The ARC Weekly Top 40 is an American mainstream music chart. The chart was founded in 1980 and measures popular songs based on radio airplay and singles sales. The chart lists the most popular songs in ranking from number one to number forty. Top 40 Mainstream (often also called Mainstream Top 40) is an airplay format from Billboard Magazine. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... Airplay is a technical term used in the radio industry to state how frequently a song is being played on a radio station. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Although not an official United States chart, the ARC Weekly Top 40 has no relation to the main U.S. chart, the Billboard Hot 100 and its component charts, the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales. Since the chart is based on mainstream music, the songs that often reach number one on the ARC Weekly Top 40 do not necessarily reach the top on the Hot 100. The weekly updated charts are assigned Saturday dates, and are posted publicly on the preceding Wednesday evening. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... A Component chart is a chart which is used to calculate a more primary chart. ... The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The Hot 100 Singles Sales (also known as Singles Sales) is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ...

The first song to reach number one on the ARC Weekly Top 40 was "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes. Escape (later known as Escape (The Piña Colada Song)) was the highest-charting hit for Rupert Holmes, and is one of the most easily-recognized songs of the past few decades. ... Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947 in Northwich, Cheshire, England) is a composer and writer who grew up in the northern New York City suburb of Nanuet, New York, and attended nearby Nyack High School. ...

As of July 21, 2007, The current number-one song on the chart is "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)" by Fergie. is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Big Girls Dont Cry is the fourth single from Fergies solo album, The Dutchess. ... Stacy Ann Ferguson, professionally known as Fergie (born March 27, 1975), is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. ...

This week's Top 40

Notable ARC Weekly Top 40 records

For the chart achievements and trivia, see List of ARC Weekly Top 40 chart achievements and trivia. This list highlights significant milestones, achievements and trivia based upon ARC Weekly Top 40 chart. ...

Top artists of the past twenty-five years

In December 2004, to celebrate its first twenty-five years of existence, the ARC Weekly Top 40 calculated the results for its "Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years" (January 1980- December 2004). The calculations were based upon weeks at number one, number-one hits, top five hits, top ten hits, and top forty hits. The top ten artists came out as follows (listed below are only weeks at number one and the artist's number-one hit total):

Top ten pop songs of the 1980s

1. 1981: Diana Ross & Lionel Richie — "Endless Love"
2. 1981: Kim Carnes — "Bette Davis Eyes"
3. 1981: Olivia Newton-John — "Physical"
4. 1983: The Police — "Every Breath You Take"
5. 1983: Irene Cara — "What a Feeling"
6. 1980: Blondie — "Call Me"
7. 1981: Foreigner — "Waiting for a Girl like You"
8. 1982: The J. Geils Band — "Centerfold"
9. 1982: Survivor — "Eye of the Tiger"
10. 1983: Michael Jackson — "Billie Jean"

Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross[1] on March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress, whose musical repertoire spans R&B, soul, disco, and pop. ... Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. ... Endless Love is a song originally recorded as a duet between soul singer Diana Ross and pop singer Lionel Richie, who wrote the song. ... Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter. ... Bette Davis Eyes is the name of a song, best known for being performed by Kim Carnes. ... Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born 26 September 1948) is a Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated English-born Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress of Welsh and German descent. ... Physical is an Olivia Newton-John song that was a #1 hit. ... The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ... Every Breath You Take is a song written by Sting and originally performed by The Police. ... Irene Cara (born Irene Escalera on March 18, 1959 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American singer, Academy Award-winning, Grammy Award-winning, and a two-time Golden Globe-winning songwriter and actress of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. ... Blondie is the name of an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Call Me is a song performed by Blondie, released in February of 1980. ... Foreigner is a pop/rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald, along with then unknown vocalist Lou Gramm (Louis Grammatico). ... The J. Geils Band was a very popular rock and roll band, playing to large arena crowds in the United States in the 1970s before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s. ... Standard Lenna image famously used in many image processing experiments, taken from the (non-revealing) top third of a November 1972 Playboy centerfold. ... Survivor is an American rock band formed in 1977 by core members Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. ... Eye of the Tiger is also the title of a 1986 film, and should not be confused with the 1977 film Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... Michael Jacksons Visionary chronology Rock with You (2006) Billie Jean (2006) Beat It (2006) Thriller track listing Beat It (5) Billie Jean (6) Human Nature (7) Audio sample Billie Jean is a 1983 hit single from Michael Jacksons Thriller album. ...

