Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth.  In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for each year of my life and see what songs resonated with me at the time and if they continue to do so to this day.

We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 2021, the year the world started to recover from the effects of the novel corona virus and I celebrated my 47th birthday.  Only three of these songs are familiar to me today, but all of them appear in my collection in one way or another.

#92: Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
iTunes stats: 0 plays

Originally released in 1958, peaking at #2 in 2021.

#78: Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You
iTunes stats: 0 plays

Originally released in 1995, it returned to the #1 spot in December for the second consecutive year.

#55: Taylor Swift – Willow
iTunes stats: 4 plays

The lead single from Swift’s ninth studio album, it debuted at #1, giving Swift her seventh chart topper and third #1 debut.