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# Chartcrush

Deep-dives into pop music and pop culture years, 1940-present

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- [Chartcrush 2020 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2026/04/07/chartcrush-2020-is-live/) - Fans chase viral hits and settle in with retro throwbacks as Covid-19 stops the world, and protest fuels a Hip-Hop surge after George Floyd's death mid-year. Learn more on Chartcrush 2020! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush New Years 2025 Special Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/12/26/chartcrush-new-years-2025-special-is-live/) - To ring in the New Year, Chartcrush counts down the top ten from Billboard's 2025 year-end Hot100, just unveiled December 12 at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Hear Read
- [Chartcrush 2025 Christmas Special Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/12/17/chartcrush-2025-christmas-special-is-live/) - Holiday music everywhere! But where are today's yuletide hits? Right here, on a special Chartcrush Christmas Countdown: the top ten Christmas hits of the streaming era released in the streaming era: the New Christmas Classics. Hear Read
- [Chartcrush 1983 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/05/30/chartcrush-1983-is-live/) - MTV breaks its Rock format to air Michael Jackson vids under threat by CBS and accusations of racism, and becomes Pop's new gravitational center post-AM Top40. Learn more on Chartcrush 1983! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1966 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/08/08/chartcrush-1966-is-live/) - Pop's ADHD year as hits churn faster than ever, John Lennon's Jesus comment sparks a Beatles backlash, Folk-Rock rules, Garage Bands stomp and Motown surges. Learn more on Chartcrush 1966! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1944 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/07/11/chartcrush-1944-is-live/) - It's Bing Crosby's best year ever and Louis Jordan is the jukebox king as Decca and Capitol settle with the musicians union and get a clear shot at the charts. Learn more on Chartcrush 1944! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1981 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/09/05/chartcrush-1981-is-live/) - Country surges, Pop goes FM and it’s a mishmash on the charts as Americans strap on their Walkmans, hit the gym and get Physical the year before MTV hits big. Learn more on Chartcrush 1981! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2015 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/11/06/chartcrush-2015-is-live/) - Trap and The Weekend chart a darker, more ominous course for Pop as Taylor Swift abandons Nashville and streaming playlists revolutionize music discovery. Learn more on Chartcrush 2015! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2009 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/09/25/chartcrush-2009-is-live/) - Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Beyonce rally as EDM Pop surges, the Great Recession hits bottom, Obama is sworn in and the King of Pop succumbs. Learn more on Chartcrush 2009! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1974 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/12/05/chartcrush-1974-is-live/) - Philly Soul foreshadows Disco, one-hit wonders and random comebacks abound, and streaking spawns the biggest Novelty hit since the '50s in a year with 36 #1's. Learn more on Chartcrush 1974! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1953 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/10/15/chartcrush-1953-is-live/) - In a year of envelope pushing in society, Pop doubles down on its proven formulas with lusher strings, Country/Western covers, Teen Idols and even barking dogs! Learn more on Chartcrush 1953! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush Christmas Special Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/12/11/chartcrush-xmas-special-is-live/) - Holiday music is surging on the Hot100 as young people embrace classic yuletide standards on streaming platforms. On this special, we count down the top 10! Hear Read
- [Chartcrush New Years 2024 Special Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/12/23/chartcrush-new-years-2024-special-is-live/) - To ring in the New Year, Chartcrush counts down the top ten from Billboard's 2024 year-end Hot100, just unveiled at the Billboard Music Awards in December. Hear Read
- [Chartcrush 1998 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/02/06/chartcrush-1998-is-live/) - Post-Grunge and Smooth R&B hang on as Millennial Teen Pop ramps up, MTV's Total Request Live debuts, the iMac ships and Drudge breaks the Monica Lewinski story. Learn more on Chartcrush 1998! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1985 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/01/08/chartcrush-1985-is-live/) - Madonna becomes an icon, George Michael goes solo and video fuels a surge of melodrama on the charts as Pop’s top stars raise millions for the poor in Africa. Learn more on Chartcrush 1985! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1948 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/02/25/chartcrush-1948-is-live/) - TV arrives and the second Petrillo ban bars musicians from cutting records, again! But new tech, leftfield hits, overseas recording and UK imports fill the gap. Learn more on Chartcrush 1948! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1950 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/04/30/chartcrush-1950-is-live/) - Country and Folk crash the charts as Nostalgia digs in, the 1950s’ two top Females score their first big hits, and two versions of a film noir theme get to #1. Learn more on Chartcrush 1950! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2012 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/05/28/chartcrush-2012-is-live/) - Viral hits dethrone EDM-Pop after the Hot100 adds on-demand streams while Maroon 5 cracks the code on radio and Billboard proclaims "The Year of the Newcomer." Learn more on Chartcrush 2012! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1977 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/07/23/chartcrush-1977-is-live/) - Star Wars rules, Disco digs in, and Pop turns inward amid '70s malaise, with whispery ballads and crossover hits as TV trades realism for nostalgia and fantasy. Learn more on Chartcrush 1977! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1968 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/07/02/chartcrush-1968-is-live/) - Grownups begin embracing youth culture and The Beatles and Supremes are back on top as the Tet Offensive, assassinations and mayhem at the DNC fill TV screens. Learn more on Chartcrush 1968! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2006 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/09/03/chartcrush-2006-is-live/) - The curtain falls on the Album Era as sales nosedive, the à la carte download becomes Pop's new basic unit and Ringtones transform songwriting and production. Learn more on Chartcrush 2006! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1988 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/10/08/chartcrush-1988-is-live/) - Metal swaps glam for grit with Guns n' Roses as Boomer icons compete with newly solo George Michael and Bobby Brown, mall-grad Tiffany and New Wave export INXS. Learn more on Chartcrush 2006! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1965 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/01/25/chartcrush-1965-is-live/) - It's the "Eve of Destruction" and young Boomers "(Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as Vietnam widens the generation gap and Motown hits become Civil Rights anthems. Learn more on Chartcrush 1965! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1946 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/03/21/chartcrush-1946-is-live/) - Hays Code decency standards permeate showbiz and Big Bands throw in the towel the year after WW2, but Singers, Sweet Bands and Songwriters shine on the charts. Learn more on Chartcrush 1946! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1967 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/05/31/chartcrush-1967-is-live/) - It’s Flower Power and Hippies in California; urban riots everywhere else as Sgt. Pepper’s launches Album Rock and The Monkees take over TV and the Pop charts. Learn more on Chartcrush 1967! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1969 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/09/28/chartcrush-1969-is-live/) - Woodstock galvanizes the Boomer-Hippie counterculture as men walk on the moon, Bubblegum and Doomsday Folk triumph and Black Acts score the year's top 2 songs. Learn more on Chartcrush 1969! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1976 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/11/03/chartcrush-1976-is-live/) - Disco crests with Disco novelty hits and Pop veterans jumping on the bandwagon, while Soft Rockers and Balladeers continue charting massive chart hits. Learn more on Chartcrush 1976! