History Main / ChartDisplacement

** 1965: "Woolly Bully" beat out such iconic songs as [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"]] (#3), [[Music/TheBeatles "Help!"]] (#7), [[Music/TheTemptations "My Girl"]] (#10), [[Music/SonnyAndCher "I Got You Babe"]] (#16), [[Music/TheSupremes "Stop! In the Name of Love"]] (#20), and [[Music/BobDylan "Like a Rolling Stone"]] (#41). As you can see, 1965 is full of classic songs that are still well-remembered today, yet "Woolly Bully" is nowhere near the level of popularity of these songs. It was also the 1st song to top the year-end chart without topping the Hot 100, something that has only happened 3 times since.[[note]]The other years in which this happened were 2000 ([[Music/FaithHill "Breathe"]]), 2001 ([[Music/{{Lifehouse}} "Hanging by a Moment"]]), and 2021 ([[Music/DuaLipa "Levitating"]]).[[/note]]
** 1969: In the year when Woodstock was held, the biggest single of the year was [[ComicBook/ArchieComics "Sugar Sugar"]]. While "Sugar Sugar" has been featured in many films & TV shows and is an iconic 60s bubblegum pop song, it's not quite on the level of songs like [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Honkey Tonk Women"]] (#4), [[Music/NeilDiamond "Sweet Caroline"]] (#22) or [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival "Proud Mary"]] (#19).

** 1992: While that year's top 3 songs -- "End of the Road" by Music/BoyzIIMen, "Baby Got Back" by Music/SirMixALot and "Jump" by Kris Kross -- remain well-known to this day, "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", arguably the most iconic track of the early 90s {{grunge}} era and the most iconic track of the year, only made it to #32, while a [[Film/WaynesWorld re-release]] of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was close behind at #39. And even then, some of the songs that outpeaked them are still well known, like "[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Under The Bridge]] (#8)", "[[Music/MichaelJackson Black or White]] (#14)", "Life Is a Highway" (#18), "[[Music/RightSaidFred I'm Too Sexy]]" (#13), "[[Music/MrBig To Be With You]]" (#12), or "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" (#24).

** 1999: While the year end #1, "Believe" by Music/{{Cher}}, is still one of the most iconic songs of the late-90s, if not the 90s as a whole, and is widely considered to be Cher's [[CareerResurrection comeback single]], it has always had a hard time competing with the Music/BackstreetBoys' SignatureSong "I Want It That Way", which only made it to #15, as well as with Music/{{TLC}}'s comeback hit "No Scrubs", which stalled behind "Believe" at #2, and Music/BritneySpears' SignatureSong "...Baby One More Time", which ended up at #5. "Smooth" by Music/{{Santana}} and Music/RobThomas was one of the most successful songs of all time, but it only managed to be the 19th biggest hit of the year due to coming out very late in the cycle. "Bailamos" by Music/EnriqueIglesias was the Latin pop icon's first song to make it big in the English-language market and is still iconic to this day, but it only managed to make it to #26. Additionally, after missing the 1998 year-end chart, "Iris" by the Music/GooGooDolls ended up at a mere #94 (while follow-ups "Slide" and "Black Balloon" landed at #13 and #64). Music/SmashMouth's "All Star" (which reached #17) and Music/SugarRay's "Every Morning" (which reached #8) and "Someday" (which reached #30), are considered, along with the aforementioned "Iris", to be among the most remembered AlternativeRock songs of that year, yet they weren't the highest-peaking alternative songs on the Hot 100 year-end list that year, that honor goes to Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher's "Kiss Me", which was #6 that year.

** 2001: Music/{{Lifehouse}} had the top spot that year with "Hanging by a Moment". While it's certainly well remembered, it's not ''quite'' as iconic as "[[Music/{{Train}} Drops of Jupiter]]" (#4), "[[Music/DestinysChild Independent Women Part I" (#10), "Survivor" (#23), "Bootylicious" (#42)]], "It Wasn't Me" (#11), "Angel" (#17), "[[Music/MissyElliott Get Ur Freak On]]" (#35), "All or Nothing" (#41), "Butterfly" (#29), "[[Music/{{Staind}} It's Been Awhile]]" (#14), "[[Music/EnriqueIglesias Hero]]" (#99), "[[Music/{{Incubus}} Drive]]" (#21), "Superman (It's Not Easy)" (which didn't make the 2001 year-end list, though it did make the 2002 year-end list at #46), [[Music/{{U2}} "Beautiful Day"]] (#75), and [[Music/ChristinaAguilera the]] [[Music/LilKim all-star]] [[Music/{{Pink}} cover]] of "[[Film/MoulinRouge Lady Marmalade]]" (#24) that kept "Hanging" from topping the weekly charts. "Hanging by a Moment" got to #1 because, like "Breathe" the previous year, it benefited from an abnormally long chart run and being that year's most-played song on American radio.

