List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

This is a comprehensive listing that highlights significant achievements and milestones based upon Billboard magazine's singles charts, most notably the Billboard Hot 100. This list spans the period from the issue dated January 1, 1955 to present. The Billboard Hot 100 began with the issue dated August 4, 1958, and is currently the standard popular music chart in the United States.

Prior to the creation of the Hot 100, Billboard published four singles charts: "Best Sellers in Stores", "Most Played by Jockeys", "Most Played in Jukeboxes" and "The Top 100". These charts, which ranged from 20 to 100 slots, were phased out at different times between 1957 and 1958. Though technically not part of the Hot 100 chart history, select data from these charts are included for computational purposes, and to avoid unenlightening or misleading characterizations.

All items listed below are from the Hot 100 era, unless otherwise noted (pre-Hot 100 charts).

All-time achievements

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.^[1][2] In 2013, Billboard revised the rankings for the chart's 55th anniversary edition.^[3] In 2015, Billboard revised the rankings again.^[4] In 2018, the rankings were revised again for the Billboard chart's 60th anniversary.^[5] In 2021, Billboard revised the rankings again upon the ascendance of "Blinding Lights" to the top spot on the list.^[6] Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 63-year period of the Hot 100, through November 2021. Also shown are the artists placing the most songs on the overall "all-time" top 100 song list.

Top 10 songs of all time (1958–2021)

Rank	Single	Year(s) released	Artist(s)	Peak and duration
1.	"Blinding Lights"	2019	The Weeknd	No. 1 for 4 weeks
2.	"The Twist"	1960, 1961 (re)	Chubby Checker	No. 1 for 3 weeks
3.	"Smooth"	1999	Santana featuring Rob Thomas	No. 1 for 12 weeks
4.	"Mack the Knife"	1959	Bobby Darin	No. 1 for 9 weeks
5.	"Uptown Funk"	2015	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	No. 1 for 14 weeks
6.	"How Do I Live"	1997	LeAnn Rimes	No. 2 for 5 weeks
7.	"Party Rock Anthem"	2011	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock	No. 1 for 6 weeks
8.	"I Gotta Feeling"	2009	The Black Eyed Peas	No. 1 for 14 weeks
9.	"Macarena (Bayside Boys mix)"	1996	Los Del Rio	No. 1 for 14 weeks
10.	"Shape of You"	2017	Ed Sheeran	No. 1 for 12 weeks

Source:^[6]

Top 10 artists of all time (1958–2021)

Rank	Artist
1.	The Beatles
2.	Madonna
3.	Elton John
4.	Elvis Presley
5.	Mariah Carey
6.	Stevie Wonder
7.	Janet Jackson
8.	Michael Jackson
9.	Whitney Houston
10.	Rihanna

Source:^[6]

Artists with the most all-time top 100 songs (1958–2021)

Number of songs	Artist	Songs (ranking)
3	Post Malone	"Circles" (19), "Sunflower" (75), "Rockstar" (97)
	Boyz II Men	"I'll Make Love to You" (24), "One Sweet Day" (43), "End of the Road" (61)
	Bee Gees	"How Deep Is Your Love" (27), "Night Fever" (47), "Stayin' Alive" (66)
	Paul McCartney	"Silly Love Songs" (45), "Say Say Say" (50), "Ebony and Ivory" (85)
2	Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk" (5), "Just the Way You Are" (91)
	The Black Eyed Peas	"I Gotta Feeling" (8), "Boom Boom Pow" (63)
	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You" (10), "Perfect" (62)
	The Beatles	"Hey Jude" (13), "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (54)
	Mariah Carey	"We Belong Together" (15), "One Sweet Day" (43)
	Diana Ross	"Endless Love" (20), "Upside Down" (89)
	Maroon 5	"Girls Like You" (30), "Moves Like Jagger" (84)
	Andy Gibb	"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" (33), "Shadow Dancing" (55)
	Marvin Gaye	"Let's Get It On" (46), "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (93)
	Michael Jackson	"Say Say Say" (50), "Billie Jean" (95)
	Pharrell Williams	"Blurred Lines" (57), "Happy" (88)
	Elton John	"Candle In the Wind 1997" (58), "That's What Friends Are For" (87)
	Stevie Wonder	"Ebony and Ivory" (85), "That's What Friends Are For" (87)

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Songs milestones

Most weeks at number one

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)
19	Lil Nas X (1 week solo, 18 weeks featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road"	2019
16	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	1995–96
	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber	"Despacito"	2017
14	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

Pre-Hot 100 notes:

• In 1956, Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" was number 1 on the "Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts for 11 weeks.
• In 1955, The McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" was number 1 on the "Most Played by Jockeys" chart for 10 weeks.
• In 1955, Pérez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" was number 1 on the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart for 10 weeks.

Additional notes:

• Before the use of Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems to compile the Hot 100 in late 1991, the most number of weeks a single spent at number one on the Hot 100 was 10. This occurred twice, with Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" in 1977, and Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" in 1981–82. Five additional singles managed nine weeks at number one during the first 34 years of the chart (1958–1992). In October 1992, the first single to top the Hot 100 for more than 10 weeks was Boyz II Men's "End of the Road",^[7] which accumulated 13 weeks at number one by November that year.

Source:^[8][9]

Most weeks at number two (without hitting number one)

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Kept out of number-one position by
10	Foreigner	"Waiting for a Girl Like You"	1981–82	"Physical" (Olivia Newton-John), "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (Hall & Oates)[10]
	Missy Elliott	"Work It"	2002–03	"Lose Yourself" (Eminem) [11]
9	Donna Lewis	"I Love You Always Forever"	1996	"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" (Los del Río) [12]
	Shania Twain	"You're Still the One"	1998	"Too Close" (Next),[13] "The Boy Is Mine" (Brandy and Monica) [11]
8	Shai	"If I Ever Fall in Love"	1992–93	"How Do You Talk to an Angel" (The Heights),[14] "I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston)
	Deborah Cox	"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"	1998–99	"I'm Your Angel" (R. Kelly and Celine Dion), "Have You Ever?" (Brandy)
	Brian McKnight	"Back at One"	1999–2000	"Smooth" (Santana featuring Rob Thomas) [11]
	Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy	"I Don't Wanna Know"	2004	"Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris), "Burn" (Usher)
	Ed Sheeran	"Thinking Out Loud"	2015	"Uptown Funk" (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars) [11]
	Future featuring Drake	"Life Is Good"	2020	"The Box" (Roddy Ricch)

Note: Whitney Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (1995–96) and Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U" (2021) each managed more than 10 weeks at number two (11 weeks apiece), but each of them debuted at number one, thus making them ineligible for this section.