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2011 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/09/22/chartcrush-2011-is-live/) - EDM triumphs as the "New Pop" unifies American music for the first time in a decade, while Adele sets a new standard for soulful Female Singers. Learn more on Chartcrush 2011! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1958 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/11/22/chartcrush-1958-is-live/) - Teens take over the Pop charts as Billboard unveils the Hot100, silly hits abound, Folk is back and the Jet Age dawns with foreign language songs like “Volare.” Learn more on Chartcrush 1958! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1964 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/09/05/chartcrush-1964-is-live/) - The Beatles and Supremes flood the charts as the Baby Boom arrives and Motown, the British Invasion and the concept of the "Rock Band" reshape U.S. Pop forever. Learn more on Chartcrush 1964! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1980 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/10/13/chartcrush-1980-is-live/) - A "free-for-all" after Disco implodes! Michael Jackson survives but Bee Gees and Chic retreat to the Producer's booth as Rock, AC and New Wave fill the vacuum. Learn more on Chartcrush 1980! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1999 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/10/01/chartcrush-1999-is-live/) - Females rule as Latins invade, TLC returns, AutoTune appears and Total Request Live showcases Millennial Pop Idols Britney, Christina, Backstreet and 'NSYNC. Learn more on Chartcrush 1999! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2014 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/12/16/chartcrush-2014-is-live/) - Social media eclipses TV as the top driver of pop culture in The Year of the Booty, Indie-Folk spreads and underground Hip-Hop styles vie for chart dominance. Learn more on Chartcrush 2014! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1973 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/09/12/chartcrush-1973-is-live/) - Things are unraveling but music is a sanctuary, in the car on 8-tracks or at home on headphones, as Rock and Soul expand horizons on albums like never before. Learn more on Chartcrush 1973! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1949 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/10/16/chartcrush-1949-is-live/) - Big Band Swing is extinct and Jazz is off into Bebop-land, but Crooners, Pop Singers and Sweet Bands are making waves, and Country-Western is breaking through. Learn more on Chartcrush 1949! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1987 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/09/16/chartcrush-1987-is-live/) - Glam Metal arrives on the Pop charts but Gen-X genres are pushing at the ramparts on MTV’s 120 Minutes, Yo! MTV Raps and Headbanger’s Ball. Learn more on Chartcrush 1987! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1992 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/08/29/chartcrush-1992-is-live/) - Crossover becomes the norm as Billboard takes the charts digital, but Michael Jackson finds Pop's new sweet spot and Boyz II Men set a new bar for weeks at #1. Learn more on Chartcrush 1992! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2002 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/12/02/chartcrush-2002-is-live/) - The '00s take shape after 9/11 as Emo and Bling Rap conquer the charts, Avril and Nelly emerge, Eminem goes mainstream and the '00s biggest Rock bands debut. Learn more on Chartcrush 2002! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1960 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/09/21/chartcrush-1960-is-live/) - The payola scandal chills Rock on the radio and adult genres surge with LPs outselling singles, but Elvis is out of the Army and everyone's doing "The Twist!" Learn more on Chartcrush 1960! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1971 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/01/04/chartcrush-1971-is-live/) - The Beatles have split and Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin are dead, but Singer-Songwriters soothe frayed nerves as militant activism and protest go mainstream. Learn more on Chartcrush 1971! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1990 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/02/16/chartcrush-1990-is-live/) - The Cold War ends, but The Gulf War energizes the charts, yellow ribbons trend and postmodern irony, serial shock and taste inversion enflame the Culture War. Learn more on Chartcrush 1990! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1989 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/10/06/chartcrush-1989-is-live/) - Euro-Disco and Paula Abdul arrive as the Cold War ends, Teen Pop peaks, Milli Vanilli lip-syncs and some of Boomerdom's top acts score their final big hits. Learn more on Chartcrush 1989! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2016 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/09/14/chartcrush-2016-is-live/) - Trump v. Hillary politicizes Pop like never before as streaming reverses the music biz's 15-year free-fall from filesharing and Dancehall/Trophouse sounds rule. Learn more on Chartcrush 2016! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1947 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/09/06/chartcrush-1947-is-live/) - Big Band Swing is all but extinct, but the record biz prospers as nostalgia sweeps the nation, makes Al Jolson cool again, and lifts a record from 1933 to #1. Learn more on Chartcrush 1947! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1963 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/10/21/chartcrush-1963-is-live/) - Pop is trending younger and more global the year before The Beatles and Supremes, Girl Groups are everywhere and Surf sounds are California's hot new export. Learn more on Chartcrush 1963! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1978 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/01/09/chartcrush-1978-is-live/) - Peak Disco with The Bee Gees and Andy Gibb dominating, two blockbuster movie soundtracks, Lionel Richie's first #1 Pop-Soul-AC crossover hit and Yacht Rock! Learn more on Chartcrush 1978! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1996 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/05/01/chartcrush-1996-is-live/) - It's Divas, Post-Grunge, Trip-Hop, Netscape vs. Microsoft and Alanismania the year Tupac is killed, the internet takes off and everyone is doing "The Macarena." Learn more on Chartcrush 1996! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2005 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/09/09/chartcrush-2005-is-live/) - Broadband juices mp3 piracy but Ringtones are making big buck$ as Hip-Hop's Bling Era endures and Kelly Clarkson confirms American Idol's star-making prowess. Learn more on Chartcrush 2005! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1956 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/08/14/chartcrush-1956-is-live/) - Elvis Presley rules the charts and personifies Rock ‘n Roll as teens buy millions of 45s, top-40 radio explodes and Seeburg launches the 200-selection jukebox. Learn more on Chartcrush 1956! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1984 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/12/07/chartcrush-1984-is-live/) - The "visual sizzle" of music video defines the look and sound of the '80s, soundtracks yield multiple hits, Veteran Acts relaunch and Prince floods the zone. Learn more on Chartcrush 1984! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2000 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/08/04/chartcrush-2000-is-live/) - Boy Bands, Britney v. Christina and Latin Pop carry over into the new millennium, but Rock is back, Destiny's Child redefines R&B, and Country scores big. Learn more on Chartcrush 2000! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1997 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/12/24/chartcrush-1997-is-live/) - Lilith Fair galvanizes women in music while the late '90s Pop boom begins, two shocking deaths inspire massive tribute singles and Rock newcomers conquer radio. Learn more on Chartcrush 1997! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1951 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/11/12/chartcrush-1951-is-live/) - It's Crooners unleashed as ethnic sounds score, Mitch Miller starts a genre gold rush mining Country for Pop hits, and the year's #1 record taps deep anxieties. Learn more on Chartcrush 2004! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2004 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/10/11/chartcrush-2004-is-live/) - Atlanta and Crunk 'n B rule the year every #1 song is by a Black artist, Usher Confesses and scores big, and everyone's shaking it like a Polaroid picture. Learn more on Chartcrush 2004! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1954 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/06/12/chartcrush-1954-is-live/) - Racial integration is a Cold War imperative so Teens oblige by launching Black R&B records onto the Pop charts, amplified by the brand new Top40 radio format. Learn more on Chartcrush 1954! