2020: Top 25 Albums

First posted 1/8/2021; updated 1/12/2021.

Dave’s Music Database: Top Albums of 2020

Based on a combination of year-end lists and overall status in Dave’s Music Database, these are the top 25 albums of 2020: Taylor Swift Folklore Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters Bruce Springsteen Letter to You The Weeknd After Hours Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Phoebe Bridgers Punisher Taylor Swift Evermore Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 4 (RTJ4) Dixie Chicks Gaslighter Haim Women in Music Part III Pop Smoke Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Lady Gaga Chromatica Lil Baby My Turn Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit Reunions Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake Tame Impala The Slow Rush BTS Map of the Soul: 7 Perfume Genius Set My Heart on Fire Immediately 21 Savage/Metro Boomin Savage Mode II AC/DC Power Up Juice Wrld Legends Never Die Rina Sawayama Sawayama Ariana Grande Positions The Strokes The New Abnormal Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Top 25 Albums by Year” Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards”

Top 100 Albums of the 21st Century

First posted 12/13/2020; updated 12/28/2020.

2000-2019: The Top 100 Albums

The book Top 100 Albums of All Time was published by Dave’s Music Database in 2014. It aggregated more than 150 best-of lists from all manner of music publications and entities and crunching those figures into a database along with sales figures, chart results, critical ratings, and various awards. (Click links to see detailed sources). The book only featured one album from the 21st century (Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP) and, frankly, if I were to revise the book I’d re-focus it just on the 20th century. Either way, this book serves as a sequel, keying in on the top 100 albums of the 21st century. Here are the results: Also, check out annual picks for album of the year. 1. Adele 21 (2011) 2. The Strokes Is This It (2001) 3. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 4. Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006) 5. The White Stripes Elephant (2003) 6. Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) 7. Radiohead Kid A (2000) 8. Green Day American Idiot (2004) 9. Arcade Fire Funeral (2004) 10. Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002) 11. Eminem The Eminem Show (2002) 12. Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) 13. Taylor Swift 1989 (2014) 14. Kendrick Lamar Damn. (2017) 15. Adele 25 (2015) 16. OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) 17. Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006) 18. Frank Ocean Channel Orange (2012) 19. Taylor Swift Fearless (2008) 20. Radiohead In Rainbows (2007) 21. Beyoncé Lemonade (2016) 22. Kanye West The College Dropout (2004) 23. Usher Confessions (2004) 24. Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) 25. Kendrick Lamar Good Kid m.A.A.d. City (2012) 26. O Brother Where Art Thou (soundtrack, 2000) 27. OutKast Stankonia (2000) 28. Lady Gaga The Fame (2008) 29. Arcade Fire The Suburbs (2010) 30. Coldplay Parachutes (2000) 31. Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor (2001) 32. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 33. Taylor Swift Red (2012) 34. The White Stripes White Blood Cells (2001) 35. Jay-Z The Blueprint (2001) 36. U2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000) 37. Coldplay X & Y (2005) 38. David Bowie Blackstar (2016) 39. Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (2000) 40. 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003) 41. Justin Timberlake Justified (2002) 42. James Blunt Back to Bedlam (2004) 43. Eminem Recovery (2010) 44. Katy Perry Teenage Dream (2010) 45. Beyoncé Dangerously in Love (2003) 46. Drake Views (2016) 47. Beyoncé Beyoncé (2013) 48. Sufjan Stevens Illinois (2005) 49. Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008) 50. Ed Sheeran ÷ (Divide) (2017) 51. Kanye West Late Registration (2005) 52. Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand (2004) 53. LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver (2007) 54. Frozen (soundtrack, 2013) 55. Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour (2018) 56. D’Angelo & the Vanguard Black Messiah (2015) 57. Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006) 58. Frank Ocean Blond (2016) 59. D’Angelo Voodoo (2000) 60. Bruce Springsteen The Rising (2002) 61. Beck Sea Change (2002) 62. Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) 63. Brian Wilson Smile (2004) 64. Bob Dylan Love and Theft (2001) 65. PJ Harvey Let England Shake (2011) 66. Drake Take Care (2011) 67. Bilie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) 68. Taylor Swift Speak Now (2010) 69. U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004) 70. Ed Sheeran X (Multiply) (2014) 71. Norah Jones Feels Like Home (2004) 72. Lorde Melodrama (2017) 73. Carrie Underwood Some Hearts (2005) 74. Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City (2013) 75. Evanescence Fallen (2003) 76. Kings of Leon Only by the Night (2008) 77. Dixie Chicks Home (2002) 78. Keane Hopes and Fears (2004) 79. Chris Stapleton Traveller (2015) 80. Streets Original Pirate Material (2002) 81. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand (2007) 82. Lady Gaga Born This Way (2011) 83. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (2008) 84. Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose (2004) 85. Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) 86. Rihanna Anti (2016) 87. Bob Dylan Modern Times (2006) 88. Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf (2002) 89. Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour (2014) 90. N Sync No Strings Attached (2000) 91. Bruno Mars Doo Wops & Hooligans (2010) 92. Lady Antebellum Need You Now (2010) 93. PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) 94. Shania Twain Up! (2002) 95. Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way (2002) 96. High School Musical (TV soundtrack, 2006) 97. The Libertines Up the Bracket (2002) 98. Mumford & Sons Babel (2012) 99. The Killers Hot Fuss (2004) 100. Janelle Monáe The Arch Android (2010) Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database book: The Top 100 Albums of All Time Dave’s Music Database: “The Top 1000 Albums of All Time” Dave’s Music Database: “The Top 100 Albums of Each Decade” Dave’s Music Database: “The Top 100 Songs of Each Decade”