Source:^{[15][better source needed][16]}

Most total weeks in the top five

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Source
43	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	2020–21	[17]
27	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You"	2017	[18]
	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	"Closer"	2016–17	[18]
26	Post Malone	"Circles"	2019–20	[18]
25	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"	2014–15	[18]
	LeAnn Rimes	"How Do I Live"	1997–98	[18]
24	Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B	"Girls Like You"	2018	[18]
	Bruno Mars	"That's What I Like"	2017	[18]
23	Lil Nas X (1 week solo, 22 weeks featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road"	2019	[18]
	Halsey	"Without Me"	2018–19	[18]
	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber	"Despacito"	2017	[18]
	Chubby Checker	"The Twist"	1960, 1961–62	[18]

The total weeks displayed in this section are total weeks the song was charted inside the top 5 portion of the chart, instead of total weeks spent in the top 10 portion of the chart or total weeks spent on the chart.

Most total weeks in the top ten

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Source
57	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	2020–21	[19]
41	Dua Lipa (9 weeks solo, 32 weeks featuring DaBaby)	"Levitating"	2021	[20]
39	Post Malone	"Circles"	2019–20	[19]
33	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You"	2017	[19]
	Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B	"Girls Like You"	2018–19	[19]
	Post Malone and Swae Lee	"Sunflower"		[19]
32	LeAnn Rimes	"How Do I Live"	1997–98	[21]
	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	"Closer"	2016–17	[21]
	Travis Scott	"Sicko Mode"	2018–19	[21]
31	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"	2014–15	[22]
	24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior	"Mood"	2020–21	[22]

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.

Most total weeks on the Hot 100

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year
90	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	2021
87	Imagine Dragons	"Radioactive"	2014
79	Awolnation	"Sail"	2014
76	Jason Mraz	"I'm Yours"	2009
69	LeAnn Rimes	"How Do I Live"	1998
68	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock	"Party Rock Anthem"	2012
	OneRepublic	"Counting Stars"	2014
65	Jewel	"Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me"	1998
	Adele	"Rolling in the Deep"	2012
64	Carrie Underwood	"Before He Cheats"	2007

Note: The year displayed is the year the songs ended their respective chart runs.

Source:^[23][24][25]

Biggest jump to number one

Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
97–1	Kelly Clarkson	"My Life Would Suck Without You"	February 7, 2009	[26]
96–1	Britney Spears	"Womanizer"	October 25, 2008	[27]
80–1	T.I. featuring Rihanna	"Live Your Life"	October 18, 2008	[28]
78–1	Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent	"Crack a Bottle"	February 21, 2009	[29]
77–1	Taylor Swift	"Look What You Made Me Do"	September 16, 2017	[30]
72–1	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	September 1, 2012	[31]
71–1	T.I.	"Whatever You Like"	September 6, 2008	[32]
68–1	Adele	"Easy on Me"	October 30, 2021	[33]
64–1	Maroon 5	"Makes Me Wonder"	May 12, 2007	[34]
60–1	Rihanna featuring Drake	"What's My Name?"	November 20, 2010	[35]

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 to 2001, under Billboard's previous methodologies, only two singles ascended directly to No. 1 from a previous position beneath the Top 20: The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", which jumped from No. 27 to the top slot in April 1964, and Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" which jumped from No. 23 to No. 1 in June 1998.

Biggest single-week upward movements

No. of positions	Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
98	100–2	Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie	"Me!"	May 11, 2019	[36]
96	97–1	Kelly Clarkson	"My Life Would Suck Without You"	February 7, 2009	[37]
95	96–1	Britney Spears	"Womanizer"	October 25, 2008	[38]
92	94–2	Billie Eilish	"Therefore I Am"	November 28, 2020	[39]
91	94–3	Beyoncé and Shakira	"Beautiful Liar"	April 7, 2007	[40]
90	94–4	Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B	"Girls Like You"	June 16, 2018	[41]
88	95–7	Akon featuring Eminem	"Smack That"	October 14, 2006	[42]
	97–9	Drake featuring Nicki Minaj	"Make Me Proud"	November 5, 2011	[43]
85	96–11	Carrie Underwood	"Cowboy Casanova"	October 10, 2009	[44]
	100–15	A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger	"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"	March 14, 2009	[45]

Under 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;^[46] 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.

Longest climbs to number one

Week	Artist(s)	Song	Debut date	Date reaching number one	Source(s)
35	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"†	January 8, 2000	December 21, 2019	[47][48]
33	Los del Río	"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"†	September 2, 1995	August 3, 1996	[49][50][51]
31	Lonestar	"Amazed"†	June 5, 1999	March 4, 2000	[52][53]
30	John Legend	"All of Me"†	September 21, 2013	May 17, 2014	[54][55][56]
27	Creed	"With Arms Wide Open"	May 13, 2000	November 11, 2000	[57][58]
26	Vertical Horizon	"Everything You Want"	January 22, 2000	July 15, 2000	[59][60]
25	UB40	"Red Red Wine"†	January 28, 1984	October 15, 1988	[61][62]
24	Lewis Capaldi	"Someone You Loved"	May 25, 2019	November 2, 2019	[63][64]
23	Patti Austin and James Ingram	"Baby, Come to Me"†	April 24, 1982	February 19, 1983	[65][66]
	Sia featuring Sean Paul	"Cheap Thrills"	March 5, 2016	August 6, 2016	[67][68]
	Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug	"Havana"†	August 26, 2017	January 27, 2018	[69][70]

† – Non-consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 before it was ranked number one

Biggest drop from number one

Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
1–38	Taylor Swift	"Willow"	January 2, 2021	[71]
1–34	6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj	"Trollz"	July 4, 2020	[72]
1–28	BTS	"Life Goes On"	December 12, 2020	[73]
1–25	Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.	"Franchise"	October 17, 2020	[74]
1–17	The Weeknd	"Heartless"	December 21, 2019	[75]
	BTS	"Butter"	September 18, 2021	[76]
1–15	Billy Preston	"Nothing from Nothing"	October 26, 1974	[77]
	Dionne Warwicke and The Spinners	"Then Came You"	November 2, 1974	[77]
1–13	Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber	"Stuck with U"	May 30, 2020	[78]
1–12	Simon & Garfunkel	"The Sound of Silence"	January 29, 1966	[77]
	Barry White	"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"	September 28, 1974	[77]
	Andy Kim	"Rock Me Gently"	October 5, 1974	[77]
	Stevie Wonder	"You Haven't Done Nothin'"	November 9, 1974	[77]
	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"	November 16, 1974	[77]
	John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band	"Whatever Gets You thru the Night"	November 23, 1974	[77]
	The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi	"The Scotts"	May 16, 2020	[79]
	Coldplay and BTS	"My Universe"	October 16, 2021	[80]

Note: Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" became the first song to fall completely off the Hot 100 from the number-one position in the January 11, 2020, issue of Billboard.^[81]

