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
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Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
chart in the
United States
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, 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
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play within the United States. Later charts also include digital single sales, online streaming, and
YouTube
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hits.
Top-ten singles by year
See also
*
List of Billboard number-one singles
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently mon ...
*
Billboard Year-End
''Billboard'' Year-End charts are cumulative rankings of entries in ''Billboard'' magazine charts in the United States in any given chart year. Several hundred Year-End charts are now published by ''Billboard'', the most important of which are t ...
Sources
The following sources apply to all "by year" pages linked above:
*''
Joel Whitburn'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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top-ten hits (United States)