#1 Songs in the U.S. and UK

First posted 12/18/2020.

Songs to Reach #1 in United States and United Kingdom

Since the United States starting charting songs as far back as 1898 and the United Kingdom started in 1950, there have been more than 1300 and 2000 #1 songs on the charts respectively. Only 260 songs have reached the pinnacle on both sides of the pond. When one factors in the Australian and Canadian charts as well, only 128 songs have topped all four charts. Those songs are marked below with an asterisk (*). Note: the dates refer to the song’s first chart appearance or release date. Click here to see other lists based on charts. The 1940s/1950s: Gene Autry “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (12/3/1949) Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (1/28/1950) Teresa Brewer with the Dixieland All Stars “Music! Music! Music!” (2/4/1950) Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (11/18/1950) Nat “King” Cole with Les Baxter’s Orchestra “Too Young” (4/14/1951) Tommy Edwards “It’s All in the Game” (9/15/1951) * Al Martino “Here in My Heart” (5/17/1952) Vera Lynn with Ronald Shaw’s Orchestra “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart” (6/14/1952) Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (8/9/1952) Perry Como with the Ramblers & the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes’ (12/6/1952) Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra & Sally Sweetland “I’m Walking Behind You” (5/9/1953) Doris Day “Secret Love” (1/9/1954) Kitty Kallen with Jack Pleis Orchestra “Little Things Mean a Lot” (4/17/1954) Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (5/10/1954) Rosemary Clooney “This Ole House” (8/7/1954) Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (1/31/1955) Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (10/24/1955) Dean Martin “Memories Are Made of This” (11/21/1955) Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “Rock and Roll Waltz” (12/23/1955) Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (10/20/1956) Tab Hunter “Young Love” (12/20/1956) Andy Williams “Butterfly” (2/9/1957) Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (3/22/1957) Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (5/27/1957) Paul Anka “Diana” (6/29/1957) * Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (9/24/1957) The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (4/14/1958) Conway Twitty “It’s Only Make Believe” (9/8/1958) The Platters “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (11/17/1958) * Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (8/24/1959) Johnny Preston “Running Bear” (10/12/1959) The 1960s: The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (4/18/1960) Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (7/5/1960) * Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (11/1/1960) * Elvis Presley “Surrender” (2/7/1961) * The Marcels “Blue Moon” (2/27/1961) Del Shannon “Runaway” (3/6/1961) * The Highwaymen “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (7/3/1961) Elvis Presley “Good Luck Charm” (2/27/1962) * Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (4/30/1962) * The Tornadoes “Telstar” (8/30/1962) The Beatles “She Loves You” (8/23/1963) The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (11/29/1963) * The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (3/16/1964) Peter & Gordon “A World Without Love” (5/9/1964) The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (6/19/1964) The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (7/10/1964) * Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (7/18/1964) Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (8/29/1964) * The Supremes “Baby Love” (9/17/1964) The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (11/23/1964) * The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (12/12/1964) The Beatles “Ticket to Ride” (4/9/1965) * The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (4/12/1965) The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (6/6/1965) Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (7/10/1965) The Beatles “Help!” (7/19/1965) * The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (9/25/1965) The Beatles “We Can Work It Out” (12/3/1965) * Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” (1/22/1966) * The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (5/7/1966) * Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” (5/7/1966) The Beatles “Paperback Writer” (5/30/1966) * Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (8/18/1966) The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (10/10/1966) The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (11/12/1966) * Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra “Somethin’ Stupid” (3/18/1967) * The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (7/7/1967) * The Beatles “Hello Goodbye” (11/24/1967) * The Beatles “Hey Jude” (8/26/1968) * Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (10/30/1068) Tommy Roe “Dizzy” (1/18/1969) The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (4/11/1969) * The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (5/24/1969) Zager & Evans “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” (6/21/1969) The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (7/4/1969) The 1970s: Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1/26/1970 The Miracles “The Tears of a Clown” (8/1/1970) Tony Orlando & Dawn “Knock Three Times” (11/21/1970) * George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” (11/28/1970) * Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (7/17/1971) * Harry Nisson “Without You” (12/11/1971) * Chuck Berry “My Ding-a-Ling (live)” (8/5/1972) Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (2/3/1973) * Steve Miller Band “The Joker” (10/20/1973) Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (1/5/1974) * Ray Stevens “The Streak” (4/13/1974) George McCrae “Rock Your Baby” (5/11/1974) John Denver “Annie’s Song” (5/25/1974) Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting” (10/12/1974) * The Four Seasons “December 1963 (Oh What a Night)” (12/27/1975) Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (6/21/1976) * Chicago “If You Leave Me Now” (8/6/1976) * Abba “Dancing Queen” (8/16/1976) * David Soul “Don’t Give Up on Us” (12/31/1976) * Leo Sayer “When I Need You” (2/26/1977) Bee Gees “Night Fever” (2/3/1978) Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (4/1/1978) Commodores “Three Times a Lady” (6/17/1978) * Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (11/10/1978) * Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (12/16/1978) Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1/3/1979) * Bee Gees “Tragedy” (2/2/1979) Anita Ward “Ring My Bell” (5/12/1979) Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (11/23/1979) The 1980s: Blondie “Call Me” (2/1/1980) Barbra Streisand “Woman in Love” (8/29/1980) * John Lennon “Just Like Starting Over” (10/20/1980) * Blondie “The Tide Is High” (11/8/1980) Men at Work “Down Under” (10/23/1981) * The Human League “Don’t You Want Me?” (11/28/1981) Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory” (3/29/1982) Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (6/5/1982) * Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen” (6/25/1982) Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1/2/1983) * Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (2/11/1983) * David Bowie “Let’s Dance” (3/17/1983) The Police “Every Breath You Take” (5/13/1983) UB40 “Red Red Wine” (8/20/1983) Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” (9/17/1983) * Lionel Richie “Hello” (2/13/1984) * Duran Duran “The Reflex” (4/16/1984) Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (5/14/1984) * George Michael “Careless Whisper” (7/24/1984) * Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You” (8/1/1984) * Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is” (11/13/1984) * U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World” (3/7/1985) * Whitney Houston “Saving All My Love for You” (6/29/1985) Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls” (10/28/1985) Falco “Rock Me Amadeus” (2/8/1986) Madonna “Papa Don’t Preach” (6/11/1986) * Berlin “Take My Breath Away” (6/15/1986) Aretha Franklin & George Michael “I Knew You Were Waiting for Me” (1/19/1987) Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (1/30/1987) Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (4/30/1987) * Los Lobos “La Bamba” (6/27/1987) * Madonna “Who’s That Girl” (6/30/1987) Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” (7/20/1987) Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” (7/28/1987) * Tiffany “I Think We’re Alone Now” (8/29/1987) Belinda Carlisle “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” (9/18/1987) Phil Collins “A Groovy Kind of Love” (9/2/1988) Bangles “Eternal Flame” (2/3/1989) Madonna “Like a Prayer” (2/27/1989) * New Kids on the Block “Hangin’ Tough” (7/3/1989) The 1990s: Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1/20/1990) * Madonna “Vogue” 3/20/1990) * Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (9/8/1990) Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (6/8/1991) * Michael Jackson “Black or White” (11/11/1991) * George Michael with Elton John “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (live)” (11/30/1991) Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (6/30/1992) Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (11/3/1992) * UB40 “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (5/1/1993) * Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love But I Won’t Do That” (9/5/1993) * Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (10/29/1994) * Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone” (8/4/1995) Coolio & LV “Gangsta’s Paradise” (8/8/1995) Spice Girls “Wannabe” (6/26/1996) Hanson “Mmmbop” (3/28/1997) * Puff Daddy, Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (6/14/1997) Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (9/6/1997) * Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (12/8/1997) * Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (10/9/1998) * Cher “Believe” (10/19/1998) * Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (4/9/1999) Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle” (5/21/1999) The 2000s: Madonna “Music” (8/4/2000) * Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (9/4/2000) Shaggy with Rayvon “Angel” (12/30/2000) Christina Aguilera with Lil’ Kim, Mya, & Pink “Lady Marmalade” (4/6/2001) Nelly & Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (6/25/2002) Eminem “Lose Yourself” (9/17/2002) * Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (5/19/2003) Usher, Lil Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (1/3/2004) * Usher “Burn” (3/13/2004) Ciara “Goodies” (6/19/2004) James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” (5/30/2005) Ne-Yo “So Sick” (11/19/2005) Shakira & Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie” (2/28/2006) Justin Timberlake “Sexyback” (7/14/2006) * Timbaland with Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake “Give It to Me” (2/4/2007) Rihanna & Jay-Z “Umbrella” Rihanna & Jay-Z (3/29/2007) * Sean Kingston “Beautiful Girls” (5/27/2007) * Kanye West with Daft Punk “Stronger” (7/22/2007) Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (10/19/2007) * Madonna “Take a Bow” (3/23/2008) Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis “Just Dance” (4/8/2008) * Katy Perry “I Kissed a Girl” (4/28/2008) * Coldplay “Viva La Vida” (5/24/2008) Pink “So What” (8/17/2008) * Lady Gaga “Poker Face” (9/23/2008) * Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (11/12/2008) * Kelly Clarkson “My Life Would Suck Without You” (1/13/2009) Flo Rida & Ke$ha “Right Round” (1/18/2009) * Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (5/31/2009) * Owl City “Fireflies” (8/22/2009) Taio Cruz with Ludacris “Break Your Heart” (9/26/2009) The 2010s: B.o.B. with Bruno Mars “Nothin’ on You” (2/2/2010) Usher with will.i.am “OMG” (3/22/2010) Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (5/11/2010) * Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (7/20/2010) * Rihanna “Only Girl in the World” (9/20/2010) * Bruno Mars “Grenade” (9/29/2010) * Kesha “We R Who We R” (10/22/2010) Rihanna with Drake “What’s My Name?” (10/24/2010) Adele “Someone Like You” (1/24/2011) LMFAO, Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (1/25/2011) * Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer “Give Me Everything” (3/18/2011) Gotye & Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (7/5/2011) * Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (9/20/2011) * Fun. & Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” (9/20/2011) * Rihanna & Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (9/22/2011) Katy Perry “Part of Me” (2/13/2012) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz “Thrift Shop” (8/27/2012) * Rihanna “Diamonds” (9/27/2012) Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (3/26/2013) * Lorde “Royals” (6/3/2013) Katy Perry “Roar” (8/10/2013) * Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball” (8/25/2013) Pitbull & Ke$ha “Timber” (10/7/2013) Magic! “Rude” (10/10/2013) Eminem with Rihanna “The Monster” (10/29/2013) * Pharrell Williams “Happy” (10/29/2013) * OMI “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)” (5/19/2014) * Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (6/30/2014) * Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (11/10/2014) * Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (3/10/2015) * Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?” (8/28/2015) * Adele “Hello” (10/23/2015) * Justin Bieber “Sorry” (10/23/2015) Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (11/9/2015) * Zayn “Pillow Talk” (1/29/2016) * Drake with WizKid & Kyla “One Dance” (4/5/2016) * The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (7/29/2016) * Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (1/6/2017) * Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (1/12/2017) * Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (3/25/2017) * DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne “I’m the One” (4/28/2017) * Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana” (8/3/2017) * Taylor Swift “Look What You made Me Do” (8/24/2017) * Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (9/15/2017) * Drake “God’s Plan” (1/19/2018) * Drake “Nice for What” (4/6/2018) * Drake “In My Feelings” (7/10/2018) * Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (9/27/2018) * Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” (11/3/2018) * Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” (11/8/2018) Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (12/3/2018) * Ariana Grande “7 Rings” (1/18/2019) * Shawn Mendes with Camila Cabello “Señorita” (6/21/2019) * The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (11/29/2019) * The 2020s: Drake “Toosie Slide” (4/3/2010) DaBaby with Roddy Ricch “Rockstar” (4/17/2020) * Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande “Rain on Me” (5/22/2020) Jawsh 685 with Jason Derulo “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” (6/11/2020) * 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (7/24/2020) * Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP” (8/7/2020) * Ariana Grande “Positions” (10/23/2020) * Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: Lists based on charts, sales, and airplay

