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The Iraq War ratchets up the tension and Hip-Hop is there for fist-pumping and blissed-out escape while Rock’s top hits offer a shoulder to cry on. Meanwhile, Beyonce goes solo and scores two #1s, 50 Cent conquers the charts with “In da Club” and Sean Paul injects Dancehall riddims into Pop’s mainstream with “Get Busy.” And it’s all there for just 99¢ an mp3 on the 100% legal iTunes Store launched by Apple in March!

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs during the calendar year

1. 50 Cent
2. R. Kelly
3. Christina Aguilera

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• Tie: 50 Cent/R. Kelly

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 26.3 years

#1 Songs   List of #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. B2K feat. P. Diddy – Bump, Bump, Bump (February, 1 wk)
2. Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J – All I Have (February, 4 wks)
3. 50 Cent – In Da Club (March, 9 wks)
4. Sean Paul – Get Busy (May, 3 wks)
5. 50 Cent feat. Nate Dogg – 21 Questions (May, 4 wks)
6. Clay Aiken – This Is the Night (June, 2 wks)
7. Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z – Crazy in Love (July, 8 wks)
8. Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee – Shake Ya Tailfeather (September, 4 wks)
9. Beyoncé feat. Sean Paul – Baby Boy (October, 9 wks)
10. Ludacris feat. Shawnna – Stand Up (December, 1 wk)

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Top 100 Songs Chart

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#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs that spent most of their chart runs in the year

1. Dick Haymes
2. Art Mooney & His Orchestra
3. Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• The Andrews Sisters (7)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 35.7

#1 Songs   List of #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra, vocal Vaughn Monroe & The Moon Maids – Ballerina (December ’47, 8 wks)
2. Art Mooney & His Orchestra – I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (February, 4 wks)
3. Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour & The Brazilians – Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) (March, 9 wks)
4. Ken Griffin at the Organ, vocal Jerry Wayne – You Can’t Be True Dear (May, 1 wk)
5. King Cole – Nature Boy (May, 6 wks)
6. Kay Kyser & His Orchestra, vocal Gloria Wood – Woody Wood-Pecker (July, 7 wks)
7. Al Trace & His New Orchestra, vocal Bob Vincent – You Call Everybody Darlin’ (August, 6 wks)
8. Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra – Twelfth Street Rag (August, 6 wks)
9. Margaret Whiting – A Tree in the Meadow (October, 1 wk)
10. Dinah Shore & Her Happy Valley Boys – Buttons and Bows (November, 10 wks)

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Post-Grunge and Smooth R&B Slow Jams hang on as Millennial Teen Pop ramps up, Total Request Live debuts on MTV, Apple ships the iMac and Drudge breaks the Clinton-Lewinski scandal, the first online news coup. Meanwhile, Retro Kitch conquers radio, matchbox 20 gets sued by their old Band and Titanic breaks box office records while supplying ’90s Pop Divadom’s spectacular chart finale.

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Billboard Radio Songs entries that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs (on the Billboard Radio Songs chart) during the calendar year

1. Matchbox Twenty
2. Backstreet Boys
3. Usher

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most charting songs on the Billboard Radio Songs chart during the year (song count in parentheses)

• 4-WAY TIE: Backstreet Boys/Usher/Janet/Madonna (3)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Billboard Radio Songs hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 27.4 years

#1 Songs   List of Billboard Radio Songs #1's that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On (January, 10 wks)
2. Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply (April, 5 wks)
3. Natalie Imbruglia – Torn (May, 11 wks)
4. Goo Goo Dolls – Iris (August, 18 wks)
5. Aerosmith – I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (October, 1 wk)

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Madonna takes center stage and becomes an icon, George Michael grows up and goes solo, and video fuels a surge of over-the-top melodrama on the charts as President Reagan starts his second term with a massive mandate, Rock turns 30, and a who’s who of Pop’s biggest stars raise millions for Africa with “We Are the World” and the Live Aid benefit. But where is Prince?

