What does your year end look like (so far)?

[Diablo Cody™]

I added every chart of mine up until June 11. Here's how the top 15 looks so far for the year end chart.

Hot Top 50! Year End Top 15 (So Far…)

15) Linkin Park- Numb (577 Points)
14) Jessica Simpson- With You (581 Points)
13) Brand New- Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades (596 Points)
12) Eamon- I Don’t Want You Back (608 Points)
11) JoJo- Leave (661 Points)
10) Chingy f/ J. Weav- One Call Away (681 Points)
09) Avril Lavigne- Don’t Tell Me (685 Points)
08) Maroon 5- This Love (718 Points)
07) Usher- Yeah (727 Points)
06) Limp Bizkit- Behind Blue Eyes (831 Points)
05) Full Blown Rose- Can Somebody Help Me (855 Points)
04) Evanescence- My Immortal (874 Points)
03) Amanda Clemens- I Don’t Want To Be Me (881 Points)
02) Hilary Duff- Come Clean (927 Points)
01) Britney Spears- Toxic (949 Points)

It's going to be interesting to see how this turns out in like a month because 8 of those songs are still on the chart.

[dragoneyez]

This is an approximation, but it would look something like this:

##. Artist - Title ('04 Wks [Total Wks] / '04 Pk [Pk])

15. Seether ft. Amy Lee - Broken (11 / #1-2wks)
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (16 / #3)
13. 311 - Love Song (18 / #3)
12. Hoobastank - The Reason (11 / #1-5wks)
11. Sheryl Crow - First Cut Is the Deepest (23 [37] / #4)
10. Nickelback - Figured You Out (19 [23] / #3)
9. Audioslave - I Am the Highway (23 [25] / #4)
8. OutKast - Hey Ya! (22 [38] / #2 [#1-6wks])
7. Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue (22 / #8)
6. Jet - Cold Hard Bitch (18 / #2)
5. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl? (23 [29] / #2)
4. Blink-182 - I Miss You (23 [24] / #1-1wk)
3. Evanescence - My Immortal (23 [32] / #1-1wk)
2. Lostprophets - Last Train Home (23 [28] / #1-3wks)
1. Incubus - Megalomaniac (23 [25] / #1-7wks)

[Dave]

The Top 3 is all that I know definitively...

1. Evanescence- My Immortal
2. Christina Aguilera- The Voice Within
3. Sarah McLachlan- Fallen


I think this will be the first year Christina will not have the year-end #1. She's had the Year-end #1 since 1999.

[Cerebro]

Just to take part in this party, here's the current mid-year standings for my version of the pop chart. 

I decided to develop a new equation to tally up rankings this year. I used to use an equation based on inverse points, but I felt that songs that peaked high, but weren't on the chart as long, didn't get enough credit and songs that didn't peak as high, but stayed on forever, got too much credit.  After studying the Year-End Point Systems thread (http://pulsemusic.proboards12.com/index.cgi?board=personal&action=display&thread=1081313402), I came up with the following cubic equation in Excel (if anyone's interested):

y = - 0.0184x^3 + 3.8476x^2 - 270.07x + 7111.4
where:  x = position, y = points

I developed it so that the distribution of points on my top 100 is, approximately, the same as the distribution of spins on a recurrentless Mediabase chart (i.e. #1 gets 7500 points, #25 gets 2500, #50 gets 1000, #75 gets 650,  #100 gets 400, you kinda get the general idea).  In short, the number of points each song receives, is similar to the actual spin count registered by Mediabase.

Compare my chart to Matt's calculated YTD standings as of the 5/21/04 pop chart (http://pulsemusic.proboards12.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=pop&thread=1084211599&start=75), which is, approximately, the same time window I used.  The equation seems to work quite well!

Without further ado, the top 100:

