Biggest hits of the 2010's Australia III

This is part III 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 another hit that Guy Sebastian managed to have in the southern hemisphere thanks to the assistance of an international artist, in this case he recruits American rapper Eve who tries to help him appeal to an American market to no avail.

This is the only other hit that Emeli Sande managed to achieve in her career here in Australia, this time it's as a featured singer for Rudimental's fifth single from their debut album which for what it's worth, proved to be their biggest hit from the album and would've been their biggest hit overall were it not for their earlier entry on this list that came out five years after this did.

Here we have a collaboration which by no accounts makes any sense, it comprises of Kanye West and Rihanna singing a duet with Paul McCartney providing the instrumentation for them to sing over. It was a surprise hit for the trio given how it was the first time that Paul touched the singles chart in over thirty years as his last hit was back in 1984 with "No more lonely nights."

This was the other big hit that Flume had in the mainstream worldwide, this time he recruits Tove Lo who is best known for her hit "Stay high" (which is still to come on this list) which likely boosted this song's popularity for the Australian DJ.

It had been a while since Mike Posner had a hit anywhere in the world given how "Cooler than me" threatened to trap him in the one hit wonder bin from the start of the decade (that's still to come on this list) indeed the original version of this track was another flop for the American singer/songwriter and required a remix from someone named Seeb in order for it to finally take over around the world.

This was the second single to come from Rihanna's seventh album Unapologetic, an album that's been described as tired by even her most ardent defenders which I can certainly see with this track as she sounds downright depressed on here. She recruits indie singer Mikky Ekko to collaborate with her and drive this point home which likely explains its popularity at the time.

To think that this remains Ellie Goulding's biggest hit in her career, I'm guessing this was due to it being one of the two themes from the 50 shades of grey film which appears to be from the perspective of its female lead Anastasia Steele. With that in mind, I'm guessing "Earned it" by the Weeknd was from the perspective of its male lead Christian Grey, which explains why that song wasn't as big as this was.

This was the only solo hit that Travie McCoy was able to achieve anywhere in the world, although he was better known as the lead rapper from his group the Gym class heroes so it's not like he was a no name prior to this collaboration with Bruno Mars. Speaking of Bruno, this was the second collaboration he had from the start of the decade following the success he had with B.O.B on "Nothing on you."

I thought we were done with E.P's appearing on the singles chart by this point in time, but it appears we weren't as we have the E.P from the runner up of the fifth season of Australian idol Matt Corby becoming a massive hit for the indie singer following him cutting ties with the reality show and joining the Australian indie sphere. The strength of this E.P comes from its key track "Brother" which was a massive hit on Triple J.

This was the song that Sam Smith released to coincide with them coming out as non-binary, although I always found it weird that they chose to reveal who they truly were on this track as it's a collaboration with Normani from Fifth harmony and appears to be a song about how they were cheating on each other as if they were dating. To date, it remains the final hit single from Normani as she's yet to have a hit as a lead artist.

There haven't been many artists of Asian descent to make it big over the years, one of the lucky few was the hip hop quartet the Far east movement who managed to score a huge hit with this club banger about how they girls act drunk around them despite being stone cold sober. I guess this was meant to be ironic like Kesha's work, however it doesn't come across that way given how straight they play out the situation.

There was a trend in the second half of the decade of chopped up vocals in EDM, this was the song to popularise that trend as it's the earliest song to become a hit with this gimmick that led to other artists on this list copying the formula to varying degrees of success. Like most pioneers in music this decade, this was the one and only hit for the British DJ Alan Walker.

It hadn't even been ten years since the original track from Savage was released even in his native NZ, and yet we have this remix of an already provocative track from Australian DJ Joel Fletcher becoming a massive hit for him all over again albeit only in Australia and not his homeland.

This was written as an empowerment anthem specifically for the LGBT community given how Kesha herself is bisexual and how she could relate to the bullying that members of the community go through on a daily basis (I certainly got a lot of flak for it myself growing up and even now experience casual discrimination solely based on who I am.) Naturally it was an instant hit for her due and made her an overnight queer icon.

