Trio Mix had a great year, but it was Love (Sweet Love), the anthem lead single from their greatest hits record Between Us, that shone the brightest and let everybody know why theyвЂ™re arguably the best girl band in the world. Who has worked harder in the industry over the last few years than these three? Not many people could work as prolifically as these whilst delivering serve after serve when two thirds of them are pregnant. My tears have just about dried from the news of Little MixвЂ™s break, but it is one that felt inevitable. вЂњI didnвЂ™t peak in high school, IвЂ™m out here getting cuterвЂќ вЂ“ itвЂ™s lyrics like that that promise that both of these two stars are on the rise to their peak with no sign of slowing and itвЂ™s one of the best songs of 2021. Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow bounce off each other with the kind of fizzling chemistry that would have scientists double checking their test tubes.

Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow //В Industry BabyДЄs soon as those BeyoncГ©-at-Coachella horns burst into your eardrums you know something incredible is about to happen. ItвЂ™s Kim at the top of her A-game, a pop star in an intergalactic league of her own. German born, LA based, trans pop superstar Kim Petras rebranded herself as вЂњthe baguette bitchвЂќ and took us to France for Future Starts Now вЂ“ an enthralling, sparkling, synth pop odyssey that The Weeknd wishes he wrote and produced. The first release since sheвЂ™s signed to Travis BarkerвЂ™s music label, Bite Me is a huge, top-of-your-lungs belter that is truly impossible to get out of your head.

Pop-punk is Avril LavigneвЂ™s lifeblood, and Bite Me is the Canadian icon at the absolute top of her game. If WILLOW is the apprentice, Avril Lavigne returned in 2021 to show why sheвЂ™s the master. ThereвЂ™s been a ferocity to WILLOW this year, and whilst it might have been Meet Me At Our Spot that blew the internet up it was the Travis Barker drummed Transparent Soul where she hit the biggest heights and earns her spot amongst the best songs of 2021. Willow SmithвЂ™s rebirth into an Avril Lavigne tinged pop-punk icon is one that wasnвЂ™t on my 2021 bingo card, but is one thatвЂ™s welcomed. Hot Hot is the latest burst of energy and bravado the Hackney native has blessed upon the world, and when your pre-chorus is lead by a lyric declaring вЂњride a boyвЂ™s face like a YamahaвЂќ you know you better buckle up.

Bree Runway //В Hot HotД«ree Runway has so much star power brimming in her that itвЂ™s a miracle she doesnвЂ™t simply explode. Niko B makes Milton Keynes feel like Milan. Nowhere else in the industry are you going to hear a fella rapping about Pasta Kings with a straight face. His writing is so pedestrian, but thatвЂ™s what makes it so special. When I think about voices that are making music thatвЂ™s uniquely British, voice of a next generation style, I canвЂ™t help but think of Niko B. If CMAT songs were Taylor Swift albums, No More Virgos is her Red. CMAT (Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson) has one the most timeless voices in the industry вЂ“ seductive and heartbreaking in equal measure. ItвЂ™s the perfect fusion of country and pop. вЂњGlobal pop superstar from IrelandвЂќ CMAT dropped the latest single from her upcoming debut album at the end of October and itвЂ™s the most pop the country singer-songwriter has sounded yet. Here are The TabвЂ™s choices for the top 40 best songs of 2021, ranked. 2021 was soundtracked by tunes that burned with a yearn to be loved, to find paradise and to move on. The best songs of this year are reflective, pensive, angry, and often feel like a weight lifted. If 2020 was the year of dance anthems cruelly released in a time period where we couldnвЂ™t sweat to them on a club floor, 2021 was the year of a cathartic pop-punk howl.

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