The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles in the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. At the end of a year, Billboard will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot 100 chart based on the information. For 2005, the list was published on December 20, calculated with data from December 4, 2004, to November 26, 2005."Year-End Charts: The Hot 100." Billboard 2005 Year In Music Billboard. 2005. The R&B track "We Belong Together" by American singer Mariah Carey was named the number 1 song of 2005, and it spent the longest time at number 1 for the year, 14 weeks. This is also the fourth-longest time at number 1 for a single in the 66-year history of the Hot 100 post-1958 inception, after Mariah Carey collaboration with Boyz II Men, "One Sweet Day", which spent 16 weeks atop the Hot 100 from 1995 to 1996, and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, featuring Justin Bieber, which equaled that mark in 2017, both being beaten in 2019 by "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, which had 19 weeks at No. 1. This was beaten by Mariah Carey again with All I Want For Christmas Is You with 22 weeks.

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+ List of songs on Billboard 2005 Year-End Hot 100 chart No. Title Artist(s)1 "We Belong Together" Mariah Carey2 "Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani3 "Let Me Love You" Mario4 "Since U Been Gone" Kelly Clarkson5 "1, 2 Step" Ciara featuring Missy Elliott6 "Gold Digger" Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx7 "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day8 "Candy Shop" 50 Cent featuring Olivia9 "Don't Cha" The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes10 "Behind These Hazel Eyes" Kelly Clarkson11 "Disco Inferno" 50 Cent12 "You and Me" Lifehouse13 "Don't Phunk with My Heart" The Black Eyed Peas14 "Lose Control" Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop15 "Shake It Off" Mariah Carey16 "Mr. Brightside" The Killers17 "Just a Lil Bit" 50 Cent18 "Pon de Replay" Rihanna19 "How We Do" The Game featuring 50 Cent20 "Beverly Hills" Weezer21 "Oh" Ciara featuring Ludacris22 "Lonely No More" Rob Thomas23 "Drop It Like It's Hot" Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell24 "Hate It or Love It" The Game featuring 50 Cent25 "Lovers & Friends" Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris26 "Soldier" Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne27 "Breakaway" Kelly Clarkson28 "Switch" Will Smith29 "Let Me Hold You" Bow Wow featuring Omarion30 "Like You" Bow Wow featuring Ciara31 "Rich Girl" Gwen Stefani featuring Eve32 "My Humps" The Black Eyed Peas33 "Obsession (No Es Amor)" Frankie J featuring Baby Bash34 "Caught Up" Usher35 "Listen to Your Heart" DHT featuring Edmee36 "Scars" Papa Roach37 "Feel Good Inc." Gorillaz38 "Let Me Go" 3 Doors Down39 "Holiday" Green Day40 "Sugar, We're Goin Down" Fall Out Boy41 "Grind with Me" Pretty Ricky 42 "Run It!" Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana43 "Photograph" Nickelback44 "Lonely" Akon 45 "Collide" Howie Day 46 "Wake Me Up When September Ends" Green Day47 "Slow Down" Bobby Valentino48 "Over and Over" Nelly featuring Tim McGraw49 "Some Cut" Trillville featuring Cutty50 "Get It Poppin'" Fat Joe featuring Nelly51 "Play" David Banner52 "Soul Survivor" Young Jeezy featuring Akon53 "Pimpin' All Over the World" Ludacris featuring Bobby Valentino54 "My Boo" Usher and Alicia Keys55 "Sugar (Gimme Some)" Trick Daddy featuring Ludacris, Lil' Kim and Cee Lo Green56 "Karma" Alicia Keys57 "Speed of Sound" Coldplay58 "I Don't Want to Be" Gavin DeGraw59 "Mockingbird" Eminem60 "La Tortura" Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz61 "She Will Be Loved" Maroon 562 "Baby I'm Back" Baby Bash featuring Akon63 "Wait (The Whisper Song)" Ying Yang Twins64 "Incomplete" Backstreet Boys65 "Bring Em Out" T.I.66 "Cater 2 U" Destiny's Child67 "1 Thing" Amerie68 "Best of You" Foo Fighters69 "It's Like That" Mariah Carey featuring Jermaine Dupri and Fatman Scoop70 "Goin' Crazy" Natalie71 "Inside Your Heaven" Carrie Underwood72 "Because of You" Kelly Clarkson73 "Truth Is" Fantasia74 "Your Body" Pretty Ricky75 "Beautiful Soul" Jesse McCartney76 "Cool" Gwen Stefani77 "Get Back" Ludacris78 "Outta Control" 50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep79 "U Don't Know Me" T.I.80 "These Words" Natasha Bedingfield81 "Don't Lie" The Black Eyed Peas82 "Get Right" Jennifer Lopez83 "Daughters" John Mayer84 "As Good as I Once Was" Toby Keith85 "Girlfight" Brooke Valentine featuring Lil Jon and Big Boi86 "Lose My Breath" Destiny's Child87 "Ordinary People" John Legend88 "We Be Burnin'" Sean Paul89 "Just the Girl" The Click Five 90 "True" Ryan Cabrera91 "O" Omarion92 "Back Then" Mike Jones93 "Numb/Encore" Jay-Z and Linkin Park94 "Wonderful" Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti95 "I'm Sprung" T-Pain96 "Chariot" Gavin DeGraw97 "U Already Know" 112 featuring Foxy Brown98 "Mississippi Girl" Faith Hill99 "Number One Spot" Ludacris100 "Give Me That" Webbie featuring Bun B

See also 2005 in music Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of 2005 Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Tracks of 2005 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2005 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2005

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