Pop Songs Top 100 1992-2012

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The week of Oct. 3, 1992, Billboard premiered the Pop Songs radio airplay chart, as then-new Nielsen BDS-based monitoring technology allowed for unprecedented accuracy in gauging the biggest hits on mainstream top 40 radio.

Exactly 20 years later, let's celebrate the anniversary by counting down the top 100 songs on the Pop Songs chart over the past two decades. From rock to rap and R&B to country, let's see who has hooked the top-charting mainstream top 40 airplay hits from 1992 through 2012. Kelly Clarkson and Maroon 5 each boast the most titles on the tally - four (while Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine logs a fifth entry as a featured solo artist) - but, does either act claim the all-time top song?


This week, Chart Beat is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart.

Yesterday, Oct. 2: Analysis: How Lady Gaga, Katy Perry And Rihanna Came To Dominate Top 40 Radio

Today, Oct. 3: The Top 100 Pop Songs 1992-2012, From No. 100 To No. 1

Tomorrow, Oct. 4: The Top 40 Pop Artists 1992-2012, From No. 40 To No. 1


(First, the small print: the Top 100 Pop Songs 1992-2012 ranking is based on actual performance on Billboard's weekly BDS-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart dating to its inception (Oct. 3, 1992). Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 40 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between chart turnover rates during those years, as recurrent rules have changed multiple times.)


Now, on with the countdown ...

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1 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls (1998)

2 ANOTHER NIGHT Real McCoy (1994)
3 APOLOGIZE Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic (2008)
4 HANGING BY A MOMENT Lifehouse (2001)
5 SMOOTH Santana Featuring Rob Thomas (1999)
6 TRULY MADLY DEEPLY Savage Garden (1998)
7 DON'T SPEAK No Doubt (1996)
8 HERE WITHOUT YOU 3 Doors Down (2003)
9 SLIDE Goo Goo Dolls (1999)
10 SINCE U BEEN GONE Kelly Clarkson (2005)
11 HOW YOU REMIND ME Nickelback (2001)
12 WE FOUND LOVE Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris (2011)
13 LOW Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain (2008)
14 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER Donna Lewis (1996)
15 TIK TOK Ke$ha (2010)
16 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears (1999)
17 BECAUSE OF YOU Kelly Clarkson (2005)
18 MOVES LIKE JAGGER Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera (2011)
19 THE WAY I ARE Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson (2007)
20 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock (2011)
21 YEAH! Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris (2004)
22 DOWN Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne (2009)
23 LEAVIN' Jesse McCartney (2008)
24 NAME Goo Goo Dolls (1995)
25 KRYPTONITE 3 Doors Down (2000)
26 TORN Natalie Imbruglia (1998)
27 BLEEDING LOVE Leona Lewis (2008)
28 STEREO HEARTS Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine (2011)
29 THE REASON Hoobastank (2004)
30 YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME Jewel (1997)
31 RUN IT! Chris Brown (2005)
32 WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN Creed (2000)
33 GIVES YOU HELL The All-American Rejects (2009)
T34 WHATCHA SAY Jason Derulo (2009)
T34 GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (2011)
36 WE BELONG TOGETHER Mariah Carey (2005)
37 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Bruno Mars (2010)
38 FLY Sugar Ray (1997)
39 BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY Fergie (2007)
40 DON'T LET GO (LOVE) En Vogue (1996)
41 GOOD FEELING Flo Rida (2012)
42 WHERE IS THE LOVE? The Black Eyed Peas (2003)
43 YOU BELONG WITH ME Taylor Swift (2009)
44 3 AM matchbox 20 (1998)
45 SEMI-CHARMED LIFE Third Eye Blind (1997)
46 BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES Kelly Clarkson (2005)
47 HEY YA! OutKast (2003
48 THE SIGN Ace Of Base (1994)
49 FAR AWAY Nickelback (2006)
50 BAD ROMANCE Lady Gaga (2010)
51 LOVEFOOL The Cardigans (1997)
52 JUST A DREAM Nelly (2010)
53 I KNEW I LOVED YOU Savage Garden (2000)
54 BOOM BOOM POW The Black Eyed Peas (2009)
55 WALKIN' ON THE SUN Smash Mouth (1998)
56 DYNAMITE Taio Cruz (2010)
57 DJ GOT US FALLIN' IN LOVE Usher Featuring Pitbull (2010)
58 MISSING Everything But The Girl (1996)
59 TWO PRINCES Spin Doctors (1993)
60 SAVE TONIGHT Eagle-Eye Cherry (1999)
61 ALL STAR Smash Mouth (1999)
62 STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (1994)
63 DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base (1994)
64 I GOTTA FEELING The Black Eyed Peas (2009)
65 BENT matchbox twenty (2000)
66 GENIE IN A BOTTLE Christina Aguilera (1999)
67 HOT N COLD Katy Perry (2008)
68 PROMISCUOUS Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland (2006)
69 EVERY MORNING Sugar Ray (1999)
T70 JUST DANCE Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O'Donis (2009)
T70 FOREVER Chris Brown (2008)
72 EVERYTHING YOU WANT Vertical Horizon (2000)
73 COMPLICATED Avril Lavigne (2002)
74 AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME Backstreet Boys (1998)
75 E.T. Katy Perry Featuring Kanye West (2011)
76 I KNOW Dionne Farris (1995)
77 BYE BYE BYE 'N Sync (2000)
78 NO ONE Alicia Keys (2008)
79 STICKWITU The Pussycat Dolls (2006)
80 GLAD YOU CAME The Wanted (2012)
81 MY LOVE Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I. (2006)
T82 SAY IT RIGHT Nelly Furtado (2007)
T82 THIS LOVE Maroon 5 (2004)
84 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta Featuring Usher (2011)
85 I'M REAL Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule (2001)
86 SHE WILL BE LOVED Maroon 5 (2004)
87 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield (2006)
88 CHECK ON IT Beyonce Featuring Slim Thug (2006)
89 HIPS DON'T LIE Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean (2006)
90 PAYPHONE Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa (2012)
91 SOMEDAY Nickelback (2004)
92 OVER AND OVER Nelly Featuring Tim McGraw (2004)
93 BREAKAWAY Kelly Clarkson (2004)
94 AGAIN Lenny Kravitz (2001)
95 FIREWORK Katy Perry (2010)
96 TAKE A BOW Rihanna (2008)
97 GRENADE Bruno Mars (2011)
98 SEXY AND I KNOW IT LMFAO (2011)
99 AIRPLANES B.o.B Featuring Hayley Williams (2010)
100 IN MY HEAD Jason Derulo (2010)

