Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Top 10 MOST POPULAR Songs of 2010

It's time to start a new decade with this Billboard project! Our current decade! If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time were based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the top songs on the Billboard charts each year. Here's the methodology: each year of the charts I go week by week, giving points to the songs that make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The #1 song gets 10 points, the #2 song gets 9 points, all the way down to the #10 song getting 1 point. I could've done the whole Hot 100 like this, but that would've been too time consuming, so I just stuck to the top 10 for now. If you are wanting to check out previous years that I've done, you can follow the links at the bottom of each list to browse through the years or you can search the blog archive on the right. It's my hope that as you scroll through this list that you take time to actually listen to the songs as you go instead of just looking at the title. This has been a great way for me to learn of new music and be reminded of songs that I may have forgotten about and I feel this can have the same effect on you, regardless of your taste in music. So without further delay, let's see what 2010 had to offer!

10- "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum


9- "Rude Boy" - Rihanna


8- "Break Your Heart" - Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris


7- "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz


6- "Airplanes" - B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams


5- "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha


4- "OMG" - Usher featuring will.i.am


3- "Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars


2- "California Gurls" - Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg


1- "Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem featuring Rihanna



Click here to see the top songs of 2009
Click here to see the top songs of 2011

Monday, August 22, 2016

DrogeMiester's Top 10 FAVORITE Hits of the 2000's

This past week I have finished revealing my list of the top 100 most popular songs of the 2000's. If you didn't see that list, click here to start the countdown. With this Billboard project, every time that I have finished counting down the top songs of each decade, I have enjoyed topping things off by giving you my list of favorite hits from that decade. Personally I was somewhat displeased with how the 2000's turned out. There was a lot of great music that was written during this decade, but the songs that rose to the top of the Billboard charts overall were a huge dip in quality when compared to every previous decade. Thus this specific list of personal favorites found me digging deeper to find the songs that deserved more attention than they got. However, note the word "hits" in the title of this post. I use that wording because my parameters here are that a song had to make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in order to be considered. That narrows my pool from every song released to the 590 songs that made the top 10. Still a difficult ranking process, but much simpler than it could've been. Once you've gone through this, I challenge you to create and share your own list of personal favorite songs from this decade, using whatever parameters you choose. Enjoy!

10- "Kryptonite" - 3 Doors Down


9- "Everytime We Touch Touch" - Cascada


8- "It's My Life" - No Doubt


7- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day


6- "What I've Done" - Linkin Park


5- "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" - Eiffel 65


4- "In the End" - Linkin Park


3- "Lose Yourself" - Eminem


2- "Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy


1- "My Immortal" - Evanescence



Click here to see my favorite hits of the 1960's
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Click here to see my favorite hits of the 1980's
Click here to see my favorite hits of the 1990's
Click here to see my favorite hits of all-time

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 10 - 1

The 2000's countdown is complete! You can click here for 100 - 91 to view the whole list from top to bottom if you missed any part of it, using the links at the bottom of each post or the blog archive on the side to browse through it. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. I'll start the 2010's soon, but before that I will give you my personal favorite hits from the 2000's, so stay tuned for that! Now without further ado, let's take a look at the top 10 songs of the entire 2000's!

10- "Dilemma" - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland


9- "Let Me Love You" - Mario


8- "Gold Digger" - Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx


7- "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback


6- "No One" - Alicia Keys


5- "Apologize" - Timbaland featuring OneRepublic


4- "Low" - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain


3- "I Gotta Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas


2- "Yeah!" - Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris


1- "We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey



Click here for 20 - 11

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 20 - 11

The 2000's countdown continues today with 20 - 11! Click here for 100 - 91 to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. Without further ado, let's take a look at these next 10 entries!

20- "Hot in Herre" - Nelly


19- "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie


18- "Live Your Life" - T.I. featuring Rihanna


17- "Lollipop" - Lil Wayne featuring Static Major


16- "Maria Maria" - Santana featuring The Product G&B


15- "Run It!" - Chris Brown


14- "Whatever You Like" - T.I.


13- "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis


12- "U Got it Bad" - Usher


11- "Boom Boom Pow" - The Black Eyed Peas



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Monday, August 15, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 30 - 21

The 2000's countdown continues today with 30 - 21! Click here for 100 - 91 to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. Without further ado, let's take a look at these next 10 entries!

30- "Fallin'" - Alicia Keys


29- "In Da Club" - 50 Cent


28- "Foolish" - Ashanti


27- "Independent Woman Part I" - Destiny's Child


26- "My Boo" - Usher & Alicia Keys


25- "Burn" - Usher


24- "Breathe" - Faith Hill


23- "I'm Real" - Jennifer Lopez


22- "Family Affair" - Mary J. Blige


21- "The Way You Move" - OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown



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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 40 - 31

The 2000's countdown continues today with 40 - 31! Click here for 100 - 91 to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. Without further ado, let's take a look at these next 10 entries!

40- "Goodies" - Ciara featuring Petey Pablo


39- "Lean Back" - Terror Squad


38- "Baby Boy" - Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul


37- "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" - Soulja Boy Tell'em


36- "Down" - Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne


35- "Irreplaceable" - Beyoncé


34- "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani


33- "Lose Yourself" - Eminem


32- "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga


31- "Hey Ya!" - OutKast



Click here for 50 - 41
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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 50 - 41

The 2000's countdown continues today with 50 - 41! Click here for 100 - 91 to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. Without further ado, let's take a look at these next 10 entries!

