Every number one, year by year

The song at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, week by week. Pick a year to see its number ones in order and play them. Or look up the number one on your birthday.

1958 Poor Little Fool, Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu), Little Star and 5 more 1959 The Chipmunk Song, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Stagger Lee and 13 more 1960 El Paso, Running Bear, Teen Angel and 16 more 1961 Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Wonderland by Night, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and 19 more 1962 The Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Twist, Peppermint Twist and 18 more 1963 Telstar, Go Away Little Girl, Walk Right In and 18 more 1964 There! I've Said It Again, I Want to Hold Your Hand, She Loves You and 20 more 1965 I Feel Fine, Come See About Me, Downtown and 24 more 1966 The Sound of Silence, We Can Work It Out, My Love and 24 more 1967 I'm a Believer, Kind of a Drag, Ruby Tuesday and 16 more 1968 Hello, Goodbye, Judy in Disguise (With Glasses), Green Tambourine and 13 more 1969 I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Crimson and Clover, Everyday People and 14 more 1970 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, I Want You Back, Venus and 18 more 1971 My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity, Knock Three Times, One Bad Apple and 16 more 1972 Brand New Key, American Pie, Let's Stay Together and 19 more 1973 You're So Vain, Superstition, Crocodile Rock and 24 more 1974 Time in a Bottle, The Joker, Show and Tell and 33 more 1975 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Mandy, Please Mr. Postman and 32 more 1976 Saturday Night, Convoy, I Write the Songs and 23 more 1977 Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright), You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show), You Make Me Feel Like Dancing and 26 more 1978 How Deep Is Your Love, Baby Come Back, Stayin' Alive and 17 more 1979 Too Much Heaven, Le Freak, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? and 21 more 1980 Please Don't Go, Escape (The Piña Colada Song), Rock with You and 14 more 1981 (Just Like) Starting Over, The Tide Is High, Celebration and 14 more 1982 Physical, I Can't Go for That (No Can Do), Centerfold and 13 more 1983 Maneater, Down Under, Africa and 14 more 1984 Say Say Say, Owner of a Lonely Heart, Karma Chameleon and 17 more 1985 Like a Virgin, I Want to Know What Love Is, Careless Whisper and 24 more 1986 Say You, Say Me, That's What Friends Are For, How Will I Know and 28 more 1987 Walk Like an Egyptian, Shake You Down, At This Moment and 27 more 1988 Faith, So Emotional, Got My Mind Set on You and 30 more 1989 Every Rose Has Its Thorn, My Prerogative, Two Hearts and 30 more 1990 Another Day in Paradise, How Am I Supposed to Live Without You, Opposites Attract and 23 more 1991 Justify My Love, Love Will Never Do (Without You), The First Time and 24 more 1992 Black or White, All 4 Love, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me and 10 more 1993 I Will Always Love You, A Whole New World, Informer and 8 more 1994 Hero, All for Love, The Power of Love and 7 more 1995 On Bended Knee, Creep, Take a Bow and 9 more 1996 One Sweet Day, Because You Loved Me, Always Be My Baby and 6 more 1997 Un-Break My Heart, Wannabe, Can't Nobody Hold Me Down and 7 more 1998 Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight, Truly Madly Deeply, Together Again and 13 more 1999 I'm Your Angel, Have You Ever?, ...Baby One More Time and 12 more 2000 Smooth, What a Girl Wants, I Knew I Loved You and 15 more 2001 Independent Women, It Wasn't Me, Ms. Jackson and 12 more 2002 How You Remind Me, U Got It Bad, Always on Time and 6 more 2003 Lose Yourself, Bump, Bump, Bump, All I Have and 9 more 2004 Hey Ya!, The Way You Move, Slow Jamz and 9 more 2005 Let Me Love You, Candy Shop, Hollaback Girl and 5 more 2006 Don't Forget About Us, Laffy Taffy, Grillz and 16 more 2007 Irreplaceable, Say It Right, What Goes Around...Comes Around and 15 more 2008 Low, Love in This Club, Bleeding Love and 11 more 2009 Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Just Dance, My Life Would Suck Without You and 10 more 2010 Tik Tok, Imma Be, Break Your Heart and 14 more 2011 Firework, Grenade, Hold It Against Me and 11 more 2012 Sexy and I Know It, We Found Love, Set Fire to the Rain and 10 more 2013 Locked Out of Heaven, Thrift Shop, Harlem Shake and 8 more 2014 The Monster, Timber, Dark Horse and 7 more 2015 Blank Space, Uptown Funk, See You Again and 6 more 2016 Hello, Sorry, Love Yourself and 8 more 2017 Starboy, Black Beatles, Bad and Boujee and 9 more 2018 Perfect, Perfect, Havana and 10 more 2019 Thank U, Next, Without Me, Sunflower and 13 more 2020 All I Want for Christmas Is You, Circles, The Box and 19 more 2021 All I Want for Christmas Is You, Mood, Drivers License and 16 more 2022 All I Want for Christmas Is You, Easy on Me, We Don't Talk About Bruno and 11 more 2023 All I Want for Christmas Is You, Anti-Hero, Flowers and 16 more 2024 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Lovin on Me, Yes, And? and 15 more 2025 All I Want for Christmas Is You, Die with a Smile, 4x4 and 7 more 2026 All I Want for Christmas Is You, The Fate of Ophelia, I Just Might and 10 more

Longest runs at number one

  1. Old Town Road by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus: 19 weeks, from Apr 13, 2019
  2. One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men: 16 weeks, from Dec 2, 1995
  3. Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber: 16 weeks, from May 27, 2017
  4. I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston: 14 weeks, from Nov 28, 1992
  5. I'll Make Love to You by Boyz II Men: 14 weeks, from Aug 27, 1994
  6. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) by Los del Río: 14 weeks, from Aug 3, 1996
  7. Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight by Elton John: 14 weeks, from Oct 11, 1997
  8. I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas: 14 weeks, from Jul 11, 2009
  9. Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars: 14 weeks, from Jan 17, 2015
  10. A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey: 14 weeks, from Jul 27, 2024
  11. Choosin' Texas by Ella Langley: 14 weeks, from Jul 4, 2026
  12. End of the Road by Boyz II Men: 13 weeks, from Aug 15, 1992
  13. The Boy Is Mine by Brandy and Monica: 13 weeks, from Jun 6, 1998
  14. Luther by Kendrick Lamar and SZA: 13 weeks, from Mar 1, 2025
  15. Smooth by Santana featuring Rob Thomas: 12 weeks, from Oct 23, 1999

Most weeks at number one, by lead artist

  1. Mariah Carey: 85 weeks
  2. The Beatles: 59 weeks
  3. Taylor Swift: 52 weeks
  4. Drake: 47 weeks
  5. Rihanna: 43 weeks
  6. Usher: 41 weeks
  7. Beyoncé: 40 weeks
  8. Adele: 34 weeks
  9. Boyz II Men: 34 weeks
  10. Katy Perry: 33 weeks
  11. Madonna: 32 weeks
  12. Michael Jackson: 31 weeks
  13. Whitney Houston: 31 weeks
  14. The Black Eyed Peas: 28 weeks
  15. Bee Gees: 27 weeks

1342 separate runs at number one so far. Counted from the weekly charts.

Chart positions are taken from Wikipedia's yearly lists of Billboard Hot 100 number ones.