Best Songs of 2016

 

1. Real Love - Florrie

2. Beautiful Lies - Birdy

3. Find Me - Sigma (feat. Birdy)

4. Cold Water - Major Lazer (feat. Justin Bieber and Mø)

5. Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande

6. Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes 

7. Hello - Adele

8. The Greatest - Sia (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

9. Closer - The Chainsmokers (feat. Halsey)

10. Still Falling For You - Ellie Goulding

11. Woman Up - Meghan Trainor

12. Cheap Thrills - Sia (feat Sean Paul)

13. Hallejuah - Panic! At The Disco

14. Sorry - Justin Bieber 

15. Unstoppable - Sia

16. Golden Days - Panic! At The Disco

17. Wild - Troye Sivan (feat. Alessia Cara)

18. Just Like Fire - P!nk

19. Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time - Panic! At The Disco

20. Love Yourself - Justin Bieber

In all honesty, it was a little bit of a nightmare finding 20 songs that I loved that were released this year; you'd probably guessed from the way I detail a list of songs I'm obsessed with every month on this blog that I'm an avid listener to music. The main issue is that I listen to literally every genre of music, my iPod holds songs by Kanye West, Little Mix, Gallows, White Lies... You can pretty much name any genre and I'll have at least one song on the iPod from it. 20 songs wasn't really enough for me, but I needed to limit myself somewhere, haha. The songs listed above are the 'most listened' to on my iPod throughout this year and I think it definitely shows how my mood swings have been really up and down this year, but on the whole I've listened to this ones whilst on a journey on public transport so they're on the whole quite loud and upbeat as I don't like hearing the sounds of traffic much. Buses and especially the tube are so noisy! Hopefully 2017 will bring out some amazing songs too, just like some of these.

 

Favourite Albums of All Time

 

1. Hot Fuss - The Killers

2. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At The Disco

3. Lungs - Florence + the Machine

4. Eyes Open - Snow Patrol

5. American Idiot - Green Day

6. Hopes and Fears - Keane

7. To Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die - Panic At The Disco

8. Alas, I Cannot Swim - Laura Marling

9. The Family Jewels - Marina and The Diamonds

10. Last Night On Earth - Noah and The Whale

11. Employment - Kaiser Chiefs

12. Death Of A Bachelor - Panic At The Disco 

13. MTC Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

14. First Love - Emmy the Great

15. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers

16. Riot! - Paramore

17. Under The Iron Sea - Keane

18. Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

19. Birdy - Birdy

20. Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? - Paloma Faith

I've avidly listened to music since I received my first ever iPod for my thirteenth birthday, a black 2gb 1st generation iPod nano. Eventually it as replaced as it was one of the models with some battery exploding problem. Shame, because I loved it to pieces. Prior to having an iPod th was always music playing in my house, so I grew up listening to Queen from my nana, the Spice Girls from my cousin, Blur and Radiohead from my mama and Placebo from my aunt. Judging by those slightly random and completely different tastes, it's hardly a surprise that my music taste is so extensive.

I literally listen to so many different genres and artists, for example Little Mix, Avenged Sevenfold and Marika Hackman. The music that I listen to definitely reflects the mood that I'm in at that time. Many of the albums listed above are old favourites that I still listen to on a regular basis and I will always love. I think that you always know when you really love an album as you can listen to it from start to finish without any breaks. If I hear any songs from any of these albums I always know all of the words, even if I haven't heard them for a while.

For me personally, each of these albums reminds me of a period of time during my life and when I hear the songs from it, its almost as if I'm going back in time to those memories whether they're good or bad. What are your favourite songs or albums? Let me know in the comments :)