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1959 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/02/23/chartcrush-1959-is-live/) - Teen Idols and Folk surge as Congress takes aim at Rock 'n Roll DJs and Payola, and a plane crash in Iowa claims three major stars on "the day the music died." Learn more on Chartcrush 1959! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1986 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/12/14/chartcrush-1986-is-live/) - Whitney Houston blitzes the charts as Hip-Hop, Glam Metal and The Bangles score big and music's benefit streak peaks with a #1 charity single for AIDS research. Learn more on Chartcrush 1986! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1979 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/04/01/chartcrush-1979-is-live/) - Disco peaks, then collapses after Rock fans riot in Chicago, New Wave breaks out with "My Sharona" and Pop is a mostly Disco-free grab bag heading into the 80s. Learn more on Chartcrush 1979! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1995 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/05/10/chartcrush-1995-is-live/) - Politics lurches right, Madonna reins it in and Mariah goes Hip-Hop as Billboard names a Gangsta Rap song #1 on the year, but where is the Theme from Friends? Learn more on Chartcrush 1995! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1945 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/03/08/chartcrush-1945-is-live/) - The Petrillo ban lifts in time for Pop to celebrate victory in WW2 with a final burst of Big Bands, new Girl Singers and Crooners, and a heroic theme by Chopin. Learn more on Chartcrush 1945! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2010 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/03/14/chartcrush-2010-is-live/) - Pop amps up as the music biz chases will.i.am's "bubble" and the Recession spawns the biggest Dance boom since Disco, starring Gaga, Taio, Usher… and Auto-Tune! Learn more on Chartcrush 2010! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2007 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/02/08/chartcrush-2007-is-live/) - Online piracy tanks CD sales and the last big box music chain goes under, but Ringtones, ad deals, iTunes and Myspace are lifelines for the flailing music biz. Learn more on Chartcrush 2007! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1993 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/11/12/chartcrush-1993-is-live/) - Music is fragmented the second year of the Soundscan era on the charts as Gen-X takes charge, but genres are blossoming and R&B and Hip-Hop rule the Hot100. Learn more on Chartcrush 1993! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2003 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2025/04/04/chartcrush-2003-is-live/) - Hip-Hop provides fist-pumping escape and Rock a shoulder to cry on as the Iraq War amps up tensions and Apple begins selling legal 99¢ mp3s on its iTunes Store. Learn more on Chartcrush 2003! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1955 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2022/10/10/chartcrush-1955-is-live/) - The Rock Era dawns with "Rock Around the Clock" and whitewashed R&B as grownups go nuts for hi-fi and Mambo, Mitch Miller continues scoring and Sinatra returns. Learn more on Chartcrush 1955! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2019 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/05/17/chartcrush-2019-is-live/) - Edgy, genre-bending Pop marks Gen-Z's arrival via TikTok and streaming hits 50% of music biz revenue as BigCulture™ #resistance to Trump/MAGA enters beast mode. Learn more on Chartcrush 2019! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2001 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/07/03/chartcrush-2001-is-live/) - Napster finishes off the Pop single for good, but Post-Grunge hits make Alt the new Mainstream in Rock, and newly single R&B Divas hit the club and get crunk! Learn more on Chartcrush 2001! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1970 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/07/09/chartcrush-1970-is-live/) - Somber hymns rule in a turbulent year, the last Beatles hits chart, The Jackson 5, Partridge Family and Carpenters debut and Kent State fuels big protest hits. Learn more on Chartcrush 1970! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1952 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/01/25/chartcrush-1952-is-live/) - New and established Crooners and Pop Singers are on top as Ike is elected, Elizabeth II is coronated, the Cold War becomes the new normal and "the '50s" begin. Learn more on Chartcrush 1952! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2008 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/03/01/chartcrush-2008-is-live/) - Hip-Hop helps elect a President in its last dominant year til the late '10s, also a year of big female debuts as Lil Wayne & T.I. face jail on weapons charges. Learn more on Chartcrush 2008! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1972 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/04/12/chartcrush-1972-is-live/) - The Red/Blue political divide arrives and the tension manifests in Glam Rock, nostalgia and escapism. Black artists rule the top ten in the lead-up to Wattstax. Learn more on Chartcrush 1972! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1982 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/07/16/chartcrush-1982-is-live/) - The Walkman fuels a fitness craze but dooms music on AM as Top 40 moves to FM. MTV subs triple and launch a "Second British Invasion" of New Wave and Synthpop. Learn more on Chartcrush 1982! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1975 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/08/20/chartcrush-1975-is-live/) - Elton John can do no wrong but big chart acts move in bold directions and Disco dancing emerges as a preferred escape from economic hardship and '70s "malaise." Learn more on Chartcrush 1975! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2013 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2023/12/04/chartcrush-2013-is-live/) - Billboard adds YouTube to the Hot100 and bloggers recoil at "incorrect" fan-propelled hits, but JT is back, Folk booms, Katy Roars and Miley gets her twerk on! Learn more on Chartcrush 2013! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 1962 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/05/23/chartcrush-1962-is-live/) - It's Twistmania as the Silent Generation peaks culturally, Girl Groups surge, Ray Charles goes Country and The 4 Seasons make Doo Wop a commercial juggernaut. Learn more on Chartcrush 1962! Hear Read Explore
- [Chartcrush 2018 Is Live](https://www.chartcrush.com/2024/06/27/chartcrush-2018-is-live/) - Hip-Hop affirms its dominance as Billboard retools the Hot100 for the streaming era and Trump-era narratives reverberate beyond politics to reshape pop culture. Learn more on Chartcrush 2018! Hear Read Explore

## Pages

- [Welcome to Chartcrush](https://www.chartcrush.com/) - Pop countdown show with informative, deep-dive commentary. Each episode tackles a different year, 1940-now. Transcripts, charts and other extras on website.
- [Overview of 1975 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1975-main/) - Dive into the 1975 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [2020 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2020-main/2020-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2020 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2020-main/2020-podcast/) - Fans chase viral hits and settle in with retro throwbacks as Covid-19 stops the world, and protest fuels a Hip-Hop surge after George Floyd's death mid-year.
- [Overview of 2020 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2020-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Covid stops the world cold and the Hot100 produces the most #1s in 30 years as fans on lockdown chase viral hits, but the real story is the throwback comfort jams that surface in the Spring and dominate playlists all year. Meanwhile, George Floyd's death
- [2018 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2018-main/2018-podcast/) - Hip-Hop affirms its dominance as Billboard retools the Hot100 for the streaming era and Trump-era narratives reverberate beyond politics to reshape pop culture.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1986](https://www.chartcrush.com/1986-main/1986-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1986 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [Overview of 1974 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1974-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Philly Soul paves the way for Disco, one-hit wonders and leftfield comebacks abound, and the streaking fad spawns the biggest Novelty hit since the '50s in a year with 36 different #1's. Meanwhile, Soul Train surges on TV and fuels the charts, Michael Jackson unveils
- [Radio Stations](https://www.chartcrush.com/radio-stations/) - The Chartcrush Top Ten Countdown Show is broadcast weekly on these great radio stations. Click on logos/links to see broadcast days/times.
