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Most popular music of 2016 (overview)

Every last day of the year, we publish our most popular music of the year charts. See 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012. Our charts is based on the number of total views.

This year's biggest surprise is Zayn Malik, who went solo, and launched the smash hit "Pillow Talk". Less surprising is Adele who dominates the top 10 thanks to her '16 album, of which 4 tracks are in our top 10 (All I ask, Hello, When We Were Young and 25)!

2016 was definitely Charlie Puth's year, he gained huge popularity with his tracks "We Don't Talk Anymore" and "One Call Away".

Taylor Swift ("Blank Space"), Jessie J ("Flashlight") and Rihanna ("FourFiveSeconds") who were going big in '15 don't show up in this year's top 20.

Justin Bieber and Ellie Goulding J were able to continue their reign this year.

2016 Directlyrics Music Charts

1. "Pillow Talk" — Zayn Malik
2. "Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber
3. "All I Ask" — Adele
4. "Hello" — Adele
5. "We Don't Talk Anymore" — Charlie Puth
6. "When We Were Young" — Adele
7. "Dangerous Woman" — Ariana Grande
8. "History" — One Direction
9. "Love Me Like You Do" — Ellie Goulding
10. "25" — Adele
11. "Piece By Piece" — Kelly Clarkson
12. "One Call Away" — Charlie Puth
13. "Blank Space" — Taylor Swift
14. "Can't Stop The Feeling" — Justin Timberlake
15. "Sorry" — Justin Bieber
16. "My House" — Flo Rida
17. "What Do You Mean" — Justin Bieber
18. "No" — Meghan Trainor
19. "Closer" — The Chainsmokers
20. "Holy" — Florida Georgia Line
21. "Four Five Seconds" — Rihanna
22. "Try Everything" — Shakira
23. "Make Me" — Britney Spears
24. "Hands To Myself" — Selena Gomez
25. "Flashlight" — Jessie J
26. "Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots
27. "Never Forget You" — Zara Larsson
28. "Work" — Rihanna
29. "Don't Hurt Yourself" — Beyonce
30. "Sorry" — Beyonce
31. "Purpose" — Justin Bieber
32. "Only" — Nicki Minaj
33. "Starving" — Hailee Steinfeld
34. "Where Are U Now" — Justin Bieber
35. "Take Me To Church" — Hozier
36. "Send My Love" — Adele
37. "Let Me Love You" — Justin Bieber
38. "Water Under The Bridge" — Adele
39. "Better Man" — Little Big Town
40. "This Town" — Niall Horan
41. "Wildest Dreams" — Taylor Swift
42. "0 To 100" — Drake
43. "Hotline Bling" — Drake
44. "Uptown Funk" — Mark Ronson
45. "Go Ahead And Break My Heart" — Blake Shelton
46. "Just Like Fire" — Pink
47. "Like I’m Gonna Lose You" — Meghan Trainor
48. "Writing's On The Wall" — Sam Smith
49. "Million Years Ago" — Adele
50. "La Bicicleta" — Shakira
51. "Vice" — Miranda Lambert
52. "See You Again" — Wiz Khalifa
53. "Setting The World On Fire" — Kenny Chesney
54. "Hold Up" — Beyonce
55. "All Night" — Beyonce
56. "Higher" — Rihanna
57. "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner
58. "I Can’t Feel My Face" — The Weeknd
59. "How About Now" — Drake
60. "Work From Home" — Fifth Harmony
61. "It’s You" — Zayn Malik
62. "Heart Wants What It Wants" — Selena Gomez
63. "Might Not" — The Weeknd
64. "Earned It" — The Weeknd
65. "Locked Away" — R. City
66. "I Miss You" — Adele
67. "Sandcastles" — Beyonce
68. "One Dance" — Drake
69. "Over And Over Again" — Nathan Sykes
70. "New Romantics" — Taylor Swift
71. "Team" — Iggy Azalea
72. "Into You" — Ariana Grande
73. "Remedy" — Adele
74. "Cheap Thrills" — Sia
75. "Perfect" — One Direction
76. "Tuesday" — Drake
77. "Treat You Better" — Shawn Mendes
78. "Confident" — Demi Lovato
79. "Thinking Out Loud" — Ed Sheeran
80. "Don’t You Need Somebody" — RedOne
81. "Side To Side" — Ariana Grande
82. "Church Bells" — Carrie Underwood
83. "Pop Style" — Drake
84. "Designer" — Panda
85. "Make Me Like You" — Gwen Stefani
86. "Starboy" — The Weeknd
87. "Hymn For The Weekend" — Coldplay
88. "Cake By The Ocean" — DNCE
89. "Daddy Lessons" — Beyonce
90. "Style" — Taylor Swift
91. "Down In The DM" — Nicki Minaj
92. "Needed Me" — Rihanna
93. "Stitches" — Shawn Mendes
94. "Stand By You" — Rachel Platten
95. "Let Me Love You" — Ariana Grande
96. "Rap God" — Eminem
97. "Like I Would" — Zayn Malik
98. "Think Of You" — Chris Young
99. "Glory" — John Legend

Happy '17!

Yvo & Kevin