Biggest single-week downward movements

No. of positions	Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
80	19–99	ASAP Ferg featuring Nicki Minaj and MadeinTYO	"Move Ya Hips"	August 22, 2020	[82]
79	17–96	Javier Colon	"Stitch by Stitch"	July 23, 2011	[83]
78	21–99	Jordan Smith	"Somebody to Love"	January 2, 2016	[84]
77	20–97	J. Cole	"Punchin' the Clock"	June 5, 2021
	16–93	5 Seconds of Summer	"Amnesia"	July 26, 2014	[85]
75	17–92	Justin Bieber	"Die in Your Arms"	June 23, 2012	[86]
74	25–99	J. Cole	"The Climb Back"	June 5, 2021
	17–91	Lil Wayne	"Can't Be Broken"	October 20, 2018	[87]
73	23–96	Colbie Caillat	"I Do"	March 5, 2011	[88]
	23–96	Kanye West	"On God"	November 16, 2019	[89]
	21–94	Justin Bieber	"Never Let You Go"	March 27, 2010	[90]
	21–94	Glee Cast	"Empire State of Mind"	October 16, 2010	[91]
	19–92	Kanye West	"Selah"	November 16, 2019	[89]
	16–89	Jonas Brothers	"Pushin' Me Away"	August 9, 2008	[92]
	13–86	Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris featuring Charlie Sexton	"Hallelujah"	February 20, 2010	[93]

Source:^[94]

Biggest drops off the Hot 100

Non-holiday songs

Below are songs not connected to Christmas or the holiday season. (A special section for the holiday songs is below, as a few of those songs set higher records for dropping off the Hot 100 in early 2019 and 2020.)

Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
4–Off	Prince and The Revolution	"Purple Rain"††	May 21, 2016
8–Off	Prince	"When Doves Cry"††	May 21, 2016
9–Off	Soko	"We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow"	April 5, 2014	[95]
11–Off	Jonas Brothers	"A Little Bit Longer"	August 30, 2008	[95][96]
	Taylor Swift	"Mean"	November 13, 2010	[97]
	One Direction	"Diana"	December 14, 2013	[98]
	Taylor Swift	"Love Story (Taylor's Version)"	March 6, 2021	[99]
12–Off	Taylor Swift	"You Belong with Me"	November 29, 2008	[100]
	Lady Gaga	"Hair"	June 11, 2011	[101]
	One Direction	"Midnight Memories"	December 14, 2013	[98]

†† – "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.

Prior to 2008, the biggest drop off the Hot 100 was "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues, which ranked at No. 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 descent held for over three decades. Each song above dropped off the Hot 100 upon four or fewer weeks; "Nights in White Satin" and "Junior's Farm" dropped off after 18 and 12 weeks, respectively.

Source:^[102]

Holiday songs

During November and December beginning some time in the 2010s, these songs have regularly appeared on the Hot 100, generally departing from the chart once the holiday season ends in January. More recently, they have reached into the top ten, and in 2019, for only the second time ever on the Hot 100 (the first since 1958), made it to number one. This has led to all-time records for dropping off the Hot 100, including from number one, as the songs depart regardless of their final chart positions during the season.

Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
1–Off	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	January 11, 2020	[81]
2–Off	Brenda Lee	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	January 11, 2020	[81]
3–Off	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	January 12, 2019	[103]
	Bobby Helms	"Jingle Bell Rock"	January 11, 2020	[81]
4–Off	Burl Ives	"A Holly Jolly Christmas"	January 11, 2020	[81]
7–Off	Andy Williams	"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"	January 11, 2020	[81]
8–Off	Bobby Helms	"Jingle Bell Rock"	January 12, 2019	[103]
9–Off	Brenda Lee	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	January 12, 2019	[103]
	Wham!	"Last Christmas"	January 9, 2021	[104]
	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	January 16, 2021	[105]

Songs hitting number one for different artists

• "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)

Source:^[106][107]

Non-English language number-ones

• "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)
• "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (English/Spanish – May 27, 2017 for sixteen weeks)
• "Life Goes On" – BTS (Korean/English – December 5, 2020 for one week)

Instrumental number-ones

• "The Happy Organ" – Dave "Baby" Cortez (May 11, 1959 for one week)
• "Sleep Walk" – Santo & 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 (June 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.

Artist achievements

Most number-one singles

Number of singles	Artist	Biggest number-one†
20	The Beatles	"Hey Jude"[6]
19	Mariah Carey	"We Belong Together"[108]
18	Elvis Presley ‡	"Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"[109]
14	Rihanna	"We Found Love"[6]
13	Michael Jackson	"Say Say Say" (duet with Paul McCartney)[6]
12	The Supremes	"Love Child"[110]
	Madonna	"Like a Virgin"[111]
11	Whitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"[6]
10	Stevie Wonder	"Ebony and Ivory" (duet with Paul McCartney)[6]
	Janet Jackson	"Miss You Much"[112]

† 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 No. 1 for the artist, such as Madonna's "Like a Virgin" (six weeks at No. 1, compared to seven for "Take a Bow"), Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (fourteen weeks at No. 1, compared to sixteen for her duet with Boyz II Men, "One Sweet Day"), Janet Jackson's “Miss You Much” (four weeks at No. 1, compared to eight for “That's the Way Love Goes”) and Michael Jackson's duet with Paul McCartney, "Say Say Say" (six weeks at No. 1, compared to seven for both his solo singles "Billie Jean" and "Black or White").

‡ Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.

• Billboard now credits the dual No. 1 Presley single "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as a single chart entity, and credits Presley with 17 number one singles.^[113] "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" spent 11 weeks at No. 1, "Hound Dog" for 6 weeks, "Don't Be Cruel" for 5 weeks. Many chart statisticians however, such as Joel Whitburn, still list Presley as having 18 number ones.

• If counting Drake's feature on Travis Scott's “Sicko Mode", then he would be included on the list with 10.

Source:^{[114][115][116][117]}

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Weeks at number one	Artist	Source
85	Mariah Carey	[118]
79	Elvis Presley †	[113]
60	Rihanna	[118]
59	The Beatles	[118]
52	Drake	[118]
50	Boyz II Men	[118]
47	Usher	[118]
42	Beyoncé	[118]
37	Michael Jackson	[118]
34	Elton John	[118]
	Bruno Mars	[118]

† 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.^[113] 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 No. 1.

• Note: For singer Fergie, if Black Eyed Peas is included, this would put Fergie on the list with 34 weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For singer Michael Jackson, if The Jackson 5, which would also be later known as The Jacksons is included, this would give Michael Jackson 47 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For singer Beyoncé, if Destiny's Child is included, this would give Beyoncé 60 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For singer Diana Ross, if The Supremes are included, this would give Diana Ross 42 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For each of the Beatles:
  • If John Lennon's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give John Lennon 65 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
  • If Paul McCartney's total weeks were to include the Beatles, as well as Wings, this would give Paul McCartney 89 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
  • If George Harrison's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give George Harrison 65 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
  • If Ringo Starr's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give Ringo Starr 61 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For rapper Drake, if the track "Sicko Mode" is included, this would give him 53 weeks at No. 1.

