Top 40 Mainstream number-one hits of 2004 (USA)
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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Top 40 Mainstream number-ones of 2004.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 3 | "Hey Ya! Hey Ya! "Hey Ya!" is a song written and produced by André 3000 for his 2003 album The Love Below, part of the hip hop duo OutKast's double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The song takes influence from funk and rock music... " |
OutKast OutKast Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast... |
| January 10 | "Hey Ya!" | OutKast |
| January 17 | "Hey Ya!" | OutKast |
| January 24 | "Hey Ya!" | OutKast |
| January 31 | "Hey Ya!" | OutKast |
| February 7 | "Hey Ya!" | OutKast |
| February 14 | "The Way You Move The Way You Move "The Way You Move" is a 2003 number-one single recorded by Big Boi of the hip-hop duo OutKast, released by LaFace Records. The song features OutKast mentor Sleepy Brown on guest vocals... " |
OutKast |
| February 21 | "The Way You Move" | OutKast |
| February 28 | "The Way You Move" | OutKast |
| March 6 | "With You With You (Jessica Simpson song) "With You" is a song by American recording artist Jessica Simpson released as the second single from her third studio album In This Skin. Released in 2003, through Columbia Records. Billy Mann and Andy Marvel produced the song and co-wrote it with Simpson.... " |
Jessica Simpson Jessica Simpson Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and... |
| March 13 | "With You" | Jessica Simpson |
| March 20 | "Toxic Toxic (song) "Toxic" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears, co-written and produced by Bloodshy & Avant, from her fourth album, In the Zone. It was released on January 12, 2004, by Jive Records as the second single from the album. After trying to choose between " Boom Boom" and "Outrageous" to... " |
Britney Spears Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album... |
| March 27 | "Toxic" | Britney Spears |
| April 3 | "Toxic" | Britney Spears |
| April 10 | "Toxic" | Britney Spears |
| April 17 | "Yeah! Yeah! (Usher song) "Yeah!" is a song by American singer Usher, released on 3 February 2004 as the lead single from his hit fourth studio album Confessions. The song was written by Lil Jon, Sean Garrett, Patrick J. Que Smith, Ludacris, Robert McDowell, and LRoc. It was produced by Lil Jon, who combined crunk and R&B... " |
Usher Usher (entertainer) Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100... featuring Lil Jon Lil Jon Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004... and Ludacris Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings... |
| April 24 | "Yeah!" | Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris |
| May 1 | "Yeah!" | Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris |
| May 8 | "This Love" | Maroon 5 Maroon 5 Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album... |
| May 15 | "This Love" | Maroon 5 |
| May 22 | "This Love" | Maroon 5 |
| May 29 | "The Reason The Reason (Hoobastank song) "The Reason" is the 2004 hit single by the modern rock band Hoobastank, off their album The Reason. The song is Hoobastank's most commercially successful single, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , and #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks. In addition, it topped the singles charts in both... " |
Hoobastank Hoobastank Hoobastank is an American rock band, best known for their 2004 hit "The Reason" and other hits "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away". They formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California, with singer Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin, drummer Chris Hesse, and original bassist Markku Lappalainen. They... |
| June 5 | "The Reason" | Hoobastank |
| June 12 | "The Reason" | Hoobastank |
| June 19 | "The Reason" | Hoobastank |
| June 26 | "The Reason" | Hoobastank |
| July 3 | "The Reason" | Hoobastank |
| July 10 | "The Reason" | Hoobastank |
| July 17 | "The Reason" | Hoobastank |
| July 24 | "Leave (Get Out) Leave (Get Out) "Leave " is a song by American singer JoJo from her self-titled debut album, JoJo. It was released as the album's lead single on February 24, 2004... " |
JoJo |
| July 31 | "Leave (Get Out)" | JoJo |
| August 7 | "Leave (Get Out)" | JoJo |
| August 14 | "Leave (Get Out)" | JoJo |
| August 21 | "Leave (Get Out)" | JoJo |
| August 28 | "Pieces of Me Pieces of Me "Pieces of Me" is a song by American pop/rock singer Ashlee Simpson and the first single from her début album, Autobiography. The song, which was co-written by Simpson, Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks , is a blend of pop and rock with lyrics about finding comfort and happiness in a relationship with... " |
Ashlee Simpson Ashlee Simpson Ashlee Nicole Simpson is an American singer and actress. In 2004, she rose to prominence with the success of her number-one debut album Autobiography and the reality series, The Ashlee Simpson Show. In October 2005, following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Simpson released... |
| September 4 | "Pieces of Me" | Ashlee Simpson |
| September 11 | "Pieces of Me" | Ashlee Simpson |
| September 18 | "Pieces of Me" | Ashlee Simpson |
| September 25 | "Pieces of Me" | Ashlee Simpson |
| October 2 | "She Will Be Loved She Will Be Loved "She Will Be Loved" is the third single from the Californian band Maroon 5's 2002 debut album, Songs About Jane. Released in 2004, the single peaked at #5 in the United States and has sold over 2,178,000 downloads since release; it also peaked at #4 in the United Kingdom. The song reached #1 in... " |
Maroon 5 |
| October 9 | "She Will Be Loved" | Maroon 5 |
| October 16 | "My Happy Ending My Happy Ending "My Happy Ending" is a song written and produced by Avril Lavigne and Butch Walker, and engineered by Russ T. Cobb for Lavigne's second album, Under My Skin . It was released as the album's second internationally released single in 2004 and became Lavigne's fourth most successful single. It peaked... " |
Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more... |
| October 23 | "She Will Be Loved" | Maroon 5 |
| October 30 | "She Will Be Loved" | Maroon 5 |
| November 6 | "Over and Over Over and Over (Nelly song) "Over and Over" is the second single from American rapper Nelly's fourth album Suit. It features country singer Tim McGraw. The song, which was written by Cornell Haynes Jr, Jayson "KoKo" Bridges & James D... " |
Nelly Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album... featuring Tim McGraw Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the... |
| November 13 | "Over and Over" | Nelly featuring Tim McGraw |
| November 20 | "Over and Over" | Nelly featuring Tim McGraw |
| November 27 | "Over and Over" | Nelly featuring Tim McGraw |
| December 4 | "Over and Over" | Nelly featuring Tim McGraw |
| December 11 | "Over and Over" | Nelly featuring Tim McGraw |
| December 18 | "Over and Over" | Nelly featuring Tim McGraw |
| December 25 | "Over and Over" | Nelly featuring Tim McGraw |