Top Songs of 2010

The musical landscape of 2010

Streaming, social media and electronic dance production changed discovery and promotion. Collaborations became especially important as genre boundaries weakened.

BoB appears 2 times in the Top 20, making the artist one of the clearest recurring presences in this year’s list.

What to listen for

Compare festival-scale electronic production with more intimate pop and R&B records built for repeat personal listening.

This list contains 16 different credited artists. The number gives a quick indication of whether the year was concentrated among repeat hitmakers or spread across a wider field.

Billboard Year-End Top 20 songs of 2010

Build a 2010 playlist

Start with “Tik Tok” by Kesha, then alternate familiar high-ranking records with contrasting selections from the lower half of the list.

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How this page should be used

Year-End charts summarize performance across an extended chart year. They are not simply a list of songs that reached number one, and historical methodology has changed. Treat this page as a guided listening resource and compact chart-history reference rather than a mathematical comparison with other eras.