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The No. 1s of

1954

Pick a day for its No. 1 song, film, and book — or scan every reign of 1954 below.

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No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 began in August 1958.

No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office

  1. This Is Cinerama
    Jan 6, 1954
    1 weekend
  2. Knights of the Round Table
    Jan 13, 1954
    6 weekends
  3. The Glenn Miller Story
    Feb 24, 1954
    5 weekends
  4. Rose Marie
    Mar 31, 1954
    3 weekends
  5. Prince Valiant
    Apr 21, 1954
    2 weekends
  6. Executive Suite
    May 5, 1954
    4 weekends
  7. Dial M for Murder
    Jun 2, 1954
    1 weekend
  8. Three Coins in the Fountain
    Jun 9, 1954
    2 weekends
  9. Demetrius and the Gladiators
    Jun 23, 1954
    2 weekends
  10. The Caine Mutiny
    Jul 7, 1954
    6 weekends
  11. Magnificent Obsession
    Aug 18, 1954
    1 weekend
  12. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
    Aug 25, 1954
    2 weekends
  13. Dragnet
    Sep 8, 1954
    1 weekend
  14. The Egyptian
    Sep 15, 1954
    2 weekends
  15. Sabrina
    Sep 29, 1954
    2 weekends
  16. Woman's World
    Oct 13, 1954
    1 weekend
  17. A Star Is Born
    Oct 20, 1954
    10 weekends
  18. There's No Business Like Show Business
    Dec 29, 1954
    1 weekend

No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers

  1. Lord Vanity
    Samuel Shellabarger
  2. Not as a Stranger
    Morton Thompson
    Feb 14, 1954
    24 weeks
  3. Mary Anne
    Daphne du Maurier
    Aug 1, 1954
    11 weeks
  4. Love is Eternal
    Irving Stone
    Oct 17, 1954
    11 weeks