EDIT: I messed up big time: please pretend like “Love You Like a Love Song” by Selena Gomez & The Scene, “Whip My Hair” and “Fireball” by Willow are somewhere in this list. thank you.

Pretty plain and simple, as said above. enjoy and reblog!

50) “E.T.” - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West

49) “You & I” - Lady GaGa

48) “Starlight” - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

47) “Everybody Breaks A Glass” - LIGHTS

46) “Push It” - Jessie and the Toy Boys feat. Yelafolf

45) “Good Feeling” - Flo Rida feat. Etta James

44) “Make Me Proud” - Drake feat. Nicki Minaj

43) “Off & On” - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

42) “Don’t Hold Your Breath” - Nicole Scherzinger

41) “Shake” - Little Boots

40) “Domino” - Jessie J

39) “All Fired Up” - The Saturdays

38) “Good Hit” - Jennifer Lopez

37) “Super Bass” - Nicki Minaj feat. Ester Dean

36) “Feel So Close” - Calvin Harris

35) “Run The World (Girls)” - Beyonce

34) “Someone Like You” - Adele

33) “Cheers (Drink To That)” - Rihanna

32) “Stupid Hoe” - Nicki Minaj

31) “The One” - Meg & Dia

30) “S&M” - Rihanna & Britney Spears

29) “Marvin’s Room” - Drake

28) “Rolling In the Deep” - Adele

27) “Till the World Ends” - Britney Spears

26) “Let’s Get Naughty” - Jessie and the Toy Boys

25) “Get Over U” - Neon Hitch

24) “Collide” - Leona Lewis / Avicii

23) “The One That Got Away” - Katy Perry

22) “Kill My Boyfriend” - Natalia Kills

21) “Free” - Natalia Kils

20) “Wild Heart” - Sabi

Forget Britney’s dup-pop 30-second breakdowns. This is the stuff that is going to bring dubstep to the airwaves. The LA-based rapper featured in songs by Britney Spears and Cobra Starship is now taking the reigns of her musicality. This song is lyrically a ballad, but this amazing dubstep production is so prominent it almost fights for the spotlight with Sabi’s vocals. “Damn (DAMN!) this wild heart of mine, it’s gon’ get me in trouble,” she repeats during the ever-so-epic chorus of the year. The only trouble this girl is going to have is with fame because that’s what she’s about to get.

19) “Don’t Kick the Chair” - Dia Frampton feat. Kid CuDi

This is an unexpected as snowy day in San Diego in the middle of a drought. Dia going solo was enough surpise, but then there came the “featuring Kid CuDi” part. Whoa. Then comes the radio-friendliness of the song. Produced like a true Top 40 pop track, the surprise was that this song actually really works. Dia’s voice must have been made for pop music because the sheer mainstreamness of this song is just too much. This song is in many senses perfect. Then it gets better, this song is the newest addition to the “it gets better” pop library (see what I did there?). “Like the whole damn world is a braided rope in a noose around your neck. Don’t kick the chair, it’s gonna get better,” she sings in that over-enunciated way she does that is just pure magic. Sadly this is as good as her debut album gets…

18) “Fear and Loathing” - Marina and the Diamonds

Sure, it’s only a promo single, but it’s good enough not to be (if that makes sense). The simple production of this song is possibly its best asset as it lets Marina’s clear vocals shine. “Don’t wanna live in fear and loathing” she sings in a reflective tone during the song’s chorus. There’s not much to say about this song, it speaks for itself.

17) “Edge of Glory” - Lady Gaga

This song changed radio forever. At first only released as a promo-single, “Edge of Glory” climbed the charts so fast that GaGa’s lael released it as an official single. The sound in this song was stranger than GaGa’s previous offerings: it had classic rock influences and there was that odd sax bit towards the end, but it all works so well! The triumph in the chorus is just amazing as is the energy that this song as a whole gives off. The great chart performance of this song led to another unorthodox GaGa single being released, “You & I.”

