Showing posts with label Billboard Hot 100. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 20, 2026

Billboard Songs to Debut at #1 on the Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100:

#1 Debuts

Since the inception of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958, there have been only 50 songs to debut at the pinnacle. The first to do so was Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” in 1995. Below are the songs to start on top – first in chronological order and then in order by DMDB ranking.

See other chart-based lists here and specific Billboard lists here.

1. Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone” (9/2/1995)
2. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (9/30/1995)
3. Whitney Houston “Exale (Shoop Shoop)” (11/25/1995)
4. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (12/2/1995)
5. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (6/14/1997)
6. Mariah Carey “Honey” (9/6/1997)
7. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (10/11/1997)
8. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (2/28/1998)
9. Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (9/5/1998)
10. Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (10/3/1998)

11. Clay Aiken “This Is the Night” (6/28/2003)
12. Fantasia “I Believe” (7/3/2004)
13. Carrie Underwood “Inside Your Heaven” (7/2/2005)
14. Taylor Hicks “Do I Make You Proud” (7/1/2006)
15. Britney Spears “3” (10/24/2009)
16. Eminem “Not Afraid” (5/22/2010)
17. Ke$ha “We R Who We R” (11/13/2010)
18. Britney Spears “Hold It Against Me” (1/29/2011)
19. Lady Gaga “Born This Way” (2/19/2011)
20. Katy Perry “Part of Me” (3/3/2012)

21. Baauer “Harlem Shake” (3/2/2013)
22. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (9/6/2014)
23. Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?” (9/19/2015)
24. Adele “Hello” (11/14/2015)
25. Zayn Malik “Pillowtalk” (2/20/2016)
26. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (5/28/2016)
27. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (1/28/2017)
28. DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne “I’m the One” (5/20/2017)
29. Drake “God’s Plan” (2/3/2018)
30. Drake “Nice for What” (4/21/2018)

31. Childish Gambino “This Is America” (5/19/2018)
32. Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” (11/17/2018)
33. Ariana Grande “7 Rings” (2/2/2019)
34. Jonas Brothers “Sucker” (3/1/2019)
35. Travis Scott “Highest in the Room” (10/19/2019)
36. Drake “Toosie Slide” (4/18/2020)
37. Travis Scott & Kid Cudi “The Scotts” (5/9/2020)
38. Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber “Stuck with U” (5/23/2020)
39. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande “Rain on Me” (6/6/2020)
40. 6ix9nine & Nicki Minaj “Trollz” (6/27/2020)

41. Taylor Swift “Cardigan” (8/8/2020)
42. Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion “WAP” (8/22/2020)
43. BTS “Dynamite” (9/5/2020)
44. Travis Scott with Young Thug & M.I.A. “Franchise” (10/10/2020)
45. Ariana Grande “Positions” (11/7/2020)
46. BTS “Life Goes On” (12/5/2020)
47. Taylor Swift “Willow” (12/26/2020)
48. Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License” (1/23/2021)
49. Drake “What’s Next” (3/20/2021)
50. Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches” (4/3/2021)

51. Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” (4/10/2021)
52. Polo G “Rapstar” (4/24/2021)
53. Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U” (5/29/2021)
54. BTS “Butter” (6/5/2021)
55. BTS “Permission to Dance” (7/24/2021)
56. Drake with Future & Young Thug “Way 2 Sexy” (9/18/2021)
57. Coldplay with BTS “My Universe” (10/9/2021)
58. Taylor Swift “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” (11/27/2021)
59. Harry Styles “As It Was” (4/16/2022)
60. Jack Harlow “First Class” (4/23/2022)

61. Future with Drake & Tems “Wait for U” (5/14/2022)
62. Drake with 21 Savage “Jimmy Cooks” (7/2/2022)
63. Nicki Minaj “Super Freaky Girl” (8/27/2022)
64. Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero” (11/5/2022)
65. Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (1/28/2023)
66. Jimin “Like Crazy” (4/8/2023)
67. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (7/15/2023)
68. Jung Kook with Latton “Seven” (7/29/2023)
69. Oliver Anthony “Rich Men North of Richmond” (8/26/2023)
70. Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (9/9/2023)

71. Drake & SZA “Slime You Out” (9/30/2023)
72. Drake & J. Cole “First Person Shooter” (10/21/2023)
73. Taylor Swift “Is It Over Now?” (11/11/2023)
74. Ariana Grande “Yes, And?” (1/27/2024)
75. Megan Thee Stallion “Hiss” (2/10/2024)
76. Ariana Grande “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” (3/23/2024)
77. Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar “Like That” (4/6/2024)
78. Taylor Swift & Post Maone “Fortnight” (5/4/2024)
79. Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us” (5/18/2024)
80. Post Malone & Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help” (5/25/2024)

81. Morgan Wallen “Love Somebody” (11/2/2024)
82. Kendrick Lamar “Squabble Up” (12/7/2024)
83. Travis Scott “4x4” (2/8/2025)
84. Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae “What I Want” (5/31/2025)
85. Sabrina Carpenter “Manchild” (6/21/2025)
86. Taylor Swift Taylor Swift “The Fate of Ophelia” (10/18/2025)
87. Bruno Mars “I Just Might” (6/24/2026)
88. Harry Styles “Aperature” (2/7/2026)
89. BTS “Swim” (4/4/2026)
90. Olvia Rodrigo “Drop Dead” (5/2/2026)

91. Drake “Janice STFU” (5/30/2026)
92. Ariana Grande “Hate That I Made You Love Me” (6/13/2026)
93. Taylor Swift “I Knew It, I Knew You” (6/20/2026)

The #1 Debuts Ranked

Debuting at #1 isn’t an automatic pass to classic status. Only 21 of the songs have rated in the DMDB’s top 1% of songs. See that list here). Here’s how they stack up:

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (1/28/2017)
2. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (2/28/1998)
3. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (10/11/1997)
4. Adele “Hello” (11/14/2015)
5. Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (9/5/1998)
6. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (6/14/1997)
7. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (9/6/2014)
8. Drake “God’s Plan” (2/3/2018)
9. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (12/2/1995)
10. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (5/28/2016)

11. Harry Styles “As It Was” (4/16/2022)
12. Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (10/3/1998)
13. Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?” (9/19/2015)
14. Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” (11/17/2018)
15. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (9/30/1995)
16. Ariana Grande “7 Rings” (2/2/2019)
17. Lady Gaga “Born This Way” (2/19/2011)
18. Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (1/28/2023)
19. Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License” (1/23/2021)
20. Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U” (5/29/2021)

21. Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion “WAP” (8/22/2020)

DMDB Top 2%:

22. Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” (4/10/2021)
23. Drake “Nice for What” (4/21/2018)
24. Eminem “Not Afraid” (5/22/2010)
25. Childish Gambino “This Is America” (5/19/2018)
26. DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne “I’m the One” (5/20/2017)
27. BTS “Dynamite” (9/5/2020)
28. Jonas Brothers “Sucker” (3/1/2019)
29. Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero” (11/5/2022)
30. Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches” (4/3/2021)