Dave’s Faves: Albums of the Year

First posted 8/12/2020; updated 12/15/2020.

Dave’s Faves: Albums of the Year

These are my personal favorite albums each year from 1963 to the present. You can check out other album of the year lists here. See more Dave’s Faves lists here. 2020: Fish Weltschmerz 2019: Bruce Springsteen Western Stars 2018: Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour 2017: Roger Waters Is This the Life We Really Want? 2016: Michael Franti & Spearhead Soul Rocker 2015: The Rainmakers Cover Band 2014: The Rainmakers Monster Movie 2013: Fish Feast of Consequences 2012: Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball 2011: The Rainmakers 25 On 2010: John Mellencamp No Better Than This 2009: Kevin Gilbert Nuts and Bolts 2008: John Mellencamp Life, Death, Love and Freedom 2007: Hooters Time Stand Still 2006: Amy Winehouse Back to Black 2005: Styx Big Bang Theory 2004: Finn Brothers Everyone Is Here 2003: The White Stripes Elephant 2002: Bruce Springsteen The Rising 2001: Tori Amos Strange Little Girls 2000: U2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind 1999: David Baerwald A Fine Mess 1998: Sherly Crow The Globe Sessions 1997: The Rainmakers Skin 1996: Kevin Gilbert The Shaming of the True 1995: Kevin Gilbert Thud 1994: Tori Amos Under the Pink 1993: Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club 1992: Tori Amos Little Earthquakes 1991: Pearl Jam Ten 1990: Toy Matinee Toy Matinee 1989: Indigo Girls Indigo Girls 1988: Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 1987: Marillion Clutching at Straws 1986: The Rainmakers The Rainmakers 1985: Marillion Misplaced Childhood 1984: Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. 1983: Marillion Script for a Jester’s Tear 1982: Michael Jackson Thriller 1981: Styx Paradise Theater 1980: Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu (soundtrack) 1979: Pink Floyd The Wall 1978: Van Halen Van Halen 1977: Styx The Grand Illusion 1976: Eagles Hotel California 1975: Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1974: Bad Company Bad Company 1973: Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 1972: David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars 1971: Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV 1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu 1969: The Beatles Abbey Road 1968: The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) 1967: The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band 1966: The Beatles Revolver 1965: The Beatles Rubber Soul 1964: The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (soundtrack, 1964) 1963: The Beatles Please Please Me Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database (1/3/2020). “Dave’s Faves: My Top 100 Albums” other album of the year lists more Dave’s Faves lists

