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The Carpenters had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1971. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1971. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1971, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 2 through November 27, 1971.
Throughout the history of the Hot 100 and its predecessor charts, many songs have set records for longevity, popularity, or number of hit singles by an individual artist. Among these records is the longest-running number one single, a record set with " Old Town Road " by Lil Nas X , and later tied with " A Bar Song (Tipsy) " by Shaboozey ...
Was 1971 the best single year for recorded popular music, ever? Or merely the year in which it reached peak cultural significance? Maybe, just maybe, the answer could be: both. You’ll certainly ...
See chart performance entry "All Day Music" War: July 1971: 35: n/a: 35 (United States) 18 (U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) "All I Ever Need Is You" Sonny & Cher: October 1971: 7: 8: 5 (Canada) See chart performance entry "American Pie" Don McLean: October 1971: 1: 2: 1 (Australia, Canada, United States, New Zealand) See chart ...
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1971. The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, Donny Osmond, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and The Partridge Family each had three top-ten hits in 1971, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1971. That year, 16 acts hit number one for the first time, such as Dawn, the Osmonds, Janis Joplin, Honey Cone, Carole King, the Raiders, James Taylor, the Bee Gees, Linda McCartney, Donny Osmond, Rod Stewart, Isaac Hayes, and Melanie. Janis Joplin became the second artist to earn a number ...
Prior to incorporating chart data from Nielsen SoundScan (from 1991), year-end charts were calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on a title's performance (for example a single appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 would be given one point for a week spent at position 100, two points for a week spent at position ninety-nine, and so forth, up to 100 points for each week spent at number ...
The year's final soul number one was "Family Affair" by Sly and the Family Stone, which reached number one in the issue of Billboard dated December 4 and stayed there for the remainder of the year. It also topped the all-genre [12] Hot 100 chart, as did "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" by the Temptations and Honey Cone's "Want Ads ...