The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009. It ranked songs based on airplay on Mainstream Top 40 radio stations, singles sales and digital downloads.

History

The Pop 100 was conceived by Michael Ellis and was first published in the Billboard issue of February 12, 2005.[1] It was created to focus "on the songs with the greatest mainstream appeal, while the Hot 100 will be driven by the songs with the highest song rotations," according to Billboard chart editor Geoff Mayfield. In a press release about the new chart, he also stated that "the Pop 100's construction also makes sense when you notice the high correlation between the songs with the most top 40 plays and the best selling digital tracks."[2]

The Pop 100 used only Mainstream radio impressions data,[3] derived from the Pop 100 Airplay chart. Its calculation also considered digital and physical sales.[4] When the Pop 100 was first published, the Hot 100 changed its format as well. Digital downloads were incorporated into the equation which tabulates a song's rank on the chart. Prior to this, only radio airplay and physical singles sales were used to determine positions.[3]

Pop 100 Airplay

The Pop 100 Airplay chart was created alongside the Pop 100. It measured airplay over top 40 radio stations and was the successor to Top 40 Tracks, the Billboard chart that formerly tracked airplay of those stations after the Hot 100 panel was expanded to include a broader range of stations.

Pop 100 Airplay was often mistaken and confused with the Mainstream Top 40 chart. Like the Mainstream Top 40, the Pop 100 Airplay also measured airplay of songs on mainstream radio stations playing pop-oriented music, but the Pop 100 Airplay (like the Hot 100 Airplay) measured airplay based on statistical audience impressions, while the Mainstream Top 40 uses the number of total detections (spins).

Discontinuation

On June 10, 2009, the Pop 100 was discontinued by Billboard: "In place of the chart, which launched in 2005 and more recently had more mirrored the Hot 100 in light of heightened digital sales, the airplay-only plays-based Mainstream Top 40 survey, which began in 1992, will track the progress of songs across U.S. Top 40 radio."[5] Since digital sales have become a bigger factor in the compilation of the Hot 100, the dominance of R&B and hip hop on that chart has reduced, which in large part had rendered the Pop 100 redundant. The Pop 100 continued to be published on billboard.biz until June 26, 2010.

List of Pop 100 number-one singles

This is a complete list of the songs that reached number one on the Pop 100 chart from its inception in February 2005 through it discontinuation in June 2009. Its airplay points were compiled from electronic monitoring of approximately 115 mainstream Top 40 stations by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

The chart debuted in the issue dated February 12, 2005, with the first number one being "1, 2 Step" by Ciara featuring Missy Elliott. The number-one song on the final chart in the issue dated June 27, 2009, was "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas.

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weeks at No. 1
December 4, 2004"Over and Over"[6]Nelly featuring Tim McGraw8
January 22, 2005"1, 2 Step"[7]Ciara featuring Missy Elliott4
February 19, 2005"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"[8][9][10][11][12]Green Day5
March 26, 2005"Since U Been Gone"Kelly Clarkson6
May 7, 2005"Hollaback Girl"Gwen Stefani8
July 2, 2005"Inside Your Heaven"Carrie Underwood1
July 9, 2005"Inside Your Heaven"Bo Bice1
July 16, 2005"We Belong Together"Mariah Carey3
August 6, 2005"Don't Cha"The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes7
September 24, 2005"Gold Digger"Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx10
December 3, 2005"Run It!"Chris Brown7 ↓↑
January 14, 2006"Photograph"Nickelback1
January 28, 2006"Check on It"Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug5
March 4, 2006"You're Beautiful"James Blunt2
March 18, 2006"So Sick"Ne-Yo2
April 1, 2006"Unwritten"Natasha Bedingfield1
April 8, 2006"Bad Day"Daniel Powter6 ↓↑
May 13, 2006"SOS"Rihanna4
June 17, 2006"Hips Don't Lie"Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean2
July 1, 2006"Do I Make You Proud"Taylor Hicks1
July 8, 2006"Promiscuous"Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland7
August 26, 2006"London Bridge"Fergie2
September 9, 2006"SexyBack"Justin Timberlake8
November 4, 2006"Lips of an Angel"Hinder1
November 11, 2006"My Love"Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.3
December 2, 2006"I Wanna Love You"Akon featuring Snoop Dogg1
December 9, 2006"Smack That"Akon featuring Eminem1
December 16, 2006"Irreplaceable"Beyoncé6 ↓↑
January 13, 2007"Fergalicious"Fergie1
February 3, 2007"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"Fall Out Boy1
February 10, 2007"Say It Right"Nelly Furtado3
March 3, 2007"What Goes Around...Comes Around"Justin Timberlake3
March 24, 2007"Glamorous"Fergie featuring Ludacris3
April 14, 2007"The Sweet Escape"Gwen Stefani featuring Akon1
April 21, 2007"Give It to Me"Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake2
May 5, 2007"Girlfriend"Avril Lavigne1
May 12, 2007"Makes Me Wonder"Maroon 54
June 9, 2007"Umbrella"Rihanna featuring Jay-Z6
July 21, 2007"Big Girls Don't Cry"Fergie3 ↓↑
August 4, 2007"Hey There Delilah"Plain White T's1
August 11, 2007"Beautiful Girls"Sean Kingston3
September 8, 2007"The Way I Are"Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson3
September 29, 2007"Stronger"Kanye West5
November 3, 2007"Apologize"Timbaland featuring OneRepublic8 ↓↑
December 1, 2007"No One"Alicia Keys1
January 5, 2008"Low"Flo Rida featuring T-Pain12
March 29, 2008"Love Song"Sara Bareilles1
April 5, 2008"Bleeding Love"Leona Lewis12 ↓↑
April 12, 2008"Touch My Body"Mariah Carey1
July 5, 2008"I Kissed a Girl"Katy Perry7
August 23, 2008"Forever"Chris Brown3 ↓↑
September 6, 2008"Disturbia"Rihanna5 ↓↑
October 18, 2008"So What"Pink5
November 22, 2008"Hot n Cold"Katy Perry2
December 6, 2008"Live Your Life"T.I. featuring Rihanna5
January 10, 2009"Just Dance"Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis6
February 21, 2009"Crack a Bottle"Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent1
February 28, 2009"Right Round"Flo Rida7
April 18, 2009"Boom Boom Pow"The Black Eyed Peas9 ↓↑
April 25, 2009"Poker Face"Lady Gaga2
  • ↓↑ - indicates song's run at number one was non-consecutive

References

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