This is yet another song that made it big this decade that was widely mocked by the general public, in this case it was due to Charlie Puth comparing himself to superman in a song that was about how he would always be there for the person he's singing to. I guess enough people found this romantic to make it a genuine hit, however it's largely known these days as a "nice guy" anthem.

I guess this was meant to be the track where Meghan Trainor displays her down to earth side as she recruits John Legend of all people to collaborate with her on a track about how the two were in love with each other, it was a surprise hit for them here in Australia months prior to it crossing over in their native America.

This was a massive hit for the British DJ Duke Dumont during the midpoint of the decade, mainly because it was rather unique compared to everything else coming out at the time despite it fitting in comfortably in the EDM genre that was dominating the mainstream at the time. He's sadly a one hit wonder with this track here in Australia, although he had more success in his native UK.

Illy was one of the more popular rappers from Australia throughout this decade, this was his biggest hit which featured the vocals of fellow Aussie Vera Blue who was quite popular in our indie sphere even though this was the closest thing to a hit she was able to achieve in our mainstream.

This is a song that really tells you everything you need to know from the cover alone, normally I'd advise against judging a book (or music in this case) by its cover, however you'll likely get exactly what you expected with this entry if you've somehow never heard this second single from Kesha. Even back then, it was panned by critics and audiences for being annoying and obnoxious, although it was enjoyed ironically as well.

It turns out this was the theme to a straight to video film known as Mac and Devlin go to high school, a film that happens to star both Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa as high school students, the former being held back for many years to get around how old he was to be in high school while the latter being a valedictorian of the school. Naturally the song is the only thing people feel is worth remembering about the film.

This was the introduction to two acts who would go on to have massive success over in their native UK, those being Clean bandit who would see success worldwide later in the decade with the likes of "Rockabye" and "Solo" and the second being Jess Glynne who would only trouble the international charts once more with her appearance on "These days" with Rudimental and Macklemore.

Now this is one of the more interesting songs to become a hit this decade, namely because it's about the victims of Pompeii and how the band Bastille attempt to internalise their thoughts in this song about them forever being crystalised from the disaster. This was such a compelling idea for a song that it even managed to crossover to America albeit a year after its initial release in their native UK.

This was released on time here in Australia for Jason Derulo given how popular he had become throughout the decade; indeed, you can argue that he successfully took the prince of RNB crown from Chris Brown down under given how Chris wouldn't have another hit down under until the very end of the decade with "No guidance." As such, this song where Jason compares his girlfriend's body parts to various celebrities was a hit here much sooner than it was on Billboard.

Here's the other big hit that Zedd had as a lead artist, it's also the second hit he had with the American duo Grey following the success the three DJ's had with Hailee Steinfeld from two years prior (that collaboration is still to come on this list.) The only new name on this track is Marren Morris who is a country singer who scored her big crossover hit worldwide with this collaboration.

To date, this is the only hit single from American Christian rapper NF anywhere in the world, although considering how long it took for the Caucasian rapper to find success from the start of his career, I wouldn't count him being trapped in the one hit wonder bin just yet. This is a song about how he felt he was a failure to his (biological) father, making this being a success that much more ironic in hindsight.

This is another song where me being nice to it is going to be a challenge, although in this case it's purely for the vocals as to put it simply, Julia Michaels isn't a good vocalist. Enough people were able to overlook her voice on this track in order to make it a hit worldwide due to how strongly written the song is, and indeed this did allow her to write for some of the biggest names in music thanks to its success.

On the surface, this feels like a Bjork track given how it manages to recapture the bombast that the Icelandic singer was best known for during her heyday in the 90's. It turns out that this was the one and only hit from the British trio Sam and the womp which features vocals from its female member who calls herself Lady OO, that would certainly explain the monkey noises she makes throughout the track.

It feels strange that this would be the big hit off of Ariana Grande's third album, although I guess it was the second time that she collaborated with Nicki Minaj after "Bang bang" (which is still to come on this list) so perhaps this was simply fans wanting the two to work together more often. In fact, this feels like a direct sequel to that track considering both women are still being sexually provocative on here like they were there.

Following the success he had with Conrad Sewell from 2015 (this collaboration will come much later on this list) Kygo decided to expand his success by collaborating with Selena Gomez two years later and by incorporating chopped up vocals which was a technique that had exploded in popularity by this point in time in the EDM genre. He is another artist who would have more entries on this list had he found success on Spotify and not just with sales.