16) “Yo-Yo” - Nicola Roberts

This song is the definition of pop music. Everything about it just screams that pop is alive and very well indeed. The diluted hip-hop influences and electronic blips here and there all build to the great chorus that, although not an amazing production by the books, is just so good! The soul Nicola pours into this song is extraordinary. This is by far one of the most radio-friendly pieces from the album and although it’s an expected move to release it as a single, it’s touch competition for all the dance wannabes on the charts right now.

15) “What Do You Take Me For?” - Pixie Lott feat. Pusha T

Quality songs are not exactly what one expects from Pixie Lott, but this song is just crazy amazing. Known for her retro, soul influences Pixie actually brings these out in this song. There’s trumpet hits mixed in with the grinding synthesizers that are oh-so-prominent throughout the track. The collaboration with Pusha T not bad, albeit unnecessary. The chorus is probably the catchiest thing of the year, “Don’t know what you think I’m after. Don’t think I can take any more. Don’t know what you think I’m after. What do you take me for?”    

14) “Poisoned With Love” - Neon Hitch

This is the epitome of love gone wrong songs. Neon Hitch whimpers over delicate sounds that I can only describe as being the soundtrack to the inside of a watch. Then comes the great chorus where she confesses she’ll be walking on broken glass for her man as long as it takes to make him see it. The creepy way she sings the song leaves little to imagine: this stalker love is headed somewhere dark and dangerous.

13) “Bad Dog” - Neon Hitch

This single by the pop underdog of the year is nothing short of amazing. I still wonder why it didn’t hit No. 1 on the charts. The provocative lyrics mixed with the radio-ready synthesizers and vocal editing make for a great track. Then there’s the overly-autotuned which, contrary to the description I gave them, are autotuned just right, they make Neon Hitch sound like a sexy monster. But the best part of the track is the dangerously amazing bridge. I won’t reveal too much, but this is the prequel to “Poisoned With Love.”

12) “Set Fire to the Rain” - Adele

By far the most radio-friendly offering from the British queen of heartbreak, “Set Fire to the Rain” is a highly underrated single. Being released only in a few countries it hasn’t received the recognition it deserves. The steady backbeat follows all the way to the emotional chorus where, although she doesn’t flex her vocals as in “Rolling in the Deep,” she shows off the texture to her voice. This song shows just how Adele can evoke so much emotion without even hitting every high note in her register. The biggest plus are the extremely amazing lyrics unparallelled in “21.”

11) “Born This Way” - Lady GaGa

This song is a grower. At first all of the different elements of the song (a deadmau5-like synth ride and a steady back beat) seem overwhelming. Then after a few listens you start to hum along and then full-out scream along with the chorus. The beautifully-crafted chorus is going to go down in history as one of the songs that define not only the year, but also the decade.

10) “We Found Love” - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris

When info leaked that Rihanna and Calvin Harris collaborated, the world imploded for a second there. There could not be a more perfect collaboration (except for Hilary Duff working with Max Martin, or Dr. Luke, or Diplo (you get the idea)). The beats of this song are like 8-bit bleeps gone to Ibiza and landed in a grimy Swedish club, then died and gone to heaven. The almost poem-like lyrics of this song mixed with the great breakdown before the chorus is just too perfect to not be No. 1 on the charts for less ten decades (sadly that kind of thing doesn’t happen).

9) “Criminal” - Britney Spears

The definition of unexpected single if there ever was one. When I first listened to “Criminal” I thought, “Oh, what a great album track” as most of us do when we hear a less-than-radio-friendly track. It was undoubtedly one of the best songs of the album lyrically, and when Britney announced it as a single I was ecstatic. The track got a minor touch-up for the radio but it still stays true to its integrity and “Renaissance-ney” as MuuMuse’s Bradley Stern correctly named it. The great storyline of this song is unheard of on pop radio (in exception to Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away”). If anything established Spears as an artist, it’s tracks like this.

8) “Titanium” - David Guetta feat. Sia

The collaboration sounds strange at first, I know. But, oh God does it work. The warbling vocals offered by the Australian indie singer combined with the synthesized strings and later rave-worthy synths form an extremely new sound that doesn’t come off as poppy as the rest of Guetta’s album. But more like one of Sia’s hit singles got a major facelift. However, Guetta’s immaculate gift of creating ambiance goes to good use here as he creates a delicious, lush atmosphere that houses Sia’s vocals perfectly. “I am titanium,” Sia proclaims in the song’s chorus, but this song is pure fire.

