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The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
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. [240] [241] 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. [242]
This list compiles the best-selling singles in the United States, based on reported sales figures. Some of the singles have been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album , usually ...
Colorful costumes, endless radio play, and big-money music videos supported the top tunes throughout the '90s. In short, it was a time of musical triumph — and some of the decade’s biggest ...
Most of the songs were Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers when they debuted, but some tracks weren't popular until their late discovery. You may also like: 15 unconventional Christmas albums from the ...
Throughout the decade, a total of 129 singles claimed the top spot of the Hot 100. While Santana 's " Smooth " featuring Rob Thomas topped the chart in the first two weeks of 2000, it was not counted as a number-one single of the 2000s decade by Billboard because it had topped the chart in October 1999, and thus was counted as a number-one ...
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" began the 2020s in the number-one position on the Hot 100, and made her the first artist to rank at number one on charts from four different decades. [1] The song was in its third week at number one on January 4, 2020, reaching the top for the first time on December 21, 2019.
Drake had the longest cumulative run at number one in the decade (49 weeks), aided by six number-one singles, with three songs spending over 10 weeks atop the chart: "One Dance", 2018's number-one single "God's Plan" and "In My Feelings". Katy Perry gathered eight number-one singles, spending 26 weeks atop the Hot 100.