The year 2021. Let's look at the top stuff for the year.

Well, tbh. I will start the article with a list of people we have lost in 2021. I know not everyone is in there, and certainly not all those who deserve to be remembered. But i tried to pick those who stood out to me for some reason. No offense or disrespect meant at anyone I didn't list there!

Other than that, only lists or mentions of 2021 statistics, factoids and top 10 lists!

Why did I do this article? Because I have 2 phases every year before new year. One is the looking back one. The other is the looking ahead one.

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Looking back at 2021? Really?

Well, looking back at 2021 make most of us want to turn right back around and never look back at it again.

2021 was not just Covid!! (You'd not know it by the media today but still)

So I won’t be looking at those things though. I’ll be looking at the year from a top 10 or top something 2021 perspective.

Why?

Because the end of the year is coming, the time for the top 10 lists has arrived like every year.

This year I wanted to be early in the game and, unlike most articles, I wanted to make a collection of some of the most interesting 2021 lists and put them all together into one article.

I collected this information so you don't have to!

So I’ve travelled all over the internet for you guys and girls and I have made a selection, formatted it a bit so it’s nice and readable for you and you will find it below the minus equals minus equals line below.

The rest of the year for @Anonsunamun

This is probably my 2nd to last article of the year.

This is the looking back part of the annual new year mood swing I have, and the last article will be the looking ahead one.

That one will be more personal, so if you don’t give…… about my 2022 plans, hopes and dreams, then you might as well skip it. LOL!

So without further adoodoododooooo……..

Here is 2021!

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These are some of the famous/important/remarkable people that Died in 2021

Richard Donner

The filmmaker best known for creating The Goonies, Superman, and all four movies in the Lethal Weapon franchise died at 91

Prince Philip.

Duke of Edinburgh and the love of Queen Elizabeth's life. Died at age 99.

Sabine Schmitz

The German race car driver, Queen of the Nurburgring, died at age 51.

Bunny Wailer

Last surviving band member of the Wailers after Bob Marley and Peter Tosh died in the 80’s, died in Jamaica at age 73.

Prince Markie Dee

The Fatboys’ Dee (Mark Anthony Morales, died at age 52.

Christopher Plummer

(Baron von Trapp in the sound of Music) died at age 91

Captain Sir Thomas Moore

British World War II veteran who raised funds for UK National Health Service by walking 100 laps around his garden (hoping to raise $1400,- and in the end raised $45 MILLION) weeks before his 100th Birthday died at age 100

Dustin Diamond

(Screech Powers, from Saved by the Bell) died at age 44

Larry King

Journalist for 63 years, died at age 87

DJ Wakiyan

Erwin Smits, a.k.a. DJ Wakiyan, died at age 49.

General Colin Powel

Winner of the 1991 Gulf War (and so much more) died at age 52.

Dusty Hillbillies

Part of the Legendary ZZ-Top, died at age 72

Michael Collins

Apollo 11 astronaut (circled the moon 14 times while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon) died at age 90

Peter de Vries

Crime reporter famous for his tenacity and success in either bringing criminals to justice or free those wrongfully convicted, liquidated at age 64

(Source: The internet)

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(this one i kept very brief, i'm sure there will be plenty in depth and detailed articles posted here about this topic, so i thought it would be pointless to spend much effort myself)

BIGGEST CRYPTO PHRASES 2021

DeFi!

Growth of StableCoins!

Introduction of Tax Regulations in the US!

Central Bank Digital Currencies!

Exchange Traded Funds!

NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens!

Bitcoin Cash proves it is the true Bitcoin!

(Source: analyticinsight.net)

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Number of humans on this planet:

World Population 7,874,965,825

1.03% more than last year.

(source:worldpopulationreview.com)

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Average number of hours worked per week (global)

On average the number of hours people worked this year per week was 43.4 which is 1,6 hours less than last year.

