List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

The Billboard Hot 100 is a singles chart published by Billboard that measures the most popular singles in the United States. Prior to its creation, Billboard published four singles charts: "Best Sellers in Stores", "Most Played by Jockeys", "Most Played in Jukeboxes" and "The Top 100". These charts, which ranged from 20 to 100 slots, were phased out at different times between 1957 and 1958. Though technically not part of the Hot 100 chart history, select data from these charts are included for computational purposes, and to avoid unenlightening or misleading characterizations. Throughout the history of the Hot 100 and its predecessor charts, many songs have set records for longevity, popularity, or number of hit singles by an individual artist. Among these records is the longest-running number one single "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X, which spent 19 weeks at that position. The Beatles have the most number one hits on the chart, with 20 songs having reached that position.

All-time achievements

In 2008, for the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing songs on the chart over the 50 years, along with the best-performing artists. In 2013, Billboard revised the rankings for the chart's 55th anniversary edition. In 2015, Billboard revised the rankings again. In 2018, the rankings were revised again for the Billboard chart's 60th anniversary. In 2021, Billboard revised the rankings again upon the ascendance of "Blinding Lights" to the top spot on the list. Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 63-year period of the Hot 100, through November 2021. Also shown are the artists placing the most songs on the overall "all-time" top 100 song list.

Top 10 songs of all time (1958–2021)

Rank	Single	Year(s) released	Artist(s)	Peak and duration
1.	"Blinding Lights"	2019	The Weeknd	No. 1 for 4 weeks
2.	"The Twist"	1960, 1961 (re)	Chubby Checker	No. 1 for 3 weeks
3.	"Smooth"	1999	Santana featuring Rob Thomas	No. 1 for 12 weeks
4.	"Mack the Knife"	1959	Bobby Darin	No. 1 for 9 weeks
5.	"Uptown Funk"	2015	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	No. 1 for 14 weeks
6.	"How Do I Live"	1997	LeAnn Rimes	No. 2 for 5 weeks
7.	"Party Rock Anthem"	2011	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock	No. 1 for 6 weeks
8.	"I Gotta Feeling"	2009	The Black Eyed Peas	No. 1 for 14 weeks
9.	"Macarena (Bayside Boys mix)"	1996	Los Del Rio	No. 1 for 14 weeks
10.	"Shape of You"	2017	Ed Sheeran	No. 1 for 12 weeks

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Top 10 artists of all time (1958–2021)

Rank	Artist
1.	The Beatles
2.	Madonna
3.	Elton John
4.	Elvis Presley
5.	Mariah Carey
6.	Stevie Wonder
7.	Janet Jackson
8.	Michael Jackson
9.	Whitney Houston
10.	Rihanna

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Songs milestones

Most weeks at number one

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)
19	Lil Nas X (1 week solo, 18 weeks featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road"	2019
16	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	1995–1996
	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber	"Despacito"	2017
	Morgan Wallen	"Last Night"	2023
15	Harry Styles	"As It Was"	2022
	Shaboozey	"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"	2024
14	Whitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"	1992–1993
	Boyz II Men	"I'll Make Love to You"	1994
	Los del Río	"Macarena" (Bayside Boys mix)	1996
	Elton John	"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	1997–1998
	Mariah Carey	"We Belong Together"	2005
	The Black Eyed Peas	"I Gotta Feeling"	2009
	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"	2015
	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	2019–2023

Pre-Hot 100 notes:

• In 1956, Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" was number 1 on the "Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts for 11 weeks.
• In 1955, The McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" was number 1 on the "Most Played by Jockeys" chart for 10 weeks.
• In 1955, Pérez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" was number 1 on the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart for 10 weeks.

Additional notes:

• Before the use of Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems to compile the Hot 100 in late 1991, the most number of weeks a single spent at number one on the Hot 100 was 10. This occurred twice, with Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" in 1977, and Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" in 1981–82. Five additional singles managed nine weeks at number one during the first 34 years of the chart (1958–1992). In October 1992, the first single to top the Hot 100 for more than 10 weeks was Boyz II Men's "End of the Road", which accumulated 13 weeks at number one by November that year.

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Progression of most weeks at number one

The table below highlights the progression of the songs that first hit each milestone week at number one and how long the record lasted. Songs that tied the current record at a given time are noted below the table. The current record holder is “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X at 19 weeks, and the longest record held is “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men with 8,554 days.

  Record of longest time held

  Current record

Number of weeks	Song	Artist(s)	Date achieved	Days held	Ref.
19	”Old Town Road”	Lil Nas X (1 week solo, 18 weeks featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)	August 17, 2019	1,729
18			August 10, 2019
17			August 3, 2019
16	“One Sweet Day”	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	March 16, 1996	8,554
15			March 9, 1996
14	“I Will Always Love You”	Whitney Houston	February 27, 1993	1,113
13	“End of the Road”	Boyz II Men	November 7, 1992	133
12			October 31, 1992
11			October 24, 1992
10	“You Light Up My Life”	Debby Boone	December 17, 1977	5,432
9	“Mack the Knife”	Bobby Darin	December 7, 1959	6,606
8			November 30, 1959
7			November 23, 1959
6	“It's All in the Game”	Tommy Edwards	November 3, 1958	392
5	“Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)”	Domenico Modugno	September 22, 1958	63
4			September 15, 1958
3			September 8, 1958
2	“Poor Little Fool”	Ricky Nelson	August 11, 1958	35
1			August 4, 1958
As of the chart dated April 6, 2024

• Note: "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton tied the record for 6 weeks at number one on July 6, 1959.
• Note: "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith tied the record for 9 weeks at number one on April 18, 1960.
• Note: "Hey Jude" by the Beatles tied the record for 9 weeks at number one on November 23, 1968.
• Note: "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John tied the record for 10 weeks at number one on January 23, 1982.
• Note: “I'll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men tied the record for 14 weeks at number one on November 26, 1994.
• Note: “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber tied the record for 16 weeks at number one on September 9, 2017.

Most weeks at number two

Regardless of peak

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Weeks at number one	Source
14	The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	"Stay"	2021–2022	7
12	Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen	"I Had Some Help"	2024	6
11	Whitney Houston	"Exhale"	1995–1996	1
	Olivia Rodrigo	"Good 4 U"	2021	1
	SZA	"Kill Bill"	2023	1
	Brenda Lee	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	2019–2023	3
10	Foreigner	"Waiting for a Girl Like You"	1981–1982	0
	Silk	"Freak Me"	1993	2
	Missy Elliott	"Work It"	2002–2003	0
	Bruno Mars	"That's What I Like"	2017	1
	Billie Eilish	"Bad Guy"	2019	1
	Harry Styles	"As It Was"	2022	15

Without hitting number one

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Kept out of number-one position by	Source
10	Foreigner	"Waiting for a Girl Like You"	1981–82	"Physical" (Olivia Newton-John), "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (Hall & Oates)
	Missy Elliott	"Work It"	2002–03	"Lose Yourself" (Eminem)
9	Donna Lewis	"I Love You Always Forever"	1996	"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" (Los del Río)
	Shania Twain	"You're Still the One"	1998	"Too Close" (Next), "The Boy Is Mine" (Brandy and Monica)
8	Shai	"If I Ever Fall in Love"	1992–93	"How Do You Talk to an Angel" (The Heights), "I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston)
	Deborah Cox	"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"	1998–99	"I'm Your Angel" (R. Kelly and Celine Dion), "Have You Ever?" (Brandy)
	Brian McKnight	"Back at One"	1999–2000	"Smooth" (Santana featuring Rob Thomas)
	Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy	"I Don't Wanna Know"	2004	"Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris), "Burn" (Usher)
	Ed Sheeran	"Thinking Out Loud"	2015	"Uptown Funk" (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)
	Future featuring Drake	"Life Is Good"	2020	"The Box" (Roddy Ricch)
	Luke Combs	"Fast Car"	2023	"Last Night" (Morgan Wallen), "Rich Men North of Richmond" (Oliver Anthony Music), "I Remember Everything" (Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves)

Most total weeks in the top two

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Source
25	Harry Styles	"As It Was"	2022
21	The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	"Stay"	2021–22
	Morgan Wallen	"Last Night"	2023
	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	2019–24
19	Lil Nas X (1 week solo, 18 weeks featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road"	2019
18	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"	2015
	Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen	"I Had Some Help"	2024
	Shaboozey	"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"	2024
17	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber	"Despacito"	2017
16	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	1995–96
	Mariah Carey	"We Belong Together"	2005
	The Black Eyed Peas	"I Gotta Feeling"	2009
	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You"	2017

Most total weeks in the top three

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Source
29	Harry Styles	"As It Was"	2022
26	Morgan Wallen	"Last Night"	2023
24	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	2019–24
23	The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	"Stay"	2021–22
22	Miley Cyrus	"Flowers"	2023
21	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"	2015
	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	"Closer"	2016–17
	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	2020–21
20	Lil Nas X (1 week solo, 19 weeks featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road"	2019
	Brenda Lee	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	2019-24
	Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen	"I Had Some Help"	2024
	Shaboozey	"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"	2024

Most total weeks in the top five

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Source
43	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	2020–21
34	The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	"Stay"	2021–22
31	Harry Styles	"As It Was"	2022
	Morgan Wallen	"Last Night"	2023
27	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	"Closer"	2016–17
	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You"	2017
26	Post Malone	"Circles"	2019–20
	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	2019-24
	Shaboozey	"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"	2024
25	LeAnn Rimes	"How Do I Live"	1997–98
	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"	2014–15
	Miley Cyrus	"Flowers"	2023

Most total weeks in the top ten

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year(s)	Source
57	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	2020–21
44	The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	"Stay"	2021–22
41	Dua Lipa (32 weeks featuring DaBaby, 9 weeks solo)	"Levitating"	2021
	Morgan Wallen	"Last Night"	2023–24
	Teddy Swims	"Lose Control"	2024
39	Post Malone	"Circles"	2019–20
38	Harry Styles	"As It Was"	2022–23
37	Glass Animals	"Heat Waves"	2021–22
34	Taylor Swift	"Cruel Summer"	2023–24
33	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You"	2017
	Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B	"Girls Like You"	2018–19
	Post Malone and Swae Lee	"Sunflower"

Most total weeks on the Hot 100

Non-holiday songs

Below are songs not connected to Christmas or the holiday season. (A special section for the holiday songs is below, as a few of those songs re-enter the Hot 100 each holiday season.)

