These are the top 100 songs of 2020. This breakdown presents the data from Billboard Top 100 Songs of 2020 and the Nolan Method 2020 chart.
If you prefer to check this list’s breakdown with the artists or bands in alphabetical order, check here for the 100 songs of 2020.
Curious to also know if your favorite band or singer dominated this year’s charts? You can know this year’s Top 50 Artists here.
Official Billboard Top 100 Songs of 2020
This chart contains the year’s most popular songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music, and streaming activity data provided by online music sources from Nov. 23, 2019, to Nov. 14, 2020
Nolan Method (2020 cumulative points only)
The Nolan Method totals all points accrued from all songs that entered the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 from the week ending Dec. 7, 2019, through the week ending Nov. 28, 2020. In the case of collaborations, each credited artist was given the total points a song earned.
Also, a song’s peak position is in parentheses after the title. If there is an asterisk next to the peak, it means that the song was still upwardly mobile as of the cutoff on November 28, 2020.
Nolan Method Explained
The Nolan Method was formulated by lead Top40Weekly contributor Jarrett Nolan.
Using an inverse point-based system, songs earn points for each position that they’re in within the Top 40. Songs at #1 earn 40 points all the way down to 1 point at #40.
A song can earn bonus points if it debuts on the chart within the Top 40. If a song debuts between #11 and #40, the corresponding points for that position would be double with 10 points added.
Example: A song entering the chart at #38, earns 3 points. This would be doubled to 6 points plus 10 making the total score for that week 16 points.
If a song debuts within the Top 10, its entry points would be doubled with 20 points added.
Example: A song debuts on the chart at #1 earning 40 points. The points are doubled to 80 plus 20 for entering in the top 10 giving the song a 100 total for that week.
Bonus points can only be earned on a song’s debut week within the 40.
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Top 100 Songs 2020
Billboard’s Hot 100 Year-end of 2020 and The Nolan Method: Top 40 Weekly Year-end of 2020
This section contains the side by side presentation of Billboard’s top songs of 2020 and Jarrett Nolan’s cumulative point method (aka the Nolan Method).
These top 100 songs of 2020 were created using data between December 2019 to the last week of November 2020.
To identify the Billboard chart, either the artist’s name or chart position will appear in RED.
To identify the Nolan Method 2020 chart, either the artist’s name or chart position will appear in GREEN.
| 1 | Blinding Lights (#1) the Weeknd | Blinding Lights (#1) the Weeknd |
| 2 | Circles (#1) Post Malone | Circles (#1) Post Malone |
| 3 | the Box (#1) Roddy Ricch | ROCKSTAR (#1) DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch |
| 4 | Don’t Start Now (#2) Dua Lipa | Don’t Start Now (#2) Dua Lipa |
| 5 | ROCKSTAR (#1) DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch | Adore You (#6) Harry Styles |
| 6 | Adore You (#6) Harry Styles | the Box (#1) Roddy Ricch |
| 7 | Life Is Good (#2) Future featuring Drake | Life Is Good (#2) Future featuring Drake |
| 8 | Memories (#2) Maroon 5 | I Hope (#3) Gabby Barrett featuring Charlie Puth |
| 9 | the Bones (#12) Maren Morris | Intentions (#5) Justin Bieber featuring Quavo |
| 10 | Someone You Loved (#1) Lewis Capaldi | Someone You Loved (#1) Lewis Capaldi |
| 11 | Say So (#1) Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj | Memories (#2) Maroon 5 |
| 12 | I Hope (#3) Gabby Barrett featuring Charlie Puth | Whats Poppin (#2) Jack Harlow featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne |
| 13 | Whats Poppin (#2) Jack Harlow featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne | Roses (Imanbek Remix) (#4) SAINt JHN |
| 14 | Dance Monkey (#4) Tones and I | the Bones (#12) Maren Morris |
