The Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart ranks the most popular dance and electronic song combining airplay audience impressions, digital downloads, streaming and club play.[1] The chart was introduced by Billboard in January 2013 as a result of the rise in popularity of the genres.[1] The chart is published weekly and songs are ranked according to airplay impressions and volume of streams, sales and club spins, and tracked by Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen BDS, BDS from streaming services including Spotify and Xbox Music, and from a United States-wide select panel of 140 DJs.[1]

Multiple artists have achieved more than three number ones on the chart, including Calvin Harris and Zedd with three apiece and The Chainsmokers with six.[2] Similarly, three songs have spent more than 20 weeks atop the chart: "Lean On" by Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ spent 23 weeks at number one in 2015–16,[3] "Wake Me Up" by Avicii in 2013–14,[4][5] which held the record of 26 weeks until it was eclipsed by one week by "Closer" by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey in February 2017.[6][7] "Harlem Shake" by Baauer was declared the most popular song of 2013 on the year-end chart, which was followed by "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake and Lil Jon in 2014, "Lean On" in 2015 and "Don't Let Me Down" by The Chainsmokers in 2016.[8]

The first number-one song published in the chart issue dated January 26, 2013, was "Scream & Shout" by will.i.am and Britney Spears,[9] a position it held for 5 consecutive weeks.[1][10] As of the issue dated February 17, 2024, "Yes, And?" by Ariana Grande is the current number one.[11]

Number ones

Key
No. nth song to top the Dance/Electronic Songs chart
re Song returned to number one
‡ Indicates most popular year-end song
With long blonde hair, a woman holds an instrument wearing a red outfit.
Lady Gaga topped the chart for three weeks with "Applause" in 2013 and in 2020 with "Stupid Love", which became the first song to ever debut at number 1 on the chart.[12]
With long brown hair, a woman holds a microphone wearing a metallic outfit.
"Break Free" by Ariana Grande (pictured) featuring Zedd spent nine weeks at number one in 2014.[13]
A man in mid air wearing a white top.
The Chainsmokers hold the record for the most number-one songs with six[2] and most weeks at number one with 82.[14]
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille holds the record for the longest streak of holding number-one position for 69 weeks.


No. Artist Song Issue date Weeks at
number one 		Ref.
2013
1 will.i.am and Britney Spears "Scream & Shout" January 26, 2013 5 [10]
2 Baauer "Harlem Shake" ‡[15] March 2, 2013 8 [16]
3 Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera "Feel This Moment" April 27, 2013 1 [17]
4 Psy "Gentleman" May 4, 2013 1 [18]
re Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera "Feel This Moment" May 11, 2013 1 [17]
5 Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX "I Love It" May 18, 2013 2 [19]
6 Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams "Get Lucky" June 1, 2013 13 [20]
7 Lady Gaga "Applause" August 31, 2013 3 [21]
8 Avicii "Wake Me Up" September 21, 2013 26 [22]
2014
9 Avicii "Hey Brother" March 22, 2014 1 [23]
10 The Chainsmokers "#SELFIE" March 29, 2014 2 [24]
11 DJ Snake and Lil Jon "Turn Down for What" ‡[25] April 12, 2014 12 [26]
12 Calvin Harris "Summer" July 5, 2014 4 [27]
13 Disclosure featuring Sam Smith "Latch" August 2, 2014 4 [28]
14 Ariana Grande featuring Zedd "Break Free" August 30, 2014 9 [13]
15 Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne "Rather Be" November 1, 2014 3 [29]
16 Calvin Harris featuring John Newman "Blame" November 22, 2014 1 [30]
17 Mr. Probz "Waves" November 29, 2014 11 [31]
2015
18 Lilly Wood and the Prick and Robin Schulz "Prayer in C" February 14, 2015 4 [32]
19 Zedd featuring Selena Gomez "I Want You to Know" March 14, 2015 1 [33]
re Lilly Wood and the Prick and Robin Schulz "Prayer in C" March 21, 2015 1 [32]
re Zedd featuring Selena Gomez "I Want You to Know" March 28, 2015 5 [33]
20 David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack "Hey Mama" May 2, 2015 11 [34]
21 Jack Ü and Justin Bieber "Where Are Ü Now" July 18, 2015 2 [35]
22 Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ "Lean On" ‡[36] August 1, 2015 23 [37]
2016
23 The Chainsmokers featuring ROZES "Roses" January 9, 2016 14 [38]
24 Zara Larsson and MNEK "Never Forget You" April 16, 2016 3 [39]
25 The Chainsmokers featuring Daya "Don't Let Me Down" ‡[40] May 7, 2016 12 [41]
26 Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna "This Is What You Came For" July 30, 2016 2 [42]
27 Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ "Cold Water" August 13, 2016 1 [43]
re Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna "This Is What You Came For" August 20, 2016 1 [42]
re Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ "Cold Water" August 27, 2016 1 [43]
28 The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer" September 3, 2016 27 [44]
2017
29 The Chainsmokers "Paris" March 11, 2017 1 [45]
30 The Chainsmokers and Coldplay "Something Just like This" ‡[46] March 18, 2017 1 [47]
re The Chainsmokers "Paris" March 25, 2017 1 [45]
re The Chainsmokers and Coldplay "Something Just like This" ‡ April 1, 2017 5 [47]
31 Zedd and Alessia Cara "Stay" May 6, 2017 1 [48]
re The Chainsmokers and Coldplay "Something Just like This" ‡ May 13, 2017 4 [47]
re Zedd and Alessia Cara "Stay" June 10, 2017 2 [48]
re The Chainsmokers and Coldplay "Something Just like This" ‡ June 24, 2017 4 [47]
re Zedd and Alessia Cara "Stay" July 22, 2017 4 [48]
re The Chainsmokers and Coldplay "Something Just like This" ‡ August 19, 2017 3 [47]
32 Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean "Feels" September 9, 2017 3 [49]
re The Chainsmokers and Coldplay "Something Just like This" ‡ September 30, 2017 7 [47]
33 Selena Gomez and Marshmello "Wolves" November 18, 2017 1 [50]
re The Chainsmokers and Coldplay "Something Just like This" ‡ November 25, 2017 1 [47]
34 Marshmello featuring Khalid "Silence" December 2, 2017 1 [51]
re Selena Gomez and Marshmello "Wolves" December 9, 2017 10 [50]
2018–2019
35 Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey "The Middle" ‡[52] February 10, 2018 33 [53]
36 Marshmello and Bastille "Happier" ‡[54] September 29, 2018 69 [55]
2020
37 The Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin "Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)" January 25, 2020 7 [56]
38 Lady Gaga "Stupid Love" March 14, 2020 3 [12]
re The Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin "Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)" April 4, 2020 3 [56]
39 Saint Jhn "Roses" ‡[57] April 25, 2020 6 [58]
40 Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande "Rain on Me" June 6, 2020 2 [59]
re Saint Jhn "Roses" ‡ June 20, 2020 16 [58]
41 Surf Mesa featuring Emilee "ily (i love you baby)" October 10, 2020 1 [60]
re Saint Jhn "Roses" ‡ October 17, 2020 1 [58]
re Surf Mesa featuring Emilee "ily (i love you baby)" October 24, 2020 16 [60]
2021
42 Travis Scott and Hvme "Goosebumps" ‡[61] February 13, 2021 19 [62]
43 Regard, Troye Sivan and Tate McRae "You" June 26, 2021 8 [63]
44 Farruko "Pepas" August 21, 2021 9 [64]
45 Elton John and Dua Lipa "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" ‡[65] October 23, 2021 36 [66]
2022
46 Drake "Falling Back" July 2, 2022 1 [67]
47 Beyoncé "Break My Soul" July 9, 2022 9 [68]
48 Elton John and Britney Spears "Hold Me Closer" September 10, 2022 1 [69]
re Beyoncé "Break My Soul" September 17, 2022 2 [68]
49 David Guetta and Bebe Rexha "I'm Good (Blue)"‡[70] October 1, 2022 55 [71]
2023
50 Kenya Grace "Strangers" October 21, 2023 5 [72]
51 Dua Lipa "Houdini" November 25, 2023 9 [73]
2024
52 Ariana Grande "Yes, And?" January 27, 2024 4 [74]

