There used to be a thread on this a few years ago but I'm reviving it with a new look. Where do your #1s tend to climb from, or are they mostly new entries? Post your tallies below!

 

For me, not counting returns to #1, and counting up to week 282:

 

DEBUT: 96

RE-ENTRY: 4

 

#2: 13

#3: 13

#4: 4

#5: 5

#6: 2

#7: 6

#8: 4

#9: 1

#10: 4

 

#11: 1

#12: 2

#13: 3

#14: 7

#17: 5

#18: 1

 

#25: 1

#27: 1

 

#31: 1

#35: 1

#38: 2

#40: 1

 

Joel Adams holds the record for biggest climb to #1, as Please Don't Go climbed 40-1! #1 debuts have become less common in recent times, as my chart is compiled on a Friday evening, so new releases often make a small impact initially and then climb high the following week.

294 #1s in my personal chart to date (January 2005 to present):

 

DEBUT: 110

 

#2: 79

#3: 40

#4: 20

#5: 7

#6: 11

#7: 5

#8: 3

#9: 5

#10: 3

 

#11: 3 [Amerie - 1 Thing] [Rihanna - Rude Boy] [Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)]

#13: 2 [Mary J. Blige & U2 - One] [Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French]

#14: 1 [Troye Sivan feat. Betty Who - Heaven]

#16: 1 [Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop]

#17: 1 [Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky]

 

#21: 1 [The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love]

#25: 1 [Glee Cast - Don't Stop Believin']

#40: 1 [Loreen - Euphoria]

 

So only 11 out 294 #1s climbed there from outside of my Top 10!

 

Euphoria chart run: 08-03-02-06-16-27-30-35-out-40-01-01-02-03-08-13-20-22-28-32-39-out-30-out / Probably obvious, but its climb to #1 occurred the week following her Eurovision win!

126 #1s (since Sept. 2010), not including returns to #1

 

DEBUT: 30

RE-ENTRY: 1

 

#2: 25

#3: 17

#4: 8

#5: 10

#6: 2

#7: 1

#8: 3

#9: 2

#10: 4

 

#12: 4

#14: 2

#16: 1

#17: 1

#20: 1

#21: 2

#22: 1

#26: 2

#27: 1

#28: 1

#29: 1

#30: 2

#33: 1

#36: 1

#40: 1

 

Debut
Alicia Keys ~ Girl On Fire (feat. Nicki Minaj)
Arty, Matisse & Sadko ~ RIOT
Avicii ~ Broken Arrows (feat. Zac Brown)
Avicii ~ For A Better Day (feat. Alex Ebert)
Avicii ~ On My Own (feat. Joakim Berg)
Avicii ~ Silhouettes (feat. Salem Al Fakir)
Avicii ~ The Days (feat. Robbie Williams)
Avicii ~ Waiting For Love (feat. Simon Aldred)
Avicii ~ Wake Me Up (feat. Aloe Blacc)
Calvin Harris & Rihanna ~ This Is What You Came For
Caspa ~ Back For The First Time
Cee Lo Green ~ F**k You
Christina Perri ~ Jar Of Hearts
Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson ~ Symphony
Daft Punk ~ Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
Felix Jaehn ~ Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (feat. Jasmine Thomspon)
Gareth Emery and Standerwick ~ Saving Light (feat. HALIENE)
James Arthur ~ Impossible
Jax Jones ~ Instruction [feat. Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don]
Julio Bashmore ~ Au Seve
Kiesza ~ Giant In My Heart
Lady GaGa ~ Applause
Lady GaGa ~ Judas
Little Mix ~ Cannonball
Morten ~ Beautiful Heartbeat (Avicii Remix) (feat. Frida Sundemo)
PSY ~ Gentleman
Sak Noel ~ Loca People
The Black Eyed Peas ~ The Time (The Dirty Bit)
will.i.am ~ T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever) (feat. Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger)
Wyclef Jean ~ Divine Sorrow (feat. Avicii)

RE-ENTRY
Avicii ~ Hey Brother (feat. Dan Tyminski)

