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TRAX — Billboard Hot 100 Chart Tracker · Track Details · Novel Scoring Algorithm · 34,086 tracks · 1954–2026

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TRAX CHARTS

1972

Explore Billboard Hot 100 dominance by artist, album, genre, and label. Scores aggregate all tracks for each entity.

Top Scoring Track by Year

1972

American Pie (Parts 1 and 2)

Don Mclean

4,906

Top Artists

🥇Al Green

Al Green

5trk12,451
#2
DO

Donny Osmond

6trk11,240
#3Don Mclean

Don Mclean

3trk9,320
#4
NI

Nilsson

4trk8,715
#5
GI

Gilbert O'Sullivan

2trk8,092
#6Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

3trk7,923
#7
AM

America

3trk7,679
#8
BR

Bread

4trk7,510
#9
RO

Roberta Flack

3trk7,465
#10
CA

Carpenters

4trk6,685

Top Albums

🥇American Pie

American Pie

Don Mclean

2trk6,761
#2
MO

Moods

Barbara Mandrell

3trk6,177
#3
AM

America

America

2trk5,598
#4
NI

Nilsson Schmilsson

Nilsson

2trk5,234
#5I'm Still in Love with You

I'm Still in Love with You

Al Green

2trk5,225
#6
A

A Song for You

Carpenters

3trk5,066
#7
NI

Nice To Be With You

Gallery

2trk5,057
#8
I

I Gotcha

Joe Tex

2trk4,959
#9
HA

Harvest

Neil Young

2trk4,660
#10
AR

Are You Lonely For Me

Roberta Flack

1trk4,570

Top Genres

Top Labels

🥇Columbia Records

Columbia Records

36trk29,632
#2Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

27trk29,019
#3MGM Records

MGM Records

20trk27,327
#4Epic records

Epic records

15trk23,812
#5A&M Records

A&M Records

16trk20,185
#6Elektra Records

Elektra Records

19trk19,818
#7
BE

Bell Records

19trk18,626
#8Capitol Records

Capitol Records

18trk18,089
#9United Artists Records

United Artists Records

14trk17,941
#10Motown

Motown

13trk17,727

How scores work: Each entity's score is the sum of TRAX scores for all its charted tracks. Track scores combine peak position, milestone week bonuses, and weekly positional values.

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