Biggest hits of the 2010's Australia II

This is part II of my list of the biggest hits of the 2010's in Australia, this is in lieu of making individual lists for each year as it's been a real challenge for me to talk about some of these songs with the dignity and respect they deserve as is.

This was the second of three hits that B.O.B had at the start of the decade, he was pipped for great things early on in his career but has since fallen into obscurity due to his questionable views on the world that I won't get into on this site. Here he recruits Hayley Williams of Paramore to provide him a chorus to connect his verses about him contemplating his place in the hip hop scene.

Given how popular Khalid was here in Australia thanks to how well beloved he was on Triple J (what's happened to him I wonder?) it seems fitting that he would be the one to introduce Marshmello to the world with this collaboration he made with the American DJ. His gimmick is that he wears a helmet that's meant to suggest that he's an anthropomorphic marshmallow making music for the masses.

Just a heads up that five out of the five members of One direction will be making an appearance on this list as all of them managed to score a huge hit in 2017 alone following the demise of them as a group, at least during the 2010's, Liam was the one to score the biggest hit with this track that denounces his time with the boy band in a way many people to this day find condescending.

This is a bit of an odd entry, mainly because the debut single from Lorde technically was never released as a single in Australia and instead came on her E.P which charted on the albums chart in her homeland. No doubt it was the single which made the E.P a success for the NZ alternative singer largely thanks to it denouncing all of the cliches used in modern pop songs.

This was the first of two hits that Anne Marie had as a featured artist for a popular EDM track, here she speaks up for single mothers who have to raise a child on their own which no doubt connected with many single women at the time of its release. It also allowed Clean bandit to escape the one hit wonder bin in most parts of the world given how "Rather be" almost trapped them there two years prior.

This was one of the more pop friendly tracks from Khalid's catalogue, I guess this is why it remains his biggest hit as a lead artist and is only slightly less successful than his earlier entry with Marshmello on this list. It also allowed him to have a massive hit in his native America given how everything he released up until this point was only a moderate hit on Billboard at best.

This was one of the last hits that Pitbull had anywhere in the world, in fact I feel this was a success more due to Kesha's chorus as it had her working with a country beat as opposed to her usual club bangers from earlier in the decade. Pitbull would continue to have minor success after this became a hit, and while she had a lot of personal struggles after this, this wouldn't be the last we see of Kesha either.

Well, this song has been ridiculed to death and back, as such I won't be explaining what's wrong with it on this list and instead bring up why it was a success for Bruno Mars back in the day. Basically, it was the video as it features Bruno with a bunch of backup dancers dressed as apes (something that's really problematic the more you think about it) as well as audiences relating to the lyrics at the time.

This is one of the grooviest songs to come out of the decade, it comes to us from a band that had been active for over a decade by the time they scored their one and only hit in the music industry (as of this writing of course.) As with most indie bands, this managed to become a success due to ad execs somehow discovering the track and including it in their ads, that and it being a favourite on Triple J here in Australia.

Given how he caused quite a stir with his previous two singles in the music industry (which we'll get to later on this list) it seems fitting that this bonus track from the one-year anniversary of Shawn Mendes's second album would restore him in people's good graces even if nowadays people feel that it's little more than an obvious choice of a song to soundtrack a car commercial.

This was seen as a return to form for Eminem given how he spent half a decade disappointing fans with what they perceive as a drop in lyrical quality as well as a bunch of questionable decisions involving the feuds he found himself with. Here he admits to some of his biggest mistakes during this time and how he was going to rediscover himself going forwards which is precisely what happened throughout the decade.

There haven't been many Canadian artists in recent years, sure Justin Bieber is going to stick around for the rest of time and we shouldn't be surprised if Shawn Mendes suddenly reappears on the charts, however, there haven't been many other artists to make it big from the far north. One of the more recent success stories comes from this duo who scored a massive hit with this EDM track worldwide.

2017 was a great year for the individual members of One direction, here we have the biggest hit that Nial Horan had on his own which was likely due to the strange lyrics in the song about him having sex with the person he's singing to (does anyone know what he means about "like sweat dripping down our dirty laundry?") Like Liam from earlier, he only has the one hit to his name from this year.

This is one of the first songs to make it big in the music scene purely thanks to its promotion on Tik Tok, as such it was inevitable that the artist in question would be a one hit wonder as well as the song being a mere footnote in music history even this recently.

