"
Blinding Lights" by
the Weeknd (pictured) was the best-performing single of 2020, spending a total of four nonconsecutive weeks at the top position of the Billboard Hot 100, as well as breaking Billboard records for both the most time ever spent in the Top 5, and the most spent in the Top 10.
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 2020, the list was published on December 3, calculated with data from November 23, 2019 to November 14, 2020.
Billboard's top Hot 100 artist of 2020 was The Weeknd, whose "Blinding Lights" was the number-one Hot 100 song of the year. It was one of two songs he placed on the list.
Year-end list
Roddy Ricch (pictured) has six songs on the Year-End list, tying
Lil Baby for the most songs on the list. Four of these songs are in the top 40, with his two highest-ranking songs being the number-one songs "
The Box" at number 3 and "
Rockstar" (
DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch) at number 5.
Drake (pictured) has five songs on the list, with his highest-ranking being a feature on "
Life Is Good" by
Future at number 7.
Future (pictured) placed a major hit in the Top 10 at 7 on the list with "
Life Is Good" with rapper
Drake from his album, "
High Off Life" which is the highest chart of his career at one point.
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