Top Female-Led Singles Countdown - 2010s - COMPLETED

[theMathematician]

@cheapthrills: I know, spamming people can be obnoxious, but then again, heavy advertisement helped getting people aware of the countdown, so why not .

@abi: 'Uptown Funk' would, most likely, make my list ;) .

[abi]

^I'm doooownnnnn!

The top three are probably gonna be like:
1. "Mirrors"
2. "Uptown Funk"
3. "Shape of You"

but hey I'm not complaining.

[cheapthrills]

Dear @CheapThrills,

as many of us still have got Corona-related holidays, wouldn't it be a good idea to have the male equivalent to this countdown during the next few weeks?

Best regards

I have been thinking how nice it would have been to have this running while everyone is on quarantine. The other two countdowns were done in the summertime, so it could have worked out that way. Originally, I didn't think I'd have a lot of time this summer, so I moved it up. But of course, those plans have been postponed.

I don't think we'd get the participation necessary for an all-male countdown. I'd be surprised if I even got 20 votes. I enjoy doing the countdowns, but I don't enjoy spamming people to get them to take part.

[theMathematician]

Dear @CheapThrills,

as many of us still have got Corona-related holidays, wouldn't it be a good idea to have the male equivalent to this countdown during the next few weeks?

Best regards

[RayRay]

Selena Gomez & The Scene > Selena Gomez

Try the song Whiplash. I think it was originally a Britney track. My brother even loves it and he's a straight guy haha

I will give it a listen.

[GaGarazzi]

This made me discover Love You Like A Love Song by Selena Gomez. Such a great song. Love it!

Selena Gomez & The Scene > Selena Gomez

Try the song Whiplash. I think it was originally a Britney track. My brother even loves it and he's a straight guy haha

[RayRay]

This made me discover Love You Like A Love Song by Selena Gomez. Such a great song. Love it!

[Tomer_MC]

Thank you cheapthrills for all ur hard work and effort. as my list was building up, I discovered many great songs and new artists. I had fun being part of this and will gladly participate again. stay safe everyone :-)

[Erotica]

@cheapthrills: Oh, I didn't notice xD


50 POINTS - Lady Gaga – Telephone
49 POINTS - Shakira – Rabiosa
48 POINTS - Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
47 POINTS - Rihanna – Rude Boy
46 POINTS - Lady Gaga – Do What U Want
45 POINTS - Madonna – Girl Gone Wild
44 POINTS - Katy Perry – Bon Appetit
43 POINTS - Rihanna – Kiss It Better
42 POINTS - Katy Perry – Birthday
41 POINTS - Beyonce – Why Don’t You Love Me
40 POINTS - Jennifer Lopez – Booty
39 POINTS - Lady Gaga – Alejandro
38 POINTS - Britney Spears – Slumber Party
37 POINTS - Rihanna – S&M
36 POINTS - Kelis – 4^th of July
35 POINTS - Janelle Monae – Make me Feel
34 POINTS - Britney Spears – Criminal
33 POINTS - Madonna – Revolver (wasn't allowed)
32 POINTS - Kylie Minogue – Get Outta My Way
31 POINTS - Girls Aloud – Something New
30 POINTS - Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness
29 POINTS - Sugababes – Wear My Kiss
28 POINTS - Fleur East – Sax
27 POINTS - Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams
26 POINTS - Nelly Furtado – Parking Lot
25 POINTS - Jennifer Lopez – I’m Into You
24 POINTS - Marina & The Diamonds – How To Be A Heartbreaker
23 POINTS - Ke$ha - Blow
22 POINTS - Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft
21 POINTS - P!nk – Are We All We Are
20 POINTS - Katy Perry – Wide Awake
19 POINTS - Christina Aguilera – Not Myself Tonight
18 POINTS - P!nk – Secrets
17 POINTS - Nelly Furtado – Spirit Indestructible
16 POINTS - Shakira – Dare
15 POINTS - Nicki Minaj – Starships
14 POINTS - Cher – Woman’s World
13 POINTS - Ariana Grande – Side To Side
12 POINTS - Kelly Rowland - Motivation
11 POINTS - Nelly Furtado – Waiting For The Night
10 POINTS - Gwen Stefani – Make Me Like You
9 POINTS - La Roux – Kiss And Not Tell
8 POINTS - Namika – Lieblingsmensch
7 POINTS - Sia – Cheap Thrills
6 POINTS - Adele – Rumour Has It
5 POINTS - Duffy – Well well well
4 POINTS - Ciara - Overdose
3 POINTS - Beyonce – Drunk In Love
2 POINTS - Christina Aguilera – Your Body1 POINT - Nicole Scherzinger - Wet

[Goldmoney]

Just so we’re clear.... 1-806 of the ‘10s <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

[cheapthrills]

GaGarazzi theMathematician - updated the images

I'll check around next year for interest on an 80s countdown.