Most consecutive number-one singles

Number of singles	Artist	First hit and date	Final hit and date	Streak-breaking song
7	Whitney Houston	"Saving All My Love for You" (October 26, 1985)	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (April 23, 1988)	"Love Will Save the Day" (No. 9 – August 27, 1988)
6	The Beatles	"I Feel Fine" (December 26, 1964)	"We Can Work It Out" (January 8, 1966)	"Nowhere Man" (No. 3 – March 26, 1966)
	Bee Gees	"How Deep Is Your Love" (December 24, 1977)	"Love You Inside Out" (June 9, 1979)	"He's A Liar" (No. 30 – October 24, 1981)
5	Elvis Presley	"A Big Hunk o' Love" (August 10, 1959)	"Surrender" (March 20, 1961)	"I Feel So Bad" (No. 5 – May 1961)
	The Supremes	"Where Did Our Love Go" (August 22, 1964)	"Back in My Arms Again" (June 12, 1965)	"Nothing but Heartaches" (No. 11 – September 4, 1965)
	Michael Jackson	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett) (September 19, 1987)	"Dirty Diana" (July 2, 1988)	"Another Part of Me" (No. 11 – September 10, 1988)
	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love" (August 4, 1990)	"Emotions" (October 12, 1991)	"Can't Let Go" (No. 2 – January 25, 1992)
		"Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)	"My All" (May 23, 1998)	"When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston) (No. 15 – January 30, 1999)
	Katy Perry	"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg) (June 19, 2010)	"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (August 17, 2011)	"The One That Got Away" (No. 3 – January 7, 2012)

• Houston's "Thinking About You" is not counted as interrupting 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.
• With the streak spanning from her debut single "Vision of Love" until "Emotions," Mariah Carey became the first artist in Hot 100 history to have their first 5 solo singles reach No. 1 on the chart.

Sources:^{[119][120][121][122][123][124][125]}

Most consecutive weeks simultaneously topping the Hot 100 and Billboard 200

Number of weeks	Artist	Year(s) charted	Singles	Albums
12	The Beatles	1964	"I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love"	Meet the Beatles!, The Beatles' Second Album
	Whitney Houston	1992–93	"I Will Always Love You"	The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
7	Michael Jackson	1983	"Billie Jean"	Thriller
	Drake	2016	"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)	Views
	The Monkees	1966–67	"I'm a Believer"	The Monkees, More of the Monkees

Sources:^[126]

Most consecutive years charting a number-one single

Number of years	Artist	First number-one hit and week	Final number-one hit and final week	Highest-peaking song during streak-breaking year
11	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love" (August 4, 1990)	"Thank God I Found You" (February 19, 2000)	"Loverboy" (No. 2 – August 4, 2001)
7	Elvis Presley †	"Heartbreak Hotel" (March 17, 1956)	"Good Luck Charm" (April 28, 1962)	"(You're The) Devil In Disguise" (No. 3 – August 10, 1963)
	The Beatles	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (February 1, 1964)	"The Long and Winding Road" (June 20, 1970)	N/A (didn't chart in 1971)
6	The Supremes	"Where Did Our Love Go" (August 22, 1964)	"Someday We'll Be Together" (December 27, 1969)	"Stoned Love" (No. 7 – December 19, 1970)
	Lionel Richie	"Endless Love" (August 15, 1981)	"Say You, Say Me" (January 11, 1986)	"Ballerina Girl" (No. 7 – February 21, 1987)

† Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.

Source:^{[127][128][129]}

Most number-one singles in a calendar year

Number of singles	Artist	Year charted	Singles
6	The Beatles	1964	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
			"She Loves You"
			"Can't Buy Me Love"
			"Love Me Do"
			"A Hard Day's Night"
			"I Feel Fine"
5		1965	"I Feel Fine"
			"Eight Days a Week"
			"Ticket to Ride"
			"Help!"
			"Yesterday"
4	Elvis Presley †	1956	"Heartbreak Hotel"
			"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
			"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"
			"Love Me Tender"
		1957	"Too Much"
			"All Shook Up"
			"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
			"Jailhouse Rock"
	The Supremes	1965	"Come See About Me"
			"Stop! In the Name of Love"
			"Back in My Arms Again"
			"I Hear a Symphony"
	Jackson 5	1970	"I Want You Back"
			"ABC"
			"The Love You Save"
			"I'll Be There"
	George Michael	1988	"Faith"
			"Father Figure"
			"One More Try"
			"Monkey"
	Usher	2004	"Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris)
			"Burn"
			"Confessions Part II"
			"My Boo" (Duet with Alicia Keys)
	Rihanna	2010	"Rude Boy"
			"Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
			"What's My Name?" (featuring Drake)
			"Only Girl (In the World)"

† Pre-Hot 100 charts.
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 No. 1 on Cashbox, but not on the Billboard Top 100, the precursor to the Billboard Hot 100.

If counting Drake's feature on Travis Scott's “Sicko Mode", then he would be included on the list with 4 for 2018 (“God's Plan”, “Nice for What”, and “In My Feelings”)

Sources:^{[119][130][131][132]}

Most number-two singles

Number	Artist	Songs	Date
7	Drake	"Best I Ever Had"	July 25, 2009
		"Hotline Bling"	October 24, 2015
		"Nonstop"	July 14, 2018
		"Life Is Good"	January 25, 2020
		"Laugh Now Cry Later"	August 29, 2020
		"Wants and Needs"	March 20, 2021
		"Girls Want Girls"	September 18, 2021
6	Madonna	"Material Girl"	March 23, 1985
		"Causing a Commotion"	October 24, 1987
		"Express Yourself"	July 15, 1989
		"Cherish"	October 7, 1989
		"I'll Remember"	May 28, 1994
		"Frozen"	April 4, 1998
	Taylor Swift	"You Belong with Me"	August 22, 2009
		"Today Was a Fairytale"	February 6, 2010
		"I Knew You Were Trouble"	January 12, 2013
		"I Don't Wanna Live Forever"	March 4, 2017
		"Me!"	May 11, 2019
		"You Need to Calm Down"	June 29, 2019
5	Creedence Clearwater Revival	"Proud Mary"	March 8, 1969
		"Bad Moon Rising"	June 28, 1969
		"Green River	September 27, 1969
		"Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain"	March 7, 1970
		"Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light"	October 3, 1970
	Elvis Presley	"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"	1958 (Pre Hot 100)
		"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I"	April 27, 1959
		"Can't Help Falling in Love"	February 3, 1962
		"Return to Sender"	November 17, 1962
		"Burning Love"	October 28, 1972

• If Michael Jackson's time with The Jackson 5 and his uncredited appearance on "Somebody's Watching Me" are counted, he would appear on the list with 6 singles.
• If Paul McCartney's time with The Beatles is counted, he would appear on the list with 5 singles.