31. BTS “Butter” (6/5/2021)
32. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (7/15/2023)
33. Post Malone & Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help” (5/25/2024)
34. Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (9/9/2023)
35. Jack Harlow “First Class” (4/23/2022)

DMDB Top 5%:

36. Zayn “Pillow Talk” (2/20/2016)
37. Taylor Swift & Post Maone “Fortnight” (5/4/2024)
38. Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us” (5/18/2024)
39. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande “Rain on Me” (6/6/2020)
40. Ariana Grande “Positions” (11/7/2020)

41. Whitney Houston “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” (11/25/1995)
42. Taylor Swift “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” (11/27/2021)
43. Polo G “Rapstar” (4/24/2021)
44. Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone” (9/2/1995)
45. Taylor Swift “Cardigan” (8/8/2020)
46. Future with Drake & Tems “Wait for U” (5/14/2022)
47. Baauer “Harlem Shake” (3/2/2013)
48. Travis Scott “Highest in the Room” (10/19/2019)
49. Katy Perry “Part of Me” (3/3/2012)
50. Drake “Toosie Slide” (4/18/2020)

51. Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber “Stuck with U” (5/23/2020)
52. Taylor Swift “Willow” (12/26/2020)
53. Coldplay with BTS “My Universe” (10/9/2021)
54. Mariah Carey “Honey” (9/6/1997)
55. Ke$ha “We R Who We R” (11/13/2010)
56. Taylor Swift Taylor Swift “The Fate of Ophelia” (10/18/2025)
57. Sabrina Carpenter “Manchild” (6/21/2025)
58. Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae “What I Want” (5/31/2025)

DMDB Top 10%:

59. Nicki Minaj “Super Freaky Girl” (8/27/2022)
60. Drake with 21 Savage “Jimmy Cooks” (7/2/2022)
61. Taylor Swift “Is It Over Now?” (11/11/2023)
62. Ariana Grande “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” (3/23/2024)
63. Ariana Grande “Yes, And?” (1/27/2024)

64. Drake with Future & Young Thug “Way 2 Sexy” (9/18/2021)
65. Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar “Like That” (4/6/2024)
66. Jung Kook with Latton “Seven” (7/29/2023)
67. Travis Scott & Kid Cudi “The Scotts” (5/9/2020)
68. Drake “What’s Next” (3/20/2021)
69. Britney Spears “3” (10/24/2009)
70. BTS “Life Goes On” (12/5/2020)
71. BTS “Permission to Dance” (7/24/2021)
72. 6ix9nine & Nicki Minaj “Trollz” (6/27/2020)
73. Carrie Underwood “Inside Your Heaven” (7/2/2005)

74. Taylor Hicks “Do I Make You Proud” (7/1/2006)
75. Fantasia “I Believe” (7/3/2004)
76. Britney Spears “Hold It Against Me” (1/29/2011)
77. Oliver Anthony “Rich Men North of Richmond” (8/26/2023)
78. Morgan Wallen “Love Somebody” (11/2/2024)
79. Bruno Mars “I Just Might” (6/24/2026)
80. Kendrick Lamar “Squabble Up” (12/7/2024)

DMDB Top 20%:

81. Megan Thee Stallion “Hiss” (2/10/2024)
82. Jimin “Like Crazy” (4/8/2023)
83. Drake & J. Cole “First Person Shooter” (10/21/2023)
84. Travis Scott with Young Thug & M.I.A. “Franchise” (10/10/2020)
85. Clay Aiken “This Is the Night” (6/28/2003)
86. Drake & SZA “Slime You Out” (9/30/2023)
87. BTS “Swim” (4/4/2026)
88. Taylor Swift “I Knew It, I Knew You” (6/20/2026)
89. Ariana Grande “Hate That I Made You Love Me” (6/13/2026)
90. Harry Styles “Aperature” (2/7/2026)

91. Olvia Rodrigo “Drop Dead” (5/2/2026)
92. Travis Scott “4x4” (2/8/2025)
93. Drake “Janice STFU” (5/30/2026)

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Monday, December 23, 2024

Billboard - Songs of the Year (1958-2024)

Billboard:

Songs of the Year, 1958-2024

Each year since the inception of the Billboard Hot 100, the magazine has named a “song of the year” determined by chart performance. Here are those songs from 1958 to present.

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First posted 12/29/2014; last updated 12/23/2024.

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Sunday, May 5, 2024

U.S.A.’s Albums with Most Top Ten Hits

U.S.A. Albums:

Most Top Ten Hits

These are the albums with the most top-ten hits (five or more) on the Billboard Hot 100. They are ranked based on most top-ten hits with ties broken by the albums’ overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

Check out other album lists based on charts and sales.

10 Top Ten Hits

1) Taylor Swift Midnights (2022)
2) Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

9 Top Ten Hits

3) Drake Certified Lover Boy (2021)

8 Top Ten Hits

4) Drake & 21 Savage Her Loss (2022)

7 Top Ten Hits

5) Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
6) Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
7) Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
8) Drake For All the Dogs (2023)

6 Top Ten Hits

9) Michael Jackson Bad (1987)
10) George Michael Faith (1987)
11) Katy Perry Teenage Dream (2010)
12) Janet Jackson janet. (1993)
13) Morgan Wallen One Thing at a Time (2023)
14) Drake Scorpion (2018)
15) Juice Wrld Legends Never Die (2020)

5 Top Ten Hits

16) Taylor Swift 1989 (2014)
17) Lionel Richie Can’t Slow Down (1983)
18) Madonna True Blue (1986)
19) Whitney Houston Whitney (1987)
20) Post Malone Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019)

21) Janet Jackson Control (1986)
22) Various Artists Waiting to Exhale soundtrack (1995)
23) Bobby Brown Don’t Be Cruel (1988)
24) SZA SOS (2022)
25) Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl (1988)
26) Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) (2009)
27) Bon Jovi New Jersey (1988)
28) Genesis Invisible Touch (1986)
29) New Kids on the Block Hangin’ Tough (1988)
30) Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It’s True (aka All or Nothing) (1989)

31) Huey Lewis & the News Fore! (1986)
32) Fergie The Dutchess (2006)
33) J. Cole The Off Season (2021)

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Saturday, December 9, 2023

“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” hit #1 – 65 years after it was released

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Brenda Lee

Writer(s): Johnny Marks (see lyrics here)

Released: November 24, 1958

First Charted: December 11, 1958

Peak: 11 BB, 11 ST, 16 AC, 62 CW, 4 UK, 11 CN, 2 AU, 2 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 5.0 US, 1.8 UK, 25.0 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 76.4 video, 945.48 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

Brenda Lee was only 12 years old when she first charted with “One Step at a Time,” which peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1957. The next year, she released “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” but it didn’t catch on until 1960 when she topped the charts with I’m Sorry” and “I Want to Be Wanted.” Then the song peaked at #14. However, it became a perennial Christmas classic, selling ore than 25 million copies worldwide by 2008. WK

When Billboard changed its charting policies in 2014, the song started annually re-charting, reaching #2 during the 2019 holiday season. For the next three years, the song would reach the runner-up position behind Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” racking up a total of nine weeks at #2.

