BEST SONGS OF THE DECADE

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The contest are being held to determine the best song of the 2010-2020 decade period.

96 songs decided to compete at the contest. All songs divided through the semi finals which they are competing 12 songs at each semi final.

***VOTING***

At the voting of the semi finals, the songs have been rated through the **11** specific categories. The categories are:

1. ***Song's average of their peak positions of charts throughout the world:***

The average number are making equal to 100 system while decreasing the average from 101.

For example; Average peak position of the song at the is 10,00 that means the song will get 91 points (101-10=91).

2. ***Numbers of charts the song placed in:***

Some songs may be in bottomly placed at the charts but exist at so many charts better in number. But any song could place #1 but exists at charts lower in number. For clarify this kind of inequalities the chart number of the songs that placed in will be consisting this category.

3. ***The number of certifications the songs got:***

The songs has been awarding with certifications of honor to their sales figures country by country. And those will be included into the voting. So, diamond certifications gave the songs **10 points**, Platinums gave **1 point**, golds constitute **0,5 points** and Silvers equal **0,25 points**.

For example; An instant song got 1 diamond, 10 platinums, 4 golds and 1 silver. That will constitute totally **32,25 points**. (1 diamond = 10 points, 10 platinums = 10 points, 4 golds = 2 points, 1 silver = 0,25 points = 32,25 points)

4. ***Sales figures:***

Each song's selling figures totally throughout the world will be counted at the voting.

5. ***Views figures:***

Each song's total viewing figures on **Youtube** will be counted as an another category at the voting. The figures will include official music videos, lyrics videos, audio videos, alternate videos etc. published only on artists'/companys' **official Youtube channel**. Fan-made/published videos will not be counted. All videos' collections as numbers will be the official viewing figure for each song.

For example; The song got 300.000.000 views from official  video, 50.000.000 from lyrics video, 30.000.000 from official audio release. That means the song's viewing figure is totally **380.000.000**.

6. ***Likes figures:***

The official video's of each song's total likes numbers will be owned by this category. Same criterias are available with the 4th category.

7. ***Likes-dislikes analogy proportions:***

The likes mean the popularity of the song but the annoying aspects will also be included at the voting. As it's told at the 4th and 5th categories, the song's those official videos likes numbers will be divided to likes+dislikes figures. The result will multiply with 100 and that means how the song has been liked as percentages.
For example: The song totaly got 1.000.000 likes from all official videos. Dislikes are totally 50.000. The like numbers will be divided to 1.050.000 (1.000.000 + 50.000 = 1.050.000) And the result is 0,95238. To learn the percentage of the song it will be multiplying with 100 = 95,24%. That means the song has been liked 95,24% in percentage. (95,23% becomes 95,24% because the last digit bigger than 5 that means we are adding plus 1 to the last digit.)

8. ***Awards:***

The songs have been awarding through several award shows, vary with method to give the award some give with fan voting, some do with in a professional way. So the songs those award receptions will be included in the voting.
It is substantial to divide the awards to 2 categories. **The Grammys and the others**.

The Grammys are the most important ones to get through an award for each artist's career. So those qualifications will be harsher than others.

At the other awards, (like MTV VMAs, AMAs, Billboard Music Awards etc.) if a song got an award from any category the song will receive **2 points**, if only got a nomination didn't acquire the award the song will ony receive **1 point**.

**At the Grammys**, the award receptions will equal to **10 points**, while only nomination-rest songs will receive **5** **points for each category**.

For example: If a song got 4 VMAs of 10 nomations that means 4 awards \* 2 = 8 points, remaining 6 nominations constitue 6 points totally **14 points**.

The same song got 2 Grammys of 5 nominations, that will mean that the song got 2\*10 = 20 points because of the award receptions, while remaining 3 nominations the song didn't get the awards will be counted as 3\*5 = 15 points. **Totally = 35 points from Grammys**.

And if we take that like no other nominations/awards from other awards, that song will totally get **49 points** from the 'Awards' category.

9. ***Streaming Figures:***

Doubtless fact of Spotify's growing fame especially renowned through the young listeners, it is impossible not to include Spotify streaming figures into the voting.
Purely the numbers of how many times the song has been listened will be counted in this category.

10. ***Streaming Bars:***

Along with the streaming figures, the popularity of the songs are being vital for qualify a song. The streaming bars indicate the songs's popularity through the stick-liked chapter nearby the song. The bars consist of 8 and the popularity makes whiter the black bars. That's what we will include into voting. The white bars will be divided into total of bars numbers -so 8- and multiplying with 100 will say that how the song is still popular in percentage.
For exampe; the song's own bar stands at 4. 4/8\*100 will equal 50. That means the song's popularity is 50%.

11. ***Votes in general:***

​​​Those whole categories will be setting specifically at their own style voting. But in general, the songs' those figures will be collected for a general regard an addition to the specific results.

The other 10 categories' figures will be counted as in example;

* The song's average chart peak position's category point is 76,00, the song will get **760.000 points**.
* The song's number of charts placed in is 40, the song will get **400.000 points**.
* The number of certifications the song got is 30, the song will get **300.000 points.**
* The song's total selling number is 1.000.000, the song will get **1.000.000 points**.
* The total views of the song is 500.000.000, the song will get **5.000.000 points**.
* The total likes of the song is 1.000.000, the song will get **1.000.000 points**.
* The liking percentage of the song is 80,00%, the song will get **800.000 points**.
* Award votes of the song are 100, the song will get **1.000.000 points**.
* Streaming figures of the song are 300.000.000, the song will get **3.000.000 points**.
* Streaming bar percentage of the song is 50,00%, the song will get **500.000 points**.

In total the song gets **13.760.000 points** from this category.

***CALCULATION:***

Each category's numbers/results will be pointing as ***12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1*** points from bigger to lower. And the whole points will be collected and in result, the winning song will be qualified directly through the grand final.

After the semi finals round, there will be a 2nd chance for those who placed 2nd at the semi final votings. In this night, 8 songs will compete and only **4 of them** will be going to compete at the grand final.

And in the grand final, totally **12 songs** will compete.