This was supposed to just be the third advanced single for Calvin Harris's album 18 months; however, it was ultimately chosen as the lead single to Rihanna's album Talk that talk given how it came out around the same time she had completed that album. As such, it's the rare track from the Scottish producer where he's the featured artist instead of the vocalist which I feel should've been the case for all of his other singles.

This was originally released as a single in 2010 to deafening silence, not even an endorsement from Triple J could make this a hit for the trio Foster the people upon its initial release that year. It was given a second chance when it finally crossed over in their native America which allowed it to be a success worldwide, although it was technically a hit twice here in Australia as it received a boost in popularity early in 2012 for some reason.

This was a massive comeback for Enrique Iglesias given how he hadn't troubled the English-speaking charts since 2004 with "I'm not in love" form his album 7. Here he hopes on the club boom trend from using similar production to everyone else as the start of the decade to even including Pitbull on the track to help him achieve his conquest of collaborating with every Hispanic pop star in the music industry.

Many people have had issues with this song from Flo Rida over the years, namely because they believe it stole the success that "Levels" from Avicii would've otherwise had given how the rapper uses that song as a chorus to connect his verses about how he has a good feeling about his future prospects.

This was a massive hit for both Marshmello and Kane Brown in Australia and their native America, likely because country music seems to be the genre of choice in both countries following the "Old town road" controversy as the decade was coming to an end. In Australia, it could also be because Marshmello was inescapable here as he had plenty of other hits that we'll look at on this list.

This was the only hit that the Danish band Lukas Graham (named after their lead vocalist) managed to achieve outside of Europe, although in Australia they could've had a second hit later in the decade had the Spotify charts not taken over our charts as "Love someone" was a huge hit here sales wise. This song has been widely mocked for how arrogant the narrator comes off in the lyrics, not helped by it being an autobiographical track from the lead artist.

This was the first of two big hits that Usher achieved from the deluxe edition of Raymond v Raymond which in turn saved the album from tanking worldwide, it's a club banger that features Pitbull at the height of his popularity which no doubt tore the roof off whatever dance floor this happened to play in at any given time. This would also be the penultimate hit he would have in his career before fading into obscurity.

Following the success of his earlier entry on this list, Avicii was able to have a second hit with his album that's a fusion of country and EDM. This time he recruits country singer Dan Tyminski on vocals who manages to provide an equally compelling performance on this track as Aloe Blacc did on "Wake me up" which no doubt helped this become as successful as that track.

Although Kendrick Lamar had massive success with his previous album To pimp a butterfly, it was the lead single to his album Damn that finally gave him a worldwide hit thanks to how bumping the production was as well as his flow being very tight on the track. He also scored a lot of success as a featured artists with songs that are still to come on this list.

This is one of the more bizarre tracks from Rihanna, mainly because it's about her admitting to being into S&M which would be fine if it were by anyone else but coming from her makes this a bit uncomfortable for reasons I won't get into on this site (I'll leave it at how one of her relationships came to an end.) It was a huge hit for her likely due to the controversy surrounding its release as well as it's strange video.

At first this seems like another contender for claiming the prince of RNB crown from Chris Brown given how it was one of the first new hits of the decade for Iyaz, however it turns out that the Jamaican singer was a protegee of Sean Kingston (despite being older than him) meaning this was more of a passing the torch moment between the two stars even though this was the former's only big hit.

This was a bit of a comeback for OneRepublic given how they hadn't bothered the charts here in Australia since their first album back in 2008, although it's worth noting that this was a success here much sooner than it was in their native America likely due to it being a change in direction from their previous sound and their fellow Americans needing time to adjust to it before making it a hit on Billboard.

This was the theme to the film 50 shades darker, a film that's infamous for having very little content given how the book it was based on was also short on content (although you can make that argument for the entire franchise.) Here we have Zayn teaming up with Taylor Swift making a theme song that unintentionally captures the feeling naysayers have towards the franchise.

It looked like J-lo's singing career died off back in 2005 when her album Rebirth flopped on the charts, however she was able to make a successful comeback during the height of the club boom with this party jam with the assistance of Pitbull who seemed to be collaborating with every Latin musician during the first half of the decade. It remains her final hit to date, although her acting career also resurrected itself at this stage.

