Looking back at the biggest hit singles of every year, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch. By Xander Zellner Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for over a century.

Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for over a century. Early in the 1900s, Billboard ...

We’ll see in the coming weeks whether Carey is able to maintain her position through the Christmas season. She has courted ...

(In 2018, the Billboard staff released a list project ... That's how many weeks Drake spent at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2018 - not even counting his crucial uncredited appearance on Travis Scott's ...

Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and numerous other country artists are also featured.

The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart measures the most popular songs every week from Friday to Thursday based on the combination of their sales, online streams (audio and video), and radio airplay.

Stacker consulted the Billboard Hot 100 to rank the longest-running #1 songs by the number of weeks they spent at the top ...