List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

All-time achievements

Top 10 songs of all time (1958–2021)

Top 10 artists of all time (1958–2021)

Songs milestones

Most weeks at number one

• Before the use of Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems to compile the Hot 100 in late 1991, the most number of weeks a single spent at number one on the Hot 100 was 10. This occurred twice, with Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" in 1977, and Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" in 1981–82. Five additional singles managed nine weeks at number one during the first 34 years of the chart. In October 1992, the first single to top the Hot 100 for more than 10 weeks was Boyz II Men's "End of the Road", which accumulated 13 weeks at number one by November that year.

Progression of most weeks at number one

• Note: "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton tied the record for 6 weeks at number one on July 6, 1959.
• Note: "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith tied the record for 9 weeks at number one on April 18, 1960.
• Note: "Hey Jude" by the Beatles tied the record for 9 weeks at number one on November 23, 1968.
• Note: "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John tied the record for 10 weeks at number one on January 23, 1982.
• Note: "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men tied the record for 14 weeks at number one on November 26, 1994.
• Note: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber tied the record for 16 weeks at number one on September 9, 2017.
• Note: "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey tied the record for 19 weeks at number one on November 30, 2024.

Most weeks at number two

Without hitting number one

Most total weeks in the top ten

Most total weeks on the Hot 100

Non-holiday songs

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Biggest jump to number one

Biggest single-week upward movements

Longest climbs to number one

• Note: Ariana Grande was added to the artist credits on "Die for You" the week the song reached number one, as a remix of the song featuring Grande had been released and counted for the first time.

Biggest drop from number one

Biggest single-week downward movements

Biggest drops off the Hot 100

Non-holiday songs

Holiday songs

Songs charting every week for a given calendar year on the Hot 100

• Note - Jewel's "Foolish Games" began appearing on the Hot 100 in September 1997, but was paired with "You Were Meant for Me" for the remainder of that song's chart run.
• Note - Dua Lipa's "Levitating" charted every week of 2021 through December 4, 2021, and most likely could have charted all 52 weeks despite Billboard's recurrent rules. For the remaining three weeks of 2021, the song charted at number one on Billboard's recurrent chart, due to holiday songs taking up much of the Hot 100 and pushing many non-holiday songs off the chart. Once the holiday season ended, "Levitating" returned to the Hot 100 in early 2022.
• Note - SZA's "Kill Bill" charted every week of 2023 through December 2, 2023, and most likely could have charted all 52 weeks despite Billboard's recurrent rules, due to holiday songs taking up much of the Hot 100 and pushing many non-holiday songs off the chart. Once the holiday season ended, "Kill Bill" returned to the Hot 100 in early 2024.

Holiday top-ten hits

Songs hitting number one for different artists

• "Go Away Little Girl" – Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond
• "The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva and Grand Funk
• "Please Mr. Postman" – The Marvelettes and The Carpenters
• "Venus" – Shocking Blue and Bananarama
• "Lean on Me" – Bill Withers and Club Nouveau
• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" – The Supremes and Kim Wilde
• "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton
• "I'll Be There" – The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey
• "Lady Marmalade" – Labelle and Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mýa / Pink

Non-English language number-ones

• "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno
• "Sukiyaki" – Kyu Sakamoto
• "Dominique" – The Singing Nun
• "Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco
• "La Bamba" – Los Lobos
• "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" – Los del Río
• "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
• "Life Goes On" – BTS
• "Like Crazy" – Jimin

