2011

The Top 150 Hits of… 2011

Once again this list goes to 152 and includes two songs that weren’t really hits, one collectively representing the chart entries from each half season of Glee. Season 2.2 had a record number of songs hit the chart (52!) but they weren’t quite as successful as the songs from 2.1. “Loser Like Me,” one of the few original songs from the series, reps 2.2 at #47. By season 3 the show lost its sales mojo (whew!) charting only 23 songs, the biggest being a medley of Adele songs, at #111 here.

Adele herself was the big story of 2011. Her first two singles from 21 are at #’s 2 & 5.

This was also the year that Katy Perry tied Michael Jackson’s record of five #1’s from one album. The third through fifth singles from Teenage Dream are at #’s 6, 8, and 18.

1. Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO
2. Rolling in the Deep – Adele
3. Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
4. Give Me Everything – Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
5. Someone Like You – Adele
6. Firework – Katy Perry
7. F**k You (Forget You) – Cee Lo Green
8. E.T. – Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
9. Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
10. Grenade – Bruno Mars
11. Pumped Up Kicks – Foster the People
12. Stereo Hearts – Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine
13. Raise Your Glass – Pink
14. Only Girl (In the World) – Rihanna
15. Just Can’t Get Enough – The Black Eyed Peas
16. On the Floor – Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
17. S&M – Rihanna
18. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry
19. What’s My Name? – Rihanna feat. Drake
20. Without You – David Guetta feat. Usher
21. If I Die Young – The Band Perry
22. Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You) – Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
23. Born This Way – Lady Gaga
24. F**kin’ Perfect – Pink
25. We R Who We R – Ke$ha
26. Look at Me Now – Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne
27. Down on Me – Jeremih feat. 50 Cent
28. How to Love – Lil Wayne
29. Good Life – OneRepublic
30. Just a Kiss – Lady Antebellum
31. The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars
32. Black and Yellow – Wiz Khalifa
33. Till the World Ends – Britney Spears
34. The Show Goes On – Lupe Fiasco
35. The Edge of Glory – Lady Gaga
36. Tonight Tonight – Hot Chelle Rae
37. No Hands – Waka Flocka Flame feat. Roscoe Dash & Wale
38. Blow – Ke$ha
39. Lighters – Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars
40. Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) – Pitbull feat. T-Pain
41. The Time (Dirty Bit) – The Black Eyed Peas
42. Headlines – Drake
43. You Make Me Feel… – Cobra Starship feat Sabi
44. Coming Home – Diddy-Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey
45. 6 Foot 7 Foot – Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz
46. Dirt Road Anthem – Jason Aldean
47. Loser Like Me – Glee Season 2.2
48. I Wanna Go – Britney Spears
49. I’m on One – DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
50. You and I – Lady Gaga
51. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson
52. Yeah 3x – Chris Brown
53. Stereo Love – Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina
54. Jar of Hearts – Christina Perri
55. Moment 4 Life – Nicki Minaj feat. Drake
56. I Need a Doctor – Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey
57. Motivation – Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne
58. In the Dark – Dev
59. She Will – Lil Wayne
60. Roll Up – Wiz Khalifa
61. Rocketeer – Far*East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder
62. All of the Lights – Kanye West
63. Hold It Against Me – Britney Spears
64. More – Usher
65. What the Hell – Avril Lavigne
66. Written in the Stars – Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner
67. For the First Time – The Script
