Twenty-one Pilots - Hits 1's Final Top 45 of 2016

Alright, everyone, this is it. Hits 1's 45 biggest songs of the entire year of 2016. If you don't know, these are the top 45 songs that had the most spins the entire year, based on the votes. There was plenty of quality stuff that made it here, and some that wasn't exactly ideal. Not really much more to it than that. So let's get into Hits 1's Top 45 Songs of 2016!

And of course, I'm not going to be ranking the songs based on if I think they're "old" or not. For the end of the year I rank them with my final thoughts on them using a six-point scale. I assume you know the color code by now, but in case you don't:
Red = Shit
Orange = Least favorite song
Turquoise = Bad
Yellow = Meh
Pink = Decent
Blue = Good
Green = Great
Purple = Favorite song

And for fun, here was last year's countdown. I know this isn't necessary (especially since I covered all these songs on my 2015 Year-End Hot 100 post), but it's a nice way to look back. It's also a good way to compare what we had then to what we ended with now. So, here you go!
45. Renegades by X Ambassadors
44. Black Magic by Little Mix
43. Hey Mama by David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack
42. Locked Away by R. City featuring Adam Levine
41. American Dream by MKTO
40. Hide Away by Daya (red)
39. Riptide by Vance Joy
38. I Lived by OneRepublic
37. Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
36. Wrapped Up by Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy
35. Fire N Gold by Bea Miller
34. Somebody To You by The Vamps featuring Demi Lovato
33. Lips are Movin' by Meghan Trainor
32. Fight Song by Rachel Platten
31. Worth It by Fifth Harmony
30. Bright by Echosmith
29. I Bet My Life by Imagine Dragons
28. I'm Not The Only One by Sam Smith
27. Cool For The Summer by Demi Lovato
26. Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift
25. Something's Gotta Give by All Time Low
24. Take Me To Church by Hozier
23. Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd
22. Jealous by Nick Jonas
21. Tear In My Heart by Twenty-one Pilots
20. Night Changes by One Direction
19. Ghost by Ella Henderson
18. Drag Me Down by One Direction
17. Geronimo by Sheppard
16. Stitches by Shawn Mendes
15. Bad Blood by Taylor Swift
14. See You Again by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
13. Centuries by Fall Out Boy
12. Talking Body by Tove Lo
11. Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding
10. Sugar by Maroon 5
9. Photograph by Ed Sheeran
8. Want To Want Me by Jason Derulo
7. Blank Space by Taylor Swift
6. Uma Thurman by Fall Out Boy
5. Style by Taylor Swift
4. Honey I'm Good by Andy Grammer
3. Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
2. Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars (yeah yeah I know, how original)
1. Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon

...Wow. Only one song in the bottom tier, and only six others I would genuinely consider bad on their own. And almost half of these songs I have no problem at all returning to even now. Out of 45, that is very impressive. There are a few I may have slightly overrated back in July but they're still plenty fun for me.

Now let's see how well 2016's Year-End countdown can hold up to it! Enjoy.

* Indicates a song that is still on the countdown at the time of this typing.
** Indicates a song that was also on 2015's Year-End countdown.

45. Stitches by Shawn Mendes (spent 3 weeks at #1 in 2015) ** (7/25/15 - 3/19/16)
44. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay * (8/20/16 - present)
43. Roses by The Chainsmokers featuring ROZES (1/9 - 6/25/16)
42. I Know What You Did Last Summer by Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello (12/19/15 - 6/11/16)
41. Same Old Love by Selena Gomez (10/17/15 - 5/21/16)
40. Into You by Ariana Grande * (8/6/16 - present)
39. Love Yourself by Justin Bieber (2/13 - 7/2/16)
38. Let It Go by James Bay (3/19 - 8/20/16)
37. Out Of The Woods by Taylor Swift (12/5/15 - 5/28/16)
36. Girls Talk Boys by 5 Seconds of Summer * (7/23/16 - present)
35. Youth by Troye Sivan (2/20 - 8/6/16)
34. One Call Away by Charlie Puth (spent two weeks at #1) (12/26/15 - 6/18/16)
33. Confident by Demi Lovato (spent one week at #1) (10/24/15 - 5/21/16)
32. Stand By You by Rachel Platten (11/28/15 - 6/11/16)
31. In The Night by The Weeknd (12/5/15 - 4/30/16, 5/14 - 6/18/16)
30. Drag Me Down by One Direction (spent one week at #1 in 2015) ** (8/6/15 - 5/21/16)
29. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (spent one week at #1) * (7/9/16 - present)
28. History by One Direction (3/26 - 8/13/16)
27. No by Meghan Meghans Trainor (3/12 - 10/29/16)
26. Unsteady by X Ambassadors * (4/16/16 - present)
25. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (eight weeks at #1) * (8/20/16 - present)
24. 7 Years by Lukas Graham (3/5 - 10/15/16)
23. Sorry by Justin Bieber (11/21/15 - 6/18/16)
22. Work From Home by Fifth Harmony (3/26 - 11/12/16)
21. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots (spent one week at #1) * (8/13/16 - present)
20. Just Like Fire by P!nk (4/30 - 11/12/16)
19. Hands To Myself by Selena Gomez (1/30 - 9/24/16)
18. This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris with Rihanna (5/28 - 12/17/16)
17. Irresistible by Fall Out Boy and Demi Lovato (10/24/15 - 7/16/16)
16. Pillowtalk by Zayn Malik (2/6 - 8/6/16)
15. Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande (4/9 - 12/10/16)
14. I Took a Pill In Ibiza by Mike Posner (spent two weeks at #1) * (4/23/16 - present)
13. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes (spent two weeks at #1) * (6/25/16 - present)
12. Hello by Adele (spent 12 weeks at #1, 7 in 2015, 5 in 2016) (10/31/15 - 6/18/16)
11. New Romantics by Taylor Swift (spent two weeks at #1) (3/5 - 11/26/16)
10. Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya * (5/14/16 - present)
9. Victorious by Panic! At The Disco (spent one week at #1) (10/10/15 - 1/16/16, 2/27/16 - 10/22/16)
8. Cheap Thrills by Sia featuring Sean Paul * (6/11/16 - present)
7. Don't Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers featuring Daya * (5/21/16 - present)
6. Perfect by One Direction (spent two weeks at #1) (10/24/15 - 6/4/16)
5. Ride by Twenty-one Pilots * (4/9/16 - present)
4. My House by Flo Rida (spent one week at #1) (11/21/15 - 7/30/16)
3. Can't Stop the Feeling! by Justin Timberlake (spent ten weeks at #1) * (5/14/16 - present)
2. Cake By The Ocean by DNCE (spent five weeks at #1) (12/5/15 - 10/22/16)
1. Stressed Out by Twenty-one Pilots (spent five weeks at #1) (12/26/15 - 12/17/16)

