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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.
The following year-by-year, week-by-week listings are based on data accrued by Billboard magazine before and after the inception of its Hot 100 popularity chart in August 1958. All data is pooled from record purchases and radio/jukebox play within the United States. Later charts also include digital single sales, online streaming, and YouTube hits.
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 2011 Year-End Top Artist was Adele, but Eminem received the Top Artist trophy at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. Other Year-End Top Artists who have not won the trophy include Bruno Mars , One Direction , and Bad Bunny . Taylor Swift has been named the Year-End Top Artist four times, more than any other act. She achieved the title in three ...
Beyoncé surprise-released a pair of singles, "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages," during the 2024 Super Bowl. The former debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100, then rose to No. 1 after its first full ...
The Bee Gees had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, "Night Fever" at 2, "Stayin' Alive" at 4, and "How Deep is Your Love" at 6. Andy Gibb had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Shadow Dancing", the number one hit of the year. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1978. [1]
In 2008, for the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing songs on the chart over the 50 years, along with the best-performing artists. [1] In 2013, Billboard revised the rankings for the chart's 55th anniversary edition. [2] In 2015, Billboard revised the rankings again. [3]
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1978 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. An asterisk (*) by date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.