Top song - Yearly #1s - ChartMasters

This list is about the #1 most successful songs per release year (understand “which have generated the most sales”).

This list really is about the most relevant songs of each year. If you’ve been listening to the radio at some point, you won’t be too surprised by the number ones listed here!

Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. Here is the complete list of covered artists.

Top song – Equivalent album sales (EAS) – Yearly #1s

Year :

Single :

Artist :

Year	artist_spotify_id	rank	Single	Single	Artist	EAS
1939	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	2,107	All or Nothing at All	All or Nothing at All	Frank Sinatra	1,779,000
1940	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	1,366	I'll Never Smile Again	I'll Never Smile Again	Frank Sinatra	2,836,000
1941	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	4,952	This Love of Mine	This Love of Mine	Frank Sinatra	573,000
1942	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	2,541	Night and Day	Night and Day	Frank Sinatra	1,414,000
1943	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	4,203	I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night	I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night	Frank Sinatra	722,000
1944	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	1,906	Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)	Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)	Frank Sinatra	2,015,000
1945	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	2,646	Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)	Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)	Frank Sinatra	1,345,000
1946	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	1,987	Jingle Bells	Jingle Bells	Frank Sinatra	1,916,000
1947	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	1,809	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Frank Sinatra	2,145,000
1948	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	1,890	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Frank Sinatra	2,031,000
1949	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	9,868	Some Enchanted Evening	Some Enchanted Evening	Frank Sinatra	201,000
1950	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	3,554	When You're Smiling	When You're Smiling	Frank Sinatra	905,000
1951	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	586	You Make Me Feel So Young	You Make Me Feel So Young	Frank Sinatra	5,774,000
1952	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	5,390	Why Try to Change Me Now?	Why Try to Change Me Now?	Frank Sinatra	503,000
1953	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	1,349	I Get a Kick Out of You	I Get a Kick Out of You	Frank Sinatra	2,879,000
1954	43ZHCT0cAZBISjO8DG9PnE	1,848	That's All Right	That's All Right	Elvis Presley	2,095,000
1955	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	1,603	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Frank Sinatra	2,443,000
1956	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	196	I've Got You Under My Skin	I've Got You Under My Skin	Frank Sinatra	11,673,000
1957	43ZHCT0cAZBISjO8DG9PnE	54	Jailhouse Rock	Jailhouse Rock	Elvis Presley	18,565,000
1958	1Mxqyy3pSjf8kZZL4QVxS0	1,834	Angel Eyes	Angel Eyes	Frank Sinatra	2,110,000
1959	43ZHCT0cAZBISjO8DG9PnE	2,111	A Big Hunk Of Love	A Big Hunk Of Love	Elvis Presley	1,776,000
1960	43ZHCT0cAZBISjO8DG9PnE	734	It's Now Or Never	It's Now Or Never	Elvis Presley	4,910,000
1961	43ZHCT0cAZBISjO8DG9PnE	12	Can't Help Falling in Love	Can't Help Falling in Love	Elvis Presley	28,914,000
1962	3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2	266	Love Me Do	Love Me Do	The Beatles	9,906,000
1963	3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2	58	I Want to Hold Your Hand	I Want to Hold Your Hand	The Beatles	18,028,000
1964	70cRZdQywnSFp9pnc2WTCE	10	The Sound of Silence	The Sound of Silence	Simon & Garfunkel	29,942,000
1965	3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2	33	Yesterday	Yesterday	The Beatles	22,151,000
1966	22bE4uQ6baNwSHPVcDxLCe	76	Paint It Black	Paint It Black	The Rolling Stones	16,811,000
1967	74oJ4qxwOZvX6oSsu1DGnw	102	Sunshine of Your Love	Sunshine of Your Love	Cream	15,592,000
1968	70cRZdQywnSFp9pnc2WTCE	47	Mrs. Robinson	Mrs. Robinson	Simon & Garfunkel	19,595,000
1969	7mEIug7XUlQHikrFxjTWes	7	Sweet Caroline	Sweet Caroline	Neil Diamond	34,941,000
1970	6PAt558ZEZl0DmdXlnjMgD	4	Layla	Layla	Derek and the Dominos	37,437,000
1971	36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp	14	Stairway To Heaven	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	27,359,000
1972	568ZhdwyaiCyOGJRtNYhWf	25	Smoke on the Water	Smoke on the Water	Deep Purple	23,972,000
1973	7Ey4PD4MYsKc5I2dolUwbH	78	Dream On	Dream On	Aerosmith	16,724,000
