Fifty Songs That Shaped My Year

As we all know, music is a wonderful thing that not only brings people together, but becomes the soundtracks to our lives. I decided to come up with a list of songs that I found myself personally inspired by that came out in 2015. Some are cultural phenomenons (“Hotline Bling,” “Hello,” and “Sorry”), some are songs that I personally think were beneficial to society (“Til It Happens to You,” “Alright,” “Girls Like Girls”), and a number that proved that women are a force to be reckoned with in the music industry (“Here,” “Love Myself,” “Can’t Pin Me Down”).

All in all, these were the songs that shaped my year, for better or for worse.

I attempted to order these songs in order of release by month.

Here we go!

1. “Smile” – Mikky Ekko
2. “Worth It” – Fifth Harmony
3. “Run” – Coin
4. “Heartbreak Dreamer” – Mat Kearney
5. “Coming Home” – Leon Bridges

6. “(Un)Lost” – The Maine
7. “Can’t Pin Me Down” – Marina & The Diamonds
8. “Alright” – Kendrick Lamar
9. “Craving” – James Bay
10. “Fool for Love” – Lord Huron

11. “Here” – Alessia Cara
12. “Greek Tragedy” – The Wombats
13. “Third Eye” – Florence & The Machine
14. “Ride” – Twenty One Pilots
15. “Ditmas” – Mumford & Sons

16. “Still Want You” – Brandon Flowers
17. “Runaway” – Ryn Weaver
18. “Gimme Love” – Carly Rae Jepsen
19. “Dreams” – Beck
20. “Running Behind” – HOLYCHILD

21. “Weight in Gold” – Gallant
22. “Girls Like Girls” – Hayley Kiyoko
23. “Biscuits” – Kacey Musgraves
24. “Roses” – The Chainsmokers
25. “Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd

26. “Young Blood” – Saint Raymond
27. “Giving Me Away” – Betty Who
28. “I Wear Glasses” – Mating Ritual
29. “Hotline Bling” – Drake
30. “Love Myself” – Hailee Steinfeld

31. “Strange Love” – Halsey
32. “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now” – Foxes
33. “Levels” – Nick Jonas
34. “Gone” – JR JR
35. “Magnets” – Lorde & Disclosure

36. “Bury It” – Chvrches
37. “Lay It All on Me” Ed Sheeran ft. Rudimental
38. “Till It Happens to You” – Lady Gaga
39. “Sober” (Childish Gambino cover) – Vérité
40. “Stone Cold” – Demi Lovato

41. “Hello” – Adele
42. “Sorry” – Justin Bieber
43. “Hollow” – Tori Kelly
44. “R.I.P. to My Youth” – The Neighbourhood
45. “What a Feeling” – One Direction

46. “American Money” – Bórns
47. “Dancing on Glass” – St. Lucia
48. “Army” – Ellie Goulding
49. “Made in Hollywood” – LANY
50. “Wild” – Troye Sivan

Check out this playlist on Spotify.

Kristin