** 2012: Music/{{Gotye}} and Music/{{Fun}} finished in the #1 and #3 spots with "Somebody That I Used to Know" and "We Are Young", respectively. However, both artists' popularity would quickly fall rapidly (with Gotye becoming a OneHitWonder and fun. disappearing into an "indefinite hiatus"), and as a result, neither song would have the same longevity as the likes of Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's "Call Me Maybe" (#2), Music/Maroon5's "Payphone" featuring Music/WizKhalifa (#4), Music/{{PSY}}'s "Music/GangnamStyle" (#47), Music/CarrieUnderwood's "Blown Away" (#70), Music/FloRida's "Good Feeling" (#16) and "Whistle" (#17), Music/{{Drake}}'s "The Motto" (#20), Music/TaylorSwift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (#33). Music/OneDirection's "What Makes You Beautiful" (which reached #10) was not the highest ranking song by a British BoyBand that year -- that was Music/TheWanted's mostly forgotten "Glad You Came", which was #6 that year. Given that 1D became by far the biggest new act of 2012 and a global musical phenomenon while The Wanted never had another hit stateside, it's no surprise the former song is far better remembered today on both sides of the Atlantic.

** 1992: The year's top 3 songs remain well-known to this day: "End of the Road" by Music/BoyzIIMen, "Baby Got Back" by Music/SirMixALot and "Jump" by Kris Kross.
*** However, "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", arguably the most iconic track of the early 90s {{grunge}} era and the most iconic track of the year, only made it to #32 on the Year-End Hot 100, while a [[Film/WaynesWorld re-release]] of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was close behind at #39. And even then, some of the songs that beat them are still well known, like[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Under The Bridge]] (#8)", "[[Music/MichaelJackson Black or White]] (#14)", "Life Is a Highway" (#18), "[[Music/RightSaidFred I'm Too Sexy]]" (#13), "[[Music/MrBig To Be With You]]" (#12), or "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" (#24).

Every musician has a SignatureSong; usually, this is related to how popular the song was during its prime, as measured by charts such as the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. However, this is not always the case. This can happen in multiple ways.

* Their best-known song wasn't their biggest hit, placing below songs that aren't as well-known or are even almost, if not completely, forgotten. That can happen in a variety of ways.
** The song wasn't well-known when it was released and became better-known later on [[RevivalByCommercialization through use in commercial media]] and/or [[VindicatedByHistory retroactive acclaim]]. This is especially prevalent if the bigger hit was never that big a hit anyway and likely to fade into complete obscurity.
** The more famous song was [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial]] in some way, thus causing some stations not to play it or some vendors not to sell it to the point that this impacted its chart ranking. Often, the notoriety of the song is what keeps it in the public memory after its peak.
** The more famous song's peak position was impacted by low sales due to it having a limited or no single release, often to boost sales of its parent album. Many radio hits from the '90s were ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 without a physical single release. This practice by the record labels, which [[ExecutiveMeddling inadvertently robbed several artists of #1 singles just to boost album sales]], ultimately resulted in ''Billboard'' being forced to change its own rules on "album cuts" charting on the Hot 100 in December 1998. [[http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2017/09/the_story_of_how_the_recording_industry_made_you_pay_a_premium_for_90s_hit.html This episode]] of Slate's ''Hit Parade'' podcast gives a detailed explanation of how and why this happened.
** Radio listeners who were fans of Creator/CaseyKasem's chart shows ''Radio/AmericanTop40'' and ''Casey's Top 40'' will notice a lot of discrepancy when comparing the chart counted down on any of his '90s shows to that same week's Hot 100. When he made the jump to a new syndication group in 1988 and started ''Casey's Top 40'', he began using the charts from ''Radio & Records'' magazine instead of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and continued to use it when he returned to ''[=AT40=]'' ten years later. That meant his show was immune to the above "airplay-only" business that made undeniable hits ineligible for the Hot 100. Likewise, that also meant that the chart on Kasem's show also included songs that were radio hits first and foremost, and didn't have enough momentum to get very high on the Hot 100. Music/RickDees' competing radio countdown show and the 1980s music television series ''Solid Gold'' (which Dees briefly hosted) also relied on ''Radio & Records'' to determine which songs they played. Similarly, ''Radio/BobKingsleysCountryTop40'' and ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'' spent much of the 21st century relying on the country airplay charts of ''Mediabase 24/7'' (''Radio & Records''' successor) instead of ''Billboard''.
** The more famous song was never given a radio push, despite its popularity with audiences.
** The higher-peaking song had a high launch on the charts due to a strong debut sales week, but failed to have longevity and fell off the chart quickly. Alternatively, the lower-peaking song had a prolonged chart run and more people were exposed to it as a result.
** After the song peaked in airplay, it got less recurrent airplay compared to the lower-charting song. Thus, younger audiences are exposed to the lower-charting song rather than the higher-charting.
** The bigger song was a BlackSheepHit, and thus feels out of place compared to their other work, which can cause limited recurrent airplay. This can also mean that fans of the band or singer actively avoid purchasing the song. Especially after the advent of iTunes this can have a big impact on a song's sales, even if it was popular in the year it came out.
** The bigger song came ''after'' their overall peak in popularity and thus is not as well-known compared to their material that was made in their prime. This is most common on format-specific charts (see below), where the high-peaking song came long after their success on the mainstream charts ended.
** The higher-charting song had its position augmented due to [[ExecutiveMeddling chart manipulation]], while the better-known song achieved its peak naturally.
** The higher-charting song came during a period when the charts were unnaturally sparse and/or the lower-charting song came during a period when the charts were severely backed up with huge hits.
** The better-known song was not actually a single, but had some element to it that made it popular after the fact.
** During the album's promotion cycle, the first single ends up as the higher-charting for the novelty factor, but the follow-up (if not one of the follow-ups) ends up being the one that gets more recognized.
** The higher charting song was a comeback single for an already popular artist after a years-long hiatus, or was the first single from a highly anticipated new album. As a result it had a high chart peak due to fans who were excited to hear new music from their favorite act, but the song did not stick around in the general conciousness the way earlier and later hits by the same artist have.
* One of their most well-known songs ''is'' their highest-charting, but they had other less-remembered songs that charted higher than their other more iconic material. Often, this can be seen in a different era or album.
** This at times manifests with follow-up singles that chart high riding off a big hit, but end up not having lasting appeal.

