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The No. 1s of

2009

Pick a day for its No. 1 song, film, and book — or scan every reign of 2009 below.

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No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100

  1. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Beyonce
    Jan 3, 2009
    2 weeks
  2. Just Dance
    Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O'Donis
    Jan 17, 2009
    3 weeks
  3. My Life Would Suck Without You
    Kelly Clarkson
    Feb 7, 2009
    2 weeks
  4. Crack A Bottle
    Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
    Feb 21, 2009
    1 week
  5. Right Round
    Flo Rida
    Feb 28, 2009
    6 weeks
  6. Poker Face
    Lady Gaga
    Apr 11, 2009
    1 week
  7. Boom Boom Pow
    The Black Eyed Peas
    Apr 18, 2009
    12 weeks
  8. I Gotta Feeling
    The Black Eyed Peas
    Jul 11, 2009
    14 weeks
  9. Down
    Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne
    Oct 17, 2009
    1 week
  10. 3
    Britney Spears
    Oct 24, 2009
    1 week
  11. Down
    Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne
    Oct 31, 2009
    1 week
  12. Fireflies
    Owl City
    Nov 7, 2009
    1 week
  13. Whatcha Say
    Jason Derulo
    Nov 14, 2009
    1 week
  14. Fireflies
    Owl City
    Nov 21, 2009
    1 week
  15. Empire State Of Mind
    Jay-Z + Alicia Keys
    Nov 28, 2009
    5 weeks

No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office

  1. Marley & Me
    Jan 4, 2009
    1 weekend
  2. Gran Torino
    Jan 11, 2009
    1 weekend
  3. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
    Jan 18, 2009
    2 weekends
  4. Taken
    Feb 1, 2009
    1 weekend
  5. He's Just Not That Into You
    Feb 8, 2009
    1 weekend
  6. Friday the 13th
    Feb 15, 2009
    1 weekend
  7. Madea Goes to Jail
    Feb 22, 2009
    2 weekends
  8. Watchmen
    Mar 8, 2009
    1 weekend
  9. Race to Witch Mountain
    Mar 15, 2009
    1 weekend
  10. Knowing
    Mar 22, 2009
    1 weekend
  11. Monsters vs. Aliens
    Mar 29, 2009
    1 weekend
  12. Fast & Furious
    Apr 5, 2009
    1 weekend
  13. Hannah Montana: The Movie
    Apr 12, 2009
    1 weekend
  14. 17 Again
    Apr 19, 2009
    1 weekend
  15. Obsessed
    Apr 26, 2009
    1 weekend
  16. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
    May 3, 2009
    1 weekend
  17. Star Trek
    May 10, 2009
    1 weekend
  18. Angels & Demons
    May 17, 2009
    1 weekend
  19. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    May 24, 2009
    1 weekend
  20. Up
    May 31, 2009
    1 weekend
  21. The Hangover
    Jun 7, 2009
    2 weekends
  22. The Proposal
    Jun 21, 2009
    3 weekends
  23. Brüno
    Jul 12, 2009
    1 weekend
  24. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    Jul 19, 2009
    1 weekend
  25. G-Force
    Jul 26, 2009
    1 weekend
  26. Funny People
    Aug 2, 2009
    1 weekend
  27. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
    Aug 9, 2009
    1 weekend
  28. District 9
    Aug 16, 2009
    1 weekend
  29. Inglourious Basterds
    Aug 23, 2009
    1 weekend
  30. The Final Destination
    Aug 30, 2009
    2 weekends
  31. I Can Do Bad All by Myself
    Sep 13, 2009
    1 weekend
  32. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    Sep 20, 2009
    2 weekends
  33. Zombieland
    Oct 4, 2009
    1 weekend
  34. Couples Retreat
    Oct 11, 2009
    1 weekend
  35. Where the Wild Things Are
    Oct 18, 2009
    1 weekend
  36. Paranormal Activity
    Oct 25, 2009
    1 weekend
  37. Michael Jackson's This Is It
    Nov 1, 2009
    1 weekend
  38. A Christmas Carol
    Nov 8, 2009
    1 weekend
  39. 2012
    Nov 15, 2009
    1 weekend
  40. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
    Nov 22, 2009
    2 weekends
  41. The Blind Side
    Dec 6, 2009
    1 weekend
  42. The Princess and the Frog
    Dec 13, 2009
    1 weekend
  43. Avatar
    Dec 20, 2009
    2 weekends