THE TOP 50 HOTLIST - 2004 MID-YEAR CHART
For Charts Dated December 6, 2003 Through May 29, 2004
Rank - Artist - Title - Points - Peak - Top 100 Weeks - Top 50 Weeks
001  OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown - The Way You Move  - 132127.734  - 1  - 26  - 26
002  Nickelback - Someday  - 129717.855  - 2  - 26  - 26
003  OutKast - Hey Ya!  - 128803.676  - 1  - 26  - 26
004  Jessica Simpson - With You  - 128125.158  - 1  - 26  - 26
005  3 Doors Down - Here Without You  - 111071.698  - 1  - 26  - 26
006  Baby Bash featuring Frankie J. - Suga Suga  - 108357.990  - 2  - 26  - 25
007  Evanescence - My Immortal  - 108239.775  - 2  - 26  - 24
008  Britney Spears - Toxic  - 106840.428  - 1  - 22  - 19
009  Linkin Park - Numb  - 104298.778  - 5  - 26  - 26
010  No Doubt - It's My Life  - 100375.486  - 5  - 26  - 26
011  Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris - Yeah!  - 95929.600  - 1  - 18  - 17
012  Simple Plan - Perfect  - 91108.833  - 4  - 26  - 24
013  Maroon5 - This Love  - 85731.714  - 1  - 18  - 17
014  Eamon - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)  - 79064.420  - 9  - 26  - 24
015  Trapt - Headstrong  - 76927.274  - 5  - 26  - 26
016  Ludacris featuring Shawnna - Stand Up  - 75528.540  - 8  - 26  - 22
017  Beyonce featuring Sean Paul - Baby Boy  - 71926.906  - 3  - 26  - 18
018  Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is The Deepest  - 71844.838  - 11  - 26  - 25
019  Kelis - Milkshake  - 59304.837  - 7  - 21  - 15
020  Chingy featuring J. Weav - One Call Away  - 57824.298  - 6  - 16  - 14
021  Fuel - Falls On Me  - 57816.794  - 16  - 26  - 23
022  Lil' Jon and The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins - Get Low  - 56046.843  - 13  - 26  - 16
023  Hilary Duff - Come Clean  - 55177.596  - 9  - 19  - 17
024  Santana featuring Alex Band or Chad Kroeger - Why Don't You And I  - 55079.973  - 6  - 26  - 17
025  J-Kwon - Tipsy  - 51640.379  - 7  - 15  - 12
026  Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within  - 49409.842  - 12  - 17  - 12
027  D12 - My Band  - 48757.471  - 3  - 11  - 10
028  Hoobastank - The Reason  - 48259.112  - 1  - 13  - 11
029  Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz  - 48078.804  - 11  - 21  - 14
030  Stacie Orrico - (There's Gotta Be) More To Life  - 47537.520  - 7  - 23  - 10
031  Maroon5 - Harder To Breathe  - 46886.429  - 9  - 26  - 16
032  Liz Phair - Why Can't I?  - 46019.133  - 11  - 26  - 13
033  Cassidy featuring R. Kelly - Hotel  - 45791.318  - 10  - 17  - 14
034  Dido - White Flag  - 45452.174  - 21  - 26  - 21
035  Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg - Holidae In  - 44851.767  - 14  - 19  - 15
036  Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama  - 44753.353  - 11  - 18  - 16
037  Beyonce' - Me, Myself, And I  - 43803.456  - 17  - 21  - 17
038  Sarah Connor - Bounce  - 42409.484  - 13  - 19  - 14
039  Staind - So Far Away  - 41839.417  - 19  - 26  - 14
040  Jessica Simpson - Take My Breath Away  - 39886.129  - 8  - 11  - 10
041  Nelly, P. Diddy, and Murphy Lee - Shake Ya Tailfeather  - 39853.598  - 13  - 26  - 14
042  Nick Cannon featuring R. Kelly - Gigolo  - 38737.679  - 18  - 23  - 16
043  Switchfoot - Meant To Live  - 37480.820  - 15  - 22  - 16
044  Beyonce' featuring Lil' Flip - Naughty Girl  - 37138.274  - 4  - 9  - 8
045  Good Charlotte - Hold On  - 36909.427  - 16  - 19  - 15
046  Kimberley Locke - 8th World Wonder  - 36694.438  - 20  - 18  - 16
047  Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl  - 35389.798  - 17  - 16  - 13
048  Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell Me  - 35177.050  - 12  - 12  - 11
049  Matchbox Twenty - Bright Lights  - 34715.871  - 18  - 26  - 15
050  Murphy Lee featuring Jermaine Dupri - Wat Da Hook Gon Be  - 34328.341  - 27  - 25  - 19
051  Clay Aiken - Invisible  - 33403.594  - 16  - 15  - 10
052  Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know  - 33288.270  - 5  - 10  - 8
053  Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim - Can't Hold Us Down  - 33220.689  - 17  - 26  - 10
054  Michelle Branch - Breathe  - 32361.723  - 19  - 19  - 11
055  Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake - Where Is The Love?  - 31249.860  - 27  - 26  - 15
056  Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom  - 30840.693  - 7  - 20  - 9
057  Usher - Burn  - 29348.067  - 7  - 9  - 8
058  Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes  - 29093.437  - 26  - 26  - 13
059  Kelly Clarkson - The Trouble With Love Is  - 28269.524  - 22  - 18  - 14
060  Blink-182 - I Miss You  - 26550.690  - 15  - 12  - 11
061  Beyonce' featuring Jay-Z - Crazy In Love  - 23462.862  - 36  - 26  - 8
062  Nelly featuring Justin Timberlake - Work It (Remix)  - 22764.295  - 23  - 17  - 8
063  3 Doors Down - Away From The Sun  - 22471.366  - 25  - 15  - 12
064  50 Cent - In Da Club  - 22305.409  - 45  - 26  - 9
065  Three Days Grace - (I Hate) Everything About You  - 20723.064  - 29  - 16  - 10
066  Fabolous featuring Tamia or Ashanti - Into You  - 20552.765  - 25  - 19  - 9
067  Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body  - 20333.780  - 53  - 26   
068  Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy - Bring Me To Life  - 19507.969  - 48  - 26  - 1
069  Matchbox Twenty - Unwell  - 19357.802  - 47  - 26  - 2
070  Pink - God Is A DJ  - 19336.226  - 26  - 12  - 9
071  R. Kelly - Ignition  - 18914.246  - 58  - 26   
072  Sean Paul featuring Sasha - I'm Still In Love With You  - 18878.314  - 16  - 9  - 7
073  Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder  - 18637.305  - 20  - 14  - 6
074  OutKast - Roses  - 18587.009  - 14  - 11  - 8
075  Janet Jackson - Just A Little While  - 18514.858  - 18  - 8  - 6
076  Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent  - 18295.238  - 55  - 26   
077  J.C. Chasez featuring Dirt McGirt - Some Girls (Dance With Women)  - 17628.982  - 32  - 14  - 11
078  Sean Paul - Get Busy  - 17119.529  - 61  - 26   
079  Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue  - 16401.568  - 21  - 11  - 7
080  Ying Yang Twins featuring Lil' Jon and The East Side Boyz - Salt Shaker  - 16230.978  - 41  - 18  - 8
081  Kanye West - Through The Wire  - 15951.415  - 35  - 16  - 7
082  Jason Mraz - The Remedy (I Won't Worry)  - 15828.758  - 43  - 23  - 2
083  Britney Spears featuring Madonna - Me Against The Music  - 15799.698  - 12  - 10  - 5
084  Jason Mraz - You And I Both  - 15777.090  - 38  - 16  - 11
085  Chingy - Right Thurr  - 15527.536  - 39  - 20  - 6
086  Sarah McLachlan - Fallen  - 15326.262  - 56  - 21   
087  3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone  - 14348.974  - 71  - 26   
088  Rooney - I'm Shakin'  - 14063.666  - 37  - 15  - 5
089  Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name  - 14043.148  - 31  - 12  - 9
090  Jay-Z - Change Clothes  - 13524.325  - 36  - 12  - 7
091  Five For Fighting - 100 Years  - 12540.801  - 43  - 14  - 6
092  Enrique Iglesias - Addicted  - 12252.131  - 29  - 9  - 5
093  Fefe Dobson - Take Me Away  - 11799.082  - 26  - 10  - 4
094  Frankee - F.U.R.B.  - 11203.873  - 30  - 9  - 5
095  Liz Phair - Extraordinary  - 11004.020  - 31  - 9  - 6
096  Simple Plan - Addicted  - 10636.103  - 69  - 17   
097  The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love  - 10623.836  - 40  - 12  - 5
098  YoungBloodZ featuring Lil' Jon - Damn!  - 10618.430  - 59  - 17   
099  Jagged Edge - Walked Outta Heaven  - 10598.715  - 49  - 14  - 1
100  JoJo - Leave (Get Out)  - 10596.470  - 28  - 10  - 4

