Sunday, December 20, 2009

Billboard's Top 100 songs of the Decade

I'm not totally surprised Mariah Carey topped the chart with her 2005 hit We Belong Together, it dominated the chart like no other and had record breaking audience impressions during its run. And I personally consider her best single to date. I'm happy this song topped the list. If you notice there's a discrepancy with Black Eyed Peas 2009 hits I Gotta Feeling and Boom Boom Pow, on the 2009 year-end chart Boom Boom Pow topped list while I Gotta Feeling settled for #4 but in the decade-end list I Gotta Feeling ranked higher (#5) while Boom Boom Pow is at #7. How did it happened? Billboard had a different calculation for both charts, the yearend chart is based on accumulated chart points for the whole chart year (airplay + sales + streaming) while the decade-end list is focused solely on the chart run of each song. Billboard explained why the formula is such for the decade-end list because this is the only way they could make up a concise list since there was a different way of computing the year-end tallies earlier this decade so the management thought that is the only fair way to rank the songs for the decade. Personally, I find it odd that one song will be lower in the yearend while higher in the decade-end list especially that both songs are just recent. Oh well. Here is the full list:

1 WE BELONG TOGETHER Mariah Carey Island/IDJMG
2 YEAH! Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris LaFace/Zomba
3 LOW Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain Poe Boy/Atlantic
4 HOW YOU REMIND ME Nickelback Roadrunner/IDJMG
5 I GOTTA FEELING The Black Eyed Peas Interscope
6 NO ONE Alicia Keys MBK/J/RMG
7 BOOM BOOM POW The Black Eyed Peas will.i.am/Interscope
8 LET ME LOVE YOU Mario 3rd Street/J/RMG
9 GOLD DIGGER Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
10 APOLOGIZE Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic Mosley/Blackground/Intersc
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11 DILEMMA Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland Fo' Reel/Universal/UMRG
12 FAMILY AFFAIR Mary J. Blige MCA
13 BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY Fergie will.i.am/A&M/Interscope
14 MARIA MARIA Santana Featuring The Product G&B Arista
15 U GOT IT BAD Usher Arista
16 WHATEVER YOU LIKE T.I. Grand Hustle/Atlantic
17 BLEEDING LOVE Leona Lewis SYCO/J/RMG
18 INDEPENDENT WOMEN PART I Destiny's Child Columbia
19 FOOLISH Ashanti The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG
20 HEY YA! OutKast LaFace/Zomba

21 BURN Usher LaFace/Zomba
22 THE WAY YOU MOVE OutKast Featuring Sleepy Brown LaFace/Zomba
23 CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) Soulja Boy Tell'em ColliPark/Interscope
24 IN DA CLUB 50 Cent Shady/Aftermath/Interscope
25 IRREPLACEABLE Beyonce Columbia
26 HANGING BY A MOMENT Lifehouse DreamWorks
27 BREATHE Faith Hill Warner Bros. (Nashville)/Warner Bros./WRN
28 LOSE YOURSELF Eminem Shady/Interscope
29 FALLIN' Alicia Keys J
30 I'M REAL Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule Epic

31 GOODIES Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo Sho'Nuff/Music Line/LaFace/Zomba
32 HOT IN HERRE Nelly Fo' Reel/Universal/UMRG
33 SMOOTH Santana Featuring Rob Thomas Arista
34 RUN IT! Chris Brown Jive/Zomba
35 JUST DANCE Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O'Donis Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope
36 MY BOO Usher And Alicia Keys LaFace/Zomba
37 LIVE YOUR LIFE T.I. Featuring Rihanna Def Jam/Grand Hustle/IDJMG/Atlantic
38 BABY BOY Beyonce Featuring Sean Paul Columbia
39 LOLLIPOP Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major Cash Money/Universal Motown
40 CRAZY IN LOVE Beyonce Featuring Jay-Z Columbia

41 HOLLABACK GIRL Gwen Stefani Interscope
42 POKER FACE Lady Gaga Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope
43 KRYPTONITE 3 Doors Down Republic/Universal
44 PROMISCUOUS Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland Mosley/Geffen
45 LEAN BACK Terror Squad SRC/Universal/UMRG
46 WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN Creed Wind-up
47 SINCE U BEEN GONE Kelly Clarkson RCA/RMG
48 DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell Doggystyle/Geffen
49 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay Capitol
50 GET BUSY Sean Paul VP/Atlantic

51 IF I AIN'T GOT YOU Alicia Keys J/RMG
52 CANDY SHOP 50 Cent Featuring Olivia Shady/Aftermath/Interscope
53 THE WAY I ARE Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson Mosley/Blackground/Interscope
54 I KNEW I LOVED YOU Savage Garden Columbia
55 EVERYTHING YOU WANT Vertical Horizon RCA
56 BAD DAY Daniel Powter Warner Bros.
57 UMBRELLA Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG
58 HOW TO SAVE A LIFE The Fray Epic
59 1, 2 STEP Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott Sho'Nuff/Music Line/LaFace/Zomba
60 SEXYBACK Justin Timberlake Jive/Zomba

61 I'M YOURS Jason Mraz Atlantic/RRP
62 AIN'T IT FUNNY Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule Epic
63 TEMPERATURE Sean Paul VP/Atlantic
64 DISTURBIA Rihanna SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG
65 ALL FOR YOU Janet Virgin/Capitol
66 I KISSED A GIRL Katy Perry Capitol
67 UNWELL matchbox twenty Atlantic
68 HERE WITHOUT YOU 3 Doors Down Republic/Universal/UMRG
69 HOT N COLD Katy Perry Capitol
70 GET LOW Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins BME/TVT

71 BUY U A DRANK (SHAWTY SNAPPIN') T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc Konvict/Nappy Boy/Jive/Zomba
72 RIGHT THURR Chingy DTP/Capitol
73 LOVE STORY Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Republic
74 IGNITION R. Kelly Jive
75 I WANNA KNOW Joe Jive
76 SMACK THAT Akon Featuring Eminem Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Universal Motown
77 LOVE SONG Sara Bareilles Epic
78 BENT matchbox twenty Lava/Atlantic
79 BUBBLY Colbie Caillat Universal Republic
80 RIGHT ROUND Flo Rida Poe Boy/Atlantic

81 IT WASN'T ME Shaggy Featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent MCA
82 ALWAYS ON TIME Ja Rule Featuring Ashanti The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG
83 COMPLICATED Avril Lavigne Arista
84 MY HUMPS The Black Eyed Peas A&M/Interscope
85 LOVE IN THIS CLUB Usher Featuring Young Jeezy LaFace/Zomba
86 YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL James Blunt Custard/Atlantic
87 STAND UP Ludacris Featuring Shawnna DTP/Def Jam South/IDJMG
88 CHECK ON IT Beyonce Featuring Slim Thug Columbia
89 PHOTOGRAPH Nickelback Roadrunner/IDJMG
90 U REMIND ME Usher Arista

91 STRONGER Kanye West Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
92 SO WHAT Pink LaFace/JLG
93 KISS KISS Chris Brown Featuring T-Pain Jive/Zomba
94 GIRLFRIEND Avril Lavigne RCA/RMG
95 LET ME BLOW YA MIND Eve Featuring Gwen Stefani Ruff Ryders/Interscope
96 WORK IT Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott The Gold Mind/Elektra/EEG
97 HEY THERE DELILAH Plain White T's Fearless/Hollywood
98 TRY AGAIN Aaliyah Blackground/Virgin/Capitol
99 SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) Beyonce Music World/Columbia
100 FOREVER Chris Brown Jive/JLG

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