In 2008, for the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing songs on the chart over the 50 years, along with the best-performing artists. In 2013, Billboard revised the rankings for the chart's 55th anniversary edition. In 2015, Billboard revised the rankings again. Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 57-year period of the Hot 100, through October 2015. Also shown are the artists placing the most songs on the overall "all-time" top 100 song list.
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16 weeks
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men – "One Sweet Day" (1995–96)
14 weeks
Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You" (1992–93)
Boyz II Men – "I'll Make Love to You" (1994)
Los del Río – "Macarena" (Bayside Boys mix) (1996)
Elton John – "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997–98)
Mariah Carey – "We Belong Together" (2005)
The Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling" (2009)
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk" (2015)
13 weeks
Boyz II Men – "End of the Road" (1992)
Brandy and Monica – "The Boy Is Mine" (1998)
12 weeks
Santana featuring Rob Thomas – "Smooth" (1999–2000)
Eminem – "Lose Yourself" (2002–03)
Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris – "Yeah!" (2004)
The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell – "Blurred Lines" (2013)
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – "See You Again" (2015)
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – "Closer" (2016)
11 weeks
Elvis Presley – "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" (1956)
(Pre-Hot 100: "Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts)
All-4-One – "I Swear" (1994)
Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart" (1996–97)
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 – "I'll Be Missing You" (1997)
Destiny's Child – "Independent Women Part I" (2000–01)
10 weeks
The McGuire Sisters – "Sincerely" (1955)
(Pre-Hot 100: "Most Played by Jockeys" chart)
Pérez Prado – "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (1955)
(Pre-Hot 100: "Best Sellers in Stores" chart)
Debby Boone – "You Light Up My Life" (1977)
Olivia Newton-John – "Physical" (1981–82)
Santana featuring The Product G&B – "Maria Maria" (2000)
Ashanti – "Foolish" (2002)
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland – "Dilemma" (2002)
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx – "Gold Digger" (2005)
Beyoncé – "Irreplaceable" (2006–07)
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain – "Low" (2008)
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris – "We Found Love" (2011–12)
Pharrell Williams – "Happy" (2014)
Adele – "Hello" (2015–16)
Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla – "One Dance" (2016)
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10 weeks
Foreigner – "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (1981–82)
Missy Elliott – "Work It" (2002–03)
9 weeks
Donna Lewis – "I Love You Always Forever" (1996)
Shania Twain – "You're Still the One" (1998)
8 weeks
Shai – "If I Ever Fall in Love" (1992–93)
Deborah Cox – "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" (1998–99)
Brian McKnight – "Back at One" (1999–2000)
Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy – "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004)
Ed Sheeran – "Thinking Out Loud" (2015)
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32 weeks – LeAnn Rimes – "How Do I Live" (1997–98), The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - "Closer" (2016–17)
31 weeks – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk" (2014–15)
30 weeks – Santana featuring Rob Thomas – "Smooth" (1999–2000)
29 weeks – LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock – "Party Rock Anthem" (2011–12)
28 weeks – Jewel – "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1997–98)
26 weeks – Savage Garden – "Truly Madly Deeply" (1997–98)
25 weeks – Chubby Checker – "The Twist" (1960 and 1962), Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart" (1996–97), Timbaland featuring OneRepublic – "Apologize" (2007–08), OneRepublic – "Counting Stars" (2013–14), Meghan Trainor – "All About That Bass" (2014–15), Fetty Wap – "Trap Queen" (2015)
The total weeks displayed in this section are total weeks the song was charted inside the top 10 portion of the chart, instead of total weeks spent on the chart. Only songs that spent 25 weeks or more in the top 10 are considered for inclusion in this section.
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87 weeks – Imagine Dragons – "Radioactive" (2014)
79 weeks – Awolnation – "Sail" (2014)
76 weeks – Jason Mraz – "I'm Yours" (2009)
69 weeks – LeAnn Rimes – "How Do I Live" (1998)
68 weeks – LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock – "Party Rock Anthem" (2012), OneRepublic – "Counting Stars" (2014)
65 weeks – Jewel – "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1998), Adele – "Rolling in the Deep" (2012)
64 weeks – Carrie Underwood – "Before He Cheats" (2007)
62 weeks – Lifehouse – "You and Me" (2006), The Lumineers – "Ho Hey" (2013)
The year displayed is the year the songs ended their respective chart runs.