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year entered	Year departed	Source
91	Glass Animals	"Heat Waves"	2021	2022
90	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	2019	2021
87	Imagine Dragons	"Radioactive"	2012	2014
79	Awolnation	"Sail"	2011	2014
77	Dua Lipa (45 weeks featuring DaBaby, 32 weeks solo)	"Levitating"	2020	2022
76	Jason Mraz	"I'm Yours"	2008	2009
70	SZA	"Snooze"	2022	2024
69	LeAnn Rimes	"How Do I Live"	1997	1998
	The Weeknd and Ariana Grande (19 weeks solo, 50 weeks with Grande)	"Save Your Tears"	2020	2022
68	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock	"Party Rock Anthem"	2011	2012
	OneRepublic	"Counting Stars"	2013	2014

Holiday songs

During November and December beginning some time in the 2010s, these songs have regularly appeared on the Hot 100, generally departing from the chart once the holiday season ends in January.

Number of weeks	Artist(s)	Song	Year entered	Source
65	Mariah Carey	"All I Want For Christmas Is You"	2000
58	Brenda Lee	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	1960
56	Bobby Helms	"Jingle Bell Rock"	1958
44	Nat King Cole	"The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"	1960
39	Andy Williams	"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"	2017
	Burl Ives	"A Holly Jolly Christmas"	2017
38	Wham!	"Last Christmas"	2017
35	Bing Crosby	"White Christmas"	1958
32	José Feliciano	"Feliz Navidad"	2017
31	Dean Martin	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	2018

Biggest jump to number one

Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
97–1	Kelly Clarkson	"My Life Would Suck Without You"	February 7, 2009
96–1	Britney Spears	"Womanizer"	October 25, 2008
80–1	T.I. featuring Rihanna	"Live Your Life"	October 18, 2008
78–1	Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent	"Crack a Bottle"	February 21, 2009
77–1	Taylor Swift	"Look What You Made Me Do"	September 16, 2017
72–1		"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	September 1, 2012
71–1	T.I.	"Whatever You Like"	September 6, 2008
68–1	Adele	"Easy on Me"	October 30, 2021
64–1	Maroon 5	"Makes Me Wonder"	May 12, 2007
60–1	Rihanna featuring Drake	"What's My Name?"	November 20, 2010

Changes in when the eligibility of a single first begins, as well as more accurate digital download totals, have made abrupt chart jumps more commonplace. From 1955 to 2001, under Billboard's previous methodologies, only two singles ascended directly to No. 1 from a previous position beneath the Top 20: The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", which jumped from No. 27 to the top slot in April 1964, and Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" which jumped from No. 23 to No. 1 in June 1998.

Biggest single-week upward movements

No. of positions	Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
98	100–2	Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie	"Me!"	May 11, 2019
96	97–1	Kelly Clarkson	"My Life Would Suck Without You"	February 7, 2009
95	96–1	Britney Spears	"Womanizer"	October 25, 2008
92	94–2	Billie Eilish	"Therefore I Am"	November 28, 2020
91	94–3	Beyoncé and Shakira	"Beautiful Liar"	April 7, 2007
90	94–4	Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B	"Girls Like You"	June 16, 2018
88	95–7	Akon featuring Eminem	"Smack That"	October 14, 2006
	97–9	Drake featuring Nicki Minaj	"Make Me Proud"	November 5, 2011
85	96–11	Carrie Underwood	"Cowboy Casanova"	October 10, 2009
	100–15	A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger	"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"	March 14, 2009

Under Billboard's previous methodologies, jumps of this magnitude were rare. One exception was Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley PTA," which advanced 74 slots in August 1968; this upward acceleration went unmatched for 30 years, but has been surpassed over a dozen times since 2006. Changes in when the eligibility of a single first begins, as well as more accurate digital download totals, have made abrupt chart jumps more commonplace.

Longest climbs to number one

Week	Artist(s)	Song	Debut date	Date reaching number one	Source(s)
59	Glass Animals	"Heat Waves"†	January 16, 2021	March 12, 2022
54	Brenda Lee	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"†	December 12, 1960	December 9, 2023
35	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"†	January 8, 2000	December 21, 2019
33	Los del Río	"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"†	September 2, 1995	August 3, 1996
32	Teddy Swims	"Lose Control"	August 26, 2023	March 30, 2024
31	Lonestar	"Amazed"†	June 5, 1999	March 4, 2000
	The Weeknd and Ariana Grande	"Die for You"†	December 17, 2016	March 11, 2023
30	John Legend	"All of Me"†	September 21, 2013	May 17, 2014
27	Creed	"With Arms Wide Open"	May 13, 2000	November 11, 2000
26	Vertical Horizon	"Everything You Want"	January 22, 2000	July 15, 2000

† – Non-consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 before it was ranked number one

• Note: Ariana Grande was added to the artist credits on "Die for You" the week the song reached number one, as a remix of the song featuring Grande had been released and counted for the first time.

Biggest drop from number one

This list does not include titles which have dropped from number 1 off the Hot 100 altogether; see the Holiday songs section below.

Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
1–45	Jimin	"Like Crazy"	April 15, 2023
1–38	Taylor Swift	"Willow"	January 2, 2021
1–34	6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj	"Trollz"	July 4, 2020
1–28	BTS	"Life Goes On"	December 12, 2020
1–25	Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.	"Franchise"	October 17, 2020
1–21	Jason Aldean	"Try That in a Small Town"	August 12, 2023
1–17	The Weeknd	"Heartless"	December 21, 2019
	BTS	"Butter"	September 18, 2021
1–16	Hozier	"Too Sweet"	May 4, 2024
1–15	Billy Preston	"Nothing from Nothing"	October 26, 1974
	Dionne Warwicke and The Spinners	"Then Came You"	November 2, 1974

Biggest single-week downward movements

No. of positions	Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
81	16–97	Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Paige	"We Cry Together"	June 4, 2022
	13–94	Drake	"Texts Go Green"	July 9, 2022
80	19–99	ASAP Ferg featuring Nicki Minaj and MadeinTYO	"Move Ya Hips"	August 22, 2020
79	17–96	Javier Colon	"Stitch by Stitch"	July 23, 2011
78	21–99	Jordan Smith	"Somebody to Love"	January 2, 2016
77	20–97	J. Cole	"Punchin' the Clock"	June 5, 2021
	16–93	5 Seconds of Summer	"Amnesia"	July 26, 2014
75	17–92	Justin Bieber	"Die in Your Arms"	June 23, 2012
74	25–99	J. Cole	"The Climb Back"	June 5, 2021
	17–91	Lil Wayne	"Can't Be Broken"	October 20, 2018

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Biggest drops off the Hot 100

Non-holiday songs

Below are songs not connected to Christmas or the holiday season. (A special section for the holiday songs is below, as a few of those songs set higher records for dropping off the Hot 100 in early 2019 and 2020.)

Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
4–Off	Prince and The Revolution	"Purple Rain"††	May 21, 2016
6–Off	J. Cole	"7 Minute Drill"	April 27, 2024
8–Off	Prince	"When Doves Cry"††	May 21, 2016
9–Off	Soko	"We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow"	April 5, 2014
10–Off	Rema and Selena Gomez	"Calm Down"	October 21, 2023
11–Off	Jonas Brothers	"A Little Bit Longer"	August 30, 2008
	Taylor Swift	"Mean"	November 13, 2010
	One Direction	"Diana"	December 14, 2013
	Taylor Swift	"Love Story (Taylor's Version)"	March 6, 2021
12–Off	Taylor Swift	"You Belong with Me"	November 29, 2008
	Lady Gaga	"Hair"	June 11, 2011
	One Direction	"Midnight Memories"	December 14, 2013

†† – "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry" reappeared on the Hot 100 for two weeks in 2016 after Prince's death, and the above reflects their re-entries only. On their original releases, in their respective last weeks before falling off the chart, "When Doves Cry" ranked No. 96 in October 1984, and "Purple Rain" ranked No. 91 in January 1985.

Prior to 2008, the biggest drop off the Hot 100 was "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues, which ranked at No. 17 in its final week on the chart in December 1972. This high drop-off position was matched in January 1975 by "Junior's Farm" by Paul McCartney and Wings. The record descent held for over three decades. With the exception of "Calm Down", each song above dropped off the Hot 100 upon four or fewer weeks; "Nights in White Satin" and "Junior's Farm" dropped off after 18 and 12 weeks, respectively.

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Holiday songs

During November and December beginning some time in the 2010s, these songs have regularly appeared on the Hot 100, generally departing from the chart once the holiday season ends in January. 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. Only the highest drop-off position per song is listed and its most recent date if achieved more than once, such as "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which first dropped off the Hot 100 from number one on January 11, 2020, and did so again in 2022 and 2023.

