2010

The Top 150 Hits of… 2010

The Glee juggernaut continued its chart rampage throughout 2010. As with last time, I chose to combine all of the points from all of the charted songs for each ½ season and have them represented by whichever song was the biggest “hit” among them. Seasons 1.2 and 2.1 charted 40 songs each, the latter set being quite a bit more popular than the former. You can find their representatives at #s 41 and 69. Guest stars seemed to boost sales.

A lot of times the #1 song of any year will be way out in front of the pack. Not so here. True, #s 5 & 6 are separated by 125 points but the top 5 are pretty close together. The top 3 are all top chart performers in one way or another. “Tik Tok” had the most weeks at #1 in 2010 (9), “Just the Way You Are” had the most in the top 10 (22), and “Need You Now” had the most in the top 40 (50) and on the whole chart (60).

EDIT 2/4/14

Billboard published a new list of the top Hot 100 hits of all time. As "Tik Tok" was quite a bit higher on that list than "Just the Way You Are," and "Need You Now" didn't make the list at all, I rearranged the top 3 here.

I was paying so little attention to pop music in 2011 that it was only when I did the chart research for that year that I discovered that "If I Die Young" by the Band Perry had a second chart run that began 5 months after the conclusion of the first. Unlike the early 2000's hits of Shania Twain and Faith Hill, there was not a different mix released to the initial Country markets than the later Pop markets. As it's the exact same song, I combined the points from its combined 52 weeks for the 2011 list, removing it from this one, leaving room for another song at the bottom.

If I find out that the two chart runs were for different versions of the song, I'll be back to re-edit.