This was one of two hits that Justice crew had during their time together, the other we'll get to in a bit but suffice to say that this was a dance troupe turned boy band that was briefly a phenomenon in Australia before their hype faded into obscurity.

Around the time that Khalid had a hit with Marshmello with their earlier collaboration on this list, he also managed to score a huge hit in Australia and NZ with this remix of one of his songs on his debut album which really resonated with audiences the same way that Twenty Øne Piløts did the year prior as it's about how he and his friends were all young dumb and broke in this world.

This is another song that's easy to make fun of due to how melodramatic the lyrics are, after all would anyone actually catch a grenade for someone regardless of the situation? This is the song I feel best represents why I don't like Bruno Mars (well almost as it's not like this is a throwback track to the twentieth century) as I've never particularly cared for him as a vocalist or as a musician overall.

I guess the success of this song was proof that the world was ready to move on from an infamous incident that Chris Brown had involving his ex-girlfriend Rihanna (this will be the only time I mention it on this site, I promise) given how this managed to be a massive success for the RNB singer as if no time had passed between his last big hit "Forever" and this becoming a success.

This remains Khalid's biggest hit in his native America, although it isn't as such here in Australia as evidence by it appearing lower than some of his other entries on this list so far. I guess this is because it was a more pop friendly track in his catalogue compared to the more experimental RNB like his other entries.

This was originally released two years prior to it being a huge chart topper for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, I guess this was meant to be their debut single but didn't find much love due to the pair being on a tiny indie label and Triple J not discovering their music until their earlier entry on this list. This was released as the second single in their native America from the Heist; however, it was pushed back as the third single internationally.

To think this remains Coldplay's biggest hit in certain parts of the world, although I'm guessing their big hit would've been "Clocks" or "Speed of sound" had digital downloads been legal when those songs were initially released as singles. Even so, this is one of the more divisive tracks from the band's catalogue likely due to it sounding like something that was made specifically for web commercials.

Following the success of "Moves like Jagger" from earlier on this list, Maroon 5 decided to make that be the template of their new sound which resulted in their mainstream popularity skyrocketing at the expense of them alienating their existing fanbase as well as angering internet critics for the better part of a decade at this point. Here they recruit Wiz Khalifa to provide them a guest verse on a song about a relationship coming to an end.

DJ Snake is a French DJ who scored three hits this decade, this was his third and final hit which seems fitting given that it was a collaboration he made with Justin Bieber who seems to have killed a lot of careers throughout his time in the music industry given how many people have failed to score another hit after working with the Canadian pop star. It could also be that the production is recycled from "Lean on" from the year prior.

The hits just kept on coming for Khalid as he collaborates with Fifth harmony singer Normani on a song where the two of them play a couple madly in love with each other, like the rest of his catalogue, it was a massive hit for him in the southern hemisphere and not so much in his native America.

Of all the songs to be P!nk's biggest hit of the decade, I wasn't expecting it to be her duet with Fun frontman Nate Reuss, but it appears that this ballad about the pair falling out of love connected with audiences upon its initial release better than anything else she (or he for that matter) released in the 2010's. This would be one of the last hits she would have in her native America as her popularity faded over there.

This was originally released in 2012 to deafening silence for the Jamaican singer Omi, likely because it was a little bit ahead of its time when it came to the tropical house EDM of the decade. It was given a new life when it was remixed by Felix Jaehn three years later where it became a massive hit for him, although I get the feeling the original mix would've been a huge hit that year given how the times changed in its favour.

There have been many jokes made about how this wasn't the "revival" that Eminem needed for his career; however, I feel this song's backlash was blown out of proportion given how it was just an (admittedly bizarre) collaboration between Eminem and Ed Sheeran of all people likely due recreate the success of his two collaborations with Rihanna earlier in the decade. In that regard, the song succeeded.

As it turns out, there is a version of this track that's just has Alicia Keys on it known as "Empire state of mind II" meaning that this likely would've been a hit for her even without Jay Z commissioning her to provide him a chorus to how much he's proud of being from the east coast. This would be the rappers last hit outside his native America, although Alicia would have one more hit with "Girl on fire" in 2012.

This was the first of two hits that all of these men managed to achieve together, that is all of them except for Lil Wayne as he was conspicuously absent on "No brainer" the year after this came out for some reason. I had heard of DJ Khaled prior to this becoming a hit, however I didn't believe it when people said he did nothing on his songs except shout "we the best new music" until I heard this song.

