2000 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-Topper

The 2000 Billboard Number One Hits list opened the new decade with Latin rock, teen pop, country crossover, R&B, movie soundtrack power, pop-rock, and the early signs of the download-era changes that would arrive a few years later. Santana carried over from 1999, Christina Aguilera scored two No. 1 hits, Janet Jackson and Madonna added to their chart legacies, and Destiny’s Child closed the year with a soundtrack anthem from Charlie’s Angels.

This page follows the Billboard Hot 100 issue dates for 2000, shown here as reader-friendly weekly date ranges. Because Billboard chart weeks can cross calendar years, this list begins with Santana’s late-1999 carryover and continues into early 2001 with Destiny’s Child’s Independent Women Part I.

The Billboard Hot 100 ranks the most popular songs in the United States using radio airplay, sales, and later streaming activity. These are official Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 songs, not pop-only, rock-only, airplay-only, country-only, R&B-only, or “this was the song on every Now CD” rankings.

2000 Billboard Number One Hits by Week

December 26, 1999 – January 8, 2000: Smooth – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
January 9 – January 22, 2000: What a Girl Wants – Christina Aguilera
January 23 – February 12, 2000: I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden
February 13 – February 19, 2000: Thank God I Found You – Mariah Carey featuring Joe & 98 Degrees
February 20 – February 26, 2000: I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden
February 27 – March 11, 2000: Amazed – Lonestar
March 12 – April 1, 2000: Say My Name – Destiny’s Child
April 2 – June 10, 2000: Maria Maria – Santana featuring The Product G&B
June 11 – June 17, 2000: Try Again – Aaliyah
June 18 – July 8, 2000: Be with You – Enrique Iglesias
July 9 – July 15, 2000: Everything You Want – Vertical Horizon
July 16 – July 22, 2000: Bent – Matchbox Twenty
July 23 – August 5, 2000: It’s Gonna Be Me – NSYNC
August 6 – August 19, 2000: Incomplete – Sisqó
August 20 – September 9, 2000: Doesn’t Really Matter – Janet Jackson
September 10 – October 7, 2000: Music – Madonna
October 8 – November 4, 2000: Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) – Christina Aguilera
November 5 – November 11, 2000: With Arms Wide Open – Creed
November 12, 2000 – January 27, 2001: Independent Women Part I – Destiny’s Child

Song-by-Song Notes on the 2000 Billboard No. 1 Hits

Smooth – Santana featuring Rob Thomas

Santana opened the 2000 Billboard Hot 100 calendar with Smooth, featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty. The song had begun its No. 1 run in late 1999 and carried into January 2000, becoming one of the defining crossover hits from Santana’s Supernatural era.

Its blend of Latin rock guitar, pop-rock vocals, and radio-friendly polish made it feel both classic and modern at the same time. It was technically a 1999 monster, but it helped kick open the door to 2000 with a very smooth entrance.

What a Girl Wants – Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera reached No. 1 with What a Girl Wants, her second Hot 100 chart-topper after Genie in a Bottle. The song’s polished teen-pop sound and strong vocal performance kept Aguilera near the front of the late-1990s and early-2000s pop wave.

Its two-week run showed she was more than a one-single breakout. The title asked what a girl wants; the chart answered with another No. 1.

I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden

Savage Garden reached No. 1 with I Knew I Loved You, a romantic pop ballad that became the Australian duo’s second Hot 100 chart-topper after Truly Madly Deeply. The song topped the chart across two runs, briefly interrupted by Mariah Carey, Joe and 98 Degrees.

Its smooth adult-pop sound fit the late-1990s ballad style that was still strong at the start of 2000. It was sincere, soft, and very ready for a slow dance under rented banquet-hall lighting.

Thank God I Found You – Mariah Carey featuring Joe & 98 Degrees

Mariah Carey reached No. 1 with Thank God I Found You, featuring Joe and 98 Degrees. The song combined Carey’s pop-R&B ballad style with Joe’s smooth vocal presence and 98 Degrees’ harmony-heavy teen-pop appeal.

Its one-week run gave Carey another Hot 100 No. 1 during a period when she was bridging her 1990s dominance with a new decade of pop and R&B competition.

