Passionfruit”
- Disclosure featuring Sam Smith, “Latch”
- Jay-Z and Kanye West, “(Expletive) In Paris”
- Adele, “Someone Like You”
- CeeLo Green, “(Expletive) You”
- Gotye featuring Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used to Know”
- Beyoncé, “Run the World (Girls)”
- Lady Gaga, “Alejandro”
- Charlie Wilson, “I’m Blessed
- Justin Timberlake, “Strawberry Bubblegum”
- Diplo, Skrillex and Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now”
- Nio García, Darell and Casper Mágico featuring Bad Bunny, Nicky Jam and Ozuna, “Te Boté Remix”
- H.E.R. and Daniel Caesar, “Best Part”
- SZA, “The Weekend”
- Frank Ocean, “Thinkin About You”
- Miley Cyrus, “Wrecking Ball”
- La Roux: “I’m Not Your Toy”
- Sufjan Stevens, “Mystery of Love”
- Andra Day, “Rise Up”
- Davido, “Fall”: An Afrobeat adventure
- Jessie Ware, “Champagne Kisses”
- Willow Smith, “Whip My Hair”
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