The last of the 2010s flees from our grasp. The decade brought us plenty of great music. Below are my top sentimental favorites from the decade.
Favorite Songs of the Decade
I’m not basing this list on number of plays tracked on last.fm as I’ve historically done for other favorite music lists. The following are my sentimental favorite songs released in the 2010s, regardless of how often I might have played them compared to others. I am limiting myself to only one entry below per artist, regardless of how many songs the artist released during the decade, to keep the list under control. The songs are listed in order of the year of release of the album they are taken from, and alphabetical by artist within the year groupings.
2010
Fefe Dobson – Ghost
Jewel – What You Are
Katharine McPhee – Terrified
The Pretty Reckless – My Medicine
2011
Dia Frampton – The Broken Ones
Mýa – Somebody Come Get This Bitch (feat. Stacie & Lacie)
2012
Cher Lloyd – Playa Boi
Dead Sara – Timed Blues
Garbage – The One
Halestorm – Love Bites (So Do I)
Heart – 59 Crunch
In This Moment – Adrenalize
Lana Del Rey – Cola
Marina & the Diamonds – Bubble Gum Bitch
No Doubt – Settle Down
The Pierces – Drag You Down
Rihanna – Jump
Siobhan Magnus – Pure Inspiration
The Ting Tings – Give It Back
Van Halen – You and Your Blues
ZZ Ward – Till the Casket Drops
2013
Demi Lovato – Heart Attack
Mazzy Star – Common Burn
Pillowfight – Redemption
2014
Charli XCX – Body of My Own
Didi Benami – Release Me
2015
Grimes – Kill v. Maim
Meg Myers – Lemon Eyes
2016
Alexx Calise – We Only Come Out at Night
Kiiara – Gold
Marian Hill – Down
Phantogram – You Don’t Get Me High Anymore
Sabrina Carpenter – Feels Like Loneliness
Sia – The Greatest
2017
Dua Lipa – Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
Hey Violet – Guys My Age
Jule Vera – Bad Company
K. Flay – Blood in the Cut
Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More
Lady Antebellum – You Look Good
Lorde – Green Light
Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still
Sabrina Claudio – Unravel Me
Selena Gomez & Marshmello – Wolves
2018
Alice Merton – No Roots
Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho
Bebe Rexha – I’m a Mess
benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid – Eastside
Camila Cabello – Havana (feat. Young Thug)
Carrie Underwood – The Champion (feat. Ludacris)
Cloves – California Numb
Ella Mae – Boo’d Up
Grace VanderWaal – Clearly
Imagine Dragons – Natural
Janet Jackson – Made For Now
Jxck Kxlly – NOTHING
Kimbra – Top of the World
Lauv – There’s No Way (feat. Julia Michaels)
Milck – I Don’t Belong to You
Panic! at the Disco – High Hopes
Sensitive Robot – I Travel Light
Sigala, Ella Eyre & Meghan Trainor – Just Got Paid (feat. French Montana)
Zedd & Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle
2019
Ariana Grande – break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored
Batfarm – Get Out
Benee – Supalonely (feat. Gus Dapperton)
Billy Eilish – Bury a Friend
Brianna Mazzola – Love Game
Broods – Hospitalized
Carly Rae Jepsen – Right Words Wrong Time
Fabienne Delsol – Ladder
Gia Woods – New Girlfriend
Kim Petras – Icy
Mabel – Mad Love
machineheart – Overgrown
Madison Beer – Dear Society
Mandy Moore – When I Wasn’t Watching
Miranda Lambert – It All Comes Out in the Wash
Nina Nesbitt – Love Letter
Tanya Tucker – Hard Luck
Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down
thisisNAMASTE – Exactly What You Want
Tones and I – Dance Monkey
unperfect – Gots To Give The Girl
Yuna – Blank Marquee (feat. G-Eazy)
There you have it…
The 2010s decade has been quite a ride. I’ll take my time seeing what the 2020s decade brings, but here’s hoping for more great tunes to help us get through them, whatever troubles the world may be facing over the next ten years.