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The No. 1s of

2010

Pick a day for its No. 1 song, film, and book — or scan every reign of 2010 below.

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No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100

  1. TiK ToK
    Ke$ha
    Jan 2, 2010
    9 weeks
  2. Imma Be
    The Black Eyed Peas
    Mar 6, 2010
    2 weeks
  3. Break Your Heart
    Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris
    Mar 20, 2010
    1 week
  4. Rude Boy
    Rihanna
    Mar 27, 2010
    5 weeks
  5. Nothin' On You
    B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
    May 1, 2010
    2 weeks
  6. OMG
    Usher Featuring will.i.am
    May 15, 2010
    1 week
  7. Not Afraid
    Eminem
    May 22, 2010
    1 week
  8. OMG
    Usher Featuring will.i.am
    May 29, 2010
    3 weeks
  9. California Gurls
    Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg
    Jun 19, 2010
    6 weeks
  10. Love The Way You Lie
    Eminem Featuring Rihanna
    Jul 31, 2010
    7 weeks
  11. Teenage Dream
    Katy Perry
    Sep 18, 2010
    2 weeks
  12. Just The Way You Are
    Bruno Mars
    Oct 2, 2010
    4 weeks
  13. Like A G6
    Far*East Movement Featuring Cataracs & Dev
    Oct 30, 2010
    2 weeks
  14. We R Who We R
    Ke$ha
    Nov 13, 2010
    1 week
  15. What's My Name?
    Rihanna Featuring Drake
    Nov 20, 2010
    1 week
  16. Like A G6
    Far*East Movement Featuring Cataracs & Dev
    Nov 27, 2010
    1 week
  17. Only Girl (In The World)
    Rihanna
    Dec 4, 2010
    1 week
  18. Raise Your Glass
    P!nk
    Dec 11, 2010
    1 week
  19. Firework
    Katy Perry
    Dec 18, 2010
    2 weeks

No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office

  1. Dear John
    Feb 7, 2010
    1 weekend
  2. Valentine's Day
    Feb 14, 2010
    1 weekend
  3. Shutter Island
    Feb 21, 2010
    2 weekends
  4. Alice in Wonderland
    Mar 7, 2010
    3 weekends
  5. How to Train Your Dragon
    Mar 28, 2010
    1 weekend
  6. Clash of the Titans
    Apr 4, 2010
    2 weekends
  7. Kick-Ass
    Apr 18, 2010
    1 weekend
  8. How to Train Your Dragon
    Apr 25, 2010
    1 weekend
  9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
    May 2, 2010
    1 weekend
  10. Iron Man 2
    May 9, 2010
    2 weekends
  11. Shrek Forever After
    May 23, 2010
    3 weekends
  12. The Karate Kid
    Jun 13, 2010
    1 weekend
  13. Toy Story 3
    Jun 20, 2010
    2 weekends
  14. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
    Jul 4, 2010
    1 weekend
  15. Despicable Me
    Jul 11, 2010
    1 weekend
  16. Inception
    Jul 18, 2010
    3 weekends
  17. The Other Guys
    Aug 8, 2010
    1 weekend
  18. The Expendables
    Aug 15, 2010
    2 weekends
  19. Takers
    Aug 29, 2010
    1 weekend
  20. The American
    Sep 5, 2010
    1 weekend
  21. Resident Evil: Afterlife
    Sep 12, 2010
    1 weekend
  22. The Town
    Sep 19, 2010
    1 weekend
  23. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
    Sep 26, 2010
    1 weekend
  24. The Social Network
    Oct 3, 2010
    2 weekends
  25. Jackass 3D
    Oct 17, 2010
    1 weekend
  26. Paranormal Activity 2
    Oct 24, 2010
    1 weekend
  27. Saw 3D
    Oct 31, 2010
    1 weekend
  28. Megamind
    Nov 7, 2010
    2 weekends
  29. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
    Nov 21, 2010
    2 weekends
  30. Tangled
    Dec 5, 2010
    1 weekend
  31. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
    Dec 12, 2010
    1 weekend
  32. Tron: Legacy
    Dec 19, 2010
    1 weekend
  33. Little Fockers
    Dec 26, 2010
    2 weekends

No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers

  1. The Lost Symbol
    Dan Brown
    Jan 3, 2010
    3 weeks
  2. The Help
    Kathryn Stockett
    Jan 24, 2010
    4 weeks
  3. Worst Case
    James Patterson
    Feb 21, 2010
    2 weeks
  4. The Help
    Kathryn Stockett
    Mar 7, 2010
    1 week
  5. Fantasy in Death
    J. D. Robb
    Mar 14, 2010
    1 week
  6. House Rules
    Jodi Picoult
    Mar 21, 2010
    2 weeks
  7. The Help
    Kathryn Stockett
    Apr 4, 2010
    1 week
  8. Caught
    Harlan Coben
    Apr 11, 2010
    1 week
  9. Silver Borne
    Patricia Briggs
    Apr 18, 2010
    1 week
  10. Changes
    Jim Butcher
    Apr 25, 2010
    1 week
  11. The Shadow of Your Smile
    Mary Higgins Clark
    May 2, 2010
    1 week
  12. Deliver us from Evil
    David Baldacci
    May 9, 2010
    1 week
  13. The 9th Judgment
    James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
    May 16, 2010
    1 week
  14. Dead in the Family
    Charlaine Harris
    May 23, 2010
    2 weeks
  15. 61 Hours
    Lee Child
    Jun 6, 2010
    1 week
  16. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
    Stieg Larsson
    Jun 13, 2010
    3 weeks
  17. The Overton Window
    Glenn Beck
    Jul 4, 2010
    1 week
  18. Sizzling Sixteen
    Janet Evanovich
    Jul 11, 2010
    1 week
  19. Private
    James Patterson
    Jul 18, 2010
    1 week
  20. The Search
    Nora Roberts
    Jul 25, 2010
    2 weeks
  21. The Rembrandt Affair
    Daniel Silva
    Aug 8, 2010
    4 weeks
  22. The Postcard Killers
    James Patterson and Liza Marklund
    Sep 5, 2010
    2 weeks
  23. Freedom
    Jonathan Franzen
    Sep 19, 2010
    2 weeks
  24. Safe Haven
    Nicholas Sparks
    Oct 3, 2010
    1 week
  25. Freedom
    Jonathan Franzen
    Oct 10, 2010
    1 week
  26. Fall of Giants
    Ken Follett
    Oct 17, 2010
    1 week
  27. The Reversal
    Michael Connelly
    Oct 24, 2010
    1 week
  28. American Assassin
    Vince Flynn
    Oct 31, 2010
    1 week
  29. Worth Dying For
    Lee Child
    Nov 7, 2010
    1 week
  30. The Confession
    John Grisham
    Nov 14, 2010
    1 week
  31. Towers of Midnight
    Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
    Nov 21, 2010
    2 weeks
  32. Cross Fire
    James Patterson
    Dec 5, 2010
    2 weeks
  33. Port Mortuary
    Patricia Cornwell
    Dec 19, 2010
    1 week
  34. Dead or Alive
    Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood
    Dec 26, 2010
    1 week