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4. Timbaland ft. OneRepublic - “Apologize”

16. Lady Antebellum - “Need You Now”

25. Kelly Clarkson -  “Since U Been Gone”

28. Taylor Swift - “You Belong With Me”

29. Deborah Cox - “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here”

30. Keith Sweat - “Twisted”

40. Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”

50. Queen - “Bohemian Rhapsody”

 

Queen is far too low on the list and definitely belongs in the top 10. Didn't realize how many hits got so close to the top spot. 

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14 hours ago, mystery said:

Billboard has posted a full list of the biggest #2 Hot 100 hits of All Time. What are your favorites? Which ones are you most shocked peaked at #2?

ARTICLE: The Biggest #2 Hot 100 Hits of All Time

FULL LIST:

1. LeAnn Rimes - “How Do I Live”

2. Dua Lipa - “Levitating” - CURRENTLY CHARTING

3. Jewel - “Foolish Games/You Were Meant for Me”

4. Timbaland ft. OneRepublic - “Apologize”

5. Tag Team - “Whoomp! (There It Is)”

6. Shania Twain - “You’re Still the One”

7. Foreigner - “Waiting for a Girl Like You”

8. John Cougar - “Hurts So Good”

9. Usher - “You Make Me Wanna…”

10. The Tony Rich Project - “Nobody Knows”

11. OneRepublic - “Counting Stars”

12. Faith Hill - “Breathe”

13. Lifehouse - “Hanging by a Moment”

14. Fetty Wap - “Trap Queen”

15. Jim Reeves - “He’ll Have to Go”

16. Lady Antebellum - “Need You Now”

17. Color Me Badd - “I Wanna Sex You Up”

18. Ed Sheeran - “Thinking Out Loud”

19. Marshmello & Bastille - “Happier”

20. Bette Midler - “From a Distance”

21. Taio Cruz - “Dynamite”

22. Juice WRLD - “Lucid Dreams”

23. England Dan & John Ford Coley - “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight”

24. Village People - “Y.M.C.A.”

25. Kelly Clarkson -  “Since U Been Gone”

26. Backstreet Boys - “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)”

27. Chubby Checker -  “Limbo Rock”

28. Taylor Swift - “You Belong With Me”

29. Deborah Cox - “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here”

30. Keith Sweat - “Twisted”

31. Jackson 5 - “Dancing Machine”

32. Donna Lewis - “I Love You Always Forever”

33. Laura Branigan - “Gloria”

34. Céline Dion - “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”

35. John Lennon - “Woman”

36. Sam Smith - “Stay With Me”

37. Ciara ft. Missy Elliott - “1, 2 Step”

38. Ace of Base - “All That She Wants”

39. Ferrante & Teicher - “Exodus”

40. Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”

41. The Everly Brothers - “Bird Dog”

42. Silver Convention - “Get up and Boogie (That’s Right)”

43. Eddie Murphy - “Party All the Time”

44. The Spinners - “The Rubberband Man”

45. Ritchie Valens - “Donna”

46. En Vogue - “Don’t Let Go (Love)”

47. Technotronic ft. Felly - “Pump up the Jam”

48. Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville - “Don’t Know Much”

49. Toto - “Rosanna”

50. Queen - “Bohemian Rhapsody”

 

How is Boulevard Of Broken Dreams not in the Top 50 #2 songs? I'd like to know where BOBD ranks. 

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11 hours ago, allforyou said:

 

2. Dua Lipa - “Levitating” - CURRENTLY CHARTING

4. Timbaland ft. OneRepublic - “Apologize”

6. Shania Twain - “You’re Still the One”

9. Usher - “You Make Me Wanna…”

11. OneRepublic - “Counting Stars”

12. Faith Hill - “Breathe”

16. Lady Antebellum - “Need You Now”

21. Taio Cruz - “Dynamite”

25. Kelly Clarkson -  “Since U Been Gone”

28. Taylor Swift - “You Belong With Me”

34. Céline Dion - “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”

37. Ciara ft. Missy Elliott - “1, 2 Step”

38. Ace of Base - “All That She Wants”

40. Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”

 

Should’ve all gone #1, I still can't believe Shania spent 9 weeks at #2 and didn’t go #1

YST1 spent 1 week behind Next's Too Close & the other 8 behind Brandy & Monica's The Boy Is Mine. Keep in mind Country Airplay wasn't added to the Hot 100 the beginning of the 99 CY, the week after 1 fell off the H100 So YST1 relied entirely on mainstream airplay. But, also, Urban & Urban AC were added at the same time as Country, so 1 might not've overcame that anyway.

