@dylz: I understand your concern, but trust the source. The 1990 list you refer to is Billboard's year end list, but the problem with that list is that it covers the period Dec 1, 1989 to Nov 30, 1990. All Billboard's year-end charts are based on that period so the charts can be published for the year end.
However, Fred Bronson's list use the entire Hot 100 chart run of each song, and place it in the year when the song peaked on the charts. It creates a different list, in some cases such as 1990, very different.
The two biggest advantages of Bronson's method: 1) Songs released late in the year don't get short-changed on the year-end chart. 2) Songs don't appear in two consecutive year-end charts. (C'mon, "Physical". Were you a hit 1981 or 1982? Decide already!)
This does allow me to note, however, that because HH100H only goes up to 2006, the songs for 2007-2009 are from the original Billboard year-end charts. |
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