"Saturday Night Live" has pulled out all the stops recruiting hosts for their 50th season, but the show is typically at its best when its cast gets to shine. For this reason, Charli XCX's turn commanding the Studio 8H stage proved to be one of the best stints yet this year.

Somehow, in a year when Beyoncé and Taylor Swift both dropped massive albums, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan each rocketed to overnight superstardom, and Kendrick Lamar reduced Drake’s career to shambles,