This is another song from Taylor Swift I personally don't mind, I'm guessing because it's a rare example of her displaying self-awareness which I've come to appreciate compared to the rest of her catalogue. It appears the rest of the general public agrees with this sentiment as it remains one of her biggest hits to date despite it being the first single she released after (temporarily) pulling all of her catalogue from Spotify.

Flume had moderate success here in Australia prior to this becoming a surprise international success, however it was his collaboration with Canadian singer Kai that put him on the same level as the likes of the Chainsmokers and Major Lazer when it came to unconventional EDM. This led to him scoring a second hit shortly after this before he retreated back to the indie sphere.

This was the second of five consecutive Billboard chart toppers for Katy Perry as she holds the record with MJ for the most number one hits in America from a single album, although internationally she didn't have that string of luck as each of her singles from the album (while still highly successful) had different peak positions around the world. Here we have the title track from that album which is regarded as one of it not her best song.

This is a song whose existence is based around a more popular song; in this case it was "Old town road" which was quickly becoming one of the biggest hits of all time when Blanco Brown decided to cash in on its success by releasing this track which worked wonders for the country singer of colour.

This was the second collaboration that Eminem had with Rihanna this decade, although it wasn't nearly as popular as their earlier entry likely for two reasons. First off, this has weird yodeling on it which I'm sure turned off fans, second is that we already had a team up of these two and the subject matter didn't change much from these songs.

I have a complicated relationship with this song, mainly because I know that this is actually meant to be far dirtier than people give it credit for (you can say it's about inner beauty all you want people but trust me it's not.) Enough people were fooled by the lyrics that it became a massive hit for Labrinth and Emeli Sande, the latter of which never had a solo hit here in Australia and the former having one with "Earthquake."

This remains as the biggest hit to come from the Hilltop hoods, I guess it became so big due to it being released around the same time that Bill Cosby got convicted of his multiple sexual harassment allegations and that this was meant to be an ironic take on the actor's legacy rather than a sincere one.

Even though he wouldn't release another album until 2020, that didn't prevent Justin Bieber from being one of the biggest artists of the second half of the 2010's given how he was the featured vocalist for just about every EDM act that was popular throughout the decade. Here he collaborates with Major Lazer which started another trend I noticed of him being the death touch for a collaborator's popularity.

To date, this is the final hit for everyone involved with this track, mainly because it's a song about how we're living in good times released during a time where that couldn't be further from the truth (don't even get me started on how the world's been in recent memory.) The song's intentions are good of course, which is perhaps why it was a hit even if you can definitely say it was released at a bad time.

OK let's get one thing out of the way right now, I'll be referring to Sam Smith by their preferred pronouns of they/them as I want to reassure my readers they have a right to present themselves however they chose while they're on this site. That said, it also pains me to admit that I don't particularly care for them as a vocalist especially on tracks like their solo debut single which was an instant success for them.

Before there was Tik Tok, there was Vine which was a similar music app where young creatives would release their music in the hopes of being discovered by a major label. By far its biggest success story was Shawn Mendes who was discovered by Teddy Geiger who gave the Canadian folk singer mainstream success which arguably peaked with this track about Shawn (or possibly Teddy) being badly wounded in a relationship.

This was another instant hit for Bruno Mars given how it's another throwback to when soul music reigned supreme in the American mainstream, although I've always felt that the bass on this track was too overbearing which is perhaps why it wasn't quite as inescapable as the second single from the album of the same name on Billboard. Even so, this still remains popular in the mainstream as of this writing.

This guy was a one hit wonder twice in most parts of the world, the first time was with his group Gnarls Barkley and the second was with this song that took a while to take off in his native America due to him needing to record a clean version of the song for it to play on radios. Naturally he suffered no such setback here as we Aussies have never incorporated airplay onto our charts to determine what is popular.

This came out around the same time as "Where are u now" which was a hit that Diplo from Major Lazer had with Skrillex and Justin Bieber, although I think it's safe to say that this was the song that introduced the world to his work given how much bigger it was then that track. The video for this song caused minor controversy due to depicting the singer MØ in an Indian outfit which led people to accusing her of cultural appropriation.

