The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart measures the top songs every week during the tracking week of Friday through Thursday based on their combination of sales, online streams (audio and video), and radio airplay. Scroll down for the list of every song that came out on top in 2024, updated weekly.
The Beatles have had the most No. 1 hits ever with 20 different chart-toppers. They’re followed closely by Mariah Carey, who has led the tally with 19 songs; she also holds the record for the most cumulative weeks spent at the top spot. Carey’s 1995 duet with Boyz II Men, “One Sweet Day,” once held the record for the longest run on top with 16 weeks at No. 1. But that was eventually tied by “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber in 2017, and then finally bested by Lil Nas X, whose “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus commanded the chart for 19 weeks in 2019. And in 2024 another country crossover track matched that with 19 weeks of its own: “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey. But Carey may take back her record at the end of 2025. Her holiday staple “All I Want for Christmas Is You” accumulated 18 weeks at No. 1 going into the new year.
However, the song named by Billboard as the No. 1 of all time was The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights,” which spent only four weeks leading the way but shattered the record for the most weeks in the top 10 with more than a year in the upper reaches of the chart. How much history will be made on the Hot 100 in 2025? Come back every week for more.
One week at No. 1 in 2025 (18 weeks total)
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Carey has returned to the top spot for six straight holiday seasons. This time around “All I Want for Christmas” spent four straight weeks at No. 1, bringing its total to 18 weeks at atop the list. That places it third on the list of the longest-running chart-toppers in Hot 100 history, behind Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’s “Old Town Road” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” both of which spent 19 weeks at the head of the pack.
