2014

The Sounds of the 21st Century

Indyref, Benefits Street, Tower of London poppies...

Tracklisting:

• Donald Trump does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
• Pharrell Williams – Happy
• UKIP and Nigel Farage win at European elections
• Magic – Rude
• Nude celebrity photo iCloud hack
• Ed Sheeran – Sing
• Ukraine revolution / Russia annexes Crimea
• Ariana Grande – Problem
• Bake Off‘s Bingate
• Ella Henderson – Ghost
• Rocket lands on comet 67P
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Robin Williams dies
• Mr Probz – Waves (Robin Schultz remix)
• Teacher Ann Maguire killed
• Sam Smith – Stay With Me
• Scotland votes to stay in the UK
• Clean Bandit – Rather Be
• Facebook buys Whatsapp
• Benefits Street
• Lewis Hamilton wins second F1 Championship
• Rory McIlroy wins two Majors
• Meghan Trainor – All About that Bass
• World Cup: England out at group stage, Luis Suarez bite, Germany thrash Brazil, Germany beat Argentina in final
• Sigma – Nobody to Love
• Philip Hughes death
• Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong
• Streaming included in charts
• True Detective
• Max Clifford jailed / Rolf Harris jailed / Bill Cosby allegations
• Katy Perry – Dark Horse
• Solange vs Jay Z elevator fight
• Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX – Fancy
• Peaches Geldof dies
• George Ezra – Budapest
• PewDiePie on YouTube
• Taylor Swift – Shake it Off
• Hong Kong’s umbrella revolution
• Ferguson protests / Black Lives Matter
• Route 94 & Jess Glynne – My Love
• Flight MH370 goes missing
• Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine
• Sia – Chandelier
• Ebola outbreak
• Barack Obama warns of global pandemic
• John Legend – All of Me
• Boko Haram kidnap schoolgirls
• Rise of ISIS
• Kiesza – Hideaway
• Boris Johnson to stand as MP
• Take That – These Days
• Tower of London poppies
• Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud