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The Century's Top 2500 Songs
The American Music Scene carefully compiled the list way back starting in March
1997 and it took a grueling 32 months to calculate the detailed point system. We
would like to congratulate Elvis Presley who ended up ARTIST OF THE
CENTURY and the Beatles for GROUP OF THE CENTURY. Let’s take
a look how the point system works.
Categories
The weighted points for each song included a review and summation from the
following (4) categories:
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Peak
Billboard Magazine Chart Positions |
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General
Recurrent Plays At Radio Stations in The U.S. Major Markets |
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Request
Levels From Store Record Outlets and Independent Field Disc Jockey Services
and Companies |
| Radio Stations Top Listings Compiled By Listener Votes |
What is a Rating?
Ratings are determined by strengths within a certain category which are
described as EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD, AVERAGE, FAIR, POOR (OR
HAVING NO IMPACT).
To spread points out more effectively, AN EXCELLENT RATING CAN either be
a 9 or 10, A VERY GOOD can be 7 or 8, AN AVERAGE
can have a wider 4, 5 or 6, FAIR can be 2 or 3, and POOR (OR
HAVING NO IMPACT) is usually a 0.
The Point System (Rating Weight)
Each song is reviewed by 4 basic categories as specified above. For
each given category, a rating is given for its strength from Excellent (9 or 10
rating) down to Poor (Or Having No Impact), a 0 or 1 rating.
| EXCELLENT (9 or 10 Rating) |
100 points |
| VERY GOOD (7 or 8 Rating) |
80 points |
| AVERAGE (4,5 or 6 Rating) |
60 points |
| FAIR (3 or 2 Rating) |
40 points |
| POOR (OR HAVING NO IMPACT) ( 0 or 1
Rating) |
20 points |
Example: Hypothetically, if SONG “A” would get a total of 1,600
out of a possible 4,000 if it was rated as follows:
| EXCELLENT (9 Rating) in Billboard Charts |
900 points |
| VERY GOOD (7 Rating) in Recurrent Plays at Radio
Stations |
560 points |
| FAIR (3 Rating) in Request Levels at Outlet &
DJ Services |
120 points |
| POOR (1 Rating) Radio Stations Top Lists |
20 points |
| Total Score |
1,600 points |
Each song received a weighted score with a possible range (from possible
lowest) 0 PTS to maximum of 4,000 PTS.
If two songs would tie for exactly for Combined Final Score, then the
first tiebreaker would be Total Weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
Second tiebreakers are the amount of hits the artist had on the Billboard’s
Hot 100. It only happened three times. Again, we hope you will enjoy the
CENTURY’S TOP 2500 SONGS and we’re sure you will be keep it as a memorabilia
of where you were, who you were with and so on to reminisce, for only a song can
help you remember when.
Click
here to see the Top 2500!
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