# List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2016

This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, an all-genre singles chart, in 2016.
Five songs which charted in the top ten during 2016 spent at least 20 total weeks in that region of the chart: Drake's "One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla); Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and "Love Yourself"; and The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down" (featuring Daya) and "Closer" (featuring Halsey). Since "Closer" spent 32 weeks in the top ten it was tied with "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes for the most weeks in the top ten since the chart's inception in 1958. This record was broken in September 2017 when Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" got 33 weeks in the top 10. Both Bieber and Drake are tied with the most top-ten hits during the year, with five. Selena Gomez, Twenty One Pilots, The Chainsmokers and Rihanna follow them with three.

## Top-ten singles

Key
* ↑ – indicates single's top 10 entry was also its Hot 100 debut
* † – indicates Best performing song of the year
* (#) – 2016 year-end top 10 single position and rank
* The "weeks in top ten" column reflects each song's entire chart life, not just its run during 2016. (Exception: Please see the note below regarding Prince's two songs that recharted in the top ten.)
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 2016 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| Singles from 2015 |||||||
| November 14 | "Sorry" (#2) ↑ | Justin Bieber | 1 | January 23 | 21 |
| December 5 | "Love Yourself" † (#1) ↑ | Justin Bieber | 1 | February 13 | 24 |
| December 5 | "Here" | Alessia Cara | 5 | February 6 | 11 |
| December 19 | "Same Old Love" | Selena Gomez | 5 | January 30 | 9 |
| Singles from 2016 |||||||
| January 16 | "Stressed Out" (#5) | Twenty One Pilots | 2 | February 27 | 14 |
| February 6 | "Roses" | The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes | 6 | February 13 | 6 |
| February 13 | "My House" | Flo Rida | 4 | March 19 | 11 |
| February 13 | "Hands to Myself" | Selena Gomez | 7 | February 13 | 1 |
| February 13 | "Work" (#4) ↑ | Rihanna featuring Drake | 1 | March 5 | 18 |
| February 20 | "Pillowtalk" ↑ | Zayn | 1 | February 20 | 16 |
| February 20 | "Summer Sixteen" ↑ | Drake | 6 | February 20 | 1 |
| February 20 | "Me, Myself & I" | G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha | 7 | March 12 | 12 |
| March 5 | "Cake by the Ocean" | DNCE | 9 | March 12 | 7 |
| March 19 | "Piece by Piece" ↑ | Kelly Clarkson | 8 | March 19 | 1 |
| March 19 | "7 Years" | Lukas Graham | 2 | April 9 | 15 |
| March 26 | "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" | Mike Posner | 4 | May 21 | 14 |
| April 2 | "Dangerous Woman" ↑ | Ariana Grande | 8 | June 11 | 2 |
| April 9 | "No" | Meghan Trainor | 3 | April 16 | 5 |
| April 16 | "Work from Home" | Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign | 4 | June 11 | 15 |
| April 23 | "Panda" (#6) | Desiigner | 1 | May 7 | 17 |
| May 7 | "One Dance" (#3) | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | 1 | May 21 | 20 |
| May 14 | "Purple Rain" | Prince and The Revolution | 4 | May 14 | 1 |
| May 14 | "When Doves Cry" | Prince | 8 | May 14 | 1 |
| May 14 | "Formation" ↑ | Beyoncé | 10 | May 14 | 1 |
| May 21 | "Don't Let Me Down" (#8) | The Chainsmokers featuring Daya | 3 | July 16 | 23 |
| May 21 | "This Is What You Came For" ↑ | Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna | 3 | August 6 | 19 |
| May 28 | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" (#9) ↑ | Justin Timberlake | 1 | May 28 | 15 |
| May 28 | "Needed Me" | Rihanna | 7 | July 2 | 16 |
| June 18 | "Just Like Fire" | Pink | 10 | June 18 | 2 |
| July 2 | "Cheap Thrills" | Sia featuring Sean Paul | 1 | August 6 | 18 |
| July 2 | "Don't Mind" | Kent Jones | 8 | July 16 | 6 |
| July 9 | "Ride" | Twenty One Pilots | 5 | September 10 | 13 |
| July 30 | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" | Adele | 8 | September 24 | 8 |
| August 13 | "Cold Water" ↑ | Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | 2 | August 13 | 14 |
| August 20 | "Closer" (#10) ↑ | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | 1 | September 3 | 32 |
| August 27 | "Heathens" | Twenty One Pilots | 2 | September 24 | 18 |
| September 10 | "Treat You Better" | Shawn Mendes | 6 | October 8 | 8 |
| September 24 | "We Don't Talk Anymore" | Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez | 9 | October 8 | 2 |
| October 1 | "Let Me Love You" | DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber | 4 | October 8 | 17 |
| October 8 | "Broccoli" | DRAM featuring Lil Yachty | 5 | November 5 | 12 |
| October 22 | "I Hate U, I Love U" | Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien | 10 | October 22 | 2 |
| October 29 | "24K Magic" ↑ | Bruno Mars | 4 | December 10 | 15 |
| October 29 | "Side to Side" | Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj | 4 | December 3 | 14 |
| November 12 | "Juju on that Beat (TZ Anthem)" | Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall | 5 | December 10 | 10 |
| November 19 | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | 1 | November 26 | 14 |
| December 31 | "Deja Vu" ↑ | J. Cole | 7 | December 31 | 1 |
Notes
* – α "When Doves Cry" and "Purple Rain" both originally charted in 1984, with the former spending five weeks at #1, beginning on July 7, 1984, and the latter reaching #2 on November 17 that year. "Doves" originally accumulated 11 weeks in the top 10, while "Purple" was in the tier for seven weeks. See List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1984 for more. The above entries for the two singles reflect their runs in 2016 only.

### 2015 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 2016 which peaked in 2015 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| August 1 | "The Hills" | The Weeknd | 1 | October 3 | 21 |
| September 19 | "What Do You Mean?" ↑ | Justin Bieber | 1 | September 19 | 21 |
| October 3 | "Hotline Bling" | Drake | 2 | October 24 | 19 |
| October 17 | "Stitches" | Shawn Mendes | 4 | November 7 | 18 |
| November 14 | "Hello" (#7) ↑ | Adele | 1 | November 14 | 18 |
| November 21 | "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" | Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend | 8 | December 12 | 10 |

### 2017 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 2016 which peaked in 2017 :
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| October 15 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | 1 | January 7 | 19 |
| November 5 | "Don't Wanna Know" | Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar | 6 | February 18 | 14 |
| November 19 | "Fake Love" | Drake | 8 | February 18 | 6 |
| December 24 | "Bad Things" | Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello | 4 | February 11 | 10 |
| December 31 | "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" ↑ | Zayn and Taylor Swift | 2 | March 4 | 12 |

## Artists with most top-ten songs

List of artists by total songs peaking in the top-ten :
| Artist | Numbers of songs |
| Drake | 5 |
| Justin Bieber | 5 |
| The Chainsmokers | 3 |
| Rihanna | 3 |
| Selena Gomez | 3 |
| Twenty One Pilots | 3 |
| Adele | 2 |
| Ariana Grande | 2 |
| Meghan Trainor | 2 |
| Prince | 2 |
| Shawn Mendes | 2 |
| The Weeknd | 2 |
| Zayn | 2 |