[strong4PMB!]

01  "Te Quise Tanto,"  Paulina Rubio  1073
02  "Cerca De Ti,"  Thalía  851
03  "If I Ain't Got You,"  Alicia Keys  803
04  "Toxic,"  Britney Spears  789
05  "Noche De Verano,"  Roselyn Sánchez Featuring Victor Manuelle  779
06  "Rosas,"  La Oreja De Van Gogh  767
07  "One Call Away,"  Chingy Featuring J. Weav  763
08  "Everything,"  Fefe Dobson  751
09  "Breakup 2 Makeup,"  Ashanti Featuring Black Child  750
10  "Roses,"  Outkast  708
11  "Splash Waterfalls,"  Ludacris  700
12  "All Falls Down,"  Kanye West Featuring Syleena Johnson  659
13  "Tu Fotografía,"  Gloria Estefan  656
14  "Southside,"  Lloyd Featuring Ashanti  656
15  "Vivo Y Muero En Tu Piel,"  Jennifer Peña  654
16  "Hey Mama,"  Black Eyed Peas  644
17  "Me, Myself, And I,"  Beyoncé  643
18  "Come Clean,"  Hilary Duff  625
19  "Can't Be Stopped,"  Crystal Kay  617
20  "Shake Your Body,"  Tyra Banks  604

[Hybrid0NE]

## Artist|Title|Peak Position in 2004
01 Britney Spears - Toxic #1 [for 7 weeks]
02 Linkin Park - Lying From You #1 [for 4 weeks]
03 Christina Milian - Dip It Low #1 [for 5 weeks]
04 Red Hot CHili Peppers - Fortune Faded #2
05 Janet Jackson - All Nite (Don't Stop) #1
06 Linkin Park - From The Inside #1 [for 3 weeks]
07 No Doubt - It's My Life #1
08 Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades #1 [for 2 weeks]
09 Three Days Grace - (I Hate) Everything About You #1
10 Britney Spears - Everytime #2
11 Linkin Park - Numb #2
12 Mya - Fallen #3
13 Britney Spears ft/Madonna - Me Against The Music #3
14 N.E.R.D - She Wants to Move #1
15 Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit #3
16 Hoobastank - Out of Control #4
17 Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama #3
18 Simple Plan - Don't wanna THink About You #2
19 Good Charlotte - Hold On #5
20 Evanescence - My Immortal #4
21 Kelly Clarkson - The Trouble With Love Is #6
22 Hilary Duff - Come Clean #5
23 Janet Jackson - Just A Little While #5
24 Hoobastank - The Reason #4
25 Story of the Year - Anthem of Our Dying Day #5

[LordEctar]

10. Hanson - Penny & Me
9. Hilary and Haylie Duff - Our Lips Are Sealed
8. Kimberley Locke - 8th World Wonder
7. Jason Mraz - You & I Both
6. Hoobastank - The Reason
5. Britney Spears - Everytime
4. Hilary Duff - Come Clean
3. Jessica Simpson - Take My Breath Away
2. Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me
1. Britney Spears - Toxic

[iceman]