Instrumental number-ones

• "The Happy Organ" – Dave "Baby" Cortez
• "Sleep Walk" – Santo & Johnny
• "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith
• "Wonderland by Night" – Bert Kaempfert
• "Calcutta" – Lawrence Welk
• "Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk
• "The Stripper" – David Rose
• "Telstar" – The Tornados
• "Love Is Blue" – Paul Mauriat
• "Grazing in the Grass" – Hugh Masekela
• "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" – Henry Mancini
• "Frankenstein" – The Edgar Winter Group
• "Love's Theme" – Love Unlimited Orchestra
• "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"^† – MFSB and The Three Degrees
• "Pick Up the Pieces"^† – Average White Band
• "The Hustle"^† – Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony
• "Fly, Robin, Fly"^† – Silver Convention
• "Theme from S.W.A.T." – Rhythm Heritage
• "A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
• "Gonna Fly Now"^† – Bill Conti
• "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" – Meco
• "Rise" – Herb Alpert
• "Chariots of Fire" – Vangelis
• "Miami Vice Theme" – Jan Hammer
• "Harlem Shake"^† – Baauer

Live version number-ones

• "Fingertips" – Little Stevie Wonder
• "My Ding-a-Ling" – Chuck Berry
• "Coming Up" – Paul McCartney and Wings
• "At This Moment" – Billy Vera and the Beaters
• "Mony Mony" – Billy Idol
• "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" – George Michael and Elton John
• "I'll Be There" – Mariah Carey

Number-ones from animated film soundtracks

• "A Whole New World" – Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
• "Happy" – Pharrell Williams
• "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Justin Timberlake
• "Sunflower" – Post Malone and Swae Lee
• "We Don't Talk About Bruno" – Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto cast
• "Golden" – Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami

Artist achievements

Most number-one songs

• If counting Drake's uncredited feature on Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode", then he would have 14 total number ones.

Female artists

Male artists

Groups, bands, and duos

Most cumulative weeks at number one

• Note: For singer Michael Jackson, if The Jackson 5, which would also be later known as The Jacksons, is included, this would give Michael Jackson 47 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For singer Beyoncé, if Destiny's Child is included, this would give Beyoncé 63 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For singer Diana Ross, if The Supremes are included, this would give Diana Ross 42 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For each of the Beatles:
• * If John Lennon's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give John Lennon 65 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• * If Paul McCartney's total weeks were to include the Beatles, as well as Wings, this would give Paul McCartney 89 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• * If George Harrison's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give George Harrison 65 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• * If Ringo Starr's total weeks were to include the Beatles, this would give Ringo Starr 61 cumulative weeks at No. 1.
• Note: For rapper Drake, if the track "Sicko Mode" is included, this would give him 57 weeks at No. 1.

Most consecutive number-one songs

Most consecutive weeks simultaneously topping the Hot 100 and ''Billboard'' 200

Most years charting a number-one song

Most consecutive years charting a number-one song

Most consecutive years charting on the Hot 100

• Note - Mariah Carey has charted at least one song every year on the Hot 100 since her debut with "Vision of Love", except for 2007. If she had charted in 2007, she would have held the record for most consecutive years, with an active streak of 37 years. Her second streak spans 19 years from "Touch My Body" to "All I Want for Christmas Is You".

Most number-one songs in a calendar year

Most number-two songs

• If Drake's appearance on "BedRock" as a member of Young Money is counted, he would be listed with a total of 13 songs.
• If Michael Jackson's time with The Jackson 5 and his uncredited appearance on "Somebody's Watching Me" are counted, he would appear on the list with 6 songs.
• If Paul McCartney's time with The Beatles is counted, he would appear on the list with 5 songs.

Most top five songs

• Note - Prior to December 5, 1998, songs were not eligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100 unless they were commercially released as a single. Since then, the Hot 100 changed from being a "singles" chart to a "songs" chart. In the digital era, many album tracks entered the chart without having to be promoted as official singles.

Most top 10 songs

• Prior to December 5, 1998, songs were not eligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100 unless they were commercially released as a single. Since then, the Hot 100 changed from being a "singles" chart to a "songs" chart. In the digital era, many album tracks entered the chart without having to be promoted as official singles.
• All but one of Mariah Carey's top 10 singles also reached the top 5, the exception being "Obsessed", which peaked at No. 7.

Most cumulative weeks in the top 10

Most consecutive weeks in the top 10

Most number-one debuts

• Note: If Young Thug's uncredited appearance on the track "This Is America" is included, this would put him on the list with 3 debuts at No. 1.

