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Top 20 Songs of 2011

A few months ago, I made a list of my top 10 songs of the year at that point.  I figure, since 2010 just ended, I'll expand on that and do a list of the top 20 songs of 2011. I've listed them below along with a sentence or two on why I like them.  Also, here's a zip file of all of them. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass : Possibly the greatest pop song of all time.  It was technically released in 2010, but I included it here because no one knew about it until Taylor Swift dug it up in 2011.  Sure, the difficult to understand, rapid fire verses might've prevented this song from hitting #1, but, without them, we would've never gotten this and then this and then this . (Yes, it's basically the same thing, but yes, it's worth watching three times.) The Weeknd - Wicked Games : Abel Tesfaye's uniquely dark, carnal take on R&B has never been more convincing and melodic than it is here. Drake - Marvin's Room : Drake bares his soul in a surprisingly compel