Music Charts
Best of the 1940s
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Welcome to the all new international music charts website! More colors, better handling, same mission: Vote for your favorite songs to find the all-time greatest hits and discover new or forgotten gems! Below is the extendable Top 50 list.
Use the new Discovery Mode to listen your way through the day with the ▸ button below each video. From now on you can also play the songs in full length directly from this website if you have the free Spotify player installed on your computer.
UPDATE: You might have noticed the current change in ranking and number of points. It’s our attempt to put less weight on the number of votes and get closer to IMDB’s formula.
- Rank
- Artist
- Song
- Year
- Points
- 1
- Billie Holiday
- Gloomy Sunday
- 1941
- 900
- 3
- Barış Manço
- Nane Limon Kabugu
- 1943
- 321
- 5
- Bing Crosby
- White Christmas
- 1942
- 287
- 10
- Perry Como
- Till The End Of Time
- 1945
- 211
- 15
- Billie Holiday
- Stormy Weather
- 1943
- 194
- 16
- Mills Brothers
- Paper Doll
- 1943
- 193
- 17
- Artie Shaw
- Frenesi
- 1940
- 193
- 27
- Frank Sinatra
- Five Minutes More
- 1946
- 164
- 28
- Bing Crosby
- I Love You
- 1944
- 164
- 31
- Bing Crosby
- Swinging On A Star
- 1944
- 161
- 32
- Billie Holiday
- God Bless The Child
- 1941
- 160
- 34
- Perry Como
- Surrender
- 1946
- 150
- 35
- Perry Como
- Prisoner Of Love
- 1946
- 147
- 36
- Sammy Kaye
- Chickery Chick
- 1945
- 147
- 37
- Perry Como
- Some Enchanted Evening
- 1949
- 145
- 40
- Bing Crosby
- Only Forever
- 1940
- 143
- 44
- Vic Damone
- You're Breaking My Heart
- 1949
- 138
- 45
- Wynonie Harris
- Good Rockin' Tonight
- 1947
- 137
- 47
- Dinah Shore
- Buttons And Bows
- 1948
- 133
- 49
- Cesária Évora
- Tiempo Y Silencio
- 1941
- 131
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