Most top 40 entries

Most Hot 100 entries

• Prior to December 5, 1998, songs were not eligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100 unless they were commercially released as a single. Since then, the Hot 100 changed from being a "singles" chart to a "songs" chart. In the digital era, many album tracks entered the chart without having to be promoted as official singles.
• Other artists with at least 100 entries are Chris Brown, The Weeknd, Lil Uzi Vert, Bad Bunny, Eminem, 21 Savage, Elvis Presley, Beyoncé and Morgan Wallen, and Jay-Z and YoungBoy Never Broke Again.
• Elvis Presley's career predated the inception of the Hot 100 by two years. He has charted 150 singles on Billboard if tracking his entire career.
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again is the youngest soloist to accumulate at least 100 entries on the Hot 100.

Most consecutive weeks on Hot 100

Acts to peak across the entire top ten

• If John Lennon's and Ringo Starr's times with The Beatles are counted, they would each appear on the list, as their respective solo hits "Number 9 Dream" and "Back Off Boogaloo" both peaked at no. 9.

Self-replacement at number one

• The Beatles^† – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" → "She Loves You" ; "She Loves You" → "Can't Buy Me Love"
• Boyz II Men – "I'll Make Love to You" → "On Bended Knee"
• Puff Daddy – "I'll Be Missing You" → "Mo Money Mo Problems"
• Ja Rule – "Always on Time" → "Ain't It Funny"
• Nelly – "Hot in Herre" → "Dilemma"
• OutKast – "Hey Ya!" → "The Way You Move"
• Usher – "Yeah!" → "Burn" ; "Burn" → "Confessions Part II"
• T.I. – "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" ; "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life"
• The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" → "I Gotta Feeling"
• Taylor Swift^‡ – "Shake It Off" → "Blank Space" ; "Cruel Summer" → "Is It Over Now?" ; "Is It Over Now?" → "Cruel Summer"
• The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face" → "The Hills"
• Justin Bieber – "Sorry" → "Love Yourself" ; "I'm the One" → "Despacito"
• Drake – "God's Plan" → "Nice for What" ; "Nice for What" → "In My Feelings"
• BTS^‡ – "Butter" → "Permission to Dance" ; "Permission to Dance" → "Butter"
• Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" → "Luther"

Most top positions simultaneously occupied

• Prior to 2000, only the Beatles, the Bee Gees and Puff Daddy had weeks where they simultaneously occupied the top two positions. The Beatles had also simultaneously occupied the top three, four and five positions during various weeks in early 1964. Since 2000, numerous recording acts have simultaneously occupied the top two, including Usher, Mariah Carey, the Black Eyed Peas, the Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Drake. On February 23, 2019, Ariana Grande became the first act since the Beatles and first solo artist to simultaneously occupy the top three.

Most simultaneous entries in the top 10

• Only the Beatles and the Bee Gees managed at least three simultaneous top ten singles before the use of Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems to compile the Hot 100 in late 1991. The first to achieve three since then was Ashanti in March 2002.

Posthumous number-ones

• Otis Redding – "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
• Janis Joplin – "Me and Bobby McGee"
• Jim Croce – "Time in a Bottle"
• John Lennon – "(Just Like) Starting Over"
• The Notorious B.I.G. – "Hypnotize" and "Mo Money Mo Problems"
• Soulja Slim – "Slow Motion"
• Static Major – "Lollipop"
• XXXTentacion – "Sad!"

