People

The U.S. version of “The Voice” has produced perhaps the least number of actual stars versus seasons compared to “American Idol” (even the rebooted version) so it took a minute to realize that the booted-too-soon Libianca from the reality competition singing show was actually the one behind one of the year’s most successful global smashes. “People” became a viral favorite thanks to its truer than you’d ever actually expect lyrics and Libianca’s authentic Cameroonian vocals. The song became so big we ended up get any mixes featuring different artists and the best of the lot was the surprising mix with Becky G. Somehow the Afrosoul track interspersed with Spanish lyrics created a feeling of universality that reverberates at the center of the track’s line “did you check on me?”.