Most number-one songs † – The biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by
Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single which spent the most weeks at No. 1 for the artist, such as Madonna's "Like a Virgin" (six weeks at No. 1, compared to seven for "
Take a Bow"), among other examples on the list. †† – The biggest number-one listed for that artist also finished at No. 1 on the respective
Billboard Year-End chart, but may not necessarily be the only Year-End No. 1 for that artist, such as The Beatles "
I Want to Hold Your Hand". ‡ – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100. •
Billboard credits the dual No. 1 Presley single "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as a single chart entity, and credits Presley with 17 number one singles. "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" spent 11 weeks at No. 1, "Hound Dog" for 6 weeks, and "Don't Be Cruel" for 5 weeks. Many chart statisticians, however, such as
Joel Whitburn, still list Presley as having 18 number ones. If counting only entries after the creation of
Billboard Hot 100, Presley has 7 number-one singles on the chart. • If counting
Drake's uncredited feature on
Travis Scott's "
Sicko Mode", then he would have 14 total number ones.
Female artists Below is a table of the female acts (excluding duos/groups, see below) with the most number-one singles on the Hot 100. † – As above, the biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by
Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single that spent the most weeks at No. 1 for the artist.
Male artists Below is a table of the male acts (excluding duos/groups, see below) with the most number-one singles on the Hot 100. † – As above, the biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by
Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single that spent the most weeks at No. 1 for the artist. †† -
Billboard credits Paul McCartney with nine total number-one songs, including those with
Wings. ††† -
Billboard credits Bruno Mars with ten total number-one songs, including those with
Silk Sonic. ‡ – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.
Groups, bands, and duos Below is a table of the groups, bands, and duos with the most number-one songs on the Hot 100. † – As above, the biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by
Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single that spent the most weeks at No. 1 for the artist.
Most cumulative weeks at number one † – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100. Presley is sometimes credited with an "80th week" that occurred when "All Shook Up" spent a ninth week on top of the "Most Played in Jukeboxes" chart. Although
Billboards chart statistician Joel Whitburn still counts this 80th week based on preexisting research,
Billboard magazine itself has since revised its methodology and officially credits Presley with 79 weeks. • 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 :* Houston's "
Thinking About You" is not counted as interrupting the streak, as it never appeared on the Hot 100, due to not being released to Pop radio. Likewise, Perry's "
Not Like the Movies" and "
Circle the Drain" were only promotional singles, not radio singles. :* With the streak spanning from her debut single "
Vision of Love" until "
Emotions,"
Mariah Carey became the first artist in Hot 100 history to have her first 5 solo singles reach No. 1 on the chart. Sources:
Most consecutive weeks simultaneously topping the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 Sources:
Most years charting a number-one song Source:
Most consecutive years charting a number-one song † – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100. Source:
Most years charting a number-one song Source:
Most consecutive decades charting a number-one song •
Michael Jackson,
Janet Jackson and
Lady Gaga are the only artists to score at least two number-one songs in three consecutive decades. • If
Michael Jackson's time with
The Jackson 5 is counted, his time atop the chart would extend to four decades (1960s as a member of the Jackson 5, in addition to three decades of solo number-ones). • If
Beyoncé's time with
Destiny's Child is counted, her time atop the chart would extend to four decades (1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, in addition to three decades of solo number-ones). • If
Diana Ross' time with
The Supremes is counted, she would appear on the list with three decades (1960s as a member of the Supremes, 1970s, 1980s). • If
Paul McCartney's time with
The Beatles is counted, he would appear on the list with three decades (1960s as a member of the Beatles, 1970s, 1980s). • If
John Lennon's time with
The Beatles is counted, he would appear on this list with three decades (1960s as a member of the Beatles, 1970s, 1980s). • If
George Harrison's time with
The Beatles is counted, he would appear on this list with three decades (1960s as a member of the Beatles, 1970s, 1980s). Sources:
Most consecutive years charting on the Hot 100 † – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100. If counting from the August 1958 Hot 100 inception, Presley totaled 21 consecutive years charting, starting with "
Hard Headed Woman" / "
Don't Ask Me Why" on August 4, 1958. • Note -
Mariah Carey has charted at least one song every year on the Hot 100 since her debut with "
Vision of Love" (June 2, 1990), 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" (March 8, 2008) to "
All I Want for Christmas Is You" (January 3, 2026).
