List of Billboard number-one singles of 1950
This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1950 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1950, the following three charts were produced:
- Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
- Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
- Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
| Issue date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Most Played in Jukeboxes |
| January 7 | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Gene Autry | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "Mule Train" Frankie Laine |
| January 14 | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "Mule Train" Frankie Laine |
| January 21 | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra |
| January 28 | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra |
| February 4 | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra | "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra |
| February 11 | "Rag Mop" Ames Brothers | "Rag Mop" Ames Brothers | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley |
| February 18 | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley | "Rag Mop" Ames Brothers | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley |
| February 25 | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley |
| March 4 | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley |
| March 11 | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley | "The Cry of the Wild Goose" Frankie Laine | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley |
| March 18 | "Music! Music! Music!" Teresa Brewer with the Dixieland All Stars | "The Cry of the Wild Goose" Frankie Laine | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley |
| March 25 | "Music! Music! Music!" Teresa Brewer with the Dixieland All Stars | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley |
| April 1 | "Music! Music! Music!" Teresa Brewer with the Dixieland All Stars | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley |
| April 8 | "Music! Music! Music!" Teresa Brewer with the Dixieland All Stars | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "Music! Music! Music!" Teresa Brewer with the Dixieland All Stars |
| April 15 | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers |
| April 22 | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers |
| April 29 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers |
| May 6 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| May 13 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| May 20 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| May 27 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| June 3 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "Hoop-Dee-Doo" Perry Como | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| June 10 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "Sentimental Me" Ames Brothers | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| June 17 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "Hoop-Dee-Doo" Perry Como | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| June 24 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "I Wanna Be Loved" The Andrews Sisters | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| July 1 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "I Wanna Be Loved" The Andrews Sisters | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| July 8 | "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| July 15 | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "The Third Man Theme" Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra |
| July 22 | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole |
| July 29 | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole |
| August 5 | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole |
| August 12 | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole |
| August 19 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole |
| August 26 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| September 2 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| September 9 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| September 16 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| September 23 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| September 30 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| October 7 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| October 14 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| October 21 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| October 28 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "All My Love " Patti Page | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| November 4 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "All My Love " Patti Page | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| November 11 | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers | "All My Love " Patti Page | "Goodnight Irene" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers |
| November 18 | "Harbor Lights" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Tony Alamo and the Kaydets | "All My Love " Patti Page | "Harbor Lights" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Tony Alamo and the Kaydets |
| November 25 | "Harbor Lights" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Tony Alamo and the Kaydets | "All My Love " Patti Page | "Harbor Lights" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Tony Alamo and the Kaydets |
| December 2 | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "Harbor Lights" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Tony Alamo and the Kaydets |
| December 9 | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "Harbor Lights" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Tony Alamo and the Kaydets |
| December 16 | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "The Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page |
| December 23 | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "The Thing" Phil Harris |
| December 30 | "The Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page | "The Thing" Phil Harris | "The Thing" Phil Harris |