JANUARY
Top hit
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) · Beyonce
Top album
Fearless · Taylor Swift
Enter the Year
Year
2009
The Download Era
Pop, R&B, and rock collide in a faster cycle — but every week still leaves a mark.
Voices of the year
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
My Life Would Suck Without You · Kelly Clarkson
Top album
Fearless · Taylor Swift
MARCH
Top hit
Right Round · Flo Rida
Top album
Fearless · Taylor Swift
APRIL
Top hit
Right Round · Flo Rida
Top album
All I Ever Wanted · Kelly Clarkson
MAY
Top hit
Boom Boom Pow · The Black Eyed Peas
Top album
Deeper Than Rap · Rick Ross
JUNE
Top hit
Boom Boom Pow · The Black Eyed Peas
Top album
Relapse · Eminem
JULY
Top hit
Boom Boom Pow · The Black Eyed Peas
Top album
Lines, Vines And Trying Times · Jonas Brothers
AUGUST
Top hit
I Gotta Feeling · The Black Eyed Peas
Top album
Leave This Town · Daughtry
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
I Gotta Feeling · The Black Eyed Peas
Top album
Keep On Loving You · Reba
OCTOBER
Top hit
I Gotta Feeling · The Black Eyed Peas
Top album
The Blueprint 3 · Jay-z
NOVEMBER
Top hit
Fireflies · Owl City
Top album
Michael Jackson's This Is It (Soundtrack) · Michael Jackson
DECEMBER
Top hit
Empire State Of Mind · Jay-z + Alicia Keys
Top album
Battle Studies · John Mayer