Amazed – Lonestar

Lonestar’s Amazed became a rare country ballad to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100. The song had already been a major country hit before crossing over to pop radio and topping the all-genre chart in 2000.

Its two-week run made it one of the most successful country crossover ballads of the era. It was romantic, slow, and basically engineered to make wedding DJs nod approvingly.

Say My Name – Destiny’s Child

Destiny’s Child reached No. 1 with Say My Name, one of the group’s signature hits. The song’s stop-start rhythm, suspicious relationship storyline, and tight vocal arrangement helped make it one of the most memorable R&B-pop singles of the early 2000s.

Its three-week run helped confirm Destiny’s Child as one of the decade’s major vocal groups. The song turned phone-based doubt into a full chart-topping investigation.

Maria Maria – Santana featuring The Product G&B

Santana returned to No. 1 with Maria Maria, featuring The Product G&B. The song spent 10 weeks at No. 1, giving Santana a second major chart-topper from Supernatural.

With Smooth and Maria Maria, Santana became one of the central Hot 100 stories of the turn of the millennium. The guitar tone was vintage, but the chart run was completely current.

Try Again – Aaliyah

Aaliyah reached No. 1 with Try Again, from the film Romeo Must Die. Produced by Timbaland, the song used a futuristic beat and cool vocal performance that helped push R&B and pop production forward.

It became the first song to top the Hot 100 based on airplay alone, before a commercial single release. That made Try Again a major chart-methodology milestone, not just a great single.

Be with You – Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias reached No. 1 with Be with You, continuing his U.S. crossover success after Bailamos. The song blended Latin-pop identity with dance-pop production, fitting neatly into the turn-of-the-millennium club-pop sound.

Its three-week run showed that Latin pop crossover was still strong after the major 1999 explosion led by Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, and Iglesias himself.

Everything You Want – Vertical Horizon

Vertical Horizon reached No. 1 with Everything You Want, a polished alternative-pop and adult-rock crossover. The song’s introspective lyric and radio-friendly chorus made it one of the year’s biggest rock-leaning Hot 100 hits.

Its one-week run gave the band its only Hot 100 chart-topper. It was a very 2000 kind of rock hit: thoughtful, melodic, and probably playing in the background of a dorm room with a lava lamp.

Bent – Matchbox Twenty

Matchbox Twenty earned its only Hot 100 No. 1 with Bent. The song’s emotional pop-rock sound and Rob Thomas’ recognizable vocal style gave the band a chart-topping single during a period when adult alternative and mainstream pop often overlapped.

Its one-week run also gave Rob Thomas a second connection to the 2000 No. 1 list after his feature on Santana’s Smooth.

It’s Gonna Be Me – NSYNC

NSYNC reached No. 1 with It’s Gonna Be Me, the group’s only Hot 100 chart-topper. The song came from No Strings Attached, one of the biggest album releases of the teen-pop era.

Its two-week run became even more famous years later thanks to the “It’s gonna be May” meme. Chart history sometimes takes a second life when the internet discovers pronunciation.

Incomplete – Sisqó

Sisqó reached No. 1 with Incomplete, a dramatic R&B ballad from his solo era after Dru Hill. The song followed the enormous cultural visibility of Thong Song, but showed a softer and more traditional vocal side.

Its two-week run proved Sisqó could top the chart with more than novelty-adjacent party energy. The silver hair may have grabbed attention, but the ballad did the chart work.

Doesn’t Really Matter – Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson reached No. 1 with Doesn’t Really Matter, from the soundtrack to Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. The song’s bright pop-R&B production and futuristic video style fit Jackson’s late-1990s and early-2000s visual identity.

Its three-week run added another No. 1 to one of the most consistent Hot 100 careers in modern pop. Janet did not need the song to matter, but it clearly did.

Music – Madonna

Madonna reached No. 1 with Music, the title track from her 2000 album. The song’s electronic production, dance-floor energy, and direct hook helped her stay relevant across yet another pop era.

Its four-week run gave Madonna her 12th Hot 100 No. 1. At this point, reinvention was not just a Madonna trait; it was practically part of the operating system.

Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) – Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera returned to No. 1 with Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You), her second chart-topper of 2000 and third overall. The song leaned more into brighter dance-pop and R&B influences than some of her earlier teen-pop ballads.

