The 20 best songs of 2015 that you can stream right now
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People might not be buying records like they used to, but just tell that to Adele, who broke every record in the book.
Or Nicki Minaj, for that matter, who's ready to lead the charge for counting streaming plays in artists' sales.
The music industry is changing a lot, but it's also still churning out hitmakers and hit singers. Drake had his biggest year yet, and we met a new face with a very new sound in Fetty Wap.
Meanwhile, artists with slightly more niche appeal like Sufjan Stevens and Grimes had banner years of their own, redefining their sounds and further cementing their audiences.
There is an impossible amount of music to listen to these days, and it's all easier than ever to find. So Business Insider is helping you with this recap of the best songs we played on repeat all year long. You can play them right now:
Drake - "Hotline Bling"
Though it fell just short of No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, it will still be remembered as the most high-profile song of Drake’s career — and one of the hardest to get out of your head, both as a song and a meme-circulating music video.
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The Weeknd - "Can't Feel My Face"
Sure, this is the R&B singer's true crossover moment, with a heavy dose of Michael Jackson thrown in for good measure. But it's impossible to hate on a hit this universal. When it comes on, everybody moves, even if they don't intend to.
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Adele - "Hello"
Adele returned with a single that reminded us of everything we love about her, but it was also just different enough to make us scratch deeper: The best singer of her generation mulls over love lost with some piano in the background, but this isn't a breakup song. Like much of the rest of her epically successful new album, it's about moving on, which can be a hard lesson to learn.
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