Merry Blurbmas!
- There are a few songs such as On My Mind by Ellie Goulding, Close by Nick Jonas and Tove Lo, Me Too by Meghan Trainor - and mercifully so, We Don't Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez, and Cold Water by Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ that I'm surprised didn't make this list.

- Of all the songs to repeat from 2015, I did not think that Stitches by Shawn Mendes would make it at the tail-end. Drag Me Down by One Direction was no surprise, though.

- I had a feeling that both Into You by Ariana Grande and Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay would claw their way onto this lineup despite debuting in August. But I'm definitely glad they did. If it weren't for the latter's very impressive stay in the Top 20 and debuting there, it probably wouldn't have made it.

- To think that the #1 song on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 was only #39 here. Not to mention its predecessor, the #2 song on that chart, was at the exact midway point here. Just shows how they don't let certain hits blow up to them as many other stations do.

- Taylor Swift had two songs that Hits 1 was super nice to, but flopped elsewhere, in the #37 and #11 spots. Just goes to show that anything by her is massive to Hits 1.

- I'm glad that In The Night by The Weeknd made it. That one I just can't get sick of.

- Both 7 Years by Lukas Graham and Work From Home by Fifth Harmony made it midway through, following the common tradition of the big but not quite enormous hits (i.e. 11-20 range on Billboard's list) being relatively low here.

- Fall Out Boy's final bow of their long streak, Irresistible, made it in at the Top 20. No surprise there.

- One Call Away by Charlie Puth and Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey both ranked way lower than I thought they would. The former I'm not complaining about, though.

- Pillowtalk by Zayn Malik and Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes both ranked way higher than I thought they would.

- I was absolutely shocked that Hello by Adele failed to make the Top 10. With how much it hogged the #1 spot you'd think it would've been there for sure. Then again it did burn through a chunk of its airplay in 2015. If it weren't for that, it would've easily been Top 5.

- Of course Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya made the Top 10. I'm gonna be honest, when I was listening to this countdown, I forgot that song even existed. Thanks for bringing back the bad memories.

- I did not think that Perfect by One Direction would be quite as high as it was. I thought it'd be in the 8 - 12 range or so. Nevertheless, I'm definitely happy that it reached this point, and after it was the bane of this countdown community back in the spring it seems like many have grown back into it, which is good.

- With Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake being the monster that it was, I knew it'd be high. But I honestly expected Ride to pass it, no joke. Either way, I'm definitely content with how those two turned out...

- ...And then we come to our #1. I'm still mad that this song failed to last a year, but I'm definitely glad it was this successful. While it doesn't stand up to some of the past #1s that we've had, it earned its success and I came to appreciate it quite a bit. This band dominated the year and deserved that #1 spot. Also, fun fact: this is the fourth year in a row where Hits 1's #1 song is a rock song.

Overall, I'm content with this lineup. If I haven't said, my standards aren't usually too high, so it takes a lot for me to put a song in the bottom tier in the final say. Last year's lineup was definitely better for me, but I don't think this year was QUITE as bad as people say it was.

My Bottom 5 Of These Picks
1. No by Meghan Trainor
2. Work From Home by Fifth Harmony
3. Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya
4. This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris with Rihanna
5. One Call Away by Charlie Puth

My Top 5 Of These Picks
1. I Took a Pill In Ibiza by Mike Posner
2. Into You by Ariana Grande
3. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots
4. Confident by Demi Lovato
5. Hello by Adele
(HM: In The Night by The Weeknd) - Only mentioning this because some may consider Hello more 2015 than 2016.

And there you have it! I promise I will try to have the A Year In Review page out as soon as I can. And I'm sure there'll be today's countdown as well. Thanks for reading!