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List of <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

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The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During 1958–1969 the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.

Number ones

Key
 ♪   – Number-one single of the year

Note: The year-end number-one singles for 1963, 1965 and 1966 were "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys, "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, and "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas, respectively, which peaked at numbers 3, 2, and 4, also respectively, and thus are not included here.

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The Beatles earned the most number-one hits (18 songs) and remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (55 weeks) during 1958–1969.
Elvis Presley remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 22 weeks during 1958–1969.
The Supremes scored 12 number-one singles during 1958–1969, spending 22 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
"The Twist" by Chubby Checker topped the chart in two different chart years and ranked as the most successful song in the chart's history, until surpassed by The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" (2020).
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1 Across two separate chart runs (1960, 1962), "The Twist" has accumulated three total weeks at number-one. It was the only song in the history of the Hot 100 to achieve number-one in two separate chart runs, until "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey accomplished the same feat in 2020.

Statistics by decade

By artist

The following artists achieved four or more number-one hits during 1958–1969. A number of artists had number-one singles on their own as well as part of a collaboration.

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Artists by total number of weeks at number-one

The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during 1958–1969.

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Songs by total number of weeks at number-one

The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during 1958–1969.

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See also

References

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    "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Every No. 1 Song (1958-2013)". Billboard. August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2014. No. 1 hits from 1958–69
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