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 2011, the year I celebrated my 37th birthday. A mere eoght of these songs remain familiar to me today, with only two of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.
#57: LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It
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The group’s final Top 40 hit, it spent six weeks at #1 in the summer of 2011.
#29: Lady Gaga – The Edge of Glory
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The third single from her second studio album, it peaked at #3.
#18: Lady Gaga – Born This Way
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The title track from her second studio album, it became the 19th song to debut at #1, where it stayed for six weeks.
#9: Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera – Moves like Jagger
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Spending a single week at #1, making Aguilera the fourth woman to have a chart-topping hit in three different decades.
#7: CeeLo Green – Fuck You
iTunes stats: 51 plays
Originally peaking at #9 in 2010, the song rebounded following a live performance at the Grammys and reached #2 in its 26th week on the chart.
#3: Katy Perry – Firework
iTunes stats: 1 play
Spending two non-consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100, it earned Perry two Grammy nominations.
#2: LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock – Party Rock Anthem
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The lead single from the group’s second and final album, it spent six weeks at #1 in the summer of 2011.
#1: Adele – Rolling in the Deep
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Spending seven weeks atop the Hot 100, it was the singer’s first US #1 hit.
