Last Updated: 12/5/23
On this page, I list the conditions songs meet that cause them to be retired from the voting and the chart.
What does it mean to be retired? Retired is the politest way I have been able to say that the song is being removed from the chart and the voting and will not appear anymore.
Retirement Conditions
Songs have to beat (a.k.a. get more votes than) a certain percentage of the other songs based on how long they have been on the chart
Maximum Stay: Songs can only stay on the chart for 30 weeks
| Percentage of Songs to Beat | From | To |
| 90% | Week 28 | Week 29 |
| 80% | Week 25 | Week 27 |
| 70% | Week 22 | Week 24 |
| 60% | Week 19 | Week 21 |
| 50% | Week 16 | Week 18 |
| 40% | Week 13 | Week 15 |
| 30% | Week 10 | Week 12 |
| 20% | Week 7 | Week 9 |
| 10% | Week 4 | Week 6 |
Please note: I use percentile to determine the number of votes to be safe; technically speaking, songs may not beat the same percentage of votes because of ties. For example, if the math for the 10% mark is 40 votes and 50 songs had 40 votes, all 50 songs are safe no matter how many songs they beat.
#1 Song Rule: Once a song reaches #1 on the chart, it has to receive the most votes in the voting every week in order to stay on the chart. Once it finishes 2nd or lower, it is retired no matter how many weeks it has been on the chart. In other words, once a song is #1, it has a much tougher retirement condition than every other song.
The Fan-Voted Chart 