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The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by '' Billboard'' magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by '' Billboard'' magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay
Airplay is how frequently a song is being played through broadcasting on radio stations. A song which is being played several times every day (spins) would have a significant amount of airplay. Music which became very popular on jukeboxes, in n ...
and streaming. At the end of a year, ''Billboard'' will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot 100 chart based on the information. For 2015, the list was published on December 9, calculated with data from December 6, 2014 to November 28, 2015.
The funk track "Uptown Funk
"Uptown Funk" is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson from his fourth studio album, ''Uptown Special'' (2015), featuring American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars. It was released as the album's lead single on 10 November 2014 via dow ...
" by British producer Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. He is best known for his collaborations with artists such as Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, R ...
, featuring American singer Bruno Mars
Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for performing in a wide range of musical ...
, who co-wrote and voiced the lyrics was named the number 1 song of 2015, despite being released in late 2014. It spent the longest time at number 1 for the year, 14 weeks, and spent the entire year in the Top 40 region. This is also the joint-second longest time at number 1 for a single in the 57-year history of the Hot 100 post-1958 inception, after Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's " One Sweet Day", which spent 16 weeks atop the Hot 100 from 1995 to 1996.
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See also
*2015 in American music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2015 in music in the United States.
Notable events January
*12 – Lady Antebellum performed the National Anthem at the first ever College Football Playoff National C ...
* List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2015
* List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2015
This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, an all-genre singles chart, in 2015.
During 2015, Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) spent 31 weeks in the top 10, becoming the single with t ...
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