

1 on the Hot 100, dating to the chart’s Aug. Here’s a run through of all the male/female duets to hit No. 1s, with three alone in 1978, including the only instance of them ruling consecutively: “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late,” by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams, and then “You’re the One That I Want” by Travolta and Newton-John. The ’70s and ’80s were the heyday of male/female duet No. 1s, with duets over the years leading from the likes of Frank and Nancy Sinatra John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Puff Daddy and Faith Evans and both Usher and Jay-Z via team-ups with Alicia Keys. Historically, star power has often infused such No. The Weeknd & Ariana Grande's 'Save Your Tears' Soars to No. 1 on the Hot 100 - the same number that topped the chart over the entire previous decade. In a bit of a resurgence, however, the 2020s are finding male/female duets topping the Hot 100 at a faster pace: Between January 2020 and May 2021, three male/female collaborations hit No. 1 in March, they joined Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect,” which ascended to the summit in December 2017 after Beyoncé joined in for a remix, as the only male/female duets to top the chart in the 2010s.

While two such songs reigned in 2019, as “Señorita” followed Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow,” which spent a week at No. Making the feat even more worth celebrating, duets between a solo male and solo female rarely lead the Hot 100 in the 21st century. That’s a special thing about a duet: two artists get to take part in the joy when it hits No. “I’m so happy to share this moment with Shawn,” Camila Cabello mused upon learning that “Señorita,” with Shawn Mendes, had reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019.
