Billboard (USA) - The 20 Greatest Final Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of All-Time (2020)

[StevieFan13]

https://www.billboard.com/articles/busi ... its-top-20
I feel like this should count, right?

20. Hall & Oates, "Out of Touch" (1984)
19. TLC, "Unpretty" (1999)
18. The Four Seasons, "December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)" (1976)
17. Diana Ross, “Endless Love”
16. Prince and the New Power Generation, "Cream" (1991)
15. Destiny's Child, "Bootylicious" (2001)
14. The Bee Gees, "Love You Inside Out" (1979)
13. Diana Ross & the Supremes, "Someday We'll Be Together" (1969)
12. Stevie Wonder, "Part-Time Lover" (1985)
11. The Rolling Stones, "Miss You" (1978)
10. Whitney Houston, "Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)" (1995)
9. Janet Jackson, "All For You" (2001)
8. The Beatles, "The Long and Winding Road" (1970)
7. Blondie, "Rapture" (1981)
6. Madonna, "Music" (2000)
5. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind" (2009)
4. The Temptations, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972)
3. Cher, "Believe" (1999)
2. The Jackson 5, "I'll Be There" (1970)
1. Elvis Presley, "Suspicious Minds" (1969)

[panam]

It doesn't seems eligible to me (especially because the spectrum is just hits from Billboard) but since a "from worst to best" list was eligible I think open doors for these kind of lists, right?

[Henrik]

Hot 100 and no. 1’s I know, but what is the final hot 100?

[panam]

According to them, it's the last time a popular artist get a number one on Billboard. It means they choose their top between the songs that became number one on Hot 100 Billboard and was the last time for that artist.

"It was 50 years ago this week that the most successful group in Billboard Hot 100 history enjoyed what was essentially their chart swan song. The Beatles, band behind a still-record 20 No. 1 singles on the chart, topped the Hot 100 on June 13, 1970 for what would be the final time, with the Phil Spector-produced megaballad “The Long and Winding Road.”

That inspired some of us here at Billboard to get to thinking about the greatest final No. 1 singles of all-time: the Hot 100 toppers that stand as the final statement in the chart history books from some of our most successful artists ever. Of course, to even have a “final No. 1,” you need to have a number of them to begin with, and it has to have been a while since your last one. We settled at a minimum of four total No. 1s, and at least ten years since the most recent one, to be eligible for this list — though we recognize that we definitely still might not have heard the last from some of these artists in the Hot 100’s top tier just yet"

[Henrik]

Thanks panam!

But ok, then the criteria are too specific for this list to be used on AM.