2016 took many, many cultural icons from us — especially people who moved us through their music. We said goodbye to royalty, the being known as Ziggy Stardust, one of the elements and Malik, "The Five-Foot Freak."
Fortunately, 2016 has also given us a trove of new music to fill the void left behind by the giants who passed away. We asked our Newsy culture team to share some of their favorite songs from this year (and a few others from years past).