[Jay]

Oct 3, 2012 18:41:56 GMT -5 @2m said:

Kelly Clarkson and Maroon 5 each boast the most titles on the tally - four (while Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine logs a fifth entry as a featured solo artist) - but, does either act claim the all-time top song?

Female artist with the most entries and highest charting song.

[Lozzy]

This was already posted in the pop section: pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pop&action=display&thread=125643

[tshawn74]

This list is BS!!!!!!! Where the hell is All For You??

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All the ties in this list make this less than perfect

[when the pawn...]

Interesting that they say different time periods were weighted to account for different turnover trends. I feel like this list is very heavy on the last few years. Very very little 1992-1995.

[esoteric76]

How the hell did Real McCoy end up at #2? Does anyone else find that to be absolutely insane?

[icefire9]

This list seems so off. I don't like it at all.

Yeah, this list is really weighted against the first 5 years of the time period, I'm also surprised by a lot of the rankings.
E.T. Higher than Firework? (not to mention Hot N Cold outclassing both of them)?
Bad Romance higher than Just Dance?
Boom Boom Pow higher than I Gotta Feeling?

Speaking of I Gotta Feeling, its at #64! Why is it so low on the list! It was #5 on the Decade End Hot 100 chart and it just missed out on top 25 in 2010. Did it really just do that poorly on Pop radio?

[divasummer]

I'm surprised I Will Always Love You didn't sneak in there.
I know it wasn't a lingering hit at Top 40 but I used to hear in constantly at the time.

[ClevelandRox]

LMAO Rick Dee's is probably crying. He had a serious fetish for "Torn" and said it was the #1 song of the 90's lol

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

Most weeks at #1

14 weeks
Ace Of Base - "The Sign" (1994)

11 weeks
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men - "One Sweet Day" (1995-1996)
Donna Lewis - "I Love You Always Forever" (1996)
Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn" (1998)
Nelly featuring Tim McGraw - "Over and Over" (2004-2005)

10 weeks
Dionne Farris - "I Know" (1995)
No Doubt - "Don't Speak" (1996-1997)
Céline Dion - "My Heart Will Go On" (1998)
'N Sync - "Bye Bye Bye" (2000)
Nickelback - "How You Remind Me" (2001-2002)
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together" (2005)

9 weeks
Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" (1992-1993)
Janet Jackson - "That's the Way Love Goes" (1993)
Ace of Base - "All That She Wants" (1993)
Seal - "Kiss from a Rose" (1995)
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping" (1997-1998)
Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil' Kim & Mýa - "Lady Marmalade" (2001)
OutKast - "Hey Ya!" (2003-2004)
Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love" (2008)

Most of these were done dirty.

[fridayteenage]

During her super-smash Breakaway era Kelly was my favorite, so good for her. Actually, she was my favorite during her 1st & 3rd era too. Maybe her 4th.