Thanks, everyone!

[cheapthrills]

My list:

Make Me Feel	Janelle Monae	50	128
Rolling in the Deep	Adele	49	2
Cheap Thrills	Sia	48	28
Problem	Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea	47	72
God Is a Woman	Ariana Grande	46	20
Higher Love	Kygo x Whitney Houston	45	42
Be The One	Dua Lipa	44	114
Lights	Ellie Goulding	43	29
Hello	Adele	42	5
Stars	Grace Potter	41	317
Rainbow	Kacey Musgraves	40	322
That Girl	Noisettes	39	345
Put the Gun Down	ZZ Ward	38	362
Shallow	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	37	41
The Greatest	Sia	36	57
Drunk In Love	Beyonce	35	13
No Tears Left to Cry	Ariana Grande	34	19
Electric Love	Serena Ryder	33	428
Rumour Has It	Adele	32	336
It Ain't Me	Selena Gomez & Kygo	31	142
Truffle Butter	Nicki Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne	30	465
Truth Hurts	Lizzo	29	476
Hard Out Here	Lily Allen	28	167
Telephone	Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce	27	3
Bad Guy	Billie Eilish	26	53
I Like That	Janelle Monae	25	525
Whatchugot	Caro Emerald	24	534
Cold War	Janelle Monae	23	137
Stronger	Kelly Clarkson	22	8
Habits	Tove Lo	21	454
Coming Home	Shingai Shoniwa	20	587
Lover	Taylor Swift	19	598
Born This Way	Lady Gaga	18	23
Ex's and Oh's	Elle King	17	612
New Rules	Dua Lipa	16	7
Bodak Yellow	Cardi B	15	409
Let It Go	Idina Menzel	14	160
Chandelier	Sia	13	1
Don’t Start Now	Dua Lipa	12	50
Havana	Camilla Cabello ft Young Thug	11	97
Biscuits	Kacey Musgraves	10	509
Next to Me	Emeli Sandé	9	76
California Gurls	Katy Perry	8	30
Underneath the Tree	Kelly Clarkson	7	733
Love on the Brain	Rihanna	6	52
Cool Girl	Tove Lo	5	631
Anaconda	NIcki MInaj	4	158
Love Me Like You Do	Ellie Goulding	3	16
Tell Your Girlfriend	Rebecca Levy	2	793
Do It Again	Royskopp and Robyn	1	667

[cheapthrills]

Whaaaaat? This is really unexpected. I honestly can't stand that Sia song, hate the chorus. "Cheap Thrills" & "Elastic Heart" are so much better. But congrats tho!

I'm so glad people are as surprised as I was. Definitely the opposite of the 2000s countdown where We Belong Together was a foregone conclusion before it even started.

As for "Telephone", I used to be really obsessed with that song when it first came out. Decided not to vote for it though in order to make rooms for my other flop faves and because I was sure everybody was gonna vote for it. A great Pop song, wonderful music video, unexpected collaboration! Deserves its placement!

Thank you so much cheapthrills for hosting this! Really enjoyed it. Are you planning to do the male equivalent though? Cause I'm 100% here for it! And yes Goldmoney I'm gonna vote for Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" as well, I love the version with Bey.

Definitely no plans to do a male-led singles because I'm confident I wouldn't get many voters for that. Stevvy attempted to do just a top male artists countdown like we have for women, and I'm not sure he even got 20 voters. All people had to do was name 10 acts too. But I'd be here for someone else hosting it

I hate Chandelier and also don't like Rolling in the deep, but Telephone is amazing and also has a great video. Thanks for this countdown, it was really fun

Thanks, Erotica - How do you feel about my mistake in putting you as a voter on Rolling in the Deep instead of GaGarazzi?

Yay for the Aussie Win.

Telephone was just a great collab, big event video, great pop track. Rolling In The Deep started the whole blockbuster 21 Era erm.. Rolling.

And Chandelier with that big Chorus. some of us were aware of her before Titanium/She Wolf, but Starting with Chandelier it was the next solo entry on the worldwide stage after the popularity of the Guetta songs (and writing for some big names such as Rihanna, Britney and Beyonce in 2012-2013).

