Favorite Music of the 2010s

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.

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