Age records

• Brenda Lee is the oldest artist to top the Hot 100. She initially set the record with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on December 9, 2023, and reset the record with the song's additional weeks at number one, most recently on January 6, 2024. Lee recorded the song back in 1958, when she was 13, and would have been the youngest woman to top the Hot 100 had the song been number one back then.
• Cher is the oldest female artist to top the Hot 100 with a non-catalog single, setting the record with "Believe" on March 13, 1999.
• Louis Armstrong is the oldest male artist to top the Hot 100. He set that record with "Hello, Dolly!" on May 9, 1964. Armstrong, born in 1901, is also the earliest-born artist to top the chart.
• Michael Jackson is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100. He achieved the record, as part of the Jackson 5, with "I Want You Back" on January 31, 1970.
• Stevie Wonder is the youngest solo artist to top the Hot 100. He set the record with "Fingertips Pt. 2" on August 10, 1963.
• Little Peggy March is the youngest female artist to top the Hot 100. The song which established this record for her was "I Will Follow Him", which reached No. 1 on April 27, 1963.
• The Kid Laroi, born in 2003, is the most recently born artist to top the Hot 100, which he did with "Stay" on August 14, 2021.
• Olivia Rodrigo is the youngest solo artist to debut at number one on the Hot 100. She set the record with "Drivers License" on January 23, 2021.
• Justin Bieber is the youngest male solo artist to debut atop the Hot 100. He set the record with "What Do You Mean?" on September 19, 2015.
• Rihanna is the youngest artist to collect 10 chart-toppers on the Hot 100. She set the record with "S&M" on April 11, 2011.
• Marjorie Grande was the oldest living artist to chart on the Hot 100. She was featured on her granddaughter Ariana Grande's song "Ordinary Things", which ranked at No. 55 on March 23, 2024. The previous record was held by Fred Stobaugh who was age when he was featured on the Green Shoe Studio song "Oh Sweet Lorraine", which ranked at No. 42 on September 14, 2013.
• * Marjorie Grande, as "Nonna", was also the oldest living artist to make their debut on the Hot 100 with her entry under "Ordinary Things" on the same date.
• French-born Jordy Lemoine is the youngest artist to chart on the Hot 100. He established the record when his song "Dur dur d'être bébé! ", where he is credited simply as Jordy, entered the chart on June 19, 1993.
• Rumi Carter is the youngest female artist to appear on the chart, featuring on her mother Beyoncés song "Protector", which debuted at number 42 on the chart dated April 13, 2024. She broke the record previously held by her sister Blue Ivy Carter, who featured on "Brown Skin Girl" with Beyoncé, Saint Jhn, and WizKid. That song peaked at number 76 in 2019, when Blue Ivy was seven.

Gap and span records

• The longest gap between No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 for an artist is by Brenda Lee. Her single "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" hit No. 1 on December 9, 2023, her first time on top since "I Want to Be Wanted" on October 24, 1960.
• Brenda Lee also holds the record span between first and most recent No. 1 on the Hot 100 over the longest period of time: 63 years, five months, two weeks, and five days dating to her first week at No. 1 on the chart dated July 18, 1960, with "I'm Sorry" to her most recent No. 1, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which was most recently at number one on the chart dated January 6, 2024.
• Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has the longest span from a song's first week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 to its latest: six years.
• The record for the longest wait from an artist's Hot 100 debut entry to its first No. 1 belongs to Santana, with 30 years between the time the band first cracked the Hot 100 with "Jingo" and the first of 12 weeks at No. 1 with "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas.
• The record for most Hot 100 entries before a No. 1 is held by Future, whose feature on Drake's "Way 2 Sexy" alongside Young Thug scored him his first No. 1 single on his 126th chart entry.
• When "4th Dimension" by Kids See Ghosts featuring Louis Prima debuted at No. 42 for the week of June 23, 2018, Prima became the artist with the longest gap between appearances on the Hot 100 – since his last previous charted single, "Wonderland by Night", which last appeared at No. 89 on the Hot 100, dated February 13, 1961.
• Bobby Helms holds the longest wait for an artist's first top 10: 60 years, four months and two weeks. His song "Borrowed Dreams" debuted on the third Hot 100 ever, and "Jingle Bell Rock" reached the top 10 on the chart dated January 5, 2019.
• Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" holds the record for the longest trip to the Hot 100's top 10: 62 years and 26 days. It first appeared on the Hot 100 dated December 12, 1960 and reached the top 10 on the chart dated January 7, 2023 peaking at No. 7. Cole additionally holds the record for the longest break between Hot 100 top 10s, with a span of 59 years, six months, and one week. His single "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" reached No. 6 in June 1963, and his return to the top 10 with "The Christmas Song" reached No. 9 on the chart dated January 7, 2023.
• Taylor Swift holds the record for the longest span of No. 1 debuts with eleven years, one months, and 12 days. She surpassed Lady Gaga, who held the record previously with nine years, three months, and one week.
• BTS holds the record for the shortest span to accumulate three No. 1 debuts, with four months and four days.