It looked like Zayn was going to be the biggest name from One direction given how he managed to score two hits of his own in 2017 compared to just the one his former bandmates had that year, although it's worth noting that both of these hits had a female vocalist working with him as here he trades Taylor Swift for Sia for this song that was used in a trailer for a film that I doubt anyone remembers.

This was written by Sia, I thought I'd bring that up because Rihanna said yes to this track where it became a huge worldwide chart topper for her but no to "Cheap thrills" (which is still to come) which wound up being a huge worldwide chart topper for Sia later in the decade. I guess I am curious to see a version of this song from Sia herself given how similar Rihanna sounds to her.

You should know that I'm only featuring the songs that were big from Meghan Trainor on this list for prosperity as I really don't like talking about her or her music, here she is with her second single which showcases her calling out her partner for cheating based on the most circumstantial of evidence, I guess Beyonce had a hit or two in her career where she did just that, so why not Meghan with this track?

There we no signs of Calvin Harris slowing down as he released this song once the album cycle to Motion was complete, it was a carry over to his next album which would see him using tropical house production hence why this is more in line with what was popular in EDM during the midpoint of the decade.

This was the introduction to two artists that deserved so much better in the mainstream, the first was Zara Larsson who scored a second hit after this with "Lush life" as well as a hit with Clean bandit before fading into obscurity. The second was MNEK who remained a one hit wonder with this collaboration even in his native UK until he was featured on the Joel Corry track "Head and heart" five years after its release.

This was another easy hit for Post Malone from his third album Hollywood's bleeding, this time it's a collaboration with Young thug who's only other hit here in Australia was with Camila Cabello on her earlier entry on this list.

This was the one and only hit from former reality show contestant Alexis Jordan, it was a surprise hit here in Australia and throughout Europe despite it being a massive flop in her native America. I'm guessing it was because her fellow Americans had forgotten about her appearance on America's got talent in 2006 and was somehow able to connect with the rest of the world with this love song.

This was the second collaboration that Rihanna had with Drake in 2016, the first being "Work" (which is still to come on this list) and here we have them feeling that they're both too good for each other which is a strange way to reminisce on their relationship they had from the start of the decade.

There haven't been a lot of emo tracks to make it big this decade, one of the very few to do so was this one and only hit from both Gnash and Olivia O'Brien who both scored a hit with this song about how they both hate and love each other. I know that this isn't a factor to the quality of the song, but it's worth noting that Olivia was only seventeen years old when she recorded this track whilst Gnash was 23.

If you're confused as to why this Irish trio decided to collaborate with Will I am of all people, that's because him and lead singer Danny O'Donoghue were judges on the Voice UK and that they were trying to build up buzz for the show the same way that Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera did the year prior. It paid off as the show and the song were both massive hits for everyone involved.

This was already a moderate success for Peking Duk when it was initial released, however it received a boost in popularity when it placed high on the Triple J year end list for 2016 due to it coming out relatively late in the year. They would have one more hit after this with their E.P Reprisal before they faded into obscurity.

Here we are with a song that trapped Mike Posner in the one hit wonder bin for six years before his earlier entry on this list got him out of it, it's a song about him calling out this person he's trying to hit on after they shot him down. It's another song on this list that's been widely mocked for its lyrics, in fact I get the feeling a lot of these songs were popular because of the internet's negative reaction to them.

Well, she might have made arguably the worst decision of her music career by pandering to Twitter for her album Witness (which is really saying something) however that didn't mean that Katy's career was dead just yet as she was able to score a massive hit as a part of this entourage with the likes of Pharrell and Big Sean on this track produced by the lead artist Calvin Harris.

This is the only collaboration that Marshmello has made where he doesn't have the main credit on the song as he gave that to Selena Gomez for some reason, I guess because she was inescapably popular during the second half of the decade which is strange considering she only started having hits once she made a clean getaway from Disney as well as long after she broke up with Justin Bieber.

This was supposed to be an even bigger hit for P!nk but wasn't because she hasn't bought into the Spotify payola like Drake or Ed Sheeran has, even so, its placement on this list should give you an idea of how well loved she remains even to this day in Australia if she can still compete with those guys with such a disadvantage in the mainstream. Speaking of disadvantage, this song is meant to provide a voice for those affected by the political climate of the moment.

