Songs that entered the Hot 100 directly at the top • 93 all-time
Only 95 songs in Hot 100 history debuted at #1. In the pre-streaming era this was nearly impossible — radio airplay required weeks to build. Streaming changed everything: a major release can now arrive at #1 on day one.
| # | Song Title | Artist | Debut Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poor Little Fool | Ricky Nelson | August 04, 1958 |
| 2 | You Are Not Alone | Michael Jackson | September 02, 1995 |
| 3 | Fantasy | Mariah Carey | September 30, 1995 |
| 4 | Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (From "Waiting To Exhale") | Whitney Houston | November 25, 1995 |
| 5 | One Sweet Day | Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men | December 02, 1995 |
| 6 | I'll Be Missing You | Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112 | June 14, 1997 |
| 7 | Honey | Mariah Carey | September 13, 1997 |
| 8 | Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight | Elton John | October 11, 1997 |
| 9 | My Heart Will Go On | Celine Dion | February 28, 1998 |
| 10 | I Don't Want To Miss A Thing | Aerosmith | September 05, 1998 |
| 11 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | Lauryn Hill | November 14, 1998 |
| 12 | I'm Your Angel | R. Kelly & Celine Dion | December 05, 1998 |
| 13 | This Is The Night | Clay Aiken | June 28, 2003 |
| 14 | I Believe | Fantasia | July 10, 2004 |
| 15 | Inside Your Heaven | Carrie Underwood | July 02, 2005 |
| 16 | Do I Make You Proud | Taylor Hicks | July 01, 2006 |
| 17 | 3 | Britney Spears | October 24, 2009 |
| 18 | Not Afraid | Eminem | May 22, 2010 |
| 19 | We R Who We R | Ke$ha | November 13, 2010 |
| 20 | Hold It Against Me | Britney Spears | January 29, 2011 |
| 21 | Born This Way | Lady Gaga | February 26, 2011 |
| 22 | Part Of Me | Katy Perry | March 03, 2012 |
| 23 | Harlem Shake | Baauer | March 02, 2013 |
| 24 | Shake It Off | Taylor Swift | September 06, 2014 |
| 25 | What Do You Mean? | Justin Bieber | September 19, 2015 |
| 26 | Hello | Adele | November 14, 2015 |
| 27 | Pillowtalk | Zayn | February 20, 2016 |
| 28 | Can't Stop The Feeling! | Justin Timberlake | May 28, 2016 |
| 29 | Shape Of You | Ed Sheeran | January 28, 2017 |
| 30 | I'm The One | DJ Khaled Featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne | May 20, 2017 |
| 31 | God's Plan | Drake | February 03, 2018 |
| 32 | Nice For What | Drake | April 21, 2018 |
| 33 | This Is America | Childish Gambino | May 19, 2018 |
| 34 | Thank U, Next | Ariana Grande | November 17, 2018 |
| 35 | 7 Rings | Ariana Grande | February 02, 2019 |
| 36 | Sucker | Jonas Brothers | March 16, 2019 |
| 37 | HIGHEST IN THE ROOM | Travis Scott | October 19, 2019 |
| 38 | Toosie Slide | Drake | April 18, 2020 |
| 39 | The Scotts | THE SCOTTS, Travis Scott & Kid Cudi | May 09, 2020 |
| 40 | Stuck With U | Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber | May 23, 2020 |
| 41 | Rain On Me | Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande | June 06, 2020 |
| 42 | Trollz | 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj | June 27, 2020 |
| 43 | Cardigan | Taylor Swift | August 08, 2020 |
| 44 | WAP | Cardi B Featuring Megan Thee Stallion | August 22, 2020 |
| 45 | Dynamite | BTS | September 05, 2020 |
| 46 | Franchise | Travis Scott Featuring Young Thug & M.I.A. | October 10, 2020 |
| 47 | Positions | Ariana Grande | November 07, 2020 |
| 48 | Life Goes On | BTS | December 05, 2020 |
| 49 | Willow | Taylor Swift | December 26, 2020 |
| 50 | Drivers License | Olivia Rodrigo | January 23, 2021 |
| 51 | What's Next | Drake | March 20, 2021 |
| 52 | Peaches | Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon | April 03, 2021 |
| 53 | Montero (Call Me By Your Name) | Lil Nas X | April 10, 2021 |
| 54 | Rapstar | Polo G | April 24, 2021 |
| 55 | Good 4 U | Olivia Rodrigo | May 29, 2021 |
| 56 | Butter | BTS | June 05, 2021 |
| 57 | Permission To Dance | BTS | July 24, 2021 |
| 58 | Way 2 Sexy | Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug | September 18, 2021 |
| 59 | My Universe | Coldplay x BTS | October 09, 2021 |
| 60 | All Too Well (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | November 27, 2021 |
| 61 | As It Was | Harry Styles | April 16, 2022 |
| 62 | First Class | Jack Harlow | April 23, 2022 |
| 63 | Wait For U | Future Featuring Drake & Tems | May 14, 2022 |
| 64 | Jimmy Cooks | Drake Featuring 21 Savage | July 02, 2022 |
| 65 | Super Freaky Girl | Nicki Minaj | August 27, 2022 |
| 66 | Anti-Hero | Taylor Swift | November 05, 2022 |
| 67 | Flowers | Miley Cyrus | January 28, 2023 |
| 68 | Like Crazy | Jimin | April 08, 2023 |
| 69 | Vampire | Olivia Rodrigo | July 15, 2023 |
| 70 | Seven | Jung Kook Featuring Latto | July 29, 2023 |
| 71 | Rich Men North Of Richmond | Oliver Anthony Music | August 26, 2023 |
| 72 | I Remember Everything | Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves | September 09, 2023 |
| 73 | Slime You Out | Drake Featuring SZA | September 30, 2023 |
| 74 | First Person Shooter | Drake Featuring J. Cole | October 21, 2023 |
| 75 | Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault] | Taylor Swift | November 11, 2023 |
| 76 | Yes, And? | Ariana Grande | January 27, 2024 |
| 77 | Hiss | Megan Thee Stallion | February 10, 2024 |
| 78 | We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) | Ariana Grande | March 23, 2024 |
| 79 | Like That | Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar | April 06, 2024 |
| 80 | Fortnight | Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone | May 04, 2024 |
| 81 | Not Like Us | Kendrick Lamar | May 18, 2024 |
| 82 | I Had Some Help | Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen | May 25, 2024 |
| 83 | Love Somebody | Morgan Wallen | November 02, 2024 |
| 84 | Squabble Up | Kendrick Lamar | December 07, 2024 |
| 85 | 4X4 | Travis Scott | February 08, 2025 |
| 86 | What I Want | Morgan Wallen Featuring Tate McRae | May 31, 2025 |
| 87 | Manchild | Sabrina Carpenter | June 21, 2025 |
| 88 | The Fate Of Ophelia | Taylor Swift | October 18, 2025 |
| 89 | I Just Might | Bruno Mars | January 24, 2026 |
| 90 | Aperture | Harry Styles | February 07, 2026 |
| 91 | Swim | BTS | April 04, 2026 |
| 92 | Drop Dead | Olivia Rodrigo | May 02, 2026 |
| 93 | Janice STFU | Drake | May 30, 2026 |
| 94 | Hate That I Made You Love Me | Ariana Grande | June 13, 2026 |
| 95 | I Knew It, I Knew You | Taylor Swift | June 20, 2026 |