In 2023, the song accomplished its most remarkable feat of all – 65 years after its first release, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending December 9, setting the record for the longest time between a song’s release and hitting #1. WK She also set the record for the longest period between #1 singles (63 years). WK At 78 years old, she was also the oldest artist to ever top the Hot 100. WK It’s only the third Christmas song to top the Hot 100 after 1958’s “The Chipmunk Song” by David Seville & the Chipmunks and Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas.” SF

The rockabilly song about “a yuletide dance party” SF was written by Johnny Marks, who was no stranger to Christmas classics, having previously penned “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “A Holly Jolly Christmas.” He specifically wanted Lee to sing it, although she said she had no idea why. WK He told Lee he was inspired by seeing pine trees swaying in the wind on a beach in New York. SF She recorded the song in July with famed producer Owen Bradley. She said, “He had the studio all freezing cold with the air conditioning and he had a Christmas tree all set up to kind of get in the mood.” SF

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Friday, August 4, 2023

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1950-1959

USA’s #1 Pop Songs:

1950-1959

These are the #1 pop songs on the United States pop charts from 1950 to 1959. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts:

Numbers following the letter codes indicate how many weeks the song spent at #1 on that chart. Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. Your Hit Parade charts and early Cash Box charts did not indicate specific artists, so the artists identified here are those which also hit #1 on another chart or are the highest-ranked version according to Dave’s Music Database.

Also, when “BB” appears in blue it indicates a link to the Stereogum.com series on Billboard #1 songs.

Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here.

1950:

  1. 1/7: Gene Autry & the Pinafores “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (BS: 1, HP: 2)
  2. 1/7: The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkin’s Orchestra “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” (BS: 4, DJ: 5, JB: 3, CB: 6)
  3. 1/7: Bing Crosby with Perry Botkin’s Orchestra “Dear Hearts and Gentle People” (CB: 1, HP: 7)
  4. 2/11: The Ames Brothers “Rag Mop” (BS: 1, DJ: 2)
  5. 2/11: Red Foley “Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy” (BS: 4, DJ: 2, JB: 8, CB: 4, HP: 6)
  6. 3/11: Frankie Laine with Harry Geller’s Orchestra “The Cry of the Wild Goose’ (DJ: 2)
  7. 3/18: Teresa Brewer & the Dixieland All Stars “Music! Music! Music!” (BS: 4, JB: 1, CB: 4)
  8. 3/25: Eileen Barton & the New Yorkers “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (BS: 2, DJ: 10, JB: 3)
  9. 4/22: Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (BS: 11, CB: 10)
  10. 4/22: Guy Lombardo “The Third Man Theme” (JB: 11, CB: 10)
  11. 4/29: Gordon Jenkins with Eileen Wilson “My Foolish Heart” (HP: 9)
  12. 6/3: Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Hoop-Dee-Doo” (DJ: 2)
  13. 6/10: The Ames Brothers “Sentimental Me” (DJ: 1)
  14. 6/24: The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “I Wanna Be Loved by You” (DJ: 2)
  15. 6/24: Bill Synder “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (CB: 4, HP: 5)

  16. 7/8: Nat “King” Cole “Mona Lisa” (BS: 5, DJ: 8, JB: 5, CB: 4, HP: 8)
  17. 8/19: The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “Goodnight Irene” (BS: 13, DJ: 8, JB: 12, CB: 10, HP: 4)

  18. 10/7: Edith Piaf “La Vie En Rose” (HP: 1)
  19. 10/28: Patti Page with Harry Geller’s Orchestra “All My Love (Bolero)” (DJ: 5, HP: 3)
  20. 11/11: Sammy Kaye with Troy Alamo “Harbor Lights” (BS: 2, JB: 4, CB: 6, HP: 2)
  21. 12/2: Phil Harris with Walter Scharf’s Orchestra “The Thing” (BS: 4, DJ: 5, JB: 2, CB: 1)
  22. 12/9: Paul Weston with Norman Luboff Choir “Nevertheless I’m in Love with You” (HP: 1)

  23. 12/13: Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (BS: 9, DJ: 8, JB: 13, CB: 6, HP: 6)
  24. 12/16: Perry Como with Betty Hutton & Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “A Bushel and a Peck” (HP: 1)

1951:

  1. 1/27: Guy Mitchell “My Heart Cries for You” (CB: 3, HP: 2)
  2. 2/24: Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “If (They Made Me a King)” (BS: 6, DJ: 8, JB: 5, CB: 2, HP: 10)
  3. 3/3: Mario Lanza “Be My Love” (CB: 5)
  4. 3/10: Les Paul & Mary Ford “How High the Moon” (BS: 9, DJ: 9, JB: 9, CB: 2)

  5. 4/14: Les Paul & Mary Ford “Mockin’ Bird Hill” (CB: 5, HP: 2)
  6. 5/19: The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson “On Top of Old Smoky” (CB: 2, HP: 2)
  7. 6/2: Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (BS: 5, DJ: 4, JB: 4, CB: 7, HP: 12)
  8. 7/28: Rosemary Clooney “Come on-a My House” (BS: 6, DJ: 8, JB: 8, CB: 3)
  9. 8/25: Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Because of You” (BS: 8, DJ: 8, JB: 10, CB: 8, HP: 11)
  10. 9/1: Dinah Shore “Sweet Violets” (CB: 1)
  11. 11/3: Tony Bennett “Cold, Cold Heart” (BS: 6, JB: 3)
  12. 11/3: Eddy Howard “Sin (It’s No Sin)” (BS: 2, DJ: 8, JB: 1, CB: 9, HP: 7)
  13. 12/15: Del Wood “Down Yonder” (CB: 1)
  14. 12/27: Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys “Slow Poke” (JB: 3, CB: 3, HP: 9)
  15. 12/29: Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (BS: 11, DJ: 10, JB: 9, CB: 8, HP: 5)

1952:

  1. 3/5: Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” (BS: 9, DJ: 9, JB: 10, CB: 4, HP; 6)
  2. 4/19: Leroy Anderson & His “Pops” Concert Orchestra “Blue Tango” (BS: 5, CB: 5, HP: 2)
  3. 5/17: Georgia Gibbs “Kiss of Fire” (DJ: 7, JB: 6, CB: 8, HP: 7)
  4. 5/24: Doris Day “A Guy Is a Guy” (JB: 1)
  5. 6/7: Al Martino “Here in My Heart” (BS: 3, DJ: 3)
  6. 7/3: Don Cornell with Norman Leyden’s Orchestra “I’m Yours” (HP: 3)
  7. 7/5: Percy Faith “Delicado” (BS: 1)
  8. 7/12: Vera Lynn with Ronald Shaw’s Orchestra “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart” (BS: 9, DJ: 6, JB: 4, CB: 9, HP: 3)
  9. 7/24: Johnnie Ray “Walking My Baby Back Home” (HP: 3)
  10. 7/26: Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Half as Much” (JB: 3)
  11. 9/6: Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “Wish You Were Here” (DJ: 1, HP: 3)