- [Chartcrush 2025 New Years Special](https://www.chartcrush.com/nye2025-special/) - To ring in the New Year, Chartcrush counts down the top ten from Billboard's 2025 year-end Hot100, just unveiled December 12 at the Billboard Music Awards.
- [Chartcrush Christmas Special 2025](https://www.chartcrush.com/christmas-special-2025/) - Holiday music everywhere, but where are today's yuletide hits? Right here, on Chartcrush's top ten new Christmas hits of the streaming era.
- [Chartcrush Christmas Special](https://www.chartcrush.com/christmas-special/) - A countdown, with commentary, of the top 10 holiday songs of the streaming era, 2016 to 2023.
- [1970 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1970-main/1970-podcast/) - Somber hymns rule in a turbulent year, The last Beatles hits chart, The Jackson 5, Partridge Family and Carpenters debut and Kent State fuels big protest hits.
- [1952 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1952-main/1952-podcast/) - New and established Crooners and Pop Singers are on top as Ike is elected, Elizabeth II is coronated, the Cold War becomes the new normal and "the '50s" begin.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2020](https://www.chartcrush.com/2020-main/2020-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs based on data from Billboard magazine's weekly Hot100 charts
- [1988 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1988-main/1988-podcast/) - Metal swaps glam for grit with Guns n' Roses as Boomer icons compete with newly solo George Michael and Bobby Brown, mall-grad Tiffany and New Wave export INXS.
- [1972 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1972-main/1972-podcast/) - The Red/Blue political divide arrives and the tension manifests in Glam Rock, nostalgia and escapism. Black artists rule the top ten in the lead-up to Wattstax.
- [1988 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1988-main/1988-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1988](https://www.chartcrush.com/1988-main/1988-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1988 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [Overview of 1988 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1988-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Metal continues its surge as Guns n' Roses swaps glam for grit and Poison scores with an acoustic Power Ballad. Three of the year’s top hits are '60s vets, but George Michael and Bobby Brown are now mature Solo Acts, Tiffany graduates from the mall,
- [2006 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2006-main/2006-podcast/) - The curtain falls on the Album Era as sales nosedive, the a la carte download becomes Pop's new basic unit and Ringtones transform songwriting and production.
- [Overview of 2013 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2013-main/) - Dive into 2013's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2014 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2014-main/) - Dive into 2014's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2015 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2015-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Streaming playlists revolutionize music discovery for the first time since Top 40 radio, and labels and platforms pounce to regain control of Pop from unpredictable fans and their chaotic clicks and taps. Meanwhile, breakthroughs by Trap Hip-Hop and The Weeknd steer things toward darker, more
- [Overview of 2016 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2016-main/) - Dive into 2016's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2018 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2018-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Hip-Hop affirms and solidifies its pop culture supremacy with "the Kiki Challenge," Emo Rap and seven of the year's top ten hits after Billboard updates the Hot100 to reflect the dominance of on-demand streaming. Meanwhile, Trump-era media narratives dramatically reshape the Pop ecosystem as they
- [Overview of 2019 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2019-main/) - Dive into 2019's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2010 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2010-main/) - Dive into 2010's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2009 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2009-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift each land two of the year's top 10 hits as EDM Pop surges, the Great Recession bottoms out, Barack Obama becomes President and the King of Pop succumbs. Meanwhile, Gay marriage inflames the Culture Wars, Obama's
- [Overview of 2008 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2008-main/) - Dive into 2008's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2007 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2007-main/) - Dive into 2007's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2011 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2011-main/) - Dive into 2011's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2012 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2012-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph EDM-Pop's "definitive anthem" starts the year squaring off against the genre's goofy self-parody, but mid-year, Billboard incorporates on-demand streaming into the Hot100 and the internet becomes Pop's main stage, with oddball viral hits ruling all Summer in "The Year of the Newcomer." Meanwhile, Gen-Z flexes
- [Overview of 2004 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2004-main/) - Dive into 2004's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2003 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2003-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph The Iraq War ratchets up the tension and Hip-Hop is there for fist-pumping and blissed-out escape while Rock's top hits offer a shoulder to cry on. Meanwhile, Beyonce goes solo and scores two #1s, 50 Cent conquers the charts with "In da Club" and Sean
- [Overview of 2001 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2001-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Napster is the final nail in the coffin of the Pop single as the Airplay and Sales charts diverge, but Post-Grunge bands are scoring major Hot100 hits and Alternative is the new Mainstream in Rock. Meanwhile, Mary J. Blige and Janet Jackson are single again
- [Overview of 2002 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2002-main/) - Dive into 2002's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2005 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2005-main/) - Dive into 2005's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 2006 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2006-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph The curtain falls on the Album Era as CD sales collapse and the à la carte song download becomes Pop's new basic unit. Meanwhile it's peak American Idol, Hip-Hop’s Bling Era yields to Timbaland’s sleek futurism on the new Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado hits,
- [Overview of 2000 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/2000-main/) - Dive into 2000's Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1999 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1999-main/) - Dive into the 1999 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1996 on the Billboard Airplay Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1996-main/) - Dive into the 1996 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1995 on the Billboard Airplay Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1995-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Politics lurches to the right and Madonna reins it in, but Mariah Carey goes Hip-Hop and Billboard names a Gangsta Rap song #1 on the year. Meanwhile, Hootie & The Blowfish are ubiquitous on radio, Jam Bands thrive, Euro-Dance crosses over and… chart dysfunction! as
- [Overview of 1997 on the Billboard Airplay Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1997-main/) - Dive into the 1997 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1998 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1998-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Post-Grunge and Smooth R&B Slow Jams hang on as Millennial Teen Pop ramps up, Total Request Live debuts on MTV, Apple ships the iMac and Drudge breaks the Clinton-Lewinski scandal, the first online news coup. Meanwhile, Retro Kitch conquers radio, matchbox 20 gets sued by
- [Overview of 1994 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1994-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph A synthy Swedish Reggae-lite outfit is the first act since the Bee Gees to land three of the year's top hits the year before the internet explodes, but the Pop Diva space delivers big hits and adds a new A-lister. Meanwhile, the first #1 by
- [Overview of 1993 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1993-main/) - Dive into the 1993 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1992 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1992-main/) - Dive into the 1992 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1990 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1990-main/) - Dive into the 1990 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1989 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1989-main/) - Dive into the 1989 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1987 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1987-main/) - Dive into the 1987 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1986 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1986-main/) - Dive into the 1986 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1985 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1985-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Madonna takes center stage and becomes an icon, George Michael grows up and goes solo, and video fuels a surge of over-the-top melodrama on the charts as President Reagan starts his second term with a massive mandate, Rock turns 30, and a who's who of
- [Overview of 1984 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1984-main/) - Dive into the 1984 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1982 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1982-main/) - Dive into the 1982 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1983 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1983-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph MTV breaks its Rock format to air Michael Jackson's Thriller videos under threat from CBS and accusations of racism, and becomes Pop's new gravitational center after the Walkman kills off AM Top40. Meanwhile, Adult Contemporary is in transition from Country Pop to Smooth R&B, a
- [Overview of 1981 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1981-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Country crossover surges, Pop is migrating from AM to FM and the charts are a mishmash the year before MTV changes the game. Meanwhile, the Iran hostages are free, Reagan takes office and Americans are choosing confidence and optimism over '70s malaise, strapping on their
- [Overview of 1980 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1980-main/) - Dive into the 1980 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1979 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1979-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Disco peaks, then collapses mid-year after a "Disco Sucks" riot in Chicago, New Wave breaks out with "My Sharona," and the rest of the year is a mostly Disco-free grab bag on the Hot100. Diva Donna Summer and Michael Jackson weather the backlash, and KC
- [Overview of 1977 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1977-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph It’s lightsabers, mirror balls, and "malaise" as Star Wars conquers the box office, Disco digs in, and everything else circles the drain. With a sputtering economy and grim headlines, Pop turns inward—soft Ballads, mellow vibes and confessional lyrics offering gentler, more comforting escapes from reality.
