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

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

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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
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-performing single of 2016 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(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"Dagger-14-plain.pngJustin 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]

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