Highest climb to No.1 on the US singles chart
- Who
- Kelly Clarkson
- What
- 96 total number
- Where
- United States
- When
- 07 February 2009
On the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated 7 February 2009, “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson (USA) climbed 96 places from No.97 to No.1.
Clarkson beat Britney Spears’ 95-position climb to the top, from No.96 the previous week, with “Womanizer” on 25 October 2008. The biggest climb ever on the Hot 100 was on 11 May 2019, when Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie’s “ME!” rose 98 places from No.100 to No.2. American Idol winner Clarkson previously held this record on 5 October 2002, when “A Moment Like This” rose from No.52 to No.1.