Talk:Billboard Year-End

Latest comment: 11 years ago by MarkMc1990 in topic highlight songs that hit number one

Merge Destination edit

It has been proposed that the article Best-selling albums by year (USA) should be merged into this article. I agree, although the information in the source page is far more accurate than what currently exists on this page, and should be used as the information if the merge is approved. (Each of the listed albums includes a cite to the relevant Billboard Year-end chart from the Billboard website.) I will wait ten days, and will interpret a lack of comments as agreement, at which time I will complete the merger. Horologium talk - contrib 20:55, 23 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Where are we supposed to be discussing this? I voted on the Discussion page of the other article, here. - eo 22:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
I've pulled the merge destination tag for now, since the other article has some issues (see Talk:Best-selling albums by year (USA) for details). Horologium talk - contrib 18:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Albums List Fixed edit

I went through all of the Year-End Albums and corrected the numerous errors. I included a link to Billboard's Year-End Chart (from the Billboard website) to establish the accuracy of my changes. The only album for which I don't have a Billboard link is the 2006 album; for that, I have used a cite from E! online. (Owned by Time-Warner, I think they constitute a reliable source for this issue.) A quick look at the singles showed a pretty good concurrence with Billboard's charts, but they could use referencing as well. (A project for another day...) - —Preceding unsigned comment added by Horologium (talkcontribs) 22:39, 29 May 2007

Thanks for doing this, although I've noticed something interesting... at first glance I reverted your edit because I'm looking at a Billboard reference book (noted in the article) and some of the #1 albums are different. That doesn't make any sense, considering that both your source and mine is Billboard (me using a Billboard book and you using their website). I'm going to revert my revert as your version has external sources. I will re-add Carrie Underwood as 2006's #1, however. - eo 11:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

1985 edit

What was the biggest selling single this year? It says here "Careless Whisper", but surely it was "We Are the World". According to both article pages, they both were.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 09:39, 13 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

This article's header makes it clear that before 1991 points were used rather than actual sales. So that might explain why 'We Are the World' was not the #1 on the year end chart. 82.141.125.215 (talk) 21:28, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Other year-end charts edit

I would consider having year-end charts for the other Billboard charts in this article, such as for the R&B/Hip Hop chart, the Alternative and Mainstream Rock Chart, the Adult Contemporary chart, etc. TreyMarsh20 (talk) 20:55, 20 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

There's gotta be a better way to display this stuff edit

A table perhaps, with each year on its own row, spanning multiple columns? I'll work on this and try to come up with something a little easier to navigate. - eo (talk) 11:14, 21 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

About to implement a new layout - much easier-to-navigate table by year (no scrolling up and down back and forth for the different genres). Also cleaned up a large number of incorrect wikilinks and redirects. Hope this is better for readers. - eo (talk) 17:01, 22 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

Billboard Decade-End as a parallel to Billboard Year-End edit

Please comment at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Music#Billboard_Decade-End_as_a_parallel_to_Billboard_Year-End so that all discussion is in one place.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:51, 15 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

highlight songs that hit number one edit

I'd like to propose highlighting songs that hit number one in each year's table. Using 1990 (my year of birth) as an example, here is what it would look like:


This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1990.

  The song hit number-one on the Hot 100 at some point during the calendar year
  The song hit number-one at some point during the previous calendar year (1989)