Source:^[133]

Most top 10 singles

Number of singles	Artist	Source
54	Drake	[76]
38	Madonna	[134]
34	The Beatles	[134]
31	Rihanna	[134]
30	Michael Jackson	[134]
	Taylor Swift	[135]
28	Stevie Wonder	[136]
	Mariah Carey	[136]
27	Elton John	[136]
	Janet Jackson	[136]

Most cumulative weeks in the top 10

Number of weeks	Artist	Source
360	Rihanna †	[137]
321	Drake	[137]
292	Justin Bieber †	[137]
291	Mariah Carey	[137]
273	Usher	[137]
262	Bruno Mars	[137]
225	Madonna	[137]
219	Janet Jackson	[137]
213	Maroon 5
212	The Beatles	[137]

† Rihanna is the youngest (23) soloist to earn at least 200 weeks in the top 10. Justin Bieber is the youngest male (25) soloist to do so.

Most consecutive weeks in the top 10

Number of weeks	Artist	Years charted	Singles
69	Katy Perry	2010–11	"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
			"Teenage Dream"
			"Firework"
			"E.T." (featuring Kanye West)
			"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
61	The Chainsmokers	2016–17	"Don't Let Me Down" (featuring Daya)
			"Closer" (featuring Halsey)
			"Paris"
			"Something Just Like This" (with Coldplay)
51	Drake	2015–16	"Hotline Bling"
			"Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)
			"Summer Sixteen"
			"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)
48	Ace of Base	1993–94	"All That She Wants"
			"The Sign"
			"Don't Turn Around"
46	Rihanna	2010–11	"Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
			"Only Girl (In the World)"
			"What's My Name?" (featuring Drake)
			"S&M"

Source:^{[138][139][140][141]}

Most number-one debuts

Number	Artist	Songs	Date
5	Ariana Grande	"Thank U, Next"	November 17, 2018
		"7 Rings"	February 2, 2019
		"Stuck With U" (with Justin Bieber)	May 23, 2020
		"Rain On Me" (with Lady Gaga)	June 6, 2020
		"Positions"	November 7, 2020
	Drake	"God's Plan"	February 3, 2018
		"Nice for What"	April 21, 2018
		"Toosie Slide"	April 18, 2020
		"What's Next"	March 20, 2021
		"Way 2 Sexy" (featuring Future and Young Thug)	September 18, 2021
	BTS	"Dynamite"	September 5, 2020
		"Life Goes On"	December 5, 2020
		"Butter"	June 5, 2021
		"Permission to Dance"	July 24, 2021
		"My Universe" (with Coldplay)[142]	October 9, 2021
4	Justin Bieber	"What Do You Mean?"	September 19, 2015
		"I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne)	May 20, 2017
		"Stuck With U" (with Ariana Grande)	May 23, 2020
		"Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon)	April 3, 2021
	Taylor Swift	"Shake It Off"	September 6, 2014
		"Cardigan"	August 8, 2020
		"Willow"	December 26, 2020
		"All Too Well (Taylor's Version)"[143]	November 27, 2021
3	Mariah Carey	"Fantasy"	September 30, 1995
		"One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men)	December 2, 1995
		"Honey"	September 13, 1997
	Travis Scott	"Highest in the Room"	October 19, 2019
		"The Scotts" (with Kid Cudi as The Scotts)	May 9, 2020
		"Franchise" (featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.)	October 10, 2020

• Note: If Young Thug's uncredited appearance on the track "This Is America" is included, this would put him on the list with 3 debuts at No. 1.

Since 2009, at least one song has debuted at number one per year. 2020 holds the record for most debuts at number one in a calendar year, with twelve.

Source:^{[144][145][146][147]}

Most top 10 debuts

Number	Artist	Source
39	Drake	[76]
20	Taylor Swift	[135]
17	Justin Bieber	[148]
14	Ariana Grande	[148]
13	Eminem	[149]
11	Lil Wayne	[149]
10	Kanye West	[150]
	Travis Scott

Most top 40 entries

Number	Artist	Source
144	Drake	[76]
86	Lil Wayne	[151]
85	Taylor Swift	[152]
81	Elvis Presley †	[151]
68	Kanye West	[151]
62	Nicki Minaj	[151]
58	Elton John	[151]
52	Eminem	[151]
51	Glee Cast	[151]
	Rihanna	[151]
	Justin Bieber	[153]

Most Hot 100 entries

Entries	Artist	Source
259	Drake	[154]
207	Glee Cast	[155]
178	Lil Wayne	[156]
165	Taylor Swift	[157]
133	Kanye West	[150][158]
129	Future	[159]
119	Nicki Minaj	[79]
109	Elvis Presley †	[160]
105	Chris Brown	[161]
103	Justin Bieber ‡	[162]
	Jay-Z	[163]

† Elvis Presley's career predated the inception of the Hot 100 by two years. He has charted 150 singles on Billboard if tracking his entire career.

‡ Justin Bieber is the youngest (27) soloist to accumulate at least 100 entries on the Hot 100.^[164]

Most consecutive weeks on Hot 100

Number of weeks	Artist	First song of streak and first week	Final song of streak and final week
431	Drake	"Best I Ever Had" (May 23, 2009)	"Passionfruit" (August 19, 2017)
326	Lil Wayne	"Sweetest Girl" (September 29, 2007)	"Beware" (December 21, 2013)
216	Rihanna	"Run This Town" (August 15, 2009)	"Stay" (September 28, 2013)
207	Nicki Minaj	"Knockout" (February 20, 2010)	"Love More" (February 1, 2014)
166	Future	"Fuck Up Some Commas" (April 18, 2015)	"King's Dead" (June 9, 2018)
161	Chris Brown	"Fine China" (April 20, 2013)	"Back to Sleep" (May 14, 2016)
159	Jay-Z	"Jigga My Nigga" (June 26, 1999)	"Guess Who's Back" (July 6, 2002)
152	Nelly	"Country Grammar" (April 29, 2000)	"Air Force Ones" (March 22, 2003)
150	Justin Bieber	"Where Are Ü Now" (March 14, 2015)	"Despacito" (January 20, 2018)
141	Kenny Chesney	"A Lot of Things Different" (November 11, 2001)	"Keg in the Closet" (August 6, 2005)

• Drake logged an additional streak of 188 consecutive weeks, stretching between God's Plan's number-one debut on February 3, 2018 up until September 4, 2021, when "Betrayal" spent a single week on the chart.
• Prior to his 161 week streak, Chris Brown produced a 140 week streak spanning from July 17, 2010–March 30, 2013. Brown was only off the Hot 100 for two weeks before beginning his new streak on April 20, 2013. Had he remained on the chart for those two weeks, he would have logged 303 consecutive weeks on the chart.

