Top songs of 2005

What was the number one song of 2005?

The number one song of 2005 was “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2005. It spent 14 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated June 4, 2005.

“We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey was number one for the most weeks of 2005: 14 of the year's 53 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated June 4, 2005.

Born in 2005? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2005, year-end Hot 100 of 2005).

How many songs reached number one in 2005?

8 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005, across the year's 53 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2005, “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey stayed there longest: 14 weeks in total, from the chart dated June 4, 2005.

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 2005. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2005?

Mariah Carey was the only act with more than one number one in 2005, counting lead and featured credits: “We Belong Together” and “Don't Forget About Us”.

What were the biggest songs of 2005?

The five biggest songs of 2005 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey, “Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani, “Let Me Love You” by Mario, “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson and “1, 2 Step” by Ciara featuring Missy Elliott.

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. “Rich Girl” Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
32. “My Humps” The Black Eyed Peas
33. “Obsession (No Es Amor)” Frankie J featuring Baby Bash
34. “Caught Up” Usher
35. “Listen to Your Heart” DHT featuring Edmee
36. “Scars” Papa Roach
37. “Feel Good Inc.” Gorillaz
38. “Let Me Go” 3 Doors Down
39. “Holiday” Green Day
40. “Sugar, We're Goin Down” Fall Out Boy
41. “Grind with Me” Pretty Ricky
42. “Run It!” Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana
43. “Photograph” Nickelback
44. “Lonely” Akon
45. “Collide” Howie Day
46. “Wake Me Up When September Ends” Green Day
47. “Slow Down” Bobby Valentino
48. “Over and Over” Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
49. “Some Cut” Trillville featuring Cutty
50. “Get It Poppin'” Fat Joe featuring Nelly
51. “Play” David Banner
52. “Soul Survivor” Young Jeezy featuring Akon
53. “Pimpin' All Over the World” Ludacris featuring Bobby Valentino
54. “My Boo” Usher and Alicia Keys
55. “Sugar (Gimme Some)” Trick Daddy featuring Ludacris, Lil' Kim and Cee Lo Green
56. “Karma” Alicia Keys
57. “Speed of Sound” Coldplay
58. “I Don't Want to Be” Gavin DeGraw
59. “Mockingbird” Eminem
60. “La Tortura” Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz
61. “She Will Be Loved” Maroon 5
62. “Baby I'm Back” Baby Bash featuring Akon
63. “Wait (The Whisper Song)” Ying Yang Twins
64. “Incomplete” Backstreet Boys
65. “Bring Em Out” T.I.
66. “Cater 2 U” Destiny's Child
67. “1 Thing” Amerie
68. “Best of You” Foo Fighters
69. “It's Like That” Mariah Carey featuring Jermaine Dupri and Fatman Scoop
70. “Goin' Crazy” Natalie
71. “Inside Your Heaven” Carrie Underwood
72. “Because of You” Kelly Clarkson
73. “Truth Is” Fantasia
74. “Your Body” Pretty Ricky
75. “Beautiful Soul” Jesse McCartney
76. “Cool” Gwen Stefani
77. “Get Back” Ludacris
78. “Outta Control” 50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep
79. “U Don't Know Me” T.I.
80. “These Words” Natasha Bedingfield
81. “Don't Lie” The Black Eyed Peas
82. “Get Right” Jennifer Lopez
83. “Daughters” John Mayer
84. “As Good as I Once Was” Toby Keith
85. “Girlfight” Brooke Valentine featuring Lil Jon and Big Boi
86. “Lose My Breath” Destiny's Child
87. “Ordinary People” John Legend
88. “We Be Burnin'” Sean Paul
89. “Just the Girl” The Click Five
90. “True” Ryan Cabrera
91. “O” Omarion
92. “Back Then” Mike Jones
93. “Numb/Encore” Jay-Z and Linkin Park
94. “Wonderful” Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti
95. “I'm Sprung” T-Pain
96. “Chariot” Gavin DeGraw
97. “U Already Know” 112 featuring Foxy Brown
98. “Mississippi Girl” Faith Hill
99. “Number One Spot” Ludacris
100. “Give Me That” Webbie featuring Bun B

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2005, year-end Hot 100 of 2005).

What songs should go on a 2005 mix CD?

A 2005 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 20 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day and closing with “Like You” by Bow Wow featuring Ciara, for 78:08 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2005, 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 78:48, 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 2005 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2005 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).