Stats: Songs that went #1 w/o videos

iHype.

So since "Dark Horse" is becoming one of the only songs to go #1 without the video, I decided to compile a list of all songs that reached #1 on Hot 100 without a video for atleast one week, and not their whole run.

Songs to Hit #1 w/o Videos:
1987: Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All
1991: Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves a Woman
2002: Nelly - Dilemma
2003: Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This
2003: Clay Aiken - This Is The Night
2004: Fantasia - I Believe
2005: Carrie Underwood - Inside Your Heaven
2006: Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud
2006: D4L - Laffy Taffy
2008: Usher - Love In This Club

2008: Coldplay - Viva La Vida
2008: T.I. - Live Your Life
2009: Eminem - Crack a Bottle
2009: Flo Rida - Right Round
2009: The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
2009: Britney Spears - 3
2010: Eminem - Not Afraid
2010: Katy Perry - California Gurls
2010: Eminem - Love The Way You Lie
2010: Ke$ha - We R Who We R
2010: Rihanna - What's My Name?
2011: Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
2011: Lady Gaga - Born This Way
2011: Katy Perry - E.T.
2011: Adele - Someone Like You
2012: Adele - Set Fire to the Rain
2012: Katy Perry - Part Of Me
2012: Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
2013: Baauer - Harlem Shake
2013: Katy Perry - Roar
2013: Eminem - The Monster
2014: Katy Perry - Dark Horse

Total: 31

Artists with 2+:
Katy Perry (5)
Eminem (4)
Britney Spears (2)
Adele (2)

Rated

Queen of unpromoted #1 without videos. :clap3;

Alvajay

Welcome back

nice thread

Planet Mars

Whitney Houston - Didn'nt we almost have it all (1987)

Queen

leemaj

Katy

iHype.

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Originally posted by Alvajay

Welcome back

nice thread

Thanks.

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Originally posted by Planet Mars

Whitney Houston - Didn'nt we almost have it all (1987)

Queen

Oooh, thanks for helping me with that one. It's hard to know anything on the Hot 100 before the 90's.

Save-Me-Oprah

Erm what about My Life Would Suck Without You?

And Womanizer?

Edit: wait not Womanizer. It premiered the same week.

Mrnoniee

Katy has 4

iHype.

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Originally posted by Save-Me-Oprah

Erm what about My Life Would Suck Without You?

And Womanizer?

My Life Would Suck Without You's video premiered January 28th, and it went #1 on January 29th published Feb 7th so it technically had a video.

atrlster

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Originally posted by iHypeMusic

Which ones never had a video of those? I know Harlem Shake and Set Fire To The Rain but not sure about some of the older ones.

Bey_Rihstan

Most of these were debuts right?

iHype.

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Originally posted by Mrnoniee

Katy has 4

California Gurls, E.T., Part Of Me, Roar, and Dark Horse equals 5.

BrittRihanna134

King Usher!!

Really cool thread btw.

katyperryismylife

Katy slaying the list

iHype.

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Originally posted by atrlster

Which ones never had a video of those? I know Harlem Shake and Set Fire To The Rain but not sure about some of the older ones.

American Idol contestants didn't get videos usually for winning songs, and I don't think Whitney/Michael Bolton ever got videos but I'm not familiar with those songs.

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Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan

Most of these were debuts right?

Yes, all had high debuts except the first 3, Usher's,Laffy Taffy, Dark Horse, Adele's, Live Your Life, and I think Coldplay's.

Ady.

DAMN @ Rihanna.

ManDown

Her 5th time?! Lord Jesus in heaven.

I didn't know Fantasia did as well!

Giacobbe

More than half of Katy's #1's reaching the top without a video

Adonia

Neat list, good to see you back

iHype.

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Originally posted by ManDown

Her 5th time?! Lord Jesus in heaven.

I didn't know Fantasia did as well!

American Idol winners usually had their song's debut #1 (except for Clay Aiken, who debuted #1 ahead of the winner of his season who debuted #2) the week they won. I don't think any of them even had videos period.