The History Of Jop Part 27 aka She got one of your kids got you for 18 years

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

And now - the final* Pazz and Jop poll. 2005 - seems like it was yesterday eh?

You have thirteen ticks across 39 boxes - the holdover from last year that I left out was "Galang", if you're interested.


[Poll #904749]


*or potentially penultimate, but I suspect the discussion of the New Times PJ poll will be along the lines of the JP one i.e. poll-free.

2004: Joptimists Verdict

1. Toxic (52 votes - offhand I can't remember anyone ever getting more, and certainly the 91% is huge)
2. Take Me Out (43)
3. What You Waiting For? (38)
4. Chewing Gum (37)
5=. 99 Problems (36)
5=. Galang (36)
7. Heartbeat (33)
8. Drop It Like It's Hot (27)
9. Yeah (Usher) (26)
10. Somebody Told Me (25)

And that's it. If anyone has any ideas for flagship poll series I will take them under consideration!

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Don't Cha Wish Ur Girlfriend Had Humps Like Me

[koganbot]

Billboard top 40 singles, 2005

01. "We Belong Together" Mariah Carey
02. "Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani
03. "Let Me Love You" Mario
04. "Since U Been Gone" Kelly Clarkson
05. "1,2 Step" Ciara f. Missy Elliott
06. "Gold Digger" Kanye West f. Jamie Foxx
07. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day
08. "Candy Shop" 50 Cent f. Olivia
09. "Don't Cha" The Pussycat Dolls f. Busta Rhymes
10. "Behind These Hazel Eyes" Kelly Clarkson
11. "Disco Inferno" 50 Cent
12. "You and Me" Lifehouse
13. "Don't Phunk With My Heart" The Black Eyed Peas
14. "Lose Control" Missy Elliott f. Ciara & Fat Man Scoop
15. "Shake it Off" Mariah Carey
16. "Mr. Brightside" The Killers
17. "Just a Lil Bit" 50 Cent
18. "Pon de Replay" Rihanna
19. "How We Do" The Game f. 50 Cent
20. "Beverly Hills" Weezer
21. "Oh" Ciara f. Ludacris
22. "Lonely No More" Rob Thomas
23. "Drop it Like It's Hot" Snoop Dogg f. Pharrell
24. "Hate It or Love It" The Game f. 50 Cent
25. "Lovers & Friends" Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz f. Usher & Ludacris
26. "Soldier" Destiny's Child f. T.I. & Lil Wayne
27. "Breakaway" Kelly Clarkson
28. "Switch" Will Smith
29. "Let Me Hold You" Bow Wow f. Omarion
30. "Like You" Bow Wow f. Ciara
31. "Rich Girl" Gwen Stefani f. Eve
32. "My Humps" The Black Eyed Peas
33. "Obsession (No Es Amor)" Frankie J f. Baby Bash
34. "Caught Up" Usher
35. "Listen to Your Heart" D.H.T.
36. "Scars" Papa Roach
37. "Feel Good Inc" Gorillaz
38. "Let Me Go" 3 Doors Down
39. "Holiday" Green Day
40. "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" Fall Out Boy

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

That Top 40 really brings home to you the dominance of hip hop and R&B in the US in recent years.

Out of interest, how was this chart (and the 2006 one for that matter) decided? I believe the weekly Billboard singles chart is based on airplay as well as (instead of?) physical sales. So how does that translate into a year-end chart? e.g. How do they avoid week-on-week double counting?

[koganbot]

They can get airplay totals for the year. I think that Billboard's exact singles formula is as secret as the formula for Coca-Cola, but I know that it weighs airplay (the bulk of it), downloads, and in-store retail. Three factors to take into account when reading these Billboard year-ends (you can put "as far as I know" in front of points 2 and 3; no one's ever told me otherwise, at any rate):

(1) It goes from December 1 to December 1 (or something close to that).

(2) It obviously underrates anything released, say, August through November, since those tracks haven't had as long to sell and to get played.

(3) It has no provision for carryover from previous years, so singles that peak around December 1 get shafted, half going to the old year, half to the new.

[This is why I like P&J's policy of counting holdovers if they get significant votes for consecutive years. I remember someone complaining that counting holdovers is somehow unfair, but since P&J refuses to count a second vote if it's from the same person, the practice is completely fair.]