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Post by Gary on Oct 19, 2017 10:47:22 GMT -5
Greatest of All Time Pop Songs & Artists: Rihanna, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake & More
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By Gary Trust | October 19, 2017 9:59 AM EDT
A recap of the top 100 songs & top 50 artists of the Pop Songs airplay chart's first 25 years.
After piling up record after record (musically and achievement-wise) on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart, Rihanna reigns as the No. 1 artist over the first 25 years of the survey, which began with the list dated Oct. 3, 1992.
Rihanna roared onto the ranking, which reflects the most-played songs each week on pop radio, according to Nielsen Music, in 2005 with her debut hit "Pon De Replay," her first of an unprecedented 30 top 10s. In 2006, she earned her first Pop Songs No. 1, "SOS," of 11, a record she shares with Katy Perry, the chart's No. 4 top artist.
Notably, Rihanna has reached historic heights despite having arrived on the chart more than halfway through its existence.
Rounding out the top five Pop Songs artists since the chart's inception 25 years ago, below Rihanna, P!nk places at No. 2; Maroon 5 ranks at No. 3, and reigns as the top group; Perry is No. 4; and Justin Timberlake claims the No. 5 spot, while ranking as the top solo male.
As for the biggest hits on the Pop Songs chart over the past quarter-century, Real McCoy's 1994 club classic "Another Night" leads the list. The single crowned the chart for six weeks and ranked in the top 10 for 28 weeks, a record it co-owns with Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" (the No. 8 all-time song). Nos. 2 through 5, respectively, are Santana's "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas, from 1999; Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment" (2001); Timbaland's "Apologize," featuring OneRepublic (2007); and Nickelback's "How You Remind Me."
Rihanna's highest-ranking song on the 25-year ranking is "We Found Love," featuring Calvin Harris, at No. 17.
And, the top Pop Songs hit of the current decade ranks at No. 9 on the all-time recap: The Chainsmokers' 2016 smash "Closer," featuring Halsey.
In 2012, Billboard recapped the top artists and titles of the Pop Songs chart's first 20 years. (The two new tallies are based on a more advanced methodology, so certain titles released through 2012 rank in a different order relative to each other than they did on the recap published five years ago.) Still, in the relatively brief span since, several noteworthy acts have soared. As Rihanna retains her No. 1 Pop Songs artist ranking, Maroon 5 bounds from No. 19 to No. 5; Taylor Swift surges 39-7; and Bruno Mars blasts 32-10.
From pop to rock to R&B/hip-hop and dance, check out Billboard's exclusive recaps of the top Pop Songs artists, from No. 50 to No. 1, and the top Pop Songs, from No. 100 to No. 1.
The Greatest of All-Time Pop Songs Artists and Songs rankings are based on weekly performance on the Pop Songs chart (from its Oct. 3, 1992, inception through Sept. 30, 2017). Artists and Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. Artists are ranked based on a formula blending performance, as outlined above, of all their Pop Songs chart entries.
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Post by Gary on Oct 19, 2017 10:48:39 GMT -5
All Time Top Pop Songs - 1992-2017
1 Another Night Real McCoy 2 Smooth Santana Featuring Rob Thomas 3 Hanging By A Moment Lifehouse 4 Apologize Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic 5 How You Remind Me Nickelback 6 Here Without You 3 Doors Down 7 Don't Speak No Doubt 8 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 9 Closer The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey 10 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER Donna Lewis 11 One More Night Maroon 5 12 Wake Me Up! Avicii 13 TiK ToK Ke$ha 14 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 15 Name Goo Goo Dolls 16 Counting Stars OneRepublic 17 We Found Love Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris 18 Two Princes Spin Doctors 19 Locked Out Of Heaven Bruno Mars 20 Uptown Funk! Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars 21 Truly Madly Deeply Savage Garden 22 Kryptonite 3 Doors Down 23 Dark Horse Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J 24 Since U Been Gone Kelly Clarkson 25 ...Baby One More Time Britney Spears 26 The Way I Are Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson 27 Because Of You Kelly Clarkson 28 Down Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne 29 Where Is The Love? The Black Eyed Peas 30 Shape Of You Ed Sheeran 31 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera 32 Low Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain 33 You Were Meant For Me Jewel 34 With Arms Wide Open Creed 35 Party Rock Anthem LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock 36 Yeah! Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris 37 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell 38 Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars 39 Complicated Avril Lavigne 40 Missing Everything But The Girl 41 I Know Dionne Farris 42 Whatcha Say Jason Derulo 43 Don't Let Go (Love) En Vogue 44 Lights Ellie Goulding 45 Far Away Nickelback 46 Big Girls Don't Cry Fergie 47 Run It! Chris Brown 48 Bad Romance Lady Gaga 49 I Knew You Were Trouble. Taylor Swift 50 Gives You Hell The All-American Rejects 51 How Do You Talk To An Angel The Heights 52 The Reason Hoobastank 53 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 54 Dynamite Taio Cruz 55 Bent matchbox twenty 56 Stereo Hearts Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine 57 I Knew I Loved You Savage Garden 58 Cheap Thrills Sia Featuring Sean Paul 59 Leavin' Jesse McCartney 60 Hey Ya! OutKast 61 The Sign Ace Of Base 62 DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love Usher Featuring Pitbull 63 Kiss From A Rose Seal 64 Good Feeling Flo Rida 65 Love Yourself Justin Bieber 66 Everything You Want Vertical Horizon 67 You Belong With Me Taylor Swift 68 Just A Dream Nelly 69 Promiscuous Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland 70 Lovefool The Cardigans 71 Fly Sugar Ray 72 Give Me Everything Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer 73 In The End Linkin Park 74 Hold My Hand Hootie & The Blowfish 75 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 76 Stay (I Missed You) Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories 77 Don't Turn Around Ace Of Base 78 Bye Bye Bye 'N Sync 79 Bleeding Love Leona Lewis 80 All That She Wants Ace Of Base 81 Don't Let Me Down The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya 82 Boom Boom Pow The Black Eyed Peas 83 Dilemma Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland 84 I'm With You Avril Lavigne 85 Stitches Shawn Mendes 86 Shut Up And Dance WALK THE MOON 87 I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas 88 All Star Smash Mouth 89 DREAMLOVER Mariah Carey 90 Blank Space Taylor Swift 91 My Love Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I. 92 We Belong Together Mariah Carey 93 Hips Don't Lie Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean 94 Bring Me To Life Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy 95 Unwritten Natasha Bedingfield 96 Underneath It All No Doubt Featuring Lady Saw 97 Genie In A Bottle Christina Aguilera 98 On Bended Knee Boyz II Men 99 Ironic Alanis Morissette 100 Lose Yourself Eminem
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2017 10:52:56 GMT -5
Amazing number 1!
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Post by Gary on Oct 19, 2017 10:56:54 GMT -5
Top Pop Artists
1992-2017
1 Rihanna 2 P!nk 3 Maroon 5 4 Katy Perry 5 Justin Timberlake 6 Britney Spears 7 Taylor Swift 8 Kelly Clarkson 9 Mariah Carey 10 Bruno Mars 11 Usher 12 Lady Gaga 13 The Black Eyed Peas 14 Christina Aguilera 15 Janet Jackson 16 Madonna 17 Flo Rida 18 Beyonce 19 Nickelback 20 Jason Derulo 21 matchbox twenty 22 Jennifer Lopez 23 Eminem 24 Chris Brown 25 Nelly 26 Avril Lavigne 27 Justin Bieber 28 Backstreet Boys 29 Pitbull 30 Kesha 31 Selena Gomez 32 'N Sync 33 Adele 34 Alanis Morissette 35 Calvin Harris 36 Ed Sheeran 37 Destiny's Child 38 3 Doors Down 39 Ne-Yo 40 Celine Dion 41 Boyz II Men 42 The Weeknd 43 Enrique Iglesias 44 No Doubt 45 Ariana Grande 46 OneRepublic 47 Hootie & The Blowfish 48 Ellie Goulding 49 Sheryl Crow 50 Nicki Minaj
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Three-time World Champions: 1992 - 2-1 vs. Barcelona, 1993 - 3-2 vs. Milan, 2005 - 1-0 vs. Liverpool
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Post by fhas on Oct 19, 2017 12:05:05 GMT -5
Closer is the biggest hit of the 2010s. One More Night (#2) and Wake Me Up (#3) are fantastic as well.
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Post by Tea-why on Oct 20, 2017 9:47:42 GMT -5
I love that "Another Night" is #1! That album was the first CD I ever bought back in 1995 (before I was born). The podcast for this list is pretty interesting. aca.st/952595
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on Oct 20, 2017 11:03:17 GMT -5
Regarding the songs that made the top 100, I love variety of music represented, the facts that no one artist dominates it and that more recents are not overrespresented as they are for the Greatest Hot 100. Also, there's a good variety in the artist side of things.
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Post by 85la on Oct 20, 2017 21:07:43 GMT -5
Surprised to see quite a few rock songs on the list, also One More Night ranking so highly as Maroon 5's top song, and, despite being the top artist, Rihanna only having one song on the list.
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