Here are the top 50 pop/mainstream songs of the decade. Rock songs tend to have longer chart runs because they have more consistent radio airplay across a variety of formats. Hip-hop & r&b songs often have shorter chart runs because radio stations rapidly decline airplay in favor of newer songs. Since airplay is significant in the charting process, hip-hop and r&b songs are at an advantage. (On a hip-hop station, the top song may get 100 plays in a week while on an adult top 40 station, the top song may get 50 plays in a week). I really like a lot of those songs, and some of them I find incredibly annoying (especially 'I'm Real' and 'Kiss Kiss').Įven though 'Smooth' by Santana & Rob Thomas charted, and hit #1, in 1999, it had enough airplay and singles sales in the early part of 2000 to make the end of decade list (it was also #1 for the first two weeks of the new decade).Ī note about why there are so many hip-hop & r&b songs on the list-hip-hop & r&b stations tend to play their top songs 2 to 3 times as much as other formats (like adult contemporary, adult top 40, rock, etc.) each week. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce.

Let Me Blow Ya Mind - Eve featuring Gwen Stefani.Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain.Check On It - Beyonce featuring Slim Thug.Love In This Club - Usher featuring Young Jeezy.Always On Time - Ja Rule featuring Ashanti.Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin') - T-Pain featuring Yung Joc.Get Low - Lil' Jon & East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins.Ain't It Funny - Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule.1,2 Step - Ciara featuring Missy Elliott.

The Way I Are - Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E.

Drop It Like It's Hot - Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell.

Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland.

Crazy In Love - Beyonce featuring Jay-Z.

Lollipop - Lil' Wayne featuring Static Major.Just Dance - Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis.Run It! - Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana.Smooth - Santana featuring Rob Thomas (1999*).I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule.The Way You Move - OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown.Independent Women Part 1 - Destiny's Child.Maria Maria - Santana featuring the Product G&B.Dilemma - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland.Apologize - Timbaland presents OneRepublic.Gold Digger - Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx.Yeah - Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris.For those who don't know, Billboard combines radio airplay, audience size, digital downloads and retail singles sales to rank songs on the Hot 100. Here are the top 100 songs of the decade, according to Billboard. Billboard Magazine's Top 100 Songs Of The Decade

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