68. Honey Bee – Blake Shelton
69. Back to December – Taylor Swift
70. Please Don’t Go – Mike Posner
71. God Gave Me You – Blake Shelton
72. Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson
73. Pretty Girl Rock – Keri Hilson
74. Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band
75. Cheers (Drink to That) – Rihanna
76. It Girl – Jason Derulo
77. Who Says – Selena Gomez & the Scene
78. Barefoot Blue Jean Night – Jake Owen
79. Knee Deep – Zac Brown Band feat. Jimmy Buffet
80. Country Girl (Shake It for Me) – Luke Bryan
81. Remind Me – Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
82. Backseat – New Boyz feat. the Cataracs & Dev
83. Best Thing I Never Had – Beyoncé
84. Fly – Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna
85. Don’t Wanna Go Home – Jason Derulo
86. Where Them Girls At – David Guetta feat. Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj
87. She Ain’t You – Chris Brown
88. Take a Back Road – Rodney Atkins
89. Mr. Saxobeat – Alexandra Stan
90. Whip My Hair – Willow
91. Sure Thing – Miguel
92. Price Tag – Jessie J feat. B.o.B.
93. Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not – Thompson Square
94. You and Tequila – Kenny Chesney feat. Grace Potter
95. Mean – Taylor Swift
96. Otis – Jay-Z Kanye West
97. Somewhere with You – Kenny Chesney
98. Colder Weather – Zac Brown Band
99. My Last – Big Sean feat. Chris Brown
100. Aston Martin Music – Rick Ross feat. Drake & Chrisette Michele
101. Easy – Rascal Flatts feat. Natasha Bedingfield
102. Right Thru Me – Nicki Minaj
103. Strange Clouds – B.o.B. feat. Lil Wayne
104. We Owned the Night – Lady Antebellum
105. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall – Coldplay
106. Felt Good on My Lips – Tim McGraw
107. Marvin & Chardonnay – Big Sean feat. Kanye West & Roscoe Dash
108. I Won’t Let Go – Rascal Flatts
109. Tomorrow – Chris Young
110. Nothing – The Script
111. Rumour Has It/Someone Like You – Glee Season 3.1
112. Never Say Never – Justin Bieber feat. Jaden Smith
113. Best Love Song – T-Pain feat. Chris Brown
114. Can’t Be Friends – Trey Songz
115. Sparks Fly – Taylor Swift
116. Marry Me – Train
117. You Lie – The Band Perry
118. A Little Bit Stronger – Sara Evans
119. Let Me Down Easy – Billy Currington
120. Marvin’s Room – Drake
121. Who Are You When I’m Not Looking – Blake Shelton
122. Take Over Control – Afrojack feat. Eva Simons
123. Baggage Claim – Miranda Lambert
124. Made in America – Toby Keith
125. Better with the Lights Off – New Boyz feat. Chris Brown
126. Am I the Only One – Dierks Bentley
127. Hello – Martin Solveig & Dragonette
128. Rhythm of Love – Plain White T’s
129. Old Alabama – Brad Paisley feat. Alabama
130. Dog Days Are Over – Florence + the Machine
131. If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away – Justin Moore
132. Waiting for the End – Linkin Park
133. Higher – Taio Cruz feat. Travie McCoy
134. Keep Your Head Up – Andy Grammer
135. Here for a Good Time – George Strait
136. What Do You Want – Jerrod Niemann
137. Heart Like Mine – Miranda Lambert
138. Bow Chicka Wow Wow – Mike Posner feat. Lil Wayne
139. Rain Over Me – Pitbull feat. Marc Anthony
140. Country Must Be Country Wide – Brantley Gilbert
141. The Cave – Mumford & Sons
142. Long Hot Summer – Keith Urban
143. Homeboy – Eric Church
144. Who Dat Girl – Flo Rida feat. Akon
145. This – Darius Rucker
146. Voices – Chris Young
147. Put You in a Song – Keith Urban
148. Memories – David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi
149. John – Lil Wayne feat. Rick Ross
150. Out of My Head – Lupe Fiasco feat. Trey Songz
151. Just Fishin’ – Jason Aldean
152. I Love You This Big – Scotty McCreery

1992

The Top 150 Hits of… 1992

Decided to take a break from more recent years and step back to the 90’s. 1992 was the first full year Billboard used the new, more accurate methods of compiling the Hot 100.