Michael Jackson – "You Are Not Alone" (September 2, 1995)
Mariah Carey – "Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)
Whitney Houston – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (November 25, 1995)
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men – "One Sweet Day" (December 2, 1995)
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 – "I'll Be Missing You" (June 14, 1997)
Mariah Carey – "Honey" (September 13, 1997)
Elton John – "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (October 11, 1997)
Celine Dion – "My Heart Will Go On" (February 28, 1998)
Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (September 5, 1998)
Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (November 14, 1998)
Clay Aiken – "This Is the Night" (June 28, 2003)
Fantasia Barrino – "I Believe" (July 10, 2004)
Carrie Underwood – "Inside Your Heaven" (July 2, 2005)
Taylor Hicks – "Do I Make You Proud" (July 1, 2006)
Britney Spears – "3" (October 24, 2009)
Eminem – "Not Afraid" (May 22, 2010)
Kesha – "We R Who We R" (November 13, 2010)
Britney Spears – "Hold It Against Me" (January 29, 2011)
Lady Gaga – "Born This Way" (February 26, 2011)
Katy Perry – "Part of Me" (March 3, 2012)
Baauer – "Harlem Shake" (March 2, 2013)
Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (September 6, 2014)
Justin Bieber – "What Do You Mean?" (September 19, 2015)
Adele – "Hello" (November 14, 2015)
Zayn Malik – "Pillowtalk" (February 20, 2016)
Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop the Feeling!" (May 28, 2016)
Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" (January 28, 2017)
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97–1 – Kelly Clarkson – "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February 7, 2009)
96–1 – Britney Spears – "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)
80–1 – T.I. featuring Rihanna – "Live Your Life" (October 18, 2008)
78–1 – Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent – "Crack a Bottle" (February 21, 2009)
72–1 – Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (September 1, 2012)
71–1 – T.I. – "Whatever You Like" (September 6, 2008)
64–1 – Maroon 5 – "Makes Me Wonder" (May 12, 2007)
60–1 – Rihanna featuring Drake – "What's My Name?" (November 20, 2010)
58–1 – Flo Rida – "Right Round" (February 28, 2009)
53–1 – Rihanna – "Take a Bow" (May 24, 2008)
53–1 – Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris – "Break Your Heart" (March 20, 2010)
53–1 – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – "Bad Blood" (June 6, 2015)
Changes in when the eligibility of a single first begins, as well as more accurate digital download totals, have made abrupt chart jumps more commonplace. From 1955–2001, under
Billboard's previous methodologies, only two singles ascended directly to #1 from a previous position beneath the Top 20: The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", which jumped from #27 to the top slot in April 1964, and Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" which jumped from #23 to #1 in June 1998.
97–1 (96 positions) – Kelly Clarkson – "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February 7, 2009)
96–1 (95 positions) – Britney Spears – "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)
94–3 (91 positions) – Beyoncé and Shakira – "Beautiful Liar" (April 7, 2007)
95–7 (88 positions) – Akon featuring Eminem – "Smack That" (October 14, 2006)
97–9 (88 positions) – Drake featuring Nicki Minaj – "Make Me Proud" (November 5, 2011)
96–11 (85 positions) – Carrie Underwood – "Cowboy Casanova" (October 10, 2009)
100–15 (85 positions) – A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger – "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" (March 14, 2009)
85–2 (83 positions) – Katy Perry – "Roar" (August 31, 2013)
86–4 (82 positions) – Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – "Breaking Free" (February 11, 2006)
93–12 (81 positions) – Matchbox Twenty – "How Far We've Come" (September 22, 2007)
93–12 (81 positions) – Kygo and Selena Gomez – "It Ain't Me" (March 11, 2017)
100–19 (81 positions) – Lorde – "Green Light" (March 25, 2017)
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Billboard's previous methodologies, jumps of this magnitude were rare. One exception was Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley PTA," which advanced 74 slots in August 1968; this upward acceleration went unmatched for 30 years, but has been surpassed over a dozen times since 2006. Changes in when the eligibility of a single first begins, as well as more accurate digital download totals, have made abrupt chart jumps more commonplace.
