The on-going, continuing complete top songs of 2018 - 2024

[Lukas]

Dec 20, 2019 10:45:32 GMT -5 rockgolf said:

Dec 19, 2019 12:54:13 GMT -5 Lukas said:

rockgolf You should use the inverse formula listed here since it's spot on with the already published decade-end/all-time lists.

I tried that formula and didn't find it worked any better than the one I use (which also came from Tanooki).

The formula I used got 499* of the 500 tracks from the 1980s when SiriusXM did their countdown, so I'm good with the results.

(*It would have been a full 500 except I included Stand By Me's points from the 1960s in its 1980s run0

What formula did you get from Tanooki? The two formulas could actually be the same thing, just the points weighted differently.

[rockgolf]

I just did a comparison on the weights. Multiply the points you have by 21.666 and in most cases you get exactly my points.

There are a few position with minor differences, but the New Tanooki/Old Tanooki ratio is always between 20.62 and 23.12 and the outliers are all outside the top 25.

[Lukas]

Dec 20, 2019 11:19:36 GMT -5 rockgolf said:

I just did a comparison on the weights. Multiply the points you have by 21.666 and in most cases you get exactly my points.

There are a few position with minor differences, but the New Tanooki/Old Tanooki ratio is always between 20.62 and 23.12 and the outliers are all outside the top 25.

Ah gotcha, I assumed that you were still using the old formula which was close but not as perfect as this one. Thanks!

[rockgolf]

So we've got the first week of 2020 in place, and there are some... confusing results.

The songs All I Want For Christmas Is You and Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree get a lucky advantage from the rules. They get the complete 2018 & 2019 chart runs combined because their 2018 runs peaked in the first week of 2019, and first reached their new peaks in the last 2 weeks of 2019. So their 2018 re-entry peaked in 2019, and so did their 2019 re-entry.

A number of other Christmas hits didn't peak until the first chart of 2020, like Holly Jolly Christmas and Jingle Bell Rock. So their listings on the 2019 chart are for the chart run that started in 2018. Their 2019 re-entry moves to the 2020 complete chart because they achieved new chart HPs on the Jan 4 2020 chart.

Clear as mud? Good.

Looking to the beginning of 2021, if there are chart runs for the same carols, Carey will definitely not get 2019 & 2020 points merged, since she cannot peak higher than #1, Brenda Lee will only get merged runs if she sneaks past Carey to #1 on a chart dated 2020, and the carols that reached new peaks on the Jan 4, 2020 chart may also double dip if they get higher on a chart dated 2020. I doubt many will. Possibly Last Christmas.

Some songs currently on the 2019 complete chart will move to the 2020 complete chart next week by having achieved new peaks. Roxanne and Dance Monkey are very likely to leap. Circles will not since it already reached #1 in 2019, and therefore will stay on the 2019 chart.

And now I'll just shut up and get on with the damn thing...

For the week of January 4, 2020, based on their complete chart runs to date, here are...

The top 100 songs to first reach their highest chart position in 2019:

Songs with a plus sign in front of the score are still charting. If they remain on the chart, they'll get more points, but if they reach a new chart peak, they'll move to the chart below:

The much smaller...

Top songs to first reach their highest chart position in 2020:

The weird part is that, even though they're likely not to spend another week on the charts until next December, the top 3 probably already have enough points to be in the final complete top 100 of 2020. This chart will look very different next week.

[rockgolf]

January 18, 2020 edition:

complete 2020 list (Songs that peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 on a chart dated 2020)

Two weeks later, and there just haven't been a lot of tracks that climbed to their new chart peak in 2020, so those that have are showing up at the top of the list.

The Box is likeliest to climb to #1 of the songs on here, unless a newcomer takes the #1 spot on the Hot 100 and holds it for months.

complete 2019 list (Full chart points of songs that peaked in 2019. Top 100 + any songs still active that could be added to that list)

It's possible The Weeknd's Blinding Lights could join the list, but I think if it does, it will soon chart above #11 and move to the 2020 list. Old Town Road and Bad Guy could fall off the chart shortly so I wouldn't expect any change near the top before the chart locks.

[pkwonder]

I have been surprised to see over the last few weeks that "Trampoline" and "Roxanne" may end up stuck on the 2019 list.

I'm personally hoping "Everything I Wanted" can peak on the next chart and end up on the 2020 complete.

[rockgolf]

Everything I Wanted has to climb above its #8 debut to move to 2020. It's at #10 so not impossible.