#2
Alesso ~ Cool (feat. Roy English)
Alex Adair ~ Make Me Feel Better
Aly & Fila meets Roger Shah and Susana ~ Unbreakable
Armin van Buuren ~ This Is What It Feels Like (feat. Trevor Guthrie)
Avicii ~ You Make Me (feat. Salem Al Fakir)
Bassjackers & KSHMR ~ Extreme (feat. Sidnie Tipton)
Calvin Harris ~ My Way
Calvin Harris ~ Rollin [feat. Future and Khalid] 
Coldplay ~ Princess of China (feat. Rihanna)
David Guetta ~ Titanium (feat. Sia)
Gareth Emery & Alastor ~ Hands (feat. London Thor)
Flo Rida ~ Whistle
Fuse ODG ~ Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad)
Jenny Mayhem & The Fuzz Orchestrator ~ Bad Girls (SLO LOV Remix)
Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners ~ This Girl (feat. Kylie Auldist)
KSHMR ~ JAMMU
Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais ~ Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)
Moko ~ Your Love
Omi ~ Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
PSY ~ Gangnam Style
Rihanna ~ S&M
Shadow Child & Doorly ~ Climbin' (Piano Weapon)
Steve Aoki, Chris Lake & Tujamo ~ Boneless
Tiësto & Oliver Heldens ~ Wombass (The Right Song) (feat. Natalie La Rose)
will.i.am ~ Scream & Shout (feat. Britney Spears)

#3
Avicii ~ City Lights (feat. Noonie Bao)
Avicii vs. Nicky Romero ~ I Could Be The One (feat. Noonie Bao)
Chase & Status ~ Hitz (Remix) (feat. Tinie Tempah & Wretch 32)
Cheryl ~ Call My Name (feat. Calvin Harris)
Clean Bandit ~ Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)
Ella Henderson ~ Ghost (Oliver Nelson Remix)
Florence + The Machine ~ Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix)
Gotye ~ Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Labrinth ~ Earthquake (feat. Tinie Tempah)
Nelly Furtado ~ Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)
Nicki Minaj ~ Starships
offaiah ~ Trouble
Paperwhite ~ Get Away
Pep & Rash ~ Rumors
Porter Robinson ~ Language
TheFatRat ~ Fly Away [feat. Anjulie] 
Zara Larsson ~ Lush Life

#4
Calvin Harris ~ Feels [feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean]
Far East Movement ~ Like A G6 (feat. The Cataracs & Dev)
Laurentiu Duta ~ Shining Heart (feat. Andreea Banica)
MK & Becky Hill ~ Piece Of Me
Oliver Heldens ~ Melody
Pitbull ~ Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer)
Rihanna ~ Whats My Name (feat. Drake)
Tinie Tempah ~ Written in the Stars (feat. Eric Turner)

#5
Avicii ~ Pure Grinding (feat. Kristoffer Fogelmark & Earl St. Clair)
Duck Sauce ~ Barbra Streisand
Example ~ Changed The Way You Kiss Me
High Contrast ~ The First Note Is Silent (feat. Tiesto & Underworld)
Lilly Wood & The Prick ~ Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)
Loreen ~ Euphoria
Maceo Plex ~ Mirror Me (feat. C.A.R.)
Sigala ~ Sweet Lovin' (feat. Bryn Christopher)
Storm Queen ~ Look Right Through (feat. Damon C. Scott) (MK Vocal Mix)
Vato Gonzalez vs. Lethal Bizzle & Donae'O ~ Not A Saint

#6
£1 Fish Man ~ One Pound Fish
Jessie J ~ Domino

#7
Swedish House Mafia ~ Don't You Worry Child (feat. John Martin)

#8
Cedric Gervais ~ Molly
Emma Hewitt ~ Colours
Rizzle Kicks ~ Down With The Trumpets

#9
Lady GaGa ~ Born This Way
Michael Woods ~ Platinum Chains

#10
Avicii ~ Speed (Burn & Lotus F1 Team Mix)
Mr. Probz ~ Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)
Sandy Rivera ~ BANG! (feat. April)
Wankelmut & Emma Louise ~ My Head Is A Jungle (MK Remix)

#12
Avicii ~ Addicted To You (feat. Audra Mae)
Avicii ~ Levels
Duke Dumont ~ Need U (100%) (feat. A*M*E) 
Zara Larsson ~ I Would Like

#14
EDX ~ Touched
Pitbull ~ Back In Time

#16
Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party ~ Antidote

#17
Hurts ~ All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day

#20
Wolfgang Gartner ~ Redline

#21
Chris Malinchak ~ If U Got It
Willow Smith ~ Whip My Hair

#22
Nero ~ Promises

#26
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ~ Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)
will.i.am ~ Check it Out (feat. Nicki Minaj)

#27
David Guetta ~ Who's That Chick (feat. Rihanna)

#28
Ferreck Dawn & Redondo ~ Love Too Deep

#29
Tiesto, Mark Alston, Baggi Begovic & Jason Taylor ~ Love And Run (feat. Teddy Geiger)

#30
LMFAO ~ Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennet & GoonRock)
Martin Garrix ~ Animals

#33
LMFAO ~ Champagne Showers (feat. Natalia Kills)

#36
Baauer ~ Harlem Shake

#40
Mr. Belt & Wezol ~ Shiver

Since I started posting them on Buzzjack:

 

#2: 6

#3: 7

#4: 1

#5: 1

#6: 2

#7: 2

#8: 1

#10: 2

#11: 3

#12: 1

#13: 5

#14: 2

#15: 1

#16: 1

#20: 1

#22: 1 (Lindsey Stirling - Something Wild if you're wondering)

 

A lot of the ones from below #10 were from back when songs climbed to #1 in their second week though...very rare nowadays.

