I'm purely making this best list because of completion really. But even with my reluctant here, I do have to say that I really love a lot of these songs. There's no doubt that the best list is for your personal record keeping because there's an emotional attachment to songs that you connect with. And that connection and emotional response is why I believe making best list is the best thing a critic do even if it doesn't draw views. And if there's any year that this is more true than ever was 2022. To put it bluntly I had a rough 2022 and untangling that emotion was me just listening to Spotify Top 50 Chart and just trying to keep up with the chart. I missed out on a lot of great albums outside of the mainstream not because there weren't any, but I was too preoccupied with anything else that music became secondary. This alongside my frustrating college situation leading to me seeking the Hot 100 or more specifically the Global chart more than ever. A lot of the b...
Now that we are into the halfway point into 2026 (Well for Billboard we have way past that but I digress), Let's grade the ins and outs of what's happening with popular music. The consensus seems to be that this year has been lousy so far — that it's either the continuation of 2025 bad year or even worse. I can't say I won't really blamed them per say but there's a nuance to this year. Let's look at every genres and see if there's a consensus or not. Pop was slow at first but it really picked up a lot with Olivia Rodrigo. RnB is still good but I can see some cracks that are showing, Kpop is actually having a busy and better than average year. And we even got some crossover rock and country songs here to a mixed results. I think the genres that have actual bad year on the chart were Hip-hop, EDM, and Latin Pop. Hip-hop is having generational bad year that made 2023 look quaint. EDM is still on their AI bullshit. And Latin Pop basically just held up by Bad...