Title Artist(s)
1 "Hold On" Wilson Phillips
2 "It Must Have Been Love" Roxette
3 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor
4 "Poison" Bell Biv DeVoe
5 "Vogue" Madonna
6 "Vision of Love" Mariah Carey
7 "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins
8 "Hold On" En Vogue
9 "Cradle of Love" Billy Idol
10 "Blaze of Glory" Jon Bon Jovi
11 "Do Me!" Bell Biv DeVoe
12 "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Michael Bolton
13 "Pump Up the Jam" Technotronic
14 "Opposites Attract" Paula Abdul and The Wild Pair
15 "Escapade" Janet Jackson
16 "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" Heart
17 "Close to You" Maxi Priest
18 "Black Velvet" Alannah Myles
19 "Release Me" Wilson Phillips
20 "Don't Know Much" Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
21 "All Around the World" Lisa Stansfield
22 "I Wanna Be Rich" Calloway
23 "Rub You the Right Way" Johnny Gill
24 "She Ain't Worth It" Glenn Medeiros and Bobby Brown
25 "If Wishes Came True" Sweet Sensation
26 "The Power" Snap!
27 "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" Nelson
28 "Love Will Lead You Back" Taylor Dayne
29 "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" Jane Child
30 "Two to Make It Right" Seduction
31 "Sending All My Love" Linear
32 "Unskinny Bop" Poison
33 "Step by Step" New Kids on the Block
34 "Dangerous" Roxette
35 "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel
36 "I Don't Have the Heart" James Ingram
37 "Downtown Train" Rod Stewart
38 "Rhythm Nation" Janet Jackson
39 "I'll Be Your Everything" Tommy Page
40 "Roam" The B-52s
41 "Everything" Jody Watley
42 "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" Soul II Soul
43 "Here and Now" Luther Vandross
44 "Alright" Janet Jackson
45 "Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice
46 "Blame It on the Rain" Milli Vanilli
47 "Have You Seen Her" MC Hammer
48 "With Every Beat of My Heart" Taylor Dayne
49 "Come Back to Me" Janet Jackson
50 "No More Lies" Michel'le
51 "Praying for Time" George Michael
52 "How Can We Be Lovers" Michael Bolton
53 "Do You Remember" Phil Collins
54 "Ready or Not" After 7
55 "U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer
56 "I Wish It Would Rain Down" Phil Collins
57 "Just Between You and Me" Lou Gramm
58 "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" Phil Collins
59 "Black Cat" Janet Jackson
60 "Can't Stop" After 7
61 "Janie's Got a Gun" Aerosmith
62 "The Humpty Dance" Digital Underground
63 "I'll Be Your Shelter" Taylor Dayne
64 "Free Fallin'" Tom Petty
65 "Giving You the Benefit" Pebbles
66 "Enjoy the Silence" Depeche Mode
67 "Love Song" Tesla
68 "Price of Love" Bad English
69 "Girls Nite Out" Tyler Collins
70 "King of Wishful Thinking" Go West
71 "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" Chicago
72 "I Remember You" Skid Row
73 "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" Technotronic
74 "Here We Are" Gloria Estefan
75 "Epic" Faith No More
76 "Love Takes Time" Mariah Carey
77 "Just Like Jesse James" Cher
78 "Love Shack" The B-52s
79 "All or Nothing" Milli Vanilli
80 "Romeo" Dino
81 "Everybody Everybody" Black Box
82 "I Go to Extremes" Billy Joel
83 "Whip Appeal" Babyface
84 "Oh Girl" Paul Young
85 "C'mon and Get My Love" D Mob and Cathy Dennis
86 "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" Paula Abdul
87 "We Can't Go Wrong" The Cover Girls
88 "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" Michael Bolton
89 "Make You Sweat" Keith Sweat
90 "This One's for the Children" New Kids on the Block
91 "What It Takes" Aerosmith
92 "Forever" Kiss
93 "Jerk Out" The Time
94 "Just a Friend" Biz Markie
95 "Whole Wide World" A'me Lorain
96 "Without You" Mötley Crüe
97 "Swing the Mood" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
98 "Thieves in the Temple" Prince
99 "Mentirosa" Mellow Man Ace
100 "Tic-Tac-Toe" Kyper

What do you think? MarkMc1990 (talk) 03:53, 8 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

As this talk page seems relatively inactive, I have moved the discussion here. MarkMc1990 (talk) 20:25, 8 August 2012 (UTC)Reply