So I like to occasionally compare current and past Billboard charts side by side to see the differences and how popular music has changed over time. I'll have the links for the entire top 100 for both at the bottom if you're interested.

Top 10 Songs: Week of March 31, 2018

1. Drake - God's Plan

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2. Bebe Rexha & Flordia Georgia Line - Meant To Be

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3. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

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4. Bruno Mars & Cardi B - Finesse

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5. Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho

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6. Zedd, Maren Morris, & Grey - The Middle

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7. XXXTentacion - Sad

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8. Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana

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9. Lil Dicky & Chris Brown - Freaky Friday

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10. The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar - Pray For Me

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Streaming has really made a big impact on the charts, I don't think Psycho, Sad or Freaky Friday would be in the top 10 without it, and I actually think counting streams is a good thing since it's more reflective of what people actually listen to compared to just having digital sales and radio.




Top 10 Songs: Week of March 29, 2008

1. Usher feat. Young Jeezy - Love In This Club

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2. Chris Brown - With You

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3. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain - Low

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4. Sara Bareilles - Love Song

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5. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

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6. Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - No Air

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7. Ray J & Young Berg - Sexy Can I

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8. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

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9. Timbaland & OneRepublic - Apologize

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10. Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos - Superstar

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Interesting Chris Brown is on both lists, but I believe Freaky Friday is his first top 10 since 2014, so this is a rare occurrence and coincidental. The only person I'd say on this list that is still as big as they were is Rihanna.

So what's everyone's thoughts and which top 10 do you like more?




Here's the entire top 100 for the current one: https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100

And for the 2008 one: https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2008-03-29

I only know "Havana" from 2018, that's not bad but the rest of 2018 I have no clue or care. 2008 I remember all those songs. The best 2008 song there to me is probably "Love in this Club".

Either that was an uncharacteristically good week for 2008 or there's a lot of garbage underneath the surface because I remember most of 2008 was awful, but that list doesn't look as bad as I remember it ;D

Lil Dicky? What the hell?  :D

Lil Dicky? What the hell?  :D


Haha, Lil Dicky and Lil Pump should do a collab.

The Zedd song is ok listening to it now, a few years ago I used to listen to Zedd a lot then it got too generic sounding. Now that I'm listening to this one I'm sorta getting into it. I used to like "Don't Stop the Music" back in 2008 but it hasn't aged that well to me. I still love "SOS" and "Disturbia" though.

Either that was an uncharacteristically good week for 2008 or there's a lot of garbage underneath the surface because I remember most of 2008 was awful, but that list doesn't look as bad as I remember it ;D

2008 was great year for music. Other opinions are invalid http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/birdman2.png.

Also, shouldn't this be in "More than a Decade"?

I don't know why, but this thread really makes me miss 2008.  ;D