
From Games to Music – Here’s Google Play’s ‘Best of 2016’
It's the best of the best from the past 12 months.
While Forbes.com has already been compiling their top lists of 2016, last week Google Play released a list of its most popular apps, games, music, movies, and TV shows across the world in 2016.
So if you've been paying attention this year, none of these should shock you:
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Getty Images 1Top trending apps
In case you're not familiar with the top app, (like me) Face Changer 2 lets you swap faces, or stretch out facial features to create ridiculous photos. Sounds fun!
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Getty Images 2Top trending games
If you're surprised at this, then you must have been living under a rock this summer as Pokémon GO took Rochester, and the world by storm! In fact, one of our sister stations Y105FM tried holding a Pokémon Golympics - but had to call it off due to the games server crashing from so many people trying to download/play the game... Yep, that happened!
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Getty Images for iHeartMedia 3Top streamed songs
They're one of the most requested artists on our station, and according to Billboard, their hit “Stressed Out” has spent 52 weeks on the charts. Not bad!
- “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots
- “Sorry” by Justin Bieber
- “One Dance (feat. WizKid & Kyla)” by Drake
- “Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Daya)” by The Chainsmokers
- “Me, Myself & I” by G-Eazy
- “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots
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Credit: 20th Century Fox / Marvel Entertainment 4Top movies
It was another year of super-hero dominance on the big screen. Back in March, Forbes called Deadpool “the biggest R-rated movie ever.” So I expect to see a similar formula for future films...
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Getty Images for Live nation Entertainment 5Top TV shows
With season 7 looming this summer, and only two seasons left, it should surprise no one to find HBO’s Game of Thrones at the top of this list. It also has a near perfect rating on Google Play.
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