Beyoncé:
- "If I Were a Boy"
- "Sweet Dreams"
- "Halo"
Taylor Swift
- "You Belong with Me"
- "Fifteen"
- "Today Was a Fairytale"
Eminem
- "Crack a Bottle"
- "We Made You"
- "3 a.m."
Lady Gaga
- "Poker Face"
- "Bad Romance"
- "Alejandro"
Kings of Leon
- "Use Somebody"
- "Sex on Fire"
- "Notion"
The Black Eyed Peas
- "Boom Boom Pow"
- "I Gotta Feeling"
- "Meet Me Halfway"
U2
- "Get On Your Boots"
- "Magnificent"
- "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"
Coldplay
- "Viva la Vida"
- "Violet Hill"
- "Strawberry Swing"
Green Day
- "Know Your Enemy"
- "21 Guns"
- "East Jesus Nowhere"
Jay-Z
- "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
- "Run This Town"
- "Empire State of Mind"
These are just a few examples of popular singers who released notable music in 2009.