- [Overview of 1978 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1978-main/) - Dive into the 1978 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1976 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1976-main/) - Dive into the 1976 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1973 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1973-main/) - Dive into the 1973 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1972 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1972-main/) - Dive into the 1972 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1971 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1971-main/) - Dive into the 1971 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1970 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1970-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph One of the most depressing years in American history kicks off with a pair of somber hymns topping the charts, the second of which is a Beatles song that hits #1 the day after Paul McCartney leaves the Band. The Jackson 5's first four singles
- [Overview of 1967 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1967-main/) - Dive into the 1967 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1969 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1969-main/) - Dive into the 1969 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1968 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1968-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph America is coming apart at the seams—Tet, MLK and RFK assassinated, a street brawl in downtown Chicago as cops crack down hard on Hippie Protesters at the DNC. But the over 30 Easy Listening set starts embracing youth sounds and culture, The Beatles and Supremes
- [Overview of 1966 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1966-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Pop's ADHD year as hits churn faster than ever on radio and the charts, Frank Sinatra scores his last top 10 weeks after his daughter Nancy scores her first, and John Lennon sparks a Beatles backlash with his "bigger than Jesus" comment, clearing the field
- [Overview of 1965 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1965-main/) - Dive into the 1965 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1963 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1963-main/) - Dive into the 1963 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1962 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1962-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Twistmania grips high society and gives Rock a needed win amid the chill on the airwaves post-Payola scandal as the Silent Generation peaks culturally before the Boomer deluge. The 4 Seasons turn Doo Wop into a commercial juggernaut, Girl Groups and dance crazes dominate, Ray
- [Overview of 1964 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1964-main/) - Dive into the 1964 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1960 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1960-main/) - Dive into the 1960 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1959 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1959-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph It's the eve of the '60s and polished Teen Idol Pop, Folk and "story songs" are surging on the airwaves and charts as Congress takes aim at Rock 'n Roll radio and DJs in the Payola hearings. A plane crash in Iowa claims three of
- [Overview of 1958 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1958-main/) - Dive into the 1958 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1956 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1956-main/) - Dive into the 1955 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1955 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1955-main/) - Dive into the 1955 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1954 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1954-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Racial integration is a Cold War imperative so Silent Generation Teens oblige by launching Black R&B records onto the Pop charts for the first time, amplified by Todd Storz's new Top40 radio format. Meanwhile, songs and sounds from abroad fill the airwaves, a "womens song"
- [Overview of 1953 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1953-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph TV passes 50% of households, Ike ends the Korean War, Playboy debuts and the Supreme Court tackles school segregation in a year of positive thinking and aggressive envelope-pushing, but Pop doubles down on its proven formulas with lusher strings, Country/Western covers and even barking dogs!
- [Overview of 1952 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1952-main/) - Dive into the 1952 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1951 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1951-main/) - Dive into the 1951 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1950 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1950-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph Country and Folk crash the Pop charts and two versions of a film noir theme hit #1 as Nostalgia digs in, suburbia sprawls, Korea ignites, Joe McCarthy hunts Reds and spy scandals dominate the headlines. Meanwhile, it's Bing Crosby's swan song in the top ten,
- [Overview of 1949 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1949-main/) - Dive into the 1949 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1948 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1948-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph #1 Song of the Year Artists of the Year Dick Haymes Art Mooney & His Orchestra Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra Artist with Most Charting Songs The Andrews Sisters (7) Average #1 Artist Age 35.7 #1 Songs Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra, vocal Vaughn Monroe
- [Overview of 1947 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1947-main/) - Dive into the 1947 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1946 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1946-main/) - Dive into the 1946 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1945 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1945-main/) - Dive into the 1945 Pop music scene with the chart-toppers and iconic artists that captivated America.
- [Overview of 1944 on the Billboard Pop Charts](https://www.chartcrush.com/1944-main/) - Podcast Transcript/Streaming Link Top 100 Songs Chart Chart Runs Graph It's settle or scramble in the third year of the Petrillo musicians' strike: Decca and Capitol churn out hit after hit but Victor and Columbia dig in, reissue old stuff and record their Singers a capella. Bing Crosby on Decca has his best year ever,
- [2006 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2006-main/2006-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2006](https://www.chartcrush.com/2006-main/2006-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2006 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1962 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1962-main/1962-podcast/) - It's Twistmania as the Silent Generation peaks culturally, Girl Groups surge, Ray Charles goes Country and The 4 Seasons make Doo Wop a commercial juggernaut.
- [1990 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1990-main/1990-podcast/) - The Cold War ends, but The Gulf War energizes the charts, yellow ribbons trend and postmodern irony, serial shock and taste inversion enflame the Culture War.
- [1977 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1977-main/1977-podcast/) - Star Wars rules, Disco digs in, and Pop turns inward amid '70s malaise, with whispery ballads and crossover hits as TV trades realism for nostalgia and fantasy.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1949](https://www.chartcrush.com/1949-main/1949-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1949 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1948](https://www.chartcrush.com/1948-main/1948-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1948 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1947](https://www.chartcrush.com/1947-main/1947-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1947 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1946](https://www.chartcrush.com/1946-main/1946-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1946 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1945](https://www.chartcrush.com/1945-main/1945-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1945 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1944](https://www.chartcrush.com/1944-main/1944-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1944 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1977](https://www.chartcrush.com/1977-main/1977-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1977 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1977 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1977-main/1977-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1945 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1945-main/1945-podcast/) - The Petrillo ban lifts in time for Pop to celebrate victory in WW2 with a final burst of Big Bands, new girl singers and Crooners, and a heroic theme by Chopin.
- [2012 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2012-main/2012-podcast/) - Viral hits dethrone EDM-Pop after the Hot100 adds on-demand streams while Maroon 5 cracks the code on radio and Billboard proclaims "The Year of the Newcomer."
- [1968 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1968-main/1968-podcast/) - Grownups begin embracing youth culture and The Beatles and Supremes are back on top as the Tet Offensive, assassinations and mayhem at the DNC fill TV screens.
