Songs of 2022 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Harry Styles

After being part of the hugely popular boy band One Direction, Harry Styles launched his solo career in 2017 after the band went on hiatus. Styles found success as a solo artist, especially with his single "Sign of the Times". His third studio album, "Harry's House", was released in 2022 and won a Grammy Award the following year. "As It Was" was the first single from that album and was played extensively on radio stations all over the world.

It peaked at number one on several international charts.

Answer: Tom Odell

Tom Odell is a singer born in England in 1990. Odell's songs convey a great deal of emotion through the combination of his unique voice and smooth piano playing. Odell released "Another Love" in 2012, a song that became rather popular and launched him into worldwide fame.

Some other successful tracks by Odell have included "Jubilee Road" and his cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors". In 2022, Tom Odell released "Flying :))" as part of his fifth studio album, "Best Day of My Life". Though it is a rather short and simple song, it has quite moving lyrics and music (and, at least to me, is rather addictive to listen to!)

Answer: David Guetta

David Guetta has been behind some of the greatest hits of the 2010s and 2020s decades. Some of his best-known songs include "Titanium" (with Sia), "Memories" (with Kid Cudi), and "Without You" (with Usher). The French DJ usually collaborates with popular artists of several genres and, like other DJs, also samples older songs to create new music.

In 2022, Guetta collaborated with the American singer Bebe Rexha on the catchy "I'm Good (Blue)" song, which was part of Rexha's album called "Bebe". While the original chorus by Eiffel 65 said "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di", the Guetta/Rexha version goes "I'm good, yeah, I'm feelin' alright".

Answer: Rosalia

Rosalia was born and raised in Catalonia, the Spanish autonomous community where the city of Barcelona is located in. Though her musical career began when she was relatively young, she released her first studio album titled "Los Angeles" in 2017, followed by "El Mal Querer" in 2018. During and after the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2019-2020, Rosalia became even better known in the international community.

Her third studio album, "Motomami", was released in March 2022 and included "La Fama", "Saoko", and "Chicken Teriyaki", all of which had been released as singles months earlier.

Her songs were especially popular on the TikTok app.

Answer: Steve Lacy

"Bad Habit" by Steve Lacy was released in June 2022 and was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for several weeks in October. The piece was a single from the album "Gemini Rights", which was Lacy's second studio album. Despite being only 24 years old at the time this song was released, he earned two Grammy nominations for it.

The song is not to be confused with The Kooks' "Bad Habit" (from their 2014 album "Listen") nor with Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits" (from his 2021 album "=").

Answer: Honest

Though all answer choices are songs by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, "Honest" is the only one of them to have been released in 2022. "Honest" was released as a single on April 2022 and it featured Don Toliver, who wrote the song with Bieber and other artists.

While "Baby" was one of Bieber's first major hits back in 2010, "Off My Face" and "Lonely" were both part of his 2021 album "Justice". Bieber regrettably had to cancel concerts in mid-2022 due to being diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome.

Answer: Remind Me

Tom Grennan was born in 1995 in Bedford, England, though his family is of Irish origin. Grennan's first widely distributed songs included "All Goes Wrong" and "Found What I've Been Looking For". The latter song was part of the soundtrack for the "FIFA 18" video game, which helped him gain more listeners.

He released his first studio album, "Lighting Matches", in 2018, and his second one ("Evering Road") in 2021. Grennan released "Remind Me" as a single in 2022, and said that he wrote it based on memories of his own life.

Answer: West

"West Coast" was released as a single in February 2022 by the well-established band OneRepublic. The band, led by vocalist Ryan Tedder, is known for hit songs like "Apologize", "Good Life", and "Counting Stars". "West Coast" is a tribute to the state of California, and its style is similar to that of Californian groups like the Beach Boys and the Mamas & the Papas.

The band had begun working on this song as early as 2015.

Answer: Slipknot

Slipknot was formed in the 1990s and has had a rotating list of members since its foundation. Its original members were Anders Colsefni, Donnie Steele, Josh Brainard, Paul Gray, Joey Jordison, and Shawn Crahan. The band is one of the best-known in the heavy metal genre. Slipknot released "Yen" in 2022 as one of the singles from "The End, So Far", which was their seventh studio album.

Answer: Anti-Hero

Taylor Swift released her first studio album, and ever since, she has become one of the most popular artists of the 21st century. Swift's accolades are extensive: she has won over ten Grammy Awards, as well as multiple People's Choice Awards and Teen Choice Awards (among many others). She has also been listed as one of the world's "Most Powerful Women" by publications like Forbes and Fortune.

In October of 2022, Swift released her tenth studio album, titled "Midnights". The album's tracklist was special in that it contained reflective and self-aware songs and lyrics. Among them was "Anti-Hero", which directly said "I'm the problem, it's me" and asks "did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism?"