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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.
The first number-one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958. [5] As of the issue for the week ending on January 25, 2025, the Billboard Hot 100 has had 1,177 different number-one entries. The current number-one song on the chart is "Die with a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. [6]
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.
[note 1] American singer Brenda Lee became the oldest artist of all time to reach number one on the Hot 100 (age 78), when "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (1958) topped the chart in December 2023; concurrently, the song also became the third holiday single to top the Hot 100 [note 2] and it broke the record for longest climb to the top spot ...
6.3 Historical number one most-streamed album in a single day 6.4 Most streamed albums in a single week 6.5 Historical number one most-streamed album in a single week
The song was in its third week at number one on January 4, 2020, reaching the top for the first time on December 21, 2019. The following week, on January 11, 2020, Post Malone's "Circles" returned to the number-one spot, another carry-over from the 2010s; it originally reached number one on November 30, 2019. [2]
Hank Williams Jr, who will eventually move on from simply imitating the style of his famous father to become one of the most successful artists in country music history, reaches number one for the first time. [42] [43] 1971: Dolly Parton, the most successful female country performer of all time, achieves her first number one.
Mariah Carey earned four number-one singles, including the best-performing single of the decade "We Belong Together", which spent 14 weeks atop the Hot 100. Alicia Keys scored four number-one entries, totaling 22 weeks atop the chart. 50 Cent scored four number ones, including 2003's best-performing single , " In da Club ".