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The longest-charting songs that never reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100

“Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone has spent 89 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 without reaching #1; it peaked at #2.

The longest-charting songs that never reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
#	Song	Artist	Peak	On the chart	Weeks
1	Beautiful Things	Benson Boone	#2	2024–2025	89
2	Radioactive	Imagine Dragons	#3	2012–2014	87
3	Sail	AWOLNATION	#17	2011–2014	79
4	I'm Yours	Jason Mraz	#6	2008–2009	76
5	Wildflower	Billie Eilish	#17	2024–2025	72
6	Snooze	SZA	#2	2022–2024	70
7	How Do I Live	LeAnn Rimes	#2	1997–1998	69
8	Counting Stars	OneRepublic	#2	2013–2014	68
9	Pink Pony Club	Chappell Roan	#4	2024–2025	68
10	Jingle Bell RockChristmas song	Bobby Helms	#2	1958–2026	67
11	Birds Of A Feather	Billie Eilish	#2	2024–2025	67
12	Something In The Orange	Zach Bryan	#10	2022–2023	66
13	Foolish Games/You Were Meant For Me	Jewel	#2	1996–1998	65
14	Espresso	Sabrina Carpenter	#3	2024–2025	65
15	Before He Cheats	Carrie Underwood	#8	2006–2007	64
16	Ho Hey	The Lumineers	#3	2012–2013	62
17	I Hope	Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth	#3	2020–2021	62
18	You And Me	Lifehouse	#5	2005–2006	62
19	You Proof	Morgan Wallen	#5	2022–2023	62
20	Demons	Imagine Dragons	#6	2013–2014	61
21	Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	#2	2009–2010	60
22	Thinking Out Loud	Ed Sheeran	#2	2014–2015	58
23	How To Save A Life	The Fray	#3	2006–2007	58
24	Lights	Ellie Goulding	#2	2011–2013	57
25	Calm Down	Rema & Selena Gomez	#3	2022–2023	57
26	Use Somebody	Kings Of Leon	#4	2008–2010	57
27	Higher	Creed	#7	1999–2000	57
28	Wasted On You	Morgan Wallen	#9	2021–2023	57
29	Bad Habits	Ed Sheeran	#2	2021–2022	56
30	Fast Car	Luke Combs	#2	2023–2024	56
31	Some Nights	fun.	#3	2012–2013	56
32	The Way You Love Me	Faith Hill	#6	2000–2001	56
33	I Don't Want To Wait	Paula Cole	#11	1997–1998	56
34	Missing	Everything But The Girl	#2	1995–1996	55
35	Man I Need	Olivia Dean	#2	2025–2026	55
36	The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)Christmas song	Nat King Cole	#6	1960–2026	55
37	Thinkin' Bout Me	Morgan Wallen	#7	2023–2024	55
38	Barely Breathing	Duncan Sheik	#16	1996–1997	55
39	Hanging By A Moment	Lifehouse	#2	2001–2002	54
40	Stay With Me	Sam Smith	#2	2014–2015	54
41	Hey, Soul Sister	Train	#3	2009–2010	54
42	Cruise	Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly	#4	2012–2013	54
43	Wake Me Up!	Avicii	#4	2013–2018	54
44	Unwell	matchbox twenty	#5	2003–2004	54
45	Rock And A Hard Place	Bailey Zimmerman	#10	2022–2023	54
46	Breathe	Faith Hill	#2	1999–2000	53
47	Trap Queen	Fetty Wap	#2	2015–2026	53
48	Kryptonite	3 Doors Down	#3	2000–2001	53
49	Shut Up And Dance	WALK THE MOON	#4	2014–2015	53
50	Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)	Train	#5	2001–2002	53
51	Pompeii	Bastille	#5	2013–2014	53
52	If I Die Young	The Band Perry	#14	2010–2011	53
53	Stressed Out	twenty one pilots	#2	2015–2016	52
54	Last ChristmasChristmas song	Wham!	#2	2017–2026	52
55	Happier	Marshmello & Bastille	#2	2018–2019	52
56	Don't Start Now	Dua Lipa	#2	2019–2020	52
57	Don't Let Me Down	The Chainsmokers feat. Daya	#3	2016–2017	52
58	Better Now	Post Malone	#3	2018–2019	52
59	Go Crazy	Chris Brown & Young Thug	#3	2020–2021	52
60	Stitches	Shawn Mendes	#4	2015–2016	52
61	High Hopes	Panic! At The Disco	#4	2018–2019	52
62	Shivers	Ed Sheeran	#4	2021–2022	52
63	Good Luck, Babe!	Chappell Roan	#4	2024–2025	52
64	Ghost	Justin Bieber	#5	2021–2022	52
65	Mutt	Leon Thomas	#6	2025–2026	52
66	Folded	Kehlani	#6	2025–2026	52
67	Woman	Doja Cat	#7	2021–2022	52
68	Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)	Elton John & Dua Lipa	#7	2021–2022	52
69	Thought You Should Know	Morgan Wallen	#7	2022–2023	52
70	Back To Friends	sombr	#7	2025–2026	52
71	How's It Going To Be	Third Eye Blind	#9	1997–1998	52
72	Eastside	benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid	#9	2018–2019	52
73	Before You Go	Lewis Capaldi	#9	2020–2021	52
74	Stick Season	Noah Kahan	#9	2023–2024	52
75	Sure Thing	Miguel	#11	2011–2023	52
76	Say You Won't Let Go	James Arthur	#11	2016–2017	52
77	The Bones	Maren Morris	#12	2019–2020	52
78	Stargazing	Myles Smith	#19	2024–2025	52
79	My Ex's Best Friend	Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear	#20	2020–2021	52
80	Meant To Be	Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line	#2	2017–2018	51
81	Whats Poppin	Jack Harlow feat. DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil' Wayne	#2	2020–2021	51
82	Watch Me	Silento	#3	2015–2016	51
83	Big Energy	Latto	#3	2021–2022	51
84	Believer	Imagine Dragons	#4	2017–2018	51
85	Thunder	Imagine Dragons	#4	2017–2018	51
86	Here Without You	3 Doors Down	#5	2003–2004	51
87	It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The YearChristmas song	Andy Williams	#5	2017–2026	51
88	What Hurts The Most	Rascal Flatts	#6	2006–2007	51
89	Love Lies	Khalid & Normani	#9	2018–2019	51
90	You Belong With Me	Taylor Swift	#2	2008–2010	50
91	A Holly Jolly ChristmasChristmas song	Burl Ives	#4	2017–2026	50
92	So Easy (To Fall In Love)	Olivia Dean	#5	2025–2026	50
93	Paralyzer	Finger Eleven	#6	2007–2008	50
94	Adore You	Harry Styles	#6	2019–2020	50
95	Someday	Nickelback	#7	2003–2004	50
96	Congratulations	Post Malone feat. Quavo	#8	2016–2017	50
97	Tequila	Dan + Shay	#21	2018–2019	50
98	Love Story	Taylor Swift	#4	2008–2009	49
99	Rockstar	Nickelback	#6	2006–2008	49
100	Run-Around	Blues Traveler	#8	1995–1996	49

How is this counted?

Songs that never reached #1, ranked by the weeks they spent on the chart, all runs and re-entries together.

Every week of the Billboard Hot 100 to Sep 19, 2026. About the data

30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.