Saturday, April 14, 2012

2005

The Top 150 Hits of… 2005

Ten weeks into the 2005 chart year (the week of Feb. 12, to be exact), Billboard started incorporating digital download sales data into the Hot 100. I observed several effects in compiling this list. One was that rock artists got a big boost, with songs by Green Day and The Killers doing much better than they would have in the mostly airplay 2004 environment. Country seems to have a less tech savvy audience, with songs in that format struggling to make it as high on the chart as they did previously.

It also means that the point totals for songs that hit their peak in those first 10 weeks of the chart year often did not correlate with their position on the year-end chart. It seems like Billboard used digital sales for the entire year in making up their 2005 list, and the data for those first ten weeks would have made for very different Hot 100’s than the ones that were published. (Normally Billboard prints a small “How We Track the Hits” item in its year-end section to inform readers how they made up their year-end lists. They didn’t in 2005 so I don’t know if that’s accurate.)

Sales patterns seem to be quicker than airplay patterns. In the previous year, if a song got significant airplay on one of the smaller formats and not much anywhere else, Adult Top 40 for example, it could hang out in the lower half of the Hot 100 for a full 20 week run. Adding sales into the mixture meant a lot more songs visiting the chart for just a week or two, pushing other songs off the chart that would otherwise have had a slightly longer run. It’ll be interesting to see what effect the dozens of one week Glee Cast “hits” have when I get to those years.

Music-wise, 50 Cent and Kelly Clarkson are all over this list, Mariah Carey had the biggest hit of her career, and the aforementioned Green Day’s American Idiot album was a bona fide pop smash.

