Friday, December 31, 2021

TSORT: Songs of the Year, 1900-2021

TSORT Songs of the Year:

1900-2021

TSORT offers an aggregate of as many as 138 charts, although the number of charts becomes more sparse the farther back they stretch. Nonetheless, the site offers a page indicating songs of the year from 1900 to present.

Check out other “songs of the year” lists here.

2021: Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
2020: Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now”
2019: Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”
2018: Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
2017: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”
2016: Drake with WizKid & Kyla “One Dance”
2015: Adele “Hello”
2014: Pharrell Williams “Happy”
2013: Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines”
2012: Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2011: Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love”
2010: Ke$ha “Tik Tok”
2009: Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
2008: Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love”
2007: Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella”
2006: Shakira with Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie”
2005: Madonna “Hung Up”
2004: Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!”
2003: OutKast “Hey Ya!”
2002: Eminem “Lose Yourself”
2001: Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”
2000: Madonna “Music”
1999: Britney Spears “Baby One More Time”
1998: Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On”
1997: Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)”
1996: Spice Girls “Wannabe”
1995: Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise”
1994: Ace of Base “The Sign”
1993: UB40 “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
1992: Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You”
1991: Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”
1990: Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U”
1989: Madonna “Like a Prayer”
1988: Phil Collins “A Groovy Kind of Love”
1987: Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me”
1986: Berlin “Take My Breath Away”
1985: U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World”
1984: Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You”
1983: Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’”
1982: Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”
1981: Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes”
1980: Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II”
1979: Blondie “Heart of Glass”
1978: Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”
1977: Eagles “Hotel California”
1976: Abba “Dancing Queen”
1975: Billy Swan “I Can Help”
1974: Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting”
1973: The Rolling Stones “Angie”
1972: Don McLean “American Pie”
1971: George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”
1970: The Beatles “Let It Be”
1969: The Archies “Sugar, Sugar”
1968: The Beatles “Hey Jude”
1967: Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
1966: Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night”
1965: The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1964: The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
1963: Trini Lopez “If I Had a Hammer”
1962: Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You”
1961: Ben E. King “Stand by Me”
1960: Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
1959: Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife”
1958: The Kingston Trio “Tom Dooley”
1957: Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock”
1956: Doris Day “Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)”
1955: Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock”
1954: Doris Day “Secret Love”
1953: Les Paul & Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)”
1952: Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me”
1951: Nat “King” Cole “Too Young”
1950: Nat “King” Cole “Mona Lisa”
1949: Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)”
1948: Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows”
1947: : Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You”
1946: Frank Sinatra “Five Minutes More”
1945: Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey”
1944: Bing Crosby “Swinging on a Star”
1943: The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll”
1942: Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers & the John Scott Trotter Orchestra “White Christmas”
1941: Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
1940: Glenn Miller “In the Mood”
1939: Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow”
1938: Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine”
1937: Count Basie “One O’Clock Jump”
1936: Bing Crosby “Pennies from Heaven”
1935: Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers & Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Cheek to Cheek”
1934: Leo Reisman “The Continental (You Kiss While We’re Dancing)”
1933: Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)”
1932: Fred Astaire “Night and Day”
1931: Cab Calloway “Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song)”
1930: Harry Richman “Puttin’ on the Ritz”
1929: Eddie Cantor “Makin’ Whoopee”
1928: Jimmie Rodgers “Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)”
1927: Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals “Stardust”
1926: Gene Austin “Bye Bye Blackbird”
1925: Ben Bernie “Sweet Georgia Brown”
1924: Paul Whiteman with George Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue”
1923: Bessie Smith “Down Hearted Blues”
1922: Fanny Brice “My Man (Mon Homme)”
1921: Marion Harris “I Ain’t Got Nobody”
1920: Al Jolson “Swanee”
1919: Marion Harris “After You’ve Gone”
1918: Original Dixieland Jazz Band “Tiger Rag”
1917: Nora Bayes “Over There”
1916: John McCormack “Somewhere a Voice Is Calling”
1915: Olive Kline (as Alice Green) & Edward Hamilton “Hello Frisco!”
1914: Heidelberg Quintet “By the Beautiful Sea”
1913: Chauncy Olcott “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”
1912: Al Jolson “That Haunting Melody”
1911: Sophie Tucker “Some of These Days”
1910: Louise Homer “America the Beautiful”
1909: Fisk Jubilee Singers “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
1908: Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”
1907: Enrico Caruso “Pagliacci Act 1: Vesti La Giubba (On with the Play)”
1906: Bert Williams “Nobody”
1905: Billy Murray “Give My Regards to Broadway”
1904: Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)”
1903: Haydn Quartet “In the Good Old Summertime”
1902: Byron Harlan & Frank Stanley “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden”
1901: John Philip Sousa “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
1900: Jere Mahoney “When You Were Sweet Sixteen”

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “‘Songs of the Year’ lists”
TSORT.info “Song Years Chart”

First posted 4/13/2019; last updated 11/22/2022.

Digital Dream Door: Songs of the Year, 1920-2021

Digital Dream Door:

Songs of the year, 1920-2021

Digital Dream Door offers multiple best-of music lists, including song-of-the-year lists from 1940 to present. Here are the best songs from each year:

Check out other “songs of the year” lists here.

