The Streaming Songs chart is released weekly by ''
Billboard
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'' magazine and lists each week's top streamed radio songs, on-demand songs and videos on leading online music services in the United States. The chart represents one of the three components, along with airplay (
Hot 100 Airplay) and sales (
Hot Digital Songs
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and
Hot Singles Sales), that determine the chart positions of songs on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, which ranks the most popular songs in the United States.
''Billboard'' editorial director Bill Werde said that "
Harlem Shake"'s success prompted them to enact the chart policy after two years of discussions with YouTube".
[ The first number-one song on the chart was " Thrift Shop" by ]Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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featuring Wanz
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on January 19, 2013.
Lists of number ones
Chart achievements
Songs with the most weeks at number one
Source:
Highest stream peaks
* 143 million, " Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X
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featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
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(April 20, 2019)
* 116.2 million, " In My Feelings" – Drake (July 28, 2018)
* 103.1 million, " Harlem Shake" – Baauer
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He has produced varied dance music from the age of 13 ...
(March 2, 2013)
* 101.7 million, " God's Plan" – Drake (March 3, 2018)
* 94.8 million, “ thank u, next” — Ariana Grande (November 17, 2018)
* 93 million, " WAP" – Cardi B
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featuring Megan Thee Stallion
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Megan initially gained recognition when videos of her freestyling began to circulate widely on social me ...
(August 22, 2020)
* 85.3 million, " 7 Rings" – Ariana Grande (February 2, 2019)
* 84.5 million, " Look What You Made Me Do" – Taylor Swift
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(September 16, 2017)
* 77.2 million, " The Box" – Roddy Ricch (January 25, 2020)
* 76.4 million, " I Had Some Help" – Post Malone
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featuring Morgan Wallen
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(May 25, 2024)
* 76.2 million, “Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)” — Taylor Swift (April 27, 2025)
* 76.1 million, " Drivers License" – Olivia Rodrigo (January 23, 2021)
Source:
Artists with the most number-one songs
Artists with the most weeks at number one
Selected additional Streaming Songs achievements
* Mariah Carey
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's " All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the first holiday song to reach number one on Streaming Songs. It achieved this on the chart dated January 5, 2019, with 51.9 million streams. Brenda Lee
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's " Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" reached number one on Streaming Songs on the chart dated January 7, 2023, with 46.87 million streams.
* Brenda Lee
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's " Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is the oldest song to reach the top of the Streaming Songs chart, being released in 1958. It is also the longest time from debuting on the chart to reaching the top, sitting at the top of the summit over 7 years later. Furthermore, it is the song with the longest climb to number one, taking 43 weeks to reach the summit.
* Lil Nas X
Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known by his stage name Lil Nas X ( ), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his 2018 country rap single "Old Town Road," the longest-running nu ...
and Billy Ray Cyrus
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' " Old Town Road" is the first song to garner over 100 million streams in nine separate weeks.
* Cardi B
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's " WAP" featuring Megan Thee Stallion
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Megan initially gained recognition when videos of her freestyling began to circulate widely on social me ...
holds the record for greatest first-week streams, with 93 million.
* Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone' " Me Porto Bonito" is the first song completely in Spanish to reach number one on Streaming Songs. It achieved this on the chart dated July 30, 2022, with 21.1 million streams.
* Taylor Swift
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and Drake share the record of being the only artists ever to hold the entire top ten of the chart in a week and the only artists to have debuted ten songs in the top ten simultaneously.
References
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