 

Billboard: Albums of the Year

First posted 9/6/2020; updated 12/12/2020.

Billboard: Albums of the Year, 1956-2019

Billboard magazine has named an album of the year each year since 1956. The award is based on the album with the best overall chart performance in that calendar year. Check out other annual picks for album of the year here. 2020: Post Malone Hollywood’s Bleeding 2019: Bilie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2018: Taylor Swift Reputation 2017: Kendrick Lamar Damn. 2016: Adele 25 2015: Taylor Swift 1989 2014: Frozen (soundtrack) 2013: Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience 2012: Adele 21 2011: Adele 21 2010: Susan Boyle I Dreamed a Dream 2009: Taylor Swift Fearless 2008: Alicia Keys As I Am 2007: Daughtry Daughtry 2006: Carrie Underwood Some Hearts 2005: 50 Cent The Massacre 2004: Usher Confessions 2003: 50 Cent Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ 2002: Eminem The Eminem Show 2001: The Beatles 1 (compilation: 1962-70) 2000: N Sync No Strings Attached 1999: Backstreet Boys Millennium 1998: James Horner (composer) Titanic (soundtrack) 1997: Spice Girls Spice 1996: Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 1995: Hootie & the Blowfish Cracked Rear View 1994: Ace of Base The Sign 1993: Various Artists (Whitney Houston et al) The Bodyguard (soundtrack) 1992: Garth Brooks Ropin’ the Wind 1991: Mariah Carey Mariah Carey 1990: Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 1989: Bobby Brown Don’t Be Cruel 1988: George Michael Faith 1987: Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 1986: Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 1985: Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. 1984: Michael Jackson Thriller 1983: Michael Jackson Thriller 1982: Asia Asia 1981: REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity 1980: Pink Floyd The Wall 1979: Billy Joel 52nd Street 1978: Various Artists (Bee Gees et al) Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) 1977: Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1976: Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive! 1975: Elton John Greatest Hits (compilation: 1970-74) 1974: Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973: War The World Is a Ghetto 1972: Neil Young Harvest 1971: Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice (composers) Jesus Christ Superstar (studio album) 1970: Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water 1969: Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? 1967: The Monkees More of the Monkees 1966: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream & Other Delights 1965: Richard and Robert Sherman (composers) Mary Poppins (soundtrack) 1964: Jerry Herman (composer) Hello, Dolly! (cast album) 1963: Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim (composers) West Side Story (soundtrack) 1962: Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim (composers) West Side Story (soundtrack) 1961: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (composers) Camelot (cast album) 1960: Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) The Sound of Music (cast album) 1959: Henry Mancini The Music from Peter Gunn soundtrack 1958: Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe (composers) My Fair Lady (cast album) 1957: Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe (composers) My Fair Lady (cast album) 1956: Harry Belafonte Calypso Resources and Related Links: Billboard.com Wikipedia.org: Billboard Year-End Number One Singles and Albums Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards”

New Musical Express: Albums of the Year

First posted 12/30/2020.