Most number-one songs in a calendar year † – Pre-Hot 100 charts. Chart notes: If counting Presley's dual hit song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" separately, then Elvis has 5 for 1956. Some Presley songs included here charted No. 1 on Cashbox, but not on the
Billboard Top 100, the precursor to the
Billboard Hot 100. If counting Drake's feature on
Travis Scott's "
Sicko Mode", he would be included on the list with 4 for 2018 ("
God's Plan", "
Nice for What", and "
In My Feelings") Sources:
Most weeks at number one in a calendar year •
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. Sources:
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. •
Creedence Clearwater Revival is the artist with the most songs to peak at No. 2 without achieving a No. 1 hit. Source:
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 ‡ – Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100 included. Elvis Presley has 25 top 10 singles after the inception of the Hot 100.
Most number-one debuts Notes: • 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. • On September 2, 1995, "
You Are Not Alone" by
Michael Jackson became the first song to debut at No. 1. • In 2020,
Ariana Grande became the first artist in history to debut three songs at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in a calendar year. • Since 2009, at least one song has debuted at number one per year. 2020 holds the record for most debuts at number one in a calendar year, with twelve. Source:
Most top 10 debuts Most top 40 entries Notes - 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. • 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 (age 23 years, 198 days) is the youngest soloist to accumulate at least 100 entries on the Hot 100.
Most consecutive weeks on Hot 100 • After his 188-week streak spanning from February 3, 2018–September 4, 2021,
Drake was only off the Hot 100 for a single week before beginning a new streak of 32 weeks, stretching between the debut of 21 songs from
Certified Lover Boy on September 18, 2021 up until April 30, 2022, when "
P Power" spent its final week on the chart. Had he remained on the Hot 100 for that single week, he would have logged 221 consecutive weeks on the chart, making it the 3rd longest streak of all time. • After his 142-week streak spanning from July 17, 2010–March 30, 2013,
Chris Brown was only off the Hot 100 for two weeks before beginning a new streak of 161 weeks spanning from April 20, 2013–May 14, 2016. Had he remained on the Hot 100 for those two weeks, he would have logged 305 consecutive weeks on the chart, making it the 3rd longest streak of all time. Source:
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. – Pre-Hot 100
Self-replacement at number one •
The Beatles† – "
I Want to Hold Your Hand" → "
She Loves You" (March 21, 1964); "She Loves You" → "
Can't Buy Me Love" (April 4, 1964) •
Boyz II Men – "
I'll Make Love to You" → "
On Bended Knee" (December 3, 1994) •
Puff Daddy – "
I'll Be Missing You" (
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112) → "
Mo Money Mo Problems" (
The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase) (August 30, 1997) •
Ja Rule – "
Always on Time" (
Ja Rule featuring Ashanti) → "
Ain't It Funny" (
Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule) (March 9, 2002) •
Nelly – "
Hot in Herre" → "
Dilemma" (
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland) (August 17, 2002) •
OutKast – "
Hey Ya!" → "
The Way You Move" (
OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown) (February 14, 2004) •
Usher – "
Yeah!" (
Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) → "
Burn" (May 22, 2004); "Burn" → "
Confessions Part II" (July 24, 2004) •
T.I. – "
Whatever You Like" → "
Live Your Life" (
T.I. featuring Rihanna) (October 18, 2008); "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (November 15, 2008) •
The Black Eyed Peas – "
Boom Boom Pow" → "
I Gotta Feeling" (July 11, 2009) •
Taylor Swift‡ – "
Shake It Off" → "
Blank Space" (November 29, 2014); "
Cruel Summer" → "
Is It Over Now?" (November 11, 2023); "Is It Over Now?" → "Cruel Summer" (November 18, 2023) •
The Weeknd – "
Can't Feel My Face" → "
The Hills" (October 3, 2015) •
Justin Bieber – "
Sorry" → "
Love Yourself" (February 13, 2016); "
I'm the One" (
DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) → "
Despacito" (
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (May 27, 2017) •
Drake – "
God's Plan" → "
Nice for What" (April 21, 2018); "Nice for What" → "
In My Feelings" (July 21, 2018) •
BTS‡ – "
Butter" → "
Permission to Dance" (July 24, 2021); "Permission to Dance" → "Butter" (July 31, 2021) •
Kendrick Lamar – "
Not Like Us" → "
Luther" (
Kendrick Lamar & SZA) (March 1, 2025) † – The Beatles are the only act in history to have three consecutive, self-replacing No. 1s. ‡ – BTS and Taylor Swift are the only acts in history to replace themselves at No. 1 two weeks in a row.
