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		dbalan on May 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every top 5 song from 1958 to 2016 Its quite easy tracking song popularity down to number plays, thanks to the streaming services, but thats now. Any idea where the old data is coming from? Couldn't find any links on the site.

danielsf on May 6, 2016 | [–]

i made this. you can get much of it from billboard, though i used the whitburn project.

plasticxme on May 6, 2016 | [–]

It use to be tracked by radio song requests and sales of singles.

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