The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. At the end of a year, Billboard will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot 100 chart based on the information. For 2016, the list was published on December 8, calculated with data from December 5, 2015 to November 26, 2016. The 2016 list was dominated by Justin Bieber and Drake, who shared the top four spots, marking the first time two artists took up the top four spots since 2009 with Lady Gaga and The Black Eyed Peas.
The list is also notable for being one of five Billboard Year-End lists that featured 14 songs that appeared in the previous year (in this case 2015's) repeat onto to this list. The highest being Adele's "Hello", which with only three weeks being available to count in 2015's chart year, made it on to 2015's list at number 35 and repeat higher at number 7 in 2016's. Only four other year-end lists would repeat the same feat, those being 1997, 2010, 2018 and 2022.
For the first time in 10 years, the year-end number-one single was #1 for five weeks or fewer.
Year-end list
+ List of songs on Billboard 2016 Year-End Hot 100 chart Title Artist(s)1 "Love Yourself" Justin Bieber2 "Sorry" 3 "One Dance" Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla4 "Work" Rihanna featuring Drake5 "Stressed Out" Twenty One Pilots6 "Panda" Desiigner7 "Hello" Adele8 "Don't Let Me Down" The Chainsmokers featuring Daya9 "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Justin Timberlake10 "Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey11 "Cheap Thrills" Sia featuring Sean Paul12 "7 Years" Lukas Graham13 "Needed Me" Rihanna14 "My House" Flo Rida15 "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" Mike Posner16 "Work from Home" Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign17 "This Is What You Came For" Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna18 "Cake by the Ocean" DNCE19 "Me, Myself & I" G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha20 "Ride" Twenty One Pilots21 "Heathens" 22 "Pillowtalk" Zayn23 "Stitches" Shawn Mendes24 "Hotline Bling" Drake25 "Cold Water" Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ26 "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" Adele27 "Roses" The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes28 "Treat You Better" Shawn Mendes29 "Too Good" Drake featuring Rihanna30 "Low Life" Future featuring The Weeknd31 "What Do You Mean?" Justin Bieber32 "The Hills" The Weeknd33 "Just Like Fire" P!nk34 "Broccoli" DRAM featuring Lil Yachty35 "Don't" Bryson Tiller36 "Dangerous Woman" Ariana Grande37 "Jumpman" Drake and Future38 "I Hate U, I Love U" Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien39 "Here" Alessia Cara40 "Same Old Love" Selena Gomez41 "Controlla" Drake42 "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend43 "One Call Away" Charlie Puth44 "Let It Go" James Bay45 "No" Meghan Trainor46 "Never Forget You" Zara Larsson and MNEK47 "Let Me Love You" DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber48 "Don't Mind" Kent Jones49 "H.O.L.Y." Florida Georgia Line50 "We Don't Talk Anymore" Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez51 "Into You" Ariana Grande52 "Gold" Kiiara53 "Exchange" Bryson Tiller54 "679" Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz55 "Oui" Jeremih56 "Hands to Myself" Selena Gomez57 "2 Phones" Kevin Gates58 "Starboy" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk59 "For Free" DJ Khaled featuring Drake60 "Never Be Like You" Flume featuring Kai61 "In the Night" The Weeknd62 "Me Too" Meghan Trainor63 "Ex's & Oh's" Elle King64 "Die a Happy Man" Thomas Rhett65 "White Iverson" Post Malone66 "Close" Nick Jonas featuring Tove Lo67 "Unsteady" X Ambassadors68 "Sucker for Pain" Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla Sign featuring X Ambassadors69 "Down in the DM" Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj70 "Luv" Tory Lanez71 "Sorry" Beyoncé72 "Can't Feel My Face" The Weeknd73 "Hymn for the Weekend" Coldplay74 "Say It" Tory Lanez75 "Antidote" Travis Scott76 "Lost Boy" Ruth B77 "Side to Side" Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj78 "Sit Still, Look Pretty" Daya79 "Wildest Dreams" Taylor Swift80 "Middle" DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine81 "On My Mind" Ellie Goulding82 "Pop Style" Drake featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West83 "When We Were Young" Adele84 "Hide Away" Daya85 "Lean On" Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ86 "I Know What You Did Last Summer" Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello87 "All the Way Up" Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring French Montana and Infared88 "Watch Me" Silentó89 "Back to Sleep" Chris Brown 90 "No Limit" Usher featuring Young Thug91 "Cut It" O.T. Genasis featuring Young Dolph92 "Really Really" Kevin Gates93 "All In My Head (Flex)" Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap94 "Starving" Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd95 "Adventure of a Lifetime" Coldplay96 "Humble and Kind" Tim McGraw97 "Wicked" Future98 "Tiimmy Turner" Desiigner99 "See You Again" Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth100 "Perfect" One Direction
See also 2016 in American music Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of 2016 Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Songs of 2016 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2016 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2016
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