The Number One Songs of 2008
Starting this week I'll be publishing my top 100 album picks for 2008. I don't select the best albums of the year based on sales or popularity, but instead on what stood out for me personally. So before I get started on that, I wanted to recap the most popular songs of 2008.
The 14 songs in this playlist are the tracks that hit the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2008. So these were truly the most popular recordings of the year as measured by sales and airplay.
The exact components that determine a songs position on the Hot 100 chart includes:
-Airplay: Billboard monitors about 1000 radio stations in the United States 24 hours a day 7 days a week
-Singles Sales: Billboard uses SoundScan reports on physical sales of the song
-Digital Sales: Also tracked by SoundScan, digital sales have been included in a song's sales total since 2003
If you're a mainstream music fan you'll be familiar with all of these songs, and it's a good recap of the year. However, if you shun MTV and mainstream radio, but instead discover new music via blogs and non-traditional sources, these songs may be completely foreign to you. This is your chance to see what the masses have been fawning over.
The Number One Songs of 2008
3. Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
4. Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
8. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
11. So What - Pink
music is like candy, eventually you have to throw the rappers away.
As for the rest of you...Radish said it was the year's most popular songs, so stop complaining that your bands arent up there.
BTW Robert, can't wait to see your top 100 albums list. I hope it will show some good (hopefully bands I missed) music.
cause Billboard top list is based on how often they are played on radio!! lol
yea unfortunately this is the pop music era
Make room for people who do better music. I'm sick of seeing Beyonce. She's too overrated and her Single Ladies and If I Were A Boy were not very good tracks, just mediocre, nothing wow.
and what is the point of them the point i have found is :Sex,Drugs,and money. i mean c'mon life is not all about sex,drugs and money. people, c'mon half of that list sucks.
..just the best songs that were # 1 on billboard hot 100
i hope soo i wouldnt put any of these on my list
except maybe single ladies..very diffrent from her norm
..just the best songs that were # 1 on billboard hot 100
i hope soo i wouldnt put any of these on my list
except maybe single ladies..very diffrent from her norm
..just the best songs that were # 1 on billboard hot 100
i hope soo i wouldnt put any of these on my list
except maybe single ladies..very diffrent from her norm