Music is life in short. Three minutes of a song travel us through some specific emotions and feelings. 2021 year has brought us some mesmerizing beautiful songs for the lifetime and now almost at the end. WhatsOn has enlisted the best of best among the songs released this year. Let’s see the Top 10 best songs of 2021.
10. Coldplay – ‘Higher Power’
British rock band Coldplay released ‘Higher Power’ from their ninth album Music of the Spheres. By being released on 7 May 2021 this lead single was loved by fans. It has also received positive reviews from music critics and got nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. WhatsOn Top list includes this as the 10th one.
9. Silk Sonic – ‘Smokin Out The Window’
‘Smokin Out the Window’ is the top hit by Silk Sonic comprising Bruno Mars and Anderson. Paak. It was also performed at the Grammy Awards and the American Music Awards. Music critics have acclaimed this track and stands in the 9th position on WhatsOn Top list.
8. The Weeknd – ‘Take My Breath’
It is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd released on August 6, 2021 through XO and Republic Records, as the lead single from fifth studio album, Dawn Is Coming (2021). A disco, dance-pop, synth-pop, funk and synthwave track with elements of alternative rock and psychedelic pop, “Take My Breath” was met with widespread critical acclaim for the Weeknd’s vocals as well as got 8th place in WhatsOn’s Top Bests.
7. Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
‘Happier Than Ever’ the second studio album by American singer Billie Eilish released on July 30, 2021, by Darkroom and Interscope Records. Eilish wrote the album with her frequent collaborator, her brother Finneas O’Connell, who produced the album himself. Eilish cited self-reflection during the COVID-19 pandemic as the biggest inspiration for the record.
6. Adele – ‘Easy On Me’
‘Easy on Me’ by Adele an immediate global success, breaking the Spotify and Amazon Music records for the most streams for a song in a day or a week 2021. Adele released it on 15 October 2021, through Columbia Records as the lead single from her fourth studio album. The song is combination of Adele’s personal emotions and feelings about her plea to her son, detailing her struggles with her dissolved marriage. The songs took fans heart and got positive reviews mostly thus enlisted as number 6 of WhatsOn Top 10 list.
5. Doja Cat featuring SZA – ‘Kiss Me More’
Doja Cat’s famous single of the year is “Kiss Me More”. The American singer and rapper Doja Cat released it, featuring American singer SZA, on April 9, 2021, as the album’s lead single. In WhatsOn Top 10 list this disco-influenced pop-rap song got the place on 5th position.
4. Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Good 4 U’
“Good 4 U” is the most hyped song of the year according to many yet in WhatsOn Top 10 list it is on number 4. The song is by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo and released on May 14, 2021, as the third single from Rodrigo’s debut studio album, Sour. The song got immense number of appreciations from critics and fans.
3. Self Esteem – ‘Prioritise Pleasure’
Prioritise Pleasure is the second studio album by the British musician Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor, released on 22 October 2021. With this song Rebecca Lucy Taylor showed the world who she really was with her second Self Esteem album, and how creatively beautiful it is. ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ is in many ways the song of the year. WhatsOn kept it on its 3rd of Top 10.
2. Lil Nas X – ‘Montero’ (Call Me By Your Name)
‘Montero (Call Me by Your Name)’ is a song by American rapper and singer Lil Nas X. It was first previewed in a Super Bowl LV commercial in February 2021, the song was released on March 26, 2021, through Columbia Records. According to WhatsOn list it’s on the 2nd place.
1. BTS – ‘Butter’
‘Butter’ got the place on Top of WhatsOn best list. ‘Butter’ by BTS a disco-pop, dance-pop, and EDM track, is the most hit single of this year. It released as a digital single on May 21, 2021 as the band’s second English-language single. The band took the stage during the 2021 American Music Awards performing winning song ‘Butter’.