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80. Fake Love - Drake
Peak: 10 (November 19); Weeks on chart: 8; December 31 position: 12
I go back and forth on how I feel about Drake. I think my primary opinion this year has been that the Six God sounds far too whiny in most of the songs he's released this year. Give him credit, though, his most recent single is the latest-debuting song on this list. "Fake Love" finally provides a different vibe from the three other Views singles that reached the Top 100.
79. Antidote - Travis Scott
Peak: 16 (one week in 2015, January 2-9); Weeks on chart: 26; December 31 position: NR
"Antidote" was big at the start of the year; it just barely made the #Top100of2015 with the 91st position on that list. Later in 2016 Scott was featured in the Young Thug track "Pick Up the Phone" that spent a good part of the fall in the 41-50 range on the Hot 100, but failed to make the year-end list.
78. Caroline - Amine
Peak: 12 (December 3-10); Weeks on chart: 15; December 31 position: 16
The 22-year-old Oregonian rapper Amine (full name Adam Amine Daniel) burst onto the scene near the end of 2016 with this track. Its accompanying music video is full of youthful energy that suggests Amine will be a force to reckon with for years to come in the rap genre.
77. White Iverson - Post Malone
Peak: 14 (January 23); Weeks on chart: 30; December 31 position: NR
I was guilty of singing along to this song from time to time, especially the lines going "swaggin', swaggin'" and "ballin', ballin'." Fitting this song was popular in the year that its namesake, Allen Iverson, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
76. Die A Happy Man - Thomas Rhett
Peak: 21 (January 2); Weeks on chart: 30; December 31 position: NR
As this song was starting its descent on the Hot 100 after peaking at the beginning of the year, I realized something oddly familiar about this song. Then I did some research and came up with this article that put my confusion at ease. My opinions on Thomas Rhett, not strong one way or another at this time last year, then diminished.
75. Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5 feat. Kendrick Lamar
Peak: 7 (December 24); Weeks on chart: 10; December 31 position: 10
As far as Maroon 5 songs go, I'm not a very big fan of this one. The beat is practically the same as a certain DJ Snake and Justin Bieber collaboration you'll be seeing on the list next week, and the lyrical theme is not too different from a Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez project that will also make an appearance later on. All that with a goofy, gimmicky music video makes a smash hit as far as the charts are concerned, but a resounding dud in my book.
74. Say It - Tory Lanez
Of the two Tory Lanez songs on the #Top100of2016, this one is probably my favorite. That's not saying much, because Lanez is less of a musician and more of an autotune-corrected wannabe. "Say It" was popular among hip-hop faithful in the early part of the year and relies heavily on its backup vocals to be a decent track at best.
73. Exchange - Bryson Tiller
Peak: 26 (March 26, April 9); Weeks on chart: 34; December 31 position: NR
Much like Lanez, Bryson Tiller is one of my least favorite artists to make this list. Of the two, I prefer Tiller, but neither of his two songs on this list were particularly enjoyable to me this year. Like "Say It," "Exchange" was a success in the first half of 2016.
72. Down In the DM - Yo Gotti
Peak: 13 (March 12); Weeks on chart: 21; December 31 position: NR
"Sliding into the DMs" is a social media trend I understand the definition of, but not its prevalence. This song celebrates the wannabe cheater with an admittedly entertaining music video, and it was a track I liked to imitate and make fun of from time to time earlier this year.
71. Never Be Like You - Flume feat. Kai
Peak: 20 (September 3); Weeks on chart: 26; December 31 position: NR
This song took quite some time to grow on me, and even after it did "Never Be Like You" was never among my favorite songs of the year. Listeners mostly didn't fall in love with the song either, resulting in just a modest finish on this year's Top 100.
Tomorrow, spend Christmas with Meghan Trainor, do some new dance moves and learn about my most-hated film of the year.
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