Top 10 Trending Musicians 2016
There are a lot happening in the music industry like daily. From gossips, beefs, new music, death, achievements like winning many awards and many more. I guess that when you are on the spotlight,
there is no different between a private life and the public life. News people also seem not to be sleeping on the job. You can’t miss a single morning without something new from these music celebrities, whether good or bad. Some artists try hard to keep their private lives but end up being caught up by camera at the end of the day. So here is a list of music artists who trended in 2016.
Kanye West
From Marrying the butt celebrity and the host of the TV show keeping up with the Kardashians to announcing for his presidential bid in 2020 and meeting up with the president-elect of the united states of America now the sitting President Donald Trump, Kanye West seems to have been soothing that his fans are going to talk about in social media. Kanye knows how to seek attention and what amazed people last year was his feud between Taylor Swift, his wife Kim and himself when he released a controversial song entitled Famous. Among his lyrics was one that says, “For all my Southside niggas that know me best; I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex”. This brought a clash when Kim Kardashian posted a chat between the two and it aroused a massive debate among the different social media sites.
The Late Prince
The purple rain singer died last year, and the conspiracy theorists were at it again claiming that he was murdered by the secret society called the Illuminati. Prince was a renowned prince of pop music, and his music was exceptional just like Michael Jackson’s. The artist died inside an elevator inside his quarters allegedly dying due to a flu. The fans never received the news so well, and they mourned the death for long. The year he died was when his records sold the most making him the trending musical icon of all times.
Drake
It started with his beef with Philadelphia rapper and actor Meek Mill, then his daily release of music on OVO radio, then his renowned love for Rihanna. Last year alone, Drake won a BET award, a Grammy award, and his Face of Toronto cover featured him in the Fader’s 100th issue. Drake’s album “Iif you are reading this it’s too late, “ sold many records digitally than any other, and it was the most illegally downloaded album in 2016. Last year alone, he had 72 records in the billboard charts beating the Beatles pants down. Lastly, his love story with Rihanna trended in nearly all the social media sites.
Designer
This panda hit maker trended in 2016 due to his first record song panda that was number one on the billboard charts. Desiigner was signed in by Kanye West record company. G.O.O.D music and Def Jam
record level. His young age also was something to talk about and the greatest achievement.
Sam Smith
After breaking up with his boyfriend, Sam Smith released songs after songs in 2016. I guess despite breakups hurting the most, they can have a positive impact on someone’s life. This was evident on the rapper. The English singer has won a lot of awards last year like the golden globe awards whose song “ writings on the wall” won him the award of the best original song. He also featured in many music videos, and some movies used his song as the theme song in the Spectre movie.
Chris Brown
The multitalented artist has been followed by scandals after scandals. First, it started with the breakup with Karrucehe after having a baby together then releasing the Royals album which went to
platinum to being arrested of accounts of assault. Apart from the misfortunes, the artist featured in a lot of singles and videos last year with top artists among them was Usher. The song Go back to sleep created a rumor that Chris was back with his ex-girlfriend Karrucehe. He also won many awards and nominations in 2016 like the BETs favorite male artist in the pop/RnB category.
Akon
This Senegalese African-American and business entrepreneur has been the face of black people for long. People like his brilliant mind when it comes to music and business. His peak trend in 2016 was his initiative of lighting-up Africa by availing cheap solar electricity light to the 3rd world countries.
Justin Bieber
This young RnB and Pop singer also never misses the list for the good and the bad. First, it was his song “Sorry” that topped the charts and was remixed by most artists around the world. 2016 was a monumental year for the artist with the huge tours he went and hit songs he produced. Also, without forgetting the bad behavior. his ‘purpose’ statement won him Grammy award nomination. His career
only in 2016 earned him a gross of 56 million dollars. He shocked his fans by banning them taking selfies with him. He even deleted his Instagram account.
Beyoncé
That’s her stage name, but she is also known as Sasha Fierce. First, her family’s wealth is something to talk about. The year started well for Beyoncé as she performed at the Pepsi Super bowl 50
halftime show in February 2016. He was ranked the top female artist in hip-hop and RnB billboard and also got nominated in numerous awards, including Grammys.
Taylor Swift
The country music singer was first rumored to be pregnant then her feud with Kim-Kanye won. It was also rumored that her longtime boyfriend Tom Huddleston. She won the Grammys album of the year in
2016 and not that. She was nominated in the Australia’s ARPA awards as the best international artist, and also her songs received tons of nomination in the billboard chart awards alone. BMI Pop awards got her nominations as well.