Top 100 Pop Songs 2005

This is admittedly a subjective list based on judgments of quality rather than sales figures or radio airplay. All the songs listed have appeared on either Billboard's Hot 100 or Pop 100 chart in the calendar year 2005. This list should be a great conversation starter and feel free to agree or disagree. Either way, there's a lot of great pop music to be found here. Each of the slides lists 10 songs, starting with the least popular and ascending to the most popular. The singer or group is listed first and then the song title.

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100–91

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 6: Avril Lavigne performs on stage at the start of her Australian leg of the Bonez Tour at Challenge Stadium on April 6, 2005 in Perth, Australia.
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  • Avril Lavigne - "Fall to Pieces"
  • Rihanna - "If It's Lovin' That You Want"
  • Simple Plan - "Untitled"
  • 50 Cent - "Just a Lil Bit"
  • Cascada - "Everytime We Touch"
  • Backstreet Boys - "Incomplete"
  • Pretty Ricky - "Grind With Me"
  • Jack Johnson - "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"
  • Mariah Carey - "It's Like That"
  • Switchfoot - "Stars"
02
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90–81

  • Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - "Grillz"
  • 3 Doors Down - "Let Me Go"
  • Akon - "Belly Dancer (Bananza)"
  • Jesse McCartney - "Beautiful Soul"
  • Juelz Santana - "There It Go! (The Whistle Song)"
  • Pretty Ricky - "Your Body"
  • Santana featuring Michelle Branch and the Wreckers - I'm Feeling You
  • Gavin DeGraw - "Chariot"
  • Ashlee Simpson - "Boyfriend"
  • Black Eyed Peas - "Don't Lie"
03
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80–71

  • Howie Day - "Collide"
  • Trace Adkins - "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"
  • T-Pain - "I'm Sprung"
  • Bowling for Soup - "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)"
  • 50 Cent featuring Olivia - "Candy Shop"
  • Lifehouse - "You and Me"
  • Foo Fighters - "Best of You"
  • Fat Joe featuring Nelly - "Get It Poppin' "
  • Mariah Carey - "Don't Forget About Us"
  • Beyonce featuring Slim Thug - "Check on It"
04
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70–61

  • D.H.T. - "Listen to Your Heart"
  • Sean Paul - "We Be Burnin' "
  • Gwen Stefani - "Luxurious"
  • Anna Nalick - "Breathe (2 A.M.)"
  • Destiny's Child - "Cater 2 U"
  • Crazy Frog - "Axel F"
  • Kelly Osbourne - "One Word"
  • The Used & My Chemical Romance - "Under Pressure"
  • Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
  • All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret"
05
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60–51

  • Backstreet Boys - "Just Want You to Know"
  • Eminem - "Like Toy Soldiers"
  • Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu"
  • Young Jeezy featuring Akon - "Soul Survivor"
  • Mariah Carey - "Shake It Off"
  • Bow Wow featuring Omarion - "Let Me Hold You"
  • Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • The Game featuring 50 Cent - "Hate It or Love It"
  • Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance"
  • Nine Inch Nails - "The Hand That Feeds"
06
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50–41

  • John Legend - "Ordinary People"
  • Beck - "E-Pro"
  • Gwen Stefani - "Cool"
  • Kanye West - "Diamonds From Sierra Leone"
  • Kelly Clarkson - "Because of You"
  • Bow Wow featuring Ciara - "Like You"
  • Rob Thomas - "Lonely No More"
  • Black Eyed Peas - "Don't Phunk With My Heart"
  • Nickelback - "Photograph"
  • Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten"
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40–31

  • Alicia Keys - "Karma"
  • R. Kelly - "Trapped in the Closet"
  • Coldplay - "Speed of Sound"
  • Chris Brown - "Run It!"
  • Gwen Stefani featuring Eve - "Rich Girl"
  • James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"
  • Depeche Mode - "Precious"
  • Kanye West featuring Adam Levine - "Heard 'Em Say"
  • White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
  • Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz - "La Tortura"
08
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30–21

  • Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - "Don't Cha"
  • Green Day - "Holiday"
  • Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
  • Madonna - "Hung Up"
  • Lindsay Lohan - "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)"
  • Natasha Bedingfield - "These Words"
  • Weezer - "Beverly Hills"
  • Ciara featuring Ludacris - "Oh"
  • Rob Thomas - "This Is How a Heart Breaks"
  • Frankie J featuring Baby Bash - "Obsession (No Es Amor)"
09
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20–11

  • Hilary Duff - "Wake Up"
  • Shakira - "Don't Bother"
  • The Killers - "Mr. Brightside"
  • Alicia Keys - "Unbreakable"
  • My Chemical Romance - "Helena (So Long & Goodnight)"
  • The Click Five - "Just the Girl"
  • Rihanna - "Pon De Replay"
  • Will Smith - "Switch"
  • Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
  • Coldplay - "Fix You"
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10–1

  • The Killers - "All These Things That I've Done"
  • Eminem - "When I'm Gone"
  • Gorillaz - "Feel Good, Inc."
  • Goo Goo Dolls - "Better Days"
  • Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop - "Lose Control"
  • Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx - "Gold Digger"
  • Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"
  • Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
  • Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl"
  • Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"