Top Pop Music Groups, Singers and Hit Songs 2007

Beyonce, Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears and Pink Among Most Popular

© Daniel Workman

Jul 17, 2008

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While the Black Eyed Peas lead all bands from year 2000 to 2007, solo artists like Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake have more most-requested singles.

Individual artists have 60% more top-requested hits than musical groups for songs released up to 2007. This conclusion arises from an analysis of Pop Culture Madness data for the 75 most requested songs from 2000 to 2007.

But while individual singers dominate bands for most-requested hits so far in the 2000s, most top solo performers regularly collaborate with other stars for many of their leading songs.

For example, Beyonce’s best-performing songs were duet efforts with other top singers like Jay-Z or Sean Paul.

The trend to team up on an individual song basis seems to be ongoing. Rihanna’s megahit Umbrella in 2007 featured Jay-Z while another popular song Break It Off features Sean Paul.

Top Ten Pop Music Groups from the 2000s

The bands listed below generated 48 of the top 50 requested songs for all years in the 2000s as well as 8 of the top 10 in-demand songs.

  1. Black Eyed Peas … 7 hits with 3 in top 10 (average in top 21)
  2. Destiny’s Child … 6 hits with 2 in top 10 (average song in top 19)
  3. Pussy Cat Dolls … 5 hits with 2 in top 10 (average in top 21)
  4. Fall Out Boy … 5 hits none in top 10 (average in top 29)
  5. Simple Plan … 5 hits none in top 10 (average in top 54)
  6. Green Day … 4 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 21)
  7. Bon Jovi … 4 hits none in top 10 (average in top 33)
  8. U2 … 4 hits none in top 10 (average in top 49)
  9. Red Hot Chili Peppers … 4 hits none in top 10 (average in top 50)
  10. Good Charlotte … 4 hits none in top 10 (average in top 56).

Highest-Placing 2000s Song For Each Top Ten Music Group

Of the top ten bands above, none has a number 1 requested song from 2000 to 2007. The Black Eyed Peas the nineties did capture a couple of number 2 hits to win first place among musical groups.

  1. Let's Get It Started and My Humps (Black Eyed Peas) – number 2 from 2004 and 2005 respectively
  2. Independent Woman (Destiny’s Child) – number 7 from 2000
  3. Don't Cha and Beep (Pussy Cat Dolls) – number 7 from 2005 and 2006 respectively
  4. Dance, Dance (Fall Out Boy) – number 17 from 2006
  5. How Can This Happen To Me? (Simple Plan) – number 29 from 2005
  6. Holiday (Green Day) – number 4 from 2005
  7. It’s My Life (Bon Jovi) – number 12 from 2000
  8. Beautiful Day (U2) – number 25 from 2001
  9. Dani California (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – number 35 from 2006
  10. Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous (Good Charlotte) – number 42 from 2003.

Top Ten Solo Singers from the 2000s

The following individual singers accounted for 77 of the 75 most-requested songs from 2000 to 2007. In addition, these solo performers recorded 16 of the top 10 in-demand songs.

  1. Christina Aguilera … 11 hits with 4 in top 10 (average song in top 27)
  2. Justin Timberlake … 9 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 29)
  3. Beyonce … 8 hits with 3 in top 10 (average in top 28)
  4. Eminem … 8 hits none in top 10 (average in top 43)
  5. Jay Z … 8 hits none in top 10 (average in top 48)
  6. Usher … 7 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 34)
  7. Britney Spears … 7 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 38)
  8. Pink … 7 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 51)
  9. Rihanna … 6 hits with 3 in top 10 (average in top 15)
  10. Kelly Clarkson … 6 hits with 2 in top 10 (average in top 21).

Highest-Placing 2000s Song For Each Top Ten Solo Singer

Three solo artists had number one hits during the 21st century, namely: Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Kelly Clarkson.

  1. Car Wash (Christina Aguilera) – number 5 from 2004
  2. Sexyback (Justin Timberlake) – number 1 from 2006
  3. Crazy In Love (Beyonce) – number 1 from 2003
  4. The Real Slim Shady (Eminem) – number 19 from 2000
  5. I Just Wanna Love You (Jay Z) – number 32 from 2000
  6. U Got It Bad (Usher) – number 7 from 2001
  7. Oops! I Did It Again (Britney Spears) – number 4 from 2000
  8. Get The Party Started (Pink) – number 3 from 2001
  9. Pon De Replay (Rihanna) – number 6 from 2005
  10. A Moment Like This (Kelly Clarkson) – number 1 from 2002.

Sources for this Article

This article presents independent calculations and insights based on Pop Music Charts song data presented by Pop Culture Madness.


The copyright of the article Top Pop Music Groups, Singers and Hit Songs 2007 in Current Pop Music is owned by Daniel Workman. Permission to republish Top Pop Music Groups, Singers and Hit Songs 2007 in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.


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