2021: Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
2020: Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
2019: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
2018: Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow”
2017: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”
2016: The Weeknd with Daft Punk “Starboy”
2015: Adele “Hello”
2014: Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!”
2013: Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky”
2012: Psy “Gangnam Style”
2011: Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2010: Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
2009: Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling”
2008: Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
2007: M.I.A. “Paper Planes”
2006: Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”
2005: Gorillaz with De La Soul “Feel Good Inc.”
2004: Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out”
2003: OutKast “Hey Ya!”
2002: Eminem “Lose Yourself”
2001: The Strokes “Last Nite”
2000: Radiohead “Idioteque”
1999: Eminem “My Name Is…”
1998: Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
1997: The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
1996: Fugees “Killing Me Softly”
1995: Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise”
1994: TLC “Waterfalls”
1993: Beck “Loser”
1992: Dr. Dre with Snoop Doggy Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”
1991: Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
1990: Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U”
1989: Public Enemy “Fight the Power”
1988: Tracy Chapman “Fast Car”
1987: Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
1986: Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way”
1985: Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”
1984: Prince “When Doves Cry”
1983: The Police “Every Breath You Take”
1982: Michael Jackson “Billie Jean”
1981: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll”
1980: Blondie “Call Me”
1979: Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II”
1978: Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive”
1977: Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”
1976: Eagles “Hotel California”
1975: Bruce Springsteen…Born to Run
1974: Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry”
1973: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Free Bird”
1972: Stevie Wonder “Superstition”
1971: Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven”
1970: Derek & the Dominos “Layla”
1969: Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love”
1968: Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
1967: Aretha Franklin “Respect”
1966: The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations”
1965: The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1964: The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”
1963: The Kingsmen “Louie Louie”
1962: Booker T. & the MG’s “Green Onions”
1961: Ben E. King “Stand by Me”
1960: The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”
1959: Ray Charles “What’d I Say”
1958: Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode”
1957: Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock”
1956: Elvis Presley “Hound Dog”
1955: Little Richard “Tutti Frutti”
1954: Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock”
1953: The Drifters “Money Honey”
1952: Lloyd Price “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”
1951: The Dominoes “Sixty Minute Man”
1950: Fats Domino “The Fat Man”
1949: Hank Williams “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
1948: Wynonie Harris “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
1947: T-Bone Walker “Call It Stormy Monday”
1946: Nat “King” Cole “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”
1945: Louis Jordan “Caldonia”
1944: The Mills Brothers “You Always Hurt the One You Love”
1943: Al Dexter & His Troopers “Pistol Packin’ Mama”
1942: Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers & the John Scott Trotter Orchestra “White Christmas”
1941: Billie Holiday “God Bless the Child”
1940: Artie Shaw “Stardust”
1939: Glenn Miller “In the Mood”
1938: Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)”
1937: Count Basie “One O’Clock Jump”
1936: Robert Johnson “Cross Road Blues (aka ‘Crossroads’)”
1935: Bing Crosby “Silent Night”
1934: Duke Ellington “Cocktails for Two”
1933: Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)”
1932: Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing”
1931: Cab Calloway “Minnie the Moocher”
1930: Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton “Body and Soul”
1929: Fats Waller “Ain’t Misbehavin’”
1928: Louis Armstrong “West End Blues”
1927: Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven”
1926: Gene Austin “Bye Bye Blackbird”
1925: Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song”
1924: Paul Whiteman with George Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue”
1923: Bessie Smith “Down Hearted Blues”
1922: Fanny Brice “My Man (Mon Homme)”
1921: Paul Whiteman “My Mammy”
1920: Al Jolson “Swanee”

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “‘Songs of the Year’ lists”
Digital Dream Door

First posted 4/6/2019; last updated 12/31/2022.

IFPI: Song of the Year, 2007-2021

IFPI:

Songs of the Year, 2007-2021

As it says on their website, IFPI (the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) “is the voice of the recording industry worldwide. [They] represent the interests of 1,300 record companies across the globe.” They put out annual reports on the state of the music industry. Since 2007, that report has included lists of the top acts, albums, and singles each year. Here are the top singles:

Check out other “songs of the year” lists here.

2021: The Weeknd “Save Your Tears”
2020: BTS “Dynamite”
2019: Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”
2018: Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana”
2017: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”
2016: Drake with WizKid & Kyla “One Dance”
2015: Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again”
2014: Pharrell Williams “Happy”
2013: Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines”
2012: Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”
2011: Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)”
2010: Ke$ha “Tik Tok”
2009: Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
2008: Lil’ Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop”
2007: Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend”

Resources and Related Links:

IFPI.org
Dave’s Music Database: “‘Songs of the Year’ lists”
IFPI.org (3/10/2020). “Bad Guy by Billie Eilish Named Biggest Global Single of 2019”

First posted 3/15/2020; last updated 1/7/2023.

100 years ago: Isham Jones hit #1 with “Wabash Blues”

Wabash Blues

Isham Jones

Writer(s): Fred Meinken (music), Dave Ringle (words) (see lyrics here)

First Charted: December 10, 1921

Peak: 1⁶ US, 11 GA, 1² SM (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 1.0 US

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 0.06 video, -- streaming

Awards:

Click on award for more details.

About the Song:

Born in Ohio in 1894, Isham Jones became a pianist, saxophonist, and composer before he formed his own jazz band. Some considered his “the best dance band of the pre-swing era.” ^PM That band included trumpeter Louis Panico, who played an integral part of “Wabash Blues” as “the laughing cornet,” a nickname derived from how much his trumpet playing sounded like a person laughing. ^SM

Wabash was a river which flows through Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. It had been written about previously, most notably in “On the Banks of the Wabash” in the late 1890s. ^SM Dave Ringle added “standard blues lyrics” ^SM about being unhappy and lonesome that were similar to the song “Wang Wang Blues,” a hit from a year earlier. ^SM

Both songs are examples of “up-tempo, rather cheerful blues,” ^TY2 a break from the view “of the blues as being slow and depressing.” ^TY2 “Wabash Blues” “doesn’t follow the classic 12-bar blues form.” ^TY2 Instead, it was “a good example of a commercial blues, written in Tin Pan Alley for the general market.” ^TY2

“Wabash Blues” was one of Jones’ earliest hits. He reached the charts 73 times from 1920 to 1938. This was his first of eight #1 songs. ^PM It became “a jazz band favorite.” ^DJ The Benson Orchestra, featuring pianist Roy Bargy, also charted with the song (#6, 1922) ^DJ as did Dolly Kay (#13, 1922), Ted Lewis (#16, 1930), and Russ Morgan (#17, 1939). ^PM

Resources:

^DJ David Jasen (2002). A Century of American Popular Music: 2000 Best-Loved and Remembered Songs (1899-1999). Routledge: Taylor & Francis, Inc. Page 204.
^SM Sharon Mawer Charts (1900-1968)
^TY2 Don Tyler (2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955. McFarland & Company, Inc.: Jefferson, North Carolina. Pages 120-1.
^PM Joel Whitburn (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research, Inc: Menomonee Falls, WI. Page 602.

