With the 2003 explosion of new sounds from old artists, 2004 was wide open for current artists to dominate our radios. Usher was the luckiest in this aspect, since he scored four number one singles this year alone. Kelly Clarkson and Gwen Stefani started to make their breakthrough as artists on their own terms, we saw the arrival of R&B princess Ciara, and then rock band Green Day made the biggest comeback, both with songs and albums. There was a lot of songs this year, but these 40 were the best that the year had to offer. Complete with their peak positions on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard year-end chart, here is a list of the best of 2004:
40. Green Day-American Idiot
Peak: 61 Billboard Year-End: NA
39. Joss Stone-You Had Me
Peak: NA* Billboard Year-End: NA
38. Gwen Stefani-What You Waiting For?
Peak: 47 Billboard Year-End: NA
37. Ryan Cabrera-On the Way Down
Peak: 15 Billboard Year-End: 73
36. Sheryl Crow-The First Cut is the Deepest
Peak: 14 Billboard Year-End: 28
35. Jessica Simpson-With You
Peak: 14 Billboard Year-End: 50
34. Destiny's Child and TI-Soldier
Peak: 3 Billboard Year-End: NA
33. Ashlee Simpson-Pieces of Me
Peak: 5 Billboard Year-End: 39
32. Keane-Somewhere Only We Know
Peak: 50 Billboard Year-End: NA
31. Five for Fighting-100 Years
Peak: 28 Billboard Year-End: 77
30. The Black Eyed Peas-Hey Mama
Peak: 23 Billboard Year-End: 95
29. No Doubt-It's My Life
Peak: 10 Billboard Year-End: 38
28. Usher-Confessions Part II
Peak: 1 (2 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 12
27. OutKast and Sleepy Brown-The Way You Move
Peak: 1 (1 week) Billboard Year-End: 5
26. Britney Spears-Toxic
Peak: 9 Billboard Year-End: 48
25. Linkin Park-Breaking the Habit
Peak: 20 Billboard Year-End: 79
24. Beyonce-Naughty Girl
Peak: 3 Billboard Year-End: 18
23. Bowling for Soup-1985
Peak: 23 Billboard Year-End: NA
22. Evanescence-My Immortal
Peak: 7 Billboard Year-End: 19
21. Los Lonely Boys-Heaven
Peak: 16 Billboard Year-End: 37
20. Switchfoot-Meant to Live
Peak: 18 Billboard Year-End: 51
19. Switchfoot-Dare You to Move
Peak: 17 Billboard Year-End: NA
18. Maroon 5-She Will Be Loved
Peak: 5 Billboard Year-End: 35
17. Destiny's Child-Lose My Breath
Peak: 3 Billboard Year-End: 58
16. Usher and Alicia Keys-My Boo
Peak: 1 (6 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 24
15. The Killers-Somebody Told Me
Peak: 51 Billboard Year-End: NA
14. Alicia Keys-If I Ain't Got You
Peak: 4 Billboard Year-End: 3
13. Nelly and Tim McGraw-Over and Over
Peak: 3 Billboard Year-End: 96
12. The Black Eyed Peas-Let's Get It Started
Peak: 21 Billboard Year-End: 88
11. Avril Lavigne-My Happy Ending
Peak: 9 Billboard Year-End: 54
10. Gavin DeGraw-I Don't Wanna Be
Peak: 10 Billboard Year-End: NA
9. Jet-Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
Peak: 29 Billboard Year-End: 76
8. Maroon 5-This Love
Peak: 5 Billboard Year-End: 4
7. JoJo-Leave (Get Out)
Peak: 12 Billboard Year-End: 40
6. Usher-Burn
Peak: 1 (8 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 2
5. Kelly Clarkson-Breakaway
Peak: 6 Billboard Year-End: 74
4. Hoobastank-The Reason
Peak: 2 Billboard Year-End: 6
3. Ciara and Petey Pablo-Goodies
Peak: 1 (7 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 9
2. OutKast-Hey Ya!
Peak: 1 (6 weeks)+ Billboard Year-End: 8
1. Usher, Ludacris, and Lil Jon-Yeah!
Peak: 1 (12 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 1
*This song was not released as a single in the US, but still received airplay
+This song topped the Hot 100 for 3 weeks at the end of 2003
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