From Niche Genre to Mainstream Success

Despite a mini-revival of dance radio in America in the early 2000s, only a few dance/electronic artists managed to crack the Hot 100 each year in that decade.

To be fair, the playing field has changed in the open era of the chart.  Since December 1998, when the national Hot 100 was expanded to include all the major radio formats, it’s become much harder for a dance track—or any top 40 song—to do well.  That’s because the all-genre chart—especially the lower half—is populated with R&B/hip-hop and country songs, thanks to the considerable size of the radio panel representing those formats.  For a song to go the distance, it needs strong sales and/or multi-format radio support.  And starting in 2013, a viral video or Internet meme can also help (refer to major chart changes below).  As audio streaming emerged as the preferred music consumption choice by the mid-2010s, streaming in general is as important as radio airplay.

The success of David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Zedd, Avicii, DJ Snake, The Chainsmokers, Major Lazer, Clean Bandit, and Marshmello changed the landscape a bit for the 2010s.  Indeed, 2013 was a breakthrough year when nine dance artists scored 10 top 10 hits at top 40 radio, led by Daft Punk and Avicii.  Three years later, The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” became the biggest crossover hit by a bona fide dance artist since Chic’s “Le Freak” in 1978 (see top crossover hits below).  The duo also scored the first No. 1 album by a dance/electronic artist in 20 years since The Prodigy’s The Fat of the Land in 1997 (not counting Sia, AFI, and the usual suspects).  The list below excludes such established pop stars as Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Lady Gaga.  Instead, you’ll find their dance-leaning hits in the Honorable Mention section.  Read on for more explanation of this catchall category.

A song receives an honorable mention if 1) at least one of the producers is a dance artist or someone closely identified with dance music, 2) it samples/reproduces/interpolates/remakes a dance track, or 3) it has a dance-leaning sound.  Case in point:  No discussion of the impact of dance music would be complete without mentioning The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling.”  This international smash really ushered in the stateside resurgence of dance music at top 40 radio back in 2009.  While it’s technically not a crossover hit, you can’t overlook the fact that it’s co-produced and co-written by Guetta.  It’s true that he’s listed as one of the song’s six writers, but as one of the two producers, his imprint is hard to miss, not to mention the intro is very similar to his own “Love Is Gone.”

Why do we put Mike Posner’s “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” in the main section and Coldplay’s “Hymn for the Weekend” in the Honorable Mention section when radio played remixes of both by, coincidentally, SeeB in 2016?  Most, if not all, stations played the remix of “Pill” exclusively, a preference also reflected in sales.  While mainstream top 40 radio played the remix of “Hymn,” other formats stuck with the album version.  In terms of downloads, the original version of “Hymn” has outsold the SeeB remix.

In order to give you the whole picture, we must also look beyond Hot 100 proper.  That’s right, it’s time to put the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart to good use.  For example, despite reaching No. 21 at mainstream top 40 radio in 2013—a crossover hit by all accounts—Nikki Williams’ “Glowing” just missed making the top 100 (blame it on the open era).  By the way, “Glowing” is produced and co-written by Sandy Vee, who worked with fellow Frenchman Guetta on his One Love album.  Like Vee, Ali Payami and Cashmere Cat have had more success producing and writing for other people than with their own releases.

The 25-position Bubbling Under chart (on hiatus between 1985 and 1992) includes only songs that have not entered the top 100.  To avoid confusion, we’ve elected to list the top song on the Bubbling Under chart as No. 101 and so on.  Strictly speaking, if the Hot 100 were expanded beyond 100 positions, all the songs on the current Bubbling Under chart would have to compete with tracks that have fallen below No. 100.  In other words, our nomenclature is purely hypothetical.  Incredibly, Benny Benassi’s “Cinema” spent almost a year on the Bubbling Under chart between 2011 and 2012 without reaching the top 100, a feat only bested by two Pearl Jam songs in the late 1990s and Lil Baby’s “Freestyle” in 2018.

Note that all-genre Hot 100 airplay (also called Radio Songs) is a 50-position chart (was 75 positions deep from late 1990 to late 2013).  Mainstream top 40 (also known as Pop Songs) is limited to 40 positions.  The former chart is based on estimated size of airplay audience impressions (number of listeners); the latter is ranked by total airplay detections (number of spins).

 

 

2020s

 

Crossover Success Since 2000

Dance/Electronic Artist (Lead or Featured or Remix) on Hot 100	Peak Pos.	Hot 100 Airplay	Top 40 Airplay
2020s
2024
Kenya Grace, “Strangers”	42	25	10
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, “Murder on the Dancefloor” - Originally charted in 2002	51	-	36
Kygo & Ava Max, “Whatever”	101	-	-
Bizarrap & Young Miko, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 58”	109	-	-
Alok & Bebe Rexha, “Deep in Your Love”	-	-	-
Marshmello, Pink & Sting, “Dreaming”	-	-	-
Mason vs. Princess Superstar, “Perfect (Exceeder)” - Originally charted in 2007	-	-	-
Tiesto Featuring 21 Savage & BIA, “Both”	-	-	26
Honorable Mention 2024
Ariana Grande, “Yes, And?”	1 (1)
Paul Russell, “Lil Boo Thang” - Contains elements of "Best of My Love" by The Emotions	14
Nicki Minaj Featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Everybody” - Contains elements of "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior	24
BigXthaPlug, “Mmhmm” - Contains elements of "And the Beat Goes On" by The Whispers	65
Lil Nas X, “J Christ” - Co-produced and co-written by Gesaffelstein	69
Cher, “DJ Play a Christmas Song”	90
Olivia Lunny Featuring Bryce Vine, “Fix This”	-
2023
PinkPantheress & Ice Spice, “Boy's a Liar, Pt. 2”	3	8	7
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, “I'm Good (Blue)”	4	1 (1)	1 (2)
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice With Aqua, “Barbie World”	7	5	2
Bizarrap & Shakira, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”	9	42	37
Bizarrap & Peso Pluma, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 55”	31	-	-
Travis Scott Featuring James Blake & 21 Savage, “Til Further Notice”	38	-	-
Fuerza Regida & Marshmello, “Harley Quinn"	40	-	-
David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray, “Baby Don't Hurt Me"	48	16	12
Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris, “We Found Love” - Originally charted in 2011	48	-	-
Labrinth, “Never Felt so Alone"	62	-	36
Diplo Featuring Jessie Murph & Polo G, “Heartbroken"	64	-	23
Tiesto Featuring Tate McRae, “10:35"	69	-	21
Metro Boomin & James Blake, “Hummingbird"	90	-	-
Gorillaz Featuring Bad Bunny, “Tormenta"	101	-	-
Suicidal-Idol, “Ecstasy"	101	-	-
Miley Cyrus Featuring Sia, “Muddy Feet"	109	-	-
Marshmello & Brent Faiyaz, “Fell in Love"	110	-	-
Marshmello & Manuel Turizo, “El Merengue"	110	-	-
Odetari & 9lives, “I Love You Hoe"	119	-	-
Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Kodak Black & Koe Wetzel, “Wasted"	120	-	-
Metro Boomin, James Blake, A$AP Rocky & 21 Savage, “Nonviolent Communication"	125	-	-
Rauw Alejandro x Bizarrap, “Baby Hello”	-	-	-
Bizarrap & Rauw Alejandro, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 56”	-	-	-
Bizarrap & Arcangel, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 54”	-	-	-
Casso, RAYE & D-Block Europe, “Prada"	-	-	-
Daft Punk Featuring Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, “Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)"	-	-	-
Fisher x Kita Alexander, “Atmosphere"	-	-	-
Fred again.. & Baby Keem, “Leavemealone"	-	-	-
Fred again.. x Skrillex x Four Tet, “Baby Again.."	-	-	-
Peggy Gou, “(It Goes Like) Nanana"	-	-	-
Calvin Harris Featuring Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For" - Originally charted in 2016	-	-	-
Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding, “Miracle"	-	-	40
Calvin Harris & Sam Smith, “Desire"	-	-	-
Illenium Featuring Nina Nesbitt, “Luv Me a Little"	-	-	-
Illenium & JVKE, “With All My Heart"	-	-	-
Illenium, Avril Lavigne & Travis Barker, “Eyes Wide Shut"	-	-	-
Interworld, “Metamorphosis"	-	-	-
Jung Kook Featuring DJ Snake, “Please Don't Change"	-	-	-
Jung Kook Featuring Major Lazer, “Closer to You"	-	-	-
Jungle, “Back on 74"	-	-	-
Karol G & Tiesto, “Provenza (Remix)"	-	-	-
Zara Larsson x David Guetta, “On My Love"	-	-	34
The Living Tombstone, “Five Nights at Freddy's"	-	-	-
Loud Luxury Featuring KIDDO, “These Nights"	-	-	35
Loud Luxury & DVBBS Featuring Kane Brown, “Next to You"	-	-	-
Loud Luxury, Two Friends & Bebe Rexha, “If Only I"	-	-	26
Marshmello & Dove Cameron, “Other Boys"	-	-	-
Marshmello & Farruko, “Esta Vida"	-	-	-
Kylie Minogue, “Padam Padam"	-	-	32
MK & Dom Dolla, “Rhyme Dust"	-	-	-
Odetari, “Good Loyal Thots"	-	-	-
Odetari, “Narcissistic Personality Disorder"	-	-	-
Odetari & 6arelyhuman, “GMFU"	-	-	-
Odetari & Cade Clair, “Look Don't Touch"	-	-	-
Rita Ora Featuring Fatboy Slim, “Praising You"	-	-	23
Ozuna & David Guetta, “Vocation"	-	-	-
Pitbull & Nile Rodgers, “Freak 54 (Freak Out)"	-	-	29
PNAU + Khalid, “The Hard Way"	-	-	-
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta, “One in a Million"	-	-	-
Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan, “Rumble"	-	-	-
John Summit & Hayla, “Where You Are"	-	-	-
Tainy, Rauw Alejandro, Skrillex & Four Tet, “Volver"	-	-	-
Tiesto Featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie, “Chills (LA Hills)"	-	-	-
Oliver Tree & David Guetta, “Here We Go Again"	-	-	-
Yatashigang & Zwe1hvndxr, “Lovely Bastards"	-	-	-
Honorable Mention 2023
Morgan Wallen, “Last Night (VAVO x DLAY Remix)”	1 (16)
Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”	1 (8)
Taylor Swift, “Cruel Summer” - Originally charted in 2019	1 (4)
Jimin, “Like Crazy”	1 (1)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Die for You” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat; originally charted in 2016	1 (1)
Taylor Swift, “Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault]”	2
Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice, “Karma”	2
Jung Kook, “Standing Next to You”	5
Jung Kook & Jack Harlow, “3D” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop	5
Beyonce, “Cuff It” - Co-written by Nile Rodgers	6
Dua Lipa, “Dance the Night”	6
Coi Leray, “Players” - Contains elements of "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five	9
Taylor Swift, “Style (Taylor's Version)” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	9
Lil Uzi Vert, “Just Wanna Rock”	10
Dua Lipa, “Houdini” - Co-produced and co-written by Danny L Harle	11
Nicki Minaj, “Red Ruby da Sleeze” - Contains elements of "Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)" by Lumidee	13
Taylor Swift, “Welcome to New York (Taylor's Version)”	14
Fifty Fifty, “Cupid”	17
The Weeknd Featuring Future, “Double Fantasy”	18
Selena Gomez, “Single Soon” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	19
Ed Sheeran, “Eyes Closed” - Co-produced and co-written by Fred again..	19
Travis Scott Featuring Teezo Touchdown, “Modern Jam” - Co-produced and co-written by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (Daft Punk)	23
*NSYNC, “Better Place”	25
Taylor Swift, “I Wish You Would (Taylor's Version)”	31
Miley Cyrus, “River”	32
Taylor Swift, “How You Get the Girl (Taylor's Version)”	40
Lady Gaga, “Bloody Mary” - Co-produced and co-written by DJ White Shadow (from 2011 album)	41
NewJeans, “Super Shy”	48
Kim Petras & Nicki Minaj, “Alone” - Partial remake of "Better off Alone" by Alice Deejay	55
Beyonce, “My House”	57
Sam Smith, “I'm Not Here to Make Friends” - Co-produced by Calvin Harris	71
Charli XCX, “Speed Drive” - Contains an interpolation of "Mickey" by Toni Basil	73
Troye Sivan, “Rush"	77
NewJeans, “ETA”	81
Nicki Minaj, “Pink Friday Girls” - Contains elements of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper	82
NewJeans, “Ditto”	82
Pink, “Trustfall” - Co-produced and co-written by Fred again..	82
Latto Featuring LU KALA, “Lottery”	83
TWICE, “Moonlight Sunrise”	84
NewJeans, “Cool With You”	93
NewJeans, “New Jeans”	105
Lizzo, “Pink”	106
TWICE, “Set Me Free”	107
Zayn, “Love Like This”	112
Miley Cyrus, “Violet Chemistry” - Co-written by James Blake and Sia	113
iCandy, “Keep Dat N*gga” - Contains elements of "Boogie Shoes" by KC & the Sunshine Band	115
Charlie Puth Featuring Dan + Shay, “That's Not How This Works”	120
Miley Cyrus, “Handstand”	122
J Balvin, Usher & DJ Khaled, “Dientes" - Co-produced and co-written by Mura Masa and Michael Brun; contains elements of "Yeah!" by Usher	-
Charli XCX & Sam Smith, “In the City"	-
Alex Favela x Grupo Marca Registrada x Joaquin Medina, “Elovrga”	-
Feid, “Luces de Tecno”	-
Flo Rida, “What a Night” - Contains elements of "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons	-
Conan Gray, “Never Ending Song”	-
Jain, “Makeba” - Contains elements of "Me and the Gang" by Bohannon	-
Zara Larsson, “Can't Tame Her”	-
Olivia Lunny, “Timezone”	-
Ava Max, “Choose Your Fighter”	-
Ava Max, “Ghost”	-
Pitbull & Lil Jon, “Jumpin”	-
P1Harmony, “Jump”	-
Bebe Rexha, “Heart Wants What It Wants”	-
Rihanna, “Disturbia” - Originally charted in 2008	-
Rihanna, “Don’t Stop the Music” - Originally charted in 2008; contains elements of “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” by Michael Jackson	-
Rihanna, “Only Girl (In the World)” - Originally charted in 2010; co-produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	-
Rihanna, “S&M” - Originally charted in 2011; co-produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	-
Rihanna, “Where Have You Been” - Originally charted in 2012; co-produced and co-written by Calvin Harris	-
Troye Sivan, “Got Me Started"	-
Sam Smith & Madonna, “Vulgar”	-
TXT x Jonas Brothers, “Do It Like That”	-
Tyla, “Been Thinking”	-
will.i.am & Britney Spears, “Mind Your Business”	-
2022
Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”	7	7	8
Neiked x Mae Muller x Polo G, “Better Days”	23	17	10
Sia, “Unstoppable" - Originally released in 2016	28	7	12
Marshmello & Khalid, “Numb"	40	36	10
Tiesto & Ava Max, “The Motto”	42	43	16
Labrinth & Zendaya, “I'm Tired”	53	-	34
Marshmello & Juice WRLD, “Bye Bye”	53	-	-
Beyonce Featuring Grace Jones & Tems, “Move”	55	-	-
The Chainsmokers, “High”	57	43	16
Acraze Featuring Cherish, “Do It to It”	65	-	20
Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa & Young Thug, “Potion”	71	-	23
Bizarrap & Quevedo, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52”	79	-	-
Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz, “Miss You”	84	-	27
Alesso & Katy Perry, “When I'm Gone”	90	-	24
Calvin Harris Featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell, “Stay With Me"	102	-	-
Gorillaz Featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown, “New Gold"	104	-	-
PinkPantheress, “Boy's a Liar"	105	-	-
Kygo Featuring DNCE, “Dancing Feet"	116	-	28
Zedd, Maren Morris & BEAUZ, “Make You Say"	120	-	38
Black Eyed Peas, Shakira + David Guetta, “Don't You Worry"	122	-	18
Post Malone With Mark Morrison & Sickick, “Cooped Up/Return of the Mack"	123	-	-
Alesso Featuring Zara Larsson, “Words"	-	-	-
Bob Moses, “Love Brand New"	-	-	-
The Chainsmokers, “I Love U"	-	-	-
The Chainsmokers, “iPad"	-	-	-
The Chainsmokers, “Riptide"	-	-	-
Cheat Codes x Russell Dickerson, “I Remember"	-	-	37
Joel Corry x David Guetta x Bryson Tiller, “What Would You Do?"	-	-	-
Diplo With Miguel, “Don't Forget My Love"	-	-	25
Duke & Jones x Louis Theroux, “Jiggle Jiggle"	-	-	-
Dxrk, “Rave"	-	-	-
Flume Featuring MAY-A, “Say Nothing"	-	-	-
Flume Featuring Oklou, “Highest Building"	-	-	-
Grimes, “Shinigami Eyes"	-	-	-
Gryffin & Olivia O'Brien, “Caught Up"	-	-	-
Gryffin & OneRepublic, “You Were Loved"	-	-	-
David Guetta & Becky Hill & Ella Henderson, “Crazy What Love Can Do"	-	-	-
Becky Hill & David Guetta, “Remember" - Originally charted in 2021	-	-	-
Kordhell, “Murder in My Mind"	-	-	-
Kx5 Featuring Hayla, “Escape"	-	-	34
Kygo, “Freeze"	-	-	-
Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott, “Woke up in Love"	-	-	-
Kygo With Dean Lewis, “Lost Without You"	-	-	-
Lost Frequencies Featuring Calum Scott, “Where Are You Now"	-	-	35
Madonna vs. Sickick, “Frozen"	-	-	-
MUPP x Sadfriendd, “Vendetta!"	-	-	-
Odesza Featuring Bettye LaVette, “The Last Goodbye"	-	-	-
Regard x Drop G, “No Love for You"	-	-	-
Porter Robinson, “Everything Goes On"	-	-	-
Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal, “B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)"	-	-	-
Southstar, “Miss You"	-	-	-
Swedish House Mafia & Connie Constance, “Heaven Takes You Home"	-	-	-
Tiesto & Charli XCX, “Hot in It"	-	-	-
Twisted Featuring Oliver Tree, “Worth Nothing"	-	-	-
Honorable Mention 2022
Harry Styles, “As It Was”	1 (15)
Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”	1 (8)
Beyonce, “Break My Soul” - Contains elements of "Show Me Love" by Robin S.	1 (2)
Lizzo, “About Damn Time” - Contains elements of "Hey! DJ" by The World's Famous Supreme Team	1 (2)
Nicki Minaj, “Super Freaky Girl” - Contains elements of "Super Freak" by Rick James	1 (1)
Taylor Swift, “Lavender Haze”	2
Kate Bush, “Running up That Hill (A Deal With God) (Kue Remix)” - Originally charted in 1985	3
Latto, “Big Energy” - Contains elements of “Genius of Love” by Tom Tom Club	3
Ed Sheeran, “Shivers” - Co-produced by Fred again..	4
DJ Khaled Featuring Drake & Lil Baby, “Staying Alive” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat; contains an interpolation of "Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees	5
Drake, “Sticky” - Produced and co-written by Gordo and RY X	6
Elton John & Britney Spears, “Hold Me Closer”	6
Taylor Swift, “Bejeweled”	6
Drake, “Falling Back” - Co-produced and co-written by &Me (Keinemusik), Rampa (Keinemusik), and Alex Lustig	7
Benny Blanco, BTS & Snoop Dogg, “Bad Decisions”	10
The Weeknd, “Sacrifice” - Co-produced and co-written by Swedish House Mafia and Oscar Holter	11
Drake, “Texts Go Green”	13
Taylor Swift, “Mastermind”	13
Drake, “Massive” - Co-produced and co-written by Gordo	14
Beyonce, “Alien Superstar” - Co-produced and co-written by Honey Dijon; contains an interpolation of “I'm Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred and elements of "Unique" by Danube Dance	19
Drake, “Calling My Name” - Co-produced and co-written by Gordo and Alex Lustig	20
Drake, “A Keeper” - Co-produced and co-written by &Me and Rampa	21
Ed Sheeran Featuring Taylor Swift, “The Joker and the Queen” - Co-produced and co-written by Fred again..	21
Beyonce, “Church Girl” - Contains elements of "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins	22
Drake, “Currents” - Produced and co-written by Black Coffee and Gordo	23
Beyonce, “I'm That Girl” - Co-produced and co-written by Kelman Duran	26
Beyonce Featuring BEAM, “Energy” - Co-produced and co-written by Skrillex	27
Charlie Puth, “Light Switch”	27
Drake, “Flight's Booked” - Co-produced and co-written by Alex Lustig and Govi	28
The Weeknd, “Gasoline” - Co-produced by OPN and Oscar Holter; co-written by OPN	29
Beyonce, “Cozy” - Co-produced and co-written by Honey Dijon; contains elements of "Get With U" by Lidell Townsell & M.T.F. and "Unique" by Danube Dance	30
Yung Gravy, “Betty (Get Money)” - Co-produced by Dillon Francis; contains an interpolation of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley	30
The Weeknd, “Is There Someone Else?” - Co-produced by OPN and Oscar Holter; co-written by OPN	31
The Weeknd, “Out of Time” - Co-produced by OPN and Oscar Holter; co-written by OPN	32
The Weeknd, “How Do I Make You Love Me?” - Co-produced and co-written by OPN, Swedish House Mafia, and Oscar Holter	39
Drake, “Overdrive” - Co-produced and co-written by Black Coffee and Alex Lustig	42
Beyonce, “Virgo's Groove”	43
Beyonce, “Summer Renaissance” - Partial remake of "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer	47
Beyonce, “Heated” - Co-produced by Kelman Duran	51
Beyonce, “Thique”	53
The Weeknd, “Less Than Zero” - Co-produced by Oscar Holter and OPN; co-written by Holter	53
Lizzo, “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)”	55
The Weeknd, “Best Friends” - Co-produced by OPN and Oscar Holter	60
Drake, “Down Hill”	62
The Weeknd Featuring Lil Wayne, “I Heard You're Married” - Co-produced by Calvin Harris, OPN, and Oscar Holter; co-written by Harris and OPN	62
Beyonce, “Pure/Honey” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop; contains elements of "Cunty" by Kevin Aviance and "Feels Like" by MikeQ	64
The Weeknd, “Dawn FM” - Co-produced by OPN and Oscar Holter; co-written by OPN	65
Drake, “Tie That Binds” - Co-produced by Gordo; co-written by Gordo and Alex Lustig	66
Shakira & Rauw Alejandro, “Te Felicito”	67
Beyonce, “All up in Your Mind” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop	70
The Weeknd, “Starry Eyes” - Co-produced by OPN and Oscar Holter; co-written by OPN	79
PSY Featuring SUGA, “That That”	80
The Weeknd, “Don't Break My Heart” - Co-produced and co-written by OPN and Oscar Holter	85
Saweetie Featuring H.E.R., “Closer”	89
The Weeknd, “Every Angel Is Terrifying” - Co-produced and co-written by OPN	93
Montell Fish, “Hotel”	101
Khalid, “Skyline”	115
TWICE, “Talk That Talk”	116
Charlie Puth, “Loser”	121
Anitta, “Boys Don't Cry” - Co-produced and co-written by Burns	-
Black Eyed Peas, Anitta & El Alfa, “Simply the Best”	-
Charli XCX, “Good Ones”	-
Charli XCX Featuring Rina Sawayama, “Beg for You”	-
Farruko, “Nazareno”	-
Lauv, “All 4 Nothing (I'm so in Love)” - Co-produced and co-written by DallasK	-
Ava Max, “Maybe You're the Problem”	-
Ava Max, “Million Dollar Baby”	-
Pitbull Featuring Anthony Watts & DJWS, “I Feel Good”	-
Pitbull x Play-N-Skillz, “Party of a Lifetime” - Contains an interpolation of "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine Stewart	-
2021
Marshmello x Jonas Brothers, “Leave Before You Love Me”	19	12	9
Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd, “Moth to a Flame”	27	-	20
Ritt Momney, “Put Your Records On”	30	9	3
Travis Scott & HVME, “Goosebumps”	47	35	14
Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae, “You”	58	30	11
Skrillex, Justin Bieber & Don Toliver, “Don't Go”	69	-	-
Tiesto, “The Business”	69	-	24
J Balvin & Skrillex, “In da Getto”	90	-	-
Aurora, “Runaway”	101	-	-
DJ Snake, Ozuna, Megan thee Stallion & Lisa, “SG”	102	-	-
DJ Snake & Selena Gomez, “Selfish Love”	105	-	-
Justin Bieber Featuring TroyBoi, “Red Eye”	116	-	-
Riton x Nightcrawlers Featuring Mufasa & Hypeman, “Friday”	116	-	25
Calvin Harris Featuring Tom Grennan, “By Your Side”	124	-	-
Tiesto & Karol G, “Don't Be Shy”	124	-	-
Alesso & Marshmello Featuring James Bay, “Chasing Stars”	-	-	30
Anne-Marie x KSI x Digital Farm Animals, “Don't Play”	-	-	-
Steve Aoki & Kiiara Featuring Wiz Khalifa, “Used to Be”	-	-	-
ATB & Topic x A7S, “Your Love (9PM)”	-	-	-
Boney M, “Rasputin” - Originally released in 1978	-	-	-
Cheat Codes Featuring Tinashe, “Lean on Me”	-	-	30
Cheat Codes & AJ Mitchell, “Hate You + Love You”	-	-	-
Clean Bandit Featuring Iann Dior, “Higher”	-	-	-
Joel Corry x Jax Jones Featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie, “Out Out”	-	-	-
Joel Corry x RAYE x David Guetta, “Bed”	-	-	-
Jhay Cortez & Skrillex, “En Mi Cuarto”	-	-	-
Daya, “Bad Girl”	-	-	27
DJ Snake, “You Are My High”	-	-	-
Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix, “Heartbreak Anthem”	-	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring Bono & The Edge, “We Are the People”	-	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring G-Eazy & Sasha Alex Sloan, “Love Runs Out”	-	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring Tove Lo, “Pressure”	-	-	-
Illenium With Valerie Broussard & Nurko, “Sideways”	-	-	-
Illenium, Dabin & Lights, “Hearts on Fire”	-	-	-
Illenium & Tori Kelly, “Blame Myself”	-	-	-
Illenium With Matt Maeson, “Heavenly Side”	-	-	-
Illenium & Sueco Featuring Trippie Redd, “Story of My Life"	-	-	-
Kaytranada Featuring H.E.R., “Intimidated”	-	-	-
Kygo Featuring Zoe Wees, “Love Me Now”	-	-	-
Kygo Featuring X Ambassadors, “Undeniable”	-	-	-
Majestic x Boney M, “Rasputin"	-	-	-
Major Lazer Featuring Sia & Labrinth, “Titans"	-	-	-
Marshmello, “Shockwave”	-	-	-
Meduza Featuring Hozier, “Tell It to My Heart”	-	-	-
Meduza Featuring Dermot Kennedy, “Paradise”	-	-	-
Rita Ora x Imanbek Featuring David Guetta & Gunna, “Big”	-	-	-
Pet Shop Boys, “Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)” - Originally charted in 1986	-	-	-
Bebe Rexha, “Sacrifice”	-	-	29
Porter Robinson, “Look at the Sky”	-	-	-
Shouse, “Love Tonight”	-	-	-
Sia x David Guetta, “Floating Through Space”	-	-	-
Sigala & James Arthur, “Lasting Lover”	-	-	23
Silk City Featuring Ellie Goulding, “New Love”	-	-	-
Martin Solveig & Dragonette, “Hello” - Originally charted in 2011	-	-	-
Swedish House Mafia Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 070 Shake, “Lifetime”	-	-	33
Honorable Mention 2021
BTS, “Butter”	1 (10)
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	1 (7)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Save Your Tears” - Co-produced and co-written by Oscar Holter	1 (2)
BTS, “Permission to Dance”	1 (1)
Coldplay x BTS, “My Universe” - Co-produced and co-written by Oscar Holter	1 (1)
Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug, “Way 2 Sexy” - Contains an interpolation of “I'm Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred	1 (1)
Dua Lipa Featuring DaBaby, “Levitating”	2
Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits” - Co-produced and co-written by Fred again..	2
Doja Cat Featuring SZA, “Kiss Me More” - Contains an interpolation of “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John	3
Masked Wolf, “Astronaut in the Ocean” - Produced and co-written by Tyron Hapi	6
Post Malone & The Weeknd, “One Right Now”	6
The Weeknd, “Take My Breath” - Co-produced and co-written by Oscar Holter	6
Drake, “Race My Mind” - Partial remake of “Give It to Me Baby” by Rick James; co-produced by Govi	18
Justin Bieber, “Hold On”	20
Farruko, “Pepas”	25
Kanye West, “Jesus Lord” - Co-produced and co-written by Gesaffelstein	26
Ed Sheeran, “Afterglow” - Co-produced by Fred again.. and Parisi; co-written by Fred again..	29
Rauw Alejandro, “Todo de Ti”	32
Billie Eilish, “NDA”	39
Dua Lipa, “Love Again”	41
Ed Sheeran, “Overpass Graffiti” - Co-produced and co-written by Fred again..	41
Ava Max, “My Head and My Heart” - Co-produced by Jonas Blue; contains an interpolation of “Around the World (La La La La La)” by ATC (itself an English interpolation of Ruki Vverh's “Pesenka”)	45
Taylor Swift, “Message in a Bottle (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)”	45
Kanye West, “No Child Left Behind” - Co-produced and co-written by Gesaffelstein	53
G-Eazy Featuring Chris Brown & Mark Morrison, “Provide” - Contains elements of “Return of the Mack” by Mark Morrison, which samples "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club and other recordings	64
Halsey, “I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God”	64
Black Eyed Peas x Shakira, “Girl Like Me”	67
Justin Bieber, “2 Much” - Produced and co-written by Skrillex	68
Billie Eilish, “I Didn't Change My Number”	80
TWICE, “The Feels”	83
Justin Bieber Featuring Burna Boy, “Loved by You” - Co-produced and co-written by Skrillex	87
Justin Bieber, “Somebody” - Co-produced and co-written by Skrillex	91
Coldplay x Selena Gomez, “Let Somebody Go” - Co-produced and co-written by Oscar Holter	91
Doja Cat, “Naked” - Contains elements of "Here in Iowa” by Korallreven	105
Ed Sheeran, “First Times” - Co-produced and co-written by Fred again..	106
Fat Joe Featuring Amorphous, “Sunshine (The Light)” - Contains elements of “Never Too Much” by Luther Vandross	111
Billie Eilish, “Not My Responsibility”	120
Anitta Featuring DaBaby, “Girl From Rio”	-
Bee Gees, “More Than a Woman” - From Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (1978)	-
Farruko, Victor Cardenas & DJ Adoni, “El Incomprendido” - Contains a Spanish interpolation of “Better off Alone” by Alice Deejay	-
Loona (K-pop), “Star”	-
Tones and I, “Fly Away”	-
Jackson Wang, “LMLY”	-
2020
Travis Scott Featuring Young Thug & M.I.A., “Franchise”	1 (1)	37	27
Juice WRLD x Marshmello, “Come & Go”	2	20	10
SAINt JHN, “Roses (Imanbek Remix)”	4	6	4
Juice WRLD & Marshmello Featuring Polo G & The Kid LAROI, “Hate the Other Side”	10	-	-
Surf Mesa Featuring Emilee, “Ily”	23	5	2
Marshmello & Halsey, “Be Kind”	29	28	15
Marshmello & Demi Lovato, “OK Not to Be OK”	36	-	22
Calvin Harris x The Weeknd, “Over Now”	38	-	25
Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen, “Heartless”	39	-	22
Topic Featuring A7S, “Breaking Me”	53	48	16
Khalid x Disclosure, “Know Your Worth”	57	47	18
Bebe Rexha Featuring Doja Cat, “Baby, I'm Jealous”	58	-	21
DJ Regard, “Ride It.”	62	45	17
Kygo & OneRepublic, “Lose Somebody”	88	-	27
DJ Snake, J Balvin & Tyga, “Loco Contigo”	95	-	35
Joel Corry x MNEK, “Head & Heart”	99	-	25
Kygo x Tina Turner, “What's Love Got to Do With It”	101	-	-
Joji x Diplo, “Daylight”	104	-	-
Kygo Featuring Sasha Sloan, “I’ll Wait”	107	-	-
Zedd & Jasmine Thompson, “Funny”	112	-	33
Labrinth, “Still Don't Know My Name”	115	-	-
Ozuna, Doja Cat & Sia, “Del Mar”	120	-	-
Alesso Featuring Liam Payne, “Midnight”	-	-	-
Cannons (Electronic), “Fire for You”	-	-	-
Clean Bandit & Mabel Featuring 24kGoldn, “Tick Tock”	-	-	-
Chelsea Cutler, “Sad Tonight”	-	-	32
Disclosure, Kehlani & Syd, “Birthday”	-	-	-
Flume Featuring Toro y Moi, “The Difference”	-	-	-
Galantis & Dolly Parton Featuring Mr. Probz, “Faith”	-	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring Clinton Kane, “Drown”	-	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring John Martin, “Higher Ground”	-	-	-
Grimes, “You’ll Miss Me When I’m Not Around”	-	-	-
Gryffin Featuring John Martin, “Cry”	-	-	-
David Guetta & Sia, “Let's Love”	-	-	-
Illenium, “Nightlight”	-	-	-
Illenium, Tom DeLonge & Angels & Airwaves, “Paper Thin”	-	-	-
Illenium, Excision & I Prevail, “Feel Something”	-	-	-
Joji & Jackson Wang Featuring Major Lazer & Swae Lee, “Walking”	-	-	39
Kygo With Avicii & Sandro Cavazza, “Forever Yours (Avicii Tribute)”	-	-	-
Kygo & Valerie Broussard, “The Truth”	-	-	-
Kygo, Zara Larsson & Tyga, “Like It Is”	-	-	-
Kygo x Donna Summer, “Hot Stuff”	-	-	-
Lil XXEL, “LMK”	-	-	-
Dua Lipa + The Blessed Madonna Featuring Madonna & Missy Elliott, “Levitating”	-	-	-
Louis the Child With Foster the People, “Every Color”	-	-	-
Major Lazer Featuring Marcus Mumford, “Lay Your Head on Me”	-	-	-
Marshmello & Imanbek Featuring Usher, “Too Much”	-	-	-
Master KG Featuring Burna Boy & Nomcebo Zikode, “Jerusalema”	-	-	-
Meduza x Becky Hill x Goodboys, “Lose Control”	-	-	-
Mr Eazi x Major Lazer Featuring Nicki Minaj & K4mo, “Oh My Gawd”	-	-	-
Regard & RAYE, “Secrets”	-	-	39
Riton x Oliver Heldens Featuring Vula, “Turn Me On”	-	-	-
Porter Robinson, “Get Your Wish”	-	-	-
Porter Robinson, “Something Comforting”	-	-	-
Robin Schulz Featuring Alida, “In Your Eyes”	-	-	-
Sia, “Together”	-	-	39
Studio Killers, “Jenny” - Originally released in 2013	-	-	-
Teqkoi & Aiko, “You Broke My Heart Again”	-	-	-
Alan Walker & Ava Max, “Alone, Pt. II”	-	-	-
Jackson Wang x Galantis, “Pretty Please”	-	-	-
Zedd & Griff, “Inside Out”	-	-	-
Honorable Mention 2020
The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” - Co-produced and co-written by Oscar Holter (Necro Facility)	1 (4)
BTS, “Dynamite”	1 (3)
Doja Cat Featuring Nicki Minaj, “Say So”	1 (1)
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, “Rain on Me” - Produced by BloodPop and Burns and co-written by BloodPop, Burns, Tchami, and Boys Noize	1 (1)
Dua Lipa, “Don’t Start Now”	2
Tones and I, “Dance Monkey”	4
Lady Gaga, “Stupid Love” - Co-roduced and co-written by BloodPop and Tchami	5
Lewis Capaldi, “Before You Go (Edessa Remix)”	9
Dua Lipa, “Break My Heart”	13
Ava Max, “Kings & Queens”	13
Miley Cyrus, “Midnight Sky”	14
The Weeknd, “In Your Eyes”	16
The Weeknd, “After Hours”	20
The Weeknd, “Alone Again”	21
BTS, “Stay”	22
Twenty One Pilots, “Level of Concern”	23
The Weeknd, “Hardest to Love”	25
The Black Eyed Peas x J Balvin, “Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)” - Contains elements of “The Rhythm of the Night” by Corona	26
Lady Gaga & Blackpink, “Sour Candy” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop and Burns	33
BENEE Featuring Gus Dapperton, “Supalonely”	39
The Weeknd, “Faith”	45
Miley Cyrus Featuring Dua Lipa, “Prisoner”	54
Blackpink, “Lovesick Girls”	59
Dua Lipa, “Physical”	60
SZA x Justin Timberlake, “The Other Side”	61
The Black Eyed Peas, Ozuna & J. Rey Soul, “Mamacita” - Contains an interpolation of "La Isla Bonita" by Madonna	62
BTS, “Telepathy”	70
Lady Gaga, “Alice” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop and Axwell	84
Clairo, “Sofia”	98
Lady Gaga, “911” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop and Madeon	101
Lady Gaga, “Free Woman” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop and Axwell	102
Lady Gaga, “Fun Tonight” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop and Burns	111
Wallows Featuring Clairo, “Are You Bored Yet?”	112
Lady Gaga, “Endgame” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop and Burns	115
Lady Gaga & Elton John, “Sine From Above” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop, Burns, and Axwell	116
Lady Gaga, “Plastic Doll” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop and Skrillex	117
Lady Gaga, “Replay” - Co-produced by Burns and co-written by BloodPop and Burns	121
Miley Cyrus, “Heart of Glass” - Remake of "Heart of Glass" by Blondie	124
Lady Gaga, “Chromatica I” - Co-produced and co-written by White Sea	125
Joji, “Your Man”	-
Jennifer Lopez Featuring Pitbull, “On the Floor” - Originally charted in 2011; contains an interpolation of “Lambada” by Kaoma	-
Tones and I, “Ur so Cool”	-

