• Source: List of Billboard number-one singles of the 1940s

Billboard number-one singles chart (which preceded the Billboard Hot 100 chart), which was updated weekly by the Billboard magazine, was the main singles chart of the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
Before the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in August 1958, which was based on a formula combining sales data of commercially available singles and airplay on American radio stations, the Billboard used to publish several song popularity charts weekly. Throughout most of the 1940s the magazine published the following three charts:

Best Selling Singles – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
Most Played Juke Box Records (debuted January 1944) – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
Most Played by Jockeys (debuted February 1945) – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
The list below includes the Best Selling Singles chart only.




Number ones


Key
♪ – Number-one single of the year




Statistics by decade






= By artist

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The following artists achieved three or more number-one hits from 1940 to 1949. A number of artists had number-one singles on their own, as well as part of a collaboration.




= Artists by total number of weeks at number-one

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The following artists were featured at the top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks from 1940 to 1949.




= Singles by total number of weeks at number-one

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The following singles were featured at the top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks from 1940 to 1949.




See also


Lists of Billboard number-one singles
1940s in music




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of Billboard number-one singles of the 1940s
• List of Billboard number-one singles from 1950 to 1958
• List of Billboard number-one country songs
• Lists of Billboard number-one rhythm and blues hits
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2004
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2002
• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1940s
• List of best-selling singles
• All I Want for Christmas Is You
• List of one-hit wonders on the UK singles chart