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’
BritishrockbandColdplayreleased ‘Higher Power’ from their ninth albumMusic of the Spheres.By being released on 7 May 2021 this lead single was loved by fans. It has also received positive reviews frommusic criticsand got nomination forBest Pop Duo/Group Performanceat the64th 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 SoniccomprisingBruno Marsand Anderson. Paak. It was also performed at the Grammy Awards and theAmerican 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 singerthe Weeknd released on August 6, 2021 throughXOandRepublic Records, as the lead single from fifth studio album,Dawn Is Coming(2021). Adisco,dance-pop,synth-pop,funkandsynthwavetrack with elements ofalternative rockandpsychedelic 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 singerBillie Eilish released on July 30, 2021, by Darkroom andInterscope Records. Eilish wrote the album with her frequent collaborator, her brotherFinneas O’Connell, who produced the album himself. Eilish cited self-reflection during theCOVID-19 pandemicas the biggest inspiration for the record.
6. Adele – ‘Easy On Me’
‘Easy on Me’ by Adele an immediate global success, breaking theSpotifyandAmazon Musicrecords for the most streams for a song in a day or a week 2021. Adelereleased it on 15 October 2021, throughColumbia Recordsas thelead singlefrom 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 rapperDoja Cat released it, featuring American singerSZA, on April 9, 2021, as the album’s lead single. In WhatsOn Top 10 list this disco-influencedpop-rapsong 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-songwriterOlivia Rodrigo and released on May 14, 2021, as the thirdsinglefrom Rodrigo’s debut studio album,Sour. The song got immense number of appreciations from critics and fans.
3. Self Esteem – ‘Prioritise Pleasure’
Prioritise Pleasureis the secondstudio albumby the British musicianSelf 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 singerLil Nas X. It was first previewed in aSuper Bowl LVcommercial in February 2021, the song was released on March 26, 2021, throughColumbia 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 adisco-pop,dance-pop, andEDMtrack, 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 2021American Music Awards performing winning song ‘Butter’.
