TOP 50 of 2022

Kate Bush is the queen of 2022 with her surprise no.1 single “Running Up That Hill” which spent a mammoth (and set a new record on my chart) 11 consecutive weeks on my chart earlier this year. It was all from its clever use in the “Stranger Things” series 4 earlier this year and became a worldwide phenomenon. In fact, after 30 weeks, it continues to remain in my top 40.

Tate McRae gains her biggest ever hit on my chart with her smash hit single “She’s All I Wanna Be” which spent 3 weeks at no.1 earlier this year and ends as the runner up single of 2022. She had multiple singles enter the top 40 this year and her debut album became the 3^rd best album of this year and has recently re-entered the top 10.

Elsewhere, Sam Fender who had the biggest song of 2021 with “Seventeen Going Under” also becomes the 5^th best song of 2022 where it spent over one year in my top 40 single chart. He has multiple songs in the top 40 of the year and in doing so, also grabs the biggest album of 2022 spending 9 weeks at no.1 on the album charts. Albums from Taylor Swift and Dermot Kennedy were released too late towards the end of 2022 to make any dent in Sam Fender’s success on the album charts.

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha grab the biggest dance hit of the year after their clever reworking of Eiffel 65’s classic hit from 1999and they end at no.3 with “Im good (blue)”.

Latto grabs the biggest rnb hit of the year with her the remix of “Big Energy” charting as the 6th biggest hit of the year. A shout out also to Ella Henderson with her album track “Emotions” ending in the top 10 of the year despite never being released as an official single. Finally, Ella Mai has had a great 2022 on my chart with 2 singles inside the top 50 of the year and her album becoming the 6^th biggest album of the year.

Artists with more than 2 singles in the top 50 of the year:

4 songs: Sam Fender

3 songs: Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Dermot Kennedy

2 songs: First Aid Kit, Camila Cabello, Ella Mai, David Guetta, Ella Henderson, Labrinth

Top 10 Albums of 2022

(based on time spent in top 10 album charts and magnitude of album streams)

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (9 non consecutive weeks at no.1)
The Weeknd – Dawn FM (6 non consecutive weeks at no.1)
Tate McRae – I used to think I could Fly (3 weeks at no.1)
Taylor Swift – Midnights (5 non consecutive weeks at no.1)
Beyonce – Renaissance (4 non consecutive weeks at no.1)
Ella Mai – Heart on my Sleeve (1 week at no.1)
Adele – 30 (3 weeks at no.1)
MUNA – MUNA (2 weeks at no.1)
Kehlani – Blue Water Road (1 week at no.1)
Sigrid – How to let go (1 week at no.1)

Compact View

Number
1

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Number
2

she's all i wanna be
Tate McRae
From the album: i used to think i could fly
Number
3

I'm Good (Blue)
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
From the album: Bebe
Number
4

Head on Fire
Griff & Sigrid
Number
5

Seventeen Going Under
Sam Fender
From the album: Seventeen Going Under
Number
6

Big Energy (Remix)
Latto & Mariah Carey featuring DJ Khaled
From the album: 777
Number
7

Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
From the album: Midnights
Number
8

Emotions
Ella Henderson
From the album: Everything I Didn't Say
Number
9

What I Want
MUNA
From the album: MUNA
Number
10

Kiss Me
Dermot Kennedy
From the album: Sonder
Number
11

Out of My Head
First Aid Kit
From the album: Palomino
Number
12

Getting Started
Sam Fender
From the album: Seventeen Going Under
Number
13

Carolina
Taylor Swift
From the album: Where the Crawdads Sing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Number
14

How Do I Make You Love Me?
The Weeknd
From the album: Dawn FM
Number
15

House On Fire
Mimi Webb
From the album: Amelia
Number
16

Hold My Hand
Lady Gaga
From the album: Top Gun: Maverick (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Number
17

Bam Bam
Camila Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran
From the album: Familia
Number
18

DFMU
Ella Mai
From the album: Heart On My Sleeve
Number
19

Unholy
Sam Smith & Kim Petras
From the album: Gloria, Feed the Beast
Number
20

Best Friends (Remix)
The Weeknd featuring Summer Walker
From the album: Dawn FM
Number
21

2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)
Lizzo
From the album: Special
Number
22