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Hot100 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs during the calendar year

1. Madonna
2. Bryan Adams
3. Phil Collins

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most Hot100 charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• 3-WAY TIE: Madonna/Bryan Adams/Prince (5)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Hot100 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 30.0 years

#1 Songs   List of Hot100 #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. Madonna – Like a Virgin (December ’84, 6 wks)
2. Foreigner – I Want to Know What Love Is (February, 2 wks)
3. Wham! feat. George Michael – Careless Whisper (February, 3 wks)
4. REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight This Feeling (March, 3 wks)
5. Phil Collins – One More Night (March, 2 wks)
6. USA for Africa – We Are the World (April, 4 wks)
7. Madonna – Crazy for You (May, 1 wk)
8. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) (May, 1 wk)
9. Wham! – Everything She Wants (Remix) (May, 2 wks)
10. Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World (June, 2 wks)
11. Bryan Adams – Heaven (June, 2 wks)
12. Phil Collins – Sussudio (July, 1 wk)
13. Duran Duran – A View to a Kill (July, 2 wks)
14. Paul Young – Everytime You Go Away (July, 1 wk)
15. Tears for Fears – Shout (August, 3 wks)
16. Huey Lewis & the News – Power of Love (August, 2 wks)
17. John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) (September, 2 wks)
18. Dire Straits – Money for Nothing (September, 3 wks)
19. Ready for the World – Oh Sheila (October, 1 wk)
20. A-Ha – Take on Me (October, 1 wk)
21. Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love for You (October, 1 wk)
22. Stevie Wonder – Part-Time Lover (November, 1 wk)
23. Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Theme (November, 1 wk)
24. Starship – We Built This City (November, 2 wks)
25. Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin – Separate Lives (November, 1 wk)
26. Mr. Mister – Broken Wings (December, 2 wks)

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#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Hot100 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs during the calendar year

1. Elton John
2. Gladys Knight & The Pips
3. Charlie Rich

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most Hot100 charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• 3-WAY TIE: Gladys Knight & Pips/Charlie Rich/James Brown (5)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Hot100 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 30.5 years

#1 Songs   List of Hot100 #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. Jim Croce – Time in a Bottle (December ’73, 2 wks)
2. Steve Miller Band – The Joker (January, 1 wk)
3. Al Wilson – Show and Tell (January, 1 wk)
4. Ringo Starr – You’re Sixteen (January, 1 wk)
5. Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were (February, 3 wks)
6. Love Unlimited Orchestra – Love’s Theme (February, 1 wk)
7. Terry Jacks – Seasons in the Sun (March, 3 wks)
8. Cher – Dark Lady (March, 1 wk)
9. John Denver – Sunshine on My Shoulders (March, 1 wk)
10. Blue Swede – Hooked on a Feeling (April, 1 wk)
11. Elton John – Bennie and the Jets (April, 1 wk)
12. MFSB feat. The Three Degrees – TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) (April, 2 wks)
13. Grand Funk – The Loco-Motion (May, 2 wks)
14. Ray Stevens – The Streak (May, 3 wks)
15. Paul McCartney & Wings – Band on the Run (June, 1 wk)
16. Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods – Billy, Don’t Be a Hero (June, 2 wks)
17. Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown (June, 1 wk)
18. The Hues Corporation – Rock the Boat (July, 1 wk)
19. George McCrae – Rock Your Baby (July, 2 wks)
20. John Denver – Annie’s Song (July, 2 wks)
21. Roberta Flack – Feel like Makin’ Love (August, 1 wk)
22. Paper Lace – The Night Chicago Died (August, 1 wk)
23. Paul Anka with Odia Coates – (You’re) Having My Baby (August, 3 wks)
24. Eric Clapton – I Shot the Sheriff (September, 1 wk)
25. Barry White – Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe (September, 1 wk)
26. Andy Kim – Rock Me Gently (September, 1 wk)
27. Olivia Newton-John – I Honestly Love You (October, 2 wks)
28. Billy Preston – Nothing from Nothing (October, 1 wk)
29. Dionne Warwicke & The Spinners – Then Came You (October, 1 wk)
30. Stevie Wonder – You Haven’t Done Nothin’ (November, 1 wk)
31. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (November, 1 wk)
32. John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band – Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (November, 1 wk)
33. Billy Swan – I Can Help (November, 2 wks)
34. Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting (December, 2 wks)
35. Harry Chapin – Cat’s in the Cradle (December, 1 wk)
36. Helen Reddy – Angie Baby (December, 1 wk)

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Streaming playlists revolutionize music discovery for the first time since Top 40 radio, and labels and platforms pounce to regain control of Pop from unpredictable fans and their chaotic clicks and taps. Meanwhile, breakthroughs by Trap Hip-Hop and The Weeknd steer things toward darker, more ominous waters and Taylor Swift leaves Nashville, goes full Pop, conquers the charts and powers two of the year’s biggest Male Singer-Songwriters.