** 1982: While the year-end #1, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn's "Physical", is still one of her most popular songs, it's not quite as iconic as four of the 80's most iconic tracks: Music/{{Journey|Band}}'s "Don't Stop Believin'" (#73), Music/StevieNicks' "Edge of Seventeen" (#100), Music/SoftCell's cover of "Tainted Love" (#11) and Music/{{Survivor|Band}}'s "Eye of the Tiger" (#2).

** 1992: The year's top 3 songs remain well-known to this day: "End of the Road" by Music/BoyzIIMen, "Baby Got Back" by Msuci/SirMixALot and "Jump" by Kris Kross.
*** However, "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", arguably the most iconic track of the early 90s {{grunge}} era and the most iconic track of the year, only made it to #32 on the Year-End Hot 100, while a [[Film/WaynesWorld re-release]] of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was close behind at #39. Also charting lower was "[[Music/EnVogue Free Your Mind]]" (#93), "[[Music/BonnieRaitt I Can't Make You Love Me]]" (#100), "[[Music/PMDawn Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]" (#44), "[[Music/TheCureBand Friday I'm In Love]]" (#71) and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (#75). And even then, some of the songs that beat them are still well known, like[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Under The Bridge]] (#8)", "[[Music/MichaelJackson Black or White]] (#14)", "Life Is a Highway" (#18), "[[Music/RightSaidFred I'm Too Sexy]]" (#13), "[[Music/MrBig To Be With You]]" (#12), or "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" (#24).

** 1999: While the year end #1, "Believe" by Music/{{Cher}}, is still one of the most iconic songs of the late-90s, if not the 90s as a whole, and is widely considered to be Cher's [[CareerResurrection comeback single]], it has always had a hard time competing with the Music/BackstreetBoys' SignatureSong "I Want It That Way", which only made it to #15, as well as with Music/{{TLC}}'s comeback hit "No Scrubs", which stalled behind "Believe" at #2, and Music/BritneySpears' SignatureSong "...Baby One More Time", which ended up at #5. "Smooth" by Music/{{Santana}} and Music/RobThomas was one of the most successful songs of all time, but it only managed to be the 19th biggest hit of the year due to coming out very late in the cycle. "Bailamos" by Music/EnriqueIglesias was the Latin pop icon's first song to make it big in the English-language market and is still iconic to this day, but it only managed to make it to #26. Additionally, after missing the 1998 year-end chart, "Iris" by the Music/GooGooDolls ended up at a mere #94 (while follow-ups "Slide" and "Black Balloon" landed at #13 and #64). Music/SmashMouth's "All Star" (which reached #17) and Music/SugarRay's "Every Morning" (which reached #8) and "Someday" (which reached #30), are considered, along with the aforementioned "Iris", to be among the most remembered AlternativeRock songs of that year, yet they weren't the highest-peaking alternative songs on the Hot 100 year-end list that year, that honor goes to Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher's "Kiss Me", which was #6 that year. Given that the Goo Goo Dolls, Sugar Ray and Smash Mouth all proved to be very successful during the TurnOfTheMillennium while Sixpence None the Richer ended up a OneHitWonder, it's no surprise that "Iris", "Slide", "Black Balloon", "All Star", "Every Morning" and "Someday" all tend to be far better remembered.

