single file: 2004 top hits

If you like Usher, Alicia Keys, Linkin Park, OutKast, Tim McGraw or Keith Urban, you just had one hell of a radio year. They dominated a year of music that wasn’t particularly interesting, but somewhat memorable.

2004 saw the return of rock, the rise of crunk, more rap on the pop charts, and a renewed interest in country music. Record sales rebounded after years of decline, and CDs began selling for less than $10.00 again! Those two things could be connected.

This is the somewhat official top single list from the Roanoke Times, via Billboard magazine.

Top Pop Singles
1. Yeah! – Usher (featuring Lil’ Jon & Ludacris)
2. Burn – Usher
3. If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
4. This Love – Maroon 5
5. The Way You Move – OutKast (featuring Sleepy Brown)
6. The Reason – Hoobastank
7. I Don’t Wanna Know – Mario Winans (featuring Enya & P. Diddy)
8. Hey Ya! – OutKast
9. Goodies – Ciara (featuring Petey Pablo)
10. Lean Back – Terror Squad

Top Adult Contemporary Singles
1. White Flag – Dido
2. The First Cut Is the Deepest – Sheryl Crow
3. 100 Years – Five For Fighting
4. Drift Away – Uncle Kracker (featuring Dobie Gray)
5. Forever and for Always – Shania Twain
6. This One’s for the Girls – Martina McBride
7. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Michael McDonald
8. Unwell – matchbox twenty
9. Calling All Angels – Train
10. You Raise Me Up – Josh Grobain

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
1. If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
2. Yeah! – Usher (featuring Lil’ Jon & Ludacris)
3. Burn – Usher
4. Diary – Alicia Keys (featuring Tony! Toni! Tone!)
5. Lean Back – Terror Squad
6. You Don’t Know My Name – Alicia Keys
7. Jesus Walks – Kanye West
8. Me, Myself, and I – Beyoncé
9. Slow Jamz – Twista (featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx)
10. Confessions, Parts III – Usher

Top Modern Rock Tracks
1. Megalomaniac – Tonic
2. Numb – Linkin Park
3. Just Like You – Three Days Grace
4. (I Hate) Everything About You – Three Days Grace
5. The Reason – Hoobastank
6. Last Train Home – Lostprophets
7. Cold Hard B---- – Jet
8. Breaking The Habit – Linkin Park
9. Lying From You – Linkin Park
10. Slither – Velvet Revolver

Top Country Singles
1. Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
2. Remember When – Alan Jackson
3. You’ll Think of Me – Keith Urban
4. When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker
5. Letters From Home – John Michael Montgomery
6. American Soldier – Toby Keith
7. Mayberry – Rascal Flats
8. Suds in the Bucket – Sara Evans
9. Watch the Wind Blow By – Tim McGraw
10. Days Go By – Keith Urban