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.
- We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
- Gold Digger – Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
- Let Me Love You – Mario
- Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
- Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
- 1, 2 Step – Ciara feat. Missy Elliott
- You and Me – Lifehouse
- My Humps – The Black Eyed Peas
- Drop It Like It’s Hot – Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell
- Don’t Cha – Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes
- Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
- Candy Shop – 50 Cent feat. Olivia
- Behind These Hazel Eyes – Kelly Clarkson
- Disco Inferno – 50 Cent
- Beverly Hills – Weezer
- Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down – Fall Out Boy
- Shake It Off – Mariah Carey
- Over and Over – Nelly feat. Tim McGraw
- Don’t Phunk with My Heart – The Black Eyed Peas
- Lose Control – Missy Elliott feat. Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
- Mr. Brightside – The Killers
- Pon de Replay – Rihanna
- Just a Lil Bit – 50 Cent
- How We Do – The Game feat. 50 Cent
- Oh – Ciara feat. Ludacris
- Lonely No More – Rob Thomas
- Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz
- Lovers & Friends – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz feat. Usher & Ludacris
- Hate It or Love It – The Game feat. 50 Cent
- Soul Survivor – Young Jeezy feat. Akon
- Soldier – Destiny’s Child feat. T.I. & Lil Wayne
- Like You – Bow Wow feat. Ciara
- Switch – Will Smith
- Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
- Let Me Hold You – Bow Wow feat. Omarion
- Rich Girl – Gwen Stefani feat. Eve
- Obsession (No es Amor) – Frankie J feat. Baby Bash
- Caught Up – Usher
- Listen to your Heart – D.H.T.
- Scars – Papa Roach
- I Don’t Want to Be – Gavin DeGraw
- Let Me Go – 3 Doors Down
- Holiday – Green Day
- Wonderful – Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti
- I’m Sprung – T-Pain
- Grind with Me – Pretty Ricky
- Lonely – Akon
- Collide – Howie Day
- Slow Down – Bobby Valentino
- Some Cut – Trillville feat. Cutty
- Get It Poppin’ – Fat Joe feat. Nelly
- Play – David Banner
- Pimpin’ All Over the World – Ludacris feat. Bobby Valentino
- Karma – Alicia Keys
- Speed of Sound – Coldplay
- Sugar (Gimme Some) – Trick Daddy feat. Ludacris, Lil’ Kim & Cee-Lo
- Daughters – John Mayer
- Mockingbird – Eminem
- La Tortura – Shakira feat. Alelandro Sanz
- Baby I’m Back – Baby Bash feat. Akon
- Wait (The Whisper Song) – Ying Yang Twins
- Your Body – Pretty Ricky
- Incomplete – Backstreet Boys
- Bring Em Out – T.I.
- Get Back – Ludacris
- Cater 2 U – Destiny’s Child
- 1 Thing – Amerie
- Best of You – Foo Fighters
- It’s Like That – Mariah Carey
- Goin’ Crazy – Natalie
- Inside Your Heaven – Carrie Underwood
- Truth Is – Fantasia
- Beautiful Soul – Jesse McCartney
- Dare You to Move – Switchfoot
- Cool – Gwen Stefani
- Girl Tonite – Twista feat. Trey Songz
- Don’t Lie – The Black Eyed Peas
- Outta Control (Remix) – 50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep
- Vertigo – U2
- Just the Girl – The Click Five
- U Don’t Know Me – T.I.
- These Words – Natasha Bedingfield
- Get Right – Jennifer Lopez
- As Good as I Once Was – Toby Keith
- Girlfight – Brooke Valentine feat. Lil Jon & Big Boi
- Ordinary People – John Legend
- True – Ryan Cabrera
- Karma – Lloyd Banks feat. Avant
- O – Omarion
- Numb/Encore – Jay-Z/Linkin Park
- Only U – Ashanti
- Boyfriend – Ashlee Simpson
- Some Beach – Blake Shelton
- Back Then – Mike Jones
- Shorty Wanna Ride – Young Buck
- What U Gon’ Do – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz feat. Lil Scrappy
- Chariot – Gavin DeGraw
- Belly Dancer (Bananza) – Akon
- I Should Have Cheated – Keyshia Cole
- U Already Know – 112 feat. Foxy Brown
- Unbreakable – Alicia Keys
- Mississippi Girl – Faith Hill
- Number One Spot – Ludacris
- Give Me That – Webbie feat. Bun-B
- Bless the Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
- Baby It’s You – JoJo feat. Bow Wow
- Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
- Look What You’ve Done – Jet
- Lady – Lenny Kravitz
- Give a Little Bit – Goo Goo Dolls
- Making Memories of Us – Keith Urban
- Mud on the Tires – Brad Paisley
- Fast Cars and Freedom – Rascal Flatts
- Badd – Ying Ying Twins feat. Mike Jones & Mr. ColliPark
- Something More – Sugarland
- Back When – Tim McGraw
- Must Be Nice – Lyfe Jennings
- Girl – Destiny’s Child
- Okay – Nivea feat. Lil Jon & YoungBloodz
- You’re My Better Half – Keith Urban
- Breathe (2AM) – Anna Nalick
- A Real Fine Place to Start – Sara Evans
- Free Yourself – Fantasia
- Awful, Beautiful Life – Darryl Worley
- Nothin’ to Lose – Josh Gracin
- B.Y.O.B. –System of a Down
- More Than Words – Frankie J
- How to Deal – Frankie J
- Better Life – Keith Urban
- Shake – Ying Ying Twins feat. Pitbull
- I’m a Hustla – Cassidy
- Baby Girl – Sugarland
- Almost – Bowling for Soup
- The Hand That Feeds – Nine Inch Nails
- Gasolina – Daddy Yankee
- That’s What I Love About Sunday – Craig Morgan
- Something to Be Proud Of – Montgomery Gentry
- Welcome to My Life – Simple Plan
- Tempted to Touch – Rupee
- Nothin’ ‘Bout Love Makes Sense – LeAnn Rimes
- Gone – Montgomery Gentry
- Anything but Mine – Kenny Chesney
- This Is How a Heart Breaks – Rob Thomas
- Make Her Feel Good – Teairra Mari
- The Woman with You – Kenny Chesney
- Redneck Yacht Club – Craig Morgan
- Encore – Eminem feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
- Nobody’s Home – Avril Lavigne
- Best I Ever Had – Gary Allan
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