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The best songs of 2005 have been selected by Billboard's staff. Which is your favorite? Vote in our poll!
George W. Bush is the president of the United States, Juicy Couture tracksuits and American Idol are all the rage, and thanks to Gwen Stefani, everyone has a fun new way of remembering how to spell the word “bananas.” And the rest? This week, Billboard is throwing it back two decades to celebrate a truly iconic year that — though lost forever now in the grand expanse of time — remains deeply impactful in terms of pop culture and, more specifically, music. Not only did 2005 mark a high point for pop-punk and post-grunge rock, but it also saw an explosion of R&B and hip-hop on the charts that made for a Top 40 shakeup that continues to have reverberations today.
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