This list is updated as of November 11, 2023. Future additions will be added in time.
Most songs to debut consecutively at #1: 3 (1995)
Fantasy/Mariah Carey (8)
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)/Whitney Houston (1)
One Sweet Day/Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (16)
Most #1 debuts by artist:
Drake (9)
Taylor Swift (6) – 11/5/22 : Leading with “Anti-Hero,” she became the first artist to occupy the ENTIRE Top 10!
Ariana Grande (5) – ALL of her #1s debuted there!
BTS (5) – First Asian act to debut at #1 (Dynamite) | First predonimately foreign language song to debut at #1 (Korean) (Life Goes On) | Three #1 debuts in nine months! (Butter)
Justin Bieber (4)
Olivia Rodrigo (3) – First to have two debut #1s from a debut album (Drivers License and Good 4 U). | First artist to have the first single from a second album also debut at #1 (Vampire).
Became Billboard’s #1 song of the year: God’s Plan/Drake (2018)
Became Billboard’s AND Top 40 Weekly’s #1 song of the year: Shape of You/Ed Sheeran (2017)
Zayn and Harry Styles from One Direction – Styles and Zayn make One Direction the first group with two members that have debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with solo songs.
Jimin and Jung Kook from BTS – Jimin is the first solo artist to debut at #1 after coming from a group that has alsodebuted at the top. – Jimin is the artist with the biggest drop from #1 by landing at #45 the following week. – Jimin and Jung Kook make BTS the second group – who’ve hit #1 six times themselves – with two members that have debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with solo songs.
Oliver Anthony Music – The second #1 song by an artist not signed to a label. The first? Stay (I Missed You)/Lisa Loeb from 1994.
Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves – The second #1 male/female Country crossover duet. The first? Islands in the Stream/Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton in 1983.
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