2022 :: The Year in Review

Wow, has it been a year?! I feel like I have been saying that every year since the pandemic started; it really put a lot of things into perspective. This was the first year post-pandemic that things started to feel more “normal”. Here are some of the most popular things/events that happened in 2022. 

Pop Culture

• Pete Davidson had quite the year.
• Elon Musk bought Twitter.
• The Depp vs. Heard trial was everywhere.
• Stranger Things mania took us by storm.
• We said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II.
• Bennifer got married!
• Wordle. (Need I say more?)

Top Songs

• Bad Bunny- “Titi Me Pregunto” 
• Rosalia- “Despecha”
• Quavo and Takeoff- “Hotel Lobby”
• Pharrell feat. 21 Savage and Tyler, The Creator- “Cash In Cash Out”
• Harry Styles- “As It Was”
• Beyonce- “Cuff It”
• Steve Lacy- “Bad Habit”
• Taylor Swift- “Karma”
• Beyonce- “Break My Soul”
• Drake feat. 21 Savage- “Jimmy Cooks”

Top Movies (Adults)

• Emancipation
• Spirited
• The Fabelmans
• Bones and All
• Black Adam
• Luckiest Girl Alive
• The Banshees of Inisherin

Top Movies (Children)

• Turning Red
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
• The Bad Guys
• Lightyear
• Minions: Rise of Gru
• Hocus Pocus 2
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Top Adult Books

• The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
• Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Furrows by Namwali Serpell
• Trust by Hernan Diaz
• An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
• Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
• Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv
• Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
• We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole

Top Children’s Literature 

• The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López
• Always with You, Always with Me by Kelly Rowland and Jessica McKay, illustrated by Fanny Liem
• This Story Is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Sève, illustrated by Carson Ellis
• Lost by Sam Usher
• Shu Lin’s Grandpa by Matt Goodfellow, illustrated by Yu Rong
• Our Day of the Dead Celebration by Ana Aranda
• That’s Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed

Popular Podcasts 

• Crime Junkie
• My Favorite Murder 
• This American Life  
• The Daily  
• Stuff You Should Know
• Call Her Daddy
• Morbid: A True Crime Podcast
• Office Ladies

Sports Champions

• Super Bowl: LA Rams
• World Series: Houston Astros
• NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors
• WNBA Finals: Las Vegas Aces

Fashion and Lifestyle Trends

• Pearls (headbands, necklaces)
• Plants
• Skincare Videos
• Charcuterie Boards

Viral Tik Tok Videos

• “My money don’t jiggle jiggle, it folds” 
• “It’s Corn!”
• “Issa Chicken Salad!”
• “It Was All Yellow”

Popular Baby Names

• Olivia
• Emma
• Amelia
• Ava
• Sophia 
• Liam
• Noah
• Oliver
• Elijah
• Mateo