List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2020

"Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd was the best-performing song of the year and broke the record for most weeks in the top five and top ten of the Hot 100.

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by MRC Data, is based collectively on each song's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as the amount of airplay received on American radio stations and streaming on online digital music outlets.

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. Twenty-five artists reached the top of the Hot 100 in 2020, with thirteen—Roddy Ricch, Kid Cudi, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, 6ix9ine, Harry Styles, BTS, M.I.A., Jawsh 685, 24kGoldn, and Iann Dior—achieving their first number-one single. Ariana Grande and BTS scored three number ones each. Ricch's "The Box" was the longest-running number-one of the year, leading the chart for eleven weeks, whereas the Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" was the year's best performing song on the chart, topping the Billboard Year-End Hot 100.

Roddy Ricch earned his first two Hot 100 number-ones with "The Box" and DaBaby collaboration "Rockstar", and spent the most weeks atop the chart in 2020, with 18 weeks.

For the first time since 1990, six songs topped the Hot 100 in six consecutive weeks, namely "The Scotts" by The Scotts (Travis Scott and Kid Cudi), "Say So" by Doja Cat featuring Minaj, "Stuck with U" by Grande and Justin Bieber, "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé, "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Grande, and "Rockstar" by DaBaby featuring Ricch. Billboard highlighted this unusual amount of turnover for the number-one spot on the chart, and cited many reasons to this phenomenon—song remixes, organized fan buying/streaming activities and the release of numerous collectible physical copies (CDs and vinyls) and bundles by artists to encourage their fans to purchase multiple copies of a song. This made the Hot 100 chart "more of a first-week factor than usual", explaining the drop in sales units of a song after it peaked at the number-one spot.[1]

In July 2020, Billboard announced that the Hot 100 chart would "no longer allow" the sales of physical/digital bundles (physical singles that are clubbed with digital downloads) to be reported as digital sales, which is a "widespread" industry practice of not manufacturing and shipping the vinyls, CDs and other physical copies to consumers for weeks or months, but making the bundled digital download instantly redeemable, a tactic generally used by artists like Grande, Bieber and 6ix9ine to boost their chart positions; Billboard asserted that those physical singles would only be counted when they are shipped to the consumer, making the tactic "ineffectual".[2]

Cardi B reached number-one with "WAP", becoming the first female rapper to achieve four number ones, as well as in different decades.

The year 2020 broke the record for the calendar year that spawned the most number-one debuts on the Hot 100, with twelve songs debuting atop the chart: Drake's "Toosie Slide", "The Scotts" by Scott and Cudi, "Stuck With U" by Grande and Bieber, "Rain On Me" by Gaga and Grande, "Trollz" by 6ix9ine and Minaj, Taylor Swift's "Cardigan", Cardi B's "WAP" featuring Megan Thee Stallion, BTS's "Dynamite", Scott's "Franchise" featuring Young Thug and M.I.A., Grande's "Positions", BTS's "Life Goes On", and Swift's "Willow", in that order.[3] 2020 further marked the first calendar year in Hot 100 history to have more than one all-female collaboration reach the number-one spot, with four.[4]

