List of number-one Billboard Streaming Songs of 2016

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This is a list of songs that reached number one on the Billboard magazine Streaming Songs chart in 2016.

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Chart history

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-charting streaming song of 2016 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weekly streams
January 2"Sorry" Justin Bieber 23.7 million [2]
January 924.4 million [3]
January 1623.2 million [4]
January 2320 million [5]
January 3020.5 million [6]
February 620 million [7]
February 1318.6 million [8]
February 20"Pillowtalk" Zayn 22.3 million [9]
February 27"Sorry"Justin Bieber17.8 million [10]
March 5"Work" Rihanna featuring Drake 25.8 million [11]
March 1246.5 million [12]
March 1944.4 million [13]
March 2636.9 million [14]
April 234 million [15]
April 931.6 million [16]
April 1628.8 million [17]
April 2327 million [18]
April 30"Panda" Dagger-14-plain.png Desiigner 28.5 million [19]
May 735 million [20]
May 1436.6 million [21]
May 21"One Dance"Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla37.4 million [22]
May 28"Panda" Dagger-14-plain.pngDesiigner38.5 million [23]
June 440.1 million [24]
June 1138.6 million [25]
June 1834.6 million [26]
June 2532.4 million [27]
July 229.3 million [28]
July 926.8 million [29]
July 1625.9 million [30]
July 2324.7 million [31]
July 3021.8 million [32]
August 620.1 million [33]
August 13"Cold Water" Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ 19.6 million [34]
August 2018.9 million [35]
August 2719.6 million [36]
September 3"Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 23.1 million [37]
September 1028.6 million [38]
September 1736.8 million [39]
September 2440.5 million [40]
October 139.5 million [41]
October 838.9 million [42]
October 1537.8 million [43]
October 2235.2 million [44]
October 2933.2 million [45]
November 532.1 million [46]
November 1231.9 million [47]
November 1928.7 million [48]
November 26"Black Beatles" Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane 43.3 million [49]
December 354.1 million [50]
December 1055.9 million [51]
December 1742 million [52]
December 2438 million [53]
December 3132.7 million [54]

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The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2016 in music in the United States.

2016 MTV Video Music Awards Award ceremony

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Sunday night, August 28, 2016 at 9:00–11:54pm EDT at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Adele's "Hello" was the most nominated video with seven categories. This marked the 33rd edition of the live broadcast. Beyoncé led the congratulation won winner champions with a total of nineteen gold award. Rihanna received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award after performing several medley numbers during the ceremony. Britney Spears marked her first performance at the awards show since the heavily criticized 2007 show nine years prior. Beyoncé won nineteen awards to bring her career total of wins to 37 VMAs, overtaking Madonna's previous record of 20 awards, making her the artist with the most wins in the history of the award show.

Love Yourself 2015 single by Justin Bieber

"Love Yourself" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album Purpose (2015). The song was released as a promotional single on November 9, 2015, and as the album's third official single on December 7, 2015. It was written by Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin and Bieber, and produced by Levin. A pop song, "Love Yourself" features an electric guitar and a brief flurry of trumpets as its main instrumentation. During the song, Bieber uses a husky tone in the lower registers. Lyrically, the song is a kiss-off to a narcissistic ex-lover who did the protagonist wrong.

One Dance 2016 single by Drake

"One Dance" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake from his fourth studio album Views (2016). It features guest vocals from Nigerian afrobeats artist WizKid and British singer Kyla. The artists co-wrote the dancehall and afrobeats song with its co-producers Nineteen85 and Noah "40" Shebib, with production assistance from Wizkid. Crazy Cousinz and Kyla received songwriting credits for the sampling of their 2008 UK funky song "Do You Mind".

Closer (The Chainsmokers song) 2016 single by the Chainsmokers

"Closer" is a song by American DJ duo the Chainsmokers featuring American singer Halsey. Andrew Taggart also provides his vocals in the song. It was released on July 29, 2016, through Disruptor Records and Columbia Records. The song was written by Taggart, Halsey, Shaun Frank, Freddy Kennett, Isaac Slade and Joe King, while the production was handled by the Chainsmokers. Musically, it is a future bass and pop song with a "retro" style synthesizer in the chorus.

Black Beatles 2016 song by Rae Sremmurd

"Black Beatles" is a song by American hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd, featuring American rapper Gucci Mane. Produced by Mike Will Made It, it was released on September 13, 2016, by EarDrummers and Interscope Records as the third single from their second studio album SremmLife 2.

<i>Collage</i> (EP) 2016 EP by The Chainsmokers

Collage is the second extended play (EP) by American DJ duo The Chainsmokers. It was released on November 4, 2016, through Disruptor Records and Columbia Records.

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