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This list is of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1968. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 11, 1969 [2] is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 6 through December 14, 1968.
The Beatles were the only group or artist to have more than one #1 song in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. Their song " Hey Jude " was the best-performing single in 1968, spending a total of nine consecutive weeks atop the chart and tying the record at the time for the most consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, set by " Theme from A ...
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1968 which peaked in 1969 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten November 23 "Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell: 3 January 11 9 December 28 "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations: 2 January 11 8 "Cloud Nine" The Temptations: 6 January 4 3
The Supremes scored 12 number-one singles during 1958–1969, spending 22 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "The Twist" by Chubby Checker topped the chart in two different chart years and ranked as the most successful song in the chart's history, until surpassed by The Weeknd 's "Blinding Lights" (2020). #. Reached number one.
Otis Redding had a posthumous number one with "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay".. In 1968, Billboard published a weekly chart ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 has been published ...
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
200 number-one albums of 1968. These are the Billboard magazine number-one pop albums of 1968. Simon & Garfunkel had two number one albums, The Graduate soundtrack and Bookends, which spent a combined 16 consecutive weeks at number one.
Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones. The Billboard Hot 100 is a singles chart published by Billboard which measures the most popular singles in the United States. Prior to the creation of the Hot 100, Billboard published four singles charts: "Best Sellers in Stores", "Most Played by Jockeys", "Most Played in Jukeboxes" and "The Top 100".