List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2016

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming.

"Closer" by The Chainsmokers (pictured) featuring Halsey spent twelve weeks at number one, becoming the longest-running number one single of the year.

During 2016, ten singles reached number one on the Hot 100; an eleventh single, "Hello" by Adele, began its run at number one in November 2015.^[1] Of those ten number-one singles, five were collaborations. In total, fourteen acts topped the chart as either lead or featured artists, with nine—Zayn, Desiigner, Wizkid, Kyla, Sia, The Chainsmokers, Halsey, Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane—achieving their first Hot 100 number-one single. The Chainsmokers and Halsey's "Closer" was the longest-running number-one of the year, leading the chart for twelve weeks; despite this, Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100.^[2]

Chart history

Justin Bieber (pictured) scored two number-one singles with "Sorry" and "Love Yourself". The latter song became the number-one song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 of 2016.

With "Work", Rihanna (pictured) earned her 14th number-one single on the chart, allowing her to surpass Michael Jackson for third most in the Hot 100 era.

Justin Timberlake (pictured) debuted at number one with "Can't Stop the Feeling!", becoming the twenty-sixth song to do so, and the fifth Timberlake song to top the Billboard Hot 100.

Zayn became the first UK artist to debut at number one on the Hot 100 with a first charted single: "Pillowtalk".

Key

†	Indicates best-performing single of 2016

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference(s)
1048	January 2	"Hello"	Adele	[3][4]
	January 9			[5][6]
	January 16			[7][8]
1049	January 23	"Sorry"	Justin Bieber	[9][10]
	January 30			[11][12]
	February 6			[13][14]
1050	February 13	"Love Yourself" †		[15][16]
1051	February 20	"Pillowtalk"	Zayn	[17][18]
re	February 27	"Love Yourself" †	Justin Bieber	[19][20]
1052	March 5	"Work"	Rihanna featuring Drake	[21][22]
	March 12			[23][24]
	March 19			[25][26]
	March 26			[27][28]
	April 2			[29][30]
	April 9			[31][32]
	April 16			[33][34]
	April 23			[35][36]
	April 30			[37][38]
1053	May 7	"Panda"	Desiigner	[39][40]
	May 14			[41][42]
1054	May 21	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla	[43][44]
1055	May 28	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"	Justin Timberlake	[45][46]
re	June 4	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla	[47][48]
	June 11			[49][50]
	June 18			[51][52]
	June 25			[53][54]
	July 2			[55][56]
	July 9			[57][58]
	July 16			[59][60]
	July 23			[61][62]
	July 30			[63][64]
1056	August 6	"Cheap Thrills"	Sia featuring Sean Paul	[65][66]
	August 13			[67][68]
	August 20			[69][70]
	August 27			[71][72]
1057	September 3	"Closer"	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	[73][74]
	September 10			[75][76]
	September 17			[77][78]
	September 24			[79][80]
	October 1			[81][82]
	October 8			[83][84]
	October 15			[85][86]
	October 22			[87][88]
	October 29			[89][90]
	November 5			[91][92]
	November 12			[93][94]
	November 19			[95][96]
1058	November 26	"Black Beatles"	Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane	[97][98]
	December 3			[99][100]
	December 10			[101][102]
	December 17			[103][104]
	December 24			[105][106]
	December 31			[107][108]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Drake	19
2	The Chainsmokers	12
	Halsey
4	Wizkid	10
	Kyla
6	Rihanna	9
7	Rae Sremmurd	6
	Gucci Mane
9	Justin Bieber	5
10	Sia	4
	Sean Paul
12	Adele	3
13	Desiigner	2
14	Zayn	1
	Justin Timberlake

See also

• 2016 in American music
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2016
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2016
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2010s