Grammy-nominated or not, No. 1 hits over the years

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: 09:37 EST, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 11:33 EST, 25 February 2021

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NEW YORK (AP) - The exclusion of The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" at the 2021 Grammy Awards shocked many, but he's in good company: Prince's "When Doves Cry" never scored a nomination either.

Here's a look at every Billboard No. 1 hit of the year since 1958, Grammy-nominated or not.

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2020: The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights"

2019: Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, "Old Town Road" (Won Grammy)

2018: Drake, "God´s Plan" (Won)

FILE - The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla. on Feb. 7, 2021. The Weeknd had the No. 1 song of 2020 but "Blinding Lights" was not nominated for a Grammy Award. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

2017: Ed Sheeran, "Shape of You" (Won)

2016: Justin Bieber, "Love Yourself" (Grammy-nominated)

2015: Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk" (Won)

2014: Pharrell Williams, "Happy" (Won)

2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz, "Thrift Shop" (Won)

2012: Gotye featuring Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Won)

2011: Adele, "Rolling In the Deep" (Won)

2010: Kesha, "Tik Tok"

2009: Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow" (Won)

2008: Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, "Get Low" (Nominated)

2007: Beyoncé, "Irreplaceable" (Nominated)

2006: Daniel Powter, "Bad Day" (Nominated)

2005: Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together" (Won)

2004: Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, "Yeah!" (Won)

2003: 50 Cent, "In Da Club" (Nominated)

2002: Nickelback, "How You Remind Me" (Nominated)

2001: Lifehouse, "Hanging by a Moment"

2000: Faith Hill, "Breathe" (Won)

1999: Cher, "Believe" (Won)

1998: Next, "Too Close"

1997: Elton John "Candle In the Wind 1997" (Won)

1996: Los del Río, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"

1995: Coolio, "Gangsta´s Paradise" (Won)

1994: Ace of Base, "The Sign" (Nominated)

1993: Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You" (Won)

1992: Boyz II Men, "End of the Road" (Won)

1991: Bryan Adams, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (Won)

1990: Wilson Phillips, "Hold On" (Nominated)

1989: Chicago, "Look Away"

1988: George Michael, "Faith"

1987: The Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian"

1986: Dionne Warwick & Friends, "That´s What Friends Are For" (Won)

1985: Wham!, "Careless Whisper"

1984: Prince, "When Doves Cry"

1983: The Police, "Every Breath You Take" (Won)

1982: Olivia Newton-John, "Physical" (Nominated)

1981: Kim Carnes, "Bette Davis Eyes" (Won)

1980: Blondie, "Call Me" (Nominated)

1979: The Knack, "My Sharona" (Nominated)

1978: Andy Gibb, "Shadow Dancing"

1977: Rod Stewart, "Tonight´s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"

1976: Wings, "Silly Love Songs"

1975: Captain & Tennille, "Love Will Keep Us Together" (Won)

1974: Barbra Streisand, "The Way We Were" (Won)

1973: Tony Orlando and Dawn, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon `Round the Ole Oak Tree" (Nominated)

1972: Roberta Flack, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Won)

1971: Three Dog Night, "Joy to the World" (Nominated)

1970: Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Won)

1969: The Archies, "Sugar, Sugar"

1968: The Beatles, "Hey Jude" (Nominated)

1967: Lulu, "To Sir with Love"

1966: SSgt. Barry Sadler, "Ballad of the Green Berets"

1965: Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, "Wooly Bully" (Nominated)

1964: The Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Nominated)

1963: Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, "Sugar Shack"

1962: Acker Bilk, "Stranger on the Shore" (Nominated)

1961: Bobby Lewis, "Tossin´ and Turnin´"

1960: Percy Faith, "Theme from A Summer Place" (Won)

1959: Johnny Horton, "The Battle of New Orleans" (Won)

1958: Domenico Modugno, "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" (Won)

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, file photo, the Weeknd performs at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The Weeknd had the No. 1 song of 2020 but "Blinding Lights" was not nominated for a Grammy Award. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Singer Ke$ha performs at the Casio Shock the World 2010 event in New York on Aug. 2, 2010. Kesha's song, "TiK ToK," the drunken party anthem and multi-platinum debut single, a song that dominated the year in music, didn't garner a nomination at the Grammys. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)

FILE - Jason Wade of Lifehouse performs during the 2010 VH1 Do Something Awards in Los Angeles, on July 19, 2010. In the last 30 years, only five No. 1 songs of the year have missed out at the Grammys; The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights," Kesha's "Tik Tok," the rock-pop hit "Hanging by a Moment" from Lifehouse, the top song of 2001; R&B trio Next's racy hit "Too Close," which won over 1998; and the 1996 pop culture moment that was the "Macarena," by Spanish duo Los del Río. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

FILE - Jason Wade of Lifehouse performs at the Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash in Tampa on Jan. 29, 2009. In the last 30 years, only five No. 1 songs of the year have missed out at the Grammys; The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights," Kesha's "Tik Tok," the rock-pop hit "Hanging by a Moment" from Lifehouse, the top song of 2001; R&B trio Next's racy hit "Too Close," which won over 1998; and the 1996 pop culture moment that was the "Macarena," by Spanish duo Los del Río. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)