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[note 1] American singer Brenda Lee became the oldest artist of all time to reach number one on the Hot 100 (age 78), when "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (1958) topped the chart in December 2023; concurrently, the song also became the third holiday single to top the chart [note 2] and it broke the record for longest climb to the top spot ...
The longest running number-one single is "Smooth" by Santana featuring Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas, which attained 12 weeks at number-one. Ten of those weeks were logged in 1999 and two additional weeks were logged in 2000. TLC was the only act with more than one number one song, with them hitting the top twice.
(Over 25 songs were number one each year from 1985 to 1991.) This is also the most recent year in which no artist had more than one song hit the No. 1 spot. That year, 7 acts earned their first number one song: Right Said Fred, Mr. Big, Vanessa Williams, Kris Kross, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Boyz II Men, and The Heights.
Johnny Mathis, previously having hit number one before creating the Hot 100, earns his first number one song on the chart. The Bee Gees and younger sibling Andy Gibb were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one, having three songs and two songs, respectively. Barry Gibb wrote or co-wrote 7 of the number one songs of the year.
Gloria Gaynor scored a #1 hit with "I Will Survive" in 1979.. Here are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1979.. That year, 10 acts earned their first number one song: Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, The Knack, Robert John, M, Styx, and Rupert Holmes; only Blondie would ever have another number one hit.
During 2020, twenty singles reached number-one on the Hot 100, making 2020 the year with the most number-one hits on the Hot 100 since 1991, which had twenty-seven. In addition, two other number-one singles in 2020, " All I Want for Christmas Is You " by Mariah Carey and " Circles " by Post Malone , had each previously hit number one in 2019.
List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Rod Stewart 7 2 Wings 5 3 Johnnie Taylor 4 Elton John Kiki Dee 6 Paul Simon 3 The Four Seasons Diana Ross Wild Cherry 10 Starland Vocal Band 2 The Manhattans Chicago 13 Bay City Rollers 1 C.W. McCall Barry Manilow Ohio Players Rhythm Heritage The Miracles
Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and Maroon 5's "One More Night" tied for the longest-running number-one single of the year, both spending nine consecutive weeks atop the chart. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" was the second longest-running one, topping the Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks. [ 6 ]