  12. 9/13: Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (BS: 5, DJ: 12, JB: 2, CB: 4, HP: 9)
  13. 9/27: The Mills Brothers “The Glow-Worm” (JB: 3, CB: 1, HP: 2)
  14. 10/18: Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding” (BS: 5, DJ: 1, JB: 10, CB: 6)
  15. 11/22: Johnny Standley “It’s in the Book” (BS: 2)
  16. 11/29: Joni James with Lew Douglas’ Orchestra “Why Don’t You Believe Me?” (BS: 4, DJ: 6, JB: 3, CB: 6, HP: 5)
  17. 12/27: Jimmy Boyd with Norman Luboff’s Orchestra “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” (BS: 2, CB: 1, HP: 1)

1953:

  1. 1/10: Perry Como with the Ramblers & Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” (BS: 5, DJ: 3, JB: 4, CB: 3, HP: 5)
  2. 2/7: Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Till I Waltz Again with You” (BS: 5, DJ: 6, JB: 7, CB: 6, HP: 4)
  3. 3/21: Patti Page “The Doggie in the Window” (BS: 8, DJ: 7, JB: 7, CB: 7, HP: 1)
  4. 4/4: Nat “King” Cole with Nelson Riddle’s Orchestra “Pretend” (HP: 3)
  5. 4/11: Frankie Laine “I Believe” (HP: 3)
  6. 5/9: Percy Faith’s Orchestra with Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart? (Theme from Moulin Rouge)” (BS: 10, DJ: 9, JB: 6, CB: 8, HP: 8)

  7. 6/13: Les Baxter “April in Portugal” (HP: 2)
  8. 7/4: Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland & Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “I’m Walking Behind You” (BS: 2, DJ: 3, JB: 7, CB: 6, HP: 3)
  9. 8/8: Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (BS: 11, DJ: 3, JB: 9, CB: 5, HP: 5)
  10. 8/15: Perry Como with Henri Rene’s Orchestra “No Other Love” (DJ: 4, CB: 1, HP: 3)
  11. 9/5: The Orioles “Crying in the Chapel” (CB: 3)
  12. 9/19: The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “You You You” (DJ: 8, JB: 6, CB: 1, HP: 4)
  13. 10/10: Stan Freberg with Daws Butler & June Foray “St. George and the Dragonet” (BS: 4, DJ: 1, CB: 3)
  14. 11/7: Frank Chacksfield “Ebb Tide” (HP: 5)
  15. 11/14: Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Rags to Riches” (BS: 6, DJ: 7, JB: 8, CB: 5, HP: 2)
  16. 11/21: Julius LaRosa “Eh Cumpari” (CB: 1)
  17. 12/26: Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra & Chorus “O Mein Papa (Oh My Papa)” (BS: 8, DJ: 7, JB: 6, CB: 8)
  18. 12/26: Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)” (HP: 1)

1954:

  1. 1/9: Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Stranger in Paradise” (CB: 2, HP: 6)
  2. 2/13: Doris Day “Secret Love” (BS: 3, DJ: 4, CB: 5, HP: 7)
  3. 3/13: Jo Stafford “Make Love to Me!” (BS: 3, DJ: 3, JB: 7)
  4. 4/10: Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “Wanted” (BS: 8, DJ: 7, JB: 8, CB: 8, HP: 7)
  5. 4/17: Frank Sinatra “Young at Heart” (HP: 2)
  6. 6/5: Kitty Kallen with Jack Plies’ Orchestra “Little Things Mean a Lot” (BS: 9, DJ: 8, JB: 7, CB: 7, HP: 6)
  7. 6/19: The Four Aces with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Three Coins in the Fountain” (JB: 1, CB: 2, HP: 4)
  8. 8/7: The Crew-Cuts “Sh-Boom” (BS: 7, DJ: 9, JB: 8, CB: 7)
  9. 8/7: The Chords “Sh-Boom” (CB: 7)

  10. 8/14: Archie Bleyer “Hernando’s Hideaway” (HP: 1)
  11. 8/28: Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole “Hey There” (BS: 6, DJ: 4, JB: 5, CB: 8, HP: 10, HR: 3)
  12. 10/25: Doris Day & the Mellomen “If I Give My Heart to You” (HP: 2, HR: 3)
  13. 10/30: Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “I Need You Now” (BS: 3, DJ: 2, JB: 2, CB: 2, HP: 1, HR: 1)
  14. 11/6: Rosemary Clooney “This Ole House” (BS: 1, JB: 3)
  15. 11/22: Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Papa Loves Mambo” (HR: 1)
  16. 11/27: The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” (BS: 7, DJ: 7, JB: 4, CB: 7, HP: 8, HR: 3)
  17. 12/11: Dinah Washington “Teach Me Tonight’ (HP: 1)
  18. 12/18: Joan Weber “Let Me Go, Lover!” (BS: 2, DJ: 4, JB: 4, CB: 2, HP: 2, HR: 3)

1955:

  1. 1/10: The Fontane Sisters with Billy Vaughn’s Orchestra “Hearts of Stone” (BS: 1, JB: 3, HR: 6)
  2. 2/5: Billy Vaughn “Melody of Love” (CB: 7, HP: 6)
  3. 2/12: The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (BS: 6, DJ: 10, JB: 7, HR: 5)
  4. 3/19: LaVern Baker “Tweedle Dee” (HP: 1)
  5. 3/26: Bill Hayes “The Ballad of Davy Crocket” (BS: 5, DJ: 3, JB: 3, CB: 8, HP: 9, HR: 1)
  6. 3/28: Johnny Maddox & the Rhythmmasters “The Crazy Otto” (HR: 3)
  7. 4/25: Georgia Gibbs “Dance with Me, Henry (Wallflower)” (JB: 3, HR: 1)
  8. 5/14: Les Baxter “Unchained Melody” (DJ: 2, CB: 7, HP: 7, HR: 3)
  9. 5/2: Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (BS: 10, DJ: 5, JB: 8, HP: 1, HR: 8)
  10. 7/9: Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (BS: 8, DJ: 5, JB: 7, CB: 8, HP: 2, HR: 4)

