The Dance/Electronic Songs chart has been published weekly by '' Billboard'' since January 2013. It is the first chart to be published that ranks the most popular dance and

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songs according to audience impressions, digital downloads, streaming and club play and it was introduced as a result of in an increase in the genre's popularity. The first number-one song on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart for the issue dated January 26, 2013, was " Scream & Shout" by will.i.am and Britney Spears.

Background and eligibility criteria

As a result of the increase in the popularity of dance and

music, '' Billboard'' introduced the Dance/Electronic Songs chart in January 2013 to rank the most popular dance and electronic song according to

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audience impressions, digital downloads, streaming and club play and publishes it on a weekly basis. They are tracked by Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen BDS, BDS from streaming services including

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and Xbox Music, and from a United States-wide select panel of 140 DJs; it uses the same methodology as is used for the all-genre ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It is separate to the Dance Club Songs and

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charts, the former of which is ranked by most popular club play and the latter by the most sales. Songs will be eligible to chart on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart based on their "core sound and tempo," however dance remixes of songs which were originally pop, R&B,

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or a different genre are not eligible for inclusion, regardless of whether it appears on either the Dance Club Songs or

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charts.

Song achievements

Most weeks at number one

Artist achievements

Artists with most number-one songs

Artists with most weeks at number-one on the chart

* 82 – The Chainsmokers * 81 –

Marshmello Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. His songs "Silence", "Wolves", "Friends", " Happier", and " Alone" have been certified multi-platinum in several ...

* 69 –

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* 55 –

Zedd Anton Zaslavski (russian: Антон Заславский; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a Russian-born German DJ, record producer, and songwriter. Zedd grew up and began his musical journey in Kaiserslautern, G ...

* 37 – Elton John * 36 – Dua Lipa,

Pnau Pnau ( ) is an Australian dance music trio originating from Sydney. The trio, a duo before 2016, consists of the musicians Nick Littlemore (vocals, production), Peter Mayes (guitar, production) and Sam Littlemore (production), with the latter j ...

* 35 –

DJ Snake William Sami Étienne Grigahcine (born 13 June 1986), known by his stage name DJ Snake, is an Algerian French music producer and DJ, first achieving international recognition in 2013 by releasing an instrumentation-oriented single called "Turn Do ...

* 33 – Maren Morris,

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* 27 –

Avicii Tim Bergling (; 8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii (, ), was a Swedish DJ, remixer and music producer. At the age of 16, Bergling began posting his remixes on electronic music forums, which led to his first re ...

, Halsey * 25 –

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, MØ,

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* 24 –

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

Bebe Rexha Bleta Rexha (; born August 30, 1989), known professionally as Bebe Rexha ( ), is an American pop singer and songwriter. After signing with Warner Records in 2013, Rexha received songwriting credits on Eminem's single " The Monster" (which lat ...

* 23 –

Saint Jhn Carlos St. John Phillips (born August 26, 1986), known professionally as Saint Jhn (stylized as SAINt JHN; pronounced "Saint John"), is a Guyanese-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the 2019 remix to ...

Imanbek Imanbek Maratuly Zeikenov ( kk, Иманбек Маратұлы Зейкенов, İmanbek Maratūly Zeikenov; born 21 October 2000), known mononymously as Imanbek, is a Kazakh electronic dance music record producer. In 2019, he became kno ...

* 19 – Travis Scott, Hvme * 17 –

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, Surf Mesa, Emile * 16 –

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, Pharrell Williams

Milestones

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holds the record for the most songs (5) simultaneously in the top 10, with " Rain on Me", " Sour Candy", " Stupid Love", "Alice" and "911" during the week of June 13, 2020. *

holds the record for having the most charted songs, with 71. *

holds the milestone as the first artist to have a song positioned at No. 1 on the Year End chart two years straight with " Turn Down for What" featuring

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in 2014 and " Lean On" with

featuring MØ in 2015. The Chainsmokers later replicated this with " Don't Let Me Down" featuring Daya and "

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" with

topping the Year End chart in 2016 and 2017 respectively. *"

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" by

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featuring

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holds the record for longest climb to number one, reaching the top in its 47th week on the chart. *" Happier" by

and

holds the record for most weeks spent on the chart at 92 weeks. It also is the first song to top the chart for a complete year (2019). *"Stupid Love" by Lady Gaga became the first song to debut at number one on the chart during the week of March 14, 2020. * Lady Gaga's album ''

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'' is also the first album to get 5 songs in the top 10 also on June 13, 2020. * " Pepas" by

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became the first Spanish-language song to reach number one on the chart for the week of August 21, 2021.

References

External links

Current Dance/Electronic Songs
{{Billboard Billboard charts