Top songs of 2015

What was the number one song of 2015?

The number one song of 2015 was “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2015. It spent 14 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated January 17, 2015.

“Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars was number one for the most weeks of 2015: 14 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated January 17, 2015.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2015, year-end Hot 100 of 2015).

How many songs reached number one in 2015?

8 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2015. Counting “Blank Space”, which was already at number one when the year began, 9 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2015, “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars stayed there longest: 14 weeks in total, from the chart dated January 17, 2015.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 2015. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2015?

2 acts had more than one number one in 2015, counting lead and featured credits. Taylor Swift and The Weeknd had 2 each.

• Taylor Swift: “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood”
• The Weeknd: “Can't Feel My Face” and “The Hills”

What were the biggest songs of 2015?

The five biggest songs of 2015 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran, “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “Trap Queen” by Fetty Wap and “Sugar” by Maroon 5.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Hey Mama” David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack
32. “G.D.F.R.” Flo Rida featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas
33. “What Do You Mean?” Justin Bieber
34. “Photograph” Ed Sheeran
35. “Hello” Adele
36. “Stitches” Shawn Mendes
37. “Talking Body” Tove Lo
38. “Jealous” Nick Jonas
39. “Time of Our Lives” Pitbull and Ne-Yo
40. “Locked Away” R. City featuring Adam Levine
41. “Somebody” Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih
42. “FourFiveSeconds” Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney
43. “Centuries” Fall Out Boy
44. “My Way” Fetty Wap featuring Monty
45. “Take Your Time” Sam Hunt
46. “Animals” Maroon 5
47. “I Don't Fuck with You” Big Sean featuring E-40
48. “Bitch Better Have My Money” Rihanna
49. “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” Rich Homie Quan
50. “Nasty Freestyle” T-Wayne
51. “Only” Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown
52. “Elastic Heart” Sia
53. “Cool for the Summer” Demi Lovato
54. “Renegades” X Ambassadors
55. “I Don't Mind” Usher featuring Juicy J
56. “Love Me Harder” Ariana Grande and The Weeknd
57. “Wildest Dreams” Taylor Swift
58. “Stay with Me” Sam Smith
59. “You Know You Like It” DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge
60. “Uma Thurman” Fall Out Boy
61. “7/11” Beyoncé
62. “The Heart Wants What It Wants” Selena Gomez
63. “Girl Crush” Little Big Town
64. “Slow Motion” Trey Songz
65. “Drag Me Down” One Direction
66. “Truffle Butter” Nicki Minaj featuring Drake and Lil Wayne
67. “One Last Time” Ariana Grande
68. “Chains” Nick Jonas
69. “All Eyes on You” Meek Mill featuring Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj
70. “No Type” Rae Sremmurd
71. “Riptide” Vance Joy
72. “Classic Man” Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
73. “Ex's & Oh's” Elle King
74. “Dear Future Husband” Meghan Trainor
75. “Marvin Gaye” Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor
76. “Like I'm Gonna Lose You” Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend
77. “Habits (Stay High)” Tove Lo
78. “The Hanging Tree” James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence
79. “CoCo” O.T. Genasis
80. “Bang Bang” Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
81. “Lay Me Down” Sam Smith
82. “Tuesday” ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake
83. “Hit the Quan” iLoveMemphis
84. “Downtown” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz
85. “House Party” Sam Hunt
86. “Ayo” Chris Brown and Tyga
87. “Kick the Dust Up” Luke Bryan
88. “Blessings” Big Sean featuring Drake and Kanye West
89. “Budapest” George Ezra
90. “Chandelier” Sia
91. “Heartbeat Song” Kelly Clarkson
92. “Don't” Ed Sheeran
93. “Ghost” Ella Henderson
94. “Here” Alessia Cara
95. “Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)” Mr Probz
96. “El Perdón” Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias
97. “She Knows” Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J
98. “Night Changes” One Direction
99. “Back to Back” Drake
100. “How Deep Is Your Love” Calvin Harris and Disciples

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2015, year-end Hot 100 of 2015).

What songs should go on a 2015 mix CD?

A 2015 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 21 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran and closing with “Hotline Bling” by Drake, for 77:57 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2015, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 78:39, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 2015 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2015 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 2010s?

Popular music in the 2010s moved from electronic dance-pop to hip-hop and streaming-era pop as listening shifted to streaming services. By 2013 the Hot 100 counted streaming alongside sales and airplay.

From 2010 to 2019, 116 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 14 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 116, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey spent the most weeks at number one: 21 in total. Rihanna had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 9. The typical number one of these years ran 3:41 (the median of the 90 with a known length).