 

 

2010s 

 

Crossover Success Since 2000

Dance/Electronic Artist (Lead or Featured or Remix) on Hot 100	Peak Pos.	Hot 100 Airplay	Top 40 Airplay
2010s
2019
Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier”	2	1 (1)	1 (4)
Ellie Goulding x Diplo Featuring Swae Lee, “Close to Me”	24	5	2
Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd, “Lost in the Fire”	27	29	13
Marshmello, “Alone” - Originally charted in 2017	28	-	-
Marshmello Featuring Chvrches, “Here With Me”	31	31	12
Marshmello x Kane Brown, “One Thing Right”	36	44	16
Idina Menzel & Aurora, “Into the Unknown”	46	-	-
The Chainsmokers Featuring Kelsea Ballerini, “This Feeling”	50	32	9
The Chainsmokers Featuring 5 Seconds of Summer, “Who Do You Love”	52	32	10
The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha, “Call You Mine”	56	-	20
Silk City x Dua Lipa, “Electricity”	62	38	16
Kygo x Whitney Houston, “Higher Love”	63	-	29
Avicii Featuring Aloe Blacc, “SOS”	68	-	-
The Chainsmokers & Illenium Featuring Lennon Stella, “Takeaway”	69	-	-
Loud Luxury Featuring Brando, “Body”	80	-	21
Avicii, “Heaven”	83	-	-
Zedd & Katy Perry, “365”	86	-	22
Marshmello, Tyga & Chris Brown, “Light It Up”	90	-	-
Marshmello Featuring A Day to Remember, “Rescue Me”	92	-	-
Bebe Rexha, “Last Hurrah”	98	-	22
Hikaru Utada & Skrillex, “Face My Fears”	98	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring Macklemore & Patrick Stump, “Summer Days”	100	-	28
Illenium & Jon Bellion, “Good Things Fall Apart”	101	-	30
Marshmello x Roddy Ricch, “Project Dreams”	108	-	-
Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley With Jonas Brothers, “Lonely”	110	-	27
Sam Feldt Featuring RANI, “Post Malone”	110	-	32
Marshmello, Yungblud & Blackbear, “Tongue Tied”	114	-	-
Kygo Featuring Valerie Broussard, “Think About You”	119	-	-
Lauv & LANY, “Mean It”	119	-	-
James Blake Featuring Metro Boomin & Travis Scott, “Mile High”	122	-	-
Major Lazer Featuring J Balvin & El Alfa, “Que Calor”	123	-	-
Zedd & Kehlani, “Good Thing”	123	-	25
The Chainsmokers Featuring Winona Oak, “Hope”	124	-	-
Marshmello, “Check This Out”	125	-	-
Steve Aoki & Backstreet Boys, “Let It Be Me”	-	-	-
Avicii Featuring Angus & Vargas & Lagola, “Tough Love”	-	-	-
The Chainsmokers With Kygo, “Family”	-	-	-
Dayvi & Victor Cardenas Featuring Kelly Ruiz, “Baila Conmigo”	-	-	-
Flume Featuring Vera Blue, “Rushing Back”	-	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring Bonn, “No Sleep”	-	-	-
Martin Garrix & Dean Lewis, “Used to Love”	-	-	-
GRiZ & Subtronics, “Griztronics”	-	-	-
Gryffin & Seven Lions Featuring Noah Kahan, “Need Your Love”	-	-	-
Gryffin & Slander Featuring Calle Lehmann, “All You Need to Know”	-	-	-
David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin, “Say My Name”	-	-	-
Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man, “Giant”	-	-	-
HUGEL Featuring Amber Van Day, “WTF”	-	-	-
Kaskade & Meghan Trainor, “With You”	-	-	31
Kygo & Chelsea Cutler, “Not Ok”	-	-	-
Kygo & Rita Ora, “Carry On”	-	-	-
Loud Luxury & Bryce Vine, “I’m Not Alright”	-	-	35
Marshmello x Ookay Featuring Noah Cyrus, “Chasing Colors” - Originally released in 2017	-	-	-
MAX Featuring Chromeo, “Checklist”	-	-	36
Meduza Featuring Goodboys, “Piece of Your Heart”	-	-	-
NOTD & Felix Jaehn Featuring Georgia Ku & Captain Cuts, “So Close”	-	-	30
Herve Pagez & Diplo Featuring Charli XCX, “Spicy”	-	-	33
Bebe Rexha, “You Can’t Stop the Girl”	-	-	40
Alan Walker, Sabrina Carpenter & Farruko, “On My Way”	-	-	-
Alan Walker, K-391 & Emelie Hollow, “Lily”	-	-	-
Honorable Mention 2019
Lewis Capaldi, “Someone You Loved (Laibert Remix)”	1 (3)
Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy”	1 (1)
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, “Senorita” - Co-produced by Cashmere Cat; co-written by Jack Patterson (Clean Bandit) and Cashmere Cat	1 (1)
Taylor Swift, “You Need to Calm Down”	2
Khalid, “Talk” - Produced and co-written by Disclosure	3
Sam Smith & Normani, “Dancing With a Stranger”	7
Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid, “Eastside” - Co-produced by Cashmere Cat	9
Ava Max, “Sweet but Psycho”	10
SHAED, “Trampoline”	13
Billie Eilish, “Bury a Friend”	14
Halsey, “Nightmare” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	15
Katy Perry, “Never Really Over” - Co-produced and co-written by Zedd	15
Panic! at the Disco, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It” - Co-produced and co-written by Dillon Francis	16
Lil Dicky, “Earth” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	17
Taylor Swift, “The Man”	23
A Boogie wit da Hoodie, “Look Back at It” - Contains an interpolation of “Remember the Time” and “You Rock My World” by Michael Jackson	27
Taylor Swift, “Cruel Summer”	29
Chris Brown, “Undecided”	35
Billie Eilish, “My Strange Addiction”	43
Mark Ronson Featuring Miley Cyrus, “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart” - Co-produced by Jamie xx	43
5 Seconds of Summer, “Easier”	48
Billie Eilish, “Ilomilo”	62
Mabel, “Don’t Call Me Up”	66
Lauv & Troye Sivan, “I’m so Tired...”	81
Katy Perry, “Small Talk”	81
Benny Blanco & Juice WRLD, “Graduation” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	108
Charli XCX & Troye Sivan, “1999”	-
Ciara, “Thinkin Bout You”	-
Drax Project Featuring Hailee Steinfeld, “Woke up Late”	-
Zara Larsson, “All the Time”	-
Ava Max, “So Am I”	-
Netta, “Toy”	-
Rita Ora, “Let Me Love You”	-
Sam Smith, “I Feel Love” - Remake of “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer	-
2018
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, “Meant to Be”	2	1 (5)	2
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey, “The Middle”	5	1 (9)	1 (7)
DJ Snake Featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B, “Taki Taki”	11	14	17
Marshmello & Anne-Marie, “Friends”	11	7	2
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa, “One Kiss”	26	19	9
Logic & Marshmello, “Everyday”	29	-	23
Avicii, “Wake Me Up!” - Originally charted in 2013	34	-	-
Bebe Rexha, “I’m a Mess”	35	28	9
The Weeknd Featuring Gesaffelstein, “I Was Never There”	35	-	-
Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso Featuring Florida Georgia Line & Watt, “Let Me Go”	40	36	14
The Weeknd Featuring Gesaffelstein, “Hurt You”	43	-	-
Shawn Mendes x Zedd, “Lost in Japan”	48	31	15
Tiesto & Dzeko Featuring Preme & Post Malone, “Jackie Chan”	52	43	15
Clean Bandit Featuring Demi Lovato, “Solo”	58	-	33
Nicki Minaj Featuring Eminem & Labrinth, “Majesty”	58	-	-
A$AP Rocky Featuring Moby, “A$AP Forever”	63	-	-
Kygo Featuring Miguel, “Remind Me to Forget”	63	41	12
The Chainsmokers, “Sick Boy”	65	-	-
Calvin Harris & Sam Smith, “Promises”	65	-	20
The Chainsmokers Featuring Emily Warren, “Side Effects”	66	45	13
Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present LSD, “Thunderclouds”	67	-	22
Kygo & Imagine Dragons, “Born to Be Yours”	74	-	-
Diplo, French Montana & Lil Pump Featuring Zhavia Ward, “Welcome to the Party”	78	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring Khalid, “Ocean”	78	-	-
Sofi Tukker Featuring Nervo, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno, “Best Friend”	81	48	18
Gorillaz Featuring George Benson, “Humility”	85	-	-
Steve Aoki Featuring BTS, “Waste It on Me”	89	-	38
Zedd & Elley Duhe, “Happy Now”	90	-	30
Clean Bandit Featuring Julia Michaels, “I Miss You”	92	-	29
The Chainsmokers, “Everybody Hates Me”	100	-	33
Marshmello x Lil Peep, “Spotlight”	103	-	-
The Chainsmokers, “You Owe Me”	104	-	-
Diplo Featuring Trippie Redd, “Wish”	104	-	-
The Chainsmokers & Drew Love, “Somebody”	105	-	-
Rudimental Featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen, “These Days”	105	-	31
Poo Bear Featuring Justin Bieber & Jay Electronica, “Hard 2 Face Reality”	106	-	-
Raymix, “Oye Mujer”	106	-	-
Jason Derulo x David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj & Willy William, “Goodbye”	107	-	26
Jonas Blue Featuring Jack & Jack, “Rise”	109	-	37
Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop, “Capital Letters”	112	-	-
Avicii Featuring Sandro Cavazza, “Without You” - Originally released in 2017	114	-	-
Carnage & Lil Pump, “I Shyne”	114	-	-
Avicii Featuring Rita Ora, “Lonely Together” - Originally released in 2017	118	-	-
David Guetta Featuring Anne-Marie, “Don’t Leave Me Alone”	121	-	39
NOTD Featuring Bea Miller, “I Wanna Know”	123	-	-
Arlissa & Jonas Blue, “Hearts Ain’t Gonna Lie”	-	-	40
Benny Blanco & Calvin Harris, “I Found You”	-	-	37
Sabrina Carpenter & Jonas Blue, “Alien”	-	-	-
Cash Cash Featuring Abir, “Finest Hour”	-	-	-
Cashmere Cat, Major Lazer & Tory Lanez, “Miss You”	-	-	-
The Chainsmokers, “Beach House”	-	-	-
Cheat Codes & Little Mix, “Only You”	-	-	38
Diplo Featuring MO, “Get It Right”	-	-	-
DVBBS x Blackbear, “IDWK”	-	-	-
Martin Garrix & David Guetta Featuring Jamie Scott & Romy Dya, “So Far Away”	-	-	-
Gryffin & Elley Duhe, “Tie Me Down”	-	-	-
David Guetta, Martin Garrix & Brooks, “Like I Do”	-	-	-
David Guetta & Sia, “Flames”	-	-	-
Calvin Harris Featuring PartyNextDoor, “Nuh Ready Nuh Ready”	-	-	-
Chantel Jeffries Featuring Offset & Vory, “Wait”	-	-	-
Jax Jones Featuring Ina Wroldsen, “Breathe”	-	-	-
Kygo Featuring Sandro Cavazzo, “Happy Now”	-	-	-
Louis the Child Featuring Wafia, “Better Not”	-	-	-
Marshmello Featuring Leah Culver, “Fly”	-	-	-
Sean Paul + David Guetta Featuring Becky G, “Mad Love”	-	-	-
Alan Walker Featuring Au/Ra & Tomine Harket, “Darkside”	-	-	-
Alan Walker Featuring Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals, “All Falls Down”	-	-	-
Whethan & Dua Lipa, “High”	-	-	-
Honorable Mention 2018
Dua Lipa, “New Rules”	6
BTS Featuring Nicki Minaj, “Idol”	11
Ariana Grande, “Breathin”	12
Taylor Swift, “Delicate”	12
Selena Gomez, “Back to You”	18
Lauv, “I Like Me Better”	27
Liam Payne & Rita Ora, “For You (Fifty Shades of Freed)” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	76
Troye Sivan, “My My My!”	80
Dua Lipa & Blackpink, “Kiss and Make Up” - Produced and co-written by Banx & Ranx	93
BTS, “Euphoria”	105
BTS, “I’m Fine”	107
Kim Petras, “Heart to Break”	-
2017
The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “Starboy”	1 (1)	2	3
J Balvin & Willy William Featuring Beyonce, “Mi Gente”	3	10	18
The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, “Something Just Like This”	3	3	1 (2)
The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk, “I Feel It Coming”	4	3	3
The Chainsmokers, “Paris”	6	5	3
Zedd & Alessia Cara, “Stay”	7	3	1 (6)
Clean Bandit Featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie, “Rockabye”	9	7	4
Kygo x Selena Gomez, “It Ain’t Me”	10	4	2
David Guetta Featuring Justin Bieber, “2U”	16	25	15
Justin Bieber + BloodPop, “Friends”	20	23	11
Selena Gomez x Marshmello, “Wolves”	20	11	6
Calvin Harris Featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean, “Feels”	20	16	8
Marian Hill, “Down”	21	14	10
Calvin Harris Featuring Frank Ocean & Migos, “Slide”	25	18	9
BTS Featuring Desiigner, “MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)”	28	-	25
Marshmello Featuring Khalid, “Silence”	30	-	31
Cheat Codes Featuring Demi Lovato, “No Promises”	38	15	7
Louis Tomlinson Featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals, “Back to You”	40	-	25
Bebe Rexha, “I Got You”	43	49	17
Zayn Featuring Sia, “Dusk Till Dawn”	44	-	32
Drake Featuring Jorja Smith & Black Coffee, “Get It Together”	45	-	-
Linkin Park Featuring Kiiara, “Heavy”	45	36	16
Noah Cyrus Featuring Labrinth, “Make Me (Cry)”	46	-	22
Marshmello, “Alone” - See 2019	60	-	-
Calvin Harris Featuring Future & Khalid, “Rollin”	62	-	-
Major Lazer Featuring PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj, “Run Up”	66	-	37
Kygo & Ellie Goulding, “First Time”	67	-	-
DJ Khaled & Calvin Harris Featuring Travis Scott & Jeremih, “Don’t Quit”	68	-	-
Sia, “Helium”	71	-	-
Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa, “Scared to Be Lonely”	76	-	21
The Chainsmokers, “Honest”	77	-	19
The Chainsmokers, “The One”	78	-	-
Migos & Marshmello, “Danger”	82	-	-
Major Lazer Featuring Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo, “Know No Better”	87	-	26
Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha, “Home”	90	-	-
Zedd & Liam Payne, “Get Low”	91	-	23
Martin Garrix x Troye Sivan, “There for You”	94	-	-
Calvin Harris Featuring Kehlani & Lil Yachty, “Faking it”	94	-	25
Calvin Harris Featuring Young Thug, Pharrell Williams & Ariana Grande, “Heatstroke”	96	-	-
Jonas Blue Featuring William Singe, “Mama”	101	-	32
Clean Bandit Featuring Zara Larsson, “Symphony”	101	-	35
Gorillaz Featuring Popcaan, “Saturnz Barz”	101	-	-
Logic Featuring Ansel Elgort, “Killing Spree”	104	-	-
David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne, “Light My Body Up”	106	-	-
The Chainsmokers, “Break up Every Night”	107	-	-
Bag Raiders, “Shooting Stars” - Originally released in 2009	109	-	-
Sia, “Santa’s Coming for Us”	111	-	-
OneRepublic With SeeB, “Rich Love”	114	-	-
Gorillaz Featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T, “Let Me Out”	115	-	-
The Chainsmokers Featuring Emily Warren, “My Type”	117	-	-
The Chainsmokers, “Bloodstream”	118	-	-
The Chainsmokers Featuring Florida Georgia Line, “Last Day Alive”	119	-	-
Kygo Featuring The Night Game, “Kids in Love”	122	-	-
DJ Snake Featuring Lauv, “A Different Way”	123	-	-
DJ Snake & R. Kelly, “Let Me Love You”	124	-	-
Skrillex Featuring Poo Bear, “Would You Ever”	124	-	-
Alex Aiono Featuring Trinidad Cardona, “Does It Feel Like Falling”	-	-	-
Steve Aoki & Lauren Jauregui, “All Night”	-	-	-
Axwell /\ Ingrosso, “More Than You Know”	-	-	-
Axwell /\ Ingrosso Featuring Kid Ink, “I Love You”	-	-	31
Cheat Codes Featuring Fetty Wap & CVBZ, “Feels Great”	-	-	31
Daya, “New”	-	-	34
Daya, “Words”	-	-	31
Deadmau5 Featuring Grabbitz, “Let Go”	-	-	-
Kygo Featuring Justin Jesso, “Stargazing”	-	-	-
Bebe Rexha Featuring Lil Wayne, “The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody)”	-	-	34
Stargate Featuring Pink & Sia, “Waterfall”	-	-	33
Honorable Mention 2017
Ed Sheeran, “Shape of You”	1 (12)
Taylor Swift, “Look What You Made Me Do” - Contains elements of “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred	1 (3)
Lady Gaga, “Million Reasons” - Co-produced by BloodPop	4
Katy Perry Featuring Skip Marley, “Chained to the Rhythm” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	4
Taylor Swift, “...Ready for It?” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	4
Pink, “What About Us”	13
Halsey, “Now or Never” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	17
Bruno Mars, “Versace on the Floor (David Guetta Remix)”	33
Fifth Harmony Featuring Gucci Mane, “Down” - Co-produced and co-written by DallasK	42
Katy Perry Featuring Nicki Minaj, “Swish Swish” - Co-produced and co-written by Duke Dumont; contains elements of “Star 69 (What the F**k)” by Fatboy Slim, which samples “I Get Deep” by Roland Clark	46
Camila Cabello, “Crying in the Club” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	47
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” - Originally charted in 2009	50
Hailee Steinfeld, “Most Girls”	58
Starley, “Call on Me (Ryan Riback Remix)”	65
BTS, “DNA”	67
Hey Violet, “Guys My Age”	68
AJR, “Weak”	73
PartyNextDoor, “Not Nice”	82
Calum Scott, “Dancing on My Own” - Remake of “Dancing on My Own” by Robyn	93
Liam Payne, “Bedroom Floor”	98
Fifth Harmony, “He Like That” - Co-produced and co-written by DallasK	101
Nick Jonas, “Find You”	101
Chance the Rapper Featuring Knox Fortune, “All Night” - Produced and co-written by Kaytranada	111
Fifth Harmony, “Angel” - Produced and written by Skrillex and Poo Bear	112
Blackpink, “As If It’s Your Last”	113
Why Don’t We, “Something Different”	122
Rita Ora, “Your Song”	123
Noah Cyrus, “Stay Together” - Co-produced and co-written by Digital Farm Animals; co-produced by Hudson Mohawke	-
Hey Violet, “Break My Heart”	-
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face” - Originally charted in 2009	-
Dua Lipa, “Be the One” - Co-produced and co-written by Digital Farm Animals	-
2016
The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer”	1 (12)	1 (11)	1 (11)
Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance”	1 (10)	1 (5)	1 (1)
Sia Featuring Sean Paul, “Cheap Thrills”	1 (4)	1 (8)	1 (5)
Major Lazer Featuring Justin Bieber & MO, “Cold Water”	2	3	1 (1)
The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”	3	3	1 (3)
Calvin Harris Featuring Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For”	3	2	2
DJ Snake Featuring Justin Bieber, “Let Me Love You”	4	3	2
Mike Posner, “I Took a Pill in Ibiza (SeeB Remix)”	4	2	1 (1)
The Chainsmokers Featuring ROZES, “Roses”	6	7	3
G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I”	7	4	1 (2)
Hailee Steinfeld & Grey Featuring Zedd, “Starving”	12	9	5
Kiiara, “Gold”	13	10	5
Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You”	13	11	5
The Chainsmokers Featuring Phoebe Ryan, “All We Know”	18	-	-
Sia Featuring Kendrick Lamar, “The Greatest”	18	15	10
DJ Snake Featuring Bipolar Sunshine, “Middle”	20	22	13
Flume Featuring Kai, “Never Be Like You”	20	20	11
Daya, “Hide Away”	23	16	7
Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha, “In the Name of Love”	24	37	16
Calvin Harris, “My Way”	24	32	12
Kungs vs. Cookin’ on 3 Burners, “This Girl”	26	20	15
Daya, “Sit Still, Look Pretty”	28	17	8
Skrillex & Rick Ross, “Purple Lamborghini”	33	-	-
Robin Schulz Featuring Francesco Yates, “Sugar”	44	33	14
Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson, “Just Hold On”	52	-	35
Flume Featuring Tove Lo, “Say It”	60	-	27
Empire of the Sun, “Walking on a Dream” - Originally released in 2009	65	-	40
Dawin, “Dessert”	68	-	-
The Chainsmokers Featuring XYLO, “Setting Fires”	71	-	-
Major Lazer Featuring Nyla & Fuse ODG, “Light It Up”	73	-	31
Zedd & Kesha, “True Colors”	74	-	-
David Guetta Featuring Sia & Fetty Wap, “Bang My Head”	76	-	29
Frenship Featuring Emily Warren, “Capsize”	78	-	24
Alan Walker, “Faded”	80	-	-
Lindsey Stirling, “Hallelujah”	81	-	-
Galantis, “No Money”	88	-	-
Jonas Blue Featuring Dakota, “Fast Car”	98	-	-
The xx, “On Hold”	102	-	-
Anne-Marie, “Alarm”	103	-	34
Snakehips Featuring Tinashe & Chance the Rapper, “All My Friends”	103	-	-
Cashmere Cat Featuring Selena Gomez & Tory Lanez, “Trust Nobody”	106	-	-
Diplo & Sleepy Tom, “Be Right There”	107	-	34
Timeflies, “Once in a While”	107	-	39
Bebe Rexha Featuring Nicki Minaj, “No Broken Hearts”	109	-	30
Mike Perry Featuring Shy Martin, “The Ocean”	110	-	-
Jonas Blue Featuring JP Cooper, “Perfect Strangers”	111	-	-
Sia Featuring Miguel & Queen Latifah, “Satisfied”	114	-	-
Cheat Codes x Kris Kross Amsterdam, “Sex”	115	-	-
Zedd & Aloe Blacc, “Candyman”	118	-	-
Deorro Featuring Pitbull & Elvis Crespo, “Bailar”	-	-	37
David Guetta Featuring Zara Larsson, “This One’s for You”	-	-	-
Kygo & Dillon Francis Featuring James Hersey, “Coming Over”	-	-	40
Marshmello Featuring Wrabel, “Ritual”	-	-	-
Robin Schulz & David Guetta Featuring Cheat Codes, “Shed a Light”	-	-	-
Yellow Claw & DJ Mustard Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & Tyga, “In My Room”	-	-	-
ZHU x Skrillex x THEY, “Working for It”	-	-	-
Honorable Mention 2016
Justin Bieber, “Sorry” - Produced and co-written by Skrillex and BLOOD	1 (3)
Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”	1 (1)
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, “Work From Home” - Co-produced by DallasK	4
The Weeknd, “In the Night” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	12
Lady Gaga, “Perfect Illusion” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop	15
Britney Spears Featuring G-Eazy, “Make Me” - Produced and co-written by Burns	17
Tory Lanez, “Luv” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	19
Troye Sivan, “Youth”	23
Coldplay, “Hymn for the Weekend (SeeB Remix)” - Original version co-produced by Avicii	25
The Weeknd, “Die for You” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	43
The Weeknd, “Rockin’” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	44
The Weeknd Featuring Future, “All I Know” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	46
The Weeknd, “Secrets”	47
The Weeknd, “True Colors” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	48
The Weeknd Featuring Lana Del Rey, “Stargirl Interlude” - Co-produced and co-written by Labrinth	61
Shakira, “Try Everything”	63
Lady Gaga, “A-Yo” - Co-produced and co-written by BloodPop	66
Jason Derulo, “If It Ain’t Love” - Contains an interpolation of “Born Slippy .NUXX” by Underworld	67
The Weeknd, “Attention” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	67
The Weeknd, “Nothing Without You” - Co-produced and co-written by Diplo	68
The Weeknd, “A Lonely Night” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	69
The Weeknd, “Love to Lay” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	71
The Weeknd, “Ordinary Life” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	72
Kanye West, “Wolves” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	101
The 1975, “Somebody Else”	120
Ellie Goulding, “Army” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	-
2015
OMI, “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit)”	1 (6)	2	1 (2)
Major Lazer x DJ Snake Featuring MO, “Lean On”	4	2	1 (1)
Flo Rida Featuring Sage the Gemini & Lookas, “G.D.F.R.”	8	11	8
David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack, “Hey Mama”	8	4	2
Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U Featuring Justin Bieber, “Where Are U Now”	8	9	6
DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge, “You Know You Like It”	13	10	7
Sia, “Elastic Heart”	17	27	13
Zedd Featuring Selena Gomez, “I Want You to Know”	17	18	11
Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz, “Prayer in C”	23	12	7
Calvin Harris & Disciples, “How Deep Is Your Love”	27	25	16
Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding, “Outside”	29	15	8
Alesso Featuring Tove Lo, “Heroes (We Could Be)”	31	30	11
Rudimental Featuring Ed Sheeran, “Lay It All on Me”	48	31	17
Sia, “Alive”	56	-	-
How I Became the Bomb, “Ulay, Oh”	58	-	-
Dillon Francis & DJ Snake, “Get Low”	61	-	-
Disclosure Featuring Sam Smith, “Omen”	64	-	32
Zedd Featuring Jon Bellion, “Beautiful Now”	64	-	15
Major Lazer Featuring Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley, “Powerful”	83	-	22
The Weeknd Featuring Labrinth, “Losers”	85	-	-
Naughty Boy Featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin, “Runnin’ (Lose It All)”	90	-	-
Kygo Featuring Conrad, “Firestone”	92	-	35
Cashmere Cat Featuring Ariana Grande, “Adore”	93	-	-
A-Trak + Milo & Otis Featuring Rich Kidz, “Out the Speakers”	98	-	-
Deorro x Chris Brown, “Five More Hours”	101	-	-
Disclosure Featuring Lorde, “Magnets”	102	-	-
Sia, “Big Girls Cry”	103	-	-
Kygo Featuring Parson James, “Stole the Show”	105	-	33
Calvin Harris Featuring HAIM, “Pray to God”	106	-	-
Kygo Featuring Maty Noyes, “Stay”	106	-	-
Afrojack Featuring Mike Taylor, “SummerThing!”	108	-	27
Avicii, “The Nights”	109	-	-
AronChupa, “I’m an Albatraoz”	110	-	-
Avicii, “Waiting for Love”	110	-	-
Martin Garrix Featuring Usher, “Don’t Look Down”	110	-	33
Galantis, “Runaway (U & I)”	114	-	-
Audien Featuring Lady Antebellum, “Something Better”	117	-	29
Avicii, “Broken Arrows”	117	-	-
Nico & Vinz Featuring Kid Ink & Bebe Rexha, “That’s How You Know”	120	-	35
Cash Cash, “Surrender”	-	-	37
Duke Dumont, “Ocean Drive”	-	-	40
Felix Jaehn Featuring Jasmine Thompson, “Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better)”	-	-	-
Kygo Featuring Ella Henderson, “Here for You”	-	-	-
Honorable Mention 2015
The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	1 (3)
Justin Bieber, “What Do You Mean?”	1 (1)
Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do” - Co-produced by Ali Payami	3
Taylor Swift, “Style” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	6
Ariana Grande & The Weeknd, “Love Me Harder” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	7
Demi Lovato, “Cool for the Summer” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	11
Ariana Grande, “One Last Time” - Co-written by David Guetta	13
Nicki Minaj Featuring Drake & Lil Wayne, “Truffle Butter” - Contains elements of “What They Say” by Maya Jane Coles	14
Justin Bieber, “I’ll Show You” - Poduced by Skrillex & BLOOD	19
Hailee Steinfeld, “Love Myself”	30
Justin Bieber Featuring Halsey, “The Feeling” - Co-poduced and co-written by Skrillex	31
Justin Bieber, “Mark My Words” - Poduced and co-written by BLOOD	42
Adam Lambert, “Ghost Town” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	64
Kid Ink Featuring Usher & Tinashe, “Body Language” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	72
Justin Bieber, “Children” - Co-poduced by Skrillex & BLOOD and co-written by Skrillex	74
The Weeknd, “Shameless” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	79
Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj, “B**** I’m Madonna” - Co-produced and co-written by Diplo	84
Jess Glynne, “Hold My Hand”	86
Charli XCX, “Break the Rules” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	91
PSY Featuring CL, “Daddy”	97
Tinashe Featuring Iggy Azalea, “All Hands on Deck” - Co-produced and co-written by Cashmere Cat	101
Madonna, “Living for Love” - Co-produced and co-written by Diplo	108
Robin Thicke Featuring Nicki Minaj, “Back Together” - Co-produced and co-written by Ali Payami	125
2014
DJ Snake & Lil Jon, “Turn Down for What”	4	6	5
Ariana Grande Featuring Zedd, “Break Free”	4	8	4
Disclosure Featuring Sam Smith, “Latch”	7	4	3
Calvin Harris, “Summer”	7	6	3
Sia, “Chandelier”	8	14	11
Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne, “Rather Be”	10	10	6
Mr. Probz, “Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)”	14	5	5
Avicii, “Hey Brother”	16	18	10
The Chainsmokers, “#Selfie”	16	40	14
Zedd Featuring Hayley Williams, “Stay the Night”	18	9	6
Calvin Harris Featuring John Newman, “Blame”	19	7	3
Naughty Boy Featuring Sam Smith, “La La La”	19	31	10
Martin Garrix, “Animals”	21	29	12
Eminem Featuring Sia, “Guts Over Fear”	22	-	-
Tiesto Featuring Matthew Koma, “Wasted”	49	-	21
Kiesza, “Hideaway”	51	44	17
David Guetta Featuring Sam Martin, “Dangerous”	56	-	23
Tiesto, “Red Lights”	56	39	17
Cash Cash Featuring Bebe Rexha, “Take Me Home”	57	43	14
Avicii, “The Days”	78	-	-
Calvin Harris Featuring Ayah Marar, “Thinking About You”	86	-	23
Steve Aoki, Chris Lake & Tujamo Featuring Kid Ink, “Delirious (Boneless)”	90	-	33
Afrojack Featuring Wrabel, “Ten Feet Tall”	100	-	22
Zedd Featuring Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant, “Find You”	101	-	34
Calvin Harris & Alesso Featuring Hurts, “Under Control”	103	-	-
Skrillex With Kill the Noise, Fatman Scoop & Michael Angelakos, “Recess”	106	-	-
Timeflies, “All the Way”	109	-	-
Wyclef Featuring Avicii, “Divine Sorrow”	109	-	-
David Guetta & Showtek Featuring Vassy, “Bad”	113	-	-
Calvin Harris Featuring Big Sean, “Open Wide”	115	-	-
Bebe Rexha, “I Can’t Stop Drinking About You”	115	-	31
Big Data Featuring Joywave, “Dangerous”	117	-	-
David Guetta Featuring Sam Martin, “Lovers on the Sun”	121	-	-
Avicii, “Addicted to You”	-	-	-
Capital Cities, “One Minute More”	-	-	-
Chromeo, “Jealous (I Ain’t With It)”	-	-	-
Deorro Featuring DyCy, “Five Hours (Don’t Hold Me Back)”	-	-	-
Duke Dumont Featuring Jax Jones, “I Got U”	-	-	-
ZHU, “Faded”	-	-	-
Honorable Mention 2014
Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX, “Fancy”	1 (7)
Pitbull Featuring Ke$ha, “Timber”	1 (3)
Jeremih Featuring YG, “Don’t Tell ’Em” - Contains an interpolation of “Rhythm Is a Dancer” by Snap!	6
Coldplay, “A Sky Full of Stars” - Co-produced and co-written by Avicii	10
James Newton Howard Featuring Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hanging Tree (Rebel Remix)”	12
Kid Ink Featuring Chris Brown, “Show Me” - Contains elements of “Show Me Love” by Robin S	13
Shakira, “Dare (La La La)”	53
Tegan and Sara Featuring The Lonely Island, “Everything Is Awesome!!!” - Co-produced by Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo)	57
Lady Gaga, “G.U.Y.” - Co-produced and co-written by Zedd	76
Rita Ora, “I Will Never Let You Down” - Produced and written by Calvin Harris	77
Lil Jon Featuring Tyga, “Bend Ova”	92
Chris Brown, “X” - Produced and co-written by Diplo	98
Britney Spears, “Alien” - Co-produced and co-written by William Orbit	108
2013
Baauer, “Harlem Shake”	1 (5)	-	38
Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams, “Get Lucky”	2	2	2
Avicii, “Wake Me Up!”	4	1 (1)	1 (3)
Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais, “Summertime Sadness”	6	6	3
Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin, “Don’t You Worry Child”	6	3	2
Icona Pop Featuring Charli XCX, “I Love It”	7	5	3
Capital Cities, “Safe and Sound”	8	3	2
Zedd Featuring Foxes, “Clarity”	8	4	2
Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch, “Sweet Nothing”	10	7	5
Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding, “I Need Your Love”	16	11	6
Pitbull Featuring TJR, “Don’t Stop the Party”	17	18	15
Krewella, “Alive”	32	16	9
Labrinth Featuring Emeli Sande, “Beneath Your Beautiful”	34	-	26
Rihanna Featuring David Guetta, “Right Now”	50	27	15
Major Lazer Featuring Bruno Mars, Tyga & Mystic, “Bubble Butt”	56	-	-
David Guetta Featuring Ne-Yo & Akon, “Play Hard”	64	-	31
Linkin Park x Steve Aoki, “A Light That Never Comes”	65	-	-
Tyga Featuring Cedric Gervais, Wiz Khalifa & Mally Mall, “Molly”	66	-	-
Hadouken!, “Levitate”	69	-	-
A$AP Rocky Featuring Skrillex, “Wild for the Night”	80	-	-
Avicii, “You Make Me”	85	-	-
Afrojack Featuring Chris Brown, “As Your Friend”	88	-	28
Armin van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie, “This Is What It Feels Like”	96	-	31
Eminem Featuring Sia, “Beautiful Pain”	99	-	-
Krewella, “Live for the Night”	100	-	30
Avicii vs. Nicky Romero, “I Could Be the One (Nicktim)”	101	-	34
Nikki Williams, “Glowing”	101	-	21
Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams, “Lose Yourself to Dance”	103	-	-
Flux Pavilion, “I Can’t Stop”	105	-	-
Skrillex & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, “Make It Bun Dem”	106	-	-
Timeflies, “I Choose U”	108	-	-
Daft Punk Featuring Panda Bear, “Doin’ It Right”	111	-	-
Icona Pop, “All Night”	111	-	33
Daft Punk, “Give Life Back to Music”	113	-	-
MGMT, “Electric Feel” - Originally released in 2008	114	-	-
Daft Punk Featuring Julian Casablancas, “Instant Crush”	116	-	-
Honorable Mention 2013
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell, “Blurred Lines” - Contains elements of “Got to Give It Up” by Marvin Gaye	1 (12)
will.i.am & Britney Spears, “Scream & Shout” - Co-produced and co-written by Basto (Lasgo)	3
Lady Gaga, “Applause” - Co-written by DJ Snake	4
Justin Bieber Featuring Nicki Minaj, “Beauty and a Beat” - Co-produced and co-written by Zedd	5
PSY, “Gentleman”	5
Pitbull Featuring Christina Aguilera, “Feel This Moment” - Contains elements of “Take on Me” by A-ha	8
Maroon 5, “Love Somebody”	10
Britney Spears, “Work B**ch!” - Co-produced and co-written by Sebastian Ingrosso and Otto Knows	12
Lady Gaga Featuring R. Kelly, “Do What U Want” - Co-written by DJ Snake	13
AWOLNATION, “Sail”	17
will.i.am Featuring Justin Bieber, “#thatPOWER”	17
Jason Derulo, “The Other Side”	18
Ke$ha, “C’mon”	27
Lady Gaga, “Venus” - Co-produced and co-written by Madeon	32
will.i.am Featuring Miley Cyrus, “Fall Down”	58
Jennifer Lopez Featuring Pitbull, “Live It Up”	60
Enrique Iglesias, “Turn the Night Up”	61
Kanye West, “Black Skinhead” - Co-produced and co-written by Daft Punk	69
Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock, “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)”	77
Kanye West, “Blood on the Leaves” - Co-produced and co-written by Hudson Mohawke	89
The Wanted, “We Own the Night”	94
Arianna Featuring Pitbull, “Sexy People (The Fiat Song)”	97
2012
LMFAO, “Sexy and I Know It”	1 (2)	2	2
David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”	4	3	2
Flo Rida Featuring Sia, “Wild Ones”	5	3	2
David Guetta Featuring Sia, “Titanium”	7	7	3
Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, “Good Time”	8	6	4
Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A., “Give Me All Your Luvin’”	10	28	24
Gym Class Heroes Featuring Neon Hitch, “Ass Back Home”	12	8	5
Calvin Harris, “Feel so Close”	12	13	8
Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo, “Let’s Go”	17	8	5
Havana Brown Featuring Pitbull, “We Run the Night”	26	23	15
Breathe Carolina, “Blackout”	32	49	17
David Guetta Featuring Chris Brown & Lil Wayne, “I Can Only Imagine”	44	37	20
LMFAO, “Sorry for Party Rocking”	49	64	19
Avicii, “Levels”	60	-	33
Skrillex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”	69	-	-
Nero, “Promises”	70	-	-
Ludacris Featuring Usher & David Guetta, “Rest of My Life”	72	54	25
M83., “Midnight City”	72	-	-
Skrillex Featuring Sirah, “Bangarang”	72	-	-
Skrillex Featuring Sirah, “Kyoto”	74	-	-
3OH!3, “Set You Free”	84	-	-
Skrillex, “First of the Year (Equinox)”	85	-	-
Dev & Enrique Iglesias, “Naked”	99	-	30
Deadmau5 Featuring Greta Svabo Bech, “Raise Your Weapon”	100	-	-
Benny Benassi Featuring Gary Go, “Cinema”	102	-	-
Lil Jon Featuring LMFAO, “Drink”	102	-	-
The xx, “Angels”	103	-	-
Zedd Featuring Matthew Koma, “Spectrum”	105	-	36
Skrillex & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, “Make It Bun Dem”	106	-	-
Afrojack & Shermanology, “Can’t Stop Me”	112	-	-
The xx, “Sunset”	119	-	-
Honorable Mention 2012
Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”	1 (3)
Ellie Goulding, “Lights”	2
Ke$ha, “Die Young”	2
PSY, “Gangnam Style”	2
Flo Rida, “Good Feeling” - Inspired by “Levels” by Avicii, who shares writing credits	3
The Wanted, “Glad You Came”	3
Nicki Minaj, “Starships”	5
Rihanna, “Where Have You Been” - Co-produced and co-written by Calvin Harris	5
Flo Rida, “I Cry” - Co-produced by Bingo Players, whose “Cry (Just a Little)” serves as basis	6
Ne-Yo, “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)”	6
Alex Clare, “Too Close” - Co-produced by Diplo and Switch	7
Drake Featuring Rihanna, “Take Care” - Co-produced and co-written by Jamie xx	7
Usher, “Scream”	9
Chris Brown, “Don’t Wake Me Up” - Co-produced and co-written by Benny Benassi and William Orbit	10
Chris Brown Featuring Rihanna, “Turn up the Music”	10
Pitbull, “Back in Time” - Co-produced and co-written by MK	11
Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown, “International Love”	13
Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz, “Mercy” - Co-produced and co-written by Hudson Mohawke	13
Nicki Minaj, “Pound the Alarm”	15
Karmin, “Brokenhearted”	16
Jennifer Lopez Featuring Pitbull, “Dance Again”	17
Usher, “Climax” - Co-produced and co-written by Diplo	17
Enrique Iglesias Featuring Sammy Adams, “Finally Found You”	24
Outasight, “Tonight Is the Night”	38
The Wanted, “Chasing the Sun”	50
Usher, “Numb” - Co-produced and co-written by Swedish House Mafia	69
Pitbull Featuring Shakira, “Get It Started” - Co-produced and co-written by Sidney Samson and MK	89
The Wanted, “I Found You”	89
Rita Ora Featuring Tinie Tempah, “R.I.P.” - Co-produced and co-written by Chase & Status	103
tobyMac, “Me Without You”	104
Madonna, “Girl Gone Wild” - Co-produced and co-written by Benny Benassi	106
will.i.am Featuring Eva Simons, “This Is Love” - Co-produced and co-written by Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso	110
Robyn, “Dancing on My Own” - Originally released in 2010	113
2011
Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”	1 (10)	1 (12)	1 (8)
LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, “Party Rock Anthem”	1 (6)	1 (2)	1 (1)
Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer, “Give Me Everything”	1 (1)	1 (3)	1 (3)
David Guetta Featuring Usher, “Without You”	4	2	1 (1)
Enrique Iglesias Featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E, “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”	4	1 (2)	1 (2)
Dev Featuring Kanye West or Flo Rida or 50 Cent, “In the Dark”	11	8	8
David Guetta Featuring Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj, “Where Them Girls At”	14	33	13
Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina, “Stereo Love”	16	17	11
Alexandra Stan, “Mr. Saxobeat”	21	18	18
New Boyz Featuring Cataracs & Dev, “Backseat”	26	30	17
Afrojack Featuring Eva Simons, “Take Over Control”	41	40	24
Chris Brown Featuring Benny Benassi, “Beautiful People”	43	-	-
Martin Solveig & Dragonette, “Hello”	46	50	19
David Guetta Featuring Rihanna, “Who’s That Chick?”	51	-	33
Dev Featuring The Cataracs, “Bass Down Low”	61	-	35
3OH!3, “Hit It Again”	66	-	-
David Guetta Featuring Taio Cruz & Ludacris, “Little Bad Girl”	70	-	-
Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull & The WAV.s, “I Like How It Feels”	74	-	39
David Guetta Featuring Jennifer Hudson, “Night of Your Life”	81	-	-
Duck Sauce, “Barbra Streisand”	89	-	-
Kaskade Featuring Neon Trees, “Lessons in Love”	94	-	40
Daft Punk, “Derezzed”	103	-	-
Deadmau5, “Aural Psynapse”	103	-	-
Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin, “Save the World”	105	-	35
KoRn Featuring Skrillex, “Get Up!”	108	-	-
Chiddy Bang Featuring Icona Pop, “Mind Your Manners”	115	-	-
KoRn Featuring Skrillex & Kill the Noise, “Narcissistic Cannibal”	117	-	-
Honorable Mention 2011
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way” - Co-produced and co-written by Jeppe (Junior Senior)	1 (6)
Katy Perry Featuring Kanye West, “E.T.”	1 (5)
Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera, “Moves Like Jagger”	1 (4)
Rihanna Featuring Britney Spears, “S&M” - Co-produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	1 (1)
Britney Spears, “Hold It Against Me”	1 (1)
Lady Gaga, “The Edge of Glory”	3
Jennifer Lopez Featuring Pitbull, “On the Floor” - Contains an interpolation of “Lambada” by Kaoma	3
Britney Spears Featuring Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha, “Till the World Ends”	3
Chris Brown Featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, “Look at Me Now” - Co-produced and co-written by Afrojack and Diplo	6
Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi, “You Make Me Feel…”	7
Ke$ha, “Blow”	7
Pitbull Featuring T-Pain, “Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)” - Produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	7
Britney Spears, “I Wanna Go”	7
Lady Gaga, “Judas”	10
Jason Derulo, “Don’t Wanna Go Home” - Contains elements of “Show Me Love” by Robin S.	14
Chris Brown, “Yeah 3x” - Contains elements of “I’m Not Alone” by Calvin Harris	15
Coldplay, “Paradise” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	15
Usher, “More”	15
Enrique Iglesias With Usher Featuring Lil Wayne, “Dirty Dancer”	18
Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne, “Hit the Lights”	18
Coldplay Featuring Rihanna, “Princess of China” - Co-written by Brian Eno	20
Taio Cruz Featuring Travie McCoy or Kylie Minogue, “Higher” - Co-produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	24
Beyonce, “Run the World (Girls)” - Co-produced by Switch	29
Lady Gaga, “Marry the Night”	29
Pitbull Featuring Marc Anthony, “Rain Over Me”	30
Mann Featuring 50 Cent, “Buzzin’” - Contains elements of “I Can’t Wait” by Nu Shooz	61
Taio Cruz Featuring Flo Rida, “Hangover”	62
Pitbull Featuring T-Pain & Sean Paul, “Shake Senora” - Produced and co-written by DJ Snake and Clinton Sparks	69
Don Omar & Lucenzo, “Danza Kuduro”	82
Nicole Scherzinger, “Don’t Hold Your Breath” - Co-produced by Steve Angello	86
Jennifer Lopez, “Papi”	96
Don Omar, “Taboo” - Contains an interpolation of “Lambada” by Kaoma	97
Sean Kingston, “Party All Night (Sleep All Day)” - Co-produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	102
2010
Far*East Movement Featuring Cataracs & Dev, “Like a G6”	1 (3)	4	4
David Guetta Featuring Akon, “Sexy Chick”	5	3	3
Ke$ha Featuring 3OH!3, “Blah Blah Blah”	7	21	11
La Roux, “Bulletproof”	8	10	6
Flo Rida Featuring David Guetta, “Club Can’t Handle Me”	9	10	7
3OH!3 Featuring Ke$ha, “My First Kiss”	9	46	15
Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP, “We No Speak Americano”	29	53	37
David Guetta & Chris Willis Featuring Fergie & LMFAO, “Gettin’ Over You”	31	50	21
David Guetta Featuring Kid Cudi, “Memories”	46	37	22
3OH!3, “Touchin on My”	49	-	-
Lil Jon Featuring 3OH!3, “Hey”	62	-	-
LMFAO Featuring Lil Jon, “Shots”	68	-	-
Owl City, “Vanilla Twilight”	72	-	36
3OH!3, “Deja Vu”	75	-	-
Three 6 Mafia vs. Tiesto With Sean Kingston & Flo Rida, “Feel It”	78	-	-
Lil Jon Featuring LMFAO, “Outta My Mind”	84	-	-
3OH!3, “Double Vision”	87	-	37
3OH!3 Featuring Neon Hitch, “Follow Me Down”	89	-	-
Shiny Toy Guns, “Major Tom”	97	-	-
3OH!3, “I Can Do Anything”	100	-	-
Gorillaz Featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack, “Stylo”	103	-	-
MGMT, “Congratulations”	124	-	-
Honorable Mention 2010
Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”	1 (9)
Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg, “California Gurls”	1 (6)
Rihanna, “Rude Boy” - Co-produced and co-written by Rob Swire (Pendulum, Knife Party)	1 (5)
Katy Perry, “Firework” - Co-produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	1 (4)
Usher Featuring will.i.am, “OMG”	1 (4)
Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris, “Break Your Heart”	1 (1)
Ke$ha, “We R Who We R”	1 (1)
Rihanna, “Only Girl (In the World)” - Co-produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	1 (1)
Taio Cruz, “Dynamite”	2
Iyaz, “Replay”	2
Lady Gaga Featuring Beyonce, “Telephone”	3
Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull, “I Like It”	4
Ke$ha, “Your Love Is My Drug”	4
Usher Featuring Pitbull, “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”	4
Jason Derulo, “In My Head”	5
Lady Gaga, “Alejandro”	5
Ke$ha, “Take It Off”	8
The Black Eyed Peas, “Rock That Body” - Co-produced and co-written by David Guetta and Mark Knight	9
Jay Sean Featuring Sean Paul & Lil Jon, “Do You Remember”	10
Eminem Featuring Lil Wayne, “No Love” - Contains elements of “What Is Love” by Haddaway	23
will.i.am & Nicki Minaj, “Check It Out!” - Contains elements of “Video Killed the Radio Star” by Buggles	24
Jay Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj, “2012 (It Ain’t the End)”	31
Iyaz, “Solo”	32
Timbaland Featuring Katy Perry, “If We Ever Meet Again”	37
Pitbull Featuring Akon, “Shut It Down” - Produced and co-written by DJ Snake and Clinton Sparks	42
Ne-Yo, “Beautiful Monster” - Co-produced and co-written by Sandy Vee	53
Akon, “Angel” - Co-produced and co-written by David Guetta and Sandy Vee	56
Pitbull, “Bon, Bon” - Produced by Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP (also listed as co-writers) and DJ Alvaro, whose “We No Speak Americano (Alvaro Rework)” serves as basis	61
Christina Aguilera, “Bionic” - Co-produced by Switch (Major Lazer)	66
Sean Kingston, “Dumb Love”	84
Kat DeLuna Featuring Akon, “Push Push”	88
Chiddy Bang, “Opposite of Adults” - Contains elements of “Kids” by MGMT	90
Taio Cruz Featuring Ke$ha, “Dirty Picture”	96