  1. We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
  2. Gold Digger – Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
  3. Let Me Love You – Mario
  4. Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
  5. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
  6. 1, 2 Step – Ciara feat. Missy Elliott
  7. You and Me – Lifehouse
  8. My Humps – The Black Eyed Peas
  9. Drop It Like It’s Hot – Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell
  10. Don’t Cha – Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes
  11. Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
  12. Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
  13. Candy Shop – 50 Cent feat. Olivia
  14. Behind These Hazel Eyes – Kelly Clarkson
  15. Disco Inferno – 50 Cent
  16. Beverly Hills – Weezer
  17. Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down – Fall Out Boy
  18. Shake It Off – Mariah Carey
  19. Over and Over – Nelly feat. Tim McGraw
  20. Don’t Phunk with My Heart – The Black Eyed Peas
  21. Lose Control – Missy Elliott feat. Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
  22. Mr. Brightside – The Killers
  23. Pon de Replay – Rihanna
  24. Just a Lil Bit – 50 Cent
  25. How We Do – The Game feat. 50 Cent
  26. Oh – Ciara feat. Ludacris
  27. Lonely No More – Rob Thomas
  28. Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz
  29. Lovers & Friends – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz feat. Usher & Ludacris
  30. Hate It or Love It – The Game feat. 50 Cent
  31. Soul Survivor – Young Jeezy feat. Akon
  32. Soldier – Destiny’s Child feat. T.I. & Lil Wayne
  33. Like You – Bow Wow feat. Ciara
  34. Switch – Will Smith
  35. Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
  36. Let Me Hold You – Bow Wow feat. Omarion
  37. Rich Girl – Gwen Stefani feat. Eve
  38. Obsession (No es Amor) – Frankie J feat. Baby Bash
  39. Caught Up – Usher
  40. Listen to your Heart – D.H.T.
  41. Scars – Papa Roach
  42. I Don’t Want to Be – Gavin DeGraw
  43. Let Me Go – 3 Doors Down
  44. Holiday – Green Day
  45. Wonderful – Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti
  46. I’m Sprung – T-Pain
  47. Grind with Me – Pretty Ricky
  48. Lonely – Akon
  49. Collide – Howie Day
  50. Slow Down – Bobby Valentino
  51. Some Cut – Trillville feat. Cutty
  52. Get It Poppin’ – Fat Joe feat. Nelly
  53. Play – David Banner
  54. Pimpin’ All Over the World – Ludacris feat. Bobby Valentino
  55. Karma – Alicia Keys
  56. Speed of Sound – Coldplay
  57. Sugar (Gimme Some) – Trick Daddy feat. Ludacris, Lil’ Kim & Cee-Lo
  58. Daughters – John Mayer
  59. Mockingbird – Eminem
  60. La Tortura – Shakira feat. Alelandro Sanz
  61. Baby I’m Back – Baby Bash feat. Akon
  62. Wait (The Whisper Song) – Ying Yang Twins
  63. Your Body – Pretty Ricky
  64. Incomplete – Backstreet Boys
  65. Bring Em Out – T.I.
  66. Get Back – Ludacris
  67. Cater 2 U – Destiny’s Child
  68. 1 Thing – Amerie
  69. Best of You – Foo Fighters
  70. It’s Like That – Mariah Carey
  71. Goin’ Crazy – Natalie
  72. Inside Your Heaven – Carrie Underwood
  73. Truth Is – Fantasia
  74. Beautiful Soul – Jesse McCartney
  75. Dare You to Move – Switchfoot
  76. Cool – Gwen Stefani
  77. Girl Tonite – Twista feat. Trey Songz
  78. Don’t Lie – The Black Eyed Peas
  79. Outta Control (Remix) – 50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep
  80. Vertigo – U2
  81. Just the Girl – The Click Five
  82. U Don’t Know Me – T.I.
  83. These Words – Natasha Bedingfield
  84. Get Right – Jennifer Lopez
  85. As Good as I Once Was – Toby Keith
  86. Girlfight – Brooke Valentine feat. Lil Jon & Big Boi
  87. Ordinary People – John Legend
  88. True – Ryan Cabrera
  89. Karma – Lloyd Banks feat. Avant
  90. O – Omarion
  91. Numb/Encore – Jay-Z/Linkin Park
  92. Only U – Ashanti
  93. Boyfriend – Ashlee Simpson
  94. Some Beach – Blake Shelton
  95. Back Then – Mike Jones
  96. Shorty Wanna Ride – Young Buck
  97. What U Gon’ Do – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz feat. Lil Scrappy
  98. Chariot – Gavin DeGraw
  99. Belly Dancer (Bananza) – Akon
  100. I Should Have Cheated – Keyshia Cole
  101. U Already Know – 112 feat. Foxy Brown
  102. Unbreakable – Alicia Keys
  103. Mississippi Girl – Faith Hill
  104. Number One Spot – Ludacris
  105. Give Me That – Webbie feat. Bun-B
  106. Bless the Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
  107. Baby It’s You – JoJo feat. Bow Wow
  108. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
  109. Look What You’ve Done – Jet
  110. Lady – Lenny Kravitz
  111. Give a Little Bit – Goo Goo Dolls
  112. Making Memories of Us – Keith Urban
  113. Mud on the Tires – Brad Paisley
  114. Fast Cars and Freedom – Rascal Flatts
  115. Badd – Ying Ying Twins feat. Mike Jones & Mr. ColliPark
  116. Something More – Sugarland
  117. Back When – Tim McGraw
  118. Must Be Nice – Lyfe Jennings
  119. Girl – Destiny’s Child
  120. Okay – Nivea feat. Lil Jon & YoungBloodz
  121. You’re My Better Half – Keith Urban
  122. Breathe (2AM) – Anna Nalick
  123. A Real Fine Place to Start – Sara Evans
  124. Free Yourself – Fantasia
  125. Awful, Beautiful Life – Darryl Worley
  126. Nothin’ to Lose – Josh Gracin
  127. B.Y.O.B. –System of a Down
  128. More Than Words – Frankie J
  129. How to Deal – Frankie J
  130. Better Life – Keith Urban
  131. Shake – Ying Ying Twins feat. Pitbull
  132. I’m a Hustla – Cassidy
  133. Baby Girl – Sugarland
  134. Almost – Bowling for Soup
  135. The Hand That Feeds – Nine Inch Nails
  136. Gasolina – Daddy Yankee
  137. That’s What I Love About Sunday – Craig Morgan
  138. Something to Be Proud Of – Montgomery Gentry
  139. Welcome to My Life – Simple Plan
  140. Tempted to Touch – Rupee
  141. Nothin’ ‘Bout Love Makes Sense – LeAnn Rimes
  142. Gone – Montgomery Gentry
  143. Anything but Mine – Kenny Chesney
  144. This Is How a Heart Breaks – Rob Thomas
  145. Make Her Feel Good – Teairra Mari
  146. The Woman with You – Kenny Chesney
  147. Redneck Yacht Club – Craig Morgan
  148. Encore – Eminem feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
  149. Nobody’s Home – Avril Lavigne
  150. Best I Ever Had – Gary Allan
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