- [2010 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2010-main/2010-podcast/) - Pop amps up as artists and labels chase will.i.am's "bubble" and the Great Recession spawns the biggest Dance boom since Disco, starring Gaga, Taio and Usher.
- [1968 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1968-main/1968-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1968](https://www.chartcrush.com/1968-main/1968-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1968 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1946 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1946-main/1946-podcast/) - Hays Code decency standards permeate showbiz and Big Bands throw in the towel the year after WW2, but Singers, Sweet Bands and songwriters shine on the charts.
- [2007 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2007-main/2007-podcast/) - Online piracy tanks CD sales and the last big box music chain goes under, but Ringtones, ad deals, iTunes and Myspace are lifelines for the flailing music biz.
- [1995 Top 10 Airplay Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1995-main/1995-podcast/) - Politics lurches right, Madonna reins it in and Mariah goes Hip-Hop as Billboard names a Gangsta Rap song #1 on the year, but where is the Theme from Friends?
- [2012 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2012-main/2012-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2012](https://www.chartcrush.com/2012-main/2012-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2012 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1959 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1959-main/1959-podcast/) - Teen Idols and Folk surge as Congress takes aim at Rock 'n Roll DJs and Payola, and a plane crash in Iowa claims three major stars on "the day the music died."
- [1993 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1993-main/1993-podcast/) - Music is fragmented the second year of the Soundscan era on the charts as Gen-X takes charge, but genres are blossoming and Hip-Hop and R&B rule the Hot100.
- [1948 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1948-main/1948-podcast/) - TV arrives and the second Petrillo ban bars musicians from cutting records, again! But new tech, leftfield hits, overseas recording and UK imports fill the gap.
- [2003 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2003-main/2003-podcast/) - Hip-Hop provides fist-pumping escape and Rock a shoulder to cry on as the Iraq War amps up tensions and Apple begins selling legal 99¢ mp3s on its iTunes Store.
- [1950 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1950-main/1950-podcast/) - Country and Folk crash the charts as Nostalgia digs in, the 1950s’ two top Females score their first big hits, and two versions of a film noir theme get to #1.
- [1950 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1950-main/1950-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1950](https://www.chartcrush.com/1950-main/1950-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1950 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [1953 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1953-main/1953-podcast/) - Pop doubles down on its proven formulas in a year of envelope pushing in society with lusher strings, Country/Western covers, Teen Idols and even barking dogs!
- [1986 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1986-main/1986-podcast/) - Whitney Houston blitzes the charts as Hip-Hop, Glam Metal and The Bangles score big and music's benefit streak peaks with a #1 charity single for AIDS research.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2003](https://www.chartcrush.com/2003-main/2003-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2003 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [2003 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2003-main/2003-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1954 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1954-main/1954-podcast/) - Racial integration is a Cold War imperative so Teens oblige by launching Black R&B records onto the Pop charts, amplified by the brand new Top40 radio format.
- [1944 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1944-main/1944-podcast/) - It's Bing Crosby's best year ever and Louis Jordan is the jukebox king as Decca and Capitol settle with the musicians union and get a clear shot at the charts.
- [1960 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1960-main/1960-podcast/) - The payola scandal chills Rock on the radio and adult genres surge with LPs outselling singles, but Elvis is out of the Army and everyone's doing "The Twist!"
- [1949 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1949-main/1949-podcast/) - Big Band Swing is extinct and Jazz is off into Bebop-land, but Crooners, Pop Singers and Sweet Bands are making waves, and Country-Western is breaking through.
- [2019 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2019-main/2019-podcast/) - Edgy, genre-bending Pop marks Gen-Z's arrival via TikTok and streaming hits 50% of music biz revenue as BigCulture™ #resistance to Trump/MAGA enters beast mode.
- [1985 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1985-main/1985-podcast/) - Madonna becomes an icon, George Michael goes solo and video fuels a surge of melodrama on the charts as Pop's top stars raise millions for the poor in Africa.
- [1966 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1966-main/1966-podcast/) - Pop's ADHD year as hits churn faster than ever, John Lennon's Jesus comment sparks a Beatles backlash, Folk-Rock rules, Garage Bands stomp and Motown surges.
- [1964 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1964-main/1964-podcast/) - The Beatles and Supremes flood the charts as the Baby Boom arrives and Motown, the British Invasion and the concept of the "Rock band" reshape U.S. Pop forever.
- [1998 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1998-main/1998-podcast/) - Post-Grunge and Smooth R&B hang on as Millennial Teen Pop ramps up, MTV's Total Request Live debuts, the iMac ships and Drudge breaks the Monica Lewinski story.
- [2002 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2002-main/2002-podcast/) - The '00s take shape after 9/11 as Emo and Bling Rap conquer the charts, Avril and Nelly emerge, Eminem goes mainstream and the '00s biggest Rock bands debut.
- [2004 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2004-main/2004-podcast/) - Atlanta and Crunk 'n B rule the year every #1 song is by a Black artist, Usher Confesses and scores big, and everyone's shaking it like a Polaroid picture.
- [1948 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1948-main/1948-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1998](https://www.chartcrush.com/1998-main/1998-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1998 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Radio Songs Airplay charts
- [1998 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1998-main/1998-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Radio Songs (Airplay) chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song’s chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend to highlight a
- [1951 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1951-main/1951-podcast/) - It's Crooners unleashed as ethnic sounds score, Mitch Miller starts a genre gold rush mining Country for Pop hits, and the year's #1 record taps deep anxieties.
- [1987 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1987-main/1987-podcast/) - Glam Metal arrives on the Pop charts but Gen-X genres are pushing at the ramparts on MTV’s 120 Minutes, Yo! MTV Raps and Headbanger's Ball.
- [1971 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1971-main/1971-podcast/) - The Beatles have split and Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin are dead, but Singer-Songwriters soothe frayed nerves as militant activism and protest go mainstream.
- [1978 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1978-main/1978-podcast/) - Peak Disco with The Bee Gees and Andy Gibb dominating, two blockbuster movie soundtracks, Lionel Richie's first massive Pop-Soul-AC crossover and Yacht Rock!
- [1963 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1963-main/1963-podcast/) - Pop is trending younger and more global the year before The Beatles and Supremes, Girl Groups are everywhere and Surf sounds are California's hot new export.
- [2005 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2005-main/2005-podcast/) - Broadband juices mp3 piracy but Ringtones are making big buck$ as Hip-Hop's Bling Era endures and Kelly Clarkson confirms American Idol's star-making prowess.
- [1996 Top 10 Airplay Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1996-main/1996-podcast/) - It's Divas, Post-Grunge, Trip-Hop, Netscape vs. Microsoft and Alanismania the year Tupac is killed, the internet takes off and everyone is doing "The Macarena."
- [1984 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1984-main/1984-podcast/) - The "visual sizzle" of music video defines the look and sound of the '80s, soundtracks yield multiple hits, veteran acts relaunch and Prince floods the zone.
- [1965 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1965-main/1965-podcast/) - It's the "Eve of Destruction" and young Boomers "(Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as Vietnam widens the generation gap and Motown hits become Civil Rights anthems.
