Atlanta, Hip-Hop and Crunk 'n B rule in a year when every #1 is by a Black artist. Filesharing and mixtapes skew the charts, but along with reality TV and social media, Usher's Confessions quenches Millennials' thirst for deeper connections, sells a million its first week and scores three #1s. And Maroon 5 breaks out with two songs on the chart for 40+ weeks while everyone shakes it like a Polaroid picture listening to Outkast!
The Chartcrush Top Ten Countdown Show is a one-hour deep-dive into a year in Pop music and pop culture history, viewed through the prism of the ten songs that were most popular. Chartcrush's rankings are compiled from the ground-up using Billboard's weekly charts, counting every song's full chart run and applying the exact same point ranking system for all years.
Transcript (and other goodies!): www.chartcrush.com/2004-main/2004-podcast/
