RockOnTheNet.com
presents The Top Pop Songs
Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past
50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and
come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.
The Weeknd, aka Abel
Tesfaye, hails from Canada and was born on
February 16, 1990. He rose to fame after
releasing several songs on YouTube followed by
several mix tapes in the early 2010s.
November 13: The Weeknd released Trilogy. The compilation LP
consists of remastered mix tapes (House Of
Balloons, Thursday, Echoes Of
Silence) from 2011 and 3 previously
unreleased songs.
December 1: The Weeknd topped the
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1
week with Trilogy.
September 28: The Weeknd topped the
Billboard Digital Albums chart for 1 week Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week, and
R&B Albums chart for 2 weeks with Kiss
Land.
September 19: The Weeknd topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart, Digital Albums chart,
R&B Albums chart, and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart, with Beauty
Behind The Madness.
December 31: The Weeknd topped the Billboard 2015
Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Pop Hot 100
Artist, Top Pop Hot 100 Artist - Male, Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist, Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Digital Songs Arist, Top R&B Songs Artist,
Top R&B Digital Songs Artist, Top R&B
Albums Artist, Top Rhythmic Songs Artist, and
with the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Song, Top
R&B Digital Song, and Top Adult R&B Song
("Earned It"), Top R&B Song
("The Hills"), Top Rhythmic Song
("Can't Feel My Face"), and Top R&B
Album (Beauty
Behind The Madness).
December 17: The Weeknd topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart, Album Sales chart,
Digital Albums chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart, and R&B Albums chart with Starboy.
April 14: The Weeknd topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart, Top Albums Sales chart,
Digital Albums chart, Top R&B Albums chart,
and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with My
Dear, Melancholy,.
November 24: When the Grammy Award nominations were anounced,
the music of The Weeknd did not receive any
nominations. There were reports that a difficult
exchange between The Weeknd, Grammy officials and
Super Bowl officials over his performing at both
ceremonies or not, may have contributed to the
lack of nominations. The Weeknd tweeted:
"The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my
fans and the industry tranparency."
Released: November 13, 2012 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4 Billboard # 1: Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums Rolling Stone: Tracks: "High For
This" - "What You Need" -
"House Of Balloons / Glass Table
Girls" - "The Morning" -
"Wicked Games" - "The Party
& The After Party" - "Coming
Down" - "Loft Music" -
"The Knowing" - "Twenty
Eight" - "Lonely Star" -
"Life Of The Party" -
"Thursday" (featuring Drake) -
"The Birds Pt. 1 & 2" -
"Gone" - "Rolling Stone"
- "Heaven Or Vegas" -
"Valerie" - "DD" -
"Montreal" - "Outside" -
"XO / The Host" -
"Initiation" - "Same Old
Song" (featuring Juicy J) - "The
Fall" - "Next" - "Echoes
Of Silence" - "Till Dawn"
(Here Comes The Sun)"
Released: September 10, 2013 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Billboard # 1: Digital Albums, Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, R&B Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+ Tracks:
"Professional" - "The
Town" - "Adaption" -
"Love In The Sky" - "Belong To
The World" - "Live For"
(featuring Drake) - "Wanderlust" -
"Kiss Land" - "Pretty" -
"Tears In The Rain"
Released: November 28, 2016 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 Grammy Winner: Best Urban Contemporary Album Billboard # 1: Top Album Sales,
Digital Albums, R&B Albums,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Tracks: "Starboy" (featuring Daft
Punk) - "Party Monster" -
"False Alarm" -
"Reminder" - "Rockin'" -
"Secrets" - "True Colors"
- "Stargirl Interlude" (featuring
Lana Del Rey) - "Sidewalks"
(featuring Kendrick Lamar) - "Six Feet
Under" - "Love To Lay" -
"A Lonely Night" - "Ordinary
Life" - "Nothing Without You"
- "All I Know" (featuring Future) -
"Die For You" - "I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft
Punk)
Released: March 30, 2018 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week) Billboard # 1: Top Album Sales,
Digital Albums, R&B Albums,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Tracks: "Call Out My
Name" - "Try Me" -
"Wasted Times" - "I Was Never
There" (featuring Gesaffelstein) -
"Hurt You" (featuring
Gesaffelstein) - "Privilege"
Released: March 20 2020 Billboard # 1: Top Album Sales,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Tracks: "Alone
Again" - "Too Late" -
"Hardest To Love" - "Scared To
Live" - "Snowchild" -
"Escape From LA" - " with
"Heartless" -
"Faith" - "Blinding Lights" - "In Your Eyes" - "Save Your Tears" - "Repeat
After Me (Interlude)" - "After
Hours" - "Until I Bleed Out"
Note: Song title and position
links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run, LP links take
you to Amazon.com for that LP's info (often
including track listings and track samples), and
single cover art takes you to Amazon.com for that CD single (if
available). Songs charting prior to 1980 have
information from Billboard magazine.