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Post by dukelightning on Jan 5, 2013 12:09:10 GMT -5
Yes the late 70s to the mid 80s are a real eye opener. How could it get to the point of having around 80 singles making the top 10 in a given year? Based on that, a top 15 record would seem to be equal to a top 10 hit from the other years.
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Post by woolebull on Jan 5, 2013 12:21:12 GMT -5
One of the interesting things I see on this is that 1985 and 1986 were big years for Top 10 hits, yet the 1986 year end countdown (which had a healthy dose of 1985 songs on it) had a song that peaked at number 25 in the Top 95. I agree with Dukedeb...the late 70's era thru mid 80's are eye openers. I understand now the 1981 (and other) countdowns having non top 10 hits saturating the year end countdown!
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Post by blackbowl68 on Jan 5, 2013 12:29:21 GMT -5
Some years ago, I made a table showing how many hits peaked at a top 10 position in any given year on the Hot 100. What I discovered was an eye-opener. I have decided to display it here. | Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | Total | | 1959 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 91 | | 1960 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 94 | | 1961 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 105 | | 1962 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 108 | | 1963 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 110 | | 1964 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 107 | | 1965 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 111 | | 1966 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 121 | | 1967 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 106 | | 1968 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 96 | | 1969 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 98 | | 1970 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 96 | | 1971 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 94 | | 1972 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 99 | | 1973 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 97 | | 1974 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 109 | | 1975 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 108 | | 1976 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 90 | | 1977 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 88 | | 1978 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 77 | | 1979 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 80 | | 1980 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 81 | | 1981 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 78 | | 1982 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 71 | | 1983 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 87 | | 1984 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 89 | | 1985 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 108 | | 1986 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 109 | | 1987 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 112 | | 1988 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 113 | | 1989 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 117 | | 1990 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 107 | | 1991 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 102 |
I had to delete my original post because I was having trouble displaying the table properly. I finally got it right and it's here for everyone to ponder what it could mean. |
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Post by blackbowl68 on Jan 7, 2013 0:26:45 GMT -5
Wanted to bump this up while everyone was still in year-end mode. The information I've tabulated may explain what makes the year-end lists.
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Post by vince on Jan 7, 2013 2:24:39 GMT -5
That is an interesting table. It is cool to see how chart turn over speeds up and slows down.
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Post by albe on Jan 7, 2013 17:22:51 GMT -5
Given the way the Top 100 of each year is tabulated some of these songs only claim to fame was that they were a top 10 song....as we well know some fail to hit the Top 100 for the year.......great data blackbowls68!!
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