MUSIC ACROSS THE OLYMPIADS. Today: 2016. Continues tomorrow.

As the world’s elite athletes compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Caffè Lattè will focus on the best music that emerged during each Olympiad. Each period considers songs from the years prior to the new Games.

MUSIC ACROSS THE OLYMPIADS

 

The Olympics were held in South America for the first time in 2016. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was the host city for The Games.

Among the hottest chart acts in this Olympiad were: Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Daft Punk, One Direction and Adele.

2016

🥇 GET LUCKY Daft Punk

ftg. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers

🥈 UPTOWN FUNK Mark Ronson ftg. Bruno Mars

🥉 CAN’T STOP THE FEELING! Justin Timberlake  

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🥇 ADELE

🥈 ED SHEERAN

🥉 BRUNO MARS

 

🏅ALBUMS

🥇 25 ADELE

🥈 x ED SHEERAN

🥉 Made In The A.M. ONE DIRECTION

 

🏊🏾🏋️ LEADERBOARD 🚵‍♀️🏃‍♀️

COUNTRY:	G	S	B
U.S.A.	56	45	51
UNITED KINGDOM	14	15	11
ITALY	3	1
FRANCE	1	2
SWEDEN	1	1	3
IRELAND	1	1	1
AUSTRALIA	1	1
BARBADOS			1