Lists of Billboard number-one singles explained

This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

Preface

The following year-by-year, week-by-week listings are based on data accrued by Billboard magazine before and after the inception of its Hot 100 popularity chart in August 1958.

All data is pooled from record purchases and radio/jukebox play within the United States. Later charts also include digital single sales, online streaming, and YouTube hits.

Pre-Hot 100 era

1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958

Hot 100 era

									1958	1959
	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024

Sources

The following sources apply to all "by year" pages linked above:

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12th Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Pop Charts, 1955-1959
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The 2000s
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

See also

• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles
• List of number-one adult contemporary hits (United States)
• List of number-one country hits (United States)
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of number-one dance airplay hits (U.S.)
• List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s
• List of number-one alternative hits (United States)
• List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States
• Billboard Year-End