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“US pop” and “Pop Songs” redirect here. For US population, see Demographics of the United States. For other uses, see Pop Song.

Pop Airplay (also called Mainstream Top 40, Pop Songs, and Top 40/CHR) is a 40-song music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played on a panel of Top 40 radio stations in the United States. The rankings are based on radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (Nielsen BDS), a subsidiary of the United States’ leading marketing research company. Consumer researchers, Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron), refers to the format as contemporary hit radio (CHR). The current number-one song on the chart is “I Just Might” by Bruno Mars.[1]

History

The chart debuted in Billboard magazine in its issued date October 3, 1992, with the introduction of two Top 40 airplay charts, Mainstream and Rhythm-Crossover. Both Top 40 charts measured “actual monitored airplay” from data compiled by Broadcast Data Systems (BDS). The Top 40/Mainstream chart was compiled from airplay on radio stations playing a wide variety of music, while the Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover chart was made up from airplay on stations playing more dance and R&B music.[2] Both charts were “born of then-new BDS electronic monitoring technology” as a more objective and precise way of measuring airplay on radio stations. This data was also used as the airplay component for Hot 100 tabulations.[2] American Top 40 with Shadoe Stevens used this chart for their show from January 1993 to January 1995.

Top 40/Mainstream was published in the print edition of Billboard from its debut in October 1992 through May 1995, when both Top 40 charts were moved exclusively to Airplay Monitor, a secondary chart publication by Billboard. They returned to the print edition in the August 2, 2003, issue.[3] The first number-one song on the chart was “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men.[4]

Chart criteria

There are forty positions on this chart. Songs are ranked based on its total number of spins per week. This is calculated by electronically monitoring Mainstream Top 40 radio stations across the U.S. 24 hours a day, seven days a week by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

Songs receiving the greatest growth receive a “bullet”, although there are tracks that also get bullets if the loss in detections doesn’t exceed the percentage of downtime from a monitored station. “Airpower” awards are issued to songs that appear on the top 20 of both the airplay and audience chart for the first time, while the “greatest gainer” award is given to song with the largest increase in detections. A song with six or more spins in its first week is awarded an “airplay add”. If two songs are tied in spins in the same week, the one with the biggest increase that week ranks higher.

Since the introduction of the chart until 2005, songs below No. 20 were moved to recurrent after 26 weeks on the chart. Beginning the chart week of December 3, 2005, songs below No. 20 were moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Since the chart dated December 4, 2010, songs below No. 15 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart.

Whereas the Pop Airplay and Pop 100 Airplay charts both measured the airplay of songs played on Mainstream stations playing pop-oriented music, the Pop 100 Airplay (like the Hot 100 Airplay) measured airplay based on statistical impressions, while the Top 40 Mainstream chart used the number of total detections.

Source:[5]

All-time achievements

In 2012, for the 20th anniversary of the chart, Billboard compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing songs on the chart over the 20 years, along with the best-performing artists. “Iris” by Goo Goo Dolls ranked as the #1 song on that list.[6][7] In 2017, Billboard revised the rankings, including the methodologies for how they are calculated. “Another Night” by Real McCoy was the new #1 song, while the previous #1 song, “Iris”, dropped to #8. Rihanna ranked as the top artist on both all-time charts.[8] Shown below are the top 10 songs and the top 10 artists from the most recent chart.

Top 10 Pop Songs of all time (1992–2017)

Rank Single Year released Artist(s) Peak and duration
1.
 “Another Night”
1994
 Real McCoy #1 for 6 weeks
2.
 “Smooth”
1999
 Santana featuring Rob Thomas #1 for 8 weeks
3.
 “Hanging by a Moment”
2000
 Lifehouse #2 for 12 weeks
4.
 “Apologize”
2007
 Timbaland featuring OneRepublic #1 for 8 weeks
5.
 “How You Remind Me”
2001
 Nickelback #1 for 10 weeks
6.
 “Here Without You”
2003
 3 Doors Down #1 for 6 weeks
7.
 “Don’t Speak”
1996
 No Doubt #1 for 10 weeks
8.
 “Iris”
1998
 Goo Goo Dolls #1 for 4 weeks
9.
 “Closer”
2016
 The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey #1 for 11 weeks
10.
 “I Love You Always Forever”
1996
 Donna Lewis

Source:[9]

Top 10 Pop Songs artists of all time (1992–2017)