This wasn't meant to be a single from Dua Lipa's debut album, however it became one following the surprise success of her earlier entry on this list in America where said album wasn't released when it crossed over. If you didn't already know, the song is an acronym for "I don't give a f**k" which is perhaps why it wasn't chosen as the single as naturally the radio has to edit out the last word when playing it.

This would've been Guy Sebastian's last hit here in Australia had he not scored a massive comeback later in the decade with "Choir," even then that song wouldn't come out for six years after this made it big which suggested that his popularity had finally runout once this dropped off the charts.

Even though this was a hit through Triple J here in Australia, it's worth noting that this somehow managed to become a success throughout Europe for the Australian duo Yolanda be cool (what is with that name?) which no doubt helped it sustain an audience despite how clearly bizarre this track is. Not since "Doop" from 1994 have we had a song be a success by making a parody of the swing music of the 20's.

This second single from Overexposed more or less confirmed the direction that Maroon 5 were heading in which many of their detractors will tell you is little more than a solo project for Adam Levine without him having the courtesy of making it as such. This song is also infamous for keeping "Gangnam style" from earlier on this list from the number one spot in America, which prompted Billboard to change how they calculated their charts.

This is often considered to be one of the creepiest songs of the decade, mainly because Abel named this track after a particularly horrifying film from the 70's and him giving a performance that can make certain people's skin crawl at the best of times. Somehow, it found its way into commercials due to the creepy ambience of the track, although many people will tell you it's one of the worst songs of the decade.

This is one of two big hits that Kendrick Lamar had from the Black panther soundtrack, the other was with the Weeknd which will appear much later down the list as it wasn't nearly as successful as this first hit was. I guess we Aussies preferred his collaboration with SZA who's only success at this point was with Maroon 5 on their hit single "What lovers do" which we'll get to later down this list.

This cover of the Bon Iver track from 2008 was originally released in 2011 to deafening silence for English singer Birdy, I'm guessing because the original was well known in the indie sphere despite that also being a flop for the American folk band. It was given a new life in 2012 in Australia when it was covered by a contestant in X factor Australia that year as were many indie tracks throughout the decade.

You know that both artists on this track were inescapable when this collaboration manages to become a hit despite only being a bonus track from a deluxe reissue of one of their albums and said album not doing anything to boost the main albums popularity at the time.

This took a while to take off given how the indie sphere had taken a back seat to the club boom during the early phases of the 2010's, however it was given a massive boost in popularity several months after its initial release due to it being performed at the 2012 Superbowl as well as it being covered on Glee of all things. The band is best known for their earlier entry on this list; however, this too was a massive hit for them.

This was the first of four big hits that British DJ Jonas Blue had here in Australia, although it might be his most divisive track as it's an EDM cover of Tracy Chapman's definitive hit from the late 80's. This is a cover that seemed to be tailor made to be divisive as EDM fans have praised it for making the original more lighthearted whilst Tracy Chapman fans have condemned it for ruining the point of the original.

Hailee Steinfeld first got big at the start of the decade for her Oscar nominated performance in the Coen brothers flick True grit, here we are six years later with her breakthrough single which was a collaboration with not one but three producers as it has German DJ Zedd and the American EDM duo Grey as credited artists. This wasn't the last time the two acts would collaborate as we've seen with their earlier appearance.

This was the final hit that Zara Larsson had in any capacity in her career, at least she went out with a bang with this collaboration with Clean bandit who themselves seemed to be on a roll as they managed to score another massive hit worldwide with a female vocalist. They would have one more hit after this with Demi Lovato, although that song remains divisive to this day due to having the former Disney star on it.

It's getting increasingly difficult for me to be nice to these songs on this list, here's the third hit from Jason Derulo that uses a sample of the Verve's "Bittersweet symphony" for a song about how he screwed up in a relationship he was in. Now obviously I don't have an issue with the content of the track, however I really don't like Jason as a vocalist and I find him to be really annoying on here.

