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.

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

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

This popular 1983 duet topped the Billboard Hot 100, and was one of the best-selling singles of the year. A pop crossover, ...