JR Late Night Blogs: JR Late Night Blogs: Music Videos of the Year 2019

2019 gave birth to many great and so amazing music. It was a challenge for me to create this list as music is becoming more global than ever. Still, music and video that are noteworthy in terms of aesthetics, messaging and buzz are what made my selection for Music Videos of the Year 2019.

Since the inception of this list, I made sure that at least one artist would get at least two spots on my list to emphasize that same artist's prominence during the past year. Lady Gaga (2010 and 2011), Bruno Mars (2010), Usher (2010), Rihanna (2010, 2011 and 2016), Katy Perry (2010, 2011), Nicki Minaj (2012), Miley Cyrus (2013), Justin Bieber (2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016), Selena Gomez (2016), Ed Sheeran (2017), Dua Lipa (2017) and Ariana Grande (2018) are those artists that got such privilege on my lists. Starting this year, however, only one entry per artist would be allowed accommodating their best feature for the year and ultimately, to allow more artists to get featured on my yearly list.

My list this year is comprised of the usual entries since my blog's beginning. We have Justin Bieber (#9), Taylor Swift (#3) and Katy Perry (#2). Debuting on my yearly list at #1 is the Jonas Brothers' hit "Sucker" which featured all their wives at the video's forefront. I named it as my music video of the year for how unique and daring the concept was especially for a boy band and how great the direction and design was for the video. At #2 is the hit by Katy Perry and Zedd that evoked messaging on the reality of human emotion. The video by Selena Gomez that was purely shot on an iPhone is also listed on this year's list. Regardless of the video capturing device used, the video for Lose You To Love Me was still an accomplishment in aesthetics. One unusual entry on my list is the 1994 Christmas hit by Mariah Carey which saw an updated release this year. The same song would earn Mariah Carey the distinction of having at least one #1 Billboard Hot 100 song for the past four decades. This year, collaboration seems to be the theme as half of the entries were from a duo or a group. Also, Korean dominance in pop is without question. In the history of my list, only two artists have got the chance to be listed - PSY (2013 and 2014) and Momoland (2018). This year, TWICE gets a mention on my list. After his Eastside entry last year, only Khalid maintains a spot from last year's roster of artists.

Note that all entries on this list are of my own preference and were not ranked based on charts or views on YouTube.

JR's MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE YEAR - 2019 METHODOLOGY:

For a music and its corresponding music video to qualify on the list, the music must be dominating airwaves within the year, a favorite earworm amongst all, and its video must be aesthetically beautiful and innovative. Songs which doesn't have their corresponding music video, however, are disqualified in the selection process. Even lyric videos are not allowed to be in the list. In order to qualify as a 2019 music video, the music videos in the list must have been released worldwide on YouTube between 01 January 2019 to 31 December 2019 and must be available for viewing in the Philippines. No local entries, however, are qualified.

To accommodate more artists to be featured on my yearly list, only one entry per artist would be allowed regardless if they are the main track artist or just a featured artist. The best video by the artist would be the one to get a slot if two or more of their videos was part of my shortlist.

All YouTube views in the list were as of 12 January 2018 (5PM).

JR'S Music Videos of the Year - 2019

Rank	Music Videos of the Year	Main Artist	Video Release

1	Sucker	Jonas Brothers	March 2019
2	365	Zedd, Katy Perry	February 2019
3	You Need To Calm Down	Taylor Swift	June 2019
4	FANCY	TWICE	April 2019
5	Señorita	Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello	June 2019
6	All I Want For Christmas Is You	Mariah Carey	December 2019
7	Lose You To Love Me	Selena Gomez	October 2019
8	Talk	Khalid	March 2019
9	I Don't Care	Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber	May 2019
10	Circles	Post Malone	September 2019

Get back to previous JR Late Night Blogs' Music Videos of the Year lists:

2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010

#1	SUCKER by Jonas Brothers

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Pop
1
10
244,287,392
01 March 2019
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnAmeh0-E-U

This is the DEBUT entry of JONAS BROTHERS in JR's Music Videos of the Year list.

#2	365 by Zedd, Katy Perry

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Pop
86
n/a
109,319,748
14 February 2019
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrbgUtCfnC0

This is the 2ND entry of ZEDD in JR's Music Videos of the Year list.
Former entries include Beautiful Now (#8, 2015).

This is the 8TH entry of KATY PERRY in JR's Music Videos of the Year list.
Former entries include Part of Me (#19, 2012), E.T. (#19, 2011), The One That Got Away (#15, 2011), Last Friday Night (#6, 2011), Firework (#5, 2011), Teenage Dream (#16, 2010) and California Gurls (#4, 2010).

#3	YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN by Taylor Swift

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Pop
2
39
175,638,348
17 June 2019
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkk9gvTmCXY

This is the 5TH entry of TAYLOR SWIFT in JR's Music Videos of the Year list.
Former entries include Look What You Made Me Do (#10, 2017), I Knew You Were Trouble (#5, 2013), We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#6, 2012) and Mine (#2, 2010).

#4	FANCY by TWICE

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K-Pop
3
34
252,306,938
22 April 2019
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOHB85vDuow

This is the DEBUT entry of TWICE in JR's Music Videos of the Year list.

#5	SEÑORITA by Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello

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Latin Pop
1
15
875,415,200
21 June 2019
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkh8UtuejGw

This is the 3RD entry of SHAWN MENDES in JR's Music Videos of the Year list.
Former entries include There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#8, 2017) and Treat You Better (#10, 2016).

This is the DEBUT entry of CAMILA CABELLO in JR's Music Videos of the Year list.

Another great year for music it was. This marks the 8th time JR would release his Music Videos of the Year list alongside with his Movies of the Year and most recently, Filipino Movies of the Year. Once again, let's anticipate what's next for music this 2019.

This has been the 2019 Edition of JR Late Night Blogs' Music Videos of the Year.

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DATA SOURCES

All data used in the details of each music video used in this blog are from the following sites: