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text: The Office (U.S. TV series)

text: Production[edit]

text: Crew[edit]

text: List of showrunners throughout the series' run:

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Season 1–4: Greg Daniels
Season 5–6: Paul Lieberstein & Jennifer Celotta
Season 7–8: Paul Lieberstein
Season 9: Greg Daniels

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text: Greg Daniels served as the senior series showrunner for the first four seasons of the series and developed the British series for American television. He then left the position when he co-created the comedy series Parks and Recreation with fellow Office writer Michael Schur and divided his time between the two series.[2] Paul Lieberstein and Jennifer Celotta were named the series showrunners for the fifth season.[3] Celotta left the series after the sixth season and Lieberstein stayed on as showrunner for the following two seasons. He left the showrunner spot after the eighth season for the potential Dwight Schrute spin-off, The Farm, which was eventually passed up by NBC.[4][5] Daniels returned to the showrunner position for the ninth and final season.[6] Other executive producers include cast members B. J. Novak and Mindy Kaling.[7][8] Kaling, Novak, Daniels, Lieberstein and Schur made up the original team of writers.[9] Kaling, Novak and Lieberstein also serve multiple roles on the series, as they play regular characters on the show, as well as write, direct and produce episodes.[10] Credited with twenty-four episodes, Kaling is the most prolific writer on the staff.[10] Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who created the original British series, are credited as executive producers, and wrote the pilot and the third-season episode, "The Convict".[11] Merchant later directed the episode "Customer Survey" while Gervais appeared in the episodes "The Seminar" and "Search Committee".[12][13]

text: Randall Einhorn is the most frequent director of the series, with 15 credited episodes.[10] The series has also had several guest directors, including Lost co-creator J. J. Abrams, Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon,[14][15] both of whom are fans of the series,[16][17] and filmmakers Jon Favreau, Harold Ramis, Jason Reitman, and Marc Webb.[10] Episodes have been directed by several of the actors on the show including Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Ed Helms, and Brian Baumgartner.[10]

text: Development and writing[edit]

text: Before the series aired its second episode, the writers spent time researching in offices.[18] This process was used for Daniels' other series King of the Hill and Parks and Recreation.[18] The pilot is a direct adaptation of the first episode of the British version.[19] Daniels had decided to go this route because "completely starting from scratch would be a very risky thing to do" due to the show being an adaptation.[19] He had briefly considered using the idea for "The Dundies" as the pilot episode.[20] After the writers knew who the cast was, they were allowed to write for the actors, which allowed the show to be more original for the following episode, "Diversity Day".[19] Following the mixed reaction towards the first season, the writers attempted to make the series more "optimistic" and to make Michael Scott more likable.[21] They also established the supporting characters of the series more, giving them actual personalities. They also made the lights in the office brighter, which allowed the series to differentiate itself from the British version.[21]

text: A common problem with the scripts, according to Novak, is that they tend to run too long for the regular 22-minute time slot, leading to several cuts.[22] For example, the script for the episode "Search Committee" was initially 75 pages—10 pages too long.[22] A complete script is written for each episode; however, actors are given opportunities to improvise during the shooting process. Fischer said, "Our shows are 100 percent scripted. They put everything down on paper. But we get to play around a little bit, too. Steve and Rainn are brilliant improvisers."[23] This leads to a large number of deleted scenes with almost every episode of The Office, all of which are considered part of the show's canon and storyline by Daniels.[24] Deleted scenes have sometimes been restored in repeats to make episodes longer or draw back people who have seen the episode before to see the bonus footage. In an experiment, a deleted scene from "The Return" was made available over NBC.com and iTunes, explaining the absence of a character over the next several episodes.[24] Daniels hoped that word of mouth among fans would spread the information, but eventually considered the experiment a failure.[24]

text: Casting[edit]

text: According to Jenna Fischer, the series used an unusual casting process which did not involve a script. The producers would ask the actors several questions and they would respond as the characters they were auditioning for.[25] NBC programmer Kevin Reilly originally suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott, but the actor declined. Martin Short, Hank Azaria, and Bob Odenkirk were reported to be interested in the part.[26] In January 2004, Variety reported that Steve Carell, of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, was in talks to play the role. At the time, he was already committed to another NBC mid-season replacement comedy, Come to Papa,[27] but the series was quickly canceled, allowing his full commitment to The Office. Carell later stated that he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned. He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Gervais' characterizations.[28] Other people who were considered or auditioned for the role included Ben Falcone, Alan Tudyk, Jim Zulevic, and Paul F. Tompkins. Rainn Wilson was cast as power-hungry sycophant Dwight Schrute, and he watched every episode of the series before he auditioned.[29] Wilson had originally auditioned for Michael, a performance that he described as a "terrible Ricky Gervais impersonation"; however, the casting directors liked his audition as Dwight much more and hired him. Seth Rogen, Matt Besser, Patton Oswalt, and Judah Friedlander also auditioned for the role.[29]

text: John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer were virtually unknown before being cast in their respective roles as Jim and Pam, the central love interests. Krasinski had attended school with B. J. Novak, and the two were friends.[30][31] Fischer prepared for her audition by looking as boring as possible, creating the original Pam hairstyle.[32] In an interview on NPR's Fresh Air, Fischer recalled the last stages of the audition process for Pam and Jim, with the producers partnering the different potential Pams and Jims (four of each) together to gauge their chemistry. When Fischer finished her scene with Krasinski, he told her that she was his favorite Pam, to which she reciprocated that he was her favorite Jim.[25] Adam Scott and John Cho both auditioned for the role of Jim, and Kathryn Hahn also auditioned for the role of Pam.[33]

text: The supporting cast includes actors known for their improv work: Angela Kinsey, Kate Flannery, Oscar Nunez, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Melora Hardin, and David Denman.[34] Kinsey had originally auditioned for Pam. The producers thought she was "too feisty" for the character, but they called her back for the part of Angela Martin, which she won.[35] Flannery first auditioned for the part of Jan Levinson-Gould, before landing the role of Meredith Palmer.[36] Baumgartner originally auditioned for Stanley, but was eventually cast as Kevin.[37] Ken Kwapis, the director of the pilot episode, liked the way Phyllis Smith, a casting associate, read with other actors auditioning so much that he cast her as Phyllis.[38] At the beginning of the third season, Ed Helms and Rashida Jones joined the cast as members of Dunder Mifflin Stamford. While Jones would later leave the cast for a role on Parks and Recreation, in February 2007, NBC announced that Helms was being promoted to a series regular.[39]

text: Four of the show's writers have also performed in front of the camera. B. J. Novak was cast as reluctant temp Ryan Howard after Daniels saw his stand-up act. Paul Lieberstein was cast as human resources director Toby Flenderson on Novak's suggestion after his cold readings of scripts.[34] Greg Daniels was originally unsure where to use Mindy Kaling on-screen in the series until the opportunity came in the script for the second episode, "Diversity Day", where Michael needed to be slapped by a minority. "Since [that slap], I've been on the show" (as Kelly Kapoor), says Kaling.[38] Michael Schur has also made occasional appearances as Dwight's cousin Mose, and consulting producer Larry Wilmore has played diversity trainer Mr. Brown. Plans were made for Mackenzie Crook, Martin Freeman, and Lucy Davis, from the British version of The Office, to appear in the third season,[40] but those plans were scrapped due to scheduling conflicts.[41][42]

text: Filming[edit]

text: The Office was filmed with a single-camera setup in a cinéma vérité allowing the look of an actual documentary, with no studio audience or laugh track, allowing its "deadpan" and "absurd" humor to fully come across.[43] The primary vehicle for the show is that a camera crew has decided to film Dunder Mifflin and its employees, seemingly around the clock.[43] The presence of the camera is acknowledged by the characters, especially Michael Scott, who enthusiastically participates in the filming.[44] The characters, especially Jim and Pam, also look towards the camera when Michael creates an awkward situation.[25] The main action of the show is supplemented with talking-head interviews or "confessionals" in which characters speak one on one with the camera crew about the day's events.[25] Actor John Krasinski shot the footage of Scranton for the opening credits after he found out he was cast as Jim. He visited Scranton for research and interviewed employees at actual paper companies.[45]

text: In order to get the feel of an actual documentary, the producers hired cinematographer Randall Einhorn, who is known for directing episodes of Survivor, which allowed the show to have the feel of "rough and jumpy" like an actual documentary.[44] According to producer Michael Schur, the producers to the series would follow the documentary format strictly.[46] The producers would have long discussions over whether a scene could work under the documentary format.[46] For example, in the fourth-season episode "Did I Stutter?," a scene featured Michael going through a long process to go to the bathroom and not pass by Stanley. The producers debated whether that was possible and Einhorn walked through the whole scene in order to see if a camera man could get to all the places in time to shoot the whole scene.[46] Despite the strict nature in the early years of the series, later seasons seem to have loosened the rules on the format, with the camera crew often going into places that actual documentary crews would not, which also changed the writing and comedy-style of the series.[47] This inconsistency has received criticism from critics and fans.[47][48]

text: Music[edit]

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The Office theme

The song was written by Jay Ferguson and performed by The Scrantones.

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text: The theme song for The Office was written by Jay Ferguson and performed by The Scrantones.[49] It is played over the title sequence, which features scenes of Scranton, various tasks around the office and the main cast members. Some episodes of the series use a shortened version of the theme song. Starting with the fourth season, the theme song is played over the closing credits, which previously rolled in silence. The exteriors of buildings in the title sequence are actual buildings in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and were shot by cast member John Krasinski.[50] The mockumentary format of the show contains no laugh track, and most of the music is diegetic, with songs either sung or played by the characters or heard on radios, computers, or other devices.[51] However, songs have been played during montages or the closing credits, such as "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John ("The Dundies") and "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton ("E-mail Surveillance").[20] Featured music tends to be well known, and often songs reflect the character, such as Michael's attempt to seem hip by using "Mambo No. 5" and later "My Humps" as his cell phone ringtone.[51] Daniels has said that it does not count as film score as long as it already appeared in the episode.[20]

text: Characters[edit]

text: The Office employs an ensemble cast. Many characters portrayed by The Office cast are based on the British version of the show. While these characters normally have the same attitude and perceptions as their British counterparts, the roles have been redesigned to better fit the American show. The show is known for its generally large cast size, with many of its actors and actresses known particularly for their improvisational work. Steve Carell stars as Michael Scott, Regional Manager of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch. Loosely based on David Brent, Gervais' character in the British version, Scott is a well-intentioned man whose attempts at humor, while seemingly innocent to himself, often offend and annoy his peers and employees, and in some situations lead to reprimanding from his superiors. Rainn Wilson portrays Dwight Schrute, who, based upon Gareth Keenan, is a salesman and the Assistant to the Regional Manager, a fictional title created by Michael.[52] John Krasinski portrays Jim Halpert, a salesman and, in later seasons, co-manager who is often known for his wittiness and his hijinks on Schrute (often accompanied by Pam Beesly). Halpert is based upon Tim Canterbury, and is known to have feelings for Pam, the receptionist.[53] Pam, played by Jenna Fischer, is based on Dawn Tinsley. She is shy, but in many cases a cohort with Jim in his pranks on Dwight.[54] B. J. Novak portrays Ryan Howard, who for the first two seasons is a temporary worker, but is promoted to sales representative in the third season. He later ascends to the position of Vice President, North East Region and Director of New Media until his treachery was exposed for corporate fraud and he was fired. After this, he gets a job in a bowling alley and then briefly works for the Michael Scott Paper Company. After all this, and a stint in rehab, he eventually ends up again as the temporary worker at the Scranton branch.[55]

text: The accounting department features Angela Martin, an admitted uptight and hypocritical woman who wishes to keep things orderly and make sure situations remain as serious as possible; Kevin Malone, a lovable, but dim-witted man who revels in juvenile humor and frequently indulges himself with gambling and M&Ms; and Oscar Martinez is intelligent but often patronizing and whose homosexuality and Hispanic heritage made him a favorite target for Michael's unintentional off-color comments. Rounding out the office are the stern salesman Stanley Hudson, who barely stood for Michael's constant references to his Black-American heritage (he also doesn't like to take part in time wasting meetings and sometimes sleeps in them or works on crossword puzzles); eccentric quality assurance representative Creed Bratton; the kind and caring saleswoman Phyllis Lapin-Vance, who marries Bob Vance from Vance Refrigeration across the hall from the office; Andy Bernard is a salesman introduced in season three after the closing of the Stamford, Connecticut branch of Dunder Mifflin and the merging of the two; the bubbly and talkative customer service representative Kelly Kapoor; the promiscuous alcoholic supply relations representative Meredith Palmer; human resources representative Toby Flenderson, who is admittedly hated by, and often the target of abuse by Michael Scott; warehouse foreman Darryl Philbin; Warehouse dock worker and Pam's ex-fiancé Roy Anderson, who was fired in the third season; and Michael's former love interest and former Vice President for Regional Sales for Dunder Mifflin Jan Levinson (Jan Levinson-Gould until her divorce in season 2).

text: Toward the end of season five, the bubbly and naive Erin Hannon is introduced as Pam's replacement at reception following Pam's short stint at the Michael Scott Paper Company and her subsequent move to sales. A story arc at the end of season four has Holly Flax transferred to the office as Toby's replacement. She acts as a love interest for Michael, as they share very similar personalities. Jo Bennett is the CEO of Sabre and Gabe Lewis, introduced in the middle of season six, is a Sabre employee who is assigned to the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch as the Regional Director of Sales. In season nine Clark Green and Pete Miller joined as two new customer service representatives to attempt to catch up on the ignored customer services complaints that Kelly had dismissed while she worked at Dunder Mifflin.

text: Initially the actors who portray the other office workers were credited as guest stars before they were named series regulars during the second season.[56] The show's large ensemble has been mainly praised by critics and led to the series winning two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.[57] Carell was reportedly paid $175,000 per episode starting with the third season.[58] Krasinski and Fischer were paid around $20,000 for the beginning of the series.[58] Starting with the fourth season, the two started getting paid around $100,000 per episode.[58]

text: Season synopsis[edit]

text: A typical episode for a half-hour time slot runs 20-and-a-half minutes.[59] The final episode of season two introduces the first of what would be several super-sized episodes that are approximately 28-minute running time for a 40-minute time slot.[60] Season three introduces the first of occasional hour-long episodes (approximately 42-minute running time; suitable for being shown as two separate normal episodes).[61]

text: Season 1[edit]

text: The first season consists of six episodes.

text: The series begins by mostly introducing the office's workers via a tour given by branch manager Michael Scott for both the camera crew and a first-day temp (Ryan Howard).[62] The audience learns salesman Jim Halpert has a crush on receptionist Pam Beesly (who helps him play pranks on co-worker Dwight Schrute), even though she is engaged to Roy (who works in the building's lower-level warehouse). News spreads throughout the office that Dunder Mifflin's corporate headquarters is planning to downsize an entire branch, leading to general anxiety, but Michael chooses to deny or downplay the realities of the situation in order to maintain employee morale.

text: Season 2[edit]

text: The second season is the series' first twenty-two-episode season, and has its first 40-minute "super-sized" episode.

text: Many workers seen in the background of the first season are developed into secondary characters, and romantic relationships begin to develop between some of the characters. Michael spends the night with his boss Jan, in the wake of the latter's divorce, but does not sleep with her.[63] Dwight and Angela become romantically involved,[64] but keep the relationship a secret from everyone else. Kelly develops a crush on Ryan, and they start dating. When Roy sets a date for his wedding to Pam,[65] Jim grows depressed and considers transferring to the Stamford, Connecticut branch, but tells Pam in the season finale that he loves her, even though Pam still insists she will marry Roy. The two kiss, but Jim transfers to the Stamford branch soon after.[66] The general threat of downsizing continues throughout the season as well.

text: Season 3[edit]

text: The third season consists of 25 half-hours of material, divided into 17 half-hour episodes, four 40-minute "super-sized" episodes, and two one-hour episodes.

text: Jim briefly transfers to Stamford branch after Pam confirms her commitment to Roy. Corporate is later forced to merge the Stamford branch and staff into the Scranton branch.[67] Included in the transfer to Scranton are Karen Filippelli, with whom Jim has developed a relationship, and the anger-prone Andy Bernard. Pam is newly single after calling off her marriage and relationship to Roy prior to the merger, and Jim's unresolved feelings for her and new relationship with Karen lead to shifting tensions amongst the three. Meanwhile, Michael and Jan's relationship escalates which causes them both to behave erratically on the job while Dwight and Angela continue their secret relationship. In the season's finale, Jim, Karen, and Michael interview for a corporate position that turns out to be Jan's, who is fired that day for poor performance. Jim wins and rejects the offer off-screen,[68] opting instead to return to Scranton without Karen and asks Pam out on a date, which she joyfully accepts. In the final scene, we learn Ryan has been awarded Jan's job due to his business school credentials.[69]

text: Season 4[edit]

text: NBC ordered a full fourth season of 30 half-hour episodes, but ended with only 19 due to a halt in production caused by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.[70][71] The season consists of 9 half-hour episodes, and 5 hour-long episodes to comprise the 19 total episodes of material created.

text: Karen has left the Scranton branch after her breakup with Jim, and becomes regional manager at the Utica branch.[72] Pam and Jim date happily.[73] An unemployed Jan moves in with Michael, until the dissolution of their relationship midway through the season. After Dwight's crude (though well-intentioned) method of euthanasia of Angela's ailing cat without her permission,[74] she leaves him for Andy, leading Dwight into depression. Ryan, in his new corporate life in New York City, attempts to modernize Dunder Mifflin with a new website for online sales; he also learns that his boss, David Wallace, favors Jim, and thus Ryan attempts to sabotage Jim's career. Ryan is soon arrested and fired for committing fraud related to the website's sales numbers. Toby, embarrassed after accidentally revealing affection for Pam, announces he is moving to Costa Rica, and is replaced by Holly Flax, who quickly shows fondness towards Michael. Pam decides to follow her artistic interests and attends a three-month graphic design course at the Pratt Institute in New York City. In the season finale Andy proposes to Angela, who reluctantly agrees. Phyllis then catches Dwight and Angela having sex in the office.[75]

text: Season 5[edit]

text: The fifth season consists of 28 half-hours of material, divided into 24 half-hour episodes and two hour-long episodes, one of which aired after Super Bowl XLIII.[76]

text: Jim and Pam become engaged, and she ultimately returns from New York to Scranton, where Jim has bought his parents' house for the two of them. Having avoided jail and only been sentenced to community service, Ryan dyes his hair and starts working for a bowling alley. Michael initiates a romance with Holly until she is transferred to the Nashua, New Hampshire branch and the relationship ends. When Andy is made aware of Dwight and Angela's continued affair, both men leave her.[77] Newly hired Vice President Charles Miner implements a rigid managerial style over the branch that causes Michael to resign in protest.[78] Michael opens the Michael Scott Paper Company, enticing Pam and Ryan to join as salespeople, and though his business model is ultimately unsustainable, Dunder Mifflin's profits are immediately threatened.[79] In a buyout of the Michael Scott Paper Company, the three are rehired with Pam promoted to sales and Ryan returning as a temp. During the chaos, new receptionist Erin is hired to fill the vacancy originally left by Pam. The season's finale ends with a cliffhanger ending hinting that Pam might be pregnant.[80]

text: Season 6[edit]

text: The sixth season consists of 26 half-hours of material, divided into 22 half-hour episodes and two hour-long episodes.

text: Jim and Pam marry and have a baby named Cecelia Marie Halpert.[81] Meanwhile, Andy and Erin develop mutual interest in one another, but find their inherent awkwardness inhibits his attempts to ask her out on a date. Rumors of bankruptcy begin to surround Dunder Mifflin, and by Christmas, Wallace announces to the branch that Dunder Mifflin has accepted a buyout from Sabre Corporation, a printer company. While Wallace and other executives are let go, the Scranton office survives due to its relative success within the company. In the season finale, Dwight buys the office park. Michael agrees to make an announcement to the press regarding a case of faulty printers. When Jo Bennet, Sabre CEO, asks how she can repay him, Michael responds that she could bring Holly back to the Scranton branch.[82]

text: Season 7[edit]

text: The seventh season consists of 26 half-hours of material, divided into 21 half-hour episodes, one "super-sized" episode, and two hour-long episodes.[83]

text: This is the final season for Steve Carell, who plays the lead character Michael Scott, as Carell wanted to move on after his contract expired during this season.[84] Beginning with this season, Zach Woods, who portrays Gabe Lewis, was promoted to a series regular.[85] Erin and Gabe have begun a relationship, much to Andy's chagrin, and he attempts to win her affection back. Michael's former girlfriend, Holly returns to Scranton to fill in for Toby who is doing jury duty for the "Scranton Strangler" trial. Michael and Holly eventually restart their relationship. After the two get engaged, he then reveals he will be leaving Scranton to go to Colorado with Holly in order to support her elderly parents. Pam and Jim are still adjusting to parenthood as Angela starts dating the Senator. After Michael's replacement (Will Ferrell) is seriously injured, Jo creates a search committee to interview candidates and choose a new manager for the office.

text: Season 8[edit]

text: The eighth season consists of 24 episodes.

text: James Spader reprises his role as Robert California, the new CEO of Dunder Mifflin/Sabre.[86] Andy is then promoted to Regional Manager and works hard to make a good impression on Robert, and asks Dwight to be his number two.[87] Pam and Jim are expecting their second child, Phillip, at the start of the season, to coincide with Fischer's real life pregnancy.[88] Angela is pregnant with her first son, also named Philip, with State Senator Robert Lipton (although it is implied that Dwight Schrute is actually the child's biological father). Darryl starts falling for new warehouse foreman Val.[89] Dwight is tasked with traveling to Tallahassee, Florida in order to assist Sabre Special Projects Manager Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) in launching a chain of retail stores, along with Jim, Ryan, Stanley, Erin, and new office temp Cathy Simms. Cathy is also revealed to have ulterior motives for the trip, as she intends to seduce Jim, but fails.[90] Robert later kills the retail store project, and Erin decides to stay in Florida as an elderly woman's live-in helper. Andy goes to Florida and wins back Erin, but this allows Nellie to claim the manager position as her own. Robert tells Andy that he has been demoted back to a salesman, but he refuses to accept the news, which causes him to be fired. Andy becomes motivated to begin a Dunder Mifflin comeback and joins with former CFO, David Wallace, to buy Dunder Mifflin back from Sabre, putting Sabre completely out of business and giving Andy the manager position once again.

text: Season 9[edit]

text: The final season consists of 25 episodes.

