2020 is over! Thank God for that. We can only hope that 2021 will be the year when things get better.
Looking back at the year that just ended we are thrilled how much insane talent we have discovered. Throughout the year we had 409 songs enter our weekly Indie Top 39 and today we would like to shine the light on the best 99 songs of the year. Until the very last minute, we had no idea which of the songs will claim the best spot.
I think it is important to explain how this list was made. Every single when the song would spend on the chart, each position will have points assigned. Number 1 = 39 points, number 2 = 38 points and so on. The maximum amount of weeks that the songs are allowed to spend on the chart is 10. So the maximum amount of points possible is 390.
Below you can see the list of the songs, the number of points they received + the number of weeks spent on the chart, and the peak position.
This year it was a very serious competition between American badass female duo JØAN, American singer-songwriter Madeleine Mayi and singer-songwriter and guitarist from Germany David Ost. They all have multiple songs on this final list and both Madeleine and David managed to score to TOP 10 singles in this final countdown of the year.
And the best song of 2020 is ‘Lights in the Shadows’ by JØAN.
Below you can also find a very special playlist with all the 99 songs.
Which one is your favourite one?
| # | Points | Artist » Song | Total Weeks | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 380 | JØAN » Lights in the Shadows | 10 | 1 (2) |
| 2 | 379 | Madeleine Mayi » love me | 10 | 1 (3) |
| 3 | 377 | David Ost » Gamblers Of Romance | 10 | 1 (3) |
| 4 | 370 | SABRINA » Losing Sleep | 10 | 1 (6) |
| 5 | 362 | Panem » Zeitgeist / Absolute Monopoly | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | 361 | Julia-Sophie » I Left You | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | 361 | Madeleine Mayi » friendly fires | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | 361 | Timoleon » Hideaway | 10 | 1 (2) |
| 9 | 358 | David Ost » The Deep End | 10 | 1 |
| 10 | 356 | George Holliday, Isaac Tyler » All Drained Out | 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 349 | Jodie Nicholson » Move | 10 | 1 |
| 12 | 348 | Seeva » Young | 10 | 1 (2) |
| 12 | 348 | Caity Krone » Work of Art | 10 | 1 (2) |
| 14 | 343 | Rūta Loop » We Came from the Sun | 10 | 1 (2) |
| 15 | 341 | Jacko Hooper » Why I'm Here At All | 10 | 1 (2) |
| 16 | 331 | Jess Young » Holding On & Letting Go | 10 | 1 |
| 17 | 328 | Eskobar » Hey Sister | 10 | 4 |
| 18 | 325 | Mone » Rat | 10 | 1 |
| 19 | 313 | Alith Berndarn » Right for You | 10 | 2 |
| 20 | 312 | James Walker » Reoccurrence | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | 311 | Dean Knill » Butterflies & Warning Signs (Acoustic) | 9 | 1 |
| 22 | 298 | George Holliday, Isaac Tyler » Young & Free | 10 | 1 |
| 23 | 294 | Seeva » Clouds | 10 | 1 |
| 24 | 293 | Duccbod » Phone Screen | 10 | 2 |
| 25 | 292 | Seeva » Princess | 10 | 3 |
| 26 | 290 | Finlay » Evolution | 10 | 4 |
| 27 | 288 | Ethan Senger » Love Gets Me Nowhere | 8 | 1 (2) |
| 28 | 283 | Oscar Anton » Bad Thing | 9 | 1 |
| 29 | 281 | David Ost » Some Of Your Songs | 10 | 7 |
| 30 | 280 | Dictator » Taped Up | 10 | 1 |
| 31 | 278 | Ysabel Bain » Blade Runner | 10 | 4 |
