Three of the biggest stars in music in the year 2009 were easily Taylor Swift, Lady GaGa, and Beyoncé. All three women have a notable presence on this list, building off of the momentum of their massively successful albums Fearless, The Fame, and I Am… Sasha Fierce. 2009 set the tone for Swift to become the queen of the chart with five songs on the year-end list, all of which are in the Top 40. GaGa also has five while Beyoncé claims three. And meanwhile, a tween-friendly trend slithered it’s way throughout the entire year-end list with two of it’s biggest names – Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato, at the peak of a golden era for Disney Channel – landing several songs. In the case of Miley, a soundtrack ballad from the movie adaptation of her famous TV show would prove to have some of the most impressive longevity in the history of the chart. While all of this was going on, Drake was beginning his graduation from Degrassi to pop-rap giant, Paramore continued to be THE band at a time of inner turmoil within their ranks, a Gossip Girl cast member had a # hit, artists like Kelly Clarkson and Eminem and Flyleaf had a thunderous comebacks, Kanye West had several charting features before briefly becoming a pop culture pariah, the WWE made the chart after dropping another theme song compilation album, and even Dave Matthews Band popped in. The countdown was as chaotic as ever, but it made for an interesting year-end list based on weeks spent on the Top 20 Music Countdown and peak position, with the driving force of airplay at this particular time being a combination of personal music collection (on a Zune of all things), music video play at a time when MTV and VH1 still somewhat supported the format, and some radio airplay as well.
#1) “The Climb”
Miley Cyrus
#2) “You Belong With Me”
Taylor Swift
#3) “Good Girls Go Bad”
Cobra Starship (feat. Leighton Meester)
#4) “Party In The U.S.A.”
Miley Cyrus
#5) “Decode”
Paramore
#6) “Second Chance”
Shinedown
#7) “Gives You Hell”
The All-American Rejects
#8) “Waking Up in Vegas”
Katy Perry
#9) “Love Story”
Taylor Swift
#10) “Ignorance”
Paramore
#11) “I Caught Myself”
Paramore
#12) “How Do You Sleep?”
Jesse McCartney (feat. Ludacris)
#13) “Fireflies”
Owl City
#14) “Use Somebody”
Kings of Leon
#15) “We Made You”
Eminem
#16) “Best I Ever Had”
Drake
#17) “Fifteen”
Taylor Swift
#18) “Knock You Down”
Keri Hilson (feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo)
#19) “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Beyoncé
#20) “Down”
Jay Sean (feat. Lil Wayne)
#21) “LoveGame”
Lady GaGa
#22) “Don’t Trust Me”
3OH!3
#23) “Paparazzi“
Lady GaGa
#24) “Fallin’ For You”
Colbie Caillat
#25) “My Life Would Suck Without You”
Kelly Clarkson
#26) “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z (feat. Alicia Keys)
#27) “Battlefield”
Jordin Sparks
#28) “Forever & Always”
Taylor Swift
#29) “Goodbye”
Kristinia DeBarge
#30) “Homecoming”
Hey Monday
#31) “If This Isn’t Love”
Jennifer Hudson
#32) “La La Land”
Demi Lovato
#33) “Sweet Dreams”
Beyoncé
#34) “Know Your Enemy”
Green Day
#35) “Forever”
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem
#36) “White Horse”
Taylor Swift
#37) “21 Guns”
Green Day
#38) “Automatic”
