Top songs of 2010

What was the number one song of 2010?

The number one song of 2010 was “Tik Tok” by Kesha, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2010. It spent 9 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated January 2, 2010.

“Tik Tok” by Kesha was number one for the most weeks of 2010: 9 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated January 2, 2010.

Born in 2010? 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 2010, year-end Hot 100 of 2010).

How many songs reached number one in 2010?

17 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2010, across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2010, “Tik Tok” by Kesha stayed there longest: 9 weeks in total, from the chart dated January 2, 2010.

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 2010. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2010?

5 acts had more than one number one in 2010, counting lead and featured credits. Rihanna had the most, with 4: “Rude Boy”, “Love the Way You Lie”, “What's My Name?” and “Only Girl (In the World)”.

• Rihanna: “Rude Boy”, “Love the Way You Lie”, “What's My Name?” and “Only Girl (In the World)”
• Katy Perry: “California Gurls”, “Teenage Dream” and “Firework”
• Bruno Mars: “Nothin' on You” and “Just the Way You Are”
• Eminem: “Not Afraid” and “Love the Way You Lie”
• Kesha: “Tik Tok” and “We R Who We R”

What were the biggest songs of 2010?

The five biggest songs of 2010 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Tik Tok” by Kesha, “Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum, “Hey, Soul Sister” by Train, “California Gurls” by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg and “OMG” by Usher featuring will.i.am.

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. “Say Aah” Trey Songz featuring Fabolous
32. “Find Your Love” Drake
33. “Alejandro” Lady Gaga
34. “Ridin' Solo” Jason Derulo
35. “Just a Dream” Nelly
36. “How Low” Ludacris
37. “Like a G6” Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev
38. “Carry Out” Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake
39. “Haven't Met You Yet” Michael Bublé
40. “Club Can't Handle Me” Flo Rida featuring David Guetta
41. “Down” Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne
42. “Bulletproof” La Roux
43. “Whatcha Say” Jason Derulo
44. “Baby” Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris
45. “Whataya Want from Me” Adam Lambert
46. “Mine” Taylor Swift
47. “Only Girl (In the World)” Rihanna
48. “Live Like We're Dying” Kris Allen
49. “Hard” Rihanna featuring Jeezy
50. “Young Forever” Jay-Z featuring Mr Hudson
51. “Blah Blah Blah” Kesha featuring 3OH!3
52. “Bottoms Up” Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj
53. “Do You Remember” Jay Sean featuring Sean Paul and Lil Jon
54. “All the Right Moves” OneRepublic
55. “According to You” Orianthi
56. “My Chick Bad” Ludacris featuring Nicki Minaj
57. “You Belong with Me” Taylor Swift
58. “Meet Me Halfway” The Black Eyed Peas
59. “Take It Off” Kesha
60. “Over” Drake
61. “Animal” Neon Trees
62. “Misery” Maroon 5
63. “Magic” B.o.B featuring Rivers Cuomo
64. “Paparazzi” Lady Gaga
65. “Tie Me Down” New Boyz featuring Ray J
66. “Your Love” Nicki Minaj
67. “Party in the U.S.A.” Miley Cyrus
68. “Deuces” Chris Brown featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall
69. “3” Britney Spears
70. “Impossible” Shontelle
71. “Forever” Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem
72. “Two Is Better Than One” Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift
73. “My First Kiss” 3OH!3 featuring Kesha
74. “Already Gone” Kelly Clarkson
75. “Rock That Body” The Black Eyed Peas
76. “Secrets” OneRepublic
77. “Naturally” Selena Gomez & the Scene
78. “Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)” Alicia Keys
79. “All I Do Is Win” DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross
80. “I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)” Kevin Rudolf featuring Birdman, Jay Sean and Lil Wayne
81. “Stuck Like Glue” Sugarland
82. “Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)” Usher featuring Plies
83. “There Goes My Baby” Usher
84. “Today Was a Fairytale” Taylor Swift
85. “Say Something” Timbaland featuring Drake
86. “Sweet Dreams” Beyoncé
87. “Use Somebody” Kings of Leon
88. “Undo It” Carrie Underwood
89. “Eenie Meenie” Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber
90. “Right Above It” Lil Wayne featuring Drake
91. “The House That Built Me” Miranda Lambert
92. “If I Die Young” The Band Perry
93. “The Only Exception” Paramore
94. “American Honey” Lady Antebellum
95. “King of Anything” Sara Bareilles
96. “Life After You” Daughtry
97. “Smile” Uncle Kracker
98. “Teach Me How to Dougie” Cali Swag District
99. “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” Alicia Keys
100. “Lover, Lover” Jerrod Niemann

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2010, year-end Hot 100 of 2010).

What songs should go on a 2010 mix CD?

A 2010 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 20 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Hey, Soul Sister” by Train and closing with “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars, for 78:04 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2010, 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 78:44, 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 2010 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2010 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 2010s?

Popular music in the 2010s moved from electronic dance-pop to hip-hop and streaming-era pop as listening shifted to streaming services. By 2013 the Hot 100 counted streaming alongside sales and airplay.

From 2010 to 2019, 116 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 14 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 116, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey spent the most weeks at number one: 21 in total. Rihanna had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 9. The typical number one of these years ran 3:41 (the median of the 90 with a known length).