End of the year means making lists and the usual way to do is to have editors and writers selecting their favorites throughout the year. This year United Reggae decided to do it another way, so we asked artists and producers around the globe to provide us with their top ten tunes from 2014.

We received 16 lists and they include mostly reggae, but also R&B, hip-hop, pop, soca and house. It’s quite easy to find two standout tracks, and both Stephen Marley, Capleton & Sizzla’s Rock Stone and Protoje & Chronixx’ Who Knows are in seven of the 15 lists. Well done. Two other recurring tracks are Magic!’s Rude and Notis & Iba Mahr’s Diamond Sox.

The songs selected in each list are in no particular order and choosing ten songs can be quite hard. So we naturally gave Jah9 a break when she told us that she didn’t listen to too many new songs this year and could only come up with five. Same goes for Duane Stephenson.

And it can also be hard to tell in what year a tune has been released. It often differs from different markets and different parts of the world. So you might find a tune or two that wasn’t released in 2014, but in 2013. We didn’t care. It’s just music.

Akeunde Pemberton, producer, Jahlight Records (Trinidad & Tobago)

Protoje & Chronixx - Who Knows

Jah Cure - All of Me

Stephen Marley & Capleton & Sizzla - Rock Stone

Midnite - Beauty for Ashes

Midnite & Lutan Fyah - When Jah Arise

Pressure - When a Door is Close

Chronixx - Clean Like a Whistle

Neto Youth & Sizzla - No One But Jah

J Prince - Serious

Blessed Messenger - Cyah Work

Alpheus, singer (UK)

Jah 9 – Avocado

Earl 16 - Juicy Black

Austin Faithful – Ain’t That Peculiar

Roy Panton & Yvonne Harrison - You said No

Magic! - Rude

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Earl 16 - Natty Farming

Everton Blender - Knowledge

Etana - Jamaican Woman

Roberto Sanchez - New day

Bost & Bim, producers, Bombist and Special Delivery (France)

Tarrus Riley - Burning Desire

Chronixx - Capture Land

The Roots & Raheem DeVaughn - Tomorrow

Stephen Marley & Capleton & Sizzla - Rock Stone

Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots

J. Cole - G.O.M.D.

Gentleman - Superior (MTV Unplugged)

Ricky Blaze & Kranium & Shaggy - Overrated

Tairo & MarDJenal - Love & Smile

Sbtrkt - New Dorp, New York

Dameon Gayle, producer and director (Jamaica)

John Legend - All of Me

Chronixx - Here Comes Trouble

Jesse Royal - Modern Day Judas

Demarco - Good Book

Busy Signal - Bou Yah

Protoje & Chronixx - Who Knows

Tarrus Riley - My Day

Sam Smith - Stay With Me

Raging Fyah – Brave

Chronixx - Capture Land

Duane Stephenson, singer (Jamaica)

John Legend – All of Me

Chronixx – Here Comes Trouble

Jesse Royal – Modern day Judas

Tarrus Riley – Love Situation

Bunji Garlin – Differentology (Ready for the Road)

Etana, singer (Jamaica)

Magic! – Rude

Tarrus Riley - One Two Three

Micheal Jackson & Justin - Love Never Felt So Good

Elle Varner - Don't Wanna Dance

Ledisi - Pieces of Me

Lady Saw - Selfie

Queen Ifrica - Love Is Not Blind

Beyoncé & Pharell - Blow (remix)

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Chronixx - Like a Whistle

Frenchie, producer, Maximum Sound (UK)

Chronixx – Capture Land

Notis & Iba Mahr – Diamond Sox

Dre Island – Way Up

Chronixx & Protoje – Who Knows

Vybz Kartel & Spice – Conjugal Visit

Duane Stephenson – Jah Reign

Damian Marley – Hard Work

Stephen Marley & Capleton & Sizzla – Rock Stone

Etana – Trigger

Gyptian – Stunta

Gappy Ranks, singer (UK)

Kranium – Lifestyle

Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud

Demarco – Good Book

Magic! – Rude

Drake – Real Quick

Kranium – Nobody Has to Know

Shy Glizzy – Awesome

Stonebwoy B & Sarkodie – Baafira

Vybz Kartel – Box Lunch

Stylus – Informa

Jah9, singer (Jamaica)

Jesse Royal – Modern Day Judas

Mr. Williamz – Ganja Palace

Pressure Busspipe – Forgive Them

Chronixx – Iyah Walk

Pentateuch - Pressure

King I-Vier, producer, Royal Order Music (U.S.)

Protoje & Chronixx - Who Knows

Stephen Marley & Sizzla & Capleton – Rock Stone

Jah Cure - Life We Live

Raging Fyah - Jah Glory

Chronixx - Capture Land

Notis & Iba Mahr & Tarrus Riley - Diamond Sox (Remix)

Aidonia - 80's Dancehall Style

Kabaka Pyramid - Never Gonna Be A Slave

J Boog - See Dem Deh

Romain Virgo - Soul Provider

Mark Myrie, producer, Markus Records (Jamaica)

Chris Brown - Loyal

Popcaan - Where We Come From

I-Octane & Gaza Slim – Can’t Do It

Mavado - My Own

Nico & Vince - Am I Wrong

I-Octane - Million Miles

Chronixx - Like a Whistle

Vybz Kartel - Nuh Play Round Wid Fyah

Ding Dong - Syvah

Magic! - Rude

Matthew Greenridge, singer (Trinidad & Tobago)

Stephen Marley & Capleton & Sizzla – Rock Stone

Chronixx & Protoje – Who Knows

Marlon Asher – Settle Down

Jamelody – Read All About It (Emelie Sande cover)

Olatunji – Ola

Bugle & Julian Marley – Move Them

Romain Virgo – Stay With Me

Jah Cure - Life We Live

Bunji Garlin - Truck On the Road

Romain Virgo – Soul Provider

RC (Righteous Child), singer (Jamaica)

Stephen Marley & Capleton & Sizzla – Rock Stone

Protoje & Chronixx – Who Knows

Jesse Royal – Hypocrite

Tarrus Riley – Happy

Chronixx – Ease Out

Chronixx – Smile Jamaica

Bugle – Compatible

Keznamdi – Weekend

Notis & Iba Mahr – Diamond Sox

Zagga – Destination

Perfect Giddimani, singer (Jamaica)

Maxi Priest – Gravity

Mighty Mystic – Happy

Martin Zobel & Soulrise – Keep Planting Seeds

Dada Yute – Love til the End

Guts & Patrice – Want it Back

Sizzla – Away With the Violence

Mark Wonder – Nubian Glory

Maxi Priest & Beres Hammond – Without a Woman

Ras Attitude – Please Mr. Officer

Lutan Fyah – One Dice

Taj Weekes, singer (St. Lucia)

Kygo – Sexual Healing

Jah Cure – All of Me

John Legend – All of Me

Pharell – Happy

Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass

Chronixx – Smile Jamaica

Avicii – Wake Me Up

Ricky Dawuni – African Thriller

Lenny Kravitz – I Never Want to Let You Down

François & The Atlas Mountains – Bois

Unga Barunga, drummer and producer, Notis Records (Jamaica)

Protoje & Chronixx – Who Knows

Popcaan – Everything Nice

Kranium – Nobody has to Know

Ziggy Marley – Holding Up the Fire

Jhene Aiko – Don’t Need You

Sza & Kendrick Lamar – Babylon

Stephen Marley & Capleton & Sizzla – Rock Stone

Blue King Brown – Rize Up

Latch & Sam Smith – Disclosure

Micah Shemaiah & Infinite – Reggae Rockit