Well, I've been pretty positive towards Taylor Swift so far on this list, let's change that by highlighting one of my least favourite songs from her due to it being her attempt at dubstep. Normally my problems with her come from her writing, however here it's the way it sounds which I'm guessing was the case due to it coming out around the height of Skrillex's popularity who ushered in the sub-genre into the mainstream.

Nelly is one of those artists that seems to randomly pop up from time to time ever since he conquered the world with his third album from 2004, here he is five years after his big hit "Over and over" topped the charts here in Australia with a ballad about a failed relationship he had.

I really don't want to talk about this song, the only reason why it was a hit was strictly due to its controversy as everything about it seemed to be tailor made to anger the internet and let's just say it succeeded with flying colours.

This was the second of three hits that 3oh!3 had in most parts of the world, the first was "Don't trust me" which was a song that was originally uploaded to YouTube before it was picked up as a single several months later and their third hit was a collaboration with Kesha during the height of the club boom. Here they collaborate with Katy Perry for a song that I'm sure most people have forgotten even exists.

This was the victory single for the 2012 season of X factor UK that also served as a charity single for a company known as Together for short lives in the UK which no doubt led to its popularity internationally for James Arthur. It seemed like he was a force for good in this world, however that perception changed when he posted stuff on social media that made him come off as homophobic.

This is the only hit that Wiz Khalifa was able to achieve as a lead artist outside of his native America, sure he had other hits with the likes of Snoop Dogg and Maroon 5; however, he was playing second fiddle to those acts. Here he recruits Charlie Puth who was previously known for his work with famous YouTubers before stepping into the big leagues thanks to the chorus he provides on this track.

This was the third and final big hit to come from Scorpion, this was because Drake attached a challenge to it where one has to film someone dancing to the song whilst driving in a car (at least all of the videos I've seen have this happening.) It was a predictable hit from the Canadian rapper and one that extended his good will into the 2020's even with how much overexposure he's gotten over the years.

This was Katy Perry's attempt at a self-empowerment anthem, while it's easy to make fun of (no Katy I've never felt like plastic bag, if that's even something that one can possibly feel like) I will say that it's a much better empowerment anthem than her earlier entry on this list if only because the production is much catchier as well as her sounding more earnest on here than she did on "Roar."

This was the last solo hit that Sam Smith had before they revealed themselves as non-binary, although this revelation didn't happen for two years after this became a hit for them which means that they wanted to have two successful albums under their belt before they let the world know that they didn't conform to gender formalities which led to a bunch of other celebrities turning this into a trend that devalued the non-binary community.

The worst thing about Maroon 5's earlier entry on this list was that they got the idea to turn "Girls like you" into a female empowerment anthem from this song from Drake who made it specifically to be a female empowerment anthem from the get-go. He also put more effort into the video by making the feminists (who are more well loved and respected) look like super models as opposed to the earlier video.

Following the success of his collaboration with Dua Lipa (which we'll get to in a bit) Calvin Harris decided to return to his roots of collaborating with strictly British artists which is perhaps why he decided to have Sam Smith be his next collaboration as they were among the most popular artists of the decade regardless of where in the world you're from. I should clarify that this was the last hit that they had before they revealed their identity.

Well, I think this is the first love song to become a success to have Legos as a metaphor for how a relationship is working out, it was certainly a unique spin for love songs which no doubt helped it be a massive success for Ed Sheeran during the first half of the decade. He would have a few more hits from his debut album before he went to work on the theme to the second Hobbit film.

This was originally released in 2016 to deafening silence from Lizzo, likely because it was the theme song to a film known as Barber shop that I guarantee few if anyone reading this would've heard of. It was given a second chance three years later when "Truth hurts" became a surprise hit as the decade was coming to an end in her native America, although that unfortunately was too much of a sleeper hit to appear on this list.

For a little while, it seemed like there was a rush to find the new prince of RNB given how Chris Brown temporarily had that title revoked from him for reasons I won't get into on this list. An early contender for his replacement came from Jay Sean who achieved minor success in his native UK prior to this Billboard chart topper he had thanks to a guest verse from Lil Wayne of all people.

This was the debut single from Jason Derulo, a man who would go on to have massive success in Australia and throughout the rest of the world due to him breaking through when Chris Brown was temporarily blacklisted from the music industry. Here he (or rather JR Rottem) samples "Hide and seek" from Imogen Heep and recontextualises the song to be about Jason apologising to her for being unfaithful.

