THE TOP

2008

The tradition is respected, like every year Powhertz makes the most accurate chart of the most popular songs in Québec in the past year! However, the top will count on less sources this year, Radio Énergie having chosen not to make a top 50 and bet everything on its vote Le Choix du Québec. It's a very bad idea, because these two things are not equivalent at all. The first one measures the response level to a song throughout the year, the other one simply asks the listeners to vote for their favorite song of the year during a very specific period of 24 days at the end of the year. That's how a Poker Face, the #1 "hit" during the vote, gets in front of its nearest English-language rival with 3 times as much votes, while mega-hits from earlier in the year find themselves disproportionnally far, for example 4 Minutes by Madonna and Justin Timberlake that lands at a ridiculous #41. Another factor is that a vote is always very différent from a chart made by professionnals. A vote is a lot more easily biased (for example by a small group of people who vote several times a day at every day of the vote) and takes a measure in only one single way while the there are many to consider (has the song sold a lot of "singles"? Has it allowed the artist to sell a lot of albums? Does it made them sell a lot of concert tickets? Is it known from everybody? etc.). So it's a very sad decision from Radio Énergie, and obviously it will be a little bit disadvantaged here because the choices from its rival CKOI into its top 50 will be awarded a higher priority, since they much better represent the spirit of a year chart.

Also to be noted the absence of CHOI Radio X ' chart among my references. I simply didn't find their chart on their Web site this year... So here's the top of 2008 by Powhertz.

Pos.

Song

Artist

References

1
Just Dance
Lady Gaga
#1 CKOI
#1 été CKOI
#3 MP
#12 CKMF
2
Poker Face
Lady Gaga
#1 CKMF
#5 CKOI
3
4 Minutes
Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
#2 CKOI
#35 MP
#41 CKMF
4
I Kissed a Girl
Katy Perry
#2 MP
#4 CKOI
#8 CKMF
5
Mentir
Marie-Mai
#2 CKMF
#11 CKOI
6
15 Cent Miles
Éric Lapointe
#3 CKOI
#11 CKMF
7
Viva la Vida
Coldplay
#3 BUZZ
#6 CKOI
#7 CKMF
#15 MP
8
All Summer Long
Kid Rock
#4 CKMF
#8 CKOI
9
Rock N' Roll Train
AC/DC
#3 CKMF
#11 MP
#14 CKOI

10
The Day that Never Comes Metallica #1 MP
#5 CKMF
#40 BUZZ
11
Ella Elle L'A Kate Ryan #7 CKOI
#18 CKMF
12
So What
Pink
#9 CKOI
#13 CKMF
#20 MP

13
Pump up the Jam The Lost Fingers #10 CKOI
#23 CKMF
14
Pousse, Pousse Jonathan Painchaud #4 MP
#14 CKMF
#17 CKOI
15
Calabria Enur feat. Natasja #12 CKOI
#17 MP
16
Emmène-moi
Marie-Mai
#7 MP
#9 CKMF
#29 CKOI
17
Womanizer
Britney Spears
#15 CKMF
#27 CKOI

18
La Maison est Grande Kaïn #6 CKMF
#34 CKOI
19
Belle Dans' Tête Éric Lapointe #13 CKOI
20
Save You A Simple Plan #10 CKMF
21
Your Love is a Lie
A Simple Plan
#6 MP
#25 CKOI
#36 CKMF
22
Mercy
Duffy
#16 CKOI
#45 CKMF
23
Smilin'!!
Pascale Picard
#18 CKOI
#28 CKMF
24
Entre Deux Taxis
Les Cowboys Fringants
#15 CKOI
#32 MP
#37 CKMF
25
Le Déni de l'Évidence
Mes Aïeux
#22 CKMF
#26 CKOI
26
Never Too Late
Hedley
#5 MP
#30 CKOI
#31 CKMF

27
Shake it Metro Station #9 MP
#28 CKOI
#44 CKMF
28
Disturbia
Rihanna
#13 MP
#38 CKMF
#44 CKOI
29
Ready Set, Go! Tokio Hotel
#20 CKMF
#22 MP
#32 CKOI
30
Give it 2 Me
Madonna
#8 MP
#21 CKMF
#33 CKOI
31
Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis
#20 CKOI
#25 CKMF
32
Réverbère
Ariane Moffatt
#19 CKOI
#24 MP
33
Pork and Beans
Weezer
#1 BUZZ
#29 CKMF
#37 MP
34
Low
Flo-Rida & T-Pain
#16 CKMF
35
Pocketful of Sunshine Natasha Bedingfield #22 CKOI
36
Je Veux Tout
Ariane Moffatt
#27 CKMF
#31 CKOI