New Musical Express: Albums of the Year, 1963-2020

This UK music magazine started as a newspaper in 1952, known for publishing the initial British singles charts. It ceased print publication in January 2018, but still maintains a website. They have published annual album-of-the-year lists since 1974. This list also factors in pre-1974 album-of-the-year awards based on appearances on best-of-all-time lists from NME. NME announced their top 50 albums of 2020 on December 11, 2020. Check out other album of the year awards here. 2020: Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 4 2019: Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2018: The 1975 A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships 2017: Lorde Melodrama 2016: The 1975 I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It 2015: Grimes Art Angels 2014: St. Vincent St. Vincent 2013: Arctic Monkeys AM 2012: Crystal Castles Crystal Castles III 2011: PJ Harvey Let England Shake 2010: These New Puritans Hidden 2009: The Horrors Primary Colours 2008: MGMT Oracular Spectacular 2007: Klaxons Myths of the Near Future 2006: Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not 2005: Bloc Party Silent Alarm 2004: Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2003: The White Stripes Elephant 2002: Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head 2001: The Strokes Is This It 2000: Queens of the Stone Age Rated R 1999: The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin 1998: Mercury Rev Deserter’s Songs 1997: Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space 1996: Beck Odelay 1995: Tricky Maxinquaye 1994: Oasis Definitely Maybe 1993: Björk Debut 1992: Sugar Copper Blue 1991: Nirvana Nevermind 1990: Happy Mondays Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches 1989: De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising 1988: Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1987: Public Enemy Yo! Bum Rush the Show 1986: Prince Parade 1985: Tom Waits Rain Dogs 1984: Bobby Womack The Poet II 1983: Elvis Costello Punch the Clock 1982: Marvin Gaye Midnight Love 1981: Grace Jones Nightclubbing 1980: Joy Division Closer 1979: Talking Heads Fear of Music 1978: Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town 1977: David Bowie Heroes 1976: Bob Dylan Desire 1975: Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks 1974: Steely Dan Pretzel Logic 1973: Roxy Music For Your Pleasure 1972: The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street 1971: David Bowie Hunky Dory 1970: John Lennon Plastic Ono Band 1969: The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed 1968: The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) 1967: The Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico 1966: The Beatles Revolver 1965: The Beatles Rubber Soul 1964: The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night 1963: Bob Dylan The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards” NME.com (New Musical Express official site) RockListMusic.co.uk: “NME Albums of the Year and End of Year Critic Lists”

Spin: Albums of the Year

Last updated 12/10/2020.

Spin Magazine: Albums of the Year

From 1990 to the present, Spin magazine has named an album of the year. Because they’ve also done multiple best-of-all-time lists, I have extended the album-of-the-year selections back to 1965 based on those lists. Check out other annual picks for album of the year here. 2020: Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters 2019: Big Thief Two Hands 2018: The 1975 A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships 2017: Kendrick Lamar Damn. 2016: Mitski Puberty 2 2015: Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly 2014: The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream 2013: Kanye West Yeezus 2012: Frank Ocean Channel Orange 2011: Fucked Up David Comes to Life 2010: Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid 2009: Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion 2008: TV on the Radio Dear Science 2007: Against Me! New Wave 2006: TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain 2005: Kanye West Late Registration 2004: Kanye West The College Dropout 2003: The White Stripes Elephant 2002: The White Stripes White Blood Cells 2001: System of a Down Toxicity 2000: Radiohead Kid A 1999: Nine Inch Nails The Fragile 1998: Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1997: Cornershop When I Was Born for the 7th Time 1996: Beck Odelay 1995: Moby Everything Is Wrong 1994: Hole Hole Live Through This 1993: Liz Phair Exile in Guyville 1992: Pavement Slanted and Enchanted 1991: Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque 1990: Ice Cube AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted 1989: N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton 1988: Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1987: Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times 1986: The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 1985: New Order Low-Life 1984: Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. 1983: Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones 1982: Richard & Linda Thompson Shoot Out the Lights 1981: Black Flag Damaged 1980: Pretenders Pretenders 1979: Joy Division Unknown Pleasures 1978: Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year’s Model 1977: Television Marquee Moon 1976: Ramones Ramones 1975: Patti Smith Horses 1974: Kraftwerk Autobahn 1973: Sly & the Family Stone Fresh 1972: Big Star #1 Record 1971: Marvin Gaye What’s Going On 1970: The Stooges Fun House 1969: Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II 1968: Aretha Franklin Lady Soul 1967: The Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico 1966: Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde 1965: Sun Ra Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1 Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “The Top 1000 Albums of All Time” Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards” Spin (12/6/2020). “Top 100 Albums”

Billboard - Songs of the Year, 1958-2020

First posted 12/29/2014; updated 12/7/2020.