Rank Artist
1.
 Rihanna
2.
 Pink
3.
 Maroon 5
4.
 Katy Perry
5.
 Justin Timberlake
6.
 Britney Spears
7.
 Taylor Swift
8.
 Kelly Clarkson
9.
 Mariah Carey
10.
 Bruno Mars

Source:[10]

Song records

Most weeks at number one

Number of
weeks 		Artist Song Year(s) Source
16 Alex Warren “Ordinary” 2025 [11]
14 Ace of Base “The Sign” 1994 [12]
13 The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber “Stay” 2021 [13]
11 Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” 1995–96 [12]
Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” 1996 [12]
Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” 1998 [12]
Nelly featuring Tim McGraw “Over and Over” 2004–05 [12]
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey “Closer” 2016 [12]
10 Dionne Farris “I Know” 1995 [12]
No Doubt “Don’t Speak” 1996–97 [12]
Céline Dion “My Heart Will Go On” 1998 [12]
‘N Sync “Bye Bye Bye” 2000 [12]
Nickelback “How You Remind Me” 2001–02 [12]
Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” 2005 [12]
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell “Blurred Lines” 2013 [12]
Post Malone “Circles” 2019–20 [12]
Miley Cyrus “Flowers” 2023 [14]
Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” [15]

Most weeks in the top 10

Number of
weeks 		Artist Song Year(s) Source
45
 Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down” 2023–24 [16]
Alex Warren “Ordinary” 2025–26
41
 Harry Styles “As It Was” 2022–23
Benson Boone “Beautiful Things” 2024–25
40
 The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber “Stay” 2021–22
Hozier “Too Sweet” 2024–25
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars “Die with a Smile”
39
 The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” 2020
36
 Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso” 2024–25
Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather”

Most weeks on the chart

Number of
weeks 		Artist Song Year* Source
71 Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down” 2024 [17]
63 Harry Styles “As It Was” 2023 [18]
60 The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” 2021 [19]
Benson Boone “Beautiful Things” 2025 [20]
54 Glass Animals “Heat Waves” 2022 [19]
Alex Warren “Ordinary” 2026 [11]
51 Hozier “Too Sweet” 2025 [21]
50 The Weeknd “Die for You” 2023 [22]
Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather” 2025 [23]
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars “Die with a Smile” [24]
Chappell Roan “Pink Pony Club” [25]

*Year when the songs ended their respective chart runs.

Prior to 2018, the song with the most weeks on the chart was “I’ll Be” by Edwin McCain, which spent 41 weeks on the chart in 1998. This record run held for almost two decades, but has been surpassed many times since then. Radio stations having more data points, such as streaming, to increase their accuracy at measuring what radio listeners want to hear, have made longer runs more commonplace.[26]

Taylor Swift has the highest debut at number eight with “The Fate of Ophelia“.[27]

Highest debut

Debut
Position 		Artist Song Debut Date Source
No. 8 Taylor Swift “The Fate of Ophelia” October 18, 2025 [27]
No. 12 Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” August 14, 1993 [28]
Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” September 6, 2014 [29]
No. 13 Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar “Bad Blood” June 6, 2015 [30]
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone “Fortnight” May 4, 2024 [31]
No. 14 Lady Gaga “Born This Way” February 26, 2011 [28]
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z “Suit & Tie” February 2, 2013 [32]
No. 16 Madonna “Frozen” March 7, 1998 [28]
Britney Spears “Hold It Against Me” January 29, 2011 [28]
Miley Cyrus “Flowers” January 28, 2023 [33]
NSYNC “Better Place” October 14, 2023 [34]
Dua Lipa “Houdini” November 25, 2023 [35]
Bruno Mars “I Just Might” January 24, 2026 [36]
Harry Styles “Aperture” February 7, 2026 [37]
BTS “Swim” April 4, 2026 [38]

Shortest climbs to number one

Week reached
number one 		Artist(s) Song Date reached
number one 		Source
4th week Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” December 12, 1992 [39]
Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” September 4, 1993 [40]
The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” June 17, 1995 [41]
Nelly featuring Tim McGraw “Over and Over” November 6, 2004 [42]
5th week Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” May 29, 1993 [43]
Ace of Base “All That She Wants” October 30, 1993 [44]
All-4-One “I Swear” May 28, 1994 [45]
Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” September 10, 1994 [46]
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” December 9, 1995 [47]
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar “Bad Blood” July 4, 2015 [48]
Adele “Hello” December 5, 2015 [49]
Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” June 18, 2016 [50]
Miley Cyrus “Flowers” March 4, 2023 [51]

