As in every year, superstar acts scored numerous record-setting feats on
Billboard s charts in 2020. They also helped provide some fun, distracting normalcy in a year in which such comforts have been especially welcomed.
Here s a look, in chronological order from January through December, at 20 of the most impressive chart achievements of 2020, by some of the biggest names in pop, Christian, country, dance/electronic, hip-hop, Latin, rock and more.
1.
Mariah Carey became the first artist to have ranked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart in four distinct decades (the 1990s, 2000s, 10s and 20s), when All I Want for Christmas Is You, a song that has existed for all four decades itself, continued its No. 1 run (Jan. 4).