Year-End Top 10s, 94-03-- Best Year???

[Bob]

I would have placed this in Polling Booth, but it only allows 8 options and I really want to do ten years. Rank the years! It's hard-- this is gonna take you back! From Billboard's year-end charts:

1994:
1. The sign - Ace of Base
2. I swear - All 4 One
3. I'll make love to you - Boyz II Men
4. The power of love - Celine Dion
5. Hero - Mariah Carey
6. Stay (I missed you) - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
7. Breathe again - Toni Braxton
8. All for love - Bryan Adams , Rod Stewart & Sting
9. All that she wants - Ace Of Base
10. Don't turn around - Ace Of Base

1995:
1. Gangsta's paradise - Coolio feat.L.V.
2. Waterfalls - TLC
3. Creep - TLC
4. Kiss from a rose - Seal
5. On bended knee - Boyz II Men
6. Another night - Real McCoy
7. Fantasy - Mariah Carey
8. Take a bow - Madonna
9. Don't take it personal (Just one of dem days) - Monica
10. This is how we do it - Montell Jordan

1996:
1. Macarena - Los Del Rio
2. One sweet day - Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
3. Because you loved me - Celine Dion
4. Nobody knows - The Tony Rich Project
5. Always be my baby - Mariah Carey
6. Give me one reason - Tracy Chapman
7. Tha crossroads - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
8. I love you always forever - Donna Lewis
9. You're makin' me high/Let it flow - Toni Braxton
10. Twisted - Keith Sweat

1997:
1. Something about the way you look tonight/Candle in the wind 1997 - Elton John
2. You were meant for me/Foolish games - Jewel
3. I'll be missing you - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans ft.112
4. Un-break my heart - Toni Braxton
5. Can't nobody hold me down - Puff Daddy ft.Mase
6. I believe I can fly - R.Kelly
7. Don't let go (love) - En Vogue
8. Return of the mack - Mark Morrison
9. How do I live - LeAnn Rimes
10. Wannabe - Spice Girls

1998:
1.Too close - Next
2. The boy is mine - Brandy & Monica
3. You're still the one - Shania Twain
4. Truly madly deeply - Savage Garden
5. How do I live - LeAnn Rimes
6. Together again - Janet
7. All my life - K-Ci & Jojo
8. Candle in the wind 1997 - Elton John
9. Nice & slow - Usher
10. I don't want to wait - Paula Cole

1999:
1. Believe - Cher
2. No scrubs - TLC
3. Angel of mine - Monica
4. Heartbreak hotel - Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans & Kelly Price
5. ...Baby one more time - Britney Spears
6. Kiss me - Sixpence None The Richer
7. Genie in a bottle - Christina Aguilera
8. Every morning - Sugar Ray
9. Nobody's supposed to be here - Deborah Cox
10. Livin' la Vida loca - Ricky Martin

2000:
1. Breathe - Faith Hill
2. Smooth - Santana ft. Rob Thomas
3. Maria Maria - Santana ft. The Product G&B
4. I wanna know - Joe
5. Everything you want - Vertical Horizon
6. Say my name - Destiny's Child
7. I knew I loved you - Savage Garden
8. Amazed - Lonestar
9. Bent - Matchbox Twenty
10. He wasn't man enough - Toni Braxton

2001:
1. Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse
2. Fallin' - Alicia Keys
3. All For You - Janet
4. Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) - Train
5. I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule
6. If You're Gone - matchbox twenty
7. Let Me Blow Ya Mind - Eve Featuring Gwen Stefani
8. Thank You - Dido
9. Again - Lenny Kravitz
10. Independent Women Part I - Destiny's Child

2002:
1. How you remind me - Nickelback
2. Foolish - Ashanti
3. Hot in herre - Nelly
4. Dillema - Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland
5. Wherever you will go - The Calling
6. A thousand miles - Vanessa Carlton
7. In the end - Linkin Park
8. What's luv? - Fat Joe ft. Ashanti
9. U got it bad - Usher
10. Blurry - Puddle Of Mudd

2003:
1. In da club - 50 Cent
2. Ignition - R. Kelly
3. Get busy - Sean Paul
4. Crazy in love - Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
5. When I'm gone - 3 Doors Down
6. Unwell - matchbox twenty
7. Right thurr - Chingy
8. Miss you - Aaliyah
9. Picture - Kid Rock ft. Sheryl Crow
10. Bring me to life -Evanescence ft. Paul McCoy

[Ragin]

1996 followed closely by 1997 and then 1995.

Those three years stand out way above the others in my opinion. I like the variety from 2000 on which surprises me, since I've complained about variety at least until this year.

[Bob]

neat facts:

Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton tie for the most year-end top 10's in the past decade, with 4 each (although one of Toni's was a double sided).

Ace of Base, Boyz II Men, TLC and Monica (Beyoncé & Rob Thomas, as well, if[/i] you count her two DC entries and his entry with Santana) each have 3. I think Ace of Base should count as one since all of their 1994 songs sounded the same.

Several artists have two, including R. Kelly, Celine Dion, Savage Garden, P. Diddy, R. Kelly, Nelly, Destiny's Child, Janet, matchbox twenty, and Santana.