Top ten pop songs of the 1990s

1. 1996: Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men — "One Sweet Day"
2. 1993: Whitney Houston — "I Will Always Love You"
3. 1992: Boyz II Men — "End of the Road"
4. 1995: Madonna — "Take a Bow"
5. 1995: Boyz II Men — "Water Runs Dry"
6. 1996: Donna Lewis — "I Love You Always Forever"
7. 1996: Los Del Rio — "Macarena"
8. 1998: Céline Dion — "My Heart Will Go On"
9. 1998: Aerosmith — "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
10. 1995: Seal — "Kiss from a Rose"

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... One Sweet Day is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey and quartet Boyz II Men and co-written by Carey, Walter Afanasieff and Boyz II Men members Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, and Michael McCary. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, film producer, and former model. ... I Will Always Love You was the first single from Whitney Houstons first motion picture film, The Bodyguard. ... For other uses, see End of the Road (disambiguation). ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Bedtime Stories track listing Bedtime Story (10) Take a Bow (11) Something to Remember track listing Ill Remember (2) Take a Bow (3) Youll See (4) GHV2 track listing Frozen (Edit Version) (9) Take a Bow (Edit Version) (10) Ray of Light (Radio Edit Version) (11) Take a... Water Runs Dry is a 1995 single by Boyz II Men for the Motown label, written and produced by Babyface. ... Donna Lewis (born August 6, 1973, in Cardiff) is a Welsh singer-songwriter and record producer best known for the 1996 single I Love You Always Forever. I Love You Always Forever was hugely successful on U.S. radio, staying at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine... This article needs cleanup. ... Macarena is a song by Los del Río about a woman of the same name. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion Angélil, OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian pop vocalist and occasional songwriter. ... My Heart Will Go On is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. ... This article is about the band Aerosmith. ... Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born February 19, 1963 in Paddington, London, England) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning British soul vocalist and songwriter. ... Kiss from a Rose is a song from Seals second eponymous album Seal, subsequently featured on the Batman Forever (1995) film soundtrack. ...

Top ten pop songs of the 2000s

This is the Top ten pop songs of the 2000s so far [1]

1. 2005: Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together"
2. 2005: Kelly Clarkson — "Since U Been Gone"
3. 2005: Kelly Clarkson — "Because Of You"
4. 2006: Nelly Furtado feat. "Timbaland — "Promiscuous"
5. 2006: Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean — "Hips Don't Lie"
6. 2005: Kelly Clarkson — "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
7. 2006: The Fray — "How To Save A Life"
8. 2005: Lifehouse — "You And Me"
9. 2006: Pussycat Dolls — "Buttons"
10. 2006: Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. — "My love"

We Belong Together is a pop–R&B song recorded by Mariah Carey for her ninth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) and released as the albums second single in 2005 (see 2005 in music). ... Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. ... In particular for the 1970s pop song with the same title see Since You Been Gone. ... Because of You is a song written by pop rock singer Kelly Clarkson, David Hodges and Ben Moody, and produced by Hodges and Moody. ... Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. ... Timothy Z. Mosley (born March 10, 1971), better known as Timbaland, is an American musical composer and R&B record producer and rapper whose style influenced both genres even helping to blur the distinction between the two, as well as Pop and Dance music. ... Promiscuity is the practice of making relatively unselective, casual and indiscriminate choices. ... Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira (IPA pronunciation: [2]), is a Colombian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, dancer and occasional actress who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s. ... Nelust Wyclef Jean (IPA pronunciation: ) (born October 17, 1972) is a Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated Haitian-born American rapper, producer, and member of the hip hop trio The Fugees. ... Hips Dont Lie is a Grammy Award-nominated Latin pop fused with Reggaeton song performed by Colombian singer Shakira and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean. ... Behind These Hazel Eyes is the third single (the second in Europe) from Breakaway, the second album by pop rock singer, Kelly Clarkson. ... The Fray is a four-piece piano rock band from Denver, Colorado. ... How to Save a Life is the first full-length studio album from Denver-based band The Fray. ... Lifehouse has two ambiguous entries: Lifehouse unreleased album by The Who Lifehouse the US band. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American pop/R&B singer, and actor. ... Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. ...

