As the title suggests, what's been at the top of your chart at the start of each new year? Here's all 20+ of mine!

 

1999: Steps - Heartbeat / Tragedy

2000: S Club 7 - Two In A Million / You're My Number One

2001: Steps - It's The Way You Make Me Feel

2002: Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor

2003: Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground

2004: Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad World

2005: Kylie Minogue - I Believe In You

2006: Shayne Ward - That's My Goal

2007: Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This

2008: Girls Aloud - Call The Shots

2009: The Saturdays - Issues

2010: 'Banned' Of St. Trinian's - Up & Away

2011: Ellie Goulding - Your Song

2012: Coldplay - Paradise

2013: James Arthur - Impossible

2014: Pharrell Williams - Happy

2015: Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up

2016: Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime

2017: Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul - Rockabye

2018: Craig David feat. Bastille - I Know You

2019: Now United - All Day

2014: Beyonce feat. Jay-Z "Drunk In Love"

2015: Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne "Real Love"

2016: Justin Bieber "Sorry"

2017: The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk "I Feel It Coming"

2018: Walk The Moon "One Foot"

2019: TBA

 

I'd have to dig out my handwritten pre-Buzzjack charts for earlier years, but there's a start anyway.

2012 One Direction - More Than This

2013 Lucie Silvas - Cry a Little More

2014 Hunter Hayes - More Than I Should

2015 Taylor Swift - Blank Space

2016 Trevor Moran - Let's Roll

2017 Christopher - Free Fall

2018 Isac Elliot - Mouth to Mouth

2019 Matteo Markus Bok - Mrs Lonely (also the final #1 of 2018, the first new #1 of 2019 hasn't arrived yet!)

 

An odd bunch there, many of them benefiting from a quiet period at the start of the year.

I'll take this to mean first number one of the new year rather than what was #1 on January 1st, otherwise it'd be Christmas hangovers that I wasn't listening to in January for the past 3 years.

 

2011: Rihanna feat. Drake - What's My Name

2012: High Contrast feat. Tiësto & Underworld - The First Note Is Silent

2013: will.i.am feat. Britney Spears - Scream and Shout

2014: Avicii - Hey Brother

2015: Sandy Rivera feat. April - BANG!

2016: Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher - Sweet Lovin'

2017: Zara Larsson - I Would Like

2018: Avicii feat. Rita Ora - Lonely Together

2019: Kygo feat. Sandro Cavazza - Happy Now

 

and as a bonus, the first NEW number one of each year:

 

2011: Rihanna - S&M

2012: High Contrast feat. Tiësto & Underworld - The First Note Is Silent

2013: Vato Gonzalez vs. Lethal Bizzle & Donae'o - Not A Saint

2014: Fuse ODG - Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad)

2015: Pep & Rash - Rumors

2016: Morten feat. Frida Sundemo - Beautiful Heartbeat (Avicii Remix)

2017: Zara Larsson - I Would Like

2018: Darren Styles & Stonebank feat. EMEL - Sky Is Falling

2019: TBA

 

Only two occasions (in italics) where the first number one of the year was new at #1!

First number one of the year:

 

2000 Len “Steal My Sunshine” (2nd week of 3)

2001 Rui Da Silva ft. Cassandra “Touch Me” (2nd week of 4)

2002 Kosheen “Catch” (3rd and final week)

2003 Divine Inspiration “The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand)” (1st and only week)

2004 Mew “She Came Home For Christmas” (3rd and final week)

2005 The Killers “Somebody Told Me” (1st week of 2)

2006 José González “Heartbeats” (1st week of 3)

2007 I Was A Cub Scout “Pink Squares” (3rd and final week)

2008 Robyn “Be Mine!” (1st week of 2)

2009 Ladyhawke “My Delirium” (4th and final week)

2010 The Drums “I Felt Stupid” (3rd week of 4)

2011 Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith “Not In Love” (5th week of 7)