This was a hit twice here in Australia for Mumford and sons, the first time was upon its initial release due to us Aussies being intrigued by their fusion of folk and country complete with using a banjo as their main instrument. The second time was when it was crowned the best song of 2009 according to listeners of Triple J which is what allowed it to become a mainstream success here and eventually worldwide.

This is the other big hit that the Justice Crew had in their career, it came out two years prior to their earlier entry and is another example of a party track that was made to light up the dance floor and little more.

Well, this is a song that's bound to resonate with anyone who entered the real world throughout the 2010's, here we have the duo Twenty Øne Piløts scoring the first of three massive worldwide hits with a song about them regretting the fact they grew up too fast and how they want a do over with their childhoods due to how stressful it is in the real world. It took a while to take off, however once it did, it was critically acclaimed.

Well, here's the nice guy anthem to end all nice guy anthems, never mind how widely ridiculed this song is for the performance that Shawn gives on the track, the fact that it's written the way it is (by a then closeted trans woman mind you) was enough to make people think twice about the intention's others have when telling them that they're in a bad relationship. It was a hit, but one that did far more harm than good.

This was the remix to a song from Snoop Dogg that likely would've faded into obscurity had it not caught the attention of David Guetta when it did, after all it was a song where the rapper wanted to see a woman work out for his own amusement which even back in the early 2010's, I don't think would've gone over very well with the general public unless it had a catchy dance beat to go along with it.

I could talk about how this song's appeal is meant to be that it's actually a joke (albeit a pretty unfunny one in my opinion) about how this guy wants the approval of his girlfriend's dad to marry her until he realises said father doesn't like him, but that's been talked about to death already. Instead, I'll bring up that this was a huge hit in Australia and NZ during our summer season despite it being a mere modest success in their native Canada which resulted in their label marketing the song as a summer jam in America.

To think that this is the final hit single that Britney Spears has had in her career (as of this writing at least) mainly because I'm not even sure she's on this track given how uncharacteristic her performance is on this track compared to the rest of her catalogue (she sounds like Lady Gaga to me.) This also feels like something that was meant for a Black-Eyed Peas album that Will I am instead used for his solo album.

This was a collaboration with two of the biggest names in British music during the last stretch of the decade, after all Calvin Harris was still a household name in the EDM scene whilst Dua Lipa was coming off the success of her debut album taking off over in America. Here the two score another worldwide hit with this collaboration proving that their respective popularities were as strong as ever.

This was the only hit from the American girl group GRL, at least it was as a lead artist as they did score a minor hit with Pitbull on his hit single "Wild wild love" (which will appear much later on this list.) There's a reason as to why these girls are a one hit wonder worldwide and it's one I won't go into here as it involves one of the members being in a very dark place in their life which led to them no longer being with us.

While this wasn't the final hit that BEP managed to score with Fergie, it was the song which led to a massive backlash towards them due to it ruining the fond memories people have of the film Dirty dancing to the point where it's now considered a terrible movie by modern audiences.

Most people will only know Wynter Gordon for her contribution to Flo Rida's "Sugar," however in Australia, she managed to score a number one hit with this song which is strange because "Sugar" wasn't a big hit here back in 2009. I'm guessing Kesha was on to something by requesting her feature be removed on "Right round" as Wynter obviously didn't do the same for her collaboration with the Miami rapper.

There were no signs of David Guetta slowing down entering the decade as he managed to score a third hit in a row from his breakthrough album, this time he recruits Kid Cudi who was fresh off the success he had with his own breakthrough "Day n night" from 2009 which is perhaps how he managed to maintain his winning streak across the world.

This is the second and final hit to come from Fun, a band who was popular throughout 2012 thanks to having two massive hits from the indie sphere which cropped up around the time the club boom was coming to an end. Despite how big the band was this year; they would go on hiatus once the album cycle was done where Nate Reuss would embark on a solo career and Jack Antonoff would become an in-demand producer.

Well, it looks like I can finally feature an artist from Iceland whose name isn't Bjork on this site, here we have the one and only international hit from Of monsters and men who took the world by storm a year after its initial release due to it being a duet between two people about how they'll always be in each other's hearts. I guess this was the precursor to "Never forget you" between MNEK and Zara Larsson.

