# List of Billboard number-one singles of 1944

This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1944 according to The Billboard. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, The Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1944, the following two all-genre national singles charts were published:
* National Best Selling Retail Records – ranked the highest-selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the United States.
* Most Played Juke Box Records (introduced January 8) – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States, as reported by machine operators.
Shown are the songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records and Most Played Juke Box Records charts in 1944.
| Issue date | National Best Selling Retail Records | Most Played Juke Box Records |
| January 1 | "Paper Doll" The Mills Brothers | |
| January 8 | "Paper Doll" The Mills Brothers | "Paper Doll" The Mills Brothers |
| January 15 | "Paper Doll" The Mills Brothers | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| January 22 | "Paper Doll" The Mills Brothers | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| January 29 | "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie Baird | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| February 5 | "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie Baird | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| February 12 | "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie Baird | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| February 19 | "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie Baird | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| February 26 | "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie Baird | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| March 4 | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| March 11 | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen | "Shoo-Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| March 18 | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen | "Mairzy Doats" The Merry Macs |
| March 25 | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen | "Mairzy Doats" The Merry Macs |
| April 1 | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen | "Mairzy Doats" The Merry Macs |
| April 8 | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen | "Mairzy Doats" The Merry Macs |
| April 15 | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen | "Mairzy Doats" The Merry Macs |
| April 22 | "It's Love-Love-Love" Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with Skip Nelson and the Lombardo Trio | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen |
| April 29 | "It's Love-Love-Love" Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with Skip Nelson and the Lombardo Trio | "San Fernando Valley" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| May 6 | "I Love You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "San Fernando Valley" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| May 13 | "I Love You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "San Fernando Valley" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| May 20 | "I Love You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "San Fernando Valley" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| May 27 | "I Love You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "I Love You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| June 3 | "I Love You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "San Fernando Valley" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| June 10 | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes | "I Love You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| June 17 | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes |
| June 24 | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes |
| July 1 | "I'll Be Seeing You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes |
| July 8 | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes |
| July 15 | "I'll Be Seeing You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes |
| July 22 | "I'll Be Seeing You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes |
| July 29 | "I'll Be Seeing You" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | "G.I. Jive" Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
| August 5 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "G.I. Jive" Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
| August 12 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "G.I. Jive" Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
| August 19 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet |
| August 26 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet |
| September 2 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet |
| September 9 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet |
| September 16 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet |
| September 23 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet |
| September 30 | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet |
| October 7 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" The Mills Brothers | "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet |
| October 14 | "I'll Walk Alone" Dinah Shore | "(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| October 21 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" The Mills Brothers | "(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| October 28 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" The Mills Brothers | "(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| November 4 | "I'll Walk Alone" Dinah Shore | "(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| November 11 | "I'll Walk Alone" Dinah Shore | "(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| November 18 | "I'll Walk Alone" Dinah Shore | "(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| November 25 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" The Mills Brothers | "I'll Walk Alone" Dinah Shore |
| December 2 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" The Mills Brothers | "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald |
| December 9 | "I'm Making Believe" The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald | "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald |
| December 16 | "I'm Making Believe" The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald | "Don't Fence Me In" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| December 23 | "Don't Fence Me In" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra | "Don't Fence Me In" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |
| December 30 | "Don't Fence Me In" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra | "Don't Fence Me In" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra |