thumb|right|upright=1.3|alt=Musician Percy Faith|[[Percy Faith had the longest-running Hot 100 number one of 1960.]]
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart published since August 1958 by Billboard magazine which ranks the best-performing singles in the United States. In 1960, it was compiled based on a combination of sales and airplay data sourced from surveys of retail outlets and playlists submitted by radio stations respectively. During the year, 19 different singles spent time at number one.
In the year's first issue of Billboard, Marty Robbins moved into the number-one position with "El Paso", displacing the final chart-topper of 1959, "Why" by Frankie Avalon. Presley, known as the "King of Rock and Roll", gained his third number one of the year in November with "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", which held the top spot for the final five weeks of 1960. He was the only act to take three singles to number one during the year, and his total of 14 weeks in the top spot was the most achieved by any act. Two female singers, Connie Francis and Brenda Lee, were the only other acts to have more than one number one during 1960. Francis topped the Hot 100 in June with "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and in September with "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own". Lee, who was 15 years old at the time, reached number one with "I'm Sorry" in July and "I Want to Be Wanted" in October. More than 60 years later, she set a record for the oldest singer to top the Hot 100 when her 1958 recording of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" reached number one in 2023 when she was 78 years old. Acts that reached number one in the second half of the year but had short-lived success included the Hollywood Argyles, a studio project organized by the singer Gary Paxton; the novelty song "Alley Oop" was the only song under the Hollywood Argyles name ever to chart on the Hot 100.
Chart history
thumb|right|upright|[[Connie Francis had two number ones in 1960.|alt=Singer Connie Francis]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=Singers The Everly Brothers|[[The Everly Brothers took "Cathy's Clown" to number one.]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=Singer Elvis Presley|[[Elvis Presley had three chart-toppers in 1960.]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=Singer Ray Charles|"[[Georgia on my Mind" was a number one for Ray Charles.]]
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"El Paso"
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|align="center" rowspan="5"|"Cathy's Clown"
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"
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|align="center"|"I Want to Be Wanted"
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Save the Last Dance for Me"
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|align="center" rowspan="5"|"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
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Notes
Number-one artists
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| Elvis Presley
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| Percy Faith
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| The Everly Brothers
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| Connie Francis
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| Brenda Lee
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| Johnny Preston
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| The Drifters
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| Marty Robbins
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| Mark Dinning
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| Hollywood Argyles
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| Brian Hyland
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|Chubby Checker
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| Larry Verne
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| Ray Charles
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| Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
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See also
- 1960 in music
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1960
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969