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Stories From the Charts
Seventy years of year-end charts hold a lot of patterns. These stories dig into them: who had the most hits, which songs refused to leave, how the featured artist took over and more.
The Artists With the Most Year-End Hits of All TimeWho has placed the most songs on the year-end Hot 100 since 1956? The top 40, plus the biggest act of every decade.Every Year-End No. 1 Song, 1956–2025The biggest song of every year from 1956 to 2025, from “Heartbreak Hotel” to today, and the artists who did it more than once.One-Hit Wonders That Made the Year-End Top 10Acts whose only year-end hit finished in the top 10 of its year: the biggest one-hit wonders of every decade.Songs That Made the Year-End Chart More Than OnceThe songs that were big enough, or lasted long enough, to land on two or more year-end Hot 100 lists.Christmas Songs on the Year-End ChartHoliday classics that keep coming back: every Christmas song that made the year-end Hot 100, and why they returned in the streaming era.The Rise of the Featured ArtistHow “featuring” took over the charts: the share of year-end hits with a featured artist, decade by decade, and the most-featured stars.The Longest Careers on the Year-End ChartWhich artists stretched their year-end hits across the most years? From first year-end hit to last.The Most Year-End Hits in a Single YearRecord-breaking years: the artists who placed the most songs on a single year-end Hot 100.Same Title, Different HitSong titles that became year-end hits for three or more different artists, from remakes of the same song to unrelated songs that share a name.Fresh Hits vs. Long Runners: Chart Turnover by YearHow many songs on each year-end chart were brand new? A 70-year look at how fast the hits turn over.