Here's my List, Thanks for hosting cheapthrills

True - just realized that we're on UKMix and the #1 has never gone to a UK artist. Part of me loving Chandelier was the fact that it was a breakthrough for Sia when I'd been following her for years at that point. It was so surprising to even see her break through with Titanium, but now she was on her own, and no longer a one hit wonder. Really great to see her at the top

[cheapthrills]

I nearly voted for Chandelier but it dropped out of my votes. I had thought it wouldn't need them to do well but had no idea it would be so high. A worthy winner and a true one of a kind.

Rolling In The Deep is easily Adele's best, I wish she had more pounding, driven uptempos. So happy that it best her two dreary and wildly overrated runner ups.

Telephone is pretty cool, though yes everything about it is very busy.

Thanks for an amazing countdown
cheapthrills!

#3: one of my favorites

#2: didn't vote for this one, but it is one of Adele's best songs

#1: didn't vote for it, but it's a great song

I was really happy with the final three as well. I'll post my votes soon.

So my fave artists has 2 of my favorite songs on the Top 3 BUT I didn't vote for 'em because I prefered other 2 which nobody else voted for? i-

I'm glad Telephone is #3 regardless.

Rolling in the Deep is a good song, overrated but still good.

Congrats Chandelier but Telephone/Video Games deserved it

Thanks for hosting this, it was really interesting!

Thanks HC5 I know when I was looking at your votes, I was like, so close to picking a #1 artist. Lana was really hanging in there at #2 until almost the end.

Interesting result!

I love "Telephone". I was just thinking the other day that people don't get excited for videos like they did in the early years of the decade. Streaming has really axed the video effect. I remember how crazy fanbases used to get over five-second teasers back in 2010-2012. Anyway, "Telephone" is an epic song, and I probably wouldn't have expected Gaga and Beyoncé to work together, much less work well together, but they slayed it.

I'm thinking a Brit/Gaga mix would have been incredible too, but I love how this worked out. I feel like Gaga revived the video too though - I can't recall a lot of videos that stood out in the late 2000s. With youtube impacting the Hot 100, I was hoping we'd get more videos that would pull people in, but you're right that most of the time they are not the event they used to be.

It's amazing that one album managed to get the #3 song in two different decades!

I fully expected "Rolling in the Deep" to win this and I would've been wholly satisfied with it, too. The song gives me some feels, that's for certain. It's the best thing Adele's done.

Before I started this, I thought the top 3 would be Rolling in the Deep, We Found Love, and God is a Woman. Was only right about Adele, but I think it's her best too - I really hope when her albums comes out in seven years, it has more upbeat music because she can easily kill it.

"Chandelier" pulling off a surprise win is a pretty great way for the countdown to end. David Guetta had recruited her for vocal duty on two of his dance anthems before 2014, but I feel like "Chandelier" was Sia's first big solo mainstream release. It has a stunning chorus.

Adele led most of this whole time with RITD, so I had assumed it was a foregone conclusion. I thought Lana had an outside chance, but the last quarter of votes didn't do anything for her. I think UKMixers have great taste as I love all three winners of the decade countdowns.

[cheapthrills]

@CheapThrills: Be so kind to add my points to the image! I voted for 'Chandelier' as well : ).

OK, I'll try to update the image today. It was fun doing this countdown knowing there was a twist ending

So Sia joins Britney (90s) and Mariah (00s) as female artists with a #1... I think before we reach 2029 you should plan a 1980s countdown.

That was originally the plan, but after seeing how hard it was to get voters for the decade just ended, I'm not confident there's enough interest for the 80s to justify the effort.

cheapthrills Thank you so much for hosting this, but where are my 17 points for Rolling In The Deep?? You've had trouble with my Adele votes from the beginning haha. Is she our #1 after all?

I should show an image of the spreadsheet I was using so you can see how easy it was to misjudge who the voter was I think I mis-attributed yours to Erotica. I just don't have the energy to go back and fix all the images, but I'll fix the top three images at least. (Though I think Telephone is fine?)

The 2010s was Adele's decade so it's fitting that she's so high, but in hindsight I should have voted for Turning Tables instead. I forgot how good that one is. Set Fire To The Rain and Hello are divine.

Despite coming up just short, the fact that Adele got half the top 6 testifies to her dominance this past decade.

Chandelier came out fittingly 6 years ago this month I believe. It was March 2014 and I had just moved out of home and started uni. A huge change in my life and I remember listening to it on repeat. At the beginning of the decade I would have never guessed that our Sia would become one of the biggest pop girls, especially in such a ageist climate. I remember later on when she became a global superstar there were some Americans sitting next to me talking about her discussing her image and how 'no one knows what she looks like'. I felt like telling them that I had her previous albums featuring her face on the cover...