Longest climbs to number one

Week reached
number one 		Artist(s) Song Date reached
number one 		Source
37th week Lewis Capaldi “Before You Go” September 26, 2020 [52]
32nd week Glass Animals “Heat Waves” January 29, 2022 [53]
31st week Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid “Eastside” March 2, 2019 [54]
28th week Trevor Daniel “Falling” July 25, 2020 [55]
Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down” May 13, 2023 [56]
27th week Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby “Levitating” June 19, 2021 [57]
26th week Alessia Cara “Here” February 6, 2016 [58]
Sombr “Back to Friends” February 7, 2026 [59]
25th week CeeLo Green “Forget You” April 16, 2011 [58]
Demi Lovato “Give Your Heart a Break” September 15, 2012 [58]

Biggest jump to number one

Chart
movement 		Artist(s) Song Date reached
number one 		Source
7–1 Nelly featuring Tim McGraw “Over and Over” November 6, 2004 [60]
6–1 All-4-One “I Swear” May 28, 1994 [61]
The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” June 17, 1995 [62]
5–1 Nicki French “Total Eclipse of the Heart” June 10, 1995 [63]
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” December 9, 1995 [64]
Mariah Carey “Shake It Off” September 24, 2005 [65]
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” July 3, 2010 [66]
Katy Perry “Roar” September 28, 2013 [67]
Tove Lo “Habits (Stay High)” November 15, 2014 [68]
Demi Lovato “Sorry Not Sorry” November 4, 2017 [69]
Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” August 17, 2024 [70]

Biggest drop from number one

Chart
movement 		Artist(s) Song Date Source
1–7 Taylor Swift “Look What You Made Me Do” November 4, 2017 [71]
1–6 Shaggy featuring Rayvon “Angel” May 5, 2001 [72]
1–5 Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” February 13, 1993 [73]
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us” July 20, 2013 [74]
Selena Gomez “Hands to Myself” April 23, 2016 [75]
Trevor Daniel “Falling” August 1, 2020 [76]
Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help” August 17, 2024 [77]

Shortest climbs to the top 10

Week reached
top 10 		Artist(s) Song Date reached
top 10 		Source
1st week Taylor Swift “The Fate of Ophelia” October 18, 2025 [27]
2nd week Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” May 8, 1993 [78]
Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” August 21, 1993 [79]
The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” June 3, 1995 [80]
Madonna “Frozen” March 14, 1998 [81]
NSYNC “Pop” June 9, 2001 [82]
Eminem “Just Lose It” October 16, 2004 [83]
Britney Spears “Hold It Against Me” February 5, 2011 [84]
Lady Gaga “Born This Way” March 5, 2011 [85]
Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” September 13, 2014 [86]
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar “Bad Blood” June 13, 2015 [87]
Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” May 28, 2016 [88]
Taylor Swift “Look What You Made Me Do” September 16, 2017 [89]
Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie “Me!” May 11, 2019 [90]
Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits” July 10, 2021 [91]

Longest climbs to the top 10

Week reached
top 10 		Artist(s) Song Date reached top 10 Source
35th week
 Lauv “I Like Me Better” June 23, 2018 [26]
31st week
 Edwin McCain “I’ll Be” October 17, 1998 [26]
27th week Max featuring Gnash “Lights Down Low” February 3, 2018 [26]
Lewis Capaldi “Before You Go” July 18, 2020 [92]
AJR “Bang!” December 12, 2020 [93]
25th week MKTO “Classic” July 12, 2014 [26]
Daya “Sit Still, Look Pretty” October 15, 2016 [26]
Jon Bellion “All Time Low” March 11, 2017 [26]
Madison Beer “Make You Mine” September 7, 2024 [94]
24th week Saweetie featuring Doja Cat “Best Friend” July 3, 2021 [95]
Myles Smith “Nice to Meet You” October 25, 2025 [96]

Artist records

See also: List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart
Taylor Swift holds the record for most number-one singles with 15, spanning over 16 years between her first and last hit.[97] With 51 weeks at number-one, she also holds the record for having spent the most weeks at the summit.[15]