I think the train has left the station for Trampoline and Roxanne, however.

[rockgolf]

February 5, 2020 edition

complete 2020 list: (Songs that peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 on a chart dated 2020)

Memories still holds the top spot, because all the other hits this year first peaked in 2019. The Box is coming on strong. But it's a sign of how weak this year has been for new music that 2 Christmas songs are still in the top ten even though they fell off the chart in the first week of the year.

complete 2019 list: (Songs that first reached their chart peak in 2019. A + in front of the number indicates they are still charting)

See, this is why I make this list. Realistically, Bad Guy, Truth Hurts, Someone You Loved and very soon Circles all deserve top ten of the year placements based on their chart performance.

[lurker2]

What’s your guess for the final top ten? I’m assuming the top 8 make, plus Circles and either Sucker or Wow.

[phieaglesfan712]

I'm glad that Trampoline didn't peak in 2020. That song was more 2018 and 2019 than 2020. I could have sworn I saw that song played in commercials at least 3 times in every game I watched during the 2018 NFL season. The only things surprising about that song is that (1) it took so long for that song to take off and (2) that it is still on the chart.

If anything, Trampoline should have reached its peak in 2018 going into 2019, and not 2019 going into 2020.

[nlechoppa7]

I think your criteria should be changed so that the song is positioned in the year that it accumulated the most charting points in, rather than its peak. An example is Blinding Lights which has really been a 2020 song yet it peaked in 2019.

[nick64]

I don’t really have a good solution, but having a few Christmas songs showing up twice just feels really weird. Not really a fan of Christmas songs charting in the first place since they take away positions from the year’s defining hits, but taking up two spots seems really excessive.

Also Trampoline peaked back in like October-November, nothing surprising about that one finishing in 2019. Roxanne is certainly a little surprising though.

Oh and YNTCD shouldn’t have a + anymore.

[Lukas]

Guys, Billboard's criteria as to what song goes in what year is when the song peaked. Rockstar and Perfect, for example, peaked in 2017 and are thus counted as 2017 songs. Closer is a 2016 song. Bohemian Rhapsody peaked in the 90s --- it's a 90's song. It makes total sense for rockgolf to make this to be the main criteria as well.

[phieaglesfan712]

To me, songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, CITW, and Nights In White Satin reached their peak a ridiculous amount of years past its original date. I consider those songs to be in the decade of their original release. I will always consider Bohemian Rhapsody and CITW to be 70's songs, even though they went on to peak in the 90's. Just like I would consider Nights In White Satin to be a 60's song, even though it went on to peak in 1972.

[nlechoppa7]

Feb 20, 2020 22:56:22 GMT -5 Lukas said:

Guys, Billboard's criteria as to what song goes in what year is when the song peaked. Rockstar and Perfect, for example, peaked in 2017 and are thus counted as 2017 songs. Closer is a 2016 song. Bohemian Rhapsody peaked in the 90s --- it's a 90's song. It makes total sense for rockgolf to make this to be the main criteria as well.

Yeah but the point of these lists is to get a better idea of what song really was the "biggest" of each year. For example, if there's a song that's released in December 2019 and peaks at #1, but then charts for the entirety of 2020 in the top 10 but not at #1, is it really a "2019 song"?

[tanooki]

Mar 2, 2020 4:35:53 GMT -5 nlechoppa7 said:

Feb 20, 2020 22:56:22 GMT -5 Lukas said:

Guys, Billboard's criteria as to what song goes in what year is when the song peaked. Rockstar and Perfect, for example, peaked in 2017 and are thus counted as 2017 songs. Closer is a 2016 song. Bohemian Rhapsody peaked in the 90s --- it's a 90's song. It makes total sense for rockgolf to make this to be the main criteria as well.

Yeah but the point of these lists is to get a better idea of what song really was the "biggest" of each year. For example, if there's a song that's released in December 2019 and peaks at #1, but then charts for the entirety of 2020 in the top 10 but not at #1, is it really a "2019 song"?

It's how you look at it. Billboard obviously sees peak = year. There's other ways to do it, such as defining its year as the year it had the most points, or simply its year of debut. These lists go by peak = year.

[rockgolf]

I'm sticking to year the song peaked as being the assigned year, if only because it's so much easier to calculate.

So as of the March 7, 2020 chart here are the biggest songs to peak in calendar year 2020:

The Box charted almost 2 months after Memories and has almost caught up. Life Is Good is the highest song to chart entirely in calendar year 2020.

