The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In the 2000s, each chart's "week ending" date was the Saturday of the following two weeks. The data were compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical (CD, vinyl and cassette) and digital sales, airplay, and streaming. Only songs released as physical singles were counted prior to 1998, when Billboard magazine allowed airplay-only singles to chart.[1] While Nielsen had begun tracking digital sales since 2003 for the component chart Digital Songs, it was not until the chart dated February 12, 2005, that digital performance was officially recognized as a performance indicator on the Hot 100, in the wake of decreasing traditional physical sales.[2] On August 4, 2007, Billboard added online streaming to its methodology.[3]
Throughout the decade, a total of 129 singles claimed the top spot of the Hot 100. While Santana's "Smooth" featuring Rob Thomas topped the chart in the first two weeks of 2000, it was not counted as a number-one single of the 2000s decade by Billboard because it had topped the chart in October 1999, and thus was counted as a number-one single of the 1990s decade only. Overall, the decade saw the dominance of hip hop and R&B releases with dance beats and pop crossover, replacing the 1990s' trend of sentimental ballads.[4] While the first half of the 2000s saw the continued relevance of physical sales, the second half welcomed the dominance of digital sales performance thanks to advancements of the internet, through which music was widely distributed.[5]
Note: The best-performing singles on the Billboard Hot 100 of 2000 and 2001 were Faith Hill's "Breathe" and Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment", respectively. Both of the singles peaked at number two, and thus are not included here.[6] [7]
| Issue date | Artist(s) | Single | Weeks at | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| 851 | January 15, 2000 | Christina Aguilera | "What a Girl Wants" | 2 | ||
| 852 | January 29, 2000 | Savage Garden | "I Knew I Loved You" | 4 | ||
| 853 | February 19, 2000 | Mariah Carey featuring Joe and 98 Degrees | "Thank God I Found You" | 1 | ||
| 854 | March 4, 2000 | Lonestar | "Amazed" | 2 | ||
| 855 | March 18, 2000 | Destiny's Child | "Say My Name" | 3 | ||
| 856 | April 8, 2000 | Santana featuring The Product G&B | "Maria Maria" | 10 | ||
| 857 | June 17, 2000 | Aaliyah | "Try Again" | 1 | ||
| 858 | June 24, 2000 | Enrique Iglesias | "Be With You" | 3 | ||
| 859 | July 15, 2000 | Vertical Horizon | "Everything You Want" | 1 | ||
| 860 | July 22, 2000 | Matchbox Twenty | "Bent" | 1 | ||
| 861 | July 29, 2000 | NSYNC | "It's Gonna Be Me" | 2 | ||
| 862 | August 12, 2000 | "Incomplete" | 2 | |||
| 863 | August 26, 2000 | Janet | "Doesn't Really Matter" | 3 | ||
| 864 | September 16, 2000 | "Music" | 4 | |||
| 865 | October 14, 2000 | Christina Aguilera | "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" | 4 | ||
| 866 | November 11, 2000 | "With Arms Wide Open" | 1 | |||
| 867 | November 18, 2000 | Destiny's Child | "Independent Women" | 11 | ||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 868 | February 3, 2001 | Shaggy featuring Ricardo 'Rikrok' Ducent | "It Wasn't Me" | 2 | ||
| 869 | February 17, 2001 | Outkast | "Ms. Jackson" | 1 | ||
| 870 | February 24, 2001 | "Stutter" | 4 | |||
| 871 | March 24, 2001 | Crazy Town | "Butterfly" | 2 | ||
| 872 | March 31, 2001 | Shaggy featuring Rayvon | "Angel" | 1 | ||
| 873 | April 14, 2001 | Janet | "All For You" | 7 | ||
