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My favorite song of 2019 came out in 2016. Like most people, I slept on Lizzo’s “Good as Hell” upon its initial release three years ago. I also slept on her “Truth Hurts,” my #4 song of 2019, when it was released in 2017. Lizzo’s first track to make Glenn’s Ten was “Boys,” which hit #1 in July 2018, just two months before my favorite 2019 artist after Lizzo, Billie Eilish, made her Glenn’s Ten debut with “You Should See Me in a Crown.” Eilish’s “Bad Guy” is my #3 song of this year, breaking up Lizzo’s hold on the top four. L-to-the-izzo’s “Juice,” my #2 song of 2019, debuted on Glenn’s Ten on January 12, kicking off 49 consecutive weeks with at least one Lizzo track in my top ten, 22 of those weeks at #1. I’m sure both of those are records, something I would confirm if I weren’t too lazy to look it up.

At #5 for the year sits the only artist in my year end top ten who made their Glenn’s Ten debut in 2019, Megan Thee Stallion. (Megan’s her real first name; Thee is not her actual middle name and Stallion is not on her birth certificate. I’m a Megan Thee Stallion truther.) On that hit, “Hot Girl Summer,” Megan T. Stallion is assisted by Nicki Minaj, who is also at #55 with a solo number, and Ty Dolla $ign (Ty is short for Tyrone, his real first name; Dolla is not his actual middle name and $ign is not on his birth certificate. I’m a Ty Dolla $ign truther.), who is also at #100 assisting Kehlani. If you need assistance, call Ty D. $ign.

The remainder of the top ten boasts career bests for 21 Savage, Ariana Grande, Teyana Taylor, and Vince Staples, plus the first Glenn’s Ten entry for Vampire Weekend since 2013. Other Glenn’s Ten veterans making appearances this year include Bruce Springsteen, Liz Phair, Beck, Missy Elliott, Morrissey, Beyoncé, Rufus Wainwright, Smokey Robinson (yes, Smokey Robinson!), and Belle & Sebastian. Recent favorites such as Courtney Barnett, Cardi B, Grimes, Christine and the Queens, Robyn, Miranda Lambert, 21 Savage, BROCKHAMPTON, First Aid Kit, Chance the Rapper, Angel Olsen, The National and Kacey Musgraves are represented as well.

Enough blather. Here is my top 105 songs (5 by Lizzo, 100 by others, though one of those others with an assist from Lizzo) of 2019:

1. Good as Hell – Lizzo
2. Juice – Lizzo
3. bad guy – Billie Eilish
4. Truth Hurts – Lizzo
5. Hot Girl Summer – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign
6. WTP – Teyana Taylor
7. FUN. – Vince Staples
8. thank u, next – Ariana Grande
9. Harmony Hall – Vampire Weekend
10. A Lot – 21 Savage
11. bury a friend – Billie Eilish
12. Land of the Free – the Killers
13. Before I Let Go – Beyoncé
14. Keep the Change – Mattiel
15. Blame It on Your Love – Charli XCX featuring Lizzo
16. Drogba (Joanna) – Afro B
17. Hot Shower – Chance the Rapper featuring MadeinTYO & DaBaby
18. Rainbow – Kacey Musgraves
19. Wedding Bell Blues – Morrissey
20. Trip – Ella Mai
21. Tempo – Lizzo featuring Missy Elliott
22. Almeda – Solange
23. Melody of Love – Hot Chip
24. Anybody – Burna Boy
25. Young Republicans – Lower Dens
26. Motivation – Normani
27. Throw It Back – Missy Elliott
28. People – The 1975
29. Rylan – The National
30. Doin’ Time – Lana Del Rey
31. BOY BYE – BROCKHAMPTON
32. Hello Sunshine – Bruce Springsteen
33. Summer Girl – HAIM
34. Good Side – Liz Phair
35. Saw Lightning – Beck
36. Fukk Sleep – A$AP Rocky featuring FKA twigs
37. It’s Not Living (If It’s Not with You) – The 1975
38. Binz – Solange
39. Something Keeps Calling – Raphael Saadiq featuring Rob Bacon
40. This Life – Vampire Weekend
41. wish you were gay – Billie Eilish
42. My Type – Saweetie
43. Sing Along – Sturgill Simpson
44. Now I’m In It – HAIM
45. Oh What a World – Kacey Musgraves
46. Lark – Angel Olsen
47. Sister Buddha – Belle & Sebastian
48. Uneventful Days – Beck
49. I’ve Been Waiting – Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen featuring Fall Out Boy
50. Love Yourself  – Sufjan Stevens
51. Nothing Breaks Like a Heart – Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus
52. Drip Too Hard – Lil Baby featuring Gunna
53. Ibtihaj – Rapsody featuring D’Angelo & GZA
54. Cuz I Love You – Lizzo
55. Megatron – Nicki Minaj
56. It All Comes out in the Wash – Miranda Lambert
57. Sunflower – Vampire Weekend featuring Steve Lacy
58. Blaxploitation – Noname
59. Hurry on Home – Sleater-Kinney
60. Western Stars – Bruce Springsteen
61. Seventeen – Sharon Van Etten
62. Crazy Classic Life – Janelle Monae
63. Unshaken – D’Angelo
64. 7 Rings – Ariana Grande
65. Way Too Pretty for Prison – Miranda Lambert with Maren Morris
66. Hey Brother (Do Unto Others) – The Family Daptone
67. Earth – Lil Dicky
68. Make It Better – Anderson .Paak featuring Smokey Robinson
69. Lo/Hi – the Black Keys
70. Tarantula – Beck
71. all the good girls go to hell – Billie Eilish
72. Trouble in Paradise – Rufus Wainwright
73. The greatest – Lana Del Rey
74. Ordinary Pleasure – Toro y Moi
75. Twerk – City Girls featuring Cardi B
76. Ever Again – Robyn
77. BLACKJACK – Aminé
78. Red Bull and Hennessy – Jenny Lewis
79. I BEEN BORN AGAIN – BROCKHAMPTON
80. Money – Cardi B
81. Brown Skin Girl – Beyoncé, SAINt JHN, WizKid and Blue Ivy
82. Fucking Crazy – Robert Ellis
83. Eye in the Wall – Perfume Genius
84. sad day – FKA twigs
85. Between the Lines – Robyn
86. Nothing Is Safe – clipping.
87. Redesigning Women – the Highwomen
88. Tell Me (Doko Mien) – Ibibio Sound Machine
89. Sofia – Clairo
90. With My Whole Heart – Sufjan Stevens
91. Go – the Black Keys
92. Turn the Light – Karen O and Danger Mouse
93. Fortune – Wye Oak
94. holy terrain – FKA twigs featuring Future
95. Young Enough – Charly Bliss
96. Everybody Here Hates You – Courtney Barnett
97. Gone – Charli XCX featuring Christine and the Queens
98. Everyday – Weyes Blood
99. Capacity – Charly Bliss
100. Nights Like This – Kehlani featuring Ty Dolla $ign
101. No Bullets Spent – Spoon
102. Gonna Love Me – Teyana Taylor feat. Ghostface Killa, Method Man & Raekwon
103. My Name Is Dark – Grimes
104. Sociopath – Pusha T featuring Kash Doll
105. Strange Beauty – First Aid Kit

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