“Steel Bars” by Michael Bolton (#84) is the only song here that wasn’t released as a single. I remember thinking at the time how unfortunate that was as I was not a Bolton fan, this was one of the few songs of his that I liked, and I sure wasn’t going to buy his album to get it. I found out what I liked about it when I saw the writing credits: He co-wrote it with Bob Dylan.

Color Me Badd’s “Forever Love” (#71) was released as a single, but not until after it had already peaked at radio after 8 weeks on the airplay chart.

As will always be the case until radio-only songs were allowed on the Hot 100 in 1999, I used the airplay chart history for weeks in which a song was not on the main chart.

“Human Touch / Better Days” by Bruce Springsteen (#113) was a double a-sided single. Sales of the single plus airplay from both songs were combined for its Hot 100 point total every week. “Better Days” didn’t get a lot of airplay but what little it got surely enhanced the single’s chart performance. “Human Touch” would likely have been a few places lower on the year-end chart without it.

Boyz II Men set a new record for weeks at #1 with “End of the Road” (13 weeks). This had more to do with the new methodology than anything else. In fact that record would stand less than a year before it was broken again by Whitney Houston, then again by Boyz II Men two years after that, this time with Mariah Carey.

It wasn’t just #1 either. Turnover at the top of the chart slowed down considerably. In 1991, 102 songs made the top 10. In 1992, only 68 did. Before ’92, songs on this year-end list that peaked below #25 or so on the weekly chart were unusual. Post-’92, there are a few songs here that never made the top 40.