The Top 25 Albums of 2021

Dave’s Music Database:

Top Albums of 2021

Based on a combination of year-end lists and overall status in Dave’s Music Database, these are the top 25 albums of 2021:

Olivia Rodrigo Sour
Adele 30
Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album
Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever
Lil Nas X Montero
Drake Certified Lover Boy
Tyler, the Creator Call Me if You Get Lost
Taylor Swift Red (Taylor’s Version)
Kacey Musgraves Star-Crossed
Doja Cat Planet Her
Little Simz Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Japanese Breakfast Jubilee
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise the Roof
Justin Bieber Justice
Silk Sonic An Evening with Silk Sonic
Halsey If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
The Weather Station Ignorance
Turnstile Glow On
Taylor Swift Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
Snail Mail Valentine
Brandi Carlile In These Silent Days
Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales
Jon Batiste We Are
Dry Cleaning New Long Leg
Floating Points with Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra Promises

Resources and Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top Songs and Albums by Year Lists
Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards”

First posted 1/4/2022.

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Taylor Swift: The #1’s

Taylor Swift

The #1’s: 2006-2021

Overview:

Singer born Taylor Alison Swift on 12/13/1989 in Reading, Pennyslvania. She released her first album in 2006 while still a teenager. She started out as a country artist but completely transformed to a pop star by 2014 with her 1989 album. She has spent more weeks atop the Billboard album chart (54) than any other woman in history. She has sold more than 200 million records worldwide and won three Grammys for Album of the Year.

On the Web:

Lists:

Taylor Swift: Top 100 Songs

Awards:

The Studio Albums:

Hover over an album cover to see its title and year of release. Click on the album to go to its dedicated DMDB page.

Compilations:

While Swift has released multiple editions of her studio albums and even re-recorded versions of some of them, she has yet to release a proper career retrospective. This page offers a glimpse of each of her studio albums, highlighting those songs which have reached #1 on various charts, thus offering a sampling of what songs would be most likely to appear on a very overdue compilation. Dates indicate the songs first appearance at #1 on any of the noted charts. Click for codes to singles charts.

Taylor Swift (2006):

Swift’s self-titled debut was released when she was sixteen years old. The album gave her five top-10 country hits, two of which went to #1. All five of those songs also reached the Billboard top 40. The album spent 24 weeks atop the country album chart and reached #5 on the overall Billboard album chart. It was certified as 7x platinum.

12/22/2007: “Our Song” (CW: 6)
8/23/2008: “Should’ve Said Now” (CW: 2)

Fearless (2008):

Like its predecessor, Swift’s second album gave her five top-10 country hits, two of which reached #1. However, this album made her a bona fide pop star, giving her five top-10 pop hits and winning the Grammy for Album of the Year. In addition, the two songs listed here rank amongst the DMDB’s top 1000 of all time. The album spent 11 weeks at #1 on the overall Billboard album chart and 35 weeks atop the country chart. It was certified for 10 million in sales in the United States.

11/22/2008: “Love Story” (CW: 2, AC: 6, RR: 1, AU: 2)
8/22/2009: “You Belong with Me” (BA: 2, CW: 2, AC: 14, RR: 1)

Valentine’s Day (soundtrack, 2010):

2/6/2010: “Today Was a Fairytale” (DG: 1, CN: 1)

Speak Now (2010):

Once again, Swift kept one foot in pop and the other in country, spending 6 and 13 weeks atop those respective album charts. It was certified for 6 million in sales in the U.S. The album gave her five more top-10 country hits and four more top-10 pop hits.

8/21/2010: “Mine” (DG: 1, AC: 1)
10/30/2010: “Back to December” (DG: 1)
11/26/2011: “Sparks Fly” (CW: 1)
3/31/2012: “Ours” (CW: 1)

Red (2012):

Swift’s farewell to country saw her spend 16 weeks at #1 on the country album chart and 7 on the pop chart. It landed 7 million in sales in the United States. She got three more top-10 country hits and four top-10 pop hits, including her first pop chart-topper, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”

9/1/2012: “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (BB: 3, DG: 5, CW: 10, CN: 4)
10/13/2012: “Begin Again” (DG: 1)
10/27/2012: “I Knew You Were Trouble” (BA: 4, DG: 3, RR: 6, A40: 1)

1989 (2014):

Swift’s full-fledged pop coronation made her a superstar. She racked up three #1 pop hits and two more top-10’s. “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space” rank in the DMDB’s top 1000 of all time. The album logged 11 weeks atop the Billboard album chart. At more than 12 million sales worldwide, it is her biggest seller to date. It also garnered her a second Album of the Year Grammy.

9/6/2014: “Shake It Off” (BB: 4, BA: 4, DG: 4, ST: 2, RR: 2, AC: 5, A40: 8, CN: 4, AU: 3)
11/1/2014: “Out of the Woods” (DG: 1)
11/15/2014: “Blank Space” (BB: 7, BA: 6, DG: 7, ST: 7, RR: 5, AC: 4, A40: 6, CN: 6, AU: 3)
3/15/2015: “Style” (RR: 3, AC: 2, A40: 2)
6/6/2015: with Kendrick Lamar “Bad Blood” (with Kendrick Lamar, BB: 1, BA: 5, DG: 5, RR: 6, A40: 3, CN: 1, AU: 3)
10/25/2015: “Wildest Dreams” (BA: 2, RR: 2, A40: 4)

Fifty Shades Darker (soundtrack, 2017):

12/31/2016: Zayn with Taylor Swift “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” (with Zayn, DG: 2)

Reputation (2017):

This one spent four weeks at #1 on the album chart and sold more than 4.5 million worldwide. It gave Swift another Billboard Hot 100 chart topper with “Look What You Made Me Do” and a top-5 hit with “Ready for It?” Three more songs reached the top 20.