Its four-week run closed out a major debut-album era for Aguilera and showed her growing confidence as a pop vocalist and performer.

With Arms Wide Open – Creed

Creed reached No. 1 with With Arms Wide Open, a rock ballad inspired by Scott Stapp becoming a father. The song became one of the biggest mainstream rock crossover moments of 2000.

Its one-week Hot 100 run was brief, but its radio life was much larger. It was earnest, huge, and allergic to understatement.

Independent Women Part I – Destiny’s Child

Destiny’s Child closed the 2000 Billboard Hot 100 year with Independent Women Part I, from the Charlie’s Angels soundtrack. The song’s financial-independence theme, sharp production, and movie connection helped make it one of the group’s biggest hits.

Its run continued into January 2001, making it the bridge between the 2000 and 2001 Billboard chart years. It also proved that soundtrack singles could still deliver major Hot 100 power at the turn of the decade.

About Breathe by Faith Hill

Breathe by Faith Hill was Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 song of 2000, but it never reached No. 1 on the weekly Hot 100. It peaked at No. 2, which makes it one of the clearest examples of a song that performed extremely well across the full year without topping the weekly chart.

That makes Breathe an important sidenote for this page. It was one of the biggest country-pop crossover songs of the era, and its year-end ranking shows how durable it was across radio and sales even without a weekly No. 1 peak.

Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Stories of 2000

Breathe Was the Year-End No. 1 Without Hitting Weekly No. 1

Faith Hill’s Breathe topped Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 for 2000 but peaked at No. 2 on the weekly chart. That makes it one of the most interesting chart-history footnotes of the year.

Santana’s Supernatural Era Continued

Santana opened the year at No. 1 with Smooth and later spent 10 weeks at the top with Maria Maria. The Supernatural era gave Santana one of the strongest late-career comebacks in modern chart history.

Christina Aguilera Scored Two More No. 1 Hits

Christina Aguilera topped the Hot 100 twice in 2000 with What a Girl Wants and Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You). Those songs helped establish her as one of the key teen-pop voices at the start of the decade.

Rock and Adult Pop Still Reached No. 1

Vertical Horizon, Matchbox Twenty, Creed, Lonestar, and Santana all showed that rock and adult-pop crossover songs still had major Hot 100 power in 2000. The year was not only teen pop and R&B.

Soundtracks Still Had Major Chart Power

Aaliyah’s Try Again came from Romeo Must Die, Janet Jackson’s Doesn’t Really Matter came from Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, and Destiny’s Child’s Independent Women Part I came from Charlie’s Angels. Movie tie-ins remained a real force on the Hot 100.

2000 Billboard Number One Hits Trivia

Breathe by Faith Hill was Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 song of 2000, but it peaked at No. 2.
Maria Maria by Santana featuring The Product G&B spent 10 weeks at No. 1, the longest run of any song that first topped the Hot 100 during 2000.
Smooth began its No. 1 run in 1999 and carried into January 2000.
Try Again by Aaliyah became the first song to top the Hot 100 based on airplay alone.
It’s Gonna Be Me was NSYNC’s only Hot 100 No. 1.
Music gave Madonna her 12th Hot 100 No. 1.
With Arms Wide Open gave Creed its only Hot 100 No. 1.
Independent Women Part I closed 2000 and carried into the 2001 Billboard chart year.

Why the 2000 Billboard Number One Hits Matter

The 2000 Billboard Number One Hits list showed a chart sitting between eras. The late-1990s sounds of teen pop, adult alternative, Latin crossover, country-pop, and R&B were still strong, while soundtrack singles and polished pop production helped define the year.

It was also a year when weekly No. 1 status did not tell the whole story. Faith Hill’s Breathe never topped the weekly Hot 100, but it became Billboard’s top song of the year. That makes 2000 especially useful for explaining the difference between weekly chart peaks and full-year chart performance.

For chart fans, 2000 was a handoff year: Santana’s comeback, Christina Aguilera’s teen-pop rise, Destiny’s Child’s growing dominance, and rock crossover hits all shared the No. 1 spot before the early-2000s R&B and hip-hop wave fully took over.