1. End of the Road – Boyz II Men
2. Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
3. Baby-Baby-Baby – TLC
4. Jump – Kris Kross
5. Save the Best for Last – Vanessa Williams
6. All 4 Love – Color Me Badd
7. Just Another Day – Jon Secada
8. Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
9. My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) – En Vogue
10. Under the Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
11. I Love Your Smile – Shanice
12. Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough – Patty Smyth with Don Henley
13. Jump Around – House of Pain
14. To Be with You – Mr. Big
15. I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
16. Black or White – Michael Jackson
17. Finally – CeCe Peniston
18. It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday – Boyz II Men
19. Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus
20. Set Adrift on Memory Bliss – P.M. Dawn
21. How Do You Talk to An Angel – The Heights
22. I’ll Be There – Mariah Carey
23. November Rain – Guns n’ Roses
24. Can’t Let Go – Mariah Carey
25. Life Is a Highway – Tom Cochrane
26. Remember the Time – Michael Jackson
27. This Used to Be My Playground – Madonna
28. When a Man Loves a Woman – Michael Bolton
29. Diamonds and Pearls – Prince and the N.P.G.
30. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – George Michael/Elton John
31. Masterpiece – Atlantic Starr
32. If You Asked Me To – Celine Dion
33. Humpin’ Around – Bobby Brown
34. Giving Him Something He Can Feel – En Vogue
35. Live and Learn – Joe Public
36. Tell Me What You Want Me to Do – Tevin Campbell
37. Come & Talk to Me – Jodeci
38. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
39. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover – Sophie B. Hawkins
40. Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg – TLC
41. Back to the Hotel – N2Deep
42. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
43. Move This – Technotronic feat. Ya Kid K
44. Tennessee – Arrested Development
45. The Best Things in Life Are Free – Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson
46. Would I Lie to You? – Charles & Eddie
47. Make It Happen – Mariah Carey
48. She’s Playing Hard to Get – Hi-Five
49. Blowing Kisses in the Wind – Paula Abdul
50. 2 Legit 2 Quit – Hammer
51. People Everyday – Arrested Development
52. The One – Elton John
53. Stay – Shakespear’s Sister
54. Please Don’t Go – K.W.S.
55. Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) – Mint Condition
56. Wishing on a Star – The Cover Girls
57. Good for Me – Amy Grant
58. Walking on Broken Glass – Annie Lennox
59. All I Want – Toad the Wet Sprocket
60. I Can’t Dance – Genesis
61. That’s What Love Is For – Amy Grant
62. Hazard – Richard Marx
63. Mysterious Ways – U2
64. Free Your Mind – En Vogue
65. Too Funky – George Michael
66. One – U2
67. No Son of Mine – Genesis
68. Wildside – Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch
69. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad – Def Leppard
70. When I Look into Your Eyes – Firehouse
71. Forever Love – Color Me Badd
72. Keep On Walkin’ – CeCe Peniston
73. Hold On My Heart – Genesis
74. The Way I Feel About You – Karyn White
75. Beauty and the Beast – Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson
76. Warm It Up – Kris Kross
77. In the Closet – Michael Jackson
78. Do I Have to Say the Words? – Bryan Adams
79. Erotica – Madonna
80. Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
81. Everything About You – Ugly Kid Joe
82. Keep Coming Back – Richard Marx
83. Thought I’d Die and Gone to Heaven – Bryan Adams
84. Steel Bars – Michael Bolton
85. Addams Groove – Hammer
86. Missing You Now – Michael Bolton
87. Everything Changes – Kathy Troccoli
88. Take This Heart – Richard Marx
89. I Wanna Love You – Jade
90. Uhh Ahh – Boyz II Men
91. Justified and Ancient – The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette
92. Broken Arrow – Rod Stewart
93. Live for Loving You – Gloria Estefan
94. Slow Motion – Color Me Badd
95. Thinkin’ Back – Color Me Badd
96. Keep It Comin’ – Keith Sweat
97. Just Take My Heart – Mr. Big
98. I Will Remember You – Amy Grant
99. We Got a Love Thang – CeCe Peniston
100. I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
101. Forever My Lady – Jodeci
102. Let’s Get Rocked – Def Leppard
103. They Want EFX – Das EFX
104. Someone to Hold – Trey Lorenz
105. Nu Nu – Lidell Townsell & M.T.F.
106. I’ll Get By – Eddie Money
107. Mind Playing Tricks on Me – Geto Boys
108. Do It to Me – Lionel Richie
109. Jesus He Knows Me – Genesis
110. Is It Good to You – Heavy D & the Boyz
111. I’m the One You Need – Jody Watley
112. Angel Baby – Angelica
113. Human Touch / Better Days – Bruce Springsteen
114. You Remind Me – Mary J. Blige
115. Oochie Coochie – MC Brains
116. Just for Tonight – Vanessa Williams
117. Restless Heart – Peter Cetera
118. Change – Lisa Stansfield
119. I’ve Got a Lot to Learn About Love – The Storm
120. Spending My Time – Roxette
121. Too Blind to See It – Kym Sims
122. Love Me All Up – Stacy Earl
123. I Will Be Here for You – Michael W. Smith
124. You Won’t See Me Cry – Wilson Phillips
125. Nothing Broken But My Heart – Celine Dion
126. Vibeology – Paula Abdul
127. Kiss You Back – Digital Underground
128. Until Your Love Comes Back Around – RTZ
129. Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) – Rozalla
130. Crossover – EPMD
131. Save Up All Your Tears – Cher
132. Will You Marry Me? – Paula Abdul
133. Take Time – Chris Walker
134. Tender Kisses – Tracie Spencer
135. Always the Last to Know – Del Amitri
136. Top of the World – Van Halen
137. Mama, I’m Coming Home – Ozzy Osbourne
138. Jam – Michael Jackson
139. Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ) – R. Kelly & Public Announcement
140. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted – Paul Young
141. I Wanna Be Your Girl – Icy Blu
142. Not Enough Time – INXS
143. Give U My Heart – Babyface feat. Toni Braxton
144. Stay – Jodeci
145. What Goes Around Comes Around – Giggles
146. Come As You Are – Nirvana
147. Why – Annie Lennox
148. If You Go Away – New Kids on the Block
149. You Showed Me – Salt-n-Pepa
150. Mr. Loverman – Shabba Ranks

