This is a list of songs which reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (or Pop Songs) chart in 2016.

During 2016, a total of 21 singles hit number-one on the charts, making 2016 the year with the most number-one hits on the Mainstream Top 40.

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 2016[1]
Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
January 2 "Sorry" Justin Bieber [2]
January 9 [3]
January 16 [4]
January 23 "Same Old Love" Selena Gomez [5]
January 30 [6]
February 6 "Here" Alessia Cara [7]
February 13 "Love Yourself"† Justin Bieber [8]
February 20 [9]
February 27 [10]
March 5 [11]
March 12 [12]
March 19 "Stressed Out" Twenty One Pilots [13]
March 26 "My House" Flo Rida [14]
April 2 [15]
April 9 [16]
April 16 "Hands to Myself" Selena Gomez [17]
April 23 "Me, Myself & I" G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha [18]
April 30 [19]
May 7 "Pillowtalk" Zayn [20]
May 14 [21]
May 21 "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (SeeB Remix) Mike Posner [22]
May 28 "7 Years" Lukas Graham [23]
June 4 "Work from Home" Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign [24]
June 11 [25]
June 18 "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Justin Timberlake [26]
June 25 [27]
July 2 [28]
July 9 "Don't Let Me Down" The Chainsmokers featuring Daya [29]
July 16 [30]
July 23 [31]
July 30 "One Dance" Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla [32]
August 6 "Cheap Thrills" Sia featuring Sean Paul [33]
August 13 [34]
August 20 [35]
August 27 [36]
September 3 [37]
September 10 "Ride" Twenty One Pilots [38]
September 17 [39]
September 24 "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" Adele [40]
October 1 "Cold Water" Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ [41]
October 8 "Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey [42]
October 15 [43]
October 22 [44]
October 29 [45]
November 5 [46]
November 12 [47]
November 19 [48]
November 26 [49]
December 3 [50]
December 10 [51]
December 17 [52]
December 24 "Side to Side" Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj [53]
December 31 [54]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pop Songs: Year End 2016". Billboard.
  2. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of January 2, 2016". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of January 9, 2016". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of January 16, 2016". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of January 23, 2016". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of January 30, 2016". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of February 6, 2016". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of February 13, 2016". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of February 20, 2016". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of February 27, 2016". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of March 5, 2016". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of March 12, 2016". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of March 19, 2016". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of March 26, 2016". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of April 2, 2016". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of April 9, 2016". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of April 16, 2016". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of April 23, 2016". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of April 30, 2016". Billboard.
  20. ^ "Zayn Tops Pop Songs Chart With "Pillowtalk"". Billboard. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  21. ^ "Pop Songs: Week of May 14, 2016". Billboard.
  22. ^ "Mike Posner takes "A Pill in Ibiza" to No. 1 on Pop Songs Chart". Billboard. May 9, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  23. ^ "Justin Timberlake Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'Can't Stop the Feeling!'". Billboard. May 16, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  24. ^ "Fifth Harmony's "Work from Home" Tops Pop Songs Chart". Billboard. May 23, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  25. ^ "Drake's "One Dance" Holds Atop Hot 100, Ariana Grande Returns to Top 10". Billboard. May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  26. ^ "Justin Timberlake's 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' Hits No. 1 on Pop Songs & Adult Pop Songs Charts". Billboard. Gary Trust. June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  27. ^ "Pop Songs, June 25, 2016". Billboard. June 14, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  28. ^ "Drake's 'One Dance' No. 1 on Hot 100; Sia, Sean Paul & Kent Jones Hit Top 10". Billboard. June 20, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  29. ^ "Drake's 'One Dance' No. 1 on Hot 100; Twenty One Pilots 'Ride' to Top 10". Billboard. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  30. ^ "Drake's 'One Dance' No. 1 on Hot 100 for Eighth Week". Billboard. July 5, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  31. ^ "Drake Ties His Longest Hot 100 Reign With Ninth Week at No. 1 for 'One Dance'". Billboard. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  32. ^ "Drake's 'One Dance' Tops Hot 100 for 10th Week". Billboard. July 18, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  33. ^ "Sia's 'Cheap Thrills' Takes No. 1 on Hot 100 From Drake". Billboard. July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  34. ^ "Major Lazer, Justin Bieber & MO's 'Cold Water' Splashes in at No. 2 on Hot 100 as Sia Stays Up Top". Billboard. August 1, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  35. ^ "Sia No. 1 on Hot 100, The Chainsmokers & Halsey Debut in Top 10". Billboard. August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  36. ^ "Sia Spends Fourth Week Atop Hot 100, Twenty One Pilots Make History in Top 10". Billboard. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  37. ^ "The Chainsmokers & Halsey's 'Closer' Climbs to No. 1 on Hot 100". Billboard. August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  38. ^ "The Chainsmokers Hold Atop Hot 100, Shawn Mendes Hits Top 10". Billboard. August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  39. ^ "The Chainsmokers & Halsey Lead Hot 100 & Rihanna Returns to Top 10, Fueled by VMAs Gains". Billboard. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  40. ^ "Adele Tops Pop Songs Airplay Chart With "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"". Billboard. September 12, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  41. ^ "Major Lazer, Justin Bieber & MO Top Pop Songs Airplay Chart With 'Cold Water'". Billboard. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  42. ^ "The Chainsmokers' 'Closer' Leads Hot 100 for Sixth Week & D.R.A.M.'s 'Broccoli' Hits Top 10". Billboard. September 26, 2016.
  43. ^ "The Chainsmokers' 'Closer' Tops Hot 100, The Weeknd's 'Starboy' Rockets to No. 3". Billboard. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  44. ^ "The Chainsmokers' 'Closer' Leads Hot 100 for Eighth Week, gnash's 'I Hate U I Love U' Hits Top 10". Billboard. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  45. ^ "The Chainsmokers Lead Hot 100, Bruno Mars Debuts at No. 5, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj Hit Top 10". Billboard. October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  46. ^ "Billboard Pop Songs, November 5, 2016". Billboard. October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  47. ^ "Billboard Pop Songs, November 12, 2016". Billboard. November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  48. ^ "Billboard Pop Songs, November 19, 2016". Billboard. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  49. ^ "Billboard Pop Songs, November 26, 2016". Billboard. November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  50. ^ "Rae Sremmurd's 'Black Beatles' Tops Hot 100 for Second Week". Billboard. November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  51. ^ "Rae Sremmurd's 'Black Beatles' Leads Hot 100 for Third Week". Billboard. November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  52. ^ "Rae Sremmurd's 'Black Beatles' Tops Hot 100 for Fab Fourth Week". Billboard. December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  53. ^ "Rae Sremmurd Rules Hot 100, Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello Hit Top 10". Billboard. December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  54. ^ "Rae Sremmurd Tops Hot 100, Zayn & Taylor Swift, J. Cole Debut in Top 10". Billboard. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

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