NEW ENTRY: Lady Gaga - The Cure [1]

#2: Luis Fonsi - Despacito (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber) [1]

Since 3rd January 2010 (381 chart weeks); 151 number 1s in total. Just 2 climbing from outside the Top 10 (both in weeks that fell in early-mid January) - zero debuts at #1. Only 1 Top 10 debut at all (#10) in 2012, and unsurprisingly that climbed 10-1 in its second week.

 

DEBUT: 0

#2: 69

#3: 40

#4: 17

#5: 11

#6: 4

#7: 3

#8: 2

#9: 1

#10: 2

#11: 1

#12: 0

#13: 0

#14: 0

#15: 0

#16: 0

#17: 0

#18: 0

#19: 0

#20: 1

I'll check only the #1's from 2017, because otherwise I'll be here all day! :P This is from Jan 1 2017 to May 15th 2017.

 

#1: 28
S - Tell Me (Jan)
Coldplay - Hym For The Weekend (Jan)
Illenium ft. Nina Sung - Only One (Jan)
Lifehouse - By Your Side (Jan)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (Jan)
Willy William ft. Cris Cab - Paris (Jan)
Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger (Jan)
OneRepublic - Kids (Feb)
Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm (Feb)
Evanescence - A New Way To Bleed (Feb)
Fat Joe ft. Remy Ma, French Montana & InfaRed (Feb)
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's (Feb)
The Chainsmokers ft. Coldplay - Something Just Like This (Mar)
Lowercase Noises - Working and Paying and Living and Dying (Mar)
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars (Mar)
t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said (Mar)
Drake - Passionfruit (Mar)
The Cure - Inbetween Days (Mar)
Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (Mar)
Bastille - Blame (Apr)
Texada - Close Your Eyes For This (Apr)
Gryffin & Illenium ft. Daya - Feel Good (Apr)
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (Apr)
Illenium ft. Kerli - Sound of Walking Away (Apr)
Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared to Be Lonely (Apr/May)
A Very Potter Musical Cast - Goin' Back To Hogwarts (May)
Imperial Mammoth - Little Earthquakes (May)
SHIROCK - Silver (May)
Auli'i Cravalho - How Far I'll Go (May)

#2: 11
SHIROCK - Still Young (Jan)
clipping. - Air Em Out (Jan)
Alessia Cara - How Far I'll Go (Jan)
Two Steps From Hell - Remembrance (Feb)
Mike WiLL Made It ft. Carly Rae Jepsen & Lil Yachty - It Takes Two (Feb)
Lorde - Green Light (Mar)
VHS Collection - Ghost (Mar)
In A Big Country - In A Big Country (Mar)
Dirty Projectors ft. D∆WN - Cool Your Heart (Mar)
Theft - Come Down (Apr)
Lifehouse - Hourglass (Apr)

#3: 3
Neil Cicierega - Shit (Jan)
Calvin Harris ft. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide (Mar)
Gorillaz ft. D.R.A.M. - Andromeda (Mar)

#4: 2
Hot Dad - Big Money Salvia (Jan)
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Opetaia Foa'i - We Know The Way (Apr)

#5: 0
#6: 2
Alessia Cara - Stars (Jan)
Bon Iver - 8 (circle)

#7: 2
The Weeknd - Professional (Feb)
311 - Amber (Feb)

#8: 0
#9: 0
#10: 0
#11: 1
Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Apr)

#12: 0
#13: 1
Holy Ghost! - I Will Come Back (May)

#14: 1
Kanye West ft. Chris Brown - Waves (Jan)

#15: 1
Alex Da Kid ft. X-Ambassadors, Elle King & Wiz Khalifa - Not Easy (Feb)

#16: 1
Zaz - La complainte de la butte (Feb)

#17: 1
Owen Bones ft. Tunji Ige & lil aaron - Mach One (Apr)

#18: 1
T-Pain ft. One Chance - Nightmare (Feb)

#19: 2
Neil Cicierega - Wallspin (Jan/Feb)
Lord Huron - The Night We Met (Apr)

#20: 1
Imagine Dragons - Bleeding Out (Jan)

Edited May 16, 20178 yr by JeffRayGun