- [2000 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2000-main/2000-podcast/) - Boy Bands, Britney v. Christina and Latin Pop carry over into the new millennium, but Rock is back, Destiny's Child redefines R&B, and Country scores big.
- [1997 Top 10 Airplay Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1997-main/1997-podcast/) - The Lilith Fair festival galvanizes women in music while the late '90s Pop boom begins on the charts and two shocking deaths inspire huge tribute singles.
- [1980 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1980-main/1980-podcast/) - A "free-for-all" after disco implodes! Michael Jackson survives but Bee Gees and Chic retreat to the producer's booth as rock, AC and new wave fill the vacuum.
- [2016 Top Ten Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2016-main/2016-podcast/) - Trump v. Hillary politicizes Pop like never before as streaming reverses the music biz's 15-year free-fall from filesharing and Dancehall/Trophouse sounds rule.
- [2015 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2015-main/2015-podcast/) - Shawn Mendes taught himself guitar at 13 watching YouTube tutorials at home in his Toronto suburb and within a year had millions of followers on Vine for his six-second video clips singing current Pop hits. His first single and EP on Island Records charted, and in the Spring of '15 he had enough built-up buzz
- [1947 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1947-main/1947-podcast/) - Big Band Swing is all but extinct, but the record biz prospers as nostalgia sweeps the nation, makes Al Jolson cool again, and lifts a record from 1933 to #1.
- [2014 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2014-main/2014-podcast/) - Social media eclipses TV as the top driver of pop culture in The Year of the Booty, Indie-Folk spreads and underground Hip-Hop styles vie for chart dominance.
- [2013 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2013-main/2013-podcast/) - Billboard adds YouTube to the Hot100 and bloggers recoil at "incorrect" fan-propelled hits, but JT is back, Folk booms, Katy Roars and Miley gets her twerk on!
- [2011 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2011-main/2011-podcast/) - EDM triumphs as the “New Pop” unifies American music for the first time in a decade, while Adele sets a new standard for soulful female singers.
- [2009 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2009-main/2009-podcast/) - Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Beyonce rally as EDM Pop surges, the Great Recession hits bottom, Obama is sworn in and the King of Pop succumbs.
- [2008 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2008-main/2008-podcast/) - Hip-Hop helps elect a President in its last dominant year til the late '10s, also a year of big female debuts as Lil Wayne & T.I. face jail on weapons charges.
- [2001 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/2001-main/2001-podcast/) - Napster finishes off the Pop single for good, but Post-Grunge hits make Alt the new Mainstream in Rock, and newly single R&B Divas hit the club and get crunk!
- [1999 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1999-main/1999-podcast/) - Females rule as Latins invade, TLC returns, AutoTune appears and Total Request Live showcases Millennial Pop idols Britney, Christina, Backstreet and 'NSYNC.
- [1994 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1994-main/1994-podcast/) - A Swedish Reggae-lite group lands three of the year's top 10 hits, a new A-list Diva debuts, and smooth R&B is the antidote to Gangsta Rap—for the time being.
- [1992 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1992-main/1992-podcast/) - Crossover becomes the norm as Billboard takes the charts digital, but Michael Jackson finds Pop's new sweet spot and Boyz II Men set a new bar for weeks at #1.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1985](https://www.chartcrush.com/1985-main/1985-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1985 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1989 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1989-main/1989-podcast/) - Euro-Disco and Paula Abdul arrive as the Cold War ends, Teen Pop peaks, Milli Vanilli lip-syncs and some of Boomerdom's top acts score their final big hits.
- [1985 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1985-main/1985-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1983 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1983-main/1983-podcast/) - MTV breaks its Rock format to air Michael Jackson vids under threat by CBS and accusations of racism, and becomes Pop's new gravitational center post-AM Top40.
- [1982 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1982-main/1982-podcast/) - The Walkman fuels a fitness craze but dooms music on AM as Top 40 moves to FM. MTV subs triple and launch a "Second British Invasion" of New Wave and Synthpop.
- [1981 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1981-main/1981-podcast/) - Country surges, Pop goes FM and it’s a mishmash on the charts as Americans strap on their Walkmans, hit the gym and get Physical the year before MTV hits big.
- [1979 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1979-main/1979-podcast/) - Disco peaks, then collapses after Rock fans riot in Chicago, New Wave breaks out with "My Sharona" and Pop is a mostly Disco-free grab bag heading into the 80s.
- [1976 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1976-main/1976-podcast/) - The Disco wave crests with Novelty hits and Pop veterans jumping on the bandwagon, while Soft Rockers and Balladeers continue charting massive Hot100 hits.
- [1975 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1975-main/1975-podcast/) - Elton John can do no wrong but big chart acts move in bold directions and Disco dancing emerges as a preferred escape from economic hardship and '70s "malaise."
- [1974 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1974-main/1974-podcast/) - Philly Soul foreshadows Disco, one-hit wonders and random comebacks abound, and streaking spawns the biggest Novelty hit since the '50s in a year with 36 #1's.
- [1973 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1973-main/1973-podcast/) - Things are unraveling but music is a sanctuary, in the car on 8-tracks or at home on headphones, as Rock and Soul expand horizons on albums like never before.
- [1969 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1969-main/1969-podcast/) - Woodstock galvanizes the Boomer-Hippie counterculture as men walk on the moon, Bubblegum and Doomsday Folk triumph and Black acts score the year's top 2 songs.
- [1967 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1967-main/1967-podcast/) - It's Flower Power and Hippies in California; urban riots everywhere else as Sgt. Pepper's launches Album Rock and The Monkees take over TV and the Pop charts.
- [1958 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1958-main/1958-podcast/) - Teens take over the Pop charts as Billboard unveils the Hot100, silly hits abound, Folk is back and the Jet Age dawns with foreign language songs like “Volare.”
- [1956 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1956-main/1956-podcast/) - Elvis Presley rules the charts and personifies Rock 'n Roll as teens buy millions of 45s, top-40 radio explodes and Seeburg launches the 200-selection jukebox.
- [1955 Top 10 Pop Countdown Podcast](https://www.chartcrush.com/1955-main/1955-podcast/) - The Rock Era dawns with "Rock Around the Clock" and whitewashed R&B as grownups go nuts for hi-fi and Mambo, Mitch Miller continues scoring and Sinatra returns.
