R&B singer
Usher broke
Billboard records with four number-one singles for 28 weeks on the top spot in a calendar year.
The
Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing
singles of the United States. Published by
Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by
Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly
physical sales and
airplay . In
2004 , there were 11 singles that topped the chart. Although there were 12 singles that claimed the top spot in the 52 issues of the chart,
hip hop duo
Outkast 's "
Hey Ya! " began its peak position in 2003, and is thus excluded.[
citation needed ]
In 2004, 13 acts achieved their first U.S. number-one single, either as a lead artist or featured guest, including
Sleepy Brown ,
Twista ,
Kanye West ,
Jamie Foxx ,
Lil Jon ,
Fantasia Barrino ,
Juvenile ,
Soulja Slim ,
Terror Squad ,
Ciara ,
Petey Pablo ,
Snoop Dogg , and
Pharrell . Barrino and Ciara were the only acts to have earned a number-one debut single this year. R&B singer
Usher had four number-one singles that appeared in the 2004 issues, and Outkast had two. Soulja Slim became the sixth artist to have a number one song posthumously, after his death in November 2003. During the year, seven collaboration singles reached the number-one position, tying the record set in 2003.
[1]
Usher's "
Yeah! " is the longest-running number-one single of 2004, remaining in that position for 12 straight weeks.
[2] It is followed by his other single "
Burn ", whose streak on the top spot reached eight non-consecutive weeks.
[3] Other singles with extended chart runs include Ciara's "
Goodies ", which features
Petey Pablo , and Usher's "
My Boo ", a duet with
Alicia Keys , each topping the chart for seven and six weeks, respectively.
Usher is the most successful act of 2004.
[4]
[5] He had four singles that topped the Billboard Hot 100: "Yeah!, "Burn", "
Confessions Part II ", and "My Boo"; he is the only act in 2004 to have earned multiple number-one singles. Overall, Usher had 28 weeks on top in a calendar year, becoming the first act to have achieved such an extended chart run on the Billboard Hot 100.
[6] The feat broke the record set by
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in 1940; their records spent 26 consecutive weeks at the top spot of Record Buying Guide, a jukebox chart
Billboard magazine published in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
[7] "Yeah!" is the best-performing single of the calendar year, having topped the
Top Hot 100 Hits of 2004 .
[8]
Following periods of fluctuating success,
urban music attained commercial dominance during the early 2000s, which featured massive
crossover success on the
Billboard charts by R&B and hip hop artists.
[9] In 2004, all 12 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100 were performed by African-American recording artists and accounted for 80% of the
number-one R&B hits that year.
[9] Along with Usher's streak of singles,
Top 40 radio and both pop and R&B charts were topped by
OutKast 's "
Hey Ya! ",
Snoop Dogg 's "
Drop It Like It's Hot ",
Terror Squad 's "
Lean Back ", and
Ciara 's "
Goodies ".
[9] Chris Molanphy of
The Village Voice later remarked that "by the early 2000s, urban music was pop music."
[9]
Chart history
Singer
Ciara 's first number-one single, "
Goodies ", topped the chart for seven consecutive weeks.
Band
OutKast 's number-one single "
Hey Ya! ", self-replaced the top spot with their "
The Way You Move ".
Key
†
Indicates best-performing single of 2004
Number-one artists
See also
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