(source imanet.org)

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Top 10 Songs of 2021

1

DRIVERS LICENSE

OLIVIA RODRIGO

2

GOOD 4 U

OLIVIA RODRIGO

3

BAD HABITS

ED SHEERAN

4

SAVE YOUR TEARS

WEEKND

5

MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)

LIL NAS X

6

LEVITATING

DUA LIPA

7

BODY

TION WAYNE & RUSS MILLIONS

8

WELLERMAN

NATHAN EVANS/220KID/BILLEN TED

9

FRIDAY

RITON/NIGHTCRAWLERS/MUFASA

10

BLINDING LIGHTS

WEEKND

(source: officialcharts.com)

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Top 10 viewed videos on youtube 2021

MrBeast: I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive

Dream: Minecraft Speedrunner VS 5 Hunters

Mark Rober: Glitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer (who gets arrested)

NFL: The Weeknd's FULL Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show

CoryxKenshin: Friday Night Funkin' KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER (Part 2)

Dhar Mann: Kids MAKE FUN OF Boy With AUTISM, They Instantly Regret It

America's Got Talent: Golden Buzzer: Nightbirde's Original Song Makes Simon Cowell Emotional

Biden Inaugural Committee: The Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris | Jan. 20th, 2021

Forge Labs: I Spent 100 Days in a Zombie Apocalypse in Minecraft... Here's What Happened

Dude Perfect: Game Night Stereotypes

(Source CNN.com)

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Best sold games 2021

Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War Activision Blizzard (Corp)

Call of Duty: Vanguard Activision Blizzard (Corp)

Madden NFL 22 Electronic Arts

MLB: The Show 21^ Sony (Corp)

Resident Evil: Village Capcom USA

Battlefield 2042 Electronic Arts

Super Mario 3D World* Nintendo

Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl* Nintendo

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Sony (Corp)

Far Cry 6 Ubisoft

(source NPD.com)

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Top selling movies 2021

Current Rank Prior Rank Title Distributor Genre Release Date

F9: The Fast Saga

Jungle Cruise

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch

Suicide Squad

PAW Patrol: The Movie

Free Guy

Godzilla vs. Kong

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

(source NPD.com)

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Top 10 Scams 2021

Debt Collection

Fake Government Officials

Identity Theft/Fishing/Pharming

Phone Scams

Loans Scams/Credit Fixers

Faike prizes, sweepstakes, giveaways, lotteries.

Internet Merchendise Scams

Auitomobile Complaints

Credit Bureaus and related

Phishing/Spoofing emails.

(source consumerfraudreporting.org)

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Top 10 Biggest economies 2021

(in US dollars)

United States – 22.68 Trillion

China – 16.64 Trillion

Japan – 5.38 Trillion

Gerrmany – 4.3 Trillion

India – 3.15 Trillion

United Kingdom – 3.12 Trillion

France – 2.9 Trillion

Italy – 2.1 Trillion

Canada – 1.8 Trillion

South Korea – 1.71 Trillion

(source infos10.com)

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Top 10 Happiest countries 2021

Finland

Iceland

Denmark

Switzerland

THE NETHERLANDS

Sweden

Germany

Norway

New Zealand

Austria

(source infos10.com)

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Top 10 least worth currencies 2021

01. Venezuelan Bolívares – 1 USD = 429,611 VES

02. Iranian Rial – 1 USD = 42,033 IRR

03. Vietnamese Dongs – 1 USD = 22,753 VND

04. Indonesian Rupiahs – 1 USD = 14,318 IDR

05. Uzbekistani Sums – 1 USD = 10,673 UZS

06. Sierra Leonean Leones – 1 USD = 10,553 SLL

07. Lao Kips – 1 USD = 9,889 LAK

08. Guinean Francs – 1 USD = 9,770 GNF

09. Paraguayan Guarani – 1 USD = 6,897 PYG

10. Cambodian Riels – 1 USD = 4,088 KHR

(source Infos10.com)

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Top 10 Richest persons 2021

1.

Jeff Bezos

$177 B

Amazon

2.

Elon Musk

$151 B

Tesla, SpaceX

3.

Bernard Arnault & family

$150 B

LVMH

4.

Bill Gates

$124 B

Microsoft

5.

Mark Zuckerberg

$97 B

Facebook

6.

Warren Buffett

$96 B

Berkshire Hathaway

7.

Larry Ellison

$93 B

software

8.

Larry Page

$91.5 B

Google

9.

Sergey Brin

$89 B

Google

10.

Mukesh Ambani

$84.5 B

diversified

(Source: There can be only one source for this ofcourse!)

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And there you have it. The year 2021, if you look beyond the Covid misery. Of course there are a lot more things you can top 10 or best of for 2021 but I thought these were a nice lighthearted couple of lists facts and such that were interesting enough to share. Got any top 10's or facts or whatever that you feel I should have absolutely included? Put 'em in the comments and I'll try to update the article with your choices!!

Thank you for reading this!

Stay safe and stay happy!

Have a Very awesome CHRISTmas holiday, and for those who will miss my last article I wish everyone a 2022 that will be so awesome, the kids in 3022 will learn about it in history class!