** 2004: Music/{{Usher}} held down the top two spots with "Yeah!" featuring Music/LilJon and Music/{{Ludacris}} and "Burn", respectively, following that year's R&B[=/=]hip-hop invasion. While both are memorable songs to this day, only "Yeah!" is actually still among the most well-known songs of the year, while "Burn" can't hold a candle to songs like Music/LinkinPark's "Numb" (#33) and "Breaking the Habit" (#79), Music/{{Evanescence}}'s "My Immortal" (#19), Music/{{Hoobastank}}'s "The Reason" (#6), Music/BritneySpears' "Toxic" (#48), Music/OutKast's "Hey Ya!" (#8), and Music/TheBlackEyedPeas' "Let's Get It Started" (#88).

* Music/DepecheMode avert this in the U.S., where "Enjoy the Silence" was their only Top 10 hit on the Hot 100. However, in the UK, it peaked at #6, their highest-charting singles being three #4s. However, none of them were "Just Can't Get Enough" (#8), "Everything Counts" (#6), "Strangelove" (#16) or "Personal Jesus" (#13), among other songs they're well-known for - they were "People Are People" (still a relatively well-remembered song, if not quite as iconic as the aforementioned hits) and the lesser-known "Barrel of a Gun" and "Precious".

* Norah Jones's biggest hit on the Hot 100 wasn't "Don't Know Why" or even "Come Away With Me". It was a completely forgotten charity cover of "[[Music/TheBeatles Across the Universe]]" at the 2005 Grammys which she appeared on with nine other artists (#22). "Don't Know Why" is, however, Jones' only solo US Top 40 hit (#30)

** 1987: The third biggest hit of that year was "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbott. It has been almost completely forgotten decades later, it wasn't as memorable as other iconic songs from that year that either appeared lower on the list, including "[[Music/WhitneyHouston I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]" (#4), "[[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Here I Go Again]]" (#7), "[[Music/BonJovi Livin' on a Prayer]]" (#10), "[[Music/WangChung Everybody Have Fun Tonight]]" (#12), "[[Music/CrowdedHouse Don't Dream It's Over]]" (#13), "[[Music/{{U2}} With or Without You]]" (#15), "[[Film/DirtyDancing (I've Had) The Time of My Life]]" (#28), "[[Music/{{Madonna}} Open Your Heart]]" (#30), "[[Music/{{Genesis|Band}} Land of Confusion]]" (#40), "[[Music/MichaelJackson Bad]]" (#59) or "[[Music/BeastieBoys (You Gotta Fight) For Your Right (To Party!)]]" (#98), or even songs that didn't appear at all, such as "[[Music/{{Aerosmith}} Dude Looks Like a Lady]]", "[[Music/TheCure Just Like Heaven]]" or "[[Music/{{REM}} The One I Love]]".

** 1992: "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", arguably the most iconic track of the early 90s {{grunge}} era and the most iconic track of the year (some (including Creator/VH1) will insist it's the most remembered song of the 90s in general, and it was the most streamed song of the 90's on Spotify for several years), only made it to #32 on the Year-End Hot 100, while a [[Film/WaynesWorld re-release]] of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was close behind at #39. Also charting lower was "[[Music/EnVogue Free Your Mind]]" (#93), "[[Music/BonnieRaitt I Can't Make You Love Me]]" (#100), "[[Music/PMDawn Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]" (#44), "[[Music/TheCureBand Friday I'm In Love]]" (#71) and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (#75). And even then, some of the songs that beat them are still well known, like "[[Music/SirMixALot Baby Got Back]]" (#2), "[[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Under The Bridge]] (#8)", "[[Music/MichaelJackson Black or White]] (#14)", "Life Is a Highway" (#18), "[[Music/RightSaidFred I'm Too Sexy]]" (#13), "[[Music/MrBig To Be With You]]" (#12), "Jump" (#3), "[[Music/BoyzIIMen End of the Road]]" (#1), or "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" (#24). However, some of the other tracks that beat them are pretty much forgotten, like "All 4 Love" (#9), "I Love Your Smile" (#11), "Masterpiece" (#27), and "Live and Learn" (#30).
** 1994: Zig-zagged, as the year-end number one, "[[Music/AceOfBase The Sign]]", is one of the 90's most iconic songs, sharing that status with other songs on the list such as "[[Music/{{Beck|Musician}} Loser]]" (#50), "Whoomp! (There It Is)" (#42), "[[Music/MeatLoaf I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]]" (#38), "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (#35) and "What Is Love" (#97). Among the more forgotten songs on the list include the eighth-biggest hit that year, Music/BryanAdams, Music/RodStewart, and Music/{{Sting}}'s "All For Love".