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Hot100 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs during the calendar year

1. Taylor Swift
2. The Weeknd
3. Fetty Wap

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most Hot100 charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• Drake (23)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Hot100 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 27.7 years

#1 Songs   List of Hot100 #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (September ’14, 4 wks)
2. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (November ’14, 7 wks)
3. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk! (January, 14 wks)
4. Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth – See You Again (April, 12 wks)
5. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (June, 1 wk)
6. OMI – Cheerleader (July, 6 wks)
7. The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face (August, 3 wks)
8. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (September, 1 wk)
9. The Weeknd – The Hills (October, 6 wks)

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The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift each land two of the year’s top 10 hits as EDM Pop surges, the Great Recession bottoms out, Barack Obama becomes President and the King of Pop succumbs. Meanwhile, Gay marriage inflames the Culture Wars, Obama’s Beer Summit highlights racial profiling, Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift’s VMA speech to boost Beyoncé, and T.I. scores the first meme-wrought #1 with help from Rihanna in her first Rap record feature.

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Hot100 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs during the calendar year

1. Lady Gaga
2. Taylor Swift
3. Beyoncé

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most Hot100 charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• TIE: Glee Cast (25)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Hot100 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 28.9 years

#1 Songs   List of Hot100 #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. T.I. feat. Rihanna – Live Your Life (October ’08, 6 wks)
2. Britney Spears – Womanizer (October ’08, 1 wk)
3. Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (December ’08, 4 wks)
4. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis – Just Dance (January, 3 wks)
5. Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You (February, 2 wks)
6. Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – Crack a Bottle (February, 1 wk)
7. Flo Rida – Right Round (February, 6 wks)
8. Lady Gaga – Poker Face (April, 1 wk)
9. Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow (April, 12 wks)
10. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling (July, 14 wks)
11. Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne – Down (October, 2 wks)
12. Britney Spears – 3 (October, 1 wk)
13. Owl City – Fireflies (November, 2 wks)
14. Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say (November, 1 wk)

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Country crossover surges, Pop is migrating from AM to FM and the charts are a mishmash the year before MTV changes the game. Meanwhile, the Iran hostages are free, Reagan takes office and Americans are choosing confidence and optimism over ’70s malaise, strapping on their Walkmans, hitting the gym and getting “Physical.” And there’s a new spotlight on the dark side of fandom after John Lennon and the President are shot just months apart, Lennon fatally.

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Hot100 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs during the calendar year

1. Daryl Hall & John Oates
2. REO Speedwagon
3. Sheena Easton

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most Hot100 charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• 4-WAY TIE: Neil Diamond/Diana Ross/REO Speedwagon/Don McLean (4)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Hot100 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 33.1 years

#1 Songs   List of Hot100 #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over (December ’80, 5 wks)
2. Blondie – The Tide Is High (January, 1 wk)
3. Kool & The Gang – Celebration (February, 2 wks)
4. Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 (February, 2 wks)
5. Eddie Rabbitt – I Love a Rainy Night (February, 2 wks)
6. REO Speedwagon – Keep on Loving You (March, 1 wk)
7. Blondie – Rapture (March, 2 wks)
8. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Kiss on My List (April, 3 wks)
9. Sheena Easton – Morning Train (Nine to Five) (May, 2 wks)
10. Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes (May, 9 wks)
11. Stars on 45 – Medley (June, 1 wk)
12. Air Supply – The One That You Love (July, 1 wk)
13. Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl (August, 2 wks)
14. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie – Endless Love (August, 9 wks)
15. Christopher Cross – Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) (October, 3 wks)
16. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Private Eyes (November, 2 wks)
17. Olivia Newton-John – Physical (November, 10 wks)