Rueben's Ramblings

In my world, I couldn’t live without music. In fact, I wake up to music rather than an alarm. I go to bed with music on. I always have the radio on in my car and there is always music playing in my home if the TV isn’t on. That may not be the case for everyone, but – like I said – I can’t live without music.

With that thought in mind here are some of the special music and video moments from this past year in my opinion:

Queen of the Music World: Adele

Here is the video for “Hello” from Adele’s new album “25”:

Theme Song of the Year:  “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten

Here is the video:

Best Parody Video (that created a movement within the fandom): “Shake It Off” Supernatural Parody by The Hillywood Show

Here is the video:

Best Country Music Video: “A Girl In A Country Song” by Maddie and Tae

Here is the video:

Best New Singer (Female): Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s”

Best Rock Song [TIE]: “Centuries” by Fall Out Boy and “Renegades” by XAmbassadors

Centuries:

Renegades (Audio Version):

Best New Teen Singer: Shawn Mendes “Stitches”

Best New Song for Karaoke: “Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd

Best Dance Tune of the Year:  “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

See the following video of 66 old dance movie scenes mashed up with the above song:

Best Singers on the Planet: Pentatonix

Here is a video of them singing the Star Wars theme at the American Music Awards and the Christian song “Mary, Did You Know”

Star Wars performance:

Mary, Did You Know:

Best Way to End the Year:

Jimmy Fallon and the Roots with Star Wars cast singing movie theme music acapella:

Which artists stood out for you over this past year? What was your favorite song? Which songs did you get sick of hearing on the radio? What song could you listen to over and over again? What was the top album in your opinion? Please share your thoughts below.

TOMORROW: Movies