** 2001: Music/{{Lifehouse}} had the top spot that year with "Hanging by a Moment". While it's certainly well remembered, particularly overseas, it's not ''quite'' as iconic as "[[Music/{{Train}} Drops of Jupiter]]" (#4), "[[Music/DestinysChild Independent Women Part I" (#10), "Survivor" (#23), "Bootylicious" (#42)]], "It Wasn't Me" (#11), "Angel" (#17), "[[Music/MissyElliott Get Ur Freak On]]" (#35), "All or Nothing" (#41), "Butterfly" (#29), "[[Music/{{Staind}} It's Been Awhile]]" (#14), "[[Music/EnriqueIglesias Hero]]" (#99), "[[Music/{{Incubus}} Drive]]" (#21), "Superman (It's Not Easy)" (which didn't make the 2001 year-end list, though it did make the 2002 year-end list at #46), [[Music/{{U2}} "Beautiful Day"]] (#75), and [[Music/ChristinaAguilera the]] [[Music/LilKim all-star]] [[Music/{{Pink}} cover]] of "[[Film/MoulinRouge Lady Marmalade]]" (#24) that kept "Hanging" from topping the weekly charts. "Hanging by a Moment" got to #1 because, like "Breathe" the previous year, it benefited from an abnormally long chart run and being that year's most-played song on American radio.
** 2002: The year-end #1 was "How You Remind Me" by Music/{{Nickelback}}. Within just a few years, their popularity would take a hit due to the backlash against PostGrunge, and while "How You Remind Me" remains a iconic early 2000s song, it's not quite at the level of [[Music/{{Eminem}} "Without Me" (#21), "Lose Yourself" (#63)]], "[[Music/VanessaCarlton A Thousand Miles]]" (#6), "[[Music/AvrilLavigne Complicated]]" (#11), "[[Music/LeAnnRimes Can't Fight the Moonlight]]" (#56) or "[[Music/{{Shakira}} Whenever, Wherever]]" (#28).
** 2003: While the year end #1, "In Da Club" by Music/FiftyCent, is easily one of the most iconic rap songs of the decade, it's not quite at the level of popularity as several songs it beat to the top of the list, such as "[[Music/JustinTimberlake Rock Your Body]]" (#32), "[[Music/{{Coldplay}} Clocks]]" (#81), "[[Music/BlackEyedPeas Where Is the Love]]" (#26), "[[Music/ChristinaAguilera Beautiful]]" (#16), "[[Music/MissyElliott Work It]]" (#36), "Headstrong" (#49), "I Can Only Imagine" (didn't make the year-end chart due to only being released as a single just as it was crossing over to Top 40 and AC radio), "[[Music/UncleKracker Drift Away]]" (#19), "[[Music/PuddleOfMudd She Hates Me]]" (#70) and "[[Music/{{Evanescence}} Bring Me to Life]]" (#10). Even "Don't Know Why" (#97) is more popular, even if Norah Jones' popularity declined by the end of the 2000s.
** 2004: Music/{{Usher}} zig-zags this; he filled in the #1 and #2 spots with "Yeah!" featuring Music/LilJon and Music/{{Ludacris}} and "Burn", respectively, following that year's R&B[=/=]hip-hop invasion. While both are memorable songs to this day, only "Yeah!" is actually still among the most well-known songs of the year, while "Burn" can't hold a candle to songs like Music/LinkinPark's "Numb" (#33) and "Breaking the Habit" (#79), Music/{{Evanescence}}'s "My Immortal" (#19), Music/{{Hoobastank}}'s "The Reason" (#6), Music/BritneySpears' "Toxic" (#48), Music/OutKast's "Hey Ya!" (#8), Music/TheBlackEyedPeas' "Let's Get It Started" (#88) and Music/JayZ's "99 Problems" (missed the list entirely) in terms of pop culture notoriety.

