This is a list of songs that reached number one on the Billboard magazine Streaming Songs chart in 2016.
![]() | Indicates best-charting streaming song of 2016 [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly streams |
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January 2 | "Sorry" | Justin Bieber | 23.7 million [2] |
January 9 | 24.4 million [3] | ||
January 16 | 23.2 million [4] | ||
January 23 | 20 million [5] | ||
January 30 | 20.5 million [6] | ||
February 6 | 20 million [7] | ||
February 13 | 18.6 million [8] | ||
February 20 | "Pillowtalk" | Zayn | 22.3 million [9] |
February 27 | "Sorry" | Justin Bieber | 17.8 million [10] |
March 5 | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | 25.8 million [11] |
March 12 | 46.5 million [12] | ||
March 19 | 44.4 million [13] | ||
March 26 | 36.9 million [14] | ||
April 2 | 34 million [15] | ||
April 9 | 31.6 million [16] | ||
April 16 | 28.8 million [17] | ||
April 23 | 27 million [18] | ||
April 30 | "Panda" ![]() | Desiigner | 28.5 million [19] |
May 7 | 35 million [20] | ||
May 14 | 36.6 million [21] | ||
May 21 | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | 37.4 million [22] |
May 28 | "Panda" ![]() | Desiigner | 38.5 million [23] |
June 4 | 40.1 million [24] | ||
June 11 | 38.6 million [25] | ||
June 18 | 34.6 million [26] | ||
June 25 | 32.4 million [27] | ||
July 2 | 29.3 million [28] | ||
July 9 | 26.8 million [29] | ||
July 16 | 25.9 million [30] | ||
July 23 | 24.7 million [31] | ||
July 30 | 21.8 million [32] | ||
August 6 | 20.1 million [33] | ||
August 13 | "Cold Water" | Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | 19.6 million [34] |
August 20 | 18.9 million [35] | ||
August 27 | 19.6 million [36] | ||
September 3 | "Closer" | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | 23.1 million [37] |
September 10 | 28.6 million [38] | ||
September 17 | 36.8 million [39] | ||
September 24 | 40.5 million [40] | ||
October 1 | 39.5 million [41] | ||
October 8 | 38.9 million [42] | ||
October 15 | 37.8 million [43] | ||
October 22 | 35.2 million [44] | ||
October 29 | 33.2 million [45] | ||
November 5 | 32.1 million [46] | ||
November 12 | 31.9 million [47] | ||
November 19 | 28.7 million [48] | ||
November 26 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | 43.3 million [49] |
December 3 | 54.1 million [50] | ||
December 10 | 55.9 million [51] | ||
December 17 | 42 million [52] | ||
December 24 | 38 million [53] | ||
December 31 | 32.7 million [54] | ||
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is currently the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard every Tuesday.
The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2016 in music in the United States.
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" 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" 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" 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" 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.
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.