And here's how things look on the "complete" 2019 chart. Blinding Lights moved to 2020 as it reached a new peak last week and will probably be the last song to move from 2019 to 2020. Several songs (indicated by a + in front of the points) are still charting. Post Malone will probably have both the #2 & #3 song of the year by the time Circles finishes charting.

I don't foresee any of the songs outside the top 100 but still charting will be able to make the top 100. So that's probably locked and all that left is jostling for final positions.

[phieaglesfan712]

The 2019 list is a mess. AIWFCIY and RATCT are counted twice. AIWFCIY should be #29, with 332,540 points. Please Me through MITG each fall a spot (they should be #'s 30-35). RATCT should be at 186,448 points, placing it at #39. Trampoline through Only Human move down a spot (they should be #'s 40-47). Bandit through Never Really Over move up a spot (they should be #'s 49-90). Rumor should be #91, JBR and HJC should be removed from the 2019 list, since they have now peaked in 2020. Heat through LWGGH should be #'s 92-96, and there is now room for 4 more songs.

[rockgolf]

Mar 8, 2020 14:33:38 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

The 2019 list is a mess. AIWFCIY and RATCT are counted twice. AIWFCIY should be #29, with 332,540 points. Please Me through MITG each fall a spot (they should be #'s 30-35). RATCT should be at 186,448 points, placing it at #39. Trampoline through Only Human move down a spot (they should be #'s 40-47). Bandit through Never Really Over move up a spot (they should be #'s 49-90). Rumor should be #91, JBR and HJC should be removed from the 2019 list, since they have now peaked in 2020. Heat through LWGGH should be #'s 92-96, and there is now room for 4 more songs.

More like the chart history of those 2 songs are a mess.
Both songs peaked originally in the first week of 2019, so they had the weird situation where the entirety of both their 2018 & 2019 re-entries qualified for the 2019 chart year.
I'd say,  hey, I don't make the rules,  but I actually did, so I have no one to blame but myself.
The 2019 listings for Ives & Helms are based on only their chart run that started in 2018 and peaked in early January 2019. The 2020 listings are for the runs that started in 2019 but reached a new peak in the first week of 2020. So the runs were separated. 

[inverse]

Can you post what it would look like under the old formula that's used for the 2000's and 1990's years? It seems that having a week in the top 10 is greatly inflated in comparison leading to songs like Thotiana being above Speechless

[mikerivera]

Why don’t you just combine their chart runs into a single entry? Seems like it would be more accurate, especially if you’re counting every single week of the run. If you are gonna break it up into a singular charting period, you should probably only count one run per year.

[rockgolf]

Mar 11, 2020 22:34:40 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

Why don’t you just combine their chart runs into a single entry? Seems like it would be more accurate, especially if you’re counting every single week of the run. If you are gonna break it up into a singular charting period, you should probably only count one run per year.

Possibly so. When I take on these types of projects, I try to set fixed rules ahead of time so my own personal preferences aren't used to fiddle with the results. But I can't (or at least didn't) foresee the kind of ridiculous circumstances like those with the Xmas songs.

The problem with your solution is it sets no limits with how far back I could go. The 4 songs have all charted in (at least) chart weeks dated 2018, 2019 & 2020. Mariah and Brenda's songs reached peaks in 2019, and by my rules that would include the late 2018 run too. Burl & Bobby hit new peaks in the first week of 2020, so by the same rules, they could only get the 2019 points added in.

The problem is really that the first chart of any new year really reflect actual activity entirely in the previous year, because of the advanced dates that Billboard uses.

Here's what I'll try. I'll subtract 7 days from the first date of peak on all songs, effectively moving any songs that peak in the first "chart" week of a year to the previous year. That will (almost certainly) give more accurate and consistent values on (in particular) Christmas tracks, which get practically no action after Dec 25. I think that's actually reasonable to do. I'll let you know the results a.s.a.p., but it will probably be several days.

In those cases, all 4 of the 2019 Xmas tracks you discuss will get only the points for the song's actual sales, stream and radio performances of those years.

I'm kinda looking forward to that.