Album achievements

Most number-one songs from one album

• Katy Perry's Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, a reissue of the Teenage Dream album, featured an additional number-one single, "Part of Me".
• Taylor Swift's 1989 produced three number-one singles while the re-recorded reissue, 1989 (Taylor's Version), produced an additional number-one.

Most top ten songs from one album

Other album achievements

• Janet Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 has the most top 5 singles, with 7.
• Taylor Swift has the most albums with five or more Top 10 hits. Those albums are 1989, Midnights, 1989 (Taylor's Version), The Tortured Poets Department, and The Life of a Showgirl. Swift's album Fearless additionally has five top 10 hits if its deluxe reissue is included. Drake is in second place, with four albums achieving the feat: Scorpion, Certified Lover Boy, Her Loss, and For All the Dogs. Janet Jackson is in third place, with Control, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, and Janet.
• Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem placed 36 of its 37 songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of May 31, 2025, with 29 debuts joining seven previously charting songs alongside 1 previously charting feature. Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department placed all 31 of its songs simultaneously on the Hot 100 on the week of May 4, 2024, the record among female artists.
• Taylor Swift's Midnights became the first album to have 10 of its tracks occupy the entire top 10, as well as having 10 track debuts in the top 10 on the November 5, 2022 chart, eclipsing Drake's Certified Lover Boy, which saw 9 of its tracks debut in the top 10 and occupy 9 of the top 10 slots on the chart on the September 18, 2021 chart.
• Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department became the first album to have more than 10 consecutive tracks at the top of the Hot 100 when it debuted occupying the top 14 spots on May 4, 2024.
• Beyoncé's Lemonade became the first female album to chart twelve or more songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, with every song on the album debuting on the chart.
• Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl became the first album to have all of its tracks debut in the top 12 spots of the US Billboard Hot 100 on October 13, 2025.

