These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1969.

That year, 8 acts hit number one for the first time, such as Sly & the Family Stone, The 5th Dimension, Billy Preston, Henry Mancini, Zager and Evans, The Archies, Steam, and Peter, Paul and Mary. The Beatles and The 5th Dimension were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one, with each having two.

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1969 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Reference
210 January 4 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye [1]
January 11 [2]
January 18 [3]
January 25 [4]
211 February 1 "Crimson and Clover" Tommy James and the Shondells [5]
February 8 [6]
212 February 15 "Everyday People" Sly & the Family Stone [7]
February 22 [8]
March 1 [9]
March 8 [10]
213 March 15 "Dizzy" Tommy Roe [11]
March 22 [12]
March 29 [13]
April 5 [14]
214 April 12 "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" The 5th Dimension [15]
April 19 [16]
April 26 [17]
May 3 [18]
May 10 [19]
May 17 [20]
215 May 24 "Get Back" The Beatles with Billy Preston [21]
May 31 [22]
June 7 [23]
June 14 [24]
June 21 [25]
216 June 28 "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" Henry Mancini [26]
July 5 [27]
217 July 12 "In the Year 2525" Zager and Evans [28]
July 19 [29]
July 26 [30]
August 2 [31]
August 9 [32]
August 16 [33]
218 August 23 "Honky Tonk Women" The Rolling Stones [34]
August 30 [35]
September 6 [36]
September 13 [37]
219 September 20 "Sugar, Sugar" The Archies [38]
September 27 [39]
October 4 [40]
October 11 [41]
220 October 18 "I Can't Get Next to You" The Temptations [42]
October 25 [43]
221 November 1 "Suspicious Minds" Elvis Presley [44]
222 November 8 "Wedding Bell Blues" The 5th Dimension [45]
November 15 [46]
November 22 [47]
223 November 29 "Come Together" / "Something" The Beatles [48]
224 December 6 "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" Steam [49]
December 13 [50]
225 December 20 "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Peter, Paul and Mary [51]
226 December 27 "Someday We'll Be Together" Diana Ross & the Supremes [52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 The 5th Dimension 9
2 Zager and Evans 6
The Beatles
4 Billy Preston 5
5 Marvin Gaye 4
Sly & the Family Stone
Tommy Roe
The Rolling Stones
The Archies
9 Tommy James and the Shondells 2
Henry Mancini
The Temptations
Steam
13 Elvis Presley 1
Peter, Paul and Mary
Diana Ross & the Supremes

See also

Sources

  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

References

  1. ↑ "January 4, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  2. ↑ "January 11, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  3. ↑ "January 18, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  4. ↑ "January 25, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  5. ↑ "February 1, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  6. ↑ "February 8, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  7. ↑ "February 15, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  8. ↑ "February 22, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  9. ↑ "March 1, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  10. ↑ "March 8, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  11. ↑ "March 15, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  12. ↑ "March 22, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  13. ↑ "March 29, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  14. ↑ "April 5, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  15. ↑ "April 12, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  16. ↑ "April 19, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  17. ↑ "April 26, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  18. ↑ "May 3, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  19. ↑ "May 10, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  20. ↑ "May 17, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  21. ↑ "May 24, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  22. ↑ "May 31, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  23. ↑ "June 7, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  24. ↑ "June 14, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  25. ↑ "June 21, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  26. ↑ "June 28, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  27. ↑ "July 5, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  28. ↑ "July 12, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  29. ↑ "July 19, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  30. ↑ "July 26, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  31. ↑ "August 2, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  32. ↑ "August 9, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  33. ↑ "August 16, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  34. ↑ "August 23, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  35. ↑ "August 30, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  36. ↑ "September 6, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  37. ↑ "September 13, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  38. ↑ "September 20, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  39. ↑ "September 27, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  40. ↑ "October 4, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  41. ↑ "October 11, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  42. ↑ "October 18, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  43. ↑ "October 25, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  44. ↑ "November 1, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  45. ↑ "November 8, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  46. ↑ "November 15, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  47. ↑ "November 22, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  48. ↑ "November 29, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  49. ↑ "December 6, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  50. ↑ "December 13, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  51. ↑ "December 20, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
  52. ↑ "December 27, 1969". Billboard Hot 100.
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