text: Andy, recently returning from Outward Bound manager's training, reverts to his arrogant earlier season personality, abandoning both Erin and the office to travel around the Caribbean with his brother. In his absence, Erin strikes up a romance with new customer service rep Pete, who along with Clark, another new character, replaces Kelly, who left for Ohio with her new husband (Ryan also moves to Ohio for "unrelated reasons"). Meanwhile, Jim receives an exciting opportunity from an old college friend, who offers him a job at Athlead, a sports marketing company based in Philadelphia. Darryl also jumps on board, but the distance and dedication to Athlead hurts Jim's relationship with Pam. Angela also must deal with her husband's infidelity with Oscar. She also deals with her lingering attraction to Dwight, who inherits his family's beet farm. Dwight receives more good news when David Wallace handpicks him to be the new manager after Andy quits to pursue an acting career, which quickly ends when he embarrasses himself at an a cappella singing competition that turns into a viral web sensation. Dwight later makes Jim his Assistant to the Regional Manager and the two officially end their grudge. After Jim reconciles with Pam, choosing to stay in Scranton over Philadelphia, Dwight professes his love for Angela, and finally marries her. In the series finale, taking place one year after the release of the documentary, the employees reunite for Dwight and Angela's wedding, for which Michael returns (with help from Jim who was the person Dwight first asked to be his best man) to serve as the best man. Kelly and Ryan run away together, Nellie now lives in Poland and "adopts" Ryan's abandoned baby, Erin meets her birth parents, Andy gets a job at Cornell, Stanley retires to Florida, Kevin and Toby are both fired with the former buying a bar and the latter moving to New York City to become an author, Oscar runs for State Senate, Jim and Pam, at her persuasion, move to Austin to open a new branch of Athleap (previously Athlead) with Darryl (Dwight "fires" them to give them both severance packages), and Creed is arrested for his many crimes.

text: Product placement[edit]

text: The Office has had product placement deals with Staples[91] and the Olympic balers,[92] as well as mentioning in dialogue or displaying clear logos for products such as Sandals Resorts, HP, Apple, and Gateway computers, and Activision's Call of Duty video game series. In "The Merger", Kevin Malone uses a Staples-branded shredding machine to shred a Staples-branded CD-R and many other non-paper items, including a salad.[91] As with HP, Cisco Systems, a supplier of networking and telephone equipment, pays for product placement, which can be seen on close-up shots of the Cisco IP Telephones. Some products have additional branding labels attached; this can be clearly seen with the HP photo printer on Toby's desk in season 6, and is less noticeable with the Cisco phones.[93] In "The Secret" Michael takes Jim to Hooters[94] to discuss Jim's feelings for Pam.

text: Many products featured are not part of product placement agreements, but rather inserted by writers as products the characters would use to create realism under the guise of a documentary. Chili's restaurants were used for filming in "The Dundies" and "The Client", as the writers believed they were realistic choices for a company party and business lunch.[95][96][97] Though not an explicit product placement, the producers of the show had to allow Chili's to have final approval of the script before filming, causing a scene of "The Dundies" to be hastily rewritten when the chain objected to the original version.[96] Apple Inc. received over four minutes of publicity for the iPod when it was used as a much-desired gift in "Christmas Party", though the company did not pay for the placement.[98] The travel website TripAdvisor.com was featured during Season 4 when after a visit to Dwight's "agritourism" bed and breakfast, Schrute Farms, Jim and Pam post an online review about their stay. The show reportedly approached the travel review website about using their name on the show and TripAdvisor set up a review page for the fictional B&B which itself received hundreds of reviews.[99] The appearance of Second Life in the episode "Local Ad" was rated eighth in the top ten most effective product placements of 2007.[100]

text: Reception and legacy[edit]

text: Critical reviews and commentary[edit]

text: Before the show aired, Ricky Gervais acknowledged that there were feelings of hesitation from certain viewers.[101] The first season of The Office was met with a mixed response from critics with some of them comparing it to the short-lived NBC series Coupling which was also based on a British version.[102][103] The New York Daily News called it "so diluted there's little left but muddy water," and USA Today called it a "passable imitation of a miles-better BBC original."[104] A Guardian Unlimited review panned its lack of originality, stating, "(Steve Carell) just seems to be trying too hard ... Maybe in later episodes when it deviates from Gervais and Merchant's script, he'll come into his own. But right now he's a pale imitation."[105] Tom Shales of the Washington Post said it was "not the mishmash that [Americanized version of Coupling] turned out to be, but again the quality of the original show causes the remake to look dim, like when the copying machine is just about to give out."[103]

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"The Office has one of the best casts on television. ... It also has created several compelling characters and touching relationships, all of which is fairly remarkable for a half hour comedy."

—Travis Fickett of IGN in June 2007[106]

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text: The second season was better received. James Poniewozik of Time remarked, "Producer Greg Daniels created not a copy but an interpretation that sends up distinctly American work conventions ... with a tone that's more satiric and less mordant. ... The new boss is different from the old boss, and that's fine by me."[107] He named it the second best TV show of 2006 after Battlestar Galactica.[107] Entertainment Weekly writer Mark Harris echoed these sentiments a week later, stating, "Thanks to the fearless Steve Carell, an ever-stronger supporting cast, and scripts that spew American corporate absurdist vernacular with perfect pitch, this undervalued remake does the near impossible—it honors Ricky Gervais' original and works on its own terms."[108] The A.V. Club reviewer Nathan Rabin expressed its views on the show's progression: "After a rocky start, The Office improved immeasurably, instantly becoming one of TV's funniest, sharpest shows. The casting of Steve Carell in the Gervais role proved to be a masterstroke. The American Office is that rarest of anomalies: a remake of a classic show that both does right by its source and carves out its own strong identity."[109]

text: The series has been included on several top TV series lists. The show placed #61 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list.[110] Time's James Poniewozik named it the second best TV series of 2006,[107] and the sixth best returning series of 2007, out of ten TV series.[111] He also included it on his "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME" list.[112] The show was also named the best show of 2006 by BuddyTV.[113] while Paste named it the sixth best sitcom of 2010.[114] In 2013, the Writers Guild of America placed it at #66 on their list of 101 Best Written TV Series.[115]

text: The show has some superficial similarities to the comic strip Dilbert, which also features employees coping with an inept superior. John Spector, CEO of The Conference Board, says that both show the impact a leader can have, for good or bad. Dilbert creator Scott Adams also touts the similarities: "The lesson from The Office and from Dilbert is that people are often dysfunctional, and no amount of training can fix it."[116] A labor-affiliated group praised the episode "Boys and Girls" for what it considered an unusually frank depiction of union busting on American television.[117] Metacritic, a review aggregation website, only graded the first, third, sixth, and final seasons. However, it denoted that all four of them received "generally favorable reviews" from critics, awarding a 61, 85, 78, and 64 score—out of 100—to each of them, respectively.[118][119][120][121] It later named it the thirteenth most mentioned series on "Best of Decade" top-ten lists.[122]

text:
"The Office now is a pale, listless shadow of what it used to be."

—Alan Sepinwall of HitFix in September 2011[123]

text: The last few seasons were criticized for a dip in quality. The sixth season received criticisms for a lack of stakes for the characters.[124][125][126] Other critics and fans have also criticized the dragging out of the Jim and Pam romance.[127] The Office co-creator Ricky Gervais wrote in his blog, referring to "Search Committee," particularly Warren Buffett's guest appearance, "If you're going to jump a shark, jump a big one", and compared the episode to the Chris Martin episode of Gervais's other series, Extras (although he later said on his website, "I fucking didn't [diss The Office], that's for sure").[128] Some critics said the series should have ended after the departure of Steve Carell.[129][130] Rainn Wilson felt that the eighth season possessed some mistakes "creatively", such as the chemistry between Spader and Helms, which he called "a bit dark" and argued that the show should have gone for a "brighter and more energized" relationship.[131] Despite this, there are later-series episodes that have received critical acclaim, including "Stress Relief", "Niagara", "Garage Sale", "Goodbye, Michael", "Dwight Christmas", "A.A.R.M.", and "Finale".[132][133][134][135][136][137][138]

text: Awards[edit]

text: The series received 42 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, with five wins.[139] It won for Outstanding Comedy Series in season two, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Greg Daniels for "Gay Witch Hunt"), Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Jeffrey Blitz for "Stress Relief") and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (David Rogers and Claire Scanlon for "Finale"). Many cast and crew members have expressed anger that Carell did not receive an Emmy award for his performance in the series.[140][141] Despite this, Carell won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical in 2006. The series was also named the best TV series by the American Film Institute in 2006 and 2008,[142][143] won two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2006 and 2007[57] and won a Peabody Award in 2006.[144]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: Premiering on Thursday, March 24, 2005, after an episode of The Apprentice on NBC, The Office brought in 11.2 million viewers in the U.S., winning its time slot.[104] When NBC moved the series to its intended Tuesday night slot, it lost nearly half its audience with only 5.9 million viewers.[145] The program averaged 5.4 million viewers, ranking it #102 for the 2004–05 U.S. television season.[146] "Hot Girl", the first season's finale, rated a 2.2 with a 10 audience measurement share. Episodes were also rerun on CNBC.[147]

text: As the second season started, the success of Carell's hit summer movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin and online sales of episodes at iTunes helped the show.[148] The increase in viewership led NBC to move the series to the "Must See TV" Thursday night in January 2006, where ratings continued to grow. By the 2005–06 season, it placed #67 (tied with 20/20). It averaged 8 million viewers with a 4.0/10 rating/share among viewers ages 18–49, and was up 80% in viewers from the year before and up 60% in viewers ages 18–49.[149] The series ranked as NBC's highest rated scripted series during its run.[150] The highest rated episode of the series was "Stress Relief", which was watched by 22.9 million viewers. This episode was aired right after Super Bowl XLIII.[151] While later seasons dropped in the ratings, the show was still one of NBC's highest rated shows, and in October 2011 it was reported that it cost $178,840 per-30 second commercial, the most for any NBC scripted series.[152]

text: Nielsen ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Timeslot (ET)
Premiered
Ended
Viewership Rank
18-49 Rank
Viewers
(in millions)
18-49 Rating

Date
Premiere
Viewers
(in millions)
Date
Finale
Viewers
(in millions)

1 (2004–05)
Thursday 9:30 pm ("Pilot")
Tuesday 9:30 pm
March 24, 2005
11.20[153]
April 26, 2005
4.80[153]
102[154]
82[154]
5.40[154]
2.5/6[154]

2 (2005–06)
Tuesday 9:30 pm
(September 20 – December 6, 2005)
Thursday 9:30 pm
(January 5 – May 11, 2006)
September 20, 2005
9.00[153]
May 11, 2006
7.70[153]
67[155]
8.0[155]
4.0/10[155]

3 (2006–07)
Thursday 8:30 pm
September 21, 2006
9.10[153]
May 17, 2007
7.90[153]
68[156]
28[156]
8.30[156]
4.1/11[156]

4 (2007–08)
Thursday 9:00 pm
September 27, 2007
9.70[153]
May 15, 2008
8.07[153]
77[157]
8.04[157]
2.8[157]

5 (2008–09)
September 25, 2008
9.20[158]
May 14, 2009
6.72[159]
52[160]
9.04[160]
3.1[160]

6 (2009–10)
September 17, 2009
8.20[161]
May 20, 2010
6.60[162]
41[163]
11[163]
8.73[163]
4.5/11[163]

