RockOnTheNet
presents The Top Pop Songs
Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past
50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and
come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.
"I'm
really mouthy about not having the Hollywood
look. Everyone asks me 'Why don't you feel
pressured to get the Hollywood look?' and I'm
like 'Because I don't'. I quite like my eyes
and my lips. I don't like my double chin or
my gut, but I don't not like them enough to
do something about it." - Adele
TIMELINE
Adele was born Adele Laurie
Blue Adkins on May 5, 1988 in North London.
Artists who have influenced Adele's music include
Etta James, Mary J. Blige, The Cure,
Jeff Buckley, Peggy Lee,
Jill Scott, Alicia Keys, Dusty Springfield,
and Bjork. Her love of music led to
an audition at London's BRIT school (a
performing-arts high school). While finishing at
the BRIT (graduating in May, 2006), Adele was
able to let her music be heard on MySpace.com
which led to signing with a record label. With
her debut LP, Adele made a name for herself in
the UK and in the US, but it was her sophomore LP
that propelled her into worldwide success with
fans and critics and dominating radio and record
sales in the summer of 2011. Rolling Stone
described her surge of success: "In a year
of sex bombs and art projects on the pop charts,
the biggest surprise hit of 2011 is a breakup LP
that could have been recorded in Muscle Shoals,
Alabama - the work of an earth, full-figured 22
year-old whose go-to outfits are billowy
turtleneck sweaters..."
October: Adele released her first
single "Hometown Glory" in the UK. The
song eventually hit the Top 20 on the UK charts 9
months later as a re-release. The song also
eventually became known to US audiences through
the TV shows Grey's Anatomy, One
Tree Hill, and So You Think You Can
Dance.
February 9: Adele topped the UK LP
chart for 1 week with 19.
February 20: Adele won the Critic's
Choice Award at the BRIT Awards.
March: Adele topped the singles
chart in Norway and the Top 10 in the UK,
Ireland, and the Netherlands with "Chasing
Pavements."
June 10: Adele released her debut
LP 19 in the US (available for
download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP was released in
Europe in January, 2008. 19 hit #1 in Holland and the
Top 10 in the US, Australia, Canada, Germany,
Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway. Entertainment
Weekly described Adele's debut as
"...lovelorn lyrics in a smoky voice much
more mature than her 20 years would
suggest..." Adele said of the LP: "The
whole album is about being 18 and 19; about
love."
Adele hit the Top 10
in the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands with
"Make You Feel My Love."
October 18: Adele performed
"Chasing Pavements" and "Cold
Shoulder" on Saturday Night Live.
The show received high ratings with the
appearance of failed Vice Presidential candidate
Sarah Palin, and subsequently interest in Adele's
single "Chasing Pavements" reignited
downloads for the song and LP.
February 22: Adele released 21 in the US (available for
download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP was released in
Europe a month earlier. 21 hit #1 in Australia,
Austria, Brazil, Canada, Holland, Finland,
France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway,
Scotland, and Switzerland, and the Top 10 in
Argentina, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Spain,
and Sweden.
February 26: Adele topped the UK
singles chart for 5 weeks with "Someone Like You." The song also
topped the charts in Australia, Ireland,
Scotland, and New Zealand.
March 12: Adele topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart, Top Digital Albums chart,
and Top Internet Albums chart with 21. The LP sold over 352,000
copies its first week of release in the US. 21jumped in and out
of the top spot on the album charts for 12 weeks
into August.
May 7:Adele topped the
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart for 8 weeks
and the Rock Digital Songs chart for 15 weeks
with "Rolling In The Deep."
May 14: Adele topped the
Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks chart for 13 weeks
with "Rolling In The Deep."
May 21: Adele topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 7 weeks and Hot
Digital Songs chart for 6 weeks with "Rolling In The Deep." The song also
topped the charts in Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
September 17: Adele topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Someone Like You." The track also
topped the Billboard Hot Digital Songs, Hot
Digital Tracks, Rock Digital Songs charts.
October: Adele had to cancel
several sold-out dates of her US tour due to a
vocal chord hemorrhage. By the end of the month,
it was determined that Adele would have throat
surgery and cancelled the remaining tour dates.
March 5: Adele's huge sales for
her LP 21 became even bigger
following her Grammy Award win with her best sales
week after a year on the chart. 21 sold over 730,000 copies
in the US during the week and topped the LP chart
for a 21st week - making it the longest #1 LP by
a woman in chart history. The same week, Adele
became the first woman in chart history to have 3
hits simultaneously in the Top 10. Her first LP 19 also rebounded into the
Top 5 and a new peak on the LP charts.
Released: June 10, 2008 (US) US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly:B Tracks:
"Daydreamer" - "Best For
Last" - "Chasing Pavements" -
"Cold Shoulder" - "Crazy For
You" - "Melt My Heart To
Stone" - "First Love" -
"Right As Rain" - "Make You
Feel My Love" - "My Same" -
"Tired" - "Hometown
Glory" Import Edition includes:
"Painted Pictures" - "Now And
Then" - "That's It I Quit, I'm
Moving On" Import Deluxe
Edition includes live versions of:
"Chasing Pavements" - "Melt My
Heart To Stone" - "That's It, I
Quit, I'm Moving On" - "Crazy For
You" - "Right As Rain" -
"My Same" - "Make You Feel My
Love" - "Daydreamer" -
"Hometown Glory" - and the tracks:
"Many Shades Of Black" (with The
Raconteurs) Limited Edition includes live versions
of: "Right As Rain" - "Melt My
Heart To Stone" - "My Same" -
"That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On"
- "Chasing Pavements"
(also available on vinyl)
Released: February 3, 2009 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 105 Live Tracks: "Crazy For
You" - "Right As Rain" -
"Make You Feel My Love" -
"Melt My Heart To Stone" -
"Hometown Glory" - "Chasing
Pavements" - "Fool That I Am"
- "That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving
On"
Released: July 14, 2011 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 50 Live Tracks: "One And
Only" - "Don't You Remember" -
"Rumour Has It" - "Take It
All" - "I Can't Make You Love
Me" - "Rolling In The Deep"
Released: November 21, 2011 Live Tracks: "Hometown
Glory" - "I'll Be Waiting" -
"Don't You Remember" -
"Turning Tables" - "Set Fire
To The Rain" - "If It Hadn't Been
For Love" - "My Same" -
"Take It All" - "Rumour Has
It" - "Right As Rain" -
"One & Only" -
"Lovesong" - "Chasing
Pavements" - "I Can't Make You Love
Me" - "Make You Feel My Love"
- "Someone Like You" - "Rolling In The Deep"
Note: Song title and position links lead
you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run and LP links
take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound samples).
Adele was born Adele Laurie
Blue Adkins on May 5, 1988 in North London.
Artists who have influenced Adele's music include
Etta James, 
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