Source:^[165]

Self-replacement at number one

• 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); "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) → "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (May 27, 2017)
• Drake – "God's Plan" → "Nice for What" (April 21, 2018); "Nice for What" → "In My Feelings" (July 21, 2018)
• BTS ‡ – "Butter" → "Permission to Dance" (July 24, 2021); "Permission to Dance" → "Butter" (July 31, 2021)

† The Beatles are the only act in history to have three consecutive, self-replacing No. 1s.

‡ BTS are the only act in history to replace themselves at No. 1 two weeks in a row.^[166]

Source:^[167]

Most top positions simultaneously occupied

Number	Artist	Date	Ref
5	The Beatles	April 4, 1964	[76][168]
	Drake	September 18, 2021	[76][168]
4	The Beatles	March 28, 1964	[168]
3	The Beatles	March 14, 1964	[168]
		March 21, 1964	[168]
		April 25, 1964	[168]
	Ariana Grande	February 23, 2019	[168]
	Drake	March 20, 2021	[168]

• Prior to 2000, only the Beatles, the Bee Gees and Puff Daddy had weeks where they simultaneously occupied the top two positions. The Beatles had also simultaneously occupied the top three, four and five positions during various weeks in early 1964. Since 2000, numerous recording acts have simultaneously occupied the top two, including Usher, Mariah Carey, the Black Eyed Peas, the Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Drake. On February 23, 2019, Ariana Grande became the first act since the Beatles to simultaneously occupy the top three.

Most simultaneous entries in the top 10

Number	Artist	Date	Ref
9	Drake	September 18, 2021	[76][169]
7	Drake	July 14, 2018	[76][169]
5	The Beatles	April 4, 1964	[169]
		April 11, 1964	[169]
	Juice Wrld	July 25, 2020	[169]
4	The Beatles	March 21, 1964	[169]
		March 28, 1964	[169]
		April 18, 1964	[169]
	50 Cent	April 2, 2005	[169]
		April 9, 2005	[169]
	T-Pain	November 24, 2007	[169]
		December 1, 2007	[169]
		December 8, 2007	[169]
	Lil Wayne	October 13, 2018	[169]
	Post Malone	September 21, 2019	[169]
	J. Cole	May 29, 2021	[169]

• Only the Beatles and the Bee Gees managed at least three simultaneous top ten singles before the use of Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems to compile the Hot 100 in late 1991. The first to achieve three since then was Ashanti in March 2002.

Posthumous number-ones

• 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)
• XXXTentacion (d. June 18, 2018) – "Sad!" (June 30, 2018)

Source:^[170]

Age records

• Louis Armstrong (age 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 52 years, 297 days) is the oldest female artist to top the Hot 100. She set the record with "Believe" on March 13, 1999.^[171] The previous record holder was Grace Slick of Starship, who was 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 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 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 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 No. 1 on April 27, 1963.
• Olivia Rodrigo (age 17 years, 338 days) is the youngest solo artist to debut at number one on the Hot 100. She set the record with "Drivers License" on January 23, 2021.^[172]
• Justin Bieber (age 21 years, 202 days) is the youngest male solo artist to debut atop the Hot 100. He set the record with "What Do You Mean?" on September 19, 2015.^[173]
• Fred Stobaugh (age 96 years, 23 days) is the oldest living artist to chart on the Hot 100. He was featured on the Green Shoe Studio song "Oh Sweet Lorriane", which ranked at No. 42 on September 14, 2013.^[174] The previous record was held by Tony Bennett, who was 85 years, 59 days old when his song "Body and Soul", a duet with Amy Winehouse, ranked at No. 87 on October 1, 2011.
• French-born Jordy Lemoine (age 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.^[175][176]

Gap records

• The longest gap between No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 for an artist is 24 years, 355 days by Cher. Her single "Believe" hit No. 1 on March 13, 1999, her first time on top since "Dark Lady" on March 23, 1974.^[171][177]
• The record for the longest wait from an artist's Hot 100 debut entry to its first No. 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 No. 1 with "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas (October 23, 1999).^[178]
• The record for most Hot 100 entries before a No. 1 is held by Future, whose feature on Drake's "Way 2 Sexy" alongside Young Thug scored him his first No. 1 single on his 126th chart entry.
• When "4th Dimension" by Kids See Ghosts featuring Louis Prima debuted at No. 42 for the week of June 23, 2018,^[179] Prima became the artist with the longest overall span of singles on the Hot 100 – 57 years, 130 days on account of his single "Wonderland by Night" which last appeared at No. 89 on the Hot 100, dated February 13, 1961.^[180]
• Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" holds the record for the longest trip to the Hot 100's top 10: 60 years and two weeks. It first appeared on the Hot 100 dated December 22, 1958 and reached the top 10 on the chart dated January 5, 2019 peaking at No. 8.^[181] Additionally, as his song "Dreams" debuted on the third Hot 100 ever, (dated August 18, 1958) Helms subsequently ends the longest wait for an artist's first top 10: 60 years, four months and two weeks.^[181]
• Burl Ives holds the record for the longest break between Hot 100 top 10's: He returned to the top 10 after 56 years, seven months and two weeks, when "A Holly Jolly Christmas" reached No. 10 on the chart dated January 5, 2019.^[181]
• Mariah Carey holds the record gap between first and most recent No. 1 on the Hot 100 over the longest period of time: 29 years, four months and two weeks, dating to her first week at No. 1 on the chart dated August 4, 1990, with "Vision of Love" to her most recent No. 1, "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which reached number one on the chart dated December 21, 2019.^[182] Cher previously held this record over a period of 27 years and 5 months, ranging from the first of two weeks at No. 1 for "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" on November 6, 1971 to the last week at No. 1 for "Believe" on April 3, 1999. This record only counts Cher's solo career: if her time as part of Sonny & Cher is included, her span would cover 33 years, seven months and two weeks, starting with the first of three weeks at No. 1 for "I Got You Babe" with Sonny on August 14, 1965.^[182] "All I Want for Christmas Is You" also the longest span from a song’s first week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 to its latest: two years and four days (Dec. 21, 2019-Dec. 25, 2021).
• Lady Gaga holds the record for the longest span of No. 1 debuts with nine years, three months, and one week. She surpassed Justin Bieber, who held the record previously with four years and five months.^[183]
• BTS holds the record for the shortest span to accumulate three No. 1 debuts, with four months and four days.^[142]