| 32 | 277 | Heren Wolf » Empire | 10 | 8 |
| 33 | 267 | Seeva, Emma Seeberg » Breathing - Remix | 10 | 7 |
| 34 | 266 | Alith Berndarn » Signs | 10 | 8 |
| 35 | 263 | Moscato » Thamel | 10 | 4 |
| 36 | 261 | Josh Savage » Poison | 10 | 7 |
| 37 | 256 | Ed Wells » Atlas Love | 9 | 4 |
| 38 | 255 | Dean Knill » Butterflies & Warning Signs | 10 | 4 |
| 39 | 249 | KINNSHIP (aka Favela) » Homingbird | 10 | 3 |
| 40 | 245 | Polvito » Wake Me Up | 10 | 4 |
| 40 | 245 | Jacko Hooper » You Don't Understand | 10 | 10 |
| 42 | 242 | Henry Green » Realign | 8 | 4 |
| 43 | 237 | Rūta Loop » Blind | 7 | 2 |
| 43 | 237 | Katie Wood » Steve | 9 | 4 |
| 43 | 237 | Kalyja Rain » A'19 | 10 | 3 |
| 46 | 233 | Francis Moon » Eyes On You | 10 | 7 |
| 47 | 231 | Bella Hutton » Shadows | 10 | 3 |
| 47 | 231 | Glassio » One of These Days | 10 | 5 |
| 49 | 230 | Paperwing » Himalaya | 10 | 4 |
| 50 | 229 | Art Block » Teardrop | 9 | 1 |
| 51 | 227 | Ren, CHINCHILLA » How to Be Me | 10 | 4 |
| 52 | 224 | Kudu Blue » Room for Love | 6 | 1 (2) |
| 53 | 220 | Tender Central » Body | 9 | 1 |
| 54 | 219 | Luan Mei » Yellow | 9 | 1 |
| 55 | 217 | Dan Cross » Paingiver | 8 | 6 |
| 56 | 216 | Dean Knill » I Loved You More | 10 | 9 |
| 57 | 215 | JØAN » Queen of the World | 10 | 9 |
| 58 | 213 | LIE NING » tonight | 8 | 5 |
| 59 | 207 | JØAN » Born Brave | 10 | 7 |
| 60 | 206 | Eskobar » Roller Coaster | 10 | 7 |
| 60 | 206 | BEA » These Streets of Ours | 9 | 7 |
| 60 | 206 | Alith Berndarn » Never | 9 | 8 |
| 63 | 202 | Hyde Away » In With The Sharks | 10 | 1 |
| 64 | 200 | Ymi » Words | 9 | 2 |
| 65 | 195 | Tilda Allie » BOI | 10 | 2 |
| 66 | 193 | DREUW » Heavy | 8 | 3 |
| 67 | 192 | Connor Adams » Don't Play with a Heart | 10 | 7 |
| 67 | 192 | Paperwing » Dedicated | 5 | 1 (2) |
| 69 | 191 | Laurin Hunter » Infinity | 9 | 5 |
| 70 | 190 | Firewoodisland » Hollow Coves | 8 | 5 |
| 70 | 190 | The Radar Station » Subtle Science | 9 | 5 |
| 72 | 188 | Fur Echo » Idle Threats | 10 | 5 |
| 73 | 187 | Nick Broadhurst » Breathe | 6 | 2 |
| 74 | 184 | Alessandro Ciminata » Wasted On Each Other | 7 | 6 |
| 74 | 184 | Ana De Llor » Penelope | 10 | 14 |
| 76 | 178 | Adam Wendler » Smoking Gun | 8 | 7 |
| 77 | 177 | Michael Lane » Take It Slow | 9 | 3 |
| 78 | 175 | The Cat Magic » Just The Way | 7 | 1 |
| 78 | 175 | Kalyja Rain » Driftwood Baby | 7 | 5 |
| 80 | 169 | Julia-Sophie » breathe | 7 | 8 |
| 81 | 168 | Yes We See » Love Love | 7 | 4 |
| 82 | 167 | VULIN » Distorted Silence | 8 | 8 |
| 82 | 167 | Will Killen » Bags At Your Feet | 6 | 7 |
| 84 | 165 | Glassio » Are You Having Fun Without Me? | 9 | 12 |
| 85 | 163 | Maya Law » Tired | 8 | 11 |
| 85 | 163 | Kalyja Rain » Gold Teeth | 10 | 3 |
| 87 | 160 | Megan Lara Mae » Alright | 10 | 15 |
| 88 | 157 | Alto Key » Distant Love | 10 | 6 |
| 89 | 155 | Dan Fuson » Shallow Blue | 9 | 1 |
| 90 | 153 | Cajsa Siik » Gate Keeper | 10 | 14 |
| 91 | 152 | Lune Rose » Don't Fear the Reaper | 10 | 7 |
| 92 | 150 | Bamboo Smoke » Are You Awake? | 7 | 7 |
| 93 | 147 | Mone » Big Brown Bear | 7 | 7 |
| 94 | 143 | SXMSON » Smile | 7 | 9 |
| 94 | 143 | David Ost » Fire In Alaska | 4 | 2 |
| 96 | 142 | Marti West » Out Of My Head | 8 | 6 |
| 96 | 142 | Hansom Ēli » Flow of the River | 10 | 10 |
| 98 | 140 | Fergus » Not Enough - Acoustic | 6 | 10 |
| 99 | 137 | Connor Adams » Devil of the Night | 10 | 14 |
