thumb|upright=1.4|[[The Beatles achieved their breakthrough in the United States in 1964 and had six number-one singles during the year.|alt=Pop music group The Beatles arriving at an airport and waving to fans]]
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 1964, 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, and 23 different singles spent time at number one.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, Bobby Vinton moved into the number-one position with "There! I've Said It Again", displacing the final number one of 1963, "Dominique" by the Singing Nun. the British band had experienced a dramatic surge in popularity, dubbed "Beatlemania", in their native country in 1963. Capitol Records, the label which held the rights to their singles in the United States, initially declined to release them, however, deeming them unsuitable for the U.S. market. In late 1963, following a news report about the group's success in Britain, a prominent U.S. radio DJ obtained and played an imported copy of the group's latest UK single, "I Want to Hold Your Hand". and three other British acts, Peter and Gordon, the Animals, and Manfred Mann, topped the Hot 100 during the year. Prior to 1964, there had only been two Hot 100 number ones by British acts: Mr. Acker Bilk in May 1962 and the Tornados in December 1962. Seven other acts gained their first number-one singles in 1964: Louis Armstrong, Mary Wells, the Dixie Cups, the Beach Boys, the Supremes, the Shangri-Las, and Lorne Greene. Dean Martin topped the Hot 100 for the first time, having previously topped the separate sales and airplay listings which Billboard published prior to the launch of the consolidated chart in 1958. Some of 1964's number ones have been considered among the greatest pop songs ever recorded. In 2024, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at number 15 and "She Loves You" at number 135 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and 1964 chart-toppers by the Animals and the Shangri-Las also featured on the list. "A Hard Day's Night" by the Beatles and "Where Did Our Love Go" by the Supremes had been included on earlier iterations of the list.
Chart history
thumb|right|upright|alt=Pop music group The Supremes performing|[[The Supremes had three number ones in 1964.]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=Actor/singer Lorne Greene|[[Lorne Greene, better known as an actor, had a number one with "Ringo".]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=Pop music group The Animals|[[The Animals topped the chart with their version of the traditional song "The House of the Rising Sun".]]
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|align="center" rowspan="4"|"There! I've Said It Again"
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|align="center" rowspan="7"|"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|105
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"She Loves You"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5|106
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|align="center" rowspan="5"|"Can't Buy Me Love"
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|align="center"|"Hello, Dolly!"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|108
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"My Guy"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|109
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|align="center"|"Love Me Do"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3|110
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|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Chapel of Love"
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|align="center"|Peter and Gordon
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|112
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"I Get Around"
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Rag Doll"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|114
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|align="center"|"Everybody Loves Somebody"
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Where Did Our Love Go"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3|118
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|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Oh, Pretty Woman"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|119
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Manfred Mann
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4|120
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|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Baby Love"
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|align="center"|"Leader of the Pack"
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|align="center"|"Ringo"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|123
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|align="center"|"Mr. Lonely"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|124
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|align="center"|"Come See About Me"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|125
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|align="center"|"I Feel Fine"
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Number-one artists
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |18
| The Beatles
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |7
| The Supremes
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |5
| Bobby Vinton
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| The Dixie Cups
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| The Animals
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| Roy Orbison
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! scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" rowspan=4|2
| Mary Wells
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| The Beach Boys
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| The Four Seasons
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| Manfred Mann
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! scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" rowspan=5|1
| Louis Armstrong
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| Peter and Gordon
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| Dean Martin
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| The Shangri-Las
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| Lorne Greene
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See also
- 1964 in music
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1964
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969