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I think Cleanin' Out My Closet was right to miss the Top 10, but not Without Me. Complicated is great, though.

Ninth place goes to Avril Lavigne and her debut single, Complicated. After signing to Arista in late 2000, the Canadian began working on her debut album, Let Go, with folk music the main focus after her audition for L.A. Reid consisted of ballads and country-tinged songs. However, Lavigne had recently discovered guitar-based rock and resisted the labels push for her to record songs written by other writers. She relocated to Los Angeles and connected with Clif Magness, who gave her ample creative control in the writing process. Unhappy with the hard rock edge, Arista suggested a compromise by pairing her with pop producers. Eventually she proceeded with The Matrix and after they presented Complicated to Reid he agreed it was the direction Lavigne should be taking, and also that it should serve as the lead single. It was incredibly well-received by the public, with the early '00s pop phenomenon fading it seemed like perfect timing for a young, Alanis-like character to shake things up. Not only was Complicated a major hit around the world, topping the chart in Australia for six weeks and reaching Top 5 in over ten countries, it was also a critical success, earning Lavigne Grammy nominations for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Billboard ranked it one of their Top 100 Singles of the 2000s, whilst Rolling Stone readers voted it the eighth best song of the decade. The breakdown ~ Complicated reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 and places 9th with a voter average of 7.08. 9 - DarkStormSC8 - Dammn Bu, hotboy06, Stealth & TwistedElegance7 - Jarrylf, kennita jo & __VelvetKnowledge18146 - Game, God, RedSimba5 - LyricalLesson

20% of the Hot 100 belongs to Drake. Maybe that's why the album is so long.

Well the term has a double meaning. My answer is still no. I wouldn't want to live under Islam or any other religious law. Are you seriously feeling as if your system of beliefs is under threat?

Islamic State is extremism. Islam refers to the religion and culture of Muslims. There's a difference.

Because I don't believe in prayer, fasting or the religious duties of Sharia law. It's obvious because the term Islamic State refers specifically to extremists. Who would want that?

You don't sit at dinner tables all across the country. You're speculating. Obviously I wouldn't. Have you always been an alarmist?

And Meghan's old music.

It's awfully presumptuous to claim immigrants want everything for nothing. It's generalising and degrading. Perhaps if a tiny island like Britain didn't bomb their homeland they wouldn't have to "deal" with so many refugees. But living under white supremacy means fewer people understand the vicious cycle of immigration than should. You'll get no sympathy from me on churches vs. mosques. All religion is a hoax so I don't see how your temples are any more valid than theirs. Your people, your culture and your heritage are just fine. I'm probably just as happy to be labelled self-righteous as you are to use words like "invasion". Ignorant comments like that and the rest of your half-truths don't represent the silent majority so if you're concerned by being called a bigot then don't be one.

I thought the performance was solid. The ad-libs at the end were glorious. And I'm loving her look.

No Doubt kick off our Top 10 with their dancehall classic, Hey Baby. The first song lifted from Rock Steady, it marked a change in the band's sound, which had progressed from garage rock and ska to pop which incorporated synths and borrowed heavily from reggae. Produced by legendary Jamaican duo Sly & Robbie, the song was one of the first written for the album, and its lyrics reflected the rowdy behaviour of their post-concert parties from the late '90s, where female groupies would attempt to hook up with the male band members. Its video, directed by Dave Meyers, was a source of conflict between No Doubt and the song's featured artist, Bounty Killer. Drummer Adrian Young's full frontal nude scene, shown during Bounty Killer's line "The way you rock your hips, you know that it amaze me," prompted the rapper's rival Beenie Man to state, "the video portrays Bounty as a gay. That is a Jamaican artist, and that can't go on in a dancehall, no way." Bounty Killer cancelled his performances with No Doubt because of the incident, stating that, "They did not understand because they are from America and they accept gay people… If Jamaica is upset, I ain't going to accept no success that my culture is not proud of." However, his lack of promotional appearances did nothing to hinder the song's success. It became the group's first Top 5 single on the Hot 100, and went on to win the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Around the world, it peaked at No. 2 in New Zealand and the UK, while reaching the Top 10 in Australia, Germany, Norway and Romania. The breakdown ~ Hey Baby reached No. 5 on the Hot 100 and places 10th with a voter average of 7. 10 - Dammn Bu & Jarrylf9 - DarkStormSC, kennita jo & TwistedElegance8 - __VelvetKnowledge18147 - God, hotboy06 & RedSimba4 - LyricalLesson3 - Stealth1 - Game

Written by Meghan Trainor.

Your reasons are stifling. To make the distinction between diversity and changing the country as you have is totally problematic. They are the same thing and both should be embraced as the same thing, because change and multiculturalism is a crucial element of social evolution. To deny that it is progress is downright bigotry. There is more pressure on the western world to be inclusive because it is still regarded as a place of hope and happiness to nationalities a lot less fortunate than us. You're sounding conspicuously backwards and discriminatory yourself.

After a full run-through it's not easy to distinguish one song from the next, especially in the first half. And as expected, it's too long. But I think it's a grower.

Views | Drake

Fire & Desire | Drake

Too Good | Drake feat. Rihanna

Pop Style | Drake

Childs Play | Drake

Grammys | Drake feat. Future

One Dance | Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla

Controlla | Drake

Still Here | Drake

Faithful | Drake feat. Pimp C & DVSN