Finding new music is one of my great passions. For well over a decade I have kept track of the songs that move me most, and at the end of every year I count down my top favorites of that year. Each year, one song stands above all the rest — my number one. This page collects those number one songs, year by year, newest first — my own hall of fame.
I write about new songs I discover on my blog — Red Hector: Divergent Connections
Number One Songs — Year by Year
2025 — MARIS – Give Me A Sign (feat. Caroline Kingsbury) (Full Top 25 of 2025)
2024 — The Zutons – Creeping On The Dancefloor (Full 2024 favorites list)
2023 — Rozzi – Who Do You Love (Live From Home) (Full 2023 favorites list)
2022 — Rozzi – fflow (Full 2022 favorites list)
2021 — Holly Humberstone – The Walls Are Way Too Thin (Full 2021 favorites list)
2020 — Stephanie Poetri – Do You Love Me (2020 favorites)
2019 — JONES – Waterfalls (2019 favorites)
2018 — Tove Styrke – On the Low (2018 favorites)
2017 — Charlotte OC – Shell (2017 favorites)
2016 — Kitten – Church (2016 favorites)
2015 — Dua Lipa – Be The One
2014 — First Aid Kit – Cedar Lane
2013 — Tegan and Sara – I Was A Fool
2012 — Charli XCX – You’re the One