2012 Jessie Ware “Strangest Feeling” (1st and only week)

2013 Autre Ne Veut “Counting” (1st week of 3)

2014 Arcade Fire “Afterlife” (3rd week of 4)

2015 Lxury “Pick You Up” (1st week of 3)

2016 Grimes “Flesh Without Blood” (6th and final week)

2017 Bonobo “Kerala” (1st week of 3)

2018 Charlotte Gainsbourg “Deadly Valentine” (2nd and final week)

2019 Fontaines D.C. “Too Real” (1st week)

My tracking chart years start with the week after the Christmas #1 (except for some years that are 53 weeks like 2014)

 

First #1 of the year:

2014 | Conor Maynard - R U Crazy (12/27/2013)

2015 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (1/2/2015)

2016 | Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (1/1/2016)

2017 | Twenty One Pilots - Lane Boy (12/30/2016)

2018 | Sofi Tukker f/NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno - Best Friend (12/28/2017)

2019 | Ariana Grande - thank u, next (12/29/2018)

 

First new #1 of the year:

2014 | Conor Maynard - R U Crazy (12/27/2013)

2015 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (1/2/2015)

2016 | Taylor Swift - Out Of The Woods (1/15/2016)

2017 | Machine Gun Kelly X Camila Cabello - Bad Things (1/6/2017)

2018 | Sofi Tukker f/NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno - Best Friend (12/28/2017)

2019 | TBA

(Dailies)

2014: Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (1/5/2014)

2015: Jack White - Lazaretto (1/1/2015)

2016: CHVRCHES - Leave a Trace (1/1/2016)

2017: S - Tell Me (1/1/2017)

(Weeklies)

2017: SHIROCK - Still Young (1/7/2017)

2018: Steven Wilson ft. Ninet Tayeb - Pariah (1/6/2018)

2019: Twenty One Pilots - The Hype (1/5/2018)

 

These same songs are all technically new number ones, so no need to list that out. :P

First #1 of the year:

2019: Feenixpawl, Sheco ft. Georgi Kay - Dreams (05/01/19)

2020: Martin Garrix, Matisse & Sadko ft. Michel Zitron - Hold On (04/01/20)

2021: Headhunterz, JDX - Transcendence (02/01/21)

2022: B-Front ft. Pleuni - Everlasting (01/01/22)

 

First NEW #1 of the year:

2018: KSHMR ft. Jake Reese - Carry Me Home (07/07/18)

2019: David Glen Eisley, Bob Kulick - Sweet Victory (16/02/19)

2020: Martin Garrix, Matisse & Sadko ft. Michel Zitron - Hold On (04/01/20)

2021: Headhunterz, JDX - Transcendence (02/01/21)

2022: Alffy Rev ft. Aurora Ribero - Till We Meet Again (15/01/22)

Edited May 18, 20223 yr by MandaliCow

2014: Beyonce feat. Jay-Z "Drunk In Love"

2015: Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne "Real Love"

2016: Justin Bieber "Sorry"

2017: The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk "I Feel It Coming"

2018: Walk The Moon "One Foot"

2019: TBA

 

I'd have to dig out my handwritten pre-Buzzjack charts for earlier years, but there's a start anyway.

2019: Maggie Rogers "Light On"

2020: The Weeknd "Heartless"

2021: Harry Styles "Golden"

2022: Ed Sheeran "Overpass Graffiti"

 

I'm glad I updated this, didn't realize The Weeknd had done it twice!

2011: Olly Murs - Busy

2012: Scissor Sisters vs. Krystal Pepsy - Shady Love

2013: John Newman - Love Me Again

2014: Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

2015: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Ballad of the Mighty I

2016: TIEKS feat. Dan Harkna - Sunshine

2017: alt-J - 3WW

2018: Christine and the Queens - Girlfriend (feat. Dâm-Funk)

2019: MJ Cole & Freya Ridings - Waking Up

2020: Billie Eilish - everything i wanted

2021: You Me At Six - SUCKAPUNCH

2022: Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker

2020: MisterWives - whywhywhy

2021: Caroline Polachek - Breathless

2022: MisterWives - Stepped On A Bee

 

Didn't realise MisterWives were so good at this :lol: I don't return to their 2020 song very much at all, bit of a non-#1 from the first week I ever made a chart. Caroline Polachek to kick off 2023 maybe?

