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Many different music genres have consistently topped the charts throughout the years. Currently, hip-hop and dance songs lead the charts, whereas in the past, rock or even electro-pop ruled the Billboard chart. In this chart you'll find the greatest hits for each year, beginning in 1967.
Interested in discovering which song was a smash in the year you were born? Click on the gallery and find out!
Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars - 'Uptown Funk'
Pharrell Williams - 'Happy'
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Wanz - 'Thrift Shop'
Gotye ft Kimbra - 'Somebody That I Used to Know'
Adele - 'Rolling in the Deep'
Kesha - 'Tik Tok'
The Black Eyed Peas - 'Boom Boom Pow'
Flo Rida ft T-Pain - 'Low'
Beyoncé - 'Irreplaceable'
Daniel Powter - 'Bad Day'
Mariah Carey - 'We Belong Together'
Usher ft Lil Jon & Ludacris - 'Yeah'
50 Cent - 'In da Club'
Nickelback - 'How You Remind Me'
Lifehouse - 'Hanging by a Moment'
Faith Hill - 'Breathe'
Cher - 'Believe'
Next - 'Too Close'
Elton John - 'Candle in the Wind'/'Something About the Way You Look Tonight'
Los del Río - 'Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)'
Coolio ft L.V. - 'Gangsta's Paradise'
Ace of Base - 'The Sign'
Whitney Houston - 'I Will Always Love You'
Boyz II Men - 'End of the Road'
Bryan Adams - '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You'
Wilson Phillips - 'Hold On'
Chicago - 'Look Away'
George Michael - 'Faith'
The Bangles - 'Walk Like an Egyptian'
Dionne & Friends - 'That's What Friends Are For'
George Michael - 'Careless Whisper'
Prince - 'When Doves Cry'
The Police - 'Every Breath You Take'
Olivia Newton-John - 'Physical'
Kim Carnes - 'Bette Davis Eyes'
Blondie - 'Call Me'
The Knack - 'My Sharona'
Andy Gibb - 'Shadow Dancing'
Rod Stewart - 'Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)'
Wings - 'Silly Love Songs'
Captain & Tennille - 'Love Will Keep Us Together'
Barbra Streisand - 'The Way We Were'
Tony Orlando and Dawn - 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree'
Roberta Flack - 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'
Three Dog Night - 'Joy to the World'
Simon & Garfunkel - 'Bridge over Troubled Water'
The Archies - 'Sugar, Sugar'
The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'
Lulu - 'To Sir with Love'
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Many different music genres have consistently topped the charts throughout the years. Currently, hip-hop and dance songs lead the charts, whereas in the past, rock or even electro-pop ruled the Billboard chart. In this chart you'll find the greatest hits for each year, beginning in 1967.
Interested in discovering which song was a smash in the year you were born? Click on the gallery and find out!