[Lukas]

Mar 11, 2020 0:19:46 GMT -5 inverse said:

Can you post what it would look like under the old formula that's used for the 2000's and 1990's years? It seems that having a week in the top 10 is greatly inflated in comparison leading to songs like Thotiana being above Speechless

they use the exact same formula

[mikerivera]

Mar 12, 2020 22:16:57 GMT -5 Lukas said:

Mar 11, 2020 0:19:46 GMT -5 inverse said:

Can you post what it would look like under the old formula that's used for the 2000's and 1990's years? It seems that having a week in the top 10 is greatly inflated in comparison leading to songs like Thotiana being above Speechless

they use the exact same formula

Not exactly true. The addition of streaming in 2012 and YouTube in 2013 caused a massive influx in the number of points that songs accumulated each week. That’s why Locked Out of Heaven is only #11 on the 2013 year end and We Found Love is only #8 in 2012. Both songs would have ranked #4 (or at least be close to that) in their respective years had the point totals not made dramatic increases during each year. So everything from March 2012 all the way up to the 90s had a different inverse formula than it currently does. 

[rockgolf]

So I took my own advice, and added a "Practical Year" field, based on Peak Date -7 days. That puts Christmas songs full runs in the year the songs are actually played. As a result there are now no Xmas songs in 2020:

Rank	Track	Act	Points
1	Memories	Maroon 5	540,765
2	The Box	Roddy Ricch	468,694
3	Dance Monkey	Tones and I	337,570
4	Life Is Good	Future and Drake	207,999
5	Don't Start Now	Dua Lipa	194,996
6	Ballin'	Mustard and Roddy Ricch	171,348
7	Yummy	Justin Bieber	108,272
8	Blinding Lights	Weeknd, The	105,238
9	Hot Girl Bummer	Blackbear	93,099
10	The Bones	Maren Morris	83,201
11	Adore You	Harry Styles	64,506
12	Godzilla	Eminem and Juice WRLD	62,284
13	Falling	Daniel Trevor	58,064
14	High Fashion	Roddy Ricch and Mustard	47,721
15	Intentions	Justin Bieber and Quavo	43,968
16	Juicy	Doja Cat and Tyga	43,040
17	My Oh My	Camila Cabello and Dababy	42,139
18	Kinfolks	Sam Hunt	40,421
19	Suicidal	Ynw Melly	35,886
20	You Should Be Sad	Halsey	34,322
21	ON	BTS	31,200
22	What A Man Gotta Do	Jonas Brothers	30,740
23	Heartache Medication	Jon Pardi	30,717
24	What If I Never Get Over You	Lady Antebellum	27,732
25	RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)	Black Eyed Peas x J Balvin	25,290
26	Homesick	Kane Brown	24,804
27	Sum 2 Prove	Lil Baby	24,467
28	Ridin' Roads	Dustin Lynch	23,004
29	Tusa	Karol G and Nicki Minaj	22,147
30	South of the Border	Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B	20,794

[rockgolf]

And the 2019 chart contains only the chart performance of Christmas songs during 2019.