Although "Smooth" remains Santana's biggest hit throughout most parts of the world, that honour actually goes to "Maria Maria" if we're referring to the Billboard charts as that had a much longer run at number one in America than "Smooth" did at the turn of the millennium. This must have been the incentive for why it was used as the sample for this posse cut from DJ Khaled, Rihanna and Bryson Tiller.

This is literally a friendzone anthem, it's bad enough when one is friend zoned as it means that the person they have feelings for and/or is attracted to doesn't feel the same way about them but cares enough that they want their company, but to have that awkward situation glamourised in this song is problematic to say the least. That's ignoring the fact that this person Anne Marie is friend zoning likely needs a restraining order.

This ties with Dua Lipa's entry from towards the start of the list as the most recent entry to appear on here as Billie released this on the deluxe edition of her debut album in response to how much of an overnight sensation she was exiting the 2010's. Needless to say, she's another example of someone who isn't handling their fame very well, although thankfully she has plenty of love and support around her to help her cope.

I guess we Aussies were bigger Nickelodeon fans that I otherwise would've thought as this duo comprised of two of its former child stars who released an album before calling it quits due to it flopping in their native America. We were definitely able to connect with this track that seems to be an anthem for those that the system has screwed over, however that wasn't the case on the Billboard charts.

To date, this is the final hit that Jonas Blue has been able to achieve anywhere in the world, likely because he chose to collaborate with a duo known as Jack and Jack who don't exactly live up to the hype set up by his other collaborators this decade with their vocals. We've got two more hits to look at from the British DJ which were much better than the two songs we've looked at so far.

This was a song that took forever in a day to reach the upper echelons of the charts here in Australia, I'm guessing because we Aussies had to learn to love this EDM track from the Swedish duo Icona pop who admittedly, are an acquired taste given how abrasive their music can be. This was also the world's introduction to Charli XCX who would go on to have critical acclaim in the indie pop sphere after this.

While I stand by that the Dave Stewart and Barbra Gaskin cover of Lesley Gore's "It's my party" completely misses the point of the original, this cover of Lesley's other iconic hit from Grace Sewell manages to recapture the feminist spirit of the original which I and many others feel does the original justice for a modern audience. Apparently, there's a version of this track with G-Eazy on it, although I'm unfamiliar with this version.

This was released in 2013 throughout Europe for the German band Milky chance where it was a massive success for them, as such it was released here in Australia where it was also a success as well as it being a fan favourite on Triple J likely due to the duo being on a tiny indie label. It was their only hit here and in NZ, although their popularity has yet to fade throughout Europe as of this writing.

This is the third hit that Jonas Blue managed to achieve throughout the decade, this time he brought on Australian singer William Singe to provide vocals on here which are among the best in his catalogue (in my opinion of course.) Singe was best known prior to this collaboration as a member of the failed Australian group the Collective, I'm guessing Jonas was a fan of the group as he recruited him on here.

This was one of the more successful victory singles to come from Australian idol, likely due to the controversy where although he was born in Australia, Stan Walker managed to win the series despite him being a NZ resident which allowed this to crossover to his homeland following his victory over fan favourite Hayley Warner. This controversy caused the show to be cancelled going into the 2010's.

This was the fourth and final hit that David Guetta had on his breakthrough album worldwide, it was a collaboration with fellow DJ Chris Willis and featured the vocals of Fergie and LMFAO, the latter of which scoring their first big hit anywhere in the world given how this was released around the time their debut album flopped.

Were it not for the fact that this song was featured as bumper music for the Australian soap drama Winners and losers, I doubt anyone would know about Paloma Faith given how she's one of those indie singers on a major label that seemed tailor made to be alienating to both the indie sphere and the mainstream crowd. Perhaps it was because of this fact that the showrunners used this song as it encouraged us Aussies to check out her album.

This is a song whose music video was considered so good by the music industry that (I swear I'm not making this up) there were posters for it in the movie theatres, I'll leave my readers to decide if it was even worth promoting the music video in theatres like it was a real movie or not but suffice to say, this was where the arrogance of Adam Levine was seriously starting to test the patience of the internet.

It looked like Nicki Minaj wouldn't have any success outside of the Billboard charts given how nothing on Pink Friday managed to catch on anywhere else in the world, however her fortunes changed when she released this track from the deluxe edition of the album which was her first pop crossover due to how it features her singing and rapping throughout the track.

