Big comebacks, creative leaps and multiplatinum records dominated the year’s greatest music, as you’ll see in the below list ...

Looking back at the biggest hit singles of every year, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch. By Xander Zellner Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for over a century.

“Hold Me Now” by Thompson Twins from Into the Gap Hits in 1984 were buoyed by earnestness. Thompson Twins’ defining song embodies this dramatic spirit. Think of how you might lip-sync this on ...