List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2020 explained

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by MRC Data, is based collectively on each song's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as the amount of airplay received on American radio stations and streaming on online digital music outlets.

During 2020, twenty singles reached number-one on the Hot 100, making 2020 the year with the most number-one hits on the Hot 100 since 1991, which had twenty-seven. In addition, two other number-one singles in 2020, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey and "Circles" by Post Malone, had each previously hit number one in 2019. Twenty-five artists reached the top of the Hot 100 in 2020, with thirteen—Roddy Ricch, Kid Cudi, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, 6ix9ine, Harry Styles, BTS, M.I.A., Jawsh 685, 24kGoldn, and Iann Dior—achieving their first number-one single. Ariana Grande and BTS scored three number ones each. Ricch's "The Box" was the longest-running number-one of the year, leading the chart for eleven weeks, whereas the Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" was the year's best performing song on the chart, topping the Billboard Year-End Hot 100.

For the first time since 1990, six different songs topped the Hot 100 in six consecutive weeks, namely "The Scotts" by The Scotts (Travis Scott and Kid Cudi), "Say So" by Doja Cat featuring Minaj, "Stuck with U" by Grande and Justin Bieber, "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé, "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Grande, and "Rockstar" by DaBaby featuring Ricch. Billboard highlighted this unusual amount of turnover for the number-one spot on the chart, and cited many reasons to this phenomenon—song remixes, organized fan buying/streaming activities and the release of numerous collectible physical copies (CDs and vinyls) and bundles by artists to encourage their fans to purchase multiple copies of a song. This made the Hot 100 chart "more of a first-week factor than usual", explaining the drop in sales units of a song after it peaked at the number-one spot.[1]

In July 2020, Billboard announced that the Hot 100 chart would "no longer allow" the sales of physical/digital bundles (physical singles that are clubbed with digital downloads) to be reported as digital sales, which is a "widespread" industry practice of not manufacturing and shipping the vinyls, CDs and other physical copies to consumers for weeks or months, but making the bundled digital download instantly redeemable, a tactic generally used by artists like Grande, Bieber and 6ix9ine to boost their chart positions; Billboard asserted that those physical singles would only be counted when they are shipped to the consumer, making the tactic "ineffectual".[2]

The year 2020 broke the record for the calendar year that spawned the most number-one debuts on the Hot 100, with twelve songs debuting atop the chart: Drake's "Toosie Slide", "The Scotts" by Scott and Cudi, "Stuck With U" by Grande and Bieber, "Rain On Me" by Gaga and Grande, "Trollz" by 6ix9ine and Minaj, Taylor Swift's "Cardigan", Cardi B's "WAP" featuring Megan Thee Stallion, BTS's "Dynamite", Scott's "Franchise" featuring Young Thug and M.I.A., Grande's "Positions", BTS's "Life Goes On", and Swift's "Willow", in that order. 2020 further marked the first calendar year in Hot 100 history to have more than one all-female collaboration reach the number-one spot, with four.