  11. 7/23: The McGuire Sisters “Something’s Gotta Give” (HP: 1)
  12. 7/30: Frank Sinatra “Learning the Blues” (DJ: 1, HP: 1)
  13. 8/15: Pat Boone “Ain’t That a Shame” (JB: 2, HR: 2)
  14. 8/27: Mitch Miller “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (BS: 6, DJ: 6, JB: 6, CB: 7, HP: 9, HR: 7)
  15. 10/8: The Four Aces “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing” (BS: 2, DJ: 6, JB: 3, CB: 3, HP: 2, HR: 2)
  16. 10/29: Roger Williams “Autumn Leaves” (BS: 4, CB: 3, HP: 3, HR: 3)
  17. 11/21: Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (BS: 7, DJ: 6, JB: 7, CB: 7, HP: 5, HR: 7)

1956:

  1. 1/7: Dean Martin “Memories Are Made of This” (BS: 5, DJ: 6, JB: 4, CB: 3, HP: 4, HR: 5)
  2. 2/4: The Platters “The Great Pretender” (DJ: 2, JB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  3. 2/18: Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “Rock and Roll Waltz” (BS: 1, DJ: 1, JB: 6, CB: 2, HP: 3, HR: 2)
  4. 2/25: Nelson Riddle’s Orchestra “Lisbon Antigua” (BS: 4, DJ: 2, CB: 2, HP: 4)
  5. 3/17: Les Baxter “The Poor People of Paris” (BS: 4, DJ: 5, JB: 2, CB: 4, HP: 5, HR: 4)
  6. 4/20: Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (HR: 1)
  7. 4/21: Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (BS: 8, DJ: 3, JB: 8, CB: 6, HP: 2, HR: 7)

  8. 5/5: Perry Como “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)” (DJ: 1)
  9. 6/2: Morris Stoloff’s Orchestra “Moonglow and Theme from Picnic” (DJ: 3, CB: 2, HP: 3)
  10. 6/9: The McGuire Sisters “Picnic” (HP: 3)
  11. 6/15: Gogi Grant “The Wayward Wind” (BS: 6, DJ: 8, JB: 4, CB: 5, HP: 3, HR: 8)
  12. 7/14: Pat Boone “I Almost Lost My Mind” (JB: 4, CB: 2)
  13. 7/28: Elvis Presley “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” (BS: 1)
  14. 8/4: The Platters “My Prayer (Avant de Mourir)” (BS: 2, DJ: 3, JB: 1, CB: 2, HP: 1, HR: 3)
  15. 8/4: Vic Damone “On the Street Where You Live” (HP: 1)
  16. 8/11: Doris Day “Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)” (HP: 4)
  17. 8/18: Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (BS: 11, DJ: 8, JB: 9, CB: 6, HR: 8)
  18. 8/18: Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (BS: 11, JB: 1, CB: 4)
  19. 9/1: Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra with Eddie Heywood “Canadian Sunset” (HP: 7, HR: 1)
  20. 10/27: Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” (BS: 5, DJ: 5, JB: 1, CB: 5, HP: 5, HR: 1)
  21. 11/3: Johnnie Ray “Just Walkin’ in the Rain” (HP: 1, HR: 4)
  22. 11/17: Jim Lowe “The Green Door” (JB: 3)
  23. 12/8: Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (BS: 9, DJ: 9, JB: 10, CB: 9, HP: 7, HR: 7)

1957:

  1. 1/26: Sonny James “Young Love” (DJ: 1, CB: 7, HP: 5, HR: 7)
  2. 2/2: Tab Hunter “Young Love” (BS: 5, DJ: 6, JB: 5, CB: 7, HR: 7)
  3. 2/2: Harry Belafonte “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)” (HP: 1)
  4. 2/9: Elvis Presley “Too Much” (BS: 3, JB: 1, CB: 3)
  5. 2/23: Pat Boone “Don’t Forbid Me” (JB: 1)
  6. 3/16: Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders “Marianne” (HP: 3, HR: 2)
  7. 3/30: Buddy Knox “Party Doll” (BS: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  8. 3/30: Andy Williams “Butterfly” (DJ: 2)
  9. 4/6: Perry Como “Round and Round” (BS: 1, DJ: 2, HR: 5)
  10. 4/6: Tommy Sands “Teen-Age Crush” (HR: 1)
  11. 4/13: Charlie Gracie “Butterfly” (JB: 2, HR: 1)
  12. 4/13: Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (BS: 8, DJ: 7, JB: 9, CB: 7, HP: 3, HR: 6)
  13. 4/20: The Diamonds “Little Darlin’” (HP: 1, HR: 1)
  14. 6/8: Pat Boone “Love Letters in the Sand” (BS: 5, DJ: 7, CB: 6, HP: 10, HR: 7)
  15. 7/8: Elvis Presley “Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear” (BS: 7, DJ: 3, CB: 6, HR: 4)
  16. 7/20: The Everly Brothers “Bye Bye Love” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  17. 8/17: Debbie Reynolds “Tammy” (BS: 3, DJ: 5, CB: 7, HP: 10, HR: 3)
  18. 8/17: Nat “King” Cole “Around the World” (HP: 1)
  19. 9/9: Paul Anka “Diana” (BS: 1, HR: 3)
  20. 9/23: Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (BS: 1)

  21. 9/23: Jimmie Rodgers “Honeycomb” (BS: 2, DJ: 4, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  22. 10/12: Johnny Mathis “Chances Are” (DJ: 1, CB: 2, HP: 3)
  23. 10/14: The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” (BS: 1, DJ: 4, CB: 2, HR: 5)
  24. 10/21: Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (BS: 7, DJ: 2, CB: 3)
  25. 11/2: Jane Morgan “Fascination” (HP: 1)
  26. 11/30: Sam Cooke “You Send Me” (BS: 2, DJ: 1, CB: 3, HR: 4)
  27. 11/30: Pat Boone “April Love” (BS: 2, DJ: 6, HP: 7)
  28. 12/14: Frank Sinatra “All the Way” (HP: 1)
  29. 12/21: Bill Justis “Raunchy” (CB: 2, HR: 1)
  30. 12/30: Danny & The Juniors “At the Hop” (BS: 5, DJ: 3, CB: 5, HP: 3, HR: 6)

1958:

  1. 2/8: The Diamonds “The Stroll” (CB: 2, HR: 2)
  2. 2/10: Elvis Presley “Don’t” (BS: 5, DJ: 1, CB: 1)
  3. 2/15: Perry Como “Catch a Falling Star” (DJ: 1, HP: 4, HR: 2)
  4. 2/17: The McGuire Sisters “Sugartime” (DJ: 4, HP: 2, HR: 1)
  5. 2/22: The Silhouettes “Get a Job” (JB: 2, CB: 2)
  6. 3/15: The Champs “Tequila” (BS: 5, DJ: 2, CB: 5, HP: 3, HR: 4)
  7. 4/14: Laurie London “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” (DJ: 4, CB: 2, HP: 3, HR: 2)
  8. 4/21: The Platters “Twilight Time” (BS: 1, DJ: 1, CB: 1, HP: 1, HR: 3)
  9. 4/28: David Seville “Witch Doctor” (BS: 2, CB: 1)
  10. 5/12: The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (BS: 4, DJ: 5, CB: 4, HP: 3, HR: 4)

