These recaps, as well as the weekly charts, do not reflect actual sales figures. The ratings take into account the number of weeks the disk was on the chart, plus the weekly positions it held during its chart life. Each disk was given points accordingly for its respective chart, and in addition, the number one disk each week was assigned bonus points equal to the total number of positions on its respective charts.
Unfortunately, Billboard's late December print deadline prevented approximately 60 records from completing their full chart runs, and includes data of approximately 50 records from , some of which have enough points to rank in the current years chart. In contrast with the Billboard Year-End Hot singles of , the chart below does not truncate or split chart runs between years.
It does not add two months from , delete two months from and then call itself the "Year-End Hot singles of ", which it is obviously not. Joel Whitburn's Records Research books, archived issues of Billboard for November-December and December March , and Hot Year-End formulas were used to complete the year-end chart reprinted here. The completed Billboard year-end list for is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot between November and December Records with chart runs that started in and ended in , or started in and ended in , made this chart if the majority of their chart weeks were in If not, they were ranked in the year-end charts for or If their weeks were equal, they were listed in the year they first entered.
Appearing in multiple years is not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks on Hot chart, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks in top ten.
The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking CB or units sold sales by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. Billboard also has chart summaries on its website. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.
