I’m going to be honest with you. I don’t know any wedding DJ in Seattle or across the country who will look back on 2018 and reminisce about how it was an amazing year for dance music. There just weren’t the big, universal hits that EVERYBODY knows and dances to (think “Uptown Funk,” think “Can’t Stop the Feeling.”) The biggest stars were probably Drake and Cardi B and I think their music isn’t universal enough to fill most dancefloors.
Maybe it’s a sign that our music consumption is changing and we all have our individual playlists and recommendations on streaming services. So we don’t have the common experience of hearing a song. Or maybe it’s a sign that the artists didn’t have the inspiration. (Justin Timberlake’s songs hardly made a dent on the charts.) Whatever the cause, wedding DJs all across the country are rooting for 2019 to be a lot better.
Nevertheless, there are some songs worth checking out. I put my Top 100ish on a Spotify Playlist. And here are roughly my Top 30:
Track | Artist |
One Kiss | Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa |
I Like It | Cardi B & Bad Bunny & J Balvin |
Havana | Camila Cabello & Young Thug |
Finesse | Bruno Mars & Cardi B & Pink Panda |
NO EXCUSES | Meghan Trainor |
Have It All | Jason Chase & Marcus Mraz |
Jackie Chan | Tiësto & Dzeko & Preme & Post Malone |
Mad Love | Sean Paul & David Guetta & Becky G & GLOWINTHEDARK |
Shotgun | George Ezra |
broken | lovelytheband |
Dinero | Jennifer Lopez & DJ Khaled & Cardi B |
Échame La Culpa | Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato |
Flames | David Guetta & Sia |
God’s Plan | Drake |
Happier | Marshmello & Bastille |
High Hopes | Panic! At The Disco |
Him & I | G-Eazy & Halsey |
Lookin’ Up | Barenaked Ladies |
Low – Sondr Remix | Lenny Kravitz & Sondr |
Meant to Be – Acoustic | Bebe Rexha |
Mo Bamba | Sheck Wes |
New Rules | Dua Lipa |
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart | Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus |
On The Loose | Niall Horan |
Solo | Clean Bandit & Demi Lovato |
The Middle | Zedd & Maren Morris & Grey |
Thunder | Imagine Dragons |
Up All Night | Beck |
Us | Jennifer Lopez |
Wolves | Selena Gomez & Marshmello |
Woman | Kesha & Rare Candy |
Youngblood | 5 Seconds of Summer |