List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2015

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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2015.

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During 2015, a total of 19 singles hit number-one on the charts.

Chart history

Key
†Indicates best-performing single of 2015 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
January 3"Blank Space" Taylor Swift [2]
January 10 [3]
January 17 [4]
January 24 [5]
January 31 [6]
February 7"Uptown Funk" † Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars [7]
February 14 [8]
February 21 [9]
February 28 [10]
March 7 [11]
March 14 [12]
March 21"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran [13]
March 28"Style"Taylor Swift [14]
April 4 [15]
April 11 [16]
April 18"Sugar" Maroon 5 [17]
April 25 [18]
May 2"Love Me Like You Do" Ellie Goulding [19]
May 9 [20]
May 16 [21]
May 23"Earned It" The Weeknd [22]
May 30"See You Again" Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth [23]
June 6 [24]
June 13 [25]
June 20 [26]
June 27"Want to Want Me" Jason Derulo [27]
July 4"Bad Blood"Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar [28]
July 11 [29]
July 18 [30]
July 25 [31]
August 1 [32]
August 8"Cheerleader" (Felix Jaehn Remix) OMI [33]
August 15 [34]
August 22"Can't Feel My Face"The Weeknd [35]
August 29 [36]
September 5 [37]
September 12 [38]
September 19"Lean On" Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ [39]
September 26"Good for You" Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky [40]
October 3 [41]
October 10"Locked Away" R. City featuring Adam Levine [42]
October 17 [43]
October 24"What Do You Mean?" Justin Bieber [44]
October 31 [45]
November 7"Wildest Dreams"Taylor Swift [46]
November 14 [47]
November 21"Stitches" Shawn Mendes [48]
November 28 [49]
December 5"Hello" Adele [50]
December 12 [51]
December 19 [52]
December 26 [53]

See also

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