Producer achievements

Producers with the most number-one songs

Songwriter achievements

Songwriters with the most number-one songs

Most number-one songs in a calendar year

Selected additional Hot 100 achievements

• The first No. 1 song on the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson.
• The shortest No. 1 song of all time is "Stay" by Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs. It is 1 minute and 38 seconds long.
• The longest No. 1 song of all time is "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift. It is 10 minutes and 13 seconds long.
• The No. 1 song with the longest title contains 41 words and topped the charts for Stars on 45 in June 1981. Though DJs announced it as the Stars on 45 Medley, its official title is "Medley: Intro 'Venus' / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45."
• On June 17, 1978, Andy Gibb became the first solo artist in the Hot 100 history to have his first three chart singles reach No. 1. The only acts to surpass this achievement are the Jackson 5, whose first four singles topped the chart in 1970, and Mariah Carey, whose first five singles reached No. 1 between 1990 and 1991.
• The No. 1 song in the first week Billboard incorporated sales and airplay data from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems was "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn.
• On September 2, 1995, "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson became the first song to debut at No. 1. The most number-one debuts in one calendar year is 12 in 2020. A total of 87 number-one debuts have occurred through the chart dated January 24, 2026.
• The No. 1 song in the first week Billboard allowed songs without a commercial single release to chart on the Hot 100 was "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly and Céline Dion. Though the song was making its first appearance on the Hot 100 that week, Billboard did not consider it a debut at No. 1, since it appeared on unpublished test charts prior to the allowance of airplay-only songs on the main chart. "I'm Your Angel" also entered the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart that week at No. 1, so it would have been ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 before then.
• The first "airplay-only" song to reach No. 1 was "Try Again" by Aaliyah.
• "We Don't Talk About Bruno", by Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, and the cast of Encanto, set the record for the most credited artists on a No. 1 song.
• Morgan Wallen holds the record for the most entries in the Hot 100 during a one-week period, with 37 on the May 31, 2025 chart.
• The Beatles are the only artists to simultaneously hold the top 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and Billboard 200 albums chart. They achieved this feat for nine consecutive weeks, from February 29, 1964, to April 25, 1964. For the first five weeks of that run, through March 28, 1964, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" were the No. 1 and No. 2 singles, while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles held the top 2 spots on the albums chart. For the remaining weeks of the run, "Can't Buy Me Love" and their cover of "Twist and Shout" were the No. 1 and No. 2 singles, while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles continued their reign as the top 2 albums.
• Taylor Swift is the only songwriter to write the entire top 10 songs of the chart, having done so on three occasions, November 5, 2022, May 4, 2024, and October 18, 2025.
• Justin Bieber is the first artist in history to achieve new No. 1 songs in consecutive weeks on the Hot 100. On the chart dated May 27, 2017, Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" dethroned DJ Khaled's "I'm the One" which debuted at No. 1 a week prior, both songs on which he is a featured artist.
• The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest uninterrupted time at No. 1 on the Hot 100, a total of 26 consecutive weeks from April to October 2009. "Boom Boom Pow" spent the first 12 weeks on top, with "I Gotta Feeling" taking over for the remaining 14 weeks.
• On December 4, 2010, Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" reached the top spot two weeks after "What's My Name?", becoming the first time in Hot 100 history that an album's lead single hit No. 1 after the second single did.
• On the chart dated January 28, 2017, Ed Sheeran became the first artist to debut more than one song in the top 10 for the same week: "Shape of You" debuted at No. 1, while "Castle on the Hill" entered at No. 6.
• Justin Bieber became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Hot 100, following the release of his debut seven-track EP My World on December 5, 2009.
• Drake is the first artist to have a number-one debut replace another number-one debut. He did this on April 21, 2018, when "Nice For What" replaced "God's Plan" at the summit, after the latter had spent eleven weeks on top.
• Ariana Grande is the only artist to have the lead single from each of her first seven albums debut in the Hot 100's top 10.
• Ariana Grande is the first artist whose first five number-one songs all debuted in the top spot. She achieved this with the songs "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Stuck With U", "Rain On Me", and "Positions" from 2018 to 2020.
• * Simultaneously, Ariana Grande is the first and only artist whose first nine number-one songs all hit No. 1 in both the song's and her first credited week. She achieved this with "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", "Stuck With U", "Rain On Me", "Positions", "Save Your Tears", "Die For You", "Yes, And?", and "We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)". Grande's first week as a credited artist for "Save Your Tears" and "Die For You" occurred during the first week each song hit No. 1.