** 2006: Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" was that year's biggest hit. Powter would never chart again in the US, and "Bad Day", while still a memorable song, is not quite at the level of "[[Music/JustinTimberlake SexyBack]]" (#9), "[[Music/{{Rihanna}} S.O.S.]]" (#19), "Laffy Taffy" (#46) or "[[Music/FallOutBoy Dance, Dance]]" (#33).

** Brice did it again in 2015 on Country Airplay when "Drinking Class" was the top hit of the year; despite only peaking at #2, it [[RuleOfThree also benefited from an abnormally long chart run]].

* Norah Jones's biggest hit on the Hot 100 wasn't "Don't Know Why" or even "Come Away With Me". It was a completely forgotten charity cover of "[[Music/TheBeatles Across the Universe]]" at the 2005 Grammys (#22).

* Norah Jones's biggest hit on the Hot 100 wasn't "Don't Know Why" or even "Come Away With Me. It was a completely forgotten charity cover of "[[Music/TheBeatles Across the Universe]]".
** He had four #1s on the Billboard adult alternative chart, but "Don't Know Why" only reached #5.

* Norah Jones has had four #1s on the Billboard adult alternative chart, but none of them are her signature "Don't Know Why", which only reached #5 there. Averted on the Hot 100 where "Don't Know Why" was her only Top 40 hit.

* ''The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time'' is a ten-hour syndicated radio special counting down, well, the 100 most-loved/best-selling Christmas singles. According to a [[https://gognetworks.com/entertainment/100-greatest-christmas-hits-of-all-time/ web page]] advertising the show to potential stations, the results were tabulated through a mix of Billboard chart data and airplay stats, with mixed results - Music/BingCrosby's "White Christmas" rightfully holds the top spot, followed closely by Music/NatKingCole's "The Christmas Song" and Music/GeneAutry's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" at #2 and #3 respectively, and other stone-cold classics are scattered throughout each of the ten hours, but there are some peculiar additions, as the Billboard data seems to encompass ''all'' of their history, including before the Hot 100.
** Music/{{Sia}}'s "Candy Cane Lane" made the list, but as of 2023 it's been all but completely supplanted in the popular consciousness by "Snowman" from the same album, thanks to the latter song going viral on [=TikTok=].
** Creator/StanFreberg's mostly-forgotten holiday-themed ''Series/{{Dragnet}}'' parody ranked at #39, two spots above Music/TheRonettes' iconic rendition of "Sleigh Ride".
** The ranking in general is littered in barely-remembered tunes such as Creator/RedButtons' "Bow Wow Wants a Boy for Christmas" and Creator/AllanSherman's "The Twelve Gifts of Christmas" as well as songs that are popular in their genres, but aren't particularly well-known in the mainstream, such as Jerry Butler's "Little Red Shoes" and "Till Santa's Gone" by Music/ClintBlack.

** 1981: The year-end #1 was "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes. While not completely forgotten, it still beat out iconic songs such as "[[Music/HallAndOates Kiss On My List" (#7), "You Make My Dreams" (#43)]], "[[Music/ForeignerBand Urgent]]" (#37), the "Stars on 45 Medley" (#24), "[[Music/StevieNicks Stop Draggin' My]] [[Music/TomPetty Heart Around]]" (#59), "[[Music/{{Devo}} Whip It]]" (#94), "[[Music/TheOakRidgeBoys Elvira]]" (#31) and "[[Music/PatBenatar Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]" (#46).

** 1990: The year-end #1 was "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips, a band made up of the daughters of members of Music/TheBeachBoys and Music/TheMamasAndThePapas. The song is not quite as well remembered as the songs it beat, including Music/MCHammer's "U Can't Touch This" (#55 -- and it wasn't even MC Hammer's highest charting song on the countdown, instead, that was the largely forgotten remake of "Have You Seen Her" at #47), Music/{{Roxette}}'s "It Must Have Been Love" (#2), Music/SineadOConnor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" (#3), Music/VanillaIce's "Ice Ice Baby" (#45), Music/{{Poison}}'s "Unskinny Bop" (#32), Music/TheB52s' "Roam" (#40) or Music/BellBivDeVoe's "Poison" (#4).

