List of number-one Billboard Streaming Songs of 2016

This is a list of songs that reached number one on the Billboard magazine Streaming Songs chart in 2016.

Chart history

Key

†	Indicates best-charting streaming song of 2016^[1]

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Weekly streams
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]

See also

• 2016 in music
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2016

References

1. "Streaming Songs: Year End 2016". Billboard.
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