List of number-one hits (United States)
Encyclopedia
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number-one on the Billboard
Hot 100
chart, the preeminent singles
chart in the United States
. It was created in 1958, and monitors the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play and single purchases.
All data is pooled from record purchases and radio/jukebox play within the United States.
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart, the preeminent singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
chart in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was created in 1958, and monitors the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play and single purchases.
Preface
The following year-by-year, week-by-week listings are based on statistics accrued by Billboard Magazine since 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.
Pre-Hot 100 era
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| 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 | |||||||||
Sources
The following sources apply to all "by year" pages linked above:- Fred BronsonFred BronsonFredric M. Bronson is an American journalist, author and writer. He is best known for his appearances on American Idol, the weekly "Chart Beat" column in Billboard magazine, and as the author of books related to Billboard charts.Born to Irving and Mildred Bronson and raised in Culver City,...
's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6) - Joel WhitburnJoel WhitburnJoel Carver Whitburn is an American author and music historian.Whitburn founded Record Research Inc. in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, in 1970, and put together a team of researchers to examine in detail all of Billboards music and video charts...
's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (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)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
See also
- 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 (United States)
- List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)
- List of number-one alternative hits (United States)
- List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States)
- List of number-one Rhythmic Airplay hits (United States)
- List of number-one Top 40 Mainstream hits
- List of number-one Hot 100 Airplay hits
- List of artists who reached number one in the United States
- Billboard Year-EndBillboard Year-EndBillboard Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in the United States, based upon the Billboard magazine charts during any given chart year. Billboard's "chart year" runs from the first week of December to the final week in November...