It looked like Maroon 5's album V was going to be a flop outside of their native America given how none of the singles became a success for them anywhere outside of Billboard, the album was saved when this track from the deluxe edition became a huge hit for them likely due to the video where the band plays at a bunch of weddings as a surprise act.

This was one of only two hits that Christina Perri had in her career, the other being one of the themes to the first Breaking dawn film from the Twilight saga that will come much later on this list. Here we have her score a massive hit with this song about her heartbreak which connected with audiences likely due to it being released around the same time Adele had topped the worldwide charts with "Someone like you."

See if you can wrap your head around this, we have a song by Lloyd and Andre 3000 of Outkast fame "narrated" by Lil Wayne about the exes of these three men, basically it's a song sung by Lloyd and has a guest verse from Andre that was commissioned by the Young money rapper that became a worldwide success.

I guess Bruno Mars didn't want to completely alienate his fans he won on his first album, so he released this song that could've been from Doo wops and hooligans as the second single to his second album to ensure those fans that he hadn't forgotten about them which prompted them and his new fans to make this an instant hit for him.

This is the last hit that Sia has had to date, mainly because she went to work on her directorial debut after this became a hit for her for a film that the less I say about it the better. Here we have a self-empowerment anthem complete with a guest verse from Kendrick Lamar that allowed it to become a massive hit for her worldwide.

On the surface, this seems like a tribute to the 80's action series of the same name, it would make sense given hot the theatrical adaptation was a commercial success around this time and Mr. T's popularity had resurfaced as well. It turns out that this is actually about a woman being on type A drugs (which is the heavy stuff for the uninitiated) and how this makes Ed concerned for her wellbeing.

This was the only hit from the Belgian DJ Lost frequencies, although at least it was a massive hit for him worldwide given how the EDM track managed to make a huge splash on the dance floors upon its initial release. There's not much more I can say about this track as it was a hit that people liked from a one hit wonder.

There were no signs of Jason Derulo's popularity slowing down in Australia, even though his fellow American's had moved on from him in favour of Chris Brown, he kept scoring hits like this ballad to who I'm sure was his partner at the time down under likely because we Aussies didn't want Chris Brown back in our mainstream.

People have claimed this was Macklemore pandering to the LGBT community, those are usually the same people who complain there isn't enough LGBT representation in the media which makes them impossible to please and should be avoided at all costs. Here the rapper makes an earnest ballad about how he supports gay rights due to the stories his gay uncle told him about his issues with homophobia.

This was originally released on an E.P from 2013 known as Did you hear the rain; it was a flop even in his native UK and only started gaining traction the following year when it was released as a single to promote George Ezra's debut album. It proved to be a much bigger hit in that regard and even allowed him to crossover to America eventually when the album proved to be a massive success.

This was originally released in 2009 to deafening silence for Taio Cruz here in Australia, this is despite it being a massive hit in his native UK likely due to the Brits wanting him to take the crown of RNB prince from Chris Brown with this track. It was given a second chance worldwide by having a guest verse from Ludacris which allowed this to crossover to Australia at the start of the decade.

Following the success of their breakthrough album Blurryface, Twenty Øne Piløts were commissioned by the makers of Suicide squad to make a theme song for their critically divided film about the comic book antihero squad. The song was a massive success as was the film despite critics finding it to be a meandering mess, although this would be the last hit that the duo would have in the mainstream.

Given how Swae Lee was fresh off the success of the Mannequin challenge that came from his hit "Black Beatles" (which is still to come on this list) it seems fitting that he would be the reason why French Montana was finally able to score a hit internationally as he provides a chorus to that big breakthrough he had on this track.

This was released in 2013 while the Norwegian duo was still known as Envy, I'm not sure why they felt this song could've been a bigger hit if they renamed themselves as Nico and Vinz, however that's exactly what happened when they rereleased this under their new name as it became a massive worldwide hit for them. They would have a second hit a year later with "That's how you know" before fading into obscurity.

This was the first advanced single from Billie Eilish's debut album, it's a song that while I certainly respect, I find it difficult to listen to after repeated listens due to me becoming too invested in Billie's plight to the point where it makes me uncomfortable. I guess most audiences don't have this issue as it was a hit not only upon its initial release but also when the album dropped several months after its release.