This was the song where Lady Gaga's ambitions proved to be too much for the general public, mainly because it was cluttered with so much overproduction that any meaning to the song got lost from the public upon its initial release. That said, the song does have a powerful meaning behind it as this is openly a self-empowerment anthem specifically for the LGBT community given how she was queer herself.

This was one of two self-empowerment anthems that P!nk released at the start of the decade, it was by far the more successful of the two likely due to its Dark knight reference that many felt was dated even upon its initial release (which was two years after the film came out mind you.) It was an instant success here in Australia as was most of her songs that came out after her third album.

I think this is one of the few songs to be produced by JR Rottem that isn't based on an egregious sample, this might be why this was Jason Derulo's first chart topper here in Australia and not his earlier entry despite that being the slightly bigger hit for the RNB star down under like it was everywhere else in the world. It could also be because this song is about him having sexual fantasies to the person he's singing to.

Well, I guess I hyped up this collaboration when I brought it up when discussing the two hits that both artists on here had respectively, so here we are with that collaboration which seemed to bring out the best of both of them. Adam Young would struggle to recapture this success artistically if the numerous complaints from his longtime fans are anything to go by, however Carly would become a critical darling with her subsequent releases.

This is the last hit that BEP has been able to achieve to date, sure they had some buzz since the departure of Fergie over the years, however that buzz has only stayed on the internet as none of their viral singles have translated to mainstream success since this was a hit for them. It puzzles me when people say that the Beginning was a failure, maybe a critical failure but it certainly wasn't a commercial one.

This was a massive comeback hit for Daft Punk given how they hadn't troubled the charts anywhere in the world since 2001 with their album Homework, although this feels more like a Pharrell track given how he's the vocalist on this track which no doubt led to the success of his theme for the second Despicable me film from earlier on this list.

This was a song tailor made to be used as a ringtone, after all you don't make a chorus that goes "stop calling I don't wanna talk anymore" and not have that be the purpose of your song. I guess in order to make it come off as a real song, Lady Gaga recruited Beyonce to play off her in the song and especially the video which would be a shoe in for my weird videos list if I could find enough of them to make one for this decade.

This was released the same time in Australia as David Guetta's collaboration with Usher, meaning that there were two of his singles from Nothing but the beat floating around the upper echelons of the charts down under given how Usher and Sia are two very different vocalists. This was Sia's first hit in the mainstream anywhere in the world, likely due to it being a self-empowerment anthem even if it's paired with a beat made for the clubs.

I always found Fifth harmony to be the 2010's equivalent of the Pussycat dolls, a group of attractive young women (although in this case we're talking about teenage girls) being as sexually provocative as possible in order to titillate their audience who find them attractive. Here they go the extra mile by having them imagine themselves in a relationship with them and convincing them to quit their job to make out with them.

This was one of the song's Billie Eilish released as a single before she released her debut album (she could've done a better job with the album art for these tracks) it was an instant success for the singer likely due to the good will she had with the likes of "When the party's over" and her collaboration with Khalid for the 13 reasons why soundtrack.

(this song is "Bury a friend" if you couldn't tell from my commentary)

Given how his theme to the second Step up film was a massive success in 2008, it only makes sense that Flo Rida would be called back to make another theme for the franchise which he did at the start of the decade along with the assistance of David Guetta who gave him one of his beats for him to rap over. It's basically the same song as "Low" only without the T-pain chorus and with more emphasis on the club boom.

It puzzles me when people say that the second live action Alice in wonderland was a box office flop when it was still among the 50 most profitable films of 2016, then again, the first film was the second biggest film of 2010 so perhaps that's what they mean that it was a flop. It was certainly panned by critics for its incoherent plot and bad acting, with this theme song from P!nk being the only praise it received.

This was one of two hits that Zedd had as a lead artist throughout the decade, the other will come shortly which sparked controversy due to it being similar to this song he had with Alessia Cara in just about every way. They're both about trying to mend a toxic relationship, both have ticking clocks in the production, and both have killer performances from their female vocalists.

This was the first song from Bruno Mars to take influence from a past genre as opposed to a particular artist, although it was obvious that this was meant to be a tribute to the Police given how quickly people compared it to that band's back catalogue upon its initial release. Admittedly Bruno has always been quick to credit his inspirations as his debut album was heavily inspired by the works of Billy Joel.