33rd week – Los del Río – "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" (1995–96)
31st week – Lonestar – "Amazed" (1999–2000)
30th week – John Legend – "All of Me" (2013–14)
27th week – Creed – "With Arms Wide Open" (2000)
26th week – Vertical Horizon – "Everything You Want" (2000)
25th week – UB40 – "Red Red Wine" (1988)
23rd week – Patti Austin and James Ingram – "Baby, Come to Me" (1983), Sia featuring Sean Paul – "Cheap Thrills" (2016)
22nd week – Vangelis – "Chariots of Fire" (1982), Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance" (2008–09)
21st week – Nick Gilder – "Hot Child in the City" (1978), Robert John – "Sad Eyes" (1979), Outkast – "The Way You Move" (2003–04), Adele – "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011–12)
1–15 – Billy Preston – "Nothing from Nothing" (October 26, 1974)
1–15 – Dionne Warwicke and The Spinners – "Then Came You" (November 2, 1974)
1–12 – Simon & Garfunkel – "The Sound of Silence" (January 29, 1966)
1–12 – Barry White – "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (September 28, 1974)
1–12 – Andy Kim – "Rock Me Gently" (October 5, 1974)
1–12 – Stevie Wonder – "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (November 9, 1974)
1–12 – Bachman-Turner Overdrive – "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (November 16, 1974)
1–12 – John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band – "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (November 23, 1974)
1–11 – Diana Ross – "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (January 31, 1976)
1–10 – Phil Collins – "Two Hearts" (February 4, 1989)
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17–96 (79 positions) – Javier Colon – "Stitch by Stitch" (July 23, 2011)
21–99 (78 positions) – Jordan Smith – "Somebody to Love" (January 2, 2016)
16–93 (77 positions) – 5 Seconds of Summer – "Amnesia" (July 26, 2014)
17–92 (75 positions) – Justin Bieber – "Die in Your Arms" (June 23, 2012)
23–96 (73 positions) – Colbie Caillat – "I Do" (March 5, 2011)
21–94 (73 positions) – Justin Bieber – "Never Let You Go" (March 27, 2010)
21–94 (73 positions) – Glee Cast – "Empire State of Mind" (October 16, 2010)
16–89 (73 positions) – Jonas Brothers – "Pushin' Me Away" (August 9, 2008)
13–86 (73 positions) – Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris featuring Charlie Sexton – "Hallelujah" (February 20, 2010)
20–92 (72 positions) – The Beatles – "The Beatles Movie Medley" (June 5, 1982)
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From #4 – Prince and The Revolution – "Purple Rain"† (May 21, 2016)
From #8 – Prince – "When Doves Cry"† (May 21, 2016)
From #9 – Soko – "We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow" (April 5, 2014)
From #11 – Jonas Brothers – "A Little Bit Longer" (August 30, 2008), Taylor Swift – "Mean" (November 13, 2010), One Direction – "Diana" (December 14, 2013), Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas is You" (January 16, 2016)††
From #12 – Taylor Swift – "You Belong with Me"* (November 29, 2008), Lady Gaga – "Hair" (June 11, 2011), One Direction – "Midnight Memories" (December 14, 2013)
† – "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry" reappeared on the Hot 100 for two weeks in 2016, and the above reflects their re-entries only. When the songs originally charted in 1984, their chart positions in their final week on the Hot 100 were well below the top 10.
†† – A recurring holiday song charting during the Christmas season.
* – "You Belong with Me" later re-entered the Hot 100 as a single in 2009 to reach a peak of #2. The recurring song's final week on the Hot 100 was in 2010, when it was low as possible on the chart.