This is another artist I really don't like, mainly because I tend to get a headache whenever I listen to one of their songs which they had three that were very successful here in Australia throughout the decade which leaves me in the minority here. This was the biggest of the three hits likely due to it having the best vocals of the trio.

This is one of the first songs to greatly benefit from Billboard incorporating YouTube data onto their charts, indeed this does feel low on the list given how it seemed to be inescapable upon its initial release due to how everyone was talking about it and especially the video where Miley does indeed ride naked on a wrecking ball. I guess the rest of the world made it a hit due to it being an honest look at her love life at the time.

To date this is the final hit single that Lorde has been able to achieve anywhere in the world, even in her native NZ, this remains the case as her third album was a huge critical and commercial failure for her when she recently released it (as of this writing.) At least this was a hit in the southern hemisphere even if some people have accused her of selling out on this track given how pop friendly it is.

This will be the only appearance from one of Michael Bublé's singles on this site, although I do remember hearing this on the radio more so than any of his other songs, so I have no problem believing this was a hit when the likes of "Sway" or "Everything" weren't. Naturally his audience was more inclined to buy his albums which is perhaps why even in the age of digital downloads, he hasn't had any other hits.

We Aussies were a bit late to the party when it comes to Adam Lambert, although he did score two hits at the start of the decade including this third single from his debut album, so we did catch on to his hype eventually. The success of his debut album led to him becoming the new lead singer of Queen following the departure of Paul Rodgers in 2009 where he's remained as such ever since 2011.

Behold the first giant hit that Drake had here in Australia, sure he had hits here earlier than this, but it was this meme fest of a track that managed to make him a household name here like he was in America. Admittedly the meme comes more from the video rather than the song as the song is just him being upset with how his ex-girlfriend has moved on from him, the video on the other hand is ridiculous beyond words.

There seems to be a rising interest for the year 2002 in recent memory, so much so that Anne Marie wrote a song about how great that year was despite only being eleven years old at the time. I'd say she must have a very good memory, however that becomes questionable when she references "99 problems" by Jay Z which wasn't released until 2004, hey we all misremember things from time to time.

This was a massive hit for Rihanna, and one that suggested that she was fine being with a bad boy (or rude boy as she puts it) given how she likes the unpredictability of that type of relationship. Naturally the rude boy in question is Drake who she started dating during the album's production and has had an on again off again relationship with him over the years.

No this isn't named after the Bobby McFerrin track of the same name; this is instead an original track from Guy Sebastian he released as the first advanced single to his biggest album Armageddon.

This was the final single to come from Calvin Harris's album 18 months, this time it was a collaboration with Ellie Goulding who had become the hottest British artist of the moment due to her song "Lights" nearly topping the Billboard charts in 2012 and Calvin wanting to cash in on her popularity with this track. It has a unique music video which was filmed on an iPhone that was passed around by those filming it.

Thought that Redfoo had faded into obscurity when he had a falling out with his nephew Skyblu which spelt the end of LMFAO? Well, it turns out that wasn't the case as he became a judge on X factor Australia which served as a launching pad for his solo career which began with this track that he filmed in Sydney's northern beaches. It was an instant success for him here and a minor hit worldwide.

This was a hit twice around the world, the first time was on its own merits as it was a Katy Perry single released at the start of the decade and the second was the version that has Kanye West on it which helped it become the fourth consecutive chart topper from Teenage dream on Billboard. While the original is just a sex jam from one of the most sexually provocative women in music, the remix has been widely mocked for Kanye's bizarre verse.

This was originally a simple ballad from the American duo A great big world, it was released to deafening silence likely due to no one in the music industry knowing who they were outside of YouTube. Somehow, Christina Aguilera got wind of this ballad and decided to turn it into a duet with them which allowed this to take off worldwide, making it the final hit single from her to date.

This was another easy hit for the Hilltop hoods this decade, mainly because it comes from a classical reissue of their two most recent albums (at the time of release of course) which went on to be a massive success for the trio. Here they recruit singers Montaigne and Tom Thum to provide them a chorus to connect their verses together.