Most consecutive 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, Drake, and
Bad Bunny. On February 23, 2019, Ariana Grande became the first act since the Beatles and first solo artist to simultaneously occupy the top three. • On November 5, 2022, Taylor Swift became the first act to simultaneously occupy more than 5 consecutive top positions, having held 10 consecutive top spots. She also became the first artist to simultaneously occupy more than 10 consecutive top positions, having held the top 14 on May 4, 2024, and the top 12 on October 18, 2025.
Most simultaneous entries in the top 5 • On February 21, 2026, Bad Bunny became the first
Latino,
Hispanic, and Spanish-language act to simultaneously occupy more than one position within the top 5.
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. •
Taylor Swift,
Max Martin, and
Shellback are the only songwriters to occupy the entire top 10 songs of the chart, Swift having done so on three occasions.
Most simultaneous entries in a single week Posthumous number-ones •
Otis Redding (d. December 10, 1967) – "
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (March 16, 1968) •
Janis Joplin (d. October 4, 1970) – "
Me and Bobby McGee" (March 20, 1971) •
Jim Croce (d. September 20, 1973) – "
Time in a Bottle" (December 29, 1973) •
John Lennon (
d. December 8, 1980) – "
(Just Like) Starting Over" (December 27, 1980) •
The Notorious B.I.G. (
d. March 9, 1997) – "
Hypnotize" (May 3, 1997) and "
Mo Money Mo Problems" (August 30, 1997) •
Soulja Slim (d. November 26, 2003) – "
Slow Motion" (
Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim) (August 7, 2004) •
Static Major (d. February 25, 2008) – "
Lollipop" (
Lil Wayne featuring Static Major) (May 3, 2008) •
XXXTentacion (
d. June 18, 2018) – "
Sad!" (June 30, 2018) Source:
Fictional bands to reach number one •
The Chipmunks – "
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (
The Chipmunks with David Seville) (December 22, 1958) •
The Archies – "
Sugar, Sugar" (September 20, 1969) •
The Partridge Family – "
I Think I Love You" (November 21, 1970) •
The Heights – "
How Do You Talk To An Angel" (November 14, 1992) •
Huntrix – "
Golden" (
Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (August 16, 2025) Source:
Age records •
Brenda Lee (age ) 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 (age 52 years, 297 days) 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 (age 62 years, 279 days) 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 (age ) 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 (age ) 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 (age ) 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 (age ) 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 (age ) 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 (age ) 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 (under the name "Nonna") (age ) 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 (age ) is the youngest artist to chart on the Hot 100. He established the record when his song "Dur dur d'être bébé! (It's Tough to Be a Baby)", where he is credited simply as Jordy, entered the chart on June 19, 1993. • Rumi Carter (age ) 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. • 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" (October 25, 1969) and the first of 12 weeks at No. 1 with "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas (October 23, 1999). • 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 (dated August 18, 1958), 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 ==