'' Billboard'' publishes annual lists of songs based on chart performance over the course of a year based on

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and

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information. For 2011, the list of the top 100 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Year-End songs was published on December 9, calculated with data from December 4, 2010 to November 26, 2011. At the number one position was

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's "

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", which stayed atop the Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks, and in the top thirty for most of the year.

References

{{Top Hot 100 Hits United States Hot 100 Year-End Lists of Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles

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