List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2016

This is a list of songs which reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (or Pop Songs) chart in 2016.

During 2016, a total of 21 singles hit number-one on the charts, making 2016 the year with the most number-one hits on the Mainstream Top 40.

Chart history

Key

†	Indicates best-performing single of 2016[1]

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 2	"Sorry"	Justin Bieber	[2]
January 9			[3]
January 16			[4]
January 23	"Same Old Love"	Selena Gomez	[5]
January 30			[6]
February 6	"Here"	Alessia Cara	[7]
February 13	"Love Yourself"†	Justin Bieber	[8]
February 20			[9]
February 27			[10]
March 5			[11]
March 12			[12]
March 19	"Stressed Out"	Twenty One Pilots	[13]
March 26	"My House"	Flo Rida	[14]
April 2			[15]
April 9			[16]
April 16	"Hands to Myself"	Selena Gomez	[17]
April 23	"Me, Myself & I"	G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha	[18]
April 30			[19]
May 7	"Pillowtalk"	Zayn	[20]
May 14			[21]
May 21	"I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (SeeB Remix)	Mike Posner	[22]
May 28	"7 Years"	Lukas Graham	[23]
June 4	"Work from Home"	Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign	[24]
June 11			[25]
June 18	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"	Justin Timberlake	[26]
June 25			[27]
July 2			[28]
July 9	"Don't Let Me Down"	The Chainsmokers featuring Daya	[29]
July 16			[30]
July 23			[31]
July 30	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla	[32]
August 6	"Cheap Thrills"	Sia featuring Sean Paul	[33]
August 13			[34]
August 20			[35]
August 27			[36]
September 3			[37]
September 10	"Ride"	Twenty One Pilots	[38]
September 17			[39]
September 24	"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"	Adele	[40]
October 1	"Cold Water"	Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ	[41]
October 8	"Closer"	The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey	[42]
October 15			[43]
October 22			[44]
October 29			[45]
November 5			[46]
November 12			[47]
November 19			[48]
November 26			[49]
December 3			[50]
December 10			[51]
December 17			[52]
December 24	"Side to Side"	Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj	[53]
December 31			[54]

See also

• 2016 in American music