9/16/2017: “Look What You Made Me Do” (BB: 3, DG: 1, ST: 2, RR: 1, UK: 2, CN: 3, AU: 2)
9/23/2017: “Ready for It?” (DG: 1)
11/11/2017: “Gorgeous” (DG: 1)
11/25/2017: “Call It What You Want” (DG: 1)
7/22/2018: “Delicate” (RR: 1, AC; 10, A40: 4)

Lover (2019):

Swift’s sixth consecutive chart-topper only spent one week atop the Billboard album chart but matched the 4.5+ million in sales of its predecessor. Swift barely missed the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking in the runner-up spot with “Me!” and “You Need to Calm Down.” The title cut was also a top-10 hit.

5/11/2019: “Me!” (with Brendon Urie, DG: 1)
6/29/2019: “You Need to Calm Down” (DG: 1)
8/31/2019: “Lover” (DG: 2)

Miss Americana (documentary, 2020):

2/15/2020: “Only the Young” (DG: 1)

Folklore (2020):

For her eighth album, Swift racked up another eight weeks at #1 on the Billboard album chart, but saw a drop-off in sales. It still sold 2 million worldwide. “Cardigan” gave Swift another #1 hit and “Exile” and “The 1” reached the top 10. The album was her third to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.

8/8/2020: “Cardigan” (BB: 1, DG: 1, ST: 1)

Evermore (2020):

Swift’s ninth studio release gave her another 3 weeks atop the Billboard album chart. This was her first album to fail to sell a million copies. “Willow” became Swift’s seventh song to reach the pinnacle of the Billboard Hot 100.

12/26/2020: “Willow” (BB: 1, DG: 1, A40: 3)

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021):

2/27/2021: “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” (DG: 1)

Red (Taylor’s Version) (2021):

11/15/2021: “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” (BB: 1, DG: 1, ST: 1, CW: 3, CN: 1, AU: 1)

Resources and Related Links:

DMDB encyclopedia entry for Taylor Swift

First posted 11/16/2021; last updated 12/29/2021.

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Top 50 Songs of 2021

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2021

These are the top 50 songs of 2021 based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from more than 30 year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

Check out Dave’s Music Database podcast: The Top 20 songs of 2021 based on this list.

DMDB Top 1%:

Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License”
The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak) “Leave the Door Open”
DMDB Top 2%:
Adele “Easy on Me”
Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U”
Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches”
BTS “Butter”
Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits”
Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow “Industry Baby”
DMDB Top 5%:
Elton John with Dua Lipa “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)”
Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
Doja Cat with SZA “Kiss Me More”
Taylor Swift “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”
Polo G “Rapstar”
Encanto Cast (Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, et al) “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Gayle “abcdefu”
Doja Cat “Woman”
Cardi B “Up”
Doja Cat “Need to Know”
Billie Eilish “Happier Than Ever”
Coldplay with BTS “My Universe”
Lil Tjay with 6lack “Calling My Phone”
Imagine Dragons with JID “Enemy”
Doja Cat & the Weeknd “You Right”
Morgan Wallen “Wasted on You”
Ed Sheeran “Shivers”
Olivia Rodrigo “Traitor”
DMDB Top 10%:
Saweetie with Doja Cat “Best Friend”
Nicky Youre & Dazy “Sunroof”
Latto “Big Energy”
Megan Thee Stallion “Thot Shit”
Maroon 5 with Megan Thee Stallion “Beautiful Mistakes”
Drake “What’s Next”
Kacey Musgraves “Justified”
Drake with Future & Young Thug “Way 2 Sexy”
BTS “Permission to Dance”
Marshmello with the Jonas Brothers “Leave Before You Love Me”
Billie Eilish “Your Power”
The Weeknd “Take My Breath”
Justin Bieber “Ghost”
Justin Bieber “Anyone”
Adele “Oh My God”
Olivia Rodrigo “Déjà Vu”
Farruko “Pepas”
Baby Keem with Kendrick Lamar “Family Ties”
DMDB Top 20%:
Coldplay “Higher Power”
Doja Cat “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Imagine Dragons “Follow You”

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top Songs and Albums by Year lists
Dave’s Music Database: Songs of the Year lists

First posted 12/26/2021; last updated 1/17/2023.

Saturday, December 25, 2021

The Top 100 Christmas Songs of All Time

Christmas Songs:

Top 100

These are the top 100 Christmas songs according to Dave’s Music Database. 40 lists focused on Christmas songs were aggregated together and then the highest-ranking songs were reordered based on their overall status in Dave’s Music Database, which compiles multiple lists as well as chart performances, sales figures, and awards for songs.

Songs are listed first by songwriters and then the song in quotation marks. The year the song was published is listed in parentheses after the song title. If a specific performer is associated with the song, then that performer and the year of its release are listed in parentheses.

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1. “White Christmas” (written by Irving Berlin, performed by Bing Crosby, 1942)
2. “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (written by Johnny Marks, performed by Gene Autry, 1949)
3. “Silent Night” (words: Joseph Mohr, music: Franz Gruber, English translation: John Freeman Young; performed by Bing Crosby, 1935)
4. “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (written by Mel Tormé & Robert Wells, performed by Nat “King” Cole, 1946)
5. “Winter Wonderland” (music: Felix Bernard, words: Richard B. Smith, performed by Guy Lombardo, 1934)
6. “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (music: Jule Styne, words: Sammy Cahn, performed by Vaughn Monroe, 1945)
7. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (written by Bob Geldof & Midge Ure, performed by Band Aid, 1984)
8. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (written by J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie, performed by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters, 1952)
9. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (written by Mariah Carey & Walter Afanasieff, performed by Carey, 1994)
10. “The Little Drummer Boy” (written by Harry Simeone, Katherine K. Davis, & Henry V. Onorati; performed by the Harry Simeone Chorale; 1958)

11. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” (written by Tommie Connor, performed by Jimmy Boyd, 1952)
12. “Jingle Bells” (written by James S. Pierpont, 1857)
13. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (written by Frank Loesser, performed by Johnny Mercer with Margaret Whiting, 1949)
14. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (written by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon & Buck Ram; performed by Bing Crosby; 1943)
15. “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” (written by Ross Badasarian, performed by David Seville & the Chipmunks, 1958)
16. “O Holy Night (Minuit, Chrétiens)” (written by Adolphe Adams & John Sullivan Dwight, 1847)
17. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (music: Ralph Blane, words: Hugh Martin, performed by Judy Garland, 1944)
18. “Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)” (written and performed by John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1971)
19. “Last Christmas” (written by George Michael, performed by Wham!, 1984)
20. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (music: Felix Mendelssohn, words: Charles Wesley, 1855)

21. “O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)” (songwriters unknown, 1744)
22. “Joy to the World” (music: George Frideric Handel, words: Isaac Watts, arranged by Lowell Mason, 1719)
23. “Away in a Manger” (music: James Ramsey Murray, words: Charles H. Gabriel, 1887)
24. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (written by Johnny Marks, performed by Brenda Lee, 1958)
25. “Blue Christmas” (written by Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson, performed by Elvis Presley, 1957)
26. “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (words: Rev. Edmund Hamilton Sears, music: Richard Storrs Willis, 1850)
27. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (music: Lewis Redner, words: Phillips Brooks, 1868)
28. “Frosty the Snowman” (written by Steve Nelson & Walter E. Rollins, performed by Gene Autry, 1950)
29. “The First Noel” (written by Davies Gilbert, 1823)
30. “We Three Kings of Orient Are” (written by John Henry Hopkins Jr., 1857)

31. “Jingle Bell Rock” (written by Joe Beal & Jim Boothe, performed by Bobby Helms, 1957)
32. “Fairytale of New York” (written by Jem Finer & Shane MacGowan, performed by the Pogues with Kirsty MacColl, 1987)
33. “Sleigh Ride” (written by Leroy Anderson & Mitchell Parish, performed by Anderson, 1949)
34. “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” (written by Donald Yetter Gardner, performed by Spike Jones, 1948)
35. “Wonderful Christmas Time” (written and performed by Paul McCartney, 1979)
36. “Merry Xmas Everybody” (written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea, performed by Slade, 1973)
37. “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector; performed by Darlene Love; 1963)
38. “Peace on Earth/The Little Drummer Boy” (written by Ian Fraser, Larry Grossman, Alan Kohan, Harry Simeone, Katherine K. Davis, & Henry V. Onorati ; performed by Bing Crosby & David Bowie, 1977)
39. “Santa Baby” (written by Joan Javits, Philip Springer, & Tony Springer; performed by Eartha Kitt; 1953)
40. “Run Rudolph Run” (written by Johnny Marks & Marvin Brodie, performed by Chuck Berry, 1958)

41. “Silver Bells” (written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans, performed by Bing Crosby, 1952)
42. “Mary’s Boy Child” (written by Jester Hairston, performed by Harry Belafonte, 1956)
43. “Here Comes Santa Claus” (written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman, performed by Autry, 1947)
44. “Please Come Home for Christmas” (written by Charles Brown & Gene Redd, performed by the Eagles, 1978)
45. “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (words: John Mason Neale, music: traditional, 1851)
46. “Good King Wencelas” (written by John Mason Neale, 1860)
47. “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” (written by Edward Pola & George Wyle, 1963)
48. “Feliz Navidad” (written and performed by José Feliciano, 1970)
49. “Christmas Wrapping” (written by Chris Butler, performed by the Waitresses, 1981)
50. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (traditional, 1760)

51. “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” (written by Robert Allen, performed by Perry Como, 1954)
52. “A Holly Jolly Christmas” (written by Johnny Marks, performed by Burl Ives, 1964)
53. “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” (written by Meredith Wilson, performed by Perry Como, 1945)
54. “Little Saint Nick” (written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love, performed by the Beach Boys, 1963)
55. “What Child Is This?” (words: William Chatterton Dix, music: “Greensleeves,” 1865)
56. “2000 Miles” (written by Chrissie Hynde, performed by the Pretenders, 1983)
57. “Pretty Paper” (written by Willie Nelson, performed by Roy Orbison, 1963)
58. “Step into Christmas” (written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, performed by John, 1973)
59. “Father Christmas” (written by Ray Davies, performed by the Kinks, 1977)
60. “Christmas in Hollis” (written by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, & Jason Mizell; performed by Run-D.M.C., 1987)

61. “Christmas Time Is Here” (music: Vince Guaraldi, words: Lee Mendelson, performed by Guaraldi, 1965)
62. “Mistletoe” (written by Nasri Atweh, Adam Messinger, & Justin Bieber; performed by Bieber; 2011)
63. “Merry Christmas Baby” (written by Lou Baxter & Johnny Moore, performed by Chuck Berry, 1958)
64. “I Believe in Father X-Mas” (written by Greg Lake & Peter Sinfield, performed by Lake, 1975)
65. “I Saw Three Ships” (unknown, 1833)
66. “Carol of the Bells” (written by Peter J. Wilhousky & M. Leontovich, 1919)
67. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” (written by Randy Brooks, performed by Elmo & Patsy, 1979)
68. “River” (written and performed by Joni Mitchell, 1971)
69. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” (written by Harry Simeone, performed by Bing Crosby, 1963)
70. “Thank God It’s Christmas” (written by Brian May & Roger Taylor, performed by Queen, 1984)

71. “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” (written by John Rox, performed by Gayla Reevey, 1953)
72. “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” (written by Roy Wood, performed by Wizzard, 1973)
73. “Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)” (written by Joey Ramone, performed by the Ramones, 1989)
74. “Christmas Is the Time to Say 'I Love You'” (written and performed by Billy Squier, 1981)
75. “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” (words: Theodor Geisel, music: Albert Hague, performed by Thurl Ravenscroft, 1966)
76. “Santa Tell Me” (written by Ariana Grande, Savan Kotecha, & Ilya; performed by Grande; 2013)
77. “In Dulci Jubilo” (writer unknown, 1328)
78. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (words: Frederic Austin, music: traditional, 1780)
79. “Deck the Halls” (words: Thomas Oliphant, music: “Nos Galan,” 1862)
80. “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (written by John Wesley Work Jr., 1865)

