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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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First posted 3/4/2012; last updated 6/20/2026.

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Billboard: Biggest #1 Pop Songs, 1958-2023

Billboard’s Biggest #1 Pop Songs:

1958-2023

The Billboard Hot 100 chart was launched on August 4, 1958. It has become the industry standard for tracking the biggest pop hits in the United States. These are the biggest #1 songs in the history of the chart. All songs which spent seven weeks or more at #1 are listed here. Ties are broken by songs’ overall Dave’s Music Database points.

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

    19 weeks:

  1. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)

    16 weeks:

  2. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
  3. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
  4. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (2023)

    15 weeks:

  5. Harry Styles “As It Was” (2022)

    14 weeks:

  6. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
  7. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
  8. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (2009)
  9. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)
  10. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
  11. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)
  12. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
  13. Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (1994)

    13 weeks:

  14. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (1992)
  15. Brandy with Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (1998)

    12 weeks:

  16. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
  17. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
  18. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
  19. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
  20. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
  21. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (2016)
  22. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
  23. Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (2009)

    11 weeks:

  24. Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
  25. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
  26. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (1996)
  27. All-4-One “I Swear” (1994)
  28. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000)
  29. Roddy Rich “The Box” (2019)

    10 weeks:

  30. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
  31. Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (2007)
  32. Adele “Hello” (2015)
  33. Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
  34. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
  35. Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (2005)
  36. Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (1981)

  37. Drake “One Dance” (2016)
  38. Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (2006)
  39. Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (2002)
  40. Drake “In My Feelings” (2018)
  41. Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (2002)
  42. Santana with the Product G&B “Maria Maria” (2000)
  43. Adele “Easy on Me” (2021)
  44. BTS “Butter” (2021)

    9 weeks:

  45. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
  46. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959)
  47. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
  48. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981)
  49. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
  50. Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes” (1981)

  51. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)
  52. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
  53. Ke$ha “Tik Tok” (2009)
  54. Rihanna with Drake “Work” (2016)
  55. Percy Faith “Theme from ‘A Summer Place’” (1960)
  56. Maroon 5 “One More Night” (2012)
  57. 50 Cent with Olivia “Candy Shop” (2005)
  58. Mario “Let Me Love You” (2004)
  59. Beyoncé with Sean Paul “Baby Boy” (2003)
  60. BTS “Butter” (2021)

    8 weeks:

  61. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
  62. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
  63. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
  64. Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1978)
  65. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
  66. Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (1976)
  67. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (2017)
  68. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1993)
  69. Ariana Grande “7 Rings” (2019)
  70. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (1995)

  71. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (1993)
  72. Kris Kross “Jump” (1992)
  73. Drake “Nice for What” (2018)
  74. Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (1991)
  75. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “Tha Crossroads” (1996)
  76. Usher “Burn” (2004)
  77. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (2020)
  78. Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License” (2021)
  79. Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero” (2022)
  80. Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (2023)

    7 weeks:

  81. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1983)
  82. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
  83. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
  84. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
  85. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
  86. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
  87. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
  88. The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (1966)
  89. Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002)
  90. Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)

  91. Justin Timberlake “Sexyback” (2006)
  92. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
  93. Taylor Swift “Blank Space” (2014)
  94. TLC “Waterfalls” (1994)
  95. Katy Perry “I Kissed a Girl” (2008)
  96. Madonna “Take a Bow” (1994)
  97. Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy” (2014)
  98. Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (1978)
  99. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory” (1982)
  100. Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” (2018)

  101. Soulja Boy Tell’em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (2007)
  102. Montell Jordan “This Is How We Do It” (1995)
  103. Michael Jackson “Black or White” (1991)
  104. Bobby Lewis “Tossin’ and Turnin’” (1961)
  105. T.I. “Whatever You Like” (2008)
  106. UB40 “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (1993)
  107. Snow “Informer” (1993)
  108. Rae Sremmurd with Gucci Mane “Black Beatles” (2016)
  109. Lizzo “Truth Hurts” (2017)
  110. Janet Jackson “All for You” (2001)

  111. Ciara with Petey Pablo “Goodies” (2004)
  112. DaBaby with Roddy Ricch “Rockstar” (2020)
  113. The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay” (2021)

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First posted 9/6/2021; last updated 1/2/2024.

