LITTLE ROCK — The top recordings of 2009 as listed by Billboard magazine. For the complete charts in all musical styles, go to billboard.com, click on “Best of 2009.” TOP SONGS 1. “Boom Boom Pow,” The Black Eyed Peas 2. “Poker Face,” Lady Gaga 3. “Just Dance,” Lady Gaga featuring Colby O’Donis 4. “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas 5. “Love Story,” Taylor Swift 6. “Right Round,” Flo Rida 7. “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz 8. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyonce 9. “Heartless,” Kanye West 10. “Gives You Hell,” The All-American Rejects TOP ALBUMS 1. Fearless, Taylor Swift 2. I Am ... Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 3. Dark Horse, Nickelback 4. Twilight, Soundtrack 5. Hannah Montana: The Movie, Soundtrack 6. Circus, Britney Spears 7. 808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West8. The Fame, Lady Gaga 9. Relapse, Eminem 10. The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
TOP COUNTRY SINGLES
1. “I Run to You,” Lady Antebellum 2. “Whatever It Is,” Zac Brown Band 3. “Boots On,” Randy Houser 4. “It Won’t Be Like This for Long,” Darius Rucker 5. “River of Love,” George Strait 6. “Sideways,” Dierks Bentley 7. “People Are Crazy,” Billy Currington 8. “Alright,” Darius Rucker 9. “Sweet Thing,” Keith Urban 10. “Big Green Tractor,” Jason Aldean
TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS
1. Fearless, Taylor Swift 2. The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 3. Hannah Montana: The Movie, Soundtrack 4. Unstoppable, Rascal Flatts 5. Love on the Inside, Sugarland 6. Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift 7. Learn to Live, Darius Rucker 8. Wide Open, Jason Aldean 9. Lady Antebellum, LadyAntebellum 10. Defying Gravity, Keith Urban
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS
1. I Am ... Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 2. Intuition, Jamie Foxx 3. A Different Me, Keyshia Cole 4. The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z 5. 808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West 6. Blacksummer’s night, Maxwell 7. Relapse, Eminem 8. The Point of It All, Anthony Hamilton 9. I Look to You, Whitney Houston 10. Theater of the Mind, Ludacris
TOP CLASSICAL ALBUMS
1. The Promise, Il Divo 2. Incanto, Andrea Bocelli 3. My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli 4. Songs of Joy & Peace, Yo-Yo Ma & Friends 5. If on a Winter’s Night ... , Sting 6. The Priests, The Priests 7. A Winter Symphony, Sarah Brightman 8. The 50 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music, Various Artists 9. The Best of Andrea Bocelli, Andrea Bocelli 10. Passione, Paul Potts
Style, Pages 45 on 12/27/2009