| 15 | Savage (#1) Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce | Savage (#1) Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce |
| 16 | Roxanne (#4) Arizona Zervas | Say So (#1) Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj |
| 17 | Intentions (#5) Justin Bieber featuring Quavo | Watermelon Sugar (#1) Harry Styles |
| 18 | everything i wanted (#8) Billie Eilish | Roxanne (#4) Arizona Zervas |
| 19 | Roses (Imanbek Remix) (#4) SAINt JHN | Dance Monkey (#4) Tones and I |
| 20 | Watermelon Sugar (#1) Harry Styles | Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (#1) Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo |
| 21 | Before You Go (#9) Lewis Capaldi | Before You Go (#9) Lewis Capaldi |
| 22 | Falling (#17) Trevor Daniel | everything i wanted (#8) Billie Eilish |
| 23 | 10,000 Hours (#4) Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber | WAP (#1) Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion |
| 24 | WAP (#1) Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion | Laugh Now Cry Later (#2) Drake featuring Lil Durk |
| 25 | Ballin’ (#11) Mustard featuring Roddy Ricch | Bluberry Faygo (#8) Lil Mosey |
| 26 | hot girl bummer (#11) blackbear | Go Crazy (#9) Chris Brown & Young Thug |
| 27 | Bluberry Faygo (#8) Lil Mosey | For the Night (#6) Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby & DaBaby |
| 28 | Heartless (#1) the Weeknd | 10,000 Hours (#4) Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber |
| 29 | Bop (#11) DaBaby | Heartless (#1) the Weeknd |
| 30 | Lose You to Love Me (#1) Selena Gomez | Dynamite (#1) BTS |
| 31 | Good as Hell (#3) Lizzo | Break My Heart (#13) Dua Lipa |
| 32 | Toosie Slide (#1) Drake | Ballin’ (#11) Mustard featuring Roddy Ricch |
| 33 | Break My Heart (#13) Dua Lipa | Toosie Slide (#1) Drake |
| 34 | Chasin’ You (#16) Morgan Wallen | Mood (#1) 24kGoldn featuring iann dior |
| 35 | Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (#1) Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo | Bop (#11) DaBaby |
| 36 | No Guidance (#5) Chris Brown featuring Drake | Come & Go (#2) Juice WRLD x Marshmello |
| 37 | My Oh My (#12) Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby | Lose You to Love Me (#1) Selena Gomez |
| 38 | Dynamite (#1) BTS | Falling (#17) Trevor Daniel |
| 39 | Go Crazy (#9) Chris Brown & Young Thug | Good as Hell (#3) Lizzo |
| 40 | High Fashion (#20) Roddy Ricch featuring Mustard | hot girl bummer (#11) blackbear |
| 41 | Laugh Now Cry Later (#2) Drake featuring Lil Durk | My Oh My (#12) Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby |
| 42 | Woah (#16) Lil Baby | Rain on Me (#1) Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande |
| 43 | death bed (#23) Powfu featuring beabadoobee | Holy (#3) Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper |
| 44 | Senorita (#1) Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello | High Fashion (#20) Roddy Ricch featuring Mustard |
| 45 | HIGHEST IN THE ROOM (#1) Travis Scott | Popstar (#3) DJ Khaled featuring Drake |
| 46 | bad guy (#1) Billie Eilish | No Guidance (#5) Chris Brown featuring Drake |
| 47 | Mood (#1) 24kGoldn featuring iann dior | Lemonade (#6) Internet Money & Gunna featuring Don Tolliver & NAV |
| 48 | Rain on Me (#1) Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande | death bed (#23) Powfu featuring beabadoobee |
| 49 | For the Night (#6) Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby & DaBaby | Yummy (#2) Justin Bieber |
| 50 | RITMO (Bad Boys for Life) (#26) the Black Eyed Peas X J Balvin | THE SCOTTS (#1) THE SCOTTS, Travis Scott & Kid Cudi |
| 51 | Heart on Ice (#25) Rod Wave | Senorita (#1) Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello |
| 52 | Nobody But You (#18) Blake Shelton duet with Gwen Stefani | Chasin’ You (#16) Morgan Wallen |
| 53 | Trampoline (#13) SHAED | Be Like That (#19) Kane Brown with Swae Lee & Khalid |
| 54 | Come & Go (#2) Juice WRLD x Marshmello | HIGHEST IN THE ROOM (#1) Travis Scott |
| 55 | Truth Hurts (#1) Lizzo | Woah (#16) Lil Baby |
