--- title: This 2015 Pop Music Mashup Will Be Stuck in Your Head Until 2016 description: Joy to the world canonical: https://time.com/4134482/dj-earworm-united-states-of-pop/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-03T15:46:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:19.466Z og:title: This 2015 Pop Music Mashup Will Be Stuck in Your Head Until 2016 og:description: Joy to the world og:url: https://time.com/4134482/dj-earworm-united-states-of-pop/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbdc01d2ad96ca69/698873a23c1639118f45afe9/dj-earworm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: DJ Earworm og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This 2015 Pop Music Mashup Will Be Stuck in Your Head Until 2016 twitter:description: Joy to the world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbdc01d2ad96ca69/698873a23c1639118f45afe9/dj-earworm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This 2015 Pop Music Mashup Will Be Stuck in Your Head Until 2016 > Sponsored content. 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Titled “United State of Pop (50 Shades of Pop)” the viral-ready jam is filled with tidings of musical joy from Taylor Swift, Ellie Goulding, Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, and, yes, Adele.”It wouldn’t be a year in summary without her,” DJ Earworm told [_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6778012/united-state-of-pop-50-shades-pop-dj-earworm-listen). “It’s a more eclectic mix than it was five years ago,” he added. “I try to get a feel of what is in the zeitgeist.” The result is an incredibly diverse song list that will be the perfect soundtrack for your holiday party. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4134482/dj-earworm-united-states-of-pop/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4134482/dj-earworm-united-states-of-pop/"},"headline":"This 2015 Pop Music Mashup Will Be Stuck in Your Head Until 2016","datePublished":"2015-12-03T15:46:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:19.466Z","description":"Joy to the world","url":"https://time.com/4134482/dj-earworm-united-states-of-pop/","keywords":["Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbdc01d2ad96ca69/698873a23c1639118f45afe9/dj-earworm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbdc01d2ad96ca69/698873a23c1639118f45afe9/dj-earworm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DJ Earworm","caption":"DJ Earworm performs at Operation Smile 2013 New York Junior Smile Event in New York on April, 26, 2013.","creditText":"Amy Sussman—Invision for Operation Smile/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4134482/dj-earworm-united-states-of-pop/","name":"This 2015 Pop Music Mashup Will Be Stuck in Your Head Until 2016"}}]}] ```