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The #1 song on your birthday

Every Billboard Hot 100 chart since August 1958, one date away. Type a birthday - yours, theirs, anyone's - and see the song that ruled the charts that week.

Free · every week since August 4, 1958

What was the number one song on my birthday?

Billboard has published the Hot 100 - the ranking of the most popular songs in the United States - every week since August 4, 1958. Whatever date you were born, one song was sitting on top of that chart, and it says more about the world you arrived into than any horoscope: the sound in the kitchens, the cars and the school dances of that exact week. This lookup finds it instantly, for any birthday from 1958 to today.

  1. Type the date. Yours, your mom's, your best friend's - any birthday since August 1958 works.
  2. Meet the song. The Hot 100 number one of that exact week, with the artist who sang it - a two-second time machine.
  3. Share the card. Every date gets its own link with its own card - the birthday post that isn't a template.

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Birthday number ones: questions people ask

What does “the #1 song on my birthday” mean?
It is the song that sat at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 - the main ranking of popular songs in the United States - on the chart that was current the day you were born. One song holds that spot each week, so every birthday since August 1958 has exactly one answer.
Where does the data come from?
From the published Billboard Hot 100 chart history, as compiled on Wikipedia's year-by-year lists of number ones. We keep a verified copy covering every chart week since the very first Hot 100, dated August 4, 1958, and refresh it as new weeks are published.
Why does it show a chart week instead of my exact day?
Billboard publishes the Hot 100 once a week, so one song reigns for seven days at a time. Your lookup finds the chart that was current on your exact date - the week shown is that chart's official issue date.
I was born before August 1958 - why is there no result?
The Hot 100 simply didn't exist yet: the first chart is dated August 4, 1958. Earlier birthdays had hit songs too, but they lived on different, older charts - we'd rather say that honestly than show a number one from the wrong list.
Can I share my result?
Yes - every date has its own link with its own share card showing the song, the artist and the chart week. Copy the address or use the share buttons under the result; it makes a better birthday post than a candle emoji.
Is the lookup free?
Completely. No account, no email, nothing to install - type a date, get the song. If you then feel like giving someone a song written about them rather than the one everyone shared, that's what the rest of this site does.

Chart history compiled from Wikipedia's List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones (CC BY-SA 4.0), data through 2026-08-02. Billboard and Hot 100 are trademarks of their owner; this free lookup is not affiliated with or endorsed by Billboard.