| 56 | If the World Was Ending (#27) JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels | Stuck with U (#1) Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber |
| 57 | We Paid (#10) Lil Baby & 42 Dugg | The Woo (#11) Pop Smoke featuring 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch |
| 58 | Yummy (#2) Justin Bieber | positions (#1) Ariana Grande |
| 59 | One Man Band (#20) Old Dominion | One of Them Girls (#17) Lee Brice |
| 60 | Got What I Got (#16) Jason Aldean | bad guy (#1) Billie Eilish |
| 61 | Sunday Best (#19) Surfaces | Got What I Got (#16) Jason Aldean |
| 62 | Godzilla (#3) Eminem featuring Juice WRLD | Godzilla (#3) Eminem featuring Juice WRLD |
| 63 | Bandit (#10) Juice WRLD & YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Wishing Well (#5) Juice WRLD |
| 64 | Party Girl (#21) StaySolidRocky | Trampoline (#13) SHAED |
| 65 | Die from a Broken Heart (#22) Maddie & Tae | Mood Swings (#17) Pop Smoke featuring Lil Tjay |
| 66 | Popstar (#3) DJ Khaled featuring Drake | the Bigger Picture (#3) Lil Baby |
| 67 | All I Want for Christmas Is You (#1) Mariah Carey | Sunday Best (#19) Surfaces |
| 68 | One of Them Girls (#17) Lee Brice | We Paid (#10) Lil Baby & 42 Dugg |
| 69 | Hard to Forget (#26) Sam Hunt | Nobody But You (#18) Blake Shelton duet with Gwen Stefani |
| 70 | One Margarita (#19) Luke Bryan | Stupid Love (#5) Lady Gaga |
| 71 | Panini (#5) Lil Nas X | Cardigan (#1) Taylor Swift |
| 72 | Hot (#11) Young Thug featuring Gunna | Party Girl (#21) StaySolidRocky |
| 73 | I Hope You’re Happy Now (#27) Carly Pearce & Lee Brice | Gooba (#3) 6ix9ine |
| 74 | Emotionally Scarred (#31) Lil Baby | One Margarita (#19) Luke Bryan |
| 75 | Suicidal (#20) YNW Melly featuring Juice WRLD | Truth Hurts (#1) Lizzo |
| 76 | the Bigger Picture (#3) Lil Baby | Panini (#5) Lil Nas X |
| 77 | Only Human (#18) Jonas Brothers | Jonas Brothers Dakiti (#8) Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez |
| 78 | The Woo (#11) Pop Smoke featuring 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch | You should be sad (#26) Halsey |
| 79 | Sum 2 Prove (#16) Lil Baby | Franchise (#1) Travis Scott featuring Young Thug & M.I.A. |
| 80 | Stuck with U (#1) Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber | Forever After All (#2) Luke Combs |
| 81 | Mood Swings (#17) Pop Smoke featuring Lil Tjay | Lonely (#14) Justin Bieber & benny blanco |
| 82 | You should be sad (#26) Halsey | Kings & Queens (#13) Ava Max |
| 83 | Dior (#22) Pop Smoke | More Than My Hometown (#15) Morgan Wallen |
| 84 | Supalonely (#39) BENEE featuring Gus Dapperton | Said Sum (#17) Moneybagg Yo |
| 85 | Even Though I’m Leaving (#11) Luke Combs | Bandit (#10) Juice WRLD & YoungBoy Never Broke Again |
| 86 | THE SCOTTS (#1) THE SCOTTS, Travis Scott & Kid Cudi | Bang! (#24) AJR |
| 87 | Juicy (#41) Doja Cat featuring Tyga | The 1 (#4) Taylor Swift |
| 88 | Be Like That (#19) Kane Brown with Swae Lee & Khalid | Wonder (#18) Shawn Mendes |
| 89 | Homesick (#35) Kane Brown | Die from a Broken Heart (#22) Maddie & Tae |
| 90 | Rags2Riches (#12) Rod Wave featuring ATR Son Son | 34+35 (#8) Ariana Grande |
| 91 | Bluebird (#26) Miranda Lambert | What a Man Gotta Do (#16) Jonas Brothers |
| 92 | Wishing Well (#5) Juice WRLD | Hot (#11) Young Thug featuring Gunna |
| 93 | Does to Me (#20) Luke Combs featuring Eric Church | Trollz (#1) 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj |
| 94 | P*$$y Fairy (OTW) (#40) Jhene Aiko | RITMO (Bad Boys for Life) (#26) the Black Eyed Peas X J Balvin |
| 95 | ily (i love you, baby) (#23) surf mesa featuring Emilee | ily (i love you, baby) (#23) surf mesa featuring Emilee |
| 96 | More Than My Hometown (#15) Morgan Wallen | Baby Pluto (#6) Lil Uzi Vert |
| 97 | Lovin’ on You (#23) Luke Combs | Futsal Shuffle 2020 (#5) Lil Uzi Vert |
| 98 | Said Sum (#17) Moneybagg Yo | Rags2Riches (#12) Rod Wave featuring ATR Son Son |
| 99 | Slide (#43) H.E.R. featuring YG | Mr. Right Now (#10) 21 Savage & Metro Boomin featuring Drake |
| 100 | Walk Em Down (#38) NLE Choppa featuring Roddy Ricch | Does to Me (#20) Luke Combs featuring Eric Church |