20 Just a Little While-Janet Jackson (343 pts.)
19 Another White Dash-Butterfly Boucher (348)
18 Broken-Seether/Amy Lee (350)
17 Hey Ya!-Outkast (356)
16 Save Me-40 Foot Echo (365)
15 Left Outside Alone-Anastacia (379)
14 Extraordinary-Liz Phair (394)
13 Through the Wire-Kanye West (414)
12 Echo-Trapt (421)
11 Toxic-Britney Spears (430)
10 I Won't Change You-Sophie Ellis-Bextor (440)
9 Million Miles-Fuel (446)
8 I Believe in a Thing Called Love-The Darkness (450)
7 If I Ain't Got You-Alicia Keys (467)
6 Meant to Live-Switchfoot (470) **#6 on chart of 2003**
5 Falls on Me-Fuel (587)
4 Me, Myself and I-Beyonce (665)
3 100 Years-Five For Fighting (741)
2 My Immortal-Evanescence (793)
1 Taking My Life Away-Default (1034)

[Miguelín]

01 La costa del silencio - Mägo de Oz 1072
02 When I look to the sky - Train 1044
03 Pa'ki Pa'lla - La Fuga 1014
04 The Beginning - Lifehouse 990
05 Sweet release - Live 946
06 Echo - Trapt 871
07 Away from the sun - 3 doors down 786
08 Megalomaniac - Incubus 773
09 I believe in a thing called... - The Darknes 770
10 Ocean avenue - Yellowcard 728
11 Only Ashes - Something Corporate 703
12 Heaven - Live 693
13 The Reason - Hoobastank 651
14 One thing - Finger Eleven 621
15 She don't want nobody near - Counting crows 613
16 Last train home - Lost Prophets 607
17 It's my life - No Doubt 589
18 Run Away - Live 582
19 How about you - Staind 563
20 Talk Shows On Mute - Incubus 562
21 Dare you to move - Switchfoot 561
22 Reject - Stroke 9 535
23 Nunca Mais - La Fuga 527
24 Rapid Hope Loss - Dassboard Confessional 498
25 Calling you - Blue October 494
26 The Best is Yet To Come - SR-71 487
27 Inner glow - Blue October 479
28 Hey ya - Outkast 471
29 Love Song - 311 457
30 From the inside - Linkin Park 412
31 Ya never know - Goo goo dolls 404
32 Silhouettes - Smile Empty Soul 403
33 This Love - Maroon 5 401
34 The Devil In The Wishing Wheel - Five For Fighting 397
35 Our Lives - The Calling 376
36 Time is running out - Muse 376
37 Where is the love? - Black eyed peas 374
38 Here without you - 3 doors down 368
39 Come around - Sister Hazel 356
40 Ruthless - Something Corporate 340
41 Silver & Cold - A.F.I. 339
42 Love's Divine - Seal 330
43 La vida al revés - Fran Perea 327
44 Numb - Linkin Park 312
45 Float on - Modest Mouse 310
46 Cursed - Robbie Williams 304
47 La casa por el tejado - Fito y los Fitipaldi 300
48 Cabron - Red Hot Chili Peppers 294
49 My Private Nation - Train 255
50 Accidentaly in love - Counting Crows 249

[Deleted]

Here's the mid-year Top 50.

01.  "If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys [823]
02.  "Stupid," Sarah McLachlan [812]
03.  "I Miss You," Blink-182 [798]
04.  "Megalomaniac," Incubus [779]
05.  "Echo," Trapt [758]
06.  "Still In Love," Teena Marie [720]
07.  "Wanna Get To Know," G-Unit f/ Joe [702]
08.  "All Falls Down," Kanye West f/ Syleena Johnson [691]
09.  "The Closer I Get To You," Luther Vandross & Beyonce [592]
10.  "Love Song," 311 [571]
11.  "The First Cut Is The Deepest," Sheryl Crow [566]
12.  "New Day," Patti LaBelle [479]
13.  "Splash Waterfalls," Ludacris [455]
14.  "Running Blind," Godsmack [455]
15.  "Broken," Seether f/ Amy Lee [427]
16.  "Burn," Usher [425]
17.  "Don't Tell Me," Avril Lavigne [418]
18.  "Suga Suga," Baby Bash f/ Frankie J. [396]
19.  "I Believe In A Thing Called Love," The Darkness [391]
20.  "Last Train Home," Lostprophets [371]
21.  "No Better Love," Young Gunz f/ Rell [353]
22.  "Dust," Van Hunt [349]
23.  "Scandalous," Mis-Teeq [345]
24.  "Try," Nelly Furtado [339]
25.  "Meant To Live," Switchfoot [338]
26.  "Light In Your Eyes," Sheryl Crow [336]
27.  "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing," Shania Twain [330]
28.  "Just A Little While," Janet Jackson [328]
29.  "You Don't Know My Name," Alicia Keys [328]
30.  "Feeling This," Blink-182 [324]
31.  "Where Are We Runnin," Lenny Kravitz [322]
32.  "I Don't Wanna Know," Mario Winans f/ P. Diddy [319]
33.  "Ocean Avenue," Yellowcard [311]
34.  "Deja Vu (It's Hard To Believe)," The ROC Project f/ Tina Novak [310]
35.  "Down," Blink-182 [310]
36.  "You," Ryan Duarte [308]
37.  "Confessions Part II," Usher [304]
38.  "Losing My Mind," Trina Broussard [302]
39.  "Slither," Velvet Revolver [301]
40.  "Falls On Me," Fuel [300]
41.  "Slow Jamz," Twista f/ Kanye West & Jamie Foxx [293]
42.  "Until The Day I Die," Story Of The Year [288]
43.  "Turn Me On," Kevin Lyttle [287]
44.  "Toxic," Britney Spears [286]
45.  "Rapid Hope Loss," Dashboard Confessional [281]
46.  "I Want You," Janet Jackson [276]
47.  "Breathe," Melissa Etheridge [276]
48.  "Hotel," Cassidy f/ R. Kelly [271]
49.  "Take Me Home," Sara Devine [267]
50.  "Diary," Alicia Keys [262]

[j]

I'll take a quick stab at this.

