most popular song each month since january 1980

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Published 2022-09-08
Determining the most popular song each month was done with MediaTraffic, which averages the charts from many different countries. I went with what was number one 95% of the time but I wanted to make sure this video also had a true evolution of music feel so I didn't always do that. Songs do not repeat and if a song was number one for multiple months it won't always be the second most popular song to replace it as it can really be anything that was very popular at the time. I did this, again, to have that evolution of music feel to it.

Because the dates are different everywhere, this video probably isn't accurate to your country specifically.

Due to the length of this video, it's only available in 720p and there will be no Spotify playlist.

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#songs #evolution #popular #80s #90s #2000s #music #2010s

All Comments (21)
  • @JoshKoahou
    This video went from, "Ah, I forgot about that song!" to clinical depression about how I'm getting old.
  • @BenSmith624
    This video genuinely feels like "watching your life flash before your eyes." Its amazing how much certain music can bring you back to a specific time and place.
  • @alastairblake
    I love how (due to Stranger Things) a song from 1985 made the top in 2022. Goes to show that great music never really dies.
  • @user-xg3kp6yp4r
    As a 55 year old I can tell younger people something they would never known and that is in the 1980s the radio stations would very rarely play music from the 1940s. Fast forward to today and they quite often play 1980s tracks. We’re talking about songs that are over 40 years old and they’re still relevant and enjoyable. Enough said I think 💭
  • @markatto33
    Many are sharing their feelings about the video, but few really praised this guy who did this absolutely amazing video. Thank you for doing that.
  • @Justme-bl4po
    i can't believe the amount of amazing songs that came out in the 80's.
  • @Frankferra33
    No era has or will ever come close to the 80s for the best music. Hands down! I'm so happy to have grown up with this.
  • @krayzeejojo
    I’m 43 years old, and I can’t remember the last time I smiled this much. Then the 2010’s happened. Thank you for uploading, regardless.
  • @SourSyda
    So many songs from the 80s are still popular today. It was a really good decade for music
  • @samkelly5045
    As a person born in 2005 who usually knows nothing about the 80s and 90s in terms of what was popular, it’s crazy how many of these songs I recognised, really goes to show how timeless these songs are
  • @natbb9
    Boogiehead -- this is REAL work. BRAVO. I teach a college course of American Rock Music and showed this to my classes filled with 18-23 year-olds and they still knew all the songs and were smiling the whole time. This should win an award. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. This is an incredible anthology of which I've never seen the likes. I can't imagine the work you put into this.
  • 80s and 90s very popular. very nice, i missed my childhood days. no social media, no FB, no tiktok. no Yotube, no internet
  • @Oreotaku
    This is a complete roller-coaster. I literally experienced the full range of emotions while watching this video. It's amazing how music can trigger memories and what you were feeling at that time. The happy and the bad.
  • @orangenod18
    Michael Jackson, Madonna and Mariah Carey's longevity of their relevance is quite amazing tbh
  • @frnckncz
    On this compilation, for the last decades, my hears cried as autotune with/ or vocoder is so much used everywhere and the rythms are just electronic without soul.
  • @tarkiss
    I didn't know it back then, but the 80's was the greatest last decade in music, (first half of the 90s too) even listening to the radio was a blast, every song was either good, iconic, epic or legendary, and I took it for granted, I thought it was supposed to be like that forever. Little did I know.
  • @ClericChris
    This was the most sophisticated and well executed Rick Roll to date. Well done sir or ma'am.
  • Can we take a second to realise how wild it is that a song from 37 years ago topped the charts
  • @kpaulau
    80s & 90s were amazing. Such a diversity of pop music. Dance, rock, ballads even metal