  11. 5/17: Art Todd & Dotty “Chanson D’Amour” (HP: 1)
  12. 5/20: Sheb Wooley “The Purple People Eater” (BS: 6, DJ: 1, CB: 5, GR: 4, HR: 3)
  13. 6/9: Elvis Presley “Hard Headed Woman” (BS: 2, DJ: 1, GR: 4)
  14. 7/1: Bobby Darin “Splish Splash” (GR: 1)
  15. 7/7: The Coasters “Yakety Yak” (JB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  16. 7/8: Duane Eddy “Rebel Rouser” (GR: 1)

  17. 7/12: Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” (BB: 5, BS: 5, CB: 6, GR, 7, HR: 6)
  18. 7/14: Perez “Prez” Prado “Patricia” (DJ: 1, CB: 4, HR: 4)
  19. 7/19: Elvis Presley “King Creole” (GR: 1)

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  20. 8/4: Ricky Nelson “Poor Little Fool” (BB: 2, BS: 2)
  21. 8/6: The Elegants “Little Star” (BB: 1, GR: 2)
  22. 8/15: Jimmy Clanton & His Rockets “Just a Dream” (GR: 1)
  23. 8/25: The Everly Brothers “Bird Dog” (BS: 1)
  24. 9/2: Tommy Edwards “It’s All in the Game” (BB: 6, BS: 3, CB: 5, GR: 4, HR: 6)
  25. 9/15: Little Anthony & the Imperials “Tears on My Pillow” (GR: 1)
  26. 9/22: Conway Twitty “It’s Only Make Believe” (BB: 2, CB: 1, GR: 1, HR: 3)
  27. 10/3: The Kingston Trio “Tom Dooley” (BB: 1, CB: 3, GR: 4, HR: 1)
  28. 10/24: Cozy Cole “Topsy II” (CB: 1, GR: 1)
  29. 10/31: The Teddy Bears “To Know Him Is to Love Him” (BB: 3, CB: 1, GR: 1, HR: 3)
  30. 11/19: David Seville & The Chipmunks “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” (BB: 4, CB: 4, GR: 4, HR: 3)
  31. 12/30: The Platters “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (BB: 3, CB: 4, GR: 1, HR: 4)

1959:

  1. 1/6: The Crests “16 Candles” (GR: 1)
  2. 1/9: Ritchie Valens “Donna” (GR: 2, HR: 1)
  3. 1/14: Lloyd Price “Stagger Lee” (BB: 4, CB: 3, GR: 3, HR: 3)
  4. 1/30: Chris Barber’s Jazz Band “Petite Fleur (Little Flower)” (GR: 1)
  5. 2/4: The Chipmunks “Alvin’s Harmonica” (GR: 3)
  6. 2/6: Thomas Wayne “Tragedy” (GR: 1)
  7. 2/11: Frankie Avalon “Venus” (BB: 5, CB: 5, GR: 4, HR: 4)
  8. 2/27: Connie Francis “If I Didn’t Care” (GR: 1)
  9. 3/6: The Fleetwoods “Come Softly to Me” (BB: 4, CB: 4, GR: 1, HR: 3)
  10. 3/13: The Virtues “Guitar Boogie Shufle” (GR: 1)
  11. 3/20: The Impalas “Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)” (GR: 1)
  12. 3/27: Elvis Presley & the Jordanaires “Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I” (GR: 1, HR: 2)
  13. 4/3: Dave “Baby” Cortez “The Happy Organ” (BB: 1, CB: 2, GR: 1, HR: 1)
  14. 4/10: The Everly Brothers “Take a Message to Mary” (GR: 1)
  15. 4/17: Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens “Kookie Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb” (GR: 1)
  16. 5/1: Dion & the Belmonts “A Teenager in Love” (GR: 1)
  17. 5/8: Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” (BB: 6, CB: 9, GR: 1, HR: 6)

  18. 5/15: Lloyd Price “Personality” (GR: 1)
  19. 5/18: Wilbert Harrison “Kansas City” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  20. 5/22: Bobby Darin “Dream Lover” (GR: 2)
  21. 6/5: Paul Anka “Lonely Boy” (BB: 4, CB: 2, GR: 1, HR: 3)
  22. 6/12: The Coasters “Along Came Jones” (GR: 1)
  23. 6/19: Frankie Avalon “Bobby Sox to Stockings” (GR: 1)
  24. 6/26: The Drifters “There Goes My Baby” (CB: 2, GR: 2)
  25. 7/10: Elvis Presley “Big Hunk O’ Love” (BB: 2, GR: 1)
  26. 7/17: Floyd Robinson “Makin’ Love” (GR: 1)
  27. 7/24: The Browns “The Three Bells” (BB: 4, CB: 2, GR: 1, HR: 5)
  28. 7/31: Jan & Dean “Baby Talk” (GR: 1)
  29. 8/3: Carl Dobkins Jr. “My Heart Is an Open Book” (HR: 3)
  30. 8/7: Bob McFadden & Dor “The Mummy” (GR: 1)
  31. 8/14: Lloyd Price “I’m Gonna Get Married” (GR: 1)
  32. 8/21: The Everly Brothers “Til I Kissed You” (GR: 1)
  33. 8/28: Paul Anka “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” (GR: 1)
  34. 9/4: The Crests “The Angels Listened In” (GR: 1)
  35. 9/11: The Fleetwoods “Mr. Blue” (BB: 1, CB: 2, GR: 2, HR: 2)
  36. 9/21: Santo & Johnny “Sleep Walk” (BB: 2)
  37. 9/25: Wink Martindale “Deck of Cards” (GR: 1)

  38. 9/26: Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (BB: 9, CB: 8, HR: 6)
  39. 10/2: Della Reese “Don’t You Know” (CB: 2, GR: 1, HR: 2)
  40. 10/9: The Islanders “The Enchanted Sea” (GR: 1)
  41. 10/16: Bobby Rydell “We Got Love” (GR: 1)
  42. 10/23: Fats Domino “Be My Guest” (GR: 1)
  43. 10/30: The Browns “Scarlet Ribbons for Her Hair” (GR: 1)
  44. 11/6: Nutty Squirrels “Uh! Oh! Part 2” (GR: 1)
  45. 11/13: Marty Robbins “El Paso” (BB: 2, GR: , HR: 2)
  46. 11/20: Fabian “Hound Dog Man” (GR: 1)
  47. 11/27: Freddy Cannon “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” (GR: 1)
  48. 12/4: Frankie Avalon “Why” (BB: 1, CB: 3, GR: 1, HR: 1)
  49. 12/7: Guy Mitchell “Heartaches by the Number” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  50. 12/11: Andy Williams “The Village of St. Bernadette” (GR: 2)
  51. 12/25: Johnny Preston “Running Bear” (BB: 3, CB: 3, GR: 1, HR: 3)

Resources/Related Links:

  • Dave’s Music Database: “USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1890-Present”
  • Dave’s Music Database: “United States: Biggest #1 Songs”
  • Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Songs for Each Decade”
  • Bruce C. Elrod (editor) (1994). Your Hit Parade & American Top 10 Hits: A Week-by-Week Guide to the Nation’s Favorite Music, 1935-1994. Popular Culture, Ink.: Ann Arbor, MI.
  • 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 (2022). The Gavin Report 1958-2000. Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 341-48.
  • Joel Whitburn (2012). Hit Records 1954-1982 Record Research: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 406-411.
  • Wikipedia: “List of Billboard Number-One Singles” (1940s – present)

First posted 8/4/2023.

