thumb|right|upright=1.4|[[The 5th Dimension had two chart-toppers in 1969.|alt=The singing group the 5th Dimension]]
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 1969, 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, 17 different singles spent time at number one.
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In the year's first issue of Billboard, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye was at number one, retaining its position from the final chart of 1968.
The year's final number one was "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross & the Supremes. Although officially the final Supremes single to feature Diana Ross as lead vocalist before she departed for a solo career, it was itself effectively a Ross solo single, as the other members of the Supremes, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong, did not perform on it, being replaced by session singers.
Chart history
thumb|right|upright|alt=The musician Billy Preston|[[Billy Preston is one of only two musicians to have received joint billing on a Hot 100 entry by the Beatles.]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=The musician Henry Mancini|[[Henry Mancini took "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" to number one.]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=The singing group The Supremes|"[[Someday We'll Be Together" was the final single by the Supremes to feature lead singer Diana Ross (right).]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=The singer Elvis Presley|"[[Suspicious Minds" was the final Hot 100 number one for Elvis Presley.]]
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|align="center" rowspan="4"|"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Crimson and Clover"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4|212
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|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Everyday People"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Sly & the Family Stone
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|March 1
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|March 8
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4|213
|March 15
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Dizzy"
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|March 22
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|March 29
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|April 5
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=6|214
|April 12
|align="center" rowspan="6"|"Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"
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|April 19
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|April 26
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|May 3
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|May 10
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|May 17
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5|215
|May 24
|align="center" rowspan="5"|"Get Back"
|align="center" rowspan="5"| with Billy Preston
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|May 31
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|June 7
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|June 14
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|June 21
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|June 28
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"
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|July 5
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=6|217
|July 12
|align="center" rowspan="6"|"In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)"
|align="center" rowspan="6"|Zager and Evans
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|July 19
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|July 26
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|August 2
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|August 9
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|August 16
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|August 23
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Honky Tonk Women"
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|August 30
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|September 6
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|September 13
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4|219
|September 20
| align="center" rowspan="4"|"Sugar, Sugar"
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|September 27
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|October 4
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|October 11
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|October 18
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"I Can't Get Next to You"
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|October 25
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|221
|November 1
|align="center"|"Suspicious Minds"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3|222
|November 8
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Wedding Bell Blues"
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|November 15
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|November 22
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|223
|November 29
|align="center"|"Come Together" / "Something"
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|224
|December 6
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Steam
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|December 13
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|225
|December 20
|align="center"|"Leaving on a Jet Plane"
|align="center"|Peter, Paul and Mary
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|226
|December 27
|align="center"|"Someday We'll Be Together"
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Notes
Number-one artists
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 9
| The 5th Dimension
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! scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" rowspan=2| 6
| Zager and Evans
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| The Beatles
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 5
| Billy Preston
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! scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" rowspan=5|4
| Marvin Gaye
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| Sly & the Family Stone
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| Tommy Roe
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| The Rolling Stones
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| The Archies
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! scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" rowspan=4|2
| Tommy James and the Shondells
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| Henry Mancini
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| The Temptations
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| Steam
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! scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" rowspan=3| 1
| Elvis Presley
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|Peter, Paul and Mary
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| Diana Ross & the Supremes
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See also
- 1969 in music
- Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1969
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1969
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969
References
Works cited
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