BREAK MY SOUL
Beyoncé
From the album: RENAISSANCE
Number
23

Something To Someone
Dermot Kennedy
From the album: Sonder
Number
24

Fair
Normani
Number
25

abcdefu
GAYLE
From the album: a study of the human experience volume one
Number
26

Fingers Crossed
Lauren Spencer Smith
From the album: Mirror
Number
27

Get You Down
Sam Fender
From the album: Seventeen Going Under
Number
28

Oh My God
Adele
From the album: 30
Number
29

Crazy What Love Can Do
David Guetta, Becky Hill, & Ella Henderson
From the album: Only Honest on the Weekend, Everything I Didn't Say
Number
30

I Ain't Worried
OneRepublic
From the album: Top Gun: Maverick (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Number
31

London is Lonely
Holly Humberstone
Number
32

Wild Grey Ocean
Sam Fender
From the album: Seventeen Going Under
Number
33

psychofreak
Camila Cabello featuring WILLOW
From the album: Familia
Number
34

Call Me
Gabrielle Aplin
From the album: Phosphorescent
Number
35

Extra Agenda
Claudia Valentina
Number
36

Innocence and Sadness
Dermot Kennedy
From the album: Sonder
Number
37

Escapism.
RAYE featuring 070 Shake
From the album: My 21st Century Blues
Number
38

Still Don't Know My Name
Labrinth
From the album: Euphoria (Original Score From the HBO Original Series)
Number
39

I'm Tired
Labrinth & Zendaya
From the album: Euphoria Season 2 Official Score (From the HBO Original Series)
Number
40

Angel
First Aid Kit
From the album: Palomino
Number
41

Overthinking
Mabel & 24kGoldn
From the album: About Last Night...
Number
42

tears in the club
FKA twigs featuring The Weeknd
From the album: CAPRISONGS
Number
43

go
Cat Burns
From the album: emotionally unavailable - EP
Number
44

Under The Influence
Chris Brown
From the album: Indigo
Number
45

Shirt
SZA
From the album: SOS
Number
46

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
Elley Duhé
Number
47

Hide
Ella Mai
From the album: Heart On My Sleeve
Number
48

All These Nights
Tom Grennan
From the album: What Ifs & Maybes
Number
49

up at night
Kehlani featuring Justin Bieber
From the album: Blue Water Road
Number
50

Snow On The Beach
Taylor Swift featuring Lana Del Rey
From the album: Midnights

Dropouts

Number
1 Dropout

Nobody Gets Me
SZA
From the album: SOS
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
3
Number
3 Dropout

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
3
Number
6 Dropout

Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)
The Weeknd
From the album: Avatar: The Way of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
6
Weeks
2
Number
7 Dropout

Creepin'
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, & 21 Savage
From the album: HEROES & VILLAINS
Peak
7
Weeks
2
Number
9 Dropout

Dancing's Done
Ava Max
From the album: Diamonds & Dancefloors
Peak
9
Weeks
1
Number
10 Dropout

Don't Know What I Want
Gabrielle Aplin
From the album: Phosphorescent
Peak
10
Weeks
1
Number
12 Dropout

F2F
SZA
From the album: SOS
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
14 Dropout

Fairytale of New York
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
From the album: If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
15 Dropout

All I Want for Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
From the album: Merry Christmas
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
16 Dropout

O Holy Night
Céline Dion
From the album: These Are Special Times
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
17 Dropout

O Holy Night
Mariah Carey
From the album: Merry Christmas
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
18 Dropout

Daydream
Lily Meola
Peak
5
Weeks
5
Number
19 Dropout

Calm Down
Rema & Selena Gomez
From the album: Rave & Roses
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
20 Dropout

The Power Of Love
Gabrielle Aplin
From the album: English Rain
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
21 Dropout

10:35
Tiësto featuring Tate McRae
From the album: DRIVE
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
22 Dropout

Do They Know It's Christmas?
Band Aid
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
24 Dropout

Insomnia
Faithless
From the album: Reverence
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25 Dropout

Home Alone (main theme)
Home Alone
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
26 Dropout

Last Christmas
Wham!
From the album: Music from the Edge of Heaven
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
27 Dropout

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Brenda Lee
From the album: Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
28 Dropout

What If
Kate Winslet
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
29 Dropout

Kill Bill
SZA
From the album: SOS
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
31 Dropout