Chart history

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Indicates best-performing song of 2020[3]
width=40Issue dateSongArtist(s)
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1095January 4"All I Want for Christmas Is You"[4] [5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=centerreJanuary 11"Circles"Post Malone[6] [7]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=111096January 18"The Box"Roddy Ricch[8] [9]
January 25[10] [11]
February 1[12] [13]
February 8[14] [15]
February 15[16] [17]
February 22[18] [19]
February 29[20] [21]
March 7[22] [23]
March 14[24] [25]
March 21[26] [27]
March 28[28] [29]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=21097April 4bgcolor=FFFFBB rowspan=2 "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd[30] [31]
April 11[32] [33]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1098April 18"Toosie Slide"Drake[34] [35]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2reApril 25bgcolor=FFFFBB rowspan=2 "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd[36] [37]
May 2[38] [39]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1099May 9"The Scotts"The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi[40] [41]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1100May 16"Say So"Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj[42] [43]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1101May 23"Stuck with U"Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber[44] [45]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1102May 30"Savage"Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé[46] [47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1103June 6"Rain on Me"Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande[48] [49]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=21104June 13"Rockstar"DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch[50] [51]
June 20[52] [53]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1105June 27"Trollz"6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj[54] [55]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5reJuly 4"Rockstar"DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch[56] [57]
July 11[58] [59]
July 18[60] [61]
July 25[62] [63]
August 1[64] [65]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1106August 8"Cardigan"Taylor Swift[66] [67]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center1107August 15"Watermelon Sugar"Harry Styles[68] [69]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=21108August 22"WAP"Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion[70] [71] [72]
August 29[73] [74]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=21109September 5"Dynamite"BTS[75] [76]
September 12[77] [78]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center" rowspan=2reSeptember 19"WAP"Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion[79] [80]
September 26[81] [82]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center"reOctober 3"Dynamite"BTS[83] [84]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center"1110October 10"Franchise"Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.[85] [86]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center"1111October 17"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo and BTS[87] [88] [89]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center" rowspan=21112October 24"Mood"24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior[90] [91]
October 31[92] [93]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center"1113November 7"Positions"Ariana Grande[94] [95]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center" rowspan=3reNovember 14"Mood"24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior[96] [97]
November 21[98] [99]
November 28[100] [101]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center"1114December 5"Life Goes On"BTS[102] [103]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center"reDecember 12"Mood"24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior[104] [105]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center"reDecember 19"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey[106] [107]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align="center"1115December 26"Willow"Taylor Swift[108] [109]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1
1Roddy Ricch18
2DaBaby7
324kGoldn6
Iann Dior
5Megan Thee Stallion5
BTS
7The Weeknd4
Cardi B
9Ariana Grande3
10Mariah Carey2
Travis Scott
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
14Post Malone1
Drake
Kid Cudi
Doja Cat
Justin Bieber
Beyoncé
Lady Gaga
6ix9ine
Harry Styles
Young Thug
M.I.A.
Jawsh 685
Jason Derulo

