Happy New Year – and welcome to our countdown of the 20 biggest songs of the year that was…this is the Top 20 Most Wanted of 2016!

I won’t ruin it for you as far as who came out on top – but suffice to say it was a big year for a number of newcomers to the music scene like Alessia Cara, Coleman Hell and DNCE.  It was also a great year for the usual suspects like Adele, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Justin Bieber.  In fact – those 4 artists have 7 songs in the year end countdown!

Music also lost some icons in 2016 as we said goodbye to both Prince and David Bowie.  We’ll pay tribute to both with our Soundtrack Spotlight while our Most Wanted Flashback takes a look back at the #1 song from 2015 and our Most Wanted Request is for a tune from Taylor Swift – who in her mid-20’s made more money than ANYONE ELSE in music this year.

Meanwhile our 1st chart of 2017 is fast approaching as well and if there is a song you would like to see appear on the first chart of the new year – OR – you would like to make a Most Wanted Request – just let PJ know by filling out the form below.  You could also send him an email (paul@chymfm.com) – OR – let him know on Twitter (@OnAirWithPJ)!

Follow along with the Top 20 Most Wanted – Sunday’s at 12:00 noon!

Here’s the Top 20 Most Wanted of 2016

20 ADELE – SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER)
19 ZAYN – PILLOWTALK

18 DAYA – HIDE AWAY

SOUNDTRACK SPOTLIGHT: PRINCE (who died in 2016) – PURPLE RAIN (from “Purple Rain”)

17 ONE REPUBLIC – WHEREVER I GO
16 TYLER SHAW – WICKED
15 COLEMAN HELL – 2 HEADS

MOST WANTED FLASHBACK: MARK RONSON FT./BRUNO MARS – UPTOWN FUNK (#1 song of 2015)

14 ADELE – WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
13 MAGIC! FT./SEAN PAUL – LAY YOU DOWN EASY
12 ALESSIA CARA – WILD THINGS

11 HEDLEY – HELLO
10 CHAINSMOKERS FT./HALSEY – CLOSER
09 P!NK – JUST LIKE FIRE
08 JUSTIN BIEBER – SORRY

MOST WANTED REQUEST: TAYLOR SWIFT (top earning woman in music in ’16) – OUT OF THE WOODS (for Treena)

07 SHAWN MENDES – TREAT YOU BETTER
06 ADELE – HELLO

05 DNCE – CAKE BY THE OCEAN
04 LUKAS GRAHAM – 7 YEARS

03 SIA FT./SEAN PAUL – CHEAP THRILLS
02 JUSTIN BIEBER – LOVE YOURSELF
01 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – CAN’T STOP THE FEELING **SPENT 11 WEEKS AT #1 in 2016**

Filed under: 2016, countdown, most-wanted, top-20, year-end