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2025 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-Topper

The 2025 Billboard Number One Hits list was one of the strangest modern Hot 100 years: long-running songs, big superstar debuts, movie-soundtrack surprises, fictional pop groups, holiday history, and a year-end No. 1 that had already been released in 2024. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars opened the non-holiday year with Die with a Smile, Kendrick Lamar and SZA dominated spring with Luther, Alex Warren had the year’s biggest solo No. 1 run with Ordinary, HUNTR/X brought KPop Demon Hunters to the top, Taylor Swift ruled fall with The Fate of Ophelia, and Mariah Carey ended the year by doing Mariah Carey December things.

This page follows the Billboard Hot 100 issue dates for 2025, shown here as reader-friendly weekly date ranges. Because Billboard chart weeks can cross calendar years, this list begins with Mariah Carey’s late-2024 holiday carryover and continues into early 2026 with All I Want for Christmas Is You.

The Billboard Hot 100 ranks the most popular songs in the United States using streaming activity, radio airplay, and sales. These are official Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 songs, not playlist rankings, personal favorites, TikTok-only rankings, or “that was clearly the song I heard in every grocery store” arguments.

2025 Billboard Number One Hits by Week

  • December 29, 2024 – January 4, 2025: All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
  • January 5 – February 1, 2025: Die with a Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  • February 2 – February 8, 2025: 4×4 – Travis Scott
  • February 9 – February 15, 2025: Die with a Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  • February 16 – February 22, 2025: Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
  • February 23 – May 24, 2025: Luther – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  • May 25 – May 31, 2025: What I Want – Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae
  • June 1 – June 14, 2025: Ordinary – Alex Warren
  • June 15 – June 21, 2025: Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
  • June 22 – August 9, 2025: Ordinary – Alex Warren
  • August 10 – August 16, 2025: Golden – HUNTR/X: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami
  • August 17 – August 23, 2025: Ordinary – Alex Warren
  • August 24 – October 11, 2025: Golden – HUNTR/X: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami
  • October 12 – December 6, 2025: The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift
  • December 7, 2025 – January 3, 2026: All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey

Song-by-Song Notes on the 2025 Billboard No. 1 Hits

All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey opened the 2025 Billboard Hot 100 calendar with All I Want for Christmas Is You, continuing its modern holiday-chart tradition. Originally released in 1994, the song had become a recurring No. 1 in the streaming era, returning each December as holiday listening surged.

The song also returned at the end of 2025 and carried into the January 3, 2026 Billboard issue. By late 2025, it had reached a record-setting 20 cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, passing the 19-week benchmark shared by Old Town Road and A Bar Song (Tipsy). The sleigh bells are no longer visiting the chart; they have a parking spot.

Die with a Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars reached No. 1 with Die with a Smile, a dramatic duet that blended classic pop balladry, rock-soul phrasing, and two powerhouse vocal identities. The song spent five total weeks at No. 1 in 2025 across two runs.

It was also Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 song of 2025, which makes it the page’s most important year-end note. Its success came from durability rather than a short release-week spike, which is exactly the kind of chart story search readers tend to miss.

4×4 – Travis Scott

Travis Scott debuted at No. 1 with 4×4 for one week in February 2025. The song’s chart-topping debut reflected Scott’s release-week strength, streaming power, and event-style fan attention.

Its one-week stay interrupted the early-year run of Die with a Smile. In a year full of long reigns, 4×4 was one of the quick, high-impact No. 1 debuts.

Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us returned to No. 1 in February 2025 after his Super Bowl LIX halftime show. The song had already been one of 2024’s defining rap and pop-culture moments, and the Super Bowl visibility pushed it back to the top.

Its return was historically unusual because it topped the Hot 100 in separate runs months apart. That made it more than a leftover hit; it became part of the 2025 chart story before Kendrick immediately handed the No. 1 spot to another Kendrick record.

Luther – Kendrick Lamar & SZA

Kendrick Lamar and SZA dominated spring 2025 with Luther, which spent 13 consecutive weeks at No. 1. That made it the longest-running Hot 100 chart-topper of the year and the longest No. 1 run for both artists at that point.

The song also made Kendrick Lamar one of the central Hot 100 figures of 2025. He went from the renewed momentum of Not Like Us directly into a long run with Luther, which is a pretty efficient way to occupy the top of the chart without changing the locks.

What I Want – Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae

Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae debuted at No. 1 with What I Want in late May 2025. The song gave Wallen another major Hot 100 moment and gave McRae her first No. 1 credit.

Its one-week run came between two long chart stories: Luther before it and Ordinary after it. That makes it a quick but important bridge in the year’s Hot 100 timeline.

Ordinary – Alex Warren

Alex Warren reached No. 1 with Ordinary, which spent 10 total weeks at the top across interrupted runs. It became the longest-running No. 1 song by a solo artist during the 2025 chart year.

The song’s long run made Warren one of the year’s major first-time No. 1 artists. It also gave 2025 one of its clearest slow-build pop stories: not a single-week splash, but a durable song that kept coming back. Ordinary title, not-so-ordinary chart stamina.

Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter debuted at No. 1 with Manchild in June 2025. The song gave her a Hot 100 chart-topper during a period when she had become one of pop’s most visible and reliable new-era hitmakers.

Its one-week run interrupted Alex Warren’s Ordinary, which returned to No. 1 immediately afterward. That makes Manchild one of the year’s compact but important pop-star No. 1 moments.

Golden – HUNTR/X: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami

Golden from KPop Demon Hunters became one of the strangest and most useful 2025 Hot 100 stories. Credited to the fictional group HUNTR/X and performed by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, the song spent eight total weeks at No. 1.

Its success made HUNTR/X the first girl group to top the Hot 100 since Destiny’s Child and one of the rare fictional acts to reach No. 1. That gives this page a strong movie, animation, K-pop, soundtrack, and pop-culture search hook — not exactly a small SEO gift basket.

The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift debuted at No. 1 with The Fate of Ophelia in October 2025. The song spent eight weeks at No. 1 during the 2025 chart year and later returned for two more weeks in early 2026.

The song’s title gave the Hot 100 one of its most literary-sounding No. 1 hits, drawing attention through its Shakespearean reference to Ophelia from Hamlet. It was also another example of Swift turning an album-era launch into a full chart event.

Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Stories of 2025

Die with a Smile Was Billboard’s Year-End No. 1

Die with a Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars was Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 song of 2025. It spent five weeks at No. 1, but its full-year performance made it the year’s top overall Hot 100 single.

Luther Had the Longest No. 1 Run of the Year

Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Luther spent 13 weeks at No. 1, the longest Hot 100 reign of 2025. It also gave both artists their longest-running No. 1 single.

Kendrick Lamar Controlled the Spring

Kendrick Lamar appeared on two 2025 No. 1 songs: Not Like Us and Luther. Across those two songs, he spent 14 total weeks at No. 1 during the chart year, more than any other artist.

Ordinary Became the Year’s Biggest Solo No. 1 Run

Alex Warren’s Ordinary spent 10 total weeks at No. 1 across multiple runs. It was the longest-running No. 1 by a solo artist in 2025.

Golden Turned a Fictional Group Into a Real Chart Story

Golden by HUNTR/X from KPop Demon Hunters spent eight weeks at No. 1. Its success created one of the year’s strongest pop-culture crossover stories, linking animation, soundtrack fandom, K-pop influence, and social-media momentum.

Mariah Carey Broke the All-Time Cumulative No. 1 Weeks Record

All I Want for Christmas Is You returned to No. 1 in December 2025, reaching 20 cumulative weeks at the top of the Hot 100. That made it the longest-running No. 1 song in Hot 100 history by total weeks.

Billboard Tightened Recurrent Rules in 2025

Billboard adjusted its recurrent rules in late 2025 after many older songs stayed unusually high for unusually long periods. That is a useful context note because 2025 was widely discussed as a slow-moving Hot 100 year.

2025 Billboard Number One Hits Trivia

  • Die with a Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars was Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 song of 2025.
  • Luther by Kendrick Lamar and SZA spent 13 weeks at No. 1, the longest run of the 2025 chart year.
  • Kendrick Lamar spent 14 total weeks at No. 1 in 2025 across Not Like Us and Luther.
  • Ordinary by Alex Warren spent 10 total weeks at No. 1 and became the longest-running solo No. 1 of the year.
  • Golden by HUNTR/X spent eight weeks at No. 1 and became a rare chart-topper credited to a fictional act.
  • HUNTR/X became the first girl group since Destiny’s Child to top the Hot 100.
  • The Fate of Ophelia gave Taylor Swift her 13th Hot 100 No. 1 single.
  • All I Want for Christmas Is You reached 20 cumulative weeks at No. 1 in December 2025, breaking the all-time Hot 100 record for most total weeks at No. 1.
  • What I Want gave Tate McRae her first Hot 100 No. 1 credit.
  • Manchild gave Sabrina Carpenter a No. 1 debut in June 2025.

Why the 2025 Billboard Number One Hits Matter

The 2025 Billboard Number One Hits list showed a Hot 100 shaped by long-lasting songs, superstar release weeks, soundtrack fandom, holiday streaming, and unusually slow chart turnover. Several of the year’s biggest No. 1 songs were not quick flashes; they stayed, returned, or carried over from another year.

The year also blurred old boundaries between pop categories. A duet from Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars became the year-end leader, Kendrick Lamar and SZA ruled spring, a fictional K-pop-inspired group topped the chart for eight weeks, and Mariah Carey’s 1994 Christmas classic set an all-time record in 2025.

For chart fans, 2025 was less about constant turnover and more about dominance. The Hot 100 moved slowly, but the stories were big: Kendrick’s spring takeover, Alex Warren’s solo breakthrough, HUNTR/X’s animated chart win, Taylor Swift’s fall reign, and Mariah’s annual December sleigh ride becoming a record-breaking chart stampede.

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