Prior to 2008, the biggest drop off the Hot 100 was "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues, which ranked at #17 in its final week on the chart in December 1972. This high drop-off position was matched in January 1975 by "Junior's Farm" by Paul McCartney and Wings. The record went unchallenged for more than three decades, but every title listed above achieved its drop-off after just four weeks or less on the Hot 100. "Nights in White Satin" and "Junior's Farm" dropped off after 18 and 12 weeks, respectively.
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"Go Away Little Girl" – Steve Lawrence (1963) and Donny Osmond (1971)
"The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk (1974)
"Please Mr. Postman" – The Marvelettes (1961) and The Carpenters (1975)
"Venus" – Shocking Blue (1970) and Bananarama (1986)
"Lean on Me" – Bill Withers (1972) and Club Nouveau (1987)
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" – The Supremes (1966) and Kim Wilde (1987)
"When a Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge (1966) and Michael Bolton (1991)
"I'll Be There" – The Jackson 5 (1970) and Mariah Carey (1992)
"Lady Marmalade" – Labelle (1975) and Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mýa / Pink (2001)
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"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (Italian – August 18, 1958 for five non-consecutive weeks)
"Sukiyaki" – Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese – June 15, 1963 for three weeks)
"Dominique" – The Singing Nun (French – December 7, 1963 for four weeks)
"Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco (English/German – March 29, 1986 for three weeks)
"La Bamba" – Los Lobos (Spanish – August 29, 1987 for three weeks)
"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" – Los del Río (English/Spanish – August 3, 1996 for fourteen weeks)
"The Happy Organ" – Dave "Baby" Cortez (May 11, 1959 for one week)
"Sleepwalk" – Santo and Johnny (September 21, 1959 for two weeks)
"Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (February 22, 1960 for nine weeks)
"Wonderland by Night" – Bert Kaempfert (January 9, 1961 for three weeks)
"Calcutta" – Lawrence Welk (February 13, 1961 for two weeks)
"Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk (May 26, 1962 for one week)
"The Stripper" – David Rose (July 7, 1962 for one week)
"Telstar" – The Tornados (December 22, 1962 for three weeks)
"Love Is Blue" – Paul Mauriat (February 10, 1968 for five weeks)
"Grazing in the Grass" – Hugh Masekela (July 20, 1968 for two weeks)
"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" – Henry Mancini (July 28, 1969 for two weeks)
"Frankenstein" – The Edgar Winter Group (May 26, 1973 for one week)
"Love's Theme" – Love Unlimited Orchestra (February 9, 1974 for one week)
"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" – MFSB and The Three Degrees † (April 20, 1974 for two weeks)
"Pick Up the Pieces" – Average White Band † (February 22, 1975 for one week)
"The Hustle" – Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony † (July 26, 1975 for one week)
"Fly, Robin, Fly" – Silver Convention † (November 29, 1975 for three weeks)
"Theme from S.W.A.T." – Rhythm Heritage (February 28, 1976 for one week)
"A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band (October 9, 1976 for one week)
"Gonna Fly Now" – Bill Conti † (July 2, 1977 for one week)
"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" – Meco (October 1, 1977 for two weeks)
"Rise" – Herb Alpert (October 20, 1979 for two weeks)
"Chariots of Fire" – Vangelis (May 8, 1982 for one week)
"Miami Vice Theme" – Jan Hammer (November 9, 1985 for one week)
"Harlem Shake" – Baauer † (March 2, 2013 for five weeks)
† – Contains vocal part, but is considered an instrumental. See Instrumental#Borderline cases for more.
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The biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single which spent the most weeks at #1 for the artist, such as Madonna's "Like a Virgin" (six weeks at #1, compared to seven for "Take a Bow"), Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (fourteen weeks at #1, compared to sixteen for her duet with Boyz II Men, "One Sweet Day") and Michael Jackson's duet with Paul McCartney, "Say Say Say" (six weeks at #1, compared to seven for both his solo singles "Billie Jean" and "Black or White").
Billboard now credits the dual #1 Presley single "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as a single chart entity. "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" spent 11 weeks at #1, "Hound Dog" for 6 weeks, "Don't Be Cruel" for 5 weeks. Many chart statisticians however, such as Joel Whitburn still lists Presley as having 18 number ones.
† Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100. Presley is sometimes credited with an "80th week" that occurred when "All Shook Up" spent a ninth week on top of the "Most Played in Jukeboxes" chart. Although Billboard's chart statistician Joel Whitburn still counts this 80th week based on preexisting research, Billboard magazine itself has since revised its methodology and officially credits Presley with 79 weeks.
Much of Presley's total factors in pre-Hot 100 data. If counting from the August 1958 Hot 100 inception, Presley totaled 22 weeks at #1.
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Houston's "Thinking About You" is not counted as intrerupting the streak, as it never appeared on the Hot 100, due to not being released to Pop radio. Likewise, Perry's "Not Like the Movies" and "Circle the Drain" were only promotional singles, not radio singles.
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Most consecutive weeks simultaneously topping the Hot 100 and Billboard 200
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Chart notes: If counting Presley's dual hit song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" separately then Elvis has 5 for 1956. Some Presley songs included here charted #1 on Cashbox, but not on the Billboard Top 100, the precursor to the Billboard Hot 100.
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Note: If Paul McCartney's solo work and work with the Beatles were combined, he would top this list with 57 top ten hits
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114 – Elvis Presley (Pre–Hot 100 charts included)
69 – Lil Wayne
57 – Elton John
56 – Drake
51 – Glee Cast, and Taylor Swift
50 – The Beatles
49 – Madonna
47 – Rihanna
46 – Stevie Wonder
45 – Jay Z
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Notes: Presley is credited by Billboard for having 80 Top 40 chart entries which still ranks him first. However, if including his career before the Hot 100 inception, Presley is credited with 114 Top 40 entries.
207 – Glee Cast
149 – Elvis Presley (Pre–Hot 100 and Hot 100 included)
133 – Lil Wayne
132 – Drake
91 – James Brown
87 – Jay Z
82 – Chris Brown
80 – Kanye West
75 – Ray Charles
73 – Aretha Franklin, Nicki Minaj
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Elvis Presley has charted 149 singles on Billboard if tracking his entire career which predates the 1958 Hot 100. If tracking begins after the 1958 inception of the Hot 100, Presley only has 108.
Elvis Presley – "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" → "Love Me Tender" (October 27, 1956) ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played by Jockeys" charts)
The Beatles † – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" → "She Loves You" (March 21, 1964); "She Loves You" → "Can't Buy Me Love" (April 4, 1964)
Boyz II Men – "I'll Make Love to You" → "On Bended Knee" (December 3, 1994)
Puff Daddy – "I'll Be Missing You" (Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112) → "Mo Money Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase) (August 30, 1997)
Ja Rule – "Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti) → "Ain't It Funny" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule) (March 9, 2002)
Nelly – "Hot in Herre" → "Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland) (August 17, 2002)
OutKast – "Hey Ya!" → "The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown) (February 14, 2004)
Usher– "Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) → "Burn" (May 22, 2004); "Burn" → "Confessions Part II" (July 24, 2004)
T.I. – "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna) (October 18, 2008); "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (November 15, 2008)
The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" → "I Gotta Feeling" (July 11, 2009)
Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" → "Blank Space" (November 29, 2014)
The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face" → "The Hills" (October 3, 2015)
Justin Bieber – "Sorry" → "Love Yourself" (February 13, 2016)
† The Beatles are the only act in history to have three consecutive, self-replacing #1s.
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Elvis Presley: October 20 – November 3, 1956 (Pre-Hot 100 charts)
- "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"
- "Love Me Tender" ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played by Jockeys" charts)
The Beatles: From February 22, 1964 until April 25, 1964 the Beatles held the top two positions, with various singles. In some of the weeks, the band held the top three or top four slots, the only act in chart history to do so. On April 4, 1964, The Beatles occupied the entire top five.