Chart movement	Artist(s)	Song	Date	Source
1–Off	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	January 14, 2023
	Brenda Lee	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	January 13, 2024
3–Off	Bobby Helms	"Jingle Bell Rock"	January 13, 2024
4–Off	Burl Ives	"A Holly Jolly Christmas"	January 11, 2020
	Wham!	"Last Christmas"	January 13, 2024
6–Off	Andy Williams	"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"	January 13, 2024
7–Off	José Feliciano	"Feliz Navidad"	January 14, 2023
	Dean Martin	"Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow"	January 13, 2024
9–Off	Nat King Cole	"The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)"	January 14, 2023
10-Off	The Ronettes	"Sleigh Ride"	January 13, 2024

"Billboard Hot 100"

Songs charting every week for a given calendar year on the Hot 100

There have been a handful of songs that charted more than 52 weeks throughout their runs, but only four songs have managed to chart on the Hot 100 every week within a given calendar year. The first to accomplish such milestone was Jewel's "You Were Meant for Me" charting each week of 1997.

Year	Song	Artist(s)	Total weeks charted	Source(s)
1997	"You Were Meant for Me" / "Foolish Games"	Jewel	65
2013	"Radioactive"	Imagine Dragons	87
2020	"Blinding Lights"	The Weeknd	90
2023	"Snooze"	SZA	70

• Note - Jewel's "Foolish Games" began appearing on the Hot 100 in September 1997, but was paired with "You Were Meant for Me" for the remainder of that song's chart run.
• Note - Dua Lipa's "Levitating" (solo or with DaBaby) charted every week of 2021 through December 4, 2021, and most likely could have charted all 52 weeks despite Billboard's recurrent rules. For the remaining three weeks of 2021, the song charted at number one on Billboard's recurrent chart, due to holiday songs taking up much of the Hot 100 and pushing many non-holiday songs off the chart. Once the holiday season ended, "Levitating" returned to the Hot 100 in early 2022.
• Note - SZA's "Kill Bill" charted every week of 2023 through December 2, 2023, and most likely could have charted all 52 weeks despite Billboard's recurrent rules, due to holiday songs taking up much of the Hot 100 and pushing many non-holiday songs off the chart. Once the holiday season ended, "Kill Bill" returned to the Hot 100 in early 2024.

Songs hitting number one for different artists

• "Go Away Little Girl" – Steve Lawrence (1963) and Donny Osmond (1971)
• "The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk (1974)
• "Please Mr. Postman" – The Marvelettes (1961) and The Carpenters (1975)
• "Venus" – Shocking Blue (1970) and Bananarama (1986)
• "Lean on Me" – Bill Withers (1972) and Club Nouveau (1987)
• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" – The Supremes (1966) and Kim Wilde (1987)
• "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge (1966) and Michael Bolton (1991)
• "I'll Be There" – The Jackson 5 (1970) and Mariah Carey (1992)
• "Lady Marmalade" – Labelle (1975) and Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mýa / Pink (2001)

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Non-English language number-ones

• "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (Italian – August 18, 1958 for five non-consecutive weeks)
• "Sukiyaki" – Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese – June 15, 1963 for three weeks)
• "Dominique" – The Singing Nun (French – December 7, 1963 for four weeks)
• "Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco (English/German – March 29, 1986 for three weeks)
• "La Bamba" – Los Lobos (Spanish – August 29, 1987 for three weeks)
• "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" – Los del Río (English/Spanish – August 3, 1996 for fourteen weeks)
• "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (English/Spanish – May 27, 2017 for sixteen weeks)
• "Life Goes On" – BTS (Korean/English – December 5, 2020 for one week)
• "Like Crazy" – Jimin (Korean/English – April 8, 2023 for one week)

Instrumental number-ones

• "The Happy Organ" – Dave "Baby" Cortez (May 11, 1959 for one week)
• "Sleep Walk" – Santo & Johnny (September 21, 1959 for two weeks)
• "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (February 22, 1960 for nine weeks)
• "Wonderland by Night" – Bert Kaempfert (January 9, 1961 for three weeks)
• "Calcutta" – Lawrence Welk (February 13, 1961 for two weeks)
• "Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk (May 26, 1962 for one week)
• "The Stripper" – David Rose (July 7, 1962 for one week)
• "Telstar" – The Tornados (December 22, 1962 for three weeks)
• "Love Is Blue" – Paul Mauriat (February 10, 1968 for five weeks)
• "Grazing in the Grass" – Hugh Masekela (July 20, 1968 for two weeks)
• "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" – Henry Mancini (June 28, 1969 for two weeks)
• "Frankenstein" – The Edgar Winter Group (May 26, 1973 for one week)
• "Love's Theme" – Love Unlimited Orchestra (February 9, 1974 for one week)
• "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"^† – MFSB and The Three Degrees (April 20, 1974 for two weeks)
• "Pick Up the Pieces"^† – Average White Band (February 22, 1975 for one week)
• "The Hustle"^† – Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony (July 26, 1975 for one week)
• "Fly, Robin, Fly"^† – Silver Convention (November 29, 1975 for three weeks)
• "Theme from S.W.A.T." – Rhythm Heritage (February 28, 1976 for one week)
• "A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band (October 9, 1976 for one week)
• "Gonna Fly Now"^† – Bill Conti (July 2, 1977 for one week)
• "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" – Meco (October 1, 1977 for two weeks)
• "Rise" – Herb Alpert (October 20, 1979 for two weeks)
• "Chariots of Fire" – Vangelis (May 8, 1982 for one week)
• "Miami Vice Theme" – Jan Hammer (November 9, 1985 for one week)
• "Harlem Shake"^† – Baauer (March 2, 2013 for five weeks)

† – Contains vocal part, but is considered an instrumental. See Instrumental § Borderline cases for more.

Artist achievements

Most number-one singles

Number of singles	Artist	Ref.	Biggest number-one†	Ref.
20	The Beatles		"Hey Jude"
19	Mariah Carey		"All I Want For Christmas Is You"
18	Elvis Presley‡		"Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"
14	Rihanna		"We Found Love"
13	Drake		"God's Plan"
	Michael Jackson		"Billie Jean"
12	The Supremes		"Love Child"
	Madonna		"Like a Virgin"
	Taylor Swift		"Shake It Off"
11	Whitney Houston		"I Will Always Love You"
10	Stevie Wonder		"Ebony and Ivory" (duet with Paul McCartney)
	Janet Jackson		"Miss You Much"

† – The biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single which spent the most weeks at No. 1 for the artist, such as Madonna's "Like a Virgin" (six weeks at No. 1, compared to seven for "Take a Bow"), among other examples on the list.

‡ – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.

• Billboard now credits the dual No. 1 Presley single "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as a single chart entity, and credits Presley with 17 number one singles. "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" spent 11 weeks at No. 1, "Hound Dog" for 6 weeks, and "Don't Be Cruel" for 5 weeks. Many chart statisticians, however, such as Joel Whitburn, still list Presley as having 18 number ones.

• If counting Drake's uncredited feature on Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode", then he would have 14 total number ones.

Female artists

Below is a table of the female acts (excluding duos/groups, see below) with the most number-one singles on the Hot 100.

Number of singles	Artist	Ref.	Biggest number-one†	Ref.
19	Mariah Carey		"All I Want For Christmas Is You"
14	Rihanna		"We Found Love"
12	Madonna		"Like a Virgin"
	Taylor Swift		"Shake It Off"
11	Whitney Houston		"I Will Always Love You"
10	Janet Jackson		"Miss You Much"
9	Katy Perry		"Dark Horse" (featuring Juicy J)
	Beyoncé		"Irreplaceable"
	Ariana Grande		"7 Rings"
6	Diana Ross		"Endless Love" (with Lionel Richie)
	Paula Abdul		"Rush Rush"

† – As above, the biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single that spent the most weeks at No. 1 for the artist.

Male artists

Below is a table of the male acts (excluding duos/groups, see below) with the most number-one singles on the Hot 100.

Number of singles	Artist	Ref.	Biggest number-one†	Ref.
18	Elvis Presley‡		"Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"
13	Drake		"God's Plan"
	Michael Jackson		"Say Say Say" (duet with Paul McCartney)
10	Stevie Wonder		"Ebony and Ivory" (duet with Paul McCartney)
9	Paul McCartney††		"Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson)
	Elton John		"Candle in the Wind" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
	Usher		"Yeah!" (ft Lil Jon and Ludacris)
8	George Michael		"Faith"
	Bruno Mars†††		"Uptown Funk" (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)
	Justin Bieber		"Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)

† – As above, the biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single that spent the most weeks at No. 1 for the artist.

†† - Billboard credits Paul McCartney with nine total number-one singles, including those with Wings.

††† - Billboard credits Bruno Mars with eight total number-one singles, including those with Silk Sonic.

‡ – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.

Groups, bands, and duos

Below is a table of the groups, bands, and duos with the most number-one singles on the Hot 100.

Number of singles	Artist	Ref.	Biggest number-one†	Ref.
20	The Beatles		"Hey Jude"
12	The Supremes		"Love Child"
9	Bee Gees		"How Deep Is Your Love"
8	The Rolling Stones		"Honky Tonk Women"
6	Daryl Hall and John Oates		"Maneater"
	Wings		"Silly Love Songs"
	BTS		"Butter"
5	Boyz II Men		"I'll Make Love To You"
	Eagles		"One of These Nights"
	The Four Seasons		"Sherry"
	KC and the Sunshine Band		"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"

† – As above, the biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single that spent the most weeks at No. 1 for the artist.

