• Season 2 - Episode #13 - Songs #1760-#1741
    Jun 12 2026

    Episode #63 (Season 2, Episode 13) discusses songs #1760-#1741, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Simon & Garfunkel
    | Bananarama
    | Pet Shop Boys
    | Elvis Presley
    | Faith Hill
    | TLC
    | Mariah Carey
    | Jay-Z

    The 90's are well represented in this latest episode, with massive hits from heavyweights Jay-Z, Faith Hill, TLC and Mariah Carey. Don't count out the 80's, though, as Bananarama makes their countdown debut and Air Supply scores with what one critic calls the 'worst summer song of all time'. Really? A classic coronation song from American Idol, and one of the most significant #1 hits in the great career of Elvis Presley.

    Our discovery into the years of rock and roll lands on the year 1966, as we continue our Greatest Years segments. So many of the absolute greats in classic rock, Motown and the British Invasion are pushing each other to great heights in 1966. And so many songs that year hit the Top 40, 2nd most in rock era history!

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    59 mins
  • Bonus Companion Episode - Montage of Songs Clips #2000-#1761
    Jun 5 2026

    Hello. This is a supplement to Chris's Billboard Countdown podcast, playing a montage of all songs ranked from #2000 through the current episode. For more information and a review of each song, please listen to Chris's Billboard Countdown Podcast, where I go into detail on each song, in sets of 20 per episode, along with many special features.


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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Season 2 - Episode #12 - Songs #1780-#1761
    May 29 2026

    Episode #62 (Season 2, Episode 12) discusses songs #1780-#1761, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Usher
    | Lionel Richie
    | Madonna
    | The Jets
    | Linda Ronstadt
    | Creedence Clearwater Revival
    | Chicago
    | John Mellencamp

    Pop music in all its different forms is here in our latest and greatest episode as we move 20 songs closer to #1. We have singing vocals, rap vocals, spoken vocals and even no vocals at all! We have a sample of a sample of one of the greatest alternative riffs in the rock era. Find out which one! Creedence with ANOTHER of their agonizing #2 hits, as they could never quite hit #1. And Linda Ronstadt belting one of her best songs ever, a #1 hit. And ANOTHER remake that out-charted its original, even though the original hit Top 5.

    Our discovery into the years of rock and roll lands on the year 1994, as we continue our Greatest Years segments. Where pop music starts becoming more segmented but with super smash hits that are breaking records at the top of the charts.

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    59 mins
  • Season 2, Episode #11 - Songs #1800-#1781
    May 22 2026

    Episode #61 (Season 2, Episode 11) discusses songs #1800-#1781, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Rihanna
    | Pat Boone
    | Dan Fogelberg
    | Madonna
    | Sam Smith
    | Brenda Lee
    | Jack Harlow
    | UB40

    Several star artists from different eras and genres are throwing their hat into the ring in this power-packed set, some for the first time Like En Vogue, Dan Fogelberg, and surprisingly the only hit to qualify in this countdown for the legendary Pat Boone. We have consecutive songs give opposite opinions about their "man". One of the best 90's sports bar/arena tunes with the strange name, and 6 #2 hits including a classic from Madonna's Like a Prayer album. And two hits where the remakes of those songs charted higher than the original even though all 4 of them made the Top 10!

    Plus a thorough look at the hits from 1971, as we continue our Greatest Years segments. Can you BELIEVE how many great hits came from that specific span of 12 months?

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    58 mins
  • Season #2 - Episode #10 - Songs #1820-#1801
    May 14 2026

    Episode #60 (Season 2, Episode 10) discusses songs #1820-#1801, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Chuck Berry
    | Pat Benatar
    | Missy Elliot
    | Rod Stewart
    | Janet Jackson
    | Chicago
    | The 5th Dimension
    | Paul McCartney

    A milestone edition, as we've now completed 40% of the entire Top 3000 Countdown. And some milestone hits in this set. The very first #1 hit of the Hot 100 era, the only #1 hit by one of the greatest rock and roll artists of all time, and it's a novelty song! A song that hit #1 for 2 weeks but only spent 8 weeks in the entire Top 40. The first post-Beatle #1 hit for Paul McCartney, and one of the oldest compositions in the entire countdown, was originally recorded in 1896!

    Plus a thorough look at the hits from 1983, one of the greatest years in rock and roll history. What's your favorite song from that year?

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    59 mins
  • Season 2 - Episode #9 - Songs #1840-#1821
    May 7 2026
    Episode #59 (Season 2, Episode 9) discusses songs #1840-#1821, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:


    | Sly & The Family Stone
    | Roxette
    | Peter Frampton
    | 50 Cent
    | J. Geils Band
    | New Kids on the Block
    | Martha and the Vendellas
    | Paul Anka


    20 songs closer to the #1 song of all time, Episode 59 is a wonderful eclectic mix of songs from the entire rock era. Fergie makes her first countdown appearance, as does the J. Geils Band, Sly & the Family Stone, and Roxette. A couple of Motown legends are featured, as well as the best hit from one of the great live performers of the 70's (although it's not a live recording). And a #1 song that didn't even spend 10 weeks in the Top 40. There's a few of those out there, we talk about it.
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    58 mins
  • Season 2 - Episode #8 - Songs #1860-#1841
    Apr 24 2026

    Episode #58 (Season 2, Episode 8) discusses songs #1860-#1841, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Donna Summer
    | Barbra Streisand
    | Cardi B
    | Debbie Gibson
    | Taylor Swift
    | Def Leppard
    | The Cars
    | Rihanna

    The ladies take center stage in this wonderful set of 20 songs. No less than 12 songs have female vocalists, either solo, duet, or lead singing their group. Big names like Barbra Streisand and Rihanna and Stevie Nicks. We have 3 Number 1's, including a song even chickens and frogs can sing! Debbie Gibson makes her countdown debut, as does Def Leppard. And a 50's novelty song about...road rage? And what's your go-to song when you're at a wedding reception?

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    55 mins
  • Season 2 - Episode #7 - Songs #1880-#1861
    Apr 17 2026

    Episode #57 (Season 2, Episode 7) discusses songs #1880-#1861, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Madonna
    | Little River Band
    | Michael Jackson
    | Van Halen
    | Stevie Wonder
    | Everly Brothers
    | Carpenters
    | Genesis

    See that impressive list of artists above? I left out INXS cause everyone is so good! A panoramic snapshot of the rock era encapsulated in 20 songs as we move toward the greatest hit in Billboard History. Average peak position is 2.7, which means every hit averaged at least making the top 3. Stevie Wonder's Innervisions makes an appearance, as well as a SAVAGE rap hit from the 2020's. The Beach Boys (forgot them too!) with a comeback 70's remake of a 50's classic. We talk about the greatest hits of Van Halen, and songs that we like to anticipate while listening to countdowns. And some Eminem. Cause it feels so empty without him.

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    58 mins