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The No. 1s of

2004

Pick a day for its No. 1 song, film, and book — or scan every reign of 2004 below.

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No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100

  1. Hey Ya!
    OutKast
    Jan 3, 2004
    6 weeks
  2. The Way You Move
    OutKast Featuring Sleepy Brown
    Feb 14, 2004
    1 week
  3. Slow Jamz
    Twista Featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx
    Feb 21, 2004
    1 week
  4. Yeah!
    Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
    Feb 28, 2004
    12 weeks
  5. Burn
    Usher
    May 22, 2004
    7 weeks
  6. I Believe
    Fantasia
    Jul 10, 2004
    1 week
  7. Burn
    Usher
    Jul 17, 2004
    1 week
  8. Confessions Part II
    Usher
    Jul 24, 2004
    2 weeks
  9. Slow Motion
    Juvenile Featuring Soulja Slim
    Aug 7, 2004
    2 weeks
  10. Lean Back
    Terror Squad
    Aug 21, 2004
    3 weeks
  11. Goodies
    Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo
    Sep 11, 2004
    7 weeks
  12. My Boo
    Usher And Alicia Keys
    Oct 30, 2004
    6 weeks
  13. Drop It Like It's Hot
    Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell
    Dec 11, 2004
    3 weeks

No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Jan 4, 2004
    2 weekends
  2. Along Came Polly
    Jan 18, 2004
    1 weekend
  3. The Butterfly Effect
    Jan 25, 2004
    1 weekend
  4. You Got Served
    Feb 1, 2004
    1 weekend
  5. Barbershop 2: Back in Business
    Feb 8, 2004
    1 weekend
  6. 50 First Dates
    Feb 15, 2004
    2 weekends
  7. The Passion of the Christ
    Feb 29, 2004
    3 weekends
  8. Dawn of the Dead
    Mar 21, 2004
    1 weekend
  9. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
    Mar 28, 2004
    1 weekend
  10. Hellboy
    Apr 4, 2004
    1 weekend
  11. The Passion of the Christ
    Apr 11, 2004
    1 weekend
  12. Kill Bill: Volume 2
    Apr 18, 2004
    1 weekend
  13. Man on Fire
    Apr 25, 2004
    1 weekend
  14. Mean Girls
    May 2, 2004
    1 weekend
  15. Van Helsing
    May 9, 2004
    1 weekend
  16. Troy
    May 16, 2004
    3 weekends
  17. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    Jun 6, 2004
    2 weekends
  18. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    Jun 20, 2004
    1 weekend
  19. Fahrenheit 9/11
    Jun 27, 2004
    1 weekend
  20. Spider-Man 2
    Jul 4, 2004
    2 weekends
  21. I, Robot
    Jul 18, 2004
    1 weekend
  22. The Bourne Supremacy
    Jul 25, 2004
    1 weekend
  23. The Village
    Aug 1, 2004
    1 weekend
  24. Collateral
    Aug 8, 2004
    1 weekend
  25. Alien vs. Predator
    Aug 15, 2004
    1 weekend
  26. Exorcist: The Beginning
    Aug 22, 2004
    1 weekend
  27. Hero
    Aug 29, 2004
    2 weekends
  28. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
    Sep 12, 2004
    1 weekend
  29. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    Sep 19, 2004
    1 weekend
  30. The Forgotten
    Sep 26, 2004
    1 weekend
  31. Shark Tale
    Oct 3, 2004
    3 weekends
  32. The Grudge
    Oct 24, 2004
    2 weekends
  33. The Incredibles
    Nov 7, 2004
    2 weekends
  34. National Treasure
    Nov 21, 2004
    3 weekends
  35. Ocean's Twelve
    Dec 12, 2004
    1 weekend
  36. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
    Dec 19, 2004
    1 weekend
  37. Meet the Fockers
    Dec 26, 2004
    2 weekends

No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers

  1. The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown
    Jan 4, 2004
    7 weeks
  2. The Last Juror
    John Grisham
    Feb 22, 2004
    3 weeks
  3. The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown
    Mar 14, 2004
    1 week
  4. 3rd Degree
    James Patterson and Andrew Gross
    Mar 21, 2004
    1 week
  5. The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown
    Mar 28, 2004
    3 weeks
  6. Glorious Appearing
    Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
    Apr 18, 2004
    3 weeks
  7. The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown
    May 9, 2004
    7 weeks
  8. Song of Susannah
    Stephen King
    Jun 27, 2004
    1 week
  9. The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown
    Jul 4, 2004
    1 week
  10. Ten Big Ones
    Janet Evanovich
    Jul 11, 2004
    1 week
  11. Sam's Letters to Jennifer
    James Patterson
    Jul 18, 2004
    1 week
  12. The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown
    Jul 25, 2004
    1 week
  13. "R" Is for Ricochet
    Sue Grafton
    Aug 1, 2004
    1 week
  14. The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown
    Aug 8, 2004
    7 weeks
  15. Trace
    Patricia Cornwell
    Sep 26, 2004
    2 weeks
  16. The Dark Tower
    Stephen King
    Oct 10, 2004
    3 weeks
  17. Northern Lights
    Nora Roberts
    Oct 31, 2004
    2 weeks
  18. Hour Game
    David Baldacci
    Nov 14, 2004
    1 week
  19. Metro Girl
    Janet Evanovich
    Nov 21, 2004
    1 week
  20. London Bridges
    James Patterson
    Nov 28, 2004
    1 week
  21. The Da Vinci Code
    Dan Brown
    Dec 5, 2004
    1 week
  22. Night Fall
    Nelson DeMille
    Dec 12, 2004
    1 week
  23. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    Mitch Albom
    Dec 19, 2004
    2 weeks