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

Tom Breihan: The Number Ones

Tom Breihan:

The Number Ones

Tom Breihan is the senior editor at Stereogum, a music website. In January 2018, he launched the column “The Number Ones” with the intent of reviewing every song to top the Billboard Hot 100 from the first chart in 1958 up to the present. In 2022, he published the book The Number Ones, which selected twenty of the chart’s #1 songs which, as it says in the book’s subtitle, “reveal the history of pop music.” Here are those 20 songs.

Click here to see other lists from critics and individuals and here to see other lists from publications and/or organizations.

1. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)
2. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)
3. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
4. The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (1964)
5. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
6. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
7. George McCrae “Rock Your Baby” (1974)
8. Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” (1977)
9. The Human League “Don’t You Want Me?” (1981)
10. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)

11. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
12. Bon Jovi “You Give Love a Bad Name” (1986)
13. Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” (1990)
14. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (1990)
15. Puff Daddy & Mase “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (1997)
16. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (1998)
17. T-Pain with Yung Joc “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” (2007)
18. Soulja Boy Tell’Em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (2007)
19. Rae Sremmurd with Gucci Mane “Black Beatles” (2016)
20. BTS “Dynamite” (2020)

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First posted 11/17/2022.

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Billboard Hot 100: The Top 300+ Songs, 1958-2021

Billboard Hot 100:

Top 300+ Songs, 1958-2021

In 2008, Billboard published a list of the top 100 songs of all-time in celebration of the Hot 100 chart’s 50th anniversary. For the chart’s 60th anniversary, they updated the list to a top 600. They updated the top 100 list again in 2021 with a new song at #1. Because the newest list only updated the top 100, there are certainly recent songs which would make this list beyond the top 100 that have not been included.

See other chart-based lists here and specific Billboard lists here.

1. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)
2. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)
3. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
4. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959)
5. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
6. LeAnn Rimes “How Do I Live” (1997)
7. LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (2011)
8. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (2009)
9. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
10. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)

11. Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (1981)
12. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
13. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
14. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (2016)
15. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)
16. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (1996)
17. Usher wth Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
18. Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes” (1981)
19. Post Malone “Circles” (2019)
20. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981)

21. Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (1976)
22. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me”/ “Foolish Games” (1997)
23. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
24. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
25. Percy Faith “Theme from ‘A Summer Place’” (1960)
26. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
27. Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love” (1977)
28. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)
29. Rihanna & Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
30. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)

31. Flo Rida & T-Pain “Low” (2007)
32. Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating” (2020)
33. Andy Gibb “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” (1977)
34. Next “Too Close” (1998)
35. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
36. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
37. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
38. Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’” (1983)
39. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
40. Bobby Lewis “Tossin’ and Turnin’” (1961)

41. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
42. Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” (1959)
43. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
44. Savage Garden “Truly, Madly, Deeply” (1997)
45. Paul McCartney & Wings “Silly Love Songs” (1976)
46. Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (1973)
47. Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1978)
48. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust” (1980)
49. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (2020)
50. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson “Say, Say, Say” (1983)

51. Nickelback “How You Remind Me” (2001)
52. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (1973)
53. Tommy Edwards “It’s All in the Game” (1951)
54. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
55. Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (1978)
56. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
57. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
58. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)
59. Alicia Keys “No One” (2007)
60. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)

61. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (1992)
62. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
63. Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (2009)
64. Blondie “Call Me” (1980)
65. Mario “Let Me Love You” (2004)
66. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive’ (1977)
67. Kenny Rogers “Lady” (1980)
68. Ke$ha “Tik Tok” (2009)
69. The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (1966)
70. Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (2005)

71. One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize” (2007)
72. Ace of Base “The Sign” (1993)
73. J. Geils Band “Centerfold” (1981)
74. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
75. Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower” (2018)
76. John Lennon “Just Like Starting Over” (1980)
77. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
78. Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (1998)
79. Stevie B “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” (1990)
80. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)

81. The 5th Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (1969)
82. Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is” (1993)
83. Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
84. Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” (2011)
85. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory” (1982)
86. Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (1991)
87. Dionne & Friends “That's What Friends Are For” (1985)
88. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
89. Diana Ross “Upside Down” (1980)
90. The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (1969)

91. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
92. Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (2002)
93. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
94. Shania Twain “You’re Still the One” (1998)
95. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1983)
96. Donna Summer “Hot Stuff” (1979)
97. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (2017)
98. Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (1995)
99. Steve Miller Band “Abracadabra” (1982)
100. Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (1972)

101. Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music” (1976)
102. Lionel Richie “Say You Say Me” (1985)
103. The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
104. Lionel Richie “All Night Long (All Night)” (1983)
105. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
106. All-4-One “I Swear” (1994)
107. Mary J. Blige “Family Affair” (2001)
108. Foreigner “Waiting for a Girl Like You” (1981)
109. Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (1960)
110. Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973)

111. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
112. John Mellencamp “Hurts So Good” (1982)
113. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
114. Katy Perry with Juicy J “Dark Horse” (2013)
115. B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” (1969)
116. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (2012)
117. Phil Collins “Another Day in Paradise” (1989)
118. Maroon 5 “One More Night” (2012)
119. The Emotions “Best of My Love” (1977)
120. fun. with Janelle Monae “We Are Young” (2012)

121. Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)
122. Usher “U Make Me Wanna…” (1997)
123. Fergie “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)” (2007)
124. Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were” (1973)
125. Real McCoy “Another Night” (1993)
126. Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (1960)
127. Captain & Tennille “Do That to Me One More Time” (1979)
128. Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band “A Fifth of Beethoven” (1976)
129. Madonna “Like a Virgin” (1984)
130. Santana with the Product G & B “Maria Maria” (2000)

131. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
132. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
133. Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1962)
134. Usher “U Got It Bad” (2001)
135. T.I. “Whatever You Like” (2008)
136. Jay Sean & Lil Wayne “Down” (2009)
137. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (2007)
138. Three Dog Night “Joy to the World’ (1971)
139. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000)
140. Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (2002)