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  17. ^ a b "Feel This Moment" spent two non-consecutive weeks at number one:
  18. ^ "Gentleman" spent one week at number one:
  19. ^ "I Love It" spent two consecutive weeks at number one:
  20. ^ "Get Lucky" spent 13 consecutive weeks at number one:
  21. ^ "Applause" spent three consecutive weeks at number one:
  22. ^ "Wake Me Up" spent 26 consecutive weeks at number one:
  23. ^ "Hey Brother" spent one weeks at number one:
  24. ^ "Selfie" spent two consecutive weeks at number one:
  25. ^ "Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs – 2014 Year End Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  26. ^ "Turn Down for What" spent 12 consecutive weeks at number one:
  27. ^ "Summer" spent four consecutive weeks at number one:
  28. ^ "Latch" spent four consecutive weeks at number one:
  29. ^ "Rather Be" spent eight consecutive weeks at number one:
  30. ^ "Blame" spent one week at number one:
  31. ^ "Waves" spent 11 consecutive weeks at number one:
  32. ^ a b "Prayer in C" spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one:
  33. ^ a b "I Want You to Know" spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one:
  34. ^ "Hey Mama" spent 11 consecutive weeks at number one:
  35. ^ "Where Are Ü Now" spent two consecutive weeks at number one:
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  37. ^ "Lean On" spent 23 consecutive weeks at number one:
  38. ^ "Roses" spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one:
  39. ^ "Never Forget You" spent three consecutive weeks at number one:
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  41. ^ "Don't Let Me Down" spent 12 consecutive weeks at number one:
  42. ^ a b "This Is What You Came For" spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one:
  43. ^ a b "Cold Water" spent two non-consecutive weeks at number one:
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  48. ^ a b c "Stay" spent seven non-consecutive weeks at number one:
  49. ^ "Feels" spent three weeks at number one:
  50. ^ a b "Wolves" spent 11 non-consecutive weeks at number one:
  51. ^ "Silence" spent one week at number one:
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  53. ^ "The Middle" spent 33 consecutive weeks at number one:
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  55. ^ "Happier" spent 69 consecutive weeks at number one:
  56. ^ a b "Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)" spent ten non-consecutive weeks at number one:
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  58. ^ a b c "Roses" spent 23 non-consecutive weeks at number one:
  59. ^ "Rain on Me" spent 2 weeks at number one:
  60. ^ a b "ily (i love you baby)" spent seventeen non-consecutive weeks at number one:
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  62. ^ "Goosebumps" spent nineteen consecutive weeks at number one:
  63. ^ "You" spent eight consecutive weeks at number one:
  64. ^ "Pepas" spent nine consecutive weeks at number one:
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  66. ^ "Cold Heart" spent thirty-six consecutive weeks at number one:
  67. ^ "Falling Back" spent one week at number one:
  68. ^ a b "Break My Soul" spent eleven non-consecutive weeks at number one:
  69. ^ "Hold Me Closer" spent one week at number one:
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  71. ^ "I'm Good (Blue)" spent fifty five consectutive weeks at number one:
  72. ^ "Strangers" spent five weeks at number one:
  73. ^ "Houdini" spent nine weeks at number one:
  74. ^ "Yes, And?" spent four weeks at number one:
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