The 50 Most Iconic Songs Of All Time* Revealed | JOE.es (2023)

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What is the #1 most popular song of all time? ›

According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.

The most-streamed song in Spotify history is credited to… The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights." The song, which was released in November 2019, has been streamed over 3 billion times on the platform! This is a huge thing.

Beyonce, “Break My Soul”

"Blinding Lights" by Toronto-born artist The Weeknd is the most streamed song on Spotify with over 3.4 billion streams.

iTunes Top Pop Songs

The current number one pop song on iTunes right now is Flowers by Miley Cyrus.

With 40 top 10 hits in the Hot 100 over her career, Swift surpassed Madonna as the woman with the most top 10s in the chart's history. (Madonna has 38 top 10 singles.) Swift is only surpassed by Drake, who counts 59 top 10 hits.

Who has more #1 hits than the Beatles? ›

No artist has sold more albums than The Beatles, and no group or solo performer has posted more No. 1 hits than the Fab Four, either. Going just by the music the band made from 1963-70, The Beatles can claim 20 Billboard No.

The Beatles haven't released a new studio album since 1970's Let It Be, but the foursome certainly made their mark in music history — decades later, the group still holds the record for the most No. 1 songs in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, with a total of 20 chart-toppers.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.

1. "Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland. This song came to popularity as the most famous track from The Wizard of Oz.

Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (10 weeks).

The first number-one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958.

Al Martino – Here In My Heart (1952) – was also the first ever Number 1 single!

What was the #1 song in 1950? ›

Rock and roll dominated popular music in the mid 1950s and late 1950s, and quickly spread to much of the rest of the world. Its immediate origins lay in a mixing together of various black musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music; with country and western and Pop.

50 Cent signed to Shady Records in 2002 and released his debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', on February 6, 2003. The album peaked at number one in the US Billboard 200 and performed well in international markets.

Of course, we all know the results: West's Graduation won with a staggering 957,000 units sold, while 50 Cent topped out at 691,000 units. The effects of this epic matchup, however, have reverberated to this day, as hip-hop music made a hard left and hasn't returned since.

1 Eminem, The Eminem Show (2002)

In 2022, the project was certified 12x platinum by the RIAA with global sales of 27 million copies. It's also worth noting that the album reached number one in 18 other nations. Sometimes the negative connotations of hip-hop have been more influential than the music itself.

The number one song on iTunes right now is Last Night by Morgan Wallen. Related Charts: Apple Music Top Streaming Songs, iTunes Top 200 Songs, Top New Songs March 2023, Top 100 Albums, and Top 40 Music Videos.