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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
DJcity’s Top 50 Most Downloaded Tracks of 2015
Below is DJcity’s annual list of the top 50 most downloaded songs of the year by our subscribers. To clarify, the tracks are not DJcity’s picks of the year.
For the second year in a row, Chris Brown leads the pack with seven entries. Following with four entries are rapper-singers Drake and Kid Ink, who both had big years. Other leaders on the list include Diplo, Fetty Wap, Justin Bieber, Major Lazer, Ty Dolla $ign, and Tyga, who picked up three a piece. Actually, if you count Major Lazer, Diplo has six entries on the list.
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- 1. Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO – Lean On
- 2. The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
- 3. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean
- 4. Fetty Wap ft. Montana Buckz – 679 (Remy Boyz)
- 5. Justin Bieber – Sorry
- 6. Kid Ink ft. Dej Loaf – Be Real
- 7. Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber – Where Are U Now
- 8. Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink – Worth It
- 9. Silento – Watch Me
- 10. Calvin Harris & Disciples – How Deep Is Your Love
- 11. Deorro & Chris Brown – Five More Hours
- 12. Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
- 13. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me
- 14. Rihanna – B#tch Better Have My Money
- 15. Drake – Hotline Bling
- 16. Pia Mia ft. Chris Brown & Tyga – Do It Again
- 17. Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown – Hotel
- 18. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – Fun
- 19. Macklemore – Downtown
- 20. Diplo & Sleepy Tom – Be Right There
- 21. Chris Brown & Tyga ft. Schoolboy Q – B#tches N Marijuana
- 22. Nelly ft. Jeremiah – The Fix
- 23. Kanye West ft. Allan Kingdom & Theophilus London – All Day
- 24. Drake – Back To Back
- 25. Flo Rida ft. Chris Brown – Here It Is
- 26. Flo Rida ft. Robin Thicke & Verdine White – I Don’t Like It, I Love It
- 27. Omarion ft. Kid Ink & French Montana – I’m Up
- 28. Ariana Grande – Focus
- 29. Rich Homie Quan – Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)
- 30. Dillon Francis & Skrillex ft. Maluca – Bun Up The Dance
- 31. Ty Dolla $ign ft. Charli XCX & Tinashe – Drop That Kitty
- 32. Drake – Energy
- 33. Drake & Future – Jumpman
- 34. Missy Elliot ft. Pharrell Williams – WTF (Where They From)
- 35. Major Lazer ft. Nyla & Fuse ODG – Light It Up Remix
- 36. Zedd ft. Selena Gomez – I Want You To Know
- 37. Major Lazer & MOTi ft. Ty Dolla $ign, Wizkid, & Kranium – Boom
- 38. Fetty Wap ft. Young Ian – RGF Island
- 39. Fetty Wap – Again
- 40. Trey Songz – About You
- 41. Snoop Dogg ft. Charlie Wilson – Peaches N Cream
- 42. Avicii – Waiting For Love
- 43. Rihanna ft. Kanye West & Paul McCartney – Four Five Seconds – DJ Mustard Remix
- 44. Chris Brown & Tyga ft. Ty Dolla $ign – Nothin’ Like Me
- 45. Krept & Konan ft. Jeremih – Freak Of The Week
- 46. Lil Jon ft. T-Pain, Problem, & Snoop Dogg – My Cutie Pie
- 47. Jason Derulo – Pull-Up
- 48. Diplo & DJ Snake ft. Big Freedia – Drop
- 49. Afrojack ft. Mike Taylor – Summerthing!
- 50. Icona Pop – Emergency
