List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2026

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. Its data is compiled by Luminate Data and is published by the American music magazine Billboard. The chart is based on each song's weekly physical and digital sales collectively, the amount of airplay impressions it receives on American radio stations, and its audio and video streams on online digital music platforms.

With 17 non-consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100, "Choosin' Texas" (2025) by Ella Langley became the year's longest-running number-one single, the longest-running number-one by a female country musician, and the longest-reigning non-holiday chart-topper by a female soloist, surpassing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" (1992) and Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (2005).^[1] Taylor Swift broke the record for the most number-one singles amassed in the 21st century, following her 15th chart-topper, "I Knew It, I Knew You" (2026) from the soundtrack of the 2026 film Toy Story 5.^[2] It also marked the third number-one hit from an animated Disney film,^{[note 1]} and the first for Pixar studios.^[2]

As of the chart dated August 15, ten artists have reached the number one spot in 2026, with one―Langley―reaching the top spot for the first time. Swift is the only artist to chart more than one number-one song during the year so far; she has three.