7 (2010–11)
September 23, 2010
8.40[164]
May 19, 2011
7.29[165]
53[166]
11[166]
7.73[166]
4.0/10[166]

8 (2011–12)
September 22, 2011
7.64[167]
May 10, 2012
4.49[168]
78[169]
29[169]
6.51[169]
3.4/9[169]

9 (2012–13)
September 20, 2012
4.28[170]
May 16, 2013
5.69[171]
88[172]
41[172]
5.06[172]
2.6/7[172]

text: Cultural impact[edit]

text: The city of Scranton, long known mainly for its industrial past as a coal mining and rail center,[173] has embraced, and ultimately has been redefined by the show. "We're really hip now," says the mayor's assistant.[50] The Dunder Mifflin logo is on a lamppost banner in front of Scranton City Hall, as well as the pedestrian bridge to The Mall at Steamtown. The Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company, whose tower is shown in the opening credits, plans to add it to the tower as well.[174] Newspapers in other Northeastern cities have published travel guides to Scranton locations for tourists interested in visiting places mentioned in the show.[173][174][175] Scranton has become identified with the show outside the United States as well. In a 2008 St. Patrick's Day speech in its suburb of Dickson City, former Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Bertie Ahern identified the city as the home of Dunder Mifflin.[176]

text: The inaugural The Office convention was held downtown in October 2007. Notable landmarks, some of which have been settings for the show, that served as venues include the University of Scranton, the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel and the Mall at Steamtown. Cast appearances were made by B.J. Novak, Ed Helms, Oscar Nunez, Angela Kinsey, Brian Baumgartner, Leslie David Baker, Mindy Kaling, Craig Robinson, Melora Hardin, Phyllis Smith, Creed Bratton, Kate Flannery, Bobby Ray Shafer, and Andy Buckley. Writer appearances, besides Novak and Kaling, were made by Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Jennifer Celotta, Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Justin Spitzer, Anthony Ferrell, Ryan Koh, Lester Lewis, and Jason Kessler. Not present were writer-actor Paul Lieberstein (who was originally going to make an appearance), Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, and Jenna Fischer.[177]

text: On an episode of The Daily Show, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, reportedly a devoted fan of the show, jokingly told Jon Stewart he might take Dwight Schrute as his running mate.[178] Rainn Wilson later accepted on Dwight Schrute's behalf while on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. After the airing of "Garage Sale", Colorado governor John Hickenlooper issued a press release appointing Michael Scott to the position of Director of Paper Distribution in the Department of Natural Resources.[179]

text: The show is often paid tribute by the band Relient K. Band member Matt Thiessen is a fan of The Office, and, during concerts, will often perform a self-described "love song" about the series, titled "The Ballad of Dunder Mifflin", followed by him and the band playing the show's opening theme.[180]

text: International broadcasts[edit]

text: Aside from NBC, The Office has gone into off-network syndication in the United States. It has reruns on local stations and TBS. In the United Kingdom, the show was named in listings magazines (but not onscreen) as The Office: An American Workplace when it was originally aired on ITV2.[181]

text: Other media[edit]

text: Online releases[edit]

text: Episodes from The Office were among the first shows available for download from the iTunes Store beginning in December 2005. In 2006, ten internet-exclusive webisodes featuring some of the characters on The Office aired on NBC.com. "Producer's Cuts" (containing approximately ten additional minutes of material) of the episodes "Branch Closing" and "The Return" were also made available on NBC.com. The Office also became available for download from Amazon.com's Unbox video downloads in 2006. Sales of new The Office episodes on iTunes ceased in 2007 due to a dispute between NBC and Apple ostensibly over pricing.[182] As of September 9, 2008 The Office was put back on the iTunes Store, and can be bought in HD and Regular format. Netflix also offers the show for online viewing by subscribers, in addition to traditional DVD rental. The Office is also available on Microsofts Zune Marketplace.

text: Of the 12.4 million total viewings of "Fun Run", the fourth season's premiere, 2.7 million, or 22%, were on a computer via online streaming. "The Office," said The New York Times, "is on the leading edge of a sharp shift in entertainment viewing that was thought to be years away: watching television episodes on a computer screen is now a common activity for millions of consumers." It was particularly popular with online viewers, an NBC researcher said, because as an episode-driven sitcom without special effects it was easy to watch on smaller monitors such as those found on laptops and iPods.[183] Between the online viewings and those who use digital video recorders, 25–50% of the show's viewers watch it after its scheduled airtime.[184]

text: The show's Internet success became an issue in the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Daniels and many of the cast members who double as writers posted a video to YouTube shortly after the strike began, pointing out how little, if any, they received in residuals from online and DVD viewing. "You're watching this on the Internet, a thing that pays us zero dollars," Schur said. "We're supposed to get 11 cents for every two trillion downloads." The writers were particularly upset that they weren't compensated for the Daytime Emmy Award-winning summer webisodes "The Accountants", which NBC considered promotional material despite the embedded commercials.[185]

text: Promotional[edit]

text: The show's success has resulted in expansion outside of television. Characters have appeared in promotional materials for NBC, and a licensed video game—The Office—was released in 2007.[186][187] In 2008 two games were introduced via Pressman Toy Corp: The Office Trivia Board Game and The Office DVD Board Game.[188] In 2009, The Office Clue was released, and The Office Monopoly was released in 2010. Other merchandise, from T-shirts and a bobblehead doll of Dwight Schrute[189] to more office-specific items such as Dunder Mifflin copy paper[190] and parodies of the Successories motivational poster series featuring the cast[191] are available. Dunder Mifflin has two websites,[192] and the cast members maintain blogs both as themselves and in character.

text: Cast blogs[edit]

text: Several members of the cast maintained blogs. These include Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, and Brian Baumgartner, who posted regularly during the season.[193] Rainn Wilson wrote in character on "Schrute Space" on NBC.com, which is updated periodically. However, he stopped writing the blog himself.[194] It is unknown whether Creed Bratton authors "Creed Thoughts", the blog attributed to his character.[195]

text: Home video releases[edit]

text:
Season
Region 1 release date
Region 2 release date
Region 4 release date
Episodes
Discs
Bonus features

1
August 16, 2005
April 10, 2006
August 16, 2006
6
1
Deleted scenes from all episodes, five commentary tracks by cast and crew on select episodes.

2
September 12, 2006
January 28, 2008
April 4, 2007
22
4
Deleted scenes from every episode, ten commentary tracks by cast and crew on select episodes, The Accountants webisodes, Faces of Scranton video, blooper reel, 17 fake public service announcements, Olympics promos and "Steve on Steve" promos.

3
September 4, 2007
July 21, 2008
August 20, 2008 (Part 1)
April 22, 2009 (Part 2)
25
4
Deleted scenes, eight commentary tracks by cast and crew on select episodes,[196] "Kevin Cooks Stuff in The Office", 2006 NBC Primetime Preview, Toby wraparound promos, Dwight Schrute music video, Joss Whedon interview, blooper reel, Lazy Scranton video, and a 58th Annual Emmy Awards excerpt. A special edition for Target called the "Nifty Gifty" set also contains footage from the Museum of TV festival and script facsimile.

4
September 2, 2008
June 14, 2010
September 2, 2009 (Part 1)
December 2, 2009 (Part 2)
19
4
Deleted scenes, outtakes, Second Life footage, The Office Convention invitation, The Office Convention: Writer’s Block Panel, "Goodbye, Toby" music video, four commentary tracks by cast and crew on select episodes.[197]

5
September 8, 2009
February 7, 2011
September 29, 2010 (Part 1)
March 2, 2011 (Part 2)
28
5
Deleted scenes, outtakes, ten commentaries by the cast and crew, "The Academy of Art and Sciences presents, 'The Office,' Summer Olympic promos, Super Bowl promos, Kevin's Loan webisodes, and The Outburst webisodes.[198]

6
September 7, 2010
January 30, 2012
August 4, 2011 (Part 1)
November 9, 2011 (Part 2)
26
5
Deleted scenes, outtakes, gag reel, cast and crew commentaries, two extended episodes, minisode The Podcast, "Welcome to Sabre" corporate welcome video, promos.[199]

Overtime
November 16, 2010
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
The Accountants, Kevin's Loan, The Outburst, Blackmail, Subtle Sexuality and The Mentor webisodes, The Podcast minisode, The Office Convention: Cast Q&A, Paley: Inside The Writer's Room, Subtle Sexuality commentary with Mindy Kaling, B. J. Novak, and Ellie Kemper, Blackmail video commentary with Creed Bratton, Subtle Sexuality music video, Dwight Schrute music video, Lazy Scranton video, Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin ad and fake PSAs.[200]

7
September 6, 2011
September 3, 2012
August 22, 2012 (Part 1)
November 7, 2012 (Part 2)
26
5
Deleted scenes, blooper reel, "The Third Floor" webisodes, cast and crew commentaries on five episodes, producer's extended cuts of "Training Day" and "Search Committee," Threat Level Midnight: The Movie (A Michael Scott Joint)

8
September 4, 2012
April 7, 2014
February 13, 2013 (Part 1)
August 8, 2013 (Part 2)
24
5
Deleted scenes, blooper reel, "The Girl Next Door" webisodes, producer's extended cuts of "Angry Andy" and "Fundraiser"

9
September 3, 2013[201]
September 15, 2014
February 13, 2014 (Part 1)
June 19, 2014 (Part 2)
25
5
Deleted scenes, gag reel, rare audition footage

text: Proposed spin-offs[edit]

text: A spin-off to the series was proposed in 2008,[202] with a pilot episode expected to debut as the Super Bowl lead-out program in 2009.[203] However, The Office's creative team instead decided to develop Parks and Recreation as a separate series.[204]

text: Another spin-off starring Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute running a bed-and-breakfast and beet farm, titled The Farm, was proposed in early 2012.[4][205] In October 2012, however, NBC decided not to go forward with the series.[206] The backdoor pilot episode instead aired as part of the ninth and final season of The Office on March 14, 2013.[205][207]


document_title: List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

question_text: which song topped the billboard charts for 14 consecutive weeks in 2015

question_tokens: which song topped the billboard charts for 14 consecutive weeks in 2015

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text: List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

text: All-Time Hot 100 achievements (1958–2015)

text: In 2008, for the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing songs on the chart over the 50 years, along with the best-performing artists.[1][2] In 2013, Billboard revised the rankings for the chart's 55th anniversary edition.[3] In 2015, Billboard revised the rankings again.[4] Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 57-year period of the Hot 100, through October 2015. Also shown are the artists placing the most songs on the overall "all-time" top 100 song list.

tag: p

text: Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958–2015)

text:
Rank
Single
Year(s) released
Artist(s)
Peak and duration

1.

"The Twist"

1960, 1961*

Chubby Checker
#1 for 3 weeks

2.

"Smooth"

1999

Santana featuring Rob Thomas
#1 for 12 weeks

3.

"Mack the Knife"

1959

Bobby Darin
#1 for 9 weeks

4.

"How Do I Live"

1997

LeAnn Rimes
#2 for 4 weeks

5.

"Party Rock Anthem"

2011

LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
#1 for 6 weeks

6.

"I Gotta Feeling"

2009

The Black Eyed Peas
#1 for 14 weeks

7.

"Macarena (Bayside Boys mix)"

1996

Los Del Rio
#1 for 14 weeks

8.