 

 

2000s

 

Crossover Success Since 2000

Dance/Electronic Artist (Lead or Featured or Remix) on Hot 100	Peak Pos.
2000s
2009
Owl City, “Fireflies”	1 (2)
3OH!3, “Don’t Trust Me”	7
Cascada, “Evacuate the Dancefloor”	25
The Ting Tings, “That’s Not My Name”	39
LMFAO, “I’m in Miami Trick”	51
LMFAO, “La La La”	55
Kid Cudi Featuring MGMT & Ratatat, “Pursuit of Happiness”	59
3OH!3 Featuring Katy Perry, “Starstrukk”	66
David Guetta Featuring Kelly Rowland, “When Love Takes Over”	76
MGMT, “Kids”	91
Honorable Mention 2009
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling” - Co-produced and co-written by David Guetta	1 (14)
The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”	1 (12)
Flo Rida, “Right Round” - Contains an interpolation of “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive	1 (6)
Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis, “Just Dance”	1 (3)
Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne, “Down”	1 (2)
Jason Derulo, “Whatcha Say” - Contains elements of “Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap	1 (1)
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”	1 (1)
Britney Spears, “3”	1 (1)
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”	2
Pitbull, “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” - Contains elements of “75, Brazil Street” by Nicola Fasano vs. Pat Rich	2
Kid Cudi vs. Crookers, “Day ‘N’ Nite”	3
Flo Rida Featuring Wynter, “Sugar” - Contains an interpolation of “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel 65	5
Sean Kingston, “Fire Burning”	5
Lady Gaga, “LoveGame”	5
Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”	6
Pitbull, “Hotel Room Service” - Contains elements of “Push the Feeling On (The Dub of Doom)” by Nightcrawlers	8
Akon Featuring Colby O’Donis & Kardinal Offishall, “Beautiful”	19
Britney Spears, “If U Seek Amy”	19
U2, “Get on Your Boots” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	37
Coldplay With Jay-Z, “Lost!” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	40
Madonna, “Celebration” - Co-produced and co-written by Paul Oakenfold	71
U2, “Magnificent” - Co-produced and co-written by Brian Eno	79
Britney Spears, “Radar”	88
Priscilla Renea, “Dollhouse”	110
Kanye West Featuring Mr. Hudson, “Paranoid”	118
Coldplay, “Life in Technicolor II” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	-
2008
M.I.A., “Paper Planes”	4
Metro Station, “Shake It”	10
Enur Featuring Natasja, “Calabria 2008”	46
Cascada, “What Hurts the Most”	52
The Ting Tings, “Shut up and Let Me Go”	55
September, “Cry for You”	74
Gnarls Barkley, “Going On”	88
David Guetta & Chris Willis, “Love Is Gone”	98
MGMT, “Time to Pretend”	109
Gnarls Barkley, “Run (I’m a Disaster)”	114
Honorable Mention 2008
Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain, “Low”	1 (10)
T.I. Featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life” - Contains elements of “Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea Din Tei)” by O-Zone	1 (6)
Usher Featuring Young Jeezy, “Love in This Club”	1 (3)
Rihanna, “Disturbia”	1 (2)
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	1 (1)
Britney Spears, “Womanizer”	1 (1)
Chris Brown, “Forever”	2
Katy Perry, “Hot n Cold”	3
Rihanna, “Don’t Stop the Music” - Contains elements of “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” by Michael Jackson	3
Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”	3
Kardinal Offishall Featuring Akon, “Dangerous”	5
Sean Kingston, “Take You There”	7
Ne-Yo, “Closer”	7
Akon, “Right Now (Na Na Na)” - Contains elements of “Remember” by The Underdog Project and “Wouldn’t It Be Good” by Nik Kershaw	8
Wyclef Jean Featuring Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia, “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”	12
Colby O’Donis Featuring Akon, “What You Got”	14
Britney Spears, “Piece of Me”	18
Kanye West Featuring Lil Wayne, “See You in My Nightmares”	21
Pitbull Featuring Lil Jon, “Krazy” - Contains elements of “Cream” by Federico Franchi	30
The Killers, “Human” - Co-produced by Stuart Price	32
Pitbull Featuring Lil Jon, “The Anthem” - Contains elements of “Calabria” by Rune	36
Coldplay, “Violet Hill” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	40
Madonna, “Give It 2 Me”	57
The Killers, “Spaceman” - Co-produced by Stuart Price	67
Kat DeLuna, “In the End”	68
Amy Winehouse Featuring Ghostface Killah, “You Know I’m No Good” - Produced by Mark Ronson	77
Coldplay, “Lovers in Japan” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	110
Kanye West Featuring Kid Cudi, “Welcome to Heartbreak”	-
2007
Justice, “D.A.N.C.E.”	103
Honorable Mention 2007
Kanye West, “Stronger” - Contains elements of “Harder Better Faster Stronger” by Daft Punk	1 (1)
Fergie, “Fergalicious” - Contains elements of “Give It All You Got (Doggy Style)” by Afro-Rican, which samples “It’s More Fun to Compute” by Kraftwerk and “Get Off” by Foxy	2
Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon, “The Sweet Escape”	2
Britney Spears, “Gimme More”	3
Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson, D.O.E. & Sebastian, “The Way I Are”	3
Akon, “Sorry, Blame It on Me” - Produced and co-written by Clinton Sparks	7
Amy Winehouse, “Rehab” - Produced by Mark Ronson	9
Hellogoodbye, “Here (In Your Arms)”	14
Lloyd, “Get It Shawty”	16
Kat DeLuna Featuring Elephant Man, “Whine Up”	29
Gwen Stefani, “4 in the Morning”	54
Gucci Mane, “Freaky Gurl” - Contains an interpolation of "Super Freak" by Rick James	62
The Killers, “Read My Mind”	62
AFI, “Love Like Water”	68
2006
Gnarls Barkley, “Crazy”	2
Cascada, “Everytime We Touch”	10
Gorillaz Featuring Shaun Ryder, “Dare”	87
Scissor Sisters, “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’”	102
Honorable Mention 2006
Justin Timberlake, “SexyBack”	1 (7)
Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, “Promiscuous”	1 (6)
Rihanna, “SOS” - Contains elements of “Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go” by Soft Cell	1 (3)
Sean Paul, “Temperature”	1 (1)
Akon Featuring Eminem, “Smack That”	2
Gwen Stefani, “Crash”	49
Madonna, “Sorry” - Co-produced and co-written by Stuart Price	58
Janet Featuring Khia, “So Excited” - Contains elements of “Rockit” by Herbie Hancock	90
Jay-Z, “Kingdom Come” - Contains elements of "Super Freak" by Rick James	98
Paulina Rubio, “Ni una Sola Palabra”	98
Madonna, “Jump” - Co-produced and co-written by Stuart Price	105
Madonna, “Get Together” - Co-produced and co-written by Stuart Price	106
2005
D.H.T., “Listen to Your Heart”	8
Gorillaz, “Feel Good Inc.”	14
Crazy Frog, “Axel F”	50
Depeche Mode, “Precious”	71
The Postal Service, “We Will Become Silhouettes”	82
The Bravery, “An Honest Mistake”	97
Daft Punk, “Technologic”	116
Honorable Mention 2005
Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott, “1, 2 Step”	2
Rihanna, “Pon de Replay”	2
The Black Eyed Peas, “Don’t Phunk With My Heart” - Contains an interpolation of “I Wonder If I Take You Home” by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force	3
Akon, “Lonely” - Co-produced by Disco D	4
Sean Paul, “We Be Burnin’”	6
Madonna, “Hung Up” - Co-produced and co-written by Stuart Price (a.k.a. Jacques Lu Cont/Thin White Duke)	7
Gwen Stefani, “Cool”	13
Gwen Stefani Featuring Slim Thug, “Luxurious” - Co-produced by Nellee Hooper	21
Ying Yang Twins Featuring Pitbull, “Shake” - Contains elements of “Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)” by George Kranz	41
U2, “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” - Co-produced by Nellee Hooper	97
Nina Sky, “Turnin’ Me On”	105
Kelly Osbourne, “One Word”	121
2004
Lasgo, “Alone”	83
Kylie Minogue, “Slow”	91
Angel City Featuring Lara McAllen, “Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)”	95
Mynt Featuring Kim Sozzi, “How Did You Know?”	97
Honorable Mention 2004
Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, “Yeah!”	1 (12)
Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo, “Goodies”	1 (7)
Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell, “Drop It Like It’s Hot” - Contains elements of “White Horse” by Laid Back	1 (3)
Kevin Lyttle Featuring Spragga Benz, “Turn Me On”	4
Nina Sky Featuring Jabba, “Move Ya Body” - Contains an interpolation of “Can You Feel the Beat” by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force	4
Britney Spears, “Toxic”	9
No Doubt, “It’s My Life” - Remake of “It’s My Life” by Talk Talk; co-produced by Nellee Hooper	10
Gwen Stefani, “What You Waiting For?” - Produced by Nellee Hooper	47
Paulina Rubio, “Te Quise Tanto”	105
2003
Daniel Bedingfield, “If You’re Not the One”	15
Panjabi MC Featuring Jay-Z, “Beware of the Boys (Mundian to Bach Ke)”	33
Lasgo, “Something”	35
Pink Featuring William Orbit, “Feel Good Time”	60
Telepopmusik, “Breathe”	78
Elvis Presley, “Rubberneckin’ (Paul Oakenfold Remix)”	94
Reina, “No One’s Gonna Change You”	96
The Roc Project Featuring Tina Arena, “Never (Past Tense)”	97
BT, “Simply Being Loved (Somnambulist)”	98
Honorable Mention 2003
50 Cent, “In da Club”	1 (9)
OutKast, “Hey Ya!”	1 (9)
Sean Paul, “Get Busy”	1 (3)
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins, “Get Low”	2
Lumidee, “Never Leave You – Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh!”	3
Britney Spears Featuring Madonna, “Me Against the Music”	35
Madonna, “American Life” - Co-produced and co-written by Mirwais	37
Blu Cantrell, “Breathe”	41
No Doubt, “Running” - Co-produced by Nellee Hooper	62
2002
Kylie Minogue, “Can’t Get You out of My Head”	7
DJ Sammy & Yanou Featuring Do, “Heaven”	8
Daniel Bedingfield, “Gotta Get Thru This”	10
Dirty Vegas, “Days Go By”	14
Kylie Minogue, “Love at First Sight”	23
Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock, “Starry Eyed Surprise”	41
iio, “Rapture (Tastes so Sweet)”	46
Elvis Presley vs. JXL, “A Little Less Conversation”	50
Kylie Minogue, “Come Into My World”	91
Honorable Mention 2002
Nelly, “Hot in Herre” - Contains an interpolation of “Bustin’ Loose, Part 1” by Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers	1 (7)
Madonna, “Die Another Day” - Co-produced and co-written by Mirwais	8
Craig David, “7 Days” - Produced by Mark Hill	10
Enrique Iglesias, “Escape”	12
No Doubt, “Hella Good” - Co-produced by Nellee Hooper	13
OutKast Featuring Killer Mike, “The Whole World”	19
Paulina Rubio, “Don’t Say Goodbye”	41
Craig David, “Walking Away” - Produced and co-written by Mark Hill	44
Las Ketchup, “The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah)” - Contains an interpolation of “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang	54
U2, “Electrical Storm” - Produced by William Orbit	77
Cher, “Song for the Lonely”	85
2001
Moby Featuring Gwen Stefani, “South Side”	14
ATC, “Around the World (La La La La La)”	28
The Wiseguys, “Start the Commotion”	31
Gorillaz, “Clint Eastwood”	57
Sarina Paris, “Look at Us”	59
Daft Punk, “One More Time”	61
Gigi D’Agostino, “I’ll Fly With You (L’Amour Toujours)”	78
Modjo, “Lady (Hear Me Tonight)”	81
Darude, “Sandstorm”	83
Depeche Mode, “Dream On”	85
Ian van Dahl Featuring Marsha, “Castles in the Sky”	91
Honorable Mention 2001
Janet, “All for You” - Contains elements of “The Glow of Love” by Change	1 (7)
Mary J. Blige, “Family Affair”	1 (6)
Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule, “I’m Real (Murder Remix)”	1 (5)
Blu Cantrell, “Hit ‘Em up Style (Oops!)”	2
Madonna, “Don’t Tell Me” - Co-produced and co-written by Mirwais	4
Craig David, “Fill Me In” - Produced and co-written by Mark Hill (Artful Dodger)	15
’N Sync, “Pop” - Produced by BT	19
U2, “Beautiful Day” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	21
Madonna, “What It Feels Like for a Girl (Above & Beyond Club Radio Edit)”	23
U2, “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get out Of” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	52
U2, “Elevation” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	116
U2, “Walk On” - Co-produced by Brian Eno	118
Azul Azul, “La Bomba”	70
2000
Eiffel 65, “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”	6
Sonique, “It Feels so Good”	8
Alice Deejay, “Better off Alone”	27
Amber, “Sexual (Li Da Di)”	42
Fatboy Slim, “The Rockafeller Skank”	72
Madison Avenue, “Don’t Call Me Baby”	88
Anastacia, “I’m Outta Love”	92
Fragma, “Toca’s Miracle”	99
Zombie Nation, “Kernkraft 400”	99
Honorable Mention 2000
Madonna, “Music” - Co-produced and co-written by Mirwais	1 (4)
Mary Mary, “Shackles (Praise You)”	28
Madonna, “American Pie” - Co-produced by William Orbit	29
Bloodhound Gang, “The Bad Touch” - Contains elements of “In the Night” by Pet Shop Boys	52

 

 

Hot 100 and Dance Chart Changes and More

Trade publications that are in the business of measuring the popularity of music will tell you they want to be as accurate and precise as possible.  Removing the subjective opinion of gatekeepers helps.  So when Billboard and others started using data collected by point of sale system and radio airplay monitoring service in the early 1990s, it was a a big leap forward in terms of accuracy.

And it confirmed two discrepancies.  When the Hot 100 was based on manual playlists submitted by radio stations, the average chart run of a No. 1 hit was about 20 weeks.  But listeners knew radio stations would play the biggest hits for half a year or longer.  Well, we finally got proof.  Anyone comparing the music industry’s own sales certification with album charts had noticed million-selling country albums never reaching top 10 for some reason.  It turns out retail stores routinely underestimated the sales of country albums.  If they hadn’t taken humans out of the equation when they did, hip-hop albums by N.W.A and Cypress Hill would’ve likely suffered the same fate as country albums.

As consumer habits evolve, trade publications must re-evaluate their metrics.  Some eyebrows were raised when “The Fox” by Ylvis hit No. 6 on the Hot 100 in 2013.  After all, radio never played that song.  We didn’t get it either until we saw a father singing “The Fox” with his young child outside a library.  Billboard’s decision to include video streaming data earlier that year was the right one.  Based on robust sales at the time, Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” would’ve been a top 15 hit, but thanks to the addition of streaming data, it made chart history.  Nobody questioned it when that “Baby Shark” song hit the Hot 100 in 2019.

The Internet has disrupted industries large and small; the music business is just one prime example.  The digital age has meant certain chart achievements now come with a big asterisk.  The cast of Glee was able to place 207 Hot 100 entries, most of which stayed for just one week.  This could never have happened before the Internet.  No record company would order the release of 200-plus physical singles from a TV series.  Yes, Glee broke a record set by Elvis Presley, but when album cuts are eligible to chart, an artist can rack up Hot 100 entries fairly quickly nowadays.  Indeed, Drake has passed the Glee cast's total.  Beware that some chart records are no longer as meaningful as before.

And now that catalog titles are eligible to chart again if they rank in the top 50, that Mariah Carey seasonal favorite will continue to add a couple weeks at No. 1 every year like clockwork.  If they are honest, Billboard will have to name “All I Want for Christmas Is You” the biggest hit of all time in a few years.  Is that fair?  Is Chubby Checker ready to give up his crown?  Well, The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" was named the new No. 1 in 2021.  Click on Top Crossover Hits tab above and see why he and other future contenders won't have to worry about Carey after all.

Below are the Hot 100 chart’s milestones and some outside events that have had an impact on the U.S. national survey.  Note that the different components—sales, airplay, and streaming—that make up the Hot 100 are weighted differently depending on their significance.  For instance, when sales of commercial singles were down during the 1990s and most of the 2000s, the sales component counted less in the chart’s point system.

Why does television have such an impact on the music industry?  With cable networks and streaming services everywhere, it’s rare to find a TV show today that attracts a majority of households.  Super Bowl seems to be the only program that still pulls in huge numbers (over 90 million viewers in 2021).  Even the Academy Awards has dropped from 43.7 million viewers in 2014 to 23.6 million in 2020 (pre-lockdown).  But back when there were only three commercial networks, a TV show or TV appearance could attract many eyeballs even if a show is not highly-rated.  Ricky Nelson’s TV series definitely gave him an advantage over other teen idols at the time.  Of course, you still need compelling music to back up TV exposure.  For every Nelson there are more than a few Pink Ladies.  The role of television is increasingly played by the Internet.

 

Hot 100 Time Line and Related Events

Date	Major Change
1940s
July 1940	First Billboard weekly sales chart (10 positions) First No. 1:  “I’ll Never Smile Again” by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (featuring Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers)
1948-1971	The Ed Sullivan Show, TV variety show known for showcasing artists such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Supremes, and many others (CBS remembers after 75 years [►])
1950s
1952-1966	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, TV sitcom that helps launch the music career of Ricky Nelson
1954	Davy Crockett, TV miniseries (a version of theme song becomes No. 1 hit the following year)
July 1955	“(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets hits No. 1 on all Billboard charts, signaling the start of the rock era (featured prominently in film Blackboard Jungle four months earlier)
August 1955	Bill Haley & His Comets on The Ed Sullivan Show
November 1955-July 1958	Billboard Top 100 chart combining sales, airplay, and jukebox data (jukebox excluded by June 1957) First No. 1:  “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” by Four Aces
1956	Eurovision Song Contest (list of contestants includes Domenico Modugno, Julio Iglesias, The New Seekers, Mocedades, Abba, Olivia Newton-John, Brotherhood of Man, Bucks Fizz, Celine Dion, Gina G, Loreen, Netta, Duncan Laurence, and Maneskin)
September 1956	Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show (60.7 million viewers)
August 1957	American Bandstand, TV dance party hosted by Dick Clark until 1989
August 1958	Billboard sales and airplay charts merged to form Hot 100 (basically Top 100 renamed?) First No. 1:  “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson Total number of retail stores:  ? Total number of radio stations:  ?
May 1959	Grammy Awards, annual TV special based on awards presented by the Recording Academy First winners Album of the year:  “The Music From Peter Gunn” by Henry Mancini Record of the year:  “Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)” by Domenico Modugno Song of the year:  “Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)” by Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno
1960s
1962-1971	The Andy Williams Show, TV variety show featuring regular performers such as The Osmonds and Ray Stevens, who will host his own summer series in 1970
February 1964	The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show (73.7 million viewers)
August 1964	A Hard Day's Night, influential film starring The Beatles
1964-1966	Shindig!, TV variety show that helps fuel the British Invasion with some of the episodes taped in London
196x	EPs moved from Hot 100 to album charts
1966-1968	The Monkees, TV series about a fictional band that ends up with real chart success (12 top 40 hits, including three No. 1s)
1968-1969	The Archie Show, animated TV series that spawns the first successful virtual band (four top 40 hits, including one No. 1) since the Chipmunks
1968-1973	SOUL!, TV variety show hosted by Ellis Haizlip and the first of its kind produced by and for African Americans (check out this documentary)
December 1968	Singer Presents...Elvis, influential TV special signaling Elvis Presley’s return to music
1969-1972	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, TV variety show that coincides with his first three top 10 hits
1970s
July 1970	American Top 40, syndicated radio show based on Hot 100 and hosted by Casey Kasem until August 1988 (see our AT40 tribute) Total number of retail stores:  100 Total number of stations:  54
1970	Record Research, publisher of books based on Billboard charts and later other trade magazines such as Cash Box
1970-1974	The Partridge Family, TV series about a fictional band that ends up with real chart success (seven top 40 hits, including one No. 1) and a solo career for David Cassidy
July 1971	“Bangla Desh” by George Harrison, first charity single
1971-1974	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, TV variety show that coincides with Cher’s first three solo No. 1 hits
October 1971	Soul Train, syndicated TV dance party hosted by Don Cornelius until 1993 (1973 theme becomes No. 1 hit the following year)
January 1973	Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite, first live satellite TV broadcast featuring a single performer, Elvis Presley (an edited version shown in the U.S. in April)
1973-1981	The Midnight Special
1973-1981	Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
February 1974	American Music Awards, annual TV special created by Dick Clark to compete with Grammy Awards
1980s
1980-1988	Solid Gold, syndicated TV series that’s remembered for its house dancers (list of performers includes Prince, Air Supply, John Mellencamp, Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, Huey Lewis & The News, Madonna, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Kool & The Gang, Hall & Oates, Donna Summer, Dan Hartman, Thompson Twins, and Thomas Dolby)
August 1981	Music Television (MTV), cable TV channel featuring music videos (will find a home on YouTube later) First video played:  “Video Killed the Radio Star” by Buggles (1979)
April 1983	Flashdance, one of the first major films with scenes resembling music videos (soundtrack spawns two No. 1 hits)
May 1983	Michael Jackson performing the moonwalk on Motown 25:  Yesterday, Today, Forever (33.9 million viewers)
1983	Star Search, syndicated TV show hosted by Ed McMahon until 1995 (list of contestants includes Sam Harris, Sawyer Brown, Ty Herndon, Phil Vassar, Alanis Morissette, Billy Dean, Little Texas, Usher, Billy Porter, Beth Hart, Backstreet Boys, Destiny’s Child [as Girls Tyme], Pitbull [as Armando Perez], and junior artists such as Shanice, Tiffany, Tracie Spencer, Tatyana Ali, Aaliyah, Christina Aguilera, LeAnn Rimes, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake [as Justin Randall])
September 1984	MTV Video Music Awards Stats from first show Most nominations:  Cyndi Lauper (9) Most awards:  Herbie Hancock (5) Video of the year:  “You Might Think” by The Cars Best new artist:  “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” by Eurythmics ...and a memorable performance:  “Like a Virgin” by Madonna
1984-1990	Miami Vice, TV series featuring “MTV cops” (soundtrack and theme both reach No. 1 in 1985)
December 1984	“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid, first charity single featuring a supergroup of artists
March 1985	“We Are the World” by USA for Africa, second charity single featuring a supergroup of artists
November 1989	MTV Unplugged (three albums from the series reach No. 1:  Eric Clapton, Nirvana, and Alicia Keys; two albums from the series win Grammys for album of the year:  Clapton and Tony Bennett)
1990s
December 1990	Billboard Music Awards, annual TV special based on Billboard charts
November 1991	SoundScan and BDS (both now Luminate [MRC Data earlier]) used by Billboard to electronically monitor singles sales and airplay, respectively (along with some holdover manual playlists in small markets) New No. 1:  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn Total number of stations:  122
December 1993 (?)	Billboard radio panel expanded to include adult contemporary and modern rock formats
1998-2008	Total Request Live
December 1998	Billboard radio panel expanded to include most English-language formats (R&B, adult R&B, mainstream rock, triple-A rock, and country joining top 40 [mainstream/rhythmic/adult], adult contemporary, and modern rock) Total number of stations:  756
December 1998	Noncommercial singles eligible to chart (change too late for the following radio-only hits in this decade:  “All Apologies” by Nirvana, “Mr. Jones” by Counting Crows, “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts, “When I Come Around” by Green Day, “Don’t Speak” by No Doubt, “Killing Me Softly” by Fugees, “One Headlight” by The Wallflowers, “Fly” by Sugar Ray, “Lovefool” by The Cardigans, “Push” by Matchbox 20, “Men in Black” by Will Smith, “Iris” by Goo Goo Dolls, “To Love You More” by Celine Dion, “Torn” by Natalie Imbruglia, “The Way” by Fastball, “3 AM” by Matchbox 20, “Real World” by Matchbox 20,  and these earlier non-singles and B-sides:  “In My Life” by The Beatles, “Michelle” by The Beatles, “A Day in the Life” by The Beatles, “(Theme From) The Monkees” by The Monkees, “Born on the Bayou” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles, “Can’t Find My Way Home” by Blind Faith, “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, “Life on Mars” by David Bowie, “Candle in the Wind” by Elton John, “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” by Elton John, "Time" by Pink Floyd, “Bandstand Boogie (TV Version)” by Barry Manilow, “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder, “The Model” by Kraftwerk, “Erotic City” by Prince & The Revolution, “Into the Groove” by Madonna, and “All at Once” by Whitney Houston)
2000s
January 2000	Billboard radio panel expanded to include Latin (Spanish-language) formats
200x	Billboard radio panel expanded to include gospel and Christian formats
2002	American Idol, U.S. edition of Pop Idol (list of contestants includes Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Kimberley Locke, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Katharine McPhee, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Kellie Pickler, Mandisa, Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis, David Cook, Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Todrick Hall, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Pia Toscano, Phillip Phillips, Lauren Daigle, JAX, and Gabby Barrett)
April 2003	Apple iTunes Music Store, one of the first popular digital music retailers
August 2003	Myspace, one of the first popular social networks
2004-2008	London-based Shazam’s music-identifying application launched in the U.S.
February 2005	Digital sales included (album cuts eligible to chart if they are available for downloads and later streaming [see below])
April 2005	First YouTube video uploaded
2006-2011	Hannah Montana, TV sitcom that helps launch the music career of Miley Cyrus
2008-2010	Camp Rock, TV film series that helps launch the music career of Demi Lovato (also raises the profile of Jonas Brothers, who star in their own series from 2009 to 2010)
2009-2015	Glee, TV series placing 207 Hot 100 entries, including three top 10s
2010s
July 2011	Stockholm-based Spotify’s streaming service launched in the U.S.
March 2012	Audio streaming data included (Spotify et al.)
2013-2016	Vine, short-form video hosting service
March 2013	YouTube streaming data included New No. 1:  "Harlem Shake" by Baauer
August 2015	Apple Music streaming data included
February 2017	Pandora streaming data included
September 2017	Beijing-based ByteDance’s TikTok launched internationally
2020s
March 2020	Verzuz, Webcast series of mini-concerts

 

Kudos to trade publications for launching dance genre charts fairly expeditiously by the mid-1970s.  We should also give Billboard credit for not giving up on its club charts during those times when dance music fell out of fashion.  That said, read how Billboard’s club chart can be improved.  Note that Record World published a national chart 17 months before Billboard.