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

2009

The Top 150 Hits of… 2009

This list goes to 151 because of a very special case. Glee debuted in 2009. In it’s first half-season before the Winter break, the cast put 25 songs on the chart: 20 of them for only 1 week, 3 for 2, 1 for 3, and the biggest “hit” of the lot, “Don’t Stop Believin’” lasted six weeks, including one week at #4. You can’t really call these one-week wonders “hits”, but the whole Glee thing needed to be represented somehow. They were too much of a presence on the chart to ignore. So what I did here, and what I will do in future lists, is combine all of the points for every song in the half-season and have it represented by whichever song was most successful. “Don’t Stop Believin’” represents the entirety of season 1.1 at #79 and the list is 151 places long so that we still have 150 real hits.

It was really hard to get a song to #1 in 2009 because the Black Eyed Peas monopolized that position for half the year. 12 weeks of “Boom Boom Pow” was followed by 14 weeks of “I Gotta Feeling.” That’s a record for consecutive weeks at #1. Usher is second with 20 in 2004, accomplished with “Yeah!” and “Burn.” But Usher holds the record for most weeks at #1 in a single year (28) when adding “My Boo” and “Confessions Part II” to the previous two songs.

Another record holder for 2009 is “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz. It spent the most weeks ever on the Hot 100 (76).