** 1997: Music/EltonJohn's "Candle in the Wind 1997", a re-recording of his 1974 song "Candle in the Wind" memorializing Princess Diana, was that year's biggest hit, and in fact ''the'' biggest-selling song of the ''Billboard'' chart era. However, within a few years, most radio stations [[FirstAndForemost went back to playing the 1974 original version]] or the 1986 live performance, and "Candle in the Wind 1997" is largely forgotten compared to the likes of Music/{{Hanson}}'s "[=MMMBop=]" (#12), Meredith Brooks' "Bitch" (#15), Music/ThirdEyeBlind's "Semi-Charmed Life" (#17), Music/TheNotoriousBIG's "Mo Money Mo Problems" (#20) and "Hypnotize" (#25), Music/SavageGarden's "I Want You" (#22), Music/{{Chumbawamba}}'s "Tubthumping" (#69), Music/TheProdigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" (which didn't even make the year-end list), the Music/BackstreetBoys' "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (#11), Music/{{Aqua}}'s "Barbie Girl" (#94), the Music/SpiceGirls' "Wannabe" (#10), and Ginuwine's "Pony" (#62).
** 1998: The biggest hit that year was "Too Close" by Next. Next ended up a TwoHitWonder, and "Too Close" isn't nearly as iconic as "[[Music/CelineDion My Heart]] [[Film/Titanic1997 Will Go On]]" (#13), "[[Creator/WillSmith Gettin' Jiggy With It]]" (#14), "[[Music/{{Aerosmith}} I Don't Want]] [[Film/Armageddon1998 to Miss a Thing]]" (#23), "[[Music/SavageGarden Truly Madly Deeply]]" (#4), "Sex & Candy" (#28), "[[Music/{{Robyn}} Show Me Love]]" (#29), "[[Music/BarenakedLadies One Week]]" (#51), "[[Music/NewRadicals You Get What You Give]]" (which didn't even make the year-end list), "[[Music/TheVerve Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" (#79), "[[Music/BackstreetBoys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)]]" (#22) or "[[Music/{{Jodeci}} All My Life]]" (#7). Among the more forgotten higher-peaking songs on the year-end list: Music/{{Usher}})'s "Nice & Slow" (#9), Music/ThirdEyeBlind's "How's It Going To Be" (#11), and Music/DestinysChild's "No, No, No" featuring Wyclef Jean (#12).

** 1981: The year-end #1 was "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes, which beat out such iconic songs as "[[Music/HallAndOates Kiss On My List" (#7), "You Make My Dreams" (#43)]], "[[Music/ForeignerBand Urgent]]" (#37), the "Stars on 45 Medley" (#24), "[[Music/StevieNicks Stop Draggin' My]] [[Music/TomPetty Heart Around]]" (#59), "[[Music/{{Devo}} Whip It]]" (#94), "[[Music/TheOakRidgeBoys Elvira]]" (#31) and "[[Music/PatBenatar Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]" (#46). 1980-81 is full of iconic songs that are still well-remembered today, yet "Bette Davis Eyes" is nowhere near the level of popularity of these songs.

** 1986: The CharityMotivationSong "[[Music/DionneWarwick That's]] [[Music/StevieWonder What]] [[Music/GladysKnight Friends]] [[Music/EltonJohn Are]] [[Film/NightShift For]]" was the biggest hit of that year. However, it's been largely forgotten, especially compared to the likes of the many iconic songs on the list, including Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" (#10), the Music/PetShopBoys' "West End Girls" (#15), Music/{{Prince}} and The Revolution's "Kiss" (#19), Music/TheOutfield's "Your Love" (#61), Music/BonJovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" (#30), Music/{{Genesis|Band}}' "Invisible Touch" (#54), Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Papa Don't Preach" (#29), Music/WhitneyHouston's "How Will I Know" (#6), Music/PeterGabriel's "[[Music/{{So}} Sledgehammer]]" (#23), Music/RunDMC featuring Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Walk This Way" (#89), Music/{{Falco}}'s "Rock Me Amaedus" (#28), Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings" (#5) and "Kyrie" (#9), and many more songs that charted lower that year.

* The Bad Yard Club's two #1s on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart didn't consist of "In De Ghetto", which only reached #20, but "The Program" and "Gimme Luv (Eenie Meenie Miny Moe)".

* ODESZA managed a charting entry on alternative radio, but it wasn't their signatures "Say My Name" or "Sun Models" but rather the much lesser-known "Line of Sight". Averted on the dance charts on one hand, where "Say My Name" was their biggest hit, though surprisingly "Sun Models" only reached a mere ''#40''.