"Physical"

1981

Olivia Newton-John
#1 for 10 weeks

9.

"You Light Up My Life"

1977

Debby Boone
#1 for 10 weeks

10.

"Hey Jude"

1968

The Beatles
#1 for 9 weeks

tag: table

text:
* – re-released
Source:[5]

text: Top 10 artists of All-Time (1958–2015)

text:
Rank
Artist

1.

The Beatles

2.

Madonna

3.

Elton John

4.

Elvis Presley

5.

Mariah Carey

6.

Stevie Wonder

7.

Janet Jackson

8.

Michael Jackson

9.

Whitney Houston

10.

The Rolling Stones

text: Artists with the most songs on Billboard's Top 100 Hits of All-Time (1958–2015)

text:
Number of
songs
Artist
Songs (ranking)

3

Lionel Richie
"Endless Love" (16), "Say You, Say Me" (89), "All Night Long" (91)

Boyz II Men
"I'll Make Love to You" (20), "One Sweet Day" (35), "End of the Road" (52)

Bee Gees
"How Deep Is Your Love" (23), "Night Fever" (39), "Stayin' Alive" (56)

Paul McCartney
"Silly Love Songs" (37), "Say Say Say" (41), "Ebony and Ivory" (73)

2

The Black Eyed Peas
"I Gotta Feeling" (6), "Boom Boom Pow" (53)

The Beatles
"Hey Jude" (10), "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (45)

Mariah Carey
"We Belong Together" (11), "One Sweet Day" (35)

Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk" (12), "Just the Way You Are" (79)

Diana Ross
"Endless Love" (16), "Upside Down" (77)

Andy Gibb
"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" (27), "Shadow Dancing" (46)

Marvin Gaye
"Let's Get It On" (38), "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (81)

Michael Jackson
"Say Say Say" (41), "Billie Jean" (83)

Pharrell Williams
"Blurred Lines" (48), "Happy" (76)

Elton John
"Candle In the Wind 1997" (49), "That's What Friends Are For" (75)

Stevie Wonder
"Ebony and Ivory" (73), "That's What Friends Are For" (75)

text: Song milestones

text: Most weeks at number one

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist(s)
Song
Year(s)

16

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
"One Sweet Day"
1995–96

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
"Despacito"
2017

14

Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You"
1992–93

Boyz II Men
"I'll Make Love to You"
1994

Los del Río
"Macarena" (Bayside Boys mix)
1996

Elton John
"Candle in the Wind 1997" /
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
1997

Mariah Carey
"We Belong Together"
2005

The Black Eyed Peas
"I Gotta Feeling"
2009

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk"
2015

13

Boyz II Men
"End of the Road"
1992

Brandy and Monica
"The Boy Is Mine"
1998

12

Santana featuring Rob Thomas
"Smooth"
1999–2000

Eminem
"Lose Yourself"
2002–03

Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
"Yeah!"
2004

The Black Eyed Peas
"Boom Boom Pow"
2009

Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell
"Blurred Lines"
2013

Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
"See You Again"
2015

The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
"Closer"
2016

Ed Sheeran
"Shape of You"
2017

11

Elvis Presley †
"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"
1956

All-4-One
"I Swear"
1994

Toni Braxton
"Un-Break My Heart"
1996–97

Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
"I'll Be Missing You"
1997

Destiny's Child
"Independent Women Part I"
2000–01

10

The McGuire Sisters ††
"Sincerely"
1955

Pérez Prado †††
"Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"

Debby Boone
"You Light Up My Life"
1977

Olivia Newton-John
"Physical"
1981–82

Santana featuring The Product G&B
"Maria Maria"
2000

Ashanti
"Foolish"
2002

Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
"Dilemma"

Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
"Gold Digger"
2005

Beyoncé
"Irreplaceable"
2006–07

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
"Low"
2008

Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
"We Found Love"
2011–12

Pharrell Williams
"Happy"
2014

Adele
"Hello"
2015–16

Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
"One Dance"
2016

text:
† Pre-Hot 100: "Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts.
†† Pre-Hot 100: "Most Played by Jockeys" chart.
††† Pre-Hot 100: "Best Sellers in Stores" chart.

text: Most weeks at number two (without hitting number one)

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist(s)
Song
Year(s)

10

Foreigner
"Waiting for a Girl Like You"
1981–82

Missy Elliott
"Work It"
2002–03

9

Donna Lewis
"I Love You Always Forever"
1996

Shania Twain
"You're Still the One"
1998

8

Shai
"If I Ever Fall in Love"
1992–93

Deborah Cox
"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"
1998–99

Brian McKnight
"Back at One"
1999–2000

Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy
"I Don't Wanna Know"
2004

Ed Sheeran
"Thinking Out Loud"
2015

text: Most total weeks in the top ten

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist(s)
Song
Year(s)

33

Ed Sheeran
"Shape of You"
2017

32

LeAnn Rimes
"How Do I Live"
1997–98

The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
"Closer"
2016–17

31

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk"
2014–15

30

Santana featuring Rob Thomas
"Smooth"
1999–2000

29

LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
"Party Rock Anthem"
2011–12

28

Jewel
"Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me"
1997–98

Bruno Mars
"That's What I Like"
2017

26

Savage Garden
"Truly Madly Deeply"
1997–98

25

Chubby Checker
"The Twist"
1960, 1962

Toni Braxton
"Un-Break My Heart"
1996–97

Timbaland featuring OneRepublic
"Apologize"
2007–08

OneRepublic
"Counting Stars"
2013–14

Meghan Trainor
"All About That Bass"[9]
2014–15

Fetty Wap
"Trap Queen"
2015

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
"Despacito"
2017

text: Most total weeks on the Hot 100

text:
87 weeks – Imagine Dragons – "Radioactive" (2014)[12]
79 weeks – Awolnation – "Sail" (2014)[12]
76 weeks – Jason Mraz – "I'm Yours" (2009)[12]
69 weeks – LeAnn Rimes – "How Do I Live" (1998)[12]
68 weeks – LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock – "Party Rock Anthem" (2012),[12] OneRepublic – "Counting Stars" (2014)
65 weeks – Jewel – "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1998), Adele – "Rolling in the Deep" (2012)[12]
64 weeks – Carrie Underwood – "Before He Cheats" (2007)[12]
62 weeks – Lifehouse – "You and Me" (2006), The Lumineers – "Ho Hey" (2013)[12]

text: The year displayed is the year the songs ended their respective chart runs.

text: Number-one debuts

text:
Michael Jackson – "You Are Not Alone" (September 2, 1995)
Mariah Carey – "Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)
Whitney Houston – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (November 25, 1995)
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men – "One Sweet Day" (December 2, 1995)
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 – "I'll Be Missing You" (June 14, 1997)
Mariah Carey – "Honey" (September 13, 1997)
Elton John – "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (October 11, 1997)
Celine Dion – "My Heart Will Go On" (February 28, 1998)
Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (September 5, 1998)
Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (November 14, 1998)
Clay Aiken – "This Is the Night" (June 28, 2003)
Fantasia Barrino – "I Believe" (July 10, 2004)
Carrie Underwood – "Inside Your Heaven" (July 2, 2005)
Taylor Hicks – "Do I Make You Proud" (July 1, 2006)
Britney Spears – "3" (October 24, 2009)[13]
Eminem – "Not Afraid" (May 22, 2010)[14]
Kesha – "We R Who We R" (November 13, 2010)[15]
Britney Spears – "Hold It Against Me" (January 29, 2011)[16]
Lady Gaga – "Born This Way" (February 26, 2011)[17]
Katy Perry – "Part of Me" (March 3, 2012)[18]
Baauer – "Harlem Shake" (March 2, 2013)[19]
Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (September 6, 2014)[20]
Justin Bieber – "What Do You Mean?" (September 19, 2015)[21]
Adele – "Hello" (November 14, 2015)[22]
Zayn Malik – "Pillowtalk" (February 20, 2016)[23]
Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop the Feeling!" (May 28, 2016)[24]
Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" (January 28, 2017)[25]
DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne – "I'm the One" (May 20, 2017)[26]

text: Since 2009, at least one song debuted at number one per year. In 1995, four songs debuted at number one (a record amount).

text: Biggest jump to number one

text:
97–1 – Kelly Clarkson – "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February 7, 2009)[28]
96–1 – Britney Spears – "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)[29]
80–1 – T.I. featuring Rihanna – "Live Your Life" (October 18, 2008)[30]
78–1 – Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent – "Crack a Bottle" (February 21, 2009)[31]
77–1 – Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do" (September 16, 2017)[32]
72–1 – Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (September 1, 2012)[33]
71–1 – T.I. – "Whatever You Like" (September 6, 2008)[34]
64–1 – Maroon 5 – "Makes Me Wonder" (May 12, 2007)
60–1 – Rihanna featuring Drake – "What's My Name?" (November 20, 2010)[35]
58–1 – Flo Rida – "Right Round" (February 28, 2009)[36]

text: Biggest single-week upward movements

text:
97–1 (96 positions) – Kelly Clarkson – "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February 7, 2009)[37]
96–1 (95 positions) – Britney Spears – "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)[38]
94–3 (91 positions) – Beyoncé and Shakira – "Beautiful Liar" (April 7, 2007)[39]
95–7 (88 positions) – Akon featuring Eminem – "Smack That" (October 14, 2006)[40]
97–9 (88 positions) – Drake featuring Nicki Minaj – "Make Me Proud" (November 5, 2011)[41]
96–11 (85 positions) – Carrie Underwood – "Cowboy Casanova" (October 10, 2009)[42]
100–15 (85 positions) – A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger – "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" (March 14, 2009)[43]
85–2 (83 positions) – Katy Perry – "Roar" (August 31, 2013)[44]
86–4 (82 positions) – Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – "Breaking Free" (February 11, 2006)[45]
93–12 (81 positions) – Matchbox Twenty – "How Far We've Come" (September 22, 2007)[46]
93–12 (81 positions) – Kygo and Selena Gomez – "It Ain't Me" (March 11, 2017)[47]
100–19 (81 positions) – Lorde – "Green Light" (March 25, 2017)[48]

text: Longest climbs to number one

text:
33rd week – Los del Río – "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" (1995–96)[50]
31st week – Lonestar – "Amazed" (1999–2000)
30th week – John Legend – "All of Me" (2013–14)[51]
27th week – Creed – "With Arms Wide Open" (2000)
26th week – Vertical Horizon – "Everything You Want" (2000)
25th week – UB40 – "Red Red Wine" (1988)
23rd week – Patti Austin and James Ingram – "Baby, Come to Me" (1983), Sia featuring Sean Paul – "Cheap Thrills" (2016)
22nd week – Vangelis – "Chariots of Fire" (1982), Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance" (2008–09)
21st week – Nick Gilder – "Hot Child in the City" (1978), Robert John – "Sad Eyes" (1979), Outkast – "The Way You Move" (2003–04), Adele – "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011–12)

text: Biggest drop from number one

text:
1–15 – Billy Preston – "Nothing from Nothing" (October 26, 1974)
1–15 – Dionne Warwicke and The Spinners – "Then Came You" (November 2, 1974)
1–12 – Simon & Garfunkel – "The Sound of Silence" (January 29, 1966)
1–12 – Barry White – "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (September 28, 1974)
1–12 – Andy Kim – "Rock Me Gently" (October 5, 1974)
1–12 – Stevie Wonder – "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (November 9, 1974)
1–12 – Bachman–Turner Overdrive – "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (November 16, 1974)
1–12 – John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band – "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (November 23, 1974)
1–11 – Diana Ross – "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (January 31, 1976)
1–10 – Phil Collins – "Two Hearts" (February 4, 1989)

