2009: 20-11

20. "Hottest In the Hood" - Red Cafe
19. "LoveGame" - Lady Gaga
18. "Move (If You Wanna)" - Mims
17. "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell
16. "Make Her Say" - Kid Cudi
15. "Party In The U.S.A." - Miley Cyrus
14. "Halo" - Beyonce
13. "Respect My Conglomerate" - Busta Rhymes
12. "So Easy" - Red Cafe
11. "Brooklyn We Go Hard" - Jay-Z

As unexpected as it was for this year's chart to have an appearance from annoying, would-be one-hit wonder Mims; moderately successful comebacks from some second tier 90's stars (Maxwell, Busta Rhymes); some actual promising new rap artists not named Kanye West or T.I. (Red Cafe, Kid Cudi); and NO SONGS from Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 ("Brooklyn We Go Hard" came off the Notorious soundtrack), perhaps the most surprising thing on our list is the #15 showing of Miley Cyrus, whose singles output up until now has been absolutely terrible.

And while her voice still sounds excruciatingly like Auto-tuned fingernails on a chalkboard, "Party In The U.S.A." was cute, sort of fun and even catchy at times. Without those adorable keyboard squirts in the chorus, it might not have made this list, but fortunately for all of us, they're there. Sure it's corny, but it beats "The Climb". Let's keep up the good work next decade, okay Miss Montana?