Most number-one singles

Number of
singles		 Artist Source
15 Taylor Swift [98]
12 Bruno Mars [99]
11 Rihanna [100]
Katy Perry [100]
Maroon 5 [100]
Justin Bieber [101]
10 Ariana Grande [102]
9 Pink [100]
8 Justin Timberlake [103]
Doja Cat [104]
Lady Gaga [105]

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Number of
weeks		 Artist Source
51
 Taylor Swift [15]
47
 Katy Perry [106]
45
 Mariah Carey [107]
42
 Bruno Mars [108]
41
 Justin Bieber [109]
39
 Maroon 5 [110]
32 Pink [111]
Rihanna [111]
30
 Ariana Grande [112]
29
 Ace of Base [111]

Most top 10 singles

Number of
singles		 Artist Source
30
 Rihanna [113]
27 Taylor Swift [15]
23 Ariana Grande [112]
22 Maroon 5 [110]
Justin Bieber [109]
20 Bruno Mars [108]
19 Pink [113]
Justin Timberlake [114]
18 The Weeknd [22]
17 Mariah Carey [115]
Katy Perry [106]

Most chart entries

Number of
entries		 Artist Source
52
 Rihanna [116]
50
 Taylor Swift [15]
47
 Nicki Minaj [117]
43
 Justin Bieber [109]
Chris Brown [118]
42
 Drake [119]
41
 Pitbull [120]
37
 Britney Spears [121]
Ariana Grande [112]
34
 Justin Timberlake [114]

Simultaneously occupying the top two positions

  1. “One Sweet Day” (with Boyz II Men)
  2. “Fantasy“
  • OutKast: January 31–February 7, 2004
  1. “Hey Ya!“
  2. “The Way You Move” (featuring Sleepy Brown)
  1. “Blurred Lines” (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell)
  2. “Get Lucky” (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rogers)
  1. “Fancy” (featuring Charli XCX)
  2. “Problem” (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
  • Halsey: February 23–March 9, 2019
  1. “Without Me“
  2. “Eastside” (with Benny Blanco and Khalid)
  1. “34+35“
  2. “Positions“
  1. “Good 4 U“
  2. “Deja Vu“
  1. “I Like You (A Happier Song)” (Post Malone featuring Doja Cat)
  2. “Vegas“
  1. “Apt.” (Rosé and Bruno Mars)
  2. “Die with a Smile” (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars)

Source:[122][123][124][125]

Simultaneously three or more songs in the top 10

Source:[126][127][128][129]

Self-replacement at number one

† Iggy Azalea is the only act in Mainstream Top 40 history to replace herself at number one with her first two chart entries.

†† Ariana Grande became the first artist to succeed herself at number one as the only act credited on both tracks.

Source:[130][131]

Additional artist achievements

Lady Gaga is the only musical artist in history to have her first six singles all reach the number-one position on this chart.
  • Lady Gaga is the only artist to have her first six singles reach No. 1.[132]
  • JoJo became the youngest (13) solo artist to have a number-one single on the chart with “Leave (Get Out)“.[133]
  • Rihanna is the youngest (22) artist to attain at least seven No. 1 singles on the chart.[134]
  • Justin Bieber became the youngest (26) male artist to attain at least seven No. 1 singles on the chart with “Intentions” (featuring Quavo).[134]
  • Kate Bush broke the record for the oldest song to have ever charted on the Mainstream Top 40 chart with “Running Up That Hill“, originally released in 1985. It charted in 2022 after its use in the fourth season of Stranger Things. The previous record holder was Empire of the Sun, whose song “Walking on a Dream“, originally released in 2008, charted in 2016 after its use in a Honda commercial.

Album records

Most number-one singles from an album

Number of Singles Artist Album Year (s) Source
6
Katy Perry Teenage Dream 2010–12 [135]
5
Taylor Swift 1989 2014–15 [135]
4 Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds 2006–07 [135]
Lady Gaga The Fame 2009 [135]
Sabrina Carpenter Short n’ Sweet 2024–25 [135]
3 Ace of Base The Sign 1993–94 [135]
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 1996 [135]
Avril Lavigne Let Go 2002–03 [135]
Maroon 5 Overexposed 2012–13 [135]
Justin Bieber Purpose 2015–16 [135]
Selena Gomez Revival [135]
Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia 2020–21 [135]
Lil Nas X Montero 2021–22 [135]
Doja Cat Planet Her [135]

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