- "Can't Buy Me Love"
- "Twist and Shout"
- "She Loves You"
- "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
- "Please Please Me"
Bee Gees: March 18 – April 15, 1978
- "Night Fever"
- "Stayin' Alive"
Puff Daddy: August 9–30, 1997
- "I'll Be Missing You" (Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112)
- "Mo Money Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase)
Ja Rule: March 9–23, 2002
- "Ain't It Funny" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule)
- "Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
Ashanti: April 20 – May 18, 2002
- "Foolish"
- "What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)
Nelly: August 10–31, 2002
- "Hot in Herre"
- "Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland, songs switched positions on August 17, 2002)
OutKast: December 20, 2003 – February 7, 2004
- "Hey Ya!"
- "The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown)
Usher: June 26 – July 3, 2004; July 17, 2004
- "Burn"
- "Confessions Part II"
50 Cent: April 16–30, 2005
- "Candy Shop" (50 Cent featuring Olivia)
- "Hate It or Love It" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)
Mariah Carey: September 10, 2005
- "We Belong Together"
- "Shake It Off"
Akon:
December 2, 2006
- "I Wanna Love You" (Akon featuring Snoop Dogg)
- "Smack That" (Akon featuring Eminem)
April 14, 2007
- "Don't Matter"
- "The Sweet Escape" (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon)
T.I.: October 18, 2008; November 1–29, 2008
- "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna)
- "Whatever You Like" (songs switched positions several times)
Black Eyed Peas: June 27 – July 18, 2009
- "Boom Boom Pow"
- "I Gotta Feeling" (songs switched positions on July 11, 2009)
Pharrell Williams: June 29 – July 27, 2013
- "Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell)
- "Get Lucky" (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams)
Iggy Azalea: June 7 – July 5, 2014
- "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)
- "Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
The Weeknd: September 26, 2015
- "Can't Feel My Face"
- "The Hills"
Justin Bieber: February 6–13, 2016
- "Sorry"
- "Love Yourself" (songs switched positions on February 13, 2016)
The Beatles: February 29 – May 2, 1964 (Note: The Beatles had as many as five in the top ten April 4–11, 1964)
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"She Loves You"
"Please Please Me"
"Twist and Shout"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"Do You Want to Know a Secret"
The Bee Gees: February 25 – March 4, 1978
"How Deep Is Your Love"
"Stayin' Alive"
"Night Fever"
Ashanti: March 30 – April 6, 2002
"Always On Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
"What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)
"Foolish"
50 Cent:
May 31 – June 7, 2003
"In Da Club"
"21 Questions" (50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg)
"Magic Stick" (Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent)
February 19 – April 30, 2005; May 14–21, 2005 (Note: 50 Cent had as many as four in the top ten April 2–9, 2005)
"Disco Inferno"
"How We Do" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)
"Candy Shop" (50 Cent featuring Olivia)
"Hate It or Love It" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)
"Just a Lil Bit"
Usher: June 5 – July 10, 2004
"Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris)
"Burn"
"Confessions Part II"
Akon: May 5, 2007 and May 19, 2007
"The Sweet Escape" (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon)
"Don't Matter"
"I Tried" (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon)
T-Pain: November 3 – December 29, 2007 (Note: All four titles below were in the top ten November 24 – December 8, 2007)
"Good Life" (Kanye West featuring T-Pain)
"Cyclone" (Baby Bash featuring T-Pain)
"Kiss Kiss" (Chris Brown featuring T-Pain)
"Low" (Flo Rida featuring T-Pain)
Chris Brown: April 5, 2008 and May 10, 2008 (Note: The first two titles below were in the top ten on both charts)
"With You"
"No Air" (Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown)
"Shawty Get Loose" (Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain)
"Forever"
Lil Wayne: September 27, 2008
"Got Money" (Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain)
"Can't Believe It" (T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne)
"Swagga Like Us" (Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
Adele: March 3, 2012
"Rolling in the Deep"
"Someone Like You"
"Set Fire to the Rain"
Iggy Azalea: August 30, 2014
"Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)
"Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Black Widow" (Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora)
Ariana Grande: August 30, 2014
"Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Bang Bang" (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
"Break Free" (Ariana Grande featuring Zedd)
Justin Bieber: December 5, 2015 – February 6, 2016"What Do You Mean?"
