SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SoundHound Inc., a pioneering company in sound recognition and search technologies, announces its “Top Songs”, “Top Artists” and “Top Albums” of 2014 as identified by users of the SoundHound app. SoundHound’s music search, discovery and play app has been downloaded by more than 230 million fans around the world who have helped establish the service as an indicator of trends.
The list of top songs SoundHound’ed is now available for users to listen and explore within the SoundHound app:
Top Songs of 2014
1. “All of Me” (John Legend)
2. “Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)” The Magician Remix (Clean Bandit)
3. “Happy” (Pharrell Williams)
4. “Rude” (MAGIC!)
5. “Am I Wrong” (Nico & Vinz)
6. “Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)” (Katy Perry)
7. “All About That Bass” (Meghan Trainor)
8. “Prayer in C” (Lilly Wood & The Prick)
9. “Counting Stars” (OneRepublic)
10. “Stolen Dance” (Milky Chance)
11. “Let Her Go” (Passenger)
12. “Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)” (Mr. Probz)
13. “Team” (Lorde)
14. “Chandelier” (Sia)
15. “Latch” (Disclosure / Sam Smith)
16. “Habits (Stay High)” (Tove Lo)
17. “Stay With Me” (Sam Smith)
18. “Hideaway” (Kiesza)
19. “Pompeii” (Bastille)
20. “Fancy” (Iggy Azalea)
Interesting trends to note:
- "Prayer in C” by Lilly Wood & The Prick was the no. 1 song ID’d in 23 countries worldwide, but only reached no. 19 in the United States.
- Pitbull was the no. 1 artist SoundHound’ed throughout the year not only because of his popular songs “Fireball," "We Are One (Ole Ola)” (The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Song), and “Timber,” among others, but because of his collaborations with other international stars such as Enrique Iglesias on “I’m A Freak,” and Austin Mahone on “Mmm Yeah.”
- Musical acts Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Katy Perry both released their respective albums in late 2013, yet both appeared on the SoundHound Hottest Chart throughout 2014, with their third and fourth singles appearing on radio in early 2014.
Top Artists of 2014
1. Pitbull
2. David Guetta
3. OneRepublic
4. Pharrell Williams
5. Ed Sheeran
6. Katy Perry
7. Iggy Azalea
8. Calvin Harris
9. John Legend
10. Sam Smith
11. Jason Derulo
12. Rihanna
13. Lorde
14. Ariana Grande
15. Maroon 5
16. Clean Bandit
17. Avicii
18. Jay-Z
19. Drake
20. Imagine Dragons
Top Albums of 2014
1. “PRISM” (Katy Perry)
2. “The Heist” (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
3. “Love In The Future” (John Legend)
4. “My Everything” (Ariana Grande)
5. “Prayer” (Mr. Probz)
6. “Listen” (David Guetta)
7. “The New Classic” (Iggy Azalea)
8. “Tattoos” (Jason Derulo)
9. “G I R L” (Pharrell Williams)
10. “Pure Heroine” (Lorde)
11. “Hotel Cabana” (Naughty Boy)
12. “Is There Anybody Out There?” (A Great Big World)
13. “Globalization” (Pitbull)
14. “Continued Silence – EP” (Imagine Dragons)
15. “Don't Kill the Magic” (MAGIC!)
16. “TRUE” (Avicii)
17. “Black Star Elephant” (Nico & Vinz)
18. “Title” (Meghan Trainor)
19. “X” (Ed Sheeran)
20. “Blurred Lines” (Robin Thicke)
SoundHound recently redesigned its app, available for free download via the App Store and Google Play.
About SoundHound Inc.
SoundHound Inc. is a pioneering company in sound recognition and search technologies. Its unmatched portfolio includes the world's fastest music and audio recognition, the world's only singing and humming search, instant-response large-scale speech recognition systems, and automatic lyrics alignment, LiveLyrics™. The SoundHound mobile application is the only app in the world that enables two distinct sound inputs to be recognized through a single search button. Both recorded music and a hummed query can be identified, delighting users with the magic of capturing a song or finding a song through singing it. SoundHound technologies are deployed globally through carrier, device manufacturer, and automotive partnerships. SoundHound's applications, available on all major platforms, have been downloaded by more than 230 million users.
