Sinatra bookends Billboard chart archives, as he sang on the No. 1 song - "I'll Never Smile Again," billed as by Tommy Dorsey - on the first nationwide sales chart, the National List of Best Selling Retail Records, published in the July 27, 1940, issue.

However, the song named by Billboard as the No. 1 of all time was the Weeknd 's "Blinding Lights," which spent only four weeks leading the way but shattered the record for the most weeks in the top 10 with more than a year in the upper reaches of the chart. How much history will be made on the Hot 100 in 2025? Come back every week for more.

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Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' “Die With a Smile” is the No. 1 hit on Billboard's year-end 2025 Hot 100 Songs chart.

"Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters becomes the first song by a K-pop act to crack the top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

The Billboard 200 has long been the ultimate standard for measuring album success in America. The records that have earned […]

Riley Green and Ella Langley expand their entwined chart history, earning a second No. 1 together on Billboard ’s Country Airplay chart as “Don’t Mind If I Do” lifts two spots to the top of the Dec. 20-dated list. The song gained by 14% to 29.7 million in audience Dec. 5-11, according to Luminate.

From the first list in 1981 to 2025, browse every act who has dominated the annual Top Artists chart, as revealed in every year-end Billboard issue, encompassing superstars in pop, country, R&B/hip-hop, rock and more.