"Sorry"
"Love Yourself"
The Chainsmokers: March 18, 2017"Closer" (The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey)
"Paris"
"Something Just Like This" (The Chainsmokers and Coldplay)
Otis Redding (d. December 10, 1967) – "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (March 16, 1968)
Janis Joplin (d. October 4, 1970) – "Me and Bobby McGee" (March 20, 1971)
Jim Croce (d. September 20, 1973) – "Time in a Bottle" (December 29, 1973)
John Lennon (d. December 8, 1980) – "(Just Like) Starting Over" (December 27, 1980)
The Notorious B.I.G. (d. March 9, 1997) – "Hypnotize" (May 3, 1997) and "Mo Money Mo Problems" (August 30, 1997)
Soulja Slim (d. November 26, 2003) – "Slow Motion" (Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim) (August 7, 2004)
Static Major (d. February 25, 2008) – "Lollipop" (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major) (May 3, 2008)
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Louis Armstrong (age 7009198067680000000♠62 years, 279 days) is the oldest artist to top the Hot 100. He set that record with "Hello, Dolly!" on May 9, 1964.
Cher (age 7009166665600000000♠52 years, 297 days) is the oldest female artist to top the Hot 100. She set the record with "Believe" on March 13, 1999. The previous record holder was Grace Slick of Starship, who was 7009149668560000000♠47 years, 156 days old when their hit "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" began its two-week reign on April 4, 1987.
Michael Jackson (age 7008360525600000000♠11 years, 155 days) is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100. He achieved the record, as part of the Jackson 5, with "I Want You Back" on January 31, 1970.
Stevie Wonder (age 7008417938400000000♠13 years, 89 days) is the youngest solo artist to top the Hot 100. He set the record with "Fingertips Pt. 2" on August 10, 1963.
Little Peggy March (age 7008477684000000000♠15 years, 50 days) is the youngest female artist to top the Hot 100. The song which established this record for her was "I Will Follow Him", which reached #1 on April 27, 1963.
Tony Bennett, at 7009268749360000000♠85 years, 59 days old, is the oldest living artist to chart. His song "Body and Soul", a duet with Amy Winehouse, ranked at #87 on October 1, 2011.
French-born Jordy Lemoine (age 7008171266400000000♠5 years, 156 days) is the youngest artist to chart on the Hot 100. He established the record when his song "Dur dur d'être bébé! (It's Tough to Be a Baby)", where he is credited simply as Jordy, entered the chart on June 19, 1993.
The longest gap between #1 hits on the Hot 100 for an artist is 7008788054400000000♠24 years, 355 days by Cher. Her single "Believe" hit #1 on March 13, 1999, her first time on top since "Dark Lady" on March 23, 1974.
Cher also holds the record gap between first and most recent #1 on the Hot 100 over the longest period of time: 7009106144560000000♠33 years, 232 days. The first of three weeks at #1 for "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher was August 14, 1965. The last week at #1 for Cher's "Believe" was April 3, 1999.
The record for the longest wait from an artist's Hot 100 debut entry to its first #1 belongs to Santana, with 30 years between the time he first cracked the Hot 100 with "Jingo" (October 25, 1969) and the first of 12 weeks at #1 with "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas (October 23, 1999).
When the Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse duet "Body and Soul" debuted at #87 for the week of October 1, 2011, Bennett became the artist with the longest overall span of singles on the Hot 100 – 7009167756400000000♠53 years, 58 days on account of his single "Young and Warm and Wonderful" which appeared at #59 on the very first edition of the Hot 100, dated August 4, 1958.
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Saturday Night Fever generated number-one singles for two different artists: "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees; and "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman.
Katy Perry's Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection was a reissue of the Teenage Dream album, and featured an additional single, "Part Of Me", which peaked at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. This brings her actual total to six. However, this does not count since the single comes from a reissue of the album and not the original release.
