1993

The Top 150 Hits of… 1993

Hoo boy. This is where the 90’s started to get tricky for chart followers. This list contains:

Radio-only songs that weren’t eligible for the Hot 100 (64, 127, 137, 148).

Songs that were released as singles but were on the airplay chart for 3-7 weeks before their commercial release (5, 7, 16, 19, 27, 30, 44, 62, 145).

Songs that were each one side of a double sided single which, since the airplay points from both sides were combined for the singles’ Hot 100 total every week, made it higher on the chart than either of their sides would have on their own (37, 138).

Songs (127, 134, the former on the airlplay chart, the latter on the Hot 100) that completed a 20-week chart run, were removed from the chart, but were allowed back for a few more weeks (9 and 7 respectively) when the songs were remarketed to radio. Nowadays they would have to have reached the top 50 to do that. Neither of them did here. So in both cases I used only 20 weeks out of their 29 or 27, but I used the highest scoring 20 weeks, regardless of whether or not they fell in the first 20.

Add to that the fact that Billboard modified its Hot 100 airplay panel part-way through the year which, for some reason, meant that songs that were released later in the year were higher on Billboard's year-end chart than those with similar point totals from earlier in the year, and you end up with a Top 150 list with which I had to make a number of adjustments.

Here is the result.

1. Whoomp! (There It Is) – Tag Team
2. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
3. Dreamlover – Mariah Carey
4. Can’t Help Falling in Love – UB40
5. Freak Me – Silk
6. That’s the Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson
7. Weak – SWV
8. Rhythm Is a Dancer – Snap
9. If I Ever Fall in Love – Shai
10. Informer – Snow
11. I’d Die Without You – P.M. Dawn
12. Rump Shaker – Wreckx-N-Effect
13. Nuthin’ but a G Thang – Dr. Dre
14. Don’t Walk Away – Jade
15. I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) – Meat Loaf
16. In the Still of the Night – Boyz II Men
17. Knockin’ da Boots – H-Town
18. If – Janet Jackson
19. Mr. Wendal – Arrested Development
20. Real Love – Mary J. Blige
21. The River of Dreams – Billy Joel
22. Lately – Jodeci
23. Dazzey Duks – Duice
24. Show Me Love – Robin S.
25. A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme) – Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
26. I’m So Into You – SWV
27. I Have Nothing – Whitney Houston
28. Love Is – Vanessa Williams/Brian McKnight
29. Saving Forever for You – Shanice
30. Good Enough – Bobby Brown
31. What About Your Friends – TLC
32. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
33. Ditty – Paperboy
34. Two Princes – Spin Doctors
35. Ordinary World – Duran Duran
36. Just Kickin’ It – Xscape
37. Right Here (Human Nature) – SWV
38. I’ll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me) – Exposé
39. Looking Through Patient Eyes – P.M. Dawn
40. I’m Every Woman – Whitney Houston
41. Hey Mr. DJ – Zhane
42. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
43. Have I Told You Lately – Rod Stewart
44. Comforter – Shai
45. Another Sad Love Song – Toni Braxton
46. Do You Believe in Us – Jon Secada
47. If I Had No Loot – Tony! Toni! Tone!
48. Slam – Onyx
49. Baby I’m Yours – Shai
50. Come Undone – Duran Duran
51. Hip Hop Hooray – Naughty by Nature
52. 7 – Prince & the New Power Generation
53. What Is Love – Haddaway
54. Cryin’ – Aerosmith
55. I Don’t Wanna Fight – Tina Turner
56. Whoot, There It Is – 95 South
57. I Get Around – 2Pac
58. Will You Be There – Michael Jackson
59. What’s Up – 4 Non Blondes
60. Here We Go Again! – Portrait
61. Bed of Roses – Bon Jovi
62. Deeper and Deeper – Madonna