Yes, I'm been following her for about fifteen years now - it was so exciting when she broke through with Titanium. I knew I would want an image with her actual face for Chandelier after hiding it for Cheap Thrills/The Greatest.

Looking forward to the next countdown! 1980s female singles hopefully. These countdowns are one of my favourite events of the year!

Awww, what a nice thing to say. Now I feel bad about saying I don't know that I'll do 80s next year. I mean... two months of voting and I still had people who said they couldn't find the time to vote The biggest issue I foresee with 80s is that we can probably forget about lambs voting

Excellent work cheapthrills This has been an extraordinary countdown to watch unfold.

Wow indeed at Sia winning. Even i didn't think Chandelier would win (although my gut instinct was that Rihanna would win with Diamonds and that fell short of the top 10). I love Chandelier so much, it still sounds as incredible today as it did in 2014. Also extraordinary that the overall #1 didn't receive a single 50 points. Just pure consistency with the voting. <3

I noticed that too! It was just the most voted for song. Chandelier was a last minute addition for me too. I realized I had only two Sia songs, and was like, with my name, I should do the limit for Sia

[Affillate]

Yay for the Aussie Win.

Telephone was just a great collab, big event video, great pop track. Rolling In The Deep started the whole blockbuster 21 Era erm.. Rolling.

And Chandelier with that big Chorus. some of us were aware of her before Titanium/She Wolf, but Starting with Chandelier it was the next solo entry on the worldwide stage after the popularity of the Guetta songs (and writing for some big names such as Rihanna, Britney and Beyonce in 2012-2013).

Here's my List, Thanks for hosting cheapthrills

#1	50 POINTS	Lady Gaga - Applause			#125
#2	49 POINTS	Taylor Swift - Ready For It?			#226-236
#3	48 POINTS	Katy Perry - Wide Awake			#121
#4	47 POINTS	Madonna - Girl Gone Wild			#38
#5	46 POINTS	Samantha Jade - Firestarter			#110
#6	45 POINTS	Delta Goodrem - Dancing With A Broken Heart			#170
#7	44 POINTS	Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now			#50
#8	43 POINTS	Ariana Grande - Breathin'			#19
#9	42 POINTS	Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm			#195
#10	41 POINTS	Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho			#79
#11	40 POINTS	Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion			#322-337
#12	39 POINTS	Taylor Swift - Style			#31
#13	38 POINTS	Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love			#136
#14	37 POINTS	Delta Goodrem - Wings			#113
#15	36 POINTS	Avril Lavigne - Rock N Roll			#157
#16	35 POINTS	Dua Lipa - New Rules			#7
#17	34 POINTS	Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - Fancy			#221
#18	33 POINTS	Sia - Chandelier			#1
#19	32 POINTS	Britney Spears ft. Tinashe - Slumber Party			#71
#20	31 POINTS	Ariana Grande ft. Zedd - Break Free			#67
#21	30 POINTS	Delta Goodrem ft. Gizzle - Enough			#222 (tie)
#22	29 POINTS	Beyonce - Formation			#90
#23	28 POINTS	Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce - Telephone			#3
#24	27 POINTS	Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe			#24
#25	26 POINTS	Adele - When We Were Young			#100
#26	25 POINTS	Katy Perry - Never Really Over			#340
#27	24 POINTS	Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft			#178
#28	23 POINTS	Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang			#545-553
#29	22 POINTS	Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble			#95
#30	21 POINTS	Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball			#44
#31	20 POINTS	Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do			#16
#32	19 POINTS	Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer			#81
#33	18 POINTS	Madonna - Living For Love			#56
#34	17 POINTS	Beyonce - Partition			#94
#35	16 POINTS	Kesha - We R Who We R			#313
#36	15 POINTS	Pink - What About Us			#91
#37	14 POINTS	Rita Ora - Let You Love Me			#166
#38	13 POINTS	Billie Eilish - Bad Guy			#53
#39	12 POINTS	Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dollar Sign - Work From Home			#209
#40	11 POINTS	Ricki Lee - Raining Diamonds			#679-689
#41	10 POINTS	Lorde - Royals			#21
#42	9 POINTS	Tones & I - Dance Monkey			#442
#43	8 POINTS	Britney Spears - Till The World Ends			#272
#44	7 POINTS	Kylie Minogue - Get Outta My Way			#47
#45	6 POINTS	G.R.L. - Ugly Heart			#743-753
#46	5 POINTS	Rihanna & Calvin Harris - We Found Love			#10
#47	4 POINTS	Alicia Keys ft. Nicki Minaj - Girl On Fire			#134
#48	3 POINTS	Demi Lovato - Heart Attack			#55
#49	2 POINTS	Adele - Turning Tables			#786-797
#50	1 POINTS	Little Mix - Touch			#152

[Erotica]

I hate Chandelier and also don't like Rolling in the deep, but Telephone is amazing and also has a great video. Thanks for this countdown, it was really fun

[abi]

Whaaaaat? This is really unexpected. I honestly can't stand that Sia song, hate the chorus. "Cheap Thrills" & "Elastic Heart" are so much better. But congrats tho!