- [Chartcrush 2024 New Years Special](https://www.chartcrush.com/nye2024-special/) - Now since all of "Cruel Summer's" four weeks at #1 were in calendar 2023, we predict that once we crunch all the data and compile our 2023 and 2024 Chartcrush rankings, Taylor Swift's sleeper hit from her 2019 album Lover will land very near the top of our 2023 ranking, not 2024. But we singled
- [1974 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1974-main/1974-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1974](https://www.chartcrush.com/1974-main/1974-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1974 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [2015 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2015-main/2015-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2015](https://www.chartcrush.com/2015-main/2015-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2015 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1953](https://www.chartcrush.com/1953-main/1953-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1953 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [1953 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1953-main/1953-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [2009 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2009-main/2009-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song’s chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend to highlight a song in
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2009](https://www.chartcrush.com/2009-main/2009-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2009 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1981 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1981-main/1981-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1981](https://www.chartcrush.com/1981-main/1981-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1981 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1994 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1994-main/1994-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1994](https://www.chartcrush.com/1994-main/1994-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1994 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1966 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1966-main/1966-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1966](https://www.chartcrush.com/1966-main/1966-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1966 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1944 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1944-main/1944-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1970](https://www.chartcrush.com/1970-main/1970-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1970 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1970 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1970-main/1970-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2001](https://www.chartcrush.com/2001-main/2001-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2001 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [2001 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2001-main/2001-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2018 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2018-main/2018-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2018](https://www.chartcrush.com/2018-main/2018-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2018 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1954 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1954-main/1954-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1954](https://www.chartcrush.com/1954-main/1954-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1954 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [1983 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1983-main/1983-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1983](https://www.chartcrush.com/1983-main/1983-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1983 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1962 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1962-main/1962-top-10-chart-runs-graph/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1962](https://www.chartcrush.com/1962-main/1962-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1962 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [1995 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1995-main/1995-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Radio Songs (Airplay) chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1995](https://www.chartcrush.com/1995-main/1995-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1995 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Radio Songs Airplay charts
- [2019 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2019-main/2019-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2016 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2016-main/2016-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2014 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2014-main/2014-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2013 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2013-main/2013-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2011 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2011-main/2011-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2010 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2010-main/2010-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2008 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2008-main/2008-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song’s chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend to highlight a song in
- [2007 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2007-main/2007-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2005 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2005-main/2005-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2004 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2004-main/2004-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2002 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2002-main/2002-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [2000 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/2000-main/2000-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1999 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1999-main/1999-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1997 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1997-main/1997-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Radio Songs (Airplay) chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten.
- [1996 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1996-main/1996-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Radio Songs (Airplay) chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten.
- [1993 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1993-main/1993-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1992 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1992-main/1992-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1990 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1990-main/1990-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1989 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1989-main/1989-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1986 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1986-main/1986-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1984 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1984-main/1984-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1982 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1982-main/1982-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1980 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1980-main/1980-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1979 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1979-main/1979-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1978 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1978-main/1978-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1976 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1976-main/1976-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1975 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1975-main/1975-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1973 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1973-main/1973-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1972 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1972-main/1972-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1971 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1971-main/1971-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1969 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1969-main/1969-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1967 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1967-main/1967-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1965 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1965-main/1965-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1964 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1964-main/1964-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1963 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1963-main/1963-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1960 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1960-main/1960-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1959 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1959-main/1959-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [1958 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1958-main/1958-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top 13 songs of the year (since there are ties at positions 6, 7 and 8) according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other
- [1956 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1956-main/1956-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [1955 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1955-main/1955-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [1952 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1952-main/1952-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [1951 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1951-main/1951-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [1949 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1949-main/1949-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [1947 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1947-main/1947-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [1946 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1946-main/1946-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [1945 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1945-main/1945-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over the legend
- [1987 Top 10 Chart Runs Graph](https://www.chartcrush.com/1987-main/1987-chart-runs/) - This interactive visualization shows the Billboard Hot100 chart runs for the top ten songs of the year according to our Chartcrush ranking. Here you can see when songs charted during the year, for how long, and the strength of each song's chart run relative to the other songs in the yearly top ten. Hover over
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2019](https://www.chartcrush.com/2019-main/2019-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2019 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2016](https://www.chartcrush.com/2016-main/2016-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2016 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2014](https://www.chartcrush.com/2014-main/2014-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2014 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2013](https://www.chartcrush.com/2013-main/2013-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2013 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2011](https://www.chartcrush.com/2011-main/2011-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2011 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2010](https://www.chartcrush.com/2010-main/2010-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2010 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2008](https://www.chartcrush.com/2008-main/2008-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2008 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2007](https://www.chartcrush.com/2007-main/2007-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2007 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2005](https://www.chartcrush.com/2005-main/2005-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2005 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2004](https://www.chartcrush.com/2004-main/2004-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2004 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2002](https://www.chartcrush.com/2002-main/2002-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2002 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 2000](https://www.chartcrush.com/2000-main/2000-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 2000 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1999](https://www.chartcrush.com/1999-main/1999-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1999 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1997](https://www.chartcrush.com/1997-main/1997-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1997 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Radio Songs Airplay charts
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1996](https://www.chartcrush.com/1996-main/1996-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1996 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Radio Songs Airplay charts
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1993](https://www.chartcrush.com/1993-main/1993-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1993 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1992](https://www.chartcrush.com/1992-main/1992-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1992 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1990](https://www.chartcrush.com/1990-main/1990-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1990 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1989](https://www.chartcrush.com/1989-main/1989-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1989 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1987](https://www.chartcrush.com/1987-main/1987-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1987 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1984](https://www.chartcrush.com/1984-main/1984-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1984 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1982](https://www.chartcrush.com/1982-main/1982-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1982 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1980](https://www.chartcrush.com/1980-main/1980-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1980 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1979](https://www.chartcrush.com/1979-main/1979-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1979 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1978](https://www.chartcrush.com/1978-main/1978-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1978 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1976](https://www.chartcrush.com/1976-main/1976-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1976 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1975](https://www.chartcrush.com/1975-main/1975-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1975 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1973](https://www.chartcrush.com/1973-main/1973-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1973 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1972](https://www.chartcrush.com/1972-main/1972-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1972 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1971](https://www.chartcrush.com/1971-main/1971-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1971 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1969](https://www.chartcrush.com/1969-main/1969-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1969 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1967](https://www.chartcrush.com/1967-main/1967-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1967 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1965](https://www.chartcrush.com/1965-main/1965-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1965 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1964](https://www.chartcrush.com/1964-main/1964-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1964 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1963](https://www.chartcrush.com/1963-main/1963-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1963 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1960](https://www.chartcrush.com/1960-main/1960-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1960 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1959](https://www.chartcrush.com/1959-main/1959-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1959 based on our exclusive tabulation of Billboard's weekly published Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1958](https://www.chartcrush.com/1958-main/1958-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1958 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Hot100 charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1956](https://www.chartcrush.com/1956-main/1956-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1956 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1955](https://www.chartcrush.com/1955-main/1955-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1955 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1952](https://www.chartcrush.com/1952-main/1952-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1952 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.
- [The Top 100 Songs of 1951](https://www.chartcrush.com/1951-main/1951-top100/) - Chartcrush's Top100 songs of 1951 based on data from our combined chart derived from Billboard's weekly published Best Sellers, DJ and Jukebox charts.

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- [1940s](https://www.chartcrush.com/category/1940s/) - An archive of all the 1940s episodes of The Chartcrush Top Ten Countdown Show
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- [1980s](https://www.chartcrush.com/category/1980s/) - An archive of all the 1980s episodes of The Chartcrush Top Ten Countdown Show
- [1990s](https://www.chartcrush.com/category/1990s/) - An archive of all the 1990s episodes of The Chartcrush Top Ten Countdown Show
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