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Weeks at number one	Artist	Source
93	Mariah Carey
79	Elvis Presley†
60	Rihanna
59	The Beatles
56	Drake
50	Boyz II Men
47	Usher
46	Beyoncé
37	Michael Jackson
36	Taylor Swift
34	Adele
	Elton John
	Bruno Mars

† – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100. Presley is sometimes credited with an "80th week" that occurred when "All Shook Up" spent a ninth week on top of the "Most Played in Jukeboxes" chart. Although Billboard's chart statistician Joel Whitburn still counts this 80th week based on preexisting research, Billboard magazine itself has since revised its methodology and officially credits Presley with 79 weeks. Much of Presley's total factors in pre-Hot 100 data. If counting from the August 1958 Hot 100 inception, Presley totaled 22 weeks at No. 1.

• Note: For singer Fergie, if Black Eyed Peas is included, this would put Fergie on the list with 34 weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For singer Michael Jackson, if The Jackson 5, which would also be later known as The Jacksons, is included, this would give Michael Jackson 47 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For singer Beyoncé, if Destiny's Child is included, this would give Beyoncé 63 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For singer Diana Ross, if The Supremes are included, this would give Diana Ross 42 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For each of the Beatles:
  • If John Lennon's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give John Lennon 65 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
  • If Paul McCartney's total weeks were to include the Beatles, as well as Wings, this would give Paul McCartney 89 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
  • If George Harrison's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give George Harrison 65 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
  • If Ringo Starr's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give Ringo Starr 61 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For rapper Drake, if the track "Sicko Mode" is included, this would give him 57 weeks at No. 1.

Most consecutive number-one singles

Number of singles	Artist	First hit and date	Final hit and date	Streak-breaking song
7	Whitney Houston	"Saving All My Love for You" (October 26, 1985)	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (April 23, 1988)	"Love Will Save the Day" (No. 9 – August 27, 1988)
6	The Beatles	"I Feel Fine" (December 26, 1964)	"We Can Work It Out" (January 8, 1966)	"Nowhere Man" (No. 3 – March 26, 1966)
	Bee Gees	"How Deep Is Your Love" (December 24, 1977)	"Love You Inside Out" (June 9, 1979)	"He's A Liar" (No. 30 – October 24, 1981)
5	Elvis Presley	"A Big Hunk o' Love" (August 10, 1959)	"Surrender" (March 20, 1961)	"I Feel So Bad" (No. 5 – May 1961)
	The Supremes	"Where Did Our Love Go" (August 22, 1964)	"Back in My Arms Again" (June 12, 1965)	"Nothing but Heartaches" (No. 11 – September 4, 1965)
	Michael Jackson	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett) (September 19, 1987)	"Dirty Diana" (July 2, 1988)	"Another Part of Me" (No. 11 – September 10, 1988)
	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love" (August 4, 1990)	"Emotions" (October 12, 1991)	"Can't Let Go" (No. 2 – January 25, 1992)
		"Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)	"My All" (May 23, 1998)	"When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston) (No. 15 – January 30, 1999)
	Katy Perry	"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg) (June 19, 2010)	"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (August 27, 2011)	"The One That Got Away" (No. 3 – January 7, 2012)

• Houston's "Thinking About You" is not counted as interrupting the streak, as it never appeared on the Hot 100, due to not being released to Pop radio. Likewise, Perry's "Not Like the Movies" and "Circle the Drain" were only promotional singles, not radio singles.
• With the streak spanning from her debut single "Vision of Love" until "Emotions," Mariah Carey became the first artist in Hot 100 history to have their first 5 solo singles reach No. 1 on the chart.

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Most consecutive weeks simultaneously topping the Hot 100 and Billboard 200

Number of weeks	Artist	Year(s) charted	Singles	Albums
12	The Beatles	1964	"I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love"	Meet the Beatles!, The Beatles' Second Album
	Whitney Houston	1992–93	"I Will Always Love You"	The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
8	Bee Gees	1978	"Night Fever"	Saturday Night Fever
7	Michael Jackson	1983	"Billie Jean"	Thriller
	The Monkees	1966–67	"I'm a Believer"	The Monkees, More of the Monkees
	Drake	2016	"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)	Views
6	The Police	1983	"Every Breath You Take"	Synchronicity
	50 Cent	2005	"Candy Shop"	The Massacre
	Adele	2015–16	"Hello"	25
5	Simon & Garfunkel	1970	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Bridge Over Troubled Water
	Carole King	1971	"It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move"	Tapestry
	John Lennon	1980–81	"(Just Like) Starting Over"	Double Fantasy
	Janet Jackson	1993	"That's the Way Love Goes"	Janet.
	Usher	2004	"Yeah!"	Confessions
	Drake	2018	"Nice for What", "In My Feelings"	Scorpion
	Encanto cast	2022	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"	Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
	Morgan Wallen	2023	"Last Night"	One Thing at a Time

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Most consecutive years charting a number-one single

Number of years	Artist	First number-one hit and week	Final number-one hit and final week	Highest-peaking song during streak-breaking year
11	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love" (August 4, 1990)	"Thank God I Found You" (February 19, 2000)	"Loverboy" (No. 2 – August 4, 2001)
7	Elvis Presley†	"Heartbreak Hotel" (March 17, 1956)	"Good Luck Charm" (April 28, 1962)	"(You're The) Devil In Disguise" (No. 3 – August 10, 1963)
	The Beatles	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (February 1, 1964)	"The Long and Winding Road" (June 20, 1970)	N/A (did not chart in 1971)
6	The Supremes	"Where Did Our Love Go" (August 22, 1964)	"Someday We'll Be Together" (December 27, 1969)	"Stoned Love" (No. 7 – December 19, 1970)
	Lionel Richie	"Endless Love" (August 15, 1981)	"Say You, Say Me" (January 11, 1986)	"Ballerina Girl" (No. 7 – February 21, 1987)

† – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.

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Most consecutive years charting on the Hot 100

The table below highlights the list of artists who charted at least one song for the most consecutive years on the Hot 100 with at least 17 years.

  Active streak

Number of years	Artist	First song of streak and first week	Final song of streak and final week
31	Elton John	“Border Song” (August 15, 1970)	“Someday Out of the Blue” (July 29, 2000)
28	Rod Stewart†	“Maggie May / Reason To Believe” (July 17, 1971)	“Ooh La La” (as part of Faces) (November 14, 1998)
26	Stevie Wonder	“Fingertips - Pt. 2” (June 22, 1963)	“My Love” (with Julio Iglesias) (June 18, 1988)
25	Kenny Chesney	“That's Why I'm Here” (May 9, 1998)	“Half of My Hometown” (Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney) (April 9, 2022)
24	Madonna	“Holiday” (October 29, 1983)	“Sorry” (April 15, 2006)
	Tim McGraw	“Indian Outlaw” (March 5, 1994)	“The Rest of Our Life” (with Faith Hill) (December 9, 2017)
	Beyoncé†	“No, No, No” (as part of Destiny's Child) (November 29, 1997)	“Black Parade” (July 11, 2020)
23	Keith Urban	“Your Everything” (July 15, 2000)	“Wild Hearts” (June 11, 2022)
21	Elvis Presley	“Hard Headed Woman” (August 4, 1958)	“My Way” (January 28, 1978)
		“Don't Ask Me Why” (August 4, 1958)
20	Kanye West	“Through the Wire” (November 29, 2003)	"Hot Shit" (Cardi B featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk) (October 2, 2022)
	Lil Wayne	“Go D.J.” (October 2, 2004)	"RNB" (Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Wayne and Tate Kobang) (December 23, 2023)
	Jason Aldean	“Hicktown” (August 13, 2005)	“Let Your Boys Be Country” (June 15, 2024)
	Chris Brown	“Run It!” (August 27, 2005)	"Sensational" (with Davido and Lojay) (April 6, 2024)
19	Neil Diamond	“Solitary Man” (May 21, 1966)	“Turn Around” (October 6, 1984)
	Taylor Swift	“Tim McGraw” (September 23, 2006)	"Fortnight" (June 8, 2024)
18	Prince	“Soft and Wet” (November 4, 1978)	“Gold” (December 30, 1995)
	Luke Bryan	“All My Friends Say” (August 18, 2007)	“Love You, Miss You, Mean It” (August 17, 2024)
17	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love" (June 2, 1990)	"Say Somethin'" (with Snoop Dogg) (May 27, 2006)
		"Touch My Body" (March 8, 2008)	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (January 6, 2024)
	Dierks Bentley	“What Was I Thinkin'” (June 21, 2003)	“Living” (November 23, 2019)

^† - Includes years with artists part of a band or group.

• Note - Mariah Carey has charted at least one song every year on the Hot 100 since her debut with "Vision of Love" in 1990, except for 2007. If she had charted in 2007, she would have the record for most consecutive years, with an active streak of 35 years. As of present, she is the only artist with multiple streaks over 10 years.
• Note - Beyoncé has charted at least one song every year on the Hot 100 since her debut with "No, No, No" in 1997 with Destiny's Child, except for 2021. If she had charted in 2021, she would have the record for most consecutive years for a female artist, with an active streak of 28 years.
• Note - Lil Wayne, Mariah Carey, and Chris Brown have no songs actively charting on the Hot 100, but Wayne has until the end of 2024, and Carey and Brown have until the end of 2025, to chart another song before their streaks end.