No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers

  1. The Christmas Sweater
    Glenn Beck
    Jan 4, 2009
    1 week
  2. Scarpetta
    Patricia Cornwell
    Jan 11, 2009
    1 week
  3. Black Ops
    W. E. B. Griffin
    Jan 18, 2009
    1 week
  4. Plum Spooky
    Janet Evanovich
    Jan 25, 2009
    3 weeks
  5. The Associate
    John Grisham
    Feb 15, 2009
    4 weeks
  6. Promises in Death
    J. D. Robb
    Mar 15, 2009
    1 week
  7. Handle with Care
    Jodi Picoult
    Mar 22, 2009
    3 weeks
  8. True Detectives
    Jonathan Kellerman
    Apr 12, 2009
    1 week
  9. Long Lost
    Harlan Coben
    Apr 19, 2009
    1 week
  10. Turn Coat
    Jim Butcher
    Apr 26, 2009
    1 week
  11. Just Take My Heart
    Mary Higgins Clark
    May 3, 2009
    1 week
  12. First Family
    David Baldacci
    May 10, 2009
    1 week
  13. 8th Confession
    James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
    May 17, 2009
    1 week
  14. Dead and Gone
    Charlaine Harris
    May 24, 2009
    1 week
  15. Wicked Prey
    John Sandford
    May 31, 2009
    1 week
  16. Gone Tomorrow
    Lee Child
    Jun 7, 2009
    1 week
  17. The Scarecrow
    Michael Connelly
    Jun 14, 2009
    1 week
  18. Skin Trade
    Laurell K. Hamilton
    Jun 21, 2009
    1 week
  19. Relentless
    Dean Koontz
    Jun 28, 2009
    1 week
  20. Knockout
    Catherine Coulter
    Jul 5, 2009
    1 week
  21. Finger Lickin' Fifteen
    Janet Evanovich
    Jul 12, 2009
    1 week
  22. Swimsuit
    James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
    Jul 19, 2009
    1 week
  23. Black Hills
    Nora Roberts
    Jul 26, 2009
    1 week
  24. Best Friends Forever
    Jennifer Weiner
    Aug 2, 2009
    1 week
  25. The Defector
    Daniel Silva
    Aug 9, 2009
    1 week
  26. The Girl Who Played with Fire
    Stieg Larsson
    Aug 16, 2009
    1 week
  27. Bad Moon Rising
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    Aug 23, 2009
    1 week
  28. South of Broad
    Pat Conroy
    Aug 30, 2009
    2 weeks
  29. Alex Cross's Trial
    James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
    Sep 13, 2009
    1 week
  30. Dark Slayer
    Christine Feehan
    Sep 20, 2009
    1 week
  31. The Last Song
    Nicholas Sparks
    Sep 27, 2009
    1 week
  32. The Lost Symbol
    Dan Brown
    Oct 4, 2009
    6 weeks
  33. The Gathering Storm
    Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
    Nov 15, 2009
    1 week
  34. Ford County
    John Grisham
    Nov 22, 2009
    1 week
  35. Under the Dome
    Stephen King
    Nov 29, 2009
    1 week
  36. I, Alex Cross
    James Patterson
    Dec 6, 2009
    2 weeks
  37. "U" Is for Undertow
    Sue Grafton
    Dec 20, 2009
    1 week
  38. The Lost Symbol
    Dan Brown
    Dec 27, 2009
    1 week