Rank	Track	Act	Points
1	Old Town Road	Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus	1,290,068
2	Sunflower	Post Malone and Swae Lee	1,163,344
3	Without Me	Halsey	1,093,148
4	Bad Guy	Billie Eilish	1,046,812
5	Happier	Marshmello and Bastille	933,074
6	Truth Hurts	Lizzo	913,231
7	Someone You Loved	Lewis Capaldi	883,589
8	Circles	Post Malone	875,650
9	Senorita	Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello	850,369
10	Wow.	Post Malone	794,237
11	Sucker	Jonas Brothers	789,843
12	7 Rings	Ariana Grande	767,373
13	No Guidance	Chris Brown and Drake	711,556
14	Talk	Khalid and Disclosure	698,262
15	I Don't Care	Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber	624,077
16	High Hopes	Panic! At the Disco	624,071
17	Ran$om	Lil Tecca	440,325
18	Dancing With A Stranger	Sam Smith and Normani	427,751
19	10,000 Hours	Dan+Shay & Justin Bieber	419,118
20	Shallow	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper	409,746
21	Good As Hell	Lizzo	405,190
22	Roxanne	Arizona Zervas	397,857
23	Eastside	Benny Blanco featuring Halsey and Khalid	381,608
24	Goodbyes	Post Malone and Young Thug	372,724
25	Middle Child	J. Cole	366,277
26	Lose You To Love Me	Selena Gomez	363,130
27	Panini	Lil Nas X	361,776
28	Suge	Dababy	340,844
29	Please Me	Cardi B and Bruno Mars	285,157
30	Sweet But Psycho	Ava Max	254,506
31	If I Can't Have You	Shawn Mendes	251,180
32	HIGHEST IN THE ROOM	Travis Scott	248,814
33	Better	Khalid	240,771
34	Money In The Grave	Drake and Rick Ross	209,840
35	All I Want For Christmas Is You	Mariah Carey (2019 re-entry)	204,563
36	break up with your girlfriend, I'm bored	Ariana Grande	189,071
37	You Need To Calm Down	Taylor Swift	188,927
38	Me!	Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie	188,405
39	Trampoline	Shaed	175,502
40	Beautiful People	Ed Sheeran and Khalid	172,311
41	Everything I Wanted	Billie Eilish	161,948
42	Thotiana	Blueface	159,863
43	BOP	DaBaby	151,366
44	Heartless [Weeknd]	The Weeknd	144,124
45	Speechless	Dan+Shay	139,660
46	Only Human	Jonas Brothers	135,425
47	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Brenda Lee (2019 re-entry)	132,283
48	A Lot	21 Savage	131,786
49	Bandit	Juice WRLD & YoungBoy Never Broke Again	127,452
50	Hot	Young Thug and Gunna	122,918
51	Pop Out	Polo G and Lil Tjay	122,558
52	God's Country	Blake Shelton	119,623
53	The Git Up	Blanco Brown	114,222
54	Beautiful Crazy	Luke Combs	113,245
55	You Say	Lauren Daigle	111,932
56	Lover	Taylor Swift	109,512
57	Look Back At It	A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie	109,381
58	Whiskey Glasses	Morgan Wallen	104,340
59	The London	Young Thug featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott	102,725
60	Hey Look Ma, I Made It	Panic! At the Disco	102,330
61	Beautiful	Bazzi and Camila Cabello	100,588
62	Beer Never Broke My Heart	Luke Combs	99,255
63	Pure Water	Mustard and Migos	97,625
64	Leave Me Alone	Flipp Dinero	97,428
65	Be Alright	Dean Lewis	95,602
66	One Man Band	Old Dominion	94,621
67	Close To Me	Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo and Swae Lee	93,150
68	A Holly Jolly Christmas	Burl Ives (2019 re-entry)	92,068
69	Baby	Lil Baby and Dababy	91,922
70	On Chill	Wale and Jeremih	90,602
71	Woah	Lil Baby	88,945
72	Even Though I'm Leaving	Luke Combs	88,271
73	How Do You Sleep?	Sam Smith	86,724
74	Murder On My Mind	Ynw Melly	86,602
75	Envy Me	Calboy	86,071
76	Con Calma	Daddy Yankee and Katy Perry featuring Snow	80,905
77	Act Up	City Girls	80,804
78	Boyfriend	Ariana Grande and Social House	80,095
79	My Type	Saweetie	77,027
80	Jingle Bell Rock	Bobby Helms (2019 re-entry)	74,388
81	Hot Girl Summer	Megan Thee Stallion and Minaj	73,993
82	Bury A Friend	Billie Eilish	71,176
83	Take What You Want	Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott	71,102
84	Baby Shark	Pinkfong	68,029
85	When The Party's Over	Billie Eilish	67,973
86	She Got The Best Of Me	Luke Combs	64,993
87	Playing Games	Summer Walker	58,696
88	Knockin' Boots	Luke Bryan	58,346
89	One Thing Right	Marshmello and Kane Brown	58,195
90	Swervin	A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie featuring 6ix9ine	55,629
91	Graveyard	Halsey	55,457
92	Never Really Over	Katy Perry	54,994
93	Rumor	Lee Brice	52,993
94	It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year	Andy Williams (2019 re-entry)	50,669
95	Heat	Chris Brown and Gunna	48,956
96	Futsal Shuffle 2020	Lil Uzi Vert	48,692
97	Cash S#!t	Megan Thee Stallion and Dababy	47,705
98	Worth It	Yk Osiris	47,009
99	Look What God Gave Her	Thomas Rhett	46,034
100	Clout	Offset and Cardi B	46,008
101	Good As You	Kane Brown	45,230
102	Shotta Flow	Nle Choppa	44,502
103	Earfquake	Tyler the Creator	44,391
104	Robbery	Juice Wrld	44,363
105	Time	NF	42,449
106	Homicide	Logic and Eminem	41,626
107	Camelot	Nle Choppa	41,168
108	Best Shot	Jimmy Allen	41,157
109	VIBEZ	DaBaby	40,691
110	All To Myself	Dan+Shay	40,350
111	223's	Ynw Melly and 9Lokknine	39,111
112	Boy With Luv	BTS and Halsey	39,009
113	Here With Me	Marshmello and Chvches	38,268
114	Eyes On You	Chase Rice	38,141
115	Follow God	Kanye West	38,115
116	Backin' It Up	Pardison Fontaine and Cardi B	37,390
117	Prayed For You	Matt Stell	36,571
118	Enemies	Post Malone featuring Dababy	35,340
119	Press	Cardi B	35,253
120	This Is It	Scotty McCreery	34,832
121	Go Loko	YG featuring Tyga and Jon Z	34,756
122	Nightmare	Halsey	34,010
123	I Don’t Know About You	Chris Lane	33,935
124	Drunk Me	Mitchell Tenpenny	33,079
125	Walk Me Home	Pink	32,916
126	Twerk	City Girls and Cardi B	32,437
127	Girl Like You	Jason Aldean	31,861
128	Cross Me	Ed Sheeran featuring Chance The Rapper and PnB Rock	31,629
129	Lucid Dreams	Juice Wrld (2019 re-entry)	31,575
130	Here Tonight	Brett Young	31,382
131	Last Christmas	Wham! (2019 re-entry)	31,342
132	Rearview Town	Jason Aldean	30,884
133	China	Anuel Aa featuring Daddy Yankee, Karol G, J. Balvin and Ozuna	30,528
134	Mixed Personalities	Ynw Melly and Kanye West	30,458
135	Otro Trago	Sech	30,391
136	Cool	Jonas Brothers	29,526
137	Girl	Maren Morris	29,415
138	Who Do You Love	The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer	29,359
139	This Feeling	The Chainsmokers and Kelsea Ballerini	28,805
140	Miss Me More	Kelsea Ballerini	28,134
141	Callaita	Bad Bunny and Tainy	28,027
142	Heart On Ice	Rod Wave	28,011
143	Sanguine Paradise	Lil Uzi Vert	27,180
144	Put A Date On It	Yo Gotty and Lil Baby	27,089
145	Easier	5 Seconds Of Summer	27,087
146	Girls Need Love	Summer Walker x Drake	26,887
147	INTRO [2]	Dababy	25,825
148	Burning Man	Dierks Bentley and Brothers Osborne	25,768
149	Just Us	DJ Khaled and SZA	25,529
150	Sixteen	Thomas Rhett	25,300

