List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2010
Kesha 's debut single "Tik Tok " was the longest-running number-one single of the year, spending nine consecutive weeks atop the chart, the longest running debut single by a female artist since Debby Boone in 1977. The same year would spawn another chart topper with "We R Who We R ".
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, and airplay . There were 17 total number-one singles in 2010.
In 2010, nine acts gained their first U.S. number-one single either as a lead or featured act: Kesha , Taio Cruz , B.o.B , Bruno Mars , will.i.am , Far East Movement , The Cataracs , Dev , and Drake .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Rihanna earned four number-one singles during the year — three as a solo artist and one as featured guest on Eminem 's "Love the Way You Lie " — the first time a female artist has achieved this accomplishment in a single calendar year. She also became the female artist with the fifth most number-one singles, scoring her sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth number-one singles during the year.[ 6] Katy Perry , Eminem, Kesha, and Bruno Mars also each scored multiple number-one singles during the year, with Katy Perry scoring three consecutive number-one singles — a feat last done by R&B singer Monica eleven years earlier.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Usher became the first artist to score number-one singles in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s when his song "OMG " reached number one, becoming his ninth number-one single.[ 11] Kesha's "Tik Tok " was the longest-running number-one single of the year with nine consecutive weeks at the top — the longest run for a debut single by a female artist since 1977.[ 12] Two singles debuted at the top of the chart this year: Eminem's "Not Afraid " and Kesha's "We R Who We R ," becoming the sixteenth and seventeenth singles in the chart's 52-year history to debut at number one.[ 13] [ 14]
Chart history
Rapper Eminem 's lead-off single (from his album Recovery ) "Not Afraid " became the first hip-hop song to debut at the top of the charts since Puff Daddy 's "I'll Be Missing You " in 1997, the sixteenth overall in the chart's 52-year history. The same album would spawn another chart topper in 2010 with "Love The Way You Lie " (featuring Rihanna ).
Rihanna became the first female artist in the history of the chart to have four number-one singles in a calendar year. She also became the first artist to have a lead single from an album reach number one after its second single when her "Only Girl (In the World) " reached the top of the chart two weeks after "What's My Name? " did.
Katy Perry became the first female artist in eleven years to have three #1 singles from an album. She would go on to have five consecutive and six non-consecutive #1 singles from that album.
Usher became the first artist to score number-one singles in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s when "OMG" reached #1.
Key
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Indicates best-performing single of 2010
Number-one artists
See also
References
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