Q 01/05

Which band held all of the top five places on the Billboard Hot 100 in one week of April 1964?

A) The Beach Boys

B) The Beatles

C) The Four Seasons

D) The Rolling Stones

Answer · why

B) The Beatles

The Beatles held twelve positions on the chart that week, and three of their singles in a row kept the top spot for 14 straight weeks.

Q 02/05

Which singer's 1994 Christmas single took 25 years to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100?

A) Celine Dion

B) Gloria Estefan

C) Mariah Carey

D) Toni Braxton

Answer · why

C) Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey first topped the chart with All I Want for Christmas Is You in December 2019, and the song has returned to number one in later holiday se...

Q 03/05

Which artist became the first to fill the entire Billboard Hot 100 top ten in one week, in 2022?

A) Taylor Swift

B) Bad Bunny

C) Ariana Grande

D) Kendrick Lamar

Answer · why

A) Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift did it with ten tracks from her album Midnights, led by Anti-Hero at number one.

Q 04/05

Which Lil Nas X hit of 2019 spent a then-record 19 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100?

A) Sun Goes Down

B) Old Town Road

C) That's What I Want

D) Industry Baby

Answer · why

B) Old Town Road

Old Town Road also debuted at number 19 on the Hot Country Songs chart before Billboard removed it, saying it did not fit the genre.

Q 05/05

Which Netflix show sent Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill into the Billboard Hot 100 top five in 2022?

A) Bridgerton

B) The Umbrella Academy

C) Sex Education

D) Stranger Things

Answer · why

D) Stranger Things

Stranger Things featured the song in its fourth season, and it climbed to number three, far above its 1985 peak of number 30.