First #1 of the year:

2019: Feenixpawl, Sheco ft. Georgi Kay - Dreams (05/01/19)

2020: Martin Garrix, Matisse & Sadko ft. Michel Zitron - Hold On (04/01/20)

2021: Headhunterz, JDX - Transcendence (02/01/21)

2022: B-Front ft. Pleuni - Everlasting (01/01/22)

2023: Girls' Generation - FOREVER 1 (Matisse & Sadko Remix) (07/01/23)

2024: XiJaro & Pitch, Cari - Time (06/01/24)

 

First NEW #1 of the year:

2018: KSHMR ft. Jake Reese - Carry Me Home (07/07/18)

2019: David Glen Eisley, Bob Kulick - Sweet Victory (16/02/19)

2020: Martin Garrix, Matisse & Sadko ft. Michel Zitron - Hold On (04/01/20)

2021: Headhunterz, JDX - Transcendence (02/01/21)

2022: Alffy Rev ft. Aurora Ribero - Till We Meet Again (15/01/22)

2023: Aden Foyer - The Ballet Girl (14/01/23)

2024: Creepy Nuts - Bling-Bang-Bang-Born (27/01/24)

2020: MisterWives - whywhywhy

2021: Caroline Polachek - Breathless

2022: MisterWives - Stepped On A Bee

2023: Miley Cyrus - Flowers

2024: Empress Of - Femenine

 

MisterWives fell off x

first #1 of the year:

2011: Rihanna feat. Drake - What's My Name

2012: High Contrast feat. Tiësto & Underworld - The First Note Is Silent

2013: will.i.am feat. Britney Spears - Scream and Shout

2014: Avicii - Hey Brother

2015: Sandy Rivera feat. April - BANG!

2016: Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher - Sweet Lovin'

2017: Zara Larsson - I Would Like

2018: Avicii feat. Rita Ora - Lonely Together

2019: Kygo feat. Sandro Cavazza - Happy Now

2020: CloudNone & Laura Brehm - Changed

2021: Worakls & Rusanda Panfili - Storm

2022: Bon Entendeur feat. Sofiane Pamart - Alba

2023: Grum - Look To The Light

2024: Leblanc - Palladio

 

first NEW #1 of the year: (italics signifies a match with the first list)

2011: Rihanna - S&M (07/02/11)

2012: High Contrast feat. Tiësto & Underworld - The First Note Is Silent (02/01/12)

2013: Vato Gonzalez vs. Lethal Bizzle & Donae'o - Not A Saint (21/01/13)

2014: Fuse ODG - Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad) (19/01/14)

2015: Pep & Rash - Rumors (09/02/15)

2016: Morten feat. Frida Sundemo - Beautiful Heartbeat (Avicii Remix) (22/01/16)

2017: Zara Larsson - I Would Like (06/01/17)

2018: Darren Styles & Stonebank feat. EMEL - Sky Is Falling (26/01/18)

2019: Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (11/01/19)

2020: Avicii feat. Noonie Bao - Fades Away (10/01/20)

2021: Worakls & Rusanda Panfili - Storm (03/01/21)

2022: Shouse - Won't Forget You (11/02/22)

2023: Nosaj Thing feat. Julianna Barwick - Blue Hour (20/01/23)

2024: Adrianne Lenker - Ruined (19/01/24)

caveat: I didn't produce a steady chart until 2018 so for some years I would randomly bring it back in July or something rather than the very start of the year :lol:

 

2011: Olly Murs - Busy

2012: Scissor Sisters vs. Krystal Pepsy - Shady Love

2013: John Newman - Love Me Again

2014: Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

2015: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Ballad of the Mighty I

2016: TIEKS - Sunshine (feat. Dan Harkna)

2017: alt-J – 3WW

2018: Christine and the Queens - Girlfriend (feat. Dâm-Funk)

2019: MJ Cole & Freya Ridings - Waking Up

2020: Billie Eilish - everything i wanted

2021: You Me At Six - SUCKAPUNCH

2022: Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker

2023: Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle

2024: TR/ST - Robrash

annual update:

2021: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo (charts began in may 2021)

2022: Red (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

2023: Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift

2024: Stick Season - Noah Kahan