Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance songs in the United States during 2020 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, the Dance Club Songs, and the Dance/Mix Show Airplay. The oldest dance music chart, the Dance Club Songs was first published in 1976, ranking the most popular songs on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The Dance/Mix Show Airplay was launched in 2003, ranking songs based on airplay detections on dance radio, as well as mix-show plays on top 40 radio and select rhythmic radio as measured by Mediabase. Premiered on January 26, 2013, the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs is a multi-metric chart ranking songs based on streaming, sales, and airplay audience impressions from radio stations of all formats. The magazine suspended publication of the Dance Club Songs chart after the issue dated March 28 due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing nightclubs to close.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, British singer Dua Lipa climbed four places to number one with "Don't Start Now". The song spent a second week in the top spot in the next issue, the only track to spend more than a single week at number one in 2020. In February, Madonna achieved her fiftieth Dance Club Songs number one with "I Don't Search I Find", further increasing her records for both the highest number of chart-toppers on the listing and the greatest number of number ones on any individual Billboard chart. The singer also became the first artist to top the Club Songs list in five different decades, having first reached the top spot in 1983.
Several artists topped the chart for the first time in 2020, including producer Riton and singer Vula, whose appearances alongside producer Oliver Heldens on the track "Turn Me On" gave both artists a chart-topper with the first song of their respective careers to enter the chart. The final number one before the Dance Club Songs chart was suspended was "Love Hangover 2020" by Diana Ross, a remix of a song from 1976. At the time of the track's original release, Billboard published only city-specific club play charts, but rival publication Record World published a national chart and "Love Hangover" topped this listing. Several days after "Love Hangover 2020" reached the peak position, Billboard announced the decision to suspend the Dance Club Songs listing, stating that it would return at a date to be determined. As of January 2024, the chart remains suspended.
Chart history +KeyIndicates top-performing dance song of 2020.
+Issue dateHot Dance/Electronic SongsDance Club SongsDance/Mix Show AirplaySongArtist(s)SongArtist(s)SongArtist(s) "Happier" Marshmello and Bastille "Don't Start Now" "Don't Start Now" Dua Lipa "Turn Me On" Riton and Oliver Heldens featuring Vula "Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)" The Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin "I Feel Love" "Graveyard" Halsey "Rabbit Hole" CamelPhat featuring Jem Cooke "In the Dark" Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc. "I Don't Search I Find" Madonna "Baila Conmigo" "All Night Long" and RetroVision "Stupid Love" Lady Gaga "Sad" Chico Rose featuring Afrojack "Therapy" "Love Hangover 2020" "Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)" The Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin Defunct "Greenlights" Krewella "Roses" Saint Jhn "Say So" Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj "Rain on Me" Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande "Roses" Saint Jhn "Rain on Me" Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande "Higher Ground" Martin Garrix featuring John Martin "Lay Your Head on Me" Major Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford "Head & Heart" Joel Corry featuring MNEK "ily (i love you baby)"Surf Mesa featuring Emilee "Roses" Saint Jhn "ily (i love you baby)"Surf Mesa featuring Emilee "Picture Us" Anabel Englund "Nightlight" Illenium "Let's Love" David Guetta and Sia "Craving" Arty, Audien and Ellee Duke "The Business" Tiësto "Lasting Lover" Sigala & James Arthur "Diamonds" Sam Smith "You Broke Me First" Tate McRae
See also 2020 in American music Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2020
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