Quincy Jones celebrates his 80th birthday today (March 14) and over his many fruitfull years in music, the legendary producer and musician has worked with countless greats including Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Aretha Franklin. To honor his decades of tireless hitmaking on this special occasion, Billboard has ranked the 20 biggest Hot 100 hits that Jones produced.
Quincy Jones Video Q&A: The Legendary Producer at 80
This ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from each era, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years.