1974	7jmTilWYlKOuavFfmQAcu6	133	The Way We Were	The Way We Were	Barbra Streisand	14,367,000
1975	1dfeR4HaWDbWqFHLkxsg1d	8	Bohemian Rhapsody	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	34,649,000
1976	0ECwFtbIWEVNwjlrfc6xoL	2	Hotel California	Hotel California	Eagles	53,823,000
1977	1LZEQNv7sE11VDY3SdxQeN	9	Stayin' Alive	Stayin' Alive	Bee Gees	33,717,000
1978	0WwSkZ7LtFUFjGjMZBMt6T	30	Sultans of Swing	Sultans of Swing	Dire Straits	22,419,000
1979	711MCceyCBcFnzjGY4Q7Un	40	Highway to Hell	Highway to Hell	AC/DC	20,111,000
1980	1dfeR4HaWDbWqFHLkxsg1d	24	Another One Bites the Dust	Another One Bites the Dust	Queen	24,084,000
1981	0rvjqX7ttXeg3mTy8Xscbt	11	Don't Stop Believin'	Don't Stop Believin'	Journey	29,107,000
1982	3fMbdgg4jU18AjLCKBhRSm	3	Billie Jean	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	43,926,000
1983	5NGO30tJxFlKixkPSgXcFE	5	Every Breath You Take	Every Breath You Take	The Police	35,112,000
1984	1zuJe6b1roixEKMOtyrEak	21	What's Love Got to Do with It	What's Love Got to Do with It	Tina Turner	24,681,000
1985	0Ty63ceoRnnJKVEYP0VQpk	101	Money for Nothing	Money for Nothing	Dire Straits	15,629,000
1986	58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp	18	Livin' on a Prayer	Livin' on a Prayer	Bon Jovi	25,282,000
1987	51Blml2LZPmy7TTiAg47vQ	20	With Or Without You	With Or Without You	U2	24,685,000
1988	7oPgCQqMMXEXrNau5vxYZP	68	Fast Car	Fast Car	Tracy Chapman	17,619,000
1989	4lxfqrEsLX6N1N4OCSkILp	41	Another Day in Paradise	Another Day in Paradise	Phil Collins	20,049,000
1990	4BclNkZtAUq1YrYNzye3N7	56	Friends In Low Places	Friends In Low Places	Garth Brooks	18,261,000
1991	0LyfQWJT6nXafLPZqxe9Of	36	(Everything I Do) I Do It for You	(Everything I Do) I Do It for You	Bryan Adams	21,598,000
1992	6XpaIBNiVzIetEPCWDvAFP	6	I Will Always Love You	I Will Always Love You	Whitney Houston	35,014,000
1993	4iHNK0tOyZPYnBU7nGAgpQ	103	Hero	Hero	Mariah Carey	15,579,000
1994	4iHNK0tOyZPYnBU7nGAgpQ	46	All I Want for Christmas Is You	All I Want for Christmas Is You	Mariah Carey	19,759,000
1995	2DaxqgrOhkeH0fpeiQq2f4	70	Wonderwall	Wonderwall	Oasis	17,419,000
1996	0uq5PttqEjj3IH1bzwcrXF	34	Wannabe	Wannabe	Spice Girls	22,067,000
1997	0LyfQWJT6nXafLPZqxe9Of	1	My Heart Will Go On	My Heart Will Go On	Celine Dion	63,739,000
1998	26dSoYclwsYLMAKD3tpOr4	49	...Baby One More Time	...Baby One More Time	Britney Spears	19,477,000
1999	5rSXSAkZ67PYJSvpUpkOr7	44	I Want It That Way	I Want It That Way	Backstreet Boys	19,908,000
2000	51Blml2LZPmy7TTiAg47vQ	108	Beautiful Day	Beautiful Day	U2	15,382,000
2001	6deZN1bslXzeGvOLaLMOIF	165	How You Remind Me	How You Remind Me	Nickelback	12,559,000
2002	7dGJo4pcD2V6oG8kP0tJRR	61	Lose Yourself	Lose Yourself	Eminem	17,865,000
2003	6vWDO969PvNqNYHIOW5v0m	219	Crazy in Love	Crazy in Love	Beyonce ft. Jay-Z	10,995,000
2004	7KMqksf0UMdyA0UCf4R3ux	218	You're Beautiful	You're Beautiful	James Blunt	11,006,000
2005	4gzpq5DPGxSnKTe4SA8HAU	233	Fix You	Fix You	Coldplay	10,574,000
2006	31TPClRtHm23RisEBtV3X7	508	SexyBack	SexyBack	Justin Timberlake ft. Timbaland	6,383,000
2007	5pKCCKE2ajJHZ9KAiaK11H	430	Umbrella	Umbrella	Rihanna ft. Jay-Z	7,336,000
2008	4gzpq5DPGxSnKTe4SA8HAU	178	Viva La Vida	Viva La Vida	Coldplay	12,120,000
2009	1HY2Jd0NmPuamShAr6KMms	334	Bad Romance	Bad Romance	Lady Gaga	8,640,000
2010	4dpARuHxo51G3z768sgnrY	107	Rolling In The Deep	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	15,385,000
2011	4dpARuHxo51G3z768sgnrY	72	Someone Like You	Someone Like You	Adele	17,272,000
2012	53XhwfbYqKCa1cC15pYq2q	470	Radioactive	Radioactive	Imagine Dragons	6,872,000
2013	0LyfQWJT6nXafLPZqxe9Of	241	Let It Go	Let It Go	Various Artists	10,353,000
2014	06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02	301	Blank Space	Blank Space	Taylor Swift	9,229,000
2015	4dpARuHxo51G3z768sgnrY	186	Hello	Hello	Adele	11,953,000
2016	1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ	506	Starboy	Starboy	The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk	6,413,000
2017	6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V	200	Shape of You	Shape of You	Ed Sheeran	11,576,000
2018	246dkjvS1zLTtiykXe5h60	573	Sunflower	Sunflower	Post Malone & Swae Lee	5,837,000
2019	3Nrfpe0tUJi4K4DXYWgMUX	494	Boy with Luv	Boy with Luv	BTS ft. Halsey	6,557,000
2020	3Nrfpe0tUJi4K4DXYWgMUX	360	Dynamite	Dynamite	BTS	8,252,000
2021	4dpARuHxo51G3z768sgnrY	823	Easy on Me	Easy on Me	Adele	4,468,000
2022	06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02	1,105	Anti-Hero	Anti-Hero	Taylor Swift	3,428,000
2023	7nqOGRxlXj7N2JYbgNEjYH	744	Super	Super	Seventeen	4,853,000
2024	7nqOGRxlXj7N2JYbgNEjYH	1,841	Love, Money, Fame	Love, Money, Fame	Seventeen	2,105,000
2025	2YZyLoL8N0Wb9xBt1NhZWg	12,848	30 for 30	30 for 30	Kendrick Lamar & SZA	126,000
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