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Although we probably have individual CDs of the 10 most popular artists from the year you graduated, it would be even easier to check out a compilation CD. Here is the lowdown on some of the compilations the Media Collection has to offer:

Billboard Top Hits: The Billboard Hot 100 List is a popularity chart for music singles, based on sales and radio play. The list is published weekly, and at the end of each calendar year, Billboard publishes a list of the songs that spent the most time in the highest slots on the weekly lists.

Our collection spans the entire 40-year run of the Billboard Top Hits CDs, from 1955 to 1995. Each disc contains the 10 most popular songs from that year.

Entertainment Weekly Greatest Hits: The editors from Entertainment Weekly magazine picked their pop and rock favorites over the years. The library carries Entertainment Weekly Greatest Hits for the years 1965 to 1993. Check these out for favorites that didn’t necessarily spend the year hovering near the top of the charts but still helped make the year memorable.

The Nuggets collection: The Nuggets series focuses on psychedelic music from the mid-to-late 60’s, while the follow-series Children of Nuggets showcases psychedelic music from the 80’s.

Now That’s What I Call Music!: Although these aren’t separated by year or published on a regular schedule like the Billboards, they are based on the same idea of publishing a completion of popular songs from a general time period. The earliest albums start with music from the late 90’s and early 2000’s, with each album containing hit songs from the one to three years preceding its release.