Billboard: Songs of the Year, 1958-2020

Each year since the inception of the Billboard Hot 100, the magazine has named a “song of the year” determined by chart performance. Here are those songs from 1958 to present. Check out other “songs of the year” lists here. 2020: “Blinding Lights” The Weeknd 2019: “Old Town Road” Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus 2018: “God’s Plan” Drake 2017: “Shape of You” Ed Sheeran 2016: “Love Yourself” Justin Bieber 2015: “All About That Bass” Meghan Trainor 2014: “Happy” Pharrell Williams 2013: “Thrift Shop” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz 2012: “Somebody That I Used to Know” Gotye with Kimbra 2011: “Rolling in the Deep” Adele 2010: “Tik Tok” Ke$ha 2009: “Boom Boom Pow” Black Eyed Peas 2008: “Low” Flo Rida with T-Pain 2007: “Irreplaceable” Beyoncé 2006: “Bad Day” Daniel Powter 2005: “We Belong Together” Mariah Carey 2004: “Yeah!” Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris 2003: “In Da Club” 50 Cent 2002: “How You Remind Me” Nickelback 2001: “Hanging by a Moment” Lifehouse 2000: “Breathe” Faith Hill 1999: “Believe…Cher 1998: “Too Close” Next 1997: “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” Elton John 1996: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” Los Del Rio 1995: “Gangsta’s Paradise” Coolio with L.V. 1994: “The Sign” Ace of Base 1993: “I Will Always Love You” Whitney Houston 1992: “End of the Road” Boyz II Men 1991: “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” Bryan Adams 1990: “Hold On” Wilson Phillips 1989: “Look Away” Chicago 1988: “Faith” George Michael 1987: “Walk Like an Egyptian” Bangles 1986: “That's What Friends Are For” Dionne & Friends 1985: “Careless Whisper” George Michael 1984: “When Doves Cry” Prince 1983: “Every Breath You Take” The Police 1982: “Physical” Olivia Newton-John 1981: “Bette Davis Eyes” Kim Carnes 1980: “Call Me” Blondie 1979: “My Sharona” The Knack 1978: “Shadow Dancing” Andy Gibb 1977: “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Rod Stewart 1976: “Silly Love Songs” Paul McCartney & Wings 1975: “Love Will Keep Us Together” Captain & Tennille 1974: “The Way We Were” Barbra Streisand 1973: “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” Tony Orlando & Dawn 1972: “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” Roberta Flack 1971: “Joy to the World” Three Dog Night 1970: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Simon & Garfunkel 1969: “Sugar Sugar” The Archies 1968: “Hey Jude” The Beatles 1967: “To Sir with Love” Lulu 1966: “The Ballad of the Green Berets” SSgt Barry Sadler 1965: “Wooly Bully” Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs 1964: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” The Beatles 1963: “Sugar Shack” Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs 1962: “Stranger on the Shore” Mr. Acker Bilk 1961: “Tossin’ and Turnin’” Bobby Lewis 1960: “Theme from “A Summer Place” Percy Faith 1959: “The Battle of New Orleans” Johnny Horton 1958: “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” Domenico Modugno

U.S. Biggest #1 Pop Songs in Chart History

First posted 10/29/2017; updated 12/7/2020.

USA’s Biggest #1 Pop Songs: 1890-2020

These are the biggest #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1890 to present. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts: the pre-Hot 100 pop charts, 1890-1955 (BB) Billboard Hot 100 chart, 1955-present (BB) Billboard Best Sellers chart, 1940-1958 (BS) Billboard Disc Jockey Hits, 1944-1958 (DJ) Billboard Juke Box Hits, 1940-1957 (JB) Billboard pop airplay chart, 1984-present (BA) Billboard digital chart, 2005-present (DG) Billboard streaming chart, 2013-present (ST) Hit Parade, 1935-1955 (HP) Cashbox, 1950-1996 (CB) Hit Records, 1954-1982 (HR) Radio & Records/Mediabase, 1973-2015 (RR) All songs with 10 or more weeks on any of these charts are listed. If a song hit #1 on more than chart, only the chart where the song had the most weeks is noted. However, at times Hit Parade and Cashbox did not designate a specific artist with the #1 song. For example, “Some Enchanted Evening” was a #1 song on Hit Parade in 1949, but because there were multiple versions of the song out at the time, it wasn’t credited to any specific artist. In such cases, this list attributes the song only to an artist if that artist also hit #1 on another of the noted charts. One last note – in the event of ties, songs are ranked according to most overall points in Dave’s Music Database. For songs which hit #1 multiple times, the version which accumulated the most points is used. See other chart-based lists here.