Most number-one singles in a calendar year

Number of singles	Artist	Year charted	Singles
6	The Beatles	1964	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
			"She Loves You"
			"Can't Buy Me Love"
			"Love Me Do"
			"A Hard Day's Night"
			"I Feel Fine"
5		1965	"I Feel Fine"
			"Eight Days a Week"
			"Ticket to Ride"
			"Help!"
			"Yesterday"
4	Elvis Presley†	1956	"Heartbreak Hotel"
			"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
			"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"
			"Love Me Tender"
		1957	"Too Much"
			"All Shook Up"
			"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
			"Jailhouse Rock"
	The Supremes	1965	"Come See About Me"
			"Stop! In the Name of Love"
			"Back in My Arms Again"
			"I Hear a Symphony"
	Jackson 5	1970	"I Want You Back"
			"ABC"
			"The Love You Save"
			"I'll Be There"
	George Michael	1988	"Faith"
			"Father Figure"
			"One More Try"
			"Monkey"
	Usher	2004	"Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris)
			"Burn"
			"Confessions Part II"
			"My Boo" (Duet with Alicia Keys)
	Rihanna	2010	"Rude Boy"
			"Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
			"What's My Name?" (featuring Drake)
			"Only Girl (In the World)"

† – Pre-Hot 100 charts.
Chart notes: If counting Presley's dual hit song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" separately, then Elvis has 5 for 1956. Some Presley songs included here charted No. 1 on Cashbox, but not on the Billboard Top 100, the precursor to the Billboard Hot 100.

If counting Drake's feature on Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode", he would be included on the list with 4 for 2018 ("God's Plan", "Nice for What", and "In My Feelings")

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Most number-two singles

Number	Artist	Songs	Date
10	Drake	"Best I Ever Had"	July 25, 2009
		"Hotline Bling"	October 24, 2015
		"Nonstop"	July 14, 2018
		"Life Is Good"	January 25, 2020
		"Laugh Now Cry Later"	August 29, 2020
		"Wants and Needs"	March 20, 2021
		"Girls Want Girls"	September 18, 2021
		"Rich Flex"	November 19, 2022
		"Search & Rescue"	April 22, 2023
		"IDGAF"	October 21, 2023
	Taylor Swift	"You Belong with Me"	August 22, 2009
		"Today Was a Fairytale"	February 6, 2010
		"I Knew You Were Trouble"	January 12, 2013
		"I Don't Wanna Live Forever"	March 4, 2017
		"Me!"	May 11, 2019
		"You Need to Calm Down"	June 29, 2019
		"Lavender Haze"	November 5, 2022
		"Karma"	June 10, 2023
		"Now That We Don't Talk"	November 11, 2023
		"Down Bad"	May 4, 2024
6	Madonna	"Material Girl"	March 23, 1985
		"Causing a Commotion"	October 24, 1987
		"Express Yourself"	July 15, 1989
		"Cherish"	October 7, 1989
		"I'll Remember"	May 28, 1994
		"Frozen"	April 4, 1998
5	Creedence Clearwater Revival	"Proud Mary"	March 8, 1969
		"Bad Moon Rising"	June 28, 1969
		"Green River"	September 27, 1969
		"Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain"	March 7, 1970
		"Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light"	October 3, 1970
	Elvis Presley	"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"	1958 (Pre Hot 100)
		"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I"	April 27, 1959
		"Can't Help Falling in Love"	February 3, 1962
		"Return to Sender"	November 17, 1962
		"Burning Love"	October 28, 1972
	The Carpenters	"We've Only Just Begun"	October 31, 1970
		"Rainy Days and Mondays"	June 19, 1971
		"Superstar"	October 16, 1971
		"Hurting Each Other"	February 26, 1972
		"Yesterday Once More"	July 28, 1973

• If Drake's appearance on "BedRock" as a member of Young Money is counted, he would be listed with a total of 11 singles.
• If Michael Jackson's time with The Jackson 5 and his uncredited appearance on "Somebody's Watching Me" are counted, he would appear on the list with 6 singles.
• If Paul McCartney's time with The Beatles is counted, he would appear on the list with 5 singles.

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Most top five singles

Number of singles	Artist	Source
41	Drake
36	Taylor Swift
29	The Beatles
28	Madonna
27	Mariah Carey
25	Rihanna
24	Janet Jackson
21	Elvis Presley
20	Justin Bieber
	Michael Jackson
	Stevie Wonder

Most top 10 singles

Number of singles	Artist	Source
78	Drake
59	Taylor Swift
38	Madonna
35	The Beatles
32	Rihanna
30	Michael Jackson
29	Elton John
28	Stevie Wonder
	Mariah Carey†
27	Janet Jackson

† – All but one of Mariah Carey's top 10 singles also reached the top 5, the exception being "Obsessed", which peaked at No. 7.

Most cumulative weeks in the top 10

Number of weeks	Artist	Source
387	Drake
362	Rihanna†
325	Justin Bieber†
305	Mariah Carey
287	Taylor Swift
273	Usher
273	Bruno Mars
234	The Weeknd
225	Madonna
223	Post Malone

† – Rihanna is the youngest (23) soloist to earn at least 200 weeks in the top 10. Justin Bieber is the youngest male (25) soloist to do so.

Most consecutive weeks in the top 10

Number of weeks	Artist	Years charted	Singles
69	Katy Perry	2010–11	"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
			"Teenage Dream"
			"Firework"
			"E.T." (featuring Kanye West)
			"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
61	The Chainsmokers	2016–17	"Don't Let Me Down" (featuring Daya)
			"Closer" (featuring Halsey)
			"Paris"
			"Something Just Like This" (with Coldplay)
59	Justin Bieber	2021–22	"Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon)
			"Stay" (with The Kid Laroi)
			"Essence" (Wizkid featuring Tems and Justin Bieber)
			"Ghost"
51	Drake	2015–16	"Hotline Bling"
			"Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)
			"Summer Sixteen"
			"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)
48	Ace of Base	1993–94	"All That She Wants"
			"The Sign"
			"Don't Turn Around"

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Most number-one debuts

Number	Artist	Songs	Date
9	Drake	"God's Plan"	February 3, 2018
		"Nice for What"	April 21, 2018
		"Toosie Slide"	April 18, 2020
		"What's Next"	March 20, 2021
		"Way 2 Sexy" (featuring Future and Young Thug)	September 18, 2021
		"Wait for U" (Future featuring Drake and Tems)	May 14, 2022
		"Jimmy Cooks" (featuring 21 Savage)	July 2, 2022
		"Slime You Out" (featuring SZA)	September 30, 2023
		"First Person Shooter" (featuring J. Cole)	October 21, 2023
7	Ariana Grande	"Thank U, Next"	November 17, 2018
		"7 Rings"	February 2, 2019
		"Stuck with U" (with Justin Bieber)	May 23, 2020
		"Rain On Me" (with Lady Gaga)	June 6, 2020
		"Positions"	November 7, 2020
		"Yes, And?"	January 27, 2024
		"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"	March 23, 2024
	Taylor Swift	"Shake It Off"	September 6, 2014
		"Cardigan"	August 8, 2020
		"Willow"	December 26, 2020
		"All Too Well (Taylor's Version)"	November 27, 2021
		"Anti-Hero"	November 5, 2022
		"Is It Over Now?"	November 11, 2023
		"Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone)	May 4, 2024
5	BTS	"Dynamite"	September 5, 2020
		"Life Goes On"	December 5, 2020
		"Butter"	June 5, 2021
		"Permission to Dance"	July 24, 2021
		"My Universe" (with Coldplay)	October 9, 2021
4	Justin Bieber	"What Do You Mean?"	September 19, 2015
		"I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne)	May 20, 2017
		"Stuck with U" (with Ariana Grande)	May 23, 2020
		"Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon)	April 3, 2021
3	Mariah Carey	"Fantasy"	September 30, 1995
		"One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men)	December 2, 1995
		"Honey"	September 13, 1997
	Travis Scott	"Highest in the Room"	October 19, 2019
		"The Scotts" (with Kid Cudi as The Scotts)	May 9, 2020
		"Franchise" (featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.)	October 10, 2020
	Olivia Rodrigo	"Drivers License"	January 23, 2021
		"Good 4 U"	May 29, 2021
		"Vampire"	July 15, 2023
	Future	"Way 2 Sexy" (Drake featuring Future and Young Thug)	September 18, 2021
		"Wait For U" (featuring Drake and Tems)	May 14, 2022
		"Like That" (Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar)	April 6, 2024

• Note: If Young Thug's uncredited appearance on the track "This Is America" is included, this would put him on the list with 3 debuts at No. 1.

Since 2009, at least one song has debuted at number one per year. 2020 holds the record for most debuts at number one in a calendar year, with twelve.

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Most top 10 debuts

Number	Artist	Source
62	Drake
48	Taylor Swift
17	Justin Bieber
	21 Savage
	Travis Scott
16	Ariana Grande
14	Eminem
13	Future
12	J. Cole
11	Lil Wayne
	Bad Bunny
	Post Malone
10	Kanye West
	Lil Baby
	Metro Boomin
	Kendrick Lamar
9	BTS
	Lady Gaga
	The Weeknd

Most top 40 entries

Number	Artist	Source
206	Drake
164	Taylor Swift
88	Lil Wayne
81	Elvis Presley†
78	Kanye West
75	Nicki Minaj
73	Future
62	Eminem
61	Beyoncé
59	Elton John
55	Travis Scott
54	21 Savage
52	Rihanna
	Chris Brown
	The Weeknd
51	Glee Cast
	Justin Bieber
	Jay-Z
	The Beatles

Most Hot 100 entries

Artists with more than 100 Hot 100 entries

Entries	Artist	Source
338	Drake
264	Taylor Swift
217	Future
207	Glee Cast
186	Lil Wayne
161	Kanye West
148	Nicki Minaj
142	Lil Baby
118	Travis Scott
	Chris Brown
112	Eminem
109	Elvis Presley†
108	Lil Uzi Vert
106	Beyoncé
105	Jay-Z
	Justin Bieber
104	21 Savage
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again‡
103	The Weeknd

† – Elvis Presley's career predated the inception of the Hot 100 by two years. He has charted 150 singles on Billboard if tracking his entire career.