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† Waiting to Exhale generated top ten singles for five different artists: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and "Count on Me" by Whitney Houston (the latter with CeCe Winans), "Not Gon' Cry" by Mary J. Blige, "Sittin' Up in My Room" by Brandy, and "Let It Flow" by Toni Braxton.
Janet Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 has the most top 5 singles, with 7.
Janet Jackson has the most albums with five or more Top 10 hits. Those albums are Control, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, and janet.
Beyoncé's Lemonade is the first and only album by a female to chart 12 or more songs on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.
NOTE: Numbers listed here are, per Billboard's rules, over one release.
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† Chronologically sequential, replacing each other at #1
†† Holds all-time record of writing the most consecutively charted (self-replacing) #1 songs on the Hot 100, with 4.
††† Hold all-time record of writing the most consecutive #1 A-side singles, with 6. Record includes these five 1965 A-sides and "We Can Work It Out", which hit #1 in January 1966.
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The first #1 song on the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson (August 4, 1958).
The #1 song in the first week Billboard incorporated sales and airplay data from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems was "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn (November 30, 1991).
The #1 song in the first week Billboard allowed songs without a commercial single release to chart on the Hot 100 was "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly and Céline Dion (December 5, 1998). Though the song was making its first appearance on the Hot 100 that week, Billboard did not consider it a debut at #1, since it appeared on unpublished test charts prior to the allowance of airplay-only songs on the main chart. "I'm Your Angel" also entered the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart that week at #1, so it would have been ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 before then.
The first "airplay-only" song to reach #1 (no points from a commercial single release) was "Try Again" by Aaliyah (June 17, 2000).
Drake holds the record for the most entries in the Hot 100 during a one-week period, with 20 on the May 21, 2016 chart. The Beatles had long held this record, occupying 14 positions on the Hot 100 dated April 11, 1964, a feat unmatched for nearly 51 years. On March 7, 2015, Drake tied the Beatles mark, and he equaled it again on October 17 that year. Justin Bieber then reset the record to 17 on December 5, 2015, before Drake reclaimed the record.
Drake also holds the record for the most debuting entries on a Hot 100 chart by any artist, with 16 on May 21, 2016.
Beyoncé is the record-holder among female artists for the most simultaneous entries in the Hot 100, with 12 on the May 14, 2016 chart.
The Beatles are the only artists to simultaneously hold the top 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and Billboard 200 albums chart. They achieved this feat for nine consecutive weeks, from February 29, 1964, to April 25, 1964. For the first five weeks of that run, through March 28, 1964, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" were the #1 and #2 singles (which swapped positions during March 1964), while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles held the top 2 spots on the albums charts. For the remaining weeks of the run, "Can't Buy Me Love" and their cover of "Twist and Shout" were the #1 and #2 singles, while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles continued their reign as the top 2 albums.
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney hold the record of writing all of the Top 3 singles for one week. The Gibbs co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 18, 1978 – #1 "Night Fever" and #2 "Stayin' Alive" for the Bee Gees, and #3 "Emotion" for Samantha Sang. Lennon and McCartney co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 14, 1964 – #1 "I Want to Hold Your Hand", #2 "She Loves You", and #3 "Please Please Me", all for The Beatles. They continued this record the following week of March 21, 1964, when "She Loves You" switched places with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest uninterrupted time at #1 on the Hot 100, a total of 26 consecutive weeks from April to October 2009. "Boom Boom Pow" spent the first 12 weeks on top, with "I Gotta Feeling" taking over for the remaining 14 weeks. Prior to August 2009, Usher held this record, spending 19 consecutive weeks on top of the chart in 2004 with "Yeah!" (12 weeks at #1) and "Burn" (first 7 of its 8 total weeks at #1).
Taylor Swift holds the all-time record for most top ten debuts on the Hot 100, with 13.
On December 4, 2010, Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" reached the top spot two weeks after "What's My Name?", becoming the first time in Hot 100 history that an album's debut single hit #1 after the second single did.
Ed Sheeran became the first artist to debut more than one song in the top 10 for the same week. On the chart dated January 28, 2017, "Shape of You" debuted at #1, while "Castle on the Hill" entered at #6.
