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The list differs from the 2004 version, with 26 songs added, all of which are songs from the 2000s except "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G., released in 1994. The top 25 remained unchanged, but many songs down the list were given different rankings as a result of the inclusion of new songs, causing consecutive shifts among the songs listed in 2004.
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
It surpassed the 4 million mark in its thirteenth week, faster than any other song in digital history. "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers is the oldest song to reach number one on the Digital Song Sales chart. The song was released on April 21, 1972, and reached the top, following Withers' death, on the chart dated April 18, 2020. [30]
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
Where some see dry numbers and confusing maps, the aptly titled Instagram account 'History Jokes' points out the absurd, ironic, and unexpectedly hilarious moments that make the past come alive.
Below is a table of online music databases that are largely free of charge. Many of the sites provide a specialized service or focus on a particular music genre . Some of these operate as an online music store or purchase referral service in some capacity.
The list of number-one digital songs of 2020 in the United States is based upon the highest-selling downloaded songs ranked in the Digital Song Sales chart published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each song's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a song by an act for a ...