81. “This Christmas” (written by Donny Hathaway as Donny Pitts with Nadine Theresa McKinnor, performed by Hathaway, 1970)
82. “Christmas All Over Again” (written by Tom Petty, performed by Petty with the Heartbreakers, 1992)
83. “O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)” (words: Ernst Anschütz, music: “Ach Tannenbaum,” 1824)
84. “Christmas Island” (written by Lyle Moraine, performed by the Andrews Sisters, 1946)
85. “Underneath the Tree” (written by Kelly Clarkson & Greg Kurstin, performed by Clarkson, 2013)
86. “Angels We Have Heard on High” (paraphrased by James Chadwick, arranged by Edward Shippen Barnes, music: “Gloria,” 1862)
87. “We Need a Little Christmas” (written by Jerry Herman, performed by Percy Faith, 1966)
88. “Merry Christmas Darling” (written by Frank Pooler & Richard Carpenter, performed by the Carpenters, 1970)
89. “Coventry Carol” (writer unknown, 1534)
90. “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)” (performed by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 1996)

91. “Hard Candy Christmas” (written by Carol Hall, performed by Dolly Parton, 1982)
92. “Someday at Christmas” (written by Ron Miller & Bryan Wells, performed by Stevie Wonder, 1967)
93. “Nuttin’ for Christmas” (written by Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett, performed by Barry Gordon, 1955)
94. “What Christmas Means to Me” (performed by Stevie Wonder, 1967)
95. “Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Song)” (written by Robert Alex Anderson, performed by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters, 1949)
96. “Christmas Song” (written by Dave Matthews, performed by Dave Matthews Band, 1993)
97. “Don’t Wait Till the Night Before Christmas” (written by Lewis & Baer, performed by Eddy Duchin, 1938)
98. “Up on the Housetop” (written by Benjamin Hanby, 1864)
99. “Christmas Time Is Here Again” (written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, & Richard Starkey; performed by the Beatles; 1967)
100. “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (arranged by Arthur Warrell, performed by Marian Anderson, 1968)

Resources and Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Genre/Category Song Lists”

First posted 12/25/2011; last updated 7/6/2021.

Friday, December 24, 2021

Grammys Winners: Best Musical Theater Album

Grammy Winners for Best Musical Theater Album:

1959 to 2021

The Grammys have awarded “Best Musical Theater Album” since 1959. The work must be comprised of more than 51% or more new material. The award is typically given to the album producer, principal singers, and composers and lyricists. It has been known under multiple names including Best Original Cast Album, Best Broadway Show Album, Best Show Album, Best Original Cast Show Album, Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album, Best Cast Show Album, Best Musical Cast Show Album, and Best Musical Show Album.

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Check out other stage & screen lists here.

2021: Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard (music & lyrics), Michael Farrell (music) Jagged Little Pill
2020: Anais Mitchell (music & lyrics) Hadestown
2019: David Yazbeck (music & lyrics) The Band’s Visit
2018: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (music & lyrics) Dear Evan Hansen
2017: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, & Stephen Bray (music & lyrics) The Color Purple
2016: Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) Hamilton
2015: Various Artists Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
2014: Cyndi Lauper (music & lyrics) Kinky Boots
2013: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (music & lyrics) Once
2012: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker, & Matt Stone (music & lyrics) The Book of Mormon
2011: Green Day American Idiot
2010: Leonard Bernstein (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) West Side Story
2009: Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) In the Heights
2008: Duncan Sheik (music) & Steven Sater (lyrics) Spring Awakening
2007: Bob Gaudio (music) & Bob Crewe (lyrics) Jersey Boys
2006: Eric Idle (music & lyrics) & John De Prez (music) Monty Python’s Spamalot
2005: Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) Wicked
2004: Jule Styne (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy
2003 Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrcs) Hairspray
2002: Mel Brooks (music & lyrics) The Producers
2001: Elton John (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) Aida
2000: Irving Berlin (music & lyrics) Annie Get Your Gun
1999: Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) The Lion King
1998: John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Chicago
1997: Bill Whelan (music) Riverdance
1996: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller (music & lyrics) Smokey Joe’s Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
1995: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Passion
1994: Pete Townshend (music & lyrics) The Who’s Tommy
1993: Frank Loesser (music & lyrics) Guys and Dolls
1992: Cy Coleman (music) with Betty Comden & Adolph Green (lyrics) The Will Rogers Follies
1991: Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) with Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics) Les Misérables
1990: Various Artists Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
1989: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Into the Woods
1988: Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) with Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics) Les Misérables
1987: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Follies in Concert
1986: Leonard Bernstein (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) West Side Story
1985: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Sunday in the Park with George
1984: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & T.S. Eliot (lyrics) Cats
1983: Henry Krieger (music) & Tom Eyen (lyrics) Dreamgirls
1982: Lena Horner (performer) Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
1981: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) Evita
1980: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1979: Fats Waller (music) & various artists (lyrics) Ain’t Misbehavin’
1978: Charles Strouse (music) & Martin Charnin (lyrics) Annie
1977: Various Artists Bubbling Brown Sugar
1976: Charlie Smalls et al (music & lyrics) The Wiz
1975: Judd Woldin (music) & Robert Brittan (lyrics) Raisin
1974: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) A Little Night Music
1973: Mick Grant (music & lyrics) Don’t Mother Me, I Can’t Cope
1972: Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) Godspell
1971: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Company
1970: Burt Bacharach (music) & Hal David (lyrics) Promises, Promises
1969: Galt MacDermot (music) with Gerome Ragni & James Rado (lyrics) Hair
1968: John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Cabaret
1967: Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) Mame
1966: Burton Lane (music) & Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1965: Jule Styne (music) & Bob Merrill (lyrics) Funny Girl
1964: Jerry Bock (music) & Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) She Loves Me
1963: Richard Rodgers (music & lyrics) No Strings
1962: Frank Loesser (music & lyrics) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1961: Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The Sound of Music
1960: Jule Styne (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy / Albert Hague (music) & Dorothy Fields (lyrics) Redhead
1959: Meredith Willson (music & lyrics) The Music Man

Resources and Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards”
Dave’s Music Database “Other Stage & Screen Lists”
Grammy.com
Wikipedia: “Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album”

First posted 12/24/2021.

