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We've reached the final installment of my year-end recap of the biggest hits on my weekly music chart for 2016. These are the songs that had gone the highest and/or stuck around the longest in the year. You can click over to catch up on the whole countdown or on parts one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight , nine , and the 25 also-rans ... #10 - " Ophelia " - The Lumineers           from the album Cleopatra (2016)           Highest rank: #2 (one week)           Weeks on the chart (in 2016): 41 (still charting)           Billboard Hot 100 peak: #66           Songwriters: Wesley Schultz, Jeremy Fraites Back in 2012, the indie-folk trio had the #10 song of my year-end recap with "Ho Hey" and landing a nomination for a Grammy for Best N...

I'm almost through with this year's recap of the biggest hit songs on my weekly music chart, as I enter the top-20. You can click over to check out parts one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , and eight , as well as the 25 that almost made it ... #20 - " All We Ever Knew " - The Head and the Heart           from the album Signs Of Light (2016)           Highest rank: #2 (two weeks)           Weeks on the chart (in 2016): 25 (still charting)           Billboard Hot 100 peak: did not chart           Songwriters: Josiah Johnson, Jonathan Russell, Charity Thielen, Chris Zasche, Kenny Hensley, Tyler Williams (The Head and the Heart) The Seattle indie-folks outfit claim their biggest rock hit to date with this ethereal yet sing-along-ready re...

I'm heading higher up my countdown of the top 100 tunes from my weekly music chart for 2016, and as we enter the top-30, you can click to check out my recaps on parts one , two , three , four , five , six , and seven , as well as the 25 "also-rans" ... #30 - " Die A Happy Man " - Thomas Rhett           from the album Tangled Up (2015)           Highest rank: #20 (two weeks)           Weeks on the chart (in 2016): 26 (was on for five weeks in 2015)           Billboard Hot 100 peak: #21           Songwriters: Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Joe Spargur (Joe London) Thomas Rhett, son of 90s country singer Rhett Akins, was on last year's list at #49 with "Make Me Wanna", and we saw him on yesterday's post at #36 with "T-Shirt", but it was this John Mayer-ish love song that ma...

As we roll along with my recap of the 100 biggest songs on my weekly music chart for the year 2016, I'm up to part seven. You can click over to catch up on parts one , two , three , four , five , and six , along with the 25 that almost made it . I know reach the top 40... #40 - " Just Like Fire " - P!nk           from the album Alice Through The Looking Glass (Original Soundtrack) (2016)           Highest rank: #29 (three weeks)           Weeks on the chart: 29           Billboard Hot 100 peak: #10           Songwriters: Alecia Moore (P!nk), Max Martin, Karl Schuster (Shellback), Oscar Holter It's been four years since P!nk's last studio album, but she re-emerges with a great song from a shitty movie, in this case the sequel in the Johnny Depp...

We've hit the halfway mark on my year-end recap of the biggest hits on my weekly music chart for 2016, and I'm ready to roll ten more out from the top 50. You can check out the other five parts and the 25 that almost made it by clicking here . #50 - " Closer " - The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey           from the EP Collage (2016)           Highest rank: #2 (two weeks)           Weeks on the chart (in 2016): 16 (still charting)           Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1           Songwriters: Andrew Taggart (the Chainsmokers), Ashley Frangipane (Halsey), Shaun Frank, Frederic Kennett, Isaac Slade and Joe King (The Fray) After being a popular DJ/remixing team who had a novelty hit a couple years back with "#SELFIE", the duo of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pal...

Hey gang, we're gone halfway through my countdown of the 100 biggest songs on my weekly music chart for 2016. You can catch up on parts one through five by clicking here . As a bonus, here's the 25 songs that just missed out, including some real gems. (FYI 543 different singles reached my top 100 during the year.) Happy Holidays!!! #125 - "Waste A Moment" - Kings Of Leon             from the album WALLS (2016)             Highest rank (in 2016): #2 (three weeks so far)             Weeks on the chart (in 2016): 11 (still charting)             Billboard Hot 100 peak: did not chart, "bubbled under" at #102             Songwriters: Caleb, Nathan, Jared, and Matthew Followhill (Kings Of Leon) The current...

We're at part five of my year-end countdown of the biggest hit songs on my weekly music chart for 2016. You can click over to check out part one , part two , part three , and part four to catch up... #60 - " Shame " - Tyrese           from the album Black Rose (2015)           Highest rank (in 2016): #14 (two weeks)           Weeks on the chart (in 2016): 16 (was on for 26 weeks in 2015)           Billboard Hot 100 peak: did not chart, "bubbled under" at #103           Songwriters: Tyrese Gibson, Warryn Campbell, DJ Rogers Jr, Sam Dees, Ron Kersey The second of three songs to make a repeat performance on my year-end top 100, this was at #26 last year, reaching the top-20 and slowly moving down the chart, before reversing course back up, helped by its return to #1 on the Adult R&B chart in Billboard magazine. Epic video featuring Jennifer H...

We're chugging along on my countdown of the 100 biggest songs of 2016 on my weekly chart, as I tally who went the highest and/or stayed the longest. You can check out the first three parts of my recap by clicking here ... #70 - " Off The Ground " - The Record Company           from the album Give It Back To You (2016)           Highest rank: #10 (one week)           Weeks on the chart: 18           Billboard Hot 100 peak: did not chart           Songwriters: Chris Vos, Alex Stiff, Marc Cazorla (The Record Company) It was a good year for blues rock, with notable releases from the likes of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Blues Pills, and this trio, whose debut album is a great driving play. This groovy opener, which topped the Adult Alterna...

We're up to part three of my year-end recap of the biggest hits on my weekly music chart for 2016. You can check out parts one and two by clicking here ... #80 - " Fix " - Chris Lane           from the album Girl Problems (2016)           Highest rank: #10 (one week)           Weeks on the chart: 16           Billboard Hot 100 peak: #65           Songwriters: Abe Stoklasa, Sarah Buxton, Jesse Frasure This may sound more Maroon 5 than Nashville, but who cares when this country hunk-ie delivers this addictive slice of crossover heaven that's got more soul than a ton of beer and truck tracks currently at the format. Killer lyric: I got that love medicinal,                ...

Round two of this year's final recap of the biggest hits on my weekly music chart is up right now, as I count down the songs that went the highest and/or stuck around the longest on my list. You can check out part one in case you missed it by clicking here ... #90 - " Keep You In Mind " - Guordan Banks           from the single " Keep You In Mind " (2015)           Highest rank: #18 (two weeks)           Weeks on the chart: 18           Billboard Hot 100 peak: did not chart           Songwriter: Guordan Banks This Philadelphia native provided this year's cruising anthem, with a fluid synth-bass providing the foundation for songwriter Banks' D'Angelo-esque falsetto in this song that topped the normally stodgy Adult R&B chart. We're still waiting o...

2016 was a truly fucked up year. There's no denying it. Between the deaths of so many great musicians, actors, and artists, and the rigged election of possibly the last leader of would be the free world, by the time December rolled around there was scant reason to celebrate the past twelve months. But, alas, if anything, let's celebrate that we did make it through, through horrible mass shootings, through work stoppages, through apocalyptic-style weather, and hopefully strong enough to fight the racism, homophobia, and xenophobia, and the celebration of ignorance that is considered mainstream at this point. So before the economy tanks and we all lose our retirement financial safety net, let's take a small side journey as I count down the biggest hits of the year on my weekly music chart . I tallied up all the number week by week, and these are the songs that climbed the highest and/or stayed around the longest. I'll roll out ten songs of my top 100 each weekda...