37
Je Pense à Toi Alfa Rococo #29 MP
#36 CKOI
#42 CKMF
38
No One
Alicia Keys
#39 CKOI
#40 CKMF
39
Into the Night
Santana feat. Chad Kroeger
#23 CKOI
40
Love in this Club
Usher
#26 MP
#43 CKMF
41
If I Had Eyes
Jack Johnson
#14 BUZZ
#35 CKOI
42
Oublie pas Karkwa #12 MP
43
Hot n' Cold
Katy Perry
#37 CKOI
44
Keeps Gettin' Better
Christina Aguilera
#40 CKOI
45
Gotta be Somebody
Nickelback
#24 CKMF
#46 CKOI
46
Lollipop Lil' Wayne #14 MP
47
L'Ours Tricot Machine #21 CKOI
48
Take you There Sean Kingston #45 CKOI
49
Let it Rock
Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil' Wayne
#25 MP
#26 CKMF

50
Pleine Lune Marie-Luce Béland #24 CKOI
#46 CKMF
51
Alone Céline Dion #17 CKMF
52
Somebody To Love Sylvain Cossette #30 CKMF
53
Same Mistake James Blunt #19 CKMF
54
Wanna be Startin' Somethin'
Michael Jackson & Akon
#38 CKOI
55
When I Grow Up
The Pussycat Dolls
#28 MP
#35 CKMF

56
Oh Mon Chéri Anik Jean #43 CKOI
57
Violet Hill
Coldplay
#33 MP
#35 BUZZ
#49 CKOI

58
Supernatural Superserious R.E.M. #41 CKOI
59
Big Girl (you are Beautiful)
Mika
#48 CKMF
60
Shut up and let me go
The Ting Tings
#43 MP
#50 CKOI
61
Toucher
Éric Lapointe
#32 CKMF
62
Cry for you
September
#33 CKMF
63
Cliché Hot Radio Radio
#10 MP
64
Shadow of the Day
Linkin Park
#7 BUZZ
#19 MP

65
Maryse Pat Groulx et les Bas Blancs #39 CKMF
66
Bubbly Colbie Caillat #42 CKOI
67
Loin
Kaïn
#34 MP
68
Monsoon Tokio Hotel #47 CKOI
69
Let it Die Foo Fighters #2 BUZZ
70
La Première Fois
Shy'm
#49 CKMF
71
Kamikaze
Emi Bond
#48 CKOI
72
M'Accrocher?
Loco Locass
#16 MP
73
All or Nothing Theory of a Deadman #47 CKMF
74
World we Know Crash Parallel #50 CKMF
75
Rise Above This Seether #4 BUZZ
76
Je réalise
Sinik & James Blunt
#18 MP
77
Inside the Fire Disturbed #5 BUZZ
#41 MP
78
Hammerhead
The Offspring
#12 BUZZ
#30 MP

79
Être un Comme Vulgaires Machins #21 MP
80
Like Me Girlicious #23 MP
81
Addicted
Saving Abel
#17 BUZZ
82
Encore L'Assemblée avec Dupuis
#40 MP
#28 été CKOI

83
Sur ma vie Vaï #27 MP
84
Whatever You Like T.I. #31 MP
85
Believe
The Bravery
#6 BUZZ
86
Re-Education (Through Labor)
Rise Against
#24 BUZZ
#49 MP

87
Until Death do us Apart Jonas #22 été CKOI
88
Minuit Andrée Watters #33 été CKOI
89
Forever Chris Brown #39 MP
90
Handlebars Flobots #9 BUZZ
91
Stand Up Garou #24 été CKOI
92
If I Never see your Face Again Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna #34 été CKOI
93
Discipline Nine Inch Nails #18 BUZZ
94
Human
The Killers
#50 MP
#55 BUZZ
95
Julie Soleil
Mathieu Gaudet
#38 été CKOI
96
Je n'Attends Plus Rien
Vallières
#42 été CKOI
97
Lollipop
Mika
#35 été CKOI
98
Dear God Avenged Sevenfold
#36 MP
99
Pow Pow t'es Mort
Gatineau
#38 MP
100
Open Your Eyes Your Favorites Enemies #42 MP

Unused:
MP:
44. Kamakazi - Entre les deux oreilles
45. Fall Out Boy - I Don’t Care
46. Les Dales Hawerchuk - 2e Galette
47. Flo Rida ft. Will.I.Am - In the Ayer
48. Sans Pression - Numéro 1
BUZZ:
8. Puddle of Mudd - Psycho
10. Crushcrushcrush - Paramore
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Legend of the references:
CKOI: Le Top 50 de 2008, by radio station CKOI 96,9 FM in Montréal
CKMF: Le Choix du Québec 2008, by radio station CKMF 94,3 FM in Montréal
MP: Top 40 2008, by T.V. station MusiquePlus in Montréal
BUZZ: Top 99 of 2008, by radio station 99,9 FM bassed in Burlington, but also serving Plattsburgh and Montréal

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