1. I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
2. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
3. Boom Boom Pow – The Black Eyed Peas
4. Just Dance – Lady Gaga
5. You Belong with Me – Taylor Swift
6. Down – Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne
7. Love Story – Taylor Swift
8. Poker Face – Lady Gaga
9. Live Your Life – T.I. feat. Rihanna
10. Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
11. Hot n Cold – Katy Perry
12. Whatcha Say – Jason DeRulo
13. Right Round – Flo Rida
14. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé
15. Heartless – Kanye West
16. Party in the U.S.A. – Miley Cyrus
17. Gives You Hell – The All-American Rejects
18. Let It Rock – Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne
19. Dead and Gone – T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake
20. You Found Me – The Fray
21. Knock You Down – Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo
22. Blame It – Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain
23. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) – Pitbull
24. Kiss Me Thru the Phone – Soulja Boy Tell’em feat. Sammie
25. The Climb – Miley Cyrus
26. Best I Ever Had – Drake
27. Paparazzi – Lady Gaga
28. Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
29. Womanizer – Britney Spears
30. My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson
31. Halo – Beyoncé
32. Love Lockdown – Kanye West
33. Second Chance – Shinedown
34. Circus – Britney Spears
35. Day ‘n’ Nite – Kid Cudi
36. Don’t Trust Me – 3OH!3
37. Fire Burning – Sean Kingston
38. Sweet Dreams – Beyoncé
39. Lovegame – Lady Gaga
40. Waking Up in Vegas – Katy Perry
41. Birthday Sex – Jeremih
42. Gotta Be Somebody – Nickelback
43. If I Were a Boy – Beyoncé
44. Obsessed – Mariah Carey
45. Fallin’ for You – Colbie Caillat
46. Sober – Pink
47. Right Now (Na Na Na) – Akon
48. Mad – Ne-Yo
49. Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester
50. Hotel Room Service – Pitbull
51. Chicken Fried – Zac Brown Band
52. One Time – Justin Bieber
53. Evacuate the Dancefloor – Cascada
54. Crack a Bottle – Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
55. Turnin’ Me On – Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne
56. I Hate This Part – The Pussycat Dolls
57. Please Don’t Leave Me – Pink
58. Green Light – John Legend feat. Andre 3000
59. Beautiful – Akon feat. Colby O’Donis & Kardinal Offishall
60. Battlefield – Jordin Sparks
61. She Wolf – Shakira
62. Sugar – Flo Rida feat. Wynter
63. New Divide – Linkin Park
64. Break Up – Mario feat. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett
65. No Surprise – Daughtry
66. Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood
67. Every Girl – Young Money
68. If Today Was Your Last Day – Nickelback
69. Untouched – The Veronicas
70. Throw It in the Bag – Fabolous feat. The-Dream
71. Love Drunk – Boys Like Girls
72. White Horse – Taylor Swift
73. I Love College – Asher Roth
74. If U Seek Amy – Britney Spears
75. Big Green Tractor – Jason Aldean
76. 21 Guns – Green Day
77. Say Hey (I Love You) – Michael Franti & Spearhead feat Cherine Anderson
78. Turn My Swag On – Soulja Boy Tell’em
79. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Glee Cast (Season 1.1)
80. Pop Champagne – Jim Jones & Ron Browz feat. Juelz Santana
81. Toes – Zac Brown Band
82. Rockin’ That Thang – The-Dream
83. Diva – Beyoncé
84. Then – Brad Paisley
85. Her Diamonds – Rob Thomas
86. How Do You Sleep? – Jesse McCartney feat. Ludacris
87. I Run to You – Lady Antebellum
88. I Do Not Hook Up – Kelly Clarkson
89. People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
90. Whatever It Is – Zac Brown Band
91. Goodbye – Kristinia DeBarge
92. Pretty Wings – Maxwell
93. Never Say Never – The Fray
94. One More Drink – Ludacris feat. T-Pain
95. Light On – David Cook
96. Alright – Darius Rucker
97. 1, 2, 3, 4 – The Plain White T’s
98. She’s Country – Jason Aldean
99. Chopped ‘n’ Skrewed – T-Pain feat. Ludacris
100. Rehab – Rihanna
101. That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings
102. You’re a Jerk – New Boyz
103. All of the Above – Maino feat. T-Pain
104. Do I – Luke Bryan
105. Ice Cream Paint Job – Dorrough
106. Human – The Killers
107. I’m So Paid – Akon feat. Lil Wayne & Young Jeezy
108. I Told You So – Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
109. Best Days of Your Life – Kellie Pickler
110. Kiss a Girl – Keith Urban
111. Sideways – Dierks Bentley
112. Sweet Thing – Keith Urban
113. Out Last Night – Kenny Chesney
114. Roll with Me – Montgomery Gentry
115. Be on You – Flo Rida feat. Ne-Yo
116. Cowgirls Don’t Cry – Brooks & Dunn with Reba McEntire
117. Successful – Drake feat. Trey Songz & Lil Wayne
118. It Happens – Sugarland
119. Good Love Her – Toby Keith
120. I Don’t Care – Fall Out Boy
121. Wasted – Gucci Mane feat. Plies or OJ da Juiceman
122. Feel That Fire – Dierks Bentley
123. Here Comes Goodbye – Rascal Flatts
124. Summer Nights – Rascal Flatts
125. Getting’ You Home (The Black Dress Song) – Chris Young
126. She Wouldn’t Be Gone – Blake Shelton
127. Lucky – Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
128. Only You Can Love Me This Way – Keith Urban
129. It Won’t Be Like This for Long – Darius Rucker
130. Not Meant to Be – Theory of a Deadman
131. Already Gone – Sugarland
132. Ego – Beyoncé
133. American Ride – Toby Keith
134. Imma Star (Everywhere We Are) – Jeremih
135. Love Sex Magic – Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake
136. Thinking of You – Katy Perry
137. Small Town USA – Justin Moore
138. Boyfriend #2 – Pleasure P
139. Ain’t I – Yung L.A. feat. Yung Dro & T.I.
140. Know Your Enemy – Green Day
141. It’s America – Rodney Atkins
142. We Made You – Eminem
143. Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
144. Boots On – Randy Houser
145. I’m Alive – Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews
146. Decode – Paramore
147. Bust Your Windows – Jazmine Sullivan
148. I’m in Miami Trick – LMFAO
149. I’m on a Boat – Lonely Island feat. T-Pain
150. Down the Road – Kenny Chesney with Mac McAnally
151. Body Language – Jesse McCartney feat. T-Pain