| 874 | June 2, 2001 | Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink | "Lady Marmalade" | 5 | ||
| 875 | July 7, 2001 | Usher | "U Remind Me" | 4 | ||
| 876 | August 4, 2001 | Destiny's Child | "Bootylicious" | 2 | ||
| 877 | August 18, 2001 | Alicia Keys | "Fallin'" | 6 | ||
| 878 | September 8, 2001 | Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule | "I'm Real" | 5 | ||
| 879 | November 3, 2001 | Mary J. Blige | "Family Affair" | 6 | ||
| 880 | December 15, 2001 | Usher | "U Got It Bad" | 6 | ||
| 881 | December 22, 2001 | "How You Remind Me"♪ | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" | 4 | ||
| 2002 | ||||||
| 882 | February 23, 2002 | Ja Rule featuring Ashanti | "Always on Time" | 2 | ||
| 883 | March 9, 2002 | Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule | "Ain't It Funny" | 6 | ||
| 884 | April 20, 2002 | Ashanti | "Foolish" | 10 | ||
| 885 | June 29, 2002 | Nelly | "Hot in Herre" | 7 | ||
| 886 | August 17, 2002 | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland | "Dilemma" | 10 | ||
| 887 | October 5, 2002 | "A Moment Like This" | 2 | |||
| 888 | November 9, 2002 | "Lose Yourself" | 12 | |||
| 2003 | ||||||
| 889 | February 1, 2003 | B2K featuring P. Diddy | "Bump, Bump, Bump" | 1 | ||
| 890 | February 8, 2003 | Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J | "All I Have" | 4 | ||
| 891 | March 8, 2003 | 50 Cent | "In da Club"♪ | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" | 9 | |
| 892 | May 10, 2003 | Sean Paul | "Get Busy" | 3 | ||
| 893 | May 31, 2003 | 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg | "21 Questions" | 4 | ||
| 894 | June 28, 2003 | Clay Aiken | "This Is the Night" | 2 | ||
| 895 | July 12, 2003 | Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z | "Crazy in Love" | 8 | ||
| 896 | September 6, 2003 | Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee | "Shake Ya Tailfeather" | 4 | ||
| 897 | October 4, 2003 | Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul | "Baby Boy" | 9 | ||
| 898 | December 6, 2003 | Ludacris featuring Shawnna | "Stand Up" | 1 | ||
| 899 | December 13, 2003 | Outkast | "Hey Ya!" | 9 | ||
| 2004 | ||||||
| 900 | February 14, 2004 | Outkast featuring Sleepy Brown | "The Way You Move" | 1 | ||
| 901 | February 21, 2004 | Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx | "Slow Jamz" | 1 | ||
| 902 | February 28, 2004 | Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris | "Yeah!"♪ | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" | 12 | |
| 903 | May 22, 2004 | Usher | "Burn" | 8 | ||
| 904 | July 10, 2004 | Fantasia | "I Believe" | 1 | ||
| 905 | July 24, 2004 | Usher | "Confessions Part II" | 2 | ||
| 906 | August 7, 2004 | Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim | "Slow Motion" | 2 | ||
| 907 | August 21, 2004 | Terror Squad | "Lean Back" | 3 | ||
| 908 | September 11, 2004 | Ciara featuring Petey Pablo | "Goodies" | 7 | ||
| 909 | October 30, 2004 | Usher and Alicia Keys | "My Boo" | 6 | ||
| 910 | December 11, 2004 | Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell | "Drop It Like It's Hot" | 3 | ||
| 2005 | ||||||
| 911 | January 1, 2005 | Mario | "Let Me Love You" | 9 | ||
| 912 | March 5, 2005 | 50 Cent featuring Olivia | "Candy Shop" | 9 | ||
| 913 | May 7, 2005 | "Hollaback Girl" | 4 | |||
| 914 | June 4, 2005 | "We Belong Together"♪ | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" | 14 | ||
| 915 | July 2, 2005 | Carrie Underwood | "Inside Your Heaven" | 1 | ||
| 916 | September 17, 2005 | Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx | "Gold Digger" | 10 | ||
