Beyonce, Britney Spears And More: 25 Best Songs Of 2011 (MTV)
We count down the year’s most memorable musical moments, in _Bigger Than the
Sound._
By James Montgomery
_ Britney Spears on the cover of “Till the World Ends” _
_Photo: Jive_
In 2011, we shuffled and shook it out. We found love and decided to dance
until the world ends. We rolled in the deep and celebrated the boys with the
booming systems. Shoot, at one point, we even went to
href="/news/articles/1673975/will-ferrell-jay-z-kanye-west-watch-the-
throne.jhtml">Paris with Will Ferrell. It was, to say the very least, an interesting 12 months.
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So, how else to sum up the
year than with my picks for the 25
href="http://www.mtv.com/specials/best_of">Best Songs of 2011: odes to
partying and pumped-up kicks, songs of sadness and beauty, tunes about getting
loaded and getting revenge. Pop, hip-hop, rock, bed-tronica, they’re all here,
and they’re all important in some way, mostly because they all helped guide us
through a rather tumultuous time. But that’s enough from me, let’s get to the
songs. Oh, and I’d like to hear your picks too — drop me a line in the
comments below. So now, on with the countdown. 25. Nicola Roberts, “Beat of
My Drum”: Supremely …
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