Ghost in the Machine
SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers
From the album: SOS
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
33 Dropout

Winter Song
Sam Fender
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
35 Dropout

Would've, Could've, Should've
Taylor Swift
From the album: Midnights
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
36 Dropout

Pointless
Lewis Capaldi
From the album: Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
37 Dropout

Made You Look
Meghan Trainor
From the album: Takin' It Back
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
38 Dropout

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Birdy
Peak
14
Weeks
2
Number
39 Dropout

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Wizzard
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
40 Dropout

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Darlene Love
From the album: A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Peak
21
Weeks
2

A chart by

Zack Khan

Date

December 31, 2022

Songs

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1 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”

2 Tate McRae – “she's all i wanna be”

3 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – “I'm Good (Blue)”

4 Griff & Sigrid – “Head on Fire”

5 Sam Fender – “Seventeen Going Under”

6 Latto & Mariah Carey ft. DJ Khaled – “Big Energy (Remix)”

7 Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”

8 Ella Henderson – “Emotions”

9 MUNA – “What I Want”

10 Dermot Kennedy – “Kiss Me”

11 First Aid Kit – “Out of My Head”

12 Sam Fender – “Getting Started”

13 Taylor Swift – “Carolina”

14 The Weeknd – “How Do I Make You Love Me?”

15 Mimi Webb – “House On Fire”

16 Lady Gaga – “Hold My Hand”

17 Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam”

18 Ella Mai – “DFMU”

19 Sam Smith & Kim Petras – “Unholy”

20 The Weeknd ft. Summer Walker – “Best Friends (Remix)”

21 Lizzo – “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)”

22 Beyoncé – “BREAK MY SOUL”

23 Dermot Kennedy – “Something To Someone”

24 Normani – “Fair”

25 GAYLE – “abcdefu”

26 Lauren Spencer Smith – “Fingers Crossed”

27 Sam Fender – “Get You Down”

28 Adele – “Oh My God”

29 David Guetta, Becky Hill, & Ella Henderson – “Crazy What Love Can Do”

30 OneRepublic – “I Ain't Worried”

31 Holly Humberstone – “London is Lonely”

32 Sam Fender – “Wild Grey Ocean”

33 Camila Cabello ft. WILLOW – “psychofreak”

34 Gabrielle Aplin – “Call Me”

35 Claudia Valentina – “Extra Agenda”

36 Dermot Kennedy – “Innocence and Sadness”

37 RAYE ft. 070 Shake – “Escapism.”

38 Labrinth – “Still Don't Know My Name”

39 Labrinth & Zendaya – “I'm Tired”

40 First Aid Kit – “Angel”

41 Mabel & 24kGoldn – “Overthinking”

42 FKA twigs ft. The Weeknd – “tears in the club”

43 Cat Burns – “go”

44 Chris Brown – “Under The Influence”

45 SZA – “Shirt”

46 Elley Duhé – “MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT”

47 Ella Mai – “Hide”

48 Tom Grennan – “All These Nights”

49 Kehlani ft. Justin Bieber – “up at night”

50 Taylor Swift ft. Lana Del Rey – “Snow On The Beach”

DROPOUTS:

1 -- SZA – “Nobody Gets Me” 1(×1) 3

3 -- Lana Del Rey – “Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” 1(×2) 3

6 -- The Weeknd – “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” 6 2

7 -- Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, & 21 Savage – “Creepin'” 7 2

9 -- Ava Max – “Dancing's Done” 9 1

10 -- Gabrielle Aplin – “Don't Know What I Want” 10 1

12 -- SZA – “F2F” 9 3

14 -- The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl – “Fairytale of New York” 1(×2) 16

