USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1890-2021

USA’s #1 Pop Songs: 1890-2021

These are the #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1890 to present. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts: Billboard’s pre-Hot 100 pop charts, 1890-1958 (BB) Billboard Best Sellers chart, 1940-1958 (BS) Billboard Juke Box Hits, 1940-1957 (JB) Billboard Disc Jockey Hits, 1944-1958 (DJ) Billboard Hot 100 chart, 1958-present (BB) Billboard Airplay, 1984-present (BA) Billboard Digital, 2005-present (DG) Billboard Streaming, 2013-present (ST) Your Hit Parade, 1935-1959 (HP) Cashbox, 1950-1996 (CB) Hit Records (Music Vendor/Record World), 1954-1982 (HR) Radio & Records/Mediabase, 1973-present (RR) Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. See other chart-based lists here.

Because this list includes more than 3000 songs, it has been broken up into pages by decades:

Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “United States: Biggest #1 Songs” Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Songs for Each Decade” Stereogum.com: “The Number Ones” (column by Tom Breihan) Joel Whitburn (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, WI; Record Research, Inc. Pages 642-657. Joel Whitburn (2016). Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955-2015 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 1161-1170. Joel Whitburn (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 514-522. Joel Whitburn (2012). Hit Records 1954-1982 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 406-411. Wikipedia: “List of Billboard Number-One Singles” (1940s – present) Wikipedia: “List of Billboard Hot 100 Airplay/Radio Songs Number-One Singles” (1984 – present) Wikipedia: “List of Radio & Records/Mediabase Number-One Singles” (1973 – present) First posted 2/24/2021; last updated 11/16/2021.