[Lukas]

Mar 12, 2020 22:51:48 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

Mar 12, 2020 22:16:57 GMT -5 Lukas said:

they use the exact same formula

Not exactly true. The addition of streaming in 2012 and YouTube in 2013 caused a massive influx in the number of points that songs accumulated each week. That’s why Locked Out of Heaven is only #11 on the 2013 year end and We Found Love is only #8 in 2012. Both songs would have ranked #4 (or at least be close to that) in their respective years had the point totals not made dramatic increases during each year. So everything from March 2012 all the way up to the 90s had a different inverse formula than it currently does. 

No, these use the decade-end list points system, which is an inverse points system and is constant throughout the entire existence of the Hot 100 chart. You're talking about the year-end lists, which are way different lmao

[pkwonder]

Hope everyone's safe and well!

I imagine the next complete update for 2020 will be somewhat substantial! "Stupid Love" "Say So" "Savage" and (ugh) "Toosie Slide" will all debut, with "Yummy" presumably getting passed by several songs.

[rockgolf]

It's been a minute since I updated these lists.

Quick recap: These are the top songs of the year, but all points from the song's complete chart run are included and the song is placed in the year when it first reached its chart peak. A "+" in the points indicates the song is still charting and still collecting points.

So here are the top 50 songs to peak in calendar year 2020.

And here's the top 100 of 2019. There are still songs that peaked in calendar 2019 in the charts, and they are still affecting the chart rankings.

Post Malone looks to be close to pushing himself out of #2 on this list (climbing from #8 the last time I posted this). It's quite possible with Circles' longevity, it will end up as the #1 song on the 2019 complete list. Summer Walker's Come Thru is currently the only song outside the 2019 top 100 to still be charting and not having reached a new peak in 2020. It's charted for 18 non-consecutive weeks, and since it's below #50, will likely be dropped in another two weeks.

[jebsib]

Any idea what artist has accumulated the most points so far on the 2020 Hot 100?