15 -- Mariah Carey – “All I Want for Christmas Is You” 2 16

16 -- Céline Dion – “O Holy Night” 3 11

17 -- Mariah Carey – “O Holy Night” 5 4

18 -- Lily Meola – “Daydream” 5 5

19 -- Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down” 8 11

20 -- Gabrielle Aplin – “The Power Of Love” 3 14

21 -- Tiësto ft. Tate McRae – “10:35” 5 8

22 -- Band Aid – “Do They Know It's Christmas?” 6 11

24 -- Faithless – “Insomnia” 24 1

25 -- Home Alone – “Home Alone (main theme)” 7 9

26 -- Wham! – “Last Christmas” 7 12

27 -- Brenda Lee – “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” 11 8

28 -- Kate Winslet – “What If” 8 10

29 -- SZA – “Kill Bill” 29 2

31 -- SZA ft. Phoebe Bridgers – “Ghost in the Machine” 20 2

33 -- Sam Fender – “Winter Song” 3 9

35 -- Taylor Swift – “Would've, Could've, Should've” 3 9

36 -- Lewis Capaldi – “Pointless” 10 4

37 -- Meghan Trainor – “Made You Look” 11 5

38 -- Birdy – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” 14 2

39 -- Wizzard – “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” 14 7

40 -- Darlene Love – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” 21 2

4 Comments

Hey Zack!
No surprise to see Kate Bush getting your #1 song of 2022, as well as seeing "She's All I Wanna Be", "Head On Fire", "Seventeen Going Under", "Anti-Hero" and "Kiss Me" in the top 10 and lots of other songs in your Year-End list.
Great year-end chart! I did one as well for my charts.
Take care and I wish you a happy new year!

Thanks Sergej as always for your comments. I know Tate McRae and Sigrid have featured well on your chart this year so will see if they appear in your chart of 2022. Happy new year to you too!

It's no surprise Kate bush has the song of the year congratulations bro .

Tate mcrae comes in second suprised about it. I'm good made it the last minute wow wow didn't expect in the top 3 . Big Energy made it in the top 3 and the remix version preferred i i see. Anti hero made it within a short period released earlier could've been a contender to Kate bush.

Kiss me sneaked in the top 10 guess that was the favorite off from the album?

Lady gaga Top Gun soundtrack made it was little surprises . I.m not suprised Bam,DFMU, Unholy all in the top 20 they all charted deservedly throughout the year although the latter came in late. You definitely won't break my Soul made that's the dance song of the year for me and lizzo just outside top 20

. Best friend remix was a good recommendation ending the year chart with a banger. Normani did really a fair job with job i didn't expect it to end so charting higher wow wow . Another top gun Gun soundtrack from one Republic wow . Camila cabelo did well as an artist overall performance, Taylor Swift, Dermot Kennedy. Tears in the club did well that's the best recommendation from u this year I still play it on my playlist even next year .

Shirt didn't expect it on your end year chart so early .another r&b collaboration from kehlani. Congratulations the album from kehlani was part of the top 10 end year chart . Beyonce RENAISSANCE is in the top 5 of your end year chart . Sam Fender on top for another year is insane .ella mai album did so well for you i definitely didn't expect her to perform so good. Adele 30 even after it's Release in 2021 did well. Happy 2023

Hey mate, yes it was pretty easy to predict Kate Bush would be at no.1, well ahead of the pile after her 11 week stint at no.1. Tate McRae's "she's all i wanna be" was one of those songs I did not see on your chart, but it spent 30 weeks or so in my top 40 this year and was the biggest song of the year until Kate Bush stole her thunder. I only heard about Latto after the remix was released,otherwise I probably would have slept on "bg energy". Yes, Anti- Hero probably would have ended as no.2 of 2022 if she was released earlier in the year but still not as big as Kate Bush. I like "better days" from Dermot's album although it was released in 2021. I think "kiss me" was the most radio friendly song off his album, and hence still doing well for me. Great video to the song too along with a positive message. Lady Gaga spent 2 weeks at no.1 for me, and I was surprised it was not as big worldwide as it is such an epic pop ballad. Yes, you recommended the "best friends" remix with Summer Walker and it eventually was the song that knocked off Kate Bush from no.1. Normani did go to number 1 for me, I think for 2 weeks, and it was a great slow rnb tune. However, I did not think it was going to be the last song that she would release in 2022. Yes, Camila did ok, I do like her voice and she does well whichever song she features in, similar to Normani. Oh yes, I think I have recommended some FKA Twings songs for you, of which "tears in the club" was a hot for me at the start of the year. "Shirt" has remained in the top 5 for 2 months so its doing well. Yes, Kehlani, Beyonce and Ella Mai's albums have been played a lot this year. Sam Fender has not left my top 10 album chart since its release in October 2021. Adele's 30 was still doing well on my chart between Jan to April before dropping out and made a re-entry later this year when she released "i drink wine". Happy new year to you to buddy. Thanks for all your comments and for your suggestions of music.