63. Dre Day – Dr. Dre
64. Where Are You Now – Janet Jackson
65. Sweat (A La La La La Long) – Inner Circle
66. One Last Cry – Brian McKnight
67. Cat’s in the Cradle – Ugly Kid Joe
68. To Love Somebody – Michael Bolton
69. Love Is on the Way – Saigon Kick
70. Anniversary – Tony! Toni! Tone!
71. Bad Boys – Inner Circle
72. When She Cries – Restless Heart
73. Layla – Eric Clapton
74. I Got a Man – Positive K
75. Insane in the Brain – Cypress Hill
76. The Right Kind of Love – Jeremy Jordan
77. That’s What Love Can Do – Boy Krazy
78. Angel – Jon Secada
79. Forever in Love – Kenny G
80. It Was a Good Day – Ice Cube
81. Two Steps Behind – Def Leppard
82. Faithful – Go West
83. Rain – Madonna
84. More and More – Captain Hollywood Project
85. No Rain – Blind Melon
86. Come Baby Come – K7
87. Boom! Shake the Room – Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
88. Reason to Believe – Rod Stewart
89. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) – Digable Planets
90. Give It Up, Turn It Loose – En Vogue
91. Nothin’ My Love Can’t Fix – Joey Lawrence
92. Three Little Pigs – Green Jelly
93. Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong – Spin Doctors
94. Livin’ on the Edge – Aerosmith
95. Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
96. Walk on the Ocean – Toad the Wet Sprocket
97. Connected – Stereo MC’s
98. Who Is It – Michael Jackson
99. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You – Sting
100. Soul to Squeeze – Red Hot Chili Peppers
101. Flex – Mad Cobra
102. Fields of Gold – Sting
103. Ooh Child – Dino
104. Never a Time – Genesis
105. Break It Down Again – Tears for Fears
106. Check Yo Self – Ice Cube feat. Das EFX
107. Alright – Kris Kross feat. Supercat
108. One Woman – Jade
109. Can’t Get Enough of Your Love – Taylor Dane
110. The Last Song – Elton John
111. Sweet Thing – Mary J. Blige
112. I Got a Thang 4 Ya! – Lo-Key?
113. Where You Goin’ Now – Damn Yankees
114. Heal the World – Michael Jackson
115. I’m Gonna Get You – Bizarre Inc.
116. When I Fall in Love – Celine Dion & Clive Griffin
117. Very Special – Big Daddy Kane feat. Spinderella, L. Williams & K. Anderson
118. Get Away – Bobby Brown
119. The Crying Game – Boy George
120. Dedicated – R. Kelly & Public Announcement
121. I’m Free – Jon Secada
122. Something’s Goin’ On – U.N.V.
123. Hopelessly – Rick Astley
124. Down with the King – Run-DMC
125. Girl, I’ve Been Hurt – Snow
126. Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.
127. Plush – Stone Temple Pilots
128. Come Inside – Intro
129. RuffNeck – MC Lyte
130. So Alone – Men at Large
131. Run to You – Whitney Houston
132. Regret – New Order
133. By the Time This Night Is Over – Kenny G & Peabo Bryson
134. No Ordinary Love – Sade
135. Love Shoulda Brought You Home – Toni Braxton
136. Creep – Radiohead
137. Have I Told You Lately (studio) – Rod Stewart
138. Girl U for Me – Silk
139. Gangsta – Bell Biv DeVoe
140. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Father MC
141. Slow and Sexy – Shabba Ranks feat. Johnny Gill
142. Keep the Faith – Bon Jovi
143. Better Than You – Lisa Keith
144. Hero – David Crosby with Phil Collins
145. Runaway Love – En Vogue
146. In These Arms – Bon Jovi
147. Drive – R.E.M.
148. It’s Alright – Huey Lewis & the News
149. Simple Life – Elton John
150. Something in Your Eyes – Bell Biv DeVoe

2012

The Top 150 Hits of… 2012

For a while now it’s been standard policy for a few big pop artists to release an album, and then release a second version of the same album about a year later with a few new tracks. At least one of those new tracks, usually two, are released as singles and become hits. The question is, do we count those new songs as part of the same album?