Album achievements

Most number-one singles from one album

Number of Singles	Artist	Album	Year
5	Michael Jackson	Bad	1987
	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	2010
4	Various artists	Saturday Night Fever	1977
	Whitney Houston	Whitney	1987
	George Michael	Faith
	Paula Abdul	Forever Your Girl	1988
	Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814	1989
	Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey	1990
	Usher	Confessions	2004

Source:^[184]

• 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. A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy, You Should Be Dancing and Jive Talkin' by the Bee Gees all reached No. 1 but are from earlier albums, so these aren't generated from "Saturday Night Fever".
• 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.^[185]

Most top ten singles from one album

Number of singles	Artist	Album	Year
9	Drake	Certified Lover Boy[76]	2021
7	Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982
	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984
	Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814	1989
	Drake	Scorpion	2018
6	Michael Jackson	Bad	1987
	George Michael	Faith
	Janet Jackson	Janet.	1993
	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	2010
	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die	2020
5	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	1983
	Janet Jackson	Control	1986
	Genesis	Invisible Touch
	Madonna	True Blue
	Huey Lewis and the News	Fore!
	Whitney Houston	Whitney	1987
	Paula Abdul	Forever Your Girl	1988
	Bobby Brown	Don't Be Cruel
	New Kids on the Block	Hangin' Tough
	Bon Jovi	New Jersey
	Milli Vanilli	Girl You Know It's True	1989
	Various artists †	Waiting to Exhale	1995
	Usher	Confessions	2004
	Fergie	The Dutchess	2006
	Taylor Swift	Fearless	2008
	The Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	2009
	Taylor Swift	1989	2014
	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	2019
	J. Cole	The Off-Season	2021

Source:^[186][187]

• † 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.

Other album achievements

• Janet Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 has the most top 5 singles, with 7.^[188]
• 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.^[189]
• Drake's Scorpion placed a record-breaking all 25 songs listed in the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, on the July 14, 2018 chart, while he still had two more songs entered,^[190] eclipsing his previous record of 22 from his album More Life about one year earlier, on April 8, 2017,^[191] and 18 from his album Views two year earlier, on May 21, 2016.^[192]

NOTE: Numbers listed here are, per Billboard's rules,^[193] over one release.

Producer achievements

Producers with the most number-one singles

Number of singles	Producer(s)	Best known producing for	Biggest number-one hit and date
23	George Martin	The Beatles	"Hey Jude"[194] (September 28, 1968)
	Max Martin[195]	Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"[196][197] (November 29, 2019)
17	Dr. Luke	Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Kesha, Miley Cyrus, Doja Cat	"Tik Tok"[198] (January 2, 2010)
16	Steve Sholes †	Elvis Presley	"Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" (August 18, 1956)
	Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis	Janet Jackson	"Miss You Much"[112] (October 7, 1989)
15	Mariah Carey	Herself	"We Belong Together"[198] (June 4, 2005)
14	Barry Gibb	Bee Gees, Andy Gibb	"How Deep Is Your Love"[198] (December 24, 1977)

† Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100

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Songwriter achievements

Songwriters with the most number-one singles

Number of singles	Songwriter	Best known for collaborating with	Biggest number-one hit and date
32	Paul McCartney	The Beatles	"Hey Jude"[194] (September 28, 1968)
26	John Lennon
25	Max Martin[195]	Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"[196][197](November 29, 2019)
18	Mariah Carey	Herself	"We Belong Together"[205] (June 4, 2005)
17	Dr. Luke	Katy Perry, Kesha, Miley Cyrus	"Tik Tok" (January 2, 2010)
16	Barry Gibb	Bee Gees, Andy Gibb	"How Deep Is Your Love"[206] (December 24, 1977)

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Most number-one singles in a calendar year

Number of singles	Songwriter(s)	Year	Number-one hits (in chronological order)
7	John Lennon Paul McCartney	1964	The Beatles – "I Want to Hold Your Hand"†, "She Loves You"†, "Can't Buy Me Love"†, "Love Me Do" Peter and Gordon – "A World Without Love" The Beatles – "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine"†††
	Barry Gibb ††	1978	Bee Gees – "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive"† Andy Gibb – "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"† Bee Gees – "Night Fever"† Yvonne Elliman – "If I Can't Have You"† Andy Gibb – "Shadow Dancing" Frankie Valli – "Grease"
5	Lamont Dozier Brian Holland Eddie Holland	1965	The Supremes – "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Back in My Arms Again"† Four Tops – "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"† The Supremes – "I Hear a Symphony"
	John Lennon ††† Paul McCartney †††	1965	The Beatles – "I Feel Fine", "Eight Days a Week", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Yesterday" †††
	Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb	1978	Bee Gees – "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever"† Yvonne Elliman – "If I Can't Have You"† Andy Gibb – "Shadow Dancing"

• † Chronologically sequential, replacing each other at No. 1
• †† Holds all-time record of writing the most consecutively charted (self-replacing) No. 1 songs on the Hot 100, with 4.
• ††† Hold all-time record of writing the most consecutive No. 1 A-side singles, with 6. Record includes these five 1965 A-sides and "We Can Work It Out", which hit No. 1 in January 1966.

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Selected additional Hot 100 achievements

