Ladies' night (times 365): For the first time in my chart's history, women or women-led acts lock down the top five songs of the year. Katy Perry leads the charge, with "Teenage Dream" at No. 5 and her collaboration with Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls," the year's top hit. The last act to put two songs in the Top 5 for the year was Darius Rucker in 2008 ("Don't Think I Don't Think About It" and "History in the Making").
Newcomer magic: Six of the Top 20 songs of the year are from artists with their first chart hit: V.V. Brown, the Zac Brown Band, Rie Sinclair and Friends, the Bird and the Bee, Nikki Yanofsky and Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris. All six of those songs went to No. 1 on the weekly charts.
The power of longevity: Though there were 33 songs to rise to the top in the 2010 chart year (mid-December 2009 to mid-December 2010), songs didn't have to go to No. 1 to rank high in the year-end countdown. The two strongest non-No. 1 hits were Daughtry's "Life After You" (No. 29) and Daniel Merriweather's "Not Giving Up" (No. 30). "Life After You" hit No. 2 in March; "Not Giving Up" hit No. 3 in May and June, but spent 20 weeks in the Top 40.
A comeback year: In addition to Snoop Dogg having his best year ever (besting his No. 5 appearance with Angie Stone on "I Wanna Thank Ya" in 2004), several artists returned to the charts for the first time in a decade, including the Steve Miller Band ("Sweet Soul Vibe," No. 59), the Doobie Brothers ("A Brighter Day," No. 84) and Michael Bolton ("Murder My Heart," No. 91).
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