These are the Billboard magazine's number-one dance songs of 2015 on the Dance Club Songs and the Dance/Mix Show Airplay. The Hot Dance Club Songs was first published in 1976, ranking the most popular songs on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The Dance/Mix Show Airplay was first published in 2003, ranking the songs based on dance radio airplay and mix show plays on top 40 radio and select rhythmic radio as measured by Mediabase.
† | Indicates most-played song of 2015. |
† | Indicates best charting dance/mix show airplay single of 2015 Note: Year-end most popular songs based radio airplay. [55] |
† | Indicates best dance/mix show airplay artist of 2015 Note: Year-end most popular Dance/Mix Show Airplay artists. [56] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Remixer(s) | Ref(s) |
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January 3 | "Heroes (We Could Be)" | Alesso featuring Tove Lo | [57] | |
January 10 | [58] | |||
January 17 | "Love Me Harder" | Ariana Grande and The Weeknd | Gregor Salto | [59] |
January 24 | [60] | |||
January 31 | [61] [5] | |||
February 7 | "Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | Dave Aude, Wideboys, Will Sparks, Riggi & Piros | [62] |
February 14 | [63] | |||
February 21 | "Prayer in C" | LillyWood & Robin Schulz | [64] | |
February 28 | "Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | [65] | |
March 7 | "Outside" | Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding | Hurts, Hardwell, Oliver Heldens | [66] |
March 14 | [67] | |||
March 21 | [12] | |||
March 28 | [68] | |||
April 4 | [69] | |||
April 11 | [70] | |||
April 18 | "Love Me Like You Do" | Ellie Goulding | Gazzo [71] | [72] |
April 25 | [73] | |||
May 2 | [74] | |||
May 9 | [75] | |||
May 16 | [76] | |||
May 23 | [77] | |||
May 30 | [78] | |||
June 6 | "Want to Want Me" | Jason Derulo | Westfunk | [79] |
June 13 | "You Know You Like It" | DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge | [80] | |
June 20 | [81] | |||
June 27 | [82] | |||
July 4 | [83] | |||
July 11 | "Lean On"† [84] | Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ | Dillon Francis & Jauz, CRNKN, Ephwurd & ETC!ETC!, Fono, Malaa, Moska, Daktyls | [85] |
July 18 | [86] | |||
July 25 | [87] | |||
August 1 | [88] | |||
August 8 | [89] | |||
August 15 | [90] | |||
August 22 | [91] [92] | |||
August 29 | [93] | |||
September 5 | [94] | |||
September 12 | [95] | |||
September 19 | [96] | |||
September 26 | [97] | |||
October 3 | [98] | |||
October 10 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Calvin Harris & Disciples | Calvin Harris and R3hab, Chris Lake, Disciples and Unorthodox [99] | [100] |
October 17 | [102] | |||
October 24 | [103] | |||
October 31 | "What Do You Mean?" | Justin Bieber | Delirious & Alex K., Strobe, Alex Jones | [104] |
November 7 | [105] | |||
November 14 | [106] | |||
November 21 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Calvin Harris & Disciples | [107] | |
November 28 | "What Do You Mean?" | Justin Bieber | [108] | |
December 5 | "Wildest Dreams" | Taylor Swift † [109] | R3hab | [110] |
December 12 | "Hello" | Adele | Dave Aude, Dash Berlin, W&W, Pink Panda, Paul Damixie, EC Twins, Dirty Pop, Ryan Skyy, DJDS, Marshmello, Anevo, Kryder, Mike D, Dark Intensity | [111] |
December 19 | [112] | |||
December 26 | [113] |
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