Biggest single of the year

1980s

• 1980: Blondie — "Call Me"
• 1981: Diana Ross & Lionel Richie — "Endless Love"
• 1982: The J. Geils Band — "Centerfold"
• 1983: The Police — "Every Breath You Take"
• 1984: Prince — "When Doves Cry"
• 1985: Madonna — "Like a Virgin"
• 1986: Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder — "That's What Friends Are For"
• 1987: U2 — "With or Without You"
• 1988: INXS — "Need You Tonight"
• 1989: Janet Jackson — "Miss You Much"

Blondie is the name of an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Call Me is a song performed by Blondie, released in February of 1980. ... Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross[1] on March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress, whose musical repertoire spans R&B, soul, disco, and pop. ... Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. ... Endless Love is a song originally recorded as a duet between soul singer Diana Ross and pop singer Lionel Richie, who wrote the song. ... The J. Geils Band was a very popular rock and roll band, playing to large arena crowds in the United States in the 1970s before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s. ... Centerfold was the biggest hit for The J. Geils Band. ... The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ... Every Breath You Take is a song written by Sting and originally performed by The Police. ... Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an iconic American musician. ... Prince (UK) chronology Purple Rain track listing Darling Nikki (4) When Doves Cry (5) I Would Die 4 U (6) When Doves Cry is a song by Prince, and the lead single from his 1984 album Purple Rain. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Audio sample Like a Virgin is the first number-one single from American singer Madonna, topping the charts at the end of 1984, and the beginning of 1985. ... Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an African-American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE [2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American R&B/soul singer and actress. ... Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris),[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. ... Thats What Friends Are For is a song and a series of charity concerts. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. ... With or Without You is the lead single from U2s 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) are an Australian rock group. ... A frame from INXSs Need You Tonight video. ... Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. ... Miss You Much was the first single from R&B singer Janet Jacksons fourth studio album, Rhythm Nation 1814. ...

1990s

• 1990: Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U"
• 1991: Bryan Adams — "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
• 1992: Boyz II Men — "End of the Road"
• 1993: Whitney Houston — "I Will Always Love You"
• 1994: Boyz II Men — "I'll Make Love to You"
• 1995: Madonna — "Take a Bow"
• 1996: Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men — "One Sweet Day"
• 1997: No Doubt — "Don't Speak"
• 1998: Céline Dion — "My Heart Will Go On"
• 1999: Ricky Martin — "Livin' La Vida Loca"

Sinéad Marie Bernadette OConnor (born December 8, 1966) is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter. ... Nothing Compares 2 U is a song written around 1984 or 1985 by Prince for The Family. ... Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. ... (Everything I Do) I Do It for You is a song co-written and performed by Bryan Adams, featured on Waking up the Neighbours and on the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... For other uses, see End of the Road (disambiguation). ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, film producer, and former model. ... I Will Always Love You was the first single from Whitney Houstons first motion picture film, The Bodyguard. ... Ill Make Love To You is a 1994 #1 hit single by R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label. ... Bedtime Stories track listing Bedtime Story (10) Take a Bow (11) Something to Remember track listing Ill Remember (2) Take a Bow (3) Youll See (4) GHV2 track listing Frozen (Edit Version) (9) Take a Bow (Edit Version) (10) Ray of Light (Radio Edit Version) (11) Take a... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. ... One Sweet Day is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey and quartet Boyz II Men and co-written by Carey, Walter Afanasieff and Boyz II Men members Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, and Michael McCary. ... No Doubt is a third wave ska band from Anaheim, California, United States. ... Dont Speak is the third single from Tragic Kingdom, the third album by Californian ska/rock group No Doubt, released in late 1996. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion Angélil, OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian pop vocalist and occasional songwriter. ... My Heart Will Go On is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Livin la Vida Loca (translated as living the crazy life in English) is a hit song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. ...