26 weeks: The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (BA: 2020) 20 weeks: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (ST: 2018) 18 weeks: Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (BA, 1998) 17 weeks: Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (DG: 2017) Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (BB: 1947) 16 weeks: Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (BA: 2005) Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (BB: 1995) Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (BA: 2017) No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (BA: 1996) 14 weeks: Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (BB: 1942) Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (BB: 1992) Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (BB: 1997) Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (BB: 2014) Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (BB: 2009) Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (BB: 1995) Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (BB: 1994) Alicia Keys “No One” (BA: 2001) Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (BA: 1996) Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (ST: 2017) Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy” (ST: 2014) Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes” (BA: 2018) Desiigner “Panda” (ST: 2015) 13 weeks: Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (BB: 1939) Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (BB: 1927) Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (BB: 1950) The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (DG: 2016) Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (BB: 1920) Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (HR: 1977) The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “Goodnight Irene” (BB: 1950) Artie Shaw “Frenesi” (BB: 1940) The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (BB: 1946) Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (BB: 1992) Harry James with Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before” (BB: 1943) Ace of Base “The Sign” (BA: 1994) Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (BB: 1947) Brandy with Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (BB: 1998) TLC “No Scrubs” (BA: 1999) Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (BA: 1996) Miley Cyrus” Wrecking Ball” (ST: 2013) Roddy Rich “The Box” (ST: 2019) 12 weeks: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (BB: Ed 2017) Eminem “Lose Yourself” (BB: 2002) Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (BB: 2004) Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (BB: 2013) Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (BB:, 2015) Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (BB: 1999) The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll” (BB: 1943) Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” (BB: 1925) Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (BB: 2009) Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (BA: 2011) Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (BB: 1940) Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (BB:1949) Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (BB: 1952) Al Jolson “Sonny Boy” (BB: 1928) Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (BA: 2002) Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (HP: 1951) 11 weeks: Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” / “Hound Dog” (BB: 1956) Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers “Cheek to Cheek” (BB: 1935) Pharrell Williams “Happy” (DG: 2013) Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Whispering” (BB: 1920) Adele “Hello” (BA: 2015) Al Jolson “April Showers” (BB: 1922) Byron Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (BB: 1907) Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (BA: 2006) Drake “God’s Plan” (BB: 2018) American Quartet with Billy Murray “Casey Jones” (BB: 1910) Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (BB: 1997) Haydn Quartet “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet” (BB: 1909) Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (BA: 2015) Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (BB: 1996) Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (BA: 1997) All-4-One “I Swear” (BB: 1994) Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (BB: 1951) Arthur Collins “The Preacher and the Bear” (BB: 1905) Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra with Franklyn Baur “Valencia (A Song of Spain)” (BB: 1926) Henry Burr “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)” (BB: 1918) Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (BB: 1953) Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (BB: 2000) Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (BB: 1950) Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (BB: 1993) Tony Bennett “Because of You” (HP: 1951) Len Spencer “Arkansaw Traveler” (BB: 1902) Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Oh What It Seemed to Be” (BB: 1946) Mario “Let Me Love You” (BA: 2004) Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (BA: 1994) Post Malone “Circles” (BA: 2019) Khalid “Talk” (BA: 2019) Miley Cyrus “We Can’t Stop” (ST: 2013) Guy Lombardo “The Third Man Theme” (BB: 1950) 10 weeks: Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (BB: 1911) Leo Reisman’s Orchestra with Fred Astaire “Night and Day” (BB: 1932) Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (BA: 1997) Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (BB: 1906) Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (BB: 1904) Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Pennies from Heaven” (BB: 1936) Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (BB: 2007) Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (BB: 1938) Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (BB: 2005) Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (RR: 2007) Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (BB/HP: 1948) Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (BB: 1981) The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” (HP: 1947) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (DG: 2012) Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I’ll Be Seeing You” (HP: 1944) Drake “One Dance” (BB: 2016) Byron Harlan “My Gal Sal” (BB: 1907) Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (ST: 2014) Perry Como “Some Enchanted Evening” (HP: 1949) Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (DG: 2016) Nick Lucas “Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips with Me” (BB: 1929) Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (BA: 1994) George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (BB: 1893) Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (DG: 2018) Perry Como “Till the End of Time” (BB: 1945) Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire & His Hawaiians “Sweet Leilani” (BB: 1937) Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (BB: 1956) Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees “Stein Song (University of Maine)” (BB: 1930) The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “Rum and Coca-Cola” (BB: 1945) Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)” (BB: 1941) Ted Lewis & His Band “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town” (BB: 1932) Pat Boone “Love Letters in the Sand” (HP: 1957) Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (BA: 1993) Vaughn Monroe’s Orchestra “Ballerina” (BB: 1947) Percy Faith with Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart (Song from “Moulin Rouge”)” (BB: 1953) The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (BB: 1955) Mariah Carey “Hero” (BA: 1993) Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (BB: 1895) Glenn Miller Orchestra with Ray Eberle & The Modernaires “Moonlight Cocktail” (BB: 1942) Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (BB: 1955) N Sync “Bye Bye Bye” (RR: 2000) George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (BB: 1897) Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (BA: 2008) Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” (BB: 1952) Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (ST: 2015) Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (BB: 2002) Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)” (HP: 1948) Drake “In My Feelings” (BB: 2018) Margaret Whiting “A Tree in the Meadow” (HP: 1948) Rosemary Clooney “Hey There” (HP: 1954) George W. Johnson “The Laughing Song” (BB: 1891) Santana with the Product G&B “Maria Maria” (BB: 2000) George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home” (BB: 1898) Debbie Reynolds “Tammy” (HP: 1957) Perry Como “If (They Made Me a King)” (HP: 1951) Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding” (BB: 1952) Eileen Barton “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (BB: 1950) Mariah Carey “Someday” (BA: 1990) Usher “U Got It Bad” (BA: 2001) Migos with Lil Uzi Vert “Bad and Boujee” (ST: 2016) DaBaby with Roddy Rich “Rockstar” (ST: 2020)