** 1997: Music/EltonJohn's "Candle in the Wind 1997", a re-recording of his 1974 song "Candle in the Wind" memorializing Princess Diana, was that year's biggest hit, and in fact ''the'' biggest-selling song of the ''Billboard'' chart era. However, within a few years, most radio stations [[FirstAndForemost went back to playing the 1974 original version]], and "Candle in the Wind 1997" is largely forgotten compared to the likes of Music/{{Hanson}}'s "[=MMMBop=]" (#12), Meredith Brooks' "Bitch" (#15), Music/ThirdEyeBlind's "Semi-Charmed Life" (#17), Music/TheNotoriousBIG's "Mo Money Mo Problems" (#20) and "Hypnotize" (#25), Music/SavageGarden's "I Want You" (#22), Music/{{Chumbawamba}}'s "Tubthumping" (#69), Music/TheProdigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" (which didn't even make the year-end list), the Music/BackstreetBoys' "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (#11), Music/{{Aqua}}'s "Barbie Girl" (#94), the Music/SpiceGirls' "Wannabe" (#10), and Ginuwine's "Pony" (#62).

** 2003: While the year end #1, "In Da Club" by Music/FiftyCent, is easily one of the most iconic rap songs of the decade, it's not quite at the level of popularity as several songs it beat to the top of the list, such as "[[Music/JustinTimberlake Rock Your Body]]" (#32), "[[Music/{{Coldplay}} Clocks]]" (#81), "[[Music/BlackEyedPeas Where Is the Love]]" (#26), "[[Music/ChristinaAguilera Beautiful]]" (#16), "[[Music/MissyElliott Work It]]" (#36), "Headstrong" (#49), "I Can Only Imagine" (didn't make the year-end chart due to only being released as a single just as it was crossing over to Top 40 and AC radio), "[[Music/UncleKracker Drift Away]]" (#19), and "[[Music/{{Evanescence}} Bring Me to Life]]" (#10).

** 2005: The biggest hit was "We Belong Together" by Music/MariahCarey. While Carey is part of pop royalty, "We Belong Together" is not as iconic as the contenders for the top spot, which included "[[Music/GwenStefani Hollaback Girl]]" (#2), "[[Music/KellyClarkson Since U Been Gone]]" (#4), [[Music/GreenDay "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (#7), "Holiday" (#39), "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (#46)]], "[[Music/TheKillers Mr. Brightside]]" (#16), "[[Music/MissyElliott Lose Control]]" (#14), "[[Music/{{Weezer}} Beverly Hills]]" (#20), "[[Music/{{Gorillaz}} Feel Good Inc.]]" (#37), "[[Music/{{Nickelback}} Photograph]]" (#43) or "[[Music/FallOutBoy Sugar, We're Goin Down]]" (#40).

** 2002: The year-end #1 was "How You Remind Me" by Music/{{Nickelback}}. Within just a few years, their popularity would take a hit due to the backlash against PostGrunge, and while "How You Remind Me" remains a iconic early 2000s song, it's not quite at the level of “[[Music/{{Eminem}} Lose Yourself]]” (#63), "[[Music/VanessaCarlton A Thousand Miles]]" (#6), "[[Music/{{Eminem}} Without Me]]" (#21), "[[Music/AvrilLavigne Complicated]]" (#11), "[[Music/LeAnnRimes Can't Fight the Moonlight]]" (#56) or "[[Music/{{Shakira}} Whenever, Wherever]]" (#28).

** 1994: Zig-zagged, as the year-end number one, "[[Music/AceOfBase The Sign]]", is one of the 90's most iconic songs, sharing that status with other songs on the list such as "[[Music/{{Beck}} Loser]]" (#50), "Whoomp! (There It Is)" (#42), "[[Music/MeatLoaf I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]]" (#38), "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (#35) and "What Is Love" (#97). Among the more forgotten songs on the list include the eighth-biggest hit that year, Music/BryanAdams, Music/RodStewart, and Music/{{Sting}}'s "All For Love".

** 2000: The biggest hit that year was "Breathe" by Music/FaithHill, which despite peaking at #2 made the top of the list due to an abnormally long chart run. While Faith is fondly remembered as one of the biggest CountryMusic stars of the '90s and "Breathe" is still popular as a recurrent on country radio, it's not quite as iconic with mainstream audiences as "[[Music/{{NSYNC}} Bye Bye Bye" (#21), "It's Gonna Be Me" (#27)]], "[[Music/DestinysChild Say My Name]]" (#6), "It Feels So Good" (#34), "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" (#35), "[[Music/BritneySpears Oops!... I Did It Again]]" (#55), "Better Off Alone" (#88), "[[Music/ThreeDoorsDown Kryptonite]]" (#15), "[[Music/{{Creed}} Higher" (#11), "With Arms Wide Open" (#36)]], "[[Music/{{DMX}} Party Up]]" (#71), "[[Music/ThirdEyeBlind Never Let You Go]]" (#43), or "[[Music/Blink182 All The Small Things]]" (#40). At #2, "Smooth" ranked considerably higher on 2000's year end chart than it did on 1999's, but still, that's one spot short.