2000s

• 2000: *NSYNC — "Bye Bye Bye"
• 2001: Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink — "Lady Marmalade"
• 2002: Vanessa Carlton — "A Thousand Miles"
• 2003: Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z — "Crazy in Love"
• 2004: Hoobastank — "The Reason"
• 2005: Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together"
• 2006: Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland — "Promiscuous"

*NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake. ... Bye Bye Bye is the first single released from *NSYNCs second album, No Strings Attached. ... Christina María Aguilera (a Spanish surname, pronounced (IPA) , anglicized to [1]), born December 18, 1980, is an American pop singer and songwriter. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mya on her album Moodring (2003) Mya Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979 in Washington, D.C.) is a United States italian , jamaican American R&B singer, dancer, and actress who debuted in early 1998 as a teenager. ... Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!NK (also written as Pink), is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in early January of 2000. ... Lady Marmalade is the first single from the Moulin Rouge! Soundtrack. ... Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and pianist best known for the single A Thousand Miles from her platinum-selling debut album, Be Not Nobody (2002). ... A Thousand Miles is a pop song written by American singer Vanessa Carlton and recorded for her debut album Be Not Nobody (2002). ... Beyoncé Chantelle Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is an R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, fashion designer and model. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Crazy in Love is an R&B song written by singer-songwriter Beyoncé Knowles, producer Rich Harrison, rapper Jay-Z, and Eugene Record. ... Hoobastank (also colloquially referred to as Hooba or Who The Stank) is a rock band best known for their crossover hit The Reason (2003) and by their continued success in the modern rock market. ... The Reason is the hit 2004 single by the alternative rock band Hoobastank, off their album The Reason. ... We Belong Together is a pop–R&B song recorded by Mariah Carey for her ninth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) and released as the albums second single in 2005 (see 2005 in music). ... Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. ... Timothy Z. Mosley (born March 10, 1971), better known as Timbaland, is an American musical composer and R&B record producer and rapper whose style influenced both genres even helping to blur the distinction between the two, as well as Pop and Dance music. ... Promiscuous also known as Promiscuous Girl is a Grammy Award-nominated, Juno Award- and Billboard Music Award-winning pop song recorded by Nelly Furtado and Timbaland for Furtados third album Loose (2006). ...

Top pop artist of the year

1980s

• 1980: Kenny Rogers
• 1981: Daryl Hall & John Oates
• 1982: Daryl Hall & John Oates
• 1983: Michael Jackson
• 1984: Cyndi Lauper
• 1985: Madonna
• 1986: Madonna
• 1987: Madonna
• 1988: George Michael
• 1989: New Kids on the Block

Kenneth Donald Kenny Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer, songwriter, actor and businessman. ... Daryl Hall and John Oates. ... Daryl Hall and John Oates. ... Cynthia Ann Stephanie Cyndi Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an iconic American Grammy Award-winning singer and Emmy Award-winning film, television and theatre actress. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... George Michael (born Georgios-Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: ) on June 25, 1963) is an English [1] singer-songwriter and pop star who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

1990s

• 1990: Janet Jackson
• 1991: Mariah Carey
• 1992: Boyz II Men
• 1993: Whitney Houston
• 1994: Janet Jackson
• 1995: TLC
• 1996: Alanis Morissette
• 1997: Spice Girls
• 1998: Madonna
• 1999: Ricky Martin

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized[1] American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. ... The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English all-female pop group, which formed in London in 1994. ...

2000s

• 2000: *NSYNC
• 2001: Destiny's Child
• 2002: Pink
• 2003: Justin Timberlake
• 2004: Usher Raymond
• 2005: Kelly Clarkson
• 2006: Pussycat Dolls

*NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake. ... Destinys Child was a three-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B girl group. ... Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!NK (also written as Pink), is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in early January of 2000. ... Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American pop/R&B singer, and actor. ... Usher (born Usher Jamie Raymond, IV on October 14, 1978 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States) is an African-American singer and actor. ... Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• List of number-one hits on the ARC Weekly Top 40 Chart (United States)