1. The Reason
2. This Love
3. Echo
4. Numb
5. Dare You To Move
6. My Immortal
7. Love Song
8. One Thing
9. I Hate (Everything About You)
10. Falls On Me

[BritneyFan4Life]

01. Toxic, Britney Spears (1431)
02. Everytime, Britney Spears (773)
03. With You, Jessica Simpson (635)
04. Yeah, Usher (616)
05. My Immortal, Evanescence (566)
06. Talk About Our Love, Brandy (516)
07. If I Ain't Got You, Alicia Keys (515)
08. Burn, Usher (493)
09. All Nite (Don't Stop), Janet Jackson (455)
10. U Don't Know My Name, Alicia Keys (434)
11. Dip It Low, Christina Milian (432)
12. Don't Tell Me, Avril Lavigne (428)
13. Naughy Girl, Beyonce (380)
14. My Happy Ending, Avril Lavigne (361)
15. Roses, Outkast (344)

[Matt4319]

Haven't totaled up any points, but I'll take a guess at it...

(^) going up

1. Lostprophets - Last Train Home
2. Incubus - Megalomaniac
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
4. Switchfoot - Dare You to Move (#4 for 2003) (^)
5. OutKast - Roses (^)
6. OutKast - The Way You Move
7. Evanescence - My Immortal (#19 for 2003)
8. Jason Mraz - You and I Both
9. Seether f/Amy Lee - Broken (^)
10. Blink-182 - I Miss You

[Libra]

As of the just-posted June 26 chart...

Exactly 60 songs have charted in 2004, so here's the Top 30: (Notes: PK obviously means 2004 PK, and bold numbers indicate a currently-charting song)

## Artist - Title PTS PK
30 Sheryl Crow - The First Cut is the Deepest 080 11
29 Fefe Dobson - Take Me Away 082 #3
28 Nelly Furtado - Powerless (Say What You Want) 082 #2
27 Jason Mraz - You and I Both 085 10
26 Dido - White Flag 093 #7
25 Clay Aiken - Invisible 107 #2
24 Jessica Simpson - With You 109 #7
23 Britney Spears - Everytime 110 #3
22 Sarah Connor - Bounce 123 #4
21 Good Charlotte - Hold On 127 #5
20 Hanson - Penny & Me 129 #4
19 Hilary Duff - Come Clean 130 #3
18 J-Kwon - Tipsy 133 #4
17 Kimberley Locke - 8th World Wonder 134 #2
16 Liz Phair - Why Can't I? 135 #8
15 Chingy Featuring J. Weav - One Call Away 135 #4
14 Kelis - Milkshake 143 #2
13 Avril Lavigne - Nobody's Fool 153 #5
12 Beyonce - Naughty Girl 153 #3
11 Nickelback - Someday 153 #1 (4)
10 3 Doors Down - Away From the Sun 160 #6
09 Linkin Park - Numb 168 #3
08 Beyonce - Me, Myself, and I 186 #1 (5)
07 Usher - Burn 187 #1 (1)
06 Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell Me 209 #1 (5)
05 Switchfoot - Meant to Live 227 #1 (2)
04 Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama 274 #1 (1)
03 Britney Spears - Toxic 285 #1 (1)
02 Evanescence - My Immortal 291 #1 (3)
01 Maroon 5 - This Love 303 #1 (4)

[Dave]

Now that the first half of the year on my chart has passed I did a mid-year points tally to see how things looked.

1/2 way through 2004 it looks as follows (points totals)...

1. Evanescence- My Immortal (1240)
2. Maroon 5- This Love (1003)
3. Sarah McLachlan- Fallen (1002)
4. Christina Aguilera- The Voice Within (972)
5. Sheryl Crow- The First Cut is the Deepest (949)

[Matt4319]

Well, I caved in and did some calculations. I'm still not sure what method I'm going to use, but putting the formula Cerebro used (except dividing by 100 to bring down the numbers a bit ) produced the following results, which seem plausible:

(This is through the 6/18 chart, the last chart that was made when I made the original projections of my top 10)

AP (PP) Pk
01 (01) 01 Lostprophets - Last Train Home
02 (02) 01 Incubus - Megalomaniac
03 (04) 01 Switchfoot - Dare You to Move (#4 for 2003) (^)
04 (10) 03 Blink-182 - I Miss You
05 (05) 01 OutKast - Roses (^)
06 (03) 01 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
07 (06) 01 OutKast - The Way You Move
08 (––) 05 Offspring - (Can't Get My) Head Around You)
09 (––) 04 Trapt - Echo
10 (––) 06 Maroon 5 - This Love

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11 (07) 01 Evanescence - My Immortal (#19 for 2003)
12 (08) 01 Jason Mraz - You and I Both
13 (––) 08 Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
14 (––) 03 Michael Andrews f/Gary Jules - Mad World
15 (––) 02 Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder
16 (09) 01 Seether f/Amy Lee - Broken (^)

I'm a bit surprised by Blink-182's position, but I guess I did like it a lot for a while, even though it never made the top 2.