text: Biggest single-week downward movements

text:
17–96 (79 positions) – Javier Colon – "Stitch by Stitch" (July 23, 2011)[53]
21–99 (78 positions) – Jordan Smith – "Somebody to Love" (January 2, 2016)[54]
16–93 (77 positions) – 5 Seconds of Summer – "Amnesia" (July 26, 2014)[55]
17–92 (75 positions) – Justin Bieber – "Die in Your Arms" (June 23, 2012)[56]
23–96 (73 positions) – Colbie Caillat – "I Do" (March 5, 2011)[57]
21–94 (73 positions) – Justin Bieber – "Never Let You Go" (March 27, 2010)[58]
21–94 (73 positions) – Glee Cast – "Empire State of Mind" (October 16, 2010)[59]
16–89 (73 positions) – Jonas Brothers – "Pushin' Me Away" (August 9, 2008)[60]
13–86 (73 positions) – Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris featuring Charlie Sexton – "Hallelujah" (February 20, 2010)[61]
20–92 (72 positions) – The Beatles – "The Beatles Movie Medley" (June 5, 1982)[62]

text: Biggest drops off the Hot 100

text:
From #4 – Prince and The Revolution – "Purple Rain"† (May 21, 2016)
From #8 – Prince – "When Doves Cry"† (May 21, 2016)
From #9 – Soko – "We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow" (April 5, 2014)[64]
From #11 – Jonas Brothers – "A Little Bit Longer" (August 30, 2008),[64][65] Taylor Swift – "Mean" (November 13, 2010),[66] One Direction – "Diana" (December 14, 2013),[67] Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas is You" (January 16, 2016)††[68]
From #12 – Taylor Swift – "You Belong with Me"* (November 29, 2008),[69] Lady Gaga – "Hair" (June 11, 2011),[70] One Direction – "Midnight Memories" (December 14, 2013)[67]

text: † – "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry" reappeared on the Hot 100 for two weeks in 2016, and the above reflects their re-entries only. When the songs originally charted in 1984, their chart positions in their final week on the Hot 100 were well below the top 10.

text: †† – A recurring holiday song charting during the Christmas season.

text: * – "You Belong with Me" later re-entered the Hot 100 as a single in 2009 to reach a peak of #2. The recurring song's final week on the Hot 100 was in 2010, when it was low as possible on the chart.

text: Number-one songs covered by different artists

text:
"Go Away Little Girl" – Steve Lawrence (1963) and Donny Osmond (1971)
"The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk (1974)
"Please Mr. Postman" – The Marvelettes (1961) and The Carpenters (1975)
"Venus" – Shocking Blue (1970) and Bananarama (1986)
"Lean on Me" – Bill Withers (1972) and Club Nouveau (1987)
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" – The Supremes (1966) and Kim Wilde (1987)
"When a Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge (1966) and Michael Bolton (1991)
"I'll Be There" – The Jackson 5 (1970) and Mariah Carey (1992)
"Lady Marmalade" – Labelle (1975) and Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mýa / Pink (2001)

text: Non-English language number-ones

text:
"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (Italian – August 18, 1958 for five non-consecutive weeks)
"Sukiyaki" – Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese – June 15, 1963 for three weeks)
"Dominique" – The Singing Nun (French – December 7, 1963 for four weeks)
"Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco (English/German – March 29, 1986 for three weeks)
"La Bamba" – Los Lobos (Spanish – August 29, 1987 for three weeks)
"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" – Los del Río (English/Spanish – August 3, 1996 for fourteen weeks)
"Hips Don't Lie" – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (English/Spanish – June 17, 2006 for two weeks)[74][75]
"Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (English/Spanish – May 27, 2017 for sixteen weeks)

text: Instrumental number-ones

text:
"The Happy Organ" – Dave "Baby" Cortez (May 11, 1959 for one week)
"Sleep Walk" – Santo & Johnny (September 21, 1959 for two weeks)
"Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (February 22, 1960 for nine weeks)
"Wonderland by Night" – Bert Kaempfert (January 9, 1961 for three weeks)
"Calcutta" – Lawrence Welk (February 13, 1961 for two weeks)
"Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk (May 26, 1962 for one week)
"The Stripper" – David Rose (July 7, 1962 for one week)
"Telstar" – The Tornados (December 22, 1962 for three weeks)
"Love Is Blue" – Paul Mauriat (February 10, 1968 for five weeks)
"Grazing in the Grass" – Hugh Masekela (July 20, 1968 for two weeks)
"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" – Henry Mancini (July 28, 1969 for two weeks)
"Frankenstein" – The Edgar Winter Group (May 26, 1973 for one week)
"Love's Theme" – Love Unlimited Orchestra (February 9, 1974 for one week)
"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" – MFSB and The Three Degrees † (April 20, 1974 for two weeks)
"Pick Up the Pieces" – Average White Band † (February 22, 1975 for one week)
"The Hustle" – Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony † (July 26, 1975 for one week)
"Fly, Robin, Fly" – Silver Convention † (November 29, 1975 for three weeks)
"Theme from S.W.A.T." – Rhythm Heritage (February 28, 1976 for one week)
"A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band (October 9, 1976 for one week)
"Gonna Fly Now" – Bill Conti † (July 2, 1977 for one week)
"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" – Meco (October 1, 1977 for two weeks)
"Rise" – Herb Alpert (October 20, 1979 for two weeks)
"Chariots of Fire" – Vangelis (May 8, 1982 for one week)
"Miami Vice Theme" – Jan Hammer (November 9, 1985 for one week)
"Harlem Shake" – Baauer † (March 2, 2013 for five weeks)

text: † – Contains vocal part, but is considered an instrumental. See Instrumental#Borderline cases for more.

text: Artist achievements

text: Most number-one singles

text:
Number of singles
Artist
Biggest number-one

20

The Beatles
"Hey Jude"[5]

18

Elvis Presley †
"Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"[76][77]

Mariah Carey
"We Belong Together"[5]

14

Rihanna
"We Found Love"[5]

13

Michael Jackson
"Say Say Say" (duet with Paul McCartney)[5]

12

The Supremes
"Love Child"[78]

Madonna
"Like a Virgin"[79]

11

Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You"[5]

10

Stevie Wonder
"Ebony and Ivory" (duet with Paul McCartney)[5]

Janet Jackson
"Miss You Much"[80]

text:
† Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.
The biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single which spent the most weeks at #1 for the artist, such as Madonna's "Like a Virgin" (six weeks at #1, compared to seven for "Take a Bow"), Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (fourteen weeks at #1, compared to sixteen for her duet with Boyz II Men, "One Sweet Day") and Michael Jackson's duet with Paul McCartney, "Say Say Say" (six weeks at #1, compared to seven for both his solo singles "Billie Jean" and "Black or White").
Billboard now credits the dual #1 Presley single "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as a single chart entity. "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" spent 11 weeks at #1, "Hound Dog" for 6 weeks, "Don't Be Cruel" for 5 weeks. Many chart statisticians however, such as Joel Whitburn still lists Presley as having 18 number ones.

text: Source:[81][82] [83][84]

text: Most cumulative weeks at number one

text:
Weeks at
number one
Artist

79

Elvis Presley †

Mariah Carey

60

Rihanna[85]

59

The Beatles

50

Boyz II Men

47

Usher

37

Michael Jackson

36

Beyoncé

34

Elton John

33

Janet Jackson

Katy Perry

text:
† Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100. Presley is sometimes credited with an "80th week" that occurred when "All Shook Up" spent a ninth week on top of the "Most Played in Jukeboxes" chart. Although Billboard's chart statistician Joel Whitburn still counts this 80th week based on preexisting research, Billboard magazine itself has since revised its methodology and officially credits Presley with 79 weeks.[86]
Much of Presley's total factors in pre-Hot 100 data. If counting from the August 1958 Hot 100 inception, Presley totaled 22 weeks at #1.

text: Most consecutive number-one singles

text:
Number of
singles
Artist
First hit and date
Final hit and date
Streak-breaking song

7

Whitney Houston
"Saving All My Love for You"
(October 26, 1985)
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
(April 23, 1988)
"Love Will Save the Day"
(#9 – August 27, 1988)

6

The Beatles
"I Feel Fine"
(December 26, 1964)
"We Can Work It Out"
(January 8, 1966)
"Nowhere Man"
(#3 – March 26, 1966)

Bee Gees
"How Deep Is Your Love"
(December 24, 1977)
"Love You Inside Out"
(June 9, 1979)
"He's A Liar"
(#30 – October 24, 1981)

5

Elvis Presley
"A Big Hunk o' Love"
(August 10, 1959)
"Surrender"
(March 20, 1961)
"I Feel So Bad"
(#5 – May 1961)

The Supremes
"Where Did Our Love Go"
(August 22, 1964)
"Back in My Arms Again"
(June 12, 1965)
"Nothing but Heartaches"
(#11 – September 4, 1965)

Michael Jackson
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(with Siedah Garrett)
(September 19, 1987)
"Dirty Diana"
(July 2, 1988)
"Another Part of Me"
(#11 – September 10, 1988)

Mariah Carey
"Vision of Love"
(August 4, 1990)
"Emotions"
(October 12, 1991)
"Can't Let Go"
(#2 – January 25, 1992)

"Fantasy"
(September 30, 1995)
"My All"
(May 23, 1998)
"When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston)
(#15 – January 30, 1999)

Katy Perry
"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
(June 19, 2010)
"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
(August 17, 2011)
"The One That Got Away"
(#3 – January 7, 2012)

text: Sources:[87][88][89][90][91][92][92][93]

text: Most consecutive weeks simultaneously topping the Hot 100 and Billboard 200

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist
Year(s)
charted
Singles
Albums

12

The Beatles

1964

"I Want to Hold Your Hand",
"She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love"
Meet the Beatles!,
The Beatles' Second Album

Whitney Houston

1992–93

"I Will Always Love You"
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

7

Michael Jackson

1983

"Billie Jean"
Thriller

Drake

2016

"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)
Views

The Monkees

1966–67

"I'm a Believer"
The Monkees, More of the Monkees

text: Most consecutive years charting a number-one single

text:
Number of
years
Artist
First number-one hit and week
Final number-one hit and final week

11

Mariah Carey
"Vision of Love"
(August 4, 1990)
"Thank God I Found You"
(February 19, 2000)

7

Elvis Presley †
"Heartbreak Hotel"
(March 17, 1956)
"Good Luck Charm"
(April 28, 1962)

The Beatles
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
(February 1, 1964)
"The Long and Winding Road"
(June 20, 1970)

6

The Supremes
"Where Did Our Love Go"
(August 22, 1964)
"Someday We'll Be Together"
(December 27, 1969)

Lionel Richie
"Endless Love"
(August 15, 1981)
"Say You, Say Me"
(January 11, 1986)

text: † Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.

text: Most number-one singles in a calendar year

text:
Number of
singles
Artist
Year
charted
Singles

6

The Beatles

1964

"I Want to Hold Your Hand"

"She Loves You"

"Can't Buy Me Love"

"Love Me Do"

"A Hard Day's Night"

"I Feel Fine"

5

1965

"I Feel Fine"

"Eight Days a Week"

"Ticket to Ride"

"Help!"

