Madonna scored her 50th chart-topper with "I Don't Search I Find", extending her record for most number ones on the chart.

Dance Club Songs was a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, which ranks the popularity of songs in nightclubs across the country, based on a national survey of club disc jockeys. In 2020, twelve songs reached number one before the magazine suspended publication of the chart after the issue dated March 28 due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing nightclubs to close.[1]

In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, British singer Dua Lipa climbed four places to number one with "Don't Start Now".[2] The song spent a second week in the top spot in the next issue, the only track to spend more than a single week at number one in 2020. In February, Madonna achieved her fiftieth Dance Club Songs number one with "I Don't Search I Find", further increasing her records for both the highest number of chart-toppers on the listing and the greatest number of number ones on any individual Billboard chart.[3] The singer also became the first artist to top the Club Songs list in five different decades, having first reached the top spot in 1983.[4]

Several artists topped the chart for the first time in 2020, including producer Riton and singer Vula, whose appearances alongside producer Oliver Heldens on the track "Turn Me On" gave both artists a chart-topper with the first song of their respective careers to enter the chart.[5][6] The final number one before the Dance Club Songs chart was suspended was "Love Hangover 2020" by Diana Ross, a remix of a song from 1976. At the time of the track's original release, Billboard published only city-specific club play charts, but rival publication Record World published a national chart and "Love Hangover" topped this listing.[7] Several days after "Love Hangover 2020" reached the peak position, Billboard announced the decision to suspend the Dance Club Songs listing, stating that it would return at a date to be determined.[1] As of July 2023 the chart remains suspended.[8]

Chart history

Issue date Title(s) Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 "Don't Start Now" Dua Lipa [2]
January 11 [9]
January 18 "Turn Me On" Riton and Oliver Heldens featuring Vula [10]
January 25 "I Feel Love" Sam Smith [11]
February 1 "Graveyard" Halsey [12]
February 8 "Rabbit Hole" CamelPhat featuring Jem Cooke [13]
February 15 "In the Dark" Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc. [14]
February 22 "I Don't Search I Find" Madonna [15]
February 29 "Baila Conmigo" Jennifer Lopez [16]
March 7 "All Night Long" Jonas Blue and RetroVision [17]
March 14 "Sad" Chico Rose featuring Afrojack [18]
March 21 "Therapy" Duke Dumont [19]
March 28 "Love Hangover 2020" Diana Ross [20]
No charts published for Dance Club Songs since issue dated March 28, 2020

References

  1. ^ a b "Billboard to Temporarily Suspend Boxscore, Dance Club Songs Charts". Billboard. March 31, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Dance Club Songs – January 4, 2020". Billboard. January 4, 2020. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  3. ^ McIntyre, Hugh (February 17, 2020). "Madonna Makes History With 50 No. 1 Hits". Forbes. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  4. ^ McIntyre, Hugh (February 19, 2020). "Madonna Is The First Musician To Hit No. 1 On The Dance Chart In Five Different Decades". Forbes. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "Riton Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "Vula Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Disco File Top 20". Record World. April 17, 1976. p. 22.
  8. ^ "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Dance Club Songs – January 11, 2020". Billboard. January 11, 2020. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "Dance Club Songs – January 18, 2020". Billboard. January 18, 2020. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  11. ^ "Dance Club Songs – January 25, 2020". Billboard. January 21, 2020. Archived from the original on September 12, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "Dance Club Songs – February 1, 2020". Billboard. January 28, 2020. Archived from the original on September 12, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  13. ^ "Dance Club Songs – February 8, 2020". Billboard. February 4, 2020. Archived from the original on September 12, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  14. ^ "Dance Club Songs – February 15, 2020". Billboard. February 11, 2020. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  15. ^ "Dance Club Songs – February 22, 2020". Billboard. February 19, 2020. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  16. ^ "Dance Club Songs – February 29, 2020". Billboard. February 25, 2020. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  17. ^ "Dance Club Songs – March 7, 2020". Billboard. March 3, 2020. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  18. ^ "Dance Club Songs – March 14, 2020". Billboard. March 10, 2020. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  19. ^ "Dance Club Songs – March 21, 2020". Billboard. March 17, 2020. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  20. ^ "Dance Club Songs – March 28, 2020". Billboard. March 24, 2020. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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