| 917 | November 26, 2005 | "Run It!" | 5 | |||
| 918 | December 31, 2005 | Mariah Carey | "Don't Forget About Us" | 2 | ||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 919 | January 14, 2006 | D4L | "Laffy Taffy" | 1 | ||
| 920 | January 21, 2006 | Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp | "Grillz" | 2 | ||
| 921 | February 4, 2006 | Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug | "Check on It" | 5 | ||
| 922 | March 11, 2006 | James Blunt | "You're Beautiful" | 1 | ||
| 923 | March 18, 2006 | "So Sick" | 2 | |||
| 924 | April 1, 2006 | Sean Paul | "Temperature" | 1 | ||
| 925 | April 8, 2006 | "Bad Day"♪ | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" | 5 | ||
| 926 | May 13, 2006 | "SOS" | 3 | |||
| 927 | June 3, 2006 | Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone | "Ridin'" | 2 | ||
| 928 | June 17, 2006 | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | "Hips Don't Lie" | 2 | ||
| 929 | July 1, 2006 | Taylor Hicks | "Do I Make You Proud" | 1 | ||
| 930 | July 8, 2006 | Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland | "Promiscuous" | 6 | ||
| 931 | August 19, 2006 | Fergie | "London Bridge" | 3 | ||
| 932 | September 9, 2006 | Justin Timberlake | "SexyBack" | 7 | ||
| 933 | October 28, 2006 | Ludacris featuring Pharrell | "Money Maker" | 2 | ||
| 934 | November 11, 2006 | Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. | "My Love" | 3 | ||
| 935 | December 2, 2006 | Akon featuring Snoop Dogg | "I Wanna Love You" | 2 | ||
| 936 | December 16, 2006 | Beyoncé | "Irreplaceable"♪ | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" | 10 | |
| 2007 | ||||||
| 937 | February 24, 2007 | Nelly Furtado | "Say It Right" | 1 | ||
| 938 | March 3, 2007 | Justin Timberlake | "What Goes Around... Comes Around" | 1 | ||
| 939 | March 10, 2007 | Mims | "This Is Why I'm Hot" | 2 | ||
| 940 | March 24, 2007 | Fergie featuring Ludacris | "Glamorous" | 2 | ||
| 941 | April 7, 2007 | Akon | "Don't Matter" | 2 | ||
| 942 | April 21, 2007 | Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake | "Give It To Me" | 2 | ||
| 943 | May 5, 2007 | Avril Lavigne | "Girlfriend" | 1 | ||
| 944 | May 12, 2007 | "Makes Me Wonder" | 3 | |||
| 945 | May 26, 2007 | T-Pain featuring Yung Joc | "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" | 1 | ||
| 946 | June 9, 2007 | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | "Umbrella" | 7 | ||
| 947 | July 28, 2007 | Plain White T's | "Hey There Delilah" | 2 | ||
| 948 | August 11, 2007 | Sean Kingston | "Beautiful Girls" | 4 | ||
| 949 | September 8, 2007 | Fergie | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | 1 | ||
| 950 | September 15, 2007 | Soulja Boy | "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" | 7 | ||
| 951 | September 29, 2007 | Kanye West | "Stronger" | 1 | ||
| 952 | November 10, 2007 | Chris Brown featuring T-Pain | "Kiss Kiss" | 3 | ||
| 953 | December 1, 2007 | Alicia Keys | "No One" | 5 | ||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 954 | January 5, 2008 | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | "Low"♪ | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" | 10 | |
| 955 | March 15, 2008 | Usher featuring Young Jeezy | "Love in This Club" | 3 | ||
| 956 | April 5, 2008 | Leona Lewis | "Bleeding Love" | 4 | ||
| 957 | April 12, 2008 | Mariah Carey | "Touch My Body" | 2 | ||
| 958 | May 3, 2008 | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major | "Lollipop" | 5 | ||
