We've added a few hundred more votes from our 1986 polls. While Madonna still sits at #1, numbers two and three switch positions with the Pet Shop Boys (pictured) overtaking Bon Jovi. "West End Girls" was the hit that put the Pet Shop Boys on the map, but they had 11 more hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and more than 30 hits on Billboard's dance charts. Our 1980s polls are ongoing, so please visit and vote - the song lists are sure to bring back memories.
The lists that we post from Adult Alternative / Adult Contemporary will be combined, because you never know which radio genre a song is going to end up in.
This week on the THO 100, Kylie Minogue notches her 18th hit on the chart with "In My Arms." She is one of the most successful artists of the past nine years, but there are still 23 other artists with more career hits than Kylie according to our all-time chart. In Kylie's honor, we've created a poll for music-lovers to vote on their favorite song from her career. Since TopHitsOnline only goes back to 1993, we've included her three pre-1993 U.S. hits in the poll: I Should Be So Lucky, The Loco-Motion, and It's No Secret.
New hip-hop songs we've noticed popping up on personal favorite charts recently:
Full list of future releases beyond Feb 26th
Janet Jackson - Discipline
Erykah Badu - New AmErykah, Pt. One: 4th World War [2 CDs]
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
Trent Willmon - Broken In
Original Broadway Cast - The Little Mermaid
Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 3
Stellar Kart - Expect The Impossible
The Afters - Never Going Back To Ok
Pillar - For The Love of the Game
Webbie - Savage Life 2
Missy Higgins - On A Clear Night [International Release May 8, 2007]
Avalon - Another Time, Another Place: Timeless Christian Classics
Cheri Dennis - In And Out Of Love
Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie
Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Revisited
Carl Craig - Sessions
CeCe Winans - Kingdom
Lizz Wright - The Orchard
Soundtrack - Semi-Pro
Tift Merritt - Another Country
Michael English - The Prodigal Comes Home
Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time - The Lilac Time Runout Groove
Punch Brothers - Punch
Chris Hicks - Dog Eat Dog World
Death Angel - Killing Season
Diane Schuur - Some Other Time
Leeland - Opposite Way
Raya Yarbrough - Raya Yarbrough
David Yazbek - Evil Monkey Man
Richard Julian - Sunday Morning In Saturday's
Tommy Guerrero - Return Of The Bastard
Son Lux - At War With Walls & Mazes
This week on the THO 100 Rihanna remains at #1 with her hit "Don't Stop The Music," but she may not be there long. The song loses points while OneRepublic (pictured) has the song with the largest point gain in "Stop And Stare." OneRepublic, still better-known for their smash collaboration with Timbaland in "Apologize," move up to #3. Could a band that most people barely know anything about have their second number one hit? Check out the full chart here.
Since we last updated our all-time rankings of artists with the most songs in THO's chart history (dating back to 1993), several artists on the list have added to their totals. Most notable is Janet Jackson, whose latest hit "Feedback" gives her 27 hits since '93. She is now tied for third place on the list with LeAnn Rimes. Other artists that move up the chart include Mary J. Blige, Radiohead, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, and Sugababes. The only new artist to appear on the list, now with 13 total hits, is Kanye West. View the rankings here and our full THO chart archive here.
Every so often we will simply highlight some of the up-and-coming tracks from a variety of genres. Today we'll list 15 rock songs that are somewhat new to most radio stations:
We've processed a few more hundred votes, and Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" remains at #1 in our Top 100 Songs of 1981 chart. While our poll results from other years include a variety of dance and slow songs in the top end of the chart, the 1981 chart has mostly upbeat tunes in the top 10 with the exception of REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You" and "Endless Love" by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie. Our Ultimate 80s polls keep going, and we keep updating the charts. Later this year, look for us to begin new polls for the 1990s!
Full list of New Releases
Rihanna spends a second week atop the THO 100 this week, and in fact the top three songs do not move. But further down the chart there is a lot of action: Kylie Minogue collects her 10th top 10 hit since THO began, David Jordan (pictured here) has the largest chart mover and the largest point gain, and there are eight debuts on the chart. Have a great weekend and enjoy the chart.
Yesterday we highlighted the 2008 Brit Awards, but only the awards for British artists. The Brit Awards also hand out 4 awards for the best international male solo artist, female solo artist, group, and album. Last year the winners were Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, The Killers, and "Sam's Town" by The Killers. Below are polls we've created for each of the 2008 international awards:
Although most of our readers are from the US, Top Hits Online is not just about the US music scene. You'll notice that the THO 100 has many UK and Australian hits. On February 20th the 2008 Brit Awards will be held in London. This is one of our favorite awards shows, because there are only 10 awards handed out, rather than the 100+ awards given at the US Grammys. We've created polls for the best British this-and-that. See the links below:
Michael Jackson - Thriller 25
Rihanna notches her third #1 on the THO 100 this week, as "Don't Stop The Music" overtakes Britney Spears' "Piece Of Me." Rihanna first tasted chart success in 2005 with "Pon De Replay," and gathered her first #1 hit with "SOS (Rescue Me)" in 2006. Last year she hit #1 again with "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z). Britney's "Piece Of Me" lasted two weeks in the top spot, significantly less than her last single, "Gimme More," which spent 6 weeks at the top starting last October. Enjoy the new chart!
Valentines Day will be here soon, and as music lovers it makes us wonder what are the best love songs of all-time. We've conducted two polls in the past (with over 11,000 votes combined) and Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" came out on top of them both. The last poll started in 2006 and we removed some of the worst-performing songs in the poll and created a new one. Of the big hits of 2007 we couldn't find any that we think will go down in history as a classic love song, so no new songs were added this time. Go ahead and vote in the latest love song poll, and also see the results from our 2006 love song poll and the 2004 love song poll at AlaskaJim.com.
Lenny Kravitz - It Is Time For A Love Revolution
The results of our 1987 poll are filled with the huge artists you would certainly expect from that year: U2, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, etc. With the latest round of votes tallied, U2 barely misses the #1 position, which is still occupied by Madonna. But some other surprises (at least to us) made the top 10, including Whitesnake, Heart and Belinda Carlisle. We invite you to vote on more of these 80s polls and to check out the latest results.