We were pleasantly surprised when Billboard launched its dance radio chart in 2003 since there were fewer than 10 dance stations nationwide.  Contrast the magazine’s relatively swift action this time with the debut of its modern rock (now alternative) chart in 1988—that was at least a few years late.  We’ll never let Billboard live that one down.  They should add a few longtime Internet dance stations to the radio panel (they added a fly-by-night net station years ago).

 

Dance Chart History

Date	Milestone
October 1974	Billboard regional club charts (10 positions then expanded to 20) First No. 1 in New York City:  “Never Can Say Goodbye” by Gloria Gaynor
March 1975	Record World national club chart First No. 1:  “Bad Luck” by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
May 1976	"Ten Percent (Walter Gibbons Disco Mix)" by Double Exposure, first commercial 12-inch single
August 1976	Billboard national club chart (30 positions) First No. 1:  “You Should Be Dancing” by Bee Gees
September 1976	Expanded to 40 positions
April 1979	Expanded to 60 and then 80
September 1979	Expanded to 100
August 1981	Reduced to 80
March 1985	Reduced to 50
February 1991	Multiple titles from one single, EP, or album no longer charted together as one entry
August 2003	Billboard dance radio chart (10 weeks of test charts [40 positions]) First No. 1:  “Crazy in Love” by Beyonce Featuring Jay Z First published in October 2003 (25 positions) First published No. 1:  “Just the Way You Are” by Milky Total number of radio stations:  8
November 2011	Dance radio panel expanded to include mix show airplay from dozens of top 40 stations
January 2013	Billboard hot dance/electronic songs chart combining streaming, sales, airplay, and club play (50 positions) First No. 1:  “Scream & Shout” by will.i.am & Britney Spears
December 2014	Dance radio chart expanded to 40 positions
March 2020-present	Club chart on hiatus due to club closures
January 2025	Billboard hot dance/electronic songs chart reduced to 25 positions Billboard hot dance/pop songs chart (15 positions) First No. 1:  “It's Ok I'm Ok” by Tate McRae

 

Here’s a list of some of the technological advances that have shaped the music industry.  The publisher of Billboard magazine relied on computers to tabulate its charts early on, and the smartphone—and everything that came before—has made streaming the preferred music consumption method.

 

Information Age

Period	Technology
1877	Phonograph
1902	First popular phonograph records
1906	Radio
1909	First radio broadcast in the U.S.
1920	First commercial radio station
1923-1928	Television
1933	Radio frequency modulation (FM)
1939	First television broadcast in the U.S.
1944	Mark I, first digital computer
1948	Transistor
1950	Engineering Research Associates (ERA) 1101, first commercial computer
1952	Integrated circuit Transistor radio
1958	Univac Model 80, first commercial transistor computer
1960	Digital PDP-1, first small, interactive minicomputer
1962-1965	Packet switching, basis for most computer network protocols
1965	Digital PDP-8, first mass-produced minicomputer
1969	The Internet (formerly ARPAnet until 1990) Bell Laboratories UNIX operating system
1971	Intel 4004 microprocessor
c1972	Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) Alto, forerunner of many microcomputer technologies
1972	Compact disk (CD)
1973	TCP/IP, network protocol later adopted by the Internet in 1983 RE2 Micral, first commercial microcomputer
1977	Digital VAX 11/780, first 32-bit minicomputer to rival IBM’s mainframes Apple II, first mass-market microcomputer
1979	Intel 8088 microprocessor, later used to power IBM’s first microcomputer
1981	Xerox Star, commercial version of the Alto Microsoft Disk Operating System (DOS), software used to control Intel-based microcomputers IBM Personal Computer (PC)
1982	Music CD player
1984	Apple Macintosh, first successful microcomputer with a graphical user interface, mouse pointer, bit-mapped display, and network
1990	European Particle Physics Laboratory (CERN) World Wide Web
1991	Motion Picture Experts Group-1 audio layer three (MP3), audio file compression format
1993	National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Mosaic, first Web browser
1994	Netscape Navigator, first commercial Web browser
1998	Stand-alone MP3 players
2002	First smartphone
2007	Apple iPhone
2008	First Android phone

 

We have a much longer time line if anyone is interested.

 

The Early Years

To understand the backlash against dance music in the early 1980s, you need to appreciate how much disco dominated top 40 radio and pop charts in America by the late ’70s.  Record companies released dance remakes of everything from “Volare” to Beethoven and the I Love Lucy theme.  (Current dance labels are still following the same modus operandi.  Three of the biggest crossover hits of the 2000s are all remakes:  “Heaven,” “Listen to Your Heart,” and “Everytime We Touch.”  Steve Aoki has played his remix of “My Heart Will Go On” at festivals.  Guetta’s “Clap Your Hands” is based on a nursery rhyme.)  At the height of disco mania, even The Beach Boys, Kiss, and Wings got into the act.  And don’t forget Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, and Dolly Parton.

If you follow our Musical Treasure Hunt, you know which song we name as one of the first charted singles to represent the dance genre that came into its own during the 1970s (Billboard regional club charts debuted in October 1974—though Record World published a national survey first in March 1975).  No, it’s not “The Twist” or anything that literally referred to a specific dance.  Though young people danced to those records back in the day—and they helped define the sound of early rock and roll—something like “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” seems more at home in a school gymnasium than a discotheque.  The record we pick is 1968’s “The Horse” (of course, of course).  When you consider the connection between this recording and MFSB, Philadelphia may be the birthplace of disco.

Without the benefit of a club chart, determining what is proto-dance music before October 1974 requires a bit of musicology.  We have to look at a song’s background—everything from the producers and writers to the record label and even the location.  But the best test is to listen for similarities between these songs and what came later.  If some of the proto-dance tracks sound a little slow, keep in mind The Chainsmokers’ “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Roses” are only 80 BPM and 100 BPM, respectively.

Why are the Bee Gees listed under Honorable Mention?  Long before the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack became a runaway bestseller, the Gibb brothers started out as a pop band in the ’60s with such hits as “I Started a Joke,” “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You,” and “(The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts.”  So it’s easy to decide who is not a crossover dance artist when there’s an established pre-disco catalog to evaluate.

It often comes down to a judgment call in other situations.  Case in point:  Sylvester.  As hard as it is to imagine, one of the biggest club artists of the 1970s actually recorded two rock albums earlier.  Since he dove into dance music with such gusto and you can tell the rock genre really wasn’t a good fit—not to mention those records went nowhere—Sylvester should be treated as a dance artist first and foremost.  The beauty of the Internet means you can judge his rock music for yourself.  Now if he had recorded two R&B or gospel albums instead of rock, well, our decision would’ve been more difficult.

Not every singer can convincingly rock out, go country, or turn jazzy.  Prince is one of the few artists who can fit in the rock field as well as other genres.  It was a mistake for record companies to give Pink and Kelly Clarkson a rock-leaning sound in the past.  They’re no Pat Benatar or Joan Jett.

 

