Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance songs in the United States during 2010 on the Hot Dance Club Songs, the Hot Dance Singles Sales, and the Hot Dance Airplay. Premiered in 1976, the Hot Dance Club Songs ranked the most popular songs on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The Hot Dance Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States. The Hot Dance Airplay was first published in 2003, ranking the songs based on airplay detections on dance radio.
The first club play number-one song of the year was claimed by Lady Gaga with "Bad Romance", a position it held in the last week of 2009, thus spending two weeks atop the chart in total. Multiple artists achieved two number one songs on the chart, including Jennifer Lopez with "Louboutins" and "Fresh Out the Oven", the latter of which was a collaboration with Pitbull and released under Lopez's pseudonym "Lola". Christina Aguilera also achieved two number one songs with "Not Myself Tonight" and "You Lost Me", while Shakira topped the chart with "Did It Again (Lo Hecho Esta Hecho)" and "Loca", a collaboration with Dizzee Rascal. Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue scored two number one songs with "All the Lovers" and "Get Outta My Way".
Beyoncé and Katy Perry were the only artists to achieve three number one songs in 2010; the former with "Why Don't You Love Me", "Telephone", a collaboration with Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, and "Video Phone", another collaboration between the two, but with Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga. Perry attainted three number one songs with "California Gurls", a collaboration with Snoop Dogg, "Teenage Dream", and the promotional single "Peacock". Gaga and Rihanna were the only artists to top the chart four times each. As well as "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Videophone", Gaga also reached number one with "Alejandro". Rihanna topped the chart with "Russian Roulette", "Hard", a collaboration with Jeezy, "Rude Boy", and "Only Girl (In the World)". Goldfrapp's "Rocket", which peaked at number one on May 1, ranked at number one on the 2010 Hot Dance Club Songs year end chart.
Charts history
+Issue dateHot Dance Club SongsHot Dance Singles SalesHot Dance AirplaySongArtist(s)SongArtist(s)SongArtist(s) January 2 "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga "Replay" Iyaz "Hang On" Plumb January 9 "Make Me" Janet "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga "Hot" Inna January 16 "One Love" David Guetta featuring Estelle"Tik Tok"Kesha January 23 "Push N Pull" Noferini & Marini vs. Sylvia Tosun January 30 "Fresh Out the Oven" Lola featuring Pitbull "Hot" Inna February 6 "Did It Again (Lo Hecho Esta Hecho)" Shakira"Tik Tok"Kesha February 13 "Why Don't You Love Me" Beyoncé February 20 "Russian Roulette" Rihanna February 27 "Telephone" Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga March 6 "Hard" Rihanna featuring Jeezy "Secret Love" Kim Sozzi March 13 "The Power of Music" Kristine W"Love Keeps Calling"AnnaGrace March 20 "Acapella" Kelis "Telephone" Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé March 27 "Fancy Free" Sun "Rocket" Goldfrapp April 3 "Louboutins" Jennifer Lopez "Crush On You" Christelle Starring Dizzy D "Secret Love" Kim Sozzi April 10 "Naturally" Selena Gomez & the Scene"Heartbreak"M'Black April 17 "Give Me Something" Ono April 24 "Heartbreak on Vinyl" Blake Lewis "Imma Be" / "Rock That Body" The Black Eyed Peas "Sweet Disposition" The Temper Trap May 1 "Rocket" Goldfrapp "Whataya Want from Me" Adam Lambert "Rude Boy" Rihanna May 8 "Video Phone" Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga "Break Your Heart" Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris May 15"Rude Boy"Rihanna "Telephone" Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé "Ghosts N Stuff" Deadmau5 featuring Rob Swire May 22 "Pyramid" Charice featuring Iyaz "Crush On You" Christelle Starring Dizzy D "Heartbreak on Vinyl" Blake Lewis May 29 "Imma Be" The Black Eyed Peas "Bulletproof" La Roux "Naturally" Selena Gomez & the Scene June 5 "Dust in Gravity" Delerium featuring Kreesha Turner "Alejandro" Lady Gaga "Stereo Love" Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina June 12 "Gettin' Over You" David Guetta and Chris Willis featuring Fergie and LMFAO "Happiness" Alexis Jordan June 19 "Not Myself Tonight" Christina Aguilera "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga "Gettin' Over You" David Guetta & Chris Willis Featuring Fergie & LMFAO June 26 "Pretty Mess" Erika Jayne "Alejandro" Lady Gaga "Stereo Love" Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina July 3 "Alejandro" Lady Gaga "Gettin' Over You" David Guetta & Chris Willis Featuring Fergie & LMFAO July 10 "Commander" Kelly Rowland featuring David Guetta"California Gurls"Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg July 17 "Happiness" Alexis Jordan "All The Lovers" Kylie Minogue July 24 "Dirty Talk" Wynter Gordon "Alejandro" Lady Gaga July 31 "Alive" Goldfrapp "Cooler Than Me" Mike Posner August 7 "Your Love Is My Drug" Kesha "Dynasty" Kaskade Featuring Haley August 14 "All the Lovers" Kylie Minogue "Round & Round" Selena Gomez & The Scene "Better Than Her" Matisse August 21 "California Gurls" Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg "Dynamite" Taio Cruz August 28 "I Like It" Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull"The Radio"Get Far Featuring H-Boogie September 4 "Fire with Fire" Scissor Sisters September 11 "Dynamite" Taio Cruz "We No Speak Americano" Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP September 18 "Figure It Out" Dave Audé featuring Isha Coco"Stereo Love"Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina September 25 "Wouldnit (I'm a Star)" Ono October 2 "Beautiful Monster" Ne-Yo"Teenage Dream"Katy Perry October 9 "You Lost Me" Christina Aguilera October 16 "Teenage Dream" Katy Perry "OMG" Usher Featuring will.i.am"I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)"Alex Gaudino October 23 "Body Shots" Kaci Battaglia featuring Ludacris October 30 "Get Outta My Way" Kylie Minogue "We No Speak Americano" Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup"Only Girl (In the World)"Rihanna November 6 "To Paris with Love" Donna Summer November 13 "Only Girl (In the World)" Rihanna "Stereo Love" Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina "I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)" Alex Gaudino November 20 "Hands" The Ting Tings "Take Over Control" Afrojack featuring Eva Simons November 27 "In for the Kill" La Roux "Somewhere" DJ Mog featuring Sarah Lynn December 4 "Peacock" Katy Perry "Raise Your Glass" Pink December 11 "I Like That" Richard Vission and Static Revenger starring Luciana "Only Girl (In the World)" Rihanna December 18 "Barbra Streisand" Duck Sauce "Take Over Control" Afrojack featuring Eva Simons December 25 "Loca" Shakira featuring Dizzee Rascal "Raise Your Glass" Pink
See also 2010 in American music List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2010
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