7) “Marry the Night” - Lady GaGa

The Fernando Garibay-produced track is an extremely artsy offering from the new Queen of Pop. The synthesized organs in the intro of the song to the almost dubstep-esque techno breakdown at the end point to a strange new pop that GaGa crafts in “Born This Way.” Gone are the days of weak, useless pop hooks and choruses and in come the triumphant and memorable choruses of any single on “Born This Way.” The pure artsiness of this song is evident in the single art, it is not? Yes, it is. Lace up your boots, babies.

6) “On the Floor” - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull

Surely after such a flop of the monumental size of “Loubitons” the Latina Princess of Pop had to find a way to redeem herself, right? Right. With the help of RedOne, a sure hitmaker of the year, J-Lo offers up “On the Floor” featuring Pitbull, an Ibiza-ready dance track that reached No. 1 in numerous countries. The incredible catchiness and middle 8 of the track are just pure fire and collab with Pitbull could not be more appropriate. It was about damn time someone brought some Latino flare to the airwaves.

5) “Beat of My Drum” - Nicola Roberts

The debut single from Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts could not have been better. The Diplo-produced track is a brilliant piece that, although mainstream, hints towards more obscure influences. There’s the Dev-like rapping, the Gwen Stefani-esque cheering, and the dance breakdown reminiscent of Beyonce’s “Run the World (Girls)” work perfectly and don’t sound copycat at all. The batcrap-crazy production is a great asset, as are Roberts’ vocals. The pure ecstasy during the chorus that is completely different from the pre-chorus that is completely different from the verses are an impossibly meshed cornucopia of drum machines gone wild and a whole lot of ginger soul.

4) “Wonderland” - Natalia Kills

The dark princess of pop has done it again. After the great debut that was “Mirrors,” Miss Kills is back at it (with an ax). “Wonderland” is a grim slice of pop that sees Kills venturing into the lore of fairy tales, and the unreal fantasy to them. “I don’t believe in fairy tales, but I believe in you and me. Take me to wonderland,” she sings in the song’s chorus. The grim reality of the lyrics that Kills sing are like a grown up telling a child that Santa Claus does not exist. It’s grim, but’s here. And, like always, she kills it.

3) “Judas” - Lady GaGa

Another single from the iconoclast that turned the music business upside down, messed with everyone’s brain, and garnered millions of little monsters? Not quite. Produced by RedOne, the genius behind her previous No. 1 hit “Bad Romance,” “Judas” is a beast of a song. The numerous backbeats slap and hit constantly and the synthesizers wind and grind along with the beats and then there are the perfectly edited vocals that make GaGa sound like an ethereal being. It’s all too great. This song is highly underrated; sure it is like “Bad Romance” 2.0, but the lyrics and the many other assets this song has are ridiculously amazing. This song has a certain je ne sais quoi that marks it among the best tracks of the year.

2) “In The Dark” - Dev

“In the Dark,” an amazing dance anthem from the unexpected upcomer in techno music, Dev. The Cataracs-produced track features fantastic dance beats and an intriguing lyricism only found on the radio nowadays when delivered by the “Bass Down Low” songstress. Although this track isn’t a party track like her previous hits, this song being more serious and dark, the track is nothing short of showstopping. “In the Dark” is the song that will define Dev as an artist around the world, look out for her debut album January 2012.

1) “Hold It Against Me” - Britney Spears

This song encompasses the music of 2011 perfectly: it has some pop, some R&B, some techno, and for the first time in Britney’s career, dubstep. The lush, textured sound that Dr. Luke creates on this track is incomparable to any other track next year, not to mention it was an unexpected move for Britney after having released “3,” a rave-pop hit a few months prior. Britney’s signature moans and purrs are at their best on this track.

The surprise that hit the airwaves as the previously techno-influenced Spears now went all grimy in the basement of a London club was ridiculous. Records were broken and the song flew to No. 1.

 The femme fatale did it again.