Laurence Olivier Awards for Best New Musical

Laurence Olivier Award:

Best New Musical: 1976-2020

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical was established in 1976. It is presented annually by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of British productions. The awards were originally known as the Society of West End Theatre Awards, but renamed in honor of actor Laurence Olivier in 1984.

Check out other album of the year awards here.

2020: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (music & lyrics) Dear Evan Hansen
2019: Irene Sankoff & David Hern (music & lyrics) Come from Away
2018: Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) Hamilton
2017: Tim Minchin (music & lyrics) Groundhog Day
2016: Cyndi Lauper (music & lyrics) Kinky Boots
2015: Ray Davies (music & lyrics) Sunny Afternoon
2014: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker, & Matt Stone (music & lyrics) The Book of Mormon
2013: Irving Berlin (music & lyrics) Top Hat
2012: Tim Minchin (music & lyrics) Matilda
2011: Neil Benjamin & Laurence O’Keefe (music & lyrics) Legally Blonde
2010: Duncan Sheik (music) & Steven Sater (lyrics) Spring Awakening
2009: Bob Gaudio (music) & Bob Crewe (lyrics) Jersey Boys
2008: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrcs) Hairspray
2007: Tony Kushner (music & lyrics) Caroline, or Change
2006: Elton John (music) & Lee Hall (lyrics) Billy Elliot the Musical
2005: Mel Brooks (music & lyrics) The Producers
2004: Richard Thomas (music & lyrics) and Stewart Lee (lyrics) Jerry Springer
2003: Madness (music & lyrics) Our House
2002: --
2001: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Merrily We Roll Along
2000: George Stiles (music) & Anthony Drewe (lyrics) Honk!
1999: Taliep Petersen (music) & David Kramer (lyrics) Kat and the Kings
1998: Alan Menken (music) with Howard Ashman & Tim Rice (lyrics) Beauty and the Beast
1997: Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) with Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy, & Stephen Clark (lyrics) Martin Guerre
1996: Various Artists Jolson
1995: Stephen Flaherty (music) & Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) Once on This Island
1994: Cy Coleman (music) & David Zippel (lyrics) City of Angels
1993: George Gershwin (music) & Ira Gershwin (lyrics) Crazy for You
1992: Georges Bizet (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Carmen Jones
1991: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Sunday in the Park with George
1990: --
1989: Various Artists Return to the Forbidden Planet
1988: Leonard Bernstein (music) with Stephen Sondheim et al (lyrics) Candide
1987: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Follies
1986: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) with Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe (lyrics) Phantom of the Opera
1985: Noel Gay (music) with Douglas Furber & L. Arthur Rose (lyrics) Me and My Girl
1984: Harry Warren (music) with Al Dubin & Johnny Mercer (lyrics) 42nd Street
1983: Willy Russell (music & lyrics) Blood Brothers
1982: Monty Norman (music) & Peter Nichols (lyrics) Poppy
1981: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & T.S. Eliot (lyrics) Cats
1980: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1979: Monty Norman (music & lyrics) with Julian More (lyrics) Songbook
1978: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) Evita
1977: Guy Woolfenden (music) & Trevor Nunn (lyrics) The Comedy of Errors
1976: Marvin Hamlisch (music) & Edward Kleban (lyrics) A Chorus Line

Resources and Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards”
OfficialLondonTheatre.com: Olivier Awards

First posted 12/24/2021.

Tony Award Winners for Best Revival of a Musical

Tony Awards:

Best Revival of a Musical: 1977-2019

From 1977 to 1993, the Tonys gave an award annually to the Best Revival. Musicals and non-musicals were lumped into the same category. In 1994, they were separated into two separate awards. Those musicals which won for Best Revival of a Musical or Best Revival are noted below.

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2019: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Oklahoma!
2018: Stephen Flaherty (music) & Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) Once on This Island
2017: Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) Hello, Dolly!
2016: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, & Stephen Bray (music & lyrics) The Color Purple
2015: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The King and I
2014: Stephen Trask (music & lyrics) Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2013: Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) Pippin
2012: George Gershwin (music) with Ira Gershwin & Dubose Heyward (lyrics) Porgy and Bess
2011: Cole Porter (music & lyrics) Anything Goes
2010: Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) La Cage aux Folles
2009: Galt MacDermot (music) with Gerome Ragni & James Rado (lyrics) Hair
2008: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) South Pacific
2007: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Company
2006: Richard Adler (music) & Jerry Ross (lyrics) The Pajama Game
2005: Jerry Herman music & lyrics) La Cage aux Folles
2004: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Assassins
2003: Maury Yeston (music & lyrics) Nine
2002: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Into the Woods
2001: Harry Warren (music) with Al Dubin & Johnny Mercer (lyrics) 42nd Street
2000: Cole Porter (music & lyrics) Kiss Me, Kate
1999: Irving Berlin (music & lyrics) Annie Get Your Gun
1998: John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Cabaret
1997: John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Chicago
1996: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The King and I
1995: Jerome Kern (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Show Boat
1994: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Carousel

Best Revival

1993: Anna Christie *
1992: Frank Loesser (music & lyrics) Guys and Dolls
1991: Jerry Bock (music) & Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) Fiddler on the Roof
1990: Jule Styne (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy
1989: Our Town *
1988: Cole Porter (music & lyrics) Anything Goes
1987: All My Sons *
1986: Sweet Charity *
1985: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg *
1984: Death of a Salesman *
1983: Richard Rodgers (music) & Lorenz Hart (lyrics) On Your Toes
1982: Othello *
1981: Arthur Sullivan (music) & W.S. Gilbert (libretto) The Pirates of Penzance
1980: Morning’s at Seven *
1979: --
1978: Dracula
1977: George Gershwin (music) with Ira Gershwin & Dubose Heyward (lyrics) Porgy and Bess

* non-musicals

Resources and Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards”
TonyAwards.com

First posted 12/24/2021.

