As thousands of people across the UK made final preparations for their New Year’s Eve festivities, 1Xtra provided the perfect soundtrack to get the party started.
In celebration of its 21st year, the black and urban music radio station played its top 21 most played songs from the last 21 years using data provided by PPL’s repertoire team.
Presenter Nick Bright gives a shout out to PPL for putting together the playlist before kicking the countdown off with Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’ at number 21.
50 Cent kicked off the top 10 with ‘In Da Club’, while Usher’s ‘Good Kisser’ came in at three. Tinie Tempah’s club banger ‘Pass Out’ fell short of the top spot, coming in at 2.
Listen to Nick highlight the great work we do to get artists paid (hear the first shout-out from 09 mins 38 seconds) and find out what the number 1 most played track was from the last 21 years (at 1 hour 53 mins).