See also

Notes and References

  1. Unterberger. Andrew. Ginsberg. Gab. 2020-06-17. Why Six No. 1s in Six Weeks on the Hot 100?. 2020-06-19. Billboard.
  2. Eggertsen. Chris. 2020-07-13. Billboard Announces New Chart Rules: No More Merch & Ticket Bundles. 2020-07-13. Billboard. subscription.
  3. Year-End Charts, Hot 100 Songs. 2020. Billboard. December 3, 2020.
  4. Web site: January 4, 2020. .
  5. Mariah Carey Becomes First Artist at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 in Four Decades, Thanks to 'All I Want for Christmas'. Billboard. Trust. Gary. December 30, 2019. December 31, 2019. January 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102011917/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8547157/mariah-carey-number-one-hot-100-four-decades-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you. dead.
  6. Web site: January 11, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  7. Post Malone 'Circles' Back to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Maroon 5 & Roddy Ricch Reach Top Three. Billboard. Trust. Gary. January 6, 2020. January 7, 2020. January 9, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200109150723/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8547374/post-malone-circles-hot-100-number-one-third-week. live.
  8. Web site: January 18, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  9. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Bounds to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Justin Bieber's 'Yummy' Debuts at No. 2. Billboard. Trust. Gary. January 13, 2020. January 14, 2020.
  10. Web site: January 25, 2020. Billboard Hot 100. September 8, 2022.
  11. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Rules Billboard Hot 100 for 2nd Week, Future & Drake's 'Life Is Good' Debuts at No. 2. Billboard. Trust. Gary. January 21, 2020. January 22, 2020.
  12. Web site: February 1, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  13. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Tops Billboard Hot 100 For Third Week; Eminem, Juice WRLD's 'Godzilla' Roars In at No. 3. Billboard. Trust. Gary. January 27, 2020. January 27, 2020.
  14. Web site: February 8, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  15. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Fourth Week, Dua Lipa's 'Don't Start Now' Hits Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. February 3, 2020. February 4, 2020.
  16. Web site: February 15, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  17. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Rules Billboard Hot 100 For Fifth Week, Tones and I's 'Dance Monkey' Swings Into Top Five. Billboard. Trust. Gary. February 10, 2020. February 11, 2020.
  18. Web site: February 22, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  19. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Rules Hot 100 For Sixth Week, Dua Lipa Matches Career Best With 'Don't Start Now'. Billboard. Trust. Gary. February 18, 2020. February 19, 2020.
  20. Web site: February 29, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  21. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Tops Hot 100 For Seventh Week; Dua Lipa Hits Top 5; Justin Bieber, The Weeknd Go Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. February 24, 2020. February 25, 2020.
  22. Web site: March 7, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  23. BTS Sets New Career Best on Hot 100 as 'On' Blasts in at No. 4; Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Rules For Eighth Week. Billboard. Trust. Gary. March 2, 2020. March 3, 2020.
  24. Web site: March 14, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  25. Lady Gaga's 'Stupid Love' Launches at No. 5 on Hot 100, Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Notches Ninth Week at No. 1. Billboard. Trust. Gary. March 9, 2020. March 10, 2020.
  26. Web site: March 21, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  27. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Tops Hot 100 For 10th Week, Lil Uzi Vert Launches Three Songs in Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. March 16, 2020. March 17, 2020.
  28. Web site: March 28, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  29. Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Leads Hot 100 for 11th Week, Harry Styles' 'Adore You' Hits Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. March 23, 2020. March 24, 2020.
  30. Web site: April 4, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  31. The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Doja Cat's 'Say So' Enters Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. March 30, 2020. March 31, 2020.
  32. Web site: April 11, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  33. The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Shines at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 For Second Week. Billboard. Trust. Gary. April 6, 2020. April 7, 2020.
  34. Web site: April 18, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  35. Drake Makes Historic Debut at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 With 'Toosie Slide'. Billboard. Trust. Gary. April 13, 2020. April 14, 2020.
  36. Web site: April 25, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  37. The Weeknd Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Doja Cat Hits Top 5, Post Malone Ties Top 10 Record. Billboard. Trust. Gary. April 20, 2020. April 21, 2020.
  38. Web site: May 2, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  39. The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Leads Hot 100 for 4th Week, DaBaby & Roddy Ricch's 'Rockstar' Launches in Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. April 27, 2020. April 28, 2020.
  40. Web site: May 9, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  41. Travis Scott & Kid Cudi's 'The Scotts' Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100, Megan Thee Stallion's 'Savage' Soars to Top Five. Billboard. Trust. Gary. May 4, 2020. May 5, 2020.
  42. Web site: May 16, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  43. Doja Cat's 'Say So,' Featuring Nicki Minaj, Tops Billboard Hot 100, Becoming Their First No. 1 Each. Billboard. Trust. Gary. May 11, 2020. May 12, 2020.
  44. Web site: May 23, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  45. Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber's 'Stuck With U' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. Trust. Gary. May 18, 2020. May 19, 2020.
  46. Web site: May 30, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  47. Megan Thee Stallion & Beyonce's 'Savage' Surges to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. Trust. Gary. May 26, 2020. May 26, 2020.
  48. Web site: June 6, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  49. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande's 'Rain on Me' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. Trust. Gary. June 1, 2020. June 2, 2020.
  50. Web site: June 13, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  51. DaBaby & Roddy Ricch's 'Rockstar' Rises to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. Trust. Gary. June 8, 2020. June 9, 2020.
  52. Web site: June 20, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  53. DaBaby & Roddy Ricch's 'Rockstar' Rules Hot 100 for 2nd Week, Justin Bieber & Quavo's 'Intentions' Hits Top 5. Billboard. Trust. Gary. June 15, 2020. June 16, 2020.