Tokio Hotel
#39) “Say Hey (I Love You)”
Michael Franti & Spearhead (feat. Cherine Anderson)
#40) “Again”
Flyleaf
#41) “If You Seek Amy”
Britney Spears
#42) “Send It On”
Disney’s Friends For Change
#43) “Uprising”
Muse
#44) “Blame It”
Jamie Foxx (feat. T-Pain)
#45) “Hoedown Throwdown”
Miley Cyrus
#46) “Chasing Pavements”
Adele
#47) “Don’t Forget”
Demi Lovato
#48) “She Wolf”
Shakira
#49) “Just Dance”
Lady GaGa (feat. Colby O’Donis)
#50) “I Cut Like A Buffalo”
The Dead Weather
#51) “Poker Face”
Lady GaGa
#52) “Best Days Of Your Life”
Kellie Pickler
#53) “1, 2, 3, 4”
Plain White T’s
#54) “Somebody to Love”
Leighton Meester (feat. Robin Thicke)
#55) “New Divide”
Linkin Park
#56) “Crack A Bottle”
Eminem, Dr. Dre, & 50 Cent
#57) “It’s Alright, It’s OK”
Ashley Tisdale
#58) “Rehab”
Rihanna (feat. Justin Timberlake)
#59) “Circus”
Britney Spears
#60) “The Fear”
Lily Allen
#61) “Diva”
Beyoncé
#62) “Live Your Life”
T.I. (feat. Rihanna)
#63) “Bad Romance”
Lady GaGa
#64) “Breakout”
Miley Cyrus
#65) “Fly On The Wall”
Miley Cyrus
#66) “I’m Yours”
Jason Mraz
#67) “Thinking Of You”
Katy Perry
#68) “Love Sex Magic”
Ciara (feat. Justin Timberlake)
#69) “Here We Go Again”
Demi Lovato
#70) “I Do Not Hook Up”
Kelly Clarkson
#71) “Pourquoi? (Maryse)”
Jim Johnston
#72) “So Close”
Jennette McCurdy
#73) “Every Girl”
Young Money
#74) “Starstrukk”
3OH!3 (feat. Katy Perry)
#75) “It’s All Right Here”
Hannah Montana
#76) “Love Drunk”
Boys Like Girls
#77) “She Don’t Wanna Man”
Asher Roth (feat. Keri Hilson)
#78) “Run This Town”
Jay-Z (feat. Rihanna & Kanye West)
#79) “Turn My Swag On”
Soulja Boy Tellem
#80) “Falling Down”
Selena Gomez + The Scene
#81) “Cowboy Casanova”
Carrie Underwood
#82) “Brick By Boring Brick”
Paramore
#83) “Tik Tok”
Kesha
#84) “Funhouse”
P!NK
#85) “How You Love Me Now”
Hey Monday
#86) “Scream”
Zac Efron
#87) “Smile”
Uncle Kracker
#88) “About You Now”
Miranda Cosgrove
#89) “3”
Britney Spears
#90) “One and the Same”
Demi Lovato & Selena Gomez
#91) “You Can Get It All”
Bow Wow (feat. Johnta Austin)
#92) “Prom Queen”
Lil Wayne
#93) “Shout It”
Mitchel Musso
#94) “Womanizer”
Britney Spears
#95) “Show Me What I’m Looking For”
Carolina Liar
#96) “Please Don’t Leave Me”
P!NK
#97) “I Love College”
Asher Roth
#98) “The Wind Blows”
The All-American Rejects
#99) “Funny The Way It Is”
Dave Matthews Band
#100) “New Perspective”
Panic! At The Disco
YEAR-END AWARDS:
Top Solo Song Of The Year: “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus
Top Group Song Of The Year: “Good Girls Go Bad” by Cobra Starship (feat. Leighton Meester
Top Collaboration Of The Year: “Good Girls Go Bad” by Cobra Starship (feat. Leighton Meester
Top Pop Song Of The Year: “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus
Top Hip-Hop Song Of The Year: “We Made You” by Eminem
Top Alternative Song Of The Year: “Decode” by Paramore
Top Hard Rock Song Of The Year: “Second Chance” by Shinedown
Top R&B Song Of The Year: “Best I Ever Had” by Drake
Top First-Timer Song Of The Year: “Good Girls Go Bad” by Cobra Starship (feat. Leighton Meester
Year-End Top 100 MVP: Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift (5 Appearances Each On The Year-End List)
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