As for "Telephone", I used to be really obsessed with that song when it first came out. Decided not to vote for it though in order to make rooms for my other flop faves and because I was sure everybody was gonna vote for it. A great Pop song, wonderful music video, unexpected collaboration! Deserves its placement!

Thank you so much cheapthrills for hosting this! Really enjoyed it. Are you planning to do the male equivalent though? Cause I'm 100% here for it! And yes Goldmoney I'm gonna vote for Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" as well, I love the version with Bey.

[JSparksFan]

Interesting result!

I love "Telephone". I was just thinking the other day that people don't get excited for videos like they did in the early years of the decade. Streaming has really axed the video effect. I remember how crazy fanbases used to get over five-second teasers back in 2010-2012. Anyway, "Telephone" is an epic song, and I probably wouldn't have expected Gaga and Beyoncé to work together, much less work well together, but they slayed it.

I fully expected "Rolling in the Deep" to win this and I would've been wholly satisfied with it, too. The song gives me some feels, that's for certain. It's the best thing Adele's done.

"Chandelier" pulling off a surprise win is a pretty great way for the countdown to end. David Guetta had recruited her for vocal duty on two of his dance anthems before 2014, but I feel like "Chandelier" was Sia's first big solo mainstream release. It has a stunning chorus.

Many thanks for your brilliant work as host, CT! The write-ups were incredible and the pacing excellent. Cheers!

[HC55555]

So my fave artists has 2 of my favorite songs on the Top 3 BUT I didn't vote for 'em because I prefered other 2 which nobody else voted for? i-

I'm glad Telephone is #3 regardless.

Rolling in the Deep is a good song, overrated but still good.

Congrats Chandelier but Telephone/Video Games deserved it

Thanks for hosting this, it was really interesting!

[RayRay]

#3: one of my favorites

#2: didn't vote for this one, but it is one of Adele's best songs

#1: didn't vote for it, but it's a great song

[HotPotato]

I nearly voted for Chandelier but it dropped out of my votes. I had thought it wouldn't need them to do well but had no idea it would be so high. A worthy winner and a true one of a kind.

Rolling In The Deep is easily Adele's best, I wish she had more pounding, driven uptempos. So happy that it best her two dreary and wildly overrated runner ups.

Telephone is pretty cool, though yes everything about it is very busy.


Thanks for an amazing countdown
cheapthrills!

[JakeP]

Excellent work cheapthrills This has been an extraordinary countdown to watch unfold.

Wow indeed at Sia winning. Even i didn't think Chandelier would win (although my gut instinct was that Rihanna would win with Diamonds and that fell short of the top 10). I love Chandelier so much, it still sounds as incredible today as it did in 2014. Also extraordinary that the overall #1 didn't receive a single 50 points. Just pure consistency with the voting. <3

Not at all surprised with Rolling in the deep and Telephone finishing inside the top 3 even though both tracks ranked a fair bit further down my votes.

[GaGarazzi]

cheapthrills Thank you so much for hosting this, but where are my 17 points for Rolling In The Deep?? You've had trouble with my Adele votes from the beginning haha. Is she our #1 after all?

The 2010s was Adele's decade so it's fitting that she's so high, but in hindsight I should have voted for Turning Tables instead. I forgot how good that one is. Set Fire To The Rain and Hello are divine.

Chandelier came out fittingly 6 years ago this month I believe. It was March 2014 and I had just moved out of home and started uni. A huge change in my life and I remember listening to it on repeat. At the beginning of the decade I would have never guessed that our Sia would become one of the biggest pop girls, especially in such a ageist climate. I remember later on when she became a global superstar there were some Americans sitting next to me talking about her discussing her image and how 'no one knows what she looks like'. I felt like telling them that I had her previous albums featuring her face on the cover...

Looking forward to the next countdown! 1980s female singles hopefully. These countdowns are one of my favourite events of the year!

[Leo]

So Sia joins Britney (90s) and Mariah (00s) as female artists with a #1... I think before we reach 2029 you should plan a 1980s countdown.