"Yesterday"

4

Elvis Presley †

1956

"Heartbreak Hotel"

"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"

"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"

"Love Me Tender"

1957

"Too Much"

"All Shook Up"

"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"

"Jailhouse Rock"

The Supremes

1965

"Come See About Me"

"Stop! In the Name of Love"

"Back in My Arms Again"

"I Hear a Symphony"

Jackson 5

1970

"I Want You Back"

"ABC"

"The Love You Save"

"I'll Be There"

George Michael

1988

"Faith"

"Father Figure"

"One More Try"

"Monkey"

Usher

2004

"Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris)

"Burn"

"Confessions Part II"

"My Boo" (Duet with Alicia Keys)

Rihanna

2010

"Rude Boy"

"Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna)

"What's My Name?" (featuring Drake)

"Only Girl (In the World)"

text:
† Pre-Hot 100 charts.
Chart notes: If counting Presley's dual hit song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" separately then Elvis has 5 for 1956. Some Presley songs included here charted #1 on Cashbox, but not on the Billboard Top 100, the precursor to the Billboard Hot 100.

text: Most top 10 singles

text:
Number of
singles
Artist

38

Madonna

36

Elvis Presley †

34

The Beatles

31

Rihanna

29

Michael Jackson

28

Stevie Wonder

27

Elton John

Janet Jackson

Mariah Carey

23

The Rolling Stones

Whitney Houston

Paul McCartney

text: † Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100

text: Note: If Paul McCartney's solo work and work with the Beatles were combined, he would top this list with 57 top ten hits

text: Most consecutive weeks in the top 10

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist
Years
charted
Singles

69

Katy Perry

2010–11

"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg)

"Teenage Dream"

"Firework"

"E.T." (featuring Kanye West)

"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"

61

The Chainsmokers

2016–17

"Don't Let Me Down" (featuring Daya)

"Closer" (featuring Halsey)

"Paris"

"Something Just Like This" (with Coldplay)

51

Drake

2015–16

"Hotline Bling"

"Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)

"Summer Sixteen"

"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)

48

Ace of Base

1993–94

"All That She Wants"

"The Sign"

"Don't Turn Around"

46

Rihanna

2010–11

"Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna)

"Only Girl (In the World)"

"What's My Name?" (featuring Drake)

"S&M"

text: Most top 40 singles

text:
114 – Elvis Presley (Pre–Hot 100 charts included)
69 – Lil Wayne
57 – Elton John
56 – Drake
52 - Taylor Swift
51 – Glee Cast
50 – The Beatles
49 – Madonna
47 – Rihanna[108]
46 – Stevie Wonder
45 – Jay Z

text: Notes: Presley is credited by Billboard for having 80 Top 40 chart entries which still ranks him first. However, if including his career before the Hot 100 inception, Presley is credited with 114 Top 40 entries.

text: Most Hot 100 entries

text:
207 – Glee Cast
157 – Drake
149 – Elvis Presley (Pre-Hot 100 and Hot 100 included)
136 – Lil Wayne
96 – Jay Z
91 – James Brown
87 – Chris Brown
81 – Kanye West, Nicki Minaj
75 – Ray Charles

text: Notes:

text: Elvis Presley has charted 149 singles on Billboard if tracking his entire career which predates the 1958 Hot 100. If tracking begins after the 1958 inception of the Hot 100, Presley only has 108.

text: Most consecutive weeks on Hot 100

text:
431 – Drake
326 – Lil Wayne
216 – Rihanna
207 – Nicki Minaj
161 – Chris Brown
159 – Jay-Z
152 – Nelly
141 – Kenny Chesney
139 – Destiny's Child
139 – Taylor Swift
139 – Katy Perry

text: Self-replacement at number one

text:
Elvis Presley – "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" → "Love Me Tender" (October 27, 1956) ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played by Jockeys" charts)
The Beatles † – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" → "She Loves You" (March 21, 1964); "She Loves You" → "Can't Buy Me Love" (April 4, 1964)
Boyz II Men – "I'll Make Love to You" → "On Bended Knee" (December 3, 1994)
Puff Daddy – "I'll Be Missing You" (Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112) → "Mo Money Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase) (August 30, 1997)
Ja Rule – "Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti) → "Ain't It Funny" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule) (March 9, 2002)
Nelly – "Hot in Herre" → "Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland) (August 17, 2002)
OutKast – "Hey Ya!" → "The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown) (February 14, 2004)
Usher– "Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) → "Burn" (May 22, 2004); "Burn" → "Confessions Part II" (July 24, 2004)
T.I. – "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna) (October 18, 2008); "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (November 15, 2008)
The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" → "I Gotta Feeling" (July 11, 2009)
Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" → "Blank Space" (November 29, 2014)
The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face" → "The Hills" (October 3, 2015)[114]
Justin Bieber – "Sorry" → "Love Yourself" (February 13, 2016);[102] "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) → "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (May 27, 2017)[115]

text: † The Beatles are the only act in history to have three consecutive, self-replacing #1s.

text: Simultaneously occupying the top two positions

text: Elvis Presley: October 20 – November 3, 1956 (Pre-Hot 100 charts)

text:
"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"
"Love Me Tender" ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played by Jockeys" charts)

tag: ol

text: The Beatles: From February 22, 1964 until April 25, 1964 the Beatles held the top two positions, with various singles. In some of the weeks, the band held the top three or top four slots, the only act in chart history to do so. On April 4, 1964, The Beatles occupied the entire top five.[117]

text:
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"Twist and Shout"
"She Loves You"
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"Please Please Me"

text: Bee Gees: March 18 – April 15, 1978

text:
"Night Fever"
"Stayin' Alive"

text: Puff Daddy: August 9–30, 1997

text:
"I'll Be Missing You" (Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112)
"Mo Money Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase)

text: Ja Rule: March 9–23, 2002

text:
"Ain't It Funny" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule)
"Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)

text: Ashanti: April 20 – May 18, 2002

text:
"Foolish"
"What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)

text: Nelly: August 10–31, 2002

text:
"Hot in Herre"
"Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland, songs switched positions on August 17, 2002)

text: OutKast: December 20, 2003 – February 7, 2004

text:
"Hey Ya!"
"The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown)

text: Usher: June 26 – July 3, 2004; July 17, 2004

text:
"Burn"
"Confessions Part II"

text: 50 Cent: April 16–30, 2005

text:
"Candy Shop" (50 Cent featuring Olivia)
"Hate It or Love It" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)

text: Mariah Carey: September 10, 2005

text:
"We Belong Together"
"Shake It Off"

text: Akon:

text: December 2, 2006

text:
"I Wanna Love You" (Akon featuring Snoop Dogg)
"Smack That" (Akon featuring Eminem)

text: April 14, 2007

text:
"Don't Matter"
"The Sweet Escape" (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon)

text: T.I.: October 18, 2008; November 1–29, 2008

text:
"Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna)
"Whatever You Like" (songs switched positions several times)

text: Black Eyed Peas: June 27[118] – July 18, 2009[119]

text:
"Boom Boom Pow"
"I Gotta Feeling" (songs switched positions on July 11, 2009)

text: Pharrell Williams: June 29[120] – July 27, 2013

text:
"Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell)
"Get Lucky" (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams)

text: Iggy Azalea: June 7[121] – July 5, 2014[122][123][124][125]

text:
"Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)
"Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)

text: The Weeknd: September 26, 2015[126]

text:
"Can't Feel My Face"
"The Hills"

text: Justin Bieber:

text: February 6–13, 2016[102][127]

text:
"Sorry"
"Love Yourself" (songs switched positions on February 13, 2016)

text: July 1–22, 2017[128][129][130][131]

text:
"Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)
"I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne)

text: Simultaneously three or more singles in the top 10

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The Beatles: February 29 – May 2, 1964 (Note: The Beatles had as many as five in the top ten April 4–11, 1964)

"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"She Loves You"
"Please Please Me"
"Twist and Shout"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"Do You Want to Know a Secret"

The Bee Gees: February 25 – March 4, 1978

"How Deep Is Your Love"
"Stayin' Alive"
"Night Fever"

Ashanti: March 30 – April 6, 2002

"Always On Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
"What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)
"Foolish"

50 Cent:

May 31 – June 7, 2003

"In Da Club"
"21 Questions" (50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg)
"Magic Stick" (Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent)

February 19 – April 30, 2005; May 14–21, 2005 (Note: 50 Cent had as many as four in the top ten April 2–9, 2005)

"Disco Inferno"
"How We Do" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)
"Candy Shop" (50 Cent featuring Olivia)
"Hate It or Love It" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)
"Just a Lil Bit"

Usher: June 5 – July 10, 2004

"Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris)
"Burn"
"Confessions Part II"

Akon: May 5, 2007 and May 19, 2007

"The Sweet Escape" (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon)
"Don't Matter"
"I Tried" (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon)

T-Pain: November 3 – December 29, 2007 (Note: All four titles below were in the top ten November 24 – December 8, 2007)

"Good Life" (Kanye West featuring T-Pain)
"Cyclone" (Baby Bash featuring T-Pain)
"Kiss Kiss" (Chris Brown featuring T-Pain)
"Low" (Flo Rida featuring T-Pain)

Chris Brown: April 5, 2008 and May 10, 2008 (Note: The first two titles below were in the top ten on both charts)

"With You"
"No Air" (Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown)
"Shawty Get Loose" (Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain)
"Forever"

Lil Wayne: September 27, 2008

"Got Money" (Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain)
"Can't Believe It" (T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne)
"Swagga Like Us" (Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)

Adele: March 3, 2012

"Rolling in the Deep"
"Someone Like You"
"Set Fire to the Rain"

Iggy Azalea: August 30, 2014

"Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)
"Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Black Widow" (Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora)

Ariana Grande: August 30, 2014

"Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Bang Bang" (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
"Break Free" (Ariana Grande featuring Zedd)

Justin Bieber: December 5, 2015 – February 6, 2016[132]

"What Do You Mean?"
"Sorry"
"Love Yourself"

The Chainsmokers: March 18, 2017[133]

"Closer" (The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey)
"Paris"
"Something Just Like This" (The Chainsmokers and Coldplay)

