With the end of 2016 now behind us, it is time to revisit the highlights from Ah.FM’s End Of Year Countdown!

Having so many DJs, and so many different tracks, you’d be surprised by quickly glancing the variety of Trance that hits their collective airwaves. However, that variety still gives way to a clear pack of leaders. Using some sophisticated data mining – because there is no true standard every DJ follows when publishing a track list – we took each artist’s EOYC 2016 set tracklist and normalized the data, formatting “and” to “&,” “feat.” to “ft.,” and so on. We also removed the tags for Original Mix and Extended Mix, because these monikers amount to the same track more often than not. From there, we utilized a Pivot Table in Excel spit out the results below – counting each time the unique track appeared.

After reviewing the data, it was clear that a Top 10 or 20 list just did not feel right, given the amount of “ties” we ran into. What appears below is a Top 46 – because Top 40 or 50 just wasn’t feasible with the counts we saw.

Some quick notes about the standings below:

There is a definite #1 most played track throughout EOYC 2016, which was ahead of all others by ten plays.

Here are the general breakdowns in the inverse of what you see below: Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4 all hold unique positions Positions 5 through 7 are a 3-way tie Positions 8 through 10 are a 3-way tie Position 11 is a uniquely held spot Positions 12 through 14 are a 3-way tie Positions 15 through 22 are a 7-way tie Positions 23 through 27 are a 5-way tie Positions 28 through 34 are a 7-way tie Positions 35 through 46 are a 12-way tie

By far the most popular label during EOYC 2016 was Future Sound Of Egypt with 13 of the 46 tracks coming from their releases.

The second most popular label in this list is Subculture with only 4 tracks out of the 46.

There are 7 labels with only one track on the list and include the following:

Universal Nation, Armada Captivating, Reloaded, Coldharbour, Pure Trance, Iboga, and VII.

Universal Nation, Armada Captivating, Reloaded, Coldharbour, Pure Trance, Iboga, and VII. There is one song that was so popular two different mixes made it on this list.

There is one artist who has 4 tracks with credits to his name.

As a handy guide for those interested parties, we’ve included a link below to a copy of each song on this list on YouTube. Wherever possible, we used a link to an official channel. Likewise, the playlist below takes each track and gives you a 46 track run of the entire list for your listening pleasure.

Ah.FM’s End of Year Countdown 2016 – Top 46 Most Played Tracks Playlist

Ah.FM’s EOYC 2016 – Top 46 Most Played Tracks

Position Track Title Label Play Count 46 Re:Locate vs. Robert Nickson – Initium (Ferrin & Morris Remix) Click HERE to listen! Amsterdam Trance 7 46 Ben Nicky ft. Chloe – Anywhere (Exis Remix) Click HERE to listen! Universal Nation 7 46 Will Atkinson – Subconscious Click HERE to listen! Subculture 7 46 Super8 & Tab – Mega Click HERE to listen! Armind 7 46 Tempo Giusto – Time To Tango Click HERE to listen! Armada Captivating 7 46 Jason Ross – Valor Click HERE to listen! Anjunabeats 7 46 Davey Asprey – The Rapture Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 7 46 Aly & Fila x Luke Bond & Audrey Gallagher – Million Voices Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 7 46 Darren Porter – To Feel Again Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 7 46 Jorn van Deynhoven – We Can Fly Click HERE to listen! A State Of Trance 7 46 Darren Porter – Human Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 7 46 Chris Schweizer – Scorpion Click HERE to listen! Who’s Afraid Of 138?! 7 34 Paul Denton – Searching The Sky Click HERE to listen! Subculture 8 34 Solarstone & Marcella Woods – Falling (Peter Steele Mantra Mix) Click HERE to listen! Black Hole 8 34 Protoculture – Empyrean Click HERE to listen! Armind 8 34 Richard Durand – Proxima C Click HERE to listen! Reloaded 8 34 Fady & Mina – Wonder Why Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 8 34 4 Strings – Wondering Click HERE to listen! Amsterdam Trance 8 34 Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella – Neba Click HERE to listen! Flashover 8 27 Will Atkinson – Pat Butcher Click HERE to listen! Kearnage 9 27 Scot Project – W5 (Waiting For) Click HERE to listen! Outburst 9 27 Will Atkinson & Deirdre McLaughlin – Chasing After You Click HERE to listen! Subculture 9 27 Mark Sherry meets Space Frog & Derb – Follow Me (Psyburst Mix) Click HERE to listen! Outburst 9 27 Arkham Knights – Odyssey Click HERE to listen! Coldharbour 9 22 ReOrder & Ferry Tayle – Tomorroworld Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 10 22 John O’Callaghan & Clare Stagg – Lies Cost Nothing (Will Atkinson Remix) Click HERE to listen! Subculture 10 22 The Thrillseekers presents Hydra – Amber Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 10 22 Gareth Emery ft. Wayward Daughter – Reckless (Standerwick Remix) Click HERE to listen! A State Of Trance 10 22 Orkidea – Nana (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix) Click HERE to listen! Black Hole 10 22 Sunscreem – Please Save Me (James Dymond Remix) Click HERE to listen! Outburst 10 22 Robert Nickson – Touchdown Click HERE to listen! Pure Trance 10 22 Alex M.O.R.P.H. – Not All Superheroes Wear Capes Click HERE to listen! Vandit 10 14 Hilight Tribe – Free Tibet (Vini Vici Remix) Click HERE to listen! Iboga 11 14 Push – Strange World (Andrew Bayer Remix) Click HERE to listen! Anjunabeats 11 14 Bryan Kearney & Christina Novelli – By My Side Click HERE to listen! Armind 11 11 Aly & Fila meets Roger Shah & Susana – Unbreakable Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 12 10 Masters & Nickson ft. Justine Suissa – Out There (Robert Nickson 2016 Remix) Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 13 10 Simon Patterson – Smack (WAIO Remix) Click HERE to listen! VII 13 10 Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Paul van Dyk – We Are Click HERE to listen! Vandit 13 7 John Askew – Supersonic Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 15 7 The Thrillseekers presents Hydra – Amber (Skylex Remix) Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 15 7 Ferry Corsten – Beautiful (Aly & Fila Remix) Click HERE to listen! Flashover 15 4 Sean Tyas & Darren Porter – Relentless Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 16 3 James Dymond – Push Click HERE to listen! Future Sound Of Egypt 17 2 Sean Tyas – Turbo Click HERE to listen! Kearnage 18 1 Simon Patterson & Magnus – Evoke Click HERE to listen! A State Of Trance 28

So there you have it – the most played tracks of the EOYC 2016!

Do you think something is missing from this list that should have been featured more often in sets? How do you feel about the overall dominance of a single label in this list? Leave your comments below!

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