50- "I Knew I Loved You" - Savage Garden


49- "Right Thurr" - Chingy


48- "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter


47- "Crazy in Love" - Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z


46- "Smack That" - Akon featuring Eminem


45- "Work It" - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott


44- "Drop it Like it's Hot" - Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell


43- "Temperature" - Sean Paul


42- "Get Busy" - Sean Paul


41- "Promiscuous" - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland



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Friday, August 12, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 60 - 51

The 2000's countdown continues today with 60 - 51! Click here for 100 - 91 to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. Without further ado, let's take a look at these next 10 entries!

60- "Photograph" - Nickelback


59- "I Kissed a Girl" - Katy Perry


58- "1, 2 Step" - Ciara featuring Missy Elliott


57- "Stand Up" - Ludacris featuring Shawnna


56- "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z + Alicia Keys


55- "Candy Shop" - 50 Cent featuring Olivia


54- "Just Dance" - Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis


53- "It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent


52- "All for You" - Janet


51- "With Arms Wide Open" - Creed



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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 70 - 61

The 2000's countdown continues today with 70 - 61! Click here for 100 - 91 to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. Without further ado, let's take a look at these next 10 entries!

70- "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" - Blu Cantrell


69- "Hanging By a Moment" - Lifehouse


68- "I Don't Wanna Know" - Mario Winans featuring Enya & P. Diddy


67- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé


66- "Umbrella" - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z


65- "Always on Time" - Ja Rule featuring Ashanti


64- "Love in this Club" - Usher featuring Young Jeezy


63- "Take a Bow" - Rihanna


62- "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne


61- "Kiss Kiss" - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain



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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 80 - 71

The 2000's countdown continues today with 80 - 71! Click here for 100 - 91 to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. Without further ado, let's take a look at these next 10 entries!

80- "Party in the U.S.A." - Miley Cyrus


79- "Kryptonite" - 3 Doors Down


78- "My Humps" - The Black Eyed Peas


77- "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley


76- "What's Luv?" - Fat Joe featuring Ashanti


75- "Stronger" - Kanye West


74- "Right Round" - Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha


73- "Ignition" - R. Kelly


72- "Ain't it Funny" - Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule


71- "The Way I Are" - Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson



Click here for 90 - 81
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 90 - 81

The 2000's countdown continues today with 90 - 81! Click here for 100 - 91 to start at the top of this list if you haven't seen it yet. You'll be able to browse through the whole list by using the links at the bottom of each post or you can use the blog archive on the side. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. Without further ado, let's take a look at these next 10 entries!

90- "I Wanna Love You" - Akon featuring Snoop Dogg


89- "Shake Ya Tailfeather" - Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee


88- "Girlfriend" - Avril Lavigne


87- "Heartless" - Kanye West


86- "With You" - Chris Brown


85- "So What" - P!nk


84- "Disturbia" - Rihanna


83- "Grillz" - Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp


82- "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" - T-Pain featuring Yung Joc


81- "Music" - Madonna


Click here for 100 - 91
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Monday, August 8, 2016

Top 100 MOST POPULAR Songs of the 2000's: 100 - 91

We've now gone through every individual year of the 2000's and so now it's time to count down the top 100 songs of the entire decade as a whole. The "2000's" being 2000-2009, of course. I'll be doing this over the course of the next 10 days, revealing the list 10 songs at a time, starting here with 100 - 91. If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time where based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the Billboard charts. I went through each year of the charts week by week giving points to the songs that made the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. There are a lot of songs whose runs spanned over two years. With my yearly lists I go strictly by calendar year and thus those songs get short-changed. This is made up for in my decades lists where their entire runs are taken into account. With the songs that spanned two decades, I included their entire runs in the decade where they had the bigger run. At the bottom of each section, there will be links that will make it easier for you to browse through the whole list. Or you can use the blog archive on the side. Now without further ado, let's see how all these 2000's songs stack up!

100- "Jumpin', Jumpin'" - Destiny's Child


99- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day


98- "Check on It" - Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug


97- "Bent" - Matchbox Twenty


96- "U Remind Me" - Usher


95- "SexyBack" - Justin Timberlake


94- "Fireflies" - Owl City


93- "21 Questions" - 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg


92- "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt


91- "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's



Click here for 90 - 81

Monday, August 1, 2016

Top 10 MOST POPULAR Songs of 2009

It's the final year of the decade! That means my 2000's countdown starts next week! If you are new this week, I had a goal recently to determine what the top songs of all time were based on a formula that I came up with to keep track of the top songs on the Billboard charts each year. Here's the methodology: each year of the charts I go week by week, giving points to the songs that make the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The #1 song gets 10 points, the #2 song gets 9 points, all the way down to the #10 song getting 1 point. I could've done the whole Hot 100 like this, but that would've been too time consuming, so I just stuck to the top 10 for now. If you are wanting to check out previous years that I've done, you can follow the links at the bottom of each list to browse through the years or you can search the blog archive on the right. It's my hope that as you scroll through this list that you take time to actually listen to the songs as you go instead of just looking at the title. This has been a great way for me to learn of new music and be reminded of songs that I may have forgotten about and I feel this can have the same effect on you, regardless of your taste in music. So without further delay, let's see what 2009 had to offer!

10- "You Belong with Me" - Taylor Swift


9- "Heartless" - Kanye West


8- "Whatcha Say" - Jason Derulo


7- "Just Dance" - Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis


6- "Party in the U.S.A." - Miley Cyrus


5- "Right Round" - Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha


4- "Down" - Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne


3- "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga


2- "Boom Boom Pow" - The Black Eyed Peas


1- "I Gotta Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas 


Click here to see the top songs of 2008
Click here to see the top songs of 2010