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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 Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each song's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as the amount of
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 Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each song's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as the amount of 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 ...
received on American radio station
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s and streaming on online digital music outlets.
During 2019, fifteen singles reached number one on the Hot 100; a sixteenth single, "Thank U, Next
''Thank U, Next'' is the fifth studio album by American singer Ariana Grande, released on February 8, 2019, by Republic Records. It was released six months after her fourth studio album '' Sweetener'' (2018), conceived in the midst of Grande ...
" by Ariana Grande, began its run at number one in November 2018. Of those fifteen number-one singles, four were collaborations. In total, eighteen acts topped the chart as either lead or featured artists, with ten— Swae Lee (as a solo artist), Bradley Cooper
Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...
, Jonas Brothers, Lil Nas X
Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), known by his stage name Lil Nas X ( ), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his country rap single " Old Town Road", which first achieved viral popula ...
, Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, and is known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart and ...
, Billie Eilish
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, Shawn Mendes
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, Lizzo
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, Lewis Capaldi
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, and Selena Gomez
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—achieving their first Hot 100 number-one single.
Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road
"Old Town Road" is the debut single of American rapper Lil Nas X, first released independently in December 2018. After gaining popularity, the single was re-released by Columbia Records in March 2019. Lil Nas X also recorded a remix with America ...
" was the longest-running number-one of the year, leading the chart for nineteen weeks (one for the song's original version, credited solely to Lil Nas X, and eighteen for a remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, and is known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart and ...
); in doing so, it broke the record as the longest-running number one single in ''Billboard'' history - a record previously held by the sixteen-week runs of both "One Sweet Day
"One Sweet Day" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey and vocal group Boyz II Men. The song was released on as the second single from Carey's fifth studio album, ''Daydream'' (1995) by Columbia Records. The artists ...
" by Mariah Carey (who added a nineteenth number one single in 2019) and Boyz II Men (1995–96), and "Despacito
"Despacito" (; "Slowly") is a song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Puerto Rican rapper and singer Daddy Yankee as the lead single from Fonsi's 2019 studio album '' Vida''. Released on January 12, 2017, the song was written by Fonsi ...
" by Luis Fonsi
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Fonsi received his first ...
and Daddy Yankee
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featuring Justin Bieber
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(2017). It also topped the ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 ranking as the best-performing single of 2019.
Post Malone
Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his variegated vocals, Malone has gained acclaim for blending genres and subgenres of hip ...
and Ariana Grande were the only acts to have multiple number-one songs in 2019, with two apiece.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
*2019 in American music
The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2019 in music in the United States.
Notable events January
*2 – Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille died at the age of 76 due to renal failure, with his ex-wife Toni Tennille ...
* List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2019
* List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2019
* ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2019
Notes
References
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Hot 100 number-one singles