Top songs of 2020

What was the number one song of 2020?

The number one song of 2020 was “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2020. It spent 4 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated April 4, 2020.

“The Box” by Roddy Ricch was number one for the most weeks of 2020: 11 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated January 18, 2020.

Born in 2020? 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 2020, year-end Hot 100 of 2020).

How many songs reached number one in 2020?

20 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2020. Counting “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and “Circles”, which were already at number one when the year began, 22 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2020, “The Box” by Roddy Ricch stayed there longest: 11 weeks in total, from the chart dated January 18, 2020.

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 2020. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2020?

6 acts had more than one number one in 2020, counting lead and featured credits. Ariana Grande had the most, with 3: “Stuck with U”, “Rain on Me” and “Positions”.

• Ariana Grande: “Stuck with U”, “Rain on Me” and “Positions”
• BTS: “Dynamite” and “Life Goes On”
• Megan Thee Stallion: “Savage” and “WAP”
• Nicki Minaj: “Say So” and “Trollz”
• Roddy Ricch: “The Box” and “Rockstar”
• Taylor Swift: “Cardigan” and “Willow”

What were the biggest songs of 2020?

The five biggest songs of 2020 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, “Circles” by Post Malone, “The Box” by Roddy Ricch, “Don't Start Now” by Dua Lipa and “Rockstar” by DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch.

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. “Good as Hell” Lizzo
32. “Toosie Slide” Drake
33. “Break My Heart” Dua Lipa
34. “Chasin' You” Morgan Wallen
35. “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo
36. “No Guidance” Chris Brown featuring Drake
37. “My Oh My” Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby
38. “Dynamite” BTS
39. “Go Crazy” Chris Brown and Young Thug
40. “High Fashion” Roddy Ricch featuring Mustard
41. “Laugh Now Cry Later” Drake featuring Lil Durk
42. “Woah” Lil Baby
43. “Death Bed” Powfu featuring Beabadoobee
44. “Señorita” Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
45. “Highest in the Room” Travis Scott
46. “Bad Guy” Billie Eilish
47. “Mood” 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior
48. “Rain on Me” Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
49. “For the Night” Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby
50. “Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)” Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin
51. “Heart on Ice” Rod Wave
52. “Nobody but You” Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani
53. “Trampoline” Shaed
54. “Come & Go” Juice Wrld and Marshmello
55. “Truth Hurts” Lizzo
56. “If the World Was Ending” JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels
57. “We Paid” Lil Baby and 42 Dugg
58. “Yummy” Justin Bieber
59. “One Man Band” Old Dominion
60. “Got What I Got” Jason Aldean
61. “Sunday Best” Surfaces
62. “Godzilla” Eminem featuring Juice Wrld
63. “Bandit” Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again
64. “Party Girl” StaySolidRocky
65. “Die from a Broken Heart” Maddie & Tae
66. “Popstar” DJ Khaled featuring Drake
67. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” Mariah Carey
68. “One of Them Girls” Lee Brice
69. “Hard to Forget” Sam Hunt
70. “One Margarita” Luke Bryan
71. “Panini” Lil Nas X
72. “Hot” Young Thug featuring Gunna
73. “I Hope You're Happy Now” Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
74. “Emotionally Scarred” Lil Baby
75. “Suicidal” YNW Melly featuring Juice Wrld
76. “The Bigger Picture” Lil Baby
77. “Only Human” Jonas Brothers
78. “The Woo” Pop Smoke featuring 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch
79. “Sum 2 Prove” Lil Baby
80. “Stuck with U” Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber
81. “Mood Swings” Pop Smoke featuring Lil Tjay
82. “You Should Be Sad” Halsey
83. “Dior” Pop Smoke
84. “Supalonely” Benee featuring Gus Dapperton
85. “Even Though I'm Leaving” Luke Combs
86. “The Scotts” The Scotts (Travis Scott and Kid Cudi)
87. “Juicy” Doja Cat and Tyga
88. “Be Like That” Kane Brown, Swae Lee and Khalid
89. “Homesick” Kane Brown
90. “Rags2Riches” Rod Wave featuring ATR Son Son
91. “Bluebird” Miranda Lambert
92. “Wishing Well” Juice Wrld
93. “Does to Me” Luke Combs featuring Eric Church
94. “Pussy Fairy (OTW)” Jhené Aiko
95. “ILY (I Love You Baby)” Surf Mesa featuring Emilee
96. “More Than My Hometown” Morgan Wallen
97. “Lovin' on You” Luke Combs
98. “Said Sum” Moneybagg Yo
99. “Slide” H.E.R. featuring YG
100. “Walk Em Down” NLE Choppa featuring Roddy Ricch

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2020, year-end Hot 100 of 2020).

What songs should go on a 2020 mix CD?

A 2020 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 24 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Don't Start Now” by Dua Lipa and closing with “Ballin'” by Mustard and Roddy Ricch, for 77:22 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2020, 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 78:10, 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 2020 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2020 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 has popular music been like in the 2020s?

Popular music in the 2020s has been driven by streaming, with pop, hip-hop and country crossover songs topping the Hot 100. When a major album comes out, its songs can fill much of the top ten in the same week.

From 2020 to 2025, 89 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 8 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 89, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey spent the most weeks at number one: 19 in total. Taylor Swift had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 8. The typical number one of these years ran 3:18 (the median of the 81 with a known length).