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The Year In Charts
By Fred Bronson
Please note only a fraction of Billboard's Year In Music charts appear in this special Billboard.com section. The full breadth of charts appear in the pages of Billboard's special double issue dated Dec. 24, 2005, and on Billboard.biz, where subscribers have full access to all of the year-end tallies.
You don't need to read an analysis of the 2005 charts to know that Mariah Carey made an impressive comeback, but a closer look at the annual recaps suggests this may be her most successful chart year to date. The evidence: for the first time in her 16-year career, Carey has the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 Songs year-end chart.
"We Belong Together" (Island) sealed up bragging rights by remaining in pole position for 14 weeks, longer than any other 2005 entry. It was the first single to have a 14-week reign in eight years, since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight."
"We Belong Together" is the seventh song by Carey to appear in a year-end top 10. Her highest ranking on an annual Hot 100 recap until now was the No. 2 spot held by "One Sweet Day" in 1996. More...
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