‡ – YoungBoy Never Broke Again (age 23 years, 198 days) is the youngest soloist to accumulate at least 100 entries on the Hot 100.

Artists who are just short of 100 entries include Post Malone and Bad Bunny (95 entries), Young Thug (94), Lil Durk (92), James Brown (91), J. Cole (89), Metro Boomin (87), Gunna (86), Ariana Grande (86), Juice Wrld (80), and Kendrick Lamar (75).

Most consecutive weeks on Hot 100

Number of weeks	Artist	First song of streak and first week	Final song of streak and final week
431	Drake	"Best I Ever Had" (May 23, 2009)	"Passionfruit" (August 19, 2017)
326	Lil Wayne	"Sweetest Girl" (September 29, 2007)	"Beware" (December 21, 2013)
216	Rihanna	"Run This Town" (August 15, 2009)	"Stay" (September 28, 2013)
207	Nicki Minaj	"Knockout" (February 20, 2010)	"Love More" (February 1, 2014)
200	Post Malone	"Congratulations" (January 21, 2017)	"Circles" (November 7, 2020)
188	Drake	"God's Plan" (February 3, 2018)	"Betrayal" (September 4, 2021)
177	Lil Baby	"Baby" (August 3, 2019)	"Heyy" (December 17, 2022)
166	Future	"Fuck Up Some Commas" (April 18, 2015)	"King's Dead" (June 9, 2018)
161	Chris Brown	"Fine China" (April 20, 2013)	"Back to Sleep" (May 14, 2016)
159	Jay-Z	"Jigga My Nigga" (June 26, 1999)	"Guess Who's Back" (July 6, 2002)
154	Halsey	"Bad at Love" (September 23, 2017)	"Life's a Mess" (August 22, 2020)
153	Khalid	"Location" (January 28, 2017)	"Beautiful People" (December 21, 2019)
152	Nelly	"Country Grammar" (April 29, 2000)	"Air Force Ones" (March 22, 2003)
150	Justin Bieber	"Where Are Ü Now" (March 14, 2015)	"Despacito" (January 20, 2018)
148	Dua Lipa	"Don't Start Now" (November 16, 2019)	"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (September 10, 2022)
142	Chris Brown	"Deuces" (July 17, 2010)	"Don't Judge Me" (March 30, 2013)
141	Kenny Chesney	"A Lot of Things Different" (November 30, 2002)	"Keg in the Closet" (August 6, 2005)

• After his 188-week streak spanning from February 3, 2018–September 4, 2021, Drake was only off the Hot 100 for a single week before beginning a new streak of 32 weeks, stretching between the debut of 21 songs from Certified Lover Boy on September 18, 2021 up until April 30, 2022, when "P Power" spent its final week on the chart. Had he remained on the Hot 100 for that single week, he would have logged 221 consecutive weeks on the chart, making it the 3rd longest streak of all time.

• Prior to her 154-week streak spanning from September 23, 2017–August 22, 2020, Halsey produced a 55-week streak stretching between the debut of "Closer" on August 20, 2016 up until September 9, 2017, when "Now or Never" spent its final week on the chart. Halsey was only off the Hot 100 for a single week before beginning her new streak on September 23, 2017. Had she remained on the Hot 100 for that single week, she would have logged 210 consecutive weeks on the chart, making it the 4th longest streak of all time.

• After his 142-week streak spanning from July 17, 2010–March 30, 2013, Chris Brown was only off the Hot 100 for two weeks before beginning a new streak of 161 weeks spanning from April 20, 2013–May 14, 2016. Had he remained on the Hot 100 for those two weeks, he would have logged 305 consecutive weeks on the chart, making it the 3rd longest streak of all time.

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Self-replacement at number one

• The Beatles^† – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" → "She Loves You" (March 21, 1964); "She Loves You" → "Can't Buy Me Love" (April 4, 1964)
• Boyz II Men – "I'll Make Love to You" → "On Bended Knee" (December 3, 1994)
• Puff Daddy – "I'll Be Missing You" (Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112) → "Mo Money Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase) (August 30, 1997)
• Ja Rule – "Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti) → "Ain't It Funny" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule) (March 9, 2002)
• Nelly – "Hot in Herre" → "Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland) (August 17, 2002)
• OutKast – "Hey Ya!" → "The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown) (February 14, 2004)
• Usher – "Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) → "Burn" (May 22, 2004); "Burn" → "Confessions Part II" (July 24, 2004)
• T.I. – "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna) (October 18, 2008); "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (November 15, 2008)
• The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" → "I Gotta Feeling" (July 11, 2009)
• Taylor Swift^‡ – "Shake It Off" → "Blank Space" (November 29, 2014); "Cruel Summer" → "Is It Over Now?" (November 11, 2023); "Is It Over Now?" → "Cruel Summer" (November 18, 2023)
• The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face" → "The Hills" (October 3, 2015)
• Justin Bieber – "Sorry" → "Love Yourself" (February 13, 2016); "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) → "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (May 27, 2017)
• Drake – "God's Plan" → "Nice for What" (April 21, 2018); "Nice for What" → "In My Feelings" (July 21, 2018)
• BTS^‡ – "Butter" → "Permission to Dance" (July 24, 2021); "Permission to Dance" → "Butter" (July 31, 2021)

† – The Beatles are the only act in history to have three consecutive, self-replacing No. 1s.

‡ – BTS and Taylor Swift are the only acts in history to replace themselves at No. 1 two weeks in a row.

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Most top positions simultaneously occupied

Number	Artist	Date	Ref
14	Taylor Swift	May 4, 2024
10		November 5, 2022
5	The Beatles	April 4, 1964
	Drake	September 18, 2021
4	The Beatles	March 28, 1964
3		March 14, 1964
		March 21, 1964
		April 25, 1964
	Ariana Grande	February 23, 2019
	Drake	March 20, 2021
		October 21, 2023
	Taylor Swift	November 11, 2023

• Prior to 2000, only the Beatles, the Bee Gees and Puff Daddy had weeks where they simultaneously occupied the top two positions. The Beatles had also simultaneously occupied the top three, four and five positions during various weeks in early 1964. Since 2000, numerous recording acts have simultaneously occupied the top two, including Usher, Mariah Carey, the Black Eyed Peas, the Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Drake. On February 23, 2019, Ariana Grande became the first act since the Beatles and first solo artist to simultaneously occupy the top three.

Most simultaneous entries in the top 10

Number	Artist	Date	Ref
10	Taylor Swift	November 5, 2022
		May 4, 2024
9	Drake	September 18, 2021
8		November 19, 2022
	Taylor Swift	November 11, 2023
7	Drake	July 14, 2018
		October 21, 2023
	21 Savage	November 19, 2022
5	The Beatles	April 4, 1964
		April 11, 1964
	Juice Wrld	July 25, 2020
	Morgan Wallen	March 18, 2023
	Future	April 6, 2024
	Metro Boomin

• Only the Beatles and the Bee Gees managed at least three simultaneous top ten singles before the use of Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems to compile the Hot 100 in late 1991. The first to achieve three since then was Ashanti in March 2002.

Posthumous number-ones

• Otis Redding (d. December 10, 1967) – "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (March 16, 1968)
• Janis Joplin (d. October 4, 1970) – "Me and Bobby McGee" (March 20, 1971)
• Jim Croce (d. September 20, 1973) – "Time in a Bottle" (December 29, 1973)
• John Lennon (d. December 8, 1980) – "(Just Like) Starting Over" (December 27, 1980)
• The Notorious B.I.G. (d. March 9, 1997) – "Hypnotize" (May 3, 1997) and "Mo Money Mo Problems" (August 30, 1997)
• Soulja Slim (d. November 26, 2003) – "Slow Motion" (Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim) (August 7, 2004)
• Static Major (d. February 25, 2008) – "Lollipop" (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major) (May 3, 2008)
• XXXTentacion (d. June 18, 2018) – "Sad!" (June 30, 2018)

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Age records

• Brenda Lee (age 79 years, 26 days) is the oldest artist to top the Hot 100. She initially set the record with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on December 9, 2023, and reset the record with the song's additional weeks at number one, most recently on January 6, 2024. Lee recorded the song back in 1958, when she was 13, and would've been the youngest woman to top the Hot 100 had the song been number one back then.
• Louis Armstrong (age 62 years, 279 days) is the oldest male artist to top the Hot 100. He set that record with "Hello, Dolly!" on May 9, 1964.
• Michael Jackson (age 11 years, 155 days) is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100. He achieved the record, as part of the Jackson 5, with "I Want You Back" on January 31, 1970.
• Stevie Wonder (age 13 years, 89 days) is the youngest solo artist to top the Hot 100. He set the record with "Fingertips Pt. 2" on August 10, 1963.
• Little Peggy March (age 15 years, 50 days) is the youngest female artist to top the Hot 100. The song which established this record for her was "I Will Follow Him", which reached No. 1 on April 27, 1963.
• Olivia Rodrigo (age 17 years, 338 days) is the youngest solo artist to debut at number one on the Hot 100. She set the record with "Drivers License" on January 23, 2021.
• Justin Bieber (age 21 years, 202 days) is the youngest male solo artist to debut atop the Hot 100. He set the record with "What Do You Mean?" on September 19, 2015.
• Rihanna (age 23 years, 69 days) is the youngest artist to collect 10 chart-toppers on the Hot 100. She set the record with "S&M" on April 11, 2011.
• Marjorie Grande (under the name 'Nonna') (age 98 years, 163 days) is the oldest living artist to chart on the Hot 100. She was featured on her granddaughter Ariana Grande's song "Ordinary Things", which ranked at No. 55 on March 23, 2024. The previous record was held by Fred Stobaugh who was age 96 years, 23 days when he was featured on the Green Shoe Studio song "Oh Sweet Lorraine", which ranked at No. 42 on September 14, 2013.
• French-born Jordy Lemoine (age 5 years, 156 days) is the youngest artist to chart on the Hot 100. He established the record when his song "Dur dur d'être bébé! (It's Tough to Be a Baby)", where he is credited simply as Jordy, entered the chart on June 19, 1993.
• Rumi Carter (age 6 years, 305 days) is the youngest female artist to appear on the chart, featuring on her mother Beyoncé's song "Protector", which debuted at number 42 on the chart dated April 13, 2024. She broke the record previously held by her sister Blue Ivy Carter, who featured on "Brown Skin Girl" with Beyoncé, Saint Jhn, and WizKid. That song peaked at number 76 in 2019, when Blue Ivy was seven. (Notably, Blue Ivy is the youngest person ever to appear on any Billboard chart, featuring on "Glory" by her father Jay-Z, which was recorded and released two days after her birth. While the track debuted at number 74 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 23 on the US Rap Songs, it did not appear on the Hot 100.)

