List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2016

This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, an all-genre singles chart, in 2016.

Five songs which charted in the top ten during 2016 spent at least 20 total weeks in that region of the chart: Drake's "One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla); Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and "Love Yourself"; and The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down" (featuring Daya) and "Closer" (featuring Halsey). Since "Closer" spent 32 weeks in the top ten it was tied with "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes for the most weeks in the top ten since the chart's inception in 1958. This record was broken in September 2017 when Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" got 33 weeks in the top 10. Both Bieber and Drake are tied with the most top-ten hits during the year, with five. Selena Gomez, Twenty One Pilots, The Chainsmokers and Rihanna follow them with three.

Top-ten singles
Key
 * – indicates single's top 10 entry was also its Hot 100 debut
 * – indicates Best performing song of the year
 * (#) – 2016 year-end top 10 single position and rank
 * The "weeks in top ten" column reflects each song's entire chart life, not just its run during 2016. (Exception: Please see the note below regarding Prince's two songs that recharted in the top ten.)

Notes
 * undefined – α "When Doves Cry" and "Purple Rain" both originally charted in 1984, with the former spending five weeks at #1, beginning on July 7, 1984, and the latter reaching #2 on November 17 that year. "Doves" originally accumulated 11 weeks in the top 10, while "Purple" was in the tier for seven weeks. See List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1984 for more. The above entries for the two singles reflect their runs in 2016 only.