If we do, then Katy Perry broke Michael Jackson’s record by having a sixth #1 from the same album. “Part of Me” debuted at #1 when Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection was released. Billboard didn’t make any note of it (or if they did, I missed it) so I assume the official line is that bonus tracks don’t count, or didn’t this time. She already has 2 #1’s from her latest album Prism (“Dark Horse” is #1 as I’m writing this). It’ll be interesting to see how future singles perform. We haven’t seen an artist with this kind of track record for hitting the top since Mariah Carey.

“Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line followed the Shania Twain/Faith Hill chart path by having a complete run as a country song, falling off the chart, then coming back with a pop remix (FGL added a rapper to theirs: Nelly. Ooh.) Billboard treated both versions as the same song. I don’t. So rather than having two versions of the same song on the 2013 list, I’m putting the country version here, even though a bit more of its points were accumulated in 2013 than 2012.

Glee season 3.2 should likely have a representative song here. But since the research tools do not yet exist for 2012 that would make figuring out the Glee Cast’s point total at least somewhat easier for me, I’m ignoring it for now. They’ll be an edit in a couple of years when a later edition of Record Research’s Pop Annual is available.

EDIT: Whoops. Looks like I missed a couple. When first posted, this list was missing "Skyfall" and "Live While We're Young" (#'s 90 and 122). Adding them necessitated the removal of "Take It to the Head" by DJ Khaled and "Party" by Beyoncé, formerly at 149 and 150.

1. Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye feat. Kimbra
2. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
3. We Found Love – Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
4. One More Night – Maroon 5
5. We Are Young – fun. feat. Janelle Monae
6. Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
7. Some Nights – fun.
8. Lights – Ellie Goulding
9. Payphone – Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
10. Glad You Came – The Wanted
11. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
12. Starships – Nicki Minaj
13. Set Fire to the Rain – Adele
14. Good Feeling – Flo Rida
15. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
16. Wild Ones – Flo Rida feat. Sia
17. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift
18. Gangnam Style – Psy
19. Wide Awake – Katy Perry
20. Too Close – Alex Clare
21. Whistle – Flo Rida
22. It Will Rain – Bruno Mars
23. As Long as You Love Me – Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean
24. Ni**as in Paris – Jay-Z Kanye West
25. Everybody Talks – Neon Trees
26. Titanium – David Guetta feat. Sia
27. Young, Wild & Free – Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
28. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) – Pink
29. Drive By – Train
30. The Motto – Drake feat. Lil Wayne
31. Where Have You Been – Rihanna
32. Take Care – Drake feat. Rihanna
33. I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
34. Mercy – Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chains
35. Good Time – Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
36. Turn Me On – David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
37. The One That Got Away – Katy Perry
38. Boyfriend – Justin Bieber
39. Part of Me – Katy Perry
40. Wanted – Hunter Hayes
41. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) – Ne-Yo
42. Domino – Jessie J
43. Give Your Heart a Break – Demi Lovato
44. Feel So Close – Calvin Harris
45. Scream – Usher
46. Rack City – Tyga
47. Don’t Wake Me Up – Chris Brown
48. Not Over You – Gavin DeGraw
49. Dance (A$$) – Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj
50. Love You Like a Love Song – Selena Gomez & the Scene
51. Work Out – J. Cole
52. Paradise – Coldplay
53. International Love – Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
54. Clique – Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean
55. 5 O’Clock – T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen
56. Ass Back Home – Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
57. Cruise – Florida Georgia Line
58. Drunk on You – Luke Bryan
59. No Lie – 2 Chains feat. Drake
60. Want U Back – Cher Lloyd
61. Springsteen – Eric Church
62. Brokenhearted – Karmin
63. I Don’t Want This Night to End – Luke Bryan
64. Back in Time – Pitbull
65. Rumour Has It – Adele
66. Blown Away – Carrie Underwood
67. Let’s Go – Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo
68. Good Girl – Carrie Underwood
69. Make Me Proud – Drake feat. Nicki Minaj
70. Pontoon – Little Big Town
71. Climax – Usher
72. Red Solo Cup – Toby Keith
73. Work Hard, Play Hard – Wiz Khalifa
74. Thinkin Bout You – Frank Ocean
75. Pound the Alarm – Nicki Minaj
76. Come Over – Kenny Chesney
77. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye – Train
78. Heart Attack – Trey Songz
79. Drank in My Cup – Kirko Bangz
80. A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
81. Birthday Cake – Rihanna feat. Chris Brown
82. Take a Little Ride – Jason Aldean
83. So Good – B.o.B.
84. You da One – Rihanna
85. Turn Up the Music – Chris Brown
86. Pop That – French Montana feat. Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne
87. We Run the Night – Havana Brown feat. Pitbull
88. I Like It Like That – Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz
89. Ours – Taylor Swift
90. Skyfall - Adele
91. Cashin’ Out – Ca$h Out
92. Hard to Love – Lee Brice
93. Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck – Kip Moore
94. All Your Life – The Band Perry
95. Fly Over States – Jason Aldean
96. Even If It Breaks Your Heart – Eli Young Band
97. Burn It Down – Linkin Park
98. Faded – Tyga feat. Lil Wayne
99. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye – Luke Bryan
100. Over You – Miranda Lambert
101. Brighter Than the Sun - Colbie Caillat
102. A Woman Like You – Lee Brice
103. Tattoos on This Town – Jason Aldean
104. Tonight Is the Night – Outasight
105. Time Is Love – Josh Turner
106. Feel Again – OneRepublic
107. Lotus Flower Bomb – Wale feat. Miguel
108. Keep Me in Mind – Zac Brown Band
109. Dance Again – Jennifer Lopez
110. Strip – Chris Brown feat. Kevin K-MAC McCall
111. You – Chris Young
112. Alone with You – Jake Owen
113. Drink in My Hand – Eric Church
114. Talk That Talk – Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
115. Angel Eyes – Love and Theft
116. (Kissed You) Good Night – Gloriana
117. 2 Reasons – Trey Songz feat. T.I.
118. 5-1-5-0 – Dierks Bentley
119. Cowboys and Angels – Dustin Lynch
120. Blackout – Breathe Carolina
121. You Don’t Know Her Like I Do – Brantley Gilbert
122. Live While We're Young - One Direction
123. Tongue Tied – Grouplove
124. One Thing – One Direction
125. Lemme See – Usher feat. Rick Ross
126. Beez in the Trap – Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chains
127. Leave You Alone – Young Jeezy feat. Ne-Yo
128. Birthday Song – 2 Chains feat. Kanye West
129. Why Ya Wanna – Jana Kramer
130. Drink on It – Blake Shelton
131. Begin Again – Taylor Swift
132. Can’t Get Enough – J. Cole feat. Trey Songz
133. Dancing Away with My Heart – Lady Antebellum
134. Eyes Open – Taylor Swift
135. UP! – LoveRance feat IamSu & Skipper or 50 Cent
136. The Fighter – Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder
137. Turn on the Lights – Future
138. Love on Top – Beyoncé
139. Better Than I Used to Be – Tim McGraw
140. Safe & Sound – Taylor Swift with the Civil Wars
141. The One That Got Away – Jake Owen
142. Both of Us – B.o.B. feat. Taylor Swift
143. Let It Rain – David Nail
144. Come Wake Me Up – Rascal Flatts
145. Levels – Avicii
146. Home – Dierks Bentley
147. Fastest Girl in Town – Miranda Lambert
148. Ayy Ladies – Travis Porter feat. Tyga
149. Over – Blake Shelton
150. Heartbeat – The Fray

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