  54. Web site: June 27, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  55. 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj's 'Trollz' Launches at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Lil Baby's 'The Bigger Picture' Debuts at No. 3. Billboard. Trust. Gary. June 22, 2020. June 23, 2020.
  56. Web site: July 4, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  57. DaBaby & Roddy Ricch's 'Rockstar' Returns to No. 1 on Hot 100, Jack Harlow & Lil Mosey Earn Their First Top 10s. Billboard. Trust. Gary. June 29, 2020. June 30, 2020.
  58. Web site: July 11, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  59. DaBaby Rules Hot 100 for Fourth Week; Jack Harlow Surges; Harry Styles, Lil Baby & 42 Dugg Hit Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. July 6, 2020. July 7, 2020.
  60. Web site: July 18, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  61. DaBaby's 'Rockstar' Rules Hot 100 For Fifth Week, Pop Smoke's 'For the Night' Debuts in Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. July 13, 2020. July 14, 2020.
  62. Web site: July 25, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  63. DaBaby's 'Rockstar' No. 1 on Hot 100 For Sixth Week, Juice WRLD Becomes Third Act Ever With Five Songs in Top 10 Simultaneously. Billboard. Trust. Gary. July 20, 2020. July 21, 2020.
  64. Web site: August 1, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  65. DaBaby's 'Rockstar' Rules Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Drake Debuts Record 39th & 40th Top 10s. Billboard. Trust. Gary. July 27, 2020. July 28, 2020.
  66. Web site: August 8, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  67. Taylor Swift Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'Cardigan,' Is 1st Artist to Open Atop Hot 100 & Billboard 200 in Same Week. Billboard. Trust. Gary. August 3, 2020. August 3, 2020.
  68. Web site: August 15, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  69. Harry Styles' 'Watermelon Sugar' Surges to Top of Billboard Hot 100, Becoming His First No. 1. Billboard. Trust. Gary. August 10, 2020. August 10, 2020.
  70. Web site: August 22, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  71. Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 With Record First-Week Streams. Billboard. Trust. Gary. August 17, 2020. August 17, 2020.
  72. 2020-08-17. Juice WRLD & The Weeknd's 'Smile' Debuts in Hot 100's Top 10, Lewis Capaldi's 'Before You Go' Rises to No. 10. 2020-08-17. Billboard.
  73. Web site: August 29, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  74. Cardi B's 'WAP' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week; Drake, Morgan Wallen & Gabby Barrett Hit Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. August 24, 2020. August 25, 2020.
  75. Web site: September 5, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  76. BTS' 'Dynamite' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Becoming the Group's First Leader. Billboard. Trust. Gary. August 31, 2020. September 1, 2020.
  77. Web site: September 12, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  78. BTS' 'Dynamite' No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week. Billboard. Trust. Gary. September 8, 2020. September 8, 2020.
  79. Web site: September 19, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  80. Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Back at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for Third Week. Billboard. Trust. Gary. September 14, 2020. September 15, 2020.
  81. Web site: September 26, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  82. Cardi B's 'WAP' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Fourth Week, The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Makes History in Top Five. Billboard. Trust. Gary. September 21, 2020. September 21, 2020.
  83. Web site: October 3, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  84. BTS' 'Dynamite' Back to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Justin Bieber & Chance the Rapper's 'Holy' Debuts at No. 3. Billboard. Trust. Gary. September 28, 2020. September 29, 2020.
  85. Web site: October 10, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  86. Travis Scott's 'Franchise' Flies In at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Becoming His Record Third Chart-Topping Debut Within a Year. Billboard. Trust. Gary. October 5, 2020. October 6, 2020.
  87. Web site: Artists. Billboard Hot 100.
  88. Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo & BTS' 'Savage Love' Soars to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. Trust. Gary. October 12, 2020. October 13, 2020.
  89. Web site: October 17, 2020. Billboard Hot 100. September 1, 2022.
  90. Web site: October 24, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  91. 24kGoldn & iann dior's 'Mood' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. Trust. Gary. October 19, 2020. October 20, 2020.
  92. Web site: October 31, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  93. 24kGoldn & iann dior's 'Mood' No. 1 for 2nd Week on Hot 100, Gabby Barrett & Charlie Puth's 'I Hope' Rules Radio. Billboard. Trust. Gary. October 26, 2020. October 26, 2020.
  94. Web site: November 7, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  95. Ariana Grande's 'Positions' Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100, Luke Combs' 'Forever After All' Launches at No. 2. Billboard. Trust. Gary. November 2, 2020. November 3, 2020.
  96. Web site: November 14, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  97. 24kGoldn & iann dior's 'Mood' Swings Back to No. 1 on Hot 100; Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez Debut in Top 10. Billboard. Trust. Gary. November 9, 2020. November 10, 2020.
  98. Web site: November 21, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  99. 24kGoldn & iann dior's 'Mood' No. 1 on Hot 100 for Fourth Week, Becomes Most-Streamed Song for First Time. Billboard. Trust. Gary. November 16, 2020. November 17, 2020.
  100. Web site: November 28, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  101. 24kGoldn & Iann Dior's 'Mood' Tops Hot 100 for Fifth Week, Billie Eilish's 'Therefore I Am' No. 2. Billboard. Trust. Gary. November 23, 2020. November 24, 2020.
  102. Web site: December 5, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  103. BTS' 'Life Goes On' Launches as Historic No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. Trust. Gary. November 30, 2020. December 1, 2020.
  104. Web site: December 12, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  105. 24kGoldn's 'Mood' Scores Sixth Week at No. 1 on Hot 100, Mariah Carey's 'Christmas' Dashes to No. 2. Billboard. Trust. Gary. December 7, 2020. December 8, 2020.
  106. Web site: December 19, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  107. Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Jingles Back to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. Trust. Gary. December 14, 2020. December 15, 2020.
  108. Web site: December 26, 2020. Billboard Hot 100.
  109. Taylor Swift's 'Willow' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. December 21, 2020. December 21, 2020. Trust. Gary.

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