This is a list of songs that have reached number 10 or higher on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent
singles chart in the
United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
Preface
The following year-by-year, week-by-week listings are based on statistics accrued by ''Billboard'' Magazine since the inception of its ''Hot 100'' popularity chart in August 1958.
All data is pooled from record purchases and radio/
jukebox play within the United States. Later charts also include digital single sales, online streaming, and
YouTube hits.
Top-ten singles by year
See also
*
List of Billboard number-one singles
*
Billboard Year-End
Sources
The following sources apply to all "by year" pages linked above:
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Joel Whitburn
Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc. series of books on record chart placings.
Early life
Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wau ...
's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12th Edition'' ()
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Pop Charts, 1955-1959'' ()
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties'' ()
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies'' ()
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties'' ()
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties'' ()
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The 2000s'' ()
* Additional information obtained can be verified within the chart archives o
Billboard.com as well as through print editions of the magazine.
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