Gap records

• The longest gap between No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 for an artist is 63 years, 46 days by Brenda Lee. Her single "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" hit No. 1 on December 9, 2023, her first time on top since "I Want to Be Wanted" on October 24, 1960.
• Brenda Lee also holds the record span between first and most recent No. 1 on the Hot 100 over the longest period of time: 63 years, five months, two weeks, and five days dating to her first week at No. 1 on the chart dated July 18, 1960, with "I'm Sorry" to her most recent No. 1, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which was most recently at number one on the chart dated January 6, 2024.
• Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has the longest span from a song's first week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 to its latest: four years and nine days (Dec. 21, 2019–Dec. 30, 2023).
• The record for the longest wait from an artist's Hot 100 debut entry to its first No. 1 belongs to Santana, with 30 years between the time the band first cracked the Hot 100 with "Jingo" (October 25, 1969) and the first of 12 weeks at No. 1 with "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas (October 23, 1999).
• The record for most Hot 100 entries before a No. 1 is held by Future, whose feature on Drake's "Way 2 Sexy" alongside Young Thug scored him his first No. 1 single on his 126th chart entry.
• When "4th Dimension" by Kids See Ghosts featuring Louis Prima debuted at No. 42 for the week of June 23, 2018, Prima became the artist with the longest gap between appearances on the Hot 100 – 57 years, 130 days since his last previous charted single, "Wonderland by Night", which last appeared at No. 89 on the Hot 100, dated February 13, 1961.
• Bobby Helms holds the longest wait for an artist's first top 10: 60 years, four months and two weeks. His song "Dreams" debuted on the third Hot 100 ever (dated August 18, 1958), and "Jingle Bell Rock" reached the top 10 on the chart dated January 5, 2019.
• Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" holds the record for the longest trip to the Hot 100's top 10: 62 years and 26 days. It first appeared on the Hot 100 dated December 12, 1960 and reached the top 10 on the chart dated January 7, 2023 peaking at No. 7. Cole additionally holds the record for the longest break between Hot 100 top 10s, with a span of 59 years, six months, and one week. His single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" reached No. 6 in June 1963, and his return to the top 10 with "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" reached No. 9 on the chart dated January 7, 2023.
• Taylor Swift holds the record for the longest span of No. 1 debuts with nine years, seven months, and 27 days. She surpassed Lady Gaga, who held the record previously with nine years, three months, and one week.
• BTS holds the record for the shortest span to accumulate three No. 1 debuts, with four months and four days.

Album achievements

Most number-one singles from one album

Number of Singles	Artist	Album	Year
5	Michael Jackson	Bad	1987
	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	2010
4	Various artists	Saturday Night Fever	1977
	Whitney Houston	Whitney	1987
	George Michael	Faith
	Paula Abdul	Forever Your Girl	1988
	Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814	1989
	Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey	1990
	Usher	Confessions	2004

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• Saturday Night Fever generated number-one singles for two different artists: "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees; and "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman. "A Fifth Of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy, "You Should Be Dancing" and "Jive Talkin'" by the Bee Gees also appear on the album and had previously reached No. 1.
• Katy Perry's Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, a reissue of the Teenage Dream album, featured an additional number-one single, "Part of Me".
• Taylor Swift's 1989 produced three number-one singles ("Shake it Off," "Blank Space," and "Bad Blood" with Kendrick Lamar) while the re-recorded reissue, 1989 (Taylor's Version), produced an additional number-one ("Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)").

Most top ten songs from one album

Number of singles	Artist	Album	Year
10	Taylor Swift	Midnights	2022
		The Tortured Poets Department	2024
9	Drake	Certified Lover Boy	2021
8	Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss	2022
7	Michael Jackson†	Thriller	1982
	Bruce Springsteen†	Born in the U.S.A.	1984
	Janet Jackson†	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814	1989
	Drake	Scorpion	2018
		For All the Dogs	2023
	Taylor Swift	1989 (Taylor's Version)
6	Michael Jackson	Bad	1987
	George Michael	Faith
	Janet Jackson	Janet.	1993
	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	2010
	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die	2020
	Morgan Wallen	One Thing at a Time	2023

† – Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, and Janet Jackson jointly hold the record for most top 10 officially-released singles from one album with seven (from Thriller, Born in the U.S.A., and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, respectively).

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Other album achievements

• Janet Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 has the most top 5 singles, with 7.
• Drake and Taylor Swift both have the most albums with five or more Top 10 hits. Those albums are, for Drake, Scorpion, Certified Lover Boy, Her Loss, and For All the Dogs, and for Swift, 1989, Midnights, 1989 (Taylor's Version), and The Tortured Poets Department. Swift's album Fearless additionally has five top 10 hits if its deluxe reissue is included. Janet Jackson is in third place, with Control, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, and Janet.
• Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time placed all 36 of its songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of March 18, 2023, with 27 debuts joining nine previously charting songs. Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department placed all 31 of its songs simultaneously on the Hot 100 on the week of May 4, 2024 (alongside 1 previously charting song from Lover), the record among female artists.
• Taylor Swift's Midnights became the first album to have 10 of its tracks occupy the entire top 10, as well as having 10 track debuts in the top 10 on the November 5, 2022 chart, eclipsing Drake's Certified Lover Boy, which saw 9 of its tracks debut in the top 10 and occupy 9 of the top 10 slots on the chart on the September 18, 2021 chart.
• Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department became the first album to have more than 10 consecutive tracks at the top of the Hot 100 when it debuted occupying the top 14 spots on May 4, 2024.

NOTE: Numbers listed here are, per Billboard's rules, over one release.

Producer achievements

Producers with the most number-one singles

Number of singles	Producer(s)	Best known producing for	Biggest number-one hit and date
25	Max Martin	Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights" (November 29, 2019)
23	George Martin	The Beatles	"Hey Jude" (September 28, 1968)
18	Dr. Luke	Katy Perry, Kesha	"Tik Tok" (January 2, 2010)
16	Steve Sholes†	Elvis Presley	"Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" (August 18, 1956)
	Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis	Janet Jackson	"Miss You Much" (October 7, 1989)
15	Mariah Carey	Herself	"We Belong Together" (June 4, 2005)
14	Barry Gibb	Bee Gees, Andy Gibb	"How Deep Is Your Love" (December 24, 1977)

† – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100

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Songwriter achievements

Songwriters with the most number-one singles

Number of singles	Songwriter	Best known for collaborating with	Biggest number-one hit and date
32	Paul McCartney	The Beatles	"Hey Jude" (September 28, 1968)
27	Max Martin	Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights" (April 4, 2020)
26	John Lennon	The Beatles	"Hey Jude" (September 28, 1968)
18	Mariah Carey	Herself	"We Belong Together" (June 4, 2005)
	Dr. Luke	Katy Perry, Kesha	"Tik Tok" (January 2, 2010)
16	Barry Gibb	Bee Gees, Andy Gibb	"How Deep Is Your Love" (December 24, 1977)

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Most number-one singles in a calendar year

Number of singles	Songwriter(s)	Year	Number-one hits (in chronological order)
7	John Lennon Paul McCartney	1964	The Beatles – "I Want to Hold Your Hand"†, "She Loves You"†, "Can't Buy Me Love"†, "Love Me Do" Peter and Gordon – "A World Without Love" The Beatles – "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine"†††
	Barry Gibb††	1978	Bee Gees – "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive"† Andy Gibb – "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"† Bee Gees – "Night Fever"† Yvonne Elliman – "If I Can't Have You"† Andy Gibb – "Shadow Dancing" Frankie Valli – "Grease"
5	Lamont Dozier Brian Holland Eddie Holland	1965	The Supremes – "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Back in My Arms Again"† Four Tops – "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"† The Supremes – "I Hear a Symphony"
	John Lennon††† Paul McCartney†††	1965	The Beatles – "I Feel Fine", "Eight Days a Week", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Yesterday"†††
	Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb	1978	Bee Gees – "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever"† Yvonne Elliman – "If I Can't Have You"† Andy Gibb – "Shadow Dancing"

† – Chronologically sequential, replacing each other at No. 1 †† – Holds all-time record of writing the most consecutively charted (self-replacing) No. 1 songs on the Hot 100, with 4. ††† – Hold all-time record of writing the most consecutive No. 1 A-side singles, with 6. Record includes these five 1965 A-sides and "We Can Work It Out", which hit No. 1 in January 1966.