2008

The Top 150 hits of… 2008

A few artists were still holding out on or experimenting with the digital medium in 2008. Kid Rock declined to put his material on iTunes at the time. So his big hit that year, “All Summer Long” was on the chart on the basis of airplay alone. The market stepped in to fill the void left by the absence of a digital single and two cover versions of the song made the chart, one after the other, on the strength of their sales, for a total of 20 weeks. I combined the points from the original and the covers to determine the placement of “All Summer Long” here (#56). The song was among the top 30 most played of the year and would likely have done the same on the combined chart had a digital single been available.

There were also 3 weeks in which “American Boy” by Estelle was removed from iTunes and a cover version made the chart. The nine points from that version’s 3 weeks didn’t make a difference in the song’s placement here (#42).

1. Low – Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
2. No One – Alicia Keys
3. Apologize – Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
4. Viva la Vida – Coldplay
5. Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
6. Whatever You Like
7. Disturbia – Rihanna
8. Lollipop – Lil Wayne feat. Static Major
9. No Air – Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown
10. Bubbly – Colbie Caillat
11. Love Song – Sara Bareilles
12. Love in This Club – Usher feat. Young Jeezy
13. Forever – Chris Brown
14. So What – Pink
15. With You – Chris Brown
16. Paralyzer – Finger Eleven
17. Kiss Kiss – Chris Brown feat. T-Pain
18. Sexy Can I – Ray J & Yung Berg
19. Take a Bow – Rihanna
20. I Kissed a Girl – Katy Perry
21. Closer – Ne-Yo
22. Don’t Stop the Music – Rihanna
23. Pocketful of Sunshine – Natasha Bedingfield
24. Clumsy – Fergie
25. Tattoo – Jordin Sparks
26. Miss Independent – Ne-Yo
27. Touch My Body – Mariah Carey
28. 4 Minutes – Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake
29. Leavin’ – Jesse McCartney
30. Hate That I Love You – Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo
31. Dangerous – Kardinal Offishal feat. Akon
32. Can’t Believe It – T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne
33. See You Again – Miley Cyrus
34. Paper Planes – M.I.A.
35. Our Song – Taylor Swift
36. Better in Time – Leona Lewis
37. Shake It – Metro Station
38. Stop and Stare – OneRepublic
39. Take You There – Sean Kingston
40. Bust It Baby Part 2 – Plies feat. Ne-Yo
41. Got Money – Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain
42. American Boy – Estelle feat. Kanye West
43. Damaged – Danity Kane
44. A Milli – Lil Wayne
45. Sorry – Buckcherry
46. Independent – Webbie feat. Lil’ Phat & Lil’ Boosie
47. Like You’ll Never See Me Again – Alicia Keys
48. Teardrops on My Guitar (pop) – Taylor Swift
49. Fall for You – Secondhand Serenade
50. When I Grow Up – The Pussycat Dolls
51. Sensual Seduction – Snoop Dogg
52. Addicted – Saving Abel
53. Crush – David Archuleta
54. Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) – Wyclef Jean feat. Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia
55. What You Got – Colby O’Donis feat. Akon
56. All Summer Long – Kid Rock
57. Mrs. Officer – Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino & Kidd Kidd
58. It’s Not My Time – 3 Doors Down
59. Shadow of the Day – Linkin Park
60. In the Ayer – Flo Rida feat. will.i.am
61. Say – John Mayer
62. Hypnotized – Plies feat. Akon
63. One Step at a Time – Jordin Sparks
64. Love Like This – Natasha Bedingfield feat. Sean Kingston
