The recap is based on performance on the weekly Hot 100 charts dated Dec. 4, 2004, through Nov. 26, 2005. (You can also check out every year-end Hot 100 Songs chart since 2006 here.) ...

In 2005, the superstar’s smash “We Belong Together” spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, between that June and September, and went on to top the year-end survey ...

It’s also the 20th anniversary of a wide variety of music that came out in 2005, from pop-punk (Fall Out Boy) and hip-hop (Black Eyed Peas) to country (Carrie Underwood) and rock (Foo Fighters ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty of great rock, country and dance-pop to go around.

This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2005 Week continues here with our edit staff’s picks for the 100 best songs from an ...