"
As It Was " by English singer
Harry Styles topped the Hot 100 for 15 weeks, marking the longest-reigning number-one song by a solo act in Hot 100 history at the time.
This is a list of the
songs that placed number one in the United States during 2022. The
Billboard Hot 100 is a
chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the US. Its data is compiled by
Luminate Data and published by American music magazine
Billboard . The chart is based on each song's weekly
physical and
digital sales collectively, the amount of
airplay it receives on American
radio stations , and its audio and video
streams on
online digital music platforms .
"
As It Was ", the
lead single from English singer
Harry Styles ' third studio album
Harry's House (2022), debuted atop the Hot 100 and spent 15 weeks at the top spot—the most for any song in 2022, and the longest reigning number-one song by a soloist in the 64-year history of the chart, surpassing "
Candle in the Wind " (1997) by
Elton John , "
I Will Always Love You " (1992) by
Whitney Houston , and "
We Belong Together " (2005) by
Mariah Carey .
[1] "
Heat Waves " (2020) by English
indie pop band
Glass Animals topped the
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 ,
[2] after reaching number-one on the weekly charts in its 59th week, breaking the record for the longest journey to number one, surpassing the 35-week tally of Carey's "
All I Want for Christmas Is You " (1994).
[3] With 91 total weeks on the chart, the song dethroned
The Weeknd 's "
Blinding Lights " (2020) as the longest-charting song in Hot 100 history.
[4]
"
Anti-Hero " by
Taylor Swift is 2022's best-selling song and longest-reigning chart-topper by a female artist. "
Anti-Hero ", the lead single from American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift 's tenth studio album
Midnights (2022), was the best-selling song of 2022.
[5] It sold 327,000
digital downloads in its third week on the Hot 100, garnering the biggest sales week for a song in over five years, since Swift’s own "
Look What You Made Me Do " (2017) sold 353,000 copies in its first week.
[6] "
We Don't Talk About Bruno " (2021) by
Carolina Gaitán , Mauro Castillo,
Adassa ,
Rhenzy Feliz ,
Diane Guerrero ,
Stephanie Beatriz and the cast of
Encanto broke the all-time Hot 100 record for
the most credited artists on a number-one song (seven). It is the second chart-topper from a
Disney animated film, after "
A Whole New World " by
Peabo Bryson and
Regina Belle from
Aladdin (1992),
[7] and the studio's only song that spent five weeks at number one.
[8] English singer
Sam Smith and German singer
Kim Petras became the first publicly
non-binary and
transgender artists, respectively, to top the Hot 100, after their 2022 single "
Unholy " rose to the number-one spot.
[9]
Twenty-three acts have reached number one in 2022, with twelve—Gaitán, Castillo, Adassa, Feliz, Guerrero, Beatriz, the Encanto cast, Glass Animals,
Tems ,
Steve Lacy , Smith and Petras—reaching the top spot for the first time. Canadian rapper
Drake is the only act to have garnered two number-one songs this year, with his 2022 singles "
Wait for U " and "
Jimmy Cooks ".
Chart history
"
Heat Waves ", the 2020 single by British
indie-pop band
Glass Animals , topped the Hot 100 in 2022 for five weeks. It became the best-charting song of the year.
American singer-songwriter
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote "
We Don't Talk About Bruno ", the first song from a
Disney
animated film to top the Hot 100 for multiple weeks, spending five weeks at the top.
Mariah Carey 's "
All I Want for Christmas Is You " (1994) returned to spend five weeks atop the chart in 2022.
Key
†
Indicates best-performing song of 2022
[2]
Number-one artists
See also
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