| 959 | May 24, 2008 | Rihanna | "Take a Bow" | 1 | ||
| 960 | June 28, 2008 | "Viva la Vida" | 1 | |||
| 961 | July 5, 2008 | "I Kissed a Girl" | 7 | |||
| 962 | August 23, 2008 | Rihanna | "Disturbia" | 2 | ||
| 963 | September 6, 2008 | T.I. | "Whatever You Like" | 7 | ||
| 964 | September 27, 2008 | Pink | "So What" | 1 | ||
| 965 | October 18, 2008 | T.I. featuring Rihanna | "Live Your Life" | 6 | ||
| 966 | October 25, 2008 | "Womanizer" | 1 | |||
| 967 | December 13, 2008 | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" | 4 | |||
| 2009 | ||||||
| 968 | January 17, 2009 | Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis | "Just Dance" | 3 | ||
| 969 | February 7, 2009 | Kelly Clarkson | "My Life Would Suck Without You" | 2 | ||
| 970 | February 21, 2009 | Eminem featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent | "Crack a Bottle" | 1 | ||
| 971 | February 28, 2009 | Flo Rida | "Right Round" | 6 | ||
| 972 | April 11, 2009 | Lady Gaga | "Poker Face" | 1 | ||
| 973 | April 18, 2009 | "Boom Boom Pow"♪ | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" | 12 | ||
| 974 | July 11, 2009 | The Black Eyed Peas | "I Gotta Feeling" | 14 | ||
| 975 | October 17, 2009 | Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne | "Down" | 2 | ||
| 976 | October 24, 2009 | Britney Spears | "3" | 1 | ||
| 977 | November 7, 2009 | "Fireflies" | 2 | |||
| 978 | November 14, 2009 | Jason Derulo | "Whatcha Say" | 1 | ||
| 979 | November 28, 2009 | Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys | "Empire State of Mind" | 5 | ||
The following artists spent the most weeks at number one on the chart during the 2000s. A number of artists claimed number-one positions as either the lead artist or a featured artist. Rihanna's "Umbrella" featuring Jay-Z, for example, was counted for both artists because they are both credited on the single. This also applies to the subsequent statistics.
| Artist | Weeks at |
|---|---|
| Usher | 41 |
| Beyoncé | 36 |
| The Black Eyed Peas | 26 |
| Nelly | 23 |
| 50 Cent | 23 |
| Alicia Keys | 22 |
| Jay-Z | 20 |
| Mariah Carey | 19 |
| Rihanna | 19 |
While some artists appeared at number one as a solo artist and a member of a group, they were only counted as a solo artist. Justin Timberlake, for example, claimed the top spot with four singles credited as a solo singer and one single as part of 'N Sync, but was only counted separately from 'N Sync.
| Artist | of entries | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Usher | 7 | |
| Beyoncé | 5 | |
| Rihanna | ||
| 50 Cent | 4 | |
| Mariah Carey | ||
| Alicia Keys | ||
| Ludacris | ||
| Nelly | ||
| Justin Timberlake | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | |
| Destiny's Child | ||
| Fergie | ||
| Nelly Furtado | ||
| Jay-Z | ||
| Jennifer Lopez | ||
| Outkast | ||
| Sean Paul | ||
| Ja Rule | ||
| T-Pain | ||
| T.I. | ||
| Kanye West | ||
| Weeks at number one | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | "We Belong Together" | Mariah Carey |
| "I Gotta Feeling" | The Black Eyed Peas | |
| 12 | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem |
| "Yeah!" | Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris | |
| "Boom Boom Pow" | The Black Eyed Peas | |
| 11 | "Independent Women" | Destiny's Child |
| 10 | "Maria Maria" | Santana featuring The Product G&B |
| "Foolish" | Ashanti | |
| "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland | |
| "Gold Digger" | Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx | |
| "Irreplaceable" | Beyoncé | |
| "Low" | Flo Rida & T-Pain | |