Crossover Success Before 1980

Dance/Electronic Artist (Lead or Featured) on Hot 100	Peak Pos.	Club Pos.
1979
Donna Summer, “Bad Girls”	1 (5)	1* (7)
Donna Summer, “Hot Stuff”	1 (3)	1* (7)
Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer, “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)”	1 (2)	1 (4)
Chic, “Good Times”	1 (1)	3*
M, “Pop Muzik”	1 (1)	4
Amii Stewart, “Knock on Wood”	1 (1)	5
Sister Sledge, “We Are Family”	2	1* (2)
Donna Summer, “Dim All the Lights”	2	54
Village People, “Y.M.C.A.”	2	2*
Village People, “In the Navy”	3	14*
Donna Summer With Brooklyn Dreams, “Heaven Knows”	4	1* (5)
Chic, “I Want Your Love”	7	1* (7)
Sister Sledge, “He’s the Greatest Dancer”	9	1* (2)
GQ, “Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)”	12	3
Cheryl Lynn, “Got to Be Real”	12	11*
McFadden & Whitehead, “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”	13	10
Bell & James, “Livin’ It Up (Friday Night)”	15	-
France Joli, “Come to Me”	15	1* (3)
Patrick Hernandez, “Born to Be Alive”	16	1 (3)
GQ, “I Do Love You”	20	-
Instant Funk, “I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)”	20	1 (1)
Chanson, “Don’t Hold Back”	21	11
Foxy, “Hot Number”	21	26
Evelyn “Champagne” King, “I Don’t Know If It’s Right”	23	25
Gonzalez, “Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet”	26	7
Dan Hartman, “Instant Replay”	29	1* (1)
Alton McClain & Destiny, “It Must Be Love”	32	25
Giorgio Moroder, “Chase”	33	31
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, “Bustin’ Loose, Part 1”	34	-
Sylvester, “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”	36	1* (6)
Buggles, “Video Killed the Radio Star”	40	-
Sylvester, “I (Who Have Nothing)”	40	4*
Linda Clifford, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”	41	11*
Gary’s Gang, “Keep on Dancin’”	41	1* (1)
Voyage, “Souvenirs”	41	1* (1)
Bonnie Boyer, “Got to Give in to Love”	43	22
Chic, “My Forbidden Lover”	43	3*
Mass Production, “Firecracker”	43	-
Liquid Gold, “My Baby’s Baby”	45	5
Village People, “Go West”	45	14*
Narada Michael Walden, “I Don’t Want Nobody Else (To Dance With You)”	47	64
Gino Soccio, “Dancer”	48	1* (6)
Saint Tropez, “One More Minute”	49	8*
KC & The Sunshine Band, “Do You Wanna Go Party”	50	-
Village People, “Ready for the 80’s”	52	26*
Fern Kinney, “Groove Me”	54	6
Five Special, “Why Leave Us Alone”	55	34
Claudja Barry, “Boogie Woogie Dancin’ Shoes”	56	7
T-Connection, “At Midnight”	56	3
Space, “My Love Is Music”	60	59
The Raes, “A Little Lovin’ (Keeps the Doctor Away)”	61	5
Cheryl Lynn, “Star Love”	62	11*
Philly Cream, “Motown Review”	67	30
KC & The Sunshine Band, “Who Do Ya Love”	68	-
Witch Queen, “Bang a Gong”	68	8*
Amii Stewart, “Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven”	69	-
Arpeggio, “Love and Desire (Part I)”	70	4*
Carrie Lucas, “Dance With You”	70	6
Taka Boom, “Night Dancin’”	74	-
Evelyn “Champagne” King, “Music Box”	75	78
Cory Daye, “Pow Wow”	76	8*
Machine, “There But for the Grace of God Go I”	77	8
Shalamar, “Take That to the Bank”	79	-
A Taste of Honey, “Do It Good”	79	72
Gibson Brothers, “Cuba”	81	9
Ultimate, “Touch Me Baby”	82	6*
Grey & Hanks, “Dancin’”	83	21
Boney M, “Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord”	85	-
Alicia Bridges, “Body Heat”	86	-
Peter Brown, “Crank It Up (Funk Town) Pt. 1”	86	4
The Wonder Band, “Whole Lotta Love”	87	38
John Davis and The Monster Orchestra, “Ain’t That Enough for You”	89	4
Dan Hartman, “This Is It”	91	1* (1)
Tasha Thomas, “Shoot Me (With Your Love)”	91	15
Honorable Mention 1979
Rod Stewart, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”	1 (4)	1 (3)
Gloria Gaynor, “I Will Survive” - Co-produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	1 (3)	1* (3)
Herb Alpert, “Rise”	1 (2)	17
Bee Gees, “Tragedy” - Co-produced and written by the Bee Gees	1 (2)	22
Anita Ward, “Ring My Bell”	1 (2)	1 (1)
Blondie, “Heart of Glass”	1 (1)	58
The Doobie Brothers, “What a Fool Believes”	1 (1)	40
Michael Jackson, “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough”	1 (1)	2*
Barbra Streisand, “The Main Event/Fight” - Co-produced by Bob Esty and co-written by Paul Jabara and Esty	3	13
David Naughton, “Makin’ It” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	5	11
Peaches & Herb, “Shake Your Groove Thing” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	5	2
Wings, “Goodnight Tonight”	5	-
Earth, Wind & Fire With The Emotions, “Boogie Wonderland”	6	14
The Jacksons, “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)”	7	20*
Cher, “Take Me Home” - Produced and co-written by Bob Esty	8	2
Earth, Wind & Fire, “September”	8	-
Elton John, “Mama Can’t Buy You Love” - Produced by Thom Bell and written by Bell & James	9	-
Leif Garrett, “I Was Made for Dancin’”	10	-
Kiss, “I Was Made for Lovin’ You”	11	37
Bonnie Pointer, “Heaven Must Have Sent You”	11	8
Diana Ross, “The Boss”	19	1* (2)
Stephanie Mills, “What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’”	22	-
Dolly Parton, “Baby I’m Burnin’”	25	15*
Herbie Mann, “Superman”	26	-
Pointer Sisters, “Happiness”	30	18
Elton John, “Victim of Love” - Produced and co-written by Pete Bellotte	31	55*
Thelma Houston, “Saturday Night, Sunday Morning”	34	33
Ashford & Simpson, “Found a Cure”	36	1* (2)
Crusaders, “Street Life”	36	75
The Jones Girls, “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	38	12
Bette Midler, “Married Men” - Produced by Arif Mardin	40	32
Gloria Gaynor, “Let Me Know (I Have a Right)” - Co-produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	42	19
Ronnie Milsap, “Get It Up”	43	74
The Beach Boys, “Here Comes the Night”	44	48
Melba Moore, “You Stepped Into My Life” - Produced by McFadden & Whitehead and written by the Bee Gees	47	5
Toto, “Georgy Porgy”	48	80
Cher, “Wasn’t It Good” - Produced and co-written by Bob Esty	49	-
Desmond Child and Rouge, “Our Love Is Insane”	51	73
Gene Chandler, “Get Down”	53	22
Hot Chocolate, “Going Through the Motions”	53	-
John Paul Young, “Lost in Your Love”	55	-
Leif Garrett, “Feel the Need”	57	-
Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation, “Do You Think I’m Disco?”	58	-
Cher, “Hell on Wheels” - Co-produced and co-written by Bob Esty	59	-
Santana, “One Chain (Don’t Make No Prison)” - Remixed by John Luongo	59	53
Edwin Starr, “Contact”	65	1 (1)
Peaches & Herb, “Roller-Skatin’ Mate (Part I)” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	66	18
Switch, “Best Beat in Town”	69	65
Sarah Dash, “Sinner Man”	71	9
Deniece Williams, “I’ve Got the Next Dance”	73	1 (1)
Funkadelic, “(not just) Knee Deep – Part 1”	77	43
Edwin Starr, “H.A.P.P.Y. Radio”	79	7
Abba, “Voulez-Vous”	80	-
Maynard Ferguson, “Rocky II Disco”	82	-
Anita Ward, “Don’t Drop My Love”	87	26
The Isley Brothers, “It’s a Disco Night (Rock Don’t Stop)”	90	44
Gene Chandler, “When You’re #1”	99	19
1978
Chic, “Le Freak”	1 (5)	1* (7)
Donna Summer, “MacArthur Park”	1 (3)	1* (5)
A Taste of Honey, “Boogie Oogie Oogie”	1 (3)	1 (3)
Donna Summer, “Last Dance”	3	1* (6)
Alicia Bridges, “I Love the Nightlife (Disco ’Round)”	5	2
Chic, “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)”	6	1* (8)
Heatwave, “The Groove Line”	7	-
Peter Brown, “Dance With Me”	8	4
Foxy, “Get Off”	9	18*
Evelyn “Champagne” King, “Shame”	9	8
The Trammps, “Disco Inferno”	11	1* (6)
Santa Esmeralda Featuring Leroy Gomez, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”	15	4
Eruption, “I Can’t Stand the Rain”	18	6
Heatwave, “Always and Forever”	18	-
Sylvester, “Dance (Disco Heat)”	19	1* (6)
Odyssey, “Native New Yorker”	21	3
Stargard, “Theme Song From ‘Which Way Is Up’”	21	12
Love & Kisses, “Thank God It’s Friday”	22	1* (6)
Meco, “Theme From Close Encounters”	25	33
Village People, “Macho Man”	25	4*
Boney M, “Rivers of Babylon”	30	-
Tuxedo Junction, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”	32	5*
KC & The Sunshine Band, “Boogie Shoes”	35	-
KC & The Sunshine Band, “It’s the Same Old Song”	35	-
Meco, “Themes From The Wizard of Oz”	35	35
Donna Summer, “I Love You”	37	1* (5)
Chic, “Everybody Dance”	38	1* (8)
Teri DeSario, “Ain’t Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You”	43	-
El Coco, “Cocomotion”	44	6*
Don Ray, “Got to Have Loving”	44	4*
KC & The Sunshine Band, “Wrap Your Arms Around Me”	48	-
Donna Summer, “Rumour Has It”	53	1* (5)
Peter Brown, “You Should Do It”	54	-
Linda Clifford, “If My Friends Could See Me Now”	54	1* (5)
Andrea True Connection, “What’s Your Name, What’s Your Number”	56	9
Odyssey, “Weekend Lover”	57	-
Le Pamplemousse, “Le Spank”	58	5
Musique, “In the Bush”	58	1* (2)
Mick Jackson, “Blame It on the Boogie”	61	-
KC & The Sunshine Band, “Do You Feel All Right”	63	-
Judy Cheeks, “Mellow Lovin’”	65	10
Kraftwerk, “Trans-Europe Express”	67	-
Karen Young, “Hot Shot”	67	1 (2)
Cerrone, “Supernature”	70	1* (4)
Claudja Barry, “Dancin’ Fever”	72	6*
Linda Clifford, “Runaway Love”	76	1* (5)
Santa Esmeralda Featuring Leroy Gomez, “The House of the Rising Sun”	78	19
Goody Goody, “#1 Dee Jay”	82	16*
Kongas, “Africanism/Gimme Some Lovin’”	84	3*
Stargard, “Disco Rufus”	88	-
El Coco, “Dancing in Paradise”	91	9*
Bob McGilpin, “When You Feel Love”	91	-
Belle Epoque, “Miss Broadway”	92	21*
Brick, “Ain’t Gonna’ Hurt Nobody”	92	-
Boney M, “Rasputin” - TikTok hit in 2021	-	-
Honorable Mention 1978
Bee Gees, “Night Fever” - Co-produced and written by the Bee Gees	1 (8)	3*
Bee Gees, “Stayin’ Alive” - Co-produced and written by the Bee Gees	1 (4)	3*
Frankie Valli, “Grease” - Co-produced and written by Barry Gibb	1 (2)	-
Yvonne Elliman, “If I Can’t Have You” - Produced by Freddie Perren and written by the Bee Gees	1 (1)	-
The Rolling Stones, “Miss You”	1 (1)	6
John Paul Young, “Love Is in the Air”	7	-
Barry Manilow, “Copacabana (At the Copa)”	8	15
Rick James, “You and I”	13	3
Parliament, “Flash Light”	16	-
Quincy Jones, “Stuff Like That”	21	-
Chaka Khan, “I’m Every Woman”	21	30
Funkadelic, “One Nation Under a Groove – Part I”	28	31
Tavares, “More Than a Woman” - Produced by Freddie Perren and written by the Bee Gees	32	-
The Michael Zager Band, “Let’s All Chant” - Produced and co-written by Michael Zager	36	1* (1)
Commodores, “Flying High”	38	-
Jimmy “Bo” Horne, “Dance Across the Floor” - Co-produced and co-written by KC	38	-
Donny & Marie [Donny & Marie Osmond], “On the Shelf”	38	-
War, “Galaxy”	39	8
Bunny Sigler, “Let Me Party With You (Party, Party, Party) – Part 1”	43	27
The Jacksons, “Blame It on the Boogie” - Co-written by Mick Jackson	54	20*
L.T.D., “Never Get Enough of Your Love”	56	-
Brooklyn Dreams, “Music, Harmony and Rhythm”	57	28*
Barry White, “Your Sweetness Is My Weakness”	60	16
Bill Brandon, “We Fell in Love While Dancing”	80	-
Pockets, “Come Go With Me”	84	32
High Inergy, “Love Is All You Need”	89	-
1977
Meco, “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band”	1 (2)	6
KC & The Sunshine Band, “I’m Your Boogie Man”	1 (1)	9*
KC & The Sunshine Band, “Keep It Comin’ Love”	2	9*
Heatwave, “Boogie Nights”	2	36
Brick, “Dazz”	3	7
Donna Summer, “I Feel Love”	6	1* (3)/3*
Brick, “Dusic”	18	-
Peter Brown, “Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me”	18	9
Q, “Dancin’ Man”	23	-
Wilton Place Street Band, “Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme)”	24	7
Shalamar, “Uptown Festival (Motown Medley)”	25	2
Dr. Buzzard’s Original “Savannah” Band, “Whispering/Cherchez la Femme/Se Si Bon”	27	1* (1)
Andrea True Connection, “N.Y., You Got Me Dancing”	27	4
Cerrone, “Love in ‘C’ Minor (Part 1)”	36	2*
C.J. & Co., “Devil’s Gun”	36	1* (5)
KC & The Sunshine Band, “I Like to Do It”	37	9*
Silvetti, “Spring Rain”	39	4
Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch, “Superman”	41	3*
First Choice, “Doctor Love”	41	8
Crown Heights Affair, “Dancin’”	42	6*
Donna Summer, “Winter Melody”	43	1* (6)
The Heart and Soul Orchestra, “Love in ‘C’ Minor”	46	4
T-Connection, “Do What You Wanna Do”	46	1 (7)
Donna Summer, “Spring Affair”	47	1* (6)
Brass Construction, “Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)”	51	14
Carrie [Carrie Lucas], “I Gotta Keep Dancin’”	64	2
Boney M, “Daddy Cool”	65	11
Vicki Sue Robinson, “Hold Tight”	67	2
Love Unlimited Orchestra, “Theme From King Kong (Pt. I)”	68	7
Mass Production, “Welcome to Our World (Of Merry Music)”	68	5*
Grace Jones, “Sorry”/“That’s the Trouble”	71	7*
Grace Jones, “I Need a Man”	83	1 (2)
Bumble Bee Unlimited, “Love Bug”	92	18
Soul Train Gang, “My Cherie Amour”	92	21
Universal Robot Band, “Dance and Shake Your Tambourine”	93	25
Current, “Theme From ‘Rocky’ (Gonna Fly Now)”	94	-
Rhythm Heritage, “Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)”	94	-
Boney M, “Ma Baker”	96	31
The Salsoul Orchestra, “Ritzy Mambo”	99	-
The Lovers, “Discomania”	100	6
The Philarmonics, “For Elise”	100	19
Danny White, “Dance Little Lady Dance”	100	-
Village People, “San Francisco (You’ve Got Me)”	102	1* (7)
Honorable Mention 1977
The Emotions, “Best of My Love”	1 (5)	11
Stevie Wonder, “Sir Duke”	1 (3)	2*
Bill Conti, “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From ‘Rocky’)”	1 (1)	-
Marvin Gaye, “Got to Give It Up – Pt. 1”	1 (1)	1 (1)
Thelma Houston, “Don’t Leave Me This Way” - Co-written by Gamble & Huff	1 (1)	1* (6)
Rose Royce, “Car Wash”	1 (1)	3
Leo Sayer, “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”	1 (1)	-
Stevie Wonder, “I Wish”	1 (1)	2*
L.T.D., “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again” - Written by Grey & Hanks	4	19
Barry White, “It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me”	4	5
Commodores, “Brick House”	5	34
The Sylvers, “Hot Line” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	5	-
The Jacksons, “Enjoy Yourself” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	6	33
Bee Gees, “Boogie Child” - Produced and written by the Bee Gees	12	-
Joe Tex, “Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)”	12	-
The Sylvers, “High School Dance” - Produced by Freddie Perren	17	-
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Saturday Nite”	21	12*
Deniece Williams, “Free”	25	31*
Maynard Ferguson, “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From ‘Rocky’)”	28	37
The Jacksons, “Show You the Way to Go” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	28	-
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, “At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)”	30	37
Stevie Wonder, “Another Star”	32	2*
John Miles, “Slowdown”	34	2
Leo Sayer, “Thunder in My Heart”	38	30
Commodores, “Fancy Dancer”	39	33
Rose Royce, “Do Your Dance – Part I”	39	20*
The Isley Brothers, “Livin’ in the Life”	40	-
Teddy Pendergrass, “I Don’t Love You Anymore” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	41	7*
Henry Mancini and His Orchestra, “Theme From Charlie’s Angels”	45	-
The Undisputed Truth, “You + Me = Love”/“Let’s Go Down to the Disco”	48	5/40
The Jacksons, “Goin’ Places” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	52	40*
Kool & The Gang, “Open Sesame – Part I”	55	13
Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots, “Dis-Gorilla (Part 1)”	56	-
Ohio Players, “Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)”	61	-
The Isley Brothers, “The Pride (Part I)”	63	30
Arthur Prysock, “When Love Is New” - Produced by John Davis and written by Gambel & Huff	64	11
Loleatta Holloway, “Dreamin”	72	3*
The Sylvers, “Any Way You Want Me”	72	-
Idris Muhammad, “Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (Part 1)”	76	2*
Johnnie Taylor, “Love Is Better in the A.M. (Part 1)”	77	-
Brainstorm, “Wake up and Be Somebody”	86	-
Johnnie Taylor, “Disco 9000”	86	-
Detroit Emeralds, “Feel the Need”	90	14
Eddie Holman, “This Will Be a Night to Remember”	90	20
Philadelphia International All Stars, “Let’s Clean up the Ghetto” - Produced and co-written by Gamble & Huff	91	26
The Hues Corporation, “I Caught Your Act”	92	3
The Whispers, “Make It With You”	94	16*
Hodges, James and Smith, “Since I Fell for You/I’m Falling in Love”	96	15
1976
KC & The Sunshine Band, “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”	1 (1)	9*
Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band, “A Fifth of Beethoven”	1 (1)	-
Rhythm Heritage, “Theme From S.W.A.T.”	1 (1)	-
Silver Convention, “Get up and Boogie (That’s Right)”	2	5
Donna Summer, “Love to Love You Baby”	2	1 (4)
Andrea True Connection, “More, More, More (Pt. 1)”	4	2
Vicki Sue Robinson, “Turn the Beat Around”	10	1 (4)
Brass Construction, “Movin’”	14	1 (4)
The Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps., “Baby Face”	14	2
The Ritchie Family, “The Best Disco in Town”	17	1 (1)
The Salsoul Orchestra, “Tangerine”	18	6
Rhythm Heritage, “Barretta’s Theme (‘Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow’)”	20	-
The Trammps, “That’s Where the Happy People Go”	27	1 (2)
The Salsoul Orchestra, “Nice ‘N’ Naasty”	30	3*
The Trammps, “Hold Back the Night”	35	-
The Walter Murphy Band, “Flight ’76”	44	-
Love Unlimited Orchestra, “My Sweet Summer Suite”	48	1* (3)
Penny McLean, “Lady Bump”	48	2*
Crown Heights Affair, “Foxy Lady”	49	-
B.T. Express, “Can’t Stop Groovin’ Now, Wanna Do It Some More”	52	-
Donna Summer, “Could It Be Magic”	52	3
Double Exposure, “Ten Percent” - Also released as the first commercial 12-inch single	54	2
Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Featuring Sir Monti Rock III, “Dancin’ Kid”	60	27*
Silver Convention, “No, No, Joe”	60	14*
El Coco, “Lets Get It Together”	61	10*
Vicki Sue Robinson, “Daylight”	63	9*
KC & The Sunshine Band, “Queen of Clubs”	66	-
The Biddu Orchestra, “I Could Have Danced All Night”/“Jump for Joy”	72	5*
Soul Train Gang, “Soul Train ‘75’”	75	-
Dr. Buzzard’s Original “Savannah” Band, “I’ll Play the Fool”	80	1* (1)
Donna Summer, “Try Me, I Know We Can Make It”	80	1 (3)
Andrea True Connection, “Party Line”	80	13
B.T. Express, “Close to You”	82	-
Crown Heights Affair, “Every Beat of My Heart”	83	2
The Salsoul Orchestra, “You’re Just the Right Size”	88	4*
Whirlwind, “Full Time Thing (Between Dusk and Dawn)”	91	9
The Atlanta Disco Band, “Bad Luck”	94	-
D.C. LaRue, “Cathedrals”	94	6
Ja-kki [Jakki], “Sun...Sun...Sun...Pt. 1”	96	5
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain Featuring Barbara Roy, “Touch and Go”	98	4
Revelation, “You to Me Are Everything, Part I”	98	-
Jean-Michel Jarre, “Oxygene (Part 4)”	-	-
Honorable Mention 1976
Johnnie Taylor, “Disco Lady”	1 (4)	-
The Four Seasons, “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)”	1 (3)	-
Wild Cherry, “Play That Funky Music”	1 (3)	12*
Diana Ross, “Love Hangover”	1 (2)	1 (2)
Bee Gees, “You Should Be Dancing” - Produced and written by the Gee Gees	1 (1)	1 (7)
Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots, “Disco Duck (Part I)”	1 (1)	-
The Miracles, “Love Machine Pt. 1” - Produced by Freddie Perren	1 (1)	20*
Ohio Players, “Love Rollercoaster”	1 (1)	-
The Sylvers, “Boogie Fever” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	1 (1)	-
Maxine Nightingale, “Right Back Where We Started From”	2	-
Lou Rawls, “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	2	4
Spinners, “The Rubberband Man” - Produced and co-written by Thom Bell	2	14
The Brothers Johnson, “I’ll Be Good to You”	3	-
Boz Scaggs, “Lowdown”	3	12*
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Sing a Song”	5	5
The O’Jays, “I Love Music (Part I)” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	5	1 (8)
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Getaway”	12	12*
Tavares, “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (Part 1)” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	15	1 (2)
The Blackbyrds, “Happy Music”	19	18
The O’Jays, “Livin’ for the Weekend” - Produced and co-written by Gamble & Huff	20	-
Candi Staton, “Young Hearts Run Free”	20	8*
Cate Bros., “Union Man”	24	19
Lady Flash, “Street Singin’”	27	-
The Brothers Johnson, “Get the Funk out Ma Face”	30	15
Johnnie Taylor, “Somebody’s Gettin’ It”	33	-
Tavares, “Don’t Take Away the Music” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	34	3
Eddie Kendricks, “He’s a Friend”	36	7*
The Supremes, “I’m Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking”	40	3
Boz Scaggs, “What Can I Say”	42	12*
James Brown, “Get up offa That Thing”	45	19
Frankie Avalon, “Venus”	46	-
The Originals, “Down to Love Town”	47	1 (1)
The O’Jays, “Message in Our Music” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	49	38
The Emotions, “I Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love”	49	38
The Temptations, “Keep Holding On”	54	-
B.C.G. [Bob Crewe Generation], “Street Talk” - Produced and co-written by Bob Crewe	56	8
The Sylvers, “Cotton Candy” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	59	-
Michel Polnareff, “Lipstick”	61	5
The Real Thing, “You to Me Are Everything”	64	-
Van McCoy, “Party” - Produced and written by Van McCoy	69	14
Mighty Clouds of Joy, “Mighty High”	69	1 (5)
The 5th Dimension, “Love Hangover”	80	-
Deodato, “Peter Gunn”	84	20*
The Supremes, “You’re My Driving Wheel”	85	5*
South Shore Commission, “Train Called Freedom”	86	-
The Whispers, “One for the Money (Part 1)”	88	8
The Glitter Band, “Makes You Blind”	91	4
Melba Moore, “This Is It” - Produced and written by Van McCoy	91	10
Houston Person, “Disco Sax”/“For the Love of You”	91	-
Impact, “Happy Man (Pt. I)”	94	-
Jimmy James and The Vagabonds, “I Am Somebody” - Produced and written by Biddu	94	8
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, “Tell the World How I Feel About ’Cha Baby” - Produced by Gamble & Huff and co-written by McFadden & Whitehead	94	6
South Shore Commission, “We’re on the Right Track”	94	-
Michael Zager’s Moon Band Featuring Peabo Bryson, “Do It With Feeling” - Co-produced and co-written by Michael Zager	94	-
The Disco Sound of Andre Gagnon, “Wow”	95	5
Van McCoy, “Night Walk” - Produced and written by Van McCoy	96	-
S.S.O., “Tonight’s the Night”	99	-
1975
Silver Convention, “Fly, Robin, Fly”	1 (3)	1 (3)
KC & The Sunshine Band, “That’s the Way (I Like It)”	1 (2)	18
KC & The Sunshine Band, “Get Down Tonight”	1 (1)	11
B.T. Express, “Express”	4	1 (5)
Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Featuring Sir Monti Rock III, “Get Dancin’”	10	3
Carol Douglas, “Doctor’s Orders”	11	2
The Ritchie Family, “Brazil”	11	1 (7)
Love Unlimited Orchestra, “Satin Soul”	22	11
Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Featuring Sir Monti Rock III, “I Wanna Dance Wit’ Choo (Doo Dat Dance), Part 1”	23	7
Kraftwerk, “Autobahn”	25	-
B.T. Express, “Peace Pipe”	31	3
B.T. Express, “Give It What You Got”	40	-
Consumer Rapport, “Ease on Down the Road”	42	1 (5)
MFSB, “Sexy”	42	2
Bimbo Jet, “El Bimbo”	43	5
Crown Heights Affair, “Dreaming a Dream”	43	1 (1)
Gary Toms Empire, “7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)”	46	-
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain Featuring Barbara Roy, “One Beautiful Day”	48	14
Purple Reign, “This Old Man”	48	-
The Biddu Orchestra, “Summer of ’42”	57	12
Gary Toms Empire, “Drive My Car”	69	16
The Salsoul Orchestra, “Salsoul Hustle”	76	-
Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Featuring Sir Monti Rock III, “Jam Band”	80	-
Carol Douglas, “A Hurricane Is Coming Tonite”	81	-
The Ritchie Family, “I Want to Dance With You (Dance With Me)”	84	18
The Sunshine Band, “Shotgun Shuffle”	88	-
Love Childs Afro Cuban Blues Band, “Life and Death in G&A”	90	-
MFSB, “The Zip”	91	-
Sister Sledge, “Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes on Me”	92	5
Ralph Carter, “When You’re Young and in Love”	95	10
Philly Devotions, “I Just Can’t Say Goodbye”	95	4
Banzaii, “Chinese Kung Fu”	98	7
Hamilton Bohannon, “Foot Stompin Music”	98	3
Honorable Mention 1975
Bee Gees, “Jive Talkin’” - Produced by Arif Mardin and written by the Bee Gees	1 (2)	-
AWB [Average White Band], “Pick up the Pieces” - Produced by Arif Mardin	1 (1)	11
LaBelle, “Lady Marmalade”	1 (1)	7*
Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony, “The Hustle” - Written by Van McCoy	1 (1)	3
Ohio Players, “Fire”	1 (1)	10
Barry White, “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything”	2	2
The Four Seasons, “Who Loves You”	3	-
Stevie Wonder, “Boogie on Reggae Woman”	3	-
The Isley Brothers, “Fight the Power Part 1”	4	13
Frankie Valli, “Swearin’ to God” - Produced and co-written by Bob Crewe	6	4
Joe Simon, “Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)”	8	-
Gloria Gaynor, “Never Can Say Goodbye” - Co-produced by Meco	9	1 (4)
Gwen McCrae, “Rockin’ Chair”	9	-
AWB [Average White Band], “Cut the Cake” - Produced by Arif Mardin	10	-
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, “Once You Get Started”	10	6
Tavares, “It Only Takes a Minute”	10	2
Peoples Choice [People’s Choice], “Do It Any Way You Wanna” - Produced and written by Leon Huff	11	3
Frankie Valli, “Our Day Will Come”	11	10
Barry Manilow, “It’s a Miracle”	12	15
Shirley (and Company), “Shame, Shame, Shame”	12	1 (4)
Herbie Mann, “Hijack” - Written by Fernando Arbex (Barrabas)	14	1 (3)
The Jackson 5, “I Am Love (Parts I & II)”	15	-
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, “Bad Luck (Part 1)” - Produced by Gamble & Huff and co-written by McFadden & Whitehead	15	1 (11)
Esther Phillips, “What a Diff’rence a Day Makes”	20	2
Michael Jackson, “Just a Little Bit of You”	23	-
Hot Chocolate, “Disco Queen”	28	-
Al Martino, “Volare”	33	-
The Temptations, “Glasshouse”	37	8
The Temptations, “Happy People”	40	11
Willie Hutch, “Love Power”	41	-
Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind & Fire, “Sun Goddess”	44	14
Van McCoy, “Change With the Times” - Written by Van McCoy	46	15
The Joneses, “Sugar Pie Guy Pt. 1”	47	9
Carl Douglas, “Dance the Kung Fu” - Produced and co-written by Biddu	48	-
LaBelle, “What Can I Do for You?”	48	7*
Faith, Hope & Charity, “To Each His Own” - Produced and written by Van McCoy	50	15
The Stylistics, “Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)”	51	13
Michael Jackson, “We’re Almost There”	54	-
The Brecker Brothers, “Sneakin’ up Behind You”	58	-
Gloria Gaynor, “Reach out, I’ll Be There” - Co-produced by Meco	60	2
The Jackson 5, “Forever Came Today”	60	1 (4)
South Shore Commission, “Free Man”	61	1 (1)
The Hues Corporation, “Love Corporation”	62	11
B.B. King, “Philadelphia”	64	6
Fantastic Four, “Alvin Stone (The Birth & Death of a Gangster)”	74	-
Gloria Gaynor, “How High the Moon” - Co-produced by Meco	75	1* (1)
Pat Lundi [Pat Lundy], “Party Music”	78	-
The Miracles, “Don’t Cha Love It” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	78	-
Dooley Silverspoon, “Bump Me Baby Pt. 1”	80	-
Al Downing, “I’ll Be Holding On” - Co-produced by Meco	85	1 (3)
Shirley and Company, “Cry Cry Cry”	91	-
The Reflections, “Three Steps From True Love”	94	4
Betty Wright, “Where Is the Love” - Co-produced and co-written by KC	96	2
Gloria Gaynor, “(If You Want It) Do It Yourself” - Co-produced by Meco	98	1* (1)
Shuggie Otis, “Inspiration Information” - Recorded with a drum machine	-	-
1974
MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees, “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)”	1 (2)	-
Love Unlimited Orchestra, “Love’s Theme”	1 (1)	-
B.T. Express, “Do It (’Til You’re Satisfied)”	2	8
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain Featuring Barbara Roy, “Ask Me”	52	2
Love Unlimited Orchestra, “Rhapsody in White”	63	-
First Choice, “The Player – Part 1”	70	-
MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees, “Love Is the Message”	85	-
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain Featuring Barbara Roy, “Good Things Don’t Last Forever”	93	-
First Choice, “Newsy Neighbors”	97	-
Honorable Mention 1974
Carl Douglas, “Kung Fu Fighting” - Produced by Biddu	1 (2)	-
George McCrae, “Rock Your Baby” - Co-produced and co-written by KC	1 (2)	-
The Hues Corporation, “Rock the Boat”	1 (1)	-
Barry White, “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”	1 (1)	-
Stevie Wonder, “You Haven’t Done Nothin” - Recorded with a drum machine	1 (1)	-
The Jackson 5, “Dancing Machine”	2	-
Eddie Kendricks, “Boogie Down”	2	-
The Three Degrees, “When Will I See You Again” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	2	-
Kool & The Gang, “Jungle Boogie”	4	-
Carl Carlton, “Everlasting Love”	6	4
Kool & The Gang, “Hollywood Swinging”	6	-
Barry White, “Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up”	7	-
Johnny Bristol, “Hang on in There Baby”	8	-
Bobby Womack, “Lookin’ for a Love”	10	-
The Tymes, “You Little Trustmaker”	12	7
The Miracles, “Do It Baby” - Produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	13	-
The Hues Corporation, “Rockin’ Soul”	18	9
Spinners, “Mighty Love – Pt. I” - Produced by Thom Bell	20	-
Commodores, “Machine Gun”	22	-
The Temptations, “Let Your Hair Down” - Recorded with a drum machine	27	-
Eddie Kendricks, “Son of Sagittarius”	28	-
Sly & The Family Stone, “Time for Livin’”	32	-
Barry White, “Honey Please, Can’t Ya See”	44	-
O.C. Smith, “La La Peace Song”	62	-
The Undisputed Truth, “Help Yourself”	63	-
Creative Source, “Who Is He and What Is He to You”	69	-
Willie Henderson, “Dance Master Pt. 1”	73	-
The Temptations, “You’ve Got My Soul on Fire”	74	-
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, “Where Are All My Friends” - Produced by Gamble & Huff and co-written by McFadden & Whitehead	80	11
1973
First Choice, “Armed and Extremely Dangerous”	28	-
First Choice, “Smarty Pants”	56	-
Honorable Mention 1973
Eddie Kendricks, “Keep on Truckin’ (Part 1)”	1 (2)	-
The O’Jays, “Love Train” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	1 (1)	-
Stevie Wonder, “Superstition”	1 (1)	-
Sylvia, “Pillow talk”	3	-
Timmy Thomas, “Why Can’t We Live Together” - Recorded with a drum machine	3	-
Barry White, “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby”	3	-
Billy Preston, “Space Race”	4	-
The Isley Brothers, “That Lady (Part 1)”	6	-
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, “The Love I Lost (Part 1)” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	7	-
The Temptations, “Masterpiece”	7	-
Curtis Mayfield, “Superfly”	8	-
The Stylistics, “Rockin’ Roll Baby” - Produced and co-written by Thom Bell	14	-
New York City, “I’m Doin’ Fine Now” - Produced and co-written by Thom Bell	17	-
Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s, “Doing It to Death”	22	-
The Jackson 5, “Get It Together”	28	-
The Jackson 5, “Hallelujah Day” - Co-produced and co-written by Freddie Perren	28	-
The O’Jays, “Time to Get Down” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	33	-
Manu Dibango, “Soul Makossa”	35	-
The Intruders, “I’ll Always Love My Mama (Part I)” - Produced by Gamble & Huff and written by Gamble & Huff and McFadden & Whitehead	36	-
The Temptations, “The Plastic Man”	40	-
Afrique, “Soul Makossa”	47	-
Willie Hutch, “Brother’s Gonna Work It Out”	67	-
Curtis Mayfield, “If I Were Only a Child Again”	71	-
Timmy Thomas, “People Are Changin’” - Recorded with a drum machine	75	-
Eddie Kendricks, “Girl You Need a Change of Mind (Part 1)”	87	-
Bunny Sigler, “Tossin’ and Turnin’” - Produced by Gamble & Huff	97	-
The Honey Drippers, “Impeach the President”	-	-
1972
Hot Butter, “Popcorn”	9	-
Giorgio [Giorgio Moroder], “Son of My Father”	46	-
The Trammps, “Zing Went the Strings of My Heart”	64	-
Honorable Mention 1972
The Temptations, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”	1 (1)	-
Billy Preston, “Outa-Space”	2	-
The O’Jays, “Back Stabbers” - Produced by Gamble & Huff and written by Leon Huff and McFadden & Whitehead	3	-
Curtis Mayfield, “Freddie’s Dead (Theme From “Superfly”)”	4	-
The Chakachas, “Jungle Fever”	8	-
The Jackson 5, “Sugar Daddy”	10	-
The Jackson 5, “Little Bitty Pretty One”	13	-
J.J. Cale, “Crazy Mama” - Recorded with a drum machine	22	-
Jerry Butler, “One Night Affair” - Written by Gamble & Huff	52	-
The Bar-Kays, “Son of Shaft”	53	-
The O’Jays, “992 Arguments” - Produced by Gamble & Huff and written by Gamble & Huff and McFadden & Whitehead	57	-
Lyn Collins, “Think (About It)”	66	-
Lyn Collins, “Me and My Baby Got a Good Thing Going”	86	-
Chicory [Chicory Tip], “Son of My Father” - Co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte	91	-
1971
Walter Carlos [Wendy Carlos], “March From ‘A Clockwork Orange’”	-	-
Honorable Mention 1971
Sly & The Family Stone, “Family Affair” - Recorded with a drum machine	1 (3)	-
Isaac Hayes, “Theme From Shaft”	1 (2)	-
The Jackson 5, “Mama’s Pearl”	2	-
Curtis Mayfield, “(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go”	29	-
Little Sister, “Somebody’s Watching You” - Recorded with a drum machine	32	-
1970
Leonid Hambro & Gershon Kingsley, “Rhapsody in Blue”	-	-
Honorable Mention 1970
Sly & The Family Stone, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”/“Everybody Is a Star”	1 (2)	-
James Brown, “Get up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine (Part 1)”	15	-
Little Sister, “You’re the One – Part I”	22	-
Kool & The Gang, “Let the Music Take Your Mind”	78	-
Joe Hicks, “Life and Death in G&A” - Recorded with a drum machine	-	-
6IX, “I’m Just Like You” - Recorded with a drum machine	-	-
1969
Gershon Kingsley, “Popcorn”	-	-
Honorable Mention 1969
The Temptations, “I Can’t Get Next to You”	1 (2)	-
The Temptations, “Cloud Nine”	6	-
The Temptations, “Run Away Child, Running Wild”	6	-
The Temptations, “Don’t Let the Joneses Get You Down”	20	-
Dick Hyman & His Electric Eclectics, “The Minotaur”	38	-
Herbie Mann, “Memphis Underground”	44	-
Kool & The Gang, “Kool and the Gang”	59	-
The O’Jays, “One Night Affair” - Produced and written by Gamble & Huff	68	-
Abaco Dream, “Life and Death in G & A”	74	-
Sly & The Family Stone, “Sing a Simple Song”	89	-
Cliff Nobles & Co., “Switch It On”	93	-
Herbie Mann, “It’s a Funky Thing – Right On (Part I)”	95	-
Robin Gibb, “Saved by the Bell” - Recorded with a drum machine	-	-
1968
Walter Carlos [Wendy Carlos], “Third Movement, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3”	-	-
Honorable Mention 1968
Cliff Nobles & Co., “The Horse”	2	-
Sly & The Family Stone, “Dance to the Music”	8	-
Cliff Nobles & Co., “Horse Fever”	68	-
Sly & The Family Stone, “M’Lady”	93	-
The O’Jays, “The Choice”	94	-
1966
Honorable Mention 1966
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, “Going to a Go-Go”	11	-
1962
Honorable Mention 1962
Ray Cathode, “Time Beat” - Recorded with a synthesized electronic rhythm track	-	-

 

* Part of a multi-title entry (including full album).