65. Superstar – Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos
66. Can’t Help But Wait – Trey Songz
67. Suffocate – J. Holiday
68. Get Like Me – David Banner feat. Chris Brown
69. Realize – Colbie Caillat
70. Put On – Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West
71. Love Remains the Same – Gavin Rossdale
72. Just Fine – Mary J. Blige
73. My Life – The Game feat. Lil Wayne
74. The Time of My Life – David Cook
75. Misery Business – Paramore
76. Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body) – Three 6 Mafia feat. Project Pat, Young D & Superpower
77. Duffle Bag Boy – Playaz Circle feat. Lil Wayne
78. Burnin’ Up – Jonas Brothers
79. I Luv Your Girl – The-Dream
80. Swagga Like Us – Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne
81. Into the Night – Santana feat. Chad Kroger
82. Piece of Me – Britney Spears
83. The Boss – Rick Ross feat. T-Pain
84. In Love with a Girl – Gavin DeGraw
85. Spotlight – Jennifer Hudson
86. I Remember – Keyshia Cole
87. I Don’t Wanna Be in Love  (Dance Floor Anthem) – Good Charlotte
88. Flashing Lights – Kanye West feat. Dwele
89. Shattered (Turn the Car Around) – O.A.R.
90. Keeps Gettin’ Better – Christina Aguilera
91. 7 Things – Miley Cyrus
92. You’re Gonna Miss This – Trace Adkins
93. Feels Like Tonight – Daughtry
94. Heaven Sent – Keyshia Cole
95. She Got It – 2 Pistols feat T-Pain & Tay Dizm
96. All-American Girl – Carrie Underwood
97. New Soul – Yael Naim
98. Just a Dream – Carrie Underwood
99. Last Name – Carrie Underwood
100. Stay – Sugarland
101. Just Got Started Lovin’ You – James Otto
102. Whatever It Takes – Lifehouse
103. Need U Bad – Jazmine Sullivan
104. Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It – Darius Rucker
105. Crying Out for Me – Mario
106. I’m Still a Guy – Brad Paisley
107. I Saw God Today – George Strait
108. Mercy – Duffy
109. Falsetto – The-Dream
110. When You Look Me in the Eyes – Jonas Brothers
111. Handlebars – Flobots
112. Ready, Set, Don’t Go – Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus
113. Should’ve Said No – Taylor Swift
114. Take You Down – Chris Brown
115. All I Want to Do – Sugarland
116. Picture to Burn – Taylor Swift
117. Elevator – Flo Rida feat. Timbaland
118. She Never Cried in Front of Me – Toby Keith
119. Krazy – Pitbull feat. Lil Jon
120. Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven – Kenny Chesney feat. the Wailers
121. Pop Bottles – Birdman feat. Lil Wayne
122. Letter to Me – Brad Paisley
123. All Around Me – Flyleaf
124. Get Silly – V.I.C.
125. Swing – Savage feat. Soulja Boy Tell’em
126. Won’t Go Home Without You – Maroon 5
127. Calabria 2008 – Enur feat. Natasja
128. Waitin’ on a Woman – Brad Paisley
129. Home – Blake Shelton
130. What About Now – Daughtry
131. Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy) – Rodney Atkins
132. Bye Bye – Mariah Carey
133. Good Time – Alan Jackson
134. Shoulda Let You Go – Keyshia Cole feat. Amina
135. Feedback – Janet Jackson
136. Watching Airplanes – Gary Allan
137. Dey Know – Shawty Lo
138. Do You Believe Me Now – Jimmy Wayne
139. T-Shirt – Shontelle
140. Small Town Southern Man – Alan Jackson
141. The Way That I Love You – Ashanti
142. Get Buck in Here – DJ Felli Fel feat. Diddy, Akon, Ludacris & Lil Jon
143. Fake It – Seether
144. Winner at a Losing Game – Rascal Flatts
145. If I Never See Your Face Again – Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna
146. What Kinda Gone – Chris Cagle
147. The Anthem – Pitbull feat. Lil Jon
148. Right Here (Departed) – Brandy
149. Break the Ice – Britney Spears

What Do You Think About That – Montgomery Gentry