List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2004

Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales and airplay.

Although there were 12 singles that claimed the top spot in the 52 issues of the chart, hip hop duo Outkast's "Hey Ya!"

[citation needed] In 2004, 13 acts achieved their first U.S. number-one single, either as a lead artist or featured guest, including Sleepy Brown, Twista, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx, Lil Jon, Fantasia Barrino, Juvenile, Soulja Slim, Terror Squad, Ciara, Petey Pablo, Snoop Dogg, and Pharrell.

Overall, Usher had 28 weeks on top in a calendar year, becoming the first act to have achieved such an extended chart run on the Billboard Hot 100.

[9] In 2004, all 12 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100 were performed by African-American recording artists and accounted for 80% of the number-one R&B hits that year.

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R&B singer Usher broke Billboard records with four number-one singles for 28 weeks on the top spot in a calendar year.
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Singer Ciara 's first number-one single, " Goodies ", topped the chart for seven consecutive weeks.
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Band OutKast 's number-one single " Hey Ya! ", self-replaced the top spot with their " The Way You Move ".