Chart history

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Megan Thee Stallion received her first two number ones with her collaborations with Beyoncé in "Savage" and with Cardi B in "WAP".
BTS scored three number-ones, including "Life Goes On", the first Korean-language song to top the Hot 100.
Ariana Grande scored three number-ones with "Rain on Me", and "Stuck with U, and "Positions"; all three debuting atop the Hot 100, making her the first act to have their first five number-ones debut at that position.
Taylor Swift scored her sixth and seventh number-ones with "Cardigan" and "Willow"; both debuted atop the Hot 100 the same week their parent albums opened atop the Billboard 200, making her the first act to do so.
Key
† Indicates best-performing song of 2020[5]
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
1095 January 4 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey [6][7]
re January 11 "Circles" Post Malone [8][9]
1096 January 18 "The Box" Roddy Ricch [10][11]
January 25 [12][13]
February 1 [14][15]
February 8 [16][17]
February 15 [18][19]
February 22 [20][21]
February 29 [22][23]
March 7 [24][25]
March 14 [26][27]
March 21 [28][29]
March 28 [30][31]
1097 April 4 "Blinding Lights" † The Weeknd [32][33]
April 11 [34][35]
1098 April 18 "Toosie Slide" Drake [36][37]
re April 25 "Blinding Lights" † The Weeknd [38][39]
May 2 [40][41]
1099 May 9 "The Scotts" The Scotts,[a] Travis Scott and Kid Cudi [42][43]
1100 May 16 "Say So" Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj [44][45]
1101 May 23 "Stuck with U" Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber [46][47]
1102 May 30 "Savage" Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé [48][49]
1103 June 6 "Rain on Me" Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande [50][51]
1104 June 13 "Rockstar" DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch [52][53]
June 20 [54][55]
1105 June 27 "Trollz" 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj [56][57]
re July 4 "Rockstar" DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch [58][59]
July 11 [60][61]
July 18 [62][63]
July 25 [64][65]
August 1 [66][67]
1106 August 8 "Cardigan" Taylor Swift [68][69]
1107 August 15 "Watermelon Sugar" Harry Styles [70][71]
1108 August 22 "WAP" Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion [72][4][73]
August 29 [74][75]
1109 September 5 "Dynamite" BTS [76][77]
September 12 [78][79]
re September 19 "WAP" Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion [80][81]
September 26 [82][83]
re October 3 "Dynamite" BTS [84][85]
1110 October 10 "Franchise" Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A. [86][87]
1111 October 17 "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo and BTS [88][89][90]
1112 October 24 "Mood" 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior [91][92]
October 31 [93][94]
1113 November 7 "Positions" Ariana Grande [95][96]
re November 14 "Mood" 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior [97][98]
November 21 [99][100]
November 28 [101][102]
1114 December 5 "Life Goes On" BTS [103][104]
re December 12 "Mood" 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior [105][106]
re December 19 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey [107][108]
1115 December 26 "Willow" Taylor Swift [109][3]

Number-one artists

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List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Roddy Ricch 18
2 DaBaby 7
3 24kGoldn 6
Iann Dior
5 Megan Thee Stallion 5
BTS
7 The Weeknd 4
Cardi B
9 Ariana Grande 3
10 Mariah Carey 2
Travis Scott
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
14 Post Malone 1
Drake
Kid Cudi
Doja Cat
Justin Bieber
Beyoncé
Lady Gaga
6ix9ine
Harry Styles
Young Thug
M.I.A.
Jawsh 685
Jason Derulo

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Scotts is a duo consisting of Travis Scott and Kid Cudi, though they are also credited as solo artists for the song.

References

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  42. ^ "May 9, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
  43. ^ Trust, Gary (May 4, 2020). "Travis Scott & Kid Cudi's 'The Scotts' Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100, Megan Thee Stallion's 'Savage' Soars to Top Five". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  44. ^ "May 16, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  46. ^ "May 23, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  48. ^ "May 30, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
  49. ^ Trust, Gary (May 26, 2020). "Megan Thee Stallion & Beyonce's 'Savage' Surges to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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  52. ^ "June 13, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  56. ^ "June 27, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
  57. ^ Trust, Gary (June 22, 2020). "6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj's 'Trollz' Launches at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Lil Baby's 'The Bigger Picture' Debuts at No. 3". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  58. ^ "July 4, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  62. ^ "July 18, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
  63. ^ Trust, Gary (July 13, 2020). "DaBaby's 'Rockstar' Rules Hot 100 For Fifth Week, Pop Smoke's 'For the Night' Debuts in Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  64. ^ "July 25, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  68. ^ "August 8, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
  69. ^ Trust, Gary (August 3, 2020). "Taylor Swift Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'Cardigan,' Is 1st Artist to Open Atop Hot 100 & Billboard 200 in Same Week". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  70. ^ "August 15, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  72. ^ "August 22, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
  73. ^ "Juice WRLD & The Weeknd's 'Smile' Debuts in Hot 100's Top 10, Lewis Capaldi's 'Before You Go' Rises to No. 10". Billboard. August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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  78. ^ "September 12, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  84. ^ "October 3, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  86. ^ "October 10, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
  87. ^ Trust, Gary (October 5, 2020). "Travis Scott's 'Franchise' Flies In at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Becoming His Record Third Chart-Topping Debut Within a Year". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
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  91. ^ "October 24, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  93. ^ "October 31, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  95. ^ "November 7, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  101. ^ "November 28, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  103. ^ "December 5, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  105. ^ "December 12, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
  106. ^ Trust, Gary (December 7, 2020). "24kGoldn's 'Mood' Scores Sixth Week at No. 1 on Hot 100, Mariah Carey's 'Christmas' Dashes to No. 2". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  107. ^ "December 19, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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  109. ^ "December 26, 2020". Billboard Hot 100.
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