Tony Award Winners for Best Musical

Tony Awards:

Best Musical: 1949-2020

The Tony Award for Best Musical has been presented since 1949. Broadway musicals which have no been previously produced on Broadway are eligible. Winners are determined by Tony Award voters.

Check out other album of the year awards here.

2020: Various Artists Moulin Rouge!
2019: Anais Mitchell (music & lyrics) Hadestown
2018: David Yazbeck (music & lyrics) The Band’s Visit
2017: Benji Pasek & Justin Paul (music & lyrics) Dear Evan Hansen
2016: Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) Hamilton
2015: Jeanine Tesori (music) & Lisa Kron (lyrics) Fun Home
2014: Steven Lutvak (music) & Robert L. Freedman (lyrics) A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
2013: Cyndi Lauper (music & lyrics) Kinky Boots
2012: Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová Once
2011: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker, & Matt Stone The Book of Mormon
2010: David Bryan (music & lyrics) & Joe DPietro (lyrics) Memphis
2009: Elton John (music) & Lee Hall (lyrics) Billy Elliot the Musical
2008: Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) In the Heights
2007: Duncan Sheik (music) & Steven Sater (lyrics) Spring Awakening
2006: Bob Gaudio (music) & Bob Crewe (lyrics) Jersey Boys
2005: Eric Idle (music & lyrics) & John De Prez (music) Spamalot
2004: Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx (music & lyrics) Avenue Q
2003: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrcs) Hairspray
2002: Jeanine Tesori (music) & Dick Scanlan (lyrics) Thoroughly Modern Millie
2001: Mel Brooks (music & lyrics) The Producers
2000: Various Artists Contact
1999: Various Artists Fosse
1998: Elton John (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) The Lion King
1997: Maury Yeston (music & lyrics) Titanic
1996: Jonathan Larson (music & lyrics) Rent
1995: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) with Don Black & Christopher Hampton (lyrics) Sunset Boulevard
1994: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Passion
1993: John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Kiss of the Spider Woman
1992: George Gershwin (music) & Ira Gershwin (lyrics) Crazy for You
1991: Cy Coleman (music) with Betty Comden & Adolph Green (lyrics) The Will Rogers Follies
1990: Cy Coleman (music) & David Zippel (lyrics) City of Angels
1989: Various Artists Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
1988: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) with Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe (lyrics) Phantom of the Opera
1987: Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) with Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics) Les Misérables
1986: Rupert Holmes (music & lyrics) The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1985: Roger Miller (music & lyrics) Big River
1984: Jerry Herman music & lyrics) La Cage aux Folles
1983: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & T.S. Eliot (lyrics) Cats
1982: Maury Yeston (music & lyrics) Nine
1981: Harry Warren (music) with Al Dubin & Johnny Mercer (lyrics) 42nd Street
1980: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) Evita
1979: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1978: Fats Waller (music) & various artists (lyrics) Ain’t Misbehavin’
1977: Charles Strouse (music) & Martin Charnin (lyrics) Annie
1976: Marvin Hamlisch (music) & Edward Kleban (lyrics) A Chorus Line
1975: Charlie Smalls et al (music & lyrics) The Wiz
1974: Judd Woldin (music) & Robert Brittan (lyrics) Raisin
1973: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) A Little Night Music
1972: Galt MacDermot (music) & John Guare (lyrics) Two Gentlemen of Verona
1971: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Company
1970: Charles Strouse (music) & Lee Adams (lyrics) Applause
1969: Sherman Edwards (music & lyrics) 1776
1968: Jule Styne (music) with Adolph Green & Betty Comden (lyrics) Hallelujah, Baby!
1967: John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Cabaret
1966: Mitch Leigh (music) & Joe Darion (lyrics) Man of La Mancha
1965: Jerry Bock (music) & Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) Fiddler on the Roof
1964: Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) Hello, Dolly!
1963: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1962: Frank Loesser (music & lyrics) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1961: Charles Strouse (music) & Lee Adams (lyrics) Bye Bye Birdie
1960: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The Sound of Music / Jerry Bock (music) & Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) Fiorello!
1959: Albert Hague (music) & Dorothy Fields (lyrics) Redhead
1958: Meredith Willson (music & lyrics) The Music Man
1957: Alan Jay Lerner (music) & Frederick Loewe (lyrics) My Fair Lady
1956: Richard Adler (music) & Jerry Ross (lyrics) Damn Yankees
1955: Richard Adler (music) & Jerry Ross (lyrics) The Pajama Game
1954: Alexander Borodin (music) with Robert Wright & George Forrest (lyrics) Kismet
1953: Leonard Bernstein (music) with Betty Comden & Adolph Green (lyrics) Wonderful Town
1952: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The King and I
1951: Frank Loesser (music & lyrics) Guys and Dolls
1950: Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) South Pacific
1949: Cole Porter (music & lyrics) Kiss Me, Kate

Resources and Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards”
TonyAwards.com

First posted 12/24/2021.

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Friday, December 31, 2021

TSORT Songs of the Year:

1900-2021

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Digital Dream Door:

Songs of the year, 1920-2021

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IFPI:

Songs of the Year, 2007-2021

Wabash Blues

Isham Jones

Awards:

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Dave’s Music Database:

Top Albums of 2021

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Taylor Swift

The #1’s: 2006-2021

Overview:

On the Web:

Lists:

Awards:

The Studio Albums:

Compilations:

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2021

DMDB Top 1%:

DMDB Top 2%:

DMDB Top 5%:

DMDB Top 10%:

DMDB Top 20%:

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Saturday, December 25, 2021

Christmas Songs:

Top 100

Friday, December 24, 2021

Grammy Winners for Best Musical Theater Album:

1959 to 2021

Laurence Olivier Award:

Best New Musical: 1976-2020

Tony Awards:

Best Revival of a Musical: 1977-2019

Tony Awards:

Best Musical: 1949-2020