2005
8 different songs reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005. The year opened with Let Me Love You by Mario at the top, and We Belong Together by Mariah Carey held #1 the longest — 14 weeks in 2005.
Prices rose 3.4% over 2004. One dollar in 2005 buys about what $1.65 buys in 2025.
A gallon of regular gas averaged $2.29, up 22% from 2004. In 2025 dollars that is $3.78, against an actual 2025 average of $3.26.
Mailing a letter took a 37¢ stamp (it is 73¢ in 2025), and the federal minimum wage was $5.15 an hour.
Every #1 hit of 2005
| Song | Artist | First week at #1 | Weeks at #1 in 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let Me Love You | Mario | Jan 1 | 9 |
| Candy Shop | 50 Cent Featuring Olivia | Mar 5 | 9 |
| Hollaback Girl | Gwen Stefani | May 7 | 4 |
| We Belong Together | Mariah Carey | Jun 4 | 14 |
| Inside Your Heaven | Carrie Underwood | Jul 2 | 1 |
| Gold Digger | Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx | Sep 17 | 10 |
| Run It! | Chris Brown | Nov 26 | 5 |
| Don't Forget About Us | Mariah Carey | Dec 31 | 1 |
Weeks are counted within 2005; a song that carried over from 2004 or into 2006 shows only its 2005 weeks.
What things cost in 2005
| Item | 2005 price | In 2025 dollars | Actual 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallon of regular gas | $2.29 | $3.78 | $3.26 |
| Dozen large eggs | $1.22 | $2.01 | $4.25 |
| Loaf of white bread (per lb) | $1.04 | $1.71 | $1.87 |
| Gallon of whole milk | $3.19 | $5.25 | $4.07 |
| Ground beef (per lb) | $2.30 | $3.79 | $6.09 |
| Whole chicken (per lb) | $1.06 | $1.74 | $2.06 |
| Bacon (per lb) | $3.39 | $5.59 | $7.02 |
| Ground coffee (per lb) | $3.26 | $5.38 | $8.18 |
| Bananas (per lb) | $0.49 | $0.81 | $0.65 |
| Sugar (per lb) | $0.43 | $0.72 | $1.02 |
| Potatoes (per lb) | $0.47 | $0.78 | $0.96 |
| Flour (per lb) | $0.32 | $0.53 | $0.56 |
| Electricity (per kWh) | $0.10 | $0.16 | $0.18 |
| Federal minimum wage (per hour) | $5.15 | $8.49 | $7.25 |
| Median new home sale price | $236,550 | $389,958 | $415,400 |
| First-class stamp | 37¢ | 61¢ | 73¢ |
Compare 2005 prices with any amount → · Find the #1 song on any day in 2005 →
The internet in 2005
- April 23, 2005"Me at the zoo" — YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploads the site's first video: 19 seconds about elephants' long trunks. (Same day of the year datacube.com was registered, 18 years later.) source
See the web as it looked in 2005:
Yahoo! ↗Netscape ↗AOL ↗CNN ↗Amazon ↗Apple ↗Microsoft ↗The White House ↗GeoCities ↗Space Jam ↗eBay ↗Google ↗Napster ↗Wikipedia ↗Myspace ↗Facebook ↗YouTube ↗
Links open the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine at its capture nearest July 1, 2005.