24-week chart run for "IMY":
36 30 22 16 7 3 3 4 4 4 7 5 3 5 9 12 19 27 32 39 54 70 81 98

The rest of the top 40:
Pos Pk
17 03 Howie Day - Perfect Time of Day
18 05 Story of the Year - Until the Day I Die
19 05 Chingy f/J. Weav - One Call Away
20 06 Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades
21 04 Britney Spears - Toxic
22 01 OutKast - Hey Ya!
23 06 Atomship - Pencil Fight
24 10 A Perfect Circle - The Outsider
25 02 Mario Winans f/P. Diddy & Enya - I Don't Wanna Know
26 05 The Darkness - I Believe In a Thing Called Love
27 05 Evanescence - Everybody's Fool
28 05 Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama
29 01 No Doubt - It's My Life
30 11 Jet - Cold Hard Bitch
31 14 Muse - Time Is Running Out
32 09 Rooney - I'm Shakin'
33 11 The Ataris - The Saddest Song
34 09 The Offspring - Hit That
35 12 311 - Love Song
36 10 Matchbox Twenty - Downfall
37 08 Sugarcult - Memory
38 14 Anberlin - Ready Fuels
39 11 Staind - How About You
40 18 Usher f/Lil' Jon & Ludacris - Yeah! (lol)

I also might throw some album cuts in the mix at the end of the year, so that could affect this even more.

[Gorminako]

1st Half 2004

01 A Perfect Circle “The Noose”
02 Seal “Loneliest Star”
03 Disturbed “Darkness”
04 Madonna “Love Profusion”
05 Evanescence “My Immortal”
06 A Perfect Circle “The Package”
07 Keith Sweat “How Deep Is Your Love?”
08 Seal “Where There’s Gold”
09 Fuel “Falls on Me”
10 Dido “White Flag”
11 Vivian Green “Music”
12 Simply Red “Sunrise”
13 Dido “Don’t Leave Home”
14 Seal “Heavenly”
15 Outkast “The Way You Move”
16 3 Doors Down “Here Without You”
17 Travis “Re-Offender”
18 3 Days Grace “Everything About You”
19 Blue “Walk Away”
20 Travis “Happy To Hang Around”
21 Blue “Alive”
22 Seal “Waiting For You”
23 Blue “When Summer’s Gone”
24 Coldplay “Moses”
25 Dido “Who Makes You Feel?”
26 Blue “Back Someday”
27 Blue “Stand Up”
28 Staind “Yesterday”
29 Fuel “Million Miles”
30 Dido “Stoned”
31 Dido “Life For Rent”
32 Linkin Park “Numb”
33 Mario Winans “I Don’t Wanna Know”
34 A Perfect Circle “Weak & Powerless”
35 A Perfect Circle “The Outsider”
36 Musiq “Forthenight”
37 Blue “Girl I’ll Never Understand”
38 Lil’ Jon & The Eastside Boyz “Get Low”
39 Mary J Blige “Don’t Go”
40 Seal “Touch”
41 Shinedown “Lacerate”
42 Blue “Rock The Night”
43 Coldplay “The One I Love”
44 Audioslave “I Am The Highway”
45 Lostprophets “Last Train Home”
46 Beyonce “Naughty Girl”
47 Travis “Quicksand”
48 Travis “Beautiful Occupation”
49 Seal “Love’s Divine”
50 Blue “Love RIP”
51 John Mayer “Clarity”
52 Blue “Bounce”
53 Jennifer Lopez “The One I Love”
54 Sarah McLachlan “Fallen”
55 Staind “Zoe Jane”
56 Pharrell “Frontin’”
57 Staind “So Far Away”
58 Shinedown “Fly From The Inside”
59 Blue “Long Time”
60 Blue “How’s a Man Supposed To Change?”
61 Seal “Get It Together”
62 Incubus “Megalomaniac”
63 Blue “Taste It”
64 Blue “Guilty”
65 Blue “Make It Happen”
66 Liz Phair “Extraordinary”
67 FeFe Dobson “Take Me Away”
68 Linkin Park “Breaking The Habit”
69 Audioslave “What You Are”
70 Mya “Fallen”
71 Blue “Breathe Easy”
72 Evanescence “Everybody’s Fool”
73 Janet Jackson “I Want You”
74 Staind “How About You?”
75 Blue “Best In Me”
76 Mary J Blige “Not Today”
77 Blue “Bubblin’”
78 Travis “Love Will Come Through”
79 Beyonce “Me, Myself & I”
80 White Stripes “Hardest Button To Button”
81 Joe “Ride Wit U”
82 Sarah McLachlan “Stupid”
83 112 “Right Here For U”
84 En Vogue “Losin’ My Mind”
85 Usher “Yeah”
86 Chevelle “Closure”
87 3 Doors Down “Away From The Sun”
88 Shinedown “Stranger Inside”
89 Guster “Careful”
90 Hoobastank “The Reason”
91 Live “Run Away”
92 AFI “Silver & Cold”
93 Madonna “Nothing Fails”
94 B2K “Bada Boom”
95 Shinedown “45"
96 Dido “Do You Have A Little Time?”
97 Mis-teeq “Scandalous”
98 Fuel “Quarter”
99 Seal “Tinsel Town”
100Christina Milian “Dip It Low”

[Gorminako]

Commentary:

These are the hundred songs that did best on my chart for the first half of this year. One thing interesting is the domination of songs that have never been released as singles. They’re still making great songs, but they’re just not putting them out as singles. The most successful single on my chart was “My Immortal” by Evanescence at #5, which was on my chart long before it was released as a single. I’m hoping that some of the other songs will be released, but I’m getting discouraged. “Falls On Me” by Fuel at #9 and “White Flag” by Dido at #10 are the other singles in my Top 10. My favorite song of the year, “The Noose” by A Perfect Circle, is an extraordinary song that impressed me greatly the first time I heard it. It’s very eerie and dramatic, and very unlike any other song out there, and it would stand out above the other songs if played on the radio, so I think it should be a single, on alternative and rock stations, naturally. I’m also very impressed with APC’s “The Package” at #6, but it’s probably too long to be considered for radio airplay. Outstanding song, though. All in all, APC has 4 songs in the Top 40. I’ve charted a couple other of their songs and am about to chart their latest release.

Seal also got 2 songs in the Top 10, including the #2 song, 3 in the Top 15, 4 in the Top 25, 6 in the Top 50, and 8 in the Top 100. His 3 best songs on his latest CD have not yet been released, and another of his best, #40 “Touch”, was played on jazz stations only. The #2 “Loneliest Star” is such a beautiful, smooth song, I hope it does get released next, but having seen #61 “Get It Together” debut on 2 personal charts this past week, I’m thinking that’s the next release, even though I’ve seen it as a single in the CD stores since the fall, and it already was a big dance hit. #8 “Where There’s Gold” and #14 “Heavenly” are also smooth, haunting songs that deserve attention.

Blue has been all over my charts for more than 1 ½ years now, and they’re all over this chart, too: 5 in the Top 30, 11 in the Top 60, and 17 in the Top 80. They’re another act that isn’t necessarily releasing its best songs as singles, although in the US, it doesn’t matter, since there are no Blue singles here, not even the CD’s. I first heard Blue when I was in a CD store in Bangkok almost 2 years ago, and “All Rise” was being played in the store. I immediately fell for it; 2 more songs from the CD were played, and I just had to buy that CD. The only time that had ever happened to me before, that I bought a CD simply upon hearing it at the store, was about 2 dozen years earlier, when I heard the first side of the LP I Robot by the Alan Parsons Project, an act I was totally unfamiliar with, and lo and behold, the APP became my favorite artist of all time. What do you know? The same is happening with Blue. I haven’t liked this much 3 albums/CD’s in a row by one artist since Parsons, as different as their music might be from each other. My Malaysian friend had told me that Blue was his favorite group, but having not heard any of their music, I didn’t pay him much heed. But he has been kind enough to send me their next 2 CD’s since. Their first CD, All Rise, did release its 2 best songs as singles, the title track and “Fly By”, but at least 3 more of the songs could have been big hits: #52 “Bounce”, #26 “Back Someday” and #37 “Girl I’ll Never Understand”. Actually the whole CD was great throughout. But their next CD was released later that same year, so there wasn’t much time to release as many songs as they could have otherwise, based on their worldwide popularity. This followup CD was solid throughout with no weak songs. The ones they did release, other than the title track, “One Love”, were probably not among their best. They also seem to feel the necessity to make their second release of each CD their only remake on it. Why they do that, when their original stuff is much better, is beyond me. That coupled with the fact that the titles of several other songs on their CD’s are the same as big hits of other artists, such as “You Make Me Wanna”, “Right Here Waiting” and “I Wanna Know”, even though they’re actually originals, makes them look like they’re big on covers, even though they’re not. And for their latest CD, I can name about 7 songs that I think would make better singles than anything they’ve released so far. Among ballads, they released #64 “Guilty” first, a good song but nothing special, and #71 “Breathe Easy”, a song that keeps growing on me, but I think #23 “When Summer’s Gone” and #60 “How’s A Man Supposed To Change?” are even better. For faster, kickin’ songs, #27 “Stand Up” immediately struck me as a hit, and #42 “Rock The Night” is probably even more certain, and #63 “Taste It” would come before #77 “Bubblin”, the one that seems to be their 4th release, and all are much better than their cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”. For mid-tempo songs, #21 “Alive” couldn’t miss, it’s so excellent, and #19 “Walk Away” has such a great beat, a beautiful melody, and lots of emotion. I love it. They definitely deserve to be singles.

Fuel’s problem was they gave up too soon, with their deepest CD yet. I’m not sure why #29 “Million Miles” didn’t do better, but they have other great songs. Four made this chart. Staind’s big mistake was releasing #55 “Zoe Jane” for alternative and rock while they should have released it for Hot AC, Pop, and maybe AAA, and put out #28 “Yesterday” for alternative and rock. Four Staind songs are also on this chart. Dido has released the right songs, but not always to US radio: #31 “Life for Rent” was released in Europe, but not here, and apparently #30 “Stoned” was a big hit in the clubs, but I only heard it once on radio as part on a CD preview. She has some more candidates for single release, but the performance of #13 “Don’t Leave Home” on US public radio has to be disappointing. Dido’s 2 regular US releases, “White Flag” and “Don’t Leave Home” are both in the Top 15. She has 5 songs in the Top 31, and 6 overall. I’d recommend #25 “Who Makes You Feel?” as her next single. Shinedown has 4 songs in the Top 100, led by #41 “Lacerate”, which I think should be released as a single, but unfortunately they’ve instead released “Simple Man”, which sounds like an old rock song, and is not as good as most of their material from their CD. Travis, pretty much ignored by US radio, has 5 songs on my chart, including 2 in the Top 20, #17 “Re-Offender” and #20 “Happy To Hang Around”, and 4 in the Top 50.