Here's how I rank the years:

1. 98
2. 95
3. 99
4. 00
5. 97
6. 94
7. 96
8. 01
9. 03
10. 02

[Love Plastic Love]

Whoa-ok honestly I was surprised at how many years of those I LIKED.
94-5
95-5
96-5
97-6
98-7
99-6
00-4
01-5
02-2
03-2

In my opinion, the 01, 02 and 03 years are crappier than the rest. (looking at all the songs and not just my favs)

[Bob]

i agree, 01 02 03 have been the weakest years, and i dont think thats just because they're the most recent-- although that does play into it. we'll probably like them more in a couple years.

i really think 98/99 were good years, but 95 also blows me away-- if you look, i think that year was a turning point. a rap song topped it, which was a foreshadow of things to come, TLC's songs are iconic, and monica was a sign of the new generation of divas. in fact, she was the first to break into this top 10, i just thought of that. set the stage for both her/brandy/aaliyah, and the younger ashanti/beyonce (altho they're actually all about the same age!)

[Deleted]

1. 1995
2. 1996
3. 1997
4. 1994
5. 2000
6. 2002
7. 1999
8. 1998
9. 2001
10. 2003

[thirddegree50123]

Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton tie for the most year-end top 10's in the past decade, with 4 each (although one of Toni's was a double sided).

Ace of Base, Boyz II Men, TLC and Monica (Beyoncé & Rob Thomas, as well, if you count her two DC entries and his entry with Santana) each have 3. I think Ace of Base should count as one since all of their 1994 songs sounded the same.

Several artists have two, including R. Kelly, Celine Dion, Savage Garden, P. Diddy, R. Kelly, Nelly, Destiny's Child, Janet, matchbox twenty, and Santana.

First of all, matchbox twenty has three. And secondly that would give Rob Thomas four entries

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I think I'd like them more if these were R&R and not Billboard. 1995 would probably be tops for me with 96 or 94 closer behind but 1997 here isn't very good.

1995
1994
1996
1999
2000
2001
1998
2002
1997
2003

[Bob]

thirddegree50123 said:

First of all, matchbox twenty has three. And secondly that would give Rob Thomas four entries

thirdly, my mistake, and up fourth: you're rude

[FreakyFlyBry]

1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 1999
4. 1997
5. 1998
6. 1996
7. 2002
8. 1995
9. 1994
10. 2003

[Matt4319]

Songs I like/dislike in each year (the rest I'm sort of indifferent to):

1994: 4/0 = 4 points
1995: 4/0 = 4 points
1996: 2/1 = 1 point
1997: 4/0 = 4 points
1998: 6/0 = 6 points
1999: 4/1 = 3 points
2000: 8/1 = 7 points :o
2001: 4/1 = 3 points
2002: 5/4 = 1 point
2003: 3/2 = 1 point

Ranked 1-10 (ties in points broken by #1 song):
1. 2000
2. 1998
3. 1995
4. 1997
5. 1994
6. 2001
7. 1999
8. 2002
9. 2003
10. 1996

These are only rating the top 10, though; I'm sure overall, 1996 was better than 2003 and probably 2002 as well. I would also probably place 1998 above 2000.

[irice22]

2000 surprisignly! It was one of my least favorite rears in music it seemed... but it really got bad more towards the end.

[Ragin]

Matt4319 said:

Songs I like/dislike in each year (the rest I'm sort of indifferent to):

1994: 4/0 = 4 points
1995: 4/0 = 4 points
1996: 2/1 = 1 point
1997: 4/0 = 4 points
1998: 6/0 = 6 points
1999: 4/1 = 3 points
2000: 8/1 = 7 points :o
2001: 4/1 = 3 points
2002: 5/4 = 1 point
2003: 3/2 = 1 point

Ranked 1-10 (ties in points broken by #1 song):
1. 2000
2. 1998
3. 1995
4. 1997
5. 1994
6. 2001
7. 1999
8. 2002
9. 2003
10. 1996

These are only rating the top 10, though; I'm sure overall, 1996 was better than 2003 and probably 2002 as well. I would also probably place 1998 above 2000.

I used your method and came up with different results than just getting an overall impression of the year I end up with

2002 9/1 8 points
2001 7/0 7 points
1996 7/1 6 points
1997 7/2 5 points
1999 5/1 4 points
1995 4/2 2 points
1994 2/1 1 point
2000 4/4 0 points
2003 3/4 -1 point
1998 2/5 -3 points

[Bob]

thats an interesting way of doing it-- ill try it

94: 4/5 = -1
95: 8/0 = 8
96: 6/1 = 5
97: 5/2 = 3
98: 7/1 = 6
99: 6/1 = 5
00: 5/2 = 3
01: 6/1 = 5
02: 4/3 = 1
03: 4/3 = 1

So my rankings are
1. 95
2. 98
3. 96
4. 99
5. 01
6. 97
7. 00
8. 02
9. 03
10. 94

[jond7699]

My favorites:

1) 1998
2) 1997
3) 2000
4) 2001
5) 1995
6) 1994
7) 2003
8) 2002
9) 1999
10) 1996

[af18c]

1994: 7/0= 7
1995: 8/0= 8
1996: 7/1= 6
1997: 8/0= 8
1998: 5/1= 4
1999: 6/1= 5
2000: 4/1= 3
2001: 7/2= 5
2002: 7/3= 4
2003: 7/2= 5

1. 1995
2. 1997
3. 1994
4. 1996
5. 2003
6. 1999
7. 2001
8. 1998
9. 2002
10. 2000