List of Billboard number-one singles

This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

Preface[]

The following year-by-year, week-by-week listings are based on statistics accrued by Billboard magazine before and after the inception of its Hot 100 popularity chart in August 1958.

All data is pooled from record purchases and radio/jukebox play within the United States. Later charts also include digital single sales, online streaming, and YouTube hits.

Pre-Hot 100 era[]

Hot 100 era[]

								1958	1959
1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
2020	2021	2022

Sources[]

The following sources apply to all "by year" pages linked above:

Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (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.

See also[]

List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles
List of number-one adult contemporary hits (United States)
List of number-one country hits (United States)
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of number-one dance airplay hits (U.S.)
List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s
List of number-one alternative hits (United States)
List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one in the United States
Billboard Year-End

This article includes a music-related list of lists.

v t Lists of Billboard number-one singles
1940–1959	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960–1979	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980–1999	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000–2019	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020–2029	2020 2021 2022
By decade	1940s 1950–1958 1958–1969 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also	List of Your Hit Parade number-one songs Top-ten singles Hot 100 Year-end List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

v t Lists of number-one songs on the Hot 100 component charts
Radio Songs	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Digital Songs	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Streaming Songs	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Related articles	Hot Digital Tracks List of Billboard number-one singles