Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Once again this week, a new song has entered the Billboard Hot via the top spot. For the first 37 years of the Hot dating to its launch , no songs debuted at No. Why is this trend making it so that the No. Well, first off, it's important to remember that No. To begin with, after the seal was broken on the No. Once they had already accumulated enough airplay, a one-week sales boost maximized by pent-up demand from a delayed single release could send it straight to No.
However, this strategy only worked for the period where Billboard 's rules for the Hot stated that a song must have a physical single release to be eligible for the chart. In late , those rules were done away with, allowing songs to chart on airplay alone and essentially eliminating No. Then, from to , another four songs debuted atop the chart -- a rate of exactly one per year, as those debuts all came from the debut single releases of the winners from the competitive reality TV phenomenon American Idol or in the case of Clay Aiken in , the runner-up.
Those artists' debut singles were released quickly after their crowning, and drew such blockbuster sales that airplay was practically irrelevant in their chart placement. Following Idol 's slide from its peak popularity, there was again a multi-year gap in No. And this time, there was no long period without debuts atop the Hot to follow, since just as those iTunes downloads were starting to taper off at mid-decade, streaming began to rise in its stead, and was added in fuller force to the Hot calculation formula -- once again allowing songs by big-name artists to achieve mass consumption immediately.
Since , there hasn't been a single calendar year that hasn't seen at least one debut at the chart's pole position. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Gabbi Shaw. The Billboard Hot has measured the top pop songs in America based on sales, radio play, and online streaming since While some musical artists rack up No.
James Brown had more than 90 songs chart on the Hot , but never made it to No. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Though Nirvana has sold millions of albums around the world — and plenty of posters that adorn college dorm walls to this day — the closest they ever got to the top of the Hot was "Smells Like Teenage Spirit," which peaked at No. Bruce Springsteen might have some of the most recognizable songs in the world, but none of them have garnered the top spot on the Hot The Backstreet Boys have sold millions of records over 26 years, but they have never reached the coveted top spot on the pop charts.
The Who might be one of the most famous bands of the '60s and '70s, but they only had one song make it to the top Jimi Hendrix might be one of the greatest guitar players of all time, but he never had a single make it to the top 10, let alone the top of the chart.
Not one of Led Zeppelin's 16 singles has reached No. Bob Dylan may have won a Nobel Prize, but he's never had a No.
Shania Twain is the best-selling female country music star of all time, but that doesn't translate to Hot chart-toppers. Johnny Cash's year career resulted in millions upon millions of albums sold, but just one top 10 hit. Though they were the biggest band in the world at one time, One Direction never achieved a No.
Modern rock legends Green Day have had plenty of No. Not so much. James Brown had dozens of songs make it to the Hot , but none ever reached No.
Missy Elliot is one of the most prolific rappers of all time, but has yet to reach No 1 on the Hot But as impressive as most of those artists' chart-topping stints are, they've still a way to go before they match the mammoth reigns of these massive hits. We take a look at the tracks to have spent ten weeks or more at the top. American crooner Frankie scored his first ever UK Number 1 in April , just after his 40th birthday and seemed reluctant to let go.
Not content with notching up nine weeks at the summit, after a week at Number 2, he went back up to spend a further six at the top.
But it wasn't over yet. Famous composer Mantovani then claimed the Number 1 spot, before Frankie gave him a nudge and racked up an additional three weeks. Only five songs in history have scored three separate stints at the top!
Those of you with a calculator handy will have worked out that adds up to a whopping 18 weeks. That's like, over four months. Frankie's is the longest reign — although it's not consecutive of course. That honour goes to…. The weather was pretty dull for much of the year, and if you weren't a fan of Bryan Adams ' massive Number 1, listening to the radio wasn't likely to brighten your day.
Thanks to the success of then-box office darling Kevin Costner's innovative Hollywood retelling of Robin Hood complete with soft-metal blow-dry and Californian accent this ballad was inescapable. Their eyes met over the heated rollers — hair icons Robin Hood and Maid Marian on the single cover. Taking its pew at Number 1 in July and sitting tight until the end of October, Bryan's love theme from the movie notched up an incredible 16 straight weeks at the summit.
As the UK frantically tried to find out who was still buying the song and working out how to stop them, along came U2 to save the day — you don't often hear that these days, do you? The Fly replaced Bryan at number 1 and order was restored.
Warning: contains bangers. Another theme from a romantic movie, the Scottish quartet scored a third Number 1 with this cover of a Troggs hit from the Sixties. Taken from Four Weddings and a Funeral, even the band themselves were sick of hearing it during summer After 15 consecutive weeks, the Wets decided to pour cold water on the song's soaring success and DELETED it in the old days, you could halt production of a single — it was totally normal to do this to encourage people to buy the album it was taken from.
It's been a long time since we had a mammoth run at Number 1, isn't it?
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