Legend has it that when Gucci Mane was released from federal prison this May after nearly three years behind bars, it took him just six days to record his comeback album, Everybody Looking, with his two closest producers, Zaytoven and Mike WiLL Made-It. “What’s It Gonna Be?” was the single and likely high point, a dizzying new-wave Tilt-a-Whirl, so exhilarating in its breathless questioning of whether or not the singer’s relationship is only going on in her head that it almost doesn’t matter whether or not it actually is. If Carly Rae Jepsen hadn’t taken EMOTION SIDE B for her own 2016 release, Shura could have earned the title with her supercharged set of synth-pop fireworks, Nothing’s Real.

ANDREW UNTERBERGERīecoming one of the underground’s most familiar and comforting voices thanks to her work in art-pop collective Dirty Projectors and guest turns on singles by EDM maestros Rusko and Diplo, Amber Coffman finally achieved the titular independence with the gorgeous nu-wop of her solo debut “All to Myself.” “Maybe if I step out, go get some sun / Maybe today I’ll get something done” she croons tentatively ever a splendidly syrupy electro-waltz, and it’s clear that the world is ready when she is. JOE LYNCHĪn EDM apology of such staggering contrition that you almost feel guilty for listening in on it, as guest chanteuse Kai offers to “give anything to change / This fickle minded heart that loves fake shiny things.” It sounds more like your own warped perspective on what the other person in a breakup must be thinking rather than the actual other side of the story, but maybe that’s why so many people liked it, as it became Aussie producer Flume‘s first U.S. ( Note: Songs were considered eligible for this list if they were either released in 2016 or peaked on the Hot 100 during that time - unless they already appeared on our 2015 list.)Īfter decades of men singing to women they know “want it” on the dance floor, Meghan Trainor hits the club and K.O.’s the entitled male ego with one simple word: “No.” This song is what happens between “Dear Future Husband” and actually finding that husband – you shut down a lot of bull.

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