Get the latest gossip

The Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s

Here are the Hot 100 Number 1 songs that were on top for the longest.

1 in 1981-82, and that smash and Boone’s shared the mark for the longest Hot 100 reign for more than a decade, until Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” dominated for 13 weeks in 1992. 1 run of “One Sweet Day.” By 2019, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, collected a record-breaking 19 weeks atop the Hot 100. In honor of the singles that have claimed the Hot 100’s top spot the longest, here’s a look at the elite leaders to rule for double-digit weeks, an exclusive club newly joined — on the chart dated May 3, 2025 — by Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther.”

Get the Android app