Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods. Artists are ranked based on a formula blending performance, as outlined above, of all of their Hot chart entries. We welcome to you to join our Top40Weekly Forum to discuss the charts with like-minded enthusiasts. These are the top songs of all time. Page Contents. Songs 1 - 10 Songs 11 - 20 Songs 21 - 30 Songs 31 - 40 Songs 41 -

1969: "Sugar, Sugar" — The Archies
1940: "I'll Never Smile Again" — Tommy Dorsey
Subscriber Account active since. For songs prior to , before the year-end list existed, we looked at the singles that stayed at No. Frank Sinatra performed vocals for the song along with the Pied Pipers. The song spent a dozen weeks at No. You can listen to the song here. Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" was a close second. It spent nine weeks at No. You can listen to "Amapola" here. Crosby's version of the Irving Berlin song holds the record for being the best-selling single ever since
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Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Here, we revisit the ranking's biggest hits of all-time. On Aug. Sixty years later, the chart remains the gold-standard ranking of America's top songs each week. And while what goes into a hit has changed bye, bye jukebox play; hello, streaming! The Twist - Chubby Checker The only song to rule the Billboard Hot in separate release cycles one week in , two in , thanks to adults catching on to the song and its namesake dance after younger audiences popularized them. Smooth - Santana Feat.
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia list article. Archived from the original on November 9, Retrieved August 29,