• The first No. 1 song on the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson (August 4, 1958).^[210]
• The shortest No. 1 song of all time is "Stay" by Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs (November 21, 1960). It is 1 minute and 38 seconds long.^[211][212]
• The longest No. 1 song of all time is "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift (November 27, 2021). It is 10 minutes and 13 seconds long.^[135]
• The No. 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).^[213]
• On September 2, 1995, "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson became the first song to debut at No. 1. The rest of that year saw three additional number-one debuts, including two by Mariah Carey. The four number-one debuts in 1995 would hold as the most in one calendar year until 2018, when it was matched. This record was topped in 2020, when 12 songs debuted at number one.^[214] A total of 58 number-one debuts have occurred through the chart dated November 27, 2021.^[143][144]
• The No. 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 No. 1, since it appeared on unpublished test charts prior to the allowance of airplay-only songs on the main chart.^[215] "I'm Your Angel" also entered the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart that week at No. 1,^[216] so it would have been ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 before then.
• The first "airplay-only" song to reach No. 1 (no points from a commercial single release) was "Try Again" by Aaliyah (June 17, 2000).^[217]
• Drake holds the record for the most entries in the Hot 100 during a one-week period, with 27 on the July 14, 2018 chart.^[218] 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,^[219] and he equaled it again on October 17 that year.^[192] Justin Bieber then reset the record to 17 on December 5, 2015,^[220] before Drake reclaimed the record with 20 on May 21, 2016, and broke his own record with 24 on the April 8, 2017 chart and broke it again with 27 on July 14, 2018.^[192][221]
• 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 No. 1 and No. 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 No. 1 and No. 2 singles, while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles continued their reign as the top 2 albums.^[222][223]
• Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Drake 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 – No. 1 "Night Fever" and No. 2 "Stayin' Alive" for the Bee Gees, and No. 3 "Emotion" for Samantha Sang.^[208] Lennon and McCartney co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 14, 1964 – No. 1 "I Want to Hold Your Hand", No. 2 "She Loves You", and No. 3 "Please Please Me", all for The Beatles.^[224] They continued this record the following week of March 21, 1964, when "She Loves You" switched places with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".^[167][225] Drake wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 20, 2021, and the top 5 singles for the week of September 18, 2021, both times all for himself.
• Justin Bieber is the first artist in history to achieve new No. 1 songs in consecutive weeks on the Hot 100. On the chart dated May 27, 2017, Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" dethroned DJ Khaled's "I'm the One" which debuted at No. 1 a week prior, both songs on which he is a featured artist.^[226]
• The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest uninterrupted time at No. 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.^[227] Prior to August 2009, Usher held this record, spending 19 consecutive weeks on top of the chart in 2004 with "Yeah!" (12 weeks at No. 1) and "Burn" (first 7 of its 8 total weeks at No. 1).^[228]
• 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 lead single hit No. 1 after the second single did.^[229]
• 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 No. 1, while "Castle on the Hill" entered at No. 6.^[230] Drake later achieved this feat on three separate occasions, doing so on April 8, 2017,^[191] February 3, 2018,^[231] and July 14, 2018.^[232] In the latter week, Drake broke the record by debuting four songs in the top 10. On September 18, 2021, Drake broke the record again by debuting nine songs in the top 10.
• Justin Bieber is the first solo artist to have four singles chart in the top 40 of the Hot 100 before the release of a debut album. He achieved this with the songs "One Time", "One Less Lonely Girl", "Love Me" and "Favorite Girl" on the charts dated September 12, 2009, October 24, 2009, November 14, 2009 and November 21, 2009 respectively.^[233]
• Justin Bieber became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Hot 100, following the release of his debut seven-track EP My World on December 5, 2009.^[234]
• Drake is the first artist to have a number-one debut replace another number-one debut. He did this April 21, 2018, when "Nice For What" replaced "God's Plan" at the summit, after the latter had spent eleven weeks on top.^[235]
• Ariana Grande is the only artist to have the lead single from each of her first six albums debut in the Hot 100's top 10.^[236][237]
• Ariana Grande is the first artist whose first five number-one songs all debuted at the top spot.^[183] She achieved this with the songs "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Stuck With U", "Rain On Me", and "Positions" on the charts dated November 17, 2018, February 2, 2019, May 23, 2020, June 6, 2020, and November 6, 2020 respectively.
• In the list of August 17, 2019, Tool's "Fear Inoculum" broke the record of longest song to enter the Hot 100, with 10 minutes and 21 seconds and peaking at number 93.^[238]
• Creedence Clearwater Revival is the artist with the most songs to peak at No. 2 without achieving a No. 1 hit, with five ("Proud Mary", "Bad Moon Rising", "Green River", "Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain", "Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light").^[239] Groups En Vogue and Blood, Sweat & Tears tie for second, with three each.
• Mariah Carey is the first artist to have a number-one single in four different decades after "All I Want for Christmas Is You" topped the chart in January 2020 for a third consecutive week. Previously, she had fourteen number-one hits in the 1990s, four in the 2000s, and "All I Want for Christmas Is You" starting its run at the top spot in December 2019 and becoming the first song to hold the top position in three different chart years (2019, 2020, and 2021).^[240]
• Taylor Swift is the first act to simultaneously debut two songs in the top-four and three songs in the top-six of the chart. She achieved it when "Cardigan", "The 1" and "Exile", debuted at numbers one, four and six, respectively, on the chart dated August 8, 2020.^[241]
• Ariana Grande is the first artist in history to debut three songs at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in a single calendar year. "Stuck With U", "Rain On Me", and "Positions" all debuted at number one in 2020.^[242]
• Taylor Swift is the first act in history to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 charts. She achieved it when her eighth studio album, Folklore, debuted atop the Billboard 200 in the same week as its lead single "Cardigan" debuted atop the Hot 100, on the charts dated August 8, 2020.^[243] She is also the first act in history to achieve the said record twice and thrice. Her second time was with her ninth studio album, Evermore, and its lead single "Willow" (December 26, 2020);^[214] and the third with Red (Taylor's Version) and "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" (November 27, 2021).^[143]
• Taylor Swift holds the record for the most new entries on a Hot 100 chart by any artist, with 26 on November 27, 2021. Those 26 entries are from her second re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version).^[244]
• The Weeknd's 2019 song "Blinding Lights" holds the record for the highest re-entry in the charts history, after falling off the chart dated January 2, 2021 and re-entering the top ten at number 3 the following week.^[245]
• The chart dated March 20, 2021, marked the first time that the top four songs were all simultaneous debuts on the Hot 100. It was also the first time that the top three were all simultaneous debuts, with Drake carrying those three songs ("What's Next", "Wants and Needs" and "Lemon Pepper Freestyle") to become the first artist to debut in positions one, two and three on the same chart. (Debuting at number four was "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic).^[246] On September 18, 2021, this record was broken when the top five songs were all Hot 100 debuts; all five were by Drake ("Way 2 Sexy", "Girls Want Girls", "Fair Trade", "Champagne Poetry", and "Knife Talk").
• Olivia Rodrigo is the first artist in history to debut their first two and first three singles inside the top 10 of the Hot 100. She achieved it with "Drivers License", "Deja Vu", and "Good 4 U".^[247]
• Sour (2021) by Olivia Rodrigo is the first debut album in history to score two number-one debuts on the Hot 100, doing so with "Drivers License" and "Good 4 U".^[247]
• The chart dated May 29, 2021, marked the first time five songs simultaneously debuted inside the top 10 of the Hot 100. It was achieved by Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U", J. Cole's "My Life", "Amari", "Pride is the Devil" and "95 South", which debuted at numbers 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8, respectively.^[247]
• On the chart dated September 18, 2021, eclipsing milestones listed above that were achieved earlier in 2021, nine songs made their simultaneous Hot 100 debuts in the top 10 (breaking the previous record of five, set less than four months earlier, on May 29, 2021), with Drake as the lead artist on all of them, coming from his album Certified Lover Boy. Drake became the second act, after the Beatles on April 4, 1964, to occupy every position in the top five in the same week.^[76]

See also

• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States

References

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
• Christopher G. Feldman, The Billboard Book of No. 2 Singles (ISBN 0-8230-7695-4)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2008 (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Pop Charts, 1955–1959 (ISBN 0-89820-092-X)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties (ISBN 0-89820-137-3)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The 2000s (ISBN 0-89820-182-9)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.