1. Tik Tok – Ke$ha
2. Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
3. Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
4. Hey, Soul Sister – Train
5. Dynamite – Taio Cruz
6. Love the Way You Lie – Eminem feat. Rihanna
7. California Gurls – Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg
8. OMG – Usher feat. will.i.am
9. Empire of State of Mind – Jay-Z + Alicia Keys
10. Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
11. Airplanes – B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams
12. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love – Usher feat. Pitbull
13. Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
14. Break Your Heart – Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris
15. I Like It – Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull
16. Replay – Iyaz 328
17. Fireflies – Owl City
18. Sexy Chick – David Guetta feat. Akon
19. Just a Dream – Nelly
20. Nothin’ on You – B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars
21. Like a G6 – Far*East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev
22. Bedrock – Young Money feat. Lloyd
23. In My Head – Jason Derulo
24. Rude Boy – Rihanna
25. Telephone – Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé
26. Cooler Than Me – Mike Posner
27. Imma Be – The Black Eyed Peas
28. Billionaire – Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars
29. Not Afraid – Eminem
30. Bottoms Up – Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj
31. Breakeven – The Script
32. Your Love Is My Drug – Ke$ha
33. Club Can’t Handle Me – Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
34. Say Aah – Trey Songz feat. Fabolous
35. Find Your Love – Drake
36. Alejandro – Lady Gaga
37. 3 – Britney Spears
38. Meet Me Halfway – The Black Eyed Peas
39. Ridin’ Solo – Jason Derulo
40. How Low – Ludacris
41. Forget You – Glee Cast Season 2.1 feat. Gwyneth Paltrow
42. Mine – Taylor Swift
43. Haven’t Met You Yet – Michael Buble
44. Animal – Neon Trees
45. Carry Out – Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake
46. Forever – Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem
47. Bulletproof – La Roux
48. Already Gone – Kelly Clarkson
49. Secrets – OneRepublic
50. Baby – Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris
51. Whataya Want from Me – Adam Lambert
52. Live Like We’re Dying – Kris Allen
53. Right Above It – Lil Wayne feat. Drake
54. Young Forever – Jay-Z + Mr. Hudson
55. All the Right Moves – OneRepublic
56. Deuces – Chris Brown feat. Tyga & Kevin McCall
57. Do You Remember – Jay Sean feat. Sean Paul & Lil Jon
58. Stuck Like Glue – Sugarland
59. Hard – Rihanna feat. Jeezy
60. Take It Off – Ke$ha
61. Blah Blah Blah – Ke$ha feat. 3OH!3
62. According to You – Orianthi
63. My Chick Bad – Ludacris feat. Nicki Minaj
64. Tie Me Down – New Boyz feat. Ray J
65. Over – Drake
66. Misery – Maroon 5
67. Magic – B.o.B. feat. Rivers Cuomo
68. Poker Face – Glee Cast Season 1.2 feat. Adina Menzel
69. Smile – Uncle Cracker
70. Your Love – Nicki Minaj
71. Two Is Better Then One – Boys Like Girls
72. Impossible – Shontelle
73. My First Kiss – 3OH!3 feat. Ke$ha
74. Rock That Body – The Black Eyed Peas
75. Naturally – Selena Gomez & the Scene
76. Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready) – Alicia Keys
77. All I Do Is Win – DJ Khaled feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross
78. I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) – Kevin Rudolf feat. Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne
79. Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home) – Usher feat. Plies
80. I Can Transform Ya – Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz
81. There Goes My Baby – Usher
82. Today Was a Fairytale – Taylor Swift
83. Say Something – Timbaland feat. Drake
84. Undo It – Carrie Underwood
85. Fifteen – Taylor Swift
86. Love Like Woe – The Ready Set
87. Eenie Meenie – Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber
88. The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
89. The Only Exception – Paramore
90. King of Anything – Sara Bareilles
91. Money to Blow – Birdman feat. Lil Wayne & Drake
92. No Love – Eminem feat. Lil Wayne
93. American Honey – Lady Antebellum
94. Hot Tottie – Usher feat. Jay-Z
95. Life After You – Daughtry
96. Teach Me How to Dougie – Cali Swag District
97. The Boys of Fall – Kenny Chesney
98. Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart – Alicia Keys
99. Lover, Lover – Jerrod Niemann
100. Letting Go (Dutty Love) – Sean Kingston feat. Nicki Minaj
101. If I Had You – Adam Lambert
102. My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean
103. As She’s Walking Away – Zac Brown Band feat. Alan Jackson
104. Half of My Heart – John Mayer feat. Taylor Swift
105. Miss Me – Drake feat. Lil Wayne
106. We No Speak Americano – Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup
107. If It’s Love – Train
108. If You Only Knew – Shinedown
109. Pray for You – Jaron & the Long Road to Love
110. Fancy – Drake feat. T.I. & Swizz Beatz
111. Heartbreak Warfare – John Mayer
112. This Afternoon – Nickelback
113. The Truth – Jason Aldean
114. Free – Zac Brown Band
115. Rain Is a Good Thing – Luke Bryan
116. Hello Good Morning – Diddy – Dirty Money feat. T.I.
117. Gangsta Luv – Snoop Dogg feat. The-Dream
118. Got Your Back – T.I. feat. Keri Hilson
119. Gimmie That Girl – Soulja Boy Tell’em
120. Pretty Good at Drinkin’ Beer – Billy Currington
121. Love Like Crazy – Lee Brice
122. White Liar – Miranda Lambert
123. Why Don’t We Just Dance – Josh Turner
124. Getting’ Over You – David Guetta & Chris Willis feat. Fergie & LMFAO
125. Somebody to Love – Justin Bieber
126. It Kills Me – Melanie Fiona
127. September – Daughtry
128. Come Back Song – Darius Rucker
129. Solo – Iyaz
130. If We Ever Meet Again – Timbaland feat. Katy Perry
131. Highway 20 Ride – Zac Brown Band
132. Hillbilly Bone – Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
133. Consider Me Gone – Reba McEntire
134. Drop the World – Lil Wayne feat. Eminem
135. Russian Roulette – Rihanna
136. Ride – Ciara feat. Ludacris
137. I Invented Sex – Trey Songz feat. Drake
138. Halfway Gone – Lifehouse
139. I Never Told You – Colbie Caillat
140. Why Wait – Rascal Flatts
141. Check It Out – will.i.am feat. Nicki Minaj
142. Temporary Home – Carrie Underwood
143. Neighbors Know My Name – Trey Songz
144. Southern Voice – Tim McGraw
145. I Am – Mary J. Blige
146. Water – Brad Paisley
147. Our Kind of Love – Lady Antebellum
148. Baby by Me – 50 Cent feat. Ne-Yo
149. Lil Freak – Usher feat. Nicki Minaj
150. Farmer’s Daughter – Rodney Atkins
151. The Man I Want to Be – Chris Young 
152. Can’t Be Tamed – Miley Cyrus