This is a list of the songs that placed number one in the United States during 2022. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the US. Its data is compiled by Luminate Data and published by American music magazine Billboard. The chart is based on each song's weekly physical and digital sales collectively, the amount of airplay it receives on American radio stations, and its audio and video streams on online digital music platforms.
"As It Was", the lead single from British singer Harry Styles' third studio album Harry's House (2022), debuted atop the Hot 100 and spent 15 weeks at the top spot—the most for any song in 2022, and the longest reigning number-one song by a soloist in the 64-year history of the chart, surpassing "Candle in the Wind" (1997) by Elton John, "I Will Always Love You" (1992) by Whitney Houston, and "We Belong Together" (2005) by Mariah Carey. "Heat Waves" (2020) by British indie pop band Glass Animals topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100, after reaching number-one on the weekly charts in its 59th week, breaking the record for the longest journey to number one, surpassing the 35-week tally of Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994). With 91 total weeks on the chart, the song dethroned The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" (2020) as the longest-charting song in Hot 100 history.
"Anti-Hero", the lead single from American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's tenth studio album Midnights (2022), was the best-selling song of 2022. It sold 327,000 digital downloads in its third week on the Hot 100, garnering the biggest sales week for a song in over five years, since Swift's own "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017) sold 353,000 copies in its first week. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (2021) by Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the cast of Encanto broke the all-time Hot 100 record for the most credited artists on a number-one song (seven). It is the second chart-topper from a Disney animated film, after "A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle from Aladdin (1992), and the studio's only song that spent five weeks at number one. British singer Sam Smith and German singer Kim Petras became the first publicly non-binary and transgender artists, respectively, to top the Hot 100, after their 2022 single "Unholy" rose to the number-one spot.
Twenty-three acts have reached number one in 2022, with twelve—Gaitán, Castillo, Adassa, Feliz, Guerrero, Beatriz, the Encanto cast, Glass Animals, Tems, Steve Lacy, Smith and Petras—reaching the top spot for the first time. Canadian rapper Drake is the only act to have garnered two number-one songs this year, with his 2022 singles "Wait for U" and "Jimmy Cooks".
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-performing song of 2022 Issue date Song Artist(s) re January 1 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey January 8 re January 15 "Easy on Me" Adele January 22 January 29 1133 February 5 "We Don't Talk About Bruno" Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa,Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatrizand the Encanto cast February 12 February 19 February 26 March 5 1134 March 12 "Heat Waves" Glass Animals March 19 March 26 April 2 April 9 1135 April 16 "As It Was" Harry Styles 1136 April 23 "First Class" Jack Harlow re April 30 "As It Was" Harry Styles May 7 1137 May 14 "Wait for U" Future featuring Drake and Tems re May 21 "First Class" Jack Harlow May 28 re June 4 "As It Was" Harry Styles June 11 June 18 June 25 1138 July 2 "Jimmy Cooks" Drake featuring 21 Savage re July 9 "As It Was" Harry Styles July 16 July 23 1139 July 30 "About Damn Time" Lizzo August 6 1140 August 13 "Break My Soul" Beyoncé August 20 1141 August 27 "Super Freaky Girl" Nicki Minaj re September 3 "As It Was" Harry Styles September 10 September 17 September 24 October 1 1142 October 8 "Bad Habit" Steve Lacy October 15 October 22 1143 October 29 "Unholy" Sam Smith and Kim Petras 1144 November 5 "Anti-Hero" Taylor Swift November 12 November 19 November 26 December 3 December 10 re December 17 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey December 24 December 31
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Harry Styles 15 2 Taylor Swift 6 3 Carolina Gaitán 5 Mauro Castillo Adassa Rhenzy Feliz Diane Guerrero Stephanie Beatriz Encanto cast Glass Animals Mariah Carey 12 Adele 3 Jack Harlow Steve Lacy 15 Drake 2 Lizzo Beyoncé 18 Future 1 Tems 21 Savage Nicki Minaj Sam Smith Kim Petras
See also List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2022 List of Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2022 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2022 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2020s Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2022 2022 in American music
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