141. Daryl Hall & John Oates “Maneater” (1982)
142. Paul McCartney & Wings “My Love” (1973)
143. The Weeknd “The Hills” (2015)
144. The Tony Rich Project “Nobody Knows” (1996)
145. Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again (Naturally)” (1972)
146. John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
147. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
148. Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1969)

149. Drake “One Dance” (2016)
150. Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” (2012)

151. LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It” (2011)
152. Adele “Someone Like You” (2011)
153. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
154. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
155. Usher “Burn” (2004)
156. OutKast “The Way You Move” (2003)
157. George Michael “Faith” (1987)
158. Soulja Boy Tell’em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (2007)
159. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (1996)
160. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)

161. Frankie Avalon “Venus” (1959)
162. One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
163. Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (1979)
164. Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (1975)
165. Faith Hill “Breathe” (1999)
166. Brenda Lee “I’m Sorry” (1960)
167. Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (2006)
168. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)
169. George Michael “Careless Whisper” (1984) 170. Exile “Kiss You All Over” (1978)

171. Lifehouse “Hanging by a Moment” (2000)
172. The Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian” (1986)
173. Katy Perry with Kanye West “E.T.” (2010)
174. Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” (1958)
175. The Teddy Bears “To Know Him Is to Love Him” (1958)
176. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
177. The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” (1970)
178. Alicia Keys “Fallin’” (2001)
179. TLC “Creep” (1994)
180. Barbra Streisand “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” (1976)

181. Paul Mauriat “Love Is Blue” (1967)
182. Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots “Disco Duck” (1976)
183. Jennifer Lopez with Ja Rule “I’m Real” (2001)
184. Ciara with Petey Pablo “Goodies” (2004)
185. Louis Armstrong “Hello, Dolly!” (1964)
186. The Human League “Don’t You Want Me?” (1981)
187. Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1978)
188. TLC “Waterfalls” (1994)
189. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
190. The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (1962)

191. Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002)
192. Barry Manilow “I Write the Songs” (1975)
193. Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl” (1981)
194. C + C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (1990)
195. A Taste of Honey “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (1978)
196. Barbra Streisand “Woman in Love” (1980)
197. Fetty Wap “Trap Queen” (2015)
198. Chris Brown with Juelz Santana “Run It!” (2005)
199. Elton John “Philadelphia Freedom” (1975)
200. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)

201. Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs “Sugar Shack” (1963)
202. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women (1969)
203. Lady Gaga with Colby O’Donis “Just Dance” (2008)
204. Madonna “Vogue” (1990)
205. The Kingston Trio “Tom Dooley” (1958)
206. Mariah Carey “Love Takes Time” (1990)
207. Usher with Alicia Keys “Mo Boo” (2004)
208. Eddie Kendricks “Keep on Truckin’” (1973)
209. T.I. with Rihanna “Live Your Life” (2008)
210. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)

211. Beyoncé with Sean Paul “Baby Boy” (2003)
212. Katy Perry “Firework” (2010)
213. Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (2008)
214. Elton John “Crocodile Rock” (1972)
215. Roxette “It Must Have Been Love” (1990)
216. Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” (1990)
217. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
218. The Platters “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (1958)
219. Donna Summer “Bad Girls” (1979)
220. Chicago “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” (1982)

221. Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John” (1961)
222. Jim Reeves “He’ll Have to Go” (1959)
223. Janet Jackson “Miss You Much” (1989)
224. Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer “Give Me Everything” (2011)
225. KC & the Sunshine Band “Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake Your Booty” (1976)
226. Men at Work “Down Under” (1981)
227. Terry Jackson “Seasons in the Sun” (1974)
228. U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
229. Lulu “To Sir with Love” (1967)
230. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (2009)

231. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven” (2012)
232. The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (1960)
233. John Cougar Mellencamp “Jack and Diane” (1982)
234. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
235. Wilson Phillips “Hold On” (1990)
236. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
237. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Knock Three Times” (1970)
238. The Fleetwoods “Mr. Blue” (1959)
239. Color Me Badd “I Wanna Sex You Up” (1991)
240. Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)

241. Timmy T “One More Try” (1991)
242. Paul Anka “Lonely Boy” (1959)
243. Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
244. Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (1994)
245. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream” (1983)
246. Justin Bieber “Sorry” (2015)
247. Bobby Goldsboro “Honey” (1968)
248. Paul McCartney & Wings “Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)” (1980)
249. John Denver “I’m Sorry” (1975)
250. Toni Braxton “You’re Makin’ Me High” / “Let It Flow” (1996)

251. Joey Dee & the Starliters “Peppermint Twist” (1962)
252. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (2010)
253. Christopher Cross “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” (1981)
254. Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976)
255. The Manhattans “Kiss and Say Goodbye” (1976)
256. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
257. Carole King “It’s Too Late” / “I Feel the Earth Move” (1971)
258. Mr. Mister “Broken Wings” (1985)
259. Bette Midler “From a Distance” (1990)
260. Taio Cruz “Dynamite” (2010)

261. Heart “Alone” (1987)
262. The Carpenters “They Long to Be Close to You” (1970)
263. Bobby Vinton “Roses Are Red My Love” (1962)
264. REO Speedwagon “Can’t Fight This Feeling” (1984)
265. Gwen Stefani “Hollaback Girl” (2005)
266. Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” (1975)
267. Lloyd Price “Stagger Lee” (1958)
268. Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” (1988)
269. Ray Stevens “The Streak” (1974)
270. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (1995)

271. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (1987)
272. Daryl Hall & John Oates “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” (1981)
273. Johnnie Taylor “Disco Lady” (1976)
274. Elton John “Bennie and the Jets” (1973)
275. Lady Gaga “Poker Face” (2008)
276. Ohio Players “Love Rollercoaster” (1976)
277. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
278. Johnny Preston “Running Bear” (1959)
279. Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” (1985)
280. Chicago “If You Leave Me Now” (1976)

281. The Partridge Family “I Think I Love You” (1970)
282. EMF “Unbelievable” (1990)
283. The Rascals “People Got to Be Free” (1968)
284. Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald “On My Own” (1986)
285. Surface “The First Time” (1991)
286. Train “Hey Soul Sister” (2009)
287. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1983)
288. Andy Gibb “Love Is Thicker Than Water” (1977)
289. Madonna “Crazy for You” (1985)
290. Bert Kaempfert Orchestra “Wonderland by Night” (1960)

291. Madonna “Take a Bow” (1994)
292. The Supremes “Love Child” (1968)
293. Puff Daddy & Mase “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (1997)
294. 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite” (2000)
295. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
296. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” (1984)
297. Adele “Hello” (2015)
298. Elvis Presley “Stuck on You” (1960)
299. The Browns “The Three Bells” (1959)
300. Jim Croce “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” (1973)

301. Eagles “One of These Nights” (1975)
302. Michael Jackson “Rock with You” (1979)
303. Extreme “More Than Words” (1991)
304. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
305. Zager & Evans “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” (1969)
306. Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968)
307. Janet Jackson “Escapade” (1989)

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