AwardsWatch’s Top 20 Songs of 2015
AwardsWatch member Doug Johnson has compiled the best songs of 2015 according to AW members. Songs needed not be Billboard single to qualify. Over 265 songs were submitted for what became the final Top 20.
All art and graphics by AW member Kelley Rand. Enjoy!
Honorable Mentions:
21 Grimes, “REALiTi (Demo)”
22 Miquel, “Coffee”
23 Tame Impala, “Let it Happen”
24 Courtney Barnett, “Depreston”
25 Adele, “Hello”
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique feat. Maluca
“Love is Free”
Hot Chip
“Huarache Lights”
Björk
“Stonemilker”
The Weeknd
“The Hills”
Jamie xx feat. Romy
“Loud Places”
Sufjan Stevens
“Should Have Known Better”
Carly Rae Jepsen
“Your Type”
Drake
“Hotline Bling”
Taylor Swift
“Style”
Jamie xx feat. Young Thug & Popcaan
“I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)”
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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