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Otis Redding (d. December 10, 1967) – "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (March 16, 1968)
Janis Joplin (d. October 4, 1970) – "Me and Bobby McGee" (March 20, 1971)
Jim Croce (d. September 20, 1973) – "Time in a Bottle" (December 29, 1973)
John Lennon (d. December 8, 1980) – "(Just Like) Starting Over" (December 27, 1980)
The Notorious B.I.G. (d. March 9, 1997) – "Hypnotize" (May 3, 1997) and "Mo Money Mo Problems" (August 30, 1997)
Soulja Slim (d. November 26, 2003) – "Slow Motion" (Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim) (August 7, 2004)
Static Major (d. February 25, 2008) – "Lollipop" (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major) (May 3, 2008)

text: Age records

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Louis Armstrong (age 7004229240000000000♠62 years, 279 days) is the oldest artist to top the Hot 100. He set that record with "Hello, Dolly!" on May 9, 1964.
Cher (age 7004192900000000000♠52 years, 297 days) is the oldest female artist to top the Hot 100. She set the record with "Believe" on March 13, 1999. The previous record holder was Grace Slick of Starship, who was 7004173230000000000♠47 years, 156 days old when their hit "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" began its two-week reign on April 4, 1987.
Michael Jackson (age 7003417300000000000♠11 years, 155 days) is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100. He achieved the record, as part of the Jackson 5, with "I Want You Back" on January 31, 1970.
Stevie Wonder (age 7003483700000000000♠13 years, 89 days) is the youngest solo artist to top the Hot 100. He set the record with "Fingertips Pt. 2" on August 10, 1963.
Little Peggy March (age 7003552800000000000♠15 years, 50 days) is the youngest female artist to top the Hot 100. The song which established this record for her was "I Will Follow Him", which reached #1 on April 27, 1963.
Fred Stobaugh (age 7004350870000000000♠96 years, 23 days) is the oldest living artist to chart on the Hot 100. He was featured on the Green Shoe Studio song "Oh Sweet Lorriane", which ranked at #42 on September 14, 2013.[136] The previous record was held by Tony Bennett, who was 7004311050000000000♠85 years, 59 days old when his song "Body and Soul", a duet with Amy Winehouse, ranked at #87 on October 1, 2011.
French-born Jordy Lemoine (age 7003198300000000000♠5 years, 156 days) is the youngest artist to chart on the Hot 100. He established the record when his song "Dur dur d'être bébé! (It's Tough to Be a Baby)", where he is credited simply as Jordy, entered the chart on June 19, 1993.[137][138]

text: Gap records

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The longest gap between #1 hits on the Hot 100 for an artist is 7003912100000000000♠24 years, 355 days by Cher. Her single "Believe" hit #1 on March 13, 1999, her first time on top since "Dark Lady" on March 23, 1974.
Cher also holds the record gap between first and most recent #1 on the Hot 100 over the longest period of time: 7004122850000000000♠33 years, 232 days. The first of three weeks at #1 for "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher was August 14, 1965. The last week at #1 for Cher's "Believe" was April 3, 1999.
The record for the longest wait from an artist's Hot 100 debut entry to its first #1 belongs to Santana, with 30 years between the time he first cracked the Hot 100 with "Jingo" (October 25, 1969) and the first of 12 weeks at #1 with "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas (October 23, 1999).
When the Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse duet "Body and Soul" debuted at #87 for the week of October 1, 2011,[139] Bennett became the artist with the longest overall span of singles on the Hot 100 – 7004194160000000000♠53 years, 58 days on account of his single "Young and Warm and Wonderful" which appeared at #59 on the very first edition of the Hot 100, dated August 4, 1958.

text: Album achievements

text: Most number-one singles from one album

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Number of
Singles
Artist
Album
Year

5

Michael Jackson
Bad

1987

Katy Perry
Teenage Dream

2010

4

Various artists
Saturday Night Fever

1977

Whitney Houston
Whitney

1987

George Michael
Faith

Paula Abdul
Forever Your Girl

1988

Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

1989

Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

1990

Usher
Confessions

2004

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Saturday Night Fever generated number-one singles for two different artists: "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees; and "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman.
Katy Perry's Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection was a reissue of the Teenage Dream album, and featured an additional single, "Part Of Me", which peaked at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. This brings her actual total to six. However, this does not count since the single comes from a reissue of the album and not the original release.[141]

text: Most top ten singles from one album

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Number of
singles
Artist
Album
Year

7

Michael Jackson
Thriller

1982

Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.

1984

Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

1989

6

Michael Jackson
Bad

1987

George Michael
Faith

Janet Jackson
Janet.

1993

Katy Perry
Teenage Dream

2010

5

Lionel Richie
Can't Slow Down

1983

Janet Jackson
Control

1986

Genesis
Invisible Touch

Madonna
True Blue

Huey Lewis and the News
Fore!

Whitney Houston
Whitney

1987

Paula Abdul
Forever Your Girl

1988

Bobby Brown
Don't Be Cruel

New Kids on the Block
Hangin' Tough

Bon Jovi
New Jersey

Milli Vanilli
Girl You Know It's True

1989

Various artists †
Waiting to Exhale

1995

Usher
Confessions

2004

Fergie
The Dutchess

2006

The Black Eyed Peas
The E.N.D.

2009

Taylor Swift
1989

2014

text: † Waiting to Exhale generated top ten singles for five different artists: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and "Count on Me" by Whitney Houston (the latter with CeCe Winans), "Not Gon' Cry" by Mary J. Blige, "Sittin' Up in My Room" by Brandy, and "Let It Flow" by Toni Braxton.

text: Other album achievements

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Janet Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 has the most top 5 singles, with 7.[143]
Janet Jackson has the most albums with five or more Top 10 hits. Those albums are Control, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, and janet.[144]
Drake's More Life places a record-breaking 22 entries to the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, on the April 8, 2017 chart,[111] eclipsing his previous record of 18 from his album Views less than one year earlier, on May 21, 2016.[145]

text: NOTE: Numbers listed here are, per Billboard's rules,[146] over one release.

text: Producer achievements

text: Producers with the most number-one singles

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Number of
singles
Producer(s)
Best known producing for
Biggest number-one hit and date

23

George Martin
The Beatles
"Hey Jude"[147]
(September 28, 1968)

22

Max Martin
Britney Spears, Katy Perry,
Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Taylor Swift
"Dark Horse"[148]
(February 8, 2014)

16

Steve Sholes †
Elvis Presley
"Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel"
(August 18, 1956)

Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
Janet Jackson
"Miss You Much"[149]
(October 7, 1989)

Dr. Luke
Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson,
Kesha, Miley Cyrus
"Tik Tok"[150]
(January 2, 2010)

14

Barry Gibb
Bee Gees, Andy Gibb
"How Deep Is Your Love"[150]
(December 24, 1977)

Mariah Carey
Herself
"We Belong Together"[150]
(June 4, 2005)

text: † Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100

text: Songwriter achievements

text: Songwriters with the most number-one singles

text:
Number of
singles
Songwriter
Best known writing for
Biggest number-one hit and date

32

Paul McCartney
The Beatles
"Hey Jude"[147]
(September 28, 1968)

26

John Lennon

22

Max Martin
Katy Perry, Britney Spears,
Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Taylor Swift
"Dark Horse"[148]
(February 8, 2014)

17

Mariah Carey
Herself
"We Belong Together"[155]
(June 4, 2005)

16

Barry Gibb
Bee Gees, Andy Gibb
"How Deep Is Your Love"[156]
(December 24, 1977)

Dr. Luke
Katy Perry, Kesha, Miley Cyrus
"Tik Tok"
(January 2, 2010)

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Number of
singles
Songwriter(s)
Year
Number-one hits (in chronological order)

7

John Lennon
Paul McCartney
1964
The Beatles – "I Want to Hold Your Hand"†, "She Loves You"†, "Can't Buy Me Love"†, "Love Me Do"
Peter and Gordon – "A World Without Love"
The Beatles – "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine"†††

Barry Gibb ††
1978
Bee Gees – "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive"†
Andy Gibb – "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"†
Bee Gees – "Night Fever"†
Yvonne Elliman – "If I Can't Have You"†
Andy Gibb – "Shadow Dancing"
Frankie Valli – "Grease"

5

Lamont Dozier
Brian Holland
Eddie Holland
1965
The Supremes – "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Back in My Arms Again"†
Four Tops – "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"†
The Supremes – "I Hear a Symphony"

John Lennon †††
Paul McCartney †††
1965
The Beatles – "I Feel Fine", "Eight Days a Week", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Yesterday" †††

Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
1978
Bee Gees – "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever"†
Yvonne Elliman – "If I Can't Have You"†
Andy Gibb – "Shadow Dancing"

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† Chronologically sequential, replacing each other at #1
†† Holds all-time record of writing the most consecutively charted (self-replacing) #1 songs on the Hot 100, with 4.
††† Hold all-time record of writing the most consecutive #1 A-side singles, with 6. Record includes these five 1965 A-sides and "We Can Work It Out", which hit #1 in January 1966.

text: Selected additional Hot 100 achievements

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The first #1 song on the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson (August 4, 1958).
The #1 song in the first week Billboard incorporated sales and airplay data from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems was "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn (November 30, 1991).
The #1 song in the first week Billboard allowed songs without a commercial single release to chart on the Hot 100 was "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly and Céline Dion (December 5, 1998). Though the song was making its first appearance on the Hot 100 that week, Billboard did not consider it a debut at #1, since it appeared on unpublished test charts prior to the allowance of airplay-only songs on the main chart.[160] "I'm Your Angel" also entered the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart that week at #1,[161] so it would have been ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 before then.
The first "airplay-only" song to reach #1 (no points from a commercial single release) was "Try Again" by Aaliyah (June 17, 2000).
Drake holds the record for the most entries in the Hot 100 during a one-week period, with 24 on the April 8, 2017 chart.[111] The Beatles had long held this record, occupying 14 positions on the Hot 100 dated April 11, 1964, a feat unmatched for nearly 51 years. On March 7, 2015, Drake tied the Beatles mark,[162] and he equaled it again on October 17 that year.[163] Justin Bieber then reset the record to 17 on December 5, 2015,[164] before Drake reclaimed the record with 20 on May 21, 2016.[163]
Drake also holds the record for the most debuting entries on a Hot 100 chart by any artist, with 21 on April 8, 2017.[111]
Beyoncé is the record-holder among female artists for the most simultaneous entries in the Hot 100, with 12 on the May 14, 2016 chart.[165]
The Beatles are the only artists to simultaneously hold the top 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and Billboard 200 albums chart. They achieved this feat for nine consecutive weeks, from February 29, 1964, to April 25, 1964. For the first five weeks of that run, through March 28, 1964, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" were the #1 and #2 singles (which swapped positions during March 1964), while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles held the top 2 spots on the albums charts. For the remaining weeks of the run, "Can't Buy Me Love" and their cover of "Twist and Shout" were the #1 and #2 singles, while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles continued their reign as the top 2 albums.[166][167]
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney hold the record of writing all of the Top 3 singles for one week. The Gibbs co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 18, 1978 – #1 "Night Fever" and #2 "Stayin' Alive" for the Bee Gees, and #3 "Emotion" for Samantha Sang. Lennon and McCartney co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 14, 1964 – #1 "I Want to Hold Your Hand", #2 "She Loves You", and #3 "Please Please Me", all for The Beatles. They continued this record the following week of March 21, 1964, when "She Loves You" switched places with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest uninterrupted time at #1 on the Hot 100, a total of 26 consecutive weeks from April to October 2009. "Boom Boom Pow" spent the first 12 weeks on top, with "I Gotta Feeling" taking over for the remaining 14 weeks.[168] Prior to August 2009, Usher held this record, spending 19 consecutive weeks on top of the chart in 2004 with "Yeah!" (12 weeks at #1) and "Burn" (first 7 of its 8 total weeks at #1).[169]
Taylor Swift holds the all-time record for most top ten debuts on the Hot 100, with 14.[170]
On December 4, 2010, Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" reached the top spot two weeks after "What's My Name?", becoming the first time in Hot 100 history that an album's debut single hit #1 after the second single did.[171]
Ed Sheeran became the first artist to debut more than one song in the top 10 for the same week. On the chart dated January 28, 2017, "Shape of You" debuted at #1, while "Castle on the Hill" entered at #6.[172] Drake is the only other artist to have achieved this feat, doing so on April 8, 2017.[111]
Drake holds the record for being on the Hot 100 for the most consecutive weeks. He placed at least one song, either in a lead or featured role, on every chart from his debut on May 23, 2009, to August 19, 2017, for a total of 431 weeks in a row.[173]