 
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Saturday, December 4, 2021

The Top 100 R&B Songs of All Time

R&B:

Top 100 Songs

Like most DMDB lists, this was created by aggregrating multiple genre-specific lists. In this case, 33 R&B-focused best-of lists were aggregrated. Here are the results:

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
2. The Temptations “My Girl” (1965)
3. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
4. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
5. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
6. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
7. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)
8. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)
9. Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (1973)
10. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1965)

11. James Brown “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (1965)
12. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
13. Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” (1982)
14. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
15. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
16. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
17. Martha Reeves & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
18. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
19. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
20. James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965)

21. Lionel Richie with Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981)
22. Aaron Neville “Tell It Like It Is” (1966)
23. The Temptations “Just My Imagination Running Away with Me” (1971)
24. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
25. Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (1972)
26. The Supremes “Baby Love” (1964)
27. Jackie Wilson “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher” (1967)
28. Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (1967)
29. The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1966)
30. The Temptations “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” (1966)

31. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1983)
32. Wilson Pickett “In the Midnight Hour” (1965)
33. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
34. Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” (1965)
35. Mary Wells “My Guy” (1964)
36. Marvin Gaye “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” (1971)
37. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
38. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
39. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (1992)
40. The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” (1970)

41. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
42. The Drifters “Under the Boardwalk” (1964)
43. Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” (1972)
44. The Flamingos “I Only Have Eyes for You” (1959)
45. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (1967)
46. Booker T. & the MG’s “Green Onions” (1962)
47. Sam Cooke “You Send Me” (1957)
48. Etta James “At Last” (1961)
49. Brandy with Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (1998)
50. Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (1960)

51. Barry White “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” (1974)
52. Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill” (1956)
53. Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1962)
54. Junior Walker & the All Stars “Shotgun” (1965)
55. Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973)
56. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (1996)
57. The Platters “The Great Pretender” (1955)
58. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)
59. The Miracles “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” (1962)
60. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” (1984)

61. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” (1956)
62. The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965)
63. The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (1954)
64. R. Kelly “I Believe I Can Fly” (1996)
65. The Isley Brothers “It’s Your Thing” (1969)
66. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas “Heat Wave” (1963)
67. The Marvelettes “Please Mr. Postman” (1961)
68. The Miracles “Shop Around” (1960)
69. Jimmy Ruffin “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted” (1966)
70. The Drifters “Save the Last Dance for Me” (1960)

71. Commodores “Three Times a Lady” (1978)
72. Otis Redding “Try a Little Tenderness” (1966)
73. Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979)
74. The Jackson 5 “ABC” (1970)
75. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1993)
76. Aretha Franklin “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” (1967)
77. Lionel Richie “All Night Long (All Night)” (1983)
78. Al Green “Love and Happiness” (1977)
79. Otis Redding “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” (1965)
80. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)

81. Isaac Hayes “Theme from ‘Shaft’” (1971)
82. Chuck Berry “Maybellene” (1955)
83. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)
84. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
85. Gladys Knight & the Pips “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1967)
86. Fats Domino “Ain’t That a Shame” (1955)
87. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
88. Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968)
89. Little Richard “Long Tall Sally” (1956)
90. The Temptations “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (1972)

91. The Isley Brothers “This Old Heart of Mine” (1966)
92. The Staple Singers “I’ll Take You There” (1972)
93. The Impressions “People Get Ready” (1965)
94. James Brown “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” (1966)
95. The O’Jays “Love Train” (1973)
96. Arthur Conley “Sweet Soul Music” (1967)
97. The Platters “Only You (And You Alone)” (1955)
98. The Emotions “Best of My Love” (1977)
99. The Four Tops “Baby, I Need Your Loving” (1964)
100. Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” (1990)

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First posted 3/7/2012; last updated 12/4/2021.

