When did Billboard Hot 100 start?
On August 4, 1958, Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" became the inaugural No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 song chart.
How is Billboard Hot 100 calculated?
Radio airplay audience impressions, sales information from Nielsen Soundscan, and streaming activity from internet music sources are all combined to create the Billboard Hot 100.
What is #1 Hot 100 song of all time?
Among the almost 30,000 songs that have debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart's 63-year existence, The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" has recently been crowned No. 1 on Billboard's roundup of the Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs.
What is the longest #1 song on Billboard Hot 100?
"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks.
Who is Billboard King?
Drake is the undisputed King of Billboard's Streaming Songs Chart.
Is it hard to get on Billboard Hot 100?
To appear on a Billboard chart, you must sell an average of 450–500 albums or have between 562,500 and 1,687,500 streams. This has been accomplished by several unsigned musicians by selling a modest amount of units.
What was the first rap song to hit No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100?
Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" became the first rap song to ever peak at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 3, 1990.
Who was the youngest person to top the Billboard 100?
Stevie Wonder was the youngest solo artist to have topped the Billboard Hot 100.
Who is the first artist to have all top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100?
Taylor Swift is the only artist in history to own all ten of the top songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
Who has the most Billboard Hot 100 entries?
The Glee Cast comes in second with 207 submissions, followed by Drake with 278 entries, Lil Wayne with 183, Taylor Swift with 168, Future with 152, and Kanye West with 141.
Who is No 1 Billboard artist?
BTS currently holds the record for most consecutive weeks at number one with 180.
How is billboard 100 chosen?
Radio airplay audience impressions, sales information from Nielsen Soundscan (including retail and digital sales), and streaming activity from online music sources are all combined to produce the Hot 100. The final Hot 100 rating is derived from a number of component charts.
Who has 7 Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles in a row?
Whitney Houston became the first artist to achieve the feat of seven straight No. 1 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 with the release of her single "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in the early months of 1988.
Who has the most Billboard Hot 100 entries female?
Overtaking Aretha Franklin, Nicki Minaj now owns the record for the most overall female appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.