No other artist has more than 2 songs on the chart, but one of them comes from a CD more than 2 years old that also should have been released as a single, but not in the formats this band is used to. #3 “Darkness” by Disturbed could be a big hit on AAA and Hot AC, and maybe even AC. It rivals “My Immortal” in tenderness and beauty. #8 “How Deep Is Your Love?” by Keith Sweat is an unreleased album cut from the ‘80's that I recently discovered on a new Greatest Hits CD by Keith Sweat. It’s not the identically titled song by the Bee Gees, nor the one by Dru Hill, but it’s every bit as good as those songs. Three more songs in the Top 12 deserve mention, partly for their longevity on my charts, a year or so each: the best song of the well-written but poorly produced American Life CD by Madonna, #4 “Love Profusion”; #11 “Music”, a lovely, inspirational gem by Vivian Green; and “Sunrise” by Simply Red, a tasteful song that I’ve been hearing only occasionally for well over a year, just enough to keep me remembering it and wanting more. Rounding out the Top 20 are 3 songs that did at least as well on the R&R and Billboard charts as on mine: #15 “The Way You Move” by Outkast, #16 “Here Without You” by 3 Doors Down, and #18 “Everything About You” by 3 Days Grace.

[strong4PMB!]

07/2004  (4th week)   
#  Song Title  Artist  PTS
01  "Te Quise Tanto,"  Paulina Rubio  1212 +
02  "Southside,"  Lloyd Featuring Ashanti  1010 ++
03  "Vivo Y Muero En Tu Piel,"  Jennifer Peña  1009 ++
04  "Roses,"  Outkast  946 +
05  "Rosas,"  La Oreja De Van Gogh  909 +
06  "Talk About Our Love,"  Brandy Featuring Kanye West  902 ++
07  "Cerca De Ti,"  Thalía  879
08  "Noche De Verano,"  Roselyn Sánchez Featuring Victor Manuelle  860
09  "If I Ain't Got You,"  Alicia Keys  839
10  "Toxic,"  Britney Spears  789

Funny that two songs in the Top 5 are called "roses."

[kingLUKE22]

I wouldn't normally add this up, but then I started thinking of how much work it's gonna be at the end of the year. Sooo... as of July 28th, here is the top 50 of 2004.

pos/points/peak/title/artist

01. 400 1x6 I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE - DARKNESS
02. 373 1X2 Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard
03. 341 1x5 The Reason - Hoobastank
04. 287 1x1 Toxic - Britney Spears
05. 262 1x3 Love Song - 311
06. 236 1x4 Float On - Modest Mouse
07. 196 2x2 This Love - Maroon 5
08. 193 1x3 The First Cut Is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow
09. 188 004 I Miss You - Blink 182
10. 176 1x2 Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet
11. 173 1x1 Such Great Heights - Postal Service
12. 163 003 Hit That - Offspring
13. 157 005 Lying From You - Linkin Park
14. 155 1x3 My Immortal - Evanescence
15. 153 004 I'm Shakin' - Rooney
16. 135 006 Broken - Seether f/Amy Lee
17. 132 005 Talk Shows On Mute - Incubus
18. 128 003 Numb - Linkin Park
19. 127 1x1 Somebody Told Me - The Killers
20. 123 2X2 Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
21. 111 004 Growing On Me - The Darkness
22. 107 006 All Downhill From Here - A New Found Glory
23. 098 004 Don't Wanna Think About You - Simple Plan
24. 097 007 Can't Get My Head Around You - Offspring
25. 092 010 Falls On Me - Fuel
26. 085 002 It's My Life - No Doubt
27. 084 006 Slow - Kylie Minogue
28. 083 006 Light In Your Eyes - Sheryl Crow
29. 083 005 Milkshake - Kelis
30. 077 1x4 Hey Ya! - OutKast
31. 075 012 Mexican Wine - Fountains of Wayne
32. 071 004 In the Shadows - The Rasmus
33. 068 010 Away From the Sun - 3 Doors Down
34. 065 008 Ch-Check It Out - Beastie Boys
35. 064 011 Echo - Trapt
36. 064 009 I Hate Everything About You - 3 Days Grace
37. 063 003 Only One - Yellowcard
38. 057 008 Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
39. 057 010 Stupid - Sarah McLachlan
40. 057 011 Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional
41. 054 012 One Thing - Finger Eleven
42. 053 008 Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit
43. 049 1x? Memory - Sugarcult
44. 048 010 Ordinary - Train
45. 044 007 Anthem of Our Dying Day - Story of the Year
46. 043 010 Work It - Nelly f/Justin Timberlake
47. 039 012 Downfall - Matchbox 20
48. 037 016 Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park
49. 035 012 Naughty Girl - Beyonce
50. 028 013 1985 - Bowling For Soup

[Chromeozone]

I'll guess at what the top 10 will end up with:

Britney Spears - Toxic
Hilary Duff - Come Clean
Michelle Branch - 'Til I Get Over You
Emma Bunton - I'll Be There
Kelis - Milkshake
Michelle McManus - All This Time
Switchfoot - Meant to Live
Ashlee Simpson - Pieces of Me
Joss Stone - Fell in Love with a Boy
Rachel Stevens - Some Girls