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Monday, December 7, 2020

U.S. Biggest #1 Pop Songs in Chart History

USA’s Biggest #1 Pop Songs

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Monday, June 5, 2006

50 years ago: Elvis Presley performed "Hound Dog" on Milton Berle

Hound Dog

Big Mama Thornton

Writer(s): Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (see lyrics here)

First Charted: March 28, 1953

Peak: 17 RB, 6 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 10.6 video, 26.18 streaming

Hound Dog

Elvis Presley

Released: July 13, 1956

First Charted: July 27, 1956

Peak: 111 US, 4 HP, 14 CB, 2 HR, 16 RB, 2 UK, 17 AU (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 8.0 US, 0.2 UK, 10.0 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 68.68 video, 143.63 streaming

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About the Song:

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the writers of “Hound Dog,” became the most successful songwriters of the 1950s. TB “Hound Dog” was a country-blues song they wrote at the request of bandleader Johnny Otis, who was working with blues belter Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, a black woman who weighed in around three hundred pounds. These two white, Jewish teenagers “correctly surmised that a song in which she lambasted her cheating man in comically outlandish terms as a mangy dog snooping around the door was well-suited to her style.” SS “Her gritty, raucous, sometimes hilarious performance made it an R&B classic” SS that topped the R&B charts for 7 weeks.

At least six versions and a couple of parodies were released before Elvis stumbled across it. TB It shouldn’t have worked considering the original perspective of the song, but “Elvis Presley not only made it work (albeit with changes in the lyrics that he only partially remembered from the original, and a modified melody)” SS but made it “a massive international smash.” TB

Elvis had a stint at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas in April 1956. One night he caught a performance of Freddie Bell & the Bellboys. They performed “Hound Dog,” “livening the tempo and coming up with some new lyrics.” DM Elvis was enamored with their “show-stopping arrangement” SS of “Hound Dog” and decided to incorporate it into his own act. Guitarist Scotty Moore said, “We were just looking on it as comic relief, if you will, just another number to do onstage.” TB

In fact, Presley performed it on national television a couple of times before even recording it. TB The first appearance was on The Milton Berle Show on June 5, 1956. 40 million people saw Elvis’ take on “Hound Dog,” complete with controversial gyrations that “caused the nationwide uproar over his ‘lewdness.’” DM Critics called him “Elvis the Pelvis” and said the song was a showcase for his “caterwauling voice and nonsense lyrics.” WK

Interestingly, Leiber and Stoller initially “hated his light-hearted approach to their song.” SS Stoller said, “It just sounded terribly nervous, too fast, too white. But you know, after it sold seven or eight million records, it started to sound better.” TC In fact, Leiber and Stoller went on to work with Elvis on the 1957 Jailhouse soundtrack.

With all the attention, he was tapped to perform on The Steve Allen Show for July 1. Allen wasn’t a great fan of rock ‘n’ roll and demanded that Elvis wear a tuxedo. Elvis also had to sing to a top-hat-wearing basset hound. Allen claimed that he wasn’t out to halt Elvis’ presentation style, but the combination of formal wear and singing to a dog reigned in his performance. However, it made for one of The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s most memorable appearances, even if it wasn’t his best.

The following day, Elvis entered the RCA studios in New York City to record the song. “Hound Dog” was originally intended as the B-side for “Don’t Be Cruel,” another song from the session. After the single’s release, it became clear that RCA had two hits on their hands and it became billed as a double A-sided single. The pair of songs became Elvis’ best-selling single and the first single in history to top Billboard magazine’s pop, country, and R&B charts. WK The pair of songs jointly spent 11 weeks atop the pop chart, making it the longest-reigning #1 of the rock era until 1992’s “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men spent 13 weeks at the pinnacle.

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First posted 7/1/2011; last updated 3/30/2023.

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