Top songs of 2004

What was the number one song of 2004?

The number one song of 2004 was “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2004. It spent 12 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated February 28, 2004.

“Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris was number one for the most weeks of 2004: 12 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated February 28, 2004.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2004, year-end Hot 100 of 2004).

How many songs reached number one in 2004?

11 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2004. Counting “Hey Ya!”, which was already at number one when the year began, 12 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2004, “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris stayed there longest: 12 weeks in total, from the chart dated February 28, 2004.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 2004. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2004?

2 acts had more than one number one in 2004, counting lead and featured credits. Usher had the most, with 4: “Yeah!”, “Burn”, “Confessions Part II” and “My Boo”.

• Usher: “Yeah!”, “Burn”, “Confessions Part II” and “My Boo”
• OutKast: “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move”

What were the biggest songs of 2004?

The five biggest songs of 2004 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, “Burn” by Usher, “If I Ain't Got You” by Alicia Keys, “This Love” by Maroon 5 and “The Way You Move” by OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Overnight Celebrity” Twista
32. “Hotel” Cassidy featuring R. Kelly
33. “Numb” Linkin Park
34. “Diary” Alicia Keys featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!
35. “She Will Be Loved” Maroon 5
36. “White Flag” Dido
37. “Heaven” Los Lonely Boys
38. “It's My Life” No Doubt
39. “Pieces of Me” Ashlee Simpson
40. “Leave (Get Out)” JoJo
41. “Milkshake” Kelis
42. “Splash Waterfalls” Ludacris
43. “Jesus Walks” Kanye West
44. “Locked Up” Akon featuring Styles P
45. “Stand Up” Ludacris featuring Shawnna
46. “Suga Suga” Baby Bash featuring Frankie J
47. “All Falls Down” Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson
48. “Toxic” Britney Spears
49. “Salt Shaker” Ying Yang Twins featuring Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz
50. “With You” Jessica Simpson
51. “Meant to Live” Switchfoot
52. “I Like That” Houston featuring Chingy, Nate Dogg and I-20
53. “Sorry 2004” Ruben Studdard
54. “My Happy Ending” Avril Lavigne
55. “On Fire” Lloyd Banks
56. “Roses” OutKast
57. “Walked Outta Heaven” Jagged Edge
58. “Lose My Breath” Destiny's Child
59. “My Band” D12
60. “I'm Still in Love with You” Sean Paul featuring Sasha
61. “Through the Wire” Kanye West
62. “Why?” Jadakiss featuring Anthony Hamilton
63. “Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)” Eamon
64. “Read Your Mind” Avant
65. “Game Over (Flip)” Lil' Flip
66. “One Thing” Finger Eleven
67. “Headsprung” LL Cool J
68. “Damn!” YoungBloodZ featuring Lil Jon
69. “Baby Boy” Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
70. “Get Low” Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins
71. “Drop It Like It's Hot” Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
72. “U Should've Known Better” Monica
73. “On the Way Down” Ryan Cabrera
74. “Breakaway” Kelly Clarkson
75. “Why Don't You & I” Santana featuring Alex Band
76. “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” Jet
77. “100 Years” Five for Fighting
78. “Step in the Name of Love” R. Kelly
79. “Breaking the Habit” Linkin Park
80. “Gigolo” Nick Cannon featuring R. Kelly
81. “Live Like You Were Dying” Tim McGraw
82. “Remember When” Alan Jackson
83. “Everytime” Britney Spears
84. “Southside” Lloyd featuring Ashanti
85. “Dude” Beenie Man featuring Ms. Thing
86. “Wanna Get to Know You” G-Unit featuring Joe
87. “Holidae In” Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg
88. “Let's Get It Started” The Black Eyed Peas
89. “When the Sun Goes Down” Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker
90. “American Soldier” Toby Keith
91. “Change Clothes” Jay-Z
92. “Don't Tell Me” Avril Lavigne
93. “You'll Think of Me” Keith Urban
94. “Happy People” R. Kelly
95. “Hey Mama” The Black Eyed Peas
96. “Over and Over” Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
97. “Redneck Woman” Gretchen Wilson
98. “Just Lose It” Eminem
99. “Letters from Home” John Michael Montgomery
100. “I Go Back” Kenny Chesney

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2004, year-end Hot 100 of 2004).

What songs should go on a 2004 mix CD?

A 2004 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 19 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “If I Ain't Got You” by Alicia Keys and closing with “Move Ya Body” by Nina Sky featuring Jabba, for 75:48 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2004, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 76:26, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 2004 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2004 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 2000s?

Popular music in the 2000s was dominated by hip-hop, R&B and pop, and featured guest artists became a regular part of number one hits. By 2005 the Hot 100 counted digital download sales alongside physical singles and radio airplay.

From 2000 to 2009, 129 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 12 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 129, “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey and “I Gotta Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas spent the most weeks at number one, 14 each. Usher had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 7. The typical number one of these years ran 4:03 (the median of the 100 with a known length).