This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1944 according to ''
The Billboard
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''. Prior to the creation of the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, ''The Billboard'' published multiple singles charts each week. In 1944, the following two all-genre national singles charts were published:
*''National Best Selling Retail Records'' – ranked the highest-selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the United States.
*''Most Played Juke Box Records'' (introduced January 8) – ranked the most played songs in
jukebox
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media. The classic jukebox has buttons, with letters and numbers on them, which are used to sele ...
es across the United States, as reported by machine operators.
Shown are the songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records and Most Played Juke Box Records charts in 1944.
See also
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1944 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1944.
Specific locations
* 1944 in British music
* 1944 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
* 1944 in country music
* 1944 in jazz
Events
*January 18 – The Metropolitan O ...
References
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1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
United States singles
1944 in American music