Top 10 Songs
Looking at a current list of the top ten* songs, I started wondering how it would compare to one from a few years back. Then, I thought it would be cool if there were a Web site that archived all of the top 10 songs lists. Naturally there was: www.top10songs.com.
You can use Top10Songs.com to compare lists from each year since 2004. You also can check out a specific month or even a specific week! Last week, Lady Antebellum‘s “Need You Now,” Train‘s “Hey, Soul Sister,” and Taio Cruz‘s “Break Your Heart” topped the charts, whereas in 2005, during the same week, we saw Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl,” Will Smith‘s “Switch,” and the Black Eyed Peas‘ “Don’t Phunk With My Heart.” The only artist that appears on both the lists is the Blacked Eyed Peas, with “Imma Be” at number 6 this week.
The Top 10 list that I find the most intriguing is “Top 10 Songs to Date”, which pulls information from July 2004 to today to calculate the most-purchased songs over the past six years. Black Eyed Peas‘ fairly recent hit “I Gotta Feeling” is first. In fact, the Black Eyed Peas also take 4th and 6th with “Boom Boom Pow” and “My Humps,” respectively.
It makes me wonder if the Black Eyed Peas simply have very good marketing, because if you think about it, they haven’t been making the Top 10 lists in many other areas (though I suppose, in the end, retails is where it counts). The group did win three Grammys this year but had won only three Grammys total prior to that (in 2005, 2006, and 2007). How do they do it? (And does it bother anyone else that none of the songs follow regular English conventions? Maybe that’s their secret!)
*I’m always a bit skeptical about Top 10 lists because music is such a subjective topic. To clarify, these Top 10 lists are based on the top weekly downloads. In other words, it is calculated based on weekly sales, taken from online song retailers. These are not the same songs that were the most-requested on the radio during a certain month.
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