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.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" makes chart history again 31 years after its release: The Christmas hit reaches the longevity record on the US charts with its 20th week at number 1. For Carey,

"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.

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.

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

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