Top songs of 2017

What was the number one song of 2017?

The number one song of 2017 was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2017. It spent 12 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated January 28, 2017.

“Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber was number one for the most weeks of 2017: 16 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated May 27, 2017.

Born in 2017? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2017, year-end Hot 100 of 2017).

How many songs reached number one in 2017?

11 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2017. Counting “Black Beatles”, which was already at number one when the year began, 12 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2017, “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber stayed there longest: 16 weeks in total, from the chart dated May 27, 2017.

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 2017. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2017?

Ed Sheeran was the only act with more than one number one in 2017, counting lead and featured credits: “Shape of You” and “Perfect”.

What were the biggest songs of 2017?

The five biggest songs of 2017 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran, “Despacito (Remix)” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber, “That's What I Like” by Bruno Mars, “Humble” by Kendrick Lamar and “Something Just Like This” by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay.

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. “1-800-273-8255” Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid
32. “Slow Hands” Niall Horan
33. “Love on the Brain” Rihanna
34. “I Feel It Coming” The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
35. “Bounce Back” Big Sean
36. “Strip That Down” Liam Payne featuring Quavo
37. “Fake Love” Drake
38. “Don't Wanna Know” Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar
39. “Look What You Made Me Do” Taylor Swift
40. “Castle on the Hill” Ed Sheeran
41. “Bad Things” Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello
42. “Paris” The Chainsmokers
43. “Side to Side” Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj
44. “Rockabye” Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie
45. “Feel It Still” Portugal. The Man
46. “Let Me Love You” DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber
47. “Sorry Not Sorry” Demi Lovato
48. “Bank Account” 21 Savage
49. “Can't Stop the Feeling!” Justin Timberlake
50. “Mi Gente” J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé
51. “Thunder” Imagine Dragons
52. “T-shirt” Migos
53. “Rake It Up” Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj
54. “Mercy” Shawn Mendes
55. “Tunnel Vision” Kodak Black
56. “Rockstar” Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
57. “In Case You Didn't Know” Brett Young
58. “Heathens” Twenty One Pilots
59. “Now or Never” Halsey
60. “Caroline” Aminé
61. “Rolex” Ayo & Teo
62. “DNA” Kendrick Lamar
63. “Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)” Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall
64. “Swang” Rae Sremmurd
65. “Passionfruit” Drake
66. “Loyalty” Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna
67. “Praying” Kesha
68. “Goosebumps” Travis Scott
69. “Cold” Maroon 5 featuring Future
70. “Broccoli” DRAM featuring Lil Yachty
71. “Slide” Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean and Migos
72. “What Ifs” Kane Brown featuring Lauren Alaina
73. “Chained to the Rhythm” Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley
74. “Feels” Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean
75. “All Time Low” Jon Bellion
76. “Hurricane” Luke Combs
77. “Too Good at Goodbyes” Sam Smith
78. “Young Dumb & Broke” Khalid
79. “Magnolia” Playboi Carti
80. “Love Galore” SZA featuring Travis Scott
81. “Drowning” A Boogie wit da Hoodie featuring Kodak Black
82. “Starving” Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd
83. “Both” Gucci Mane featuring Drake
84. “What About Us” P!nk
85. “Swalla” Jason Derulo featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign
86. “Slippery” Migos featuring Gucci Mane
87. “Sign of the Times” Harry Styles
88. “Water Under the Bridge” Adele
89. “Malibu” Miley Cyrus
90. “Down” Marian Hill
91. “No Promises” Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato
92. “Treat You Better” Shawn Mendes
93. “I Get the Bag” Gucci Mane featuring Migos
94. “Small Town Boy” Dustin Lynch
95. “Everyday We Lit” YFN Lucci featuring PnB Rock
96. “Havana” Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug
97. “What Lovers Do” Maroon 5 featuring SZA
98. “Do Re Mi” Blackbear
99. “Look at Me!” XXXTentacion
100. “The Fighter” Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2017, year-end Hot 100 of 2017).

What songs should go on a 2017 mix CD?

A 2017 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 21 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Something Just Like This” by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay and closing with “There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back” by Shawn Mendes, for 78:08 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2017, 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 78:50, 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 2017 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2017 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).