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Placeholder intro paragraph. Year-by-year retrospectives from 1970 through 1979.

Infographic showing the top songs of 1970, including Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water and the Jackson 5's four Year-End Hot 100 hits
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Top Songs of 1970: The Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Countdown

The definitive countdown of 1970's biggest hits, from Simon & Garfunkel's chart-topping single to the Jackson 5's record-breaking year, plus the full top 20 and a genre-by-genre breakdown.

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Hand-drawn Sketch Note infographic showing the top songs of 1971, including Three Dog Night's number one hit Joy to the World, The Carpenters' record three-song year, and Donny Osmond's four chart appearances
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Top Songs of 1971: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

From Three Dog Night's chart-topping "Joy to the World" to the Carpenters' record three-song year and soul music's commercial breakthrough, trace the top songs of 1971.

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Hand-drawn Sketch Note infographic about the top songs of 1972, showing Roberta Flack's number one hit The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Al Green's three year-end chart entries, and I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing charting twice under two different acts
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Top Songs of 1972: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

From Roberta Flack's slow-burn chart-topper to Al Green's record three-hit year and the strange case of one song charting twice, trace the top songs of 1972.

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Hand-drawn Sketch Note infographic about the top songs of 1973, showing Tony Orlando and Dawn's number one hit Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Stevie Wonder and War each landing three year-end hits, and Tony Orlando and Dawn's second charting song Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
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Top Songs of 1973: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

Discover the top songs of 1973, from Tony Orlando and Dawn's chart-topping hit to the year Stevie Wonder and War each landed three songs apiece.

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Hand-drawn Sketch Note infographic about the top songs of 1974, showing Barbra Streisand's number one hit The Way We Were, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Paul McCartney and Wings, and Jim Stafford each landing three year-end hits, and the instrumental Love's Theme reaching number 3
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Top Songs of 1974: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

Discover the top songs of 1974, from Barbra Streisand's Oscar-winning movie theme to a year packed with artists landing three hits apiece.

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Hand-drawn Sketch Note infographic about the top songs of 1975, showing Captain and Tennille's number one hit Love Will Keep Us Together, Elton John placing three songs on the year-end list, and Freddy Fender's two top-30 hits
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Top Songs of 1975: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

Discover the top songs of 1975, from Captain & Tennille's Grammy-winning #1 hit to the year Elton John placed more songs than any other artist.

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Infographic showing 16 artists who each landed two hits among the top songs of 1976, including Wings, Elton John, Diana Ross, and Silver Convention
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Top Songs of 1976: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

The top songs of 1976 ranked Wings and Elton John at #1 and #2, while disco, live albums, and novelty hits filled out a wildly eclectic year-end chart.

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Infographic showing Rod Stewart's number one 1977 song, Fleetwood Mac and Leo Sayer's three chart hits each, and the two versions of Star Wars music that charted that year
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Top Songs of 1977: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

The top songs of 1977 crowned Rod Stewart at #1, while Fleetwood Mac and Leo Sayer landed three hits and Star Wars charted in two versions.

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Infographic showing the top songs of 1978, with Andy Gibb's Shadow Dancing at number one and the Bee Gees and Andy Gibb combining for four of the year's top six spots
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Top Songs of 1978: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

Discover the top songs of 1978, from Andy Gibb's chart-topping Shadow Dancing to the Bee Gees' three-song sweep of the year's biggest hits.

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Infographic showing the top songs of 1979, with The Knack's My Sharona at number one, Donna Summer's four year-end chart entries, and the Bee Gees' three top-40 hits
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Top Songs of 1979: The Year's Biggest Hits & Trends

Discover the top songs of 1979, from The Knack's chart-topping My Sharona to Donna Summer's record four hits on the year's biggest chart.

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