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70. Luv - Tory Lanez
Peak: 19 (September 24); Weeks on chart: 22; December 31 position: NR
As I mentioned yesterday, Tory Lanez is one of my least favorite artists of 2016. His heavily-autotuned whining barely counts as music, and "Luv" proves this all too well. The second of Lanez's two singles was most popular in the early fall and earned designation of his most successful song of 2016.
69. 697 - Fetty Wap feat. Remy Boyz
Peak: 4 (one week in 2015); Weeks on chart: 40; December 31 position: NR
2015's best new artist stayed on the Hot 100 through mid-April with "679," to date his second-most successful single behind his breakthrough hit "Trap Queen." Fetty released four singles in 2016 to little acclaim; "Jimmy Choo" and "Wake Up" both peaked within the top 20 of the hot R&B/hip-hop chart but had nearly nonexistent runs on the Hot 100.
68. The Greatest - Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar
Peak: 18 (December 10-24); Weeks on chart: 15; December 31 position: 28
Following her first number one single as a lead artist earlier this year, Sia had mild success with "Greatest." The collaboration with seven-time Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar has been popular throughout the last quarter of 2016. I haven't heard this song enough to decide whether I like it.
67. Unsteady - X Ambassadors
Peak: 20 (December 10); Weeks on chart: 31; December 31 position: 42
"Unsteady" is the follow-up from the band responsible for one of my favorite songs to go relatively under-the-radar so far this decade. While I don't mind this song, I still prefer "Renegades" to X Ambassadors' most popular song of 2016. However, "Unsteady" is more pleasing to me then the #Top100of2016 song which includes this band as a featured artist; keep reading to see my thoughts on said other song.
66. Close - Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo
Peak: 14 (July 2); Weeks on chart: 20; December 31 position: NR
Perhaps my favorite pop artist of 2016 is Tove Lo, who released her steamy, f-bomb laden sophomore album just before Halloween. However, it's as a featured artist that she makes her only appearance on this list. The Swedish songstress teamed up with heartthrob Nick Jonas for the what was the latter's only #Top100of2016 performance as well. Speaking of Nick Jonas team-ups, his carpool karaoke session with Demi Lovato was one of the highlights of 2016.
65. Like I'm Gonna Lose You - Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend
Peak: 8 (one week in 2015); Weeks on chart: 39; December 31 position: NR
Shortly before dying her hair and stealing the Best New Artist Grammy from Tori Kelly and James Bay, Meghan Trainor entered 2016 with a top-10 hit. "Lose You" stayed in the top 10 for the entirety of January before eventually dropping out of the Hot 100 at the start of April. Her collaboration with Mr. Chrissy Teigen (John Legend may be a star, but the Queen of Twitter is second to none) is still one of Trainor's most tolerable songs.
64. Juju On That Beat (TZ Anthem) - Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall
Peak: 5 (December 10); Weeks on chart: 12; December 31 position: 8
After Silento's "Watch Me" last year, it was only a matter of time before the newest teen-infused dance craze took flight. Cue 15-year-old Zay and 17-year-old Zayion, whose infectious "Juju" ended 2016 in the top 10. For whatever reason, this jam is less annoying to me than last year's major dance hit. While on the topic of dance crazes a #Top100of2016 honorable mention goes to the Running Man, whose virality brought the Ghost Town DJ's 1995 hit "My Boo" back into the Hot 100 for five weeks this summer.
63. Me Too - Meghan Trainor
Peak: 13 (August 13); Weeks on chart: 20; December 31 position: NR
At last, a song that proves what I've been saying all along: Meghan Trainor is exceptionally conceited. That said, Meghan, I have news for you. Like this song suggests I am not you, but unlike this song suggests, I do not want to be you. America also seemed to take note of Trainor's me-first mentality; this is only her second single not to crack the Hot 100's top 10 after the equally self-centered "Dear Future Husband" last year.
62. Oui - Jeremih
Peak: 19 (April 23); Weeks on chart: 27; December 31 position: NR
This is Jeremih's most successful single since 2014's top-10 hit "Don't Tell 'Em," and one of the more underrated tracks of the year. "Oui" (spelled like the French word for yes but used as the first-person nominative pronoun in English) samples the 1992 Shai track "If I Ever Fall In Love," which was also covered this year by Pentatonix and Jason Derulo.
61. Sucker For Pain - Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla $ign feat. X Ambassadors
Peak: 15 (August 27); Weeks on chart: 22; December 31 position: NR
While admittedly catchy, this six-way hip hop/rock mega crossover seems like somewhat of an ill-advised collaboration. Perhaps that's fitting though, considering "Sucker" comes from the soundtrack for the DC comic book movie literally no one asked for. I'm still enraged at the DC execs for killing off the Suicide Squad characters portrayed flawlessly by Cynthia Addai-Robinson and Michael Rowe in Arrow just to resurrect them as name-brand ticket-sellers in another terrible movie. I'll save more Suicide Squad ranting for next week.
In the meantime, come back tomorrow for two of the hottest songs out currently and a whole slew of this decade's pop icons.
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