 

TBIM had 2 mil reg singles before adding the 600k max is. Had they not released TBIM maxi-single Twain could've reached #1. YST1 also added a maxi-single, I believe 500k maxi with the original YST1 had 1.5 mil regular singles, trying to jump TBIM but eventually its 2 million physical singles sold out. But TC sold 2.2 mil & TBIM sold 2.6 mil. So all 3 were super strong songs, TC #1, TBIM #2 & YST1 #3 for 98 EOY H 100.

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15 hours ago, Party Monster said:

its hard to believe levitating bigger than Party in the USA, belong with me, since you been gone, or thinking out loud 

14 hours ago, Protocol said:

It certainly doesn’t feel as big IMO. Blame streaming and the way chart points work nowadays.

i think it's radio as well, and it's less important nowadays so it doesn't feel like the previous hits.

i can't find other streaming hits on this list :rip: but then again peaking only #2 is rare nowadays.

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I’m surprised to see Thinking Out Loud a bit low, and where is Complicated, Payphone, I Knew You Were Trouble? I thought they would make the top 50.

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17 hours ago, hungrymuffin said:

you belong with me above bad romance?:deadbanana4: this list is a mess

You Belong With Me spent like 50 weeks in the chart while BR 34-35, it makes sense, although Bad Romance and an even lower song (Bohemian Rhapsody) felt more impactful than YBWM. 

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19 hours ago, Nando_05 said:

Bad Romance is too low

Billboard's All time lists are always bs. You just can't measure success of songs from different eras :eli: 

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Y’all forgetting it’s about how long the song charts and what region it charted on the Hot 100. This is their biggest chart hits

 

Recurrent plays can’t be added, unfortunately. It’s a weekly chart first and foremost. 

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All of the three Rihanna's #2 hits are pretty big hits TBH.

 

Pon De Replay

Run This Town

Wild Thoughts

 

All 3 could've been #1s.

 

Im surprised PdR isnt there tbh

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Am I blind or is Missy’s Work It not on this list?

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19 hours ago, OnlyManInTheWorld said:

Where's "I Knew You Were Trouble"? It was a monster :deadbanana4:

Yeah im surprise to not see Trouble and I dont wanna live together in this list.

Those two and You belong with me are clearly Taylor no.2 trinity

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3 hours ago, Roberto said:

You Belong With Me spent like 50 weeks in the chart while BR 34-35, it makes sense, although Bad Romance and an even lower song (Bohemian Rhapsody) felt more impactful than YBWM. 

didnt know that thank you! but yeah BR definitely had more impact

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I'm very surprised that Destiny's Child "Survivor" wasn't here. Wasn't it stuck for 7 or 8 weeks behind a Janet Jackson record?

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23 hours ago, rihannabiggestfan said:

Ya Kid K*, not Felly

Thank u. Da total erasure is still goin on 33 years later 

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beautiful - xtina

he wasn't man enough - toni braxton

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2 hours ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

I'm very surprised that Destiny's Child "Survivor" wasn't here. Wasn't it stuck for 7 or 8 weeks behind a Janet Jackson record?

I would think that those on Pulse will figure out BBs multipliers for the 2s that rank below the T t0.

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Where the hell is Mariah's Shake It Off and Can't Let Go??? :deadbanana4:

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The power of radio, most of those songs (levitating) were overplayed to death, month after month, but low on streaming or sales chart, so with that huge airplay lead they charted higher.

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On 2/2/2022 at 6:14 PM, mystery said:

25. Kelly Clarkson -  “Since U Been Gone”

 

:clap3:

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Missy's Work It spending 10 weeks at #2 but not being on the list is a travesty 

 

 

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54 minutes ago, Saddy said:

Where the hell is Mariah's Shake It Off and Can't Let Go??? :deadbanana4:

It didn't even make the 2000s decade chart - it won't make an top 50 all-time chart of the biggest #2s 

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3 hours ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

I'm very surprised that Destiny's Child "Survivor" wasn't here. Wasn't it stuck for 7 or 8 weeks behind a Janet Jackson record?

Yes it was stuck at #2 for 7 weeks - but it didn't have longevity. It charted for 20 weeks total on the Hot 100 and only ranked #23 on the 2001 year-end chart

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I was expecting "Bad Romance" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" to be much higher. :eek:

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Where's Missy's Work It? Wasn't it #2 for 10 weeks? :rip: 

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