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{{For|the current year's number one hits|List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2025}}

This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent [[single (music)|singles]] chart in the [[music of the United States|United States]], currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular [[Airplay|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)|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 ==
{|
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| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1940|1940]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1941|1941]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1942|1942]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1943|1943]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1944|1944]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1945|1945]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1946|1946]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1947|1947]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1948|1948]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1949|1949]]
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| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1950|1950]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1951|1951]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1952|1952]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1953|1953]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1954|1954]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1955|1955]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1956|1956]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1957|1957]]
| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1958|1958]]
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== Hot 100 era ==
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| [[List of Billboard number-one singles of 1958#Hot 100|1958]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1959|1959]]
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| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1960|1960]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1961|1961]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1962|1962]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1963|1963]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1964|1964]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1965|1965]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1966|1966]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1967|1967]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968|1968]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1969|1969]]
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| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1970|1970]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1971|1971]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1972|1972]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1973|1973]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1974|1974]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1975|1975]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1976|1976]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1977|1977]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1978|1978]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979|1979]]
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| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980|1980]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1981|1981]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1982|1982]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983|1983]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1984|1984]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1985|1985]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1986|1986]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1987|1987]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1988|1988]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1989|1989]]
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| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1990|1990]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1991|1991]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1992|1992]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1993|1993]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1994|1994]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1995|1995]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1996|1996]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1997|1997]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1998|1998]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1999|1999]]
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| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2000|2000]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2001|2001]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2002|2002]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2003|2003]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2004|2004]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2005|2005]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2006|2006]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2007|2007]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2008|2008]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2009|2009]]
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| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2010|2010]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2011|2011]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012|2012]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2013|2013]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2014|2014]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2015|2015]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2016|2016]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2017|2017]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2018|2018]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2019|2019]]
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| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2020|2020]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2021|2021]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2022|2022]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2023|2023]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2024|2024]]
| [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2025|2025]]
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==Sources==
The following sources apply to all "by year" pages linked above:
*''[[Fred Bronson]]'s Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition'' ({{ISBN|0-8230-7677-6}})
*''[[Joel Whitburn]]'s Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12th 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}})
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The 2000s'' ({{ISBN|0-89820-182-9}})
*Additional information obtained can be verified within ''Billboard's'' [http://www.billboard.biz online archive services] and print editions of the magazine.

== See also ==
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles|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 ''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|''Billboard'' Year-End]]

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