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Selected additional Hot 100 achievements

• The first No. 1 song on the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson (August 4, 1958).
• The shortest No. 1 song of all time is "Stay" by Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs (November 21, 1960). It is 1 minute and 38 seconds long.
• The longest No. 1 song of all time is "All Too Well (Ten Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" by Taylor Swift (November 27, 2021). It is 10 minutes and 13 seconds long.
• The No. 1 song with the longest title contains 41 words and topped the charts for Stars on 45 in June 1981. Though DJs announced it as the Stars on 45 Medley, its official title is "Medley: Intro 'Venus' / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45."
• The No. 1 song in the first week Billboard incorporated sales and airplay data from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems was "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn (November 30, 1991).
• On September 2, 1995, "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson became the first song to debut at No. 1. The most number-one debuts in one calendar year is 12 in 2020. A total of 81 number-one debuts have occurred through the chart dated November 2, 2024.
• The No. 1 song in the first week Billboard allowed songs without a commercial single release to chart on the Hot 100 was "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly and Céline Dion (December 5, 1998). Though the song was making its first appearance on the Hot 100 that week, Billboard did not consider it a debut at No. 1, since it appeared on unpublished test charts prior to the allowance of airplay-only songs on the main chart. "I'm Your Angel" also entered the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart that week at No. 1, so it would have been ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 before then.
• The first "airplay-only" song to reach No. 1 (no points from a commercial single release) was "Try Again" by Aaliyah (June 17, 2000).
• "We Don't Talk About Bruno", by Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, and the cast of Encanto, set the record for the most credited artists on a No. 1 song (February 5, 2022).
• Morgan Wallen holds the record for the most entries in the Hot 100 during a one-week period, with 36 on the March 18, 2023 chart.
• The Beatles are the only artists to simultaneously hold the top 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and Billboard 200 albums chart. They achieved this feat for nine consecutive weeks, from February 29, 1964, to April 25, 1964. For the first five weeks of that run, through March 28, 1964, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" were the No. 1 and No. 2 singles (which swapped positions during March 1964), while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles held the top 2 spots on the albums charts. For the remaining weeks of the run, "Can't Buy Me Love" and their cover of "Twist and Shout" were the No. 1 and No. 2 singles, while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles continued their reign as the top 2 albums.
• Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Drake, and Taylor Swift hold the record of writing all of the top-three singles for one week. The Gibbs co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 18, 1978 – No. 1 "Night Fever" and No. 2 "Stayin' Alive" for the Bee Gees, and No. 3 "Emotion" for Samantha Sang. Lennon and McCartney co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 14, 1964 – No. 1 "I Want to Hold Your Hand", No. 2 "She Loves You", and No. 3 "Please Please Me", all for The Beatles. They continued this record the following week of March 21, 1964, when "She Loves You" switched places with "I Want to Hold Your Hand". Grande wrote the top 3 singles for the week of February 23, 2019 – No. 1 "7 Rings", No. 2 "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", and No. 3 "Thank U, Next", all for herself. Drake wrote the top 3 singles for the weeks of March 20, 2021 and October 21, 2023, and the top 5 singles for the week of September 18, 2021, all times all for himself. Swift wrote the entire top 10 songs for the weeks of November 5, 2022, and May 4, 2024, and the top 3 on the week of November 11, 2023.
• Justin Bieber is the first artist in history to achieve new No. 1 songs in consecutive weeks on the Hot 100. On the chart dated May 27, 2017, Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" dethroned DJ Khaled's "I'm the One" which debuted at No. 1 a week prior, both songs on which he is a featured artist.
• The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest uninterrupted time at No. 1 on the Hot 100, a total of 26 consecutive weeks from April to October 2009. "Boom Boom Pow" spent the first 12 weeks on top, with "I Gotta Feeling" taking over for the remaining 14 weeks.
• On December 4, 2010, Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" reached the top spot two weeks after "What's My Name?", becoming the first time in Hot 100 history that an album's lead single hit No. 1 after the second single did.
• On the chart dated January 28, 2017, Ed Sheeran became the first artist to debut more than one song in the top 10 for the same week: "Shape of You" debuted at No. 1, while "Castle on the Hill" entered at No. 6.
• Justin Bieber became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Hot 100, following the release of his debut seven-track EP My World on December 5, 2009.
• Drake is the first artist to have a number-one debut replace another number-one debut. He did this April 21, 2018, when "Nice For What" replaced "God's Plan" at the summit, after the latter had spent eleven weeks on top.
• Ariana Grande is the only artist to have the lead single from each of her first seven albums debut in the Hot 100's top 10.
• Ariana Grande is the first artist whose first five number-one songs all debuted in the top spot. She achieved this with the songs "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Stuck With U", "Rain On Me", and "Positions" from 2018 to 2020.
• Ariana Grande became the fastest artist to accumulate two number-one debut songs; “Stuck With U", on May 23, 2020, and Rain on Me", two weeks later, on June 6, 2020.
• André 3000's "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a 'Rap' Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time" is the longest song to chart on the Hot 100, at 12:20.
• Creedence Clearwater Revival is the artist with the most songs to peak at No. 2 without achieving a No. 1 hit, with five ("Proud Mary", "Bad Moon Rising", "Green River", "Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain", "Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light").
• Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears is the album with the most songs to peak at No. 2 without a No. 1 hit, with three ("You've Made Me So Very Happy", "Spinning Wheel", "And When I Die").
• Ariana Grande became the first artist in chart history to have four and five songs debuting at number one, respectively.
• Taylor Swift is the first act to simultaneously debut two songs in the top-four and three songs in the top-six of the chart. She achieved it when "Cardigan", "The 1" and "Exile", debuted at numbers one, four and six, respectively, on the chart dated August 8, 2020.
• Ariana Grande is the first artist in history to debut three songs at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in a single calendar year. "Stuck With U", "Rain On Me", and "Positions" all debuted at number one in 2020.
• Taylor Swift is the first act in history to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 charts. She achieved it when her eighth studio album, Folklore, debuted atop the Billboard 200 in the same week as its lead single "Cardigan" debuted atop the Hot 100, on the charts dated August 8, 2020. She is also the first act in history to achieve the said record a total of six times. Her second time was with her ninth studio album, Evermore, and its lead single "Willow" (December 26, 2020); the third with Red (Taylor's Version) and "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" (November 27, 2021); the fourth with Midnights and its lead single, "Anti-Hero" (November 5, 2022); the fifth with 1989 (Taylor's Version) and "Is It Over Now?" (November 11, 2023); and the sixth with The Tortured Poets Department and "Fortnight".
• The Weeknd's 2019 song "Blinding Lights" holds the record for the highest re-entry in the charts history, after falling off the chart dated January 2, 2021 and re-entering the top ten at number 3 the following week.
• The chart dated March 20, 2021, marked the first time that the top four songs were all simultaneous debuts on the Hot 100. It was also the first time that the top three were all simultaneous debuts, with Drake carrying those three songs ("What's Next", "Wants and Needs" and "Lemon Pepper Freestyle") to become the first artist to debut in positions one, two and three on the same chart. (Debuting at number four was "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic).
• "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande marked the first all-female collaboration to debut atop the chart.
• Olivia Rodrigo is the first artist in history to debut their first two and first three singles inside the top 10 of the Hot 100. She achieved it with "Drivers License", "Deja Vu", and "Good 4 U".
• Sour (2021) by Olivia Rodrigo is the first debut album in history to score two number-one debuts on the Hot 100, doing so with "Drivers License" and "Good 4 U".
• The chart dated May 29, 2021, marked the first time five songs simultaneously debuted inside the top 10 of the Hot 100. It was achieved by Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U", J. Cole's "My Life", "Amari", "Pride is the Devil" and "95 South", which debuted at numbers 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8, respectively.
• On March 11, 2023, Ariana Grande's collaboration remix of The Weeknd's "Die for You" gave her the record for the most number one duets with four total.
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey became the first song ever to have six separate runs at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
• "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen became the first song to have peaked at No. 1 during 6 consecutive months.
• On the chart dated November 5, 2022, Taylor Swift became the first act to simultaneously occupy all of the top-10 positions, doing so with tracks from her tenth studio album Midnights. Male artists were absent from the top 10 for the first time ever; Swift and Lana Del Rey were the only artists present in the region. It also marked the fewest artists present in the top 10 (two).
• The Beatles and Taylor Swift are the only two acts to simultaneously chart top 10s from three of their own albums. The Beatles achieved this first on the chart dated February 29, 1964, with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Meet the Beatles!) at No. 1, "She Loves You" (The Beatles' Second Album) at No. 2, and "Please Please Me" (Introducing... The Beatles) at No. 6. Swift tied the total on the chart dated July 22, 2023, also becoming the first female artist to do so, charting "I Can See You (Taylor's Version)" (Speak Now (Taylor's Version)) at No. 5, "Cruel Summer" (Lover) at No. 9, and "Karma" (featuring Ice Spice) (Midnights) at No. 10.
• Olivia Rodrigo is the first artist to debut all songs from two-career opening albums in the Hot 100's Top 40. She achieved this when all 12 songs from her sophomore album, Guts, debuted in the top 40 in 2023 after all 11 songs from her debut album, Sour, debuted in the top 40 in 2021. All songs from Guts were in the top 40 on September 23, 2023.
• Taylor Swift has the record for the most songs charting in the top 40, with 26 songs in the region on May 4, 2024, following the release of The Tortured Poets Department. Drake was also the previous record holder, charting 22 songs in the region on October 21, 2023, following the release of For All the Dogs, and 21 songs in the top 40 twice prior, on July 14, 2018, following the release of Scorpion and on September 18, 2021, following the release of Certified Lover Boy.
• Taylor Swift holds the record for most entries ever in a calendar year by a solo artist with 54 in 2023.
• "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee share the record for most weeks at No. 2 before ascending to No. 1, with nine weeks each.

See also

• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
• Christopher G. Feldman, The Billboard Book of No. 2 Singles (ISBN 0-8230-7695-4)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2008 (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.