Pitfalls of the Net

Despite what you may have seen on AllMusic’s site, the source for some of Wikipedia’s chart information, Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth of Beethoven” did not make Billboard’s national club chart or Record World’s national club chart in 1976.  It only made two of Billboard’s regional charts.  We consulted Record Research, the publisher of U.S. chart books.

 

 

Top Crossover Hits

Before August 4, 1958, Billboard published separate sales and radio airplay charts.  Then the magazine introduced a combined sales/airplay chart called the Hot 100.  To celebrate this chart’s 50th anniversary, Billboard compiled the top 100 songs in 2008 and updated the listing five years later.  For the 60th anniversary in 2018, the list was expanded to 600 songs, which provided a more complete crossover picture.  This type of tabulation favors slow-building and long-lasting songs that spend the most weeks on the chart, especially in the upper region.  The magazine made an attempt to adjust for differences in chart patterns (turnover rates and such) during different eras—similar to how people adjust past movie grosses for inflation as a way to standardize data for comparison.

Looking at the placement of The Four Seasons' “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night),” we can tell its second chart run (remix version) is not included (54 weeks combined, No. 1 in 1976 and No. 14 in 1994).  Let's hope they'll fix this error in the future.  Below is our partial list of songs that have spent at least 30 weeks on the Hot 100—a rare feat before the 1990s—and therefore one should've expected to see in the top 600.  Indeed, Soft Cell set a record for the longest stay at the time in 1982.  The English duo held this title until 1994 when Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)" stayed for 45 weeks.

Awolnation, "Sail" (79 weeks total, No. 17 peak, 2013)
Carrie Underwood, "Before He Cheats" (64, No. 8, 2007)
The Lumineers, "Ho Hey" (62, No. 3, 2012)

Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody" (57, No. 4, 2009)
Faith Hill, "The Way You Love Me" (56, No. 6, 2001)
Paula Cole, "I Don't Want to Wait" (56, No. 11, 1998)
Everything but the Girl, "Missing (Todd Terry Remix)" (55, No. 2, 1996)
Duncan Sheik, "Barely Breathing" (55, No. 16, 1997)
Creed, "Higher" (54, No. 7, 2000)
Walk the Moon, "Shut up and Dance" (53, No. 4, 2015)
Train, "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (53, No. 5, 2001)
Bastille, "Pompeii" (53, No. 5, 2014)
Twenty One Pilots, "Stressed Out" (52, No. 2, 2016)
Third Eye Blind, "How's It Going to Be" (52, No. 9, 1998)
Rascal Flatts, "What Hurts the Most" (51, No. 6, 2006)
Post Malone Featuring Quavo, "Congratulations" (50, No. 8, 2017)

Major Lazer x DJ Snake Featuring MO, "Lean On" (48, No. 4, 2015)
Faith Hill, "This Kiss" (48, No. 7, 1998)
Taylor Swift, "Teardrops on My Guitar" (48, No. 13, 2008)
Of Monsters and Men, "Little Talks" (48, No. 20, 2013)
Portugal. The Man, "Feel It Still" (45, No. 4, 2017)
Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U Featuring Justin Bieber, "Where Are U Now" (45, No. 8, 2015)
Alex Clare, "Too Close" (44, No. 7, 2012)
Vance Joy, "Riptide" (44, No. 30, 2015)
The Weeknd, "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" (43, No. 3, 2015)
Third Eye Blind, "Semi-Charmed Life" (43, No. 4, 1997)
Soft Cell, "Tainted Love" (43, No. 8, 1982)
Capital Cities, "Safe and Sound" (43, No. 8, 2013)
Foster the People, "Pumped up Kicks" (40, No. 3, 2011)
David Guetta Featuring Akon, "Sexy Chick" (40, No. 5, 2010)
Charlie Puth, "Attention" (40, No. 5, 2017)
Paul Davis, "I Go Crazy" (40, No. 7, 1978)
Duice, "Dazzey Duks" (40, No. 12, 1993)

Twenty One Pilots, "Heathens" (39, No. 2, 2016)
The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, "Something Just Like This" (39, No. 3, 2017)
Twenty One Pilots, "Ride" (39, No. 5, 2016)
Mumford & Sons, "I Will Wait" (39, No. 12, 2013)
Kris Kristofferson, "Why Me" (38, No. 16, 1973)
Bobby "Boris" Pickett, "Monster Mash" (37, No. 1/No. 91/No. 10, 1962/1970/1973)
The Righteous Brothers, "Unchained Melody" (32, No. 4/No. 13, 1966/1990)
Morris Albert, "Feelings" (32, No. 6, 1975)
Alicia Bridges, "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" (31, No. 5, 1978)
Murray Head, "Superstar" (31, No. 74/No. 14, 1970/1971)
Surfaris, "Wipe Out" (30, No. 2/No. 16, 1963/1966)
Go-Go's, "Our Lips Are Sealed" (30, No. 20, 1981)

We should also keep an eye on Kate Bush's "Running up That Hill (A Deal With God)" (40 weeks total thanks to a second run in 2022, No. 30/No. 3).  We suspect Billboard took a shortcut to this compilation by using data from its own annual top 100 chart.  There's one problem with this approach.  A song whose run is split evenly between two or more calendar years is lower in year-end ranking or may not show up at all, which would explain why most of the tracks above are missing.  (This should make you wonder about the accuracy of the songs that made the top 600.)  There may be a legitimate reason why the rest failed to make the cut.  Let's take a closer look at "Tainted Love."  The then-record-setting song likely racked up fewer points than expected because it spent a lot of time near the bottom of the chart (last five weeks at No. 97, for instance) and took too long to reach the top 40 (19 weeks).

Also missing are songs that never made the Hot 100 on a technicality.  Before December 1998, noncommercial singles were not eligible to chart.  In hindsight, Billboard should've suspended this rule during the 1990s.  But in their defense, the magazine and retailers such as Tower Records were trying their best to reverse the industry trend of withholding commercial releases in order to boost album sales.  About a dozen of these radio-only singles performed really well on the Hot 100's airplay component chart (published since December 1990).  So the following list deserves at least an honorable mention.  What should we call them?  The DQ (disqualified) Dozen?  Click on the Major Changes tab above and see notable non-singles and B-sides such as Madonna's "Into the Groove" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

The Wallflowers, "One Headlight" (70, No. 2, 1997)
No Doubt, “Don’t Speak” (63, No. 1, 1996)
Sugar Ray, “Fly” (59, No. 1, 1997)
Matchbox 20, "3 AM" (58, No. 3, 1998)
Matchbox 20, "Push" (52, No. 5, 1997)
The Cardigans, “Lovefool” (49, No. 2, 1997)
Goo Goo Dolls, “Iris” (47, No. 1, 1998) [14 weeks on Hot 100 after rule change]
Counting Crows, “Mr. Jones” (47, No. 5, 1994)
Natalie Imbruglia, “Torn” (44, No. 1, 1998) [2 weeks on Hot 100 after rule change]
Green Day, “When I Come Around” (40, No. 6, 1995)
Fastball, “The Way” (39, No. 5, 1998)
Matchbox 20, "Real World" (36, No. 9, 1998) [2 weeks on Hot 100 after rule change]
Fugees Featuring Bounty Killer, “Killing Me Softly” (35, No. 2, 1996)
The Rembrandts, “I’ll Be There for You” (31?, No. 1, 1995)
Will Smith, “Men in Black” (25, No. 1, 1997)

It would appear Billboard has opted to exclude holiday songs for this survey.  This is probably a good thing because no song can compete with Mariah Carey's seasonal hit in the streaming era.

In the meantime, we decided to highlight for you all the dance songs on the all-time list.  As always, we include every dance/electronic artist—even if the song is a ballad (see Stevie B.).  We also count dance tracks by non-dance artists (The Black Eyed Peas, for example).  To be as inclusive as possible, we add such quasi-dance songs as “Centerfold,” “Abracadabra,” “Play That Funky Music,” and “Best of My Love.”  In the early years of rock and roll, every other record was made for kids to dance to.  So “The Twist” isn’t technically a “crossover” hit in the modern sense.

 

Top Dance Crossover Hits Since August 1958

No.	Artist, Title (Year)	Club Pos.
2018 Edition
1	Chubby Checker, “The Twist” (1960/1962)	-
6	LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, “Party Rock Anthem” (2011)	2
7	The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling” (2009)	9
8	Los Del Rio, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1996)	-
13	The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer” (2016)	2
16	Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, “Yeah!” (2004)	-
24	Chic, “Le Freak” (1978)	1
27	Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris, “We Found Love” (2011)	1
28	Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain, “Low” (2008)	-
34	Irene Cara, “Flashdance…What a Feeling” (1983)	1
42	Bee Gees, “Night Fever” (1978)	3
44	Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson, “Say Say Say” (1983)	2
51	Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell, “Blurred Lines” (2013)	3
56	The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow” (2009)	2
57	Blondie, “Call Me” (1980)	2
59	Bee Gees, “Stayin’ Alive” (1978)	3
61	Ke$ha, “Tik Tok” (2010)	11
65	Ace of Base, “The Sign” (1994)	-
66	The J. Geils Band, “Centerfold” (1982)	12
71	Stevie B., “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” (1990)	-
74	Tag Team, “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (1993)	-
75	Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera, “Moves Like Jagger” (2011)	9
80	Diana Ross, “Upside Down” (1980)	1
86	Michael Jackson, “Billie Jean” (1983/2014)	1
87	Donna Summer, “Hot Stuff” (1979)	1
90	The Steve Miller Band, “Abracadabra” (1982)	14
93	Wild Cherry, “Play That Funky Music” (1976)	12
99	May J. Blige, “Family Affair” (2001)	-
111	The Emotions, “Best of My Love” (1977)	11
117	Real McCoy, “Another Night” (1994)	1
120	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band, “A Fifth of Beethoven” (1976)	-
121	Madonna, “Like a Virgin” (1984)	1
123	Prince, “When Doves Cry” (1984/2016)	1
124	Gloria Gaynor, “I Will Survive” (1979)	1
128	Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne, “Down” (2009)	-
141	Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (2016)	21
143	LMFAO, “Sexy and I Know It” (2012)	1
145	OutKast, “Hey Ya!” (2003)	-
153	50 Cent, “In da Club” (2003)	-
166	Katy Perry Featuring Kanye West, “E.T.” (2011)	1
175	Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots, “Disco Duck (Part I)” (1976)	-
176	Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule, “I’m Real (Murder Remix)” (2001)	-
177	Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo, “Goodies” (2004)	-
179	The Human League, “Don’t You Want Me” (1982)	3
180	Rod Stewart, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1979)	1
184	Nelly, “Hot in Herre” (2002)	-
187	C+C Music Factory, “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (1991)	1
188	A Taste of Honey, “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (1978)	1
196	Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis, “Just Dance” (2009)	2
197	Madonna, “Vogue” (1990)	1
201	Eddie Kendricks, “Keep on Truckin’ (Part 1)” (1973)	-
202	T.I. Featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life” (2008)	-
205	Katy Perry, “Firework” (2010)	1
212	Donna Summer, “Bad Girls” (1979)	1
216	Janet Jackson, “Miss You Much” (1989)	1
217	Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer, “Give Me Everything” (2011)	15
218	KC and The Sunshine Band, “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty” (1976)	9
232	Color Me Badd, “I Wanna Sex You Up” (1991)	-
239	Justin Bieber, “Sorry” (2016)	1
244	Joey Dee & the Starliters, “Peppermint Twist - Part I” (1962)	-
245	Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg, “California Gurls” (2010)	1
253	Taio Cruz, “Dynamite” (2010)	1
263	Mariah Carey, “Fantasy” (1995)	1
264	Whitney Houston, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” (1987/2012)	1
265	Daryl Hall John Oates, “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” (1982)	1
266	Johnnie Taylor, “Disco Lady” (1976)	-
268	Lady Gaga, “Poker Face” (2009)	1
269	Ohio Players, “Love Rollercoaster” (1976)	-
275	EMF, “Unbelievable” (1991)	9
280	Michael Jackson, “Beat It” (1983)	1
295	Michael Jackson, “Rock With You” (1980)	2
300	Janet Jackson, “Escapade” (1990)	1
309	Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, “Promiscuous” (2006)	1
316	KC and The Sunshine Band, “That’s the Way (I Like It)” (1975)	18
317	Hi-Five, “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)” (1991)	-
318	Bell Biv DeVoe, “Poison” (1990)	7
325	Paula Abdul, “Straight Up” (1989)	3
328	Avicii, “Wake Me Up!” (2013/2018)	1
333	The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” (2016)	4
335	Mariah Carey, “Emotions” (1991)	1
336	Usher Featuring will.i.am, “OMG” (2010)	3
338	Village People, “Y.M.C.A.” (1979)	2
340	Anita Ward, “Ring My Bell” (1979)	1
341	Diana Ross, “Love Hangover” (1976)	1
343	Backstreet Boys, “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)” (1997)	41
347	Chubby Checker, “Limbo Rock” (1962)	-
350	Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell, “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2004)	-
351	Paula Abdul (Duet With The Wild Pair), “Opposites Attract” (1990)	24
353	Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX, “Fancy” (2014)	1
355	The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face” (2015)	20
359	Sean Paul, “Get Busy” (2003)	-
361	Monica, “The First Night” (1998)	1
374	Jackson 5, “Dancing Machine” (1974)	-
375	Lipps, Inc., “Funkytown” (1980)	1
379	Cher, “Believe” (1999)	1
380	Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson, D.O.E. & Sebastian, “The Way I Are” (2007)	33
382	Ray Parker Jr., “Ghostbusters” (1984)	6
385	The Four Seasons, “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” (1976/1994 [Ben Liebrand Remix])	-
386	Laura Branigan, “Gloria” (1982)	4
395	Sia Featuring Sean Paul, “Cheap Thrills” (2016)	1
409	The Temptations, “I Can’t Get Next to You” (1969)	-
410	Yes, “Owner of a Lonely Heart” (1984)	3
413	Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott, “1, 2 Step” (2005)	29
415	Ace of Base, “All That She Wants” (1993)	-
418	Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” (2009/2017)	1
420	Madonna, “Justify My Love” (1991)	1
422	KC and The Sunshine Band, “Please Don’t Go” (1980)	-
426	Sir Mix-a-Lot, “Baby Got Back” (1992)	5
430	Mariah Carey, “Someday” (1991)	1
431	INXS, “Need You Tonight” (1988)	7
432	Silver Convention, “Get up and Boogie (That’s Right)” (1976)	5
441	Justin Timberlake, “SexyBack” (2006)	1
443	Carl Douglas, “Kung Fu Fighting” (1974)	-
444	Montell Jordan, “This Is How We Do It” (1995)	-
447	Eddie Murphy, “Party All the Time” (1985)	19
449	Rick Astley, “Never Gonna Give You Up” (1988)	1
461	Technotronic Featuring Felly, “Pump up the Jam” (1990)	1
465	Sean Paul, “Temperature” (2006)	-
471	Rihanna, “Disturbia” (2008)	1
472	Falco, “Rock Me Amadeus” (1986)	4
477	Janet, “All for You” (2001)	1
487	Donna Summer, “MacArthur Park” (1978)	1
491	Prince & The Revolution, “Kiss” (1986/2016)	1
503	Paula Abdul, “Cold Hearted” (1989)	19
504	Silver Convention, “Fly, Robin, Fly” (1975)	1
505	New Kids on the Block, “Step by Step” (1990)	-
506	Janet, “Together Again” (1998)	1
509	Whitney Houston, “So Emotional” (1988)	1
511	Jason Derulo, “Whatcha Say” (2009)	32
514	Daryl Hall John Oates, “Out of Touch” (1984)	1
516	Bee Gees, “Jive Talkin’” (1975)	-
520	Whitney Houston, “How Will I Know” (1986/2012)	3
525	Katy Perry, “Hot n Cold” (2008)	32
526	Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins, “Get Low” (2003)	-
531	Stevie Wonder, “Part-Time Lover” (1985)	1
532	Bell Biv DeVoe, “Do Me!” (1990)	6
539	Toni Basil, “Mickey” (1982)	3
540	Kris Kross, “Jump” (1992)	13
544	Herb Alpert, “Rise” (1979)	17
546	Chubby Checker, “Pony Time” (1961)	-
548	Milli Vanilli, “Blame It on the Rain” (1989)	-
552	Billy Ocean, “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” (1988)	25
554	Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” (1983)	2
560	Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (2016)	1
561	OMI, “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit)” (2015)	32
566	Michael Sembello, “Maniac” (1983)	6
567	Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” (2012)	1
570	Mark Morrison, “Return of the Mack” (1997)	-
573	Akon Featuring Eminem, “Smack That” (2006)	-
578	Justin Bieber, “What Do You Mean?” (2015)	1
579	Madonna, “Papa Don’t Preach” (1986)	4
582	The Miracles, “Love Machine (Part 1)” (1976)	20
583	David Bowie, “Let’s Dance” (1983)	1
585	The Sylvers, “Boogie Fever” (1976)	-
591	Maxine Nightingale, “Right Back Where We Started From” (1976)	-
594	Leo Sayer, “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (1977)	-
600	A-Ha, “Take on Me” (1985)	-

 

We also decided to highlight all the alternative songs on this list.  Note the long drought until 2012.  No wonder Grammy voters took notice and named “Somebody That I Used to Know” record of the year and “We Are Young” song of the year.  Billboard did not publish a modern rock chart (now alternative) until 1988—about five years late.  Nickelback, 3 Doors Down, and Creed are really more mainstream rock than alternative, but their songs did do well on the alternative chart.

 

Top Alternative Crossover Hits Since August 1958

No.	Artist, Title (Year)	Alt. Pos.
2018 Edition
31	The Police, “Every Breath You Take” (1983)	-
32	Gotye Featuring Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2012)	1
45	Nickelback, “How You Remind Me” (2001)	1
57	Blondie, “Call Me” (1980)	-
69	Lorde, “Royals” (2013)	1
72	Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, “I Love Rock ’n Roll” (1982)	-
95	The Knack, “My Sharona” (1979)	-
97	Sinead O’Connor, “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)	1
108	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, “Thrift Shop” (2013)	14
112	Fun. Featuirng Janelle Monae, “We Are Young” (2012)	1
142	Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive” (2013)	1
145	OutKast, “Hey Ya!” (2003)	16
164	Lifehouse, “Hanging by a Moment” (2001)	1
169	Eminem, “Lose Yourself” (2002)	14
179	The Human League, “Don’t You Want Me” (1982)	-
219	Men at Work, “Down Under” (1983)	-
272	Dire Straits, “Money for Nothing” (1985)	-
275	EMF, “Unbelievable” (1991)	3
287	3 Doors Down, “Kryptonite” (2000)	1
328	Avicii, “Wake Me Up!” (2013/2018)	12
339	Creed, “With Arms Wide Open” (2000)	2
345	Tears for Fears, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (1985)	-
352	Coldplay, “Viva la Vida” (2008)	1
365	U2, “With or Without You” (1987)	-
388	Vertical Horizon, “Everything You Want” (2000)	5
391	Tears for Fears, “Shout” (1985)	-
396	Fun., “Some Nights” (2012)	1
415	Ace of Base, “All That She Wants” (1993)	17
431	INXS, “Need You Tonight” (1988)	-
472	Falco, “Rock Me Amadeus” (1986)	-
482	Simple Minds, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” (1985)	-
488	Culture Club, “Karma Chameleon” (1984)	-
521	3 Doors Down, “Here Without You” (2003)	22
539	Toni Basil, “Mickey” (1982)	-
554	Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” (1983)	-
562	Blondie, “The Tide Is High” (1981)	-
597	The Escape Club, “Wild, Wild West” (1988)	3
600	A-Ha, “Take on Me” (1985)	-

 

Finally, you can trace the rise of hip-hop as you look at this list as well.

 

Top Hip-Hop Crossover Hits Since August 1958

No.	Artist, Title (Year)
2018 Edition
16	Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, “Yeah!” (2004)
28	Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain, “Low” (2008)
63	Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx, “Gold Digger” (2005)
74	Tag Team, “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (1993)
83	Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland, “Dilemma” (2002)
88	Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage, “Rockstar” (2017)
89	Coolio Featuring L.V., “Gangsta’s Paradise” (1995)
103	Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again” (2015)
105	Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112, “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
108	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, “Thrift Shop” (2013)
127	T.I., “Whatever You Like” (2008)
141	Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (2016)
145	OutKast, “Hey Ya!” (2003)
148	OutKast Featuring Sleepy Brown, “The Way You Move” (2004)
149	Drake, “God’s Plan” (2018)
151	Soulja Boy Tell’em, “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (2007)
153	50 Cent, “In da Club” (2003)
169	Eminem, “Lose Yourself” (2002)
184	Nelly, “Hot in Herre” (2002)
190	Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen” (2015)
202	T.I. Featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life” (2008)
206	Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major, “Lollipop” (2008)
233	Eminem Featuring Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)
286	Puff Daddy Featuring Mase, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (1997)
326	Jay-Z + Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind” (2009)
337	Terror Squad, “Lean Back” (2004)
350	Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell, “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2004)
353	Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX, “Fancy” (2014)
359	Sean Paul, “Get Busy” (2003)
377	50 Cent Featuring Olivia, “Candy Shop” (2005)
404	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton, “Can’t Hold Us” (2013)
426	Sir Mix-a-Lot, “Baby Got Back” (1992)
465	Sean Paul, “Temperature” (2006)
526	Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins, “Get Low” (2003)
527	T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc, “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” (2007)
530	Chingy, “Right Thurr” (2003)
536	B.o.B Featuring Hayley Williams, “Airplanes” (2010)
540	Kris Kross, “Jump” (1992)
555	Cardi B, “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” (2017)
558	Silento, “Watch Me” (2015)

 

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