• Ariana Grande became the fastest artist to accumulate two number-one debut songs; "Stuck With U", on May 23, 2020, and "Rain on Me", two weeks later, on June 6, 2020.
• André 3000's "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a 'Rap' Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time" is the longest song to chart on the Hot 100, at 12:20.
• Jack Black's "Steve's Lava Chicken" is the shortest song to chart on the Hot 100, at 34 seconds.
• Creedence Clearwater Revival is the artist with the most songs to peak at No. 2 without achieving a No. 1 hit, with five.Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears is the album with the most songs to peak at No. 2 without a No. 1 hit, with three.
• Ariana Grande is the first artist in history to debut three songs at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in a single calendar year. "Stuck With U", "Rain On Me", and "Positions" all debuted at number one in 2020.
• Ariana Grande became the first artist in chart history to have four and five songs debuting at number one, respectively.
• Ariana Grande surpassed Paul McCartney as the artist with the most number one duets in Hot 100 history.
• Taylor Swift is the first act in history to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 charts. She achieved it when her eighth studio album, Folklore, debuted atop the Billboard 200 in the same week as its lead single "Cardigan" debuted atop the Hot 100, on the charts dated August 8, 2020. She is also the first act in history to achieve the said record a total of seven times. Her second time was with her ninth studio album, Evermore, and its lead single "Willow" ; the third with Red (Taylor's Version) and "All Too Well " ; the fourth with Midnights and its lead single, "Anti-Hero" ; the fifth with 1989 (Taylor's Version) and "Is It Over Now?" ; the sixth with The Tortured Poets Department and "Fortnight"; and the seventh with The Life of a Showgirl and "The Fate of Ophelia".
• The Weeknd's 2019 song "Blinding Lights" holds the record for the highest re-entry in the charts history, after falling off the chart dated January 2, 2021 and re-entering the top ten at number 3 the following week.
• The chart dated March 20, 2021, marked the first time that the top four songs were all simultaneous debuts on the Hot 100. It was also the first time that the top three were all simultaneous debuts, with Drake carrying those three songs to become the first artist to debut in positions one, two and three on the same chart..
• Olivia Rodrigo is the first artist in history to debut their first two and first three singles inside the top 10 of the Hot 100. She achieved it with "Drivers License", "Deja Vu", and "Good 4 U".Sour by Olivia Rodrigo is the first debut album in history to score two number-one debuts on the Hot 100, doing so with "Drivers License" and "Good 4 U".
• The chart dated May 29, 2021, marked the first time five songs simultaneously debuted inside the top 10 of the Hot 100. It was achieved by Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U", J. Cole's "My Life", "Amari", "Pride is the Devil" and "95 South", which debuted at numbers 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8, respectively.
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey became the first song ever to have seven separate runs at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
• "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen became the first song to have peaked at No. 1 during 6 consecutive months.
• On the chart dated November 5, 2022, Taylor Swift became the first act to simultaneously occupy all of the top-10 positions, doing so with tracks from her tenth studio album Midnights. Male artists were absent from the top 10 for the first time ever; Swift and Lana Del Rey were the only artists present in the region. It also marked the fewest artists present in the top 10. This record was matched on October 18, 2025, when Swift and Sabrina Carpenter were the only artists present in the top 10.
• The Beatles and Taylor Swift are the only two acts to simultaneously chart top 10s from three of their own albums. The Beatles achieved this first on the chart dated February 29, 1964, with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at No. 1, "She Loves You" at No. 2, and "Please Please Me" at No. 6. Swift tied the total on the chart dated July 22, 2023, also becoming the first female artist to do so, charting "I Can See You (Taylor's Version)" at No. 5, "Cruel Summer" at No. 9, and "Karma" at No. 10.
• Olivia Rodrigo is the first artist to debut all songs from two career-opening albums in the Hot 100's Top 40. She achieved this when all 12 songs from her sophomore album, Guts, debuted in the top 40 in 2023 after all 11 songs from her debut album, Sour, debuted in the top 40 in 2021. All songs from Guts were in the top 40 on September 23, 2023.
• Taylor Swift has the record for the most songs charting in the top 40, with 26 songs in the region on May 4, 2024, following the release of The Tortured Poets Department.
• "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee share the record for most weeks at No. 2 before ascending to No. 1, with nine weeks each.
• Michael Jackson is the first artist to have a top ten song in six consecutive decades: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. This was achieved when his song "Thriller" re-entered the top ten on November 15, 2025.
• Beyoncé is the only artist to have double‑digit weeks atop the Hot 100 both as a soloist and as a member of a group. She spent 10 weeks at No. 1 with "Irreplaceable" and 11 weeks at No. 1 with Destiny’s Child’s "Independent Women Part I" — which also holds the record for the longest‑running No. 1 by an all‑female group on the Hot 100.

Additional sources

• Christopher G. Feldman, The Billboard Book of No. 2 Singles Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2008 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
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