Billboard made a count of all the artists who have debuted at the top of their Hot 100 chart in recent years.
The magazine has been around since 1894, and since then it has been one of the most popular and respected in the American music industry. They even have a GLAAD Award for Best Magazine Coverage.
According to the outlet, the way to enter the Hot 100 chart is through “the current week’s hottest songs across all genres, ranked based on streaming activity from digital music sources tracked by Luminate, impressions from the Radio airplay audience measured by Luminate and sales data compiled by Luminate”. In simpler terms, the list is made up of the top 100 best-selling singles with the most weekly streams.
And although, being weekly, there are songs that go up week by week, there are others that directly reach the first place as soon as they are released. This is why Billboard highlighted the artists who have achieved it.
Artists who debuted at #1 on the Hot 100
2010:
-Eminem with “Not Afraid”
– Kesha with “We R Who We R”
2011:
-Britney Spears with “Hold It Against Me”
-Lady Gaga with “Born This Way”
2012:
-Katy Perry with “Part Of Me”
2013:
-Baauer with “Harlem Shake”
2014:
-Taylor Swift with “Shake It Off”
2015:
– Justin Bieber with “What Do You Mean?”
–Adele with “Hello”
2016:
-Zayn with “Pillowtalk”
– Justin Timberlake with “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
2017:
– Ed Sheeran with “Shape Of You”
– DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne with “I’m The One”
2018:
– Drake with “God’s Plan”
– Drake with “Nice for What”
– Childish Gambino with “This Is America”
–Ariana Grande with “Thank U, Next”
2019:
–Ariana Grande with “7 Rings”
–Jonas Brothers with “Sucker”
– Travis Scott with “Highest In The Room”
2020:
– Drake with “Toosie Slide”
– The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi with “The Scotts”
–Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber with “Stuck with U”
-Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande with “Rain On Me”
–6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj with “Trollz”
–Taylor Swift with “Cardigan”
– Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion with “WAP”
– BTS with “Dynamite”
–Travis Scott with “Franchise”
–Ariana Grande with “Positions”
–BTS with “Life Goes On”
–Taylor Swift with “Willow”
2021:
-Olivia Rodrigo with “Drivers License”
-Drake with “What’s Next”
– Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon with “Peaches”
-Lil Nas X with “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
-Polo G with “Rapstar”
-Olivia Rodrigo with “Good 4 U”
-BTS with “Butter”
-BTS with “Permission to Dance”
–Drake feat. Future & Young Thug with “Way 2 Sexy”
-Coldplay featuring BTS with “My Universe”
-Taylor Swift with “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”
2022:
-Harry Styles with “As It Was”
-Jack Harlow with “First Class”
-Future feat. Drake & Tems with “Wait For U”
-Drake feat. 21 Savage with “Jimmy Cooks”
-Nicki Minaj with “Super Freaky Girl”
-Taylor Swift with “Anti-Hero”
2023:
-Miley Cyrus with “Flowers”
-Jimin with “Like Crazy”
If you want to check out the pre-2010s hits that went to number 1, check out the full list here.